The San Francisco call., 1898-12-08

Reynolds by name-s5 if he would stretch a cable around the theater wall, but with the proviso that he would have to do SO on his own responsibility
 There are two iron girders on tba Mar Ket street side that weigh two tons each and IL will be necessary to crawl out on the me end or them to fasten the rope On the Ells street side there are several water tanks on shaking 1S-inch wall. ana ire IS not safe in that vicinity,
 VI, ,,sot mQrknen K yesterday afternoon located Mndt IS PI0DaDly another dead body near where Edlin's tailor store stood The spot IS about twenty feet away from the Wopld Wa5ket ce street front and the odor is what covered e bV beens beem a decayying body. It is an9 a VIII take some time to get at.
 filed bu boltp"iRg tp timely protests have been the SpgoIe rne Merchants' Association with
 "poA AVlsors ana Fire Commissioners:
 ro .,o SAN FRANCISCO, Dec '. 1SsS c,itv ens .ie honorable the Board of Supervisors S1,yn ana County of San Francisco-Gentlemen rom rom parties in business on Market street aSonnd @ the erection of any fence or obstruction seTre seeTTeIere with the customary travel upon the siSe%aIRs SectadR 6 contiguous thereto
 Sa board requires in the erection of any building be i'Iin the lire limits that sidewalk shall shall be conducted so that foot passengers shall iaat tase d Tree and unobstructed passage over at of fbe 'ne sda outer half of the official width ,,o- we would therefore. respectfully request ise I 1IInofapie @ board to grant no special prtvi ..9 .1seS ehat VIII permit of any additional inter ruption in the travel along this sidewalk on Market M street especially as this thoroughfare
 MERcHANTs' GssocIATf1oN'
 To the Honorable Board of Fire Commits sioners. City and County of San Francisco Gentlemen: number of complaints have been received at this office regarding the unusual delay in clearing the sidewalks fronting the Der 2S p-0pei'S ues'f0Seu Oy hre OH N0Vein-
 Twelve days have elapsed since the fire took place, and the ruins of the wall still stand Ing, as well as the debris resulting from the hre continue to obstruct the sidewalks, thus interrupting travel and seriously injuring busi- ness in that neighborhood.
 We would, therefore, respectfully request your honorable board to require the parties respon- abate the same speedily may be accom- plished under the powers possessed by your
 MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION.
 Baldwin has at last come to a definite conclusion as to what to do with the property upon which the, Baldwin Hotel stood. He declares he has decided to erect two-story building on the site paying particular attention to the stores along Market street and making them as good and commodious as anything in the city. The stores when finished will let for the highest rent on Market street while the ones on Powell and Ellis streets will bring in great deal more than the old hotel,
 With modern built stores along the three fronts he thinks the income will be sufficient to meet present obligations and leave a handsome margin besides. The second floor will be occupied just as soon as built. In that way no portion of the ground will be permitted to remain non- productive, except that small piece where the theater building stood, and even this will later be turned into rent-producing property.
 The expense of putting up the new building will be very small, as everything that can be utilized out of the hotel will la Jn fo ai1 ir,f I1nn ctr1,a fry, 1r4 smaller building. A brick and iron front with plate glass windows will be bunC, while the old bricks from the ruins wlll be made to serve as rear wall.
 Every door and window saved from the conflagration will be used in fitting up the second story of the new building, as also all of the posts, pillars, girders, etc, both of iron and wood, that can be util- ized
 With this building Lucky will con- tent himself until some purchaser comes along and offers him price for the entire lot. Then he will sell: but in no case, says Baldwin, will he ever build another hotel and theater on the lot
 In this he is positively determined. as he said: II am now too far advanced in years to undertake the erection of a build ing such as l would like to see stand on the old site that I loved so dearly. By the erection of the Baldwin Hotel twenty three years ago Market street assumed it's present commercial importance. Were it not for the erection of the hotel and theater on this block that (pointing to the Parrott building) would never have been built l consider the property on Mar ket street where the hotel stood worth fully 900 front foot, and it will bring these figures inside of very short period"
 When Baldwin sells the Market street property he will at the same time dis pose of all of his San Francisco holdings and retire to one of his country resi- dences to enjoy the balance of his days in peace. He is thoroughly disgusted with his San Francisco notoriety, where, he says. he has been held up as one of the blackest men on earth, while at the same time he tried in every way to advance the interests of the city by spending thou sands of dollars in improving property.