The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-05-05

Over $500, 900, 900 Available TO Re-
build the City.
NO PERIOD OF HA1o TIM-s

NO PERIOD OF HAGo TINS
The Great Task OF Cleaning Up The
Burned District Is Now Undei
Way-Eastern Architects Arc Mo-
Needed.
San Francisco. May An inveail
CATION demonstrated that the fear tha
San Francisco will suffer a period o
hard times as an aftermath of the di
astrous fire is unfounded. Careful. ca
mate made by authorities oomre,'-
to sneak show that within thc
wear there will be more than $-o'D''
Oo0 available for the rehabilitation Cd
San Francisco.
The following figures make clca'
whore this sum is TO originate. ln
yostmcnt ol new Geary street munlcI
nal road. $4,000: Home Tclcphon.
company expenditures. Sl0oo,00o' III
surance losses now due and payahI
(approximatelO. $l75.o0o.ooo; uniie'
RAILWAYS. new constructions. $4,000.
GOO. city bonds of 1904. sum st'l
available s1700o0oo; Ocean Shore
railway. Appropriated expenditure
here. S1.O0oo00. restoration OF Pacific
States Telephone company. SlOooOo0'
restoration OF government buildings
S77oOO0: building of sea wall s.
coo Oao. Total. S2o11lo.ooo.
IL is expected that large part OF
this money will come from eastern
and foreign capitalists. In figuring Tho
two hundred and odd million whi.
will De available. the investigators o..
not take into consideration the sums
that may Dee raised for the beautihca
ton ana Improvement Of the city.
The ycxatious problem of placing tho
new Chinatown viii probably be settle'
TO the satisfaction Of the Chinese coli
ony. II is the desire of the municipal
inv not to harrass This portion of i'i
foreien population. and Che desires o
representatives of China win De con.
silcrcd
The two weeks that have c'apse.
since the day of the earthquake have
witnessed a transformation from chao.
TO regular order The unburncd region
has been nearly restored 10 les norma
condition. and when housewives ara
permitted TO return 20 their kitchens
TO cook. after the required inspection
Of chimneys. the streets Will have the.i
natural appearance.
In the burned area each day bring.
It's added share Of improvement an.
the great task Of cleaning mp has been
fairly started
Captain Gwynn asked for police as
slstance in investigating reports rc'a
tive to dead bodies in the ruins of th'
burned area. Captain Gwynn has been
looking for the dead for several DAYS
and he does not believe that the tor.
will amount 10 1900. as the coroner
saws. So far the military authorities
have record of something over 570
dead bodies. and in the opinion Of
Captain Gwynn 500 viii be- as many
as will ever De recovered.
Rufus j. Jennings. secretary OF Tho
citizens committee. said that som,
misapprehension evidently existed In
the east as 20 San Francisco's need for
architects. contractors and draughts-
men. The day following the earth
quake. Mayor Sohmitz sent telegram
TO a number of eastern cities. asking
how many architects. contractors and
drauehtsmon were available in case
they we're needed. The kilograms were
apparently misunderstood. Dispatches
have been received announcing that
architects had started for san Fran
cisco. The mayors telegram merely
desired information. At a meeting Of
the state board OF architects. the dec
laration was made that architects
would find it difficult 10 maintain
themselves I'm San Francisco at this
time. In Mr. Jennings opinion, there
might possibly be a field for eastern
architects at some later day. but he
suggested that they might seek infor-
nation before coming west