Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-28
MAYOR DECLARES
/. ALL ARE UNITED
THANKS ARCHBISHOP RI0RDAN
FOR KIND WORDS
Citizens General Committee Faces
Hundreds of PerpIexng Problems
but Is Able to Cope With
Them
BY Associated Press.

clLlzenS general CO1nI1lClee tHlS Hloiu-
ing.
He had Just returned from Chicago
and his appearance was the signal for
the first bit of oratory that has en-
livened the meetings of the committee.
From the right hand of the mayor
he addressed the citizens, and the
fervor of his extemporaneous remarks
stirred his auditors to unwonted ap-
plause.
'I have come here" said the arch
bishop, "to show by my presence the
deep interest we as Catholics feel in
the work you are doing in the upbuild-
ing of the new city. We all live now
in the future-tfe past Is blotted out
Upon our hills must rise q metropolis
that will outshine the old San Fran
cisco. Union should be our watchword.
Wipe Out Differences
'"whatever differences we have had
in the past, let them be wiped out.
"As q corporation we are perhaps
the heaviest losers among you, but we
are undismayed, and 1 come here to-
day to tell you that the noble men
and women over whom / have direction
are at your service"
Mayor Schmitz replied to the arch
bishop.
'I thank your grace for your presence
ment your remarks let me say that the
union of which you speak is here
among u.s. Out of this awful calamity
has come, at least one boon.
"It has showed that in the face Of a
great catastrophe the citizens of San
Francisco are capable of burying their
resentment and antagonisms. Whatever
of enmity may have been felt in the
past by one man for another has been
Dt11 inc ffsfl
hand in hand in the upbuilding of tnat
newer and greater and grander city
of which you have spoken"
Read Message From Taft
DR.. Edward T. Devine of the Red
Cross read the following message he
had received from Secretary of War
Taft: "Your telegram received. Please
say to Mayor Schmitz and Mr.. Phelan
how gratified the president and L are
at the harmony which is prevailing in
the management of the immense work
which has been done in San Francisco" "
Dr. Devine announced that the de-
cision had been reached that military
quartermasters would be supplied here
after only on acquisitions signed by a
member of the committee on the feed
ing of the hungry.
The question of the resumption of
the wholesale business in San Fran
cisco was taken up and developed to be
one of great Importance.
Wholesalers Go to Oakland
Thomas McGee called the attention
of the general committee to the cir
cumstance that wholesalers in large
numbers were settling in Oakland and
that there was great danger that this
settlement might be permanent.
Oakland was alive to her opportunity,
he said and for the purpose of ac-
complishing their end were requiring
of those who applied for locations that
they take leases extending through five
| years.
The mayor saw the point at once
| He said this movement must be
stopped at all hazards and that every
facility must be afforded wholesalers tC
open such temporary quarters in San
Francisco as would enable them to
carry ON their business here and not
across the bay.
Permission Not Required
He pointed out what seemed not tc
be generally understood, that no per-
mission from any authority was any
longer required for the erection of such
temporary structures as would allow
of the resumption of business. The
only limitation placed by the authori-
ties was that the buildings should not
be more than one story in height.
| The erection of permanent buildings
was a matter that must await the
framing of the new building laws. Fol
the purpose of getting in touch with
the wholesalers and communicating the
urgent desire of the committee of re-
| lief, he appointed w. S. Babcock, capi-
| talist, chairman of a special committee
on wholesalers with power to select his
associates, and directed him to pro.
ceed without delay.
Hundreds of Retail Stores
Ex-Chief of Police Whitman of the
committee on resumption of business
said there were now some three hum
| dred retail stores of various deScrip-
| tions in operation in San Francisco.
| The matter of obtaining stocks fol
| these stores was still serious one, but
from information furnished him by
Traffic Freight Manager Sproule of the
Southern Pacific he was convinced that
no blame could attach in that direction
| He was informed by Mr.. Sproule thai
1850 loaded cars now stood in the
freight yardsl of the Southern Pacific
and the great anxiety of the company
was to see that these wares were moved
in order that the cars might be sent
east. He was also informtd that the
unwillingneSS of some of the ware
houses to open their doors for the de-
livery of goods was due to the circum.
stance that military confiscations had
been made in certain instances an6
that the warehousemen were unwilling
that these confiscations should con
tinue.
Stops ConfIscation
Mayor Schmitz informed him thai
General Greedy had issued an order thi!
morning to all his subordinates tha
there should be no further confiscation'
under any circumstances.
Mr.. Dillman of the water committe,
reported little change in the wate
situation. He said that an investiga
ton of the sewers showed that DESPITE
the orders of the committee household
ers whose supply had not been shut of
were still freely using the water TO
other purposes than cooking
His committee now had plumbers a
work shutting off the house connec
tions and this has been accomplished il
some 400 blocks, leaving one fauce
running on each of the four faces o
the block.
When this had been accomplished
would be possible to force the waite
through the mains to the reservoirs ol
the higher level when there would b
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