The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-23
RELIEF TRAINS ARRIVING.
$50 Cara Loaded With Provisions Pass
b MISUNDERSTANDING Oil's Charity.

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BAKBBsFIELD, Cal, April 22.-Last night
100 cars loaded with provisions from the
South went through Bakersfield, and
at 10 O'Clock this Sunday morning q solid
train Of thirty cars passed through this
city for San Fran DISCO. The latter train
was despatched by the Chamber Of Com
merce Of Los Angeles, and contained a
complete relief outfit. There were three
carloads of picked goods and about thirty
horses and wagons. Some Of the cars
contained canvas for establishing q ca mp
upon the arrival of the train IN San
Francisco tonight.
The Southern Pacific trains which have
passed through Bakersfield from San
Francisco were loaded with refugees. Tn
passengers looked fatigued, but seemed
cheerful. They are at liberty to leave the
trains at any point in the valley they desire
The relief trains 60 al far south as Ell Paso
Tex, This city has been made a feeding
point, and the citizens are distributing
wholesome food in great quantities to all
the weary travellers.
The southern Pacific Coast route betwee
San Francisco and Los Angeles Ia blocked
completely by the cavein. Of a tunnel,
~three-quaTters. of a mile long. at Wright's
Station, near Santa Cruz, the direct result
of the earthquake, and all traffic to Los
Angeles and the southeast is through the
San Joaquin Valley and Bakersfield.
Another long Santa FA overland train
was crowded with refugees. The passen-
gers are not requested to produce tickets,
owing to the fact that most Of them are
without funds. They have with but few
exceptions abandoned the cars n re-
turned to the stricken city. There were
no passengers on any Of the trains yester-
day and the mail was taken OF n brought
in wagon to the post office, where il was
loaded and placed in direct pouches TO be
sent to proper destinations.
The Standard Oil Company is pre- pairing
to do tremendous charity work, and Bakers
field Is to be the distributing point of the
big combination. The Standard operates a
pipe line from this city to San Francisco
Bay and maintains telegraph wires to the
stricken metropolis. d. c. Scofield, genera
m anager for the Pacific Coast, has been
receiving messages from all the cities offer
Ing relief. II. H. Rogers wired from New
York this afternoon that he has purchased
u trainload of supplies in Butte, Mon, and
the Union Pacific is Transporting the same
to Mr.. Scofield to be distributed. Genera
Manager Scofeld will assist General Man
ager Rheem. They have wired to H. N.
Tilford in New York for him to arrange
with the United States Treasury to obtain
$500 900 in case of famine from the Mint in
San. Francisco. This cash will cover the
contribution Of Mr.. Rockefeller and the
Standard Oil Company to San Francisco.
There have been numerous rlmors from
Oakland during the day that an epidemic
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cisco. That : city has been guaranteed
against but the reports of various epidemics
there cannot be confirmed. At railroad
headquarters here it is said that such is
not the case, as they are transporting the
refugees from the city without delay, and
if sickness prevails the homeless would
not be permitted to spread the disease.
Nevertheless, there is much sickness in
San Francisco, owing to poor sanitation,
but these conditions are getting better
every hour.
Minor accidents have happened by the
score in San Francisco. In some cases
they have proved fatal. The saddest fatal
ity was the death of DR.. Charles F. Tag
CART, one of the prominent California physi-
cians. He led a number of sur geons and
nurses from Los Angeles to San Francisco,
and was engaged in relief work. A loaded
revolver fell from his pocket and discharged
when it struck the floor, the bullet piercing
his heart. DR., Taggart will be remem-
bered as the physician who attended Sena-
tor Bard during his serious illness. DR..
Taggart ranked high in the Mystic Shriners
and Knights Templar fraternities,
Throughout the st ate staple groceries
nave been raised 10 per cent, the rate to
continue for at least six weeks.