The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-06
BUSINESS
MEN STAY
The Big Houses Will Not
Desert San Fran
cisco.


in San Francisco and not move TO
Oakland was reached yesterday morn
ing, says the San Francisco Chronicle
of April 20. at a meeting of the direc-
tors of the Real Estate Board with a
committee of the wholesalers, consist
ing of Samuel Sussman of the Suss-
4nan-Wormser Company, A. Hirschfeld
of Levi. Strauss & Co, r. e. Reid of
the Mauzy, Reid Company, l. j. Clay
burgh of Clayburgh & Co, w. II. Lit
lie of Wood e. Little, and Martin Trlest
of Trfest & Co. This committee seem
ed disposed to regard with favor the
proposition to locate the wholesalers
along the line of the Southern Pacific
and at the terminal of the Western Pa
cific in this city.
Frederick Mage said he had seen
W. J. Bartnett, and that the Western
Pacific would put at the disposal OF
the wholesale merchants about S0o,ooo
square feet of space, including TWO
thirds of 100-vara block 419, on Nlnth,
Bryant and Brannan streets; the north
half of Block Az, on Brannan, Seventh
and Eighth streets, and the southeast
part of Block APO, corner of Ninth ana
Brannan. It was also announced that
William Babcock of the Bank of CALI
fornia has seen L. w. Holman Jr. of
the Wells-Fargo Nevada National
Bank. and that they would doubtless
secure from the Southern Pacific the
use for the wholesalers of southern
Pacific holdings, affording more than
600 goo square feet of space. me
Southern Pacific can give accommoda-
fions in the blocks from Fourth 10
Ninth streets, between Townsend ana
Berry, and from Third to Ninth, be-
tween King and Channel, Magee stated.
Architect Miller reported that WOOD
and corrugated iron building twelve
feet high, such as would suit the Whoie-
sale merchants for temporary use,
would cost about cents per cubic foot,
making the outlay for a building COW
ering a lot 5Ox1OO about $4,000. These
figures were satisfactory to the COM
mittee.
TEMPORARY BUILDINGS.
It was reported that the Dunham-
Carrigan- Hayden Company had leased
a block of land close to the Southern
Pacific line and had arranged for the
immediate construction of temporary
corrugated iron structure.
David Rich offered a resolution, call
ing on Eastern insurance companies 10
declare their intentions concerning
payment of losses, the California COM
panies having announced that they
would pay all of their losses, but
Chairman j. r. Howell suggested that
it would be more effective to have the
wholesale merchants act on such a
resolution at their meeting in the
nd thdr9
Franklin Hall was crowded when the
meeting of the wholesale merchants
was called to order in the afternoon
by Joseph Kirk. Representatives OF
the railroad companies promised to
assist the wholesalers in securing tenn
porary quarters near the railroad
tracks.
William Sproufe freight traffic man
ager of the Southern Pacific, said:
1.-THE Southern Pacific desires to be of
service to you, and will lay spur tracks,
for your temporary wants and place at
our disposal it's property for the erec-
ton of temporary structures. The avail
able space near the tracks will not be
sufficient il merchants take all that they
seem disposed to request. and IN max
ing up the list of firms that want
space let each man state how much
area must be had and how much more
his house would like to have. Make
an effort to restrict your requirements
in this respect. If you appoint COM
mittee we will put your representatives
in the hands of competent men, VINO
will go over our maps with them. show
just what space we have, and no doubt
meet your requirements in reasonable
bounds. We are interested as much as
4 y
as possible"
Block asked if the railroad company
would put up temporary structures for
the merchants, saying that it was bet
ter able to do this than they were.
STICKS TO RAILROADING.
Sproule replied that the company
could not get any better building con-
tracts than the merchants, and that
the Southern Pacific would have to
stick to its business of railroading.
I'VE will have all we can do to re-
sumo our transportation business
Sproule continued. Our facilities We're
all used for relief work, and we began
only today to resume the handling of
inbound and outbound freight Eff
cient and quick handling of freight is
as necessary and important for you as
putting IN buildings
Sproule stated that the southern Pa
cific had space in blocks from Second
tsreet TO Sixteenth and from Town
send to the Potrero. which could be
used by the merchants. He wanted
it understood that this property was to
be let only for emergency purposes.
and could not be held indefinitely by
temporary tenants.
w 8. Palmer. general superintendent
of the Southern Pacific. said that it
was proposed to give leases TO the
merchants to the end of this year. and
after that to let them hold only from
month to month. as much of the prop
erty would probably be needed in the
near future for railroad purposes
Sproule stated that the Southern Pa
citic would switch in on the spur tracks
such Santa Fe cars as were turned
over To it at Mojave
W. j. Bartnett of the Western Pa
clflC. who was ,..-.vr-sF ,,.-.E-