Building and industrial news . a tew months after thedisaster by organizing a Municipal Department of Engi-neering and Architecture, both of which were placedunder the direction of the Board of Public Works. It hasbeen through this department that all imijortant munici-pal work has been carried on. The work has been enor-mous and has embraced problems in every known field ofeigineering and architecture and has called forth the bestefforts of many experts. The vast majority of the workhas been well done and stands as monuments to thosewho planned and directed it. Some mistakes have beenmade of
Building and industrial news . a tew months after thedisaster by organizing a Municipal Department of Engi-neering and Architecture, both of which were placedunder the direction of the Board of Public Works. It hasbeen through this department that all imijortant munici-pal work has been carried on. The work has been enor-mous and has embraced problems in every known field ofeigineering and architecture and has called forth the bestefforts of many experts. The vast majority of the workhas been well done and stands as monuments to thosewho planned and directed it. Some mistakes have beenmade of course, but as a whole the municipal construc-tion in San Francisco compares most favorably with thatin any other city of the world. Some of the most impor-tant features of this work includes such undertakings asthe construction of a practically new system of sanitaryand storm water sewers, reconstruction of nearly allstreet work and sidewalks. The enormity of such a taskin a city the size of San Francisco can easily be appre-. AL.\SKA-COMMERri.\L \V.\t:i> ,v Hospital nearly completed, is one of the largest and mostmodern institutions of its kind in the United States. Anew Class A Hall of Justice has been completeKl and aCity and County Jail, besides extensive work at the ReliefHome Tract and in various other parts of the city. Underthis department has been develoijed a Civic Center schemecosting eight millions and which will be undertaken atonce. Plans of Architects Bakewell & Brown for the four BUILDING AND INDUSTRIAL NEWS, 11 <^^
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