The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-08-03
CALIFORNIA LETTER.
Return Journey From Visit IN
the Great West.
VISITS POINTS OF INTEREST.

Rev. Morgan Describes in a Graphic
Manner the Many Beautiful Scenes
Visited During Ills Return Trip.
Our second letter closed with
our arrival in San Francisco, the
metropolis of the West. The
popu at On of this city is about
$4,000. t is a city OF wooden
buildings. There are a few new
buildings of steel and brick in the
business portion but nearly all
the residence quarters are frame
houses. One feature that the
visitor will notice in San Francisco
is the prevailing style of architec-
ture, a multiplicity ofbay windows
which are to be seen in almost
every private house and many
public buildings, as in the Grand
Palace Hotel, where the entire
side and front is covered with
them. This hotel is one of the
larg~st in the United States and
the most beautifully decorated
and furnished. 1t has accommo-
dations for 1900 guests and cost
with all its equipments and furni-
ture $1,000, 900. Another great
building is the city hall costing
about S6,ooo,ooo. The tower to
this hall is $50 feet high. The
most noticeable buildings are the
Chronicle building, on the tower
of whichis the great town clock,
and the call building with its cafe
up eighteen stories from the street
Most OF the population Of the city
live in flats which are built over
the score Of high hills. 1t is city
of flats. Market street is the
Broadway OF San Francisco
Market, Kearney, Montgomery
and Ellis are the leading streets
for retail trade. Every visitor to
San Francisco ought to visit the
Government Mint the largest in
the United States. 1t was very
interesting indeed to see the
various processes in the coming
of the gold and silver. While we
were there they were coming sill
yer dollars for the Philippine
Islands While we watched them
they coined at the rate lof 1000
silver dollars a minute. They
coin annually about sos 900, 900
in silver besides the gold.
Another place OF. great interest is
the Diamond Palace Jewely store,
the finest in the world The
decorations of this store alone
cost So, 500. 900. The ceiling was
decorated with life size paintings
of noted Bible characters, orna-
mented with real diamonds and
other precious stones. The walls
were panelled with great mirrors
which so reflected the numerous
ornaments of diamonds, rubies,
and many other precious stones,
and the magnificent cut glass
chandeliers, that thousands of
sparkling lights and beautiful
gems, formed long columns and
labyrinths in nearly every decora-
ton. It's splendor and beauty
dazzles the eye. They tell me
that the famous Tiffeny jewelry
store in New York City is larger,
but not near the beauty of design
as this store.
The principle park Of the city
is the noted Golden State Park
containing over 1905. acres. Here
are winding drives for miles,
cascades, waterfalls, numerous
small lakes, lawns, Fairgrounds,
very large band stand, costing
thousands of dollars,s and
seats arranged in front of it fol
the seating of 10000 people.
There is also large deer park, a
large conservatory, Japanese tea
garden and a most excellent art
gallery and museum of antiquity
A person ought to have half a day
to visit this museum and no one
can really see the park in les:
than one day. Another noted re.
sort, overlooking the breakers 0
the Pacific, at the entrance o
Golden Gate, is the Cliff house
the Sutro Heights Park and Sutre
Baths and museum. This is the
LARGEST institution of it's kind ii