The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-03

towns Of Oakland, Berkeley and Ala
media. The question Of present ex-
pediency and not future needs on the
part Of those who first dropped anchor 1
in San Francisco bay determined the
location Of the city. The water was
naturally deep around the peninsula.
making safe anchorage, and the
shores were easy Of approach.
On the east side Of the bay the water
was shallow, and ship could not safe
ly 20 within a mile or more OF the
shore, while a small boat putting OF
for the land would come to vide
marshes, through which 1t was prac-
tically impossible to pass. There was
then little to attract the aspiring new
conner on the eastern shore Of the bay.
The population was scant, even though
q settlement had been made as early
as 1920. For twenty years after the insS1
corporation Of San Francisco the place.
had no railroad connection with the
eastern states, and it was over 1900
miles to New York by steamer around
Cape Horn. The last spike that united
the Union Pacific and Central Pacific
roads at Promontory. at the north end
{: Great Salt lake in Utah. was driven
May 10, 1859. Daily steamers had
then been running through San Pablo
bay, the strait of Carquines. Suisgns
bay and the Sacramento river to Sac
ramento for twenty years, so when the
railroads came San Francisco's destiny
had become unalterably fixed.
The railways were brought to sOaks
land. and long moles were constructad% y
reaching far out to the deep water 0fS
the bay, where the ferry steamefI|
could meet them. Time has wrought a
marvellous development Of the tratie
across the, bay. Magnificent ferry
steamers, many of them devoted exclu-S
sively to passengers, ply back ana
forth in q continuous procession. car
rying $4,000 people daily. From Berke
lev an electric train flies down to meet
each Berkeley boat, and other swift;
trains take the passengers for OAKLAND
and Alameda over the long piers that
fngerlike, spread out in the bay.
A great city has sprung into being on
the eastern shore. Oakland, with Ala-
media on the south and Berkeley on the
north, has 100000 population. The
three municipalities are properly ~
much part Of San Francisco as Brooks
lyn is a part Of Greater New forks
though still independent Of the larger
city in their government. Some ;days
they will add a. mile to their width BY
filing in the mud fats that lie along
their water fronts.
The San Francisco climate to the
new arrival from the east is not the
most agreeable. Morning fogs are hets
ouent and they often chill to the bone
the person who is not acclimated. But
you never hear a native complain. Xou
20 forth in your overcoat only to fnd
you are wearing the badge OF the stans
ger. A man without an overcoat is no.
more to be pitied in San Francisco than
in Los Angeles or San Diego. You dnd
the atmosphere Of Oakland much more
to your liking, although 1t is but I'VE Or
six miles across the bay. The wird
movement is almost continuous on fha
peninsula-from the ocean during tho
day and from the mountains In the
night = but rarely violent Oakland
stands beneath q high spur Of the
Coast range, and the orange, the palm
and the roses flourish the year through
In the eastern shore cities foliage and
flowers are abundant, and you feel the
contrast - that San Francisco Is for
business and the lesser cities for rest
and comfort.
San Francisco Is taking on the as
pect Of permanence in common with
American cities generally. Many a.
town has been built In manner that
indicated the probability Of early re-s
moyal to some other site: The work
Of the builders Of today is generally OF
| the enduring kind. The foundations
are laid deep, and the walls are thick
and solid. The huge ferry building ~
the foot Of Market street Is one OF the
handsomest of modern buildings. 1T
| is 900 feet long, solio as Ao AtoutssS
tains and is the gatew7y Of radics
across the great bay.
A stroll along the water front 10 fuH
Of interest. Here are sloops unload
ing baled straw and hay or bags OF
grain from Stockton, city ffty miles
up the San Joaquin river. Here are
lumber ships from Oregon and Wash
ington. Here are the great Pacific
liners from China and Japan, closely
watched by the customs officers rn-s
loading their miscellaneous imports
III the bay are one or two vessels 90
the navy enduring the dull routine of
peace, whiis beside them are the tiny
canvas covered launches that bob Ike
corks on the billows. The wharfs
extend for miles along the ciy's SHORE
each year rolling up q greater ana
greater business, the elimination OF
which DO man can see.