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The San Francisco call., 1906-04-27
BIG BLOCKS
ARE TO RISE
FROM RUINS
Rebuilding Of the Fire
Swept Area Is AL
ready Begun.

Within a surprisingly short time
number of stately Structures that es.
capped destruction by earthquake and
fire in San Francisco'ss business district
viii have been repaired and ready for
occupancy. Careful inspection has de-
veloped the fact that only few weeks
will be required for the work that will
restore the Claus Spreckels, the De
Young, the ShTeve, the st. Francis ana
the Merchants Exchange buildings to
their former conditions. Before the
first six months of the year 1906 have
passed these structures will form the
nucleus of the city beautiful"
Instructions to agents for the recon
struction of burned blocks are coming
in rapidly. An order has been cabled to
Anton Rorel for new building at the
corner OF Clay and Kearny streets; the
Belden and Marlborough estates. viii
rebuild on their old sites, among the
MacDonough properties being the Cali
fornia Hotel; the Boyd estate will re-
build on several Market-stree sites;
Mrs. E. r. Barron has ordered that
steel structures be erected at the gore
" -teeA MT eii1 IldQy StIcSlS dilu Wl1ciI
OConnor & Moffatt We're situated.
Scores of other smaller structures win
be reared as soon as the material can
be rushed to the city.
CARTING AWAY THE DEBRIS.
Arrangements have already been
made for carting away the debris from
the Claus Spreckels, De Young and
Shreve buildings, the st. Francis Hotel
and the Merchants Exchange. il is
the opinion of real estate men that silh
these as a nucleus there is no reason
why the retail and wholesale districts
should not be re-established before a
year is past.
Police Commissioner Reagan has
made partial inspection Of the aall
of Justice and gives as his opinion that
at least two OF the floors are available
for police purposes. IF this prove true
the abandonment of the building viii
ee unnecessary and police headquarters
! Will remain Wnere they were.
Josiah Howell of the firm OF Baldwin
& Howell, who received instructions to
rebuild the properties belonging TO tie
Belden estate and the Marlborough Es-
tate Company, said yesterday:
1t is a sentiment of the property
owners that the city be kept in the
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-27

same location. There has been an ee-
fort to direct business 10 streets fur
ther uptown, but do not think that
will be accomplished. The retail disrrict
will remain as it was, close to the
wholesale. and that must be as near as
possible to the docks. The Real Estate
Board has taken up this matter seri-
cusly and there seems to be unanim-
ity Of opinion. From now on, however,
there will be more rapid strides in the
direction Of permanent and lasting inn
provements."
George Boyd. manager Of the Boyd
estate. whose interests aggregated
more than $1,000. 900, is already making
arrangements for the reconstruction of
the Market-street properties. On these
buildings only $4,000 insurance was
carried. If they are not rebuilt a for
tune is lost.
Mrs. Eva r. Barron, who owned the
properties at Post and Kearny and the
gore at Market and Eddy, has in
strueted her agents to make all. speed
in the erection of two steeel structures
at these points. On the Eddy street
gore three or four small frame build
ings have been an eyesore since pio-
neer days. With handsome structures
well built to replace them the improve
ment of Market street will be assured.
Harry Flattery, who conducted the
Richelieu saloon on the Geary-street
gore at Kearny, has a lease of the
ground, which will not expire for six
70 10,
structure, built of corrugated iron,
which he expects to. have. erected with
In few months. NJ. Joost has already
begun the erection of a stable and
warehouse for the storage of hay and
grain on Fulton street, near the City
Hall.
RAILROAD TO CLEAN UP CITY.
A surprising degree Of activity pre-
vailed yesterday throughout every por-
Hundreds of men in the city's employ
We're engaged in clearing the streets Of
debris, while employees Of banks, insur-
ance' concerns and wholesale houses
swarned over piles of brick and ma
sonry in search of definite information
concerning safes and vaults in order 10
gain an exact idea of the damage.
While army engineers We're dynamis-
ing tottering walls a few blocks away,
surveyors with their instruments were
fixing the sites Of new buildings to be
erected Immediately. Building inspect
ors climbed to the topmost stories of
the structures that escaped entire de-
struction and leading business men con-
gregated at tie street corners to dis
cuss future plans.
Permits We're granted yesterday to
the Southern Pacific. the Santa Fe ana
the Ocean Shore railroads to enter the
burned district of the city at a point
about Twenty and Capp streets
and running through the section south
Of Market and along Dolores and Va
lencias streets, crossing Market at the
ferry, to lay tracks to allow of the
quick removal of debris of the ruined
buildings. For this purpose the belt
railroad will be used and the debris wili
be enptied info the Islias Creek BASIN
the authorities think that this will he
the quickest way of clearing the city.
The permit granted the railways is a
sort of bleElet franchise. giving the
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-27
Want teachers to volunteer.

DIR. E. T. Devine Of the Americas
Red Cross Society wants a complete
registration Of all who draw food
supplies. Superintendent Roncovien
wishes all teachers who feel that they
could volunteer for this work to rs
port to-day at the Emerson building
corner of Pine and Devisadero streets
President Hopkins Of the Galveston
School Board suggests that the couns
try's school children contribute for the
rebuilding Of San Francisco's sducA
tional institutions.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-27

now in the hands OF the finance COM
/ mittee Of the relief and Red Cross
funds Rev. DR.. Baker Of Oakland was
made a member of the finance COM
mittee to represent Governor Pardee.
As the Southern Pacific officials have
/ placed the entire railway system at the
disposal OF the public, at an expense
/ of more than million dollars, the
/ statement that it had refused to ship
freight across the bay from Oakland
/ to San Francisco was received with
/ incredulity and the opinion was ex-
/ pressed by the various members Of the
committee that there must be some
/ misunderstanding as to the facts.
NO MORE REPEATING"
General Greedy announced at noon
today that the army had taken over
full and absolute control Of the relief
stations for the distribution of food.
DISTRIBUTION will be under system de-
vised by Dr.. Devine, the special agent
of the Red Cross Society sent here by
President Roosevelt General Greedy
said that reports had come to him from
several of the relief districts that there
were many abuses under the present
+ system, such as waste and ''repeatingR
by which persons boarded provisions in
their houses. He said that under the
new system of distribution these abuses
would not occur.
: General Greely incidentally explained
the relative position of himself and
General Funston. He said that he had
divested himself as far as possible of
all departmental duties, which would
continue to remain in the hands of
General Funston, and would devote
himself to the sanitation Of the city.
the matter OF the policy of the army
in its unusual relation with the city,
and other special questions.
Colonel George Torney, who is di-
rectly in command Of the sanitation
problem, announced that the situation
was very encouraging. Every precau-
ton had been taken in the city parks
where tens of thousands of people were
finding temporary shelter. The control
Of the city parks had been transferred
t. the city Board of Health and Col
o.sel Torney stated that the daily re-
ports of DR.. James w. Ward, the
Health Board president, were very
{ favorable.
CHINESE ON GOLF LINKS
If a suggestion made by Colonel
Torney is adopted, a camp for the Chi
nese refugees of the city VIII be estab-
Mshed on the golf links Of the Preside
and controlled by the Amy. Colonel
Torney said the Chinese. confident OF
the ability Of the Federal Government
to give them the fullest protection,
had expressed their willingness to
camp there. The final disposition Of
/ these people could then be made as
the city saw fit
] Colonel Torney added that the health
authorities of the city and the army
medical corps We're working har-
rnoniously,, and that there need be no
fear whatever of the spread of con-
tagious diseases. Detention camps and
hospitals were being arranged which
would make this almost impossible.
The question OF special session Of
the State Legislature caused some de-
bate Garret AcEnerney, represent
ing the lawyers of San Francisco.
asked Governor Par5ee to state def
Ditely ct the earliest possible moment
whether or not special session would
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-27
CITY'S HEALTH /
IS EXCELLENT
DR.. Ward Finds No
Reason for
Fear.
All Sewer Repairs
Have Been
Made.

DR.. Ward. president OF the Board Of
Health. after making the rounds OF
the hospitals and receiving reports from
his associates and assistants. made ths
following statement yesterday concern
ing the health OF the city:
The health of the city is excellenti
every communicable disease is concen-
trated at the City and County Hospital
contagious pavilion and at the Harbof
View Hospital The contagious dis
eases are fifty per cent less than they
were one month ago. The sanitary dis
tricts are being carefully supervised
and sanitary measures are rigtdly en-
forced Every street In this city waa
covered by garbage wagons yesterday
and all garbage found was removed
The sick people are all confined ID
thirty hospitals. and thirty small hos@
pitals have been suppressed Ener-
gency hospitals are allowed IN varioul
districts
Edward ]. Brandon. who is in charge
OF sewer inspection and temporary re.
pairs. said: I'VE have the situation
well in hand We found only eight
breaks in the sewers. and these were
patched up to make the sewers SER
vicenble. The drainage Is flowing al
usual and there is nothing to fear from
Defects in the sewers
The building trades have established
headquarters at $40 Golden Gate ave.
nue.. The bricklayers. hodcarrfert
and tile settlers have headquarters al
642 Golden Gate avenue. Workmen car
be found at headquarters any time.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-27
Divorce Case Survives rirc.

Otto +. Schiller wants the restrain
ing order on his worldly possessions re-
moved and has appealed to Judge Gra-
ham for assistance. The petitioner says
he and his mother were burned out and
are suffering, while Mrs. Schiller and
George McRae, the correspondent in the
divorce suit, are living in affiuence in
the Mission.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-27

roads the right to lay temporary tracks
wherever necessary to get at the debris
The railroads have volunteered to clean
Up the city. There will be no charge
for this work.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-27
Establish Free Meat Line.

Schrader Bros, who conducted the
City Hall Market, gave away 1000
pounds of beef yesterday. They have
established a FREQ meat line at their
temporary market on Grove street and
are giving meat to all who have no
money.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-27
GREAT BRITAIN's COLONIES
JOIN IN EXTENDING RELIEF
New Zealand Offers $4,000 and British
Columbia Sends Pardee $4,000
in Cash

Premier Seddon of New Zealand has
cabled to Governor Pardee, Offering
$4,000 to the relief fund.
Governor Pardee received $4,000
yesterday, contribution from the Gov
ernment of British Columbia
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-27
would widen Van Ness Avenue.

City Engineer Woodward is busily
engaged in preparing plans for new
and wider streets and new parks in San
Francisco. He suggests the widening
of Van Ness avenue into a magnificent
boulevard as far east as Polk street.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-27

Tents Are on the Way.
The Mayor announces that 10000
tents will be here within q week.
Permits for Opening Safes.
No permits for opening safes win be
granted until next Monday.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14
Men who Are Baked,

The men who work in the famous
porcelain factories at Limoges have II
hard lie The furnaces in which the
porcelain is baked are kept up to n
terrible temperature, which, 1t is said
cannot be GAGGED by any instrument
known to science. In this fearful hea.
the human salamanders, clad in thick
fireproof garments, their heads and
ears well protected, have to work,
passing from one to another chain
wise, the porcelain articles as they
come out of the furnace Every five
minutes the first man of the chain
that is to say, the one nearest the fur
nace-has to get out into the open. He
throws himself down utterly exhaust
ed on a mattress placed for his conven-
fence near the door, Then boy gives
him ice water to drink from a pitcher.
and he falls back on his mattress until
his turn comes round to take his stand
again close to thn cporchinO bla1a
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14

Philippines have entered an era
of comparative peace combined
with fail amount of prosperity.
Explicit contradiction has nper
given to The report that "A new
treaty VIA Ia hr negotiated with
Japan pro, iiing for he exclusion
of the Japanese lah"rerS from
this country. 4 denial of such a
statement is hardly necessary.
The urgent question: at 'he pres.
rnt moment l. The ,tgtrgatiun of
the Jal ahe>e Schr"l children on
The Pae life Coast. UnjIl This is
settled there cas- be no cunSid
Grafton Of new treaty. eSpeci
ally Oh, witch WET ld rGt the Jap
aneSe III the >amc p0A tiun OF out
landerS now orcuiitd 10y the
Chimes. When The school CUES
ton is settled, it may then he
time to talk about japanese
exclusion treaty hut certainly not
I until hen.
In the whole disturbance that
has been raised over the Japa-
nese question. nothing aroused
more interest and more acrimon-
ions discussion than the state.
ment of the President that if nee
essary the military force OF This
country would be used in protect
ing the japanese interests on the
coast. This naturally brought
up the whole discussion of States
rights. In an inieIv ew That he
had with SruatSr Perkins. of
California, this week President
Roosevelt explained that the
phrase did not have the dirpinl
meaning attributed to it IN many
quarters. and that what he had
intended to say was merely that
military force would tie nspd if
necessary to protect the Japa
nese subjects from any physical
violence.
The Rivers and iIarborS Con
gTess is meeting in Washington
this week. There are delegates
from all over the country. all of
whom are intensely intert sted in
getting through river and
Harhor Appropriation Bill at the
present session. OF course. the
interest Of the convention extends
TO all rivers and harbOr work.
but II seems to have adp a dead
sci Ill favor of the proposition for
Il deep waterway canal between
be Great Lakes and the Gulf OF
MEXICO. The interest of the con.
NthIlon i'll this measure was in
diraich ny the fact that Is ont Of
he 70 officers elected were from
the region iuSlde the Mississippi
watershed. Such IA deep wafer
way would take advantage in
large part of the Mississippi
Rive itself, but there would be
very large amount of canal
work necessary i'll addition. it
is claimed by the promoters of
the enterprise that such water
way would. in the course OF the
year, carry a larger tonnage both
III bulk and value than the Pan
anna Canal, when that is con
strncted.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14
MINNESOTA ROAD BUILDING.
A Narrow Roadbcd, Like Single
Track Railroad trade.

A Narrow Roadbcd, Like II Single
Track Railroad trade.
Mayor Harry NJ Rubey arrived at
Macon. Mo. recently from Minneapolis
in his new thrty horsepower motor
car, completing Il jou@2y Of 100 miles
without the halt of Il minute for re-
pairs. The trip through Minnesota and
northern Iowa WAS made at the aver
aga rate Of seventeen miles IN hour
which meaus they frequently ran thir
~ miles an hour.
They have Il system of road build
ing up in that country" said Mr. Ru-
hey. which might | . followed with
advantage In Missouri Instead of dis
tributing their efforts over roadway
of from fory to sixty feet, they make
roadbed Of from ten to twelve feet
and concentrate all their work on that,
leaving the balance Of the right of way
to take care of itself Across the bot
toms and loWlInds the road is banked
up like i railroad fill or cmbankment.
You can SEQ far enough ahead to stop
if you happen to encounter vehicle
coming against You on fill. This
narrow strip of roadway is kept hard
and smooth. ana we glided over it at
a rate that would have iolted the ma
chine to pieces on most of the roads
down here It is built of earth. com
pactly, so that rain has little effect
on it."
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14

Although since the use Of autOmo-
Gii2s became widespread in Il consid-
cradle section OF the country Il good
deal Of money has been expended on
the Improvement Of roads, very much
more must he devoted to the purpose
if. lone q. stance travelling is to lie pro-
noted. says IIa.per's Weekly. Under
the auspices OF Tie Good Roads league
movement has been started for The
construction of Il Highway suitable for
automobiles from the Schuylhill river
10 a pro. i.,Jnal terminus at PittSburg.
The distance is nearly 800 miles. and
The computed cost Of such a structure
would be between $1,000 40 and So
.Uv,9o0 y more interesting and prom
Using plan was mooted the other day
by tie Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The scheme proposed by that newspa-
per cJntcmrldtes the restoration, i'm
proycmeat and extension OF the old
National read, otherwise known as the
Cumberland r0IG. which was built by
the federal government during the thr-
ty-three years preceding 1899. Made.
as it was, under the supervision of en-
gihe2rS of the regular army, this high
way has been compared for solidity
with the military thoroughfares ere
atei by the Romans, the remains of
which are still turned to account in
many parts OF Europe
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14
Night Was Her Terror.

II would cough nearly all MY Int
long" writes Mrs. Chas. Apple
gate, of Alexandria, Ind, "and
could hardly get any sleep. l
had consumption so bad that if
walked a block | would cough
frightfully and split blood, but,
when all other medicines failed,
three Sl.00 bottles of DR.. Kings
New Discovery wholly cured me
and | gained 80 pounds" It's
absolutely guaranteed to cure
Coughs Colds, La Grippe, Bron.
chitis and all Throat and Lung
Troubles. Price soc. and 81. 90.
Trial bottles free. AT A. l.
Pearre'S drug store.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14
It Dazlles the World.

No discovery in medicine has
ever created one quarter of the
excitement that has been caused
by DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption. It's severest tests
have been on hopeless victims of
Consumption, Pneumonia, tIemor-
rhage, Pleurisy and Bronchitis,
thousands of whom it has restored
to perfect health. For Coughs.
Colds, Asthma, Group, Hay
Fever, HoarSeuesS and Who0ping
Cough it is the quickest, surest
cure in the world. 1t is sold by
a. l.. Prarre, who guarantees
satisfaction or refunds money.
Large bottles SOC and S1.OO.
Trial bottles free.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14

A country exchange in commenting
on the value Of Improved roads and the
people living along them states that
one pair Of horses c1n do the work of
two pairs in hauling loads and gives as
an example that one of the leading
farmers Of the community was seen
driving over 4 newly completed road
with big load of hay. Closely at
tached to the wagon in the rear was a
second wagon heavily loaded with
straw single team was thus draw
ing and going along as though no load
whatever was behind.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14
A Tribcte to Good Highwax..

Good roads add so much to the pros
perity of > state or county, increase
the value of farm property so greatly
are such q convenience to the country
people and save so much in wear and
tear of farm vehicles and lessen the
burden of man and beast to such an
extent that it is hard to see how any
one can help encouraging the public
MISUNDERSTANDING CFla.) Tribune.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14
Blown to Atoms

The old idea that the body
sometimes needs a powerful,
drastic, purgative pill has been
exploded; for DR.. Kings New
Life Pills, which are perfectly
harmless, gently stimulate liver
aud bowels TO expel poisonous
matter, cleanse the system and
absolutely cure Constipation aud
Sick Headache. Only 25c at A.
L.. earre's drug store.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14
wi.nr-r3 aad Good Roads.

ih"re are I-1.3O miles of roads in
, !iSsouri. On ~ per cent of the mile
'ge, however is carried 80 per cent of
he business transported. While all
, Dads need to be improved the largest
Aneed is Of course upon the main tray
eled highways, says the Columbia Her
ald. The cost of good roads was esti-
mated at the Chillicothe convention
differently by different speakers. Large
~ 1t was a question of material avail
able in the various localities. From
Boone county came Il report that gravel
roads were under construction at 81. 700
a mile. This was conservative esti-
mate. After a dirt road had been put
in well graded condition it could be
kept in good condition. it was demon
Strated, by the use of the drag at prac-
tically normal expense. 1t is not to be
wondered at. therefore, with its demand
for 4 new constitution and for the
training OF good engineers. that the
convention adopted resolution favor
ing legislation looking toward the more
general employment of the drag. The
best road Materials" it was decided,
were men and money. cash taxes and
competent engineers" The state board
of agriculture is planning to follow un
the Chillicolhe convention with other
conventions in different towns. The
good roads campaign in Missouri is on
in earnest.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14
c.mme cial r !Gs.ag.

Fer years W. have paId Il
attention o HE wants Of.
business firms IA Tins Hry
county and feel thar We ctJ
them our experience tof
money. Il viii he a tair 4
Our line OF office sratIoue.
IN style ami finish he best
can be lad This emb,
everything used III corrcs
denre or III the office or sto
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14
BOOK PUBLISHING.

We make IA speciality Of |
and Pamphlet Printing aud
show samples of our worl
this line that must interest
We also do ne wspaprI and I
azlne WORK and general cor
Slt4On.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-14

No part Of the Perkiomen valley. in
Pennsylvania. having thus far receiv-
ell share Of the states good roads ap-
preparation. an energetic campaign for
improved highways has been opened
in the vicinity Of Pennshurg. Pa, and
the two strongest ana oldest churches
Of the region are lending hearty CO.
operation. says PcunSburg CORE
spondcnt Of the Philadelphia Record.
The members Of the New Goshenhop-
pen Reformed church. who want the
road from this borough to the church
improved have decided not to wait for
state aid. Thcy have effected an
agreement with the supervisors of Up
per Hanover township and will con
tribute $500 toward a fund for rebuild
ing the road, the township providing
the remainder Of the money. The men,
bers of st Paul's lutheran church,
which is also situated about a mile
outside Of town on the opposite side of
the borough are engaged in a some
what similar enterprise