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Guard. On tine contrary he IIdu tntnkeu
the Governor for their services. The
Object in making the request for the with
drawal Of the troops was To- concentrate
t1eycontrol Of the city in the Federal troops
and prevent misunderstanding and conflict
OF orders.
Gen. Greedy stated that as a United
STATES Army officer he could not assume
o large of the State militia. The Mayor
was the h Fad of The city and he would con-
tinue to recognize the authority of the
Mayor in giving directions for the safety
OF the people. TIE State troops have not
yet been withdrawn n the meeting adj
joufned without any announcement that
they would be.
The Supreme Court will resume sessions
next week. All the San Francisco records
are destroyed, but they are kept in dupli-.
cate in sacramento.
The savings banks report a satisfactory
! condition. They will open on the Same
day as the eommeroial banks. 1t has been
decided that they vii! not press loans and
will grant satisfactory extensions on mort
cages about to come due.
The population of Oakland has been
estimated at 5000 This must be an eX-
aggeration, but Oakland certainly has a
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these days, The town is getting so crowded
that some one or other sent handbils
through San Francisco yesterday advising
people to remain on that side Of the bay
MARKET SUPPLY OF
The market price for laborers is $3.50 a
day, with the supply limited but increasing.
Besides the authorities, the War Depart
ment and the street railways. private con-
Germs want men to clear up their premises
and erect temporary structures. The small
sums Of money handed out by the Oakland
savings banks have done a lot to put money
in circulation. Not every one is busted
now. This reduces the number OF actual
paupers living on the Government because
they cannot get at their money or realize
on their property.
WASH DAY IN THE CAMPS.
The restrictions on the use of water for
anything but external Use have been re-
moved, 1t was wash day in all the camps.
There was a scarcity of washtubs, and wash
basins, bowls, anything which would hold
water served the purpose. The shrubs
and trees Of Golden Gate Park are white
with clothes. Women with dainty fingers
and diamond rings and women with coarse
red hands traded tubs. soap and gossip.
BY next week the man with a clean white
shirt will be as rare as Il blue moon. Even
now men of dainty habits are going about
without collars because the last one got too
dirty to be borne any longer. The LaundrieS
got it as well as the owners of washing.
But, refugees have bathed, and tomorrow,
when the trees of Golden Gate Park have
dried out, they will be clean next TO the
skin.
Every day the danger Of epidemic
seems smaller. There Is absolutely no In
crease in the number of smallpox cases,
no typhoid has appeared, and the cases OF
measles and scarlet fever are few. Tents
have come in SO fast that few have TO sleep
out 81 doors; the crying need now Is for
CLOTHES, and especially for blankets. Tn
nights inthe fog exposed to the ocean breeze
are pretty chilly. The people of NEWEST
ern Addition, who escaped with their clothes
and their homes, have pretty generally
divided up their clothing with people who
lost everything. This helps. A Red Cross
patrol is enforcing rigid sanitary customs
In the camps. The free food which is conf
ing in is Of the best quality. SO, on the
whole, there is really very littlh suffering.
Forthis most of the bouquets 20 to our friends
the army.
DONKEY ENGINES At WORK.
Donkey and construction engines we're
hauled into the ruined business district TO-
day to get the safes of business men out cf
the ruins They are in the same fix as the
banks, they dare not open the safes until
they aTeGthoroJEhiy cool. In cases where
floors fell, five or six safes are often .iumbIed
together In the rims Of the Easements.
The. owners get them all out and identify
theft property. They will be left in the
streets to cool for the present.
The work of raHing tho dangerous walls
goes on smoothly. The next important
stage Of this work will be the laying of
railroad tracks down the main buslne ~
streets 10 &c. ont the great masse4 OF
wreekagc just now the clearing gangs
are putting all thair cN0r,s on The main
arteries of M'rie and Mission st"ee. :.
The owners Of the Gra1tcr buildings, like
the can, CHI n'ci', Crpc ker and Flood
buildings. have priv@te clearing gangs at
work. The Marchan,s' t,Nchnngo Ruil1ing
made a connection wi.h an old well which
is still going and r'm9ai wl'c" all day
with its basement engines upon the vaults
of the Bank of California.
TO FIN Up THE RESERVOIRS.
Tic question of water supply is sill
burning. In this respect progress Ia slow.
Twelve million gallons are running, but
there is no prospect of an immediate in
crease. All faucets in the residence dis
trict were ordered closed to-day, and the
order will be in effect through tomorrow,
This is to permit the hill reservoirs to fill
The citizens subcommittee on water
supply reports that the mains in the down.
town distric: cannot be repaired for some
time,. possibly q month To-day there
was no pressure in the pipes and no water
above the hundred foot level. The filing
Of the hin re i~erroiraa will remedy that.
Still, there is no immediate prospect of an
increased water supply.
The subcommittee on sewers reports
grave damage, but cannot yet estimate
the eStent. Certainly, it will he a foul
CITY by the time the sewers are in repair.
AREA OF H FIRE.
After a careful survey the engineers
of the Board Of Public Works estimate that
the area swept by tho fire is about 1000
acres or about II square miles. There are
few cities in the world where so much val
liable. property was contained in IN equal