The record-union., 1897-07-05
A LAUNDERING GUIDE.

If anything San Franciscan in con-
ception and origin concerning the inter-
ior cities and towns that has come from
print to this date has been correct in
information and statistics, that import
ant fact has escaped our attention. AS
a rule, the average San Francisco pub
Usher of book or paper appears to be in
capable of issuing anything concerning
the interior of the State that is free
from blunders.
The most recent example OF this is
before us. Notwithstanding the fact
that two good directories are issued in
this city, one at least being strictly To-
cal, the outsiders manage to get in and
play havoc with facts in directories of
one kind and another. Worse than
that, manage to sell these things to our
own people.
Here we have a new book entitled
Mercantile Guide to Cities and Sub
urbs of the United States of America
State of California, Edition for 1S91-9S,
Published by the Mercantile Guide
Company of San Francisco" We do
not know how it may be with other
California cities, but if what this
Guide has to say of Sacramento, the
Capital of the State, is to be taken as
fair sample of it's correctness regarding
other places, it is, in the language of
the street, "a daisy" We have, of
course, every reason to believe, and no
reason whatever to disbelieve. that the
alleged account of Sacramento is pre-
cisely as correct as the descriptions
given of other cities and towns, and no
more; that not one of them is more ac-
curate or reliable.
The grace and grammar Of the text is
so wonderful and fearful that we pass
them from confessed inability to do
them justice.
We are told that Sacramento is nine.
ty-two miles from San Francisco, and
east of that city. 1t is more north
than east. That it has $4,000
population. It had that number in
1872. Its population exceeds 10000.
We are informed that 1.-The buildings
are large but gloomy looking" but as
new buildings are now going up on
''most modern architectural principles"
the city presents a every imposing ap-
pearance"-an accidental stumbling
upon truth. OF Sacramento's many in
dustrfes the chief are not mentioned,
but breweries, soap works and lumber
yards are catalogued along with banks,
flour mills and newspapers. The latter
are disposed of in this line two or three
daily newspapers and a few weeklies."
Of course it was simply impossible
for the compilers to ascertain the truth
on this head. There is an uninten-
tionaI sarcasm in the reference to "a
perfect sewerage system and many
other pursuits too numerous to men
ton" The compiler with a broad
sweep of the pen did manage to write
intelligently, though probably uninten-
tionally, when he said that Sacramento
is one of California's most important
commercial cities.
give its clients a correct directory of
the county government 1t takes the
palm and crown. The following list
will astonish Sacramentans, and mis-
lead every one who attempts to use it
in addressing officials or departments:
Superior Judges, Joseph w. Hughes,
e. c. Hart; Assemblymen, Twentieth
District, NJ. F. Johnson; Twenty-irst
District, William Sims; Twenty y-second
District, Scott F. Ennis; Sheriff and
Tax Collector, L. l.. Landsborough;
Clerk, f. t. Johnson; Assessor. r, T.
Cohn; Auditor and Recorder, William
B. Hamilton; District Attorney, T. H.
Berkey; Treasurer, F. d. Ryan; Public
Administrator, E. Lyon; Superintend-
ent of Schools, W. B. Miller; Coroner,
B. F. Howard; Surveyor, George H.
Clark; Supervisors-First District, ].
C. Boyd; Second District, ]. F. Dre-
man; Third District, William Nc
Laughlin; Fourth District, ]. NJ. Nor
rison; Fifth District, William Curtis;
Sixth District, T. Jenkins.