The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-15

service. The water continues TO run .
nv gravity pressure The only DIM
Guilty the people are having is N %
rying supplies 70 their homes or places
of business The ice supply eohli ~
bountiful and at many corners
Onade is being served -,
More effective measures were taAS -
today to keep undesirable people otL
the island. Soldiers patrOled the Wa -1St
front and challenged all VINO couid n.y.
show a proper reason Tor lhelI e -
ms or who were unwilling 20 Woi r AOA
the privilege of coming into town
Assurances have been received py the
railroads that they will do all IN their
power to reopen communication a.lU
their present plan seems 10 De 10 con
centrate all forces on the work OF re-
constructing of one bridge Crews are
coming down the Santa re f4!i IOd1
from Arkansas and St. Louis with ruiz
equipment to restore the me LOSslt
representatives of the southern racine
have had advices from headquarters 10
proceed with repair work without de-
Photographic communication has been
partly restored, the western Union ah1
Postal having reached the city Win
one wire each Large forces have been
at work along the lines of both COM
panies. and connection with Galveston
has been attended with many difficult
ties.
Mail Service Has Been Resumed
large number of business houses
than on yesterday are opened and ad-
vertising their wares at no advance IN
price.
Carts with disinfectants are going
through the streets. The cutters are
being covered with lime. Carpenters
are having all the work they can DC.
The storm tore hundreds of roofs on
and the people who are living IN topleSS
oh ai %,
so as TO prevent the destruction OF
what they have saved if rainstorm
comes along. Thus far, however, the
weather has been clear and there are
no immediate, indications of down
pour
Relief Committee Widens Scope.
The relief committees are steadily
broadening sthe scope of their work
They have established bureaus for the
issuance of orders and ratiOnS in
every ward and though there is a null
titude surrounding every bureau appl-
cants are rapidly being taken care OF.
There seems no present likelihood of
inability on the part of the committee
to furnish all the ratiOns that are ask
ed for. There is, of course, a scarcity
of fresh beef and of milk, but bread
is being provided in abundance. as well
as hams, potatoes, rice and other ar
ticles.
The sympathy felt for Galveston
throughout the world was again evil
denced this morning when local bank
ers were notified by cable that the
Liverpool cotton exchange had sub
scribed CT, 900 for the relief of the SUI
ferers and that more Will follow.
Lists of the living and of the dead
are far from perfect The identity of
all who have been lost will never be
known The names sent out from here
have been gathered with scrupUlous
care, but at the same time many err
rorS are found in them.
Raxter's Statement Denied.
Much attention has been attracted
by the dispatch of QuartermaSter BaX-
ter to the department, expressing the
belief that Galveston has been hope
lesSly ruined. Congressman HaWley
last night sent the following telegram
to the war department in reply to the
dispatch of QuGrtermaster Baxter:
While it might not be significant or
worthy of notice, l have the honor to
state that QuartermaSter Bakers tele-
gram to the quartermaster general re-
speeding Galveston is unworthy of a
soldier and in no way represents the
morale of Galveston citizenship and
their determined purpose to restore
their city"
The cotton exchange building proved
to be one Of the strongest during the
storm. Windows were smashed on
every floor and on every side, and much
damage was done to the cotton rooms
and the various offices in the building
but no portion of the walls or roof
gave WaY