Salt Lake Tribune | 1907-10-25 | Page 1 | Lays Corner-Stone for $,1,500,000 Building

LAYS CORNER-STONE . FOR $1,500,000 BUILDING SAN FRANCISCO. Oct, 24. The cornerstone cor-nerstone of the new San Francisco customs cus-toms house was .laid at noon today with appropriate ceremonies under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce and the Merchants' Exchange. A detail of marines ma-rines acted as escort to a procession of prominent business men and other citizens citi-zens Who marched from the Merchants' liXChange building to the customs housu site, at Battery and Jackson streets. Thu cornerstone was laid by Collector of tho Port Stratton and addresses were delivered deliv-ered by United States Senator Perkin3 nnd Mayor Taylor The building will cost ?l.o00,000 and will be one of the finest structures of the kind In tho United States.