The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-01
INV BLOW TO SAN FRANCISCO
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c,na,s, e1 ~ tbe voluntary cort rihss lions ~
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buttons were matIe. and N IL ~ Importance
IN know vim, has haoome ~ them.
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reasonH u VIII In Impossible W reaIhS
the plans n B1rnham for n city h"athifnl'
and here IL danger that In otir dssire to do
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portunity preSenteh 10 US IN tne s"'So W"
calamity will be missed
No answer 10 tho telegram NJ inquiry
sent To Secretary Taft has been received.
Nevertheless. MIR. Phelan in making his
report on finances counted in the Govern
ported n total Of %. 1872 900 on hand. In
detailing the counts he Said
Before my last report the funds voted.
in hand or promised. amounted to s. .ooo,oOo
Since my last report there has come into
my hands $40 ,392. have promises OF con-
tributions amounting 10 Sj10,0O0.
To-day Gen. Funston sent me So .Ooo.
the remainder OF 'he Giggenheim u sen,
to him. He ound himself efnbarraH4eu
with the multiplicity Of his duties. and with
the consent OF the donors he turned the
rest over to me a. chairman OF the nhahce
committee"
Mayor SchmitI called attention to the
fact that the stream Of relief supplies seems
to be falling, .,d .,n,, =, nr...r, only
a few over a hundred cars containing reilet
supplies are on the way. This is a serious
state OF affairs, San Francisco can still
use anything in the way Of provisions,
clothes and money
chairman Of the finance coynmittee. and
supplies to Major {. l, Devol, Q, NJ. Us A..
Preside Wharf, san Francisco:
When Chairman Mutually OF the Trans
portation Committee rose TO report Mayor
Schmitz pointed TO a leather sack by his
side, announcing that II contained sls,c0O.
the contribution Of the United Railways
Company to the finance committee, !
was the sum of all fares taken in on oil
lines running. yesterday. Inc lines along
Eddy and Ellis streets will he running in
a few days, followed by an extension OF the
present Market street trolley line down
Valencia street.
W. II. Nelson pointed out that the in
rush of curious people who wanted TO SEQ
the ruined city was crowding the cars TO
| The exclusion OF people who had business.
Abe Ruef moved that the lines be asked
10 collect fares from every one riding.
Heretofore women and children ~havehbeen
allowed to ride free; This Is one OF on th fn times rer
higher rates.
While they we're on the street car subject
President Calhoun of the United Railways
Company said that his lines would keep
pace with the growth of the city and that
| the material he had ordered from the East
was already on the way.
Upon the motion of Judge Hunt n new
committee was. appointed 10 look after the
needs Of the private hospitals. which are In
gore need Of medical supplies,
few seconds, in the early hours Of this morn
ing. They did no damage and are only a
part OF the gradually suhsldlng disturbance
which follows a big earthquake.
The Southern Pacific railway has OBJ
| tanned its temporary franchise to run tracks
into the city for the disposal Of debris.
SURVEYORS are ALREADY laying GU the routes,
and gangs OF men will go at he preliminary
work in the morning,
The water supply Ia still low and there
Ia mild danger of another anime. In the
last two or three days the use Of water for
ali purposes has been permitted, Now the
! authorities think of shutting down on