The San Francisco call., 1906-04-28
First Permit for q
Steel Building.
Construction Soon
to Be Under Way.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 27.-Har-
mony and pledges Of good feeling
marked the meetings today of the
various bodies OF citizens, committees
and representatives of the army,
which are administering the affairs Of
San Francisco. The last sign Of con-
fusion and misunderstanding which at
times existed have disappeared, and
the first signs of the. return to normal
conditions were the resumption of
street car traffic in certain sections,
and the taking out of the first permit
for a modern steel structure upon the
ground occupied few days ago by a
less substantial one
Archbishop Riordan appeared at the
meeting of the citizens general COM
mittee today, and in an eloquent
speech counselled harmony between
those who are striving to bring order
out of chaos, and predicting a city
greater, more beautiful and more
striking example Of American pluck
and enterprise than the old San Fran
cisco.
Union should be our watchword, "
said the archbishop, "and whatever
differences may have existed between
the men of this community in the
past should be wiped out The Cath
olic Church is perhaps among the very
heaviest losers, but we are undismay-
ed, and I come here today to tell you
that the noble men and women over
whom / have direction are at your SER
vice"
These ringing sentences Of the arch
bishop were enthusiastically cheered.
Mayor Schmitz replied to these sen.
timents in a speech equally eloquent,
saying that harmony already prevail
ed, and that whatever enmity may
have been felt In the past was wiped
out and the citizens OF San Francisco
had but one object in view-the i'm
mediate upbuiloing OF a newer and
better municipality. DR., Edward De-
vine, on behalf of the Red Cross So
ciety, added to the general feeling of
the. occasion by reading q telegram
from Secretary of War Taft, In which
the latter told OF the qualification of
President Roosevelt at learning of the
harmony that now exists In the carry
ting out Of the immense work which
has been put upon San Francisco
MAYOR ACTS AZ MoToRMAN.
The appearance of the first electric
cars upon the streets. Of San Francisco
since the great disaster was celebrat-
ed as quite an event City and railroad
officials and invited guests filed the
first. car started upon the run across
the city, Mayor Schmitz acting as mo-
torman Everywhere the sight of the
car was greeted with cheers from
thousands OF pedestrians. A continu-
Gus service was re-estsblished later In
| the day on several o. the cross-town
lines, and thousands Of people were
carried free of charge.
The first building permit was ap-
piled for and granted today. 1t was for
"a twelve-story steel structure to be
erected by Thomas Magee and is one
of the first substantial evidences that
the business men Of San Francisco In
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to business.
A cold rain fell for several hours
last night and this morning and
brought additional hardships upon the
people sheltered only by tents and
temporary buildings In the parks. To
further add to their discomfort the
wind blew q gale from the north all
day, scattering dust and ashes every
where, In some places throwing down
the tottering walls of burned build
ings. Tonight was one of the most un-
comfortable since the great fire, and
the lack Of heat In the tents Of the
homeless, as well as In the houses of
the more fortunate. brings extreme
discomfort
What to do with the unfortunate
Chinese Of San Francisco, a problem
which has given the authorities con.
siderable worry during the last few
days, has been settled. at least tenn
porarily. Since the destruction of