Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-09-12
; SUGGESTIONS FOR REBUILD. <
ING SAN FRANCISCO. =

Maxwells Talisman, an advocate of
irrigation. model homes. clearly cities
and good government. gives the fol-
lowing timely advice on the rebuild
ing of San Francisco on a safe and
sanitary plan:
The nation has adopted San Fran
cisco as its own.
In all the history of the world there
never before was more splendid
outburst of human sympathy and
generosity than that which flowed from
the people of our entire country for
the relief of the San Francisco suffer-
ers from earthquake and fire.
And this interest of the nation in
San Francisco will continue through
all the years and be of enormous ad-
vantage to that city in the future, If
its people will continue to show the
right spirit in the stupendous work of
reconstruction that they have under
taken.
There should be no haste in re-
building San Francisco.
No Hurry to Rebuild.
The first and most important work
Of her people is to regain and hold
her commerce and the trade Of the
territory which Is naturally tributary
to her. 1t is not necessary that this
business should be done In perma-
nent structures for several years to
come. Any shelter within which bus
mess can be transacted will serve this
temporary purpose.
Time should be taken, and ample
time, for making perfected plans for
the construction Of the most splendid
city from every point of view that
has ever existed on the earth, when
San Francisco is rebuilt And, in
formulating those plans, the mistakes
should not be made of assuming that
architectural magnificence is all that
makes splendid city.
The greatest advantage which San
Francisco has over all the other cities
Of the earth, Is her climate and loca-
ton. where human life can be lived
most happily and pleasantly by peo-
pie of moderate means-by people
who must live by their labor and do
the work Of the world that is set apart
to be done in San Francisco.
And for this reason it is of supreme
Importance in planning for the re-
construction of San Francisco, that
comfortable homes should be designed
not only for the well-to-do, but for
the workers as WELL
No More Siums or renements.
The tenement and the slum should
be banished forever from San Fran
cisco. In the new San Francisco
there should be no Tar Flat" and no
'Barbary Coast'-no place where be-
ings would be so crowded and con-
gested that sunshine and fresh air
and gardens could not be a part of
the environment in which every
worker should live his daily life.
F.. The fact should be recognized that
at any time another earthquake may
occur more severe than the last.
And. recognizing those facts, all
that is necessary to make property
secure and human life absolutely
safe, is that intelligence of design and
honesty of construction should pre-
vail in the work of rebuilding the city.
No More "Skyscrapers."
San Francisco should never be a city
of skyscrapers.
There should never again be built
anywhere in San Francisco a building
taller than the width of the street on
which it faces.
The. beautiful cities of Europe
where this rule prevails should be ar
gument enough for it, Irrespective of
the question of the safety of the struc-
lures or of those occupying them.
And when II comes to homes for
the people, every individual family
should be- in home, isolated and sep
arated from every. adjacent building
by sufficient distance to make it i'm
possible for a great conlagration ever
to spring from house to house and
sweep over the city at any time in the
future no matter whether a water
supply Is available or not.