The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-06-24
FRANCISCO
AS IT IS TODAY,
i Impressions a Year
b. the Great Disaster.
Ike VAST BOILER SHOP

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past-Business Shifted.
led in pencil on the walls of
|Dorary structure occupied by
san Francisco's leading hotels
l.. saw and went. Too badl
n Poor old San Francisco
ssed TO love you"
evidently the outpouring from
Less of heart of some tourist on
visit after the earthquake and
4 a San Francisco special dis.
] the New York Herald, The
k,ment thus expressed is uni
.uong those who knew the old
\ the Pacific coast" but the
rho felt the first shock more
car ago and who is returning
spne has another standard with
make comparison. He has
Of miles of smoking ruins, OF
locked streets, of crowded ref.
IS. of long and winding bread
soldiers at every turn, Of a
hate and stunned. Such a per
Doking for indications of the
Of a year and has a different
His comparisons are all
worst which could be.
San Francisco two weeks
earthquake and returning now
rst time, this was my attitude
Coming in on a belated train,
ppg after midnight as / stood
Nv of the ferryboat, circling In
sing tide. Beside me stood an
franciscan.
to follow the sea-" said this
ID l know nearly every promi-
on the globe. There's only
harbor which will compare
magnificent bay. That's Val.
Chile. This bay alone will res,
Francisco. It's going to be a
d struggle, but we'll win.
bllged to be away from home
Zeal, and every time l come
get aboard the ferry l look
bay for the lights, and l can
ching about the progress
D been made while l have
Be. Bach time the circle of
eaSes I've been gone about
lbs HOw, and l can see that q
Ut mile wide has been add
pkS good to me-"
be hotel accommodations In
cisco now, and one may live
Ut even if he does have to
feet from his room to get q
lhOugh the noted Palace hoteI
hole in the ground, the Fair.
el is in operation, other hotels
rted up in the best accommo
70 be obtained, and the st
formerly given much tC
over the luxuries of its lofty
is housed in a one story
nllding which rambles ovel
luare and creeps up to thu
be monument commemorative
victory. The walls of the no
board. Wherefore one learn,
ngs about his neighbors.
no late sleep on q week day
In the hotels Of San Francis
DIN is of one vast boiler shoI
lafe. AS the visitor dresse!
about he sees the steel frame!
fapers rising on every side
60 comes the chorus of ham
Is hammer, hammer, hammer
eel until one is almost inclin
p his ears. 1t is said mo-
ID 10000 men are hammerinl
ich working day.
the rising towers of stee
business section the streets
iush look almost the same a.
Year ago. Here are thu
ana half crumpled walls o.
foundation holes filled witt
'le spaces Of ruins, sidewalks
TN heaps of stone and bricl
: 50 full of holes and dusty
spent In getting shoes shin
'iutely wasted.
trolley cars and cable cars
strike breakers, are heart
'Aet street, but there is
weston of wagons equipped
'orary seats and loaded dow
and women. Trailing on /
car Is a soap box or an i'm
'aoder by which the passen
INTO the joltIng vehicle. Al
Oanner on the side Of each In
onlooker that the vehicle /
q carmen's union; fare i
~ reminds him that 1t is
NE street car strike tina
lss are, the whole scene /
reminiscent Of the long pre-
wagons loaded with refugee
y along in the midst of heay
audging pedestrians seekinl
ne ferry a little more thai
nke almost the same Sal
lett shortly after the fire,
70 resident the first morn
arrival.
.ul me and see II 1t Is" b
led the way to the to
n. Aerchants' Exchange build
- S'lla street, between Mon
= sansome streets, wher
busy on the variou