The weekly Arizona miner., 1868-11-28


 REcroRY.-The new San Francisco Directory for 1868, compiled and published by Henry c. Langley, the editor of the Paeifo Coast Bushes. Dirtc,ory, State Register etc, contains the following facts of interest to our readers
 Population total population is l47,- 95O. of which only l3S,950 are permanent, the remaining 5000 being transient boarders, soldiers, etc. There are 52,300 males over 2l years of age, to 30,OO0 females over IS. The school census of July, lS6S counts the num- Der of children under l5 at the extraordin- arv figure of 3a,T2s.
 Cny Improvements. -- In it's growth, San Francisco has spread during the past year in every practicable direction, the greatest eX- pansion being necessarily towards the south and west Many valuable improvements have however, been made meantime along the city front, both on the north and east The final adjustment of the question of title to the cjty's outside lands has given fresh | impulse to house building in westerly direc- | tion-while the more favorable conditions that exist for the establishment of manuiac- turing, mechanical and other active pursuits, | in the southerly part of town, have led to | tue inauguration of many new industries in that quarter. Nearly every suburban town and hamlet and even villages lying more re- mote, vitalized by her progress, have par ticipated in this growth of the metropolis. Grading was done by the city costing S46S, 735; paving, Sl720SS planking, S237, [ 4S2; brick sewer building, S237 ,19S, etc, to a total of S1,5l1 ,4S6.66. The noteworthy new buildings are the new Merchants Ex- change Mercantile Library, Hayward's in- surance building, Y. NJ. Christian Association ] t AL Cot. bo hambra and Bella Union theatres, new Chi nese Theatre on Jackson street, Platt < Brooks Hall, Mozart Hall on Post street, Red Mems Hall on Bush street, and great number of fine business establishments, churches, etc. Besides which there must be mentioned the California Market extension, the Mechanics Institute Pavilion, the Pacific Rolling Mills at Potrero Point, the Selby Lead Smelling Works at Black Point, Cali fornia Dry Dock at Hunters Point, Float. ing Dry Dock at North Point, etc. The number of new buildings is estimated at 975 of which 240 were brick Total number oi houses in the city S,009, of which l3,9l2 art wood and 4097 are brick.
 Nanufactures-During the past year, tho manufacturing interests of San Francisco a rule have been developing in magnitud, more than increasing in number. The re suits, in the aggregate, have been very satis factory to parties pecuniarily interested il these enterprises, while at the same time tho , public have not only been benefited by th
 larger volume of manufactures steady prices and the retention of coin for other purposes
 in this city, but much larger field of labo
 has been opened up, the result of which is
 healthy increase of a stable and valuable pop
 ulation.
 Interesting facts are given concerning req
 estate, the extension of railroads, doings C
 homestead associations, etc. The Bushes
 Directory contains the names of nearly lS,00
 firms, arranged and classified.
 The Directory, as a whole, in one of tn 3; most complete editions ever published by M
 Langley, and is worthy of our great an = growing city. The facts and figures hay
 been collected and collated by reliable st'
 tisticians and canvasssers, under the persons
 supervision of Mr. Langley, whose large exp' Tt rience in this particular branch qualities hii e, for the work which he has just completes ir It was printed by Bacon & Company, and n, a credit to that we'll known printing estal d lishment.