The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-11-11

SAN Francisco CuY uEEcroEY We have re-
ceved from san Francisco. a directory compiled by
Chas. Z. Knb~n f. Is very useful work, and we
have found IN IL the first tdings Of some old acquaint-
ances. The editor OF the work thus speaks of the
difficulties in making his book
IL Il not to be expected Ia a city like ths. where
whole streets are built 40 10 sees End whole a
sue Ut swsy In hour-whers the floating population
numbers thouss nds and large portion of tAe txed
inhabitants live In tents and places hieh bs
described with any accuracy that iinectory b.
81 up With the correctnss that they are IN oder and
more established cities We have scarcely n hou.e
numbered. snd shat there are VII puzzc 4ats -
much Gssst siiil, think such book y needed,
end feel cophdtnt 10 will mack trouble That W.
have done " more correctly thar others would do
not claim. Ret we dc claim 20 bavs dou- W 20 the
b,,t Of oUr ability under the circumstances and leave
a with the public 20 decioe upon we ments
We ind tina there are few places of public amuse-
ment-an exhibition Of model artists, bull ht
arena, circus, aud a dramatic museum There
are two reading rooms-the Exchange, and the
Clay street rooms. There are seven churches,
and Mr.. Taylor breaches ia the sgen air, in
Portsmouth Square, every Sunday There are
seven newspaper ESTABLISHING ats, and six daily pa
per. The editor Of the Directory concludes his
work with the annexed suggestions
In conclusion We shall touch pom but two thing.
about uhich little has been said BY others but which
Ne think are Of Importance and arr the one brought
work. that Of numbering the streets
Under the present settled state OF change Il Ia very
plain that all plans Of mum bsrine the buildings will very
soOn become detective from the building up and tsarirg
down process continually going sill IL be liEely
ter tor time 20 come VI then plan could be
accpted giving the location quite accurate aaa still
b. &, pfrdpnt OF the buildings think ID rortsy the
ctusidtratitn a. she putlic Nov. enjoy the opnoa
tst ~ have enc 81 that natrre Witch Tor all buei
ness cperatons would sptr4r every purpose 10 IL
ths. Ia have the streets uencias At bar street
on the north and Ftsnt stree on thu east marked OF
by posts Otherwise, into spaces Of steen twnty
frt more or less would 20 be- the ast couve.
Dient. By having these spaces numbered You have
your ff,cts marked on perfectly Independent OF any
chsrre which may occur ia the building This could
be dor hy the city government Nholly they could
merely des gna,e the number Of feet each space and
any one by means ~ y sp could easily tell what
their nun bers should be AMI put them up
Tbe other subject 10 that of bell ringing a. Il IL noE
prected for our churches We have the whole con
Of reg ou- meeting start from their seats az
tie rsaing Of the bells 81 other churches suppcsiuz
AZ VS. sr Gre; how rsmen 70 kuow vhether
tb bos are ringing TO call them With all their % sers
q hi tire dsvouring hsmee or With their devs
tlspsI feelings. TO attend prayer meeting! How
widely different the objects yet the same summcBs
nut fot IN N the same mauner, calls them 20 both
bis IA certainly wrong and think city council
sbould uake " the duty OF bell fingers In ali OF
bunees or Cor church. 10 set the bells at regular in
teryals a. they do in the Atlantic cities