New-York tribune., 1906-07-15
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE
The Urgent Need of Skilled a-S
UnskiIIed Labor.


san Francisco. July 13.-The urgent uss4 !,
San Francisco in these days Is syiIIed 49, =,
skilled labor. In all the trades there fz = -.
demand for good wOrImen which canno. Il
filed. Bricklayers are paid IS day ana -.
men $40. Carpenters and plumbers com~s-,
SO In fact there IS hardly a trade in which Z.
pert men cannot command from Sc N s. II
eight hours work Labor unions have ssrs,-,
notification to all parts OF the country that n,
supply OF men here is sufficient and the resvr.s
that no good wOrkmen are coming in. Even =.
skilled labOrers are lacking The United Pa.
roads. Ocean Shore and Western Pacific COR
use 900 laborers. but cannot get men. Mr.
laborers now at work removing debris are ear.
ing from $4 to So a day. Unless the labor uui,-,
bring In men builders will have to import crzf-.
men from all parts OF the country. DESPITE Il,
warnings sent out. IL IS the simple truth ia:
for months to come San Francisco will be aSs
to furnish work to all skilled and unskiIIed M,
who apply. When permanent building bssi-s
fifty thousand men will be needed 10 uus q,
hundreds OF big business structures for Win
plans have been prepared and for which M.
terial is now being ordered The removal q
debris is going on even more rapidly thar
week ago. Large bunkers in Front street ys..
NIT Of the removal Of forty carloads Os b7isl
and rubbish every day. and as soon as ssvs-al
additional. bunkers can be built this uurss.
will be increased to three hundred loads dallr
Hundreds OF owners OF lots are clearing tts'.
premises with teams. and even by this slow an
labOrious method perceptIble improveman. 3
shown in most Of the downtown business strss;z
The sprinkling Of all main streets has redGlss
the dust which made life burden during tis
first two months after the fire. The United EsL.
roads have done good work during the Weess
having completed the Sutter street trolley In
to DevlsaderO street. Only the eastbound track
Is finished. but cars will be running On both
tracks shortly. Work is now being rushed oE
the Haight street line. and also on the Polk an.
LaTlin street system. The only features Of tho
street car system that are weak are the eEOss-
town lines The Fillmore. Devisadero. KeaEnsY
and Samson street lines are IN operation. bu:
the need is great for the resumption Of the Lar
kin, LeavenwOrth and Powell street lines. Little
permanent construction is now going on IN this
city because OF difficulty in getting material
and because owners are still expecting the Nay1'
to make some modification in the building Law
that will limit the height even Of class A stEuct-
ures to one and a half times the width Of tns
street. Temporary buildings. however. are soils
up by hundreds. especially on vanness Gveuus
and nearby streets. It is now plain that Van
ness avenue will be the great shopping street o:
the city. and that the drygoOds trade VII
desert Post street and Grant avenue. The result
has been the transformation OF the homes O.
VannesS avenue into stores and hotels and ths
leasing OF every available building site on ths
avenue from Market to Jackson street. All OF
the big drygoOds, clothing, jewelry and furnish
ing goods dealers have obtained stores on Van
ness avenue, and most OF these are areaay
building wooden structures. The grade Of tHa
avenue Will be lowered at Ellis street and el
effort will be made to put the line OF trolley cars
along the centre OF the avenue. There is stron;
opposition to this. but the necessities OF uaes
will compel this introduction. Mayor Schnlh
has made much municipal history since the frA
His course during the fire and in the strenuous
days Immediately after the disaster won h-1
praise from his bitterest enemies. He has nov
set about to clear out several commissions Whl''
members he considers derehct in their dutiss
He has demanded the resignation OF al u
Police Commissioners because several Aas'
begun business which Is only another name ~
graft on saloOnkeeperS. He also has resolves "
clean out the Board OF Public Works. IN -
reform work he will have the approval o. -
public, but several OF the men he IS tryiLs u
force out Of their positions may reveal -.
ugly secrets in municipal politics. Res9n. -
OF the Police Commissioners who refused % ~
sign, has published letter TO the MayV- -
which he charges that Schuitz became
enemy because he refused to aid in the As-.
grating schemes.
The Southern Pacific project to bring fres'
into San Francisco by rail by way Of a tres''
across the bay at DumbartOn Point, north g -
city. will be completed by December l. BY -
trestle and several tunnels the heavy gra1s
the line entering san Francisco from the 49, 49,
will be overcome. At present all freight IS 'sA--
across the bay by ferry.
Clarence H. OIackay. in his own ana
mothers name. has given to the UniversiSs J.
California 100000 to found chair Of elee~
cal engineering. to be called the J0nA -
Mackay. jr.. PrOfessOrship. after his -
brother. Professor Corey viii be the frst 'AS-
bent.
new company for marketing oranges VIZ II
formed by Arthur Gregory. OF Rediands - -,
owns the largest orchard in California Gle-,..r,
plans include the handling OF fruit from q -. =,
dozen colonies surrounding Redlands anu
building OF several packing houses.