Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1906-05-24
s. r. KENDALL TELLS
OF SAN FRANCISCO
Viewed the Ruins Of the Ones Great
City While En- Route Home
From Marysville, California
Still Under Martial Law.

Sam u Kendall, Of Marysvllle, Cali
fornia, formerly OF this city. Is visit
log bis parents, Judge aud Mrs S. e
Kendall, and during a talk with a
LEDGER representative Friday morn
ing said thai he came through San
Francisco while en- route home, to see
the ruins OF the once great city.
Everybody is at work cleaning
away the debris and preparing to re-
build, : said Mr. Kendall "The light
and water system is again in opera
tlon, though very Inadequate, espec-
tally the latter, as new mains have to
be laiduy the entire city
Three cas- lines carrying passengers
are 10 operation, but the mxin line,
through the business portion OF The
city Is used exclusively to haul away
the dirt and wrecked buildings and
bring new material to the workmen
They expect to have the whole town
cleaned up BY the middle Of July, and
even now the steel framework OF a
new fourteen story building can be
seen
There are still thousands nf home.
less people there, camped In govern
ment tents and In the open in Oakland
and Golden Gate Park. All over the
city are little notices or signs. on which
people have written their names to
show their relatives, from whom they
were separated during the excitement
that they still live.
"The report that the Cliff House
had slid of into the sea was erroneous
for it Is still standing, and Valincia
street, which was reported to have
sunk sixteen feet, has not dropped a
quarter Of an inch any where along
the thoroughfare. The damage done
by the earthquake was slight COM
pared to the ruin the fire wrought and
had they been able tocheck the flames
the city would have suffered but lit
tie.
Market street is now made up Of
numerous sheds, hastily constructed,
which serve as office buildings, business
houses and store rooms for the work
mems tools. The banks are all In op-
Grafton again and on certain days Of
the week, pay out money to their de-
positors and cash checks, one person
being limited TO a certain amount
They claim that In short time they
will be able to do business on as large
scale as before the disaster.
''San Francisco is still under martial
law and the people are all loud In their
praise OF the good work and protection
afforded them blythe troops.
"It was the soldiers who put stop
to bread selling az dollar a loaf and
made the cab and transfer drivers quit
rohbing the people.
''The latter, shortly after the earth
quake, were charging $40 and over to
move trunk one block A bread
wagon, selling bread at dollar loaf,
was held up by soldiers who dismissed
the driver and told the hungry suffer
|ers to help themselves; and warnings
were posted which were to the effect
that offenders of this nature would be
seyerly dealt with.
"Eating houses are plentiful In San
Francisco now, but a bed Is a scarce
article, the majority Of the people
sleeping In the open.
"Sight seer's are few and far be-
tween and are discouraged from COM
ing by the authorities, who for while,
would let no one enter the city, not
even TO look up their relatives. They
have way of putting man to work,
regardless of who be Is or whether he
wants to work or not, that keeps the
curious at a distance. The Secretary
Of State, hurried TO san FRANCISCO
shortly after the earthquake ana be-
fore the nre mad been cnecgeo, on I'M
portant business ana nad Win MN .
written pass from the Governor, out as
soon as he stepped OIL tne Terry from
Oakland be was naboed oy tne troops
and told that ne must help nght the
flames and clear away the debris.