The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-29

James A. Murray Makes Series
of Suggestions for Rebuild
ing San Francisco.
COUNTRYS GREATEST CITY
THIS is HIS IDEA OF ITS POSI-
BILITJES.

James A. Murray, the well known
Butte mining man and banker, arrived
in Salt Lake yesterday from Oakland.
The earthquake occurred while Mr..
Murray was at his residence in Mon
terery, but the day following he went
to Oakland, where he saw the destruc-
ton wrought by the earthquake and
fire.
II the mayor and city council are
big enough Mr.. Murray said last
night at the Knutsford hotel, "thc San
francisco of the future can be made
the greatest city in the United States
We know the San Francisco of he
paSt-lt took over half q century TO
build it, We know the San Francisco
of the present. heap of ashes. but the
san Francisco we are interested in is
that of the future. The situation and
the commercial advantages are enough
10 make 1t great city out It cannot
be rebuilt in five or ten years as the
yellow papers in that part of the coUn-
try would have one believe.
Bond City for Improvements.
say for instance that the city
council could be authorized by an act
Of the Legislature in special session. to
issue $500 000, 600 bonds payable on 100
bought IN in no time. and the plans
for a greater San Francisco would be
commenced Immediately. It would not
be necessary to launch all the bonds
at once Issue 100000 600 at a time
and spend the money needed on i'm
p~ovements. Ordinances could be
passed regulating the width of the
streets and remodeling the plans of the
city entirely.
Picture the city with streets not less
O fraf ~, ~,
1nSs built according to ordinances i'm
the business districts. Sky-Scrapers
are not necessary there, for there is
plenty of territory. Make the ferry
depot the terminal for all the street
railroads. but instead of two turn ia
bles have ten. Signs in bold letters
could be placed over each turn table
designating which cars turned there
and the points touched. 1t would sim
pllfy the former system and travellers
would not experience much difficulty
in finding their way
Extend the pan handle to the bav
and then build a boulevard along the
. water front TO the Cliff house around
the Preside and down the North beach
and construct parks throughout the
city to it's limits.
The state could purchase Goat is
land from the government with adj
vantage. and I think it should be done
This island would be leveled 70 about
SiA lf-tL dbONe IlBn toe. aT0 then If
could be made the terminal for I'll rail-
roads to the Golden Gate. IN that
event the city would derive m nnor-
NOUS revenue from this source
Earthquake All Along Coast.
THE earthquake was general from
Monterey 10 NaDa and was felt i'm
fact all along the coast. believe.
however, that the shock was more Sc
we're than in San Francisco. although
the damage was not so apparent All
the buildings are damaged. 1t is an
uncommon thing to see a chimney
standing in Oakland. All the buildings
are damaged to some extent The
newspapers have been quiet upon the
damage wrought in Oakland. but every
inch of it was shaken and shaken hard
In San Francisco there are some
buildings that are still intact The
government buildings withstOod the
shock because they were the best built
The pOstoffice. the mint and the old
federal building are still intact. and
this shows that structures can be buiIt
that will stand such shocks. The pros
poets for a greater San Francisco are
not injured by the destruction of the
old city and / believe THAT the TnOsf
modern city in the world win spring uD
ON the ruins of the old San Francisco F"
Mr.. Murray will leave today or To-
morrow for Butte, where he is going
10 attend to some mining interest and
other business. He intends to come
back by way of Salt Lake and later
return to Monterey.