The San Francisco call., 1908-04-12

multiplication OF what has been buiIk
Ten years will be more than sufficient
to see 1t done.
Something Doing in the Mission
Mission street is a less snowy thor
oughfare than Market. but IL carries
tremendous traffic and is building up
in a hardly less marvellous manner
After the fire there was left on Mis-
sion street below Twentieth practically
nothing at all except two buildings
gutted by the flames. the Rialto at New
Montgomery and the Wells-Fargo at
Second street. and two others hardly
touched at all. the two story Boudette
across from the Wells-FargO and the
10 story Bothin. The Boudette escaped
intact, except for one glass that was
broken on the bar of the saloon on the
ground floor The sole damage TO the
Bothin building was the chipping of
of the noses of the lions which decor
ate the front These noses have been
carefully matched and replaced.
There have been IA buildings of six
stories and 26 more or less preten-
tious structures beneath that size built
in Mission street within the year. A
great deal of reinforced concrete has
been used there.
The three blocks between Second
and Fourth streets are much better
ing link with Market street. Third, is
built up solid, changing the whole at
mosphere of that portion OF the city
and making it much more important
than formerly.
Down at the foot Of Mission street
there are two squat, three story brick
survivals from before the fire which in
a great measure characterized Mission
street as il was 1t IS another story
now. So far $4,000. 5000 In round num-
bers has been spent In Mission street
below Fourth. The buildings there be-
fore had no such value There were
only two class A buildings in tho
streets length
Aside from the great number OF two.
three. four. five and six story reinforced
concrete buildings which look busi-
ness" there are certain notable COR
ners along the street. The corner OF
First and Mission STREETS has Branden-
STEMS six story concrete and two
broad substantial bricks Within the
next block there are three other six
story buildings. an eight. a five, two
fours and three three story structures
filing almost all the space. which was
bare a year ago. Between Second and
Third streets are ten. nine. two
eight. three six, a Eve and two four
story buildings filing that space.
At the corner Of Third street are
a seven, an e1SnJ, nine ana q ten
story building. one on each corner. OF
these the Aronson remained from be-
fore the fire, but the other three took
the place Of old structures OF small
value. The Gunst on the southwest
corner cost $4,000 and is architec-
turally one OF the best buildings In the
city Across Third street the Heyman
& Well brick VIII cost No less than
s1S5.0O0 when completed. On the north
east corner the nine story Williams
building cost S225.000-s520.000 on one
OF the principal fcorners in the city.
where valueless shacks we're before.
On the corner OF Fourth street there
are two noteworthy structures. the
Irwin hotel. $4,000 and the Hueter
building, costing $4,000.
The striking thing brought out by
these figures is that more than twice
as much as was spenr on Market and
Mission streets before is now being
laid down there. and as much again
is planned for immediate execution.
Two years from now there will be no
comparing the street as il was TO
what 1t will be.
The main arteries are flushed with
a new, active blood that is building
walls OF a height and durability to
answer its needs