The San Francisco call., 1906-04-24

superior in others. The Winchester
Hotel was a steel frame structure, and
the new edifice will be of the same
sort.
The Owl Drug Company, which oc-
cupied the lower floor of the old Win
chester Hotel, has already made ap-
plication to Baruch brothers for a
lease of the quarters the drug CON-
pany formerly occupied. Baruch
brothers, also the owners of a steel
frame building which formerly stood
at Sixth and Jessie streets, have an
nounced their intention of reconstruct
ing at once a structure that will be
superior to that which was burned.
Lippman Sachs states that he will
erect a steel frame structure on Mont
gomery street, opposite the Occidental
Hotel, on the site occupied by the old
building he owned. This new build
ing will be ten or twelve stories high.
The impression has gone abroad
that the new residences to be erected
in San Francisco are to be mere
bungalows as protection against
earthquakes. This is a mistake, as
plans have already been made for the
erection of costly and beautiful homes
on Preside Heights. NJ. S. Koshland,
the millionaire woolman, was the first
to prepare plans for an elaborate man.
sion. Mr. Koshland's home on Wash
ington street, near Spruce, suffered
severely from the quake. 1t was a
magnificent stone structure, built on
classical lines, with ornamental col
umnS and a Pompeiian court. 1t was
one of the most beautiful homes in
the West and cost its owner $250,O00
with its furnishings. In the earth
quake the columns were thrown to the
ground, the magnificent approach OF
stone and marble shattered and the
upper stories badly damaged.
Yesterday Mr.. Koshland had an
architect on the grounds and plans
for the reconstruction of the home
were drawn.
Yes, L am going to rebuild" said
Mr.. Koshland yesterday. Il will re-
place everything just as it was. This
talk of bungalows is foolish. Instead
of bungalows we are TO have in San
Francisco more magnificent homes
than ever before. | know of several
property owners who intend to build
beautiful residences on the heights.
The city will recover from this shock
in surprisingly quick time. l have
unbounded faith in it and SO have all
the business men with whom | have
spoken"
No change in the location of the
general Offices of the traffic depart
ment of the Southern Pacific Com
pany is to be made, according to for
NAL announcement made today by
Traffic Director J. G. Stubs. Not
even temporary removal is necessary,
Mr.. Stubs declares. He said today:
Il am glad that we are able so to
arrange this, for San Francisco is
soon to be wonderfully active com
mercially, and in the work of recon
struction we wish to be in as close
touch as possible with our business
associates.
''The way to resume is to resume;
the traffic department headquarters
will be opened today on the upper
floor, south end of the Union ferry de-
pot The work of installing fixtures
begins this afternoon, and it is hoped
in few days to have the department
machinery in smooth running order
Our faith in San Francisco has not
been destroyed. 1t will resume and
maintain its place as the chief COM
mercial city of the Pacific Coast. The
business men of the city can be de-
pended upon to begin the work of re-
construction before the foundation
walls of their old structures are
cooled"