Show DATE CITY ORDAINED BY fiOD t l' l Site ile is Only Natural Place for fOl I t. t Metropolis in ill State of California 1 1 WHY IT IT WILL BE REBUILT T I I I. I A Ui Outlet for W fo I Product of I. I Country in ill All 11 I v. v of elf Commodities Commodities- i.- i. San Sal Francisco co will bo 10 rebuilt ro a certainty n now The Tho son which would have hs prevented this W the earthquake which started the anti and Complicated It It goes c out ut tyIng that tt a mo 1 rn city city- merely J. J Burned will will be bo r rebuilt Chicago an ani and andI i j lId it It ft anti and th there re is iU u new ew Baltimore E 1 f i However th the feeling of or eastern men men In Iii the time matter does doe not affect this situation situation sit sit- so greatly as might be sup sup- posed Most rust of the capital invested In San co and northern California Callo Call Call- o fornia Is local It rc has been a n cause for 11 teady kicking in Saiu Francisco J A th men mep would not con In Ins In's s 's with the capital to de develop delop lop the mines th the great Kroat fertile ert ertle l IRn lands s and n the mr Already easterners ar are arc taking a a. mob moie sober ober and moderate view lew of or th the situation I 7 j o l X No Other Severe lIl t. ei j I It fl Q the h J first io place phae e there er ha has been V J nd th Sn ln northern Cull Cull- j- j r shale down vu la enough nough to 11 t ity C considerable I of or buildings I the time early pai part pall t of or the nineteenth y when w the the Sp Spanish padres h Id h the land hand Probably treYnor Which lives In th the s of the nt nils S. S Sos os b ns n. el BU C ns fiS s this That rimal makes s one a century Taking Talc Tak ing a n liberal margin ot of lor good gool It may be said that that- the till chance hanc l are even yell for another one ih lb oS c fifty years But nut b builders of off f t cl dd do not take what 1 happen n fifty years years- car from p now Into their calculation of profits In lii that time it ml buil building iri has done its k sor ice Tind I Is ready to to b be bt honorably tl even if Ir b by nn That flint Is the col cold law haw of or luck i Old s l jp r 1 P Fu ther the the effect of both hoth fire tire an and earthquake was f squared and cubed by hy the ridiculously sl sly ol old y buildings Taking the earthquake earth earth- 4 quake quake- first The duly considerable hIt building reported shaken len down is CIt City r Hall hail This was a niaMi massive C stone tone pile idle which must lave have fallen ralle owing to Its Us very heavy a wel weight ht just as m did some of th the buildings Further than that It ItaR was aR notorious that graft after graft wa was worked in inc I c L Its construction Something has hUE happened hap hUI- f 7 to It almost every ery year cal since It was occupied Time The buildings which went vent down k wore either cheap cheal lodging ing houses houes or small f jm i time ane houses bouse e built twenty or Y thirty years a ago o an and hardly mc more rc than g t pasted t d together The climate Invited In to that kind of construction Where hele i It a n never very cry cold no nu one needed tl p to mind thin walls and a few rew cracks The rhe lodging ing houses were ere like lle the ch p IO t nJ along nJ the Bowery llo of or ii Ne New NewYork C and more York 1011 only cheaper here Heie was as the great loss of life lire Fire Und Ja Ea 3 mI In Inthe the matter I of a a. fire It IL was wholly hol holly ly hy th the thO fault of or poor pOOl con construction after block was as as of oC wood seasoned sea sea- through long years That a wa was coming to San 1 1 t belief beller of or fire Ole Francisco Fi wai the every CIT r Francisco Frau Fran chief who hold held office in San Sun r underwriters made time thc cisco The I 1 report lott The et city had an n excellent excellent excel excel- second o Oi omy y to 10 department 4 lent r I fire Its New W York in j of the time town again and saved savl 4 vigilance J agaIn r r- r Their only only ally aUx ally was lh the quality of r c- mentioned so o oCi often often of of- California redwood nod tf of i ten In the Its way with a sullen r burning On to toJ toI of this water mains maln f blaze On been laid out nut to have ha would appear Or without thou thought hl of or an nn earthquake e. e i first firM shock shoeI and antI broke af nt the time t They t the tin city w was vat s lost Jot j l i o oc c Ordained h by hj tl N Thor There U is is no doubt that the city will vill willbo bo ho rebuilt Say y wen that the Its involved agreed 11 by m mutual con- con U time the peninsula U 1 n H tn mu Withdraw from froni r they would h have vc to ti rebuild on th the theU U shores hrs s of San an Francisco ba bay for this hand of not flot by the metropolis U I t U maii but lut by tile the act of r God 4 wall j 5 because lines hues of ofU of or exist does not It It have mave H a agreed oed upon U transportation for sue site the only possible to In toU antI and the th metropolis r of or entry Gl and all alJ the time country which U 1 lI He s of It to tn the time Ifo kles Seattle on oil th the thC only good harbor to I has pit shing rc it close clone i ft the LILO north trade and hll has bus sumac SO of or tho tle i so me trall trade the Ala lma lI t ni tal on away I used e to he In the time hands of or Calfot Cal- Cal limit hut It can never be he the port wrt U fot of f entry fry and of or exit for OL 01 the time country COU U central and northern California further and andr In- In regions WI ir for nr r the mountain land Commercial t r lU-r W r San Pan Francisco stood bank In 11 far Cat west The d greater were a 5 L or of M of othe cities I U C Battle 0 il Although h aki all nil Althou Suit J T IKU anti and an PacIfic 1 ch Into o time Ow ti lar largely cut so Itself hull hud glown SO IfO ia e. e tho thu I ll ratIo trudo r.- r. mat i cu wa o on t the h increase up Um loth time of or the he h bocott ho bo lO- cott con in China The ThC value of that Pacific trade to the tho city was a always s 's a matter mailer of lie de- p. rie There Cl tho e who declared lla I that hat San Francl Francisco Sn co would lose Joge h by time the construction of t f th the 1 l' l Panama canal anal through the diversion of this trade to 10 the 01 Atlantic coast and Europe but tho the majority opinion was vas that tIme the diversion diver diver- sion on or of a part palt of or the lie Pacific trade weighed hat against the prospect pros pros- poet o of a n cheap water vater route roule for the products or of the time land lan nt Hay flay n a d Aside from her hel position San Fran Francisco cl Cisco co has haN a a great natural advantage In time the tw great gleat bay bay Im big enough for all al I time the navies I of oC the world was vas time the trite trie phrase for It trite it-trite trie I-trie trite but hu true truc Its Is advantage ad ad- ncI I nc- nc vantage although on one of Its It dan dangers ers too is the thc narrow entrance of or thi th tin Golden Gate Gat and antI th the sudden turn which It i makes These give It perfect n shelter against t the greatest storms torms of or orn I. I Lp p to time the end enl of or the tho last century t 1 lucre here t. t was wa a strange Industrial Indifference ference ferenee In San Francisco co and the time surrounding surrounding sur sur- rounding country The Tue transplanted easterners a ternI who settled Los laOS Angeles Angole 0 and ant fl I the surround surrounding log country wore were hur hustlers ls l's They took a desert found roun Iwan means to get water to It anti and made It Ita Ita Ita a great garden Thy They advertised and anI they drew t the tourist U 1 hug Problem U UIn In the tho matter of oC rebuilding the time city Is up against a curious cUlous problem Brick k nn l stone slone are J scarce nl There I Is little goo good brick clay lay in th the region and arul nn there lucre are few tew quarries west of the time Sierras The wooden buildings which w the fire took were wr partly the time growth of or n necessity for wood at In least t was near at hand and ant one 1 did not need brick and stone houses to keep warm In II that climate Yet YEt It is Inconceivable that the city authorities should permit on any wooden buildings within ce certain t ln central contral con con- ml districts The business business- part WIllbe Will Willbe 11 be rebuilt no o doubt on the steel structure plan with cel cement nt walls The steel men have said sll that t they h will wi be to furnish all ni that San F Francisco co wants It I Is 19 different with the time dwellings I Perhaps cement of ot the cheap S sort ll used used for the smaller buildings will wi solve this The materials of or cement are arc clo close chose e and antI good goo Excellent Portland Portland Port Port- land lant cement Is ma made l on th the border borter bt be between be- be t tween cn Alameda and San counties only a few P s away tway and the of sand and antI lime tire are rl plentiful plent- plent ful CuI and good good If J cement Is used architecture architecture ar ar- will wi have to approximate the mission st style l anti and with th time the r re resemblance resemblance re- re semblance of cement to a adobe In appearance ap tip- the time cf city will wi return to first principles an and come back to the tIme wisdom wisdom wisdom wis wis- dom of or the padres s. s U Wonderful Sit Site U U UIt fJ It I I N is a wonderful site Ie for a n new cU city o of beauty To realize this one must have hav sailed Into tu the Gate and around to the U on fl a find InC morning Above c smile t tie tho c hills of the cU city changing i in mass mas with wih every furlong of a advance As the vessel surrounds the steep rubbin of Telegraph nl Hill there thor appears ap tip- pears another vista of towering hills hillsand hillsand and antI deep valleys aleys Something like hile this is Naples aples also a Nt city ity of oC hills but Naples aplEs yields to San Francisco In varIety variety variety va va- va- va and in charm harm The land lies les bare It I i is po possible to change Hange the cour Bourse e of or t strett to lo trade park paik areas for Cor other and amul more mOI useful Cul park pari sites fles which once held hEll blocks of or buildings s to level le El and In to raise Not the least Interesting feature fea fea- t ture le of qC the 1 rebuilding of or San Safi Fran Iran cl will Cisco co will wi bo ho I Its transformation ton from froni fronia a a. picturesque fu ci city to a n beautiful o one ouie IC New New York Sun Run f |