The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 27, 1906, Page 1

F bbb L TEMPORARY OFFICE * OF The San Francisco Cal 1651-3 Fillmore St. PHONE: WEST 956. = PR R LR R e R R R e R kg VOLUME XCIX—NO. 148, to be taken from the Library. Business Office Phone: Oakland 1088 Editorial Rooms, Phone: Oaklard FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1906.—PAGES 1 TO 8 PRICE FIVE CENTS. R G 161 EFUGEES DOING WELL I Committee’s Good Work Alleviat 10 to Be Paid. nsurance Risks Will Be Fully _Sgttled. Fresh horses have been it in. The water supply is daily forti- | ready for| car service, now promises to give the public avenue of relief that must prove able. Mayor Schmitz els, Thornwell Mul- Wheeler and Engi- a ch d Davis have h o Danger of fires telephone | to a committee James D. Phe-| Dinan, Dr. Ward| f of Polic Filben. The tempor: Chi- | z is established on four | r Fort Ma It was the the Gener: ymmittee that - S b fugees should go for the ere the U g the strict- operatior ven to the General e Chingse would not to permanently put the future near deep Point, close to the line, but without ries of San Fran- es and municipal horities regard this question as one 1 eopeern to the future growth the T 1at depos Measure scale gre of of th Hunte coin e of the Ci IS PICKING and in UP: whole a i the mal proc of safes onday 3 . GOOD goods iz grinin ast camps | The commiitee of which George W. » 2 o Wittman {s chairman reports to the Sadiabalter b 3 eveq, CGeneral Relief Committee that the o most gratifying advances toward the re reports of Colonel Torre and Dr. Ward of n Francisco, have complete control of the im- | nt work of sanitation, assure the restoration of accomplished. Work of cleaning away the etail trade have bheen bris of - soghrad the fire; knockinz down crous - of the Walls and rendering g the s the General Streets in the burned distrief is pro- ort of Dr. Ward was SFessing iwith amazing r. under ittee the ed with applause The -cc ment is rep a8 excellent. j the dircetion of Mahonc)f, Dineen ana Pire Depart- rted by ( man Wilson it was mever in better, i Continued on Page 8, Columa 1 i === W )pj)r‘,,- s y 220 i 7/)%}&&«_‘-_—'— Lot e VAST SUMS DISBURSED" FOR NEEDY National Red Cross Corps Works With Local Bodies. { fl'l“l“!"l’*‘l“l-*“-l".‘M*HM++*++W+W+HW++1W++++‘F+++++ Wholesalers Decide to Kemain at Old Stands. One of the great problems confront- ing the executive heads of the relief work is how to distribute the fund con- { i% most beautiful city on earth and ome of the worlds mest es All Suferng THEGREATER CALL The Gall believes in San Francisco. While the -battle with the. flames that wiped out the city-that-was still waged, plans were laid for the building of a new and a Greater Call. In spite of the general disorder following the fire and the destruction of itsentire plant, The Call has been published every day. The plans, hurriedly made in the thick of the confliet, have now matured. As an evidence of its faith In the new San Francisco, The Call has planned the assembling of anew plant of the most complete mewspaper equipment on the Pacific Coast. Orders have been placed and rapidly as human energy can turn out the work and railroads bring it across the con- tinent The Call’s new equipment will be installed. Then The Call will be ready to give substantial evidence of the sincerity of its present declaration of faith and to take its place as the factor for the best ngwspaper expres- § sion of the spirit which will make the new San Frangisco the : : important commercial centers. WWWW& in a satisfactory manner and that the | sections-of the city and only awailt the transfer of all its supplies now on hand | fina! word of the Mayor. b bbb bbb bbb bbb 4 would be made without the slightest confusion. Dr. Devine expressed the opinion that less perishable goods and more sup- .plies of a substantial character should be sent here. Owing to the lack of 1 PORTION OF THE TENT LITY AT FORT MASON < HOW THE HOMELESS IN SAN FRANCISCO ENJOY OUT-OF-DOOR LIFE, AMPLY PROVIDED WITH FOOD AND WELL PROTECTED FROM THE COLD. MAN’S HUMANITY TO MAN HAS CARED FOR THE UN- FORTUNATES MOST HANDSOMELY AND A HAPPY MOOD PREVAILS IN THE HOUR OF. GREAT DISTRESS. MAYOR GRANTS PERMIT FOR ELECTRIC CARS T0 RUN City Electrician Makes Favor- able Report. R Street railway trafic will be resumed at 7 o'clock this morning, and every ay form 6 a. m. till 7 p. m. cars will be run at brief intervals over the fol- lowing route: b Commencing at Pacific avenue on Fillmore street to Thirteenth, on Thirteenth to Church, on ‘Church to Sixteenth, on Sixteenth from Church t¢ Misslon, from Sixtcenth on Mission to Fifth, on Fifth between Mission anhd Ma; on Market from. Fifth Fer: also from Sixteenth and Mis- slon on Sixtcenth street to the Bryant street power house. All of this was decided onlasteven- ing, when Mayor Schmitz and General ¢ approved the Teport of the Light and Power Committee and W. Hewitt, chief of the Departsient of ctr to stert its Bryont-street: power house and operate the abové-mentioned e it is understood and directed that the current must not be turned on wolley or feeder circuits of other sireets tnun those ned until permit is obtained therefor. Th und ng that -oads shali for sucl ¢ bs directed maldtan a putrol .operated witlla the un- t, having oné man in the e Minaly of the g\emea Railroads stated iost evening thab,the to | {city, permitting the Urdled Rail- lines that will be operated to-day have been ready for the last four da¥s. Street car trafiic was interrupted on Fillmore street vesterday by a totter- ing wall on the west of the Pierce- Redolph storage building. . So danger- ous has this wall become that the po- lice roped the street between EdGy and Ellis, and no person or wagons will be permitted within the enclosure until the wall is taken down. This will in- terrupt the Fillmore street car service for a few days. Thorrnwell Mullally of the United lailroads has received the following telegram from President Patrick Cal- Houn in New York: | “Confidence among our friends un- shaken. the same. understand that we are ready to carry forward all our r's="2and to co-operate in the fullest way and with the most aggressive policy in aiding in rebuild- ing the city. Am arranging to prompt- ly furnish any 2dditional: engineers or jother men you need. The whole of i Messis. Ford, Bacon & Davis’ force is {ties in priority to all other ous it me arg all rl safcty.” Policy of company remains Let Mayor and public fully ' 1o force upoen the eoffective way | wh ich you have handled situation.|supplies, olecd at your and lhe:r‘l Ha tributed for the alleviation ®f the people. - ¥ It may be said that while the com- plete detaiXs of disbursing tind account- ing for'the immense sum of money al- ready contributed have not been for- niylated they have been thoroughly discussed in committee and may be briefly stated as follows: All expenditures’ will be authorized by the finance committee of the citi- zens’ relief and Red Cross funds. The members 0f this committee are repre- sentatlve bankers, business men and jurists of San Francisco, and Dr. De- vine of the Red. Cross Society. This committee will ‘audit all accounts and make a - detajled report to the War Dcpartment, where a final audit and statement will be made. At noon yesterday the distribution of food to the city of San Francisco was formally tuyned over to the United States army, which will act under the system already described. under this system many of the abuses that have prevailed in the giving out of supplies by the various local and outside relief organizations, each of which has acted indepéndently of all others, will be dis- continued and the direction of all the stations will be centralized in the de- pot of the quartermaster of the United States army, Major- Duvol.. NO CONFLICT EXISTS. “The impression which seems to have prevailed in New York, Washington and other Eastern citles thay there ‘was friction over the matter of con- centrating -and. distributing Rted Cross supplies was corrected yesterday by Dr. Edward T. Devine, general agent of the Red Croas Society, who informed the proper persons jn those citles that at your disposal. “Pittsburg is ready to|ahsolute harmony prevailed and that {furnish additional encines and dyna- | the work was being carried on to the Mal permit is given with ‘mos if needed and ‘Westinghouse and | entire satlsfaction of everybody. He United | General Electric Company have kindly . felt that it was but just to all those a periog as|offered to furnish any temporary facili- cities in-the East, ‘and elsewhere ttt orders. | have contributed so liberally to the Ye- Congratulate you, Davis, Thapman and ' lief fund, tQ by kept informed as to|ings as well as in the meetings of the | Franciseo, took place today at the at disposipfn is being made of their | various executve bodies. The street | town hall of Passy in the presence of Cross works ‘.:asb!an carried out \ prompt transportation facilities during the first few days of the excitement following the fire large quantities of fruits and other perishable goods were unfit for use when they arrived here. NOT MANY SICK. The reports from the large hospi- tals at the Presidio and at Golden Gate Park yesterday showed that the| number of patients is less than Wed- nesday, At the General Hospital in "the Presidio there were 550 patients | yesterday, which 200 less than Tues- ! 'day. The (ecreases are yrobably due to the fact that the privilege of free transportation over the rallroads to any part of the State expired at noon yesterday and many of the patients who were suffering from | minor injuries and complaints Iéft | the hospitals in time to take advan- | tage of the generosity of the ‘rall- 'roads. A statement by Dr. James W. | Ward, president of the Board of { Health, yesterday showed that there ‘are now thirty hospitals in use, all the smaller institutions established "during the confusion of the first few days following the fire having been |&5oTshed and the patients removed | to the larger establishments. Tuber-| | culosis hospitals have been estab- | ! lished separate from the ethers. Every well and other soyrce of water sup- ! ply throughout the city is being ex- amined by competent inspectors to provide against any possibility of contamination and resulting sickness. | The garbage of the city is being towed yout to sea on barges and all unsani- tary camps have been removed and the ground which & they = occupled | quarantined. Thp medleal supplies ot the city have been concentrated at the Presidio General Hospital, and from there distributed to the varl- ous ‘hospitals and rellef statilons. A most rigid Inspection is maintained and every case of communicative dis- ease is promptly isolated and quar- antined.. The prompt and thorough measures taken by the Health De- partment have served to prevent any ! sort of epidemle, and the general av- ! erage healthe reports are almost nor- | STREET CAR TRAFFIC. the citizens’ committee of fifty meet- Opposed to the resumption at this time there 1s a strng secton f the em- mittee which argues that it would be entirely unsafa to permit the chml of electric wires until 5 sufficlent sup~- ply of water is available for the sup- pression of possible fires. ' The street car companles assert that they bave made a most careful nspec~ tion of their system of cverhead wires and that the danger from these wires is hardly worth consideration even at this time. Means of transportatin ars very badly needed just mow and the running of street cars would very ma~ terially assist in bringing about normal conditions. Late this evening it was decided to start the street cars tomor Tow morning. ‘WHOLESALERS FIRM. As an evidence of the determination of San Francisco business men to re- sume business at thelr old stands, the ‘Wholesalers’ Association tolay de- | clined the generous offer of Oakland's citizens of a large tract of land on that side of the bay for the location of wholesale establishments. After ma- ture consideration the wholesalers de- clined the offer with thanks and reit- erated their intention of rebuilding and | opening up business on the old groud It was stated at this meetig that temporary buildings for many ox the ‘Wwholesale firms Nwould be compleced within fifteen days. The wholesalery have reports of 8000 carloads of goods nw in transit between Chicago and San Francisco and of 25(0 more carloads ready for delivery as soon as the con- gestion in the raliroad yards can be re- Ueved. James D. Phelan, president £ the As- sociation for the Improvement and adornment of San Francisco, has in- vited all interested architects, engi- neers and others to confer with the di- rectors of the association at Upper Franklin Hall, erner Bush and Fill- more streets, tomorrw at 4 o’clock. Mr. Phelan has also telegraphed D. H. Burnham, the noted Chicago archi- tect, to come to San Francisco ‘at onex Mr. Burnham some months ago had submitted an elaborate plan for the beautification of San Francisco to the city and it !s proposed to put those plans into effect. B aE—— Marriage of Lurline Spreckels. PARIS, April 26—The civil mar- rlage of Spencer Eddy, secretary of The resumption of street car trafilc|the American Embassy at St. Peters- is causing considerable discussion m] burg, and Lurline Spreckels, daugh- ter of C. Augustus Spreckels of San ralway companis announce that they |4 number of relatives and friends ‘on‘ all the lines throughout habitablo wiched it to be known that the!can rsume traffic at a moment's notics [ The church marriage will be cele=