The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-24

my share in putting little more money in
circulation among the class of people who
need il most.
They are the laborers and woTkin gmeD.
Three hundred of them will begin work
tomorrow morning grading the portion c (
my North Beach property that is above
water. And as soon as the Board OF Super
visors pass the Lewis-street order we will
have about 800 men at work III that Sec
tion of the CITY,"
The good news is as trne as it is timely.
Yesterday morning Mr.. Fair signed a con-
tract with Warren q Mallev to do 9, 800, 000
cubic yards of grading in the district
bounded by Baker street on the west,
Lombard street on the south, Webster
street on the east and by the water line on
the north.
In all this tract comprises fourteen
blocks of land all above the high-water
line, and is but little more than one
quarter Of the entire district now owned
BY ex-senator Fair. Forty-one blocks of
the tract are under wafer.
These will be filed in as soon as posi-
Bile, which means as soon as the Snpervs-
ors open Lewis street and give their per-
mission for the erection of the needed
retaining wall.
Without this retaining wall, which will
extend at the outer side of Lewis street,
the work of filling in the forty odd blocks
Vi scu OWucu ny MT. L air
canuot be commenced with any degree Of
safety.
The work which will be commenced
this morning is merely the beginning of
mammoth undertaking. which will soon
transform that portion of the North
Beach into one of the liveliest sections of
the city.
Already tie Fulton Engineering ana
Ship-b building Works is in complete opera
ton on this tract. Mr.. Fair is one of if
not the largest owner of this enterprise.
and ne will doubtless be more or less in
tereSted in many of the manufactures
and wholesale businesses about to locate
there.
ut has been reported" said Mr.. Fair
yesterday. ''that l was improving this
property for the purpose of booming it
and then throwing it on the market for
sale.
There is not word of truth in this
Not an inch of that land will be sold. 1t
will all be kept intact. No one will be
allowed 10 purchase a single foot of it.
Long leases will be the terms by which the
property will be held by tenants and those
who occupy or build upon it,"
For two years and half now Mr. Fair
has been quietly getting possession Of this
valuable property. Ha holds the title to
every block in the tract now, and is ready
and anxious TO push his improvements to
speedy completion.
re uEIDS dEb waiting TO locate
on the property as soon IA the needed
grading Is completed. One of these is the
Inmau-POuisen Company of Portland, Or.
1t will locate two blocks east Of the Fulton
works
Several large lumber firms are waiting
TO build their wharves ON the uortb side of
Lewis street and construction will be
commenced on these as soon as the reten-
ton wall is fairly under way
SoundDgs have been made all along the
proposed line of Lewis street and a uni
form depth of a feet at low tide was
found. Steved ores consider IL one of the
best and safest places for ships to anchor
In the harb0r
The hills shelter the spot well from all
southern winds, and the projections of the
Preside reservation immediately to the
north are calculated to reduce the fierce
ness of the trade winds in that locality to
the minimum. The latter, of course, are
of but little moment in the question of a
safe barber. All the heavy winds come
from the south chiefly. and from there the
North Beach wharves are well sheltered
1t Is calculated that good deal of haul
Ing will be saved by having q extensive
system OF freight wharves here. At pres
ent the hauling item enters very ma terially
into the cost of such commodities as lum-
Der and coal when they are brought from
the freight wharyes to the central portion
of the city.
The extension of cabe-cars to Mr..
Fairs projected city on the North Beach is
already more than a probability. 1.-The
next thing" says Senator Fair, will be
the Tiburon aud Sausalito ferry-boa,s.
From what / know on the subject ! do
not think it will be long before their San
Francisco termini will be at North Beach, -
A big distilling firm has already secured
the refusal of what perhaps may be called
Fairtown, and the firm is ready and
anxious to build.
The contract let yesterday. besides Civ
Ing employment to upward of 800 men, il
not fully that number, will put into clrcu-
lation 100000, which is the price agreed
upon between Mr.. Fair and the contractors
The latter will be obliged, under the
terms of the contract, to move 5000 cart
loads of filling material every day, and the
force will work night and day. Rather