The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-09-01

residence. Most of the business mon
of San Francisco have their homes here.
The climate is better than Frisco.
Oakland does not get the breeze and
fogs direct from the ocean as across the
bay. II is considered healthfnl city.
Oakland has nearly $4,000, ,0cO invested
in various industries. Many people
come to California for lung diseases.
Ii one has weak lungs they want to
keep away from San Francisco. One or
two months in the winter the climate is
very fine. 1t would be foolish for O
person with weak lungs to come to
California during the hot season, the
heat is SO great. One in quest of health
had better come the first of December
and stay through the winter to get
acclimated as the season advances.
THIS Is very billy city. Some of the
streets are very steep and paved with
stone. 1t is fine sight by night from
the bay when the city is lighted. 1t
looks like stairs. Street cars run all
over the city. On the steepest streets
cars are run by cables. The city is
supplied with water from a lake in the
coast range. The water is brought
across'thc bay in iron pipes.
San Francisco is a great city for
amusements. 1t has as fine theatres as
any in America. The Chinese have
theatres. There are fine drives and
parks. We went ont to the Cliff House.
This is the finest drive out of the city.
The roads are macadamized. The Cliff
House is low, one story house with q
porch partly around. From the porch
one looks out on the rolling waters as
far as the eye can reach, with nothing
to break the view save here aud there a
sail. But few hundred feet from the
covered with sea lions, all sizes, from O
day old up to the large ones that will
weigh from 1000 to 200O lbs. They are
very clumsy on land, tumbling and
rolling around as if they had no life,
but in the water they are as quick as a
fish. One of our party got ont on q
point of rock as far as he could. We,
asked him what he was doing out there.
He answered: 81 am mad" "Mad2
" hat are you mad at?' "Mad because
l can't get any further west"
San Francisco has population of
over 100000. 1t takes the lead in
hotels of any city in the world, and
they arc well patronized. A great
many families take rooms and board by
the year. The Cosmopolitan, Occi.
dental, Lick, Russ and other houses are
all houses of modern architecture J, both
the Palace Hotel caps them all and all
in the world. 1t covers an entire block
in the heart of the city. 1t has 'front.'
age of 304 feet and 275 feet on the
bounding streets. 1t covers an area of
92, 900 square feet. The Sturtevant
Houeo of Now 1uIK covers 3O,OOO1
square feet; Winsor, $4,000; and the
Palmer of Chicago, $500. The Palace
is six stories in height. Every room
from the second floor fronting the
street has bay window. The main
entrance is from Montgomery street, 50
feet wide, which leads to court, 152 by
81 feet. In the court is fountain; in
the basin are all kinds of fish and
flowers are growing. The court ex.
tends to the top of the house and is
covered with glass. Around and on
all sides are galleries to tho top. This
court looks like hot hsuse. The gal
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the temperate and tropical zones. The
galleries are used by the guests for
The floor of the court is
of black and white marble. The
coaches have four and six horses. On
the ground floor are twenty stores, OIL
Mark ct and Montgomery streets, double
fronts. One opens into the street and
the other into the court. The dining
rooms are very grand. The ladies' bill
lard rooms are Oh The second floor,
also the children's play rooms. This
house will accommodate 100 guests.
Every room is lighted by sunshine and
gas. By arrangements of sliding doors
any number of rooms can be formed
into one. This hotel is supplied with
water by two artesian wells in the
house. 1t is fire proof, built OF iron,
brick and glass. This hotel is under
the direction of Warren Leland. The
Leland family are the greatest hotel
men in the world. This family first
started hotel keeping in some country
tavern among the green mountains of
Vermont.
In San Francisco each year is held u
of Green Mountain Boys.
They are TO be found in ali parts OF the
West, US well MS her stock. Vermont
blood is considered the best, whether in
man or beast. Our next will be from
San Francisco to Walla Walla.
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