The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-28
Words of Cheer Spoken at Va
\ riOus Meetings Held in San
Francisco Yesterday.
FIRST BUILDING PERMIT
ELOOUENCE OF ARCHBISHOP
RIORDAN.


les of citizens, committees and repre-
sentatives Of the army who are adj
ministering the affairs of San Fran
cisco. The last sign OF confusion and
misunderstanding which at one time
existed has disappeared, and the first
signs or the return to normal cOndi-
tons were the resumption of street
car traffic in certain sections and the
taking out of the first permit for
modern steet structure upon the ground
occupied a few days ago by a less sub
stantial one.
Archbishop Riordan appeared at the
meeting OF the citizens general COM
mittee today and in an eloquent speech
counseled harmony between those who
are striving TO bring order out of
chaos, and predicting a city greater
more beautiful and a more striking ex-
ample of American pluck and enter
price than the old San Francisco.
Union should be our watchword." said
the archbishop. land whatever differ
ences may have existed between the
men of this community in the past
should be wiped out The Catholic
church is perhaps among the very
heaviest losers, but we are undismayed
and come here today to tell you that
the noble men and women over whom
l have direction are at your service"
These ringing sentences of the arch
bishop were enthusiastically cheered.
Mayors Eloquent Speech.
Mayor Schmitz replied to these SEN
timents in a speech equally eloquent
saying that harmony already prevailed
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 immediate
upbuilding of a newer and better mu-
niciDality
DR.. Edward Devine, on behalf of
the Red Cross society, { ddeG 10 the
general feel ng Of the occasion bv
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 carrying out of the i'm
mense work which has been put upon
San Francisco.
The temperance of the first cleo
trio cars upon the streets of San Fran
cisco since the great disaster was cele-
DRAFTED as quite an event city and
railroad officials and invited guests
filed the first car started on the run
across the city, Mayor Schmitz acting
as mOtOrman. Everywhere the sight
Of the car was greeted with cheers
. from thousands OF pedestrians. a con-
I tinuOus service was re-established later
in the day on several of the cross
town lines. and thousands of people
were carried free of charge
The first building hermit was applied
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
tend losing no time in getting down
TO business.
Rain Brought Hardships.
\ 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 a gale from the north all
day. scattering dust and ashes every
where. in some places throwing down
the lettering walls of burned build
ings. Tonight is one OF the most I'M
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 dis
comfort
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 e
Chinatown its inhabitants have been
living in tents and in even less COM
Portable quarters on a large tract of
land on the north side Of the bav
knowing the gregarious habits Of the
Chinese the citizens committee and
the mayor feared that if even a few
of them returned TO their old district
and took up quarters the entire Chi
nese population would follow. and the
problem OF moving them which has
agftated San Francisco for many wears
would be as great as ever. Therefore
when the suggestion was made thai
the Chinese be moved temporarily To
a large open tract of land in the Pre-
sidiO reservation. ii was adopted i'm
mediately and here they will find a
resting place until arrangements can
be definitely made for their perma-
nent city at Hunters Point. a most
desirable spot on the southern arm of
San Francisco bay.
Statement Was Exaggerated.
The statement went out early TODAY
that large body of Italians and
other Latin races camped along North
Beach were suffering from lack of
shelter of any kind. This is not en-
tirely true. The relief committee has
had more difficulty in systenatfzine
the work among these peoples than
anywhere else, and much of their dis |
comfort has arisen through their own |
ignorance of camp life. The unsatis- /
factory conditions, however. were con
siderably alIeviated i'm this district to- |
day
The finance committee late today
gave out the following recapitulatfon |
Of the subscription fund:
Total out-of-town subscriptions 81 |
Oh o8S.43; local subscriptions. 1913. $50: |
total, $4,S31 OBS AZ; subscriptions prom |
ised but not signed, $500, 400; grand to- /
tai, S5.421 .4Ss.43
Earthquake Investigation.
At meeting of the finance commit
tee late today, Professor Andrew c. |