Bisbee daily review., 1906-05-23
Market Street, Once Lined With Tall Buildings, Looks
 Like Country Fair.
SOUVENIR RACKET
 BEING WORKED HARD.
Tourists by Hundreds Rocking Into California's Blackened Metropolis, Finding Much of Interest to See.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 22.-astep tnis way, everybody. Ice-eold celery beer; only five glass;"
 Get a picture of ourself in the ruins. mister"
 Have your fortune told, madame. only 10 cents"
 Market street. once lined with mag nincent 'skyscraDers and until a month ago San Francisco's most i'm posing business thoroughfare, is to- cay much like the main avenue cf . country fair ground.
 From the Ferry depot through the heart of the city, as far west as Sev- eLth street, souvenir peddlers, street faklrs and celery beer statesmen hold sway. They have established them selves on the ruins of the great build ings, and from early morning until late cry out their wares to the passing multitude of sightseers that fill the street at times from curb to curb. When you step from the Ferry de pot into Market street you are greeted on all sides by the hucksters. ineir cries mingle into a bewilderfng bah. ble, with the shouts of the teamsters. the clamor of the cabmen and the cisng of the street car bells. If if ts your first visit to the city since the hre, you stand amazed, wondering if you have not taken leave of your senses.
 Market street is one long bazaar. AS you stroll up through the clouds or stlnging dust that sometimes hides the ruins like red tapestries. while you doge under horses heads, fee rem automobiles, get jolted about by slowly moving street cars and cursed by Impatient motormen, you see dis played on each side of you food, drink, clothing, photographs, books, trinkets or all sorts, even watches and fire arms. Almost everything in the souvenir line has been damaged by fire or smoke. and, if you ars 10 be- iieye the salesmen, everything come from the palaces of Mob Hill. from one Of the great jewelry houses or from Chinatown.
 These watches. sir" a glib fakir will tell you, displaying a tray filled with the relics of timepieees guaran- teed to go for a year at one dollar,
 these full-jeweled pieces used to be cabinet in the parlor of James Floods house. He valued them at thousands. You can have one for four-bits.''
 The soda pop and sandwich booth are managed for the most part by children, whose shrill voices can be heard above the roar of the street There are women, too, offering food and trinkets for sale. Some of them look, as the saying goes. as if they had seen better times. That their oc- cupation is distasteful is obvious; but. as woman said to me. "Td rather sell lemonade on the street than stand in the bread line"
 What attracts most attention from the crowds are the trays of cups, saul cers and porcelain trinkets from Chinatown. Many of these articles are little damaged by fire, and all are interesting as souvenirs of the old city. Occasionally a piece of Sat suma or other valuable ware, footed from the ruins, is offered for sale at a bargain, and is soon purchased by discriminating collector.
 A large quantity of brass jewelry was saved from the flames. Most of 1t is now displayed for sale in Market street near the ferries, where the statesmen declare themselves willing to make affidavit that everything in their store was dug out of the ruins of Shreve's, well-known high class jewelry store. These are not 'one price" dealers. A ring offered at 8 can, with little haggling, be bought for 5 cents. although in the beginning the huckster will swear that the dia- mond alone is worth more than s20.
 If you are interested in watching the passing show, you can combine busi- ness with pleasure, and have your Der who asserts he used to run a shop in the Palace hotel The dust fills your eyes and your mouth and your ears. It makes little rivulets in the creases of the apron about your neck. and you hear 1t in the music of the shears the barber wields; but when you leave the chair you know you have patronized one of the enferpris- ing men of the new San Francisco and to 8 genuine patriot that is said to be a satisfaction
 Tourists are coming here by the hundreds from all parts of the United States. Sightseers are well repaid for long journeys. There are plenty of interesting things to see, even out side of the vast fields of ruins. Not the least interesting of the daily life of the city is to be found in the resi- dence district that was saved. which covers a much larger area than the rrooe dianofehoo have fudirotod Thara was really a large city left standing. although but very small proportion of 1t is available for business pur- poses.