| Show SAN FRANCISCO SlNKliNO hvvcutteii Ani Sillllnilii 111111 or tile liny In five imrtsiel portion ot Ban Fran clco eiibUlnil gradually Into the Its t Are of the Lay Thl to I not the question of a hot lipadq4 lrri poii > ll > 1e alarmlt It In I a ptiblim vvlilih to I mrlmlly UUlurllnn th < mlnlt of chiarbralncd rltlzenif who tilt bneInveq fInd oo n prop I ts In the nnst ninded and 1 Valuable Portion of san rrinHio just u thorns la I no lack of practical I domorostitrt e I 0 110 I n k 1 r lo thieresotte i it e itinill I > r I l lUK Hi thlf driutthien i U 1 in Watl I l 4 harbor loaimlreln m band ban-d I a fpeilal study of tin iiuetlon during hM twenlylhree rest service tilth the defmrlment nhre l no dmiol about the ubeldehn he Paid 1 It Im beefl going on for n long Melee 111Is houlth think th NI 01 which 110 cur to loing M aoniewoi loan 1 than In I former return SLatttet treat la now or I feel I ticlow the city bane The Cog bae Is I only 4 fet Abwe extreme high I wI Therefore the treat of frkol at poet to I only I root tiny 0 tho lIota level I I 1 a startling fact It the vub IIf PlIen I con Inn at Ili preaent rale nft for another ten nr fifteen year It will I lily require an ntlra high IK lo flood tvi the lower portion of the main thoroughfare thor-oughfare of the rlty ahd lo iwamp I numlier of wharvea on the waterfront water-front The dirnage to iroperty would W I Incalculable One ham In gn back to the early days of the city tn I race the causes of field rating rkAhlo MibeMenr In nil when the pioneer argonaut thronged from all part 1 of the world U Terna lluena the micro of the bay onverrd what to t now the principal Phi from and hold f lft dw r hoon quarter of the city Tho waterfront water-front line I roughly = Mg trended friveard cry troot new meet Plotter from Theme ll reason tied up I Poleom 1 to Real I trcot and wei AId In a itlaional lino through floweret and Written atroel lo the corner cor-ner iot Mmket and stroto Curving lightly Inward shape line iroiai t the Intrraertlon of line and Nanaome Privets and followed I Very nearly the line of Montgomery treat to the corner of Jackson lip I there waa enall lagoon which carried the water till farther Inward ornunytnc the pare on which the old opera house wa later on In In erected The beach turning almost lit It right ana low rest hel ward again lo tliemleraMllon ot Broadway and front to to to Lot anyone take a Donell and trace t out this route on a map I nf the city still hie will rraltoe the large I area of Plan Imhernices ittando tin made rechth r = or ormund ThAt litt indentation of the Iy noW vronbtd from might WA abnot SAM rl wide slid extended In word 1700 feet having an area of Nov sentoon acres Kvery Inch nf this pare had to he filled up In order to Make the prevent clly with Its conllnuou water front possible Thl would not have mattered 00 much had the tilling up listen I done In a eyalemallc manner vvlth suitable and properly placed ma forbid In these good old day however evee eryhody wa loo busy Ioz1 excited ruh Ing five mold lo thing about the future of the city Han PranclMo was left to grow nut of the water of the bay hap haard fashion jut u she choi e Anything Any-thing and everything was dumied Into the harbor to nil It up and It Is I non n-on record that In those eilravagant tlmewhi the market was oventocked bale and Cases ut valuable gue114 wore need lo form sidewalk The content ppeodlly rotted and the package pack-age RAnk out ut alght In the mud lo I tk their plar In forming found IIn ot a great cly Many large thin Wine unable to find crewa were moored in the bore and turned Into hotel or bulneea so labllahmenli They too when their lime came rotted and eank Into Ih mud Even today when driving pile for a foundation rj It In I no uncommon thing for the contractor lo And their rr arms tipt > ed by the tlmtier I of 01110 old 1 Phil tnitle1 many fort Mow the Perfecto It I not mer ly IhI looeo ly mad ground ontPublehlast I fault The trouble If I that this Oiling unmillfi lory though It be ties np lost I tr foundation tu rent upon than ooft food < III Is I all actual frt that the lied rock underlving pn rrancltro bay ham nVorlylln m v r been truck The tiMtomorphle oAti lit ne which crop out on ties Plato of nF lnnMh hill and rings again on Ih other aide of the hotbor dip shArply Iv I under the water Par insentience tonI ton-I a each rapidly running llde han It 1 n bringing Ion Ua load ofmul fn the UPIfT reached of the liay at not diiijelllng II Matter the b chea wher evtr the contour of the land checked far iv while the rapid rush at the current cur-rent The Yerbu Interim Indentation mut have received Its full she of thl to cJIment oft btu Kronor luff fur no man with certainly know its d pth Ixlvrts 1 differ on the point Berlin Vhllg think the tmlrock may be any Ior r foI from MO to WO feet llow Ihe dty level We cannot aay accurately accurate-ly 11 ho explain for a far me we hove jet gone down wo have truck nothing but blue mud gradually etlrr either Into blue clay In 1ITJ when taking a survey for the proposed MA wall we made n boring WO feet but lover encountered rock In ItW at another an-other relearn on the water front we went down IM feel with the value mult to Hn Francisco Call |
