The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-19
NOT APPEALED TO BY BEAUTY.
ON TOWN StTISFTES SiN FIRM
CISCO PROPERTY OH NERS.
Committee Has Little Hope Of Waking New
city the Picture Place az the Globe
Few Are wiling to Give Up Their
Land for New and Wide streets.

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Few Are WILING to Give Up Their
Land for New and Wide streets.
San Francisco, May s.-The COMMITTEES
on Identification of the new San Francisco,
which has been considering the Durham
plans, the opening OF new streets and WIDEN
ing the old ones, ia beginning to discover
that San Francisco property owners have
little sympathy with fethe sthetic yearnngs
of the progressive citizens who want to
make this the picture city Of the globe.
The committee feels that it must have
the whole hearted support of the masses
or that the great opportunity tn at knocks
but once at any door will be lost to all pos
terity. A member Of this committee, dis
GUESSING the subject this morn ing, said:
Il believe that if it were possible TO re-
build the city in twenty-four hours each
property o wner would go back to his pos
sessions and reproduce there the oondi-
lions that existed before
This tatement shows the tire nd of muir
murings which the committee fee Is Will
eventually terminate I'M roar. The prop
erty owner has not yet awakened to the
fact that the old has passed away and that
il h is allowed to carry out his own private
desires the new would probably be even
worse than the old.
This city and Oakland got q slight shak-
ing up at SIS o'clock last night, but no
damage was lone and the people were
not even scared. A. San Jose there was
some excitement, due principally to the
fact that the nerves Of the people have not
ouieted down since the big trembler of
April IL. No loss was suffered and the
excitement quickly subsidized.
Capt. F. L.. Vim, who has charge of
statistics Of casualties, reports that the
present list of identified dead includes
PTS names. In addition to this 1876 I'M
identified bodies nave been found and
buried, making a total of 400. He is keep
ing a list of missing, but considerable diff
ficulty has been encountered in obtaining
ANYTHING accurate enough to be of value.
Only four cases of death by shooting
have been reported, those of Meyers, Rior-
dan, Tilden and an unidentified man.
The first friction in the administration of
relief has appeared. 1t has taken the form,
however, of a controversy of compliment.
The army considers that the civil authori-
ties are ~abundantly able to handle the stu
alton without military aid, On the other
side the citizens are equally insistent that
there is nothing like the army, and that II
would be impossible to get along without
its services for more than a month to come.
So the matter stands.
That the intersection Of California and
Montgomery streets VIII continue to be the
financial centre Of California IL assured
In another week all, or Iearly all, the COM
mercial banks will have taken up quarters
in their old homes, ard some of them are
already 80 located. This means that other
kinds OF business VIII follow the banks, ana
san Francisco will soon be rebullt on the
same lines of financial and commercial sub
division that obtained before the cataclysm.
The famous Palace Hotel is to be rebuilt
on lines modern and magnificent enough
10 match the great Paramount now IN proc
ess OF completion on Mob Hill, The new
Palace will cover the entire site OF the old
structure and will be ten stories high.
MANY of the general agents OF trans
cont mental and Eastern lines, whose Offices
helped to form what had come to be widely
known as Railroad row, have received
assurance from Col. John c. kirkpatriok,
managing director of the estate, that they
can nave their old locations in the new build
ing. The ruins of the Palace Hotel present
one OF the most pathetic pictures to be found
in the burned district. Not a vesti ge of
ANYTHING infammable remains within the
bare brick walls. The beautiful palm
garden. which had become known as one. OF
the hotels chief attractions and which
helped to advertise 1t all over the world,
is a mere ash pile.
The insurance companies have begun
to settle with policyholders. So far $l8O, 900
has been paid out since the fire. The delay
that has caused some inconvenience and
| much criticism will no longer embarrass
| claimants. 1t is expected that by the
end of this month the greater part of the
u~ndisputed claims will have been settled.
There ia still a question about the pay
ment of larger risks because of the diff
Guilty of adjustment. To overcome them
il has been agreed among them and the
underwriters that where insurance is divided
three adiusters shall be selected to deter
mine the extent of losses. This arrange
ment will expedite settlements.
Insurance Commissioner Myron Wolf
a few days ago addressed communications
10 the commissioners of other States ask
, ing their influence and cooperation in So
curing prompt and fair settlements of losses
here. He is receiving replies from many
| Of these officials, promising their moral
support. Y