The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-06-06
SOUTHERN PAC|f|L
AIDS STRICKEN
CITY
Railroad Does Everything
In Its Power To Help
Injured District
Especial Correspondence of The Silver
State.)

ASpeclhl correspondence Oh ne olINsr
State.)
SAN FRANCISCO, June Careful
official investigation has resulted in
of the board of state har0or commits
sioners of California that the recent
disaster in this city, when many mill
lions of dollars worth Of business prop
perty fell before the flames, has not
interferred in the slightest degree with
the commercial facilities and CONNER
cial efficiency of the port of San Fran
cisco. The text of President Spear 8
report, which will be sent by the
Southern Pacific to every shipping and
industrial center in the world, TO the
end that the world currents of trade
may not be interrupted or diverted
from their accustomed channels, is as
follows:
II am able to report, after careful
and exhaustive investigation, that the
facilities for docking at the port of
San Francisco and that all other
agencies essential to the movements
of trade and commerce at San Fran.
cisco, are uniniured and that this port
port is in position to handle all bust
ness that may be presented with as
much ease as before the fire of April
IS, 1906.
.'The wharves and bulkheads that
have been erected by the state of Cal
ifornia along the water front are all
standing and the tests prove that they
have not been wakened, but are as
solid as ever.
The shipping at San Francisco, in
cluding the auxiliary fleets of tow
boats and all transfer barges eredgers,
fire boats, transports, ocean steamships,
bay and river steamboats,, ferry boats,
coastwise steamships-in fact, each
and every variety of floating property
that was on the bay of San Francisco
in April, together with wharves, bunk
ers. elevators, approaches to wharves
and all that appertains to and con-
tributes to the movement 30 in
land commerce or the transaction Of
business by sea or by land escaped
damage to the extent that there has
ben and can be no interruption to the
a..
This fact. Of great significance to
the business of al parts of the world
'--'' he given publicity widely for
worldwide reasons.
The facilities for shipping at San
been established by the federal govern
Fracisco have been increased within
q few wears. A re-- e' '-~i line has
ment, which has enabled the board of
state harbor commissioners to build
wharves out to a distance of 500 feet,
instead of 600 feet, as formerly. This
concession is of much Importance, ae
it makes it possible to provide addi-
tional wharf room in the central and
iuOIt convenient iotattVho Vh thS wy
front.
belt railroad runs along the front
and auxiliary ferry slips provide for
the prompt receipt and dispatch of
freight trains. The dry docks and ship
building and repairing plans of the
port have large capacity. Dredgers
operated by the state maintain suf
ficient depth of water for the APPROACH
of the largest ocean steamship to the
wharves and docks. The state has
provided for the extension of the sa
wall 5000 lineal feet, with PROTECTING
wharves, which will largely add to the
existing accommodations.
hTe sum of 100000 has been ap
propriated by the state and will be
expended for improvements and con-