Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-08
GRAND DAY
FOR FLEET
SAN FRANCISCO GIVES GREAT
OVATION
1000 BLUEJACKETS PARADE THE
CITY STREETS
Bay City damned and Crowds Go
Wild with Patriotic Welcome.
Continuous Cheers Greet
Naval Pageant
Continued from rage One,

tary Metcalf and the flag and COM
manding officers of the fleet.
Admiral Evans was unable to at
tend. his place being taken by Admiral
Thomas, who responded to the well
come to the Atlantic fleet.
A number of informal speeches were
made.
Route of the Parade
The route of the parade today lay
up Market street from the famous fer
~ terminals to Van Ness avenue and
lid the latter to Washington street,
where the countermarch began.
Every step of the way was nlled
with a peculiar interest for the marcn-
ing men, many of whom had been III
San Francisco before and who were
anxious to see the effects and AFTER
math of the great fire or TWO years
ago.
OFFICERS not marching with commands
rode in carriages, of which there were
fortv-nine in line--and had the best
opportunity to observe the many
changes.
Market street was in the heart of the
fire. and Van Ness avenue pfactlcaily
marked it's western boundary, so there
WIS cNIutnCc III SNSAS SiNNAN -
order of things.
on their march of a mile and half
up Market street and for three-quar-
ters of a mile on Van Ness avenue, tne
sailors were given an adequate loea OIL
the upbuilding of the city. which mas
spread in every section with the same
progress made on the two thorough
fares used for the parade.
March on Market Street
Market street, with its smooth as
phalt pavement replacing the rough
basaIt blocks of two years ago, now IS
lined with newly-risen buildings OF
steel and stone, most of them complete
and occupied but few still showing
their gaunt skeletons against the SKY
in progress of construction.
All the old landmarks along the way
were missing today, with the exception
of a few of the newer structures tnat
remained sufficiently intact to permit
of reconstruction along their famlllar
lines.
At Post street, for instance the old
Masonic temple has been replaced by
a MAGNIFICENT bank building, rising IN
white marble splendor thirteen stories
above the ground.
The Crocker building at this same
corner, badly damaged during the fire,
has been reconstructed and made over
into a modern building, long since oc-
cupied. The completed steel frame of
the new Palace hotel rises on the site
of the old, and retaining the huge IN
terror court that distinguished the
famed old structure that went in the
whitening flames.
Other Changes Seen
The Call building stands in recon-
structed completeness at Third street,
and across the way is the remodeled
Chronicle building, with it's annex sew
enteen stories high. The new Phelan
building at OFarrell street. flatiron
structure covering twice the ground OF
its prototype in New York and rising
nearly as high, is one of the modern
evidences of the city rebuilt.
All the way to Van Ness the same
conditions of reconstruction WerQ seen,
old rookeries and one-story buildings
having been replaced by business struc-
lures of architectural beauty and fire
proof quality
Van Ness avenue was replete WITH
interest in it's transformation from a
residence thoroughfare of two years
ago to a business street of fashionable
shops and cafes.
1t was at Van Ness avenue that the
bravest stand against the fire was
made and where the dynamlt1ng tlnallE
proved a barrier to a further advance
of the flames. On the west side of the
avenue many of the residences spared
from the fire have been turned into
business houses. The east side of the
avenue is entirely new ST. Mary's
cathedral at O'Farrell street, where
priests fought and saved the twice
afire edifiee. attracted all attention.
The 100000 Spreckels palace, Quilted
by the fire, but now restored to original
beauty, furnishes one of the last and
most significant of the evidences of
the growth of the new city. After the
parade was dispersed the officers were
driven over other sections than those
already traversed and shown the pro-
gress of reconstruction there.
Tomorrow Secretary of the Navy
Metcalf will review the anchored fleets
in the bay from the gunboat Yorktown.