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surrounding space in the motion Of
gladsomeness?
Could he find In Leslie NJ. Shaw" a
spirit of comely manliness that cap
lures all who come in contact with
him? Could he personify optimism In
that hand and exclatm Behold Shaw?
Could he find in james Wilson"
fatherly instinct to inspire the express
sion. Bless you. my boy. HOw's your
crops?' with the presence of the kind
ly nature and the gentle disposition
that naturally must accompany such a
greeting?
Does "Elihu Root exhibit in its ex-
ecution the power OF mentality back of
IL. with a bit of coldness in the strokes
that would indicate a want of warmth
in the writer?
Does the disjOining OF strokes In the
Moody writing indicate any disjoining
in the makeup Of the individual or
show any weakness in any OF his opin-
ions?
Does the distorting OF Cortelyou's
signature indicate any distortion in the
ciean-cut Individual?
So his glance at the official family
chfrography is but a passing com
ment upon the variety of style which
being crude in its way. indicates not
in the least any want whatsoever OF
strength in the mental caliber that
gives to the President much OF his
courage In coping with the varied sub
jeets at home and abroad that natur-
ally occupy the attention of himself
and his chosen advisers.
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State in few weeks. and no time will
be lost in tearing them down.
When the seawall has been built
across where these wharves now stand
and the reclaimed land filled in, new
wharveS will be constructed, and TO
these the vessels now loading and dis
charging at Beale and Fremont street
wharves will be assigned. Beale and
Fremont street wharves will next be
torn down and replaced by new piers
running out in a direction to conform
with the new contour of the water
front and built on modern lines Wharf
by wharf the work will be continued
until the seawall extension meets East
street, where the first event on the
programme of reform ends
The newswharves will have an aver
age length of $50 feet. They will be
built on reinforced concrete cylinders
which are teredo-proof and practically
everlasting, and the superstructure
will bes as substantial as heavy tim
bers and steel braces can make it.
In building the new, ,wharves the pur-
pose for which each is to be used will
be considered, as in the case of the
new Pacific Mail wharves.
The Pacific Mail Company, in consid-
Grafton of it's lease, was allowed to
make its own plans One Of these new
wharves is double decker. There are
sunk tracks on both piers and in every
other way they are arranged for the
expeditions and economical handling of
the enormous cargoes that come and
go between here and the Orient over
the Hartman lines.
When all the extending has been
done and every wharf is connected
with the belt railroad the question of
equipment will be taken up.
In freight handling equipment this
port is where it was many years ago
That freight can be handled more ex-
peditiously than in days gone by is due
to the superior equipment with which
the modern steamship is provided. On
the new water front will be cranes fo.
handling great weights that now are
moved only after extensive and special
preparations have been made. The
Santa Fe has such a crane in It's Main
street yard, but only available for lift
ing material between cars and trucks.
When an unusual weight has to be
placed on shipboard or removed there
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tion will be made up of men who know.
The first sign of this approaching read
justment can be seen in the already be
gun plan for the remodeling of the
water front BY the time that plan
has been carried out other and more
ambitious plans will be ripe for eNecu-
ton and some day, not too far distant
for this generation to enjoy, the port
of San Francisco will come into It's
own as the possessor not only OF the
finest harbor in the world, but one Oh
the best equipped ports
The sum of s2.OOO.Ooo has been set
aside for the first step in the remodel
ing of the water front. The aims OF
this plan are TO straighten out the un-
necessary and inconvenient jogs and
curves between Folsom Street and the
new Pacific Mail wharves; the CON
struction of a wide, well-bulit road
way sweeping without break or inter
ruption from Meiggs Wharf TO the
channel; the reconstruction of nine
wharves and the building of four ad-
ditional wharves and the installation
of modern facilities for the rapid and
economical handling of freight
Later on the road around the water
front will be extended to Fort Mason
and the wharf space proportionately
increased. A railroad will belt the
water front and on nearly every wharf
l viii be spur tracks. mere Will DC
other spurs from the belt line to the
warehouses so that freight can be dis
charged directly into the cars and
moved; without rehandling to the
warehouses and other points of dis
tribution away from the water front.
In this way the whRrves viii serve
the purpose for which they were in
tended Night time will see them clear
OF freight, which now sometimes lies
around for weeks. Their usefulness
: will be increased many fold and the
danger of fire reduced to minimum.
The new water front roadway will
/ be built on the extension of the sea-
wall for the construction of the first
section of which contracts have been
/ let. This new seawall is to be 200 feet
wide and the specifications call for a
structure of permanent solidity. Some
day the seawau may wear. a concrete
face, but for the time being great
1 powders. held in place by their own
weight must serve. San Francisco has
I a long walk before il overtakes ports
equipped like Liverpool London and
/ Hamburg; ii must hustle to earn the
right of comparison with Hongkong,
and even the made to-order Mexican
/ port Of Salina Cruz. which will be bet
/ ter known in a year or so than it is
now, can show as much to hurt our
pride. The main thing, however, is to
get started in the right direction, and
/ this is where the work now under way
will lead
Keeping in touch with what other
ports are doing is an occupation to be
! recommended to those whose admira-
\ tion for our beautiful harbor has
blinded them to the shortcomings of
| the ports equipment.
When we feel an inclination to swell
with pride at the thought of spending
a whole s2,0OO,00O for remodeling part
of the water front let us remember
that only a few days ago the Mersey
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Uncle Peter is one of the gamest little
chunks of humanity that ever looked
the world in the eye, but when he
heard the edict put forth by Dr. Osler
the old man went overheard with a
splash.
He was Under water long time.
He thought the Bogey Man had him
for sure.
Uncle Peter felt that 1T would no
longer be possible for him to pass a
drug store without some young fellow
rushing out with a handkerchief full
of chloroform and yelling: Here. you
old chestnut! here's where you get 1T In
the nosei
In the dark watches of the night
Uncle Peter used to wake up covered
with cold perspiration, because he had
dreamed that Doc Osler was pounding
him on the bald spot with baseball
bat after having poured hair dye all
over his breakfast food.
At last Uncle Peter got so nervous
advised him to write to the doctor.
Ask him IL he won commute your
sentence because you live in the coun-
try and are a commuter," l suggested.
The doctor replied to Uncle Peter at
once, and / will try to translate his let
ter from Johns Hopkins into pure Eng
lish, as near as can remember:
Johns Hopkins, Today.
Dear Uncle Peter--When 1 cut loose
with the observation that men were all
in at 40 and rauss rnittim at so kept
several exceptions up my sleeve
THE exceptions include you, Uncle
Peter, and myself also.
"It could not apply In your case, I'm
Gle Peter, because have known you
since we lived together In Baltimore
many moons ago. and realize that
the wears have only improved you, I'm
Gle Peter and that today you are big
ger shine than you ever were.
"One point about my observation
which seems to have escaped the eyes
of the general public, but which you
suggest so delicately in your letter.
Uncle Peter, will be found in the beau
tiful words OF the poet who says:
"'Some advertisement now and then
Is needed by the greatest menr
Don't mention 1t, Uncle Peter. for
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Docks and Harbor Board set aside $25,-
100000 for improving the equipment Of
one dock at Liverpool.
A look beyond our own little horizon
might be productive of a becoming
modesty and determination to get in
line with the rest of the world as rap
idly as possible.
Liverpool built her magnificent docks
in the face of engineering difficulties
builder knows nothing What has been
done on the shifting sands of the swift
flowing Mersey or on the ooze of the
river Clyde can be done here, where
the obstacles in the way are nothing
in comparison. What has been done
elsewhere will be done here if the
spirit now manifested in the local ship
ping world does not waver.
The new thoroughfare around the
water front will be a continuation of
East street, which now ends at Folsom,
but which, when the seawall extension
has been completed, will sweep in a
gentle curve as far as Berry street.
All the present wharves between the
army transport wharf and the new
Pacific Mail docks will be torn down
to make way for the great rock break
water. Where the line of the seawall
cuts a corner the inclosed angle will
be filled in, and in this way nine large
lots Will be added to the States prop
erty along the water front
The fire of April is divided the city
into three commercial divisions Out
on Fillmore street the retail business
of the metropolis is being carried on.
In the devastated area the rebuilders
are busy carting away the city that
was and laying the foundations for
the metropolis of tomorrow Combined
with the work of reconstruction the
rebuilders are holding together their
business in temporary headquarters in
order that the business world may not
acquire the Fillmore street habit to the
exclusion of what before April IS was
the trade center.
on the water front the shipping COM
munity is taking care of the commerce
of the port, upon which the city's pros
perity depends.
finished, the three parts will merge
as before, and San Francisco will find
herself not only ready to do business
at the old stand, but provided with all
the business she can do.
A large fleet of tramp steamers load
ed with reconstruction material is now
afloat, headed for the Golden Gate AS
the vessels of this fleet arrive their
cargoes must be discharged with ex-
pedition, and for this reason the work
of remodeling the water front will be
done in sections.
The first extension will be built from
the new Pacific Mail wharves in a
northerly direction. The old wharves
now occupied by the Hartman cor
porauon will be turned over TO the
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When the elevators start running
IN the new buildings of Greater San
Francisco and the particles OF debris,
now wantoning on the afternoon
breeze, 10 the ruinatiOn Of eyes and
the fattening OF the google trust are
all anchored in solid concrete or held
captive in the moisture Of honestly and
salt watered streets the men who per-
formed the miracle in the devastated
area may ind. time 10 visit the water
front. II the plans now in contempla-
tion are carried out and the money for
part OF the work is already available,
they VIII find that while they toiled up
town others were lsboring with similar
purpose along the citys eastern fringe.
They will find Greater San Francisco
with a remOdeled water front.
The fire which started April IS and
burned out the heart Of the city swept
the grain and lumber wharves along
the northern end Of the eaWall The
part destroyed was TO have been re-
built anyway and its destruction in no
degree crippled the ports machinery
for handling the commerce that flows
through the Golden Gate.
In six months every sign OF April s
visitation should have been obliterated
as FAR as the water front is concerned.
simultaneously with the work of re-
work Of remodeling viii be started and
viii not cease until the last of the many
changes contemplated in the plan for
a greater water front shall have been
completed.
When the gods scooped out the basin
inside the Golden Gate they were in
liberal mood and in their benehcence
gave san Francisco probably the great
est harbOr in the world. If the gifts
from Olympus had been less liberal.
however, San Francisco's water front
would probably have been in less need
OF remodeling than IL is today. The
gods gave everything and the mortals
accepted the gifts of unlimited anchor
age, several miles OF navigable harbor
and security from storm and let it go
at that
Or very nearly so.
What nature did for the port Of San
Francisco is uneQualed in the world
And in no harbor Of San Franciscos i'm
portance has man done less in the way
OF making provision for handling the
tide Of commerce attracted this way by
the ports magnificent approaches, both
by sea and land.
But all that belongs to the days be-
fore the fire. The calamity that tore
down the work OF decades has only
aroused TO greater effort the spirit OF
the men who lost and their splendid
SAduApAS mas aCLeO as a spur TO the am
bition Of those directly concerned with
the local shipping interests.
In the past, as the result of the un-
fortunate plan on which the States
political machinery is constructed, the
men most interested in the problem OF
properly eouipping the port, the men
whose views from practical experience
would have been most valuable, have
had no voice In its management. They
have taken what was given them and
made the most of IL.
That also is OF the ante-confiagra-
ton period.
Hereafter, no matter what the calibel
and complexion of the official mana gers
of the water front, the shipping world
is going 10 have voice in the delibera-
tions OF the State administration and
by and by the whole marine administra-
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what / tell you is confidential, Dut DO
you know that my little bunch OF re-
marks, which cost me nothing anyway
because 1 was invited to the banquet,
have given me more widespread adver-
tisement than Andy Carnegie can get
for eighteen public libraries?
"You know, Uncle Peter. there Is
nothing in the world go easy to make
stand up on its hind legs as the gem
eral public IL you just go after 1t right.
But the trick Is, Uncle Peter. to
know what to say and when TO say it.
Look at my case and then tell me IL
it wasn't UP to me to emit rave.
There was, just about to leave my
native land to go to Oxford and become
the squeegee professor In the knowl-
edge Factory and be all swallowed up
in the London fog, but nobody seemed
to miss me before went away.
IT began to feel lost. lonely and for
gotten, like a Vice President OF the
United States.
saThen came the banquet Uncle Pc
ter. ana like a flash the Inspiration
came to me and I arose in my seat and
said: Ladies and gentlemen. after a
man reaches the age Of 40 he is a sell
dom -happener, and after he gets to the
age of so he is a dead rabbit and it's
the woods for his
What was the result. Uncle Peterg
Every man in the world felt that
was his personal insult
Every man over 40 listened to what
I said and began to yell for the police;
and every man under 40 realized that
he would be over 40 some day, so he
began to look for a rock TO throw at
me.
IT had them. going and. coming.
Then the newspapers heard about 1t
and where formerly in their columns
was nothing but dull and harmless war
news, my picture began to blossom
forth like the flowers that bloom in the
spring. ira La
Pretty soon, Uncle Peter. every man.
woman and child In the world began to
know me and 1 couldn't walk out in
the public streets without being snap
shotted or bowed to, or barked at, ac-
cording to the age Of those present.
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commodations for all comers. Once
alongside the wharf her cargo viii oe
discharged rapidly and delivered to the
cohsignee in good condition If she Is
to take freight from here. that, too,
will be placed on board with dispatch.
and If by any mischance. either on her
way in or way out of this harbor, the
vessel should get into trouble, compe-
tent assistance will be sent TO her with
out loss OF time, and il she has sus-
tained damage San Francisco snip
builders will care for her injuries and
send her away in as good condition as
when she left her home port.
In spite Of all that is lacking. how
ever, San Francisco is still the great
est port on the Pacific, and her position
as such is unassailable. There are few
bigger steamships in the world than
the Hartman liners Manchuria and
Mongolia Great as is their draft when
loaded, they can enter and leave port
at any stage OF the tide. They can be
taken into their berths at the Pacific
Mail wharf as easily at low water as
at high tide. They bring from the
Orient and carry from here immense
eargoes, which are handled with sum-
Client celebrity to allow the liners to
keep In tune with a schedule which
rarely allows more than a week In
port.
With the modern facilities afforded by
the new Pacific Mall WharVeS. which
will be used in a few weeks, all this
will be done with greater ease and at
| less expense.
The Great Northern Steamship Com
pany's liners Dakota and Minnesota,
types OF the largest vessels ahoat. were
handled here as easily as the Man
\ churia and Mongolia. and San Fran
acfsce harbor and the wharves that
skirt the city front are capable Of car
ing for even greater ships.
Z For Greater San Francisco. however.
nothing will be good enough but a.
water front in keeping wa her mag
lnificent harbor, and when she has that
the native chest may with some show
/ of reason swell with patriotic pride.
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facilities. The want of such a plant on
this coast has been seriously felt on
many occasions. That want will soon
be filled. "a
The owner of the big .freighter that
visits Greater San Francisco can send
his vessel here with the assurance that
until doeked, she will lie securely an
ehored in the safest harbor in the
world. He may be sure that she will
waste little time lying at anchor. for
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John Henry Regarding Great Men.

"Of course, we all know Uncle Pe-
ter, that my theory has wormhoIes all
over II. but didn't I make good?
We do not need a book OF history
to tell US that Julius Caesar was over
40 before he ever saw the base Of Pom
pey's statue; that Brutus and Cassius
were over 40 before they saw a chance
10 carve their initials on Caesars wish
bone; that Cleopatra was over 40 be-
fore she saw snakes; that Carrie Ma
ton was over 40 before she could
hatchet barroom and put the boots 10
the rum demon: that Mrs. Chadwielx
was over 40 before she opened a
bank account: that Jonah was over
40 before he saw a whale; that Presi-
dent Roosevelt was over 40 before he
saw self-folding lion; that Kuropat
kin was over 40 before he learned TO
make nve retreats grow where only
one grew before; that George WASH
ington was over 40 before he was
struck with the idea of making val1av
Irge winter resort and so fortn
and so forth. world without end.
But these suggestions only prova
the rule. Uncle Peter. and the rule h.
this:
Some advertisement now ana .h.
is relished by the greatest menr
Don't worry. Uncle Peter. bocau..
you are getting to be a has-was
You may do something In your o1s
age which will make people think 1es.
Of you than they do n6w-you nevs-
can tell.
with these few words I win 1a.
you. Uncle Peter; wishing Won as ro,,,.s
age In the future as you have had a.
the past Yours with love. -
WILLIAM OSLER"
After getting this letter Uncle Pa,a-
began TO breathe easier and two Sav.
later he was quite able to resist 80
desire TO crawl under the bed every
time bottle OF soothing svrnn
rived from the drug store.
Togo hasn't replied as yet. but rrrc,.
Peter expects postal card or a handS
painted fan in every mail.
tcoDyright. 1905. by G. W. ,Diilinxhsr,
Company.
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from now resource must be had to the
riggers and their shear legs unless ar
rangements can be made to use the
cranes at some of the iron works.
While the shipping world is spurring
the State administration to greater eff
fort, the underwriters are gradually
getting together a wrecking plant for
use all along this coast. A modern
wrecking plant is as much part of the
equipment of modern pore as good
wharves and proper freight-handling
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II handwriting is a gesture of the
mind" great minds should be capable
Of extraordinary gestures" Cabinets,
evidently, are not selected for hand
writing. as is apparent in the Presi-
dents official family at the present
time Thinkers have always been too
busy making thought to bestow atten-
tion upon the method of expressing II
IN writing. So the art itself Of chirog-
raphy has received little attention from
the student OF the higher professions,
says Colonel Edwin B. Hay, handwrit-
ing expert.
IT was said OF Horace Greeley that he
could not read his copy for editorials.
and rewrote oftentimes sentences that
he could not translate, though written
by himself.
The elder Choate also enjoyed the
reputation Of possessing the faculty of
using unintelligible characters in his
writing.
President Roosevelt himself writes
very plainly. but in an uncultivated
and student hand, which compares more
with that Of Andrew Johnson than al
most that Of any other President.
II may be said without doubt that Mr..
Roosevelt is the most versatile, most
accomplished, most scholarly and the
most mercurious of Presidents, but ii
Is easily TO be observed tnat handwrit-
his accomplishments. His signature
itself would be a disappointment to
those who would expect something
greater from a man in a great position
II is not TO the thing said IN the above
exhibit OF script that this glance is d.
rected, but 10 the script itself. as the
expression "a square deal for every
man" viii live in the minds OF Amer
ican people long after the hand that
penned IL is stilled forever. The hand
writing possesses individuality; that
must be admitted But IL shows neither
strength nor beauty.
II is simply plain writing, and very
plain at that. IT has no pretension to
being anything more than the means of
expressing thought. IT has nothing of
statesmanship abou, II, and, being
without cultivation. savors purely OF
the hoi polloi. Yet who would not like
20 have a real signature of Theodore
Roosevelt. even in its plainest style, to
q certificate Of appointment to some Of
fetal position2
General Grant made a strong sigma
ture, but among the Presidents James
A. Garfield was the best penman that
ever executed the signature of Presi-
dent, and his handwriting was a wide
departure from that Of Mr.. Roosevelt
John Hay wrote somewhat like Mr..
Lincoln.
THE CABINET SCRAWIS.
Our present Cabinet is composed of
men OF thought and action, and so
capable are they OF coping with the
various trying topics OF. the day per-
tanning to national affairs that IL would
be impossible for the graphologist to
read the character of any one of them
by his handwriting.
Knowing each of them personally as
do. and being familiar with the
pleasant features and some of the per-
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sonal characteristics of the individuals.
1t would not be to my purpose to judge
either of them by the combination of
lines and spacings and Jennings in the
formation of letters that make up
either signature or script work. None
of them excels in the art of hand
writing.
The strongest. most uniform and
smoothest work is that of Mr.. Taft
who. when in comparison with his
Cabinet brothers. might be called the
King of the Quill"
Next in order of uniformity and
strength of stroke is that of Mr.. Root
whose hand is given to the angular
system. though it is not as clearly de-
fined as the writing of his brothers in
the Cabinet.