The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-05

Yesterday eSi1gt ions nos Icing prar'lo.d
hy tfnde~msn ard la%nhlurls In The way "
eSofbtanf pficfs fscelved attention and
wefs futindIy dsnUunoHd
b II Wr(aThy, president n tho Build
ING Trnsles Cosincli, esllsl attention 10 tho
fact that II Cgsst Hu fnDgr uWief pfeasnt
u1filllona ~ Manufacture Htns AMI Dr7nenf
aWi that NJ ertaf s1ppliea ~ thars mHiefials
had tssn deAtfDytyi ~ ira yes ~ SPITE
N thiH Faot eHufmpfs prict4 wefe hging
defnanieyl Nv manufacturers snd dsassa
Fte ctaihi not understand wiy . haffei ~
Inns worth ~ 0snfs lafnfg tho nfa Naa
worth ND to-day Uhgf building ma
tefials stri ~ fashes awl Doors and wih-
d0s fiaas he aaid sers also teing hehi q,
fidimllotsly hiah pficrs
Mayer Nehmltf saki thsre wa only one
way w deal With this situation That was
"a aet q frrunt ~ at tfadestuen that afe
taking adVantaas ~ tho city's calamity
10 goiae 'he gab'io No thought puollc
S.ntlment wculd .mshc such practices
%sxlreBely Improbable
Tho tranio up AMI down MARKET street
IA ~ hrWvy that street. ears can hendls
only abOut ~ per cont. ~ u AZ least 80
vehicles afe constantly IN uss conveying
passengers from tbs ferry depot 70 up-
town points and teen rivalry EXISTS among
men operasieg ~autgsnobiles, hacks, buasss.
eNpJeaa wagons and trucks
Marshall Field a Co, the great dry Eooia
Hrm % Chicago, are locating IN San Frau
cisco. They will invest millions In thia city.
Representatives ~ this great house wefs
ssnt 10 san Francisco jist after the fire. o.
make necessary arrangements for eatab.
fishing o branch house here.
This recognition Of the great future 81
San Francisco has = q most stimulating
effect pa both merchants u real estate
agents,
Perhaps never In tho history Of the city
has there been 40 little crime In San Fran
cisco, With saloons closed, Chinatown,
the Barhary Coast and othsr haunts %
criminals wipei out. AM soldiers and ma.
rines on almost every block In residence
districts, there have been few attenpte at
crime. Il IL the opinion Of the police hat
most Of the criminal element has left the
city. The saloons n3il probability will re-
main closed for two months yet. =.
A detachment Of marines from the United
young men at Meiggs wharf this morning
with a big lot Of loot In their possession,
consisting principally Of copper. copper
wire and other materials which they had
gathered from the surrounding districts.
The men are now under guard and may
be forced 10 work In one Of the chain gangs
which are now being established. They
had apparently formed an examination
10 gather material, for which junkmen
are Offering good prices.
Their headquarters were at Meliggs
wharf and they also made hat their s'eep-
INK Oho ho "oo gNeAAN "
DO the cooking for the gang, while several
others went To forage for food. The rest
gathered Junk.
The marines also came upon q man who
had broken into a cannery at Bay and
Powell streets. He had a large copper
vat valued at 500. When he saw the
marines coming he tried TO escape by
running, and refused 10 stop at the COM
mand OF Halt" 0ne of the marines
brought his gun TO his shoulder and was
about to fire when the iooter stumbled
and fell. He vas locked up.
Investigation by the police has in the last
few days brought to light hundreds Of cases
OF graft on the part of unprincipied people.
During the week following the disaster IL
was impossible to discriminate in the dis
to take advantage OF an opportunity TO get
provisions by falsely representing them
selves TO be in need.
The fraud practised by these impostors
has been discovered by officials in charge
Of relief work, who, with the aid Of the
for supplies, but have recovered large
quantities Of provisions. Two especially
fragrant cases haV been found. In one u
woman who has been drawing provisions
since the relief bureau was opened was found
TO be we'll able 10 buy the necessities Of life.
In the other a man was found 10 DO stocking
his house with provisions for future use,
In another case a police officer recovered
eighty-one cans OF corned beef n other
canned goods and groceries in, proportion.
In another house visited by the police q
large supply OF provisions was found stored
away. In both cases the supplies were CON-
iscated and returned TO the relief oom-
mittee.
What has worried San Francisco more than
anything else was fear that structural steel
could not be got promptly and N sufficient
quantity TO rebuild the city. This fear is
now dispelled-representatives OF companies
allied with the United States Steel Cor
poration have been here six days making
a special study Of the needs Of San Fran
cisco. They are in a special car, which is
The party includes Frank Baackes, John
Duncan, John j.. Kennedy, X. 8.
White, Frank Bentley and John Neale,
Baackes, speaking for his associates, said
to-day: THE allied companies Of the Steel
Corporation have agreed TO give San Fran
ders. The rest of the country will have
to wait. We will fill San Francisco orders
as fast as the city gan possibly Use the ma
terial. 1t will require three months to clear
away debris, but when the city, is ready
for steel 1t will get 1t, and it will have steel
we have arranged for extensions Of
credit on past orders and will give the long
est time possible on new orders.
From our Investigations 1t ia plain that
frames incased in terra Gotta, or i'm
bedded In cement, will stand earthquake
and fire."
The party will remain here two weeks.
All the savings banks will open for busl-
ness next Monday. All the CONNIE cial
banks did a rushing business to-day, 80 the
finances Of the general public will soon be
in their normal condition, Already the
withdra wal OF money has been discontinued
to a large extent and thousands Of dollars
have been deposited.