The San Francisco call., 1906-05-20

This week the colossal labor Of re-
moving the ashes and debris OF San
Francisco to their place OF final repose
will begin Gridironed by railways,
the section OF the city felled by the
flames will be the scene Of unprece-
dented industry, and ON scale that
promises 10 astound the world recon-
struction will begin
The fact that all was In readiness to
begin the removal OF debris was made
known yesterday at a meeting Of the
subcommittee on transportation call
ed by Thornwell Mutually, chairman.
Mr.. Mutually had caused to be placed
in the press an advertisement calling
upon al contractors interested in the
removal of debris to be present at the
meeting, which was held at Century
Hail. The result was that many sug
gestions of great value were secured,
fifty contractors voicing their opinions
on the situation.
In calling the meeting to order Mr..
Mutually said that the. contractors had
been invited TO be preseht TO meet
with railroad officials for the purpose
of considering ways and means for re-
moving the debris OF the destroyed
portion of the city; to offer sugges-
tions as to prices and costs, the most
efficient methods of loading and un-
loading and, most important Of all. 20
outline their plans for dumping, that
an agreement equitable TO all contrac-
tors might be reached.
AMPLE DUMPING GaouND.
A representative OF the C. E. Loss
Co., Eighth and Harrison streets, said
that he had secured dumping ground
for 100000 cubic yards and while no
did not care at this time to make pub
"a = Mi p
tee that it is within easy access OF all
the railroads.
The Pacific Wrecking Company.
Seventh street, announced that 1t had
dumping ground for 5,000,00 yards
Others pointed out that dumping
grounds that will hold all OF the debris
OF the city can be found south OF the
sugar factory in the Potrero, in the
Isiais Creek region and along por-
tions of North Beach The owners OF
some OF these water lots, it was point
ed out. would be willing to pay to.
have their property filed, while hun
dreds OF others would at least grant
dumping privileges without cost A.
E. Buckman, 712 Golden Gate avenue,
said that he had room for 10000 cubic
yards and could insure the committee
that ample room for all Of the debris
of the city could be found without
difficulty
Chairman Mutually said it was the
desire of the committeesto be informed
as to the location of the dumping
grounds that a rate for the removal Of
the, debris might be fixed by the rail-
roads. He said that ii was not the in
tention of the railroads to make pro-
fit out of the debris. but TO remove 1t
at cost, and so soon as the roads could
determine just what dumping grounds
had been selected they would be able
to make a rate that would be equitable.
RAILROADS TO MAKE PLANS.
After further discussion a resolu-
tion presented by w. f. Herrin was
adopted to the effect that each of the
railroads should be requested to pre-
pare a written statement showing
their plans for assisting in the re-
moval work. together with their rates,
and that these should be sent to the
chairman of the transportation com
mittee not later than Monday.
Another resolution offered by Her
rim was adopted requesting all con-
tractors to send to the chairman of