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Show fo?.ST;j;rc:DSC:ooL j PALO ALTO, CaJ.. April IT. No attempt is being made to begin the work of repair and reconstruction Mcuwnr oa the Stanford uni-ver.ity uni-ver.ity bmidings torn down by the earthquake. earth-quake. ' The matter of repair rests In the bands of. tba University board of trustees, many of whom are bualnaat roan of Ban irn-claoo, irn-claoo, and antil Uieee roan can (at their own troubles off their hands and review the situation situa-tion nothing d.ftaiie in the war of plana for rebuilding can be expected. Cheap workmanship workman-ship and defective construction are attributed attrib-uted aa tba sole causae for the absolute overthrow over-throw of the larger university building, and It is certain from the ton of President Jordan's Jor-dan's remarks that the new university will have buildings as strong as the hand of man and the sinews of steel can make tbera. - The wprk of rebuilding tbs town of Palo Alto' la Already well under way. Although -moat of the durable atone and brick buildings wars either totally shattered or badly strained. It will be but a short time till the damage is entirely repaired. Tha moat serious loss was tba complete overthrow of a handsome atone building lust Completed by F. C. Tblele at a cost of tM,0i0. No Uvea were lost la tba towa and but few even Injured. . A strict clttaen guard la constantly maintained main-tained at the approaches to town, and beat nf nrder la nreserved. Many university students era stranded 'without 'with-out the wherewithal to get- home. - The university uni-versity has no ready money and cannot,' therefore, there-fore, advance--. It for transportation, but tha railroad company is very liberally attempting to relieve the situation. Despite their own hard condition, tha students are helping greeft-ly greeft-ly toward tha Baa Francisco relief work. ' |