The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-25
Cable and Telephone Service in
City of San Francisco Has
Been Resumed.
CITIZENS NOW PLAN
TO REOPEN THE STORES
General Ambition Is TO Com
mence Rebuilding City at
an Early Date.

SAN FRANCISCO April 24-Of the
$50 guests who were In tho st. Fran
cis hotel, as shown by the records
preserved, about forty have returned and
registered at a temporary office set UP
at the main entrance OF the hotel The
employees are In charge OF this office and
request that all tho late guests OF the
hotel return and register.
Telephone connections to Oakland and
also San Bruno way are now complete.
Today the Pacific States telegraph COM
pany had 500 men at work throughout the
city repairing and laying underground
emergency lines, Before nightfall %
wire cable had bcen laid the entire length
of Market street in the street car cable
slot and messages are now being sent
without difficulty.
Large Plant Coming
The cable toward San Bruno has 30 wires
and this also Is In working order. The
companies underground conduIts were
stroyed. but TO what extent has not yet
been determined AT present sufficient
power Is being generated by small gaso-
line plant In the suburbs. but large
plant has been ordered from Portland,
and is expected 10 arrive In the near
future
General Manager Glass said this after
noon that all matters are now in some
what deplorable condition. but he hopes
to have connections everywhere within
the next few days. He added that while
600 subscribers. the names now on It's list
number less than 5000.
Plan to Resume Business.
Three hundred representative San Fran
cisco merchants met this afternoon TO
consider tho best methods of reconstruct
Ing and Tcsumlng San Francsco's retail
business. The necessary steps were taken
for the formation OF a resumption OF
trade league and committees were
formed representing every trade in the
commercial world.
Tho subcommittee consist OF three
representative men OF every line OF trade.
1t Is the duty Of each therein to attend
to the resumption OF business in their
particular line They are instructed TO
report each day 10 the general commit
tee.
Will Care for Cripples.
The committee on the housing OF the
homeless has received tenders OF assist
ance from various places, one coming
from far of Dallas, Texas which said
that In addition to the hrty orphan chill
dren which II had already offered to care
Tor. Superintendent BuCkncr of the Buck
ncr Chldrcns home OF that place. Of
children.
The Stockton relief committee offers
to supply eevrything and care for a thou
sand people at sanitary rest camp at
stockton. OAK Grove. which is conven-
Irhtiy ioSated- ana asks that families,
partlcuIariy women and children, be sent
there. They request those coming TO bring
as much bedding as possible
Beginning Life Over.
AT certain points In the former business
heart OF the city some signs were mani
rested OF attempts 10 start again the
wheels OF industry. In the telephone CON
duits workmen were engaged in recon-
structing the moro important cables and
lines. The main building of the telephone
con eotnPany Sa on Bush. between Montgomery
and Sansome. being useless for occupancy
great cable was dragged from there
10 the new building OF the corDorn-
ton. two blocks further north on Bush
street, and from there connections are
Leing established with all the buildings
that remain standing and In condition
lor business The workmen stated that
they found the conduits in much better
condition than they had hoped for and
this fact makes the outlook for the
sewers good.
Merchants Exchange Running.
The Merchants Exchange this morning
mad already cleaned out the ground floor
and second story OF It's fourteen-story
building. and by tomorrow expects 10 he
transactlns some business there All of
the sub-stations OF the exchange are in
operation, and needed attention to ship
ping has been given The shipping
business. however. Is at standstil ONLY
one vessel of any size has been permitted
TO leave this port. The exception was a
The fire underwriters are making some
plans TO reopen offices In the Merchants
Exchange building.
Judging by the numerous applications
being made to tho city authorities to re-
open safes and vaults, there seem to he
general ambition to bring about an
early resumption of all kinds of business
rs early as possible.
Repairing Gas Mains.
The San Francisco Gas and Electric
company yesterday obtained permits for
a small army OF men to go about the cItv
to gain some idea OF the details OF the
damage, and by this means place itself
In position to effect a restoration Of
normal conditions,
The United Railways company today
had between 40 and 600 Of It's employees
on tho streets clearing the tracks and
erecting temporary trolley poles on Mar
ket street These poles were erected from
the ferry building to Fifth street.
Coffee and Sugar Needed.
Coffee and sugar arc wanted In Son
Francisco for the relief camps Other
provisions are to be had In plenty. There