Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-15
CITY IS HOPEFUL
GALVESTON BUSY IN CLEARING
AWAY DEBRIS.
STREET CARS AND RAILROADS.
Foreign Shipping Will Be Resumed al
Once-Wharves and Bridges y
Rebuilding.

Galveston, Sept. 15.-So much progress
has been made toward the rehabilitation
of Galveston and so tremendously are
the various forces working that General
Mckibben, who was ordered here with
his staff to assist the authorities as soon
as the storm disaster befell GalvestPnf
has decided that his presence is no don't
ger necessary. and he has made arrange+
ments to leave for Houston. After havt
ing largely assisted in the restoration
of local confidence, the withdrawals OF
General Mckibben is taken to mean that
little is to be dom here but to care for
the distressed, until normal business
conditions have been resumed. In TINS
connection the was mage.
public through the local federal officers
that the war department would under
take as soon as possible the restoration
of its property at this point.
Associated Press dispatches quoting
eastern financiers on the future of Gal
weston We're read with much interest.
The idea, however, that the status OF
the city will be changed finds no local
adherents. The various railroads en-
tering here have determined to assist the
citizens of Galveston to the full extent
of their ability in rebuilding the city, &
Colonel L. ]. Polk, Of the Santa Fe:
has received a very enthusiastic and en-
c~ouraging message from the h~eadquar-
tiers of his road, declaring confidence in
Galveston, urging the business comrnuz
nifty to proceed at once With the work of
reconstruction, and promising every
help in their power. AS a result of the
receipt of the message, Colonel Polk said
to a representative of the Associated
Press: -
1.-THE railroad interests have decided.
to combine their forces in order to reg
build as quickly as possible a britee$
from Virginia Point to Galveston. "
large number of men will &C to W4rN
in the morning with this end in view
You may say to the country that in iAi1
days a bridge will have been built Ind
trains running over it,. Il have hadEstas
consultation with the wharf interaStS
n they have promised. us that they.
will be prepared to handle ingGing md
outgoing shipments by the time IHA
bridge is finished. The ~bridge~we sNafS
build will be of substantial but temp6r+
airy character. We shall subsequently
replace it with a more enduring stfaNce
ture. There is no reason why Galveston
ought not commercially to resume Heea
NAL conditions in ten days" -
Colonel Prather, president of the board
OF. regents of the medical college hEHea
and Colonel breckenridge a member@pf
the board, We're among the late arrivals.s
They met General McKibben and We're!
driven to the institution. They found
the building in a badly battered condi-
ton, but On their return it was ans
nounced that the college would be i'm
naeaiately Reconstructed by private
benefieiences il the state was unabl tqs
bear the CO.'S. gs4y III ~
Large gas1es Faaxss beensat work IN the
business ,districtsand snlendid progress
made in clearing Away debris. The street
car company hasa large force of men
at work cutting wires and removing OBJ
structions and putting their tracks in
condition.
Adjutant General McCaleb announces
that by tonight the water supply wilt
be equal to every need and to perform
the functions of modern sanitation.