The sun., 1900-09-16
GALVESTON IS REVIVING.
o.,s ARE OPEN AND SOME BUH-
xKS ~ BEING CONDUCTED.


,oD., r.leErAph' to Gov. ssysr' a Summary
.,,s. situation. The Town BEING Cleaned
...,,A Big Bare strip Through
-. ct, where All the Debris Is Burned
m. Arrival of suppiies-CarinE for the
-. destitute on the Mainland.
.r.-oy TeI Sept rs The situation In
hr,-,cs,e. stricken town IA best summed up
nv u'I,h a..,a,ch which Mayor Jones. Congress-
psrltv and Gen. NcKiboen sent In union
.., ,,sbt n GOV Savers at Austin;
GALVESTON. Tex. Sept ~
~. I n Scpe-s, GorNrror
.,,o, the fullest possible Investigation here.
81 justified in saving 10 you and through
% the American people that no such dis
,., bas overtaken any community or section
,ths history Of our country
~. Ioss of life Is appalling and can never
.,,-stelv determined II Ia estimated at
500 people.
There is not a home in Galveston that mas not
. injured while thousands have been de-
.,,ovsd The property loss represents ar
.,,u,ulsSors o' sixty years ana more MIL
ron. than ran bA safely stated. Under
49,. conditions with 10000 people homeless
.,d ds.fituta with the entire population under
..,-s.s and strain diflcult to fcaliHe We appeal
- \, the hour Of our great emergency
70 h. sympathy and aid Of mankind
WALTER JONES, Mayor,
r. B HAwLEY.
-,,.,,h.r ~ Congress, Galveston district,
"MCKtBBEN,
-Cor,D, ander Department NJ Texas
y..-,,b.tardlne the sick and homeless.
49,. u,v /, becoming cheerful again. It
,s,tving under the stimulating In
-. n, Are lime and carboic acid.
IT,. 4, scaryvhere and more is wanted IL
- -.,..d m the streets poured in cutters on
.lA.v.ls and In cellars There are no dis
,....ing Oh iacts left in the business sections.
r.en.s,ds NJ men are at work removing the
d4brs and burning II
s,orcs are open for business and Others are
,-,r,1ns to open by transferring their stock
n ,bs sidewalk 20 dry. Miles OF street are
H,.d With damaged goods drying under the
..,o. ravs Of a tropio sun Every man-pro-
,-I.,or clerk and porter-ooatless and with
trousers rolled up is busy at cleaning up
EVERY oNs HOPEFUL.
IN. rrdrIt Of the people Of Galveston Is one
n, bopeflness that the future Galveston Will
Ne. greater and better than ever. Even the
I.horsrs and the workmen are imbued with this
rd1t now, and the thousands employed In
burning the vrecka age do their work with
will
rr.s are burning necessarily along the
b.ach for two miles west Of fremont street
oons,r,ns wreck. Of houses and the bodies
=, sch victims a. are still confined beneath.
Tn. poisoned air is becoming pure except In
IN. West End and along the beach and deep
water front. Fire and didnfectants have done
L. 81. IA
In thirty days you will not know II Il the
sam. CITY," said John Sealey. chairman OF
the Finance Committee. We have sent over
the State for 1000 carpenters, l.ooo additional
rnasons and artisans Of all kinds Galveston
will rise greater and better than ever This
is what We desire TO impress upon our good
friends Of the North and Fast,
We are more than thankful to them for the
substantial manner in which they have come
10 our aid. but much depends upon ourselves.
II requires great trials 10 test the character
ofmen Never have read or heard Of a people
responding with more pluck and moro hope
fulness than the people Of Galveston.
There Is a great work TO be done and they
will do H. losses are forgotten. though the
majority have lost everything that is dear
TO them. They now face the future with full
confidence In it.
EquaI confidence Is shown by others among
the men who control the finances and commerce
Of the city. The activity. energy and pluck
displayed in the streets to-day WILL 70 cer-
tainty. make Galveston over.
Clean up IL sign met with In every block.
Not only are stores open. but women are shop
ring. fremont street is open from the bay to
the beach Mechanic street, the Strand. and
Winnie and Church streets are being rapidly
cleared
The people have recovered from tho
paralysis that held their senses for three days.
They we're on the streets in large numbers to-
day Carriages, express wagons and drays
we're doing business, and grocery stores
we're all open and busy. Dangerous
walls have been pulled down by the
fre department Persons whose homes are
habitable have returned. The Relief Committee
caring for the others
The exodus Of women and children still con-
tinues Almost 1000 crossed the bay to-day
and went to Houston Ills predicted that next
week the rush Of the refugees will cease, as con-
dtons are so rapidly improving
There are as yet no indications OF more than
normal sickness. The breezes from tho Gulf
are healthfu and the salt water is now de-
pended upon TO assist In the work OF santa
ton.
II Will be a month before the windrow OF
Weckase extending for miles along the beach
can be fully destroyed The buryins squads
are burning about two blocks a day. When
'helr work Is finished there will be strip Of
vacant territory a haf-mile wide and Ave
miles long, extending the entire length OF the
oV along the beach, The houses and buildings
north OF this waste and across TO the bay are
condition to be repaired or rebuilt