Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-22
CAPITALISTS PLEDGE FAITH
Strong Interests in New York Say San
Francisco viii Be Rebuilt,
MAY CHANGE SITE or BIGGEST HOUSES
Made Ground Along Market street
Way ne Abandoned for solid
Formation In the Tar
nat District.
lay CHANGE SITE or BIGGEST HOUSES

NEW YORK. April n.-The Journal OF
Commerce today says:
The heads Of large commission houses
in the dry goods trade are talking over
plans of announcing any reasonable eN-
tension of credit to their San Francisco
customers as a means OF aiding them TO re-
establish their business. The subject has
been taken up as a feasible means Of
quickly rehabilitating the trade Of which
the credit alone remains.
In spite of property losses involved in
destruction of San Francisco by earthquake
and fire. New Workers who have large in
terests at stake in that city and Califor-
mans resident here said without hesitation
yesterday that San Francisco would be re-
built as speedily as possible, that the city
would rise from its ashes on grander lines
than those OF its past and that it would be
a safer and healthier city because OF the
precautions to- be taken against future
earthquakes and CONGREGATIONS.
d. o. Mills, said: I'm spite Of the uncer-
tainty. one thing is sure-the city will be
rebuilt We will go ahead and build tho
city. and build It so that earthquakes Will
not shake II down and so fire will not de-
stroy il; and we win have a water system
which will enable us to draw water from
the sea for fire extlnguishing service and
other municipal purposes. We will thus
have less to fear from the destruction OF
the land mains"
Archer NJ. Huntington, son of Coils 2.
Huntington, said: san Francisco is the
logical metropolis west Of the Rockies and
all talk OF abandoning Of the city in favor
Of some such place as Seattle is foolishness.
] can say that the city will be rebuilt at
once; that it will be an improved city and
that in the building profit will be taken
from present conditions"
Predicts BETTER BUILDINGS.
Isaac Guggenheim said: "Of course San
Francisco will rise again We have every
confidence In its recuperative powers. II
will rise like the Phoenix and be bigger and
more beautiful. Buildings will be put up
that will not tumble down when the earth
quakes, and neither will they burn so cas-
lily. and Il will be one Of the most beautiful
cities in the world"
G. E. Iaidlaw said that commercial neces-
stiles would take care Of San Francisco $
future, adding: 81 no reason why the
city should not rise again. The tendency
Of course is to rebuild"
There can be no possible doubt that
San Francisco will rise from the ashes of
its ruins" declared Colonel Dudley Evans,
president OF the wells-Fargo Express com
pany. 1t Is a question of only few years
before the city will be greater and grander
than ever before. It will have the ex-
perience and the mistakes OF the past as a
guide, and even II there should be another
visitation of an earthquake there would be
little TO fear with the provisions that will
be made to meet such danger
May Change Sites.
Some plan must be devised which will
obviate the necessity Of building on the
made land of the wholesale district. II
virtually has no foundation TO support the
great buildings which rested upon it and
It seems to me likely that the merchants
will move TO the solid ground formerly
known as Tarfat, south OF Market street
That no time will be lost In the work
Of rebuilding San Francisco is suggested
by the fact that the large engineering anc
contracting firms are sending their mos
expert men TO investigate the ruins witt
a view Of discovering which form OF con
struction best withstood the shock TIL,
city will require about $50 900 tons Of struc
tural steel to repair It's losses and cree
new buildings, according TO r. II. Gary
head of the United States Steel corpora
ton. and other authorities interviewed yes
terday One result OF the earthquake.
was claimed, will be to give an impetus {,
the use of steel skeletons in future build
ing along the Pachc coast.
A special TO the Times from Trenton. n
j., says The John A. Roebling's Son
company OF this city whose store an,
warehouses were destroyed In San Fran
cisco. decided yesterday to rebuild at once
Builders Ready for work.
OAKLAND. April Alt was stated her
this morning that a number Of firms o
san Francisco In structural and architec
tural work are making preparations to ope
mp their iron plants as soon as possible
and that many of them will establish tenn
porary plants In this city.
A number of Arms that have shipment
of steel on the way TO San Francisco wi
have the freight landed in Oakland. All o
these firms have announced that forme
employees will be given preference over 9th
crs when actual work is commenced agar
Woman Divides Estate with Sufferers
SAN FRANCISCO, April H.-Mrs. Hug
Crum. a wealthy property owner of Sa