Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-03
FOUND ASHES, NOT WEALTH.
A Fire in a Laundry For a Time
Threatened General Hos.
pital at the Preside.
Medical Department Prohiing by IN
pcrlencc--Frcc Dispcnsants
Established.


threatened the destruction of the gem
,ral hospital at the Preside In wnich
we're over 700 patients, broke out at
AIS o'clock this morning in the hos
rital laundry. \ general alarm was
sounded and beside The regular post
fire organization, hundreds of soldiers
turned out to fight the fire. The lSun-
dry building and contents were totally
destroyed, but by tremendous efforts
The fire was confined to that buiidilg
md did not reach the hospital build
irgs only few yards away
VAULTS NOT FIRE PROOF
large proportion, II not ma
4o,ity OF the business men who were
thanking their lucky stars during ,he
Tic con1agration that their valuables
were Enclosed in fire PROOF vaults
have awakened To a desperate realiha-
tion of the unquestionable force OF .he
San Francisco fire. Withln tne pas.
~ hours there have been oio sates atlu
yaults opened by permission IN the
district east of Powell and Nortn OF
Market streets and in not more than
SO per cent of these instances were
The contents found intact. In many
cases a pile of ashes represented
thousands of dollars worth OF ac-
counts.
PRoFITING BY EXPERIENCE.
The medical department Of the resu-
lar army has been putting into practlse
the experiences gained IN the camps es-
tabllshed on the Atlantic coast during
The Spanish American war OF 1923 SUI
geons and assistants who attended inc
dying and sick when typhoid Iever anu
other maladies infested the resunen's
I'm oamp have been safe guarding the
health ~ San Francisco's stricken
thousands ever since the earthquake
and sanitary regulations have been pro-
vided In accordance with the better les
sons taught during that period. AS
mart OF the general system or army re-
lief there has been established on
level lawn south Of the music stanu
in Golden Gate park complete resl-
mental field hospital probably tne nisl
that has over been erected In this city.
A detail of 100 men under command OF
Cant. II. H. Gilchrist constitute inc
administrative force and the hospltel
has now a capacity of 800 patients al
though but so have been received 10
date. A consignment of odorless eS-
cavator troughs which are pronounceh
the highest type OF sanitary construc-
ton have been received. The system
will be installed at once. Every eHort
IS being made by the health commission
20 concentrate the hospital work az as
few points as possible and as rapidly as
the patients from the smaller emergen-
cy hospitals can be made comfortable
nj the larger ones, the small ones being
abolished. This serves a double pnr'
pose. concentrating the work and al tho
same time permitting scores or physl-
clans who until now have been giving
all their time and attention to this
work TO give some thought to their
own interests.
FREE DISPENsARIES.
Twenty-six of the drug stores IN tho
districts not wiped ont by fire were de-
cded upon yesterday by the health
commission as location for free dispen-
saries. Within three days at the most
each Of these stores will be supplied
with drugs and will be placed in charge
Of competent druggists.
The supplies Will be secured from the
main drug supply station at the Pre-
sidlo and ~ any one Of these dis
pensaries It viii he possible to have
filed free of charge all physicians
prescriptions.
BANK ARRANGEMENTS.
The commercial banks belonging to
the Clearing House association have
arranged to open for new or special"
business, The arrangement IL TO re-
reve all deposits that customers may
desire TO make on new accounts.
The depositors check out these
new balances without restriction
or limit This plan for new
or special business was adopted
IN Oakland and other parts of Alameda
county and so successful was II IN Its
operation that the banks have now re-
sumed regular business and arc recelv-
ing more money than they are paying
out. The savings banks are most anx-
ious To resume business but they are
unwilling TO jeobardize the interests OF
thelr dep0sitors by opening their vaults
moment before It IL quite safe to do
81, the contents OF several vaults mot
savings banks) prematurcly opened,
have been destroyed
PAYING EMPLOYEES
The city government Yesterday be-
gan the work of paying out April sal
aries. to it's employees. The sum OF
5000 900 was transferred To the West
'Ai ANNllVllul Ntnhs hutit NtNlfIliN
the members Of the police force re-
ceived the money due them. In this
way $4,000 was added to the coin In
circulation
AMOUNT or LOSS.
While 1t Is difficult 10 give exact fig
ures Az 20 losses and insurance In con-
nection with the fire which devastated
such large portion of San Francisco,
close estimates have been compiled
which show the actual property loss
TO be close to s350.0O0 900.
Trolley ears viii be operated on
Market street today between the ferry
and Valencia street and little later
as far west as Castro
FISCAL STATEMENT
Auditor Horton has filed his estimate
OF the receipts and expenditures Of the
city for the coming fiscal year. He
figures the latter will amount to Il
total of ss,6iS, 400. The estimate IL
made on an assessed valuation OF
sbo0.0oO,O00, The receipts are figured
at raIe of 81 OH tso0,OOo.ooO or &c.