Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-21

IS left in tie bf-s.;~ IS C3'::ctt. The
fire is burning now about Union and
Franklin streets with prospects Of con-
tinuing. NJ that 5 lef; now is bound
ed by Union. Van Ness. Golden Gate
avenue to Octayia, Hayes and Fill
more streets. over to Market tleets."
In fact this means that i ally two
thirds of the city is gone and the re,
mainder is going.
An EXTENDED dispatch says: '"The
district on California street from Pow
ell to Jones street. known as Mob biz,
which is Icing swept by the fire, con
tains the most palatial homes Of San
Francisco. The summit of the hill is
perhaps 500 feet above the sea IeTel,
and a magnificent view of San Fran
cisco bay and the country for many
miles around can lie had from than
point. At the southwest corner Of Cali
fOrnia and Powell streets, just en- tire
brink of the HILL was the residence Of
the late Leland Stanford At the
death Of Mrs. Stanford about a year
ago the mansion became the properly
of Leland Stanford university. 1t con-
tanned many art treasures Of great val
ue.
On the southeast corner of the sane
block stood the home of the late Mark
Hopkins. who ammassed many mil
lions, along with Stanford, G. 2. Hunt
ingtOn and Charles Croker, in the con-
struction of the Central Pacific rail
road from Ogden to Sacramento. The
Hopkins home was presented to the
University of California by his heirs,
and it was known as the Hopkins Art
Institute. Across California street
from the Stanford and Hopkins home
is situated the Paramount hotel, which
had been under construction for more
than two years and which was almost
ready for occupancy. 1t was hand
some white stone structure, seven stor-
les high, and occupied an entire block.
One block west of the Paramount
was located the Flood home, a huge
brown stone mansion, said to have cost
more than S1,000,0O0 The Huntington
home, which was the least pretentiouS
Of the residences of the big Four"
occupied the block on California street
just west Of the Flood house The
CrOcker residence, with its huge lawns
and magnificent stables, was on the
west of the Huntington home. Many
other beautiful and costly homes were
situated on the hill, but those men
toned had been landmarks for twenty
five years.
The flight of residents from the city
continues in the nature of panic, a
slight earthquake at a. m. yesterday
accentuating their terrors. The ferry
boats to adjacent counties were crowd
ed to the utmost and to the westward
portion Of the peninsula a constant
throng of homeless people, carrying
their portable household belongings,
added to the colonies in the secure sand
hills and the parks. Golden Gate park
and the unimproved blocks of the dis
trict south and north of the park are
already presenting the appearance Of
tented cities many varieties of shelter
being improvised from bedding and
blankets.
Famine is already presenting its
hideous face. At best the city never
carried more than three days supply
Of provisions and food, and now, with
the wholesale districts and warehouses
wiped out, there is already shortage
of food and prices are in most in
stances trebled and quintupled. An
Associated Press man was obliged to
pay % cents for small glass of miner
al water in the Hayes valley district.
There is absolutely not drop Of water
in that half of the city that has been
laid waste.