New-York tribune., 1874-06-13
A MILLIONAIRES GIFTS.

JAMES LICK OF SAN FRANCISCO GIVES NEARLY ALL
HIS PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC PURPosEs-A Lsf
OF HIS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF THE ARTS
AND sCIENCEs-THE ORPHANS AND lsDi1ESr
WOMEN REMEMBERED
A few days since the telegraph gave list
OF the donations made by James Lick OF ssaD Francisco
for the encouragement Of the arts and sciences ana ZOE
other purposes. The deed conveying nearly all hs prop
erty supposed to amount 70 about $20oo0oo was made
an ,be oa inst between Mr. Lick and Thomas H. Selby,
d. o. Mills, II. NJ. Newhall, WIN. Avord George IL.
Howard James Otis and John o. Earl. The deed which
was placed record IN The County RECORDERS once Oh
the Sd nst covered OF Mr. cks real estate In San
Francisco consisting OF so lots three lots ID Ban '"se
his homestead OF San JOSE $50 acres near
Alvlso, tract Of land in Placer County, ana isiS
do Santa Catalina (about $1,000 acres) OF TIE coass
of Los Angeles. The property Is TO oc held IN
trust by the abOve-named persons, and 10 ih-
tended to secure the payment OF the gh's I'D
gold coin The first gIft is 100000 for an observatory
and more powerful telescope than any yet MADE. iho
telescope to be erected the summit OF the sierra
Mountains on the borders Of Lake Tahoe, upon Iand
donated by Mr.. Lick The second gift Is soW 10 the
Protestant Orphan Asylum Of San Francisco the thfa
IA so5 600 for an orphan not more than nve mice
from San jose free TO all orphans without REGARD 10
creed or religion Of parents. The fourtheand nfth ef
are S25 900 Ladies' Protection aud Keller eocic
of San Francisco aud $4,000 10 the Mechanics Library
Association latter to be applied to the purchase
of scientific and mechanical works for the institution
The sixth gift is $4,000 the San Francisco Society for
the Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals aud Mr. LACK
accompanies 1t with "a hope that the society may
organize such system will result IN establishing
similar society in every important city and Town OF
California to the end that the rising generation may
not witness or be impressed with everyday
cruelty ana brutality as has often taken
place in this State" For monuments to his
mother father and grandfather. all of whom are
buried in Pennsylvania $4,000 given to be divided
equally The ninth gift is 100000 for founding Tho
Old Ladys Home" of San Francisco. The Of $5sooJ
Is also given for erecting aud maintaining free baths in
the city, and ike sum for bronze monument. In
Golden Gate Park. to memory Of Francis Scott Key,
the author Of "The Starspanged Banner" the th'r'
eenth Gft $25OOO for bronze stauary group repre-
senttnR the history California during different periods
to be erected at Sacramento For founding the "Cal
fornia School of Mechanical Arts for men aud women
100000 the institution TO be open TO an youths ooln ~
The State The proceeds Of the residue OF the property
decided (abOut t55JOG is to DE conveyed IN equa por-
tons to the California Academy OF Sciences and tie
Society of California Pioneers, for the purchase OF a
paras the erection OF buildings &c Legaees, amount
ing to $26O0, TO be paid To certain relatives ana
certain sun, not 70 exceed $4,000 year 10 DC pn 70
and homestead property during his life After
his death his ,hs psrs0ps Dr2Pegsa 20 10
As some years may elapse before the trustees can dis
pose Of the real estate and pay oil the egaces, the
value Of the land may increase much 10 tue interval,
and the Academy Of Sciences and the Pioneer Society
to which he has already given valuable lots. may 10
rendered very weAithy by the surplus Of the estate
Mr.. Lick Is native of Pennsylvania, from which state
he removed Brazil where he engaged in raising
He afterward TO Chill and Peru, and was Mt vapa-
reached him. He was then engaged in business but he
made haste collect $4,000 and take the first steamer
erty he has just disposed Of IN such puoAesprted
manner.