The morning call., 1892-01-03
A PICTORIAL CONTRAST.

THE CALL presents to-day pictorial con-
trast of San Francisco as 1t appeared to new
Corners in 1S49 aud of San Francisco as 1t
appears to residents of to-day. 1t is per-
mitted to very few men to witness such
changes in one locality as are herein pre-
scented. 1t is not often that forty years con-
verts 4 waste into a large, handsome and
wealthy CITY. There are people living IN
the Palace Hotel now who passed their hrst
night in California in the one story ana
half shingle sbanty then known as the ClVy
Hotel 1t stood at the northwest corner Oh
keaTny and Clay streets. and across Tue
street. block to the north, where the OlV
City Hall low stands, was the most SNOWY
gambling saloon in the town. II Is s7u
thing to admit, but truth requires IL 'nat
staid New England men "bucked the tiger
before they had been twenty-four hours III
its vicinity. These Of our readers VINO give
more than a passing glance at the picture
Will see that the san Francisco OF 1S49 COW
cred a very small bit of territory. Suffer
street was the southern limit II we except
struggling shanties here and there mostly
erected by men who intended going
to the mines in a few days and
thought it cheaper to build a shanty
than to pay hotel prices. A yoke
OF oxen htched TO a wagon forms contrast
with the steam engine and Pullman cars OF
modern times. A full-rigged clipper ship,
such as made the trip around the Horn IN
early days, holds its own pretty well with
modern freight steamers. In fact IN respect
to beauty nothing equal 20 tie clipper ship
now floats upon the water. While it is posi-
bic TO contrast the cradle" and long toms.
with which miners separated gold from
earth in those days, with the massive and
cOmpli Gated machinery which. now makes
powder Of quartz rock and collects into
amalgam gold too fine 10 i've visible to the
naked eye. there is no way by which an adj
eQuate idea can be given of the change IN
the character of our industries. Then II
was all mining or furnishing supplies to the
miners No other interest was thought Of.
Shops were built, but the object was to per-
form some kind Of work to keep the miner
on his claim. The future of the untry
seemed TO rest upon the staying qualities Of
the mines No one supposed thai if tie
mines gave out California would still be
the best State in the Union to make
a home in. Very few realized that
the rich soil ard delightful climate
could be turned TO account except as
aids to the mining industry. 1t Is not our
purpose to trace the growth Of other indus
tries. The fact is known that frOm being
wheat-importing State We became one Of
the largest Whe at-eXpOTting States III the
Union. CaHfornians now in the East who
find California canned vegetables, Caliior-
MIA canned fruit and California wines on
hotel tables in almost every State in the
Union remember perhaps. that for many
years we in California depended upon the
East for such luxuries. But Of all the Gen.
trGstS which a review of the State presents
none is more agreeable than that which has
token place in the sentiment of the people
During the first ten years very few thought
OF making California their home. The pre-
vaIing idea Was TO get little money and
get back to civilization The sunny skies
and ba.my atmosphere did not count in the
estimate Of the existing conditions on the
two coasts. Precisely when the idea daWned
upon the Calf0T1ian'S mind that the chances
OF fortune had cast his l0tin rarely favored
place II would be hard 10 tell. Ii came first
from men VINO succeeded well enough to 90
home ana contrast the conditions under
which happiness is pursued in the two locali-
ties In time the number who had profited
By this experience became so large that
people began TO ask themselves if California
was not a pretty good State to live in. At
present no State has more loyal citizens than
cur own. Our people 90 East and TO Europe
to see the world and return more than ever
in love with their own State. i good many
have found it to their interest to engage in
business in the principal eenteFs Of popula-
ton, but there are few who dc not find the
change in essential respects unpleasant