Evening journal., 1897-11-15
A STREET CAR CITY.
An Odd Resort on the California
Coast.
Disuaed street COnveyances Turned
Into Seaside Cotsascs-They
Are for Rent
Only.

The idea Of converting an abandoned
street car into a domicile is strictly
! Californian-as original as the house
boat life of Belvedere bay or the slave
traffic of Chinatown. When you think
of il, there is no reason why some such
use should not be made of those obso-
lete 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
purpose 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 Eliminates his
dining-room? OF the availability of u
street car for living purpose there may
be question, but of the adaptabiity
of the structure there is no doubt-not,
at least. after visit to Carville. Car
Vile is on the verge of the Pacific
! ocean, and on the northwest edge of
Golden Gate park. II is founded on the
sand dunes, and its residents are free
OF the sea breezes and the sunsets. Be
fore 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 Pacific stretches illimitably it's
bright wastes of blue waters. An adj
mirable site surely--a seaside resort
within n stones throw of San Francisco.
Carville and its cars belong to Adolph
sutro. You may occupy a car there,
lease it even, at the rate of five dollars
) per month. You may convert it to do
nestle purposes, furnish it elaborately.
but you cannot purchase it or its site for
love or money. The location, thinks Mr..
Sutro. who is a man Of much foresight.
has future. What other great city has
seaside resort at its doors. he wants
TO know. Here is London with its
Brighton in the suburbs. New York
with a Narragansett pier on its water
front. Why. it will be worth millions
yet. The plutocrat of the twentiesh
century will have his villa here rather
than on Pacific Heights or at Burl-
ingame. Indeed, Mr.. SUtro, who had
the imagination to build the biggest
- and ugliest baths in America, and a
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dry goods box, has but to close his eyes
and see a vision of pale pink palaces en-
< powered in verdure along the boulevard
b stretching over the sand dunes to the
gum trees in the distance, and all pay.
ing tribute to his foresight. This is
q. the ocean beach according to Sutro.
w. NJ. Coward's domicile is a summer
e villa-the swell show place ofCarville. i
: is hung with portieres, equipped with q
y dining-table, tiny kitchen and all tn,
e other domestic attributes. It's outfit O
furniture and trappings cost $50, nnC
really the impression you have of th'
interior is quite sumptuous. 1t nigh
{ be Pullman car, or a costly corner il
a plutocrat's mansion, or something
L equally luxurious-if you can think o
It. Here cometh the owner every Sun
o day armed with the materials of tht
s Sabbath dinner, and he and his famil,
S enjoy the ozone and the freedom o
= beach, park and sand dunes. If h
e chooses, he may live there the weel
n through-as Capt. Daily does. The cap
u tain is a gentleman of prominence an,
u | education, who found himself fey
\, years back broken in health and out O
n pocket. There was bit of a hut set ou
It on the edge of the ocean which he oh
d tanned leave to occupy, believing tha
J. the fresh, free air of the Pacific was en-
r dowed with thhealingvirtues which the at
n mosphere of the city proper did not pos
= sess. An invalid veritably, thoug
>, young in spirit, he made the hut hi
= domicile, and ever since he has waXe
o strong and hearty, regained his los
le health and secured a new lease of life
J. The little cabin has been transforem
Is into a quaint residence ornamente
le with the spoils of the sea. Behind
" are stacked up timbers and shells an
y cocoanut husl1s and innumerable othe
le articles of flotsam and jetsam. A dir
ing-room has been scooped out of tn
sands and around the walls grol
, flowers. But il is the collection of bot
70 ties you will look at with the deepes
Of interest. Such an array of bottles stanC
IA ing in every corner and brasure of tn
f. establishment, every one of them pickle
st up by the captain in his morning tram
r along the great, broad beach. whic
u curves in shining reaches away to LAX
~ Merced. He will tell you of the char
a of life on the ocean shore and assur
to you that the sea fogs have their abidin
ne place, not on the waters edge, bu
D. amid the chimney pots of the city. II
I'd will descant to you of renewed vitalit
d, and buoyancy of spirits gained from th
n sea breeze.-San Francisco Wave.
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