The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-05-20
BIGGER AND
BETTER THAN BEFORE
Gains in Population and Bank
Clearings Since the
Fire.
From the Kansas CIV star.

April is, 1906, the greater part or
San Francisco was destroyed by earth
quake and fire. More than rs, 900 build
ings, valued at sos, 000, 900, went down
in ruins or We're SO damaged that re-
lhabitation cost more than the original
structures. The water works system
went out OF existence, Thousands OF
the Inhabitants We're homeless, living
in the streets, hungry and poorly
clothed. From the place of first inn
portance in the western half of The
continent, San Francisco fell In a day
and a night to the place of 1.-THE City
That Was" s.
But today San Francisco lives again.
a better, more thoroughly modern,
ever It was or ever could have been,
except through the way of adversely.
A Record Of Three Years.
f. In three years 8 1000 buildings, APP
proximately worth $149, 000, 900, have
been erected, 10000 fewer than were
destroyed in 1906, but costing $44,-
000, 900 more. These are f1reproof,
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, $50, 900 worth Of
bonds for S1h miles Of water mains
connecting all parts of the city with
three large, fresh water reservoirs con-
tanning 1000, 900 gallons supplied from
an artesian we'll system through q
pumping station, the reservoirs 80 con-
nected that they can be utilized either
separately or in conjunction, and con-
nected by double mains. To these
mains which will be kept full Of fresh
water, Is connected a salt water aux
Hilary system, composed of two inn
mense pumping plants, n at North
Beach and the other at the southern
end Of the city, either Of which has
capacity sufficient to keep all the
mains full Of salt water. In addition
to these pumping plants It will be pos
sible to connect two large fire boats
with these mains at any one of IL
piers running out into the bay. AS a
further auxiliary system 100 cisterns
of 5000 gallon capacity each, are be-
ing constructed In several parts Of the
city.
or the $780, 600, 900 that has gone in
to new buildings in San Francisco In
the past three years less than $10,-
000, 900 OF It came from outside CAPT.
talists, and that only after San Fran
cisco showed that 1t had confidence
in itself and In it's future. There has
been O 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 81, 1908, these banks had on
deposit $1s4,454,5S4. This, notwith-
standing that the part Of the COM
munity which composes the bulk of
savings bank depositors has had to
r~ehabilitate its homes and small busi-
ness during the past three years.
Municipal improvements, S19,250,ooo
In addition to the many millions
spent by individuals In rebuilding San
Francisco the public service corpora
Itions have expended nearly $40, 000, 600
and the municipality has voted bonds
for SIS, CSC, 900 for new sewers, IRE pro-
lection, school buildings and other I'm
iprovements, including a modern gar
bage ~crematory system.
a Francisco has wasted no time
in the past three years. Its 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. But the streets are to be
repaved and improved, widened in
some places and Strengthened In 9TH
ers. The population las increased, too,
and now is more than 500, 900 in the
city. There are more hotels and bet
ter hotels than were in the old San
Francisco. 1t is a new city builded
out Of the wisdom Of 1.-The City That
Was"