The San Francisco call., 1906-09-13
PLANS FOR GREAT
NORTH SIDE
TERMINAL.
Sixty Blocks of Land on
Water Front Near Pre-
sidio Involved in Big Deal
SCHEME TO SHUT
OUT OTHER ROADS
Southern Pacific Is After
Monopoly of Railroad Fa-
cilities on Peninsula s End

cilities on Peninsula s End
The coming to San Francisco Of Mrs.
Hermann Oelrichs, who arrived from
New York last evening, has to do with
things other than the contesting Of her
husbands viii. Primarily the purpose
OF Mrs Oelrichs Western trip, which
was contemplated before her husbands
death. is TO confer with local people
regarding a big realty deal in which
1t is reported that E. H Hartman Of
the Southern Pacific Company is deeply
concerned It is the sale of sixty
blocks Of property on the northern
boundary Of the city. commanding one
OF the most valuable pieces of water
frontage on the bay and forming q key
10 q transportation situation that
would be OF incalculable advantage 10
Hartman in his coming battles with
Gould and Ripley and possibly Hill for
future supremacy on the san Francisco
peninsula
Mrs Oelrichs has received an offer
Of sI20O.OOe for this piece Of prop
erty, which is her only remaining large
holding Of the original Fair estate.
Seemingly having prohted to a great
extent by her recent transactions in
san Francisco. in which it is generally
believed that she was III advised and
did not realize as handsomely as she
might have had she been wiser in the
matter Of realty values, it is said that
she refused 10 accept the offer until
she had come West and personally
looked over the situation and become
more thoroughly advised as TO the
real value Of the property over which
the real estate firm seems so anxious.
WORTH HIGHER FIGURE.
IN fact it is said that Mrs. Oelrichs
has been advised by friends that her
North Beach property is worth nearer
S3.500.OOO than the figure offered her.
and having gained an inkling as to the
purpose Of the offer and the identity
OF the real buyers. she is holding of in
anticipation Of a higher bid. which may
come from one of the other railway
companies or some private individual
or firm.
The sixty blocks OF property lie
along the water front, taking in the
area between the gas works on the
east and the Fulton Iron Works on
the west, where it adjoints the Gov
ernment reservation. In laying his
wires for the requirement of the Fair
property Hartman has in view plan
for another railroad gateway into San
Francisco. and one that will more
quickly reach the business portion of
new san Francisco and improve his
position against competition in Sc
curing the bulk OF the Government
business emanating at the Preside.
His first move in this undertaking
was several months ago. when he
caused the purchase of the old Fon-
tana warehouse at the foot of Van
Ness avenue and followed this UP by
his petition TO the Board Of Super
visors two weeks ago for permission
10 build strip of track from the
westerly end OF the Belt road on TO
the Government reservation facing on
Lyon street 1t has been given out
that this strip Of rails was needed to
further his desire TO handle Govern
ment freight by making his line prac-
tically an extension of the Belt road
Many suspected that Hartman was
trying TO secure the right of way to
thwart the plans Of other railroads to
get a spur track 10 the Preside, and
his legal representatives here have by
their silence since then permitted this
idea 10 be believed.
BIG TERMINAL PLANNED.
But Harriman's plan is Of greater
magnitude. With Mrs. Oelrichs' water
front property in his possession he
VIII transform il into a big terminal
point and viii then commence building
in southwesterly direction toward
his main coast line. using the rights
ot way he already has at Ingleside to
aid him in carrying out his scheme.
To accomplish this he will obtain a
right Of way through the Spring VAL
ley Water Company's property that
ad3oins the Fair land and forms the
westerly boundary Of Golden Gate
Park. which he expects TO cross by
means OF tunnel, as the Ocean Shore
road has been figuring on doing. On
the southerly side OF the park he will
meet his rails at Ingleside, which were
originally laid, so the public thought.
for the convenience Of the Tacetrack.
and over these he will find an outlet on
the Coast line