The sun., 1910-10-09

sam iS helping along tOo WIN a now post
ONCE. C'Isto m houS'- and other buiIdlngs
Ia take the place ot those the Government
lost ana VI ia harmony with the new san
FraurlsCu.
The assessed valuations perhaps tell
th" story Of the new san Francisco better
than anything else A. gwen 10y Mr.
Magaa they were SNui IS6 ls5 IN 1895
Last wear they were S2s3 ?I7 a33 In four
wears san Francisco has seer hsrs"lf laI
waste as no city Of ate size has ever been
before and has come back 80 that TO-DAY
her lana values Rr" 3-~es-ed az an amount
only 81 go isU loss than they Ners before
the disaster. One might think aud with
reason. that once city was pract ioallv
destroyed there wOuld ba a wholesa To-
fur"closing u mortgages 20 add to the
plight oi its unfortunate inha habtants. u
didn't happen that wav AZ all ~ San
FrancisCD. Foreclosures have not bsen
more numerous since the fire than they
were before
There - reason. wrtcs Mr. Magee
for the city 10 thrub with rts old lIfo
and for men 10 plan = greater future
Tn. Golden Gate must remain oven and
no calamity can close ~ 80 long aR tha
gate remains open San ! ranCisCO will live
and prosper beside ~ Above every
thing else. san Francisco - a seaport
Outside rs bay there are ~ tDn DiO EgIuA re
miles of ocean into which open Ave great
seas Tn. hundreds ~ millions Of p"opl.
living on those shores in direct deep
water communication with san Francisco
arr weakening from a sleep of centuries
China Is tingling with new life and new
ambitions The Celestial Empire docs
not want our social or political or re-
ligious Institutions but II does want our
products The enormous far Eastern
trade should fall primarily to 'h" states
bordering on the Pacific Won SChI"r
brand estimates that the potential trad"
~ china alone ~ equal 20 that of FIVE
United states ~ America. wer" ther"
place for such cOmmonwealths bet Seen
tn. Pacific coast and ths Japsn snes- shore
The smoke cloud that darkensd the
horizon for a short time has long SinCs
dissipat-A TIL" horizon ~ now clear.
and every sign seems 60 point TO rIre
and steady sdvsncs 81 th. prosperity of
the City and ~" state
Pront In Rebuilding stun Districts
Tho active and busins-sIk. spirit N
shich the oity authorizes are taking hold
Of the project "a lay out a carefully planned
system Of public parks and Fairgrounds
throughout Philadelphia serves 70 renew
discussion Of the opportunities awaiting
constructive capital IA What are nov ,ls-s~d
a. -lum neizhboThood- Lying deslrablv
central and convenient 10 the very heart Of
the city are blocks Of diIIpida'ed real estate
which may he bought ~ prices representing
little more than the market value 81 the
site- they occupy These site- are A. a
rule. unusually we'll adapted for the loca'ion
Of modern apartment hou-~- by reason 81
their ready accessibility from fh" citN'-
centT- They furnish. also. more or le-,
ds,iTable sltes for impToN eel aud up TO dat.
factory buildings
Indeed, n syndiCsie IN q city not many
hundred miler distant has met With the most
remarkable success In the business Of con
NsrtinG ground Of this kind To the purposes
mePtol ny ~" Curtis ff',bii.hins "int"nS 10 pis
new building ~ Sixth and Walnut stre-ts,
II IL po@slble 70 select . site tho lOca'ion ot
which Offers . reasonable HuaTanty Ot m
restricted tight. air and pleasing outlook
upon two aides the advanta geS may De said
20 be worth conaldeTinG
Dozens of such oppoTtunitIea te in the
wake of the work og slum IedempiiOn nov
planning. Whether they will be sei1ed upon
and converted TO constructive nae AZ In
other citiea. remains q be seen. n.-PAtls- |
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