The San Francisco call., 1897-03-03
Prospects for the Unemployed
Are Brighter Than They
Have Been.
PLENTY OF WORK AHEAD FOR
BUILDERS.
Many Public and Private Structures
Are to Be Completed During the
Present Yes.

| AioNPSOto lOT tIlOSo cnRdRCu ia Wv oo'AN
ing trades have been better 50 far this
year than for four or five seasons. Those
who have studied the situation closely
feel quite encouraged, for, in addition to
the vast amount of building now under
way, many contracts are let and the work
| is practically all ready 10 begin.
Though times are hard ami people com
plain. it is encouraging that there has
seldom been a month in San francisco
where prospects were better for carpenters,
brick and iron molders than now, for
there are many large contracts about to be
begun, and each will give employment to
large mum Der of men.
Vice-President Butcher of the Builders
Exchange Is hopeful of the outlook in the
building trades and believes that skilled
workmen have better opportunity now
than for some years owing to the activity
OF capital in the building trades From
his point Of view there is every reason to
be hopeful and there are prospects that
many of the unskilled unemployed will
benefit by the present tendencies of
capital.
There are many private and public
buildings under way now," said Mr..
Butcher yesterday, "and the prospect is
that within month several hundred or
even thousand men may find lucrative
employment in these lines of industry"
The new buildings proposed are dis
tributed throughout the City in business
as we'll as residence portions. Besides the
construction of new buildings there is a
great deal of remodeling.
Speaking of the matter yesterday John
| Mauritzen said: Everywhere go there
are signs of activity, but OF course I am
l. delighted to see that work has begun on
| the Hall of Justice, on the site of the old
City Hall. This work is sure to prove a
benefit to all the north end of town. Men
who visit my place speak of it, and the
unemployed seem happy at the prospect
Of work for season."
At the Builders Exchange there is
much encouragement among the con-
tractors, and they report a good feeling
among the laborers in general.
The Affiliated Colleges will give employ
ment to large number of men and work
has already been begun there. The foun-
dation for par. of the structures is now
under way.
The ferry depot, though well under way,
will give employment to large army OF
men for many months to come.
large corps of workmen will be en-
ployed on the great Spreckels building for
many months, particularly on the interior
work and fine finishings
There is no doubt that work on the new
Hall of Justice will go forward without in
teIruption. Fully hundred men will
find employ ment as nearly third of a
million is to be expended.
| The Mission High School will be great
enterprise and will afford mpioy ment for
large army Of men. Work on these will
soon begin and those engaged will be busy
| for a long time.
| The City's great building for the destruc-
tion OF refuse will soon be under way. IT
will cost more than $4,000 The brick
chimney will be 25O feet high.
| At Menlo Park the Academy of the Sa-
cred Heart will cost 81, o00OUO. The first
wing will cost $4,000 and work upon ii
Will be commenced in few days.
The repairs on the N ucleus building will
cost few thousand dollars. One or two
stories are to be added to the present
structure. While the improvements are
to be cheap and limited their construc-
ton will give work to several people.
The Hub clothing store building is to be
renovated and repaired. and $4,000 is to
be expended on the building at 428 Cali.
fornia street. These improvements will
give employment to about fifty men.
S35, ,0OO structure is soon to be erected
at Jackson and Laguna, while $4,000 is
to be expended on the Aronson building
on Geary above Calvary Church.
1t will be seen from the foregoing that
there are good prospects for the unem-
ployed in the building trades.
The following table, just completed by
the Building Review of San Francisco,
shows the comparison between the first