The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-03
LUSS 35U MLLlUN
Latest Estimate on the Destruc-
tiOn Of Property
By Fire and Earthquake at San
Francisco.
TAXABLE PROPERTY
For Coming Year Is Placed at
$4,000 900.
Will Necessitate a Levy of $3.50
on the 100.
PROPERTY

San Francisco, May s.-While it is
difficult to give exact figures as to losses
and insurance in connection with the
FIRE which has devastated such a large
portion of San Francisco close esti-
mates have been compiled which show
that the actual property loss to the city
is close to $3.50, 100000.
Trolley cars will be operated on Mar
ket street today between the ferry and
Valencia street and a little later as far
west as Castro
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 a. total
of So 64S, 400. The estimate is made on
an assessed valuation of $500, ,0OO. 900. The
receipts are figured at a rate of 81 on
$500, 600, 900 or $6,0oO000 and $2,228. 400
from other sources, making a tax rate
with Z cents for the parks of $1.07 The
fire, however, has reduced the value of
assessable property and the expenses
will be greater than the auditor esti-
mates so that it is stated, that the
taxes will be nearly $3.50 on each s1o0
Of valuation.
The water company has been auth
orized to deliver water to every laun-
have been inspected. Eight or nine
laundries will be opened within two or
three days and this will bring more
relief to the city Two or three laun-
dries already have opened for the use
Of the hospital service. The local Jap
anese have undertaken systematically
/ the care Of Japanese refugees. Out OF
/ the 10000 japanese affected by the
/ earthquake and fire approximately 5000
4 have been sent to the interior. OF the
I i-f,r, IN inc K oh a a
various relief camps in San Francisco
and 1000 a. Oakland. The japanese
! government has wired a contribution of
4 $25,000.
Sanitary Regulations.
The medical department of the reg
ular army has been putting into prac-
tice the experience gained IN the
i camps esta abiished on the Atlantic
coast during the Spanish-America4
war. Surgeons and assistants who at
tended the dying and sick when
typhoid fever and other maladies deci-
mated the regiments in camp, have
been safeguarding the health of San
Franeisco's stricken thousands ever
since the earthquake, and sanitary
regulations have been provided in ac-
cordance with the bitter lessons taught
during that period. As a part of the
1 general system of army relief there
has been esta blished on a level lawn
south of the music stand in Golden
] N1dlS PARK d COIHPlClG ISSl1IiCutd1 lcl0
hospital. probably the first that has
ever been erected in this city. A detail
of 100 men under command of Capt.
H. H. L. Gilchrist constitutes the ad-
ministrative force, and the hospital
/ has now a capacity of 800 patients,
although but 80 have been received
to date. A consignment Of the Reed
odorless excavation troughs, which
are pronounced the highest type of
sanitary convenience, has been re-
/ Loo ct he CT lad
at once. Every effort is being made
by the health commission to concen-
trate the hospital work at as few
| points as possible, and as rapidly as
| the patients from the smaller emerg-
! ency hospitals can be made comfort
able at the larger ones, the small ones
| are being abolished. This serves a
double purpose, concentrating the
work and at the same time permitting
scores of physicians who until now
have been giving all their time and
attention to this work. to give some
thought to their own interests.
Drug Stores to Open.
Twenty six of the drug stores in the
districts not wiped out by fire were de-
cided upon yesterday by the health
| commission as location for free dispen-
saries. Within three days at the must
these stores will be supplied with drugs
| and will be placed in charge Of COM
petent druggists. The supplies will be
secured from the main drug supply
! station at the Preside and at any one
| of these dispensaries It will be possible
/ to have filled, free of charge, all ply
sician's prescriptions.
Th commercial banks belonging to the
clearing house association have arrang-
ed to open for new or special" busi-
ness. The arrangement is to receive all
deposits that customers may desire to
make on new accounts. The depositors
may check out these new balances
without restriction OF limit The plan
for new special business was adopted in
Oakland and other parts of Alameda
I county an so successful was 1t in its
operation that the banks have now re-
sumed regular business and are receiv-
ing more money than they are paying
out The savings banks are most anx-
fous to resume business, but they are
unwilling to ieopardize the interests of
their depositors by opening their vaults
a moment before it is quite safe to do
So the contents of several vaults mot
savings banks) having been prema-
turely opened have been destroyed
A large proportion Of the majority
of the business men who were thank
ing their lucky stars during the big
conf1agration that their valuab bIes
were fnclosed in fire proof vaults have
wakened to a desperate realization Of
the unouestiOna bic force OF the san
Francisco fire. Within the past Y
hours there have been SIS safes and
vaults opened in the district east Of
Powell and north of Market streets
and in not more than SO per cent Of
these instances were the contents
found intact. IN many cases q pile of
ashes represented thousands Of dol
lars worth of accounts.
The city government yesterday be-
gan the work of paying out April sal
aries to its employees. The sum of
100000 was transferred to the West
ern National bank where yesterday the
: / members Of the police force received
the money due them. In this way