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Show COUNCILMAN JIOUAN ItETUHNS. lie Talks of lire Proof Iliilldlnga and Other Attractions llo Sin lu hut lrunclitJ, Councilman Morau nnd wife, who have been cm n trip to the Padflo coast, returned homo today, Mr. Morau was seen by u N.u 8 reporter shortly after 3 n'click this afternoon, and In autwer to question ho said. "Threo wioks ago ou Huuday next ntyselt and wife left here for a visit to tian Francisco. My trip wa one ol rrst, pleasure aud business combined. Iromilnol In Bin Francisco all the time; and whllelherel took occasion lolnok IntothonrrprnollDgiroioiltlon. rolhosnwho think they ernwliuand say that Han I'ranclico has no llru. froof slructiiri's of nolo, I want totay that lhey aru cither misinformed cr that they have a dcalio to mallsoloutly ruliropr. tent matter), Tho fact 1 that It has eomeuf the rineit lire proof bulldlrg lu the United fltatrs. Thn Mill building, an cloven-story cloven-story olllcu block, la Urn proof throughout through-out and has no superior, or I iloutt nu iiual, lu tho country. It was built by Mr. Hoot, chief architect of tho World' Fair lulldlng nnd that genllcmau was authority au-thority for the statement that It far lurpaiM'd anything in Chicago. It co-t $2,00,00(1. Tho same can bn laid of th n Crocker bink and ottlen bull II ng, Iho Herman linutauca and Mutual Llfu. Hie city hall now In course of construction con-struction Is being mado lire proof. It ha already mat M, 5(K),o;in and will require JI,60,00U more to rouipleto It. Han I ratiol-cj has only one I uaiucss tlrcet Market that Is a wldo nsour street and It has not g t s iclnieu ol asphalt paving that will comiaru fa vorably with the work on Httte street. "As to underground wiring Hint Is asuccesa as far as tho tele phono and electric light wire ate coucetnt d. "In regard lo the attack madu by Mr. Hutro on Hie Mormon pioplo Mr. 1'olland ami Mr, Morris made appro-plate appro-plate and lrllud rrillia but the re-loiters re-loiters did not do them Justice. I want to say further that tho coucll-men coucll-men nro doing good wotk and H. will be to i rovcu nu their return." |
