The morning call., 1892-08-28
THE CALLS QUERY COLUMN.
Something About The Work on the New
City Hall.
Where the Land Offices Are Located-The
Presidents Salary = Early Steamship
Lines-Value OF Gold.

NEW CITY HALL CONsTRUCTToN-C B.,
City. The California Legislature of 1S69-70
appropriated 81, 200, 600 for the construction
of the New City Hall in San Francisco. In
December, 1873, the Board of Supervisors
contracted with the architects, David Far
quharson and John y. Gaynor, 10 prepare an
estimate of the cost Of completing the hail.
They reported the total sum. including the
legislative appropriation, at S4.l0S, 600 and
estimated the time requisite for its CON-
petlOn 10 be three and a half years. Tie
year 1877 has long since passed, but a.
though upward OF s5,0CO,000 has been ex-
pended upon II, the New City Hall Is not
yet completed. L. A. HatheriOn was the
earliest architect who had much TO DO with
the plans. It's construction is now In the
hands of commission and is progressing in
proportion to the appropriations.
PLACER COUNTY CLMATE-W. II. C.,
City. The seasons in the extreme north
eastern part of California are practically
the same as those in the adjoining part of
Oregon. In Placer County and the lower
Sacramento Valley the dry season begins
earlier and lasts longer than In Oregon.
while the wet season begins later and has
shorter duration The precipitation of
snow In Placer County Is heavier than in
Southeastern Oregon. 1t Is one of the re-
giOns Of heaviest snowfall In the United
States. For this there are two leading rea-
g.
glon IN Placer County and the locality Of
Oregon which lies nearer the general path
OF storm movement.
EARLY STEAMSHIP LNEs-Od Sinh
scriber, City. The first regular line of
steamships running from San Francisco 10
Oregon was established by the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company about 1851 The
wooden sidewheel steamers Columbia and
Fremont were In the service and were COM
manded by A. NJ. Burns and William Dali.
The line between San Francisco and China
was not In operation until some Is years
later. The steamer Colorado. Captain
Bradbury, was the first TO make the VOYAGE.
The Great Republic and the China. ali old.
style wooden steamships. were also nut on
this line.
FEDERAL LAND OFFICES - Old Sub-
criber. City. The United States land offices
in California are located at San Francisco
Los Angeles, Visalia, Stockton. Sacra-
mento. Marysvilie. Redding. Eureka. Susan
vile and lndepend ence. They do not issue
DOCKS containing beneficial information for
inexperienced lan6-seekeTs. The best and
least expensive method for You TO pursue to
obtain such data would be to write to
Henry n. COpp, Washington, ID, C.. iu-
close 70 cents and ask him to send YOU
coup Landowner, book which has a
valuable digest OF land laws, etc
DE YoUNG's SUPPoRTERs-E. .F.B. Citv.
When in March. 1891, NJ. II. de Young with
drew from the contest for United States
Senator to fill the vacancy caused bv the
death OF Senator George Hearst. the vote
I0r MN was as iollows: Senators Broder-
lex. Dargie. Denison. Maher and Williams
%. Assemblymen Alexander, Barnett. Cof-
fey. DAILY, Dennis. DiDble, Dow. Giynn.
HAYES. Jones, Lowe, Lux, Lynch. Marion
Phillips. Stetz, Tennis, Tully and Windrow
10; making the total in both houses "A.
STREET RAILROADS.. T. c., Agnews.
The California-street Cable Railroad began
running in April. 1873. 1t has 1900 feet of
| double track and its gauge Is 81 feet. The
Geary-street Park and Ocean Railroad WAS
completed in February, 1880. 1t is broad
gauge road with IL, 900 feet of double track
(2 Calvary Presbyterian Church is located
On the northwest corner of Geary and
Powell streets, San Francisco.
The PULsE-M. B., Orlando. According
to the Best medical authorities the pulsations
OF the heart Of a healthy babe vary from
15o to 40 per minute; at year of age.
from l2o to l3O; at 2years. FROM 100 to Il0 I;
at years, from 30 TO 100; at Z, from So to
| go; at IA, from 80 TO So. The pnlse of n
healthy adult should range from 10 to so.
and that OF an aged person should be about
| 60 per minute.
| UNITED STATES CONF. II. G., City.
The Inscription I'm God we Trust" appe ars
on the dollar OF 1870 and on the quarter
| dollar OF 1879. Prior to these dates the
words were IL Piuribus Unum." ~
| Danny Needham was defeated hy ror,m =
Ryan at the Metropolitan Club of New Or
leans during the Mardi Gras LAST winter.
Inc battle was for 5000 purse and $500
side. WV
| cPhERlCITY OF THE EARTH-Subscribe
| Oliy' Iythagoras and Tbales, wise men OF
Greece, recognized the earth to be round