The San Francisco call., 1909-11-20
CARS AID PROGRESS
IN FULTON STREET
Tracks Now Run Entire Length
of Both Sides of City's
Great Playground

Both sides of Golden Gate park are
now skirted by electric railroads con-
Meeting with the ferries and all parts
Of the city. Cars commenced TO run
last Sunday over q large portion of the
new railroad in Fulton street. The
track of that line has been ballasted
and placed in prime condition, few
blocks east of Forty ninth avenue, at
which point the new line curves from
Fulton into Forty-ninth and goes to
the railway terminal south of the Cliff
house.
on the east of the completed portion
OF the new electric line notices have
been posted of the change of grade in
the streets. and stakes have been driven
for distance of some blocks, indicat-
ing the levels to which the roadbed and
sidewalks must be brought.
Within this area the ballasting of
the track has not been completed and
there is a stretch of some distance over
which electric cars will not be able to
pass for some time.
The track is laid completely from the
point west of the old Chutes, where
connection has been made for some
wears to q point about abreast of the
Yacht lake in Golden Gate park and
Forty-ninth avenue. 1t Will not be long
before the street work and ballasting of
q few blocks of track are completed
and cars VIII be operated over the
whole line.
IMPROVEMENT OF DISTRICT
With tracks running the entire
length Of both sides Of the city's great
est playground. linking the ferries and
the ocean with speedy transit and
five cent fare. the development of all
the territory known as the southerly
limit of the Richmond district and the
northerly line of the Sunset district
viii be rapid.
The streetcar arrangement viii make
il possible TO circle Golden Gate park.
with the exception Of the north line of
the panhandle, where no tracks have
been laid. The passenger travel un-
doubtedly will be very large. the
scenery along the way and the popular
ity of the resorts to be reached, includ-
ing the many favored spots in Golden
Gate park and the ocean frontage, are
the strongest lure which San Francisco
has for the wayfarer-
D street, otherwise known as Fulton
street, running along the north line
Of the great park, and II street on its
seutherly boundary, are calculated TO
make the district prosperous and popu-
lous. Both these thoroughfares are
very WlQts so Iudl tIeN are dNdltdDle
for driving, well as for streetcars.
VIEW OF SEA FROM STREET
Among the broad streets of favored
parts of San Francisco, Fulton street
is conspicuous. At q lower level than
Point Lobos avenue, il nevertheless
commands a sea view from its road
level for q distance of many blocks be-
fore the ocean is reached, and the same
is true Of street The last two
blocks of both thoroughfares slope
gently toward the ocean boulevard.
Many hills in Golden Gate park COM
posed OF drifting sand have been lev
eled TO grade by the park commission.
and the whole area, including the sea-
ward slopes of Fulton and II Streets,
forms a rolling valley beneath the
heights Of the surrounding lands.
South OF H street the country climbs
upward toward the Sutro woods and
boasts of Parnassus heights and other
elevations Northward from Fulton
street the hills slope upward toward
Point Lobos avenue, thes percentage of
grade increasing rapidly toward the
cliffs
In both directions evidence of the
activity of San Francisco realty brok-
ers may be seen. There is property for
sale along II street and the intersect-
ing and parallel streets all the way to
the ocean.
ADVANTAGE OF DISTRICT
The Sunset district has had great
advantage In growth over the section
bounding Golden Gate park on the
north. because 1t has for many years
been traversed by a railroad Prior to
the time when Adolph Sutro broke the
monopoly OF the old Market street rail-
way, and forced a reduction of the
street railway fare from the ferries to
IL
cable roads east of the Golden Gate
park were supplemented by wheezy
dummies that drew cars filled with
passengers to the ocean through a
shifting waste of sand that occupied
the space now known as the improved
II street Never until now, in half a
century of the citYs existence, has the
north edge OF Golden Gate park had
transportation facilities for more than
half its length
RESORT FOR TOURISTS
The great playground has been. and
always viii be, the great magnet TO
draw crowds on Sundays and holidays,
and il always Will be a favorite resort
for tourists from all parts of the world
The pleasures which it holds out to
spectators at al seasons of the year
are numerous. It was inevitable that
the changing OF the old line through
trio motor power should lead to large
and permanent Improvement and the
same thing viii follow the extension
Of railway facilities along the opposite
park edge 10 the Pacific ocean. Con-
seouently new and interesting era in
the development of the land west of
First avenue for q number of blocks
TO Forty-ninth avenue on the north
erly park margin is about TO commence.
PROGRESS OF HALF CENTURY
After the cars leave the old Chutes.
on their upward climb toward the park
entrance 70 Stow lake. there are few
buildings in Fulton street The build
ing improvements begin somewhere
near the point where the Richmond
boulevard, on its way to Golden Gate
park, intersects Fulton street Beyond
that, situated on slightly heights that
command views OF the Golden gate.
there are a few cottages. little
farther there are two hotels and then
no more buildings in Fulton street un-
til within a block or two of Forty
ninth avenue.
But up on the heights that stand
hack from the cliff and slope down
from Point Lobos avenue. overlooking