Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-30
Streets of San Francisco Are
Thronged With Laborers and
Excavating Has Begun.
PERMITTED TO OPEN SAFES.
Police and Military Authorities
Take Steps to Prevent Fur
ther looting.
Reports From Refugee Camps Show
Exceedingly Small Percentage
or Sickness.

Exceedingly Small Percentage
or Sickness.
marked the actual beginning OF olsen
tangling San Francisco from its dis
ordered condition. and OF commencing
the work of Reconstruction. on many
sides were visible indications Of the
determination of merchants stores re-
Stunning business, Gangs Of men with
teams were excavatlng for foundations
IN numerous vacant lots and in other
places the removal Of debris OF burned
buildings was well under way. The
streets at an early hour were thronged
with laborers on their way to the
burned districts, where they had been
engaged to assist In the task OF cleaning
up. The boats from the cities across
the bay, and the local electric cars from
the suburbs We're packed with working
men who had already secured employ
ment. In many places advertisements
were posted on the walls seeking la
uOitTS, anu tftSt lnuuillts lbI ittIi
were met with numerous responses
from heads OF families who were only
too willing to engage In any kind OF
labor.
PERMITS TO OPEN SAFES.
The authorities today issued numer-
Gus permits to corporations and indi-
vlduals TO open their safes. Every
precaution is being taken TO establish
the Identity OF owners so that 1t will be
almost impossible to practise fraud In
this direction. These safes are of the
smaller kind, and have sufficiently
cooled to permit of the doors bling
opened. BY this means a little more
money will be put In general crcula-
ton, and some OF the distress arising
from the want of cash will be immedi-
ately relieved.
Todays work OF providing for the
destitute and the homeless was done
under the plan devised by Gen. Greedy,
and a check put upon the waste, ex-
travagance and deception that had pre-
vailed to some extent In the past. A
closer watch was kept on individual
cases, and by this method II is probable
that in the future there will be no ex-
cess supply delivered to any one fami-
~.
IMPORTANT MEETINGS.
There will be some important meet
fngs of the committees concerned with
the financial future Of the city, and il
is expected that the ideas advanced for
the rehabilitation of the city will be-
come crystallized in a definite project,
which may eventually be submitted to
Congress for action by that body.
NO MORE LOOTING.
The police and military authorities
have taken steps which will effectually
prevent further footing Of ruins par
ticularly In Chinatown. The latter
place has been a Mecca for relic hunt
ers, and It Is asserted that men and
women of prominence have been carry
Ing from the ashes OF this quarter many
valuable pieces OF chinaware bronze
work. etc. Last night four militlamen
were placed under arrest while digging
In the ruins of Chinese bazaars, and
o number of others were frightened
away by shots fired over their heads.
Hereafter a strong military line will be
drawn around the boundaries Of the
former Chinese colony
STREET CAR SERVICE.
The extension OF street car telephone
and telegraph service Is proceeding as
rapidly as the difficult conditions will
permit. and II Is hoped that before the
week Is ended the people who remain
In San Francisco viii be provided for
In the AFFAIRS of communication and
transportation along lines approaching
normal.
REFUGEE CAMPS.
Reports from the refugee camps and
hospitals show an astonshlngly small
percentage Of sickness and the bugaboo
Of threatened epidemlcs has been bur-
led, it is hoped, for all time,
WATER SUPPLY.
The water supply IL getting better
every day. and in several sections of
lbe saved district the force OF water
N the faucets IL almost as strong az
u was before the big fire.
LACK OF FUNDS.
Lack OF funds and ignorance of the
amount OF the appropriation to be Civ
en- by the finance committee have, ac-
rording to Commissioner Thomas Egan,
retarded the operations OF tho board of
public works In clearing the streets of
debris and garbage and repairing the
rtNtIS. As result or the shortage of
FUNDS between 800 and 300 men engaged
In this work were laid on last night
The board stlll retained many gangs
OF carpenters In making repairs, and
has made arrangements to have the
garbage carried To sea on barges, IN
stead OF burning Il.
\ THIEF AT WORK.
Some thief. believing that rich loot
lay In the safe IN st. 1gnatius church
at Hayes street and Van Ness avenue,
invaded the sanctuary of that place
yesterday. A skilled craftsman, he
carried drills. fuse and explosives, and
was already drilling AT the steel combl-
nation when private Waterman dis
covered him. The Waterman immedl-
ately opened fire upon him. Three
shots were fired. but the robber man
nRcd to make his escape Detectives
found the paraphernalla left behind by
the robber in his hurried flight,
CAUGHT LooTING.
Caught In the act of lootIng q safe
ut Dubice and Church streets. when
u near military headquarters. Francis
20 Cassell was arrested by Corporal
Tudor OF company r, first regiment. N,
u. G.. last night. Joseph Zeraba. VIII
was working on the safe with Casselli,
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