The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-03

me thing e by mfudtmta proceedings
Hni fIr rutftu sfs rluspd
W. NHfef supply b. arttimllv ~ tho
i%ncfeasr Ths elerffp lishf rotntHny hav
lns gpt ~ are iighta tp Illuminate tho
sffrgta, is gettjng fendy ~ furnish private
li9hta w fhe Western Ndhitiuu HE am.
bHfgu on candles ~ night lighfs hes been
wholly rpmuve'i 0hs may iWfn candles ntl
nighi n he wants ~. hHt r1Si ul lanita Efn
sttl tntef 4 stfict tHn
Nett a. ~" street cnfs tho heh'inR ~.
cilltisr have iern tie first ~ he pubiic
topveniences Ia receiver
I1tta Ulusa, inHna ger ~ tho f%elephOne
putnpsuV, aHya hat his cofpurHtiUn has
%betwern I sUp aud ~ Un telephones In tho
restored, The mechanic are hack ~ work..
and they have plenty n supplies They
are ready ~ y i%nUnreni'a notice tp heRin
restoring stvicT ~ thcar whc have found
t~entpurnty quarters 10 lha residence dis.
tfici. however. the sudden shift ia the aco.
nom'ca ~ The citv his changed fats and
holises into places ~ h'aineps Therefore,,
before the company attempts Ia restore
re"iirnc" ~eryice agents NJ make . thor.
pugh canvass n got ont u npw telephone
boob
IN some wava. IAN Francisco people haye
felt ihi- lo~a ~ telephone sef virp inore
keonlv than that ~ any other small ron.
venience Before the hrp. San Francisco
had more telephones IN proportion io the
I'"p'Iu'luh lNHh any other CITY ~ the world
except her fallen npiRhbor. San Jos"
The burned district II not only clearing
out II In becoming even gay, II is ass uming
N" aspect OF "a country fair or a spanish
fiesta The ruins. on Market street ara
lined with soda water stands, lemonade
booths, sandwich wagons. Some time last
night u small army ~ fakirs arrived with
souvenir postal cards Of the earthquake
and fire Somewhere they had managed
10 have crude engravings made Of photo
graphs of the ruins and To print them on
postal cards Thcse went like mad ut
10 cents "A card
One kearney street ~Lawnbroker. picking
mp a lite money while he rested Rad set
Up q lemonade booth before his place
For a counter he used his safe, which he
had hauled out OF the ruins and r"t up on
the street to cool.
About the Mint and post oFce there
were about forty takers. selling relics
OF the fire at prices running from % cents
up, The articles consisted Of broien
china, flower pots, fused glass anything
and everything 80 long AZ it seemed to
have been burned. And 30 long as these
things have the appearance and come
from San Francisco the TOURISTS fall for
the game and carefully preserve them a.
of San Francisco.
Then there are signs Of encouragement,
II gives a San Franciscan a thrill TO read
On the blackboard before The Flood Build
ng that the Western National Banks safe
Is open for business" or that Mayo
I Sons will erect a twenty story building
On the death list Coroner Walsh is still
IN alarmist: He thinks thai hundreds of
still lie in the debris
when the burned dist riot is cleared away
ne said to-day, there will I've al least a thou
and additions to the death roll. | would
500. Great numbers of people persisted
n the lodging houses that collapsed. |
believe that the bones Of more than a hum
lred people will he found in the ruins on
he northwest corner of Fourth and Minna
..treets. There a crowded lodging house
ell in a heaptand, according to my Informal
ion, the only person who escaped from
he building was a bartender in the saloon
'elow.
The B~rinswick at Sixth and ward
treets was another death trap for twenty
r more. The northwest corner of Fourth
nd Shirley streets is sure to add a number
0 the list. A few got out Of the Valencia
iotel in the Mission, but there were many
market district hundreds Of men were at
york att he time of the earthquake. Several
collapsed. and the workers had
o time 70 save themselves.
The rage of the gem al comm ttee over
that they deemed at first to be Secretary
ats unwarranted action in spending ,
he relief money for suppl es in the East
az cooled down upon receipt Of the eX- :
from Washington, which showed !
nat the Secretary had no option. On the ,
rst receipt of this news one local paper !
out with headlines asking What
id Taft do with it," and the other papers :
nocked some. Now there il disa ppoint- q
tent. but an understanding, and Chair
ian Phelan has virtually apologi2ed.
In the hurry and excitement OF the
rst days" he said, -we never considered n
ne source of the great number Of blankets y
nd tents and the great quantity of pro- u
which Secretary Taft rushed across t
lie country to us. i
Il wish to offer through the press this I
splanation Of our mpatience and to state +,
Secretary Taft's message Calculating !
le conditions Of the Congressional & # 10 "
holly satisfactory" q
Stripped OF all expectation Of cash aid y
ON the Government, the relief fund il =
wv 81 ,237, 73i So. Mayor Schmitz mas Up =,
,inted n special subcommittee to look :,
to the matter of rebuilding with special "
ference to the Burnham plans or to any
her general scheme. q
Although City Engineer Woodward has {
lder consideration man" plans for altera- !
On of the width Of some streets in the il
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