Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-03
Reconstruction of Mess,,aa
POSTPONED by Italian Inactivity

everyday necessaries of life with
few cheap jewelry establishments and
shops of dealers In Italian knick.
knacks complete the business end OF
the street. Here also stands the
Grand Hotel" where the officers OF
the garrison mess nightly and where
loungers congregnte on the stoop ri
night. 1t is all the very prototype OF
the western mining camp. To make i,
complete only the miner and the rifle.
man are wanting. bur not the loafer.
Up the Same rond, over the bridge
beneath which the mountain torrents.
rush in winter, are the residential huts
which have for the most part beer
erected from the charity funds sub.
scribed III Italy ana foreign countries
Some 1000 of these habitations, all OF
which were constructed from the gift
of the American people. are situated ir
the Mosella quarter. They were pu,
up under the direction OF Commands,
Beknap. U. s. N. at that time un!tet
States naval attachc at the Berlin en-.
bassy. 1t Is, perhaps, n slight anomaly
to see in this far-ofr Island OF the
Mediterranean streets bearing such ia.
miliar American names as Via Bick.
nell, Derby" Williamson" "Buch.
anan." "Bcknap:" to say nothing @,
Roosevelt" Mr.. Keynes has located
tho British vice consulate in this latte,
street. The American village Is pref.
tily situated and everything Is finished
ana In quite npplc-p,e order. All tn.
nuts arc occupied and there Is nc
rent to pay. Besides these. there arc
the Swiss and Danish huts, now in oc.
cupation. and those OF the Italian be.
nevolent committees. including the
Roman, Lombardan, Piedrlontese, and
Milanesc. some of which are now be.
ing erected to open up new districts
inc state cottages are in the poorer
part of the new town.
DESERTED HOTEL.
BUT American enterprise did not stor
here. AT the instigation of Commando,
Belknap an hotel, which was named
the Regina Elena" after tho queer
of ltaly-who had done ruch splendid
work in the good causc--was erected
IN one of tho most attractive parts OF
the Moscln quarter. owing to the re.
fusal of the local authorities to gran,
a concession To the American BUILDING
company the hotel is now standing un,
occupied with many of it's windows
broken, striking memorial to AmerI.
can enterprise and Italian official un.
GfaclOuSncSS. Quite recently nm.
ocrstand. Genocsc company has en-.
tered into negotiations for a six-years'
concession.
There is another blottcd page in tn,
annals OF Italian, or ! should rather
say Sicilian administration, in the CON
tinued occupation uf the railway wag.
ons by considerable number of tn,
poorer inhabitants, who fled from thei
ruined homes on that fatal morning q,
December IS, 1908. Though the core.
srondcnt Of n London paper pointed thi.
out as long ago as June last year moth
ing has been done yet to amcIorate the
condition of these people and I counted
n 4.
occupied by a separate family wo saw
beds and bedding turned over to al,
since the previous nights occupation
Another interesting feature of the new
Messinh is the cathedral presented by
the German emperor, which Is a Yer,
simple substitute for the grand building
referred 10 above.
RED TAPE BLOCKS PROGRESS. +,
Very slow progress is being made in
the real work of rcconstIucting tho
city. Much controversy and totals
unnecessary amount OF rod-tapc have
combined to block attempts that have
been made to assist the italian gov.
eminent and It is nj present impossible
10 say when the work really will begin
All sorts Of stories arc told. but have
the best authority for stating that
contract has just been signaa ~. Tho
rebuilding OF the municipal of.c.. b,
company of which Prince Scala is
president and Commentators Florlo nnJ
] \. Sinclair PooloY, an Englishman
directors. Tho capital nr the concern Is
s. 0COCO Resides this, I have also seer
tho general nlan Of tho now city which
has been drawn up by the chief Of thu
tNohnrai office rnvallnri Rnr-i or Mas.
sIra. An English syndicate. backed by
some Of the leading London hanks. has
nut forward Il urOppSnl to undertake