Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1850-03-27
NUMBER II.

American vessels. .4NI Tonn,S..5. .la6. .65s
! Foreign -. 299 Tonnag~.... ~ 100
Passenger American 2o,a!lm.les. ii1 females
Do foreign, ..939 Asa -
No. fveSs-l. .ua la all :a.i,S passengers.
This will satisfy you tina, San Francis.
co is something more than an inland port.
| can see from my window the flag OF every
civilized nation Ia the world. Is j! NOT
strange. passing strange! Two wears ago.
ana wha, was it, N,thias' Now il
numbers not less than twenty thousand
men! The almos, total absence Of offemaless
is one Of the singular features Of this sim
sular country. o. the population, about
one third ere living in tents. NV opinion
is, tha, during a cfcar day. which by the
bye. seldom. occurs. one building goes up
erery hour! Now do not write this down
as fiction Let me explain--,here are
not less than two thousand buildin9s
already to be put together in tho bay. One
IS landed. and some dozen men are em.
ployed TO put il together. The home 10
erected in no time and the roofing COM
menccd. Before the last shngle IL laid
upon the roof, the tenant has his shingle
is small building. it rents from $3.50 10
$500 per month. payable in advance.
Suppose the tenant to be a barber. how
can he afford to pay such rent! Simply
by charging you five dollars for cutting and
trimming your hair and shaving. or ono
dollar for the latter. Suppose a man who
is no, barber. has been cruel enough to
bring his wife with him. and that his wife
iS W tn xxhV ic
understood.
few mornings since. was walking
up the hill side. and seeing q woman en-.
gagged in 1cashing, cnGuired Of her the
price per dozen. She replied for chsk
shirts. four doiIars--tor white shirts rith.
oHt starch. sir dollars. and with straclr,
and doae up as heydo SHIRTS in tie Sloies,
scrcH aoiiars' Do you think the man can
pay his rent, Is the tenant shoemaker,
he will charge YOU thirty dollars for q pair
Of boots, inferior 10 those that Johnson Of
your city would make for Gre. Will YOU
believe me when tell you. that | kno,o oT
ninety doilars IN gold having been paid
for pair OF boots. within the last month";
assert IL TO be trne believe it who will
The Doctor can afford to pay tho rent.
when he charges all ounce Of goid for u
single visit. saw within the last week.
Bill paid by Mr.. I'D, OF your city.
amounting 10 Si2I, for four visits! 1t IL
not necessary 10 say anything about lac.
gtrs. for every one can readily imagine
holr they pay their rent. The rent for this
class of buildings is easily paid
Let US see how il is as 10 hotels. They
pay from seven to ten thousand dollars
per month, in advance. How can thew
u
ingS. ! answer first. The gambler pays
the landlord from 20 to 80 dollars per
night for his table. Almost every roo,n 10
filled with them, the landlord receiving .
per cent. upon the winnings. Next his
bar brings him trotn two to three hundred
dollars per day. twenty five cents being
the lowest price for each glass. For
break last you pay S1:5O. and for dinner
IN proportion, some charging tor each dish
YOU call for. Regular boarders pay from
ss25 to $50 per week. Iryou have room
and bed. $50 per week. You can now
add up the figures and see the results. A
Little uncertain il may be as TO amount.
but generally certain 10 pay.
a lew words more as to warehouses.
&c. | have seen several proposals for
the renting Of warehouses, ranging from
five TO nine thousand dollars per month,
according TO the capacity of the building.
These are about the usual rates. How
were these prices to be met! Take the
following as the rates for storage. Ia
store 3l.75 TO s2,25 per barrel per monti,
"a trunk, or package pays the same. II
the package remains but Tor day, it pays
as for month. You can see from thi,
bret statement. that when you come to
ada ten per cent. commissions. and other
charges an the same ratio, that the rent
can be paid. But we will look at the mi a
tor provisions and other necessaries oflife.
ana then see how the account stands.
he Collector of this port, a few weeks
since advertised for proposals for furnish
ing the Revenue Brig Lawrence. with 70.
tons for one year. He has shown mo
one proposal. copy Of which send Is q
sample Of all the rest. The subscribers
oilers to furnish and deliver on board the
Revenue Brig James Lawrence, the fol.
loving articles at the prices annexed. and
comply with the advertisement of the Col.
lector &c. 10 wit:
Pickles. 80 per pound.
Beef 10 cents per pound.
Pork, 20 do do do.
Flour. 40 do do do.
Rice. 81 do do do.
Rasns, % do do do.
Biscuit. cents per ounce
Sugar 10 do do do.
Tea. Coffee or Cocoa. cents per ounce,
Butter, 90 cents per ounce.
Cheese. Is do do do.
Beans. Is cents per pint.
Vinegar, go cents per pint,
Mo'asses 80 cents per pint"
DO you think the merchant can pay
this rent!
have had some little experience in
housekeeping in San Francisco. have
paid s1:621 per pound for butter, and
never less than sl:25. Sperm candles
have cost me - per pound. and the last
L x.,.1haad 600. Il