The San Francisco call., 1910-11-26
WONDERFUL
PACE in FACE
OF GREAT ODDS
CITY Leads Ali municipalities IN
Rise From l75,0OO to
4I6.0G0 ia Four Years

The census gives Ssn Francisco
nooYiation Of over $4,000 people. No
CITY IN the United states can equal
s., F-anciseo's growth since the low
p. reached about six weeks after
he disaster Of April Is. 1906. when
the population within the city limits
of san Francisco was no more than
$4,000
Oakland has grown and so have
Berkeley and Alameda and every town
and hamlet surrounding the bay. but
with All this growth san Francisco has
. been crowded down IN the list OF
American cities. and for the next 10
-sars must be satisfied with the
eleventh place.
san .Frarcisco in sense IS dual
e.ty-the political San Francisco with
s.v s7e o0o people and the economic
can F~ancfeco with = Donniat'o1 or
-oa 200 s-r7--7-v ro7s+5caI boundaries
So not r'arS g citv'S Nmits. eaEiano.
A77--e@a r2e~kete~ POINT Ptchulo70
C47 PafeeI an6 thA Marin towns. and
+r9 Sa- NFa+ao ne-foS,.7a. are al : mart
re San F~-e v7cis~o. P-oF r Morse Sfe-
-,hevS ~ +Ne T--'verSi+v ~ California
ea-S 4hot -ozvfera 81 the world - there
50 rvro4+ p c0--fey7ons Dnnuistio7 liv-
5-v. un6a- 80 many different forms or
Ercssve-r r-7e0t.
To --ova that the tr7 7-shav oities be-
,--s, --s.hs- +AA municipal limits IF
So, F7~encSeco - not a difHrult task
an7 following the old saving thst :
s'ct ~ We show The wev the wind blows.
tie following incident might be
5ee~oed rroof s1rH7rfent that nnarv Of
-h. 5nha hftanfs Of San Frsncisco dwell
t-z on -he eastern shore - San Fran
cssro bay now consider themselves a
rs-t q san Francisco.
DID erv one ever hear that anv one
fro-7 Oe1vlsnd Alameda OF RAr<elev
when visiting New York registered at
TIE 81. Reels or the VvaI7orf from anv
l7tece h-7t from San F-ancisco7 There
pc q great many p-nniuent oakland
. who have done this very thing.
1n p Crest measure New Y0rk's sit
.sIz-for prior to the anneTs ton Of the
Ta~rounding country was like San
F-rancisco's. Brooklyn. across the Ea ST
Yiye-. had grown to be 9 city of 1000
eop- people. Most OF the Brooklynites
ess their daily bread in New York.
EMO brooklyn. as the bed chamber for
New york was the butt Of rnanv
5oze. The same is heard today about
Oakland One has only TO stand at
the ferry building between the hours
OF 3 and $50 to realize how many San
F'rsnciscans live across the bay
With the consolidation of the va
rious cities into the greater New
York q great many changes which af-
fected the entire population took place.
If was necessary to draw together the
different borOughs by better trauspor-
tation facilities. The New York sub
way was planned and completed, new
bridges were built across the East
river and today New York stands fore
most among the worlds municipalities
in the matter Of service given its citi-
Zens-
- Following closely upon the cOnsoli-
dstion real estate values Increased.
population grew by leaps and bounds
and TODAY none Of the boroughs would
vote 10 withdraw from Greater New
York
The same advantages which New
york has derived from consolidation
would be experienced in San Francisco
IA more economical government, bet
rer transportation facilities. and last.
but not least. the city would be given
The rank of fifth city in the United
States, 10 which it is justly entitled.
From NTH TO third place would only be
2 matter OF time and the three great