The accompanying illustrations show the new home of the Brooks-Follis
Electric Corporation, 44-46 Second Street, San Francisco, Cal. Mr. Frank
Fowden, President of the company, has clearly demonstrated what can be
accomplished through perseverance, will and optimism in San Francisco’s
future.
[Illustration: EXTERIOR.]
At the time of the fire in 1906, this firm was located on Mission
Street. The business was apparently demolished, but April 24th found the
Brooks-Follis Electric Corporation bobbing up serenely at 563 Thirteenth
Street, Oakland, where shipments were made as rapidly as material could
be obtained.
[Illustration: INTERIOR.]
In July, 1906, a corrugated iron building at 212-214 First Street,
became the temporary San Francisco home of the firm, where all orders
were handled to the best possible advantage under the conditions existing
at that time. These quarters were acceptable while San Francisco was
being settled and the business growing.
At the present central location all the electrical men from the interior
can take a Market Street car and drop in at 44-46 Second Street, take
a seat in Mr. Fowden’s office, read the “Electrical Journals,” use the
telephone and make themselves quite at home.