The San Francisco call., 1913-11-01

artistic and. enduring hillside con-
: sixty years ago. as all the world
knows, the San Francisco. OF the
pioneers was but pueblo of the
sandhills; a huddle OF wooden build
ings, "a fringe Of masts; set about the
sandy head; of a. desolate peninsula
between the lonely. Pacific and an un-
charted. bay. The most prophetic
vision of those Argonauts. who, be-
lieving in the future of the. place
.whereat they had achieved fortune.
determined to link that future with
their. own, did not foresee the build
ing. of the fair city of today with its
10000 population for every year of
I its growth. =.
Yet one. of those hardy. pioneers
Bought cluster or dunes and sandy
hills: far outside the city limits. be-
yond the Mission Dolores in the heart
Of the. waste, and there esta blished
tree set oasis that conquered the wind
and.tlie sand and brought. his. mes
sage of faith to posterity Here re-
mains today in the heart of the pres
est city a virgin grove Of pines, of
eucalyptus and trees from California
mountains beneath which on a carpet
OF leaf ioain ferns nod their plumes
and luxuriant underground shelters
pleasant scented herbs and bright
faced wildfiowers
ADOLPH SUTRO PLANTED
ALL. THE TREES THERE
:. .Adolph Sutro. it was, after success
fully boring the Comstock tunnel and
rffiing It's treasure chamber. who
planned the. forest and planted the
trees that now stand. so verdant and
stalwart in Forest Hill. They DOM
inate the city. a paradox unheard of
elsewhere. a place of woodland aisles
and: woodland quiet. serene in the
very heart of a metropolis Of half
a million people. The planting Of the
forest, some 40 years ago, is well re-
membered by many, who as school
children. participated in California's
first Arbor day, inaugurated by Sutro.
There is. no fairer prospect in all
America, nor in Europe, than from
this superb viewpoint From the
ridge of the hill the Pacific glea ms
outside the Golden gate, while two
shining stretches of the bay fash
blue. among the circling hills.
Thropgh: leafy avenues the city
shows half hid by lesser wooded
hills the twin lakes of La Honda
Graded between them. And the har-
Dor beyond with the site Of the
worlds exposition Of 1915 Great
landscape engineers have long noted
the. ideal beauty of Forest Hill and
its superb location for a residential
park. Before, though particularly
safter the fire, when a thousand homes
lay in ashes. the longing eyes Of
nome builders often sought the cool
verdant slopes and. many wished for
the. chance to make a home there
close TO their toll, yet far removed
from its suEges tion
TRACT PREPARED FoR
SEEKERS OF ENVIRONMENT
The Newell Murdoch company re-
allied the possibilities of this dif1-
cult site. thickly covered as it was
with trees and rocks, possibilities
hidden to more matter-of fact dealers
who saw advantages only in the old
fashioned hard and fast rectangular
subdivision. and Forest Hill was pre-
pared by them for seekers after artis-
tic environment who could appreciate
its beauty.
Mark Daniels, exponent of the new
school of landscape engineers. was
engaged and added a fresh name to
his list of successful achievements.
Mr.. Daniels refuses to be bound in
slavery to sheer mathematics OF line
and angle, but delights in combining
utility with art. In recognizing and
following the thousand hints and
suggestions nature offers to her stu
dents.
Here there will be no ''nan across
the street" in Forest Hill. The
streets are to be leafy avenues and
house may be nested among its own
trees as snugly as il the city were
hundred miles away. 1t is the first
subdivision of residential property
within the city limits of San Fran
cisco to be put on the market after
the manner so successfully pursued
by the best dealers In Oakland and
Berkeley Aside from its absolutely
distinctive natural beauty ii offera
10 home builders OF moderate mea II:
an opportunity OF building with