The San Francisco call., 1909-10-30
CHOICE SITE FOR
BEAUTIFUL HOMES
View of Golden Gate Park and
the Waters OF the Pacific
Ocean
By DAVID HIRscHLER

trict lying between Thirty-fi fifth avenue
and the ocean boulevard, Fulton street
and Point Lobos avenue, is now being
opened. The land slopes southwark
from Point Lobos avenue to Fulton
street. which is the northern margin
of Golden Gate park. This southerly
slope in itself is for San Franciscans
to the sun and grants an unobstructed
view of Golden Gate park. chain of
lakes, the ocean beach and Sutro
Heights.
This district is so large, so pictur-
esque. accessible, endowed with varie-
yet with the property so low in price
that it's development takes on the Dig
nifty of public Importance. There is
nothing new in the fact that the land
fronts the ocean and Golden Gate park,
San Franciscos greatest play ground,
and its charming scenic attractions.
but the fact. is new that all the disad-
yantages that have retarded its de-
velopment are about to be removed.
A MOST ATTRACTIVE SITE
No more than one year ago this en-
tire slope was nothing but a stretch
of sand dunes. Through the untiring
efforts of the Sutro Heights improve
nent club, of which Edmond Godchaux
is president. this entire section is be-
ing transformed into one of the most
attractive residence sites in San Fran
cisco.
After years of hard work on the
part of property owners the supervisors
have been made to see the necessity
Of opening and grading Fulton street
TO the beach. These improvements
have now been accomplished. The
United Railroads has practically COM
pleted the line along Fulton street to
the ocean. Passengers will soon be
taken from the ferries to the beach via
Fulton street. This will be the short
est est Line line 10th to the OCEAN from the foot of
The rails on Fulton street are Of the
heaviest type, and the roadbed is pro-
nounced by Manager Black of the
United Railroads to be the very best
in the city. Cars of the new type-the
pay as you enter-have been ordered
for this new line, which will be quite
an innovation for San Francisco, and
comfort to the passengers going to the
beach, eliminating the annoyance of
the conductor pushing his way through
crowded cars to collect nickels.
TO BEACH VIA FULTON STREET
> Arrangements have been made to run
the Hayes street cars from Third and
Townsend out along Fulton street to
the beach, thus affording the residents
of that district direct transportation to
the ferries. and to the Southern Pacific
depot at Third and Townsend streets
without transfer. The railway company
figures that the trip from the ferries
to the ocean via McAllister and Fulton
streets will save no less than II min
utes in time, making the trip in about
36 minutes from the ferries to the
ocean.
This district could not develop unless
it had these streetcar facilities. The
officers of the United Railroads have
assured a committee of the Sutro
Heights improvement club that the
cars will run to the beach along Fulton
street no later than January 1, 1910.
SEWER SYSTEM FOR DISTRICT
Next to this most important deve1-
opment comes the achievement of pro-
viding a sewer system for the district.
The firm of Lipman &, Hirschler sold
for the city s65,o00 worth of sewer
bonds of an old issue bearing no in
terest, in order to construct a main
sewer on Fulton street. Plans and
Specifications are about complete and
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gin within a few weeks. The sewer
outlet is provided for by a tunnel
through Forty-eighth avenue and Su-
troA Heights to a place opposite Lime
point. This outlet will cost the city
in the neighborhood of $780, The
bonds for this purpose have already
been provided for.
Having the best car facilities, being
travsrsed by three different car lines
the Fulton street the Clement street
and the Ellis and Ocean car-and hav-
ing sewer system under construc-
ton, the property owners have not
lost any time in bringing this section
before the public. Almost all the
avenues from Thirty fifth avenue
westward are being opened from Point
Lobos avenue to Fulton street and
Golden Gate park.
IMPROVED ARCHITECTURE
The people of San Francisco are easy
going. The natural advantages are too