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Giovannini Daniel, 816 Pacific. 21
Glasgow Iron and Metal Impt Co, 22-24 Fremont ...... 3 and 1250 Golden State Iron Works, 25 First . .1309
Fremont bet Mission and How B Pacific Lamp and Reflector Fac- tory, 569 Mission. .1334
Gosling & De Vry, 724% Market.1255 Pacific Newspaper Publishing Gould C G, 322 Jackson. 16 Co, 532 Clay. .1252
Pacific Wire Works, 751 Mis-
sion. .18 and 1411
Painter & Co, 510-512 Clay, 10 1301 and 1397
Palmer, Knox & Co, 25 First ... 1309
Halliday D & W, 33 Kearny .... 1409 Patridge H C, 824-826 Kearny,
Hawkins & Cantrell, 210 Beale, 1309 and 1350 Peterson & Olsson, 328 Bush. .. 1364
Hayes George & Co, 30 Harriet,
1294, 1331, 1354, 1389 and 1395
Heald's Business College, 24 Post ....... back of cover and 1392 Pioneer Carpet Beating Ma-
Pioneer Iron Works, 225 Beale. 19
Pioneer Maccaroni Factory, 558 Mission
25
Watson & Co, 319 Battery ..... .1392 Weed & Kingwell, 125 First .. 9 Wells, Russell & Co, cor Mis- sion and Fremont .. 20
Wetherbee Geo M, 213 Mission. 23
Wheat C D, 740 Fourth .. 18 Wheeler & Wilson Family Sew- ing Machine (The) 20 Geary,
back of cover & inside back cover
White Carlos, 532 Clay ..
.. 1252
Rowell Charles Dr, 426 Kearny.1378' Wieland John, 220-240 Second .. 17 Russell, Gibson & Co, 518 Clay. 1252 |Will & Finck, 769 Market. 1265, 1295. 1301 and 1346
Keyt & Co, 506 Commercial .... 1252 Salamander Felting Co, 317 Cal.1307 S F Boiler Works, NW cor Main and Harrison
Kittelberger & Dold, SE cor Kearny and Commercial, side
margin front cover 8 F Distributing Agency, 635
Kuh L, 611 Commercial, (back) D California 1252 change .. .inside front cover
. 1409 Sanitarium, 2210 Powell. 24 Savings and Loan Society, 619 Clay 31
Schmidt M & Co, 411 Clay, 1345 and 1413
18 Macdonald Wm & Co, 585 Mar- ket .. 1394 Schultz & Von Bargen, SE cor California and Front ......... 1337 Shelbourne House, 523 Kearny.1326 Shepman W E, 769 Market ..... 1394 25 |Sigesmond S B, 11 Kearny, low- er margin front cover
20 Sims John R, 125 Beale 19
Skinker John, 108 Battery. 8
1278 |Smith H F & Co, 302 Kearny ... 14 Smith J J, 3 New Montgomery. 1252 Smith Wm, 21 Montgomery av. 5
9: Spaulding J & Co, 353 Tehama.1281
Spring Menzo, 9 Geary .. 30
Stevenot E K, 8 s Chestnut nr Powell .. .. 1256 and 1355 Stevenot E K & Co, S & Chest- nut nr Powell. ... 1271
32 Stockman J M, NW cor Natoma
and Fremont ....... 1364 and 1374 Strahle J & Co, 533 Market. ..... 1266 Swanberg & West, 10 Cal Mrkt.1370 Taylor S P & Co, 416 Clay, 13, 1260, 1372 and 1374
Tennent Thomas, 18 Market ... 26 Tenthorey J P & Co, 558 Mission 25 Tesmore Solomon, 57 Cal Mrkt 22 Teubner & Hoffman, 537 Cal ... 23 The Pacific Life, 518 Clay ...... 1368 Thomas& Breitenbach, 734 Wash1301 Thompson Geo C, 526 Union ... 1396 Trumbull R J, 419-421 San-
some ...... upper margin and 1392 Truworthy F M, 318 Front ..... 24 Tsun Yuen, 616%% California. .. 1432 Turner, Kennedy & Shaw, 840 Fourth 15
lower margin Tustin W I, cor Market and
Beale .. A
Upton John P, 518"Sac .... (back) D Vandall B C, 518 Clay .. .1249 Varicas L, 425 Kearny. 1374 Vice Martin. 22 Mission. 1267
Walmsley W W, 923 Market. 21
ciety, NE cor Mont and Markt 31 Rankin, Brayton & Co, First nr Mission .. B Western Newspaper Union, 518 Clay. .1252
Holden T Mrs, 523 Kearny ..... 1326 Howard & Morse, 420 Sansome. Hufschmidt L & Bro, 642 Clay. . 1314 International Hotel, 824-826
4 Ransome Ernest L, 10 Bush, 1255, 1280, 1282, 1287, 1290,
1299, 1308, 1368, 1370, 1374, 1379, 1380 and 1406
Kearny .. .. lower margin Italian Musical Institute, 104 Kearny .
Robitscheck H, 416 Sacramento.1397 28 Rohdin P, 631 Sacramento ..... 1332 6 Roth 8, 154 New Montgomery .. 21
Jesse & Drew, South Pt Mills .. Kelly P. 327-329 Bush, top mar- gin back cover
Williams H F, 740 Fourth ...... 28
18 Wolff H, 318 Kearny .. ...... . ... 1409 Wooton Desks, Merchants' Ex-
Libbey ML, NW cor Geary and Kearny 25
1265 McCrindle W, 22-24 Fremont, 3 and 1250
McQuillan B, 605 Market ..... .. 1379
Macken James, 226 Fremont ... 1294 Macsorley & Co, 635 California. 1252| Makinson Wm H, 328 Bush .... 1265 Martell John, 623 Sacramento.
Mechanics' Mills, cor Mission and Fremont ..
Menesini & Bertini, 619 Broad- WAY
Meyers Adolph, 651 Wash. .1365
tery, 1331, 1350, 1379, 1398 and 1405 |Soher & Reimann, 427 Mont. . .. 1355
Moore H. H, 609 Montgomery. .
Morris A, 50 Second, upper margin Speranza D, 104 Kearny. 28
New Wheeler & Wilson Family
Sewing Maching, 20 Geary,
back cover and inside back cover O'Donnell C, 607 Brannan ..... 1402 O'Neill Thomas, 118 Main. .... 1314 7 Oliver & Elder, 518 Clay ..
Pacific Business College, 320
Post .... Bide margin front cover Pacific Electro-Depositing Works 134 Sutter . .1368 and 1395
Works, 769 Market ......... 1394 Pacific Iron Works, First and
Guittard E & Co, 405-407 San-
some .. . lower margin
Gundlach J & Co, SE cor Sec-
ond and Market ....... front cover Hagans Geo W, 535 Clay ....... 1364
Philadelphia Brewery, 220-240 Second 17
Pierce G L, 237 First, 1297 and 1302 chine, 353 Tehama. 1281
Herrmann C, 402 Kearny ....... 1324 Herz & Seiler, 412 Market, cen- ter lines business directory Hibernia Savings and Loan So-
Clark Geo W, 645 Market, lower PAGE
margin and 1373 Langland N P, SW cor Fifth and
Cole Seward, 317 California .... 1307
ANNUAL DIRECTORY
Of the City and County of San Francisco.
ONCE A YEAR the publication of a Directory of the city is in order. Such a work is an acknowledged convenience to the general public in all large cities, while in cities like San Francisco, whose population is being augmented at such a rapid rate, and when the work of settling down to permanent places of business and residence is going forward, as in no other city on the continent, and changes of location consequent thereupon are so common, a frequently issued and reliable personal guide is a paramount necessity. The issuance to the public of works of this character should be made as soon as practicable after the com- pletion of the canvass, or much of their value is lost. Pretenders to the science of Directory- making, without adequate facilities to issue their volumes before a large percentage of the population has re-established itself in new quarters, have deservedly been losing favor with the people during these latter years. The present volume is the result of a rigidly careful canvass, and is given to the public in an unprecedentedly short period of time since its inception. A more general use of abbreviations considerably increases the number of names on a page, preventing the expansion of the volume to an unwieldy size; thus, while the number of pages remains about the same as in previous issues, there is an increase of over six thousand names over last year. The readiness with which an appreciative public endorses genuine enterprise was fully manifested by a subscription list of nearly four thousand-double that which any similar work has enjoyed-thus largely enhancing its value as an advertising medium. The publisher desires to tender his acknowledgments, and at the same time invites comparison with other similar publications.
GROWTH OF THE CITY-PRESENT POPULATION .- In the absence of an authoritative census of the people, many difficulties arise in attempting an estimate which shall be able to stand the test which is sure to be applied by Federal authority every ten years, and (parentheti- cally), should be applied every five years or oftener, by the State or city, The population on the first of January, 1876, was 268,200. This estimate has been generally accepted as correct. If any fault can be found with it, it was a little too conservative-not claiming the full number which the city might be presumed to contain. At the school census (offi- cial and probably correct) taken in June, 1876, the number of children under the age of seventeen was found to be 71,436, an increase from June, 1875, of 6,527 of that class of the population-a fraction over ten per cent. A corresponding increase of ten per cent of the total population would show 295,117 as the total population of the city on the first of January, 1877. This estimate presumes the growth, from immigration and natural increase to have been approximately equal during the latter half of the year 1876 with that of the first half. Immigration to this port during the year shows an excess of arrivals over departures of 36,000. The increase of names in this Directory over the number in the last issue is 6,220, which would indicate an increase of 21,770 in the total population, very nearly the increase shown by the school census. When we consider that a portion of the gain, providentially not so large as in former years, is to be credited to the Chinese element, who have no children to include in the school census, it may be assumed that the figures given, 295,117, are within the limits, and that even 300,000 in round numbers may be safely claimed.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL .- Owing to the impossibility of obtaining complete statis- tics pertaining to Finance and Trade for the year 1876, at the early date at which this work goes to press, we are compelled to omit important tables which it was our design to have incorporated as a portion of the current history of the city. It may be stated generally, however, that the year just closed has been one of a full average degree of prosperity. No serious financial complications or failures have checked the course of business, if we except such as may have occurred, in a few instances, as the result of unskilful guessing at the value, real, imaginary or prospective, of mining stocks. All the moneyed corpora- tions of the city are on a firm basis-the volume of deposits has been maintained, and
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SAN FRANCISCO CITY DIRECTORY.
dividends have been promptly paid to an amount much in excess of former years. The volume of money in the vaults of the banking institutions has induced a reduction of the rate of interest, and large investments for building and developmental enterprises may be anticipated from this fact during the present year. $35,000,000, in round numbers, were paid in dividends in this city during 1876. The products of the mines were larger than ever before, as were the wool clip, the wine produet and the aggregate of agricultural production.
Commerce was never so active in this port as during the year just closed. Two hundred and ninety-one ships were loaded here with wheat and flour. Large shipments of fruit and other products were made overland. We estimate, in the absence of the official figures of the port, the exports of California productions at not less than $40,000,000, by sea and rail, to which must be added the enormous sum of $50,000,000 in treasure -- an aggre- gate of $90,000,000. San Francisco has indisputably taken rank as the second city of the United States in commercial importance.
REAL ESTATE .- The year 1875 was noted for large and numerous transactions in real estate. The city was, at its opening, at the flood-tide of gigantic building operations, im- migration was large, and promised to be still larger than the result showed, and purses were plethoric with enormous gains from an unwarranted inflation in stocks. Hence, fancy prices were, in many instances, paid for business property which the whim of the purchaser coveted, and residence plats fancied to be extra choice changed hands at prices beyond their real value, and not likely to be realized again until a natural and healthy increase of population and wealth shall enhance values more generally and evenly throughout the peninsula. The sales in January of that year reached nearly four millions of dollars, while February showed over four and one-half millions, and March exceeded four millions. At that rate a round fifty millions in sales would have been aggregated in the year. But a de- crease in the number and magnitude of transactions took place about the middle of the year, followed by a still greater depression after the failure of the Bank of California. Still, much of the speculative spirit was left, and the opening of 1876 promised a repetition of the season of fancy prices and general activity. But the break in the stock market un- settling values of guess-work fortunes, and to a considerable extent destroying faith in the possibility of restoring them, even by the most adroit manipulation, crippled the ready means of a large class of investors. But a better class came to the front, that class which believes in real estate as a means of safe and legitimate gain, and has faith in the future of San Francisco as a great commercial mart, to be sustained by the actual products of the mines independent of stock operations, and by the results of extensive and scientific agri- cultural development. Throughout the year real estate may be said to have been fairly and reasonably active. The number of sales was 3,840, representing a value of $24,058,- 666, as against $35,889,374 in 1875 and $23,893,903 in 1874. The year just closed stands second in the history of the city in the amount of sales, and first, we believe, in the num- ber of sales at prices essentially just to both seller and purchaser.
To the San Francisco Real Estate Circular, published by Thomas Magee, 210 Montgom- ery, we are indebted for valuable information pertaining to the relative status of real estate in various parts of the city, as well as for the comprehensive tabular statement annexed to this resume.
" Land on the best banking and financial streets of the city is now worth from $3,000 to $3,500 per front foot. Land in the best wholesale locations is worth from $1,200 to $1,500 per front foot. Land on the best retail portions of Kearny and Market streets is worth from $2,300 to $3,000 per front foot, while the highest price ever paid in the city for a strictly residence lot was $500 per front foot. The best residence portion of the city, and the most convenient to the business centre, lies between California, Market, Powell and Leavenworth streets. Lots there are worth from $300 to $500 per front foot, accord- ing to class of improvements, view and the proximity to Market street.
"Where there are first-class improvements and a fine view (as on the south sides of Cali- fornia, Pine, Bush and Sutter) the proximity to Market street is overlooked ; where the grade is flat and these advantages are wanting, proximity to Market street and the business centre comes in as the main element in fixing values. We think land within the bounds last named has yet room for a great increase of value.
" The boundaries of the next best residence portion of the city may be roughly described as lying between Larkin, Van Ness avenue, Turk and Clay streets. Land in this district is worth from $150 to $250 per front foot, with very little for sale at the first figure.
" Land in the best portion of the district between Eddy, Haight, Laguna and Devisadero streets is worth from $100 to $130 per front foot. More houses have been built in the dis- trict between Fillmore, Devisadero, Hayes and Eddy streets in 1876 than in any other section of like size.
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TABLE SHOWING THE SALE OF REAL ESTATE IN EACH SECTION OF THE CITY DURING 1876.
50 Varas.
100 Varas.
City Slips and Water Lots.
Mission Addition.
Western Addition.
Outside Lands.
All other Lands.
Total.
MONTHS.
No. Sales.
Amount ...
No. Sales.
Amount ...
No. Sales.
Amount ...
No. Sales.
Amount ...
No. Sales.
Amount ...
No. Sales.
Amount ...
No. Sales.
Amount ...
No. Sales.
Amount ...
JANUARY ..
42
$909,836
29
$177,057
5
$1009,100
87
$238,887
92
$509,134
29
$22,029
28
$57,580
312
$2,023,328
FEBRUARY
39
332,438
17
171,895
6
141,988
175
673.135
81
435,372
12
16,664
41
56,808
371
1,928,300
MARCH .
47
404,790
30
208,476
4
81,500
147
425,293
95
496,538
35
68,101
36
55,739
394
1,740,437
APRIL .
56
1,485,876
37
310,792
8
255,350
121
361,785
113
643,984
17
39,590
48
93,158
400
3,189,505
MAY
63
1,027,925
23
118,000
6
636,503
91
408,905
86
522,314
23
28,636
45
63,454
337
2,805,737
JULY .
39
363,838
24
208,890
6
176,700
90
333,579
65
317,016
12
27,919
26
28,660
262
1,456,602
AUGUST.
39
309,465
21
145,715
8
148,218
78
195,269
70
275,077
13
23,105
41
127,447
270
1,224,296
SEPTEMBER
40
576,378
16
113,848
5
102,900
73
213,442
69
274,593
13
21,820
38
38,547
254
1,342,544
OCTOBER.
38
889,673
25
256,600
4
56,500
111
361,241
69
325,519
13
12,918
24
25,760
284
1,940,211
NOVEMBER.
25
280,052
19
96,877
5
311,600
113
255,075
72
543,812
7
7,160
26
66,361
267
1,560,937
DECEMBER ..
БО
515,400
26
326,573
10
332,500
94
290,868
76
508,476
62
759,421
41
50,369
359
3,025,607
Grand Totals. .
528
7,516,060 281
2,212,107
71
2,692,323 1305
4,093,354
976
5,457,278 247
1,099,881 433
804,977 3840
24,058,666
Totals for 1875. . 730
10,451,519 427
$7,343,670
74
$2,268,620 1308
$5,969,929 1125
$7,840,488 247
$630,763 247
4508
35,889,374
Totals for 1874. . 834
9,010,707 358
3,167,081
74
2,210,940
816
3,064,775
815
4,037,302 164
568,035 194
3854
23,893,903
Totols for 1873. . 531
4,774,124 272
1,302,143
57
1,082,701
488
1,450,874| 533
2,333,430 230
301,229 230
3134
12,383,752
.
141,094
330
1,822,167
JUNE .
50
420,390
14
77,384
4
239,463
125
335,875
88
605,443
11
72,518
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REAL ESTATE.
The above table gives a full view of the sales in the various sections of the city. It will be seen that in the number of sales the Mission held its own, although the value of lots sold is considerably less than in 1875. City slips and water lots show a large increase in value of sales, attributed to demand for immediate improvements in the wholesale quarter. South San Francisco also shows an increase, outside lands also show some activity and an increase in sales. All other sections show a decrease, both in the number of sales and amount.
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SAN FRANCISCO CITY DIRECTORY.
"Mission, Valencia and Howard streets have been the only streets upon which rapid sales were made in 1876. In their extensive operations Missionward The Real Estate Associates confined themselves chiefly to Mission and Valencia and the cross streets between them.
" Very low priced lots at the Mission, between Dolores, Diamond, Seventeenth and Twenty-fourth streets, have sold well recently, at prices approximating those which pre- vailed there in the inflation of 1868-9.
" Lots between Folsom and Potrero avenue, and on South Beach, the Potrero and South San Francisco are dull. The completion of the shore line of the Southern Pacific Rail- road will give a great impetus to South San Francisco, which is destined to become the manufacturing and railroad centre."
The prospect for 1867-much depends upon the season-should the weather prove even moderately propitious for the production of the usual amount of cereals, there is reason to expect a fair degree of activity in real estate. A larger immigration may be anticipated than during the centennial year, as whatever may be the drawbacks in California, it is conceded that this coast is at its worst as desirable a place for residence as most portions of the east at its best. Real estate in San Francisco is recognized by the judicious as the safest investment, one that while it may prove relatively unproductive for a time, is sure eventually to yield the largest returns
BUILDING OPERATIONS .- The year 1876 has witnessed as great an amount of building in San Francisco as any year in its history except 1875. That year saw the construction of several extraordinary edifices, among them the largest hotel in the world, one of the largest, if not the largest theatre on the Continent, and several business palaces. While a fewer number of such noteworthy structures have been built in 1876, many really fine addi- tions to the architectural wealth of the city have been made, together with a full proportion of the more ordinary business and residence structures. The completion of Baldwin's Hotel, which has occupied the entire year, has entailed a cost of about $750,000. This hotel stands without a rival in the city for elegance of exterior, and cannot in its interior decoration be excelled anywhere on the globe. In size, too, it ranks with the most exten- sive caravansaries, exceeding in its capacity for accommodations all except the Palace.
The San Francisco Stock Exchange Building, on the south side of Pine street, between Sansome and Montgomery, the walls of which are now up, is one of the finest structures of its kind in the country. It is of dressed granite, in a plain, solid style of architecture. No business building in the city will present a handsomer or more imposing front. Its cost when completed will be half a million dollars.
Business improvements on the lower end of Market street have been extensive and of la permanent character. Bowen's Block on the corner of California and Drumm streets has a frontage of 1371/5 feet on Drumm by 92 on California, and cost over three hundred thousand dollars. Other substantial structures of brick have been erected in that portion of the city. A large three-story and basement brick block containing several store rooms has been erected on the north side of Market below Montgomery. Market street from Montgomery to the wharf will soon present a continuous line of handsome business edifices, extensive preparations for building on those eligible business sites having been perfected.
Work on the New City Hall and the United States Appraisers' Stores has progressed satisfactorily.
It is unnecessary to speak of the palaces being constructed by the railroad kings of the coast on the summit of Clay street Hill. The fame of the same has become so great that special correspondents are dispatched from the east and Europe to describe their grandeur to a wondering world. When we state that probably some five millions of dollars have been invested in these habitations for princes, we convey a general idea which is left to the press to elaborate.
The Real Estate Associates report the construction of two hundred and nine houses, at a cost of $956,000. These are good, substantial, medium sized dwellings, ranging in price from $2,750 to $12,000, mostly, however, selling at $3,500 to $6,000 each. These houses are built for customers who desire to purchase on the installment plan, which has been demonstrated to be one of the most feasible methods for a family of moderate means to secure a homestead. An elegant cut-stone front building is in progress of construction by The Real Estate Associates on the east side of Montgomery street near Pine.
The Metropolitan Baptist Society has built a fine church on Fifth street, adjoining the Lincoln School building. The Pacific Hebrew Benevolent Society has constructed a large and commodious Orphan Asylum on Devisadero street, between Hayes and Grove.
In addition to the limited number of noteworthy edifices mentioned above, there were 570 business houses of various kinds and 1,370 dwellings constructed within the city limits during the year. Many of the houses classed as business houses, are partly occupied as dwellings. The total number of buildings erected in the city during 1876 is 1,963, at a cost estimated upon the most reliable data obtainable of $9,500,000.
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MUNICIPAL FINANCES.
MUNICIPAL FINANCES .- The assessed valuation of the city of San Francisco is $260,576- 978. Of this amount $190,222,363 is classed as real estate, and $70,354,615 is personal property. The real estate roll shows an increase over that of 1875-6 of $20,265,053. The personal property roll shows a decrease of $28,220,934, arising partly from the elimination of mortgages, and partly from a general shrinkage in values of all kinds of merchandise. The gain in the aggregate value of city real estate is gratifying, especially in this season of world-wide depression. It may be assumed that San Francisco is one of an exceedingly limited number of American cities that has steadily maintained, and even increased, its real estate valuation. The bonded indebtedness of the city is $4,322,500, the greater part of which sum bears interest at the rate of six per cent., and the remainder at seven per cent. The amount of bonded indebtedness redeemed during the year is $58,000; the amount issued is $750,000, on account of the construction of the New City Hall. A comparison of the financial condition of the two great seaports of the United States, shows that the metropolis of the Atlantic owes about $140 for each inhabitant, while the metropolis of the Pacific owes about $14, or one-tenth as much per capita.
TABLE SHOWING ASSESSED VALUE OF PROPERTY AND RATE OF TAXATION FROM 1861-2 TO 1876-7.
YEAR.
REAL.
PERSONAL.
TOTAL.
TAX RATE.
TOTAL TAX LEVIED.
1861-2
$41,870,811
with Real
41,870,811
2.87
$ 1,201,692
1862-3.
37,016,101
29,540,553
66,556,655
2.74%
1,826,980
1863-4.
43,153,212
35,556,125
78,709,337
2.10
1,652,896
1864-5.
47,345,973
35.851,652
83,197,625
2.98
2,479,289
1865-6.
49,159,047
39,775,496
88,934,543
3.12
2,774,757
1866-7.
53,531,183
43,214,976
96,746,159
3.10
2,999,130
1867-8.
58,207,861
51,152,963
109,360,825
3.00
3,280,824
1868-9.
63,631,721
42,782,307
106,414,028
3.05
3,245,627
1869-70
69,776,603
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