SAN FRANCISCO.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1808, 14 July 1906, Page 2

SAN FRANCISCO.

THE NEW OITY.

(Per s s. Ventura at Auckland) San Fracoisoo, June 21. Someone has been saying of Ban Fran cisco that her people are in tbe oonditior of a hysterical woman wbo has laogfacc until she oannoi stop. The cxaltatior whioh followed-tbe first realisation iba ail the past bad vanished has certainly continued, and is manifest in substantia ways. Temporary buildings have eprnnj up everywhere for the accommodation ol trade and business, and a vast volume ol business is being transacted. The United railroad is employing all the laborer! available for restoration of street eat traffic, and bat given out that it coaid employ two thousand more men then- il has been able to secure. Many are en* gaged in tbe removal of debris, and otheri are carrying on the work of repair add re* construction in all its details. Permanent buddings of a most superior character are projected, and will be constructed at rspidly as possib’e. Official figures show that the estimated loss of tbe insurance companies in San Franoieco was to the amount of nearly 253 millions of dollars. The report of the Relief Oommittee of San Franoisoo mskes a wonderful show mg. The committee has reoeived in oasb donations for the benefit of the sufferete five million ninety-seven thousand and some hundreds of dollars. About two and a half million dollars in subscriptions is not realised od. This sum was placed iD tbe bands of the Red Cross and Relief Committees, and has been bandied without provoking any controversies. A large part of it is etill in the hands of the Com mittee, and can, it is believed, be used for buildiog purposes, so that the refugees may bo well housed before tbe winter, Aside from this, vast quantities of clothing and provisions hava been donated and aiefcribufced. Iq spite of the devastation, it is officially declared that no person baa died of exposure or starvation. It ia true ihs people are still far from com* fortable, but the conditions ara improving probably as rapidly as could be ezpeoted.

The generosity BDd belpfu »e-s of- all the world 'ls past relief, and leases San Francisco tn the position of being compelled to carry herself proudly and we I m order to justify the love and fai-h demonstrated for her and in her. Military aid is now being withdrawn, and the soldier helpers will all have been replaced by ( civilians by July. The work of tfce soldiers has from the first been domestic rather than martial, but tbe assistance of trained men has been invilurlle. Tn ihi. important feature of tho relief work fs Hi £ B f° r OBtt *' loa ? f *h« importance of “ e<3 °. r ° ss prgamsaticn. This society will hereafter bo active local’y, Bn d prepared to aid in any work of mercy at home and abroad. The women of San Franoisco would like to send missionaries abroad to preaoh to all the world the necessity of o ganisation and preparation for emergency work of all kinds. i D present instance tbe trained Red Crow them er i’ thQUßh refu 8 6E ? Lorn the Aimes themselves, no sooner found themselves in some security than they began the work of comforting tho sick, it jured, and help* loss persons who bad been driven to ,he parks and the open hillsides The heroism of this relief wo.k was a’moEt unoonsciou? “0.1 .inwlring iostanca of the SifSfto ,o b ““»-

Tim i , Washington, Juno 9. j -Uic tdicf delegation sent from Sin j 1 lanoisco to secure a loan from the Go members S CO, t ,iploted its work, and the neinuis will return at once. Although the Committee failed to secure Coupesiirv a Shiw° n ’ II hUS sccurctl from Score, dols Q V, assurance that • 2,000,1000 cckpjf h ™ u ** co bonds will be aenosit<! -e, Socun r for Government dobe sold i ba Clmhh lllc booJs to oe sold at once at par. The Secretarv' a-irn’T by , Pl ' esiden 't Roosevelt, has agiccd that 10,000,000d015, of Govern inent funds shall be deposited in the San i umcisco national banks for use in*ff building tlio burned city. _ . mi c i ™ New June 19 The Sub-Treasury has paid to the banks injaiust telegraphic transfer from Sin I'rancisco, 390,0Q0 dols This ■ tel.] of rctunif mo,*? gg cisco since May Uth of 10,894,000 dols „ According to the reports of the passon essays Those who did buy ttkoU boSrht CS °f Pe ".s: &££■*»"* * p.7S