New-York tribune., 1908-07-26
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE
Plans Dra5gn for the improvement
of San Francisco Hafbor.
EBy Telegraph to The Tribune ]


San Francisco, July 25-Plans have been drawn
for the harbor Improvement, and immediate steps
Will be taken for their adoption. The main feature
of this scheme is the extension eastward Of
the sea wall $50 feet, gaining the city 143
acres of warehouse space and much increased dock
ing facilities Large docks are projected for North
Beach the property owned by the Fair estate
and Law brothers. and the extension Of Van Ness
avenue is purposed far out into the bay. The
projected wall will extend clear around the
city the south far the San Mateo County
line and from this wall wharves and docks Will be
built needed.
One Of largest real estate deals since the fire
was the sale this week by the Levi Strauss Com
pany of a lot and five story building on the east
line of Battery street, between Pine and Market,
for s425O0O TO the Hastings estate. The Levi
Strauss Company will this money to erect
building at the southwest corner OF Port and
Powell streets, adjoining the St. Francis Hotel
1t Is now announced that the New Palace Hotel
will have 6s5 guest rooms. The steel work is all
installed brick and terra Gotta three
stories Rapid progress is also being made the
Phelan Office building, at Gore, Market and O'Far
reIl streets This when completed about Christ
mas will be one of the finest Office buildings IN the
city.
Sixteen japanese who caught by line riders
trying TO enter this country the Mexican bor-
der were deported on the steamer Korea on Thurs
day. These japanese paid SZ5O each 10 1dKu MIRA;
one OF their countrynlen. who had lived here five
years He got them safely over the border and
provided each with map and compass, by the aid
OF which they were to reach California
James NJ Burke, graduated this year from the
University of California, has just returned TO
Berkeley from government investigation OF the
OF electricity in farm work throughout the
state. Burke declares that the use Of electric
power revolutionized farming in California as
far- n0t only
power pumps water for irrigation. The result has
been to split up large acreage in the San Joaquin
and Sacramento valleys into small farms mainly
planted in fruit and alfalfa and irrigated by cleo
| tric pumping plants Electric railways have done
much TO settle small farmers on these lands.
Chief Forester Clifford Pinchot is Iecturing here
on the conservation OF natural resources. Mr..
Pinchot dwells the great natural resources OF
| California and declares that without them San
Francisco would never have been rebuilt as it has
been since the fire He urges legislation that will
preserve the forests upon which the life OF rivers
and creeks virtually depends.
| Private William Buwalda, Of the United States
! engineers who convicted OF shaking hands
| with Emma Goldman and complimentins her on
her abuse of the United States army. may receive
| clenency from the Washington authorities because
| of his good record Buwalda sentenced to five
years In AIcatraz Prison. but General Funston re-
| duced this TO three years because OF his service.
! The officers and men Of the japanese training
| ship Taisei Maru and japanese Consul General
| Kofke gave a dinner this week TO prominent local
| officials and business men, which was followed by
a display on the quarter deck of the training ship
| of skill in various Japanese athletic sports The
| consul general who acted POSTMASTER. was
| highly complimentary to Americans. and several
| of his guests responded by declaring that ne had
! done more by his diplomacy to remove Ill feeling
between the two races than any one who ever
| occupied the place.
! Isaac P. Eppinger OF the late millionaire
| grain dealer was arrested this week complaint
OF his brother adjudged insane and sent 20 UEiah
| Asylum.
The inventory OF the estate of the late Robert R
| Thompson. the sonoma County capitalist shows II
10 be worth more than 100000 The real estate
valued at 81 7O0.00 Among the assets is promis-
| sorry note by Henry e. Huntington for Si0.SS
| Appraisers set down worthless note by James
Treadweu for 200 secured by six hundred shares
| OF the wrecked California Safe Deposit and Trus
| Company.
There has been rather OF furry IN certain
| Constock mining shares this week. due 10 report
OF good ore found on the lower levels Of the con
solldated California and Virginia and Mexican
Consolidated Virginia more than doubled In price
and the whole market was advanced by the activit
in these two stocks. Whether the ore Is a perma
nent body or will pinch out" remains TO be seer
| II rermanent the Comstock shares will once NOR
be in demand after being neglected since the oi
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