The San Francisco call., 1913-08-02
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Laws Ask Vacation
of Streets Above
Fort Mason.

i Tie Transformation OF Cow Hollow"
into ship terminals rumbling with the
roar of traffic Is the purpose eof a
visors yesterday by Herbert e. saLaw
and Hartland Laws
Tie, petition sets forth that the Laws
are the, owners of all the land bounded
by Webster. Steiner and North Point
streets and the bay, and asks that all
of North Point Beach Jefferson, Ton
qpin and Lewis stBeets, lying between
Webster eand Steiner, and, all Of Fill
more street lying north of the south
line of North Point street be perma-
nently vacated in order to permit the
owners of the land abutting on those
streets to use 1t for the creation Of a
great ship terminal and for the erec-
tion of docks at which may be bertbed
thea big ocean steamships that, 1t Is
expected, viii throng this port after
the completion of the Panama canal
The Laws argue that the streets are
in reality nothing but tide lands and
that they win continue to be useless
unless closed to permit of the owners
of the land in carrying into effect their
great development project.
NOW CLOSED FOR FAIR
The streets are now temporarily
closed for the purposes Of the expo
sition.
The owners point out that the dis
trict between Fort Mason and the
Preside has always been dead; there
has been nothing to give 1t life."
1T Is d prettysplace to set the fair"
they admit. "and when the fair Is over
1t will make comfortable and con-
venient circus grounds; otherwise, it
will again be Cow Hollow"
Their warehouses and shipping ac-
commodations, they predict, will be a
nucleus for widespread business sand
| manufacturing development.
To Impress upon the supervisors the
Importance Of the development work
the Laws draw a comparison between
the preparations being made by other
COAST cities to receive and hold the
great increase in trade that will fiow
through thes Panama canal and the
preparations that are being made by
San Francisco.
Estimates carefully compiled say
the Laws, show that in the coming FIVE
| years expenditures for port develop
rnent alone, theewor1d over. will amount
ito more than 81, 900, 600, 0o0 Every
other port on the Pacific coast Is busy
| swith preparation and is seeking by SUI
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| the greatest possible proportion of the
tonnage that is Inevitably coming
| through the big ditch.
NO SUBSIDY SOUGHT
If San Francisco is to hold her own.
| to get her proper share of the increase
| in trade, she must make preparations
| to handle 1t properly. In the next five
years Improvement OF port facilities
should be her chief aim, In order to
accommodate the enormous business.
This city can not depend wholly upon
such improvements as the state may
construct upon It's own property. Pri-
vate owners must be melted to de-
velop their holdings.
IT these things are true--and you
must recognize their truth-clearIy ii
! is your duty as governing of1icials of
this city to encourage and stimulate
water front owners to the construction
of wharveso and piers of the right size
and type, equipped with the most ex-
peditious and economical appliances for
cargo landing"
The Laws say they will make no re-
guest for q subsidy or for financial aid
of any sort