The San Francisco call., 1906-06-05

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In the State building the committee
would house the Supreme Court, Has
tings College of Law. District Court of
Appeals. Attorney General. Railroad
Commission, Insurance Commissioner.
Fish and Game Commissioners. Bank
and Building and Loan Commissions
and other State officials, making a to-
tai of twenty-five departments for this
structure.
STATE NEEDS BUILDING.
The committee is of the opinion
that in time the State will be saved a
great deal of money by the use of one
building for all its various depart
ments which must have their head
quarters in San Francisco. At the
present time the State is forced to rent
offices all over the city at a large cost
These offices are scattered, and none
of them can possibly be convenient
to the others under the present ar
rangement, whereas if building is
erected all the departments will be
located under one roof. and then the
work will be found much easier and
time, labor and expense saved the
State.
The committee, after careful study
of the proposition. has come to the
conclusion that all the municipal
buildings could be erected upon a
space of land occupying about three
blocks. This land can be acquired for
about s2.0O0,OO0 and this sum read
lily raised by the sale of the present
sites of the City Hall, Hall of Justice
and smaller holdings of the city that
will not be needed.
The buildings will cost in the neigh
borhood Of about S3.500,000 accord
ing to the conservative estimates made
by the committee members, all of
whom are experts in construction as
well as the valuation of land.
COMMITTEE TO CONTINUE.
After Chairman Frank Shea made
known to the general committee that
his plans were ready Mayor Schmitz
announced that he did not intend to
discharge the reconstruction commit
tee, but instead he intended to in
crease it from forty to one hundred
members. Here the Mayor took oc-
casion to thank all the members of
the committee for the good work they
had done. In. part he said:
Gentlemen. I will take this occa-
sion to thank you one and all for
what you have done for the city of
San Francisco. 1 want you TO con-
! tinue- We need you and feel that
we cannot get along without your
services. I want you to work with
the municipality, and if the latter does
not act in accordance with your views
1 want you to raise your voices in
protest We have not been daunted
by the great problem that faces us,
| and neither shall we. 1 want each and
every one of you to continue and do
in the future what you have done in
the past. 1 shall increase this COM
mittee to 100 members soon, so that
we can do even more work.
The Mayors remarks were received
with a thunder of applause. He was
followed by Gavin McNab and DIR.
Devine of the National Red Gross.
he had dared to interfere with the
reconstruction committee, but he de-
sired to raise his voice and thank each
one of the members for the noble
work they had done. He paid a high
compliment to the committee.
WILL MAKE ESTIMATES.
A resolution introduced by Bart
nett and explained by Polk was adopt
ed giving the finance committee of the
reconstruction committee power to act
in conjunction with the Mayor. City
Engineer and special board of ap-
praisers to be appointed by the Mayor
to figure on future costs and esti-
mates of plans for the work of recon
structing the city. This work will be
taken up as soon as the Mayor sees fit
will likely be very soon. as a fnal re-
port is desired at once.
The Mayor took occasion to read
for the benefit of the committee an ex-
tract relating to the fearful fire that
destroyed a large portion of the city
of London in the year 1866. He told
of how many noted architects and
engineers of that time had prepared
plans for the widening of streets and
the general Identification of the city
and presented them to the King. Bui
they all fell through on account of the
selfshness and avarice of certain prop
erty owners, and the city was built or
it's old site and the work of beautih-
cation defeated and abandoned
II want the members of this com.
nittee to take warning from thi:
lesson said his Honor 1--WE will
have chance to profit by the mis-.
takes made in London Certain ava
ricious busoness men and propert,
! owners in this city are doing the sans
thing at the present time We mus
defeat their efforts. We have the
chance now, and we must work ac-
cording to the best plans"
The Superior Judges are dissatisfied