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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENT
THREE COMMERCIAL CITIEs-K. B., City. The
figures of commerce in Hamburg, London and
Liverpool show: Hamburg value of exports
and imports Tor year. 2. .637, 5O4 900 marks;
London, f226, ,749,916; Liverpool, f212, 162-
149.
DIsTANcEs-A R., City. The distance from
Laguna street and Go. den Gate avenue along
the last-named thoroughfare TO Market and
Taylor streets is 4200 feet. and the distance
along nth street from Folsom to Market
and down Market to Sixth is 64OO feet.
HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING-P. c.. Oakland,
Cal. The building on the southwest corner of
Third and Market streets will contain 272
rooms or offices of varying size. The archi-
tects Reed Brothers, the builder is Claus
Spreckels and the height from the basement
to the top of the birdcage on top of the dome
is 327 feet
NEW LAws-Several Subscribers. number
of subs cribers have asked questions in rela-
tton to new laws passed by the Legislature
recently holding session in Sacramento. As
these have not reached this City the informa-
ton asked for cannot be given. but the an
swers will be furnished soon as each law
asked bout is rece ived.
JOHNNY SMoKER"-E. NJ, Hollister San
Benito County, Cal. The turf guides and
records do not show any record of a trotter
named Johnny Smoker" either in 1870,
| 1871. 1872 or 1878. The only horse by that
name is the black gelding foaled in 1882 by
Totaway. Paced to a record of 2:l61% at ST.
Paul, Mimi, July a, 1891.
! COURT COMMISSIONERS = H H. The Court
Commissioners of the Superior Court of San
Francisco are: John j. Mohn, ]. F. Pinkhsm,
Eugene Levy, Henry Cook, ]. F. Tyler and f.
| w. Lawler. Whenever the Judge of one OF the
| departments desires TO call in a Commissioner
| he Sc ects any one of those named. The Com
missioner reports the testimony say in a
| divorce case, and the Judge renders decision
on that ties stimony. In divorce case the court
decides how the community property shall be
| divided. if the parties cannot agree.
officers of the United States are fixed by the
law of Congress authorizing such Off GERS, and
| the salary is fixed at either so much per year
or so much per diem, but Congress has not
! passed any law directing in what proportion
| yearly salaries should be paid. That is done
| according to a rule of the Comptroller OF
the Treasury. In 1872 a rule was put
| into force that the salaries should
| during each quarter equal fourth of the
| yearly amount, and to do this the payments
| varied each month, in accordance with the
| number OF days in the month. That is the
| rule now, except in the case of the army and
| v, u
payments twelfth OF the yearly salary.
THAT HIGH FENCE-P. c., Oakland, Cal. The
| high fence that marks the line of lot front
| ing on Sacramento street, between Jones and
Taylor, was erected there by the late Charles
| CrockeIs order. Mr.. Crocker secured the block
| of land bounded by California, Jones, Sacra-
mento and Taylor streets, excepting the piece
| inclosed by the fence. That was owned by y.
| Yuug, an undertaken, who lived there with his
| family, and when an agent OF Crocker sought
| to purchase 1t he demanded price that was
| considered exorbitant and refused to accept
| what was considered reasonable offer. All
| attempts at a negotiation fell through When
| the Crocker mansion was built the residence
| OF Mr.. Yung WAS surrounded by the ience
| which stands to this day. After the death OF
Mr.. Yung, some years ago, the house that stood
! on the lot was removed and the property has
| been vacant since. As it stands now the piece
| of property has but little value.
! THE MORMON TEMPLE-H. S. and Merced, CITY
| The Mormons refuse to ad NIT Gentiles into
their temple because of a rule that none but
| those of the Mormon faith shall enter it.
| The following is history of the Mormon
| temples and the one now on Temple Block
The first Mormon temple built at Kirtland
| Ohio. The cornerstones were laid July % 1888
and the building dedicated March n 1886 This
| temple measured 55X65 feet only and cost
| $4,000. When the Saints vacated the State of
| Ohio and settled at Nauvoo they ut once began
the erect. on of another temple. This was of hewn
| stone, 12SxSS feet surmounted with tower
he cornerstones were laid April 6, Sal, and the
| final dedication ceremonies occurred May g. ls46
We told that when President Brigham Young
and the band of pioneers reached the valley of
| of a temple was determined on and the ground Sc
lected. This was on the 2Sth OF July, 1S47,
new home In the Wilderness saehgs Rn the,e he
work OF providing homes and the laying
or. of farms wa, pressing G necessity and it was
at a general conference of the church voted that
| temple should be built. Nearly TWO years elapsed
hat hafln " Enn md an INah
| IA, 1858, the ground was measured and laid of.
According TO the originai design Temp Block
was to contain forty acres, but later this are.
| was reduced TO ten acres, its present size.
On April s. 1853, the twentythird anniversary
of the church, worS had advanced Sufficiently 10
allow the laying OF the cornerstones and this
| mony was performed by he full hierarchy of the
| cnurch The foundations Were commenced June
l6, 1853 and finished July %. 1858. a he cap
| stone OF the temple laid April 6, 1892 with
largest assemb age gathered together in Utah.
on April y, 1898, the completed temple ded-
icated with solemn ceremonies aiaid gre rejoicing
over the conclusion of forty years patie Mt work,
ing and waiting The principal din ensions OF this
| Inc udng towers, is 1867 feet and the width So
There are six towers, three on the and three
| on the west end of the structure, Other measure
| ments may be summarized as follows:
| To end of To top of
| rockwork. spires.
| Height Of central tower .......210 it. 2224. it.
| Height OF central west tower .2J4 IT 2l9 f.
| Height OF side east towers.....lsS it, go ft
| Height OF side west towers. -. 49, IT. 1914 it.
| To top of
| rockwork
| [.
| Thickness OF walls at bottom. ........... 9 IT,
Thickness OF walls at top. 6 fl.
| Thickness of buttresses.. it.
| The VIII ole resting upon a footing wall l6 feet
thick and ID feet deep. The building covers an
area of q, $50 feet and has cost upward OF S3-
! 100000
| The marble tiled baptismalroom in the base
ment is grand and impressive in all its appoint
| ments. The capacious bronze font rests uuon the
1 ha~E nf nIt nzadn
er of ike feature in the honse built by Solomon
which STOOD upon twelve oxen, three looking to-
ward the north and three looking toward he west
and three looking toward the SOUTH and three
| looking toward the east, and the sea was set
above them, and ali their hinder parts were in
| ward" This lar ge room has pavemen. and base
| OF fine white marble. A smaller room on an
upper floor resplendent in blue and gold
| Is paved with artstically des gned native wood
mosaic, the blocks being not more than an
inch square and highly polished. White ana gold
are the prevailing colors throu ghout, and harmo-
nious tints judciOusy distributed remove ny sng-
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