The San Francisco call., 1899-11-26
or Which San Francisco Should Give Thanks.

much 1t is not so now Foreign growing.
The wheat Shipment in s was 81 s oo in 1859 owing crop
shortage stated it s2sooO but while sl the largest
with the bulk of other commodities In 1899 IL forms only about
per cent of the total exports
crop present year will be equal
in volume the OF the and prices ru
so 900 OF shipping chartered for
grain and 100000 tons more at bound for the Golden
Gate
Indeed the shipping situation is one OF the
manifest this OF business activity
Francisco Hawaii increased
in the months that there exists asgng dcrth
OF bottoms In which to carry the goods demanding Shipment 10
the islands the condition that yes
down the islands considered itself fortunate II
freight enough afford ballast II went after
sugar and calculated that the return cargo would pay e
cargoes. vessels loaded their
wales and space in them sold for six months
San Francisco shipping firm
enough offers of freight TO load two depwater ships and this
is matter of daily occurrence Ha as many vessels again as
employed the Hawaiian trade TO carry
the goods the basis the offerings About forty
vessels now run to the Islands from san FRANCISCO ms meet
however will shortly be increased by at least ten ships With
such brick carried promptly, without
being eegated vessels four months is the
In the congestion which exists among the ship
ping Of shipping conditions regarding
the Philippines. yet these acquisitions are
manifest mainly in the service but when this sub
Ges there Is no doubt that II VIII leave well es'oshe stt
shipping business. which VIII be duplicate of the Hawaiian
ice a indefinite quantity o San Fran
cscos trade institution which has erected within
that it has leased the business block the
store it's goods pending their shipment the transports
With oCo men in the Philippines feed and oth and nearly
all the food and garments moving from san Francisco can
be realized that the shipping business the United states
commssary is insignificant During of
september Tor instance there were ten transports loaded ana
sent away and these carried quantity OF merchandise et-
This revival Of trade has come upon tho city by e most
$500 -. - 80 '' go " 7.'' "' w.
conditions for the that followed Of
Kinley did much to alay the business and
Industrial captaistic classes and to give them oHence i'm
naugurang enterprises. Then Klondike
oCo "c was he virtual opening oi the gold resources OF
Alaska development which has since rapidly
Alaskan trade Of San Fpancieco P NOV NM ~ t a
millions and Way approxmated by
the values Of virgin gold which come TO San Francisco from
mates Of transportation companies. amounted
millions Of dollars While he gold
is used IN buying Territory yet
undoubtedly much OF margin Is
not so used is doubtless supplied by other gold buying packs
for new prospectors and provisions for
in settlements goldbearing ground.
Following the opening Alaskan the change Of
affairs in Hawaii with then
Manila which has turned attention 10
opportunities Offering with the result
that have recently
ity characterzes the canvassinG at home
These changes have transpred in regular
mas oen no Doom nor ouster about Of It, and IL be
remarked that real estate OF all things which money
tendency prices when the enargnE Of
business demanded extended but there has
ndisposition speculate apparently IL not
bought except as it is needed for fact
parent anywhere no one is buying margins.
ooe ousnessk purchase and sale OF substantial
o me opening OF new enterprises growing out Of de-
o
United states nearest the S5, Upon that part OF the
estns placethe field OF commercial inter
with the myads the Yellow Kingdom n
became good and safe place the Investing capt
talist Of the Atlantic side opening enterprise and bs
result has been such inquiry FOR Investment
as has never before been upon the state
gratifying feature Of money do not corn.
gage in some industrial employs men prps.
connod sets business moving all along line and stats
Being Of gradual and unheraded growth tho present b
ness took the transportation unawarc The trans
In
to handle the freight offered meet the demands Z
them the congestion OF freight upon m. S paced
sells hauled bay awaiting Chances % 20 % t9e YES
being delayed by reason OF lack to carry ~.
In this state Of things enarsements existing lines arr,
necessated and the field becomes inviting to the
OF an entirely transconnenal line sucb bci
oerot hne long talked Of being route 10 San Frac
ties necessary to enable its ground The 5a, ~
:; = farqad gan which has acquired Valley road and
of Pof
iend some ease to the situation when the inprovsrt vii
In progress at that terminus completed Further nov %
operations at that point result I'm the bui,dir 80
m on The bay oakands dere abides in fbS f, ,
is the bay Southern Pacific system and the
side towns owns of Of Alameda ana nerAe''S arc
The recent agitation for the holding national
notcal conventions brought the fact
that the two telegraph lines about taxed
10 their full capacities with business and the city denied
her chances getting because these companies
fatty expressed inability perform the telegraph work
be demanded result of one OF those assem-
bes makes showing in the light Of pos
bities desired rans-Pachc cable II this latter
Is acheved-whch might be one OF te lor
s-he eegraphng of half the world Will pass over
evolved by three hundred gathered under roof
hardly be expected that much success could be attained
and the OF business will force
panson OF the telegraph connecting this city with
East and this Of the desirable
achievements effected through the development Of
The population during 1899
estimated. about m The census Of O gave the city 2s
unhappy the fact that for the first five
slow No more conspicuous OF srns feature was evil
denced in the city than the large number OF TO let signs dis