The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-04
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.,. u,, rhopas ihr rrrnham plans
NAV accept nrw pltn- ~ ~ j. most
.., tbev may modify tho Burnham
emitting tho mnrr r,rrnsive changns.
..., u tfrv he rity s puNe riv and great
arI .f..anF mead
.r., bpvrvsf rh,i 'hn oitilrns most
Ami. .r,rrn4tri m tho future ~ tho city
.,rt r. r,sr advantage ~ the one bright
t,,..r .f ihts calamity thr possibility ~
,..rrr san Ffnnciscr'a mntchlrsr ~" 10
..r. .r utuldirg r. l"nutiful city
r.., t,.a f- un'u'r never t~fore was .
T. .r.,r ,', sidi"nlv laid uut anew
....rI loading ct,lzcns With wide inter-
,nt equally vidr views were disap-
.. ,lnu they lcirred that they we're
..,,c 4 voice IN the ~counsela Of re-
.u.suuu. hut IN" general opinion Il
tr,, tra objections are we'll made
UD.tr. nr'octa and builders IN the member
..r ,H make recommendations concrrn-
rr, materials. the engineers will look into
...Y ..-uou II changing and widening high
VII. ant Nh" lawyer will draw up the law
sri .r, ordinances necessary to accom-
.. 'no .hnngrs.
4. c,im session II the Legislature il a
rm c-.rry The whole committees will III
moon m, general plan for making the city
more t@nautifIl and more convenient.
Whatever hoy do, II is practically certain
tina, they will not change the layout Of the
t.-lre-4 district. Market street will still
to the main t~huroughfare. the Broadway
~ Chestnut street If san Francisco. CALI
torrra direct vill still he the financial district.
IN. Wall i rect Of the new town. for on these
two streets The great steel structures which
e.rarei tho arthquaks with no material
damage still stand, and II In out of the que--
ton to tear them down or remove them
en- he other hand, the destruction of City
Nal and IN" surrounding district makes
the civic centre" which was the great
feature uf the Burnham plans a possibility
jams y Phalan. chairman OF the finance
committee. l. still undressing the fact on
the citizens that the city needs money, all
the money II can get.
The great and pressing need of San Fran
CISCO l. funds" he said I'VE are IN imire-
date need Of large sums Of money. San
Francisco occupied a unique position among
the great cities OF the United States in that
nearly all the wealth OF the people was IN
vested IN real estate,
sWhen he earthquake and fire came the
greater art of his was swept away. San
Francisco was a city Of nearly 5OO,OOO iniiab-
iants. and of importance out Of proportion
10 It's -lye II may readily be understood
that such a city supported q great number
Of charitable institutions. These for the
most par, deepen led upon the charity of
moneved people. many of whom are now IN
turn dependent upon charity themselves.
'Who will now support our hospitals, our
asvlums, our houses of refuge and like insti-
twions' An answer to thi. question will
ma 80 clear our first great need for money.
On the other hand an Investigation
made vest arddy by memberS oil the finance
committee has demonstrated to their
satisfaction that San Francisco will not
suffer a rnriod Of pressing hard times
after she once straightens things out and
get1 10 running, The investigators be-
lieye that there will be about 5000. 900 900
available TO rebuild without considering
possible aid from Government indorsed
bonds or syndicates. They enumerate the
source Of tho money az follows:
Investment Of new Geary street Munic-
ipal Railroad. $4,000; Home Telephone
Company, 81, 900, 600; insurance losses now
due and payable. sl15, 900, coo; United Rail
roads, new construction, @,OOO,CW; CITY
lond. still available. sl7.U0,0v0; Ocean
shore Railroad. probable Expenditure here,
sl.CUGOOO; restoration of Pacific states
Telephone Company, $l.ODO.0O0: restoration
Of Government, buildings. $4,000; build
hp Of sea wall, SI,OOO.O0O. Total, SPOT 10 1000.
II some resi- ects. notably in the inslir-
Ncr estimate, these figures may be 100
larGe. MT they indicate that there viii 10
a lo' dong in the next Two years; enough
10 keep every one busy and to Keep money
in circulation.
II wa, The IMPRESSION OF most members OF
tho c. mmittee at to-day's meeting. That
Scr ator Newland's Congressional res)lutlon
nir",ting committees Of the House and SEN
ate 10 look into the feasibility Ct the Phelan
p'aN for r tvernment aid was hast and
lladyied. Mr., Phelan read a telegram
iron the Senator asking Just what san
Francisco thought Of this action.
thiuk that it IL premature said MT
Thelan,
S-,,a an, ,,,Lo ,,o,io, ,bat tho Nav.
lands resolution have the support OF the
general committee. This brought Mayor
Schmit2 to his feet, 1900,
we must shun haste" he said. THE
Knockers are all lined up in Washington,
ard 4 this pro Icct comes up and IL defeated
will he a worse blow han the earthquake,
We cannot, gentlemen, have any propo;
sltlon which we are forced 10 submit turned
down a, Washington, We must md one
that will be accepted. This " not a matter
for me experienced men 10 experiment with.
We must leave il - men trained in the
handling Of legislative machinery what
We want is a committee OF experts VINO VIII
60 n. Washington and see what can DO
done
Toward the end OF the meeting, when 1t
was III this state Of blue funk, something
happened which cheered every one up.
Mr. phclan had just finished telling. the
Government at Washington. would do
nothing for the city, T.. II. Hartman, on
behalf II hh- interests, stood ready to lend
San Francisco 500. 900, 900 mt low interest,
He had hardly finished speaking when
Hartman himself appeared at the door.
Mayor Schmitz invited him to say some
mtng, Mr. Hartman wiped his glasses,
rose and said quietly;
y want 10 thank you for your cordial
greeting, | have not yet thought Of any
plans to unravei the matter you arc dis
cussinC am simply a listener. | want
TO ~av, however, that when ] have given the
matter a little more attention ] bellows
! viii I've in a position TO give you very
material help from the interests ] represent.
no lar as am personally concerned, ! do
NOT think that San Francisco has TO depend
OF. outside help"
There was much cheering as he sat down,
As a matter OF fact, there are members
OF the general committee who do not believe
that San Francisco should appeal for Gov
eminent aid, ut should emulate the spin,
m The pioneers and do il all herself. Gavin
MoNah, pnce political boss Of San Francisco
Is m that opinion, he asked IL the city could
not amend its charter and issue long time
ponds on the assessed valuation Of its prop
cry Mr.. Phelan showed that only $40 900
"Mcould be raised in this manner.
There will be still more caution about
opening vaults after to-day. Assessor