The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-22
WAYS AND MEANS
ARE CONSIDERED
Meeting of the General Com
mittee on Public Safety APP
pointed by the Mayor.
WILL RISE FROM THE ASHES
CITY TO BE REBUILT AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE.

s'ttAl II IdIGlSCO- April -l---AL d meet
ing Of the general committee at NUM-
cipal headquarters in Franklin hall at
noon Mayor Schmitz appointed Presi-
dent Wheeler Of the University of Cal
if0rnia, Father Ryan, Bishop Nichols
and Archbishop Montgomery as a COM
mittee on transportation to consider
means and methods of sending away
al those who desired to leave. All
those desiring 20 leave will be given
free transportation to any point in Cal
tfornia. The railroad companies have
also given assurance TO this commit
tee that all supplies donated at out
side points will ne brought in promptly
free OF charge
Conflict OF Authority.
Mr. LOesch of the general committee
reported to the meeting that there was
utter confusion in the matter of run
ming bakeries and supplying the people
with bread He said that there was
q conflict Of orders, one official giving
Az order to do certain things and an
Othsr countermanding it. Mayor
Schnnftz was Of the opinion that all this
conflict OF authority was due to the
Improper discipline Of the state militia
and that he would make an attempt
as soon as possible to confer with Gen
eral Funston regarding the further use
OF the state troops.
Mr. Bartlett OF the trans portation
committee reported that kilograms had
been sent to the mayors Of nearly every
city Of California asking how many
people they could care for and that re-
plies are rapidly coming in. Berkeley
is caring for 1000 refugees, Alameda
5000 and both report that they could
care for more. A committee has been
sent to the California powder works
at PinOle and other Industrial COM
paItes TO arrange for the accommoda-
tiOI Of 5000 people in their buildings
If transportation facilities can be Sc
cured more than double this number
can be cared for at points along the
bay north of Berkeley
Stockton, Fresno and Hanford have
replied that they could care for from
1000 to 1900 persons each.
Will Rise From the Ashes.
James D. Phelan addressed the meet
ing and suggested that the press make
known to the people that the work of
rebuilding San Francisco wiIF begin as
soon as possible and tho all skilled
labor and trades should be prepared to
remain in OF near the city as there
would be plenty of employment imme-
diately.
homeless said Mr. Phelan, and il is
hoped and urgently desired that I'M
skilled labOrers do not go to far off
eastern cities as they will soon be re-
employed i'm San Francisco"
The committee was advised that the
water supply would be increased just
as fast as pipes could be repaired In
some places the railway tracks had
been torn up to facilitate the work of
repairing the water mains Lake Mer-
ced is supplying about l .OOO. coo gallons
To Lake View pOStOffice. and aside
from this abOut 100000 gallons is be-
ing brought from Lake MERGED to San
Francisco.
The serious part is to get enough wa
ter to flush the sewer systems in the
houses Just as soon as the breaks /
can be found and repaired. there will !
be plenty of water for all purposes. |
There is water enough stored to sun
ply the city with $4,000 900 gallons of /
day. the amount formerly used
A general and systematic reconstruc- /
ton Of the sewers of the CITY is being
made by the board Of public works.
Carpenters and masons viii begin ar /
once to repair every bakery left stand
Ing In the city in order that they NAV
resume operations and provide bread (
for the homeless.