The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-14

Mss Miller and Miss Broener. OF Tacoma.
These ladies were to spend the summer at
the home OF Capt. Il. j. Hatca, whom
his many Washington friends viii reineM-
Der as captain of the old Fleetwood run
ming between Seattle and Olympia lie
now has a beautiful home at Alden. ne "a
Oakland. and runs the steamer Moatieea1o
between San Francisco and VaNe1o
On the morning OF July We awoke In the
familiar harbor of san Francisco me
doctor was already aDoard and the Gus
a wheezy little tug. On our right Ieic-
graph Hill doomed out Of the haze. VAST
pile Of yellow dirt Hovels huddled To-
gether In hollows or etraggied away TO-
ward the top as though seeking air. NOT q
blade OF grass. not a spot OF cheer, gould
be seen upon Ii. On the left lay the Iorti-
fed island OF Aicatraz. which the W ASH
ington troops grew to know SO Well AZ
looks absuriiy small as camping place
for regiments Behind stretched the
Golden Gate. The morning mist gave ~
q duh leaden hue in strong contrast TO its
BY the way. I think some means should
be devised 10 protect the innocent public
from the wiles of unscrupulOuS wags. !
overheard the following answer 20 the
question Of a creduious passenger. told
en- Gate? O. yes it's gate at the ENTRANCE
to the San Francisco hareor. big! Wei
/ should say. Fine, too! All trimmed on
With with gold and things. They sh" /" a.
In San Francisco my way lay through
the newer portion or the city, our SAA-
fornia, Sacramento and Clay streets,
portion which has come into existence De-
cause OF its views. regardless OF winds and
soil The hills here are so preoipitous ana
the soil 50 sandy that II used to De SAID
nos sSpa Now
more beautiful residences in the city than
are to be found there. The lawns are OF
the greenest. and heiiotrope. geraniums
and fuschias run riot.
The car ride presented series OF noun
tain views. We repeatedly reached aifi-
tudes from which looking TO any point OF
the sharply descending streets. roof helow
roof like an irregular stairway. The hills
of the foreground merge into the yellow
snsrcliSs hills OF the i aiw Ssss
to be drifting.
The facts that impress themselves insist
emily upon the summer visitors at san
Francisco are the hills. the fog and the
wind. Ones respect for these characters
tics increases In direct ratio to the length
OF ones stay.
sent to my old friend, Mr.. z. p. Winning.
superintendent of the Market Street Rail-
road Company, he said: do you think this
steep? Then / shall show you a hill COM
pared with which all this is but rolling
prairie"
We went out Fillmore street where we
found a grade OF 2Sa per cent There are
but two blocks OF ii, but the grade here
Is greater than that upon any part OF the
road upon Mount Washington, Mount Tom
or any other mountain that know about.
The car was attached to a cable and the
weight OF the descending car pulled UP the
one from below. l noticed on the return
that we were unable to see q car standing
upon the brink Of the hill two blocks above
us.
There are many devices to render the
safety of cars on this bit OF track secure
No car Is allowed to pass over the brink
of the hin until fun preparation has been
derailing switch which would send a wild
car into a level side street Should this
fail ii would still be stopped by two steel
blocks which are raised dan, ana lowered by 3,
the cable, the car below Is signaied and
an answer received before the one above
starts over the hill. Even now man
stands. at the top with his hand upon .
lever, by means Of which he can instantly
stop the cable. Should all these precau-
tions prove insufficient. the liability OF
derailng Is mades less by keeping all
switches closed SO that the track is per-
feetly straight.
AS we went on our way we caught every
where long vistas of street with handsome
where the brown. mist-shrouded hills that
encirele the city We're visible
We passed one car line built In night,
and i was told that another was built
upon mat Siiut ftlEht- AihS " oS dohS Ia
order to save a franchise
We went through the Mission district
and saw the old mission Dolores, one OF
the chain of thirteen founded along the
coast by Father Junirero Sierra, the first
of the Franciseans.
We left the car at Ingieside and walked
over to Golden Gate park. distance OF
about four miles. We passed the ocean
road, straight and beautiful stretching
away to the sea. This street Is bordered
by a treble row OF eucalyptus, which, with
thousands of Others of the same kind,
were set out by one man. a Mr.. Green.
We soon found ourselves on the Sutro
estate. also planted thick with trees. They
are to be found IN groves as a wind brake,
and also in lines along the street.
We walked along a beautiful boulevard
formerly called Balboa. now yclept
Dewey" This was built by the city as
a pot boiler for the poor. Here a thou
sand men worked al 81 per day each, walk
Ing two miles or more 10 and from work
Yet far mere men were anxious for the
work than could be supplied with II. and
even women begged for It,
1t is Interesting 10 note the gusto with
which Cinnamon celebrate the Fourth
Happening 10 pass through the edge OF
Chinatown on the evening Of the ID. We
found the place ablaze with Highland the
noise, II all the popping. banging whiz-
zing and booming of an ordinary Fourth
could Ire crowded into thirty seconds. tho
result would be Ike what we heard.
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