Excerpt from Fifty-Sixth and Fifty-Seventh Annual Report of the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco: Submitted to Meetings Held January 16th, 1906 and January 15th, 1907 Gentlemen - The passage of the years brings us often to the position where we are impelled to say, The King is dead; long live the King. The eventful year of 1906, long to be remembered in San Francisco annals and in the pages Of history, is dead. The year 1907 is present with its duties to perform; its projects to be carried into execution; its work of rehabilitation Of our still proud City by the Golden Gate to be vigorously pursued. We Of The Chamber of Commerce Of San Francisco have many excellent reasons for remembering the events Of 1906. The greatest fire in history destroyed business and resi dential portions of this City and inflicted a loss which is estimated to have been largely in excess Of Deprived suddenly of much that seemed indispensable to the progress of the community, we still retained the facilities by which foreign and inter-state commerce moved. The water front was Open for our use; the transcontinental railways and the ocean with its commercial fleets were remaining agencies by which we were still able to keep commerce in motion. Our people gave proof of their staying qualities. As soon as possible they resolutely set themselves to clearing up the debris and to rebuilding. When we look about us we can say that while in April, 1906, we met with a great disaster, it might have been worse. We shall rebuild the city and increase our commerce, which this Chamber will promote by all means available. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.