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Show By A. H. FRKUfCRlfK, 5EA gerrtea Wrote,. , BAN FRANCISCO, Aug. SI. Bridging the water, which form Ben Franclsco'e city llmlte promises prom-ises soon te be one of the city . chief outdo.r eporie. A district le being formed to Join this cllv with Its Wevgrniind. Marin Ma-rin county. .It. af Mt. Temelpala. vender redwood treee. ana wur .cenlc marvele. by bridging ine Uolden (late. , Application ha. been mede to Washington. !. . for prmlsaloe to build a couple of bridges serosa the southern portion of the hay and two other bridges which would Join Ben Krsnelsco directly with ita east bay nelghbora are connmpletea. tor long thle city hae been cut off by the bottle aeck between the bay and the Santa Crua mouatalna The latter, though native eone I would not sacrifice them for a mint, do occupy mach of the coeet line of the p-nlneula upon which Baa Francleco atande. , rom prrs-nt Indlratlons. the rtret of the tranahay bridges to be built will ba that which wtH connect Kedwond City and the Nllee country coun-try This will span the aarrew-,.t aarrew-,.t point of the bay and will form tne overwater connection for a fifty-mile fifty-mile drive from .Oakland to Ban '""llTni farther north la the pro-peeed pro-peeed location for a bridge 0,,T" gan Mateo etui Hayward, which will eomewhiet lecaaen the aujo route between this city and the ThaVt'her two still In little more than a state of contemplation, would eatend from the eity waterfront water-front one to Alameda and the other directly to OaklamT The trenabay brldaee will make poaelhta direct, untranaferable cen-neetlene cen-neetlene with some of the eiatlone rlcheet farming and fruit growing '""so. aay those anpportlng ths move, they will do for Ban Fran-rleco Fran-rleco what the Brooklyn bridge and Its kindred did for New Tork per- haps eventually welding The entire en-tire bey district Into a grsstsr Baa Francisco. . . But. should tha central bay brldgea eventually be built and the preeent ferryooat system be sbandoned. they will not paee without with-out a certain amount of attendant mourning: for Ban Franciscans hold wsrra affection for eech traditional eight of th. city And many eee rominr, In the ferryboate. which stick diligently to I heir prosaic leek of treneportlng the commutera over the seme route day after day. i 1 Probably deetlned for the greatest renown le the bridge which will pan the ooldea uate. and thua become be-come the "Statue of Liberty" af the weet coaat. Hut, apart from thla fact. It will fave many clalma to International dietlnctlon. To begin with. It will be IS per cent larger than any bridge now In existence, and tte principal epan will more than double that of a-iy exletlng atrooture. a stretch of j 4Cfi feet. The meln span will he built on the suspension principle between two plere. 1'pon eech pier will be two towers, 1010 feet high, or near, ly twice es high srthe Washington monument. And (truet Ban Kran-cteco Kran-cteco alwaye to see the amueement angle), there will be sightseeing elevators In eech tower. In building the bridge, englneere must overcome a 300-foot water depth. The total coat la estimated as 120.000.000. Work will start shout th. first of the year, according to preeent plana. eee Romantle' traditions sbound In California, talee of daring rara-llere rara-llere and their lady lovee. or hardy pioneers, of wtde betted Bpanlarda who owned land grsnts of almost Ir.conrelvable magnitude, af ceur-ageoue ceur-ageoue mission fsthere preaching the gospel unmindful of danger to themeelvee. ' How could It be otherwise when there is abundance of auch Imagination Imagi-nation atlrrtna namee of Canada de Ouadalupe LA Vletaelon. Arroyo de 1a Alameda, Lag-ua de Loa Palos. and ao on? But there will be one less trs-dltloo trs-dltloo if .lobe 1. Bonefaclo ef fta-llnae fta-llnae le successful In his pies to the wide world. The tradition In aueetlot telle of a love sffelr between Oeneral Wll-llsm Wll-llsm T. Sherman, then a llenten-ent. llenten-ent. and Benerlta Maria Ygnacla Benafado of Spsnlsh descent. When the call came for Bner-man'a Bner-man'a regiment to proceed to Mexico Mex-ico In 1H4I there waa a romantic parting between tbe lovere. so the etory goea A rwee cutting was planted bv them as they plighted troth to be married whea the roses bloomed. . But Bhermsn wss ordered eaat after the war and was married. The eenorlts stayed single until her dying day Bonafaclo. nephew of the senor-. Its. denies the legend snd even threatens legal proceedings sgalnst those who attempt to keep It aUve. "Not a word of truth In It." he derlarea. "And. beeldea I'm tired of being pointed out ee the nephew of the women Bherman Jilted and of being plied with personal qua-tlons qua-tlons by Inquiring strsngers. The eooner the yarn la forgotten tbe better." |