The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-01
Arcs Clean in Ruined City for
First Time Since the
Calamity.
NIGER HORROR STILL
Turks IN GOLDEN GATE
food Supplies Are Low and
Mayor schmitz Warns (
of Danger.
READY TO UNDERNEATH BONDS

READY TO UNDERNEATH BONDS.
journal Special Service. ..e.s-s.sss-
New York, May 1.-There is current
in Wall street a report that a synal.
cate of New York bankers is preparing
to underwrite the 100000, 900 bond rs
sue proposed for San Francisco, pro,
',ided the national government Will
Guarantee the interest.
Representatives of the bankers 1t is
said, are i'll conference with Secretary
Shaw in Washington and with lawyers
as to whether or not government
guarantee of city bonds by an act of
congress would be constitutional.
San Francisco, May 1-For the first
time since the earthquake and fire lad
this city in ruins, street lights last night |
cleaned thru the black mantle, winch
has enveloped the city after nlghtfal!.
Everybody stayed indoors after dark
and nearly all San Francisco went to
bed with the setting of the sun. For
he first week after the fire, lights were
OF permitted. .1
Last night the arc lights in the
otrero district were seen from all over
ie city and did more to make people
,5peful, restore confidence and good
ceiling than anything since the earth.
uake. Next to the resumption OF
rect car service the restoration OF
ectric lighting is one of the most I'M
5rtant indications that the city is rap
iIy returning to normal conditions.
Car Service Inadequate.
Cars were operated last night until
O O'Clock. The cars in operation so
lar have been utterly inadequate TO
handle the heavy traffic and the owners
- L., of hJoIa a ra
,ayinp a lucrative business hauling
large numbers of people at the rate OF
IS cents to so cents each to and from
the ferry.
{ Last night was the warmest and
aba1miest since the thousands OF people
have been compelled to camp in the
open In nearly all the parks and
squares the Homeless are now quite we'll
provided with warm bedding Int and Dc, com m
ss been pretty we'll solved by the ar
rival of more tents and blankets.
A feeling akin to CONSERVATION has
oeens created by Mayor Schmitz 8
statement that the city faces a short
age in the food supply. It had been the
popular belief that San Francisco had
cen placed in position above want
or long time to come and the mayor S
declaration came as a painful surprise.
Mayor Schmitz said 700 carloads Of
'ood and supplies have been distributed
ince the morning Of the earthquake,
nd the Southern Pacific, the Santa Fe
nd other lines had information of only
70 cars on the way.
Basing his calculations upon reports
reived within the past twenty-four
ours, General Greedy stated that the
ycilable food supply, including ship
1ents on hand and those en- route,
could be Sufficient for the present popu-
alton for fifteen days. This reckon
ne is made upon the rate at which sup
lies have been consumed since the fire.
Jnder the army rations system that
will hereafter prevail, however, Gen
eral Greedy stated his belief that the
food will last twenty-one days.
Feeding Men a Problem.
hours,'' said General Greedy, II shall
be obliged to deal with another vigor-
Gus problem-the question Of feeding
able bodied male adults. The difficult
ty will be to distinguish between clerks,
sfenographers, music teachers and 9th,
ers, who are actually unable to return
an equivalent for a day s wages at hard
labor. The men who are able to work
will have to find occupation as fast as it
is presented.'
1t has been decided that relief work
at Oakland shall be placed under mil
itary direction similar to that in vogue
= here. Oakland has been obliged to feed
and house thousands Of unfortunates,
and it is stated that the same misuse
Of food by interruptions and mercenary
persons has been unearthed there.
Blast Wrecks Home.
An unfortunate happening today was
che destruction of a number of homes
! in the saved section on Van Ness ave
nue.. The blasting gang, in order to
{, blow up the unusually solid facade of
/ the Concordia club, was obliged to use
7 large quantity Of dynamite AS a
result of the tremendous explosion. four
houses on the other side of the thoro.
\ fare were wrecked, but no one was in.
"',1r,ed
Chairman Phelan of the committee or
nance said he has as yet received nc
reply to his telegram to Secretary Taft
asking what the relief committee might
expect out Of the $2,500,O00 appropri
! ated by congress- In the absence O.
suehta reply he assumes that this money
will lbe available. He had information
however, that the 100000 transmitted
Saturday by Secretary Taft was give1
by him as president Of the Nationa
Red Gross.
I. Signs of renewed industrial activit,
are apparent in many parts of thu
u1SLtl cLS. IL is Sa1Q CndC plan
r for thirty large buildings have bee,
drawn and will be submitted after new
Z buildings laws are promulgated.
Z To Build City Hall at Once.
# San Francisco is to build a new cit
II hall at once, temporary structure, bu
Z one which will do away with the ne
{ cessity Of paying the high rent rate
4 which the owners of property availabl
for municipal use are inclined to charge
A site which is looked upon favor
ably is the Lincoln school property
on the corner of Market and FIT
streets. 1t is proposed to erect tn
temporary building of corrugated iro
or steel frame and to have in it al
the city Offices, as it will be PRACTICAL
freproof. -
$4,000 for Gratitude.
The Tenth regiment of Pennsylvani
volunteers, which was camped in thi
city at the, time of the Spanish wa
has sent donation of $4,000 to th
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