Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-20

otter the destruction OF the business
district was the Palace hotel. known
the world over to travellers.
PALACE HOTEL.
1t was built in the seventies by
James Ralston at cost Of s6,Oo0,000,
and was owned by the Sharon estate.
Many Of san Francsco's wealthy resi-
dents made their home at the Palace
and personal property losses In art
treasures and other effects have been
very great The Hopkins art institute,
located on Mob hill. owned by the Uni
versity of California and built by Mark
Hopkins, was destroyed With its price,
less contents,
GREAT MANSIONS GONE.
Close by were the Stanford mansion,
the Huntington, the Flood, the two
Croker mansions. All were swept
away. These were the handsomest pri-
vatp residences In San Francisco and
were built BY the men whoses names
they bear in the early days of the city's
greatness and who played such Impor-
TAM roles in the development of the Pa
ellie coast
BOHEMIAN CLUB.
Down near the business district. at
the corner OF Post street and Grant
avenue, stood the Bohemian club. the
most unique and one of the widest
known social organizations IN the
world. Its membership list includes
the names Of many men who have.
achieved fame In art. literature and the
commercial world. It's rooms were dec
Grated with the works of artIst-mem-
bers. many of whose names are known
wherever paintings are discussed, and
many OF them priceless in their assoc
Citations.
Many Of these were saved The an
nnnl summer links" of the Bohemian
clnN amidst sylvan scenes OF Redwood
Grove, is the most unique celebration
known among social clubs. There were
on special exhibition IN the links"
room OF the Bohemian club a dozen
paintings by the old masters. including
Renlhrandt, Dlaz, "A Murillo and 9th.
ers. ana probably worth 500. COO. These
paintings, which were loaned for ex-
hihition, were lost.
OLYMPIC CLUB.
Further west on Post street stood
The home of the Olympic club, the old.
eri regularly organized athletic asso.
ciatior In the United States aud fam.
Gus tol rs appointments and for the
number Of athletes IL has developed
The building vas worth 1900 900 ana IA
furnishings were of the finest quality.
Nothing remains but a mass Of steel and
hon.
FLOOD BUILDING.
The great new Flood building built
by james Flood at "a cost of 81, 600 600
and occupied about year ago; the
new Merchants Exchange building ON
California street erected at a cost OF
f250Oo0O; the Crocker building at Mont.
gomery ANA Market streets million
dollar structure the Mills building at
Bush and Montgomery, costing the
same, the new Shreve building at Post
street and Grant avenue, costing So
100000, and occupied on April / by the
largest jeweiry store ON the coast, are
some Of the new structures destroyed
by the flames, The ShreNe Jewelry
company carried a stock OF s2.Q00,0 900
worth OF iewelry.
PHELAN BUILDING.
ON Market street the Phelan build
Ing, one Of the earliest attempts Mt
nretentious form Of architecture IN the
business districts. and covering the
most valuable piece of real estate In
San Francisco, Is gone. The great
group OF buildings standing on q piece
Of ground bounded by Larkiu, McAllis-
Ter and Grove streets erected by the
city OF san Francisco at a cost OF -
100000 and known as the city and
county buildings, are now a mass Of
smoking, smolderiug ruins. With the
buildings We're probably destroyed the
city and country records,
ST, FRANCIS HOTEL.
The beautiful st. Francis hotel. fac
Ing Union square. erected at a cost Of
Si50O.0OO. and the Paramount hotel, at
california ana Powell, the most con-
spcu0us location In the city. are IN
ruins from the flames The Fairmount
was bult b. Mrs. Herman Oelrlchs at
cost of S3O00,0o0, ana named IN honor
Of her father. The late Senator James
T. Fair
The magnificent group OF buildings
NJ Van Ness avenue and Hayes street
NJ the st. lgnatus college aud catho-
dral probably worth $1,000. 600. and ST.
DominiCk's church, on Steiner street.
near california. and che Emanuel syn
agogue, u handsome structure OF the
oriental type ON suffer street, were
wiped out.
HALL OF JUSTICE.
The Hall OF Justice, facing Ports
mouth square, and ilst east Of China
town, was early a prey OF the flames.
Sweeping up the hillside, the unre-
strained element leaped from block to