The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-16

already contracted FOR 65 per cent more
building than was done in Baltimore In
1904 and 1905. Isl
Within radius of two blocks of
Union square, which is in the heart Of
the burned district, $5O,O00,000 worth
of work is under way. By actual
count there are 4,5O0 temporary, build,
in the burned district. There are more
than 600 permanent buildings undergo
ing repairs or in course Of CONSTRUCTION
in the burned district. Nearly 1000
firms are doing business in the burned
district. This number includes bust
ness places on the west side Of Van
Ness avenue. There have been but two
reported failures since the fire due to
a withdrawal Of eastern credit. There
withstood the fire and can be restored.
At the present time, permits are out for
work on fortytWo class A buildings.
No more permits will be issued for
temporary structures within the fire
limits. $500. having been the allowance.
Railroad Conditions.
In view Of the statement made that
there was an exodus from California,
the reports of the transcontinental roads
are significant. They show that west
for this time Of the year and that east
bound traffic is normal. Until the car
mems strike, which was declared Sun
day morning, Aug. &c, the receipts OF
the United Railroads amounted to 80
per cent of what they were before the
Complaining Labor Troubles.
There is no gainsaying that labor
complications are delaying: reconstruc-
ton Of San Francisco. In the first
place, the insurance ,adjusters were the
stumbling blocks, and Just as all sorts
of rebuilding and upbuilding was under
way the stationary engineers, who Were
ing in strike Which is still on. Altho
there are but about eighty Of these
engineers in this city, their strike has
thrown out of employment thousands OF
! steel construction. men, stonemasons
| bricklayers and laborers.
Street Railroad Strikes. +.
The United Railroads has had it's hands
full with variety of strikes. The first
employees to 20 out, were the hnemen
They demanded shorter hours and more
pay. The railroad company said: owe
will give you more money, but we need
the extra time in order to get the diff
ferent lines into operation" The Offer
was refused. That. strike will end by
the railroad company filing the places
of the striking inemen. It brought
some inconvenience, but did not inter
fere with traffic.
Laborers, getting. 1925 from the Unit
ed Railroads, demanded $3.50 per day
and failing to gets.it went out on ;
strike. A number of them, participant.
the Greeks, have attempted violence
but nothing serious has happened. Thei
strike caused a suspension of the wor]
on the various roadbeds, necessary Il
making the change from cable to cleo
trio cars. r7J,. .af ~, g,
{: The last, most serious and quite un
necessary strike, tied up the entir
United Railroad system. The platforr
men, altho under contract to wor k unit
next April under existing terms, made
demand for an eight-hour day and
wage of So. The strike ended, the ca
men deciding to submit to arbitration
Removal Of Debris. H..
No more stupendous task is befor
San Francisco than the removal Of til
mountains of debris. It has been III
dertaken with the same brave spir
that has characterized every phase {
the trouble the people have to NEE
already is a. continued surprise. Debr
is now removed at the rate of 125 ca
loads day. Ill. e.. ..,t r.,-.... .s.s~...
Real Estate Market. .
With the exception of several thou
sand leases already made and thou
!; sands more under negotiation, the req
: estate market is quiet in San francisco
Suburban locations have been in create
demand for homes1tes, the opportunitie
for building in the outside districts bt
ing better than San Francisco, wher
every energy is going toward the RI
: Mobilization of the business district
Banks are not lending money on res
5 estate, but many Of them are allowin
the people whose mortgages they hel
to take the insurance money for n
building. -.
r It is true that San Francisco's subj
! ban neighbors have profted material
: by her misfortune, not in bushes
5 sense, however. It must be remembers
{ that San Francisco has large vi
e burned residence district. In it on