Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-05
A NEW SAN FRANCISCO
Every Facility to Be Accorded
the Builders
BY EASTERN COMPANIES
Structural Steel to Be Furnished
Without Delay.
RELIEF WORK PROGRESSING
Some Anxiety Over Purity of Water
Supply-Feared That Reservoipc
Have Been Polluted.
RELIEF WORK PROGRESSING

SAN FRANCISCO. May 5.--That every fa-
cllity will De afforded the builders OF new
San Francisco by the manufacturing inter-
ests of the east Is apparent by the promise
of representatives of all leading steel COM
panies. The officials of the Sante Fe. Pa
cific Mall and MISUNDERSTANDING Steam
ship companies have stated that no scarcity
Of structural steel will delay the rebuilding
of the city.
Structural steel is to be furnished San
francisco for the next three years as fast
as IL Is needed even faster than 1t can be
riveted together In the frames OF the build
ings that ere already being planned More
than that. the promise is given that credits
ON past business will be extended. and nav
ments on new orders may be deferred TO tho
longest limit to which individual builders
can legitimately be entitled.
money VIII not be wanting TO hecl, IN
the building operations now about To ba
taken up, and the insurance money eyceed
ing sIooWo,ooo. soon to be released In the
coiiihuhity' Will go long way In helping
the work along. large amount of money
Is already being forwarded here bv the in
T Iu,ance companies OF the United States and
europe TO meet the immense losses thew
VIII have to pay.
Plans for Reimbursement
Many of the companies have. II IS said
decided to reimburse their clients with spot
cash at their offices or with drafts rs good
as coin here and thus avoid the DELAY that
would ensue If bills of exchange were H.
sued on eastern foreign money centers.
In every section of the city the relief worlr
Is now going on without a hitch and no
Where. as far as can be learned is there
any real distress Another favorable fea-
ture or the situation is the prospect for a
restoration OF the gas supply
Inc gas company is now prepared to turn
gas INTO It's mains as soon as authorized
IL Is expected that this authorization Will
be given In few days. Gas will be fur
nisled to house as soon as the pines and
hxtures in 1t are found in good condition
me majority or householders stin
subject to the inconvenience of cooking
their meals on toves erected In the street
The Water Supply.
Some anxiety is still felt over the purity
OF the water supply. Samples of water
taken from the taps at various points In
the city were found to be SO full OF bac-
terra that sewer pollution was Indicated
City Chemist Gibbs still urges citizens to
boil all water used for drinking purposes
under any circumstances. and laboratory
has been es tabhshed at the State University
for the analysis of the supply
1t is now admitted that the sewers have
broken over the mains, and it is also feared
that the reservoirs have been polluted ow-
ing TO the number of people In camps on
the watersheds. In connection with the
recent Chinese boycott movement II is in
teresting to note that the steamer China.
sailing for the orient today, is taking a
shipment of 1000 tons of flour to China
Steamship officials say the boycott has
been broken, and that this Is the first flour
shipment of any note TO be sent from the
coast to the orient for months. large
proportion of the liners cargo consists of
raw material from the east consigned to
Japan.