Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-03-02
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4 CITY OF STREET CARS.
C2rviIIe. on t.le Pacific Coast, anS fis
 Domlciles of Abandoned YehicIes-

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 C@rviIls, on tSe Pacific Coast, ant fis
 Domiciles of Abandoned yehieIcs-
 The idea of converting an abandoned
 srect car into a Gcuirile is strictly Cal
 .lozIian-ss original as the houseboat
 iifc of Belvedere bay or the slave traffic
 uf Chinatown. When you think of 1t,
 there is 10 reason why some such use
 lhoud net Dc made Of these obsolete
 Fehicles. with their glazed sides and
 -aruished paneis Yet there is nothing
 Ibosg the style 5f them as they were
 t5rIse through the streets in other and
 5ld5r Cays so suggest this ultimate pur-
 11se cf their being. Who, though, sees
 his cd clothes in the white paper ot
 the morning journal or mere coal iD
 the gas Lame which Eliminates his
 dining rooms Of the availability Of
 street car for living purpose there may
 be a question, but Of :he adaptability cf
 the structure there is no doubt-not, ct
 lea-t, after visit 10 Carville. Carvills
 Is on the verge of tho Pacific ocean and
 nn The n0rtawes;5rn edge of Colder
 Gate park It is founded on the sapc
 tunes, and it's residents are free Of the ] seq lreez6S and the sunsets Before thelE 1
 .he park stretches out irs vistas of dark green, around them are tawny sand dunes-a yeritaDie Sahara billowing away to the hills. To the west the Pa ciEc stretches ilIimitaJly its bright wastes Of blue waters. an admirable 1 site surely-s seaside resort within a i stone's throw of San Francisco.
 Carville and its cars belong 10 A6olpE ! Sutro. You may occupy car there. lease it even at the rate of S5 per north | You may convert it to domestic prrf. poses, furnish 1t Claborately, but you | cannot purchase 1t or its site for love u. money. The location, thinks MT Sutro l who is a man of much foresight, has futUre What other great city has seaside resort a. its doors, he wants to know. Here is a London with it's Brigh- ton in the suburbs, a New York with Q AarragGusett Pier on its water front Why, it will be worth millions vet. The pluUocrat of the twentieth centurJ VII have his villa here rather than op Pacific Heights or at Burlingame m. deed, MT. Sucro, who had the imagina. tion to build the biggest and ugliest baths in America and a Cliff House that looks like a fortified drygoods box, has but 10 close his eyes and see a vi sion of pale pink palaces embowered in verdUre along the boulevard stretching over the sand dunes to the gum trees in the distance, and all paying tribute to his foresight This is the ocean beach according 10 Su-o
 W. NJ COward's domicile is a sum ne- villa-the swell show place of Car. It Tille- IL lis hung with poTtieres, equipped with dining table, a tiny kitchen and sll the other domestic attributes. Its sut1t of furniture and trappings cost ! tl5O, and really the impression you have of the interior is quite sumptuous It might be a Pullman car, or a cozy ! ,orner in plutocrat's mansion, or equally luxurious, if you can hink of 1t. Here cometh the owne. z 'Tery Sunday armed with the materials | | Or the Sabbath dinner, and Ee and bis anily enjoy the ozone and the freedom U f beach, park aud sand dunes. If he 2 hOoSes. he may live there the week :! hrUugh, as Captain Daley does. The H aptaln ls Q gentleman of prominencs nd education. who found himself few ears back broken in health and out of ocket. There was a bit of a hut set out n the edge Of the ocean which he ob- lined leave 10 occupy, believing that be fresh, free air of the Pacific was en- fC owed with healing virtues which the fl Cf the city proper did not h 0ssess- An invalid vertically, though al lung iu spirit, be made the hut bis ol and ever since he has waxed 4 rung and hearty, regaiGed his lost Q, 12lJh and secured new lease of life " he little cabin has been transformed st 10 quaint residence oInamented with cs "a srQlls q the sea. Behind it are aczed up timbers and shells and cocoa. It hEs1S and iunUmerable other srti- es O1 hOrsa-n and jetsam. A dining oE om has been scoOped out of the sands h ld around the walls grow flowers so 1t T. ls the collection of bottles you O4 u look at with the deepest interest TO 'ch an array of bottles standing in or cry corner and bTasure of the estsb- Cl hment, every one of them picked uI
 the captain in his morning tramp lng the great, broad beach, which rvcs in shining reaches away to Lake m, arced! He will tell you of the charm ial life on the CCeGr shore and assure we . that the sea fogs have their abiding do lee not on tEe water $ edge, but amid 3 chimney pots of the city. He will scanJ to you of renewed vitality ano -g2Dc- Ct spirits gained from the ses he .aza San Erzncisco Wave to