The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-16
REPRESENTATIVE GALVESTON MEN
HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE
CITY's FUTURE
THOUSANDS OF MES AT WORK
wRECKAGE OF THE HURRICANE
BEING RAPIDLY CLEARED
AWAY
wATERwoRKs IN OPERATION
One of the Most Serious Injuries by
the Storm Repaired Street
Railway Resumes With
Mule Power.

Mule Power.
GALVESTON Sept. 15-The exodus
from Galveston grows in numbers as the
facilities for getting away from the
stricken city are increased. Boats left
here today more frequently than on any
! day since the storm, some proceeding to
Houston, via Buffalo bayou, and others
making connection at Texas City with
the Great Northern railroad train. Among
those who departed today were Gen. Nc
Kfbben and Lieuts Ferguson and Perry
who were sent hither by the United
States government when the news of the
| horror was given to the world Gen.
McKibben will communicate with the
war department on his arrival in Hous-
ton, and thence proceed to San Antonio
| 10 transact official business which is re-
| quiring his attention. Before leaving he
was solicited by the authorities to re-
| turn, and expects to do so within the
next four or five days. The news which
was printed here this morning, in the
| shape of personal telegram from Vice
President Huntington, of the Southern
| Pacific, that that road is not to aban-
| don Galvest ton, has created intense salts
| faction and has materially accelerated
the movement for the speedy reconstruct
ton of the city. Mr.. Huntingtons teIe-
gram was to Mr.. A. H. Belo, of the Gal
weston and Dallas News, and read:
| SOUTHERN PACIFIC WILL REBUILD.
II see it reported that we are to aband-
don cur work at Galveston Nothing is
! further from our thoughts. We expect
to resume work there as soon as we can.
You can assure the people to that ef-
feet
DR.. W. H. Blount state health officer.
today printed a statement showing that
no apprehensions are justified that sick
ness will result from the overflow iust
experienced. He shows that in 1867. in the
midst of the widespread epidemic of yell
low fever, a severe storm occurred at
| Galveston in the early days Of October,
resulting in deposit over a greater
portion of the city of Shiny mud. Not
only did no sickness result, but the cy-
clonic disturbance cut short the yellow
fever epidemic, and but few cases of
fever occurred thereafter In 1875 and
1885, when there were severe storms and
no overflow, no increase in sickness oc
Cured. Several thousand men are at
work clearing away the debris on the
beach. One hundred and fifty bodies
were discovered in the wreckage and
burned yesterday. No attempt is now
being made to identify recovered bodies.
Indeed, most of them are found naked
and mutilated beyond recognition A
New York relief train arrived last night
with a number OF physicians and nurses
and a large supply of provisions, which
were distributed today. Every effort is
being made by the postal authorities to
| receive and distribute mail No city de-
livery has yet been arranged for, and
all who expect letters are rec.ested to
call at the postoffice. No mail is being
collected from letter boxes. In some
quarters Of the city today the water
works company was serving customers
on, the second stories. This is taken as
indica ting the rapid headway being made
in putting the plant again into opera
ton.
STRANDED STEAMERS.
The British steamer Norma and the
American steamer Alamo have been
f1oated. The British steamer Roma is In
bad way on Deer island The British
steamer Kendall Castle is hard aground
N SHALLOW water at Texas City, and the
British steamer Hilareus is still ashore
to the eastward of Bolivar, but it is
thought she can be gotten off with COM.
parative ease. The British steamer Taun-
ton Is hard ashore at Cedar Point, but it
is believed she, too, can be floated with
out difficulty.
The street railway company suffered
a loss of S,GOOO0O, and its entire system
is torn to pieces. An effort is to be
.ori1x- 70
with mules
Col. w. ]. Moody, one of the represent
ative citizens of Galveston, who was In
New York when he received the first
news of the disaster, has gotten here
and has Joined the movement to restore
confidence. In an interview Col. Moody
| said:
Galveston will be reconstructed If
will be stronger and better than ever be-
fore. On my way home I stated 1 would
restore my property whatever the dam
| age might be as quickly as money and
men would do it, and I further said that
peileved that 1 knew and understood
what the feeling Of the business commu-
nifty Of Galveston was in this respect
ana that l had voiced it,
SHORE LINE CHANGED
During the late hours of the evening
decided Improvement was made in the
| CITY cond1uon, Electric light wires had
been strung for several days as randy
as the linemen could work, and in the
evening the current was turned on. The
lights were small incandescent globes
and they were high up on poles, but thew
We're numerous and relieved the citv in
the darkness which hovered over the civ
! for the past week.
The waters of the gulf now covers
| about 100000 square feet of ground that
was formerly part of Galveston. This
loss has been suffered entirely on the
/ south side of the city, where the finest
residences Were built, facing the gulf
and where land was held at a higher val
uation than in any other part of the CITY
with the exception of the business dis.
trict. For three miles along the shore
of the gulf this choice residence pronertv v
extended, but the shore line was 50
changed by the storm that at low tide the
water is $50 feet higher along the en-
tire three miles In the eastern part of
| the city there are places where $50 feet
is less than the actual amount of ground
from the city. It Is fair estimate. how
ever, for the entire distance The founda-
ton pillars of the Beach hotel now stand
| in the water. Before the storm there was
a beach in front Of the hotel site nearly
| 400 feet wide. Thare &c NO ,,oce;11;1;,t..