Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-11-06

Sta1 With hlbWDO
ON THE SHORES OF
THE PACIFIC.
EDITOR INTELLIGENCER:- After the
travel of four days and nights and the
half Of the fifth day continuously, we
reached the level of all earthly things,
the sea, on Saturday morning, June
26. 1t is three miles from Oakland
pier to San Francisco, and across the
finest bay and harbor on our continent.
San Francisco is now city of 100000
Inhabitants, and more gathered togeth-
or from all quarters of the globe. They
are happy, busy, thriving people,
stretching out their hands invitingly TO
all nations. and saying to the good peo-
pie among them, "Come and welcome
to our golden shores and partake freely
and fully of our many natural ad
vantages" The city is built upon the
northern end of peninsular that lies
between the ocean and the southern
arm of the bay of San Francisco. The
entrance to the bay from the ocean is
through the Golden Gate and north OF
the city. The bay lies North and cas-
of the city and is one of the safest har-
bors in the world. 1t is large enough
to afford shelter for all ships that sail
the Pacific, aud deep enough to hoat
the largest, and when they sail through
the Golden Gate and pass Goat Island
they can safely move on the bosom OF
the bay and laugh at the storms, COM
ing whittier they may. California has
sea coast along the Pacific of nearly
eight hundred miles, and San Francisco
has the only safe harbor on this coast
from Portland Ore. ito San Diego at tie
southern extremity of the state. Ma
ture certainly has given to San Fran
cisco the position for the largest sea
port city on the whole western shore
Of the American continent, and right
grandly are her citizens seizing upon
their oppOrtunities,an and are making her
what she is, and ought to be, the chief
CITY on the Pacific, to which the busi-
ness OF our great country, must of ne
cessity, gravitate from the east, and
where the commerce OF the nations Oh,
tho Pacific must how from the west.
But few years since San Francisco
was mere village of few hundred
people who were living in tents aud
small houses, and doing business in
goods boxes and shanties inprovisetl
for the occasion. Now she is a city of
vast population living in palatial resi-
dences and carrying on trade with the
whole world in magnificent storehuuses.
She has the best system of street rail
| roads In the country. She has some
half dozen different cable lines of street
| railroads. Built as the city mostly is,
upon and along the sides of the granite
hills, these cable lines are necessity.
| Market street runs dragOpaliy through
the city from the wharf IN q southwest
erly direction. cutting many OF the
principal streets at ali angle, varying
from 20 to 40 degrees, and along this
great thorOughfare alone run four diff
ferent cable lines and two lines of
horse cars. These street railroads ex-
tend back from the bay and the busi-
daily, thousands Of busy citiz,us to
and from their places of business.
These cable lines climb up the hills and
descend into the valleys beyond in some
places at an angle of 80 to 40 degrees
with great ease and celebrity, carrying
crowds of people back and forth
through the city at trifling cost, as
they glide along the streets aud ND and
down the hills with no motive power
in sight, one is reminded OF what the
Chlnee said. "No pushee no 7,ullee, 6at
runnee like e6ery thingee alice saalee.
Weary as we were from long continued
travel the sight of the ocean was a
thing most ardently desired by Us.
Seeing the beautiful bay on that bright
Saturday morning did not begin to
satisfy our ardent desire to look upon
the deep blue sea and listen to It's cease
less moan. So the first thing we did
after setting foot on the land
on the city side of the bay was to
lake passage OH one of these cable lines
up Market street till we reached the
vicinity OF the Pioneers hail where we
deposited grips and extra apparel (not
much apparel taken by persons from
the Atlantic states to California in mid |
summer is called extra in san Fran
cisco IN June), and washing faces and !
brushing off some dust and taking
lunch, we walked down Market to
hearney and along Kearney I'd Cali |
lornla street, and again slept aboard |
the cable cars and started up hill
sleeper than Pine street in our CITY at
any point. We rode out upon this
street tor nearly three mi es, hoping 10
be able to catch q G impse of the r., tic,
out our hopes we're bIigh;ed, TO, 5i
he time We reached the western en-
'f this cable line, we beheld the fos
coming in from the sea like white \
clouds shutting out nearly everything
rom view. The wind too was blowing
orlskly and very cOolly for June. Our
companion told US that possibly we
night get view Of the ocean as we
vent down to San Jose in the after
loon that day, if the fog was not too
tense, and he exl ressed the hope that
t might not be. and with this assur-
ance We boarded the street car aud re-
urned to Kearney street again. On
'ur way back we had view of the
;ity spread out before us. With its
magnificent churches, residences, hotels
md public buildings viewing with and
n many Instances exceling the oder
'ities OF the east. On going back to
he Old Pioneers Hall we met with and
'mbraced our brother, the companion
u our boyhOou, and for a few minules
Woyed over again the happy hours of
hlldhood when he and l were bows.
(h! those happy hours. What joy
hey bring us. God bless happy child
,ood, and keep us ever young in heart
not in years. l shall again speak of
his city and its places of interest ere
luit these talks. But since have fall
en- In company with him whom | had
made the long and weary journey to :
meet, and under whose hospiIa5le roof
expected to enjoy happy Il visit,
ou will permit me to rest here while ,
set and talk with him and his lovey !
amily. r..
SCIENTIFICALLY SNJRRED.