The San Francisco call., 1906-04-25
PALACE HOTEL
TO BE REBUILT
Managers of Sharon ES-
tate Will Restore Fd-
nous Tavern.
St. Francis Not Irrepar-
ably Damaged by the
Fiery Baptism.

The managers Of the Sharon estate de
cloed yesterday 10 rebuild the Palace He
tel on The original site. All the features
which rendered the great hotel so famous
and popular viii be preserved and several
features Of modern hotel equipment viii
be added 10 the new Palace. The new
structure viii be at least ten stories high
ana viii be rendered as nearly ire and
earthquake proof as the skill Of expert
architects ana builders can attain. The
Sharon estate people comprehend that the
Palace Hotel was an institution which
the world regarded as part OF San Fran
cisco. hence the p,-rpose 10 restore the
tavern and make IL in every respect
worthy or the city beautiful. Business
as well as sentimental reason prompt
Senator Newlands and his associates to
rebuild the hotel
William Dohrman, auditor Of the st
Francis Hotel, today explored the build
Ing as far as the fourth floor The inte-
r1oT resembles the inside walls OF q dead
furnace. The effect. Of the intense heat
Is shown by melted glass and metal OBJ
1ects. The walls however. do not ap-
pear to be sprung and the building can
he repaired. The engine-room in the
basement sustained little or no damage
The steel superStructure is apparently
unaffected. and. savs at the southeast
corner, there are no cracks in the tower
Ing walls. The annex forming the third
wing. which was IN course OF construc-
ton, was uninjured.
VAULTS ARE INTACT.
The vaults containing the safety de-
post vaults are intact While the metal
hnishings have been melted of. Il is be-
liev@d that the contents are safe. It IS
believed, roughly estimated. $4,000 will
restore the magnificent hostelry TO its
former srlendor.
san Francisco real estate men ere to
cooperate IN the work OF rebuilding San
Francisco snd IN securing the adoption
OF Architect Burnhan1's plars for the
Identification of the city. At a meeting
held IN the chapel on Pacific and Fill
more streets II was voted the sense Of the
meeting that all work to this end.
II was decided yesterday TO erect a
temporary building for the real estate
men on the corner OF Post and Steiner
streets. A site which viii give 5000
square feet Of floor space has been Sc
cured and practically every realty man
in TIE city will make his office there un-
I'll his old quarters are in condition for
use.
TAX SITUATION.
Chairman Howell presided at this meet
ing snd vas authorized to name com
rnittee % appear before the Mayor and
the Board Of Supervisors ard ask that
the penalty for the non-payment Of taxes
be reInitted and that the date for pay
meut re extended TO June 30 The same
committee is 10 appear before Governor
Pardee and the Legislature when # is
called in special session
The remission Of taxes altogether for
the devastated area was discussed, but
the opinion was that this could not be le-
gslly done
IS planned to have several OF the
streets widened, the lesson Of the stop
ping OF the fire taught by Van Ness ave-
nue being fresh IN the mind. By thus
widening various streets Il is planned to
divide the city into several smaller areas
50 that fire which got beyond control Of
the Fire Department could be kept from
.--a-, SspS all over the town. ChireSe oTn n
aorna land IN what was the Celestial quar-
ter. but It iF planned 70 prevent the re-
establishment OF any living quarters In
that section.