Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-09-21
CALVESTON'S CHANGE
The Place Putting on Some Of is
Old Time Customs.
MUCH IMPROVEMENT.
People There Are BENDING Every Effort
To Build New City Greater
Than the Old-NIss Clara
Iiarion's Illness.

Galveston, Sept. PA wonderful
change has take place here. The guests
Of the fremont hotel come aud 20 as
they would Ia ordinary times. Crowds
Of excited people are no more 10 BE- seen.
The situation is still discussed. Of course,
but the people who engage IA the dis.
oussions are calm aud collected and.
while many Of them formerly predicted
dire things for Galveston, there is now
little 20 be- heard but prophesies that out
OF the ruins made by the storm there
will rise city as beautiful aud fair and
A. important from commercial stand.
point ne was ever hoped for By the peo.
pie Of the town in the days gone by be-.
fore the wind and Water came TO kill
and destroy.
The most prominent men Of the city
oongregate here at night and the opin.
ions expressed by themselves as they
talk Of the past and Of the future show
conelusively that the people have re-.
gained their confidence and are able 70
view the future calmly.
Over at General Scurry's headquar-
ters In the Telephone building. the sit.
uation is much the same. An enormous
amount Of business is still being trans.
acted. In fact there is no diminution In
the amount, but everything has been 30
sysiematized and is being conducted
along such orderly lines that the stir
aud excitement aud useless expenditure
Of energy which az first characterized
the action Of the people who had busi.
ness nt headquarters has disappeared
and now. with some few exceptions. the
men engaged are calm and collected aud
their efforts are productive Of saiisiac.
tory results. HERETOFORE. during the
early part of the trouble, every one
worked NJ random and not infrequently
one unwittingly uudid some task anoth.
or man bad gone 20 much pains and
t-onble 90 perform Now It Is al like a
well oiled piece Of machinery, the parts
of which are in harmony and which has
acontcolling levernnd man who knows
his business nj the lever
Mr. john Soaly. the chairman of the
finance committee. was interviewed ON
Wednesday morning. Mr. Saaly is a
member Of the banking firm Of Hutch.
ings, scaly & Co.
"The inquiry is pertinent ald the
public should be informed. said he. ''In
the first place am not paying ont any
money 20 any one save ON the order OF
William A. MoVittie. chairman Of the
relief committee. What we are looking
after now Is immediate relief Of those in
distress, such rs furnishing clothes,
food aud the payment Of men who are
working On the street cleaning up the
debris and burning dead bodies. On
sept. Is we began paying these men
$50 pr day and furnishing supplies
for themselves aud families. Men no,
working aud who cannot show tickets 10
the effect that they have been employed.
get no supplies.
"A full record Of every subscription
has been kept, which I will publish in
due time In connection with tho lists
Governor Sayers has received at Austin.
The governor and | think best not 10
publish these lists until things are more
complete. am ready at any time the
governor advises 10 publish the entire
list that has been turned over 10 both
the mayor aud myself. The mayor is
turning over 10 me all moneys he
receives. "
The report that Miss Clara Barton is
50 unwell that she has been compelled
20 leave Is not fact. She is indisposed
though not seriously so, aud is keeping
20 her room, but she is directing the
work Of her assistants. A system has
now been inaugurated and the work is
progressing smoothly in conjunction
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