Langley's San Francisco directory for the year commencing 1894, Part 16

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FRAME MAKERS' AND GILDERS' UNION. - Meets second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 737 Mission street.

FURNITURE WORKERS' UNION, NO. 15 .- Meets every Tuesday evening at 1153 Mission street.

GERMAN AMERICAN TYPOGRAPHIA, NO. 22 .- Meets at 539 California street.

HARNESS MAKERS' UNION, NO. 927 .- Meets every Wednesday at 927 Mission street.

IRON MOLDERS' UNION, NO. 164 .- Meets every Mon- day evening at 121 Eddy street.

JOURNEYMEN BAKERS' UNION, NO. 51 .- Meets at Federation Hall, 816 Howard street.

JOURNEYMEN BARBERS' LEAGUE. - Meets at 46 O'Farrell street.

JOURNEYMEN HORSESHOERS' UNION .- Meets every Monday evening at 927 Mission street.

MUSICIANS' MUTUAL PROTECTIVE UNION, No. 10 .- Meets 39 Fourth street.

PATTERN MAKERS' UNION .- Meets st 121 New Mont- gomery street.

TANNERS' AND CURRIERS' UNION .- Meets every Wednesday evening at cor of Twenty-fourth and Folsom atreets.

TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, No. 21 .- Meets last Sunday of each month st 2 P. M. at Shiels Building, 32 O'Farrell street.

UNITED BREWERY WORKMEN OF THE P. C .- Meets at 1153 Mission street.

UPHOLSTERERS' UNION .- Meets at Forresters' Hall, Eddy street.

WHITE COOKS' AND WAITERS' PROTECTIVE UNION .- Meets every Tuesday evening at 410 Kearny street.

JEWELERS' MUTUAL AID SOCIETY .- Meets sec- ond and fourth Friday in each month at A. O. F. Hall, 102 O'Farrell street.

Officers .- Gustave Pohlmann, President; Wm. Donahue, Vice-President ; Henry Blundel, Recording Secretary; C. Rudolph, Financial Secretary; Ferdi- nand Heiduska, Treasurer.

JOURNEYMAN BARBERS UNION .- Organized July 3, 1890. Object-Protective and benevolent. Meets every Tuesday evening, at 737 Mission street.

Officers .- J. Klitch, President ; P. H. Brown, Sec- retary.

JOURNEYMAN BUTCHERS' PROTECTIVE AND BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO .- Meets Tuesday evening at the South San Francisco Masonic Building.

Officers .- William Feiber, President; Eugene Har- rington ; Recording Secretary.

JOURNEYMEN SHIPWRIGHTS' ASSOCIATION .- Organized April 1, 1857. Re-organized April 23, 1863. Number of members, 270. Meet fourth Thursday of each month at 737 Mission street.

Officers .-- Charles Melliah, President; M. Campbell, Secretary; J. W. Denny, Treasurer.

LUMBER SURVEYORS' ASSOCIATION .- Organ- ized February, 1884. Number of members, thirty- six. Meet first Monday in each month at their rooms, 9 Mission street. Object-Mutual protection and the concentration of its members for uniformity of action.

Officers .- W. G. Whidden, Secretary.

LONGSHORE LUMBERMEN'S PROTECTIVE AS- SOCIATION .- Meets first and third Friday of each month in Drews' Hall, 121 New Montgomery street. Objects-Protective and Benevolent.

MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION OF CALIFOR- NIA .- Incorporated November 13, 1883. This Asso- ciation has no capital stock.

Geo. C. Hickox, Secretary, Mutual Life Building.

MARINE ENGINEERS' ASSOCIATION, No 35 .- Organized July 27, 1882. Object, mutual welfare. Meet in Alcazar Hall every Tuesday evening.

Officers .- John J. Searey, President; Charles S. True, Corresponding and Recording Secretary; W. D. Nelson, Financial Secretaryand Librarian.

MASTER PLUMBERS' ASSOCIATION .- Organized for the protection of the trade and to secure & higher standard of work. John L. E. Firmin, Correspond- ing Secretary, 1244 Valencia street ; J. B. Butterworth, Recording and Financial Secretary, 1809 Polk street. Meets on the first and third Fridays of each month at NE corner O'Farrell and Stockton.

MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE ASSOCIATION .- Incor- porated June 1, 1968. Capital, $250,000. Office, Mer- chant's Exchange Building, California street, between Montgomery and Sansome. The object of this corpor- ation is the promotion of the interest of trade and commerce.

Officers .- O. S. Laumeister, President; H. Sinshel. mer, Vice-President ; J. M. Shotwell, Manager; H. T. Emery, Secretary.

MILLMEN'S PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION .- Com- prising the planing mill proprietors of San Fran- cisco, Oakland, Alameda and East and West Berkeley. Meet every Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 at 314 Mont- gomery street, room 13.

NATIONAL RESERVE ASSOCIATION .- San Fran- cisco Lodge, No. 57, meeta at 32 O'Farrell. A. F. Ab- bott, President ; H. G. Watraus, Secretary.

OCCIDENTAL TROTTING AND PACING ASSO- CIATION .- F. W. Kelley, Sec'y, 313 Bush.

PACIFIC COAST TROTTING HORSE BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION .- F. W. Kelley, secretary, 313 Bush

PACIFIC STOCK EXCHANGE .- Meetings held daily, morning and afternoon, at 316 Montgomery street, between California and Pine streets.

Officers .- Robert G. Horn, President; Stephen Otis, Vic-President; E. Moran, Secretary; J.B. Bourne, Chairman.

PORTUGUESE PROTECTIVE AND BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION .- Incorporated August, 1868. Meets the second and last Thursdays of each month, &t 8 P. M., at 510 Bush street.

RETAIL GROCERS' COLLECTION BUREAU .- E. I. Plieger, Manager, 121 Post street, rooms 9-11.

RETAIL GROCERS' PROTECTIVE UNION .- Organized April 1, 1871. Meets second and fourth Wednesday of every month, at 121 Post street, rooms 9-11.

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PALMER & REY TYPE FOUNDRY, 405 and 407 SANSOME ST., San Francisco, Cal.

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This is an association of retail grocers, organized for the purpose of protecting its members against bad debtors and all general abuses in the grocery trade.

Officers .- John C. Nobmann, President ; J. J. Hayes, Vice-President : E. I. Flieger, Secretary ; John E. A. Helms, Treasurer.

RIGGERS' AND STEVEDORES' UNION ASSOCIA- TION .- Organized July 25, 1853, for the regulation of wages and the protection of each other. Number of members two hundred. Meets every Monday evening at 808 Montgomery street.

RIGGERS PROTECTIVE UNION OF SAN FRAN- CISCO .- Organized in 1874. reorganized in 1886, 207 Steuart, first Wednesday of the month. T. H. Sillers, President; John Hollaud, Vice-President; John Rockert, Secretary ; Lewis Arvin, Treasurer.

SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF PROVISION PACK- ERS .- Organized September 1, 1874. Meets at call of the President. Objects-Mutual benefit of the members, and to promote the interests of the trade generally. Frank Rossbach, Secretary. Office of Secretary, 517 Washington street.

SAN FRANCISCO CLEARING HOUSE .- Office 211 Sansome street.

Officers .- Thomas Brown, President; John D. McKee, Secretary ; Charles Sleeper, Manager.

SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY .- Organized February 4, 1868. Meetings held at 32 O'Farrell street, on the second Tuesday of each month at 8 P. M.

Officers .- Wm. Watt Kerr, M. D., President; H. E. Sanderson, M. D., First Vice-President : H. M. Sher- man.M. D., Second Vice-President ; A. P. Woodward. M. D .. Recordiug Secretary ; Winslow Anderson. M. D., Assistant Recording Secretary ; L. M. F.Wanzer, M.D., Corresponding Secretary; W. S. Whitwell, M. D., Treasurer ; D. W. Montgomery. M. D., Librarian and Curator ; Henry Gibbons, Jr., M. D., Wm. F. McNutt, M. D., and Jas. Simpson, M. D., Trustees.

SAN FRANCISCO DENTAL ASSOCIATION .- Or- ganized October 5,1869. Number of members about fifty. Meets at Union Square Hall, 421 Post, the second Monday evening in each month.

Officers .- C. L. Goddard, President; F. C. Pague, Corresponding Secretary, 918 Market ; G. N. Van Or- den, Recording Secretary.

SAN FRANCISCO PRINTING PRESSMEN'S UNION .- Established in March, 1886. Number of members, 147. Meets at 620 Bush on the first and third Wednesdays of each month.

Offirers .- Frank O'Neill, President; W. F. Barry, Vice-President; J. H. Roxburgh, Recording Secre- tary ; F. Caler, Financial Secretary ; W. 8. Eveleth, Treasurer.

SAN FRANCISCO PRODUCE EXCHANGE .- Orga- nized September 15, 1867. Number of members two hundred. Meets daily at half past ten o'clock A. M .. in rooms in Merchants Exchange, 425 California street, between Montgomery and Sansome. Object- To promote the interest and convenience of dealers in domestic produce.

Officers .- C. S. Laumeister, President; H. Sinshei- mer, Vice-President; T. C. Friedlander, Secretary ; Jas. W. Sperry, Treasurer. Secretary's office, 24 Mer- chants' Exchange Bldg.

SAN FRANCISCO PRODUCE EXCHANGE CALL BOARD ASSOCIATION .- Organized August 3, 1882. Number of members, two hundred. Daily sessions, 10 and 11:15 A. M. and 2 P. M.

Officers .- C, S. Laumeister, President ; H. Sinahei- mer, Vice-President ; T. J. Parsons, Treasurer ; James W. Sperry, Secretary. Secretary's office, 24 Mer- chants' Exchange Bidg.

SAN FRANCISCO RETAIL DRUGOISTS' ASSO- CIATION .- C. A. Bayly, President; R. E. White, sec- retary, 400 Hayes.

SAN FRANCISCO SHIP CALKERS' ASSOCIATION. -Organized october 23, 1878. Number of members one hundred and sixty-four. Meets third Tuesday of each month in Drews' Hall. T. F. Maugan, Sec- retary.

Officers .- George E. Connolly, President; John Comyns, Vice-President ; Thomas F. Mangan, Secre- tary; Lawrence Comyna, Treasurer.

SAN FRANCISCO STOCK AND EXCHANGE BOARD .- Organized September 11, 1862. Meetings held daily at 9:30 A. M., aud 2:30 P. M., at 331 Pine street.

Officers .- William Edwards, President; A. B. Rng- gles, Vice-President ; O. V. Walker, Chairman; Geo. T. Marye, Jr., Treasurer; Fred. W. Hadley, Secretary.

SAN FRANCISCO TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, NO 21 .- Organized 1872. Number of members, eleven hundred and fifty. Meets on the last Sunday of every month, at 32 O'Farrell street. Rooms 606 Montgom- ery street.

Officers .- A. C. Schwatka, President ; W. B. Benoist, Secretary.

SCAVENGERS' PROTECTIVE UNION .- Organized August 17, 1879. Meets every Saturday evening at 1628 Powell street. Number of members about two hundred.

SHIP AND STEAMBOAT JOINERS' PROTEC- TIVE ASSOCIATION .- Organized February, 1881. Meets third Wednesday of each month in Drews' Hall, 121 New Montgomery street.

SPORTSMAN'S CLUB OF CALIFORNIA. - Organ- ized February, 1876. Incorporated August, 1876. Num ber of members, sixty. Objects, preservation of fish and game, and retention of fishing preserves, etc. Office, 132 Market street, room 15.

STEAMSHIP SAILORS' PROTECTIVE UNION OF THE PACIFIC COAST .- Organized April 21, 1886. Object, mutual protection. Number of members, seven hundred. Meets every Tuesday at 9 Mission street.

STEVEDORE ENGINEERS' PROTECTIVE ASSO- CIATION .- Meets first and third Friday of every month at St. George's Hall.

THE STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE .- Officers- John Perry, Jr., President ; Aug. Helbing, Vice-Pres- ident; R. G. Brown, Chairman; Edward Barry, Secretary ; Daniel Meyer, Treasurer ; 22 Merchants' Exchange.

N. GRAY & CO., UNDERTAKERS, 641-643-645 Sacramento street.

Literary, Scientific, Etc.

ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC. THE-(Incorporated.) Rooms at 819 Market street, San Francisco.

Correspondence should be addressed to either of the Secretaries as below. W. W. Campbell, Lick Observa- tory, Mount Hamilton ; F. R. Ziel, Secretary and Treasurer, 410 California street, San Francisco.

BAR ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO .- Organ- ized April 20, 1872. Number of members, about two hundred. Objects: To maintain the honor and dignity of the profession of the law, to increase its usefulness in promoting the due administration of justice, and to cultivate social intercourse among its members. Rooms, 530 California street.

Officers .- Edward R. Taylor. President; R. G. Hayne, Senior Vice-President; W. H. Fifield, Junior Vice-President; E. B. Holladay, Secretary ; C. E. A. Foerster. Corresponding Secretary; John M. Burnett, Treasurer.

CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES .- Organ- ized April 4, 1853. Number of members, two hun- dred and forty. Academy of Sciences Building, 819 Market street.

H. W. Harkness, President; H. H. Behr, First Vice- President; J. G. Cooper, Second Vice-President; George A. Moore, Corresponding Secretary; Charles G. Yale, Recording Secretary; L. H. Foot, Treasurer ; Carlos Troyer, Librarian; J. Z. Davis, Director of Museum.

Board of Trustees .- Charles F. Crocker, Chairman ; D. E. Hayes, W. O. Burnett, George C. Perkins, E. J. Molera, Adolph Sutro and John Taylor.

The regular stated meetings of the Academy are held on the first and third Monday evenings of each month.

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SOCIETIES.

CALIFORNIA ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY .- Beets at rooms of California State Board of Horti- culture, 220 Sutter street. Ed. M. Ehrhorn, Presi- dent ; Alexander Craw, Secretary.

CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. - Incorpo- rated as the Historical Society of the State of Cali- fornia. April 29, 1852. Reorganized in 1878. Reincor- porated March 5, 1886. Objects: To collect, preserve and diffuse information relating to history. Meetings on the second Tuesday evening of each month. Rooms, 819 Market street.

Hon. James V. Coffey, President; A. S. Hubbard, Secretary and Librarian.

CALIFORNIA PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY AND COLLEGE OF PHARMACY .- The society was incor- porated December 10, 1871. The college was incorpo- rated August 7, 1872, and affiliated with the Univer- sity of California June 18, 1873. The society and college were consolidated January, 1878. Lectures given at the Hall of the College of Pharmacy, 113 Fulton street, between Polk and Van Ness avenue, for a term of six months.

The main object of the institution is to unite the apothecaries of this State in organized efforts to ele- vate the standing of those engaged in the profession. The society meets quarterly or oftener for the discus- sion of topics of scientific and practical interest to the pharmacist.

Officers .- Frank T. Green, President ; J. H. Daw- son, First Vice-President ; S. H. Melvin, Second Vice- President; Geo. J. Harvey, Corresponding and Re- cording Secretary ; R. E. White, Treasurer ; E A. Beckett. John Calvert, E. P. Gates, C. A. Seifert, O. J. Schmelz, Frank M. Boswell, O. A. Weihe, Board of Trustees.

CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL ARTS .- Incorporated in 1885. Objects: To educate California boys and girls in the practical arts of life. Has an endowment of $540,000, left by James Lick, which has not yet been paid over by the Lick Trustees.

Officers .- Horace Davis, President; A. S. Hallidie, Vice-President; Jas. S. Bunnell, Secretary; Horace Davis, A. S. Hallidie, J. O. Earl, Horatio Stebbins, D. D., and John H. Boalt, Trustees.

CALIFORNIA STATE DENTAL ASSOCIATION .- L. A. Teague, President ; W. Z. King, Recording Sec- retary ; C. E. Post, 14 Grsut avenue, Corresponding Secretary.

Next meeting will be held in San Francisco the second Tuesday in July, 1895, at the Dental College, corner Taylor and Market streets.

CALIFORNIA STATE HORTICULTURAL SO- CIETY .- Organized September. 1879. Number of mem- bers, one hundred and fifty. Objects-To promote the science and practice of horticulture in all its branches. Meets at 220 Sutter street at 12:30 A. M. on last Friday of each month. B. M. Lelong, President, San Fran- cisco; E. J. Wickson, Berkeley, Secretary. Office, 220 Sutter.

CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU .- Organ- ized under an Act of the Legislature entitled " An Act to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a Mining Bureau," approved April 16, 1880. The ob- jects of the Bureau, as set forth in the first section of the Act, are as follows: "There shall be and is hereby established in this State, a Mining Bureau, the prin- cipal office of which shall be maintained in the City of San Francisco, at which place there shall be col- lected by the State Mineralogist, and preserved for study and reference, specimens of all the geological and mineralogical substances, including mineral waters, found in this State, especially those possess- ing economic or commercial value, which apecimens Shall be marked, arranged, classified and described, and a record thereof preserved, showing the character thereof. and the place from whence obtained. The State Mineralogist shall also, as he has opportunity and means, collect, and in like manner preserve at said office, minerals, rocks, and fossila of other States, Territories and countries. and the collections so made shall at all reasonable hours be open to publicinspec- tion, examination and study." The Bureau is now lo- cated in Pioneers' Building, west side Fourth street. between Market and Mission, where spacious rooms, filled with specimens, are open daily to visitors, free

from 10 A. M. to 5 P. M. The museum will be found very interesting and instructive to tourists as well as our own citizens.

J. Z. Davis, President; W. S. Lyle, W. S. Keyes, Thos. B. Bishop and J. E. Doolittle, Trustees ; J. J. Crawford, State Mineralogist.

CALIFORNIA STATE RETAIL DRUGGISTS' AS- SOCIATION .- For protection in trade interests. Johu Calvert (San Francisco) President ; C. F. Hetuze- man (Los Angeles) First Vice-President ; W. C. Smith (Oakland) Second Vice-President ; S. A. McDonnell, Treasurer ; Richard E. White, Secretary, 400 Hayes street.

FIRE UNDERWRITERS' ASSOCIATION OF THE PACIFIC .- Organized February, 1876. Meets at 303 California street. Object: Mutual improvement in Insurance matters.

Officers .- Rollo V. Watt, President; V. C. Drif- field, Vice-President; R. W. Osborn, Secretary and Treasurer.

FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY, THE .- Organized 1879. Location New City Hall, second floor. Branches : No. 1, corner Twenty-second and Valencia streets; No. 2, Kentucky street near Butte, Potrero; No. 3, 1801 Stockton street ; No. 4, 809 Point Lobos Av.

This institution was provided for in the Act passed by the Legislature in April, 1880, authorizing the cres- tion and maintenance of free libraries, and empower- ing the Supervisora to levy a tax of not exceeding one mill on the dollar for their support. The library was formally opened June 7, 1879, with about 6,162 volumes, (magazines and periodicals not in- cluded), together with a newspaper department. At this time there are nearly 78,000 volumes in the Library. Between 25,000 and 28,000 are circulated each month. Number of Home Cards issued, 15,000. The library is open on secular days fromn 9 A. M. to 9 P. M. On Sundays from 1 P. M. to 5 P. M.

Officers .- A. L. Mann, President: Edward J. Casey, Secretary ; J. Vance Cheney, Librarian.

GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA .- Incorporated December 11th, 1891. Academy of Sciencea Building. First-Lectures are given monthly and occasionally bi-monthly, either by native or foreign travelera or by qualified scientists. Second-Aid will be given, when the society tias sufficient funds in hand, to exploring expeditions on this coast or elsewhere. Third-The society re- ceives information from naval officera with regard to points of geographical interest, changes of currents, climatic variations or other phenomena, and keeps a record of them for consultation. Fourth-A library of books of travel and other kindred subjects, together with maps, is being rapidly accumulated. Fifth-One bulletin has already been published for home dis- tribution and interchange with scientific societies throughout the world. and will be followed period- ically by others. Sixth-Conversaziones will take place at stated periods, at which members of the society will have the privilege of introducing their friends. The initiation fee for "Fellows" (F. G. S. C.) is ten dollara, and monthly dues one dollar. Life membership, one hundred dollars; no dues. Associate members, not taking part in the manage- ment, five dollars per annum ; no dues. Ladies ad- mitted as members of either of the above classes. Library and rooms open from 10 A. M. to 6 P. M.

President, Fred. Wm. D'Evelyn, M. B. C. M., Edin- burgh; First Vice-President, Rev. Frederic J. Mas- tera, D. D. ; Second Vice-President, Frank Shay ; Di- rectors, A. L. Bancroft, Dorville Libby, Cyril W. Newall George W. Davis. M. D., George A. Moore, Hon. W. H. Pratt and S. H. Strite ; Treasurer, Edwin Fretwell, President American Bank'and Trust Co .; Secretary, P. MacEwen ; Bankers, American Bank and Trust Co .; Honorary Council, Colonel Charles F. Crocker, Daniel A. Goodsell (Bishop of the Metho- dist Church), Stephen T. Gage, A. S. Hallidie, H. E. Huntington, Colonel J. P. Jackson, Professor Martin Kellogg (President of University of California), Hon. E. Mckinstry, Colonel Geo. H. Morrison, John Ro- aenfeld, G. Howard Thompson and John J. Valentine.

GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC .- Organized March 16, 1881. Incorporated January 5, 1892. Office, Mercantile Library Bldg, room 35. Objects: To encourage Geographical explo-

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ration and discovery ; to investigate and disseminate Geographical information by discussion, lectures and publications ; to establish in this, the chief city of the Pacific States, for the benefit of commerce, navigation and the industrial and material inter- ests of the Pacific Slope, a place where the means will be afforded of obtaining accurate information, not only of the countries bordering on the Pacific Ocean, but of every part of the habitable globe : to accumulate a library of the best books on Geography, History and Statistics; to make a collection of the most recent Maps and Charts-especially those which relate to the Pacific Coast, the Islands of the Pacific, and the Pacific Ocean ; and to enter into correspon- dence with scientific and learned societies whose ob- jects include or sympathize with Geography.

Officers .- George Davidson, President ; T. E. Sle- vin. Ralph C. Harrison and Irving M. Scott, Vice- Presidents : Harry Durbrow, Treasurer; John Part- ridge, Secretary ; T. F. Trenor, A. M., Assistant Secre- tary ; E. J. Bowen, Louis L. Nelson. Prof. George Da- vidson, Thomas E. Slevin, LL. D., John Partridge, Harry Durbrow, Captain C. L. Taylor, Board of Di- rectors.

Meets each month in the Society rooms, Mercantile Library Building, Van Ness Av.

LIGUE NATIONALE FRANCAISE .- Organized Au- gust 4, 1871. Meets third Monday of each month, at 305 Larkin street. Objects: To promote friendship, harmony, and intelligence among the French resi- dents of California, and enable them to co-operate in enterprises of general importance.

Officers .- Daniel Levy, President; E. Marque, First Vice-President; A. Goustiaux, Second Vice-President ; E. Meyer, Treasurer; Ed. Godchaux and A. Lemarde- lay, Secretaries ; A. Masson, Librarian and Secretary.

The library belonging to the society contains about sixteen thousand volumes, partly voluntary dona- tions. Any person may have access to the reading room, being acceptable to the Board of Trustees and paying an initiatory fee of one dollar, and fifty cents monthly, due in advance. Open every day from 12 to 6 p. M., and from 7:30 to 10 P. M., except Sundays and legal holidays.

MARINERS' FREE READING ROOM .- Northeast corner of Sacramento and Drumm streets. Estab- lished March 21. 1876, for the purpose of affording marinera visiting this port, and others, opportunity of reading the local, Eastern, and foreign newspapers, and periodicals, free of charge. The library contains over a thousand volumes.

MARK HOPKINS INSTITUTE OF ART, south- east corner California and Mason streets.

MECHANICS' INSTITUTE .- Organized March 29, 1855. Location, 31 Post street. The design and ob- jects of this Association are to cultivate a social feel- ing of friendship, and the mntual improvement of its members ; the dissemination of information and useful knowledge by the establishment of a library of circulation and reference, & Museum and Reading Room, the formation of classes and delivery of lec- tures for tuition, the collection of a cabinet, scientific apparatus, works of art, the purchase of property and erection of buildings for the requirementa of the In- stitute, and for any scientific, mechanical and liter- sry purpose

The society has a Reading Room well supplied with the leading scientific and literary periodicals and a valuable library containing sixty-seven thousand volumes, including many rare scientific worka. Night classes providing instruction in mechanical, architectural and free hand drawing, and lec- tures on popular subjects. Any person may be- come a member, being acceptable to the Board of Trustees, by paying a fee of one dollar, and one dollar and fifty cents quarterly dues in ad- vance. The Institute also owns the " Mechanics' Pavilion," located on the southwest corner of Grove and Larkin streets, in which, under the auspices of the Institute, the Annual Industrial Expositions are held.

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Langley's San Francisco directory for the year commencing 1894, Part 16

Author: Publication date: 1880 Publisher: San Francisco : Francis, Valentine & Co. Number of Pages: 1704

Author:
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: San Francisco : Francis, Valentine & Co.
Number of Pages: 1704