Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-01
Report that Provisions Are Plentiful, He
Says, is Misleading.
STATEMENT BY GENERAL GREElY
Army officers Estimate Thinks There IL
Enough for Fifteen Days
CONGRESS CALLED UPON FOR MORE MONEY
MIR. Hearst IntroduceS ReuolutAsn
ApprOpriating %2,5OOyOOO to Ne
Expended by the Secrs-
tary of War.

] SAN FRANCISCO. April SO--with no i'm
mediate prospects that conditions will be
so normalized that the community will be
able to feed and take care OF itself the
supply OF food on hand or under way il
becoming distressingly small. No man con
nected with the relief AFFAIRS is willing to
hazard opinion as to when relief work
may be abandoned. Yet Mayor Schmitz
informed the general committee this morn
ing that from information in his possession
II appeared that 200 carloads OF food and
supplies of various descriptions had been
distributed since the morning of the earth
quake on April IS. and the Southern Pacific,
| the Santa Re and other transportation
lines had Information of only los cars on
the way.
"If." said the mayor, ''this information
is correct, and have no reason to doubt
1t, We will soon be worse OF than we were
a week ago. IL the information has gone
abroad throughout the country that we
are amply supplied il is most unfortunate
for 1t is apparent that we are not. 1t Is
not even known how much money we can
use to purchase supplies, for you have
heard from Mr.. Phelan on several occasions
that part at least, OF this money sub
scribed by individuals or companies in the
east is being disbursed through private
agents here. While 1t IL true that cOntri-
buttons OF money will be much more 60
the purpose than contributions OF supplies
the world should be notihed that II the one
is not available the other will be most
gratefully received. 1 am not speaking of
non-perishable supplies. and as to such
things as eggs, milk, butter and the like
It will be better II we continue to buy these
things I'm the immediate vicinity"
Statement by General Greedy.
De- IL
eeived within the last twenty-four hours,
General Greedy stated this morning that
the entire available food supply. including
shipments on hand and those en- route,
would be sufhcient for the present popula-
ton during a period of fifteen days This
\, reckoning is made upon the rate at which
supplies have been consumed since the
fire. Under the army ration system that
viii hereafter prevail, General Gbeely
stated his belief that the sane amount -
food would last twenty-one days.
General Greedy stated that Oakland
would be placed upon the same basis as
San Francisco in thSs- reSp pect; that the va
rious relief stations would possibly be taken
over by army officers by Tomorrow noon/
Mayor Mott stated that there had been
some diversion Of food supplies from the
channels intended. but these were not Sc
rious. DR.. d. E. Baker will assume charge
Of the distribution of supplies on behalf
of the city Of Oakland.
Houses Destroyed by Blasting.
An unfortunate happening today was the
destruction of a number OF homes in, the
saved section ON Van Ness avenue The
blasting gang was notified that certain in
} secure walls were a menace to pedestrians
and in order to blow up an unusually
t solidly constructed facade was obliged to
NUaul
5 result of the tremendous explosion four
> houses on the other side OF the city's
troadest thoroughfare were utterly
wrecked.
Plans for over thirty large buildings will
be drawn and will be submitted to the au-
thorities Immediately after the building
laws are promulgated. The mayor notified
, the Board of Supervisors today that he
I would appoint committee consisting OF
engineers. architects. builders and lawyers
to prepare plans for laying out streets
and boulevards and demonstrating San
Francisco.
D Street car lines are being extended IN
all directions and the United railways has
promised TO give the people within a short
time better system of transit than ex-
r listed before the Gre.
At the meeting OF the finance committee
: this afternoon no plans were submitted
for solving the financial troubles OF the
city and that question still remains open
for future consideration.
OF San Francisco's seventy-six school
buildings twenty-eight were wiped out or
made useless. The Department OF Educa-
tion has declared the school year. that
opened last fall, at an end and has an
nounced an indefinite vacation
Removal of Debris.
b | he haer -
e entangling of San Francisco from its dis
j ordered condition and commencing the
G work OF reconstruction. On many sides
g weoe visible indications Of the determine
q tion of merchants 10 resume business
5 Gangs of men vita teams were excaV VatlaE
e for foundations In numerous vacant lets
+ and in other places the removal OF dsbrts
+ Of burned buildings was well under way
J. The streets at an early hour were
z thronged with laborers on their way TO
n the burned districts where they had been
= engaged to assist in the task OF cleaning
I up. The boats from the cities across
= the bay and the local electric cars from
= the suburbs were packed with workmea
= who had already secured employment
Z In many places advertisements were
o posted on the walls seeking laborers, and
4 these inquiries for men were met with
A numerous responses from heads OF fami-
: lies who were only too willing 20 en-
gage In any kind OF labor The authors
ties today issued numerous permits 10
, corporations and individuals TO open their
safes. Every precaution was taken TO
establish the identity of owners so that
II win be almost impossible 70 practice
fraud In this direction. These safes are
OF the smaller kind and have suficiently
cooled TO permit of their being opened.
BY this means a little more money viii
= be put in general circulation and some
e OF the distress arising from the want OF
. cash Will be Immediately relieved
Today's work for the providing for the
T. destitute and the homeless was done un-
!. der the plan. devised by General Greely
4 and check put upon ths waste. extrava-
= Sance and deception thsk had prevailed 20
e some extent Ia the pAst
A closer watch va .ert on tnaividuaI