Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-30
Streets Of San Francisco Are
Thronged With Laborers and
Excavating Has Begun.
PERMITTED TO OPEN SAFES.
Police and Military Authorities
Take Steps to Prevent Fur.
ther Looting.
Reports From Refugee Camps Show
Exceedingly Small Percentage
OF Sickness.

San Francisco, April 3o,-Today
marked the actual beginning Of olsen
tanging San Francisco from its dis
ordered condition. and of commencing
the work OF reconstruction On many
sides were visible indications of the
determination of merchants stores re-
sumIng business. Gangs of men with
teams were excavatlng for foundations
In numerous vacant lots, and In other
places the removal of debris OF burned
buildings was well under way The
streets at an early hour were thronged
with laborers on their way TO the
burned districts, where they had been
engaged to assist in the task OF cleaning
up. The boats from the cities across
the bay. aud the local electric cars from
the suburbs were packed with working
men who had already secured employ
ment. In many places advertisements
were posted OH the walls seeking Ia
borers, and these inquiries for men
were met with numerous responses
from heads of families who were only
too willing to engage in any kind OF
labor
PERMITS TO OPEN SAFES.
The authorities todsy Issued numer-
Gus permits to corporations and indi-
'vduals to open their safes. Every
precaution is being taken TO establish
the identity of owners so that II VIII be
almost impossible TO practise fraud In
this direction. These safes are OF the
smaller kind, and have sufficiently
cooled to permit of the doors bing
opened. BY this means a little more
money will be put In general circula-
ton and some of the distress arising
from the want of cash will be lmmedlT
ately relieved.
GREELY's PLAN IN OPERATION
Today's work OF providing for the
destitute and the homeless was done
under the plan devised bv Gen. Greedy,
and a check put upon the waste ex-
tiavagance and deception that had pre-
vailed to some extent IN the past. A
closer watch was kept on individual
cases, and by this method II Is probable
that in the future there Will be no ex-
cess supply delivered to any one fami-
ly,
IMPORTANT MEETINGS.
There will be some important meet
ings of the committees concerned with
the financial future of the city, and It
Is expected that the ideas advanced for
the rehabilitation of the city will be-
come crystallized in a definite project.
which may eventually be submitted TO
Congress for action by that body.
NO MORE LOoTING.
The police and military authorities
ha, La, OF t,,hf uill af1antnQ II v
prevent further footing of ruins, par
ticularly In Chinatown. The latter
place has been a Mecca for relic hunt
ers, and 1t IL asserted that men and
women of prominence have been carry
Ing from the ashes OF this quarter many
valuable pieces OF chinaware, bronze
work, etc. Last night four miitiamen
were placed under arrest while digging
In the ruins OF Chinese ba2aars, and
number of others were frightened
away by shots fired over their heads,
Hereafter a strong military line will be
drawn around the boundaries OF the
former Chinese colony
STREET CAR SERVICE.
The extension of street car. telephone
and telegraph service Is proceeding as
rapidly as the difficult conditions will
permit, and It is hoped that before the
week is ended the people who remain
In San Francisco will be provided for
In the affairs OF communication and
transportation along lines approaching
normal,
REFUGEE CAMPS.
Reports from the refugee camps and
hospitals show an ,astonishingly small
percentage of sickness and the bugaboo
Of threatened epidemlcs has been bur-
led, II Is hoped, foI all time.
WATER SUPPLY.
The water supply is getting better
every day, and In several sections of
the saved district the force OF water
in the faucets Is almost as strong as
u was before the big fire.
LACK OF FUNDS.
Lack OF funds and Ignorance Of the
amount of the appropriation to be Civ
en- by the finance committee have, ac-
cording to Commissioner Thomas Egan,
retarded the operations of the board of
public works In clearing the streets OF
debris and garbage and repairing the
sewers. As a result Of the shortage of
funds between 500 and 900 men engaged
In this work were laid of last night.
The board still retained many gangs
Of carpenters IN making repairs, and
has made arrangements to have the
garbage carried to sea on barges, IN
stead OF burning II,
A THIEF AT WORK.
Some thief, believing that rich loot
lay IN the safe IN St lgnatius church
nj Hayes street and Van Ness avenue,
invaded the sanctuary of that place
yesterday A skilled cracksman, he
carried drills, fuse and explosives, and
was already drilling at the steel combi-
nation when a private Waterman dis
covered him. The Waterman immedi-
ately opened fire upon him. Three
shots were fired but the robber man
aged to make his escape. Detectives
found the paraphernalia left behind by
the robber in his hurried flight
CAUGHT LooTING,
Caught in the act OF looting a safe
Mt Dubice and Church streets, which
Is near military headquarters Francis
20 Casselli was arrested by Corporal
Tudor Of company +. first regiment, N.
q. c., last night. Joseph Zeraba, VIII
was working on the safe with Casselli,
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