The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-30

the pathetic quaver Of age and sorrow II
his voice. y had two razors which my
grandfather carried through the War o.
1912 and the Mexican War, They ale gooc
razors and I guess the fire has done them
no HARM
ONE POKE IN STORE RUINS.
Where Wainstock 4 Lubin's big dry
goods store used to stand a bevy Of young
women, their skirts boldly raised to Their
knees. waded from girder to girder witt
excited shrieks Of alarm and turned over
masses Of debris with short sticks. though
the unsupported back wall of the building
lowered above their heads and a puff of
wind might have showered them with
bricks.
LEASES FOR BCSI ESS MIN.
Most important of the many rapid de-
velopments in the business situation in
San Francisco was the meeting held yes
terday morning at 22Gi Fillmore street
by the executive committee Of the San
F.lnct,c, WDlas deg A~u0cati)n AMI
the directors Of the San Francisco Real
Estate Board. At this meeting the realty
promised e cry aid in securing sites for the
wholesalers to settle upon temporarily
to keep them from going to Oakland or
adjacent cities.
At the session this morning Directors J. I.
Howell and F. A. Magee of the real estate
board told the wholesalers Of promises that
had been made them by representatives
of both the Southern Pacific and the Western
Pacific railroads to the effect that all the
property owned by those two giant cor
porations along the tracks of South Market
street and in the vicinity Of lslais Creek,
which is not now used for the purpose of
warehouse sites, would be eased to The mer-
chants at the lowest possible rates for the
erection thereon of temporary structures
Of corrugated iron, wherein they may rams
act their business until permanent quarters
can be rebuilt.
Il nave to tell the wholesalers. = said Mr..
Magee, that yesterday l talked with l. w.
Hellman, who has the persona assurance
Of President Hartman Of the Southern
Pacific that In order to prevent wholesale
dealers Of this city from removing their
concerns to Oakland the Southern Pacific
would lease them all their spare land along
,Brannan, King, Channel and Third streets
at the owest possible rates and for terms of
one year or more. as the exigencies Of the
case might require"
MT. Howell said tnat ne mad seen both
Mr.. Hartman and Herrin recently and that
these two railroad men had given him like
assurances.
we can give the wholesalers our assur-
ances," continued Mr.. Howell, that the
real estate board will give them every bit
of cooperation within their power in eecur-
ing sites on this side Of the bay. 1t is as
much to u interests as to yours that you
remain in San Francisco"
1t was brou ght out ny reference to mans
Of the Southern Pacific and Western Pacific
that the former company could lease at
least 1000, 900 square feet to the merchants
for building purposes and hat the Gould
people we're in a position to lease about hall
as much.
The question wac raised by the whole
salers as to whether private individuals
would be as likely 20 he "a generous in
their dealings as the corporations. We
have leased $4,000 square feet at 5000 a month
for the new building IF the real estate board
on the corner of Fulton and Van Ness"
replied Mr., Howell land the leases are
given us for one year. We believe that is
a good example Of what private individuals
will do for The interests of San Francisco"
Architect W. J. Miller of the firm Of Hem
ingway 4 Miller was called in to give speci-
fcations az to what the price Of construc-
ton on galvanized ron buildings for tenn
porary use would he. After brief compu-
tation he announced that buildings BET ween