The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1899-05-20
The Beauties Of California.

Market street where some 400, zoe peo-
pass to and from their work every day.
This great business thoronghisre is
thronged with humanity from daylight
until after dark. When lit up at night
it is beautiful sight About GOO po-
lice guard the city and Thousands OF
soldiers are to be seen on the streets.
Two lines OF cable ears are running
from daylight until midnight on Mar
ket stree. and over this line every day
the government sends its mail thus
stopping the road from being blockaded
in case Of strike among the employees.
The company has over 1000 cable, cleo
trio, and horse cars continually carry
ing heavy loads of humanity from one
point to another by getting transfer
tickets one may ride for miles and miles
for nickel. We found the ear men
and the police to be very intelligent
and accommodating These men are sell
ected from the best that can be found
for the purpose.
Rent for business places is very high,
some being as high rs $4,000 a month
while small cigar stand rents for from
$3.50 to 5000 a month according to loca-
ton. Eating houses and hotels are to
be found in great numbers. costing from
l5c meal to $40 per day. The Palace
hotel is the grandest and to give des-
cription of it would take up whole pa
per. We visited the Call building, "a
stories high built OF stone and iron by
Nr. Spreckels, also the Mills building,
one OF the finest in the city II is COM
posed OF iron and marble. The stair
ways and floors are polished marble and
cost great deal of money. The Empo-
rum and Bazaar is the great retail store
OF the west and is after the style of the
Bon Marche Of Paris. 1t is like little
city OF itself. Thousands OF people pass
in and ous OF its great doors every day
except Sunday. 1t contains fine res
taurant and concerts are given every
Saturday evening by the best musicians
obtainable. We visited the museums
Of which there are number and as for
theatres, shows and places OF amuse-
ment they are numbered by the ecore
and are open every day aud night,
Sunday and all. AT the Chutes is one
OF thol finest collection OF animals
aud curios that you would desire to see.
Here they have on exhibition the lar
gest lion for which the London muse um
has offered them e20OO, The Cliff
house on the rocks by the sea is ia-
nous pleasure resort. Near by is the
Sutro heights and baths, well worth q
visit. TIE ocean view il very beautiful.
The Precedio where Uncle Sam has
his soldiers located is one OF the beauty
spots OF San Francisc and Improvements
are going on all the time. Here are
pretty pine groves, little nooSs and
corners and green sidehills overlooking
the mighty Pacific. Every day can be
seen the Toys in blue on foot and horse
back taking their drills and exercises
on the spacious parade ground. On the
beach can be seen the merry fishermen
continually casting their nets and
hauling In boat loads OF the Gnny in
labitants OF the briny waters. Some
1000 or 5000 men are now located here
So much has been said about that no.
ted place OF crime and sin, Chinatown
which we simply passed, At the docks
can be seen hundreds OF steamers, sail
ing vessels, and boats besides the great
ocean grayhounds which carry tens o.
thousands OF people to all parts OF the
world.
We had the pleasure OF visiting a
number OF business houses and obtain
ed n vast amount OF business iniorma-
ton, investigating their up-to-datC
way of doing business. One and mo-
the least OF those visited was the gov
eminent mint 1t is large spacious
building containing great number o
rooms and in its vaults are stored many
great fortunes. In one vault we saw
was stored $4,000, 900. A visit to thi
place is very interesting. The towns o
Oakland, Alameda, and Berkeley which
we visited are some of.the prettiest spot
on earth adorned with beautiful garden
conservatories, colleges and school
whose grounds are one mass OF Lowell.
flowers and truly joy forever
We attended the l.. ID. S. meeting
both in their fine hall on Market stree
and their street meetings which wer
well attended both by the Saints an
strangers. We also attended socio
gotten up by the missionaries wher
both Saints and strangers participated
The elders under President Nye are do
ing great work
Having visited and seen the sights {
this great city and met many. stranger
3 we now say adieu TO the west and hur
rah for Utah
: j. X.
[ San Francisco, May 10, 1899,