The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-17
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VpPH Vaf ~ Putle htteHeUs WeaUt'
san FRiycIsco, May W--The rebuilding
NJ San Francisco nov occupies the alton
ton ~ one ~ tho principal committees mp.
pointed by Mayor Sohmits A. Indicating
tho lew lines upon which the city 10 20 bs
recons, rIoted. recommendations 81 tho
COMMITTEES arr interesting for they will I'M
doubtely be carried out in an ordinance TO
bc adopted by tho Board Of Supervisors.
Ths principal recommendation IL that
no building shall be morc than two and one-
half times ~ high M the width Of tho street
upon which IL faces.
There Ia also to be n radical change In the
construction 81 theatres. The report OF
the subcommittee on this class Of strlc.
lures recommends that these buildings
lave steel frames, and that roofs and all
parts Of the essential framework be inter-
locked with the steel structure. The ex-
terror walls, OF brick or such other material
as may be selected, will have no functions in
future other than to keep out the elements
and give architectural attraotiveness. In
the past theatre roofs ave been supported
by exterior walls. The Majestic Theatre was
constructed in this manner and the earth
quake wrecked il, the walls falling outward
and letting the roof down through the build
ing.
On May 20, a week from next Monday,
all the savings banks in San Francisco will
open for business. This welcome news to
many working men and women has been
officially announced after a meeting of the
Savings Bank Association. Officials all
declare their banks in excellent condition
financially, and ready to pay all who de-
mand cash.
Commercial banks which have beer ac-
cepting special deposits and doing business
through the Clearing House have finally
decided to open for business next Wednes-
day.
A tour Of the city lying south OF Market
street as far as Valencia and embracing
the , Mission Park refugee camp, showed
FIVE kitchens, capable Of feeding from 300
to 400 persons each, were in shape to be
turned over this evening by Col. Febiger
to the Red Cross. AT each of the five
kitchens cooks n wait rs are ready to
begin operations as soon as the issue of
rations in these districts ceases. In adj
dition to the five kitchens ready to open.
kitchens are building at Golden Gate park
and on the Preside. When completed
these, together with the one at jefferson
square, will be able to take care of all who
arc ~" ucptiihtiit upOAt tx
Beginning next Monday Golden Gate
Park will have the most novel school ever
seen in California, and it would not be sur
prising il 1t turned out to be the most popu-
lar. Major McIver has agreed to establish
a vacation school in the park in tents pro-
vided by the army. The tents will be
equipped with apparatus and furniture.
Four Police Ma gistrates have resumed
their judicial duties, their courts being
on the second floor of the new Hall of Justice,
~.--1l I'LL Lilo E--l
q former classroom, which contains most
Of its educational para phernalia. Prisoners
are brought all the way from the Stanyan
street police station, which is the new city
prison. There is a sad dearth of stationery
and legal blanks, but impromptu material
is made to serve until labor saving paper
can be procured.
4 conservative estimate places the loss
sustained by the police department ct
$2s2, 1895. No account Is taken of destroyed
records, for in most cases it is impossible
to restore them, and equally as impossible
to estimate their value to the public service.