The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-03
San Francisco People Pleased
With Offer Made by New :
York FinanCierS.
PROVIDE FOR SUPPLIES
RUSH ORDERS HAVE BEEN PLAC-
ED WITH CHICAGO AND OTHER
FOOD cENTERs FOR MUCH
NEEDED SUPPLIES. !
Publishers Press1

chief topic of discussion here today
was the report that a syndicate of
New York financiers is to lend the
were destroyed by the fire and earth
quake $1OO,0OO,O0O with which to re-
store their property, the loan to be
at long time and secured by mort
cages on the real estate involved. 1t
is admitted that if this action is taken
it will do away with the opposition
that seems to be widespread to hav-
ing the national government guaran-
tee the bonds of the city to the value
of $200,000,000 as had been proposed.
Just why this opposition has arisen
is unknown here, but it is stated by
Former Mayor Phelan, chairman of
the Citizens Committee that he has
been informed that there is little
chance ofthe federal scheme being ap-
proved and that therefore. the COM
mittee will bend all of it's energies to
having the big financiers of the east
loan the money needed on easy terms.
He has been assured by E. H. Harri-
tenn, that San Francisco can go into
the New York market for all the mon
ey they need and this assurance has
greatly cheered all concerned.
Put in Rush Orders.
The committee, after canvassing
the situation today, decided that more
supplies than are already enroute
here will be needed before the end of
the week and at once took action to
preclude any possibility of a scarcity
to Chicago and other big provision
centers. Considerable more money
was received by the committee today,
most of it from New York. and this
will be devoted to the purchase of
needed supplies.
The workmen who are engaged in
clearing away the ruins got into the
lodging house section Of the city to-
day, and as a result of their labors,
it is feared that the death list will
have to be greatly incre ased. A
number of bodies and parts of bodies
were found and the stencil indicates
that there are still others buried un-
der the ruins. The coroner is hav-
ing the search. prosecuted in order
that he can complete his work and get
report showing the total of the cas-
ualties caused by the disaster into
the hands of the mayor as speedily
as possible.
Rebuild Garbage Plant.
A gang of 100 workmen were set at
work today rebuilding the garbage
plant and it is expected that the sys-
tenn will again be in operation with
in a week or ten days.
All trolley cars run until after mid
night nightly and there are no longer
any restrictions placed on those who
have to pass back and forth through
the streets at night.
The citizens committee issued
statement today in which is shown
just the condition of the retail trade
of the city. The result is highly cred
table inasmuch as it shows that
many of those who lost their all in
the disaster are again doing business,
albeit most of them are working in
residences that nave been temporarily
turned into stores. According to the
report the following places of bust
ness are open:
Twenty cigar and tobacco stands,
ten drug stores, nineteen dry goods
and furnishing establishments; fif-
teen plumbing shops; a dozen tailor
shops; seventy-one dairies; forty
four butcher shops, twenty-nine res
taurants; twenty-five bakeries; twen-
ty-eight fruit and vegetable stands
and half a hundred miscellaneous es-
Establishments.
The commission firms along the
water front are doing thriving busi-
ness and plenty of fresh vegetables
and fruit are coming into the markets
in large quantities.
Candles and electricity are still
the only methods of house and street
illumination and the mayor stated
tonight that the ban against the use
of oil lamps will not be lifted until
the water system is completely re-
paired.