The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-23

They rescued also some Of the best Of its
property and 81 100 in cash. This was put
for safety in the Golden Gate Park Museum,
which is becoming a kind Of storage ware
house for such things. President Hall
told me that he had seen a majority OF the
directors, and that they will throw to-
gether a shack for temporary quarters as
soon as they can get the material. The
fact that they are already considering the
future Of their clubs shows as, we'll as any
thing can the spirit Of the people here.
They. regard rebuilding as a matter of
course.
CONDITIONS OF THE BUILDINGS.
Some OF the floors Of the Mills and Mer-
chants Exchange buildings are burned
out, but the walls are in good condition
and the framework remains. About half
the floors are burned out of the Haywards
building, but the. rest are all right. All
these are modern structures Of steel. Tn
floors Of the Shreve building are gone,
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stored. Shreve is the big jewelry firm.
They lost their b~ric-a-brac and their silver
plate in showcases, but the vaults are all
right, and the jewels and gold which were
locked up must be all right. A military
guard surrounds this place.
There is a guard, also, over the vaults in
all the bank buildings. The bank vaults
and safe deposit vaults in the Croker
Woolworth Bank were not ever warmed
through. Business could be resumed in
the anteroom of the safe deposit vaults.
The Croker building, which houses this
bank, has all its floors in place, and the
walls are in fairly good condition.
This, too, can be restored without re-
building, The same is true of the Hobart
building, except that part of the top floor
was damaged by the earthquake. In the
basement Of this building are the vaults
of the Union Trust Company, which are
all right. Assistant Cashier Rosenbaum
made an inspection yesterday and reported
that all specie and securities are saved.
Mr.. Coombs, the chief engineer, has been
through the building and reports that it
would be safe to open 1t tomorrow.
The building of the First National Bank
was Quilted by fire from the ground floor
up, but the directors cay that the vaults are
all right. The Mutual Life Building, on
the opposite corner of California and Mont
gomery streets, was entirely ruined by the
fire. The Mint is damaged, but standing.
1t is under a heavy guard of Regulars.
The damage in the Hibernia Savings
Bank, at MI rket and McAllister streets,
was mainly on the ground floor, which was
Quilted. All the vaults, securities and
specie are intact. This bank has heavy
deposits in its vaults, and sixteen cavalry
men guard it. The paying teller says
that the bank stands ready to pay all de-
mands in full when it opens. Sam Daniels,
paying teller of the Bank Of California
stopped the automobile in which he was
removing his family from town to say that
the vaults of that bank escaped.
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Strangely enough, the City Of Paris dry
goods store, which was in a building COM
paratively old, is in such a state that it can
probably be repaired. None of the floors
fell. The stock, which was heavy, is of
course a loss. The White House, the
biggest dry goods store except the EN-
porium, is all gone. Its collapsing walls
caught a fire engine. ! could not learn
whether any lives were lost in this min or
catastrophe.
The main vaults of the Bank Of Cali
fornia appear to he safe. This is in the
centre of the banking district. A heavy
guard of Regulars watches at this place
and allows traffic on California street alone,
LEGAL HOLIDAYS TO KEEp UP.
President l. W. Hellman Of the Wells
Fargo-Nevada Bank says hat his insti-
tuition is safe and can resume business
when all the others are ready. He said:
"We have arranged with Gov. Pardee
to declare legal holidays from day to day
until every one is ready. The general feel
ing Of the financial interests is good now
and it is their intention to get about re-
building the city at once. The people, too
are in an excellent frame of mind, and we
feel certain that the people will act with
the banks and not try to make a rum.
1t was dangerous walking in many parts
of the financial district, for the walls and
pavements are very hot, and one stood ir
danger of scorching off his shoes. The
heat between the buildings is sitting. Blu,
the fire in this part is dead.
The building Of the International Building
and Loan Associations a wreck. The vaults
are bulged, but the officials say that the
securities are safe. The vaults of the Lon.
don, Paris and American Bank are al
right.
When the underwriters take stock on this
fire they will probably find that it was no,
nearly as hot as the Baltimore, Chicago anc
Boston fires. 1t would damage a building
taking a oor or two, and pass on. The
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