Connecticut western news., 1876-09-08
Wealth in Snn Francisco.

A San Francisco letter to tl.e Louis vile Cour5er-Jou,1,aL says There are almost one hundred millionaires in this State, more than one-half of whom live in San Francisco. Why, I can we'll re- member when there were but three per sons in the United States who were worth over a million dollars; but the Argonauts are not satisfied with millions. They go on accommodating and dazzling the masses with display of their riches until death arrests their progress. On Clay street alone there are from twelve to fifteen priva'e residences each of which cost not one cent less than $300,- 900, and there are three or four on the same street that cost more than $500,- GOO, and one or two stables that cost more than $1O0,O00.
 The magnifcence of San Francisco does not consist alone in its private residences. The new city hall and the | custom house, as we'll as other public buildings now in course of completion, the gardens, parks, theaters, churches, temples, gambling saloons, the stock exchange, the business houses, the Ne, vada block, owned by Flood X OBrien, the mint, the safe deposit building, etc., are enough, as Mulberry Sellers would say, "to astonish the world" The stock exchange has Anot as many mem- bers as the board of New York, but it costs much more to be 8 member of it.. As much as $45, ,000 has been paid for 8 seat in the board. Just think of it !! Forty five thousand dollars for the privi- lege of buying and selling stocks. And this is not all. There is much more out side buying and selling done here than in New York. Wall street is never as crowded with people as California street. The mania for dealing in stocks pervades all classes of society. Bulletins are issued every hour. Men, women and children are found everywhere asking the price of Consolidated Virginia, Cali fornia, Ophir and Savage. Women, who claim to be ladies of the highest responsibility, can be seen hurrying tc and fro, giving their commissions tc brokers to buy and sell on the margin Servant girls are also infected with the mania, and not few of this class be come suddenly rich through their skill or luck in stock gambling.
 There seems to be no law agains gambling of any kind here, and if ther,
 is it is not observed; for it is openl,
 done on the street and in barrooms ; | i8VOT1G0 &LuuSomoHG 1S to LOSS up twenty dollar or fifty dollar gold piece
 with the cry "Heads or tails p and th'
 man who wins quietly pockets it with al air of perfect indifference. I have neve
 seen such crowded streets, certainly no
 iu New York or Philadelphia, and tn wonder is where all the people com
 from, as the city does not claim to hay
 more than population of 300,0OO :, Little attention is paid to dress. Tn city is cosmopolitan in the fullest sens of the word. You can wear any kind O
 clothing you please and not excite com ment. have seen side by side ladie
 in white with straw hats and ladies i velvet with cloaks and furs. All tn languages of the earth are spoken her the Chinese, the Japanese, the Hin g dostan and the Greek, to say nothing C l the French, German, Spanish, Russia and Italian. Greek barges and tishin 6 boats and birch canoes are nc , uncommon,