The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-05-03
Some Oflts Views, However,
Too Optimistic
LIKE NEW MINING CAMP
Offices and Stores In Rough Sheds
Payment Of Insurance Losses Slow
Strenuous Efforts to
Rebuild.

sam Francisco. May 3.-Onc san Fran.
ciseD newspaper, published for the time
being III Oakland, said editorially Tues.
day that business had now been restored
praeticallysAo norma conditions in the
stricken alfN hi fact. the Merchants
Exchange Isl conducting It's affairs on
the sidewalk; the local Headquarters of
great railroad ssytems are housed in
rude shaeks Of rough boards and rusty
sheets Of galvanized iron picked ont Of
the neighboripg ruins; the state supreme
court Il holding sessions III 4 Jewish
syhagogiIe; the representatives Of the
fire insurance companies are beginning
the adjustment Of losses III the open
air m one Of the public parks, and tho
mayors official carriage IL borrowed
sewing machine wagon, drawn hy a
crippled horse. That gives ii fair epit-
One III the normal condition Of today.
There ii real life IN San Francisco, but
III il more the life ~ the mining camp
Of forts.nine than of the modern nes
tropolis. On all sides san Ffaiciseans
are minimizing the disaster. declaring
that every sign OF the catastrophe viii
have disappeared IN two years from this
time. Impossible As this Is. they APP
pear TO believe what they are saying
Strenuous Efforts to Rebuild,
Nowhere within the dcsolatcd expsnsc
Of the burned district. however. has busi-
ness ofs fpsv sort. mot even that Of the
peanut kiA3tf.s beettE feestablished on any
thing lRsh normal basis. Yet the III
ganfic, asiesr u restoration has fairly
Begin ! Nlsa IL. seems certain to 90 on
'front.' this time without interruption.
In FIVE years tiirp there will be new
city stronger than the old, better in
every May The people Of every class
and walk in life are working together
to that end without n or difference.
Already syndicates are forming among
the bankers and captains Of the state
70 take gate OF proposed municipal
bond Issue which is to provide the ready
money for rebuilding. One of the
strongest banks Of the city, the Hi
herman, has formally announced that
money paid under FIRE insurance policies
which the bank holds "a collateral for
loans viii be as the deposit Of those
Of it's mortgagorS who desire to restore
their properties BY new buildings. and
il il said that other banks will follow
this lead
Labor Unions Stand.
Most Of the more liberal lsbcr nmions
have decided 10 Ignore the union ques-
tinn for the present, and Some Of them
are doing all in their power 10 secure
work for any man who wants il and
viii take 1t. There Is little doubt but
what the rigid control Of the distribu-
tion 81 food will largely clear up this
question OF idleness before the end Of
the week In San Francisco aud Oakland
all saloons opened last night and will
be permitted 10 remain open from s
O'clock in the morning to o'clock in
the evening.
Insurance Companies Slow.
The machinery ~ commerce when once
fully checked is not easy to set in mo
tion, and that is one OF the most i'm /.
portsnt problems waiting solution. The
majority Of the city bank vaults are
still far too hot 10 open with safety,
and even had bank ample funds on
deposit al the time. IL could do but
little general business without its books
and It's signature cards.
| sIhen.s too, the insurance companies,
81 is asserted, are slow il liquidating
their LOGS. and thus there i All add.
tional setback, So impatient are some
people to get their insurance money
that so-called adjusters, who advance
money on the policies at the rate Of 10
or Is per cent, have begun to be in
evidence.