The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-10-19
THE PACIFIC COAST.
\ KNIGHT TEMPLAa's IMPRESSION
or III. Beauties and wonders Of the Golden State.
Golden Gate PMk-The LuIary Of Flowers.
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cable street railroad Is novel as well as
pleasant. stated in former letter that
San Francisco was situated on two ridges,
perhaps 90 or 20 feet higher than the lower
portion Of the city and right over these two
ridges two or three lines Of streetscars rum
It seemed funny to see them skipping along
without any apparent propelling force. No
wonder the Chinamsn when he first saw
them said in wonder, "No horsee! No
steamee! Go long ale cancel" While on
the route | saw O great many very nice
houses irame-(in fact nearly all
the houses In the city are frame, eYep,the'
great Palace Hotel, FIVE or six stories high,
Is built principally Of wood). Great atten-
tion Is paid to the culture Of plants, flowers
and grass. In many Of the gardens ! saw
Masonic emblems, very artistcally ar
ranged with calias and other plants. In
some places the hill was 30 steep that you
could imagine you could look down the
chimney OF the houses and see what they
were getting for dinner. Arriving at the
Cliff House the proper thing to do was to
get pair OF opera glasses and look at the
tance, cay 200 or 800 feet, from the house
out on the ocean. It is said that one oi
these seals resembles Ben Butler, but l
didn't recognize him In the crowd.
GOLDEN GATE PARK.
Leaving the Cliff House l returned by
the road leading through Golden Gate
Park. The Park contains about 1000 acres,
and for the most part consists Of hills Of
sand drifted from the ocean, and some Of
them appear to be about fifty feet high.
Dotted over these hills are little pine and
cedar trees. In driving through 1t You
would hardly suspect it being park, as
the name would suggest grove OF trees.
But the Park 10 in Its infancy, having been
commenced only some eight or nine years
since. Alter q dive Of mile or two |
struck the older and more improved part oil
It, and such beds Of flowers, and the tasty
arrangement OF them excelled anything OF
the kind | had seen. How they ever
coaxed those flowers to grow in that almost
white bed OF sand can't see. But the soil
Of California is peculiar. All that seems
necessary 10 to put water on 1t and it pro-
duces vegetation OF wonderful character.
All the improbable stories Of extraordinary
growths Of plants and fruits you may conf.
dently believe, as l may tell you some
tough ones before finish.
Here found beds Of calias geraniums,
semi-tropical plants-acres OF them. Car.
penters were rebuilding the splendid con.
servatory that had lately burned. This
must have been great loss, as 1t had con.
tanned large quantity Of tropical and
other plants and shrubs, the accumulation
OF several years, which were destroyed.
The ground don't appear to have cost the
city anything as II was made by drifts ot
sand, the ocean fecedipg as the ground was
made, but the improvement has cost near.
IL million dollars. About the centre oil
the improved portion is where the ERA.
ternity" laid the cornerstone OF the Gar
field Monument on Friday, August 9Th,
with great pomp and parade.
Leaving the Park quite high hill looms
up west OF 1t on the top, oi which Is erect.
ed large croes being in the centreot q
large Catholic cemetery: There were sew
eral cemeteries in that neighborhood but
they are plenty at home, and as time was
precious turned rather towards places not
80 melancholy.
TIE MARKETS OF SAN FRANCISCO. -
The markets OF San Francisco at this
time Of the year when fruits are ripe, are
pleasant sight. Here almost everything
good to eat exhibited in its most tempting
style Is offered for sale, and not as We have
1t, before day with arush, jam and crowd,
but all day long. Everything Of avegeta.
BILE and fruit kind and even eggs are sold
by the pound.
Accepting an invitation from Dr.. ]. ".
Gally, au old Wheeling boy, We paid him
visit at Watsopville, about 100 miles be-
low San Francisco, and spent day with
him and his cheerful daughter and son,
and were treated by them to ride up
Coralitis Canon to the Redwood saw mills,
where great deal OF lumber is cut, which
is wagoned down to Psjaro about Is miles,
over about as dusty road as ever mortal
travelled.
Several miles OF It is sprinkled by water
carts but still 1t Is dusty. That portion OF
II in the canon is very narrow being cut in
the side OF the mountain and for long dis
tance with but room enough ier one vehi-'
Gle. Meeting those heavy lumber wagons
was q thing 70 be avoided. Consequently
we were constantiy on the lookout for
"breakers abead.nn r We met one in as mar.
row q place,.as one. could wish for, but
thanks to Miss Matte, who is the finest
lady driver Irayer saw, we pulled through
BY the skin ofour teeth as II were. These
wagons were loaded generally with SQUARE
lumber, a considerable Quantity being
telegraph poles
An observant tourist will notice that all
the telegraph poles on the plains and in
California are square. There is paper
mill in this canon and the only one | saw
In California. From the abundance oistraw
and Its cheapness (only fifty cents toni
paper could be manufactured very cheaply.
Large quantities OF II are strewn over the
roads to keep down the dust, and It answers
the purpose.
HOTEL DBL MONTE.
Bidding my friends goodbye set out
for Hotel del Monte, about mile east OF
Monterey. This Is one OF the most beauti-
fol spots in California and description Of
1t cannot convey to you tithe Of its beauty.
The building is wood, two and half stories
high, Of Gothic style oi architecture and Is
said TO have cost quarter OF q million dol
lars. II is situated in grove Of live oaks,
pines and cedafs, some Of which are very
tsll. The grove, however, is not so dense1
as 10 prevent It being laid out into flower
beds. Here the art and ingenuity Of the
Landscape gardener had been brought into
requisition. "Welcome, Sir knights" was
spelled by lovely flowers, in letters 10 or IS
inches long. One circular bed about 30
feet in diameter had for centre piece q
4n:o:,lss.z;!t;; s7setl.E- iaelsee!s Set=<ste-
and S feet high, while the balances Of the
bed was filled with flowers representing the
figures OF Persian carpet, Another bed
contained nothing but cact, as We were
told BY the proprietor, oil brought from the
Nevada mountains, and had been selected