The Great Galveston Disaster, Containing a Full and Thrilling Account of the Most Appalling Calamity of Modern Times Page: 249
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THRILLING NARRATIVES BY EYE-WITNESSES. 249
before Saturday, as the same conditions prevail, and we did not
realize the immense damage the storm had done.
"We have practically decided to unite in the repairing of one
bridge for the use of all lines for the present. Our chief engineer,
aMr. Felt, and Mr. Boschke, of the Southern Pacific, went to the
mainland this morning to establish communication with the parties
at interest who are on that side. J. M. Barr, third vice-president
of the Santa Fe system, and James Dun, chief engineer of the system,
both of Chicago, are on the mainland. They came down here
to assist in any way they could in the re-establishment of the
business."
DAMAGE TO THE WHARVES.
The wharf company did not suffer badly so far as the actual
wharves are concerned, and it comes from General Manager Bailey
that they will be ready to handle the business within seven or eight
days. Of course a good deal of wharf flooring is torn up. The
most serious damage was to the sheds, some of which are complete
wrecks. Business can be done without sheds, and as long as the
wharves themselves are in shape business can be done. With the
rail lines established and running again, freight can move over the
wharves. As a matter of fact coal was being discharged at the coal
elevator at pier 34 yesterday. The West End wharves are all
right, and some of these sheds are standing. Of course there is an
immense amount of repair work to be done, but this need not interfere
with the movement of freight.
Secretary S. 0. Young, of the Galveston Cotton Exchange
and Board of Trade, said this morning that it would be three or
four weeks before quotations could be actually received here,
owing to the condition of the exchange building and the lack of
wires over which to do business. The exchange building is pretty
badly wrecked, the slate shingles having been carried away on one
side early in the afternoon, which let in great floods of water and
ruined the ceilings and walls.
Dr. Young suffered several severe bruises as a result of the storm
and some of his employes are gone. His janitors are employed in
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