Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-30

food "a hr allowed each person, with
latitudc for certain conditions, is
specified. I'll" allowance, i'll a meas
IRE, is based on the army ration. At
a meeting today uf james ID. Phclan,
chairman of the finance COMMITTEES and
some prominent lawyers and bankers,
4 plan was preached for financing the
city, which il is hoped will meet with
the Endorsement of tho general COM
munity. AS it is estimated that the
city has suffered Il loss of $200.000,OOo
by fire. il is said that there is not sufii
cicut money i'll san Francisco to re-
construct tie city aud that the people
must look elsewhere for funds to re
habililatr their destroyed fortunes.
MI ph"lnu Sail that if the money
were huIrrv"d through ordinary chan
luI the rate uf int rest would add a
hurdrn that could not hr borne under
I'M ymiitr"ue The plan uG Mr.. Phclan
i+ ta frrur lrciallli"u I" present TO
rorri,. d., .iug tar United States t."
iuior., wv ururu.rd huuriS ot san
Fr,ur-,u WIth this guarantee Of the
-nl,l.ir.4.r. DIN, dty would hr able 10
t,t i,ru .N- unlroitI mdrErts Of The
~ ttl ll '' i''ll wv lll i' '''' - '''''''-F
.aI 10 lul. ilt. Of interest nu bonds to
run for 80 Years AMI secured by a
luurt@acc IA th" best portion of the
city.
MIR rhcl,n l~s"r;"! that such l"EiSla-
tlnn would not br ii,EN IN Congress. IL
was hy suri measures that the Central
Iaci.ic and the Union Pacific Railroads
were built; ARA more recently by like
legislation ra3iway& III the Philippines
became assured t. the r,"Plr If the is
lands
Th. work Of furnishing In" ncrcsSdri"s
Of life to the homeless &uh needy con
tinrrcs with moro system and with una
hltcd energy
Tic number of people without :uhstah-
tia! shelter has boon reduced to Il mini
mum. Tho housing committee reported
today that applications FOR accommodate
tfous have ceased. The work cf this
committee has been lc2scncd by depart
IRE of many people 10 other parts of TIL"
state.
Religious services were held in th" nE"n
air in many places TODAY and in churches
that were pronounced safe for immediate
use throngs gathered to listen to scr
mons
The disposition Of tic people Ia maxi
the best Of the recent disaster was aided
today by the resumption Of Sunday after
noon concerts in Golden Gate palk. Thes'
concerts have always pccn fayorjt,
Sunday recreation in San Francisco and
in addition To- an excellent program given
in the park a volunteer band discoursrd
music for a short time today i'll tho
Tented City" at jefferson square.
There were some extensions i'm the Clcc-
tric CIR service today and people in tn"
remote suburbs tomorrow will he afford
cd quick transportation to the water
front and points in the burned area.
where they will he obliged to labor.
City officers were highly elatcd today
To- find the contents of the municipal
treasury int1ct. Tho vaults were part
of the city hail that escaped the fire. Az
expert opened the doors this morning and
found gold. silver and securities scattered
over the floor. but the safe unharmcd.
Tho vault contained s. So0.O00 in currency.
S500,G0O in securities of the German Say
ings Bank. and sl2.00ooO0 Of unsold city
bonds Shipping is beginning tD resume
its normal course There were a number
of departures of steamers today and sew
oral arrivals.
The steamer lmur arrived from Nicto-
ria. r. c.. with go tons of provisions
gwen by the people Of British Columbia
The cargo was admitted duty free.