The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-18
A INV PACE ON SAN FRANCISCO.
PAsHIONAaEE SHOPPfS0 VIII
HAvg A NEW ARODF
Dsatriet Formerly G.ven Over 10 stansisas
~ the nlci 10 ne Heart ~ Retail
trade CentPe-sasuFanes tes. 1Seride
to Wake settlements Independently.

~ the nsch 10 ne Heart u Retail
trade CeatPe-sasuFaaee tes. Ipeclde
10 Wake settlements INDEPENDENTLY.
san FRANctsco. May tT.-Unlsss all
signs fail, tbs shopping quarter Of Han
Francisco Ia 10 be transferred from Kearney
street 20 Van Nose avenue. Raphael We'll
has decided to locats hia White House. tho
city's leading dry goods store, ut tho north
west corner Of PIN street and Van Mess
avenue. and other popular retail houses
are rapidly clustering around him.
Across pine street on the southwest corner
Of Van Ness avenue. John Breuner Is 10 open
his big furniture store. Beyond tbs White
HOUSE on the north will come Robertson
book store. Koenig's shoe store and the
Centemeri glove house. Hastings' cloth
ing store and Liebes. tho furrier will
have temporary establishments On tho
southeast corner Of Pine street and Van
Ness avenue, while on the north east corner
will be- the firm Of O'Connor 4 Moffatt.
To the north Of O'Connor d Mofatt will
he the store of Nathan Dohrmann q Co.,
and to the north Of that S~chonwasser's es-
! tablishment, sacred to brides and babies.
From all of this il IL evident that this neigh
borhood is to he the fashionable shopping
district OF the immediate future.
The aristocratic neighborhood Of Pacific
avenue, Van Ness avenue. jackson street,
Washington street and other exclusive
sections Of the Western Addition have since
April IL lost their society atmosphere and
are being turned to commercial purposes
In the mansion where two seasons ago
Miss Margaret Newhall made her debut,
the firm Of X. l.. Davis is doing business.
Next door, in what was the beautiful Hecht
home, a shop has established itself. has
built a wooden pavilion on the lawn and
has placarded the artistic iron fence with
notices of bargains in everything, from
egg heaters to folding beds.
All through this neighborhood mansions
have been taken for trade and for the offices
of lawyers, physicians, dentists, &c.
AS an indication of the stability of prop
erty values a deal involving a piece OF
downtown property may be cited. The prop
erty in question ia the site OF the old time
Poodle Dog restaurant at the southeast
corner of Bush street and Grant avenue.
Before tho fire IL was held by Nj. r. Leish-
hacker at si75 900 and when al Eastern
investor, who wanted to erect n substantial
building on the burned corner offered
SIS, 900 less for the land alone his price was
refused by the owner.
There IL now no expectation that insur-
ance companies will adopt a unifo rm policy
in dealing with fire losses. Each company
will attempt TO settle its own losses in its
W FtIio DlhShik Io o"h hitei
upon its policies. Some are expected to he
fair, even liberal in their dealings; others
are expected to resort to echnicalities'
A member Of the underwriters adjusting
bureau remarked to-day:
The situation il very dificult. Hall tho
insurance companies are face to face with
bankruptcy. The big concerns are ready
TO meet their losses as soon as adjusted.
They will not haggle, 1t is a matter OF
business with them to pay. They. have
made much money out Of San Francisco in
the past and they will make a great deal
more In the future. But the companies that
are threatened with obliteration will go
slow" -.
The Southern Pacific, Union Pacific and
Northwestern lines have offered to provide
transportation back to Chicago for lO5
doctors and nurses who came here from
Chicago under the auspices of the citizens
relief committee of that city. Sixty OF the
number have already taken advantage OF
the offer and have started home. and the
rest are expected to leave during the next
few days.
Ten more deaths we're reported to the
coroner yesterday, making n total OF 3S5.
Frank Pixley's manuscript of a play
which he left il the st. Francis Hotel. safe
passed through the flames in good oonoition.
Mr., and Mrs. P.xley, who arrived on Sunday
from Japan. hive left for Los Angeles,
where they vil remain for a few weeks
In the st. Francis Hotel safe, with the
libretto Of his unplayet musical comedy,
Mr.. Tixley left his ri ilroad ii ,kets and Mrs,
Piyley's jewelrv. The jewelry was all
right and the II ilroad tickets unframed.
IThe tickets" sill MIR. Pixley. were IN
an envelope II a leather case. The leather
case was In a cardboard box. The card
board box was unframed by the fire, When
l touched the leather case 1t fell to pieces
and was ready TO | good-by to my Il ckets.
The leather was little more than ash and
the envelope | Isl ie was charred black. To
my surprise, however, the tickets were y
perfect conc ion. Nothi ~ about their
appearance / 4, icated that they had been
subjected to any unusual heat"
Monterey's Chinatown, the population OF
which has been augmented by refugees
from San Francisco was last night destroyed
by fire. This morning fewer than a dozen
houses remain habitable.
The secretary Of the Chinese Legation
to-day added $50, 900 to the previous dona-
ton Of $4,000. This latter sum was do
mated by individuals in China for the San
Francisco suffersrs. Both sums have been
turned over TO the finance committee.