The San Francisco call., 1906-05-11

cisco are impatient to begin rebuild
ing. Already they are finding fault
with the insurance companies. In
ability to obtain building permits at
The remarkable unrest was shown at
meeting Of property-owners Of the
vicinity of Market and Kearny streets
yesterday: Many of them announced
. that they were ready to begin the
erection of tall structures forthwith.
The skyscraper is not to be tabooed.
according TO the reconstruction COM
Eaittee- The lessons Of the earthquake
taught that the high building is a safe
institution and it will be recommended
that no such restrictions be imposed
as has been proposed.
Hardness Of the insurance COM
panies and inability of downtown
property-owners to secure building
permits were the dominant subjects of
the meeting held yesterday forenoon
il the Chronicle building on Market
street. NJ. H. de Young was selected
g.; chairman, but he had little to DO,
the sentiment of the meeting upon the
upbuilding of the business district be-
ing unanimous.
James D. PheIan of the committee
appointed to interview the insurance
people reported verbally that the In
surance companies had decided to
establish their adjusting offices in
Oakland. with branch Offices in San
Francisco, the reason assigned being
that they could not get suitable loca-
tions or terms in this city and that
their records would be safer from fire
in Oakland
The committee urged them" said
Phelan. Ito bring their business back
to San Francisco, and assured them
that there were plenty of private resi-
dences in San Francisco in which their
records could be safely stored
On motion of Samuel knight it was
decided to appoint committee to re-
quest the fire insurance companies to
settle on this side of the bay and
to adjust all losses as promptly as cir
cumstances would permit The fol-
lowing were appointed on that com
nlittee:
Edward s. Rothschild, Samuel Han
cock, Walter E. Dean, David Rich and
J. NJ Curtis.
A discussion then followed upon the
matter Of building permits. The fol-
lowing announced that they were
ready to erect permanent structures.
but that they had been unable to Sc
cure building permits from the au-
| thorities:
M. Meyerfeld, on Orpheum site;
Minifee building, on O'Farren and
Powell streets; Adams building, north
east corner OF Sutter and Kearny
streets; Byron Mauzy building, on the
site of the old one; Phelan building:
Alta building. southwest corner of
Kearny and Bush stretes, by Senator
George c. Perkins; Schroth building.
kearny street, between Sutter and
Bush, and another on Union Square;
Marston building, northeast corner
kearny street and Hardie place:
Thurlow block. Kearny street; Bush
building. southwest corner of O'Far-
AtA SNCCb anu OdTlOS place, hOIn-
schild building, adjoining the new
Humboldt Bank; Starr Estate Com
pany. Stockton and O'Farrell streets;
Meyerstein building. Battery and
Bush streets; A. A. Moore Jr., south
east corner Of Market and First
streets; White House, Kearny street;
Frank Burke, northwest corner of
Kearny and Sutter streets, and twen-
ty-ive other buildings downtown by
other owners.
The following were appointed a COM
mittee on permits: A. A Moore Jr.
h. Maskey. W. J. Adams and
tarston.
wing were appointed a COM
-ess: Barclay Henley, VIII
'eorge z. Starr.
ing will be held in the
a. m. on Tuesday.
'ULD NOT BE
VS. COMMITTEE
the Class A
I Enforced,
reed.