Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-03
No Danger Of Period Of Hard Times
Following the Disaster.
BUSINESS IS RAPIDLY BEING RESUMED
Retail Merchants Are ReOpening as They
Gan Find Buildings.
HOUSES MUST Be LIGHTED WITH CANDLES
Kerosene Under Ran Until water
supply is Secured and Food
Must he Cooked in
Open Air.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 2-An investiga- |
tion made today has demonstrated that the
fear that San Francisco will suffer a pc
Rod Of hard times an aftermath of the |
disastrous fire is unfounded. Careful es-
Inmates made by authorities competent to
speak show that within the next year there
will be over S2OOOOO.OOO available for the re-
habilitation of San Francisco. The fol-
lowing figures make clear where this sum
is to originate:
Investment of new Geary street munich
pal road, $4,000; Home Telephone com
pany expenditures. Si.OOO,OOO; insurance
losses now due and payable. approximately
tl75.oOoooO; United railroads, new construc-
tion, 5000 900; city bonds for 1904 sum still
available, 81, 10000; Ocean Shore railway.
approximate expenditure here, 100000;
restoration of government buildings,
$4,000: building of sea wall, 100000; total,
S2O7 10000
It is expected that large part Of this
money will come from eastern and foreign
capitalists.
In figuring the odd s2OO,OOO.0OO which will
be available the investigators did not take
into consideration the sums that may be
raised for the Identification and improve
ment of the city. The vexatious problems
OF locating the new Chinatown will prob
ably be settled to the satisfaction of the
Chinese colony. 1t is the desire of the
Municipality not TO harass this portion of
it's foreign population and the desires Of
the diplomatic representatives of China
will be considered.
Business Being Resumed.
Conditions of life are gradually becom-
ing more normal in this city and the work
Of clearing up the wreck in preparation for
rebuilding in the downtown section of the
CITY Is RoinR on more rapidly.
Business is being rapidly resumed by re-
tail tradesmen OF every description through
out the burned sections of the city. George
Whitman, chairman of the committee on re-
tail trade, reports that the places Of bus
iness are open. as follows:
Fourty-four butcher shops, twenty-nine
restaurants. twenty-five bakeries, twenty
two fruit and vegetable stands, seventy
one dairies, fffteen refreshment parlors,
ffty-three groceries and seventy-onennis-
cellaneous establishments, including tailors
plumbers, dry goods stores, druggists and
cigar stands
The commission firms located along the
water front are doing a thriving business.
Yesterdays receipts showed a marked in
crease over the preceding days and prices
of dairy goods and some lines Of green
goods were lower. The business OF receiv-
and dsposing OF consgnments Is running
along as smoothly as can be expected. In
less than two weeks the garbage question
win be disposed Of. An inspection of the re-
duction works in the Potrero district has
been made and It was reported that, outside
of the 100 feet of the tall chimneys, re-
pairs to the furnaces can be completed in
ten days. Men were set to work yester-
day on these necessary repairs and soon
there viii be established a forced draught
to insure a rapid combustion- AS soon
as this n completed all refuse will be In
cinerated as In the pest.
Urged to Use Candles.
Mayor echmitz has just made the an
nouncement that all time restrictions as to
the lighting OF dwellings will be removed
today with the suggestion that candles be
used exclusively for illuminating purposes
until electricity can be resumed. Petroleum
for lighting purposes is especially pro-
hibited until the water supply Is intact
The Spring Valley Water company ex-
poets to have the city front water supply
In commission within ten days. BY that
time the pipes on the various wharves
will have bee.- overhauled and shipping car
be accepted as before the earthquake.
The United Railways was yesterday
given permission by Mayor Schmitz to op-
crate its cars until later hours in order
that the last cars. beginning tonight, will
leave all terminals at midnight.
The United Railways has already op.
Grated several lines, and with these thre,
additional routes will be covering nearly
ali sections OF the burned district.
The work Of inspecting chimneys Is pro
ceeding rapidly. The inspectors are al
architects or builders and are donating
their services for the benefit of house
holders. Every chimney in every building
left standing win be thoroughly inspecte,
before any permits are issued to maxi
fires indoors.
win satisfy Underwater.
The reports win be turned over 70 tn
Board Of Fire Underwriters, the member
OF which will make reinspection an,
then in proper cases grant the coveted per
mission to move the kitchen from tn
street.
Nearly an the ehimneys in the hills ar
found to be In excellent condition Th
chimneys OF houses located In the fiat sec
lions OF San Francisco are practically al
out OF commission.
Many OF the larger factories left un
harmed are starting up work with all tn
rapidity possible. AT the Union Irol
Works 1850 men are now employed an,
the management expects within a fort
night to have the full complement OF It
foree-neArly 1000 men-engaged
No damage was done TO the three neV
warships being built at these works 10
the Eovernment-the cruisers Californl
and Milwaukee and the battleship Sout
Dakota. The steamer city OF Puebla whic
sunk I'm the hay. has been raised an
Is being repaired workmen are also en-
gagged nxing the steamer Columbia. whlc
was turned on its side. The huns OF IN
new HRwahan-American Steamship com
pany's liners were pitched about four ZEE
70 the south. but were unlnjured and onl
need 20 be replaced IN position.
Loss OF the Aetna.
HARTFORD. Conn. May "a statemer
has been issued by the Aetna Life Insul
ance company az this city on IT'S nsbIliti,
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