The San Francisco call., 1910-04-16
Census Shows San F1CnGSCOS RGCCNguJ and Growth
CITY STEADILY
FORGING AHEAD
San FranciscO's Progress Illus
trated by Official Count of
Population

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Large owners of real estate and
others concerned in the realty inter
ests OF San Francisco as leading
brokers have contributed toward the
expenses of taking the census of San
Francisco The present census affords
q surer test Of the confidence of the
people in local real estate. and in the
business conditions that belong.
geographically and climaticaIly. to
san Francisco than any enumeration
that has been made or any that can be
made
Between the clipper days, when San
Francisco was practically the sole dis
tributing point for the greater part of
the Pacific coast. and the present time,
a period when rail carriage has dom
mated trade and commerce has inter-
vened- By the time the census of 1920
has been taken another new era will
have been ushered in, of which new
period the premonitory symptoms are
already abundant
The first days of the American occu-
patton of California saw sea carriage
the leading factor of local growth. The
second era was the one in which the
railways have controlled The third
viii be the era Of the Panama canal
and whatever NAV grow out of the
opening Of the great waterway.
Between the census Of 1900 and the
census of 1910, san Francisco has
passed through the greatest trial to
which any American city has ever been
subjected The present census will
mark the measure Of recovery from
what seemed likely TO hold San Fran
cisco down FOR a decade. II will possess
peculiar and unique interest in that re-
gard. II viii probably be the best
advertisement OF the pluck and
progressiveness of san Francisco that
could be devised In this light the men
and women concerned in San Francisco
real estate are particularly looking at
the situation.
GROWTH IN POPULATION
Accepting the data that have been
gathered by postal authorities, the
school census takers. the water rate
collectors and others as fairly indica-
tive. the realty owners rely also on
other facts 10 convince them that San
Francisco viii be found not only to
mark made before the fire Of 1906, but
actually TO have preserved the avera ge
Of the entire decade prior to April,
1910, in its growth Of population.
How this is figured out by realty
owners is interesting at this juncture
of affairs. The general ground of COM
putation is that where the population
Of one neighborhood has been de-
pleted that of others has been greatly
augmented South Of Market street, ii
is conceded. there Is nothing like the
old population in point Of numbers
along Mission. Howard, Folsom and
Harrison streets that was there before
the fire Of April IS, 1906. But the
Mission district which expanded i'm
mediateiy after the fire, has maintained
its growth. At first this was brought
about in part by congestion Since
then construction has been steady and
quite rapid. Thousands of new occu-
pants Of the Mission now throng the
streets, patronize the Mission banks.
theaters and industries Of all sorts and
are engaged in house building or in
buying sites for homes in the warm
belt
At the same time the residential ter
ritOry has expanded down TO and
across the san Mateo county line.
South Of Market street there is a great
growth in the number of homes.
The values of the Improvements in
Mission. Howard. Folsom and Harri-
son street although there are large
vacancies, unQuestionably exceed the
cost Of the structures in the same area
during a former time. The population
Of Richmond, so Il is argued. has in
creased tens of thousands as compared
TO the total before April. 1906. The
Italian section, including Telegraph
hill in the same general neighborhood,
is able 70 equal any record for popu-
latiOn and probably far to surpass any.
North beach has been rebuilt residen-
tally and industrially. II is richer by
millions Of dollars than it was prior to
1906. The same is true concerning the
great manufacturing section that runs
along Beale and Bryant and Townsend
streets and other thoroughfares un-
brokenly out into the Potrero district
The western addition of San Fran
cisco and the Sunset district, with
which are geographically allied Park
side. Oceanside and Ingleside, are much
more densely populated than in earlier
times The region to which much at
tention has been paid by visitors be-
cause it remained for a time largely
uY7irnproved lies north Of Sutter street
west OF Kearny and reaches out over
Nob hill and out to Van Ness avenue.
Between Sutter and Market a section
that fairly bristles with tall brick no
houses has concentrated population
largely North Of Sutter street the
abundance Of structures that have been
erected or that are in process of con-
struction has. in the last three months.
entirely changed the aspect of things
in all the streets in the region.
VAN NESS HAS NEW ERA
Van Ness avenue has met with a
new era in its history IT will actually
he more populous than ever before. by
reason Of the large hotels, apartments,
etc. 10 be constructed. Eddy, Ellis
and other streets in the district west
Of Powell are progressing in the same
general direction. The same may be
said Of various other sections.
Among the signs of the week that
are significant may be included state
rnents made by President Lovett of
the Southern Pacific company. He said
that "men who have accomplished what
The peopIe of San Francisco have done
are entitled to their places in the gos-
nels of those who do things" He also
said that he was amazed at the re-
of San Francisco.
on the same day that these state
m snts were published news was re-
-Foxr-c ha great