The morning call., 1892-10-03
How THE CABLE 7OILED.
Carrying Sunday Crowds tc
Sun and Air.
The Beautiful Day Yesterday Taken Ad'
vantage Of by Thousands Of Visitors
to Various Points
A perfect California dayl

A perfect California day!
Golden sunshine tempered by baimy
breezes laden with the salt favor of the sea.
Down in the business heart of the city
desertlon and a general abandonment OF
premises 10 rats and cats.
Only, every now and then. there would
roll rapidly through cable-car.
Cars laden with every kind of humanity
hurrying tut into the regions of unimpeded
light and air.
Early in the morning the indefatigable
cables began to toll.
They carried along carfnls OF eager
sportsmen, amateur and professional, bound
for the fishing FL Dsrados in Sausalito and
Iiburon.
Tweed attired nimrods and would be
Izaak Waltons with guns and tackle crowded
the early boats and congratulated each other
on the glorious outlook for an outing.
Then there were the crowds burdened
with baskets, out Of which the necks OF
bottles prutruded lnvitingly, en- route toI
the picnic grounds across the bay.
FL Campo. Shell Mound, Mill Valley. San
Rafael were all destined 10 welcome their
contingent Of the merry picDickers.
party ever in the corner of the ferry
waiting-room was lightly accoutered and
| evidently meant to scale great Tamalpais,
| toward San Auselmo.
There was another group-and another
crowding up to the Oakland ticket office.
They were ehatteTing of baths, of the
various bathing places along the Alameda
shore, and soon Oakland and her sisters,
even to Fruitvale aud HaywaTds. would be
visited by the happy, perspiring throngs.
But all day the cable toiled round and
round
After bringing down its radiant freight
10 the ferry-shps 1t turned westward and
bore still heavier load.
Golden Gate Park
All day it welcomed constantly in
creasiug streams of humanity. which dis
tributed itself in various directions.
One of the brightest pictures was around
! the band-stand, as viewed from some of the
| grassy slopes.
Here, amid the incessant, swift rush OF
| elegant vehicles, filed with dressy men and
! beautiful women, were being formed an
| endless series OF tableauX vivanls.
Dignity was supplied by the parents and
| animation by the children, while nature
| went in partners with ant on the matter OF
warmth ana combination Of coloring.
For instance, take the one point of par
| asoIs:
| II locked as If the various dry-goods
| stores of the world had been ransacked to
| furnish such Kaleidoscope collection OF
silk and lace combinations.
But for many the park, beautiful and at
tractive as 1t was, only constituted passing
station.
An unusual number of people visited tn Q
| Cliff House TO inspect the seals. lounge ON
the beach, or explore the varied delights OF
Sutro Heights.
Never had the ocean looked fairer or
| sparkIed more brilliantly toward the hori-
| zoD, while the great breakers as they rolled
upon the shore contributed just the needed
| diapason to the hoar,e cry of the sealions.
Fort Point, the walk along the fume,
| Black Point and the Preside Heights all
| had their carloads of yotaries.
Along the Preside Heights one caught
| aIignments of people armed with field.
| glasses with which they were sighting the
| beauties of Marin County.
The land-loeked bay, dotted with il.
| islands, presented its scene of life as well
Great vessels were passing in or out, the
heavily laden ferry steamers passing across
while hither and thither darted smaller
snowy-sailed yachts and whitehall boats
sped by glistening oar-blades.
But as the day waned and the various
gorgeous pictures faded the cable had to
work harder than ever.
IL tolled TO bring every one safely home.
Well. perhaps it was well w orth doing so
| much work all day TO give so much pleasure
/ tn 90 mauy