The Washington herald., 1911-01-15

streets And night and day the piledrvers hammered
the big piles down into the mud Of San Francisco
Bay. The pier to be three miles long, and the
Berkeley hills denuded of whole groves Of ma
ture eucalyptus for the pling
At the time that his electric roads were
building out through the hills the hay fields were
being surveyed and broken up into city squares with
here and there, according to best modern models,
winding boulevards and strips Of park Broad Streets
well graded, were made. with sewers and water
pipes ready laid. and macadamized from his own
quarries. Cement sidewalks also laid that
all the purchaser had do select his lot and
architect and start building The quick service Of
Daylights electric roads into Oakland made this
big district Immediately accessible and long before
the ferry system in operation hundreds of resi-
dences were going up. The profit this land
enormous. In 4 day his onslaught Of wealth had
turned open farming country into of the best resi-
Dental districts of the city.
But this money that flowed in upon him was I'm
medlatey poured back into his other investments.
The need 1or electric cars WAS great that he in
stalled his own shops 1Ur buuulng then. Aud even ON
the rising land market ,ou,Inued to buy choice
factory and building properties. On the advice
in operation rebuilt The light old fashluu-d
rails out and replaced by the heaviest that
were manufactured. Corner lots, the sharp turns
of narrow streets, were bought and ruthessly pre-
scented to the city i'll order make wide tor
his tracks and high speed for his cars Then. tou
there the main line feeders for his ferry SYSTEM
tapping every portion OF Oakland. Alameua and
Berkeley running fast expresses lie pier enu-
Iue large scale netnUus enIpiOyel III tne
water system. Service Of the best needed il Ills
huge land Investment WIS to succeed. Oakland lad
to be made into u worthwhile city, aud that
what he intended to do. In addition his big hotels
be built amusement parks for the common people, and
galleries and clubhouse country inns for the more
hncky classes. Even before there any increase
In population a marked increase in street railway
traffic took place. There nothing fancifuI about
his schemes. They sound Investments.
What Oakland wants is hrst class theatre" he
sad and after vainy trying to interest local capital
started the building Of the theatre HIMSELF for he
alone had vision for the two hundred thousand new
people that coming to the town.
But matter what pressure was on Daylight, bis
Sundays he reserved for his riding In the hills 1t
was not the rainy winter weather. however. that
brought these rides with Dede to an end One Satur
day afternoon In the ofce she told him expect
to meet her next day, and, when he pressed for IN
explanation
1--WE sold Nab"
Daylight was speechless for the moment Her act
meant one Of many serious things that be couldn't
classify It 1t smacked almost Of treachery. She
might have met with financial disaster. It might
be her way Of letting him know that she had seen
enough Of him. Or
WHATS the matterr' be managed 10 ash
couldn't afford to keep her With hay -, q tonf'
Dede answered.
was that your only reasonf" b demanded loot-