Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-08-09
DR.. John j. Black in Philadelphia Record.
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Such was San Francisco In tho early
DAYS, crude, yet with many concomitants
of older towns--a stopping place for the
restless adventurer; for no man con.
sidered 1t his home, but the universal
hope was expressed by all that they |
might accumulate gold and return To the |
dwelling place of their childhood. No |
children had been born and raised there, |
and the fathers had not learned to call 1t |
home. How different the San Francisco |
of to-day. The Argonaut Ia only known
in song and story. Men and women
"native and to the manor born wor-
ship as their home this golden city OF
the golden West, and may they and
their progeny live through countless
ages 10 bless the noble sires who
"builded even better than they knew"
and made all their happiness real and
true.
How different going to San Francisco
to.day-entirely pleasure trip. We
take the Pennsylvania Chicago Limited,
where we have the very acme Of rail-
road comfort, the perfect realization
Of modern rapid transit. You have
your quiet nook, your bath, your barber,
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your library and your scat in the OBJ
sorvatory, whilst all the while you are
recling of 90 miles all hour, Here it is
In three words: Safety, speed, comfort
After few hours delay in Chicago
You take your through train, secure
! your section and settle down to real
| travel. You meet the usual phenomenal
| child, tho old lady who has lost her
ticket, and the man who abuses the rail-
road company; but be passive yourself,
and the time goes pleasantly. There Is
much novelty as you pass through the
| lovely country Of Iowa and Nebraska,
cross the great bridges and on TO the
wilds Of the great plains. We pass
many towns given over 10 railroad en-
ployes and Indians, the latter often
crowdinE the car platforms as they
exercise their rights, and ride from
town to town free, all looking gloomy
and morose, brooding over tho loss of
homes they once claimed as their own.
These children Of the forest can't live in
houses; very soon they succumb to
tuberculosis, and that Is the history of
many of tine lower animals in general,
4 and this fact is at this day becoming a
burning question in primitive medicine.
THE CITY OF THE PLAINS.
On we speed, with flying side trip
h TO Denver, that "lovely city of the
plains" The dining cur, always aces.
siOle a. proper meal times, is well APP
pointed, well served. We soon reach
Ogden; then a run to Salt Lake City fol
a day; then to the sleeper again; ovel
the alkali plains; then over the lonely
Sierras with their 40 miles of snow
sheds; down into the pleasant valley
Of the Sacramento; through the lovely
town where the palm and the Olive
grow side by side in the open air; OF
to Oakland aud then the bay and city
burst upon the view--but how changed
after "a years Oakland and its sur
roundings now contain nearly l0O,OO'
people. We have crossed at Benicia il
the largest ferryboat In the world, ans
are now taken out on a pier to dec
4 water, where we take boat Capabl
f OF carrying hundreds Of people, and Il
: 20 minutes we are landed at Marke
street ferry in San Francisco. What
change from the passiveness of year
a before Here are extensive buildings fC
y the railroads and ferries, and the zen
? devious Of probably the first and hes
2 system of cable roads In the world.
!, is wonderful how they move up an
i down the very steep bills, some OF thel
a horse can scarcely crawl up, and unit
!, one becomes accustomed to il there
great soreness Of the muscles of the al
domen and back caused by holding q
and exercising muscles not accustome
10 action in sucli degree as holding o
: in the cable car causes. Two cars ger
:. orally run together, the motor car, opei
p and the trailer car closed. The open C;
\. Is enticing, but the newcomer shoul
"a sit in the sun when practicable and pr
= tect tho throat, ur very annoying coli
= are sure to follow There is no bett
II way to get view of the city then goil
. over the hills by the numerous cab
~ lines.
u The population Of the city at prese
is about 100000, probably 10 per &c
Chinese. There are over l25 miles
paved streets, about 30 banks, 80 publ
w schools, over 800 churches, "a park
" about 90 theatres and 30 hospitals. III
q. annual rainfall is about % inches. II
~ mean temperature Is about $685.; ave
1r age maximum temperature, B2.4o: mil
H. mum temperature, 50.7o; highest tel
10 peraturc on record, 1909; lowest, 2!
le Clear or partly cloudy days each yei
nj 2S3; cloudy days each year, SO; numb
re of DAYS on which rain falls each yci
70. These statistics are from the Unit
States Weather Bureau, and are
average Of 20 years.
Ps LIKE NEW YORK OR LONDON.
.sD San Francisco is no. manufacture
-, town in the full sense Of the word,
" though there is much soft coal US,
~, which, unfortunately, makes it son
- what of smoky town, as are most
T., the western cities. Only about 30,C
~ people are engaged in manufacture
They claim that the high freight ra
from the East are their best protcCtit
ed The percentage of very rich peoplC
.of not large, neither of the moderate
rs rich. There are many oil the peu
;et well 10 do, but OF the present time, al
his In fact, always, d large class of NO
ioe do.wells, tramps aud bcggars-so
10 stranded far from homo, and 9th
ful without homes. OF course, there
always large percentage of itinerat
and thus the city Is more than usua
cosmopolitan. The hotels are amt
ION the very finest in the world, and
REQ Palace Hotel is probably the very fir
st. in existence, and grand mcnumen
ect the enterprise Of Sharon and Ralst
air At the intersection of Market and Nc
my Somcry streets, by the Palace Hotel
viii the liveliest place In tho city, and
as din and confusion causes one to imal
himself in the very busiest centres
New York or London, The Grand,
Baldwin, tho Lick and Occidental
! a all magnificent houses. House n
lay arc not high, and tho necessRrics of
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