The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-05-21
|BURHAM'S PLANS GO
FOR REBUILDING FRISCO
APPROVED BY PROPER COMMITTEE
1t Is Said There Viii Be No Difficulty in Carrying Out
The Plans as Money Can Be Secured on
One Hundred Year Loan

SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, May 21.-
The impatience Of business men to
provide quarters to recOmmence busi-
ness led to the continuance of build
ing operations in many places yester-
day. On Van Ness and Sutter streets
many retail stores were pushed to COM
pletion. One hundred and fifty men
will be put to work this week inspect
ing fifty thousand chimneys for which
fee of one dollar will be charged. 1t
is expected that street kitchens will
soon be a thing of the past in the res
idence districts.
Bread Line Growing Shorter.
The bread line is growing shorter
each day. The number of rations is
sued now Is about ninety thousand,
four thousand are being fed in soup
kitchens. The food and clothing ds-
tribution is well systematized. There
is an ample supply Of each on hand
for present needs. In all 10000 cars
of supplies have been received. The
total relief fund is Sc, 533, 247. 32.
Considering Fire Losses.
The committee Of Is went into exc
cutive session at Reeds hall, Oakland.
at IL o'clock for the purpose of con-
t1nuing the assignment of fire losses.
No reports have yet been returned by
the various SUBJ committees, but it is
thought many Of those committees will
complete their work at an early date.
The office of the board Of underwrit-
ers was opened this morning on the
second floor of the Ferry building for
the purpose of general information
only.
Burnham's Plans Approved.
The general committee today unani-
mously adopted the plans for the re-
construction of the city submitted by
Architect B. H. Burnham of Chicago,
who was thanked by the committee. 1t
was explained htat the plans will throw
no burden upon the people inasmuch
as improvements will be made with
money furnished by bonds redeemable
at the end of one hundred years, the
payment Of interest not to begin for
five years. Upon the recommendation
Of State Insurance Commissioner Wolfe
the special committee on legislation to-
day approved an act to be passed by
the legislature which compels insur-
ance companies to give a list Of small
names to be taken from
the home offices. This enables those
who lost their policies to receive in
surance money without trouble.
New City Hall Site.
The committee on the special ses-
sion of the legislature this morning
the constitutional amend
ments proposed for widening the
streets and repairing city property A
suggestion was made that the present
city hall be sold and property acquired
for a city building on Van Ness Ave-
nue. and Market street, which will be
the new civic centre. 1t is proposed
that the city acquire the land through
the middle of a block and then instead
of opening this as an alley that prop
ertv owners be forced to take it in ex-
change for frontage on the street to
be widened.
Official Death List.
The mortality report from April 1S to
% follows: Deaths from natural causes
lax violent deaths noc due to
fire or earthquakes. Z. deaths
from earthquake 1913, from fire 147,
guns hot wounds 8, from fire and earth
Quake As, from ptnomaine poisoning q;
total SAT.