The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-30
BURNED CITY NEEDS MORE AID.
WANTS TIE NATION TO BACK 4.
LOAN FOR 5000, 600, 900.
With Government for Sponsor, Interest Rats
Would he = Ia Per Cent.-City OHcrs
All Assets as SecurIty-WOuld Pay IN
so Years-The Day In San Francisco.

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OAKLAND, Cal, April 20. -Since the relict
committee learned that Secretary Taft
would spend most of the Congressional
appropriation for the relief Of San Fran
cisco for supplies in the East, and that very
little of it would come in the form Of ready
money, the fact is becoming more and
more apparent that San Francisco's heroic
expression of self-reliancc and loud deter
mination to rebuild Immediately has spread
through the country the damaging belief
that the city is well provided for and needs
no further contributions
At the meeting OF the Citizens Commit
tee this afternoon, the me nbers called at
tention to this usfortunate and dangerous
assumption.
Chairman James d. Phelan urged a for
NAL declaration setting forth just how
much ought to be done in immediate relief
work and how much money was in hand
for the work. He deplored the impression
that the city no longer needs the bread OF
charity.
The committee went into session then
on the proposal to ask the Government for
a long time, low interest loan. Congress
man julius Kahn. who was in attendance,
was in favor of asking Congress to indorss
city bonds covering the estimated loss by
fire and running for fifty years.
Should such Legislative action be taken,'
he said, "the city of San Francisco could
borrow at 2l9 per cent. money that would
cost 4 to 5 per cent. through ordinary bank
ing channels"
1t is understood that no promised, at the
discretion of the committee, to introduce
such legislation.
After the committee was informed by
Secretary Metcalf of the probable dis
position of the Government appropriation
a message was sent TO Secretary TAFT
asking him to give such information as he
could as to the disposition of the nations
relief fund. Up to the time that the meet
ing convened there had been no answer.
A member OF tn, committee said last
night:
"The problem of the immediate rebuild
ing of the city and OF the cheapest and
most effective means for accomplishing this
end will be our chief care
I'VE cannot. for lack Of money. put into
execution the elaborate Burnham plan for
the new city; but. on the other hand, we do
not want it to spring up ~haphazard as a re-
suit of individual driblets of capital.
1T is estimated by the underwriters that
$500, 900, 600 represents our total loss. 1t is
imperative that we restore az soon as pos
sible the buildings whose destruction by
fire represented this loss.
But we have not the money ourselves.
We do not want to pay the banks from 4
TO @ per cent. We believe that ConREsss
should stand sponsor for our bonds, 50
that We may borrow the $500, 900 900 mt r..
per cent. We can offer as security the realty
values of the city"
Ex-Mayor Phelan reported that the SUR
at the Mint available for the present pur-
poses OF the committee is S5ls 900.
An attempt was made last night to rob
the Golden Gate Park Museum. The san
try shot five times at the robber, but failed
to bring him down.
There is rich loot in this building and no
one stays there at night. The authorities
have placed a hea vier guard about it.
st. Ignatius's Church, noted for the value
of its altar vessels, and which stands partly
burned, was the target of another attempted
robbery. So far there has been no church
looting. and the authorities nave taken
about all churches.
Yesterday Col. Morris sent a special
detachment to drive out the curio seekers
~ liz lphihB oDOup III liz iulllS VI SlllIh-
town. The outrush of tourists and hooters
when the troops approached resembled a
riot,
Hereafter, Col, Morris says, hooters in
the form Of curio seekers will be shot II
they disobey the orders Of the soldiers to
stay away from ruined buildings. He says
hat tourists and sightseers cause them
more trouble than all other elements.
No., tLat -~,1 ~ H. .@A.lo o.o I-za--
without means of amusement, the only
thing to do to pass the time is to spy through
the city, seeing just what the fire did, al
though walls are falling every hour. These
pikers choke th%oroughfares, destroy prop
erty and delay work.
The executive committee of the Clearing
House met in the afternoon at the residence
OF Henry 7. Scott and determined to begin
bank payments on Tuesday morning. The
coin will be handed out in small sums at
the Mint. AS stated before, the absolute
limit on individual payments will be $500.
The police have found another case Of
petty graft on food supplies. An anony-
nous letter from a woman brought the
information that certain families on Tele-
graph Hill, with the aid Of their children.
have pulled down enough to open nice
little grocery stores.
Detective Cottle investigated. He found
big supplies OF relief stores stacked up in
half burned buildings at sos Union street
and at three places in Montgomery avenue.
The people who put them there had been
their children to all the relief sta
tons, where they found means to get early
into the bread lines. Thess storehouses
used as wholesale houses to feed
small grocery stores in sheds. Cottle
seized the stores and turned them over to
W. Hahn Of the relief committee.
President Michaels Of the gas mpan
says that he is making arrangements to
repair and tap some OF the mains and to
free gas for the out Of door cook
stoves.
Bartlett Doe, a manufacturer of doors
blinds, died during the earthquake
rom the shock. He was SO years old
Ind leaves an estate valued before the FIRE
1t 81, 800 900.
The wine makers nave been looking into
heir losses and find that about 40, OOo, 900
gallons were lost in the fire. They set
heir loss at about $1,000, 600. Some OF the
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