Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-25
PLANS ARE BEING DRAWN
And Work Oh Some Of the New Build
il6S Will Begin as Soon as The
Ruins Of The Old Are Cold.
CLEARING AWAY THE DEBRIS
Many Car Lines Ready for
Operation.
RESTORING THE LIGHTING SYSTEMS

Associated Preu Dispatch es by Special wirel
San Francisco, CAL. April %. 1t is |
a week today since this city was Wis
tied by an earthquake. which laid low |
the metropolis of the Pacific Coast and !
started % conhagration unoqunlled In |
the history of this country. Although |
the ruddy glow Of the dying emhers
Of the fire which devastated San Fran
CISCO made homeless 300, 600 people,
caused tine loss of many lives and left
"a black trail of utter. dosolation and
ruin in It's wake still nightly illumi-
nate the sky, the work of restoration
is already we'll under way. Plans for
the construction OF the new buildings,
TO replace those destroyed by earth.
quake and flames, are rapidly being
drawn, and work on some OF them
will begin as soon AS the ruins Of the
old sites are cold. Many of the new
buildings planned are on % lnrgor scale
than those burned, giving promise
that from the ashes will rise new
San Fancisco, greater and more beau
tiful than the old. In addition 20 the
large force of men and teams pre-
viously at work, about so teams Of
government mules were put TO work
yesterday, hauling away debris. Sew
eral more streets we're cleared for traf-
iic. numerous street ear lines are ready
for operation and the repairing of the
water mains and the work Of restora-
tion of the gaa and electric systems are
making rapid headway. Tho work OF
taking down and rebuilding the ferry
tower began today.
The exodus from the city continues.
All day constant stream of men,
women and children, afoot and on
every conceivable vehicle, wendod
their way down Market and Mission
streets toward the ferries. A small
bundle on "a stick, carried over the
shoulder, represented all the worldly
possessions of some. Others hold
grirs and baskets, and a great many
| had saved trunks and furniture. IL Il
estimated that 1000 people were
furnished with free transportation yes
terday TO different parts Of the STATE
/ by the Santa He and Southern Pacin'
| Railroads.
The relief work is thoroughly orga
nized and rapidly becoming syste
matized. Many carloads Of provisions
and supplies are being received daily.
! Five carloads received from Southern
| California contained among Other
things 5000 blankets, which were i'm
mediately distributed at the transpori
| docks by the marines. The blanket.
/ came at an opportune time, but are in.
| significant In number TO what ar,
| actually required. in fact imperativell
necessary. to alleviate the distress o.
| the suffering, many of the refugees
] 4 UW
| posture. The rain was followed by q
clear, cold night, causing much dis
| tress In the parks and crowded camp
for want of dry bedding, blankets, cot
and waterproof tents Many peopl
| walked for hours to keep warm an'
others huddled around small camptires
shivering with cold. in some instance
their clothing being still wet fron
the rain. Everything possible wa
done TO alleviate their distress by put
ting women and children in houses
but as no fires are allowed and ther
is "a lack Of blankets, 10 helped bu
AS a result Of Mayor schmitz'
sharp letter last evening TO Gen, Kos
ter. commanding the National Guard
in which the mayor called the gen
erals attention to the iact that tn
city was not under martial law an
that the drastic measures and arbi
trary actions Of some Of his men
which have caused much complaint
we're illegal and requested him to put
stop to III, there was but little shootin
last night in the district over whic
the militia hold sway. A marine ha
reported finding a light burning In
house on lower Fillmore street after
O'Clock last night, and the mllitaI
/ sentry on the post shot through Oh
| window A looter, who, 1t IS stateI
, broke into several places on Vale.
street. was reported TO have been she
I bv marine sentry at Vallejo and Eal
! streets. Several bullets fred from q
water front struck a Red Cross launc
In which DR.. Diggins OF the Eme
rency Hospital Service was going fro
fhe Potrero district to the Presidi,
Tbe shooting was done while q
launch was or the ferry depot. Nol
Of the occupants was hit. The bll
! Jackets who patrol that section OF u
water front disclaim all knowledge
Z the shooting. An alleged thief, WI
I il said to have jumped out of a vii
dow with a bundle Of clothing
4 Pierce and O'Earrell streets early tn
) morning. is reported to have been sh
bv "A National Guardsman. The ia
t6at two companies of the Fourteen
United States Infantry, from va
couver, went 60 Oakland yesterday