Morning Oregonian., May 07, 1906, Page 4, Image 4

THE JWORNING OREGOX1AN, MONDAY, HAT 7. 1906.
E
TOTTERING ILLS
All Day Sunday the Work of
Removing Menaces ,to '
Life Is Kept Up. '
SOLDIER'S NARROW ESCAPE
While Placing a Third Charge In the
llulns of the Old McCormlck
Hotel the Entire Mass Is
Suddenly Precipitated.
FAN FRANCISCO, May fi. The' first
accident in connection with the dynamit
ing of dangerous walls by the engineers
of the Army took place today. Smaller
quantities ot explosive .tiian. were used
last week are now being tired and this
necessitates two or more charges of dyna
mite being exploded before, the .-desired
result is attained.
This morning the engineers were work
ing in the downtown district. Twice had
dynamite been exploded under the facade
of a tall ruin, and a third charge was
being inserted when the wall fell. Three
foldfers were, buried, but a mass of
twisted Iron partly ahielded them, and no
one was seriously hurt.
This has been the first day of official
ren that the city has had since the
beginning of Its distress. All of the
municipal departments were closed, with
the exception of the police stations and
'hoi-pitals. and Franklin Hall, the scat
of San Francisco's government, was de
nerted. The police have had little or
nothing to engage their attention.
Services in the Open Air.
Among the churches the same condi
tion prevailed as upon the preceding Sun
day, openalr services being the rule, even
where the buildings were unharmed. At
Golden Gate Park the usual Sunday aft
ernoon concert was given and was at
lended by thousands. That the Deople
as a whole are beginning to look for
omc diversion was shown last night
when a great crowd assembled to witness
a vaudeville show in a hall on Fillmore
u cut. The- authorities, however, at the
last 'moment, refused to permit the per
formance. Two arrests for selling liquor were
made today, as an indication of the de
termination to suppress the trafiic in ln-loxk-ants
until the saloons are allowed
to reopen, one of the offenders was re
fused bail, and- the other's bond was fixed
at 15000. ......
Revised Iilst of Jead.
Coroner Walsh, after revising his list
"T victims of fire and earthquake, in
formed General Greely hat the total
number of cases handled by his office was
31S. of which 134 were identified and 1!
unidentified. This roport show
39 lesrf
iint. f
than given' by a previous accou
The' Streets of the burned tllstrlctN
were thronged today with sightseer..
Kvery train from -nearby towns on
peninsula, and every ferryboat In the bay
lounties. was packed with people eager
to get their first glimpse of the city's
ilrvRstatlon, and almost every passenger
carried a camera or kodak.
Jokes of Street Fakers.
In expectation of the crush of people
booths of street fakirs sprung up over
night along the curbs on the cleared
etrrtts. prepared to furnish refreshments,
and most of them enjoyed a profitable
trade. In many Instances the booths were
labeled with the names of former famous
lictelrlcs, and the incongruity of "Hot
Frankfurters. 5 cents." beneath the
'Talace Hotel." provoked a smile from
each passerby. . .
The work of construction and tearing
down continued today on all sides, not
withstanding Sunday. Several hundred
frame buildings now appear among the
destroyed structures, and foundations are
being prepared for as many more. The
low process of taking down standing
walls with pick and shovel is being em
ployed by many merchants who are Im
patient to resume business, but the bulk
nf this work Is being done by stevedores
who are using donkey engine power to
taze the walls.
CAUGHT BY FALLING WALL.
Noncommissioned Officer in Battery
Is Very Badly Injured.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 6. Quartermas
ter Sergeant C. H. Robblns, attached to
the First Battery of Engineers, stationed
at Fort Mason, Is the latest victim of the
recent .calamity. Today, in charge of a
squad of., engineers, he was detailed to
raze the dangerous . w alls in the vicinity
of Turk and Jlason streets with dynamite,
and just before 12 o'clock, with two men,
he entered' the ruins of the old MeCor
mlfk Hotel, at SO Turk street.
Two charges had been exploded, and
the three men were at work placing the
third charg under the ruins of the hotel,
when suddenly the walls began to topple.
Robbt:is companions ..got clear of. the fall
ing wallvand escaped with a few bruises,
but Robbius .was caught under tons of
debris. -.
In some miraculous manner an iron
beam fell over him in such a position as
to act as a shield, and a portion of the
railing (Jf theifirfc escape dropped as a sort
of cage-llKe protection over him. For
full-pone liotir. apd.,a half the police and
soldiers In the vicinity labored in order
to release the- imprisoned and mangled
soldier. He was' hurriedly taken to the
General Hosplfal" atthe Presidio, where
lila wounds were pronounced dangerous,
bur tint -necessarily" fatal.
t.REELY. G1VEX READY MONEY
. . r .
About $300,000 of the Sum Appro
priated by. Congress for Relief.
WASHINGTON, .May . Following rep
resentation made to the War Depart
ment by General Greely. commanding the
1 wpartmon J. - of the - Pacific. Secretary
Taft.has placed'at tho disposal of that
officer an amount approximating
000 of the relief fund of $;,5Q0.00O appro
priated by Congress for the relief of the
San Francisco sufferers. "With this
money General Greely will pay for sup
plies already purchased and others which'
hio needed, including fresh meat, which
he says Is indispenpable.
' Supplies heretofore tsued. including
th tenia Xrom tie Quarterniaale,!' stares.
DYHAMIT
RAZES
etc., and which had been charged against
this appropriation of $300,109. will be re
turned to the Army and are available
for future use.
THE UNIVERSAL TAINT.
Mad Desire to Got Rich Quickly at
Any Cost.
New Tork Mall.
"He that maketh haste to be rich shall
not be, innocent." says the proverb. The
American people have been making haste
to be rich, and the sickening, reiterated,
culmlnative revelations of the varied phe
nomena of moral dereliction classed un
der the single head of "graft" raise the
question, ' Which of those who have been
elevated to posts of honor and profit la
Innocent? . , .
We are living In the midst of these
revelations ' and scarcely realize even yet
their proportions, extent and ignominy,
or their significance. We should come
nearer realizing them If we would only
analyze our own dull attitude of expec
tancythe state of mind that leads us
to count on a daily diet of disgrace, as
the inhabitants of a beleaguered city
count on the dally boom of artillery.
What breaches these last years have
made in the intrenehments of American
pride and honor. We look around us and
see everywhere Senators, Governors,
Mayors, legislators. Aldermen under the
fire of specific and disgraceful charges,
and the honorable positions they occupy
regarded with sneering disfavor. We see
"high finance" unmasked and the chiefs
of railroads, insurance companies and
banking houses whose names were erst
while great In the land and whose posts
should guarantee their probity, exhibited
In the Intolerable guise of tricksters
"caught with the goods on."
Certain new and sinister moral shadings
have been introduced between the out
right "honest" and "dishonest" poles of
the old ethical universe. To cover and
comprehend all the figures In our politi
cal and business life we must adopt some
such classification as this: "Convicted,"
"caught with the goods on," "Indicted."
"statute of limitations honest," "graft
honest," "law honest," "honest."
A new standard of appraisal of great
and commanding business success has
been established. It may be unjust and
cynical, but It is a fair deduction from
the discovered facts In the careers of a
score of jnultl-millionalres: To make a
captain of finance or industry, take an
alert man of good abilities say, a $5000-a-year
man perform a surgical operation
on his conscience and place him next to
an opportunity. "He that maketh haste
to be rich shall not be innocent."
It is "money madness." The curious
thing is that not the cumulative power
of possessed wealth nor the advantage
of "inside lines" In the fact of excep
tional opportunity will satisfy the men
who enjoy both. The evil of American
life among those that have as well as
those that want Is the passion to secure
the opposite of what President Roosevelt
calls "the square deal." The problem of
American life, after the present tasks of
fumigation are complete, will be to com
pel people to observe "the rules of the
game." From college football up to the
rebate quest of the large railroad shipper,
the lobbying of the public service cor
poration, the "syndicate participations"
of the Insurance "magnate" and the
grafting operations of public officials, the
whole evil begins and ends with tlys -unwillingness
to" play fair.
"The square deal," really accomplished,
would smash some great trusts, decimate
some colossal fortunes, reduce some foot-,
ball heads, but it would mightily purify
American life, redress its unequal bal
ances, withdraw "the spurns that patient
merit of the unworthy takes."
A $50 "WcddingXo Tour!
Cleveland. O.'. Plalndealer.
"Isn't Joplin going on .a wedding tour?"
"No, he can t afford it, .You see. he
was so nervous he gave the minister $50
when he mean't to give him 60 cents."
Mayor Sch mitz' One Big Error
HIS ORDER GIVING MILITIA POWER TO SHOOT LOOTERS
AND SUSPECTS CAUSED. A REIGN OF TERROR WHICH
LED TO MERCILESS KILLING BY BEARDLESS DESPOTS
The San Francisco fire was hardly
checked when two immediate necessities
forced recognition in the tumult pro
tection and aid for the homeless. The
whole population of San Francisco had
been spilled into one heap; law and or
der, food and shelter had to come from
somewhere and quickly. How they came
was the story of the third, fourth and
succeeding days after the earthquake.
- Law and order were preserved, but In
a manner that should be commented
upon, as there was a terrible lesson
learned there that none who lived
through those days of terror will ever
forget. Aid came in a marvelous way
that admits- of nothing but praise and
respect for the resourceful people who
carried on the work.
As to the law, it was preserved, and
in this manner: When the tumult came
General Funston gave orders to his
troops to act as If there were actual
martial law. This meant the shooting
of looters and the summary punishment
by the bullet for a good many offenses
the penalty of which in times of peace
would be as trifling as 30 days in jail.
But If war is cruel, so is martial law.
General Funston gave this order, know
ing that it would be taken, .properly, for
he knew his men. He was sure of the
commissioned officers, just as sure of
the noncommissioned officers, and he
knew that any raw recruit who did not
know how to exercise his discretion
would have a Sergeant so close behind
him that he would soon learn.
He did not give these orders to the
militia, for he had no command over
them. But Mayor Schmitz In a proc
lamation that truck terror to the hearts
of all who appreciated the meaning, com
manded the militia to shoot looters and
other suspicious characters who did not
obey instructions, such as the order to
halt. Sehmita was rushed to death with
work. He merely followed, or thought
he followed, the precept of the man who
knew about such things.
But Funston would have known bet
ter than to give such order to the
militia. He could have seen, as every
one saw, that the -militia was composed
of boys without any training in warfare,
and that to fill their belts with double
rows of cartridges and tell them to shoot
suspicious character's, for that is what
it amounted to, was virtually insanity.
Here w as the actual - situation: ihe
people' of San Francisco had been- pro
foundly moved by the earthquake and
fire, they were badly frightened la the
mass, but -they were far from being a
mob. At the same time all classes had
been mixed, the vicious were sure to
rise, and crime of all kinds to gather
strength if it once started. The police
were Inadequate, there -were not enough
soldiers of the regular . Army near at
hand, the militia was useful. I would
pot cast discredit on the militia as a
whole, because the boys-. acted as well
as most people would have done under
the circumstances, but enough of them
acted otherwise to cast shame and dis
credit on their companions in arms.
The occasions that demanded shoot
ing were very few. but the excitement
was so tense that a hundred bullets flew
where there should have been but one.
I cannot believe that there was any ex
cuse for shooting out the lights In
houses when the order to put them out
was not complied with quickly enough to
suit the militiamen's taste. There could
have been no excuse for shooting the man
who was using the light; hut this hap
pened. There was little looting. There
was little to loot. Bed clothing and" food
was about all there was to steal, and
precious little of that. But the immature
mind wiUl a loni&i lift tot ll tw-J
SLIDE DAMS CREEK
Inhabitants -of Capay Valley
Take to Hills.
RESULT OF EARTHQUAKE
Mass of Soft Earth Holds Back
Water a Hundred Feet Deep
And About a Thousand
Feet in Width.
SACRAMENTO. CaU May 6 A special
from Woodland to the Sacramento Union
says:
The threat of flood in the Capay Valley,
resulting from the slide of earth, that has
fallen from the mountain side and
dammed the waters of : Cache Creek, is
growing Increasingly serious. It may be
assumed that the slide in question was
in some way the result of the recent
earthquake, and it la now found to be
1000 feet wide and to close completely the
water course. Kver since the occurrence
the waters have been steadily piling up
behind it and was found by measurements
taken this, morning that a depth ot 100
feet had been reached.
if It had been taken at an earlier stage
the-dam might have been blown up with
dynamite and the waters released without
i The registration department of the
County Clerk's office will be open
-today from 8 o'clock A. M. until 8
o'clock P. M. Every voter who has
not registered shosld do so. Do not
put, .off. until tomorrow what you
can do as well today. Do It now.
danger to any locality, but it is now too
late to do this, as it would but precipitate
the flood that is feared. The dam is of
soft earth and debris, and there is some
hope that it may absorb the water or
cut out gradually and the water pass in
harmless quantities. Should it give way
to the pressure the results will be verj
serious and a large area of country will
be flooded.
The towns In immediate danger are
Capay, with a population of something
under 400: Ru.maey, with a population of
200, and Guinda, with a, population of 350,
all in Capay Valley. The inhabitants of
these towns are so far impressed with
the possible danger that confronts them
that they have abandoned their houses
and removed their belongings, even to
the contents of the stores, to the hill
sides, where they are camping with their
families.
The railway company is taking precau
tions for the protection of the line and
for prompt repair of any damages that
may be caused, and watches have been
placed upon all the Yolo bridges to keep
the bridges clear of brush and trees if a
break occurs.
And the Cat Came Back.
Boston Herald.
Some 30 years ago there lived in Stam
ford, Conn., the Hon. Truman Smith,
well advanced in years and highly re
spected. Among his pets was a cat
which had taken to killing young chick
ens,, and the family , wati, anxious to dis
pose ot, but did not wish to kill It.
"Uncle Truman" was going one day to
sion and tha,t unlimited power to kill on
the spot, caused the death of more than
one poor fellow who was innocent of
any purpose to do wrong.
Of those shot by militiamen perhaps
there were none who could not have been
arrested equally well and held, for the
judgment of some court! That order
given the militiamen to shoot was the
one great mistake made during all those
troubled days.
And so came the reign of terror. Even
in Oakland, which likewise was under
what amounted to martial law, it was
hardly safe to go about at night. In the
city It was dangerous. San Francisco
went to bed in the dark, and if you had
to go out it was: "Please, mister, is It
all right to go this way?"
Instead of becoming better after the
fire was out," the situation grew worse
for a day or two. and if the purpose of
having soldiers was to frighten the peo
ple Into quietude it was successful. The
mai with the gun, though beardless, was
a despotic power. Moreover, he had an
imagination that showed its fertility in
many ways. In the shadows of night
if conjured up thieves and looters. All
over the city shots could be heard
through the night at. intervals. All could
not have been bullets at men who de
served death.
The stern voices of the guards were
amusing, though threatening, and one
had an almost irresistible, desire to stop
and Joke, though none but a fool would
have done so. The militiaman was chary
of his dignity, and he carried a bitter
"answer over his arm. In a dispute over
authority a soldier killed a policeman
one day: but the policeman was In the
right. Self-appointed citizen policemen
helped out and acted worse than the boy
guardsmen, so the terror grew through
a night or two, until all had acustomed
themselves-.somewhat- to the surround
ings - and had regained their nerves.
The catastrophe itself, this reign of
terror and meanwhile the need of food
and shelter are the points that the suf
ferers will -remember. There was actu
al suffering from want of food and shel
ter for a short time, but the way this
need was removed was marvelous. The
Army, having its organization, quickly
responded and took charge of the
greater part of the distribution of pro
visions, and the militiamen did as good
work In -this respect as the regulars.
But they would all have been helpless
to act if it had not been for the unselfish
donation of time, money and food by all
persons near and far and the active work
of the relief committees on the spot.
These organizations, which had only
the roughest kind of general methods by
which to work, accomplished wonders in
the distribution of supplies. They fur
nished the fabric of the system in tho
city itself and did the whole work with
what organization came of itself in Oak
land and the surrounding towns. They
improved the condition of life among the
homeless day by day until they handed
over everything to the Red Cross Society
Then the crisis had been passed, and
the only need was of an organization de
voted to the aid of the helpless.
The citizens could not go on forever
as they had: it took all their time. They
had risen to the emergency and me'
every need with remarkable quickness,
their work was done and It was time for a
regular organization to take their place.
This relief work done by the citizana of
California so far overbalances the acta
of foolish bravado performed by some of
the state militia that we should perhaps
forget those mistake, but we cannot
somehow forget the Innocent men who
were shot for very trivial offenses.
Ttit i uis cue tiloj tbt remains, '
"Westcott's, about a mile to the east of
the town. He put the cat In a basket
and took her along, letting her out when
he reached there. When he reached home
that night pussy sat on the piazza look
ing very comfortable.
A few days later, being obliged to go
to Dumpling Pond, some four miles dis
tant, he again put pussy in the basket
and (took her along, letting her out when
he reached there. Upon arriving home
that evening, great was his surprise to
see pussy again sitting on the piazza.
As he was obliged to go to New York
shortly after, he thought he would take
the cat where she could not get back.
New York elng 36 miles distant. He
therefore again put pussy in' the basket
and took her with him on the train. His
basket, caused curiosity among his
friends, and he told several of the story
of the cat's adventures, and it occurred
to one of them to play a Joke on him.
Therefore, when he arrived at New York
and let the eat out of the basket, one of
his friends waited until he had gone,
caught pussy again and gave her to the
baggagemaster. with instructions to put
her off at Stanford on his return trip.
It therefore happened that when "Uncle
Truman" returned that night pussy was
once more sitting on the piazza to meet
him. His astonishment at this could
hardly be described, as he supposed the
cat had traveled the 36 miles within about
eight hours. So, after caressing the cat,
he said: "Well, well, pussy, if you care
enough for your home to come back all
that distance you shall never be sent
away again."
TALKS TO BENCHES.
La Follctte's Speech on Kates Emp
ties Senate.
OltEGONlAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, May 6. Senator La Follette. of
Wisconsin, as a legislative star, is a
frost. The expected happened when he
made his three-day speech on the rail
road rate bill; the older Senators with
few exceptions declined to listen and left
their scats as soon as he started his
speech. All of which has been predicted
over and over again. The United States
Senate makes no exception to Its rule
that new Senators must suppress them
selves, even when the new Senators are
men of recognized ability such as La
Follette. The Senate does not want to
hear speeches from Senators who are now
serving their first term, and it won't
hear them.
Mr. La Follette was Informed of this,
but he waved aside the advice of his
friends and broke into debate. To make
matters worse, he chose a very bad time
for his speech, the days when the San
Francisco fire was at its height, and he
suffered In consequence, for his speech
failed to reach not only the members of
the Senate but the people of the country,
for the news from the Golden Gate
crowded out everything, particularly set
speeches.
Made Tactical Blunder.
Tactically, Mr. La Follette made a bad
break when he made a speech on the rate
bill; he made matters worse by deliver
ing a speech that occupied three daye.
but what was worse than all else, he lost
his temper at the outset and scolded the
Senate for refusing to stay and hear
what he had to say. "The time will come
when some of the seats now vacated
voluntarily will be vacated by vote of
the people," said h. But no Senator will
be defeated for rausing .to hear Mr. La
Follette speak. Mr. La Follette is an in
teresting figure throughout the country,
but his power is confined to Wisconsin.
His bad temper will eventually do him
great injury, for the' Senate will not be
dictated to by a new Senator any more
than it will listen to his speeches, and
such threats as he uttered will react.
. Only Willing to Hear Leaders.
The average Bpeech on kite railroad rate
bill is a pretty dry affair and attracts
little attention. Whenever Senator Dol
llver, Senator Bailey, Senator Spooner,
Senator Knox or Senator Foraker speaks
he has a large and attentive audience,
but It is seldom that other Senators get
more than a respectful hearing. Indeed
many are lucky to get that. The Senate
recognizes the ability of the men named,
and has respect for their views, and Is
anxious to hear them, but the less ex
perienced men seldom have much of an
audience.- Senator Fulton, of Oregon, is
a notable exception to the rule; so Is
Senator Clapp.of Minnesota. These two
men stand firmly, with Senator Dolliver
In advocacy of exactly the kind of rate
bill President Roofcevelt favors. Both
have devoted a great deal of study to the
rate question and to the laws in relation
thereto, and their spefreiies and remarks
always' attract attention "a"n3 call fortrl
attacks from the faction that advocates
unrestricted court review.
Longest Debate in Years.
It is said by the official reporters of the
Senate that "no subject before Congress
in recent times has called forth the
amoiAit of debate that has grown out of
the railroad rate issue, and the end is
not yet; not even the .consideration of
the great tariff bills has filled as many
pages of the Congressional Record; not
even the famous filibustering speeches on
the statehood bill In the last Congress
consumed as much time and space. The
rate speeches have been short and long,
bright and dry, technical and practical.
On the whole the debate has been more
interesting than the usual discussion that
borders so close on the technical, for pub
lic interest has been thoroughly aroused
and the Senators have been anxious, as
a rule, to produce speeches that will be
widely read and at the same time con
vincing. A 'dull speech, couched in legal
phrases. Is not widely read, and for that
reason many of the constitutional law
yers have departed at times from the
prosy style that Is their custom In order
to appeal to the average reader. Much
interest has been injected Into this de
bate because it is a fight between the
President and the people on one side and
the corporation Senators and corporate
Interests on the other.
- Industrial Martyrs.
Technical World.
Tear by year grows the death roll of In
dustrial martyrs. In the matter of gain
ing a livelihood, the impression is forced
upon us that peace is more dangerous
than war. The question arises: Why do
men and women engage in such occupa
tions of hazard? Ah, why? The question
formulates its own answer. They are
necessary to the life of the civilized world,
and necessity knows no law of safety, of
health or of anything else. Life to exist
must destroy life, and the fittest survive.
Man may. not choose his occupation at
least, the majority of mankind may not.
Fate, environment what not? puts these
industrial martyrs where they are, and
only from, age, illness or accident may
they turn to some less strenuous, less
dangerous and always less gainful occu
pation. Many descend to the sad lot of
those who are described as having no set
tled employment. It Is from such ranks
that street-sweepers, cab-drivers and the
like are recruited.
Some Men's Hair.
Harper's Weekly.
There is an exchange In Paris where
one may 'purchase locks of hair which
have adorned the heads of celebrities.
Two dozen grown by Lord Nelson re
cently sold for J825, and this waa on
sidered a rare bargain, since a much
smaller number went for S350. Nobody
seems to care much for the hair of the
Duke of Wellington, since his hirsute
product is quoted at only .7.S0 per lock.
Napoleon, who had some that hung
right In the middle of his forehead, is
rated at from $5 to 1100. according to
demand, and Lord Byron rules fairly
steariy at J97.50. J. 13 Rockefeller's
name Uoea not appear in the list.
T
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stone thrown in indiscriminately with a
little mortar scattered here and there.
Now it is evident to any one, even
though he knows nothing whatever of
engineering, that such work as this is
neither substantial nor lasting.
President Jordan explained this defect
away by saying that it was work done
in the Summer when it was very hard
to get skilled workmen. Certainly not a
very convincing excuse. The president
seems unwilling to entertain the thought
that McGllvray would do poor work.
Mortar Crumbles in Fingers.
Then some other very poor construc
tion can be seen at the gateway to the
campus erected but a short while ago
at a cost of $23,000 and simply thrown
into pieces by the shock. Pieces of mor
tar which held the gate together can
be crumbled In the fingers like an egg
shell. This stuff should be as hard as
rock. Also a very interesting fact about
this gateway Is that It had not a single
steel retaining rod In It. No wonder the
earthquake threw it down when it was
made only of stone, held together by ce
ment flimsy aa paper.
The same faults may be found In the
library and the gymnasium, the two
beautiful buildings which, almost com
pleted, were hopelessly shattered. The
brick walls of these buildings tumbled
down like chlnaware. and not one, as
they are now exposed to view, has the
slightest appearance of stability. The
only redeeming feature about ' these
wrecks la the Immense steel dome of the
library, which stands intact, although
the stone work crumbled clear away
from It, an excellent object-lesson for
building in the future against the earth
quakes which seem to have set their
will against this section of the country.
Dome Goes AVith the Wall.
The dome of the gymnasium went down
in a heap with the walls and does not
stand towering above the ruins aa does
that of the library. This Is an interest
ing commentary on Hodges' ability as
an architect. The gymnasium was the
only building of any size which he had
designed, and In time of strain It went
down like a shell. Hodges also designed
the gateway, which was put up without
any supporting steel, and fell such easy
prey to the temblor.
The whole situation seems to be about
this. Hodges, as alleged, has very little
worth as an architect. His buildings,
when put to the test, were found want
ing. McGllvray has done very flimsy
work, in some cases work not at all up
to his reputation as a builder in San
Francisco. Lathrop has invariably
awarded his contracts to McGllvray.
It is evident that the architect and
builder are open to censure. Lathrop's
work merely looks suspicious, but no
charge can be proved.
To the interested the questions then
rise Why Is Hodges retained if hia work
is poor? Why had McGllvray done cheap
work when he is capable of doing better?
Why have the bids been consistently
awarded to him by Lathrop when he has
done this poor work? These are the
questions which the Examiner is trying
to answer, and Jf your correspondent is
not mistaken President Jordan would him
self read with exceeding interest their
correct answers.
- -Clearing T'p the; Debris.
The work of cleaning up the debris is
rapidly progressing. No building scheme
has as yet been mapped out for recon
struction of the destroyed -buildings,' All
energy will be devoted this Summer to
making the classrooms, dormitories and
laboratories . perfectly safe and habitable
again. Memorial Church will not be re
tored to its old form, A lower dome will
be built instead of the towering one
whose fall wrecked the Interior and walls
of the church. All the buildings will be
made more massive and more strongly
supported by steel.
How soon the work of building up will
be commenced is not known. Dr. Jordan
says, "We are going 'to fold our sails
for awhile" In the building line, which
probably means that the work of resfor
ratlon will not be begun for some time.
The running expenses of the University
are now about H50.000 a year, and Dr.
Jordan wants to build up his faculty and
buy much needed equipment before he
puts any more money Into stone and
steel.
Throttling Niagara.
World's Work.
Look at the complete circle of Interests
that are centered around the incident of
Niagara Falls. The same interests con
trol the railroads, the electrical supplies
companies, and the power companies.
And In the midst of this gigantic com
munity of financial Interests, whose oper
ations are already of momentum sufficient
ultimately to tax the power-producing
capacity of Niagara, stand the falls not
as a magnificent monument to the pride
of the United States in a glory of nature,
but as the 168-foot drop of 224,000 cubic
feet of water per second, transmutable
Into 5,000.000 electrical horse-power for
the uses of an industrial monopoly.
Shreve & Co.
Announce that their store and factory
will resume business .immediately,
and orders will be promptly filled for
jewelry, watches, clocks, silverware
and plated ware. Customers' repair
work upon jewelry and watches is
saved from destruction in the fire
which consumed their store and fac
tory, and will be delivered as soon as
taken from their vaults. Correspond
ence solicited. Address till further
notice
Post Street and Grant Ave.
San Francisco
IT HAS CAUGHT ON I
SEE
San Francisco
in Ruins
100 Scene on the
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AR IS CRUSHED
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Francisco and adjacent cities, and hope to
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Mail orders will be executed in the order re
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SAN FRANCISCO
That we. as a people, have given our
share of the necessary permission is
to our shame. But there Is another side
to the question which strikes home at
our pocketbooks. if we need such a spur
to our pride. This is: What have -we,
directly or indirectly, received In return
for the frimchlses we ' have given? So
far as the United States Government or
the State of New York Is concerned, the
answer is brief not one cent. The fran
chises were granted without price, and
the companies operate without even the
meagre return, exacted on the Canadian
side, of J1.50 a year for each horse-power
developed up to 10.000. and a sliding scale
New York Underwriters Agency
Assets $18,061,926.87
Pacific Department, 464 Tenth St., Oakland, Cal.
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