The San Francisco directory: embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory : also, a directory of streets, 1879 , Part 297

Author: Langely, Henry G
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: San Francisco : Francis, Valentine & Co.
Number of Pages: 1196

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NIGHT WATCHMAN OLD CITY HALL .- Patrick J. Hussey ; salary, $1,080 per annum.

Steinway Hall, GRAY'S MUSIC STORE, 117 Post St.

Election Districts.

State Congressional.

FIRST DISTRICT .- The City and County of San Fran- cisco.

SECOND DISTRICT .- The counties of Contra Costa, Alameda, San Joaquin, Calaveras, Amador, El Dorado, Sacramento, Placer, Nevada, Alpine and Tuolumne.

THIRD DISTRICT .- The counties of Marin, Sonoma, Napa, Lake, Solano, Yolo, Sutter, Yuba, Sierra, Butte, Plumas, Lassen, Tehama, Colusa, Mendocino, Hum- boldt, Trinity, Shasta, Modoc, Siskiyou, and Del Norte.

FOURTH DISTRICT .- San Diego, Los Angeles, San Be- nito, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Tulare, Monterey, Fresno, Kern, Mer- ced, Mariposa, Stanislaus, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Mateo, Mono and Inyo.

The Congressional election for members from the State of California to the Forty-sixth Congress was by special Act postpoed from September, 1878, to September, 1869.

Judicial.

FOURTH DISTRICT .- Comprises the Second, Fourth and Twelfth Wards of the City of San Francisco.

TWELFTH DISTRICT .- Comprises the Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Wards of the City of San Francisco.

FIFTEENTH DISTRICT .- Comprises the First and Third Wards of the City of San Francisco and the County of Contra Costa.

NINETEENTH DISTRICT .-- Comprises the Sixth and Eighth Wards of the City of San Francisco.

TWENTY-THIRD DISTRICT .- Comprises the Fifth and Seventh Wards of the City of San Francisco. .

Senatorial and Assembly.

EIGHTH DISTRICT .- The City and County of San Francisco and the County of San Mateo shall be the Eighth Senatorial District, and shall elect one Sena- tor ; the County of San Mateo shall elect one member of the Assembly.

NINTH DISTRICT .- Commencing at a point where the southerly line of United States Military Reservation, known as the "Presidio Reservation," intersects with the waters of the Pacific Ocean; thence meandering along the waters of said ocean and the waters of the Bay of San Francisco, northerly, easterly, and south- erly, to the point where Washington street intersects with said Bay ; thence westerly along said Washington street, to its intersection with First avenue; thence northerly, along said avenue, to its intersection with the southerly boundary line to said " Presidio Reser- vation ;" thence westerly and along the southerly boundary line of the said "Presidio Reservation," to its intersection with the Pacific Ocean, and the point of beginning, shall be the Ninth Senatorial District, and shall elect two Senators and four members of the Assembly.

TENTH DISTRICT .- Commencing at a point where the southerly boundary line of the "Presidio Reserva- tion" intersects with the waters of the Pacific Ocean; thence easterly and along the southerly boundary line of said "Presidio Reservation" to the point where First Avenue intersects with said boundary line; thence southerly along said First avenue to the point where Washington street intersects with said First avenue; thence easterly along said Washington street to its intersection with the waters of the Bay of San Francisco; thence southerly along the line of said Bay to the point of intersection of Market street with said Bay; thence westerly along said Market street to the point where Geary street intersects with said Market street; thence westerly along said Geary street to where it connects with the Point Lobos Toll Road; thence along said Point Lobos Toll Road, and

BULLOCK & JONES, 105 Montgomery Street, Perfect Fitting Shirts to Order.

CLOTHING at GEO. LOOMIS' PLAZA STORE, 706 to 716 Kearny St.

ELECTION DISTRICTS.

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said toll road produced in a direct line to the Pacific Ocean; thence northerly along said ocean to the point of beginning, shall be the Tenth Senatorial District, and shall elect two Senators and four members of the Assembly.

ELEVENTH DISTRICT .- Commencing at a point on the line of Market street where Fourth street intersects with said Market street; thence easterly, and along said Market street to the waters of the Bay of San Francisco; thence southerly and southwesterly along the line of the waters of said Bay, to a point where Fourth street intersects with said Bay ; thence north- erly along the line of said Fourth street to the point of beginning, shall be the Eleventh Senatorial Dis- trict, and shall elect two Senators and four members of the Assembly.

TWELFTH DISTRICT .- Commencing at the intersec tion of Larkin and Geary streets, and running thence easterly along said Geary street to its intersection with Market street; thence southwesterly along the line of said Market street to the point of intersection of Fourth street with said Market street; thence southerly along said Fourth street to the point of its intersection with Channel street; thence southwest- erly along said Channel street to the point of its in- tersection with Eighth street; thence northerly along said Eighth street to the point of its intersection with Market street; thence southwesterly along said Market street to the point of the intersection of Larkin street with said Market street; thence northerly along said Larkin street to the point of beginning, shall be tlie Twelfth Senatorial District, and shall elect two Sena- tors and four members of the Assembly.

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT .- Commencing at a point where the Point Lobos Toll Road produced in a direct line westerly intersects with the waters of the Pacific Ocean, and running thence easterly along said Point Lobos Toll Road to the point of its connection with Geary street; thence along said Geary street easterly to its intersection with Larkin street; thence south- erly along said Larkin street to the point of its inter- section with Market street; thence northerly along said Market street to the point where Eighth street intersects with said Market street; thence southeast- erly along said Eighth street to its intersection with Channel street; thence northeasterly along said Chan- nel street to the point of its intersection with Fourth street ; thence southeasterly along said Fourth street to the point of its intersection with the Bay of San Francisco; thence southerly along the line of the waters of said bay to the point of intersection of the boundary line between the City and County of San Francisco and the County of San Mateo with the wa- ters of said bay ; thence westerly along said boundary line to the point of its intersection with the Pacific Ocean; thence northerly along the line of said ocean to the point of beginning, shall be the Thirteenth Senatorial District, and shall elect two Senators and four members of the Assembly.

City and County.

FIRST WARD .- Bounded by the waters of the Bay of San Francisco on the north and east: by the north line of Washington street on the south; by the east line of Kearny street on the west; including the islands in the Bay.

Number of Voting Precincts-six.

SECOND WARD .-- Bounded by the waters of the Bay of San Francisco on the north ; by the west line of Kearny street on the east; by the north line of Val- lejo street on the south ; by the east line of Larkin street on the west.

Number of Precincts-eight.

THIRD WARD .-- Bounded by the south line of Wash- ington street on the north, by the waters of the Bay of San Francisco, and the northerly line of Market street on the east; by the north line of California street on the south, and the east line of Kearny street on the west.

Number of Precincts -- three.

FOURTH WARD .-- Bounded by the south line of Val- lejo street on the north, by the west line of Kearny street on the east, by the north line of Washington street on the south, and by the east line of Larkin street on the west.

Number of Precincts -- seven.

FIFTH WARD .- Bounded by the south line of Cali- fornia street on the north; by the northerly line of

Market street on the southeast ; and by the east line of Kearny street on the west.

Number of Precincts-Two.

SIXTH WARD .- Bounded by the south line of Wash- ington street on the north by the west line of Kearny street on the east; by the north line of Pine street on the south ; and by the east line of Larkin street on the west.

Number of Precincts-six.

SEVENTH WARD .- Bounded by the southerly line of Market street on the north-west; by the waters of the Bay of San Francisco on the north-east ; by the north- erly line of Harrison street on the south-east ; and by the easterly line of Second street on the south-west.

Number of Precincts-nine.

EIGHTH WARD .- Bounded by the south line of Pine street on the north ; by the west line of Kearny street on the east ; by the northerly line of Market street on the south-east ; and by the east line of Larkin street on the west.

Number of Precincts-thirteen.

NINTH WARD .- Bounded by the southerly line of Harrison street on the north-west; by the waters of the bay of San Francisco on the north-east and east ; by the northerly line of Channel street on the south- east; and by the easterly line of Seventh street on the south-west.

Number of Precicts-ten.

TENTH WARD .- Bounded by the southerly line of Market street on the north-west ; by the westerly line of Second street on the north-east; by the northerly line of Harrison street on the south-east ; and by the easterly line of Seventh street on the south-west.

Number of Precincts-twenty-three.

ELEVENTH WARD .- Bounded by the southerly line of Ridley street, the southerly line of Ridley street produced due west to the Pacific Ocean, the southerly line of Market street, the westerly line of Seventh street, and the southerly line of Channel street on the north ; by the waters of the Bay of San Francisco on the east ; by the southeriy line of the City and County of San Francisco on the south; and by the waters of the Pacific Ocean on the west.

Number of Precincts -- twenty-eight.

TWELFTH WARD .-- Bounded by the waters of the Pacific Ocean and the waters of the Bay of San Fran- cisco on the north ; by the west line of Larkin street on the east ; by the northerly line of Market street, the north line of Ridley street, and the north line of Ridley street produced due west to the Pacific Ocean on the south ; and by the waters of the Pacific Ocean on the west.

Number of Precincts -- twenty-one.

Police Department .*

CHIEF OF POLICE .- JOHN KIRKPATRICK.

COMMISSIONERS .- R. P. Hammond (President), Wil- liam Alvord, R. J. Tobin, and the Chief of Police (ex-officio) .

CAPTAINS OF POLICE .- Isaiah W. Lees, William Y. Douglass, John Short, A. W. Stone, and Leonard Guion.

CLERK CHIEF OF POLICE .- Alfred Clarke.

PROPERTY CLERK .- William Cullen.

*The Act of the Legislature of 1877-78, approved April 1, 1878, authorizes the Board of Supervisors to increase the police force in their discretion to any number not exceeding four hundred in all. Number now authorized and employed. five captains, salary $1,800 per annum each; one clerk of Chief of Police, $1,800 per annum; one property clerk, $1,800 per an- num; twelve detectives, $1.500 per annum each; twenty-five sergeants, $1,500 per annum each ; twelve corporals, $1,404 per annum each; two hundred and seventy-three regular patrolmen, $1,224 per annum each.

The sum of $24 per year ($2 per month) is deducted from the pay of every member of the force for the creation of " The Police Life and Health Insurance Fund."

BEAMISH'S Underwear, Fine, Medium Fine-large assortment.

HUTCHINSON & MANN, represents over $18,000,000 Insurance Capital.

ANDERSON & RANDOLPH, Jewelers, 101 Montgomery St.

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SAN FRANCISCO DIRECTORY.

DETECTIVES .- John Meagher, John Coffey, William S. Jones, Nathaniel L. Jehu, L. W. Noyes, Benjamin F. Bohen, Daniel Coffey, J. R. Rogers, Edward Byram, Arnop Bainbridge, Robert Hogan, and Christopher C. Cox.

SERGEANTS .- George W. Harman, Abraham Sharp, J. W. Shields, T. P. Kingsbury, W. L. Carpenter, Charles Cullen, C. Martin, R. J. Falls, R. M. Apgar, J. T. Wright, M. Lindheimer, Joseph Melody, Charles W. Armager, J. A. Wilson, William H. Kentzel, Thomas R. Longford, John P. McDermott, Joseph H. Baker, Charles. Cook, M. Murphy, Thomas W. Bethel, T. D. McKenna, Stephen Bunner, A.J. Dunlevy, and George W. Hogue.

CORPORALS-P. S. Hagerty, Gideon Thompson, John C. Ayres, A. J. Houghtaling, F. F. Brown, Joseph Bee, C. J. Morrison, James H. Hutton, Thomas P. Ryan, Watson Nichols, Charles Edelman, and John Avan.

HENRY STEIL, ARTIST TAILOR, Occidental Hotel, 237 Bush Street.

REGULAR PATROLMEN .- M. Fitzgerald, P. R. Smith, J. Lerman, M. Michaels, A. F. Fields, C. Bauer, P. O'Reilley, D. Supple, H. Gardenier. Jas. Cavanagh, Wm. Walsh, B. C. Mooney, Jas. Love, J. H. Cochran, W. J. Burke, W. Gaynor, H. W. Waite, J. Sullivan, J. B. Forner, Nason Robinson, C. H. Hall, Michael A. Loftus, Wm. F. Miles, H. McCaffery. J. M. Marshall, E. Cohrn, J. W. Beckwith, T. C. Metzler, Wm. Doran, Geo. Clinton, John Colter, O. Boye, J. F. Moran, J. H. Rochford, M. S. Law, W. R. Doyle, John Casey, W. B. Rogers, John Dolan, Michael Murray, P. Slevin. J. McGreevy, J. M. Fitzgibbon, Ed. Ward, C. H. Dickin- son, W. P. Moorehouse, D, Courneen, G. A. Anderson, S. C. Stevenson, W. D. Hensley, Jas. Harrold, Jas. Mc- Namara, G. W. Curtis, John A. Harty, John Burke, E. R. Eaton, T. McGlynn, I. Bradrick, C. E. Shute, T. H. Crogan, D. A. Peckinpah, W. Clarressy, C. A. Blak- eslee, Jos Curby, E. Eldridge, M. A. Smith, R. M. Sil- vey, A. B. Asher, Rich. Scott, J. R. Boullet, Thomas Price, Wm. Warnock, T. C. Tryon, B. F. Dennison, C. H. McDonald, M. J. Conboy, H. H. Murphy, B. S. Hill, E. Nettleton, S. B. Alden, C. Johnson, John Wal- lace, P. McDonough, M. Hopkins, John Sneider, Ph. Maguire, G.W. Sweetzer, S. Pomeroy, H. F. Roskamp, J. M. Broom, J. Lanktree, W. L. Burdick, Thomas Gillespie, W. L. Coles, J. L. Gallagher, P. K. Rogers, John Schroeder, P. K. Jacoby, H. A. Robertson, J. Carlton, S. C. Fleming, T. D. Barnstead, R. J. Whit- taker, G. W. Bennett, N. Carmichael, Wm. Little, W. T. Wiswell, Peter Fox, B. Harter, D. Jones Jr., W. E. Flynn, J. C. Lane, J. I. Curran, M. Brickley, P. I. Byrne, John Beatty, T. J. Little, C. P. Rank, H. S. Robinson, J. McD. Vanatta, P. T. Kelley, John Man- ning, P. J. Tobin, J. A. Stanley, G. Birdsall, Fred. Smith, T. A. Harvey, J. P.Warren, A. Duncan, Michael Foley, R. D. Marshall, T. R. Judson, R. W. Presho, J. J. Greeley, Chas. Eaton, T. W. Fields, J. M. Bissett, Pat. O'Connor, C. S. Stout, E. I. Osgood, E. Horrigan, R. B. Miller, R. Bidwell, W.W. Connor, R. McConnell, J. J. Reeves, H. G. Smith, W. H.Williams, J. J. Hayes, W. P. Lean, H. Hook, G. D. Harper, J. P. Baxter, R. Hall, Thos. Wilson, R. M. Barnes, W. T. Hooper, W. C. Smith, D. M. Delaney, A. Crow, John Hickey, J. MacLeod, Pat. Wood,Wm, Henneberg, J. C. McGinnis, Charles H. Witham, R. Whittle, J.O'Connor. J. T. Lamp- kin, John Duncan, Wm. Frederick, Thos. Duff, E. Stevens, M. Harloe, P. Crosby, J. Norton, Chas. O'Mal- ley, Chas. Nash. J. S. Annis, G. P. O'Connell, D. Con- nolley, Jas. McGuire, D. J. McQuaide, J. Cosgrove, R. Christie, J. H. Quinn, N. Berges, H. S. Healey, A. C. Bradford Jr., W. Price, H. Feusier, John Powers, J. Linskey, W. F. Burke, B. Haskell, C. J. O'Connell, A. H. Henderson, R. C. Pike, J. D. Bodwell, J. A. Ma- honey, P. D. Linville, John Mullins, T. J. Stanton, J. F. Donovan, M. Horan, C. P. Bush, O. R. Erskine, H. Tassett, M. J. Sullivan, Jas. McMahon, T. R. Pul- terer, J. Glanz, J. Heaney, O. Gorman, P. Coleman, J. T. Crawford, J. Birmingham, P. M. Clarkson, T. McNulty, H. B. Melendy, J. P. McCarthy, W. H. Rice, Wm. Clark, M. O'Laughlin, C.H. Akins, M. Flannery, M. Wilson, W. Kearney, John Cronin, D. C. Libby, J. F. Fitzpatrick, E. Rudolph, J. J. Riley, W. E. Hall, Jas. Cochrane, W. Callinan, F. T. Finnin, J. O'Neill, John Kearney. H. O. Angel, A. T. Goodwin, D. Mur- phy, J. M. Dwyer, J. A. Benson, H. Kihn, James H. Cahill, Thoi. J. Duggan, J. H. Donnelly, J. H. Ran- ous. J. F. Von Muegge, J. Pugh, S. H. Rankin, J. G. Maloney, C. Reynolds, G. Stevens, T. H. Dillon, Jos. Mier, M. Riley, G. L. Gano, O. J. Reintauz, J. A. Ar- dery, H. Frisbie, Thos. Duffy, T. Tennis, T. Dillon, J. C. Hall, G. B. Griffiths, H. Dowd, M. Donovan, J. W. Moffitt, Ellis Roberts, E. M. Egan, Jas Fay.

Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph;

SUPERINTENDENT-John Curran.

OPERATORS-Alfred Clarke, Jr., William Morton, and R. W. Silvey.

REPAIRERS .- William E. Ackerson, John M. Klein, and Daniel Shay.

SIGNAL BOX STATIONS.

2-S. W. corner Mason and Lombard.

3-S. E. corner Stockton and Greenwich.

4-N. W. corner Sansom and Greenwich.

5-N. E. corner Battery and Union.

6-S. E. corner Montgomery and Green.

7-S. E. corner Kearny and Union.

8-S. W. corner Powell and Union. 9-N. E. corner Dupont and Vallejo.

*12-N. W. corner California and Kearny.

*13-S. W. corner Front and Broadway.

14-S. W. corner Stockton and Broadway.

*15-S. W. corner Clay and East.

*16-N. W. corner Mason and Pacific.

*17-N. E. corner Kearny and Pacific.

*18-S. W. corner Sansom and Jackson.

*19-N. E. corner Davis and Washington. 21-City Hall.

23-S. E. corner Taylor and Clay.

24-S. E. corner Clay and Powell. 25-N. W. corner Washington and Dupont.

*26-N. E. corner Clay and Battery.

*27-N. W. corner Montgomery and Commercial.

*28-S. W. corner Pine and Dupont.

*29-N. W. corner Stockton and California.

*31-S. W. corner Sansom and Halleck. *32-S. W. corner California and Drumm. *34-S. W. corner Mission and Steuart. *35-S. E. corner Montgomery and Pine. *36-N. W. corner Folsom and Steuart. *37-N. W. corner Battery and Bush. *38-S. W. corner Market and Second.

*39-N. W. corner Howard and Spear.

*41-N. W. corner Sutter and Jones.

42-S. E. corner Geary and Mason.

*43-O'Farrell, near Dupont.

*45-N. W. corner O'Farrell and Jones.

*46-N. W. corner Kearny and Sutter.

$47-S. W. corner Market and Powell.

*48-N. E. corner Market and Kearny. *49-N. W. corner Stockton and Sutter.

*51-N. W. corner Folsom and Beale. *52 -- S. W. corner Mission and Fremont. *53-N. side King bet Second and Third. *54-Engine House No. 4, Second, near Howard.

*56-North side Bryant west of First.

*57-N. W. corner Brannan and Second. *58-N. W. corner Folsom and First. *59-P. M. S. S. Co.'s wharf, foot of First. 61-S. W. corner Howard and Third.

*62-S. W. corner Mission and Fourth.

*63-N. E. corner Harrison and Fourth.

64-S. W. corner Howard and Fifth.

65-S. W. corner Mission and Sixth.

*67-N. E. corner Harrison and Hawthorne. *68-N. E. corner Brannan and Fourth.

*69-S. W. corner Bryant and Third.

71-S. W. corner Mission and Eleventh.

72-S. E. corner Mission and Thirteenth. 73-S. E. corner Howard and Eighth.

74-Engine House No. 7, Sixteenth.

75-S. W. corner Jones and McAllister. 76-S. W. corner Market and Hayes. 78-N. E. corner Folsom and Ninth. 79-N. W. corner Folsom and Twelfth.

81-S. E. corner Franklin and Hayes. 82-N. E. corner Fulton and Gough. 83-N. E. corner Octavia and Oak. 84-Junction Valencia and Market. 85-N. E. corner Laguna and Hayes. 86-N. W. corner Broadway and Montgomery.

*87-S. E. corner Haight and Webster. *91-N. E. corner Hyde and Turk. 92-N. E. corner Franklin and Turk.

*93-N. E. corner Jones and Turk. 94-S. E. corner Polk and Ellis.

*95-N. E. corner Market and Taylor.

123-S. E. corner Hyde and Union.

+Established April 24, 1865.

*Automatic boxes.

BULLOCK & JONES. 105 Montgomery Street, Importers Men's Fine Neck Wear

Toys at GEO. LOOMIS', 706 to 716 Kearny St., opposite the Plaza.

FIRE DEPARTMENT.

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124-Pioneer Woolen Mills, Black Point.

125-N. W. corner Filbert and Jones.

*126-S. E. corner Hyde and Washington. 127-S. E. corner Broadway and Polk.

128-8. E. corner Clay and Leavenworth.

129-N. W. corner Pacific and Leavenworth.

*132-S. W. corner Pine and Mason. 134-S. E. corner Bush and Hyde.

135-S. E. corner Bush and Polk.

136-N. E. corner Post and Van Ness avenue.

137-N. W. corner Post and Larkin.

138-N. W. corner California and Larkin. *139-S. E. corner O'Farrell and Hyde. 142-N. E. corner Valencia and Twentieth. *143-N. E. corner Mission and Twenty-second.

145-N. W. corner Folsom and Twenty-second.

146-S. W. corner Folsom and Sixteenth.

147-N. E. corner Howard and Twentieth. 148-N. E. corner Mission and Sixteenth. 149-S. W. corner Folsom and Eighteenth. *152-N. W. corner Brannan and Eighth.

*153-N. W. corner Harrison and Seventh. 154-N. W. corner Bryant and Sixth. *156-N. E. corner Fourth and Berry.

*157-South side Folsom, east of Fourth 158-South side Folsom, east of Fifth. 159-Engine House No. 6, Sixth, near Folsom. 162-S. E. corner Pacific and Franklin.

163 -- N. E. corner Sacramento and Franklin. 164-S. E. corner Clay and Polk. 172-N. E. corner McAllister and Buchanan. 173-S. W. corner Ellis and Buchanan. 174-N. E. corner Turk and Fillmore. 175-S. W. corner Grove and Webster. *176-N. W. corner Post and Octavia. *182-S. E. corner Fourth and Townsend. 183 -- S. E. corner Mission and Eighth. *192-N. W. corner California and Front. 193-S. W. corner Hyde and Chestnut. 194 -- N. W. corner Stockton and Francisco. *213-S. W. corner Bush and Buchanan. 214-N. E. corner Bush and Steiner. 215-S. W. corner Washington and Webster. 216-S. E. corner Sacramento and Fillmore. 217-S. E. corner Bush and Devisadero. 218-N. E. corner Post and Fillmore. 219-S. E. corner Filbert and Fillmore.

231-S. E. corner Howard and Twenty-fourth. 234-N. W. corner Harrison and Twenty-fourth. 235-City and County Hospital. *236-N. E. corner Mission and Twenty-sixth. 237-S. E corner Twenty-second and Dolores. 238-N. E. corner Santa Clara and Potrero avenue.

241-S. E. corner Gough and Bush 243-S. E. corner Clay and Pierce. 245-S. W. corner Geary and Steiner. 246-S. E. corner Geary and Devisadero. 247-N. W. corner Turk and Scott. 248-N. E. corner Devisadero and Fulton. 254 -- N. E. corner Union and Pierce. 261-S. W. corner Stevenson and Ecker. 271-S. W. corner Seventeenth and Church.

273-Eighteenth east of Castro.

*274-N. W. corner Twenty-fourth and Guerrero. *281-San Bruno Road and Twenty-eighth.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO BRANCH.

*3 -- N. E. corner First avenue and Kentucky. *4-S. W. corner Fifteenth avenue and P. *5-E. side Kentucky, bet Sierra and Nevada. *6-S. W. corner Butte and Kentucky.

DIRECTIONS FOR KEY-HOLDERS .- Upon the discov" ery of a fire near your signal-box, turn the crank slowly and steadily about twenty-five or thirty times, then wait a few moments, and if you hear no alarm on the large bells, turn as before. If you still hear no alarm, go to the next box and give the alarm from that. Never open the box or touch the crank except in case of fire. Never signal for a fire seen at a dis- tance. Do not give an alarm for a burning chimney. Be sure your box is locked before leaving it. Upon a second alarm being struck for the same fire it will be considered a general alarm. Second alarms will be turned in only by order of the Chief Engineer or his Assistants.

Keys of the signal boxes are deposited in the vicin- ity of each box, at such places as are indicated upon cards placed thereon.

Boxes designated with a star are Automatic ones.

An alarm from these is given by pulling down the hook once and letting go, unerring mechanism doing the rest.

Complaints concerning the working of the Fire Alarm Telegraph, irregular striking of the bells and gongs, broken wires, etc., should in all cases be made at the Fire Alarm Office, Brenham Place.

In case of tumult or riot, whereby the services of the Police force are required, an alarm will be given, consisting of ten strokes upon the bells and gongs, repeated five times, which will be a signal for the Po- lice to assemble at the City Hall. This alarm will be given only by order of the Mayor or Chief of Police.

The telegraph apparatus consists of about one hun- dred miles of wire, divided into nineteen circuits, of which nine are signal circuits, or circuits running to the signal boxes. Alarm gongs are located in the dif- ferent Engine, Hook and Ladder, and Hose houses, each connected with the Central Office by the fire- alarm circuits and eight alarm bells for striking the alarm box, located as follows: One on the Hall of the Exempt Fire Co., one on the Engine House on Sixth street, one on the Engine House on Stockton street, one on the Engine House on Second street, one on the Engine House on California street, one on the Engine House on Sixteenth street, one on the Engine House on Bryant street, and one on the Engine House on Pa- cific street. The bells and gongs are each struck at the same time by electrical machinery. The Police and Health Apparatus consists of twelve stations, each communicating with the City Hall and the Cen- tral Office, Brenham Place, where a constant watch- fulness is exercised by the attending operator.

Fire Department.

The Paid Fire Department of the City and County of San Francisco was organized December 3, 1866.

The present force consists of two hundred and sev- enty-six officers and men (including the Board of En- gineers, the Clerk and Messenger of the Board of Fire Commissioners, the Veterinary Surgeon, and employ- ees at the Corporation Yard), eleven steamers, to each of which is attached a hose reel, eight hose car- riages, four hook and ladder trucks, and the fire-boat Governor Irwin ; also four steamers, two hose reels, and two hook and ladder trucks in reserve at the Cor- poration Yard, the condition of which is as fully kept up to the standard required as that of the apparatus in active service. Each steamer and hook and ladder truck is drawn by two horses, and the hose carriages by one each. Number of horses in the Department, sixty-three. Amount of hose in use twenty-one thou- sand feet, all of which is carbolized. Number of hy- drants, one thousand two hundred and forty-seven, available for the purpose of extinguishing fires ; num- ber of cisterns, fifty-five, in good order ; total capacity, two million eleven thousand eight hundred and fifty- six gallons.

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The San Francisco directory: embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory : also, a directory of streets, 1879 , Part 297

Author: Langely, Henry G Publication date: 1879 Publisher: San Francisco : Francis, Valentine & Co. Number of Pages: 1196

Author: Langely, Henry G
Publication date: 1879
Publisher: San Francisco : Francis, Valentine & Co.
Number of Pages: 1196