The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 4, 1906, Page 3

FARRINAN SHYS 50 10 WORK Magnate Thinks There IS Too Much Talk and No Action. Plans Should Be Outlined Before Any Money IS Raised. | t Reconstruction Committee Airs Its Views on the New City. once. I am willing to pile »w or else to hire g man to do e er to go to work than to we make 2 mistake Wi It we do nothing we ement. I suggest that active measures right address W. J. plan to raise Here Harri- . *We have no *“We cannot Uine to the e going to do ave to state specifically t before we raise funds. fore you borrow any mplon of the Burnham plan tecture Attorney J. B. Rel p 5 2 hould X _um; afternoon. The Mayor was ap- ade a forceful address. He de- ‘:_3“""4" e ‘:Tldh;e‘fn‘ pealed to when it appeared that force v 1814 ‘out in [T, 80 %0 Qk" d" might be used to make several vis- - . and how .he midst of , park ’and protected itorg retire from the committee room, as divided by small- streets 'ty Americans in order that t be better adapted to 1 advantages then reviewed the plans an and Burnham in 1898, ittee of architects came for the plans for the Relnstein suggest- He is in favor of a d the City Hall, wider boulevards. He also toid ittee how the city may ac- quire these lands with little or no ex- pemse by doing away with the smaller streets and widenming the principal ones all along the line. PPhelan briedy outlined the Burham plans to the committee. He showed the afvisabllity of the great boulevard to extend from the park wnd along the southern sectlon of the city, thus af- fording the people of that part a Deautiful and commodious thorough- fare as well as & breath'ng place. He| also talked favorably upon the exten- ackson >acific | - Xde:erd e ot Bt B the dredgers, that the two tugs, Gov- shert i ernor Irwin and Governor Markham, o Boluh »:\:dou!xomery street should be wid- may maintaln a fire patrol day and t enough | 1iont street should ba widened. | b . te talk about > Chief Engineer Norton was In- e should go to|, BOATLOAD OF WINE SAVED FROM GELLARS IN SANFRANCISCO r AT EMERYVILLE Southern PacificIs Fire Engine Being| Flanning Big Im- Used to Pump provements. It Out. Million and a Half Gallons Will Be Saved. Immense Depot IS Soon to Be Con- structed. ! ' OAKLAND, May 3.— Extensive T, | freight yards, warehouses and depot May 3.—The California | facilities are soon to be provided by sent here Monday | the Southern Pacific Company at saved from the | Emeryville, the plan of the corpora- s on Fourth and Brannan streets | tion calling for improvements which sco, and it will be dis- | will make that section of the Oakland STOCK a bar brandy here. The wine | Water front one of the busiest and wed from the. cellar of the | Most profitable along the bay. Lurned storage place and into the blg | A large permanent passenger and arge, which holds 250,000 gajlons, and | freight depot is to be ~ constructed as towed here by the steamboat |there on land east of the tracks re- cader. Here it was pumped into |CeNUY acquired by the company. This nk cars and conveyed to the kI Pinal | 130d 18 opposite the Judson works and { extends north from Park street and wine in the San FY isco cel- Pibe Lo the foot of Third street, whers | _ L0e cOmPany is also to construct a is loaded into tanks. About one and | Siowey on Halleck street to connect lons' of wine will be | with the warehouses and freight yards west of the tracks. Switches and spur | tracks from this point will give ship- | ping facilities to a large number of Hich woUlE okt 1 1t % | manufacturing concerns already on t $100,00 n the neigh- | the ground and to others that have A 00,000,000 He 1s of the| purchased sites and will install plants. that the committee Is not in a | . This new terminal will be so close to discu the elaborate plans|to the freight depot and Oakland Chicago hitect at the pres-|terminal of the Santa Fe that a spur €, contending that they are not|track will make easy the passage of cal when so many neecessary im- | freight from one yard to another. vements sre needec. e HOLDS SESSION sald he was open to hear the of every one else, and that| hers could show him where ham plans are practical and | The State Board of Harbor Com- | missioners met yesterday morning to | estimate the damage to the property under their care wrought by the recent h he would be in favor otl He gave it as his cpinion that| visitation. At a rough estimate it practical In' gy take $600,000 to put the water the city 1s worse off than ever regard- ie beautifiation and adornment. exponents of the Burnham ne made themselves heard, in- cluding Architect Howard, who said he had gone over them caretully and | believed them to be very ie eves of men who rad made such|front in good conditlon again. It will subjects g life study. So much time|cost $200,000 to rebuild the seawall @ up In alring views that the and the 2000 by 80 feet shed that cov- e Was unable to transact any | ered it. There was fire insurance to 8. | the extent of $75,000 on the seawall chmitz suggested that sub-| No other State property along the tees be appointed immediately | water front was harmed by fire. d that the chairman of each be made| The contractor engaged in tearing 18N at the meeting to be held|down the ferry tower has reduced his rning at 11 o'cleck. He wants | original estimate of the cost “from e members to ge: together and |$20,000 to $14,000, and the Commlis- talk the matter over among them- | Sloners yesterday ordered the work to & have each chairman ready | Proceed. For the time being nothing report today, thus saving Will be done in the way of recon- re and. trouble. | structing the tower, but it is the in- e improvements in the burnedl]l';';]"tlon R IO district were s Sjeenier AIRIvLI Sy |action taken by President Spear in Sacia ikl |laying off all sweepers and janitors '\ for the time being, and in laying up half fon ga mann . jai hoo's and the like, Th stand ion within them. 1 Clay, Washington Montgomery avenus should be ex-|gtructed to make a complete survey ended to Market street | of the water front and report in detail Van Ness avenue should be widened | the amount of damage sustained and toward Polk street, affording a mag-llh, repairs that would have to be ficent boulevard and providing per- | made at once and those that can wait fect protection from fire to the east-| until affairs are stralghtened out. ern and western parts of the city. | For the time being the hours of duty wue should be extended for wharfingers and collectors will be Van Ness av southerly from Market street to Mis-| from 7 a. m. until 6 p. m. Salaries ot sion street. | Harbor Commission employes will be A northerly and southerly street,|pald May 10. from Sansome street to Grant avenue, T e T d an easterly and westerly street,| REV. P. C. YORKE MAKES A say Pacific street, should tnwidenaav.o| COMPLAINT TO COMMITTEE 125 feet, thus dividing the 50~vara dis-| 5 5 trict into four fire-protected districts. | Charges That People of His Faith Are A diagonal sirest snould be run| D""'mh;"::ed o:n;"l{:*f In the s rl. atter elief. sonfary, frem Tk el Eestl GaRLAND, iayirivuelipibouiE Property between City Hall avenus| T8 of Mayor Frank Mott restored and Market street should be acquired. | 3, Me2Sure of harmony between Rev. =3 % | Peter C. Yorke and other members of 1f the City Hall s reconstructed on the |, S €T = FO0 e B¢ O/ner o T same site, property on McAllister and | ttee elr meeting from fire from surrouniing property.|where their presence was mot desired | Some street, say Grant avenue, py g majority of the committes. Mr. should be extended routherly from| Mott poured oll upon the’ troubled Market street. | waters, and as a result a committee California-street HIll, Russian Hill| was appointed consisting of the Mayor, and Telegrapn Hill should be treated Mr, Edoff and a third man to be named with winding streets. fby these two, which committeg 1s to East street, along Lhe water tront,‘recelve the findings of the complaint should be remodeled and adjusted. | committee to whom Rev. Peter C. The grade on Second street, wuth.;Yorka'u charge that members of his erly frc Howard, should be lowered, denomination lad been discriminated afford accsss to the new Pacifio, 88ainst, in the glving out of supplies Mail docks. I by the relief committee, was referred The grade on Golden Gate avenue,| Several days ago. westerly from Market street, should be| The relief committee has decided lowered. | that lmtlons given to refugees shall be - cut in half, the stores being dimin- | The grade on Sansome street, north erly from Pactfc, should be lowered, |shed 0 that such action s deemed | The grade on Montgomery stree::“’“"“y' should be raised. | i The official block book showing the| PA(,I:,VX'(':[ G";‘gz?é"m:";’f:’; = lot surveys having becn burned, 81l poy “ang gecretary Go:]d. of 1[-;2 1:nt new lot surveys should be made from| yigy Grove Boara of Trade desire to the new official maps of the city, deny, on behalf of the citizens, a state- which were saved. They show the slze “nyen pupjighed in San Franeisco to the and locatlon of every lot accurately | effect that Pacific Grove did not want platted. | any more” refugees sent from San ' THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, FIGHT YARDS |Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Chronology of Rehabilitation: WEDNESDAY, April 18. 3 m,—Our offices in Wells- Fargo and Callaghan ’build}:g's doomed. PFire line San- some street. street district. tary. FRIDAY. April Van Ness avenue. and Washington street. years’ lease on second floo son Square building, 925 block from fire line. opened for business. SUNDAY, April 22—Office open. MONDAY, April 23—Thirty-two head office clerks and fifty- five field men reported for duty. TUESDAY, April 24—Forty-two head office clerks and sixty field men reported for duty. Los Angeles with $5000 coin. needed cash: WEDNESDAY, April 25—Fifty-five head office clerks and seventy field men reported for duty. Two special Wells-Fargo cars loaded with equipment left New York. claim since disaster. THURSDAY, April 26—Seve seventy-two field men reported for duty. communication with New York by cable, via Hongkong. Paid twenty-three death claims. FRIDAY, April 27—Seventy-five head office clerks seventy-eight field men reported for duty. -Good friend in Oakland honored our draft for $10,000. Notified by Director of Mint of transfer from New York of $25,000 Paid seven death claims. SATURDAY, April 28.—Let contract for alterations of sec- cash to our credit. ond floor of Jefferson-squ Paid eight death claims. SUNDAY, April 29.—Office open. MONDAY, April 30.—Eighty-two head office clerks and one hundred field men, full staff, reported for duty. twelve death claims. TUESDAY, May 1.—Operating full force of clerks and field men, but handicapped by lack of equipment. twelve death claims. WEDNESDAY, May 2.—Notified 'of arrival in Oak_land of two special cars from New York bearing equipment. This shipment includes from pens and ink to roll-top desks, necessary for the convenience of our larg: typewriting machines were included as a courtesy to the Remington Typewriter Company. Paid eight death claims. ! THURSDAY, May 8.—Received contents of two cars—one 1 more to come—and settled down to business. Paid J seventeen death claims. PACIFIC COAST HEAD OFFICE (formerly Wells- Fargo bldg.) and San Francisco Branch Offices (formerly Callaghan bldg. 925 Golden Gate avenue. “ FREDERICK F. TAYLOR, Assistant Secretary. "l‘llE San Francisco Breweries, | Ltd. MAIN OFFICE : 240 SECOND STREET ' Bet. Howard and Folsom, S.F. BREWERIES: John Wieland United States Chicago Willows Fredericksburg i THOMAS ALTON, General Manager 1 The San Francisco National -Bank 2340 PACIFIC AVE., temporary office R. N. NASON & CO. Glass, Paints and Oils In Stock WORKS AND OFFICES Utah & Fifteenth Streets and Potrero Avenue | Formerly 117-119 Market Street Searched for quarters in Montgomery Driven out by military. THURSDAY, April 19—Fire line Powell street. for quarters in Nob Hill distriet. 20—Fire line at Leavenworth street. Searched for quarters in Van Ness avenue district. Driven back by dynamiting. Wired New York to for- ward at once full equipment by express. SATURDAY, April 21—Fire still burning on east side at N At 10 a. m. secured option on Hobart mansion, northwest corner of Van Ness avenue At noon swung out sign and The grade on Market street, south-; Francisco. Pacific Grove is ready and Searched Driven out by mili- it may apparently be, and and title in same to The Wi Eleven a. m. secured two r—18,000 square feet—Jeffer- ters, 951 Broadway, Golden Gate avenue, one-half 937 Buchanan Street, Messengers returned from Paid salaries to such as Paid first death nty head, office clerks and First got in and are building. Paid salarics. Paid Paid every detail of equipment. office force. Two hundred ), Jefferson-square bldg,, Meial Finish That Saved Kohl Building FROM OESTRUCTION. Supplied by Waterhouse & Price Co. Builders’ Exchange, San Francisce. Builders’ Assoclation, San Francisoq 101 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, | Phone Oskland 3610. < X\ 3 3 \ GROCERS. Chocolates and Cocoas by calling at cur Warehouse, 940 North | Point street, near Fort Mason bet. 8 a. m. and 5 p. m, 'We Will Buy Your Burned Piano. We can use your old piano, no matter how badly damaged if you will sign over your right ley B. Allen Co. we will give as Payment a due bill ranging from $25.00 upward, aceording to the condition of all the metal parts of same. Said due bill will be accepted as part payment on any new piano we carry. We will be able to repair or replace any parts in our repair shops, now under comstruction. The demand for platec and metallic parts is limited and will be quickly supplied. Early eallers at our Oakland headquar- Oakland, or our temporary offices, , San Francisco, will be benefited. THE WILEY B. ALLEN CO., Knabe Piano Dealers. damaged W. G Stafford & Co. Are Prepared to Deliver COAL — —————y Orders May Be Sent to 214 East Street, 112 Broderick Street, 2537 Post Street Near Baker, 218 Fair Oaks Street Santa Cruz Through her Board of Trade begs to inform the public that she is virtually unimpaired, that her business con- tinues as usual, lodging houses, and tent city are zll open for visitors. THE MONITOR Will Resume Publication Saturday, lay 5 San Francisco subscribers please send their new address to our Temporary Office ROOM 2, TRIBUNE BUILDING, OAKLAND. that her hotels, summer cottages Advertisers send their copy and cuts at once. ‘The Monitor Publishing Company': lliams & Surryhne, : Formerly F. B. Surryhne, [ We | can ;upply you with our ‘ REAL ESTATE AGENTS’ 1188 McALLISTER ST., nr. Fillmore. LEASING. RENTING. SELLING. sion of & great highway from the civie| eager to help those who are in need of | H. M. NEWHALL & (0., See us for Quick Results. penter of the city to Twin Peaks. Regarding the difficulty that would be emcountered in acquiring necessary Send from stubborn property owners, 3ciad suggested that all such persons| Se allowed to take their own course gor ¢ while end then they should be tuimed over to the tender mercy of a gury to be appointed Lo scquire this 3and and given sole power to act Msyor Schmitz said he is nmot in faver of the Burnham plans at the, present time, suggesting that they are westerly from Valencia, should be low- ered. 3 e e e Such a Place as Pm Robles, With the finest bathhouse id Americs, |’ great hot springs and a roomy, o fortable modern hotel with”mountain environment, is just the placé to Spénd & month in resting. .{s In perfect or- der. Southern Pacific offers low roum: | trip rates. iy B i, Republicans Are Defeated. UMARA, May s—A revision toaay o0 expensive for the city in its #84|,¢ the figures from yesterday’s elec- e sald the city was in need F_.z._cg mrn-.u ot Justice, '&‘wnm.lnu was ’ tion shows that only omne republican i elected. assistance. ——————— Sales of Stores Postponed. In accordance with authority Temporary Office, 2009 PACIFIC AVE. re- ceived from the Navy Department the sale of condemned stores scheduled to take place at 1 o’clock on Wednesday, May 2, 1908, has been postponed, and will take place on Monday, July 2, 1906, at 1 o'clock, Musicians’ Mutual | Protective Union. ! —— Members are hereby urgently re- LONDON, May 2.—Jay Gould, of quested to immediately report their| D.Ghirardelli Co. nis championship contest at the Queens at the headquarters of the union, No. Club today defeated W. V. Yorke by | 421 Laguna street, near Fell , | New Jersey, in the amateur court ten- | respective addresses to the secretary, 20, - <, B i WANTED—TO LEASE—G0 foot frontage on Market street, 25x100 on Third Street, near Mission, and 75x100 near Van Ness Ave., south of Golden vate Ave. Clients all have money to make immedidte improvements. |T. B. POTTER REALTY COMPANY, | 1017 Steiner St., Cor. Golden Gate Ave. | GUGGENHEIM CO, 2703 California st., ! AUGUST NORDIN, X Architect. Are prepared to fill all orders tor% Temporary Address: ralsins and difed fruit promptly. | 50O Fillmore Strest, San Francisce. “ynch, attorney for Publis Adminis rator, will be In California Glue Works Office: 1233 Potrero Ave, & R