The Washington herald., 1911-01-08
5B}URN1NG PAYIIGHT

ing heartily at his afrectatfon Of mystery.
He stared at her. fascinated. She had such a frank
boyish way Of throwing her head back when she
laughed And her teeth were an unending delight to
him. Not small. yet regular and frm without q
bemish he considered them the healthiest, whtest.
prettest teeth he had ever And for months he
had been comparing them with the teeth Of every
woman he met face to face
1t not until her laughter that he
able to continue
The ferry system between Oakland and San Fran
cisco is the worst horse concern in the United
States. You on 1t every day. six days in the
week. That Is, say. twenty-five days a month,
three hundred year How long does 1t take you
one way: Forty minutes. if you're lucky I'm going
to put you across in twenty minutes If that amt
making two minutes grow where one grew before
knock off my head with little apples. I'll save you
twenty minutes eacn way. That's forty minutes a
day, times three hundred. equals twelve thousand
minutes year. just for you, just for one person.
Let's see that's two hundred whole hours Suppose
/ save two hundred hours year for thousands Of
other folks. that's farming some, amt t:'
Dede could only nod breathlessly She had caught
the contagion Of his enthusiasm, though she had
clew as to how this great time saving was to be
complished.
"Come on" he said. lets ride up that hill. and
when 1 get you out on top where you some
thing. I'll talk sense.
small footpath dropped down to the dry bed Of
the canyon which they crossed before they began the
climb. The slope was steep and covered with matted
brush and bushes through which the horses slipped
and plunged. Bob. growing disguised, turned back
suddenly and attempted to pass Nab The mare was
thrust sidewse into the denser bush, where she
nearly fell. Recovering she flung her weight against
Bob. Both riders legs were caught in the consequent
squeeze. and as Bob plunged ahead down hill Dede
nearly scraped off. Daylight threw his horse
its launches and at the same time dragged Dede
back into the saddle. Showers Of twgs and leaves
fell upon them. and predicament followed predica-
ment until they emerged OIL the hilltop the worse for
but happy and excited Here no trees obstruct
ed the view. The particular hill which they
outjutted from the regular line of the that
the of their vision extended over threequarters
of the circle Below. the fiat land bordering the
bay lay oakland and across the bay was San Fran
cisco. Between the two cities they could the
white ferryboats on the water Around to their right
was Berkeley, and their left the scattered
villages between Oakland and San Leandro. Directly
in the foreground Piedmont. with its desutory
dwellings and patches of farming land, and from
Piedmont the land rolled down in successive waves
upon Oakland.
Look at it" said Daylight extending his arm in
a sweeping gesture. A hundred thousand people
there. and reason there shouldn't be half a Million
There's the chance to make five people grow where
Why don't more people live in Oakland: No good
service with San Francisco and besides Oakland
is asleep It's whole lot better place to live in than
San Francisco Now, suppose buy in all the street
railways of Oakland. Berkeley, Alameda, San Lean
dro and the rest-bring them under one head with
a competent management Suppose cut the time
to San Francisco one-half by building big pier
there almost to Goat Island and establishing ferry
system with modern, up to date boats. Why folks
will want to live over on this side. Very good.
They'll need land on which to build So, first buy
up the land But the lands cheap now. Why? Be-
communication nobody guessing that the electric
roads coming. I'll build the roads. That will
make the land jump up. Then I'll sell the land as
fast the folk will want to buy because Of the i'm
proved ferry system and transportation facilities
You see, give the value to the land by building
the roads, Then 1 sell the land and get that value
back and after that there's the roads, all carrying
folks back and forth and earning big money. Can't
lose And there's all sorts of millions in it. I'm going
get my hands some Of that water front and the
tide lands Take between where I'm going to build
my pier and the old pier. It's shallow water. 1
ill and dredge and put in a system of docks that
will handle hundreds of ships. San Francsco's water
hundreds of ships loading and unloading this
side right into the freight of three big rail-
roads factories will start up over here instead Of
crossing San Francisco. That means factory SITES
That means me buying in the factory sites before
anybody guesses the cat going to jump, much less
which way. FACTORIES mean tens OF thousands OF
wOrkingmen and their families. That means more
houses and more land and that means me, for I'll be
there to sell them the land And tens of thousands
OF families mean tens OF thousands OF nlckes every
day for my electric cars. The growing population
will mean more stores, more banks, more everything
And that'n mean me- for I'll be right there with busi
ness property as well as home property. What do
you think Of it,"
minds eye filled with this city of his dream
which he buided on the Alameda hills by the gate
way the Orient.
do you know-Fve been looking it up-the Firth
of Clyde, where all the steel ships built isn't half
wide as Oakland Greek down there where all those
old hulks lie. Why amt it q Firth of Clyde3 Re-
the Oakland City Council spends its time d.
batting about prunes and raisins What is needed is
somebody things and after that organization
once things begin to hum outside capital will pour in
All do is start it going. Gentlemen say here's
all the natural advantages for a great METROPOLIS
God Almighty put them advantages here and He put
HE here to them DO you want to land Your tea
and silk from Asia and ship it straight Eastr Here's
the docks for your steamers and here's the railroads
Do you want factories from which you can ship
direct by land or water? Here's the SITE and here's
the modern, up to date city with the latest improve
ments for yourselves and your wOrkmen to live in
Then there's the water. Ill come pretty close to
owning the watershed. Why the waterworks
too: There's two water companies in Oakland now
lighting like cats and dogs, and both about broke
What a metropolis needs Is a good water system
They can't give it. They're stick-n the nuds IN
gobbe them up and deliver the right article to the
city. There's money there, tOO-mOney everywhere,
Everything works in with everything else Each i'm
provement makes the value Of everything else jump
up. Its people that are behind the value The bigger
the crowd that herds in place the more valuable
Is the real estate And this is the very place for =
crowd to herd Look at it. Just look at it, You could
never lind finer site for great city. All it needs
Is the herd And Ill stampede a couple Of hundred
thousand people in here inside years. And what's
more, 1t won't be one Of these wildcat land boOms.
1t will be legitimate. Twenty years from now there'u
be a ei1o