Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-17
FAIR AS THE MORN
San Francisco the City Of a
Hundred Hills.
ITS BEAUTIFUL ENVIRON mENT
Professor Swensbefg DESCRIBES the Ad-
vsntages and Drawbacks Of the
Pacific Coast Metropolis.


the national editorial TRIP. We now
md TIA difficult task TO pick up the
lost thread OF thought which We at one
time had so well ia hand.
The delegates of Tue y. f. A. arrived
IN the great Golden Gate city, San
Francisco. May "A. 5 O'Clock p. m. AND
proceeded at once To find quarters at
one OF the many fine hotels for which
that city is noted. During the evening
the members OF the party found plenty
To interest them. Ii WAS the opening
session AZ Metropolitan Temple. Some
went to the theatre, Others visited Chi
natown. The next morning, through
the kindness OF the Examiner people,
the entire party were given a ride on
the bay which lasted until evening.
A tirst-class band and plenty Of re-
freshments made the time pass
pleasantly and quickly. Governor
Markham OF Pasadena and staff were
with the party, and as the boat
passed the military posts and Fort
Mason, at the mouth OF the bay, sx-
lutes were fired from its big guns
The artillery company on board the
boat returned the compliment, and
the military band played "Annie
Rooney" and national airs, to the de-
light of all.
AS the governor came on board the
boat the regulation governors salute
was fired, and at the first discharge
the left hand OF young man OF San
Francisco, and a member of the artll-
iery company, WAS blown off. The sc-
cident was caused by his own neglect
to obey orders promptly. lie bore the
pain and atiilcuon bravely. A hand
| some subscription WAS taken up tor
his relief. The conclusion caused by
some of the shots from the big guns
caused the breaking of many windows
on the boat.
The ride included the trip to the
Golden Gate, and a stop at FL Campo,
where we were greeted with n third ar
tillery salute. music and dancing. We
visited the great Union Iron works.
| where the United States war steamer
| Charleston was built, and the double
turreted monitor, Monterey, 10 now in
process of construction. The steel
steamships for the Pacific Mail Steam
ship company are also being built at
this yard.
Everybody enjoyed the trip. 1t was
gwen and paid for by the most enter
prising and public-spirited newspaper
management, The Examiner. There
were about twelve or fourteen hundred
| on board.
Meetings OF tho Association.
As stated before, the business SEES
sions of the n. K. A. commenced on
| Tuesday and were held on Wednesday
ana Thursday-threes sessions each day.
| The meetings were we'll attended, not
withstanding the many counter A.
| fractions of that beautiful Golden
Sunset City," Metropolitan cities are
| generally indifferent to gatherings,
and 1t is therefore surprising that 60
much attention was shown our large
party all along the line.
While san Francisco is q large city, q
city of many attractions, it does not
impress the visitor from the east as a
pleasant place of residence. The wind,
from the ocean are disagreeable, cold
raw and damp. Fogs and clouds pre-
vail and the evening dew falls in cold
drops like light rain.
San Francisco seems to be without
any style of architecture peculiar tC
L 4tcciit 1i4N WIS iSSPStt
/ all other large cities. The causes ar,
"a varied as the styles. The small
structures in the business quarter o
the city are the same rs were frs
placed upon the property, they hav,
yielded too good rates upon the orlgl
nal investment to warrant displace
ment by grander structures. There are
however, many good business blocks, {
| fau tho IN llv E,,a nj
able, and many palatisl residences.
The Palace hotel is IN many respect
the most notable building in the city
and Is not surpassed in size and perfec
ton of interior and exterior detail b,
the best hotels of metropolitan cities il
the United States. The service and tn,
cooking of this hotel are most excel
lent.
Among the first-class hotels are tn,
Palace, Baldwin, Occidental Grand
Lick and California. The Palace /
claimed to be the largest in the world
IL cost with all Its equipments. anC
Grand Rapids furniture, s. 900, 900.
is nine stories high. with five elevator
and five broad stairways. 1t fronts -,
feet on Market street, with a depth o
$50 feet. IL has 755 rooms above III,
ground floor, which are the hotel Off
ces, courts, walks and drives. 1t is ca
pable of accommodating 200 guests
The building rs massive. simple anC
symmetrical in It's style OF architec
ture.
The city Buiidings
The city ball is one of the largest ed
fees of the kind in the United States
1t has frontage OF $50 feet on LsrNi
street, 700 feet on McAlhster and Sc
feet on Park avenue. 1t is 100 fee
high. and when completed II VII b.