Langley's San Francisco directory for the year commencing 1882, Part 11

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Four Subordinate Lodges have been organized in thia city, viz :

CALIFORNIA LODGE, No. 1 .- Meets every Thursday evening at 18% Eddy street.

YERBA BUENA LODGE, No. 2 .- Meets every Friday evening at 18%% Eddy street.

PACIFIC LODGE, NO. 5 .- Meets every Friday evening at Champion Hall, Potrero.

HARMONY LODGE, No. 6 .- Meets every Tuesday eve- ning at 18% Eddy street.

ANCIENT ORDER OF FORRESTERS .- The objects of this order are to aid the sick members, give relief to their widows and orphans, to find employment for the unemployed, and all other benevolent purposes. This order lias been in existence from time immemo- rial, and its Ovurts are to be found in almost every civilized country. California District, organized December, 1879. T. B. DeWitt, D. C. R .; James Heal- ing, S. D. C. R .; Wm. M. Brown, D. Treasurer; Fred. C. Hensley, D. Secretary. Eleven Courts have been Organized in this city, viz:

COURT ROBIN HOOD, NO. 5931 .- Meets second and fourth Tuesdays of each month in Druid's Hall, 413 Sutter street.

COURT EUREKA, NO. 6146 .- Meets first and third Thursdays of each month in Red Men's Hall, 510 Bush street.

COURT AURORA, No. 6450 .- Meets first and third Wednesdays of each month in Red Men's Hall, 320 Post

COURT AMERICA, NO. 6454 .- Meets second and fourth Thursdays of each month in Champion Hall, Potraro.

COURT CALIFORNIA, NO. 6671 .- Meets first and third Tuesdays of each month in Grand Central Hall, 997 Market street.

COURT INVINCIBLE, NO. 6672 .- Meets firat and third Fridays of each month in Germania Hall, Oakland.

COURT OCCIDENTAL, NO. 6676. - Meets second and fourth Fridays of cach month in Shiels' Building, 32 O'Farrell street.

COURT GOLDEN GATE, NO. 6681 .- Meets second and fourth Tuesdays of each month in B'nai B'rith Hall, 121 Eddy street.

COURT SAN FRANCISCO, NO. 6744 .- Meets first and third Fridays of each month in Red Men's Hall, 510 Bush street.

COURT PRIDE OF CALIFORNIA, No. 1 (Juvenile Branch) .- Meets second and fourth Tuesdays of each month in Grand Central Hall, 997 Market street.

COURT YOUNG AMERICA, NO. 2 (Juvenile Branch) .- Meets first and third Saturdays of each month in Champion Hall, Potrero.

ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS .- Organized March 29, 1869. Headquarters, Irish-American Hall, Board of Directors, composed of all the Division Officers in the county, meets on the 20th of each month.

State Officers .- John Fitzsimmons, Oakland, State Delegate; J. C. O'Connor, State Secretary ; John Keefe, State Treasurer.

Patrick Harrington, County Delegate; M. F. Don- leavy, County Secretary ; J. W. Sheehy, County Treas- urer.

Eight Divisions have been organized in this city, viz:

DIVISION No. 1 .- Meets second Friday of each month in Irish-American Hall, 818 Howard street.

DIVISION No. 2 .- Meets first Thursday of each month in Irish-American Hall, 818 Howard street.

DIVISION No. 3 .- Meets third Tuesday of each month in Charter Oak Hall, 771 Market street.

DIVISION No. 4 .- Meets first Friday of each month in Irish-American Hall, 818 Howard street.

DIVISION No. 5 .- Meets first Wednesday of each month in Humboldt Hall, corner of Mission and Erie streets.

DIVISION NO. 6 .- Meets second Wednesday of each month in Irish-American Hall, 818 Howard street.

DIVISION No. 7 .- Meets second Tuesday of esch month in Hall, 429 Pacific street.

DIVISION No. 8 .- Meets first Tuesday of each month in St. Joseph's Hall, west side of Tenth street, be- tween Howard and Folsom.

ANCIENT ORDER OF UNITED WORKMEN .- This Order, which was first organized in the State by the institution of California Lodge No. 1 at West Oakland, August 21, 1875, has grown rapidly, until now it has assumed proportions, in respect to num- bers and organization, which places it in the front rank among our many secret benevolent orders. Over one hundred and sixty Lodges have been formed in the State, with an aggregate membership of nine thousand.

THE GRAND LODGE OF CALIFORNIA .- Organized 1877. Meets in San Francisco.

Officers .- C. W. Taylor, P. G. M. W .; W. H. Barnes, G. M. W .; J. T. Rogers, G. F. ; D. McClure, G. O .; H. G. Pratt. Grand Recorder; C. H. Haile, Grand Re- ceiver; Harry J. Lask, G. G .; Seneca Davis, G. W .; J. W. Kinsley, Grand Lecturer.

Twenty-four Lodges have been instituted in this city, viz:

SAN FRANCISCO LODGE NO. 4 .- Meets every Wednes- day at B'nai B'rith Hall, 121 Eddy street.

GOLDEN GATE LODGE NO. 8 .- Meets every Thurs- day at 32 O'Farrell street.

HARMONY LODGE NO. 9 .- Meets every Saturday at 913 Market street.

YERBA BUENA LODGE No. 14 .- Meets every Friday at 32 O'Farrell street.

BERNAL LODGE No. 19 .- Meets every Monday at corner of Sixteenth and Valencia streets.

UNITY LODGE NO. 27 .- Meets every Tuesday at B'nai B'rith Hall, 121 Eddy street.

VALLEY LODGE NO. 30 .- Meets every Wednesday st 32 O'Farrell street.

SPARTAN LODGE NO. 36 .- Meets every Friday at 32 O'Farrell street.

MYRTLE LODGE No. 42. - Meets every Saturday at 913 Market street.

WASHINGTON LODGE NO. 60 .- Meets every Thurs- day at B'nal B'rith Hall, 121 Eddy street.

SAN FRANCISCO LAUNDRY.

Washing well done at very Low Rates OFFICE. 33 GEARY ST

J. MACDONOUGH,

IMPORTER OF AND DEALER IN COAL AND PIG IRON, 41 Market Street, corner Spear.

SOCIETIES.

BURNS' LODGE NO. 68 .- Meets every Thursday at | taining a suitable structure for the accommodation of 913 Market atreet.

ST. JOHN'S LODGE NO. 73 .- Meeta every Thursday at 32 O'Farrell street.

MAGNOLIA LODGE No. 41 .- Meets every Monday at 32 O'Farrell atreet.

FRANKLIN LODGE No. 44 .- Meets every Friday at 32 O'Farrell street.

HERCULES LODGE NO. 53 .- Meets every Friday at Hamilton Hall, southwest corner Geary and Steiner streeta.

EXCELSIOR LODGE No. 126 .- Meeta every Thursday at Mayberry Hall, 2417 Mission street.

OLYMPIC LODGE NO. 127 .- Meets every Tuesday at 32 O'Farrell street.

FIDELITY LODGE NO. 136 .- Meets every Wednesday at 320 Post street.

BAY VIEW LODGE NO. 159 .- Meets every Friday at corner Railread and Seventeenth avenues, South San Francisco.

TRIUMPH LODGE No. 180 .- Meets every Tuesday at 320 Post street.

NOE VALLEY LODGE NO. 185 .- Meets every Tuesday in Edwards' Hall, southeast corner Jersey and San- chez street.

WORKMEN GUARANTEE FUND ASSOCIATION. -Incorporated January 22, 1880. Objects: To provide for the payment to the widow of a deceased member thereof a stipulated sum of money by contributions from its surviving members.

Officers-William H. Jordan, President; P. Veasey, Vice-President ; E. M. Reading, Secretary; H. G. Prince, Treasurer. Office 38 St. Ann's Building.

AUSTRIAN BENEVOLENT SOCIETY .- Organized September 24, 1870. Number of members, two hundred and twenty. Meets at 71 New Montgomery street, on the first and third Fridays of each month. Object- To assist needy members in case of sickness or dis- tress.

Officers .- N. P. Milloglav, President ; N. Bollinger, Recording Secretary; F. Kronenberg, Treasurer; An- tonio Francovich, Financial Secretary.

BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS .- Organized April 11, 1876. John Harnev, Dis- triet Deputy and Grand E. R.

SAN FRANCISCO LODGE, No 3 .- Meets every Sunday afternoon at Red Men's Hall, 510 Bush street. Num- ber of members one hundred.

Officers .- George Bell, E. R .; William White, E. L. K .; George Lynn, E. K .; Chris. Feldmann, E. L; H.F. Rattenbury, Secretary; J. C. Combes, Treasurer.

CALIFORNIA LODGE, No. 12 .- Organized March 9, 1879. Number of members, fifty. Meets every Sun- day at 32 O'Farrell street.

Officers .- L. Reynolds, E. R .; T. Redington, E. L. K .; J. T. Ktatz, E. K. ; H. Blankenstein, E. L .; C. E. Baker, Secretary ; Alfred Perrier, Treasurer.

B'NAI B'RITH-DISTRICT GRAND LODGE, NO. 4 .- Meets every fourth Sunday in January, at B'nai B'rith Building, 121 Eddy street.

Officers .- S. Hirschberg, President : F. Sperling, First Vice-President ; O. Ross, Second Vice-President; Louis Blank, Secretary: M. Kalmuck, Treasurer ; L. Danhauser, Guard ; J. Hyman, Messenger.

Nine lodges have been organized in thia city, all of which meet in the B'nai B'rith Building upon the following evenings, viz:

OPHIR LODGE, NO. 21 .- Meets every Wednesday.

UNITY LODGE, No. 273 .- Meets every Monday.

MODIN LODGE, NO. 42 .- Meets every Tuesday.

PACIFIC LODGE, No. 48 .- Meets every Wednesday. MONTEFIORE LODGE, No. 51 .- Meets every Sunday. COLUMDIA LODGE, No. 127 .- Meets every Monday. GOLDEN GATE LODGE, NO. 129 .- Meets every Wed- nesday. .

CALIFORNIA LODGE, NO. 163 .- Meets every Thurs- day.

CREMIEUX LODGE, No. 325 .- Mects every Monday.

B'NAI B'RITH HALL ASSOCIATION. - Incorporated April 9, 1878, for the purpose of building and main-

the order. Under its auspices & magnificent new four story hall building has been erected npon Eddy street, between Mason and Taylor, at a cost of, including the lot, $15,000. Grand dancing hall with stage arrange- ment, with perfect dining-room accomodation. The furnishing involved an additional outlay of $15,000. Six capacious halls are contained within the building, besides a library and reading room. The library con- tains about three thousand volumes.

Officers .- Emil Gunzberger, President ; Jacob Zo- bel, Vice-President; Louis Blank, Secretary ; Jules Cerf, Treasurer ; Jacob Gana, Librarian.

BOYS AND GIRLS' AID SOCIETY .- Incorporated September 15, 1874. Objects: To improve the condi- tion and promote usefulness of neglected and friend- less boys and girls of San Francisco, by furnishing them with free baths, lodgings, library. reading rooms, sewing school, gymnasium, music, lectures, etc .; by caring for them in sickness, and, in general, shielding them from temptation, deception, waut and distress. This work is sustained wholly by private subscriptions. . Office and Rooma, No. 68 Clementina street.

Officera .- Andrew McF. Davis, President; Jamea S. Bunnell, Secretary ; Dudley C. Bates, Treasurer ; J. H. Baker, Superintendent.

BRITISH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF CALIFOR- NIA .- Rooms, 531 California street.

This society was organized in 1865, for the purpose of affording relief to sick and destitute members and persons who were subjects of Great Britain at the time of their birth, and of promoting the social and intellectual improvement of its members. Between twelve and thirteen hundred members have been ad- mitted to membership, and there are now some two hundred and fifty paying members, including thir- teen life members, on the rolls. In May, 1867, the association was completely reorganized and incorpo- rated, and a constitution adopted, containing several admirable features, and, among others, provisions for free lectures, debates, and social concerts. From the time of its formation the affairs of the society have been carefully and judiciously managed, and its char- ity dispensed with prudent liberality. It has uniform- ly co-operated with the San Francisco Benevolent As- sociation, St. Andrew's Society, and other societies, and through its agency their burden has been greatly lightened ; many hundreds of sick and destitute men, women, and children effectively relieved, and a large number provided with employment. The relief given is, for the most part, temporary. The Board of Re- lief is in attendance daily from ten o'clock A.M. to one o'clock P.M. The regular meeting is held on the first Wednesday of each month, at seven and a half o'clock P. M.

Officera .- William Lane Booker, H. B. M. Consul, President ; S. L. Jones, First Vice-President ; Henry Austin, M. D., Second Vice-President ; H. A. Fox, Treasurer : J. P. McCurrie, Secretary ; Gomer Evana, Wm. G. Harrison, John T. Theobald. George Naun- ton, Board of Directors : D. B. Brown, Charles Hopps, J. Brewster, W. A. Spence, W. C. Lyons, James Sen- nett, W. M. Hinton, Board of Relief ; R. L. Pinching, M. D., A. Ratray, M. D., G. B. McLay, M. D., Board of Physiciana.

CALIFORNIA PRISON COMMISSION .- Organized November 27, 1865.

The objects of this association are the ameliora- tion of the condition of prisoners, the improve- ment of prisons and prisen discipline, and the aid and encouragement of discharged prisoners in their efforts to regain their forfeited positions and secure for themselves an honest livelihood.

Officers .- Ira P. Rankin, President ; Henry Gibbons, M. D., Vice-President; Rev. Jamea Woodworth, Sec- retary and General Agent ; Nathaniel Gray, Treasurer.

CALIFORNIA SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN .- Incorporated Sep- tember 2, 1876. Number of members, two hundred and three.

Objects : To provide waya and meana to secure the enforcement of au Act for the prevention of cruelty to chilldren, and to labor in the education of a public aentiment of humanity and gentlenesa toward chil- dren. Office, 614 Merchant street, room 23.

Officers .- Joseph W. Winans, President ; R. H. Mc- Donald, Treasurer ; Nathaniel Hunter, Secretary.

HARDWOOD LUMBER

JOHN WIGMORE, Office 133 Spear St. Yards: 129 to 147 Spear St., and 26, 28 Howard St.

D. HICKS & CO., Manufacturers Hotel Registers, 508 Montgomery St., cor. Commercial.

G. D. MORSE,

SAN FRANCISCO DIRECTORY.

CALIFORNIA STATE WOMAN'S HOSPITAL .- LO- cation Sacramento street, between Baker and Lyon. Inaugurated May, 1867. Organized May, 1868. In- corporated January, 1873.

This hospital is specially devoted to the treatment of diseases peculiar to women, and only such cases are admitted. It is open to all irrespective of creed or nationality. and offers the comforts of a home in addition to surgical and medieal treatment. The Wo- men's Hospital exists as a purely medical charity, and gives relief to two classes of patients: 1st. To those who are destitute and unable to pay anything. 2d. Those whose means are too limited to enable them to pay for private medical attendance, by pay- ment of a moderate sum for board, receive medical attendance, medicine and nursing without charge. The surgeon in chief receives no remuneration for

his services. Out patients treated gratuitously by the House Physician. Application for admission must be made to the Lady Managers, the Matron at the Hospital, or to Dr. John Scott, 729 Sutter street.

Officers .- E. P. Murphy, President ; J. R. Bolton, Vice-President ; Samuel O. Hunt, Secretary and Treas- urer ; John Scott, M. D., F. R. C. S., Surgeon in Chief ; Chas. E. Blake, M. D., House Physician ; Mrs. Helen J. Hollingsworth, Matron ; Mrs. B. B. Redding, Mrs. D. F. Neal, Mrs. W. M. Searby, Lady Managers:

CAMBRIAN MUTUAL AID SOCIETY OF SAN FRANCISCO .- Incorporated September 3, 1869. Num- ber of members, two hundred and ten. Meets second Monday of each month at Cambrian Hall, 1133 Mis- sion street. Object: To assist its members in case of sickness or want.

Officers .- Thomas Priee, President ; H. A. Powell, First Vice-President; W. A. Jones, Second Vice- President ; S. L. Jones, Treasurer ; John Edwards, Corresponding and Financial Secretary: Joseph A. Davis, Recording Secretary ; J. T. Evans, Owen Jones, D. J. Lewis, Evan Watts, L. J. Llewellyn, J. L. Dan- iels and Charles R. Jones, Board of Directors.

CANADIAN ASSOCIATION .- Organized March 5, 1877. Mects second and fourth Tuesday of each month, at B'nai B'rith Hall, 121 Eddy street. Num- ber of members, two hundred and fifty. Objects: The promotion of more friendly intercourse among Canadians on this coast, for mutual assistance in se- curing employment for those in search of such, and for benevolent purposes.

Officers .- Charles E. Hunt, President ; Jaines W. Harris, First Vice-President ; W. J. McCormick, Sec- ond Vice-President ; R. S. Falconer, Treasurer ; Adam Gilliland, Recording Secretary ; W. G. Buchanan, Fi- nancial Secretary ; A. H. Walker, Marshal.

CELTIC PROTECTIVE AND BENEVOLENT SO- CIETY .- Organized August 23, 1873. Number of mem- bers, one hundred and seventy-five. Meets every third Wednesday evening of each month at Irish- American Hall, 818 Howard street.

Objects : To extend aid and assistance to members in case of sickness or accident, to bury the dead, to afford mutual protection in business, and to elevate the character of its members.

Officers .- Joseph Monaghau, President ; P. Curley, Vice-President : John Cunningham, Recording Secre- tary ; Geo. Williams, Financial Secretary ; D. Farrell, Treasurer.

CHEBRA ACHIM RACHMONIM ASSOCIATION .- Organized October 26,1862. Meetings held the first Sunday of each month at B'nai B'rith Hall, 121 Eddy street. Number of members, one hundred and twenty- five.

Their object is to relieve and care for the sick, in- firm, and disabled members of the society, etc. The funds and property of the society constitute a Charity Fund.

Officers .- I. Baer, President : M. II. Lichtenstein, Vice-President; Charles Grosslicht, Secretary; J. L. Franklin, Treasurer.

CHEBRA BENAI YISRAEL SOCIETY .- Organ- ized September, 1861. Incorporated May, 1868. Meet- ings held the third Sunday of each month at B'nal B'rith IIall, 121 Eddy street. Number of members, one hundred and forty.

Object : To afford relief to its members in case of sickness or distress.

Officers .- S. Zemansky, President ; A. Bernstein, Recording Secretary ; M. Livingston, Treasurer.

CHEBRA BIKUR CHOLIM UKEDISHA SOCIETY- Organized February, 1857. Meetings held the second Sunday of each month at B'nai B'rith Building, 121 Eddy street. The object of this society is to aid its · members in case of sickness or distress.

Officers .- S. Henry, President ; W. Myer, Secretary ; W. Geist, Treasurer.

CHEBRA B'RITH SHALOM SOCIETY .- Organized July 8, 1860. Meetings held the first Sunday of each month at 32 O'Farrell street. Number of members, one hundred and thirty-five. Object: To aid its mem- bers in case of sickness or distress.

Officers. - S. Patek, President ; L. Licht, Secre- tary; A. P. Craner, Treasurer.

CHEBRA OHAVAI SHALOM SOCIETY .- Organized July 26, 1874. Meetings held the second Sunday of each month, at B'nai Brith Hall, 121 Eddy street. Number of members, seventy-five.

Officers .- Julius Stamper, President; J. Israelsky, Secretary; W. Davis, Treasurer.

CHEBRA OHOBATH ZION SOCIETY-Incorporated October 7, 1870. Meetings held the third Sunday of each month at B'nai B'rith Hall, 121 Eddy street. Ob- ject: Mutual relief of its members.

Officers .- A. M. Silverstein, President ; A. Zimmer- man, Vice-President; Jacob Gans, Secretary ; D. Davis, Treasurer.

EUREKA BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. - Organized October, 1850, to assist poor and needy Hebrews in want or sickness. Number of members, five hundred and forty-three, who pay one dollar each per month, besides an additional sum of twenty-five cents, for the support of widows and orphans, The society has & fund on interest. Office, 414 Clay street.

Officers .- Henry Epstein, President ; S. Hahn, Vice- President; Leo Eloesser, Secretary ; Aaron Cahn, Treas- urer.

EXEMPT FIRE COMPANY .- Organized Decem- ber 8, 1862, in pursuance of an Act of the Leg- islature, approved March 26, 1857, which pro- vides that Exempt Members of the Department may organize themselves to be known and des- ignated as the "Exempt Fire Company, " and for the purpose of associating themselves together for mutual benefit and assistance, and for the more especial object of receiving and administering the "Fire Department Charitable Fund," from which they are entitled by law to relief. Reorganized April 15, 1872, under a supplementary Act of the Legislature, approved March 14, 1872. Meetings of the company are held on the third Monday of each month, at their hall on Brenham Place.

Officers .- John W. Cherry, President; Edward T. Anthony, and Paulin Huant, Vice-Presidents ; George W. Corbell, Secretary ; A. Wason, Treasurer.

FIREMEN'S MUTUAL BENEVOLENT ASSOCIA- TION .- Organized 1868. Reorganized May 7, 1874. It includes all the officers and members of the Paid Fire Department, and has for its object the creation and maintenance of a fund for benev- olent purposes in their behalf. An assess- ment of one dollar per month is made on all mem- bers, and benefits to the amount of ten dollars per week are paid members during sickness. Special as- sessments of one dollar on all'members is also made upon the death of a member, the amount realized be- ing applied first to funeral expenses, the residue go- ing to the heirs of deceased.

Officers-Ed. B. Cotter, President: A. C. Imbrie, Secretary ; Frank G. Edwards, Treasurer; Edward Fla- herty, John Mason, Fred. C. Siebe and David Scan- nell, Trustees.

FIRST HEBREW BENEVOLENT SOCIETY .- Or- ganized in 1849, to assist needy Hebrews in sickness and in want. Reorganized 1853. Incorporated 1862. Number of members, three hundred. Office of Secre- tary, cor Post and Taylor streets.

Officers-C. Meyer, President; L. Brown, Vice-Pres- ident; Julius Neuman, Treasurer; Isaiah Cohn, Sec- retary; Isaac Joseph, Israel Solomon, M. Wurkheim, Wm. Saalburg, Julius Platshek and A. P. Craner, Trustees.

FIRST HEBREW LADIES' MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION .- Organized Jannary 10, 1864. Meet- ings held second Sunday of each month, at B'nai

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SOCIETIES.

B'rith Building, 121 Eddy street. Number of members, one hundred and sixteen. The object of this associa- tion is to establish an institution for mutual assist- ance to ladies of the Hebrew faith who may become members of the society; to furnish a physician and medicine, a weekly benefit to sick members, and, on death of a member, to defray the funeral expenses.

Officers .- L. Solomon, President; J. Hyman, Vice- President; Louis Licht, Secretary ; D. Levy, Treasurer.

FRENCH MUTUAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY (So- ciete Française de Bienfaisance Mutuelle.) -Estab- lished December 28, 1851. This is a Mutual Relief Society, established for the purpose of affording as- sistance to its members in case of sickness. The rooms of the society are located at 510 Jackson street. The commodious hospital on Bryant street, between Fifth and Sixth, forms a very important addition to the charitable institutions of the city. The Central Pharmacy of the Society is open every day (Sundays excepted), between one and four o'clock P. M., at 510 Jackson street.

Officers .- H. Barroilhet, President ; A. Schroder, First Vice-President ; I. Boudin, Second Vice-Presi- dent; G. Wolff, Treasurer ; X. Mefret, First Secretary ; E. Masounette, Second Secretary ; F. Bazan, M. D .; A. St. Paul, M. D. ; Bernard Hoffstetter, M. D., Physi- cians; N. J. Martinache, M. D., Oculist ; Charles Bourquin, Dentist.

GAMBRINUS BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION (Ger- man) .- Organized May 19, 1877. Number of members, one hundred and twenty-five. Object: To aid its members and their families in case of sickness and distress. Meets first Saturday evening iu every month at 510 Bush street.

Officers .- John Hagler, President; Caspar Ritt- meier, Vice-President; Jacob Roherer, Treasurer ; William Pircher, Secretary ; Fritz Krug, Financial Secretary.

GERMAN GENERAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF SAN FRANCISCO (styled in German, Die Allgemeine Deutsche Understuetzungs Gesellschaft) .- Is one of the largest and most efficient charitable institutions in the State. It was organized on the seventh of January, 1854, with one hundred and five members, and has rapidly increased, until now it numbers two thousand four hundred and thirty-three city mem- bers.

Only Germans and persons speaking German are admitted to membership. The chief purpose of the association is mutual assistance in case of sickness, and when sick every member has a right to demand support and medical attendance from the society. The society has a second purpose of doing charity to Germans not members of the association, and especi: ally to German immigrants newly arrived. For this purpose the society has expended during its existence about $300,000. The hospital of the society, located on the block bounded by Fourteenth, Ridley, Noe and Castro streets, is built after the most improved plans of modern hospital architecture, and has ac- commodations for three hundred patients. It was formally opened February 22, 1878, and replaces the loss of their old hospital on Brannan street, which was burned August 28, 1876.

The office is at 535 California street, where the prin- cipal agent, Eugene Roemer, can be found from eight o'clock A. M. to five o'clock P. M., on week days. All applications for admission into the society, or for charitable relief, and to furnish employment or ser- vants to applicants, should be addressed to the agent. No charge for application.

Officers .- J. A. Bauer, President ; F. H. Rosenbaum, First Vice-President ; A. G. Russ, Second Vice- Presi- dent : F. C. Siebe, Treasurer : Ad. Hochstein, Corres- ponding Secretary ; Cæsar Bertheau, Recording Sec- retary ; C. Herrmann, F. Hufschmidt, H. H. Hencke, H. Schroeder, F. Hess and F. Hageman, Directors.

GERMAN LADIES' GENERAL BENEVOLENT SO- CIETY .- Organized 1870. Object : To aid the poor and distressed German women of San Francisco. Number of members two hundred and fifty. Meets first Monday in each month at 312 Post street.

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Langley's San Francisco directory for the year commencing 1882, Part 11

Author: Publication date: 1882 Publisher: San Francisco : Francis, Valentine & Co. Number of Pages: 1146

Author:
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: San Francisco : Francis, Valentine & Co.
Number of Pages: 1146