Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-28
|CITIZENS
WORK In
HARMONY
Energetic Business
Men Bring Order
Out Of Chaos
Trolley Cars Again Speed
Over Many of the
Thoroughfares
Archbishop Riordan Makes Eloquent
Address at Committee Meeting,
Urging All to Be Of Good
Cheer
BY Associated Press.

| BY Associated Press.
| SAN FRANCISCO, April 27.-Har-
mony and pledges Of good feeling
marked the meetings today of the var
ious bodies of citizens, committees and
Representatives of the army, who are
administering the affairs of San Fran
cisco.
| The last sign of confusion and mis-
understanding which at times existed
have disappeared and the first signs
of the return to normal conditions were
the resumption of street car traffic IN
certain sections and the taking out OF :
| the first permit for modern steel
structure upon the ground occupied a
few days ago by less substantial one.
Archbishop Grows Eloquent
| Archbishop Riordan appeared at the
meeting of the citizens general COM
mittee today, and in an eloquent speech
counseled harmony between those who
are striving to bring order out Of the
chaos and predicting a city greater,
more beautiful and more striking ex-
ample of American pluck and enterprise
than the old San Francisco.
"Union should be our watchword,"
said the archbishop, land whatever diff
ferences may have existed between the
men of this community in the past
should be wiped out. The Catholic
| church is perhaps among the very
heaviest losers, but we are undismayed,
and I come here today to tell you that
| the noble men and women over whom
have direction are at your service"
Cheers Greet Speaker
| These ringing sentences of the arch
bishop were enthusiastically cheered.
Mayor Schmitz replied to these senti-
ments in a speech equally eloquent.
saying that harmony already prevailed
and that whatever enmity may have
been felt in the past was wiped out and
the citizens of San Francisco had but
one object in view-the immediate up
building of newer and better
municipality.
| DR.. Edward Devine, on behalf. of the
Red Cross society, added to the gen.
eral feeling of the occasion by reading
a telegram from Secretary of War Taft.
in which the latter told of the gratifi-
cation of President Roosevelt on learn
| ing of the harmony that now exists in
the carrying on of the immense work
which has been put upon San Francisco.
Trolley Cars Appear
The temperance of the first electric
cars upon the streets of San Francisco
since the great disaster was celebrated
as quite an event.
! City and railroad officials and in
vited guests filled the first car started
on the run across the city, Mayor
Schmitz acting as motorman.
| Everywhere the sight of the car was
greeted with cheers from thousands
| of pedestrians. A continuous service
was re-established later in the day on
several of the cross-town lines and
| thousands of people were carried free
| of charge.
| The first building permit was applied
for and granted today. 1t was for a
| twelve-story steel structure, to be
erected by Thomas Magee and is one
| of the first substantial evidences that
the business men of San Francisco in
tend losing no time in getting down
to business.
Rain Brings Hardshlps
cold rain fell for several hours last
night and this morning and brought
additional hardships upon the people
sheltered only by tents and temporary
buildings in the parks.
To further add to their discomfort
the wind blew gale from the north
all day, scattering dust and ashes
everywhere, in some places throwing
down the tottering walls OF burned
buildings
Tonight is one of the most uncom-
Portable since the great fire and the
lack of heat in the tents of the home-
less. as we'll as in the houses of the
more fortunate brings extreme discom-
fort. ,t
Chinese Problem Settled
What to do with the unfortunate
Chinese of San Francisco, a problem
which has given the authorities con-
siderable worry during the last few
days, has been settled, at least tenn
porarily.
Since the destruction of Chinatown
it's inhabitants have been living IN
tents and In even less comfortable
quarters on large tract of land on
the north shore of the bay.
Knowing the gregarious habits OF the
Chinese. the citizens committee and
the mayor feared that If even few of
them returned to their old district and
took up quarters, the entire Chinese
population would follow and the prob
lem of moving them, which has agitated
San Francisco for many years, would
be as great as ever.
Given Temporary Quarters
Therefore when the suggestion was
made that the Chinese be moved tenn
porarily to a large open tract OF land
| In the Preside reservation II was
! adopted Immediately, and here they