The San Francisco call., 1906-07-05
GREATEST MUL TITUDE EVER AT PARK
OBSERVES THE FOURTH THERE.
Thousands Of Children Sing National Anthems
at the Stadium Before Vast Throng.
SPEECHES AND ATHLETICS LEADING, FEATURES

buildings were not of conspicuous
merit or of great value. There was, In
fine, nothing destroyed which cannot
speedily be replaced. The best resi-,
buildings are practically undamaged.
The wharves remain. Such monuments
as we have stand firmly upon their
pedestals and there Is no reason TO
doubt that within a few years a newer
and better-built city will rise upon the
ruins of the old.
THE CTTY,S NUCLEUS.
We have a working capital in what
remains and from that important nu-
lowlands and the highlands with sur
prising avidity, responding to the call
of commerce and trade. IT is. far bet
ter than to have commodious houses
and extensive docks calling for bust
ness, mes The necessity Of q metropolis is
tensive and varied wealth of this rich
est of lands. highly developed after
nifty years of discovery, enterprise and
work of exploitation and experimental
ton, crowned as they have been with
accomplishment and success, looks to
the bay of San Francisco for It's mart
and emporium, and Inevitably must the
city rise to. meet an existing demand.
The water front has been spared from
the ravageS OF the fiames and the ships
of the world as in the stirring days
of old, will revisit the port In increas
ing numbers to supply the newly Great
ed needs. Tremendous activity Will
mark the next decade and the spirit
of the pioneer will find a field much
San Francisco of 1919, when the world
place of inexperience1 and the proved
value of this historic site silences
doubt and hesitation. Confidence is
plant of slow growth and confidence
in San. Francisco is an accomplished
fact, A sturdy tree has grown where
the good herb found but feeble nour
ishment in the sand dunes of the early
city. We know now what Sam Fran
cisco is capable of producing and in
the absolute belief in it's capacity for
the firm expectation of reaplng an
abundant harvest.
The associations of the past are q
dear possession, but the spirit Of the
age brooks no looking backward. The
affection which San Francisco has in
pspired has caused friends to rise UP In
all parts Of the world and their sym
as, you well know, it was helpful and
ubstantial. But the good will of the
world is no mean endowment with
San Francisco found pleasure in its
hospitality and was never happier
than when welcoming soldier and ci-
the potentates of commerce and indus
try within it's gates; and they, in turn,
sang its praises, participated in it's
joyous illt anu IOunQ III 1t an dLIlOS-
phere unknown to other places.
THE FUTURE CITY.
Now in the rebuilding of the city we
must have care for the character of
our guests. We must not be staggered
by the sudden blow and plead the ne
cessfty for haste against our manifest
duty to reconstruct the. city on correct
lines. We do not live for bread alone.
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whose tops enchanting views of land
and bay and sea give unique distinc-
tion to our peninsular location. Broad
avenues should bind all parts of our
city. together, SO that traffic may be
facilitated and convenience and pleas
ure enter into our daily lives. The en-
tertainment of the stranger must not
be overlooked in the construction of
hotels and stheaters and the improve
ment of our suburbs. The dignity and
subordfnated to false economy in the
construction of public works and in
the erection of municipal buildings.
We must realize that San Francisco Is
on the line OF the worlds travel the
chief port of the United States on Nthe
greatest of the worlds oceans. and we
must not now show ourselves unworthy
of the trust which nature and fortune
have put into our hands.
The singing Of Columbia, the Gem of
the Ocean," by the children, a benedic-
ton pronounced sby the Rt Rev. Bishop
Nichols. and the closing chorus of
AuleTlCd enueQ Ln0 literary exercises
and the morning half of the days pro-
gramme.s
The committee in charge of the ar
rangements was composed of Edwin w.
JOY, chairman; Samuel Fl. Beckett sec
retary; William Greer Harrison, treas
urer; Rev. George G. Adams, Charles
Boxton, Paul Cow1es. Daniel G. Cole
man, j. Munsell Chase, Al Coney, John
Elliott, T. Fitzpatrick. J. A. Keogh, j. j.
Kerrigan, William H Leahy, William
III. Metson, Kenneth Melrose, F. X. Me-
Carthy, Rev. j. Nieto. Rev Philip
ORyan, A. Roncovieri.- Captain p T.
Reilly, NJ L. Rosenfeld, G. M. Roy. H
V. Ramsdell, Joseph S. Tobfn. A. 3,
Treadwell, A. NJ Wilson, George w.
Wellington and Frank G. O'Kane