Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-09-14
HEALTH MEASURES
Heroic Means Taken to Guard the
Public Health Of the City Of
Galveston.
DOUBLETRACK STEEL BRIDGE
1t Is to Be Built at Once by the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company to Con-
meet Galveston with the
Main Land.

Galveston, Texas, September 14.-G
W. Boscheke, assistant engineer of th
Southern Pacific railroad, received OF
ders from New York to prepare plans a
once for double track steel bridg
across Galveston bay, ten feet highe
than the old one, and to proceed with al
the force possible. Engineers are max
ing survey.
A conference was held at the office o
City Health Officer Wilkinson today
After thoroughly canvassing the futur,
health of the community 1t was decided
to accept the offer of the U. s. Marin,
hospital service, to establish camp a
Houston, where the destitute and sick
can be cared for. A message was SEN
to the surgeon general asking the depart
ment to furnish / 900 tents of four berth!
capacity, also several hundred barrels ot
dfsinfecting fluid. Another very i'm.
pOrtant move in the direction of santa
tion and the health of the community
was made by the health department In
calling for drays and men to clean the
streets.
FEW PROMINENT DEAD.
Galveston, Texas, Sept. 14.-The work
of disposing of the dead continues. Sew
eral hundred bodies are still buried be.
meath the wreckage. The deputy sheriff
and police now police the city during
the day; the militia take charge at
night There are really few prominent
dead in the list of dead. The people
killed were mostly working people, small
tradesmen, small professional men and
families. The reason for this is that the
greatest force of the hurricane was ex-
erted against the east end, west end and
the water front, while in the center of
the city, where the people of greater
prominence lived, there was not so much
loss of life.
THE RELIEF FUND.
Austin, Tex, Sept.-The fund for the
relief of Galveston sufferers now aggre-
gates nearly $1,OOO,OO0 and probably
will reach 81, 500, 900 by tomorrow night.
Most OF this amount is in the hands of
Governor Sayres, who will direct the
work of expending it.
OVER FIVE THOUSAND DEAD.
Houston, Tex, Sept. 14.-The Post
today prints list of 2,701 names OF Gal
weston dead, compiled from various
sources. There were hundreds Of
bodies burned, buried In the sea and
In the sand where no Identification was
possible.
Bodies are still in the ruins of Calves
ton and scattered along the beach of
the mainland and the marshes. There
seems no longer any doubt that the
number of dead will reach beyond the
estimate of 5000. About $500 refugees
arrived here from Galveston, being cared
for as well as possible. The transporta-
tiOn of people from Galveston to the
interior will now proceed faster and also
the transportation Of provisions.
THE NEW GALVESTON.
Galveston, September Al. c. Ste
wart, grain elevator builder, after in
specting the grain elevators and con-
tents said that not two per cent of the
grain In the elevators has been damaged.
The wheat would be loaded into vessels
just as readily as they would come to
take it. Mr.. Bailey put large force of
men to work clearing up wharves. They
are damaged but little. Congressman
R. B. Hawley, who was in Washington
at the time of the storm, arrived in this
city yesterday. He said: "We must re-
build our city on different lines and In o
different manner, that will resist gales
as thew do other places"
ORDER OUT OF CHAOS.
Galveston, September 14.-At a
meeting of the general committee yester-
day, committee was appointed to meet
Governor Sayres. The committee will
leave for Austin this afternoon. The
committee on correspondence sent the
following telegram: "Our most urgent
present needs are disinfectants, lime,
cement, gasoline, stoves, charcoal
furnaces, and charcoal. Nearby towns
may send bread. For the remainder of
our wants, money will be the most
available, because we can make pur-
chases from time to time with more dis
cretion than miscellaneous contributors
would exercise. We are bringing order
out of chaos and again offer our pro-
found gratitude for the assistance so
far received.
TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
The Mexican cable company expects
to establish COMMUNICATION via the City Of
Mexico this evening. The Western
Union has succeeded In getting up
temporary wire.