Hospitals In 1903 a bond issue of $1,000,000 was authorized for the purpose of erecting a new hospital for the City of San Francisco. Of this amount $250,000 bonds were sold in 1904. Nothing further was done until 1907, when plans for an infirmary building were adopted and in 1908 a contract was let for its construction. The structure is now nearly completed. The old hospital on Potrero Avenue became insanitary and was destroyed in 1908, and in May of that year bonds were authorized to be issued for a group of modern hospitals and two blocks of additional land to cost $2,000,000. Bonds to the amount of $680,000 have been sold, plans made and contracts for some of the buildings entered into. Construction is now under way and progressing rapidly. When completed San Francisco will have hospital accommodations equal to any city of its size in the world. Foundation for the New San Francisco Hospital, Potrero Avenue, to Cost $2,000,000 When Completed. House of Engine Company No. 7, Sixteenth Street, Near Valencia. Fire Department Buildings The fire of April, 1906, destroyed a large number of fire department houses. Some of them were immediately replaced by temporary structures and in the tax levy of 1907-8 a special tax was levied for the purpose of constructing permanent buildings. From this tax the sum of $180,000 was realized, and the buildings authorized have been completed or are under way. In 1908 another special tax was levied which will bring in $168,000 for a continuance of the work. The structures are modern and contain equipment equal to all demands. The Fire Department of the City is rated among the most efficient in the country. |