Langley's San Francisco directory for the year commencing 1880, Part 10

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Publication date: 1880
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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL .- Location, Fourteenth avenue, near L street. Pupils en- rolled, 488 ; average attendance, 420.

POTRERO SCHOOL .- Location, southwest corner Kentucky and Napa streets. Pupils en- rolled, 359 ; average attendance, 328

SOUTH COSMOPOLITAN PRIMARY SCHOOL .- Location, south side Eddy street, between Polk and Van Ness avenue. Pupils enrolled, 895; average attendance, 594.

COLUMBIA STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL .- Location, Columbia street, between Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth. Pupils enrolled, 558 ; average attendance, 500.

LINCOLN PRIMARY SCHOOL .- Location, Bryant street, near Sixth. Pupils enrolled, 909 ; average attendance, 702.

MARKET STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL. - Location, east side Fifth street, near Market. Pupils enrolled, 1,387 ; average attendance, 1,032.

MARKET AND SEVENTH STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL .- Location, south side Market street, between Seventh and Eighth. Pupils enrolled, 906 ; average attendance, 731.

MISSION PRIMARY SCHOOL .- Location, west side Mission street, between Fifteenth and Sixteenth. Pupils enrolled, 1,028 ; average attendance, 690.

TEHAMA PRIMARY SCHOOL .- Location, south side Tehama street, near First. Pupils en- rolled, 1,042 ; average attendance, S12.

BROADWAY PRIMARY SCHOOL .- Location, north side Broadway, between Montgomery and Sansome. Pupils enrolled, 641 ; average attendance, 443.

. FOURTH STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL .- Location, northwest corner Fourth and Clara streets. Pupils enrolled, 819 ; average attendance, 617.

SILVER STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL. - Location, north side Silver street, between Second and Third. Pupils enrolled, 1,278 ; average attendance, 991.

PINE AND LARKIN STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL. - Location, southwest corner Pine and Lar- kin streets. Pupils enrolled, 823; average attendance, 583.

GREENWICH STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL .- Location, south side Greenwich street, between Jones and Taylor. Pupils enrolled, 813 ; average attendance, 635.

HAYES VALLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL. - Location, north side Grove street, between Larkin and Polk. Pupils enrolled, 872 ; average attendance, 755.

UNION PRIMARY SCHOOL .- Location, northwest corner Filbert and Kearny streets. Pu- pils enrolled, 558 ; average attendance, 465.

SHOTWELL STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL. - Location, east side Shotwell street, between Twen- ty-second and Twenty-third. Pupils enrolled, 869 ; average attendance, 690.

EIGHTH STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL .- Location, east side Eighth street, between Harrison and Bryant. Pupils enrolled, 841 ; average attendance, 675.

POWELL STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL -Location, west side Powell street, between Jackson

and Washington. Pupils enrolled, 609; average attendance, 489.

TYLER STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL .- Location, north side Tyler street, near Jones. Pupils enrolled, 520 ; average attendance, 437.

PAPER HANGINGS.

Importer of French, American and English Paper Hangings. Private residences Decorated in Artistic Style. Geo. W. Clark, 645 Market

D. HICKS & CO., Leading Bookbinders of San Francisco.

JAMES E. GORDON & CO.,

WHOLESALE HARDWARE, Corner Market and Front Stroets.

SAN FRANCISCO DIRECTORY.

SPRING VALLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL .- Location, south side of Union street, between Frank- lin and Gough. Pupils enrolled, 296 ; average attendance, 287.

TURK STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL .- Location, south side Turk street, between Laguna and Buchanan. Pupils enrolled, 736 ; average attendance, 673.

WEST END SCHOOL. - Location, San Jose Road, near Six-Mile House. Pupils enrolled, 108 ; average attendance, 92.

FAIRMOUNT SCHOOL. - Location, Chenery street, near Randall. Pupils enrolled, 472; av- erage attendance, 376.

NOE AND TEMPLE STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL .- Location, corner Noe and Temple streets. Pupils enrolled, 302; average attendance, 238.

POINT LOBOS SCHOOL .- Location, Nineteenth avenue, near Point Lobos avenue. Pupils enrolled, 50; average attendance, 31.

OCEAN HOUSE SCHOOL. - Location, San Miguel Road, near Ocean House Road. Pupils en- rolled, 70 ; average attendance, 63.

LAGUNA HONDA SCHOOL .- Location, Eighth avenue, near K street. Pupils enrolled, 91 ; average attendance, 71.

JACKSON STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL .- Location, north side Jackson street, between Webster and Fillmore. Pupils enrolled, 335 ; average attendance, 271.

SANCHEZ STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL .- Location, Sanchez street, between Sixteenth and Seventeenth. Pupils enrolled, 248 ; average attendance, 342.

SAN BRUNO SCHOOL -- Location, Nebraska street, near Yolo. Pupils enrolled 114 ; aver- age attendance, 90.

SOUTH END SCHOOL .- Location, Williams street, near Henry. Pupils enrolled, 71 ; av- erage attendance, 70.

LOBOS AVENUE SCHOOL .- Location, Point Lobos avenue, near Parker avenue. Pupils enrolled, 144; average attendance, 133.

LOMBARD STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL. - Location, north side Lombard street, between Baker and Broderick. Pupils enrolled, 121 ; average attendance, 78.

FLORIDA STREET PRIMARY SCHOOL .- Location, Florida street, near Eighteenth. Pupils enrolled, 149 ; average attendance, 135.

BERNAL HEIGHTS SCHOOL .- Location, Cortland avenue, between Laurel and Moultrie avenues. Pupils enrolled, 35 ; average attendance, 33.

HARRISON STREET UNGRADED SCHOOL .- Location, Harrison street, between Tenth and Eleventh. Pupils enrolled, 118 ; average attendance, 83.

EVENING SCHOOLS .- Location, Lincoln School, Mission School, and Washington School. Pupils enrolled, 2,083, of whom 1,093 were over 16 years of age ; average attendance, 674.

Colleges and Private Schools.

Notwithstanding the excellence of the free publie schools of the city and State, their exemption from direct cost to the pupil or parent, and the great interest taken in them by the public as the nurse and strength of our free institutions, colleges and private schools of great wealth, popularity, and importance rise and prosper. That such institutions exist, show the great interest taken in educational matters. The public and private systems are rivals, each stimulating the other, and setting examples of enterprise, management, salaries, edifices, progress, and standard of scholarships. There are in San Francisco about one hundred private schools, in which term are included the select school of a few pupils, the semi- naries, commercial schools, academies, convent schools, and colleges, with their thousand students. The Census Marshal reported the number of youth attending private and church schools in this city in June, 1879 (not including Chinese) at 7,224, an increase over the preceding year of 673. This increase in number is followed by the increase in build- ings, many of the private schools having edifices of great capacity, cost, and grand architec- tural appearance.

THE SACRED HEART COLLEGE, located on the corner of Eddy and Larkin streets, is a wooden structure of three high stories and basement, and covering a large portion of the block. This is conducted by the "Christian Brothers," under the direction of Brother Genebern. The number of students is 700. The object of this institution is to give a thoroughly Christian and secular education, embracing the classical, scientific, and commercial courses.

THE SACRED HEART PRESENTATION CONVENT is a fine brick building of ample proportions, located at the corner of Taylor and Ellis streets. This is a chartered college by Act of the Legislature, and empowered to confer graduating certificates. The school is free of charge to all denominations. It was opened on the 24th of May, 1869, and the number of pupils in- creasing, made it necessary to enlarge the building, and in 1870 the portion fronting on Ellis street was added. Later on, a wing within the enclosure was built, to afford more ample facilities for the improvement of pupils in musie, needlework, painting, drawing, etc. The institution contains 600 pupils, and is under the charge of Mother Mary Bernard Comerford.

SAN FRANCISCO LAUNDRY GOOD WORK, LOW PRICES Office, 33 Geary St.

Steinway Pianos lead the world. Agency, GRAY'S MUSIC STORE, 117 Post St.

J. MACDONOUGH,

CUMBERLAND, LEHIGH AND ENGLISH FOUNDRY COKE, 41 Market Street, corner Spear.

PROGRESS OF THE CITY.

THE ST. IGNATIUS COLLEGE, located on the west side of Van Ness avenue, and extending from Hayes to Grove streets, ranks among the oldest and most prominent of the colleges of San Francisco, opening for the reception of students on October 15, 1855. It was incorporated under the law of the State April 30, 1859, and empowered to confer degrees and academical honors. The number of students usually in attendance is upwards of 700, with a staff of 24 professors and teachers. The college edifice consists of two main buildings, connected by spacious corridors. On the corner of Grove and Van Ness avenue, the first two stories are used for class and lecture-rooms, and the two upper floors as an exhibition hall. The college will accommodate twelve hundred students. The church and college combined front two hundred and ninety feet on Hayes street, and runs through to Grove street, a depth of two hundred and seventy-five feet. It is one of the largest and most magnificent edifices the city contains.

THE ST. MARY'S COLLEGE, located on the east side of Mission street, or County Road, about four miles from the City Hall, is represented as in a flourishing condition. It is one of the oldest colleges on the coast, and has been under the management of the Christian Brothers since 1863. During the last year there were about 250 students in attendance.

THE UNIVERSITY (CITY) COLLEGE, Rev. James Matthews, DD., principal, is located on the south side of Haight street, between Laguna and Octavia. It was founded in 1859. Although having a nominal connection with the Presbyterian Church, the institution is not under ecclesiastical control, and is unsectarian in its character. The course of study at present prescribed extends but little further than is needful to fit pupils for entering with advantage a college or university course. The course of study will be extended as rapidly as the students can be prepared for it, and the trustees can provide the means of maintaining a competent Faculty.

THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF THE PACIFIC is located on Haight street, between Laguna and Octavia. It is the Medical Department of the University (City) College. The institution was organized in 1858 as the Medical Department of the University of the Pacific, and was transferred to its present connection in 1870. The professors of the college are mostly expe- rienced and successful teachers, whose interest is strongly enlisted in their work. Several of them bring a large experience, both in this and the old world. Henry Gibbons, Jr., M. D., Dean. Office, 26 Montgomery street.

THE SAN FRANCISCO THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY is located at 121 Haight street. This insti- tution was organized by the Synod of the Pacific of the Presbyterian Church, in October, 1871, but is open for students of all denominations. The qualifications for admission and the course of studies are the same as in the oldest and best theological schools in the East. It has a library of over six thousand volumes. The Faculty are : Rev. Drs. Scott, Burrowes, Eells and Alexander. Term opens September 1st, and closes May Ist, of each year.

THE CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY was incorporated August 7, 1872, and affiliated with the University of California, June 18, 1873. The aim of the institution is to unite the pharmacists and druggists of the Pacific States in organized efforts to elevate the special educa- tional standard of the business of the apothecary, by cultivating, improving, and diffusing the principles and practice of legitimate pharmacy; its collateral branches of science and the arts; the best modes of rendering available medicinal agents, by giving instructions in the same and in the art of dispensing, by a series of lectures and practical demonstrations. Lectures are given for a term of six months, during each year, at the Hall of Academy of Sciences, south- west corner of California and Dupont streets.

THE HASTINGS COLLEGE OF THE LAW .- This institution, which is in connection with, and under the auspices of the University of California, owes its formation to the munificence of Judge S. C. Hastings, who endowed it with a free gift of $100,000. The Act of the Legisla- ture establishing the College authorizes the Board of Supervisors of San Francisco to provide suitable rooms in this city, and makes it mandatory upon the Law Library Association to extend its benefits to the students of the College. It is now located in the building of the California Academy of Sciences, southwest corner of California and Dupont streets. The number of students is one hundred and seventy. The Faculty are : John Le Conte, M. D., L.L. D., President ; John Norton Pomeroy, L.L. D., Professor of Municipal Law ; William H. Platt, D. D., L.L. D, Professor of Ethics and Rules of Morality ; S. Clinton Hastings, Dcan ; and Charles P. Hastings, Registrar. Office of Dean and Registrar, room 2, Court Block, 636 Clay street.

THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, occupy the building formerly known as the Toland Medical College, located on the east side of Stockton street, between Chestnut and Francisco. The building was donated to the University by the late Dr. H. H. Toland. This is an institution of a high character ; the Faculty being composed of some of the most prominent members of the medical profession. The course of studies are the same as those pursued in the most prominent colleges of the East and Europe. An annual course of lectures are given, commencing on the first Monday of June, and terminating on the 31st of October. R. Beverly Cole, M. D., Dean ; office, 518 Sutter street.

J. GUNDLACH & CO. Cor. Market & Second, CALIFORNIA WINES & BRANDIES. Proprietors Rhinef

D. HICKS & CO., Bookbinders and Printers, San Francisco.

CONTINENTAL SAFETY OIL

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SAN FRANCISCO DIRECTORY.

UNIVERSITY MOUND COLLEGE, located west of the San Bruno Road, near the county line, is conducted under a charter issued in 1863. Besides the elementary and business depart- ments, in which the usual preparatory branches are taught, there are well arranged courses in Ancient and Modern Languages, Mathematics, Natural and Physical Science, Literature, Logic, and Political Economy. The college has at all times had the confidence and patronage of our best citizens, and its students have been singularly successful in the great colleges of the East. The institution will soon be removed to Litton Springs, Sonoma County. Three hun- dred acres of land and the mineral springs have been purchased, and the necessary buildings are now being erected. The principal is John Gamble, B. A., who is assisted by a competent corps of teachers.

BUSINESS COLLEGES .- Of these there are three, located as follows: Pacific, 320 Post street, Heald's, 24 Post street; and Barnard's, 120 Sutter street. These institutions enjoy a high reputation, as is attested by the large number of students in attendance, both from the city and interior. The course of studies embrace bookkeeping, penmanship, mathematics, tele- graphy, and others calculated to prepare the student for commercial pursuits.

In addition to the institutions enumerated above, are many private schools of excellent reputation ; the most prominent of these are the University School, Trinity School, Urban Academy, Zeitska's Institute, Home Institute, Clarke Institute, Mefret's French and English Institute, Academy of Notre Dame, St. Rose Academy, and St. Vincent School.

Libraries.

While other large cities of the United States boasted their great public libraries, where every citizen, rich or poor, might have access to books and papers of every kind and quality, the people of San Francisco have depended solely upon associations or pri- vate corporations, or upon the means which enabled them to supply their own desires. Few young cities, however, contained better libraries than the Mechanics', Mercantile, or Odd Fellows', which, with others of less magnitude, contain an aggregate of near 200,000 volumes accessible to the public. These were established early in the history of the city, and have been the pride of the people. In the flush business times they were liberally patronized, and appeared to satisfy the demand. But they were beyond the reach of many, and upon all who availed themselves of their privileges entailed a considerable expense.

THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY was organized in 1879. The spirit of the age demands free education, and with free education advances the idea of free reading . San Francisco was without a free library. while maintaining one of the noblest systems of free schools in the world. To supply this want, a number of public-spirited citizens, after studying the matter and corresponding with librarians and educators of Eastern cities, presented the subject to the Legislature of 1878, and an Act was passed authorizing the levying of a tax of one mill on the dollar for the support of a free public library whenever the people of a town or city might so elect. The bill was drafted for San Francisco; but many other places desiring to enjoy its benefits, it was made general. Messrs. Henry George, A. S. Halladie, George H. Rogers, John H. Wise, John S. Hager, C. C. Terrell, E. D. Sawyer, Louis Sloss, I. M. Scott, R. J. Tobin, and A. J. Moulder were made Trustees under the Act to establish the Free Public Library of San Francisco. The tax levy of 1878-79 provided a sum of $24,000 for the use of the Library; but that was not available until near the close of the fiscal year. Pacific Hall, on Bush street, between Kearny and Dupont, was selected for the Library; Albert Hart was made Librarian; $9,456 worth of books purchased, and others donated, and on the evening of June 7, 1879, the Library was formally opened. At that time the Library contained 6,162 volumes-magazines and periodicals not included-with a newspaper department embracing papers from every county of the State, and from all the States and Territories of the Pacific Coast. The hall is well supplied with tables and chairs, capable of seating several hundred people, and in the gallery are the reading stands holding newspapers. The report of the Librarian for the six months ending December 31, gives the following statistics: Books on the shelves in use, 11,892; in transit from England, 1, 118; in transit from Germany, 741. Of the number of volumes in the Library, 2,300 are works of fietion, which includes 450 juvenile works. There is not a useless book in the Library, and the Library itself, making allowance for difference in size, is the peer of any free library in the world, and much superior to the average. During the period of 198 days which the report comprehends, the attendance was 132,684, which includes 3,927 ladies, being a daily average of 740, of which fully 10 per cent. visit the Library regularly. There has been 119, 873 books given out since the Library opened. The newspaper department is separate from the library, having a distinct entrance. There are 136 daily and weekly papers, home and foreign, on the files, and the attendance has been fully one-third of that upon the library, making the total number of visitors over 175,000. The work of preparing to open the Library as a free-cirenlating library is rapidly progressing, and will be brought to a conclusion withont necessitating the closing of the Library for a day. It is expected that everything will be in readiness by the first of March. The Secretary makes the following statement of expenditures for the period ending December

30 YEARS' EXPERIENCE. MULLER THE OPTICIAN, Established, S.F., 1863, 135 Montgomery.

Dixon & Bernstein, Show Case Manuf's, 250 Market St.

ONAS J. MORRISON, N. E. cor. Mission and Spear Sts. Choice Sugar Pine, Cedar, Shelving, Stepping, Redwood & Oregon Lumber.

PROGRESS OF THE CITY.

31st: Furniture and repairs, $4,435 26}; books and stationery, $18,760 47; rent, $1,523 20; as, $450 30; insurance, 337 50; incidental expenses, $434 13; salaries and clerk hire, $4,253 40. Total, $30,194 26}. Also, an estimate for the fiscal year ending June 30th, as follows: Starting with a fund of $72,000, there is to be deducted for expenditures to the 31st of last month, $30,194 26; sundries, $2,028 01. Total, $32,222 27, leaving a balance available of $39,777 73. The estimated expenses for the remainder of the fiscal year are as follows: Pay- roll, $4,140; extra assistants, three months, $600; gas, seven months, $840; rent, five months, $1,000; insurance, $450; contingent fund, $500; thirty indicators, $322 50; subscriptions to periodicals, $245 20. Total, $8,097 70. Balance available for books, stationery, furniture, repairs, and incidentals, $31,680 03. The Library is open for reading from 9:30 A.M. to 9:30 P.M. In December, Mr. Hart having resigned his position as Librarian, Mr. W. H. Robinson was elected to fill the vacancy, J. M. Ward Assistant, and Mr. Lauren Crane Secretary; and Mr. T. B. Bishop and Mr. Charles Kohler were chosen Trustees, in place of Messrs. George and Sloss, resigned.

Such is the beginning of the Free Public Library of San Francisco. With its few volumes, rented hall, and half-dozen attendants, it has commenced its career of usefulness, and already commands the respect of the public. Now it is a struggle; but so earnest are its managers, and so interested in it are the people, that but a few years will elapse before it will take rank among the great libraries of the country. The free libraries of other cities have generally been founded or assisted by the bequest or donation of men of wealth, who thus secure a deserved fame. John Jacob Astor gave $400,000 to found the Astor Library of New York, to which William B. Astor added $300,000. John Lennox gave $700,000 to found the Lennox. Library also in New York. Walter N. Newbury left $2,000,000 to establish a free public library in Chicago. . Dr. James Rush gave Philadelphia $1,000,000 for the same purpose. Joshua Bates founded the free public library of Boston in 1852 by a gift of $50,000, adding $50,000 afterwards. This now contains 350,000 volumes, or nearly one to each inhabitant of the city, the population being 400,000. George Peabody gave $1,400,000 to the city of Balti- more for a free library. A long list of such noble names could be given; and with the great wealth of many San Franciscans, we may expect their names to be added to the list in aid of the Free Public Library of this city.

D. HICKS & CO., Manufacturers Hotel Registers, San Francisco.

THE MERCANTILE LIBRARY was organized in 1853. The depressed state of business pre- vailing in San Francisco for two or three years past has been most keenly felt by the libraries. The President of the Mercantile Library reports that "ten years ago the number of members was nearly two thousand; now it is less than twelve hundred. During that time the popula- tion of the city has doubled, other libraries have grown up and drawn off some of our mem- bers, but, allowing for that, we ought to have now at least three thousand members, for the Mercantile Library offers advantages peculiar to itself." There are now in the Library near fifty thousand volumes, about two thousand being added annually, supplying the place of those lost or destroyed, and steadily increasing the aggregate number. About eighty-five thousand volumes are taken out each year, or seventy to each member. The Library building is situated on Bush street, between Montgomery and Sansome, and is one of the most elegant and substantial buildings of the city. It was built by the Mercantile Library Association for the purpose it is used, of iron and brick, contains three stories, basement, and attic. The basement contains a large hall for lectures, concerts, or exhibitions; the first story the library, reference library, ladies' reading-room, and parlor, and trustees' room. On the second floor are the chess, smoking, reading and writing-rooms, museum, and store-room for periodicals. The reading-room contains all the leading'magazines, pictorials, and newspapers of the world. The annual income is about $23,000, and the expenses about the same. The terms of sub- scription are, for entrance-fee one dollar, and three dollars per quarter in advance. Strangers are invited to visit the rooms. Alfred E. Whitaker is the present Librarian.

THE ODD FELLOWS' LIBRARY was organized in 1854 and ranks next to the Mercantile in the number of its books, having 36,504 volumes ; the number drawn for reading being up- wards of one hundred thousand annually. This is located in the Odd Fellows' Building, 325 Montgomery street, is available only to members of the Order and their families, and is sup- ported by pro-rata assessments on the lodges of the city. The annual expense is about $9,- 000. Members of the Order, other than those located in San Francisco, are admitted to the privileges of the Library upon the payment of a small subscription. The Librarian, Mr. George A. Carnes, in his last report says : "This Library is a model of economical manage- ment." He recommends the gradual formation of an Endowment Fund, the annual proceeds of which would eventually enable the Library to be self-supporting. "Such a fund," he says, " is already in process of accretion ; but an increased and more systematic effort will be re- required before it can be rendered in any perceptible degree effective."

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Langley's San Francisco directory for the year commencing 1880, Part 10

Author: Publication date: 1880 Publisher: San Francisco : Francis, Valentine & Co. Number of Pages: 1214

Author:
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: San Francisco : Francis, Valentine & Co.
Number of Pages: 1214