Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-12-08
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A CITY OF STREET CARS.

The idea of converting an abandoned street car into a domicile is strictly Cal hGrnian-as original as the houseboat life of Belvedere bay or he-slave traffic of Chinatown When you think of it, there is no reason why some such use should not be made of those obsolete vehicles, with their glazed sides and Ea-nished 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 flame which illuminates bis dining room? Of the availability of q street car for living purpose there may be question, but of the adaptability of the structure there is no doubt-nOt, at least, after a visit to Carville. Carville is on the verge of the Pacific ocean and on the northwestern edge of Golden Gate park. It Is founded on ths sand dunes, and it's residents sre free of the sea breezes and the sunsets Before them the park stretches out its vistas of dark green, around them are tawny sand dunes-a veritable Sahara billowing away to the hills To tho west the Pa cific stretches illimitably its bright wastes of blus waters, an admirable site surely-a seaside resort within a stOne's throw of San Francisco
 Carville and its cars belong to Adolph Sutro. You may occupy @ car there, lease it even at the rate of s per month. You may convert it to domestic pur- poses. furnish it elaborately, but you cannot purchase it or its site for love or money. The location. thinks Mir. Sutro. who is 6 man of much foresight, has a future. What other great city has seaside resort at its doors, he wants to know Here is & London with its BriCh- ton in the suburbs, a New York with Narragansett Pier on its water front Why, 1t will be worth millions yet. The plutocrat of the twentieth century will have his villa here rather than on Pacific Heights or at Burlingame h. deed, MT. Sutro. who had the imagina- tion so build the biggest and ugliest haths in America and Cliff House that looks ike a fortified drygoods box, has but to close his eyes and see vi- sion of Tale piak palaces embowered in venture along the L1ulevard stretching over the sand d-nes to the gum trees in the distance. and ell paying tribute to his f. lesight. his is the ocean beach according to Sutro
 ". M Cow ard'- domicile is sum- mer yills-the swell show place of Car. vile. ltis hung with portieres. equipped with . dining taole, tiny kitchen and all the other domestic attributes Its outfit of furniture and trappings cost S150. and really the impression you have of the interior is quite .sumptuous It might be Q Pullman car, or a cozy corner in 0 plutocrat's mansion, or something equally luxurious, if you can think of 1t. Here cometh the owner every Sunday armed with the materials for the Sabbath dinner, and he and his family enjoy the ozone and the freedom of beach, park and sand dunes If he chooses he may live there the week through, as Captain Daley does The captain is 0 gentleman of prominence and education. who found himself few years back broken in health and out of pocket There was 6 bit of @ hut set out on the edge of the ocean which he ob- ained leave to occupy. believing that the fresh, free air of the Pacific was en- dowed with healing virtues which the atmosphere of the city proper did not possesA An invalid vertically, though young in spirit, be made the hut his Scmicile, and ever since he has waxed strong and hearty, regained his lost health and secured a new lease of life. The little cabin has been transformed into a quaint residence ornamented with the spoils of the sea Behind it are stacked up timbers and shells and cocoa- nut huAlzs and innumerable other arti- cles of iotsam and jetSam- A dining room has been scooped out of the sands and around the walls grow flowers. But it is the collection of bottles you will look at with the deepest interest. Such an array of bottles standing III every correr and brasure of the estab- hshment, every one of them picked up bS the ePtain in his morning tramp along the great, broad beach, which curves in shining reaches away to Lake Mercedi He will tell you of the charm of life on the ocean shore and assure you that the sea fogs have their abiding place not on the waters edge, but amid the chimney pots of the city. He will descant to you of renewed vitality and buoyancy of spirits gainedatrom the sea breeze. .ASAn Francisco Wave.