Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-11

wind blew 1t was impossible TO near LIZ 'uo
cia above high C for the Tapping OF the
canvas walls Of the opera mouse.
Where oh where between the seven seas
will YOU find such another people! A
people who rebuild a metropolis IN thres
wears: who smile through disaster anu
never forget to keep busy. A people VINO
will play with YOU, be gay with you' or
Join you in prayer -.
Outside of the humber residence dis
trict every new structure Is much larger,
loftier and more costly than pefore. there
is scarcely an exception. and the lmproVe..
'ment in architectural design IS lne I hesn
notable of all. San Francisco has oeen
the ugliest of American cities. Love Ioi
the ornate was gratifed at the expense
of dignity and good taste. put men "nS
wear big diamond studs in the oosoms OF
their flannel shirts could not be expeu.eu u
to admire the classic. They INSISTED upon
display, and wanted it laid on thick. -.
But the new San Francisco is very olI-
ferent. and indicates advance IN cultuSe
that is gratifying. There I are no ;, more ore
world than the three big hotels. the FAR
mont, the Palace and the St. Francis.
There are no finer examples Of business
architecture than the Bank OF Cail1o.nia,
the Hibernia Bank. the Union ir u.s.
First National Bank. the Phelan. tns
Flood and the Monadnock buildings. ana
other skyscrapers that could be men
toned. while the Call building and the
towers above the roofs of the rest or the
city with dignified and stately air.
Credit to the City.
The new Federal building is admirable
and the municipality is erecting series
of structures that would be credit 10
any ctty-a five-million-dollar city hall.
a courthouse, a hospital, thirty-four new
schoolhouses, several police stations ana
Dire department houses.
IN addition to these large expenditures
a new water supply system, new sewers
garbage crematories and a fire system
With ninety great cisterns are being pro-
yided to meet the needs of million ana
a half Of people The present population
is estimated at 5O7 900. which Will be an
advance from 42.7S2 since the census OF
1900.
There are Is Onew hotels already open.
with 1880 suites and rooms. capable OF
accommodating $4,000 guests. Tne 81.
Francis, which is house OF noHeIhe
luxury under the management OF James
Woods, who was educated at the wal
dorf in New York, is a model hotel and
one of the most satisfactory in the coun
try. It can accommodate 1000 people.
The new Palace Hotel, which belongs 10
the Sharon estate and occupies the site OF
one.
and the Fairmont, which was completed
a few days before the fire and would
have opened its doors to the public with
in a kew or so, has been entreiy re-
stored, refurnished and equipped with &C
commodations for a thousand guests.
It represents an investment of more than
Ss, 900 600 and belongs to Mrs: Oelrlchs OF
New York, daughter Of the late senator
Fair.
The numerous other hotels and apart
CO. LNeov 1ofC ON
the best equipped cities In the world IN
this respect.
Wharves Escape the Flames.
The wharves did not burn. The fire
stopped when 1t reached the broad paw
ing stones of East street, which runs
along the docks, and this was great
benefit, because the material for the re-
building of the city-the lumber from the
north Pacific coast. the steel from Eng
land, the furnishings from France, the
cement and other things from Germany
and the million dollars worth of supplies
from the Atlantic ports of the United
States-could be landed and stored at
convenient places without having to re-
build the wharfage. ,
There are thirty-one wharves WIN
eight miles of berthing room upon the
bay front of San Francisco, and seven
million tons Of freight were hanCled there
last year. Harbor Improvement Asso-
citation has beensorgamdzedi ror of tn modern
methods of handling freight, which in
yolye an expenditure of twenty-five mill
lion dollars by the United States govern
ment, the city, the railroads and the
One of the most important of the i'm
provements is the construction OF Dun
barton bridge, south of Hunters Point
dry dock, where, at the narroWest point
of the bay, the Southern Pacific railway
trains from Portland and other northern
points and Ogden and other eastern points
can cross and unload their passengers and
freight in the heart of San Francisco IN.
stead of at Oakland. on the other side of
the bay. This means a great deal to
freight and passenger traffic, and will
save millions Of dollars annually to ship
pers by economy in the handling of
freight. Trains from the south already
land in a convenient section Of the city,
direction are required to leave the cars at
Oakland and finish their journey on
ferryboat.
Millions Spent in Rebuilding.
The street ar companies have spent
twelve million dollars rebuilding their
tracks, and the facilities of communica-
ton have been greatly improved and are
now equal to those of any other city in
the United States. These improvements
have involved an unfortunate series of
scandals. indictments and prosecutions in
the courts. for which everybody ought to
be regretful but, whatever ground there
ma hayve been for the charges of corrup-
ton, the reform movement has been de-
graded into a personal and factional fight
between rival interests whose partisan
vindictiveness is mere conspicuous than
their anxiety for the public welfare.
Notwithstanding the enormous expendi-
lures that have been necessary for the
building Of the CITY the parks and bOule-