Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-05-05
TRUSTS PROMISE
TO ASSIST CITY
Great Manufacture
ing Concerns to
the Rescue.
AMPLE CREDIT IS EXTENDED
Millions of Dollars Insurance
Will Go Far Toward
Reconstruction.

San Francisco May 5.-That every
facility will be afforded the builders
Of the new San Francisco by manufac-
turing interests of the east is apparent
by the promise of representatives OF
the enormous steel companies, The
officials OF the Santa Fe Railroad, Pa
cific Mail and American Hawaiian
steamship companies stated that no
scarcity of structural steel, will delay
the rebuilding of the city. Structural
steel is to be furnished San Francis
co for the next three years faster than
it can be riveted together in the
frames of the buildings that are al
ready being planned More than that
the promise is given that credits on
past business will be extended and
payments on new orders may be de-
ferred to the longest limit to which
individual builders can legitimately
be entitled. Insurance money exceed
ing $150,0O0,00O soon to be released
will go a long ways towards rebuild
ing the city. In every section Of the
town relief work is now going on
without hitch and nowhere, as far
as can be learned, is there any real
distress.
Committees Mustered Out.
San Francisco, May 4.-Members OF
the different subcommittee of the
general municipal relief committee
are being mustered out daily, as the
city assumes better shape, and the
small army of workers for the relief
Of the suffering refugees will soon be
a thing Of the past and the regular
officials will take charge Of the haaia
ling the city, which is fast resuming
normal in the unburned districts. AS
The subcommittee report their re-
spective labors completed they are
dismissed and relieved from further
duty. 1t is believed the general COM
mittee itself will be disorganized with
in few days The state militia is
being gradually lessened, while those
Of the regular army who remain on
duty are now occupied simply in patrol
duty and are no longer engaged in the
relief work.
Take Advantage of Railroads Gener.
ally.
Railroad officials are keen in their
denunciation of many who have taken
occasion to secure free transportation
to the east and complain that the
privilege has been bitterly abused ever
since the catastrophe. AS a result 1t
Is believed that free transportation
will no longer be issued. A prominent
passenger agent stated today that as
a result of the abuse of the roads gen.
erosity they had suffered greatly and
will very probably cease granting tick
cts to applicants who claim to have
been ruined in the earthquake and
fire.
Oakland, May 5.--For the first time
since the earthquake on April 18th
communication with Healdsburg, So
noma County was restored today. 1t
was learned that considerable damage
had been done, many large brick
structures suffering most. Many bu-
siness houses and residences are part
ly wrecked and every structure in
town and immediate vicinity is more
or less damaged. The loss will approx
innate 100000. There were not fatal
tiles and only few persons slightly
injured. Windsor and Sebastopol in
the same county also suffered consi-
derable, the latter being damaged
$250,000. In the Alexander Valley
five miles from Healdsburg, the
ground was left in ridges and in many
places land slides had occurred and
damned up some small creeks form.
ing lakes.