El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-05

ing if I would bring 1t out, but, as Tor
him, ne would not venture. l went IN
and got the can. but it held only d
sAnd what did the people do for
quarters that night%'
I'VE did our best to get out of the
city, and later on we had tents when
we lived in until we could find Where
we were. Many of the residents nave
coffee plantations or country estates
and some went to them A relief tram
and physicians came in from San Jose
the next day, and the dead were gradu-
ally taken out \ few of the build
iugs have since been repaired Inc
town has now perhaps one-slXth the
population it had two years age
How the City Looks Today.
And now let me tell you something
of the Carriage of today. have spent
hours wandering through It's almost
deserted streets and tramplng over the
ruins of the homes OF the past Every
where one goes he sees the foundations
OF buildings with a pile of debris INSIDE
OF them The Church of San Nicolas,
not far from the station, is being re
paired, but the tower Is down ana the
walls are cracked and broken The eells
have been put up on poles at a shed at
the side and are now runS Dy hdnu-
The great cathedral opposite the pub
lie park and the market, which was
built at a cost, I venture, OF a na1I
million or so, has been cracked ana
DESTROYED beyond hope of repair II
i stone structure covering almost
an acre with walls O'feet in thickness.
Others of the churches have entirely
a Town of Tin and Scraps.
Walking through the streets one sees
the despair of the inhabitants in the
buildings which have been erected 10
take the places of the substantial
houses of the past There are ShackS
everywhere made up of pieces OF gal
vaniZed iron roofing boards from Ory
goods boxes and the. scraps of old Ig qrll.
Der which fell with the qHake, ne ne
town now reminds one of NalroDl IN
Africa, which is cOntemptuousIy cal4eo
the tin town. The houses are made up
of all sorts of makeshifts. the roofs
and walls are of galvanized iron or
half iron and half tile. In the SeVeral
houses I saw the sheets of iron Iald on
the walls with the tiles around the
edges of the sheets to Keep tne ram
from running through the cracks.
The market now consists OF a large
number of sheds made of debris and
rooted with iron and tin Today IS
Sunday and the people from all par
of the country about have come into
the market. There were thousand OF
more there when I visited II rev
hours ago. Many of the market women
sat on the ground with oranges, pa
nanas. potatoes and onions piled ABOUT
them The butchers stood inside their
Tin shacls and used sheets OF gaIVan-
lied iron as counters, upon which they
cut up the meat for the customers
There were tailor shops and Shoe SHOPS
in store box like sheds, and ! saw
women sewing at machines out in the
sun. In many cases the merchants sold
! their goods out in the open, sittin
/ on the ground as they did so: Al the
/ present time, about two blocks away,
/ a new market is building. This IS a
1 building of steel with galvanized iron
roof It must cover several acres, ana
/ it is rapidly approaching completion
/ a Look ut Carnegfe's Peace Palace.
/ I walked down the street following a
| stream of mountain water which flowed
/ through the gutter to the site of Car
! negie's great building which was to
| teach peace to these Central American
| republics. The scenes about 1t are now
/ peaceful enough, but they are the peace