Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-04-08
SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
A Big. Dull City-Little Improvement
Being Made-AnOther Railroad
Wanted--Odds and Ends.
SAN Francisco, April 5, 1898

ED. TIMEs:-To person coming
to San Francisco from the country
it would seem that every thing was
life and hustle here-itis, principal
ly the latter. But after few days
sojourn in the place you find that
things are not SO lively after all.
There is a great deal of business be-
ing done, to be sure, but every body
is complaining of hard times, and
they have cause, in great many in
stances, to do SO, for the trade that
once belonged to the Golden Gate
City is rapidly going south, and it
will not be long before Los Angeles
will outrival San Francisco. 81
The people here feel the necessity
of another railroad greatly, and are
taking means to encourage the
building of one. The new Traffic
Association has this end in view,
but when it will be accomplished
none can tell. They are also Begin
ming to see what the less ofNevada's
trade is to them, and the thought
full ones are changing front on the
money question and becoming warm
advocates of the free and unlimited
coinage of silver. The Peoples Par
ty is working bravely in this State,
but it has some tremendous obsta-
cles in its path. Whether it will be
able to push them aside by the next
election remains to be seen, with
the chances against it. This party
in this State is advocating free sill
yer coinage policy, but is making
everything subservient to its fight
agains tthe Southern Pacific rail
road.
| stated that San Francisco was
dull. So it is. There is very little
building going on compared to what
there should be, and even on Kearn-
ey, Montgomery, Market and other
main business streets, you see many
signs of TO Let" strung mp in the
windows, while out in the resident
sections at least every third or
fourth house is to let or for sale
There are a vast number of "op-
portunities' to get into business
here and also spend money, but to
make your business pay or get your
money back after it is spent is
another thing. j @
There are amusements galore
here, score of theaters to go to e9cb
night, and they are all well patron
lied, even to the free and easy dives
on Grant Ave, Kearney, Broadway,
and all through that section. In
these latter places it is that you can
go and dance a round or two with a
female Of any age, color or nativity,
push your face against a schooner
of steam beer, and square the bill
for a nickle. Here also is the rem
devious of the giddy men-of-wars-
men and the gallant soldier boys
from the Potrero, who congregrate
there to have a good time and blow
i'll their munificent months salary
of $12 or SIS.
Sunday is a great day for the
girls. They are ont in full force if
the weather is pleasant. The prop
er caper to catch one of these giddy
things is to take your pants around
to the tailor Saturday night and
have a new crease putin them, mex t
buy yourself a 1O-cent cane and
Sunday stroll down to the water
front. If you are a good angler
and have a few nickles in your
pocket to put up for fare to the Cliff
House, or the ball game, you will
not have much trouble. On your
return, in the evening, you car Wis
it Morosco's or the Wigwam or
some such semi-respectahle place
and have a very decent show for IS
cents.
The highlander war in Chinatown
has about subsidized and there has
not been a killing there for nearly
two weeks. The police are keeping
the heather pretty well in hand
and it is thought that their astraid
on the Joss Houses, the contents Of
which were completely demolished,
has tendency to subjugate the lit
tie brown man. =.
Fires are of nightly occurrence
here, but there have been no serious
CONGREGATIONS for some time. l am
getting the boxes located so l can
tell where the blaze Is when an
alarm is rung in and run after the
machine if the distance is not too
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