Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-05
General Agent for Gould Lines
Tells Of Conditions in San
Francisco.
BIG SHIPMENTS ARE COMING.
lie Anticipates That There VIII he big
Business for the Railroads AT
Early Date.

IN a report Of conditions written by
General Agent W J. Shotwell Of the
Rio Grande and Missouri Pacific at San
Francisco there is some very interest
ing information Among other things
he says
kilograms 10 you and others do not
seem to be reaching their destination.
Hope my letters mailed several days
have arrived All of my force aud
members Of their families are safe.
Several members of my force, including
myself, have lost everything they pps-
through the kindness Of MI j. A, Beck
with, our Oakland agent, at 1910 Broad
way. Through the kindness of Harlor
Commissioner Spear OF San Francisco
all foreign line representatives in San
Francisco will be provided with booth
space I'm q building 10 be constructed
on the depot grounds In front of the
Ferry buildings Cost of construction
TO he prorated) standing and in use
the tower only being condemned. This
office in San Francisco viii answer our
purposes for some time to come The
Jose is located has been condemned.
VIII arrange to provide other quarters.
No damage in Sacramento.
Thousands Of people are leaving
san Francisco on free transportation
and special rates. Maj. Hooper has
authorized the Southern Pacific TO use
our lice as their own. issuing through
free transportation and reduced rates
over our road I'm connection with sim
liar transportation over their own road
to Ogden.
The records and Office furniture IN
our former San Francisco Office were
completely destroyed by fire, We have
wired for four small cheap desks, sta
tionery and complete office outfit for
both departments also supply Of tick
cts We will unquestIonably have 10
lease a new office IN San Francisco p"e-
Vious 90 the reconstruction of the city.
Have talked this matter over with Mai,
Hooper and he Will advise
"Tho bankers Of San Francisco. in
suranCe companies, municipal authorl-
tics. various commercial and other IN
terests are organizing with a view or
working In harmony for mutual benefit.
The governor has declared legal hoE-
days every day TO date, and in all
probability will continue TO do so for
two weeks. II is estimated that there
is about Sl00. 600 900 IN the vaults OF San
Francisco that will he available at nm
early date. Insurance companies are
promising prompt payment of a posi-
BILE So per cent OF the insurance loss,
which il approximately 5000 O0O 600.
"As soon az the merchants establish
credit a tremendous movement OF sup
plies and construction material VIII be
made To San Francisco. but conditions
are so demoralizing that we are unable
to reach these people at present. I'M
questionably the bulk of the structur-
al iron will be shipped from Europe.
Newspapers are carrying ads of tent
porary locations of San Francisco mer-
chants We are systematically locat-
ing the shippers and hope to be able
to give our agents Information To work
upon IN a short time. Their locations
for the next year or two Will be so
scattered. extending all around the
bay of San Francisco on both sides,
that IL will probably require the assist
ance OF our outside agents to cover
the field properly. Existing conditions
compel us now to divide our force be-
tween San Francisco and Oakland and
we may find It advisable to locate at
least one man in Alameda. would
suggest that our agents throughout the
east scour the country thoroughly for
orders communicating with US freely,
as we will with them.
"The spirit that prevails here is
hopeful--extremely so. Thousands OF
people are absolutely ruined financial
". but are not discouraged, and we
think here that San Francisco will be
fully restored and will be a greater
city than ever Oakands available
water front is limited. To duplicate
the natural advantages of san FralI-
cisco's water front would IN all prob
ability cost as much as to rebuild San
Francisco. II u.s. therefore safe to as
sumo that San Francisco will retain
its shipping interests, Many Of the
firms of San Francisco are establish
ing warehouses here, In Alameda, Berke-
lev and Richmond These warehouses
will to large extent remain in their
present location for n couple of years.
Later on when the debris is cleared