The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-16
SAN FRANCISCO HAS SPENT
$4,000, 900 REBUILDING

| pended on buildings is at least IS per
cent more than the amount estimated
in the permit. it will be seen that these
permits represent an outlay of fully
| $50, 600 900.
According to the estimates of archi-
tects and contractors there will be full
| ly 100000 900 expended during the
year 1907 for new buildings, over and
above those for which permits have al
ready been issued. According to this
! estimate there will be total expen-
diture for the 90 months following the
fire of $150.OO0,O0O on buildings alone
! These figures give some cOmprehen-
sion of how rapidly San Francisco is
recovering from the effects of the dis
| aster, and they also give a line for
computations as to how long it will
take to rebuild the city.
Reasoning from these figures it may
lie stated that the Market street center.
including the debouchng streets OF
Suffer, Post Leary, O'Farrell, Ellis, Ed
dy. Turk. Third and Fourth, and Mis-
sion street from the waterfront to
Fourth street, will be entirely rebuilt
by January l, 1909. Going at the same
rate. the entire burned district. so far
as the principal sections are concerned
will be entirely reconstructed in five
years from the date Of the fire.
Just how rapidly this reconstruction
is going on may be seen in that part
of the city lying between Telegraph
and Russian hills, and from there over
to North beach. All that vast sec
ton was entirely wiped out by the fire,
not a single building remaining. Work
of reconstruction began there before
the ashes were cold. and it may be
stated now that the entire district has
been rebuilt.
Some Misrepresentation.
There appears some misapprehen
sion regarding temporary buildings
and many of the Inquiries which come
to San Francisco regarding recon-
struction ask now many temporary
buildings are being constructed and
now many permanent. The construc-
ton of temporary buildings within the
fire limits of the city ceased on June
20, 1906. and none have been erected
i'll those limits since that time All the
buildings which are being erected are
of permanent character and must COM
ply with all the provisions of the
building ordinances. Some 5000 tenn
pOrary buildings We're erected imme-
diately after the fire, as the people
had to have some place to live in and
do business in while they were building
the permanent city. All of these tenn
porary structures We're permitted with
the express provisions that they
would be removed on sixty days notice
from the board of works
The class of building that is going on
now. and this is especially true Of the
heart of the city, radiating from Mar
ket and kearney streets. is either A or
B, which means fireproOf structures
These are either steel with brick or
stone, or cement facing, or they are re-
inforced concrete, and make the best
! permanent buildings
Hotel facilities of San Francisco are
now rapidly resuming normal condi-
tons, as several large hotels are near
| ing completion, and several have been
| finished and are now open for business
; Both the st. Francis and the Fairmont
, Will be open within the same time Two
! new class A tleaterS have been COM
pleted and are in operation. being
open and showing first class attrac-
tons TO big crowds. Nine theaters are
running and all attract large crowds at
every performance.