The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1900-09-17
SCENES At GALVESTON
order Once More Being Restored In the
Wrecked City.
REBUILDING THE RAILROAD.
Iope That Business at the Gulf Port
Will Soon BE Resumed-The
Work of Looking After
the Storms Survivors.

fore the city will be in good running
hape, but matters are fast rounding into
| condition which, compared to the exist
ng chaos in the early part of the week, |
S comfort and happiness. The great i'm
Mediate need of the city at present is
noney-not subscriptions, but cold, hard |
,ash. 1t is needed in every direction and |
,or multitude of purposes. The most |
Important of these is to pay the men who
ire cleaning up the streets. Adjutant
Scurry said yesterday:
Il have not dollar to pay the men
who are working in the streets all day
ong. l am not able to say to single
me of these men, You shall be paid for
vour work. l have not the money 10
make good the promise, and l hope and
believe that the country will relieve the
situation. We must have this city clean
ID up at any cost and with the greatest
speed possible. If it is not done with all
aaste and at the same time done well,
here may be pestilence, and if it once
breaks out here it will not be Galveston
alone that will suffer. Such things
spread, and it is not only for the sake of
his city, but for others outside of this
place, that l urge that above all things
We want money. The nation has been
most kind in its response to the appeal of
| Galveston, but from what | hear food
and disinfectants sufficient for temporary
purposes lit least are here or on the way.
/ The country does not underestimate can
not understand unless il visits Calves
.on-the awful destitntion prevailing
I1crc OF all the poor people here not one
aas anything. The majority Of them
could not furnish single room in which
10 commence housekeeping even though
hey had money to rebuild the room.
These people have absolutely nothing OK
,ept what is given them by the relief
committee. They are in a condition of
absolute want They lack everything.
md save for the splendid generosity of
he nation they would be utterly without
lope."
City Water Turned ON Again.
The city water, which was turned on
yesterday afternoon for short time, was
Ism again this morning in full force and
will remain from now on. The water
works, never badly damaged. have been
out into a condition that affords an album
liant supply of good water on every hand.
The mains were thoroughly flushed, and
Tor several hours the hydrants were al
; owed to play into the cutters, the effect
being one of great improvement. Ever
lark, foul smelling slime over parts of
all the streets. and its presence was 4
menace to pal,.ic health as long as it was
: allowed to exist This has now been al
most entirely cleared away. and the in
.ense odor that filled the city during the
) aary part of the week has i'll conse-
Iupnce been greatly reduced.
: The work of burning bodies is still go-
, ne on. they Icing hurried to the fires as
soon as possible after being taken from
:, he water. All of last night and today
! there were numerous fires along the
: shore. and in every one Of them there
T were from 3 to % bodies. There is no
onger the slightest attempt ut identitlc't-
Y Ifion. No effort is made to ascertain
q whether the body is that of n white or
I olorcd person. All Of them have been
y 30 long in the water under Il blazing sun
" hat il would he exceedingly difficult TO
n determine the identity of any body unless
il ~ the clothing, and in most cases the
70 bodies are destitute of garments.
Y "f'ull them ont g me water y S"ol
: IS seen ana throw tllt 'tt'o tIl'' '.''i.'eS -
:. soon as taken lf"ti thr Wat"f. y w
q rider. and II IS ehectuaily caffled o't.
It me residents o. daiVeSt"h s'F ~ nv
is lpihlon that there are more ueAu
l. ne outSiuetS .oHliliN - 90 - y, - !
n wiling TO ADMIT. II = neEoha ~ p'S
n siollty That any actllal count VIII ever
!. oe had, but the hest evidence obtaina
- ole and allowing for those bodies whicl
~ nave been cast up ny the waters aitel
fe 'eing once thrown INTO the gun ans
Y! vice counted ana Tor the nnmhef Una
were carried out to sea and VIII n"Nr
oe heard Of total list OF me dead can
not he far from 3.Nu and Is over TN
= igurc rather than under it. The peopl
# Galveston say that they know that !
!, will amount to anywhere between '.WN
- and 10000, and the estimates are for u
er most part in the neighborhood Of tls
II arger figure.
$: General MeKibben gives the estimat
lg IF 1000 in Galveston alone. All mp an
he lown the coast there has been loss 9
H. life that will not he learned of for week
# and months. if ever. The total numh'
-. # dead from the storm in this state cal
!. not he far from 1000
~ Cleaning Up The CITY.
fs Adiutant General Scurry, who is
tie most capable and eilcipnt cheer. M.
III | surcnnlod in nInnipI +hn ,r.rnt,s nf l1lt,