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The San Francisco call., 1910-10-22
new WONDERLAND
TO BE OPENED UP
Realty Company Plans Cutting
Up Shriners Canyon Into
Fashionable Homes

The Goetzman realty company is en-
tering the San Francisco real estate
field with one of the largest develop
ment enterprises that has been under
taken in several years.
They have purchased the old Shrin-
ers tract of 125 acres in the most
scenic part Of Mill Valley Homes of
wealthy San Franciscans extend up to
and almost surround this wonderfully
beautiful region, with the mystic red
woods as one of the chief charms and
Mount Tamalpais overtopping all with
its grandeur.
Here the new development company
is going to build scenic drives, set
aside park spaces, put in sewers, elec-
trio light and secure electric car
transit. Already fashion has set it's seal
upon this region, and the new homes
that are built there will have ample
grounds and all will be practically
show places. Already Mill Valley IS
superb homes rank well with the ex-
elusive places down on the peninsula.
The plans that the Goetzman realty
company have in mind propose the
making of Mill Valley the Tuxedo of
the west.
1t will take hundreds of thousands
of dollars to carry out this enterprise
and several years time, but the men
behind IT assert that the outcome will
be something to awaken the pride of
every nature lover and civic enthusiast
in this city.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-22
MASONIC TEMPLE
TO BE MONUMENT
Building in Byzantine Style to
Be Erected at Van Ness
Avenue and Oak Street

At the grand conclave of Masons.
held last week. 1t was decided to begin
the erection of a new Masonic temple
in San Francisco. 1t will be an fnipos-
ing marble structure at the corner OF
Van Ness avenue and Oak street. The
general style of the building will be
Byzantine, of monumental proportions.
Its dome will be imposing and the
windows in it will be fashioned after
the mosque of St. Sophia in Constan-
tinople.
The building will cost s750,00O. 1t
will be 12O feet high. with a frontage
of 120 feet in Van Ness avenue and
156 feet in Oak street.
The ground floor is to be devoted TO
a marble vestibule with walled ceiling
with renting area in Van Ness avenue
and a large auditorium in the rear,
So by 129 feet.
The second floor is devoted to four
lodge rooms, each with it's accompany
ing parlor tyler's room, preparation
room. hat and coat room and two lunch
rooms
The third floor is devoted to the
commandery quarters with their recep-
tion room and adjacent facilities; the
large banqueting room, with it's ad-
joining kitchen. and the Eastern Star
lodge, which has adjacent to Ii a par
lor. reception room, tyler's room. prep
aration room, hat and coat room, ban
quoting room and kitchen.
On the mezzanine floor there Is
large social hall. with library and %
offices for the officials OF the organiza
tion; also the armory.
At the rear of the basement is a
large drill hall. So by 40 feet. with
kitchen adjoining so that the drill hall
may be used for banqueting purposes.
The building is to be finished inside
in the detail of the Florentine period.
1t is to be erected of white marble,
carved over the entrance door and the
emblems carved on the surface of the
building will all be typical and his
torical Of the order OF Masons-
Great attention has been bestowed
on the interior finish of the various
Iodgerooms and beautiful wood will
be used on the walls with ornam ented
ceilings 1t has been the aim of the
building committee to erect the finest
Masonic temple in America. and one
which will compare favorably with the
great temples abroad
A member of the firm of Bliss &
FaviIIe. the architects. will make a trip
to Europe in the early spring to study
details for the interior of the building.
and during his absence will visit the
great temples of Europe.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-22
BUILDING LOANS
SHOW INCREASE
Erection of New Structures Will
Be Started in Different
Parts of City

There has been a. slight increase this
! week in the number of building loans
made by the savings banks.
The Hibernia bank loaned $4,000 to
Margaret z. Lees TO build a first class
brick apartment house at the northeast
conner Of California and Stockton
streets. The rate was ) Z per cent for
one year.
The French-American bank loaned
s12.S00 TO George NJ. Converse to build
a brick house containing three large
flats IN the south side of Sutter street.
$50 feet east Of Leavenworth, on a
c5xS7i4 foot lot, the building TO cost
$4,000.
Tne French American bank has
loaned $4,000 10 Arthur f. Rosseau TO
build q first class apartment house TO
cost $4,000 al the southwest corner of
California and Leavenworth streets
The S3O,0 loan by the Security saw
ings bank to Charles A. ShurtIeff on
property in Webb street south of Sac
ramento is a renewal of one year at 6
per cent
The $4,000 loan TO ]. H. Bohlig by
the German savings bank on Octavia
snJ Post streets properties is q re-
newal-
The. Bank of Italy loaned $4,000 to
James Crichton TO defray cost of a new
two story building in the east side of
Mission street, 155 feet south Of Twen-
tieth 1t is in mission style and will
be used for amusement parlors.
The same builder is going to
erect FIVE other brick Mission style
buildings soon in the west side of Mis-
sion street near Twenty first.
, The German savings bank loaned
s. 500 TO Della Sullivan for the erection
Of frame fats at the northwest corner
Of Sa era mento and Scott streets.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-22
HOTELPLANNEDFOR
OLD Inn DISTRICT
Davis Estate to Build Eight
Story Hostelry at Kearny
and Suffer Streets

The long. expected reha bitation of the
old downtown hotel district will be
begun by the construction in the near
future of large first class eight story
hotel at the southeast corner of Kear-
ny and Sutter streets.
The Jacob 2. Davis estate company
is taking estimates on plans and spec
ifications prepared by l.. B. Dutton,
architect. The building will cover the
entire lot, being 97:6 feet in Sutter
street by 1926 feet in Kearny, and
running to Yer Mehr place on the
south.
The building will be the best class
A construction. with steel columns.
beams and girders and reinforced con-
crete floors, making an absolutely fire.
proof building throughout
The exterior of the building will be
pressed brick on three street fronts,
with galvanized iron cornice. The ex-
terror of the first story is entirely of
plate and prism glass, giving the ut
most possible light for stores, which
are designed to occupy the entire first
story, except 10 feet in Kearny street,
which is for the hotel entrance. This
entrance will be protected by large
glass marquee, covering the sidewalk
in front of the hotel entrance. There
will be three stores in Sutter street
and six store entrances in Kearny
street. These stores are made 18 feet
high. providing for ample mezzanine
story space, where it is desired.
An ample hotel lobby, writing room,
reading room, Office, ETC., will occupy
the central portion of the first story.
The basement will be occupied by a
large restaurant cafe, with an entrance
from Sutter street, and also from the
main lobby of the hotel.
Each floor from second to eighth
inclusive will contain 32 large size
rooms, 19 of which will have private
baths, making a total of 224 rooms,
and 133 private bath rooms, and mas
much as there are three street fronts.
a large number of these rooms will
face on streets.
1t is proposed to begin construction
as soon as the contract can be let, and
to complete the building in year.
The property has already been leased
for 15 years at a yearly rental of
$4,000, and will be under the manage
ment of J. II. Van Horne
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-22
TWO RECENT SALES
IN WESTERN ADDITION

The property at the southeast corner
of Fell and Franklin, 50x120 feet, was
sold recently for S17,500. The 50x120
foot property on the south line of
Haight street, 1856 feet east of Steiner
was also sold for the same price,
$17,50o.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-22
new NEVADA BLOCK
in MONTGOMERY

Plans have been drawn by Architect
William Mooser for the new Nevada
block to be erected on the Nevada
block site at the northwest corner of
Pine and Montgomery streets by James
L. Flood and the Wells Fargo Nevada
national bank.
1t will be five story stone build
ing of classic style, with the most up
to date finish and fittings. The lot
is 125 by 1886 feet, and extends to
the California market.
The original plans call for five
stories, but more will be added if
demand for Office space warrants it..
The cost will be about 100000 1t
will be very substantial Improvement
to Montgomery street.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-22
NEW COUGH STREET CROSS TOWN LINE GREAT BENEFIT TO THE CITY
BRINGS THE MISSION AND
RICHMOND IN CLOSE TOUCH
Expected TO Double Cough Street Values and Increase
Business of Fillmore, Valencia and Mission Streets

This week has marked the beginning
OF construction work on the new Cough
street line, which it is believed viii
prove the most important crosstown
scar line Of the city.
The new line viii connect with the
present Valencia street line, beginning
al the junction of Market and Haight
streets. There will be seven blocks OF
new track along Cough street TO Nc
Allister-
It viii cost $4,000 to lay the rails.
put in poles. trolley wires and make
crossings and connections with existing
lines OF this amount about $50, 600 has
been raised by popular subscription
among property holders along the line
and 5000 has been advanced by the
Hibernia savings bank TO make up the
total Of s45.OOO necessary for con-
Struction work
; PER CENT BONDS
The United Railroads will issue bonds
for this amount bearing 5 per cent in
1ereSt and TO pay back the principal in
z years, the time when the Valencia
street franchise expires. Work will be
rushed on the new line and il is ex-
pected TO be finished and in operation
u
This viii mean the establishment of
most direct, level and rapid route
from the southerly confines of the Mis-
sion TO the most northerly and populous
sections Of the Richmond district. Cars
VIII be run, beginning at Mission and
Onondaga avenue, TO Valencia, to
Cough, 10 McAllisters TO Fillmore, north
70 Sacramento and thence westward
10 Sixth avenue and eventually to the
Cliff house
The immediate effect of this will
naturally be to increase the retail
trade in Fillmore street throughout its
business district.
It is estimated that it will increase
real estate values here from Is to 25
per cent. Valencia and Mission street
values viii be increased in about the
same proportion while ii is thought that
Cough street property along this line
viii be fully doubled. Cough street
viii be asphalted throughout the seven
blocks traversed by the car line, and
viii be made as fine a street as Fill
more.
DETOUR NECESSARY NOW
With this new connecting link be-
tween the Mission and Richmond, cars
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-22
NEW WAREHOUSE
FOR FIRST STREET

Contracts have been closed by Willis
Polk & Co, the architects, for the con-
structfon Of six story and basement
reinforced concrete warehouse TO be
erected in the east side Of First street
between Market and Mission, by the re-
gents Of the University of California
for Blake Mofltt e. Towne.
The construction of the building is
very heavy, being calculated to carry
floor loads Of 500 pounds a square foot.
Contracts were let separately for each
trade and branch Of the work, more
than 500 bids having been received from
the various contractors.
It viii be equipped with metal frames
and wire glass, sprinkler system and
two elevators. The building viii be
one Of the most complete modern ware
houses designed for the reconstruction
Of the new city.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-22

can run swiftly and easily on one OIL
two minute headway.
The work begun this week in Cough
street was between Market and Page
1t will be pushed along the entire
route to AIcAllister.
At the present time the cross town
service is over the hills by the Six
teenth and Bryant and Broadway and
Fillmore, operating at great disad-
vantage on account of steep grades at
both ends of Fillmore, rendering it i'm
possible to run cars at less than two
and a half minutes apart, and even
then not reaching the most thickly
settled sections of Richmond and the
Mission.
This new cross town line has been
agitated for four years. In July, 1906
the Fillmore street Improvement asso-
citation conceived the idea of construct
ing a railroad in Cough street for the
purpose of securing for their district
a service commensurate with the de-
mands; such a service the United Rail-
roads could not give on account of the
hills along Fillmore street from Full
ton to Haight streets.
pom HAS BEEN ACTIVE
A. J. Pom, president of the Fillmore
street improvement association, took
an active part in the project from the
start and carried it through to a sue
cessful termination.
Among those who have aided the
project. financially and otherwise, are
Tobin & Tobin of the Hibernia Saw
ings and Loan society, former Super
visor Ralph McLaren, Neustadter Broth
ers, Robert White Estate company,
estate of Irving NJ. Scott, Will &
Finck, H. c. Breeder. Flora B. Nc
Dermott, James McEvoy, w. ]. Egan,
California Baking company, David
Livingston, F. O. Haussler. A. L. Leng-
field. ". V. Bryan, Garret W. Nc
Enerney, Decamer & Stetson, DR., G.. J.
Fitzgibbon, Morris Meyerfeld, G. w.
Hooper, James Gibb, John Schussler.
NJ z. Hornlein, l. E. Clawson, G. T.
Gunther, Julia NJ. Denahue, D. H. & NJ.
A. Edwards company, DR.. C. s. Ma
guire, W. ]. Gallagher, G. A Shaw, c.
T. RylanJ and Fred Eggers.
A. ]. Pom states that his associates
wish to acknowledge the cooperation
and assistance of the Mission promo
tion association, Hayes Valley and Gen.
tral Mission Improvement association,
and of many property owners along the
route.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-22
CURRY RANCH is
SOLD FOR $50, 900

The M. s. Curry ranch, consisting of
about l ,010 acres on Putah creek three
and half miles north of Dixon, be-
longing to Mrs. Louisa A. Curry and
Mrs. Julia c. Bolton, and considered one
of the finest ranches in Solano county,
has just been sold to Mrs. Lizzie. H.
Glide of Sacramento, one of the well
known land holders of this state. The
sale was made through the D. W. Hob
son company of San Francisco, and was
one of the largest ever made in Solano
county. The price has not been made
public, but is said to be in the neigh
borhood of $150,000. 1t is Mrs. GHde's
intention to plant this magnificent
ranch in alfalfa for use of her famous
herd of thoroughbred cattle.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-22
BUILDING PERMITS
SHOW AN INCREASE

The building permits issued this week
show a substantial increase over pre-
vious weeks, as indicated by the fol-
lowing table.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-22

Get the best Of a man if you would
see his worst side.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-22
POTRERO WANTS BRIDGE
REPAIRED FOR TRAFFIC
Eighteenth Street Structure Is
Neglected by Corporations

The Potrero merchants association
and the Potrero Improvement associa-
tion are working together trying TO
discover who is responsible for the i'm
passable condition of the Eighteenth
street bridge. Efforts have been made
to get the city to repair the broken
roadway and the Santa Fe railroad
company has also been asked to take
action in the matter.
The bridge connects Iowa and Min
nesota streets, making a span. of two
blocks. 1t was built by the Santa Fe
when the company cut away the hills
stretching from Seventeenth to- Twenty
second street to make room for rail-
road yards and factory sites.
The pavement was originally of
wooden blocks. Many months ago they
started to break away and swift disin-
tegration followed The use of the
bridge for traffic is beyond question
From one end to the other deep chuck
holes and broken wooden blocks make
passage to vehicles impossible
The position of the bridge makes it
of great use as the connecting link
between the east Potrero district and
the new wholesale district. To make
the trip by other ways means a cir
cuitous route with unnecessary grades
The eighteenth street cars run over
is leaving the inside of the tracks in
the same poor condition. Potrero mer-
chants denounce the condition of the
bridge as disgraceful. They have made
repeated demands that this important
artery of traffic be put in proper shape.
41TTo sToIFN-Thieyes stole the automobile of
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-22
SALES ARE REPORTED
BY SOL GETZ & SONS
Sol. Getz & Sons report the following

Sol. Getz & Sons report the following
sales:
Lot so by 100 feet. in south line of Judah
% street, 1926 east Of Twenty third avenue,
Sunset district. to NJ and B. Aizenberg.
Lot % by 120 feet. in east line of Forty
eighth avenue, 1T5 feet north of Santiago (S)
land.
Lot 80 by 12o feet. in west line of Thirty
fourth avenue, 800 feet south of Balboa (B)
street, Richmond district, to Martin A. Peter
son.
Lot % by 100 feet. in east line of Forty
seventh avenue. 200 feet north of Irving (I)
street, Oceanside district to Mary E. Traynor.
Lot 25 by 100 feet, in west line of Twenty
third avenue, 100 feet south of Irving U)
street, Sunset district to Frank G. Bradford.
Lot 80 by 120 feet, in west line of Twenty
fourth avenue, 125 feet south of judah 81
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-22

Alto SToIEN-Thieves stole the automobile of
RAYMOND Jackson while il standing at the
corner of Washington and Jones streets Thurs
day night.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-22
BUNGALOW AND CAMP
SITES AT MILL VALLEY

During the last so days Lapachet &
Co. report the sale of 200 lots at Muir
Woods park, Mill Valley. To meet the
strong demand for this class of prop
erty il has been found necessary TO
open subdivision No. 2, also containing
About 200 lots. This property is half a
tlnile from Mill Valley and only Is min
utes walk from the cars. In order 10
Sntroduce this new subdivision this fall
the owners are Offering the lots at very
low prices.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-22

ACTOR PRosECUTEs POLICEMAN N-Andreas
Devaris, an actor, swore to complaint yes
terday charging Policeman William Jurgens
with battery. Devaris was accompanied by
Raymond Duncan, both being attred in Greek
costumes.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-12-30
On BEING Never Alone.

One tendency Of our time Is In the
direction of too little solitude. We
are gregarious beyond reason; we do
all things in companies and combina-
tions-in our business, our pleasure,
our work. our recreation. Selfish and
self-absorbed though we may be, we
are communistic In u occupations
we share everything, except our
purses. There may be a good side to
this; there Is certainly a bad one. For
the result is that i~ndiyidualism de-
velops mainly on the side Of greed and
grab: otherwise people think and feel
and toll In troops and battalions.
There is an opposite peril in too much
solitude; IL breeds its W ~selflshness
and it's own morbidity. Perpetual
loneliness brings madness; too much
of It, though not perpetual, leads to
eccentricities and possible absurdities.
A frequent and close contact with So
ciety is necessary for the moral wei
fare of each individual. Very few
minds, If any, are strong enough to
beat the strain of an almost continu-
GUS solitude. Yet this state is, per-
haps better than that of being never
alone.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-12-30
New Use for Beans.

Although Boston is the most famous
baked -~bean-eatipg center of the coun-
try, yet it would appear that even far
Their west the usefulness of this vege-
table Is well known. A writer in the
Cleveland Plain Dealer tells Of a wo-
man who, one very cold day, went in
to a Euclid avenue grocery store and
priced the different sizes of pots of
baked beans-the kind that the gro-
Gerry keeps put up hot and ready to
serve.
Il guess the small size will do" she
said, hesitating.
How many do you desire to ~serye?"
inquired the clerk, ready to advise.
"Oh, I'm not buying them to serve"
the customer replied. "Of course I
shall use them. but I'm getting them
to keep my hands warm on the car.
| came away from home without eth
er muff or mittens."
The Falls City tribune., 1910-12-30
VERY ACUTE HEARING. VERY
Members of Ananias Club Tell of AS.
tonlshin1 Development Of
This Sense.

The Ananias club was holding Its
regular meeting. Sapphiras Jones had
told of a mar he knew whose hearing
was so acute that he could hear the
hngle-worms boring their way up
through the earth in the early spring,
That is not so very extraordinary
said Ananias Smith. MY own hear.
Ing Is better than that. I've often
heard the sound made by the striking
Of a bit of fluff from the head of a
dandelion zone to seed lighting on the
grass on my lawn"
And l." ~interposed George Wash.
fngton Higgins, 81 have been awaken.
ed from a deep sleep by the racket
mode by a sunbeam hitting against
my window-pane."
Very interesting, but hardly re.
markable." observed the Rev. Nun.
chausen Dobbs. who had been intro
duced as a guest that evening by Mar
20 Polo Robinson. Now | have a
sense of hearing that Is truly marvel
pus. Sitting In a hotel room in Bloom.
ington, Illinois. one day last winter
directly over the writing room of tho
house | could hear the scratching of a
young lady's pen below SO wildly that
! could tell exactly what she was writ.
Ing"
The Falls City tribune., 1910-12-30
For Notes and Letters.

A good quality of smooth note pa
per-, cream or snow white, is always
in good taste.
1t may be left plain or engraved at
the top with ones monogram, initials
or address, as n pleases.
But 1t must be engraved, never
printed.
On the other hand, persons who
have a large business correspondence
and many have, may use en-
.velopes, and eve letterheads on
which their name and postoffice ad-
dress are printed, never engraved.
For family letters. note taking and
the like, pads are convenient.
Many note papers for travellers are
now put up in pad form, making them
more convenient to carry. These pads
are even monogramed and appear in
excellent papers.
Remember that post cards should
only be used for business inquiries
md notifications. Short notes of a
business nature are best written up
on correspondence cards.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-12-30
HOW TO LOOK WELL DRESSED
Anybody Can Look Well In New
Clothes. 1t Is Care of Old
Ones that Counts.

VIII you tell me" asked the bach
elor of his sister, how Miss Purcell
manages To look always so we'll
dressed? | happen to know that her
income is p%erilously small. | am sure
she does not spend so much money
on her clothes as you debut"
Careful, now"
All right-but can you tell me?"
Yes, | can. 1t is because she al
ways takes the most pains with her
oldest clothes. Anybody can look
we'll In new clothes. 1t Is when a
gown begins to be in danger of look
ing shabby that one must give It
special attention. When the hem be-
gins to cut out and the trimmings to
fray and the hooks to work loose or
the sleeves to be passe. the m
who wishes to be strictly we'll
groomed must get busy. She must
put on a new binding or turn up the
hem or put on a new deep facing in
the latest mode. She must resew the
hooks, change the trimmings and al
ter the sleeves. She must keep extra
we'll brushed and her collar and iabot
must be the freshest and of the latest
mode. A new veil, a pair of dainty
and perfect fitting gloves, the latest
style of hair dressing or a chic little
hat will often freshen up a whole
costume that would otherwise look
almost dingy. Sometimes a sumptu-
GUS big bow on a hat or a novel craze
IN belt buckles will focus attention In
fuch a way that nobody will think to
look at the gown of the wearer There
will be a general impression of style.
dash and good taste. with immaculate
daintiness, and even her dearest enc
my will forget the old froek."