Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-11
Salt Laker Says Wholesale I'M
porters Are Putting up
New Buildings.
BIG INSURANCE RATES.
Wooden Shscks on Market Street Pay
5 Gents on the Dollar for
Value Insured.

u win be three years at least before
san Francisco begins again 10 look like
q modern city declared Former Coun-
/ Gilman Frank Hewlett today, on his re-
turn from a visit to the destroyed city
/ by the Golden Gate. IN these three
years, he says il win look more like
an Idaho or Utah mining town than
anything else.
To illustrate, Mr. Hewlett shows
number Of photographs which he
brought with him Of the new "struc-
lures" on the former sites Of great
department stores. "Pragersz, FOR In
stance is now doing business at the
old stand, but instead Of the gigantic
structure that went with the earth
quake and IRE there Is now a one-story
rough wooden shack All over the
burned district these shacks are re-
placing big buildings. and insurance
on them Il az the fat rate OF cents
on the dollar Money can be borrowed
al that rate, generally throughout she
business world.
THE HOUSES REBUILDING.
Mr Hewlett naturally was most in
terested in the wholesale merchants.
and IN looking over their plans for re-
building OF the big tea, coffee, and
spice importers, the winds OF IN for
tune blew good upon the Foglers alone.
Neither IRE nor earthquake destroyed
q BIT Of their stock or damaged their
Offices. Therefore they were IN a po-
sition 10 supply the immediate de-
mands Of the trade. and In conseQunce
coralled an immense retail trade
through the coast wise towns The
other big inns OF Tlllman Bendei &
Co., Shillings Hills Bros. Caswel &
Co.. and Brandsteins. are all planning
to re-establish themselves IN the new
san Francisco although they lost very
heavily.
40 BIG THlRsTS.
Mr. Hewlett was in San Francisco
when the saloons reopened, and he
says there was no noticeable demand
for drinks Only fve or six arrests
were made on the opening day In the
entire city The board OF supervisors
were having a hard fight then TO get
from property owners space for wider
streets To force a show down they
had passed an ordinance forbidding
any building permit for a structure
higher than once and a half the width
OF the street
In some parts o. the town the fires
are still smoudering, said Mr. Hewlett.
In the site Of the Brandstein ware
houses a pile Of rice and cinnamon was
stiil smouldering and red sparks were
uncovered II the pile was disturbed.
The fire that destroyed the warehouse
started on April IS with the general
conhagratIon, and the heat has re-
mained continuously since then.
A NEW PALACE HOTEL.
or new building operations. the ST.
Francis has put up a fashionable hotei
building Of rough lumber and Falvan-
lied iron. The Palace hotel has Jet
contract for new structure, 10 make
room for which the present shell will
be torn down. II VIII DO on the plan
OF the old. but improved TO meet the
demands o. all modern Inventions The
Fairmount II being finished. and will
soon be occupied. while the ST. Francis
Is being rebuilt with q big annex. Moth
ing has yet been done with the Grand,
OF other hotel sites. Mission and Mar
ket streets are the scene % tho chief
activity The district wherein were
Fishers theater the Columbia, Orphe-
um. AlcAlaf, and Tiyoli. is being left
untouched just as Il was after the
earthquake
SOME BOOM STREETS.
/ The Southern Pacific railroad comes
| into Market and Third streets. ana IL
hauling out the brick and debris The
Chronicle has moved back into ms ola
home. and has A big sign on display
] declaring this fact The Examiner site
/ Is being cleared away rapidly. under
william r. Hearsts personal direction.
I and a new building Is projected on the
same site. Fillmore street. the new re-
| tail center. is 50 busy that It is hard
I 20 catch n car there, and Oakland Is
] booming especially building lots which
are In great demand Tor homes
/ M Hewlett went 10 san Francisco TO
/ receive a shipment Of goods from tho
/ orient. and 10 see that they were prop.
I erly dispatched TO salt Lake, He was
In the destroyed city about two weeks.