The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-05-20
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FRISCO BIGGER AND
BETTER THAN BEFORE
Gains in Population and Bank
Clearings Since the
Fire.
From the Kansas city star.

April IS, 1906, the greater part Of
San Francisco was destroyed by earth
quake and Gre. More than $4,000 build
ings, valued al $106. 900, 600, went down
IN ruins or We're SO damaged that re-
habitation cost more than the original
STRUCTURES. The water works system
went out Of existence. Thousands OF
the Inhabitants were homeless, living
in the streets, hungry and poorly
clothed. From the place OF first Inn
portance in the western half of he
continent, San Francisco fell in a day
and a night to the place of 1.-THE City
That Was
But today San Francisco lives again.
a better. more thoroughly modern.
cleaner and more artistic city than
ever 1t vas or eve could have been,
except through the way Of adversely.
A Record Of Three Years.
In three years $4,000 buildings, APP
proximately worth $149.000.Oo0, have
been erected. 10000 fewer than were
100000 more. These are areproof.
steel-frame and stone or concrete
structures for the most part.
To protect these buildings and the
remainder of the new city, San Fran
cisco has issued IS, 1885, 900 worth of
connecting all parts OF the city with
three large, fresh water reservoirs con
taining 1900, 900 gallons supplied from
an artesian we'll system through q
pumping station, the reservoirs so con
nected that they can be utilized either
nected by double mains. To these
mains which will be kept full of fresh
water, is connected a salt water aux
iliary system, composed OF two inn
mense pumping plants, one at North
Beach and the other at the southern
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capacity sufficient to keep all the
mains full Of salt water. In addition
TO these pumping plants 1t will be pos
sible to connect two large fire boats
with these mains at any one Of Ia
piers running out into the bay. AS a
further auxiliary system 100 cisterns
OF $4,000 gallon capacity each, are be-
city.
OF the $780, oo, 900 that has gone in
ITO new buildings in San Francisco In
the past three years less than $10,-
900, 600 Of it came from outside capt.
~talists, and that only after San Fran
cisco showed that it had confidence
In itself and in its future. There has
been a constant increase in bank de-
posits, especially in savings banks.
April IA, 1906, San Francisco savings
banks had on deposit $166,462,254 De-
cember Fl, 1908. these banks had on
NSPOoAS PAetBx AAS ~
standing that the part Of the com
munity which composes the bulk OF
savings bank depositors has had to
rehabilitate its homes and small bust
ness during the past three years.
Municipal improvements, $19,25O ,OOO
In addition to the many millions
spent by individuals in rebuilding San
Francisco the public service corpora
,tions have expended nearly $50, 000, 600
and the municipality has voted bonds
for SIS, $780, 900 for new sewers, fire pro-
lection, school buildings and other i'm
iprovements. including a modern gar
ibage crematory system.
San Francisco has wasted no time
in the past three years. It's streets
are still in bad condition, but that was
to be expected because Of the heavy
traffic in building materials that has
gone over them constantly since the
big disaster. Blu the streets are to be
!repaved and improved, widened In
some places and Strengthened in 9TH
ers. The population has increased, too
and is more than 500, 900 In the
city. There are more hotels and bet
ter hotels han were in the old sau
Francisco. 1t Is a new city bufldec
out OF the wisdom Of 1.-THE City Tha,
Was"