The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-04-30
STANCH AND TRUE
AMID AWFUL
RUINS
STANDS BULK OF FRISCO HOMES
READY FOR A NEW BEGIN
MING.
FAMILIES ARE UNITED
Second Sabbath Since Fire Serves as
Clearing House In Affairs of City
Plan to Distribute Sup
plies.

San Francisco, Cal, April 29.-~Ine
second Sabbath since the fateful April
18th has ceryed as clearing house in
the affairs Of the ruined city. While
the old time quietude is missing the
day has Witnessed less excitement
confusion and clamor OF its immediate
predecessors and the community has
been enabled TO take calmer survey
of the situation and to enter into more
intelligent and rational preparations
for he future. All possible work of a
municipal character was suspended for
the day and the tired officials took
advantage of the mll to secure great.
ly needed rest and pay some attention
to pressing personal needs.
Probably the most important devei-
opment of the day was the promuga-
tion by General Greeley of a plan for
the distribution of relief supplies by
which it is believed that the misuse
Of supplies hereafter will be impos
sbe. The unburned part of the city
will be divided into seven districts in
sumo control of all the relief stations
now established. Responsible civil
ians will be installed, under salary al
the sub-stations for the purpose OF
clerical work and daily records and
checks will be Kept.
1t is declared that the period OF
extreme distress has passed and that
she earliest possible issue of raiions
must be confined to helpless women
and children isages Of lnNurias or
articles Of special diet win be con
fined to infants and invalids Rigid
ecoaomy is enioined upon any officer
engaged in relief work. In each of the
seven districts there will be 100 sta
tions. The amount Of food to be al
lowed each person with latitude for
Ger ain conditions is specified and the
allowance in a measure is based upon
army ratiols.
AT a meedag today at which were
present James d. Phelan, some noted
lawyers and bankers, plan was
broacheAfor financing the city which
II is hoped will meet the endorsement
of the general committee II being
@. timated hat the city has suffered
The loss of 5000 100000 by fire, it is
conceded that there is not sufficient
money in San FRANCISCO to reconstruct
the city ANA that the people must look
elsewhere for funds.
Mr.. Phelan's plan is to frame legis
lation to present to congress asking
the United States to endorse the pro-
posed bonds of San Francisco. With
this guarantee of the government the
city will be able TO go into the finan.
cial markets Of the world and borrow
the needed money al 2 or 2l5 per cent,
the bonds to run for fifty years. and
constitute mortgage on the best
portion of the city. Mr.. Phelan as
serts that such legislation would not
be new in congress.
The number of people without shelf
er has been reduced to a minimum.
The housing committee reported today
that its work has been almost COM
pleted, applications for accommoda'
TONS having ceased.
San Francisco, April PA p omi-
nent engineer. after careful survey,
has estimated that the area devasted
by the fire ia approximately 10000
acres. or about Is square miles There
are few cities in the world where so
much valuable property IL contained
in an equal area. Within this 10
SQUARE miles are nearly 100 banks,
some of the finest buildings in the
world. thousands Of mercantile and
mannfa actuiing establishments. and
more than 250.000 inhabitants, besides
some $4,000 transients.
These facts convey a faint idea OF
the magnitude OF the losses sustained
and the vast extent Of the ruin They
also serve TO sharply emphasize the
comparatively small los Ct life trom
all causes fire and -hoot
ing. The aggregate of fatalities VIII
probably not exceed zoo. and certainly
will not reach 1000. a striking prof.
of the mastery manner in which the
evil and military authorities handled
the situation.
Notwithstanding the enormous and
widespread destruction. the homes OF
$4,000 people are stil standing prac-
iically uniniured. There still remain
the great ship yards at Porero. the
Pacific Mail docks. the stock yards al
South San Francisco. the docks and
manufactor.es along the waer front
from Mission creek 10 Hunters Point.
the mint. the post1ffice and the large
retail district on Fillmore and Devils
ader0 streets.
4 map just Published here Of The
burned district chow an area covering
453 city blocks, III Of which are south