The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 2, 1906, Page 9

SAN FRANCISCO. WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1906. Loss at State's Universit DAMAGE TOTALS ONE AND ONE-HALFE MI !EUILDING TRADES COUNCIL HAS PLENTY OF MECHANICS INSPECTION WORK IS BEING RUSHED | FORWARD RAPIDLY President Declares There Is No Need to Import Men to Rebuild the City. The Trades » Council has opened headquarters. at® 640 Golden Gate avenue. Men in all branches of b g trades cap be obtained at any time. President P. H. of the council says that enough to supnly any de- Many of the men of all trades n burned out and they are r to go to work Every Chimney in .. City Will Be Tested. s or men of outside cit The workingmen Francisco are strong enou by themselves to rebuild the are rea and willing to The sooner building activities 1 the better for us all.” e State Building Trades Council quarters in the same build- This organization is also ready Big Gangs of Men Are Repairing Sewers. to any extent. e —— " RONCOVIERI WANTS NAMES Ure Urg es County Superintendent to Make Lists of Children from San Francisco. der hools Roncovieri following circular intendents of Public 3 e mar- our control to make lists ose promised by Superin- ley??’ requested to -com- » Deputy Superin- da at the ar Scott street, the certificates which the Superi dent’s WILL HAVE WATER ON CITY e Spring Valley is Going to Bring in Supply for Shipping from Crystal and "L Springs. - : The Spring Valley Water Company | n e to ve the city front water ission again within ten time the pipes on the es will have been over- I an be decommo- rthquake. ater front came s not im- Wor Ot s by way of Dum- the ¥ The pump at Belmont, 6 h the water was raised Su e for some time to come. b ong the being y is being ) Springs and s look now, the city be in commission. ————— . MERCHANTS’ EXCHANGE DOING K BUSINESS AT OLD STAND. Work of Rehabilitating the Structure Is Being Rushed With All Possible Speed. work of rehabilitating the Mer- ’ Exchange building is well un- der way. ved from the sidewalk into the en- try, and by Wednesday will have half of the assembly room on the ground floor ready for occupaney as its head- quarters. ~Carpenters are busily engag- ied in fitting up the first two floors of the building. A barber shop has been running in the basement since last Fri- day, and will soon have as its neighbor the Board of Marine Underwriters. The Franeisco National Bank has en- gaged quarters on the ground floor, CAUGHT USING STOLEN HORSES |while on the floor above will be the TO TRANSPORT PASSENGERS. |Uerman Savings Bank and The Safe | Deposit and Trust Company. Soon the elevators will be running, and it is ex- and have the task complets Brandon ipal| Th smaller ition. All the for Sufficient nus2d for Two Men Arrested and Brought w rnish men of the building trades | OF PUBLIC SCHOOL PUPILS. | Emer- | FRONT IN ABOUT TEN DAYS. | Already the exchange has| |DOCTORS 10 THKE CHARGE OF SICK ON CAKLAND FERRY Members of the White Cross Society to Examine All Suspicious Cases Leaving the City. Every Precaution Taken and Neigh- boring Towns Need Not Fear Contagious Disesases. Military Authorities Report That the Health Conditions in San Fran- cisco Are Improving Daily. Fifteen doctors of the White Cross | Society, who arrived here from Chi- ago a few days ago to assist in relief rk have reported to “Dr. Weeks, |chief of the Federal guarantine sta- |tion. They will take charge of the Isanitary conditions of the ferry boats and will examine all cases of sickness among the passengers with the object of preventing persons suffering from | contageous diseases from leaving the |city. Although the sanitary conditions |{in San Francisco are improving daily and but few been reported the military authorities {have decided to take every precaution against an epidemic, not only in San |Francisco but in the neighboring {towns as well. The physicians of the Chicago so- ciety are doing excellent work in re- ieving the suffering and are working {in conjunction with the medical corps s |under the command of Colonel Torney. }\\'hile there is absolutely no need of i‘quaramiue officers on the ferry boats the precaution will relieve the anxiety felt in adjacent cities. BUCKBEE SAYS PURCHASERS ARE COMPLETING DEALS. argains That Were Under Way When Fire Came Will Be Put Through. Spencer C. Buckbee says that in a |large number of instances persons who purchased San Francisco realty before the fire, but did not complete the trans- | action, are now coming forward and| insisting on putting the deals through. | As the buildings that stood on the lots | have been destroyed the purchasers are ; not compelled to take the properties, the improvements being a material fac- | tor in the deals. Mr. Buckbee says that Shainwald, | Buckbee & Co. alone had deals amount- ling to more than $1,000,000 when the fire came. Other firms also were in the same position. Real estate men regard the willingness of purchasers to com- plete deals as one of the very cheerful signs of the times. The confidence of the people of the Mission district is made manifest by the fact that many of the residents who {moved are returning to their homes in |all directions. § O’Donoahue & Rowell, real estate | dealers, report that in the past ten days |but two places had been put in their | hands for sale. Ther8 has been a great “demand for flats and houses. | PROMISE OF FINANCIAL AID | | Reverend Dr. Guthrie of First Presby- terian Church Wiil Receive $1300 From New York for Rebuilding. Aid is already on the way from New | York for the rebuilding of the First | Presbyterian church that was burned at | Sacramento street and Van Ness ave- |nue on the third day of the fire. The | Reverend W. K. Guthrie received a |telegram yesterday from the Reverend | Dr. Mackenzie of the Riverside Presby- Less Than One-quarter of Them Intact, | terian church of New York, a former pastor of the First Presbyterian church here, saying that a collection amounting to $1300 had been taken up. | The Calvary Presbyterian church has extended an invitation to the First church and to the Franklin Street Pres- cases of sickness have| at present the authorities believe that | Police Headquarters by Manager of Transfer Company. 5 r of the Un n | | pected that in a short time tenants will | byterian church to join in its services {be found for at least half a dozen of for the present. - The spirit of hope the upper floors. |and charity throughout all the churches of the city reflects the determination . ght J street Ph | LIQUOR STOCKS SEIZED s and | BY OFFICERS OF LAW 7, 38 Wool street, | pergons Caught Selling Intoxicants sterday morn- | guffer Confiscation of Goods, to police bLe: ing. He found them with three of the | Much Being Dumped. company’s »s attached to an ex-| Reports were made to the police on press wagon 1 they were using to | Sunday that liguor was being sold at transport people to the ferry, charging |the groceries and saloons of John = fare. They were sent to the Stanyan | Pinn, 1000 Noe street, and Mrs. Mor- street police station and a charge of |y and Mrs. Hurley on Chenery grand larceny made against them. Cip-|street. Policemen were detailed by rico said the company had 16 ho(seycwmin Mooney to ‘investigate. Po- stolen from the stables on the morning | l;cemen Casey and O’Dowd reported of the earthguake. |that they seized a barrel half filled e P s | with whisky, which they took to the Funston Wants Dr. Rossi. | station at Twenty-second and Mission General Funston desires to communi- | streets, and dumped several gallons eate with Dr. Rossi, formerly of Dupont | of white wine into the sewer. of San Franciseans. | = Silverware Stolen. l Mrs. L. Schwartzehild, 2015 Buchanan |street, reported at police headquarters | yesterday morning that she left -her | house locked on the day of the earth- |quake and went to live with friends across the bay. She returned yesterday morning and found that $500 worth of solid silverware stamped with the in- itials “‘L. 8.’ a quantity of silver toilet articles and, jewelry had been stolen. | | | Russ House to be Rebuilt. REAL ESTATE BOARD IS SO0ON 10 BUILD ON VAN NESS AVENUE Erect a Structure Containing 40,000 Square Feet of Rent- able Space. 1 will Cost of Building Estimated at $10,000 Is to Be Borne by Members of Association. Applications for Space Must Be Ac- companied by Checks of Those Wanting Room. In four weeks the San Francisco Real | Estate Board, according to present in- | dications, will erect on the east line |of Van Ness avenue, between Fulton |and Grove streets, a building with 40,000 square feet of rentable area. iThe entire eastern frontage on Van Ness avenue, between Fulton Grove streets, having been leased by {1y begin. Josiah N. Howell, president of the board, said yesterday that a !defiinte plan had been adopted for renting the space in the building. | All members who have subscribed for space are requested to deposit with E. L. Cadwalader, secretary of the board, checks for their pro rata of |the cost of the building and the rental l‘fnr one year, which has been placed {at 35 cents a square foot a year. The cost of the building to be erect- ed is estimated at $10,000. The rental of the land for one year will amount to $2400. The area of the ground rent- ied is more than 58,000 square feet. The members of the San Francisco Real Estate Board and other realty brokers subscribed for all the space in the business striuctitie which the board will erect on Van Ness avenue. ’fact, it is uncertain whether many who applied for space will find accommoda- tions, for the demand is unexpectedly large. The brokers that made space applications sent in checks to cover | their proportionate share of the con- struction expense and rentals for one |year. The checks amply provide for the lease of the land and the cost of the building. , Secretary Cadwalader recorded the following applications before noon yes- terday: Aronson Realty Company; Landy C. Babin & Co.; Bovee, Toy & Co., David Bush & Son., Burnham & Marsh Co., Baldwin & Howell, A. E. | Buckingham, Boardman Brothers & Co., Baldwin & Stetson, Center & Spader; Cranston, Belvel & Dwyer; Davidson & Leigh, Hooker & Lenf, Hawks & Skelton, Hoag & Lansdale, Lyon & Hoag; Luthi & Thurston; Landgrebe, McNevin & Jones; Madison & Burke,, Thomas Magee & Sons, Wm. F. Mau Co.; Nelson, Johnson & Co., B. P. Oliver & Co., Dan O’Callaghan, A. J Rich & Co., David Stern & Sons, Speck & Co.; Shainwald, Buckbee & Co., L. J. Scoofy; Sage, Dealey & Co.; Strong, Belden & Farr; G. H. Umbsen & Co., Von Rhein Real Estate Com- pany, J. W. Wright & Co.; Armstrong, Quatman & Co., W. E. Boody & Co.. Oscar Heyman & Brother, MacKenzie { & Underhill, Mooser & St. Germain, Ti- | tile Insurance and Guaranty Company, GIVES LOCAL PASTOR HOPE. California Title Insurance and Guaran-i | ty Company. | The area of space sought varied from ilOO square feet to 4000 square feet. { uniform rate per square foot will be | paid. The brokers will select their lo- | cations by lot or otherwise. | —_————— { ' LOSS OF OFFICE SAFES NOT HARD ONE TO BEAR. But Their Destruction Is Not Felt. The work of salvage among the ruins | develops the faet that the contents of {about one-fourth the office safes are de- stroyed. One-half of all of them are ‘sprung and rendered valueless thereby. It is likely that less than one-fourth of the safes will be fit for use again. | Business men are not greatly wor- iried over the destruction of the safes. It is the vaults they depend on and these are largely intact. They con- tained whatever ready money was car- ried and nearly all the valuable papers. The damage to office safes is not rated as any big part of the general loss. —_————————— Irrigation for 20,000 Acres. WASHINGTON, May 1. — Chief Engineer F. H. Newell of the Govern- iment Reclamation Service, today in- formed the house committee on irri- gation that under the Truckee-Carson project in Nevada about 20,000 acres are to be irrigated this year. The supply of water will meet the public|. The directors of the Russ Estate |demand. ———— the board, construction will immediate- | In| ICHINA RAPIDLY FORGING AHEAD SoDeclaresLeader of the Reform Association, Asserts Exclusion Law Hurts His Country. | NEW YORK, May 1L—Kang Yu | Wan, the president of the Chinese Re- |form Association, who is passing through New York on his way from . Mexico to Europe, addressed a meet- ing of the association last night. Later per, which quoted him as follows: “China is no longer in the dark ages. ! She has already reached the point | where Japan was only twentyyears ago, |after years and years of endeavor. This is not because the Japun‘ese were slow in learning, but rather because they were the pioneers. They cooked, we ate. We have now, for example, { more than twenty thousand Chinese | students pursuing advanced modern jccurses of study. As to common {schools, some 5000 have been started in the province of Canton. There are {now four million Chinese who can speak English. Our courts are being remodeled after the English system. The number of books we have tran lated into Chinese—text books, nical works and treaties dicates how extensively the progres- sive movement is spreading. We have thus appropriated to our use over 10,0.. American, English and European works. The Boxer troubles, he said, were over forever. They arose from anti- foreign feeling among the ignorant, and ignorance was rapidly decreasicg in China and being replaced by a more enlightened sentiment of progress throughout all classes of the popula- | = tech- | mostly—in- | e ———e > LLION DOLLARS BERKELEY, May 1—When the !news was telegraphed abroad after the | earthquake that not a single building and he was interviewed by a morning pa- ion the university campus was damaged ja the slightest degree friends of the |institution breathed sighs of relief and congratulations to the university au- thorities upon the escape from destruc- tion of the university began to come in, the senders apparently being glad to discover one bit of light in the gen- {eral gloom. | Their congratulations it now appeaxjs ! were ill-timed. The university’s loss is !so great and so serious that the Regents face a situation which, if not remedied or improved, will eventuate in the cutting down next year of at | least one-quarter of the university’s teaching work. The Regents have this | crisis to consider at their meeting on the campus next Tuesday. It will come as an unpleasant sur- prise to many when the news is heard that the University of California suf- {fered a loss of ome and a half mil- |lion dollars as a result of the earth- quake and fire two weeks ago. These it direct loss in buildings ruined and | burned and also the loss that will come {through the reduction of the amount | realized by the 2-cent State tax for the university's benefit. President Benjamin Ide Wheeler is figures are officlal and represent I.u.)(hl President Wheeler Says Institution IS Badl_y_Crippled. ITS GREAT WORK MAY BE INTERRUPTED Sad News o Those Who Believed Buildings Had Been Saved. ENORMOUS DEPLETION OF ITS INGOME son of the Masons, one of the prom- inent members of the Masonie relief committee, said yesterday that indis- criminate municipal echarity, #f per- sisted in, would tend to retard the work of regeneration, not to speak of the injustice done to more deserving objects ef relief. “No assistance should be afforded able-bodied men,” he sald, “unless if were deemed proper after careful in- vestigation of individual cases. 1 know of many instances in which undeserving persons who would not work if it were offered them have loaded up their homes with supplies sufficient for two years. This is an imposition upon the really worthy and upon delicate women and chil- dren unable to care for themselves, If all cases were investigated as they should be this abuse would be stopped.” INTERIOR TOWNS ARE READY TO RECEIVE MORE REFUGEES Governor Pardes Receives Many Mes- sages Containing Offers of Aid for Fire Sufferers. Governor Pardee has received mes- sages as follows: Pacific Grove, Cal, wires that they |can receive no more refugees, and | Redlands, Cal, wires that it cam |take 500 more. |authority for the statement that the | tion. “China is no longer asleep,” he said. | the extent of the vast sum named and “She is wide awake and fully able to that its great work in the State’s be- care for her interests. | half stands in danger of interruption “A deep sentiment has been aroused | unless there is supplied a remedy for among my countrymen by your ex-|the hurt that has been done. University of California is a loser to ' A clusion laws. We see the immigrants| President Wheeler gave to The Call |today a concise statement indicating {in detail the losses to the unmiversity by the fire. It is the first authoritative statement covering the situation as it | affects the university. President Wheel- |er says: “The losses of the university from | the fire include the loss of annual in- jcome of $60,000 derived from two | buildings in the city, the prospective |loss of $50,000 in the 2-cent tax, the de- | struction @f the equipment of the clinie of the department of dentistry and the | destruction of the Mark Hopkins Art | Institute, meaning a loss of certainly a million and a half dollars. “The Affiliated Colleges buildings have been damaged to the extent of about 20,000. The equipment therein has re- ceived damage to the extent of $5000. The insurance upon the two income- producing buildings in the city alluded to above was $176,000. Buildings suit- able to the lots cannot by any means be reconstructed for less than double this money. “The Regents have not yet decided what action to take regarding the re- building. “Next year the university will be very seriously crippled by the loss of $120,000 of its income, | “This means a cutting down of at least one-quarter of its teaching ‘Wwork. “Evidently California will not permit ithis to be ‘done.” pouring into your land from all coun- tries by ‘thousands every week. Not only is the law-abiding, industrious Chinese desirous of making a living unable to come in with these others. but our most refined and intelligent men cannot get the mere passports for travel that they can readily get in any other country. Disregard of what is simply fairness to us today means to alienate the sentiments of a nation able to think and act for itself.” He paused for a minute and then added: “China is now awake at last. * She Fnows her resources and her rights. There will be no more invasions of China, for she is ready to defend -her- self with cannon and with sword if “ necessary.” — e |REALTY BOARD WANTS CHIEF TO SUPERVISE SAFE OPENING. Dinan Is Requested to Continue the Practice of Permits for Recovery of Valuables. Chief Dinan has received the - following letter from B. F. Cadwalader, | Secretary of the San Francisco Real Estate Board: ‘‘The San Francisco Real Estate Board begs to acknowledge receipt of your ecmmunication of April 28th as to the matter of placing the granting of permits to open safes in { your hands. ¢“The San Francisco Real Fstate Board is of the opinion that you are {the proper person to handle this mat- ter, which is of such great importance, i SOLDIER BUSIES HIMSELF SHOOTING OUT HOUSE LI i { FESRHER as it is & matter of strict police regu- Keeps Rifle Going In Vicinity of Bernal lation. We therefore heartily concur, Heights and Goes to Guard House. in the stand you are taking and we will | Captain Mooney reported at police petition any of the municipal authori- |headquarters that John Demm, a sol- ties whom you may desire to have petitioned in regard to this matter.”’ ———————— © No Unlicensed Shooting. Captains of the various National Guard companies in the Park have in- vestigated the reports of unlicensed sheoting by their men and assert that they are false. They found no cart- ridges missing from the belts of the men accused. Yesterday afternoon Lieutenant Duncan of Company G, | Sixth Regiment, placed under arrest a marine whom he found intoxicated. . I New Acting Consul for Portugal. Dr. Jose de Sousa Bettencourt has |dier of the Twenty-seventh Coast Artillery, was arrested om Sunday night and turned over to Major MeIvor. | The soldier had been firing from ten to fifteen shots every night between mine and ten o’clock into houses where lights were burning in the vicinity of Ranm- dolph and Chenery streets, Mrs. Hur- ley’s grocery and the flat above bear evidence of his ing powers. He said he had been ordered by his com- manding officer to shoot out all lights ,but he admitted he had not seen his isuperior officer since the day of the earthquake. INDISCRIMINATE C Santa Barbara, Cal, wires that it shipping today to Mayor Mott about tents, 27 cots, 72 mattresses, several dozen blankets and comforters, large line of women's, children and 's underwear, clothing, trousers and shoes, 150 cases of mineral water, canned goods, dried fruit and othes staples. Kenwood, Cal, wires that it has shipped seven cars of wood to Sam Francisco. Topeka, Kans., wires that various towns have shipped 31 cars of flour and cornmeal, 2 cars of cured meat, 1 car of potatoes, and have asked what else is needed. Pomeroy, Wash., wires that it has shipped 2 cars of flour, and 2 more to follow immediately. Tucson, Ariz., wire. $4000 for the re- lief of San Francisco and vicinity. Los Angeles wires that it can take care of 75 people. San Dimas can take 25 more if need- ed. ,Employment open for men want- ing work. Clovis, ‘Cal,, can take care of 200 more. San Luis Obispo can take 500. Visalia will take 500. Galt will take 200 more persons. Los Angeles wired to stop transporta- tion of able-bodied men. Will give all possible aid to women and children needing it. Orcutt, Santa Barbara County, will care for T5. Santa Maria will take 100. Port Harford will take 50 and will give temporary employment to 15 ware- houemen and 4 freight checkers. . e ———— NEW YORKERS CONTRIBUTE TO SAN FRANCISCO FUNB Workingmen on Parade Will Carry Baskets in Which to Re- ive Money. NEW YORK, May 1.—In church and i have decided to put up a d Green streets. Policeman J. J. Baker reported that | Company 1 - = he found no liquor at Mrs. Morflsey'simuslx:\ B‘:e;l fr;:;; bufldltnhz trcly'lin Bmm ‘Wants Japanese Consul. {grocery, but at Mrs. Hurley’s hel|to six stories on the ol uss Mr. Kuyeno, Japanese Consul, is re- | seized a keg of whisky, which he took House site for hotel purposes. The auut‘zd to report his address to Cap-|to the station. He also dumped a |architects are alreadv working on the tain Wian, Fort Mason, large quantity of wine into the street. plans, ; HARITY 4 WILL RETARD UPBUILDING Nursery Home Meeting. been ‘appointed Portuguese Vice-Con- e “The directors of the San Francisco |sul General and acting Consul General Nursery Home for Homeless Children | for Portugal. He will probably estab- will meet today &t 2714 California|lish the consulate- provisionally in street, 1 :