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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1906)
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, igofl. THE MORNING ASTOMAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. SAN FRANCISCO AS IT LOOKS TO-DAY Great Progress Toward Reconstruction, Despite Many Enormous Difficulties. sa (By tt B. Bennett.) ' Ran Francisco, Oct, 6. ONK OF tin world's great sight In San Francisco. Cities have ln(-n ruined end tiei have . , covered them,, but never be fore under modern condition A city ruined by earthquake and (Ire In the old days mmut that the tim of recov ery would equal the 8f of the city up to the hour of Hi destruction.',: In thin vH4v33iiili A. was the street nearest to th burned district which had been left (intact on one aide. The residences on the weit aide of the Avenue wer transformed Into business house with incredible swiftness, end the burned line along the eastern aide wa covered with frame building. ' The street is ': now lined from one end to the other with retail hope, some of them bearing the names of rlh ana Jong-established nrms. to the hour of ; iu de.truct.oi in us .., ,wd j,,,,, and the age, the re,y evidence, of destruction J ,f brilliant ilth electric eigne, re turned hrto agmudce of rrpar n4 0fla Fym V1 Kwt Improvement.JIre ha, rarely failed to lhe7 f(,,,rfPi ,wj fcwtMt bring ; about better condition, n city, j , h Mid Sa Franc seo l.no exception to he .',. clt. ,th , u iJV m w ,m',rovcm',ntl0',M and gilt stgr- glittering In the eon. city that will make men marvel, how V thoroughfare ha. ver.a. mu.h Mtherapl. ity with which a M)t , the work will lie aocomplUhed. i,rnAA The earthquake ; of April 18th t,"''tw"; !,i'S1I,m S"W Tfrr 'HK It .cent, prolyl. that Van K 10W wu d cover that ... The J m th f the Are whl-h had ful play after the quake , dMrW. ft Uk , ellrth. had brken the water mains, burned over J . , ... ... frnm K.,r. CM squares, or 2.IWW acrce, or four ' . v... ,.. '"lnT- 8;7, ,or IO"r nVy to Van Ness, and perhapa nothing square ". the; total loss being tatl., f ,arthqllftk,,Plll rt,f then mated a 1500,000,000. On thla prop-, , On. oV two big firm., eee- tVJ 'ZHr 5 "nt "K thk have let contrwU for the "''S thla Ineurance Jbw V parmomt concreU build lKMd lsaooo.Ooohad bnpa.d lne9h. Van Km Avenue, and otheri to policy holder. p to Member W., W foow ,r, toor. Fuiltlre. Have Returned , h d rt owl) , Th. Are a. everyWy know., lc.troy. J t ed the bulnc.a district o San FrancUeo , rit thllnVhey obtained for build but le ft the .hipping and mldcnce dU-, , M H iftep trlct. Mart. Oimmerce continued wl h- igk of m ont Interruption, except ch Incidental . i,.- , birth f di.tnrUnce, the location , of new .lor- n(w onM of w tfce w fc othe, age plMH and the accumulation f tll,m of mn who wera derk, be-" proprietor, end contract, had been re freight. Thmaaida. of WhbJ A ,8, jIerchnU from other The chief explanation, bower city immmi lately after the 4Iam. bat,, d , ,nd UWl.bed er. la the aimple fact tliat five month, auch competent iithoriilea a. Mr. Hi, ... . i. t,.. .a ... nL. , .vi..v . , ,hufc9 iioiw. . vvui irubiun cvm am Bnurt (lino in Willi:!! n nnKn(fr trninr ynnnntTfr rti inn . . .i i " . ' 1 . , nT. - money appear. io oe tmore pientn Southern reino,Wtlm.te that 08 per . j)in . Cltv'. Financial Soundne.i. The financial ennndne. of San Fran eent tit theut refugee h.ve returned Their home, being Intact, they find tha San Fmnelieo la the place for them, af ter all, and they are turning in to re build the citr, cither with their capital or their labor firm can reorgftnixe it plane, remove debrL, plan a new building, make it. financial ar rangement., and begin; construction. On cico ha. lcen demon.trated In rariou. mtA9 . nothing ahort of marvclou.. IfO VOUDl 0 mum. Will San Franciaco ever be rebuilt! ' way. The bank clearing! are mucn I Umi ihatt kafnni ills Am. RAm ti i .i - - V " " - - I IT II. . taH.vw .... - - f. ?f , , . 61 'the new money come, from ineurance the question a.ked by people in the When the nre flicil down on April zi, lm.i. f Hut not all f c.. t, u fii Ran Fran- the people of San Frandneo were con- ' . k.nka ia 'irreater Li u Wno l.Milt. It i. not fronted with mlirhtjr prohlcm., eome of,.. ..... T ...,. . -.lit,. . . jiw f them demanding in.tant aolutlon. Aa d , , j-poaita. but the mon thie article deal, with the Fan Frand.-l ,yAt.,tMrawn r)g fnt0 reconrtnie co of the future and not of the part, ..ww fcf m , d8. I. H.naa.ra l a Intn iIaIiiIU M. ... ' ... V. It I. not necery o go into aeiai . re-s ,t( bt fc ,MtI, flurry gerdlng tHe remanrkahie ewnty enown . .ttcmpted run " ,. , wii. caue ty en aiwrnpica nin on by the committee of fifty In providing mnri Imnk. one of the large.t for tU want, of tl hungry and. heller-jni(itut(on fa th, u WM , le.. That ia etory by itwlf, and a :grftltqn tMttn bnk run. The mo.t interetlng and ineplring on. An-' W()k mm receiving no other preying problem, however, waa . ,t y,,,. .3,000. jt reck- th.t of clearing th. .trect. in oMer that! , d the TrcaMiry, A few communication mitfht I restored. Thir- j, women formed line ob-ty-.Ix mile, of atrceta were plied high tn,n(d their moMyt ,n(i then return red with debrie. Within five month. thl,.. j.-jui nth 4hl exeeotlon. cnormou. mnH of material haa licen re-, ,)lic nflj n the bank., ha. been moved, trolley wlree have been rung, .jbile. ireet car irnlc iv ctabillie(i. ami a j TUMORSCONQUERED SEBICyS OPERATIONS AV0I3ED. . T Cutef Mra. rannla Du War. ayatem Of debrU removal inaugurated which dipow "f 100 carload day. If more labor were to be had. the work would co much ftr. 01.M..M, , It A TMllMf Alt i Aliiilklnn Ativ ii celebrated 111 I. veer on Monday, Septemlier 10. I saw Unqualified Bucoeea of hyCS& E. Pink the city on that day for the flrt time !m-e the dlK4cr. The acene wa. ap palling. With the exception of a work-1 Oneof tbegreateattrinropluiof Lydi er here and there, the de.troyed dltrict B. I'lnkham'i VegeUbla Componnd it wa. dctitute of laboring men, Ituln., the oonquering of woman's dread en ruin, in every direction, a. far aa the 'JrA . - ' ....-av. t eye could mt million. 6f ton. of brick. Jfi$$$ nd mortor pUed p In half de.troyed itwtrwoed. . baeemenU) a utrong brecw) blowing dimt, , and a.fie. everywnerej wnming iecij beam, and crumbling granite marking j the aitc. of once Imposing building, and the very thought of bringing order out of ehno. .udlclent to ataggor the lm agination, On the next day a very different pio ture wa. prenented. In every Imncment wa a gng of workmen. They atnig gW with plnlera, piled brick, .ifted good material from refuse, handled pick and .hovel, mixed mortor. and londed wagon with .Tliouaand of busy bend, were to 1 ccn down every iitrcet. Thounnnd. of team, went about on the diinultaneoua task of removal and reconstruction, From half-finished ateel buildings were cen donkey c'nglne. in full blnt, drawing up load, of steel, . . . . . . a . "I , atone and brick. On aite. aireaay ciear 5 II I Iff I Mrt.fannUD.fbx fin-nnllnil "wnnilorlTiw nn.tnaN n. Aftm fmm Ita ea.rlv . atacma. or tha atone nm wick, un aiwa aiiy.T v.i- . i . . nA m.nn. t work preaenoo of danger may be made maul ed carpenter. and maaon. were at wow fMtby profug0 monthl perioda, acoom by the tbouaanda, rushing up temporary ,eJ r nnusual pn, from th. ..... a nAAf i M i . t . v. . t it . . : frame tiuiirtinga, iwcr o,"nirame bu.hi- nbtlomen through, the groin and thighs, ing. have been erected eince the fire, ( If you have my sterloua pains, if there almost entirely for buiness purpose, 1 are Indications of Inflammation or die To one familiar with the crowd, that plaoement, motm a boUe of Ljdla R nJo Morkot street and the ferric, fan, , Wm. V righ one, there doe. not appear to be any ( MrSi pinkham, of Lynn, Mass, will diminution of population. The car sy-; give you her advice If yon will write tem le wholly inadequate, although her-. her about yourself. She Is the daugh culean efforta have been made to estab-! ter-in-law of Lydia E. Hnkham and lleh communication. The ferrie. are "V, crowded as ever. Theater, are filled ZTL ' 7 to suffocation. The St. Francb ITote, ,.2,tW---..i put up ft' temporary structure in UMon tte miccee. I hv6 ha4 your wonderful Square, and l turning away a hundred 1 medicine, Eighteen month, ego my period. guU ; dally. Other hotel. fare filled , fBgJJK 3&2Zgi nnd turning people away. - It require. pnygicianand waa told that I had a tumor only ft visic to isan rranciwo to u iii v i wmu wn w .uuoi mi npiMin, M report that the olty haa lost half ft. population. II GIjvwi taf T MiMrl MIA ftt vnnr .rlvmlB. mania and decided to rive Lvdia E. Pink- ham'. Vegetable Compound a trial. After taking five bottle, as directed the tumor la fly Roue. I have been examined by a fi1 Van T.'nss Avenue. 'Anomalous conditions, resulted irom . zx.ZL,:f.. A T. t i..r,.i. . the haste of merchants to ct into om- tumor now. It has also brought my periods on, partly because It wa. a wide, paveo i gj p4 , thoroughfare, and partly because it) ' V The acarcity of .killed and un.kllled lttlx,r I the jphlef drawback to rapid construction. Wage, are exorbitantly high) but this ia the fault of contrac tor, and proprietor, rather than of the labor union.. The plumber, and sta tionary engineer, thought they .aw a chance to get rich quick "and raised their scale, but Were not sustained by the labor council, svhlch is. an amal gamation of all the union, and the old wage, were retored. But the own er of building which were nenring completlen t the time of the disas ter, are feverish In their anxiety to complete their building and obtain famine rental, and their tactic, in milling the wage of Worklngrnen have caused labor price, to soar. On this emergency work, plasterer, are getting $0 to $11 a day j ' bricklayer., 910 a dayj carpenters, $7 ami $8; atone ma ton., 8 to $10, and other skilled labor In proportion. San Francisco is a para- dle for a worklngman. ,:',?- ' Need fa for Laborers. . Unskilled labor is hard to find, The city need 20.000 skilled men and could employ 30,000 unskilled laborer. Soma nf tha threwdcr unskilled meu hsve clubbed together and formed lit tle companies of their own. They take a eontrtwt to remove debris for a price and perform the work during the noon hour and in the night. As unskilled labor Is getting 4 a day, then, willing workers who put in extra time are get ting more money than they ever saw before. In much of the burned district work la carried on by electrio light. There ia aome comnlalnt that the construction of big "ateel and concrete buildings is not rapid, it Js true mat few such building have been started .ince the earthquake. But there are excellent reason for it. Only five months have elapsed. The ashe. were hnt for week after the fire. The In surance companies, fearing bankruptcy, forbade the removal of debrt. on the ground that the salvage question must be settled first. Some of the intending builders may hsve decided to wait un a nuestion of the distant luture. lue procee. 1. visible to the naked eye, Kvery ateel building that was under construction at the time of the die aster I. being rushed to completion. Other buildings have been contracted for, and with the removal of debri. and the arrival of material the work will proceed. Nothing could be more ab surd than to doubt the recovery of Ran Francisco from it. great misfor tune, In the face of the work that is actualy in progress, The contract for the reconstruction of the Palace Hotel on its old site, on a grander scale than ever, ha. been let. The St. Francis is now completing its great steel annex. Busines. houses' are arranging to build newer and stronger structure, than those which auccumbed to the confla gration of April 18-21. The city will not be rebuilt in a day, or a year, but it will go up with remarkable quick ness. The municipality is not governed as it ahould be. There in laxity of man agement and constant charge, of graft. The city ball be just as it emerged from the disaster, without a girder re moved or a brick piled up. The side walks through the burned district are not cleared, although the city govern ment has anfyle power to force recon struction. The street, are unswept and unsprinkled. Instead of leading in the rehabilitation work, city officials are wrangling over spoils, putting up po litical job. and generally proving their Incompetence and unfitness. Although Mayor Schmits proved equal to the earthquake and fire, he does not rise to the occasion in these days of re construction. Private enterprise i. lm meosureably ahead of municipal ac tion. V, Talk of a City Beautiful There ha. been much talk of a "city Wutiful" with winding avenue, about Mia billa broad bou'ircL:. rrk ex tensions, and so on. It was thought that with the buildings icveiea w the ground, the opportunity was open fur the ontruction of a model mod ern city, uniting utility and beauty to a degree never yet approacnea in A HHlo study , of the sit uation shows that this is nothing but a dream. - San Francisco people have nnmiirh on their hands In the way of getting into business again, in any shape, without tacKimg we greav ui of forming a city on esthetie lines. n0 ni ther a street may be wid ened, and a little park established, but in the main there will 'M no auemp v. rA.form the nlans upon whicn tne city wn. built. If it difficult be- fore the fire to obtain unuou cw toward civio betterment, it is doubly difficult now. when every man must look but for himself. The Incompe tence f the city authorities is anotner reason why the city will not be re modeled. Publio commence in wie gov ernment is shattered, ai'few of tne really influential men would be will- Ins to co-operate wiin ine uiuiip- ity in planning extensive expendi tures. They want to see something done right now, and they reason that if : :: - - Ait ' pernor Fashion's Best Fancies as Sanctioned by the World's Best Critics. . DISPLAY OF FSie Millinery Lovely Shapesthe Product of Both This and the Eastern Hemisphere. MONDAY is the day set apart for our Grand Fall Opening. On display you -will find a host of ad mirable styles selected from the world's great fashion cen ters and representing tlje choicest modes that this season offers. The great variety of shapes this season affords a wide range for choice and every lady can have her favorite style without stepping beyond the pale of fashionable grounds. The trimmings this season are luxuriant, and in keeping with the most refined taste. Rich velvets, fine ' feathers, plumes, flowers, and autumn foliage, etc. A multitude of the most cunning, and attractive creations have been thought out, and upon these beautiful conceits Fashion's deft hand has set her seal and left her daintiest touch MRS. GEORG1E PENNINGTON 463 BOND STREET, the city officials cannot sweep the streets and dear the sidewalks, they are not the men to attack the problem of building a city beautiful. The railroads terminating at San Francisco the Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe are among the most po tent forces in rebuilding the city. They saved San Francisco from panic and possible creater disaster during the time of stress by carrying away thou sands of people, free of charge, and bringing in emergency supplies. . H. Uarriman rushed to San Francisco and personally aided the committee of fif ty in meeting an unprecedented situa tion. From an attitude of intense ran cor, the people of San Francisco be gan to see that the railroads were not altogether bad. V What the Railroads Did. After the crisis tbe railroads turned in and assisted in the removal of de hris. Temporary tracks were laid and rehabilitation wai immensely assisted. Merchants ordered big stocks of goods from the East, and the railroads rusnea tlrn .tuff tn Rati Frnneiaea There was a time. Indeed, when the' stuff piled up to such an extent aa to paralyse thA nnerfl.tir.il of the roads. Five thou sand cars of freight' were congested at San Francisco and Oakland. By neroic efforts the . lineerini? freicht was dis posed of and a serious situation relieved. Now that the railroads are able to look sft their'(own business, they are expending great sums in -.- p' uincnt improvements, which will facilitate the reconstruction of the city. The insurance situation at San Fran cisco is exasperating to those who hap pened to bave policies in shaky or dis honest companies,' but on the whole the lapses of these companies has not af fected the city as seriously as early reports indicated. Nearly one-half of all lasses has been paid. Considering the fact that insurance records, as well as everything else, went up in smoke, this is a fairly good showing for five months. Payments are being made through the banks at the rate of near ly $1,000,000 a day. The money goes into immediate circulation for the most part, and the resulting activity over shadows the fact that hundreds of oth er policy-holders are waiting for a set tlement. The people of San Francisco, person ally and through their commercial organizations, are watching the insur ance eonmanies with a jealous eye. Companies that came to the front with money are reaping a Harvest oi new hiiiiiHs. while those which, fought for time or actually repudiated their ob ligations in whole or in part will be made to smart for it. Played a Losing Game. The Chamber of Commerce is making up a list of honest and dishonest com panies. The California delegation in Coneresa will have somethina to say on Congrest will have something to say on the subject next winter. The names of the defaulting companies are to be sent broadcast through the world, and the opinion is universal in San Fran cisco that in the long run the default ing companies will discover that hey played a losing game when they de frauded policy holders of their rights. ' Insurance litigation promisee to be come great. Policy holders who bave money enough to fight are not slow in invoking the aid of the courts- One or two important cases have already been decided, but the crucial question is yet to be passed upon. This ques tion is as to the part played by the earthquake in causing fire losses. Pol icies' are variously worded, tut in the main they provide that payments shall not be made if the loss is caused "di rectly or indirectly" by earthquake or other act Tf God. Of course, if there had been no earthquake there would have been r.o fire, but the man whose housts wa consumed three days after tho quake does not think the indirect catwe is quite close enough, to the ef fect to ufctify the insurance companies in repudiating all liability. Are Still Good-humored. 1 luring ii. iMicr. snl sclf-nossession of San Franciscoans astonished the world. Now, in the long tug of clbposifag of the ashes and re building the city, this good humor nev er deserts them, and they are as con fident as though they were beginning a city for the first time. There to in spiration in numbers, comfort in com mon trouble, and a spirit of brother hood that has not deserted them, al though it is not as marked as it was durinsr times of danger. The love of good cheer in the way of eating, drink ing and listening to music is as Birong as ever. The climate is a . continual tonio and invites to hard work. The very size of their disaster seems to nerve the San Franciscans to Hasten the reconstruction of the new city. Thev eome very near to boasting when they show their ruins and some of them display a remarkably fresh memory oi history by comparing their disaster with the fate of other cities that have perished by earthquake and fire, and risen again. According to these men, wn nitA historv while making it, the only bonfire that excelled San Francis co's was that which eonnmed itome, in Nero's time. The great fires of Lon don, Boston, Chicago, and Baltimore were mere hints of what a real con flagration can do. 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