The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-01
RECOVERY Oh GALVESTON
Remarkable Work Done in the
St0rm-W Wrecked City.
Aid From Outside Sources Only Az
Eregated S1,Is+OOO-Over a Thou
sand New Cottages Built by the Re
lief Comnittee-Busine Restored.

Eregated $1,Is4,OOO-Over a Thou
sand New Cottages Built by the Re
lief ConlInittee-Busines Restored.
| GALVESTON, Texas, June 1.-The
/ splendid courage with which Galveston
recovered from the fearful shock of the
: September storm has won the admiration
Of the world IN a single night the not
OF wind and water caused a property loss
of over S17G0o,050 bIotted out 5000 lives,
and made either beggars or mournerS of
what remained Of the population
Committees were put to work, including
/ a committee to supply tools and impIe-
ments TO the needy persons to enable
them TO earn Il living; q special commit
/ tee to distribute $500, coo in money to desti-
/ tute persons, and a building committee to
| build homes for the people or to assist IN
/ repairing homes.
The final report of the fnace committee
shows that the total amount of donations
! to the general fund was S1JSf.5S7 This
came from thousands of individuals,
| firms and organizations in this country
/ and abroad. the size of the gifts ranging
| from penny to 5000 In addition to the
! above figure $50,000 was raised By the New
! York Bazaar for the benefit of orphans
! The pennies Of the school children of the
/ United States made the handsome aggre-
! gate of SIS coo, which was allotted for use
/ in rebuilding the public schools.
The relief committee was given 500. 90
! in cash and $4,000 of food, cIothi....-
| household goods. etc. from the outside
/ For the first two weeks 1900 destitute
! people were housed in tents. empty store
rooms and public buildings and fed from
/ this fund Before the storm there were
/ e.5J5 houses II. Galveston, and 1900 OF
/ these We're destroyed. IN one district.
! where there were by actual count 2.76g
| structures not one escaped destruction
/ Up to date lob new cottages have been
! built and 1,1O9 damaged ones repaired.
| The bin for construction amounts to
| S5i5,15o, and for repairs, SI25. 600, making
| q total Of $4,000, with a balance OF. $1,000
| on hand.
! The following itemized statement of the
/ entire property loss resulting from the
| storm IN Galveston Is generally accented
! as the most authentic estimate that has
/ been prepared. The only exception that
| has been taken to it at all is the claim Of
| a few that It is d trihe conservative.
! Residence, property and contents total
! " destroyed, 1915 900; damage TO other
| residences and contents. s.. go 900: church
! property, $4,000; municipal property.
/ $4,000; wharyes and shipping facilities,
Sf260'0; manufacturing plants. $579175,
! county property, 1912 800: public instit,1-
| tons, SI5S,2o0; mercantile buildings, 1897
/ 200; merchandise in stock, 81. S9I $50; State
/ property, Sl10.6j0; United States Govern
I ment property, 8 30 500; railroads. teIe-
! graph, telephone. etc. S67O,00g; goods in
/ transit, z415-750; total, 81 05g, %
| Out Of the g churches in the city - were
| totally destroyed, while the remaining Il
/ were damaged more or less Under the
| head Of public Institutions the Orphans
! Home and the Grand Opera House were
! the greatest losses. Both We're totally
/ wrecked and the loss on each amounted
/ to $25.oo0.
| Business in all lines recovered from
! the hampered and congested state of
! affairs with an aIacrity that was sur
| prising-- Retail trade in Galveston has
| been brisk since the storm for the rea-
! son that everybody had to purchase sup
| Plies of all kinds. Nearly all Of the
| money given to the poor from the out
! side donations was spent with the local
| merchants. The jobbiHg trade got 10
/ its feet quickly and seems to be IN a
! thrifty condition Despite the fact that
/ the storm gave the business Of the city
| a terrible blow just at the beginning Of
/ the busy season, the statistics for the
| year show that II quickly recovered. \
| few comparisons with the preceding
| year viii speak for themselves:
The bank cIearings for 1900 were
! $323. 5e5.3 800, compard with $33S S96. 100 for
1888 The total cash receipts at the custom
/ house for 1879 were 1885, 095. The tonnage
/ tax amounted to $50 7I3 and the duties to
$50, 602. For 1893 the total cash receipts
! were S297, 40. the tonnage tax g2S 1876. and
/ duties Sl55.51G The total exports OF cot
j ton through Galveston during 1900 amount
! 81 70 i,2J9ztz bales, compared with l.
52S-232 bales for 1883 CaIveston's cotton
receipts for the first four months OF the
season 19g0-1gg1 were I229 5S4 bales com
/ pared with I,240.57S bales for the CORE
I spending months Of the season IS99-IgJ0
During 1890 a2.3H loaded cars were handled
/ IN The yards Of the Galveston Wharf Com
pany. compared with 1922 loaded cars
The following statement Of expenditures
IN building since the storm is q splendid
Building and repairing homes, $s00. 600:
wharves and shipping facilities, So, go,
church property, $25,725; mercantile build
ings, <25O,oJJ: public buildings, etc,
$500; manufacturing plants. Sg5-
/ 80; municipal property, 1880; United
states Government property, SO I0G. State
property, $4,000, railroads, telegraph, etc
$4,000; total, S2,25S SIS
Assistance is to be expected from the
/ Federal Government. which is d0ubIy in
terested in the rehabilitation of the city
1t has already expended 5000, 0Oa in cor
structinS the jetties, and these great walls
Of rock were damaged to the extent of
81. 500 90 or more by the hurricane The
Government also expended about s. 605. 0g5
on forts, barracks, and other property on
the Island The citizens are projecting
the novel plan of raising the grade Of
Galveston At present the city slopes
each way from Broadway, the street that
tTaverseS the highest portion OF the place
1t Is calculated to fill in Until a fifteen
foot level is obtained at the gulf shore
and graduate to the present level at the
Bay shore 1t is estimated that Galveston
can be raised by making an expenditure
Of 100000, and it viii be accomplished
by pumping sand automatically, from the
Bay, possibly from the Gulf