Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-05
BUSINESS MEN DO
NOT ASK CHARITY
SAN FRANClScANS SAY FUNDS
ARE SUFFICIENT
Committee Report Intlmates That
Enough Money VIII Be Found
In Safes and Vaults to
Rebuild Entire City
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 4--With the
increasing number Of daily dismissals
of its subcommittees the general com
mittee will doubtless soon pass out OF
existence, but direction of the affairs
of the city will be restored to the regu-
larly constituted officials.
Many Of the subordinate bodies have
reported their labors completed and
have been relieved from further duty
When the general committee finally ad-
journs there will remain of the various
organizations that were formed imme-
diately following the days of disaster
only the committee on reconstruction
and the finance committee.
The force of state militia on duty
here is being gradually diminished and
those of the regular soldiers who are
not engaged in assisting in relief work
are doing simply patrol duty.
Many Apply for transportation
There has been no perceptible dimi-
mutton in the number of persons apply
ing for free transportation to points
outside of the city and state, and de-
spite the strict measures taken to pre-
vent unworthy persons from profiting
by the generosity of the railroads it is
believed that this privilege has been
abused.
A prominent passenger official of one
of the large roads said today that in
consequence it is likely that the giving
of free transportation to women and
children and of half rates to certain
classes Of men may be stopped~4t any
time. The tickets thus far issued re-
quire that the holders must start for
their destinations before tomorrow
night.
Plan Removal of Debris
The railways have perfected their
plans for the removal of the debris on
large scale. They estimate that there
are nine million cubic yards of waste
to remove, and have arranged for an
elaborate system of bunkers to be con-
nected with the spur tracks The wagon
hauls 20 these bunkers will average
two blocks, and the teams will carry
their loads up an inclined plane to the
receiving traps, which will open up on
the fiat cars beneath.
The San Francisco clearing house to-
day received a report from it's ex-
ecutive committee which was adopted
portion of the report reads as fol-
lows:
Do Not Want Charity
The committee feels that the business
interests as such do not need charity
70 aid them in rebuilding the city. With
$i50,000000 or more to be received from
the insurance companies, the banks In
u strong, solvent condition, bountifu
harvests promised in this state and
general underlying business sound, any
further financial help should be looked
for only on strictly business principles
In other words, the insurance in
demnity will largely replace the de-
stroyed buildings as well as stocks OF
! merchandise, and our banks being able
to meet general commercial require
ments, individuals or Institutions who
may come to find it necessary or ex-
pedient to apply to outside sources for
loans should do so as occasion may
arise on the usual basis of good Sc
curity.
We cannot rebuild in a day. We
shall shortly have more money thar
can be Immediately used, so it seems
premature to assume that our resources
will prove inadequate, and especially
that the occasion demands the intro
duction Of untried methods of finance
which may be found illegal or other
wise impracticable.