The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-06

Panhandle. Building laws could b,
changed, he said, but another chanc,
would never be given to Law out the
city as it should be built.
1t is evidently the opportunity and
the duty of the citizens,o said Benia
min Ida Wheeler, ''to profit by the re
cent dispensatlons of Providence in
building up new and more beautiful
city. L am convinced that earthquake
sou Is good soil to dwell upon The
old earth IS engaged in building up a
coast range of hills and once in a while
she slips cog, which we must forgive.
we must build in accordance with the
son We live on. The shock is worse on
ailuVlai soil than on a rock foundation.
never appreciated so much the
magnificent situation of San Francisco
as today when / walked over it and
saw the rectangular slashes of streets
obiterated by the removal of disfigur-
ing buildings and the glorious, gentle
sweeps of the hills Offering themselves
TO contour gradients. | should like to
see Mob Hill made into a park and that
glorious view preserved for the people.
We should profit by experience and
avoid the mistake Baltimore made in
not widening streets and locating
parks
David A. Farquharson. introduced as
the Nestor of local architects, suggest
ed raising the grade in the district be-
tween Third street and the ferry. Mar
ket and Howard streets. He favored
making the steel frame buildings more
freproof by using metal frames to win
dows, abandoning wooden floors and
limiting frame buildings to two stories,
set fifteen feet back from the street,
with various other suggestions. A.
Aronson declared himself in favor of
class A buildings, and Ruef, who was
optimistic, said that he was in favor of
tall buildings.
Chairman Phelan said: FThere is
still work for the Adjournment Society
to do. This is magnificent oppor-
tunity for identifying San Francisco.
and [ believe that the property owners
will gladly cooperate, now that their
permanent improvements have beer
swept away. I am sure the city will
rise from its ashes greater, better and
more beautiful
He told how Paris had created the
boulevard ST. German through a squa-
lid district by buying a strip 500 or 700 |
feet wide and selling off the portion not
needed for the boulevard, at prices |
which paid not only for all the land but |
also for the cost of making the boule- |
ward. This might be done by San Fran
cisco if the laws could be amended.
H. A. Schultz, representing the archi-
tects, said that it was demonstrated |
that good buildings would withstand |
both fire and earthquakes. j. D. Gal
oway, representing the civil engineers,
Urged haste.
FThree architects three contractors
md an attorney, said Ruef, twill be
appointed on a committee to aid the
in revising the building
avs to report in two weeks
Tt was the desire of the Supervisors
aid James l. Gallagher, to make San
Francisco more beautiful city than it
yer had been. For that reason they
wanted to be sure that the first steps
we're right. He wanted streets and
,oulevards laid out first; but CONNER
ial needs were acute, and he urged the
reatest haste by committees. William
'urlett. City Engineer Woodward, E.
, Z. Troy and others also offered sug-
estions.