Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-28
WORKING FOR
SAN FRANCISCO.
Meetings Of Citizens, Committees
And Army Representatives
Showed Good Feeling.
NO MISUNDERSTANDING NOW.
First Building Permit Issued, and Il
Is for Twclyc,Story
Building,

San Francisco April 21-Harmoay
and pledges of good feeling marked the
| meetings today OF the various bodies q
| citizens, committees and representa-
| tives of the army which are admins
tering the affairs of San Francisco.
The last signs of confusion and mis-.
| understanding, which at the time cx-
| listed. have disappeared, and the FIRST
signs of the return to normal conditions
were the resumption Of street car traf.
| fio in certain sections and the taking
| out of the first permit for modern steel
| structure upon the ground occupied
| few days ago by a less substantial one.
Archbishop Riordan appeared at the
meeting of the citizens general COM
| mittee today, and In an eloquent speech
| counseled harmony between those who
! are striving to bring order out of chaos,
| and predicting city greater, more
beautiful and a more striking example
OF American pluck and enterprise than
the old San Francisco. Union should
be our watchword," said the archbish-
op, land whatever differences may have
existed between the men OF this COM
munity in the past should be wiped out.
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the very heaviest losers. but we are un-
dismayed. and I come here today 10 tell
you that the noble men and women over
whom | have direction are at your SER
vice"
These ringing sentences OF the arch
bishop were enthusiastically cheered.
Mayor Schmit2 replied to these senti-
ments in speech equally eloquent,
saying that harmony already prevailed,
and that whatever enmity may have
been felt In the past was wiped out, and
the citizens Of San Francisco had but
one object In view--the immediate up
building of newer and better munich
pality.
Or. Edward Devine, on behalf of the
Red Cross society, added to the general
feeling of the occasion by reading 4
telegram from Secy. Of War Taft IN
which the latter told Of the qualification
of President Roosevelt at learning of
the harmony that now exists IN The
carrying out of the immense work.
which has been put upon San Francis
co.
The temperance OF the first electric
cars upon the streets of San Francisco
since the great disaster was celebrated
as quite an event City and railroad
officials and invited guests filled he
first car started on the run across the
city, Mayor Schmltz acting as motor
man. Everywhere the sight Of the car
was greeted with cheers from thous-
ands of pedestrians. A continuous SER
vice was re-established later in the
day on several OF the cross-town lines,
and thousands OF people were carried
free OF charge
The first building permit was applied
for and granted today 1t was for
12-story steel structure to be erected
by Thomas Magee, and Is one OF the
first substantial evidences that the
business men of San Francisco intend
losing no time in getting down to bus
mess
A cold rain fell for several hours last
night and this morning, and brought
additional hardships upon the people
sheltered only by tents and temporary
buildings in the parks. To further add
10 their discomfort, the wind blew
gale from the north all day. scattering
dust and ashes everywhere, In soma
ruces throwing down the tcttering
walls of burned buildings. Tonight IL
one Of tho most uncomfortable since the
great fire. and the lack of heat In The
tents of the homeless as well as in the
houses of the more fortunate brings
extreme discomfort.