BEHAVIOR OF INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURES. 33 
BEKINS VAN AND STORAGE COMPANY'S BUILDING. 
The building in process of construction by the Bekins Van and 
Storage Company, at the corner of Thirteenth and Mission streets, 
was the only example of the pure type of reenforced concrete in the 
city (PI. XXVII, A). Two of the six floors were erected, the walls 
being made of brick laid in lime mortar and the floors and columns of 
reenforced concrete. 
The walls were badly cracked by the earthquake, but the reenforced 
concrete was not injured. Considerable furniture stored in the 
building was burned, and the heat slightly blistered the under surface 
of the concrete floor, which was still green at the time of the disaster. 
BULLOCK & JONES BUILDING. 
The Bullock & Jones Building, on Sutter street west of Mont- 
gomery street, is an eight-story steel skeleton with floors of reenforced 
cinder concrete, hollow-tile partitions and column protection, and 
bearing walls of ornamental terra cotta and terra-cotta pressed brick. 
The reenforced-concrete floor arches were haunched between steel 
girders, but were not continuous over the girders. 
The earthquake damaged the outside very considerably. The build- 
ing is of rather flimsy construction, and it is a wonder that the fire 
did not wreck it. The terra cotta was badly spalled by the fire, 
especially around the windows, and the hollow tile failed badly, both 
in partitions and as column protection. The 3-inch terra-cotta parti- 
tions failed generally, and several columns buckled on the third and 
eighth floors (PL XXVI, A). The elevator inclosure, which was 
plastered on expanded metal, failed, as did also the cast-iron stair- 
ways. The wood covering of the floors and the wooden nailing 
strips were burned. The concrete floor is in excellent condition. A 
few panels collapsed where the steel girders were displaced. The 
distorted unprotected beams and girders around openings show 
strikingly the folly of unprotected steel work. 
The building which was in process of construction on Mission 
street between Fifth and Sixth streets by the California Casket Com- 
pany was seven stories in height and had a steel skeleton and floors of 
reenforced cinder concrete. The self-supporting walls were built on 
the sides and rear of brick and on the front of brick faced with 
sandstone, which was spalled by the heat, although there was no 
stock and little combustible material in the building. The columns 
