The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-05-11
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band discoursed music for a short time
in the tented city" at Jefferson square
There was some extension OF the elec-
tric car service on the streets, and the
people in the remote suburbs will be
tomorrow afforded quick transportation
with the waterfront and points in the
burned district, where they may be
obliged to labor.
The city officers were highly elated
today upon finding the contents of the
municipal treasury intact. The vaults
wer,. located In a section of the city
hall that escaped the fire, and when an
expert opened the doors this morning
he found gold. silver and securities
scattered over the floor but there was
nothing missing. The vault contained
$500. 900 in coin and currency. 100000
in securities of the German Savings
bank anG $l2,oO0.0OO of unsold city
/, bonds.
Shipping is beginning to resume its
normal course. There were a number
of departures of steamers today and
several arrivals, the latter bringing
provisions.
| The steamer Amur arrived from Vic
tOrl1 WIN oVu tOHS Oh proNisloiis given
by the people of British Columbia, and
the cargo was admitted duty free.
HOW THE BIG NEWSPAPERS,
OVERCAME THEIR TROUBLES
1t takes more than an earthquake
and confagration to put the San Fran.
! cisco newspapers out of business. With
resourcefulness that cannot but be
admired, they surmounted all difficult
ties, and today there is little in their
appearance that would indicate the
strain and stress under which they
have labored in order to present the
news to the eager public of this burned
city. Only one of them has suspended
publication. The Evening Post, being
unable TO acquire a plant in the vicinity
of the city, has retired from the field
for sixty days. All others are issuing
as usual.
1t must be remembered that at 5:l3
on the morning of the earthquake,
April Is, power and water failed in eV-
cry newspaper office in San Francisco,
Still, in the hope that. as the day
grew, these agencies would be provided,
the gathering of news went on as US
ual. w nen lut tIIioii -
apparent that all plants without eN-
ception would be destroyed, The Bulle-
tin put at work a force in Its compos-
ing rooms and hand bill was hand
set and some hundreds of copies run
off on the proof press, giving the sali-
ent features of the days news.
The morning papers-the Call, Chron-
icle and Examiner, retired to Oakland,
on the other side of the bay, and there
on Thursday morning issued JOINT
paper from the office of The Oakland
Tribune On Friday morning they spit
forces again, The Examiner retaining
the use of The Tribune plant ana The
| Call and Chronicle issuing from the
office of The Oakland Herald. 1.-TWO
days later The Call secured the services
of The oakland Enquirer plant Mean
I time, on Friday The Bulletin, after
suspension of one day, made arrange
| ments for the use in the AFTERNOON OIL
| The Oakland Herald equipment. ana
| from these sources and under such CIR
cumstances the San Francisco papers
/ have been issuing.
Offices were hurriedly opened on Ill
more street, which today is the man
thoroughfare of San Francisco, ana
from these headquarters the news OF
| the day as II was gathered has been
transmitted by means of automobiles
and the ferry service to the Oakland
shore There also We're accepted such
advertisements as have been offered.
The number of these is perhaps the
best visual sign at present OF the res
direction of the new city. 1t was not
no
ed Yesterday by The Examiner there
were over nine pages of advertisements.
In a sixteen-page paper published, lhls
morning by The Chronicle, at least oo
per cent of its space was devoted t'
; the same end. What better evidence
! could the world have of the indomlt-
able purpose of the merchants OF san
Francisco? L. is to be noted that TINS
issue of The Chronicle of which mem
tion has been made was delivered this
morning by carriers at the residence or
every subscriber remaining standing in
san Francisco not later than I o'clock
TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
PRESENTED A PROBLEM
The maintenance of telegraphic COM
been one of the most difficult matters
= with which the newspapers have had TO
contend. Tho experience of the Asso-
ciated Press I'm this respect will give an
idea OF the obstacles confronting the
other news agencies Of the city. From
Wednesday, April 49, until Monday
April %. there was neither communi-
cation by means Of telephone or tele-
graph between Oakland and san Fran
cisco ON Monday one telephone cir
cult with Oakland &as established and
the Associated Press used this for tele-
graphic purposes The use continued
through Tuesday, and on Wednesday II
failed. ON Thursday the Western Un-
ion. by extraordinary efforts, succeed
ed In getting a bay cable In working
order and by running wires In round
about way managed To get wire into
The municipal headquarters al Franklin
Han on Fillmore street, near Bush,
This wire was placed az the service OF
the Associated Press ana through rom-
munication Go the East established
Ncws from the Associated Press head
| quarters has been going over lnls VII,