Langley's San Francisco directory for the year commencing 1880, Part 11

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Publication date: 1880
Publisher: San Francisco : Francis, Valentine & Co.
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THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTE LIBRARY comprises thirty thousand volumes, among which are many scientific and technical works, some three thousand volumes of English Patent Re- ports, and is the depository of the Reports of the Patent Office at Washington. The annual additions to the Library are about one thousand five hundred. Several hundred volumes, du- plicates or damaged, are each year presented to the Library of the State Prison for the bene-

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fit of the prisoners. A large number of newspapers, pictorials and magazines, from all parts of the world, are found in its reading rooms, as well as charts, maps, globes, etc. The mem- bership is near 1,800. The terms of membership are one dollar entrance fee and one dollar and a half per quarter. The financial condition of the Institute is very favorable, it being entirely free from debt, or having money in its treasury more than sufficient to meet all liabil- ities, giving its property a net value of $230,000, including the library building and lot, books, furniture, the Mechanics' Pavilion, machinery, etc. The Mechanics' Institute building is a fine three-story brick, situated on the south side of Post street, between Montgomery and Kearny, having seventy-five feet front. The lower story contains three stores and the main entrance hall. In the upper stories are the library, reading rooms, chess room, offices and a hall capable of seating 500 persons. The Library has been greatly assisted by the Industrial Fairs held annually by the Institute, which constitute one of the most attractive and popular entertainments given in this city, as is proven by the large attendance and profitable results. These fairs are held in the Mechanies' Pavilion, a large building having a frontage of 200 feet on Mission street and the same on Market street, by 550 feet in depth. It has a grand central nave 100 feet wide by 450 feet in length, and surrounded by a spacious gallery 50 feet in width. This is the most capacious building in the city, and was designed especially for the purpose of holding fairs, but it is admirably adapted for other exhibitions, and frequently is so used, adding greatly to the revenue of the Institute. The Fourteenth Annual Exhibition was held in 1879, commencing August 5th, and closing September 13th. The total receipts from this Exhibition was $40,040 36 ; expenses, $22,933 24, leaving a net profit to the Insti- tute of $17,107 12. By such aid is the Library enabled to establish itself and prosper with but a slight tax upon those who avail themselves of its privileges. Horace Wilson is the Librarian.

THE LAW LIBRARY was organized in 1865, location, Montgomery Block, corner of Wash- ington and Montgomery streets. It contains about twenty thousand volumes of standard legal authorities, decisions, reports, biographical, historical, and miscellaneous works. The Library derives its support from a monthly levy upon its members of $2 50, and a docket of ȘI from every case begun in the District (or Superior) Courts of this city. From this last source there was received $4,575 the last year. The library is open every day from 9 A. M. to 10 p. M. to members, and to'State, Federal, and Municipal officers.

THE WORKINGMEN'S FREE LIBRARY was formally organized on the 9th of February, 1879, under the auspices of the Workingmen's Party of California, and occupies rooms at 1235 Mar- ket street. By donation and purchase it has 1,000 volumes, with many newspapers and mag- azines

THE PIONEERS' LIBRARY contains about 3,000 volumes, and numerous magazines, newspa- pers, and pictorials. The pleasant reading-room of the Pioneers is in the building of the Society, SOS Montgomery street, and is accessible to all members

THE FRENCH PUBLIC LIBRARY was established by the Ligue Nationale Française, in Au- gust, 1871, and contains a collection of over 10,000 volumes of French books, being the most valuable library of works in that language in the United States. It is open every afternoon and evening, except Sunday. Any person acceptable to the Board of Trustees can have ac- cess to the reading-room by paying a monthly fee of $2 50.

THE SAN FRANCISCO VEREIN is a German Social Club occupying rooms on the corner of Sutter and Dupont streets. The Club maintains a large and well selected library of 20,000 volumes, embracing the works of the most eminent German writers.

THE MILITARY LIBRARY was organized in January, 1873, for the purpose of acquiring, preserving, and conducting a public library composed of books and periodicals of a military character. This institution derives its support from the sales of shares at $5 each. Members may use as many books at a time as they hold shares. There are no dues, but the Trustees have power to call for $5 additional upon each share when they deem it necessary.

THE SCHOOL LIBRARIES of the Public Schools number 42, with an aggregate of 12,717 vol- umes, value, $9,302. These are accessible to all pupils, and supply a fund of reading matter of the most valuable class, and are located at convenient points throughout the city. The Academy of Sciences, Territorial Pioneers, B'nai B'rith the Young Meu's Christian Associa- tion, and numerous private schools and societies have libraries aggregating many thousands of volumes.

Health of the City.

The conditions of location and elimate insure to San Francisco a higher degree of health and exemption from known epidemics than is vouchsafed to most other large cities of the world. Situated upon a narrow, rocky, and hilly peninsula, with the broad Pacific on the west, and the capacious bay and straits of Golden Gate on the east and north, with their swiftly flowing tides, keep its surroundings washed and pure, while the prevailing winds, through the warm, dry summer pour freely upon it, from their long sweep over the ocean where it has gathered the elements of health, uncontaminated by the malaria of dying vegeta-

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PROGRESS OF THE CITY.

tion or the miasmatic poisons of inhabited lands. Nature having thus provided, it has been easy to preserve a high order of health ; and, indeed, it were criminal in the cxtreme, and a blot upon our boasted civilization, should our city show a large percentage of mortality, or excessive sickness.

The report of the Health Officer, Dr. J. L. Meares, for the fiscal year 1878-9, says : "Estimating our population at 305,000, as given in Langley's Directory, the annual ratio of deaths per 1,000 population is 14.75-the lowest per cent. of mortality as yet attained- against 16.59 of the preceding year, and 20.56 for the year 1876-7." This is in great con- trast with the death rate of some of the British cities, which recent reports give-of London, 23g in 1,000 ; Edinburgh, 223 ; Glasgow, 25, and Dublin, 29}. In United States cities : New York, 24.93 ; Baltimore, 21.53 ; Chicago, 16.50; Philadelphia, 17.96 ; Boston, 21}; St. Louis, 12. The high rate for 1876-7 was caused by the prevalence of the small-pox and diptheria, as contagious. The difficulty of controlling the quarters of the Chinese, who number about one-twelfth of the population, and herd densely together in defiance of the laws of health, largely increase the rate of percentage, to the great detriment of our statistics and our good name. Incomplete sewerage, in parts of the city built upon low or reclaimed lands, has also added its quota to the death rate.

During the fiscal year there were 4,493 deaths, against 4,977 of the year preceding-a decrease of 484. The total number of deaths from zymotic causes, such as bad ventilation, bad sewerage, uncleanliness, etc., in the main considered preventable, was 743, against 1,027 of the preceding year. The ratio of deaths from zymotic causes, to the total mortality, was 16.5, against 20.6 of last year. This is a very gratifying result, and is undoubtedly due to the obliteration of stagnant pools, the vacating of houses unfit for human habitation, the abatement of a large number of nuisances, and other acts in a great measure caused by the Sanitary Inspectors authorized by law. The improved health of the Eleventh Ward is a striking evidence of the benefit to be derived from the filling in of pools of stagnant water. Only one case of small-pox was reported during the year. The Health Officer calls the attention of the proper officers to the necessity of the daily enforcement of the much-abused "cubic-air ordinance," as it would aid greatly to relieve the crowded quarters of "China- town," which now constitutes a moral and social plague spot in the heart of the city.

The necessity of the Quarantine, and the rigid enforcement of its rules, are strongly urged. No contagious diseases have entered the city by sea during the year. Fifteen Chinamen afflicted with leprosy were discovered in Chinatown, and after a short stay at the Small-pox Hospital were sent to China. Of the 4,493 deaths, 523 were Chinese; and of the 385 deaths from unknown causes, 346 of these were of the same people. There were 215 deaths by violence ; 194 whites, and 21 Chinese. Of the violent deaths, 85 were by suicide; 6 being Chinese, and 20 homicides. Under 1 year of age, there were 943 deaths, including 14 Chinese. From diseases of the respiratory organs, there were 499 deaths (not including Chinese), of which 324 were attributed to. pneumonia, 69 to bronchitis, and 39 to congestion of the lungs. Cancer, in its various forms, caused the death of 116. Phthisis pulmonalis (consumption) was the cause of 563 deaths, not including Chinese. The expenses of the office for the fiscal year were $20,265 99.

Hospitals.

San Francisco has provided with great care and liberality for its sick and unfortunate. The hospitals, both public and private, are well appointed and numerous. Like other charities, asylums, schools, and institutions of a high and generous civilization, they have been objects of pride to the people, and various societies, denominations and nationalities have established them and excelled in their various appointments and comforts.

THE UNITED STATES MARINE HOSPITAL is located far from the center of population and business, being on the Presidio Reservation, near Mountain Lake, about four miles from the Custom House. The location, if isolated and difficult of access, is exceedingly pleasant and healthy, and well adapted for the purpose of a sanitarium. The hospital is established on the pavilion plan, being a series of frame buildings for the various purposes. They were com- pleted and occupied in May, 1875, and consist of an executive building two stories in height, two long one-story buildings, one on each side of the executive building, and of three one- story wards radiating from the rear of the main building, with a separate residence for the surgeon.

THE CITY AND COUNTY HOSPITAL ranks as the most complete and extensive of the city. and its superior is seldom seen. The location is in the southern part of the city, and is best reached from the business portions via Market and Valencia, or the parallel streets to Twenty-second street and Potrero avenue, or via Ninth street and Potrero avenue. The gronnds comprise two blocks, and including Utah street, bounded by Potrero avenue on the west, Nebraska street on the east, Sierra street on the north, and Nevada street on the south, measuring 866 feet north and south, by 481 feet east and west, or nearly ten acres of land. The site is sufficiently elevated for drainage, and, with street cars running near, and other lines projected, making access easy, it is very eligibly situated for the purpose. The hospital

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consists of several buildings, connected by a covered corridor. The individual structures are: the administrative building and dining hall, each three stories high ; the kitchen and laundry, the chapel, the gate house, operating rooms, morgue, stable, and numerous pavilions, each two stories high, and each intended to accommodate sixty-four patients and their nurses. All are of wood, on brick foundations, excepting the kitchen and laundry, which are entirely of brick. The design of the hospital is to have twelve pavilions, built in pairs, opposite each other, on either side of the long corridor and parallel to the main building, each pair one hun- dred feet from the other. The average number of patients in the hospital during the fiscal year 1878-9, was 380, and of employees, 42. The number admitted during the year was 3,174, of whom 2,702 were males and 472 females. There were 64 births and 343 deaths. The total expenditure for the year, excepting drugs, was $70,759 14, and for drugs, $8,459 70. The net cost of all articles of subsistence was $27,377 16; making the cost of subsistence for each inmate for the year, $64 87; and the daily average cost of subsistence for each officer, employee and patient, 172 cents. Salaries constitute the largest item of expenditure, aggre- gating $31,342. Dry-goods, building material, fuel, ice, etc., making up the balance.

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THE ALMS HOUSE, though not precisely a hospital, is one of our eleemosynary institutions, and comes most appropriately under this head. This is situated on the San Miguel Rancho, about five miles, by the traveled road, from the new City Hall, and was opened on the 12th of September, 1867. The structure has a frontage of 187 feet, is four stories high, and has capacity for comfortably lodging 500 inmates ; but the superintendent, M. J. Keating, recom- mends the addition of a new wing to the main building, as the increase in the number of patients will make the same necessary in the near future. The buildings and premises are kept in excellent condition, and the comfort and well-being of the inmates provided for. A great saving has been effected in the purchase of supplies, by discarding the per capita system of contracts and adopting the segregated system-the saving amounting to $68,993 in the last five years. For the past year the cost of food was $24,608 27, and a total expenditure of $59,237 07. The daily average of inmates and employees being 504, the daily cost for these was 13} cents, or 9 5-12 cents less than under the per capita system, and a saving of $17,322 90 for the year. Upon reference to the City and County Auditor's Report for the fiscal year 1869-'70 it will be seen that the total expense of the Alms House, with an average of 229 inmates, was $61,023 19, showing a decrease of $1,786 12, with more than double the number of inmates. During the year the road through the Alms House grounds, leading from the Golden Gate Park to the Ocean House Road, has been widened and graded by the inmates, the gates removed, etc., making it one of the finest drives in the county. Two hundred trees have been set out, adding greatly to the beauty of the place and grounds. Sufficient hay and vegetables were raised upon the farm to supply the wants of the place. The potato crop, however, was entirely destroyed by blight, causing a loss of $3,000. About one-half of those who have become inmates of the Alms House in the past nine years had not been residents of the city and county for thirty days, coming from other parts of the State, or arriving by sea from other lands. From the opening of the institution to the date of the last report, 5,654 persons have been admitted and received its benefits. The number of inmates, June 30, 1879, was 511 ; daily average number, 481. During the year, 505 were admitted ; 341 were dis- charged at their own request ; 2 were sent to the Insane Asylum ; 47 died, and 37 ran away. The Alms House farm, including all the grounds, roads, etc., comprises an area of 80 acres, and all that is available is cultivated by the labor of the inmates, who also perform much other work.

THE TWENTY-SIXTH STREET, OR SMALL-POX HOSPITAL, another of the city's beneficent institutions, was constructed at the time of the small-pox epidemic in 1869, and is situated on the corner of Colusa and De Haro streets. During the year, 24 patients have been admitted, only one, however, being afflicted with varialoid. With a single exception the patients were Mongolians, fifteen of whom, afflicted with leprosy, were shipped to China, June 2, 1879. There were 5 inmates, June 30, 1879.

THE CITY RECEIVING HOSPITAL,-which does not deserve the name of hospital-is in the basement of the old City Hall, a dim apartment, capable of receiving only seven patients at one time, and is but a part of the prison. The number of patients attended during the year was 1,002, not, generally, prisoners, but persons meeting with accidents on the streets, or sudden sickness. Of the number received, 34 died.

THE GERMAN HOSPITAL, occupies a commanding site on the eastern slope of Buena Vista Hill; the grounds comprising the block bounded by Ridley street on the north, Noe street on the cast, Fourteenth street on the south, and Castro street on the west, are well improved with drives and walks, and thickly planted with trees, shrubs and flowers of many varieties, evincing the taste which attracts the observer, cheers the invalid and comforts the convalescent. The hospital building consists of a large central body, three stories in height, with two wings of two stories, and is capable of accommodating 300 patients. The corner stone was laid, with appropriate ceremonies, in August, 1877, and the hospital was formally opened February 22, 1878. The cost was a little over $200,000. It is designed primarily for the benefit of subscribers to its support, being under the control of the German General Benevolent Society,

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numbering several thousand members, but receives patients of all classes, upon stipulated terms.

THE FRENCH HOSPITAL, OR "MAISON DE SANTE," is under the control of the "Societé Française de Bienfaisance Mutuelle," organized in 1851, and numbering several thousand members. The building is a large two-story brick structure, occupying the center of a hun- dred vara lot on Bryant street, between Fifth and Sixth, and is capable of accommodating 270 patients. The grounds are well laid out, and ornamented with flowers and shrubbery. As at other society hospitals, all classes are received upon the payment of moderate fees, usually from $2 to $3 per day.

THE ITALIAN HOSPITAL, located on the block bounded by Noe, Castro, Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth streets, is a fine two-story brick, with accommodations for forty patients. This was erected in 1868 by the Italian Benevolent Society, for the use of its members and others.

THE ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL, occupies a pleasant site on the southern slope of Rincon Hill, on a hundred vara lot on the southwest corner of First and Bryant streets. This is a large and commodious brick structure, erected in 1861; is four stories in height, and measures seventy-five by one hundred and fifty feet on the ground. In the wards and rooms are beds for over 100 patients. The hospital is under the charge of the Sisters of Mercy, who also maintain, adjoining it, a Home for aged and infirm females. This is a building of wood, three stories high, fronting on Rincon Place.

THE ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL, on San Jose avenue, between Twenty-seventh and Twenty- eighth streets, is a large, well-appointed building, on the cottage plan, designed more espec- ially for the poor of the Episcopal parishes, but receiving patients of all denominations. It was built in 1874, and will accommodate from thirty to forty patients.

THE CALIFORNIA STATE WOMAN'S HOSPITAL, is located on the corner of Howard and Twelfth streets, and is specially devoted to the treatment of diseases peculiar to women. It is open to all, of whatever creed or nationality. All who are able are expected to pay a moderate fee, but those who are destitute are equally provided for. Out patients are treated gratuitously by the house physician. Organized May, 1868. Incorporated Jannary, 1873.

THE SAN FRANCISCO FEMALE HOSPITAL is located at 930 Clay street, and was opened for patients April 1, 1868. The object of the institution is the care of poor, sick women. Any woman who is poor and sick is entitled to share its benefits. It is a general hospital for all diseases, and for lying-in. The support is derived from voluntary contributions, bequests, and a State appropriation of $3,000 per annum. This is a pure charity, and has proven of great benefit to the poor and unfortunate. A large number of outside cases are treated gratuitously.

THE SAN FRANCISCO LYING-IN HOSPITAL AND FOUNDLING ASYLUM, located at 913 Tyler street, is, as expressed in its articles of incorporation, for the care, protection and proper treatment of respectable married women and unprotected single women, with their off- spring, together with all other children who may be left in infancy by outside parties. This is available to all women throughout the State, it only being asked that each applicant give satisfactory proof of having previously sustained a good reputation and been deemed respectable. No cases of disease are admitted. Those who can are expected to pay. The institution is supported by receipts from patients, donations, legacies, city and State appro- priations, etc. The late Michael Reese bequeathed it $20,000, the receipt of which was recently acknowledged by the Board of Trustees by appropriate resolutions.

THE PACIFIC DISPENSARY FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN is a charity under the charge of influential and benevolent ladies, who have constructed a home, three stories in height, on the corner of Mission and Twenty-second streets, admirably adapted for the purpose. The object of the organization is the care of sick women and children. A free dispensary, at 937 Market street, is connected with the institution.

THE CHINESE HOSPITAL, on the east side of Montgomery avenue, between Pacific and Broadway, provides for such of that race as desire to avail themselves of it.

Manufactures.

San Francisco is constantly progressing as a manufacturing city, notwithstanding the prevailing high rates of interest, high rents, high rates of labor, high-priced fuel, and other obstacles against which it has to contend, that favor the great manufacturing centers of the world. Here, however, are raw material, skill, necessity, fuel measurably reduced in price by competition and cheap inward freight, and the additional advantage of protection afforded by our long distance from other manufacturers. The most recent statistics, those of the Assessor, as shown by the last annual report, place the value of manufactured articles for the preceding year at $59,289,000, against $53,432,492 for the year 1877-an increase of $5,856,508. As a consequence of the prevailing hard times and a general decrease of values, with a pre-

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sumed decrease of business, a heavy decrease in the value of goods manufactured here was anticipated, but the statistics prove the reverse, and every appearance indicates a continued and accelerating progress. The abundance, diversity and value of the raw material obtained from the mines, fields, forests, and waters of the Pacific Coast regions, with the mild and healthy climate of San Francisco, assure this as a great and important manufacturing city. Almost every mineral known to the arts is found in the neighboring territory contributory to our commerce, and the conversion of these to the uses of men constitute a great and valuable branch of industry. They give work to the smelter, the founder, the machinist, the chemist, and, in turn, a countless number of artisans, laborers, and manipulators in various ways. The grain, wool, flax, hides, and other products of the field, form the basis of most valuable manu- factures, and an abundance and endless variety of such products are landed at our wharves. The woods of our State and coast are in great abundance; of the ordinary useful, and of the strictly ornamental, we have a good supply of several varieties.

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Langley's San Francisco directory for the year commencing 1880, Part 11

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