The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-05-08
TALES OF
THE DISASTER
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! we spent all day. 1t was a sight never
! to be forgotten: there are a few walls
standing and those will haYe to come
! down. The Call building is out OF
( plumb but otherwise It seems to be in
I fair shape. The Chronicle looks as
though the building is o X. so does the
Flood building and the st. Francis and
a few others, but such a wreck | never
saw before. We stood on Mob Hill and
looked for miles on nothing but smold-
ering ruins. Market Street has sunk
in great many places from one TO two
feet, on the lower end.
The people are living in the parks
and on this side of the bay, Oakland
has thousands OF them and they have
gone all over the State. The Relief
Committees are doing good work and
there win be no real suffering. The
Masons are doing good work.
Money and supplies are coming from
all over the United States and have
no doubt that little Hawaii will do her
share. But John. you are going to be
up against II for supplies and also your
mail All the steamers are being held
and no one seems to know when any
VIII leave here. The authorities are
holding them for the supplies they had
on them and also for use as hospital
ships and shelter The Spreckels are
all living on the Sonoma. expect to
leave here tomorrow for Tacoma and
stay there. l will not go to Los An
geles, ! have no money 0ucky haole),
had a hundred dollars when landed
This will get me to Tacoma and there
Is no telling when l would get any
here. All strangers who can get away
do so. The McLeods are all right and
so is Mrs. Edgar. Tell the Angus boys
their mother is all right and say to
Sheriff Brown that his wife has gone
up into the country with Captain Mat
son. Captain Matsons home was saved.
called on Mrs. Vesper last evening
but she was out. VIII go to see the
Martins and Miss Lynch today if / can
find them"
The second letter is dated "On board
Train No. 16 bound for Portland April
20.
II have given up the Idea of going
to Los Angeles and there may be no
encampment at all; If anything it will
be only a business session.
DIR. Grossman leaves Oakland today
for Los Angeles and Charlie Hoswell
will try to get away on Saturday on the
Alameda for Honolulu and he will
bring all the papers up to the date he
leaves and as he has been all over the
burnt district he will be able to tell
you just how it appears to him.
THE papers are very sanguine Of
how they are going to rebuild the city
and make 1t greater than ever. II the
insurance companies pay up they prob
ably will, but If they don't it will be
long time before there is much of
city. 1t is said the insurance will be
paid in full that is, If 1t does not bust
them, and / guess it will, some of
them. There are all kinds of rumors
and you can hear almost anything.
"They are blowing up the walls and
clearing the streets. Only a few of
the wharves are serviceable. The S. S.
China is discharging over at Long Pier
in Oakland and If that sleepy town had
enough wharfage to take care of the
shipping San Francisco would have to
take a back seat and Oakland would
be the City of the Bay; it would do
across the bay. OF course the South
ern Pacific does not want to see this
and you know the ferries are a gold
mine but you hear 1t on every side No
more San Francisco in mine That is
the way they feel now. OF course.
there was damage done in Oakland
and all around the bay but nothing
In comparison to what was done on the
peninsula. San Mateo. Palo Alto, STAN
ford is a wreck while the university
at Berkeley is practically intact. San
Jose Is badly damaged in fact every
place on that side of the bay was dam
aged and it will take them a long time
to win back the confidence of the peo-
pie.
There was quite a shock on Monday
night and this put the fear into them
a little deeper. The big fellows are do
ing the talking while the little fellow
is sick and does not know what is
going to become of him. l realize that
money win do anything and II they
make up their minds to rebuild It will
be done. California has received
black eye and II is going TO hurt us in
the tourist trade. II you mention a
volcano 1t is like waving a red flag
to a wild bull. In time these things
will wear off but il will take time.
THE banks are all trying to keep
everything in San Francisco and they
have announced that they will not
move across the bay. OF course they
had thousands of dollars invested there
and II Is to their interest to see IL build
up again. on the other hand nearly
all Of the mercantile companies are
opening temporary quarters I'm oak
land; the newspapers are al published
there and will be for some time. The
Chronicle building Is, to all appear
ances. in about as good shape as any
building in the city.
"Welch and co. have opened offices
at 1865 Washington Street, Oakland. /
did not draw any money there, they
have none, nobody has any money and
the Governor Is declaring legal holidays
from day to day So that the banks all
around the bay are closed Business
Is all done on paper, In fact there Is
not much business doing, The Relief
! Committees are feeding the people aud
they are doing u Well supplies aro
coming iu Boy the train load. We passed
a Ion al punsmuir little while ago,