SAN FRANCISCO REDIVIVUS.

Thames Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 10399, 24 April 1908, Page 1

SAN FRANCISCO REDIVIVUS.

A feiomieiwlilaA flalinlboiylaut anitlidle on "The Oi*y of tlhe Phioenix" in tlxe 'Fdiibdiigjljlbly ■Rlev'i'ew,' 'by Mr flernilan Sidhi'effaiuea', a 'rteaidenb in San Fra.i> cisclo, gives one a good general idea of ■tih'e 'iinmnieEßilty of tihe effoaits whiLah are 'being maKfe for its reoO'nlsib^u<it«oiE, and of tibe raipMilty wiklli wlilidi it is being effected, nolb tihe leaett gilaitifySng diircUOJistiainiae doninlectbed wMIII t!h.e greialt work being tihiaib in place of iihe oomv<iclted sooutoidiieil wfhio laitiely goreroled tihe caity, M!r TayikA", dean, o>f the Law Coilfcg©, juriisft, eßbtoCbr and pioelt, h!as been etedted mayor, and enjoys tihe co.nfid'elaice of M® Mlofwdltiiiems. OVEare tlhan £250,000,000 is to to eaqpemcfoi in reburiaftng San ErtJfciscoi during the next five yeaoisi, and in the first, six mKWJitfils after tihie fire upwlairds of .£15,000,000 weretilius dlMiiuteed, diesipEite tb'e crippled aaid disltiuribed couidli'ioni of triad© and iadluHWy. The amc& oleairinig away of itlh© ruins of tbe old city was a gigamr tic undertaikinlg, and miinSbns of tone df wredklaige were caWt in*o tlhe bay. Ithletsiei if pled 'in on a hoaip, _ would have maSe 1 a mbnumhaSin ovieiitloppa'ng ißen Nevis; and tihe writer tells tJiplt tihe iSkn Fr)aniai:s(cK> "seem to find! a cerfajrai staia.n;ge hieirot-'ft elaitHkifadtion in the Mela, tihiaii> tlxeßir ruicis am tlhe biiggjeSfc, fines* and, 'bklokieati ruins tlhlaifc ever wene.' 3 A week aifter tlh© diaafilter a hu£e 'tenib fh«iWe s{>raiDig up like a mu^9nx*)En, and is m;pjhltlly tLtrotoig'ed' witlh sjwtertialtoins. On Saltoirdiay iasft!eirnioo'ris tßi'e dressi paaiaidSe of eleg)ainl% clad 1 ladies itlaktes, place just ate dfb did befoire the di'sbistter; a.nid tßie wwlmieini are a,r«iy©d in coeftwimies from Paris, and "family jewels aire flaumted albhioad as on. festival daffs." 'Ait rtiigWt! tlli'e cdty is described ag being "alblaze anld artofajr wiltfo,' mecra'Sfment"; nlor wais rtiradei eveir wo acitliv© and exfcenlsfive as ait prttsenit, all busineaites floun^liaing. A new watef (system to cost £8,000,000 will 'bring th© pure ortywballli'ne eilomfent from *h© snow clad SS©rtta«, 200 miles dfetfeint. The niew San Frairlcdigclo wUM coc/tlaiin sbi-uc-iuiiies of- exqiifelte design, and some of ttle shops aire appi'toiaidlied tbuiomgilx lawrte and flower 1 beds, and are beautifully deteoraitedu The Gcideni Gaite,' •wmtiea Mr Sfclhtefflilauer, im conbluding li!is di'tfliiy'rainilbiio artl'de, "is still tibe portkul of oippoifaindty and wealthy in tEe moelb tortile ati'd opuitentb land undef'tlhiel sum. Thte! new .Sfeun! Firtinoiscp is to rise beside if, a city built up out of human fa&tli and emdeia>vOiur; out of th'elefete: energy and royal wealth 1."