Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-05-03
FRISCO BUSY IN
EFFACING HER LOSSES
Conditions of Life Becoming
= More Normal.
MANY BUSINESS HOUSES REOPEN
Work of Rebuilding Is Proceeding Rap
idly In All Portions of the Wrecked
city-Prlces Of Goods Are Gradually
Lowering.

San Francisco, May 2.--Conditions
of life are gradually becoming more
normal in this city and the work of
clearing up the wreck in preparation
for rebuilding In the downtown sec
tion OF the city is rapidly going on
Business is being rapidly resumed
by retail dealers Of every description
throughout the destroyed sections of
the city. George Whitman, chairman
of the committee on retail trade re.
ports that the following places of bus.
1ness are open:
Forty-four butchers, 90 restaurants,
% bakeries, % fruit and vegetable
stands, II dairies and Is rerreshment
parlors, So groceries and II miscella-
SeouS establishments. includin~ toll
oTs, plumbers, dry goods stores, drug
gtsts and cigar stands. The commits
sion hrms along the water front are
doing a thriving business. Yester
day prices of dairy and some lines OF
green goods were lower. The business
Of receiving and dispensing of con
s1gnments is running along smoothly
as can be expected under the circum.
stances. In less than two weeks the
garbage accumulation will be disposed
OF. An inspection of the reduction
works in the Potrero has been made,
and is was reported that outside OF
the 100 feet of the tall chimneys, re
pairs to the furnaces can be complet
ed in ten days.
Men were set to work Tuesday on
the repairs and soon there will be a
good force at work. AS soon as these
repairs are made, all refuse will be
incinerated as in the past.
Mayor Schmitz has announced that
all-time restrictions as to the light
ing of dwellings will be removed on
Wednesday, with the suggestion that
candles will be used exclusively for
Illuminating purposes until electricity
can be resumed. Petroleum for light
ing purposes is especially prohibited
until the water supply is Intact
The Spring Valley expects to have
the water front supply going within
ten days. BY that time the pipe lines
on the various wharves will have been
overhauled and shipping can be accom-.
modated as before the earthquake.
The United railroads has been given
permission by Mayor Schmitz to op.
crate its cars until later hours in
order that the last cars will leave all
the terminals at midnight.
The United railroads has already op.
Grated seven lines and with these
three additional routes will be cover.
Ing nearly all section of the unburned
district.
Every chimney in every building
will be inspected before any fires are
made indoors. The reports turned
over to the board of fire underwrit.
ers, the members of which will make a
Te-inspection Of buildings, are about as
expected.
Nearly all the chimneys in the hills
are found to be slightly damaged,
but those In the made" ground are
unfit for use.
Many of the larger factories left un.
harmed are starting up work with all
the rapidity possible under the circum.
stances. At the Union Iron works
800 men are now employed and the
management expects within rortnigh
to have the full complement of its
force, nearly 4,OO0" 0"men," engaged.
WoTkmen are engaged fixing the
steamer Columbia, which was turned
on her side. The hulls OF the new
Hawatian-American Steamship compa,
ny liners were pitched about four feet
to the south, but were uninjured, and
only need to be replaced In position.