The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-11-18
A CITY OF STREET CARS.
CarviIIe, on the Pacific Coast, and Ia
Domiciles of Abandoned Vehicles.

Carville, the Pacific Coast, ana Iea
Domiciles of Abandoned Vehicles.
The idea of converting an abandoned
street car into domicile is strictly Cal
ifornian-as original as the houseboat
life of Belvedere bay or the slave traffic
of Chinatown. When you think of 1t.
there is no reason why some such use
should not be made of those obsolete
vehicles, with their glazed sides and
vanished panels Yet there is nothing
about the style of them as they were
borne through the streets in other and
older days to suggest this ultimate pur-
pose of their being Who, though, sees
his old clothes in the white paper Of
the morning journal or mere coal in
the gas fame which ELIMINATES his
street car for living purpose there may
be question. but of the adaptability of
the structure there is no doubt-not, at
least, after visit to Carville. Carville
is on the verge of the Pacific ocean and
on the northwestern edge of Golden
Gate park 1t is founded on the sand
dunes, and it's residents are free of the
sea breezes and the sunsets Before them
the park stretches out it's vistas of dark
green, around them are tawny sand
| dunes-a veritable Sahara billowing
away to the hills. To the west the Pa
cifc stretches illimitably it's bright
| wastes of blue waters, an admirable
| site surely-a seaside resort within q
stones throw of San Francisco.
Carville and its cars belong to Adolph
Sutro. You may occupy car there,
lease it even at the rate of $5 per month.
| You may convert it to domestic pur-
poses, furnish it deliberately, but you
cannot purchase it or its site for love or
money The location, thinks Mr.. Sutro.
| who is man of much foresight, has a
| future What other great city has a
seaside resort at its doors, he wants to
know Here is a London with its Brigh-
ton in the suburbs, a New York with
| Narragans ett Pier on its water front.
Why, it will be worth millions yet.
The plutocrat of the twentieth century
| will have his villa here rather than Oh
Pacific Heights or at Burlingame. In
deed, MIR. Sutro, who had the magma
ton to build the biggest and ugliest
baths in America and a Cliff House
that looks like fortified drygoods box
has but to close his eyes and see a vi
sion of pale pink palaces empowered il
verdure along the boulevard stretching
over the sand dunes to the gum trees IL
the distance, and all paying tribute tt
his foresight This is the ocean beach
according to Sutro.
W. M. Coward's domicile is sum
mer villa-the swell show place of Car
vile. 1t is hung with portieres, equipped
with dining table, a tiny kitchen AND
all the other domestic attributes It
outfit of furniture and trappings cos
$3.50, and really the impression yol
have of the interior is quite sum ptuous
1t might be a Pullman car, or a COZ,
corner in a plutocrat's mansion, O
something equally luxurious, if you Cal
think of it. Here cometh the owne
every Sunday armed with the material
for the Sabbath dinner, and he and hi
family enjoy the ozone and the freedom
of beach, park and sand dunes. If b
chooses, he may live there the wee
through, as Captain Daley does TIL
captain is a gentleman of prominenc
and education, who found himself fe,
years back broken in health and out G
! pocket. There was bit of a hut set on
, on the edge of the ocean which he OF
| Galuou leave 10 occupy, DelloVluS Iud
the fresh, free air of the Pacific was en-
} dowed with healing virtues which tn
atmosphere of the city proper did nc
possess. An invalid vertically, thong
| young in spirit, he made the hut hi
domicile, and ever since he has wake
strong and hearty, regained his los
| health and secured a new lease of life
The little cabin has been TRANSFORMS
into quaint residence ornamented wit
the spoils of the sea. Behind it al
} stacked up timbers and shells and cocos
nut husks and innumerable other art
5 cles of flotsam and jetsam. A dinin
) room has been scooped out of the sane
and around the walls grow flower
But it is the collection of bottles 70
will look at with the deepest interes
= Such an array of bottles standing
every corner and brasure of the estal
! lishment, every one of them picked q
by the captain in his morning tram
along the great, broad beach, whic
curves in shining reaches away to Lai
!. Mercedl He will tell you of the char
of life on the ocean shore and assul
you that the sea fogs have their abidir
; place not ON the waters edge, but ami
the chimney pots of the city. He wi
descant to you of renewed vitality ar
. buoyancy of spirits gained from the 81
y breeze. Francisco Wave.