The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-12
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ltoighi 10 only ~ engin"~rins question,
" wna d~clarcd, for high b%ulldines uniformly
withsinti earthquake ard nfs bs''er Than
STRUCTURES " loser altitude.
Osn William smith ~ Chician snid that
height should 10 regulated hy construction
Cous. deritinn ahpuld hr directed N Nv .
| ,nots. sustaining power ~ soil and weight
NJ cons, rtction TN those facts height
N tho hs,,ilhinga ahrild hc determined and
not Nv any s-hi'r1ry municipal rule
That Tho downtown retail section IL not
w IN, in any dtRfer neglected whrn tho rec
h,ildmg ~ Snn Frdf cisco heRins eau no
hnRn,she pr iph,sicd by even thu m ost
peas,mist ,c. Every hour of the dav affords
| freah and convincing ovid 'ncs thu Tho
| part ~ town where shopping throngs used
~ be thickest is to be covered again NY
STRUCTURES better planned 10 h'use hrns
| thai shell lure shoppers back and that these
new structures will he permanent and costly
Nearly 40 owners oi valuable property
| in the district indicated got together to-day
and agreed upon Just such a movement
! Not fewer than twenty-five of them an
nourced that architects were already de-
vising buildings which are to replace those
DESTROYED one hnndaomn building for
new san Francisco IL already in course OF
cor strlction ut the northwest corner OF
Suffer and Kea rney streets. The property
il o wned bv r. II. Burke and NJ. A. Toolnan'
The building will be nine sto ries and Of class
4 seel o struc ion. II will be reinforced
with concrete f. ors, and all castings and
, doc ~ will fe Of metal. The upper floors
vii be rerted "a { fices. and they will he
s,pr!ied with absolutely fireprocf safes.
The coz; of tho building will be 500 900. 1t
will he rtady fer occupancy in twelve
months.
No better example Of the spirit which
animates the large property owners who
suffered total loss or had their improve
ments partially destroyed can he given
than that displayed by Law Brothers, who
took the partially completed Paramount
Hotel of the hands Of Mrs. Hermann Del
richs., when completed this hotel will
be one OF the frost and most picturesquely
located hotels in the world.
-Our fire loss on the Fnirmount amounts
10 over $sOO, 600. while our insurance is only
s225 600" declared Herbert +. Law yester-
day. But that's nothing, As soon as our
loss has been adjusted we are ready 10
rebuild.
We had the Monadnock Building amply
covered by insurance, and will reconstruct
as speodily ns possible.
sIt's n pity the interior columns OF Fair
mount were not made freproof' The
flames went from one steel column to an
other until all went, All decorative work
and all furnishings we're destroyed,
sWben We rebuild we will make some
changes, Wen put in as little wood AZ
possible, Well put in mahogany and other
hard woods in place Of soft woods that
were there before the fire. We will cover
all steel columns with concrete. Other.
wise the general plan OF construction will
be as before.
Nov | come 10 think OF 1t, it wasn't all.
loss TO us. that fro. We got ria OF Cnina-
town, We'd ave been willing al any
llIllc W pay sV''N'V ~ -.
| so we NAV reckon tina NO have 1925 900
out of our loss. And we'll rebuild &sl say
A $40 900. 900 corporation that VIII play
| an important part in the work OF rebullding
san Francisco WAS brouGht mo eSIsten.e
when articles OF Incorporation were MED with
the County Clerk to-day. The corporation
whicn is TO I've called the loss Leonardo
Duncen Company, will embrace muca
New York, san Francisco and Los Angeles
capital, and. in advance OF the complexion
IA. 80, leo NtnN hl1 nlnan1 DDntrAntH
for mn immense amount Of construction
material that will soon be going into many
big structures in new Sun Francisco
Judge Henshaw Of tho supreme Court
is one of the financial factors in the new
combination. A real estate transaction
involving the immediate expenditure OF
more than a quarter Of n million dollars
was negotiated yesterday. This TRANSACT
lion shows the confidence OF Eastern oapi-
talists in San Francisco and its future.
The property sold consists OF two NIFTY
vara lots on the east side of Sansome street
running from Vallejo street TO Green street.
The purchaser is Bemis Bros. Bag. COM
pany, the largest manufacturer OF bags
in the world, who have heretofore con
Quoted their business on this coast unSer
| the name of the Gulf Bag Company; The
purchaser will Immediately proceed with
The erection OF u large temporary struot-
ure, which will be replaced at the earliest
possible date with u building OF modern
structure.
small wooden houses capable OF holding
500 persons have just been completed
by the military authorities at I~obos square,
nj North Beach, and u commisslry kitchen
is to be started in a few days to feed the
people. The cooking of food is being ad-
vocated by Gen. Greedy rather than giving
away supplies, for he believes that only
in this way can the food supply he con-
served.
One Of the greatest Inconvenience people
have had to contend with since April ~ Is
the lack OF water. Except one or two
favored districts supplied from nearby
reservoirs, householdeIs as well us refu-
gees nave had to get along with only suft-
Gent water for drinking and cooking prr-
poses. Laundries were compelled to re-
main closed and much hardship has been
inflicted upon families with small children,
but the end Of these trying conditions now
seems near. Herman Schussler, chlef engi-
neer of the Spring Valley Water Company,
announced that Notwithstanding the tenn
porary shortage in the water supply by tho
middle of next week the supply will be nor
NAL. He said to-day that already water
facilities had been established to fight any
ordinary fire.
we have established n system Of COM
munication with the various reservoirs
that will enable us TO throw heavy pressure
OF water into any given district the moment
il is needed, +" said Mr.. Sohussler.
we arc getting considerable water in
Lake Honde. but we will save all OF this
water for the fire deps rtment 30 long as
| tha axiptinn nrparuannv condition con-