The San Francisco directory: embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory : also, a directory of streets, 1879 , Part 8

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

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The additions to rolling stock during the year have been twelve passenger, two baggage, a: three hundred and four flat cars. The rolling stock of the company now embraces two hundr and twenty-eight locomotives, one hundred and thirty first-class, forty-one sleeping, twen mail and express, seventy-two emigrant, thirty-one baggage, seventy-three caboose, five officer seven wrecking, four station, two thousand five hundred and forty-three box, and two thousa and thirteen flat cars, or a total of four thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine cars. Duri the year new road has been made as follows : San Pablo and Tulare road, from Tracy to M; tinez, connecting at Martinez with the Northern Railroad, at a point thirty-one miles fr‹ Oakland. The distance from Tracy to Martinez is forty-six and one-half miles. By this n. connection an additional line for through traffic is made, which avoids the severe gradients the Livermore Pass. The Northern has been extended from Suisun to the Benicia water from seventeen miles, where slips are being prepared for the new monster transfer steamer now

BULLOCK & ( ONES, 105 Montgomery Street, Importers Dent's Driving Gloves.

HENRY STEIL, ARTIST TAILOR, Occidental Hotel, 237 Bush Stre:t.

Vases and Toilet Sets at GEO. LOOMIS', 706 to 716 Kearny St.

PROGRESS OF THE CITY.

pourse of construction at the company's ship yard in Oakland. This steamer, which will be the rgest of her class in the world, will be four hundred and twenty-five feet in length, on deck, ver all, will have four parallel tracks running the entire length of the boat, and will be capable transfering at each trip forty-eight freight or twenty-four passenger cars. When completed .. he will be used for the transportation of overland freight and passengers, who will then go by le way of Suisun and Carquinez Straits, a material shortening of distance being thereby effected. ther additions to road have been three and nine-tenths miles from Shell Mound to Berkeley, and venty-five and six-tenths miles north from Williams towards Tehama.

THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD Co. is a consolidation (April 12, 1870) of the following mpanies : Southern Pacific, chartered December 2, 1865; San Francisco and San Jose, char- red April 7, 1870 ; Santa Clara and Pajaro Valley, chartered January 2, 1868 ; and California outhern, chartered January 22, 1870.

The Southern Pacific Branch Railroad Co., chartered December 23, 1872, was consolidated the Southern Pacific August 19, 1873; and the Los Angeles and San Pedro Railroad Co., artered February 18, 1868, was consolidated therein December 18, 1874. The total length of 1 these lines forming the Southern Pacific Railroad, as now constructed and in progress, is one tousand two hundred and twenty-three and one-quarter miles.

By the Act of Congress passed March 3, 1871, to incorporate the Texas and Pacific Railroad )., the Southern Pacific Railroad Co. was authorised to connect with the latter road at Fort uma, so as to provide a through line to San Francisco, public lands being granted in aid ereof. At the first session of the last Congress, a bill amending the former, and allowing the outhern Pacific Railroad Co. to continue its line eastward, across Arizona and New Mexico, about re hundred miles, to a point one hundred miles west of El Paso, and fixing that as the point of nction of the two roads, was reported, each company to acquire the lands and franchises for so uch as it constructed. The bill also proposed a guarantee by the United States of the interest the five per cent. bonds of the companies, at the rate of $35.000 per mile, for the term of fifty ars. Final action is yet to be taken upon it. In the meantime, to complete at the earliest acticable day the through connection by the thirty-second parallel, the Southern Pacific Rail- ad Co. has obtained legislative authority from Arizona to construct its road through that Ter- ory.

The last rail connecting Los Angeles and San Francisco was laid Sept. 5th, 1876. In the nstruction of this road great engineering difficulties were encountered, and at the Tehachapi iss, where the Coast Range and the Sierra Nevada form a junction, there are seventeen tun- Is in less than twenty miles, the aggregate length thereof being seven thousand six hundred and ghty-three and three-quarters feet ; and at San Fernando there is a single tunnel in length thousand nine hundred and sixty-six and one-half feet. These tunnels, at the bottom, are irteen feet in the clear, and in height twenty feet ten inches. The work on the San Fernando nnel was commenced March 27, 1875 ; the headings met July 14, 1876 ; and the timbering was mpleted August 9, 1876. It is built on a grade of thirty-seven feet to the mile.

The road was open to Fort Yuma (seven hundred and twenty miles distant from San Fran- co, (via Lathrop and Goshen) on May 23, 1877. The Sierra Nevada range is crossed at Teha- api, at an elevation of four thousand and twenty-six feet above tide. The Sierra Madre, at Soledad Pass, near Alpine, at three thousand two hundred and eleven feet, and the San rnardino range at San Gorgonio Pass, at two thousand five hundred and ninety-two feet ove tide.

The Company also own and run a line of steamers to points on the Colorado River, viz : stle Dome, thirty-five miles ; Ehrenburg, one hundred and twenty-five miles ; Aubrey Land- Ig, two hundred and twenty miles ; Chimahueris Ranch, two hundred and forty miles ; Camp have, three hundred miles ; and Hardyville, three hundred and twelve miles from Yuma. Under the Acts of Congress approved July 27, 1866, and March 3, 1871, the Southern Pacific ilroad Co. acquired the right of way (two hundred feet wide) through the public lands, and enty alternate sections for each mile of road completed and equipped. ' These grants cover bout nine hundred and thirty-two miles.

The mileage of this Company in operation January 1, 1879, was as follows : From San lancisco to Tres Pinos, one hundred and five-tenths miles ; Caruadero Junction to Soledad, ¿ ty and forty one-hundredths miles ; Huron to Colorado River, five hundred and twenty-eight ad eighty one-hundredths miles ; and from Los Angeles to Wilmington, twenty-two and tenty-five one-hundredths miles-making a total of seven hundred and eleven and ninety-five e-hundredths miles.

About the first of December last, the extension of the road into Arizona was commenced, al there are already about eighty miles completed and in operation, it being the intention of t: company to prosecute the work vigorously to completion, The delay incident to the com- Incement of work of this extent having been overcome, the road is rapidly advancing eastward, tick at the present time being laid at the rate of a mile and a half a day, not only opening up a peedy route to, and facilitating in the development of the rich mines of Arizona and New al Old Mexico ; but, before we are hardly aware of it, we shall find that we have a second rroad across the continent which will furnish a short and direct route to New Orleans and all t. southern portions of the United States.

HUTCHINSON & MANN Pay Insurance Losses Promptly.

BEAMISH'S Shirts are the best. Try them.

ANDERSON & RANDOLPH, Jewelers, 101 Montgomery St.

SAN FRANCISCO DIRECTORY.

The company has furnished us with its proposed plan of progress, which is as follows : reach Maricopa Wells, one hundred and eighty-five miles from Yuma, in May next ; Tucs three hundred miles, in January 1880 ; Messila, New Mexico, five hundred and forty miles January 1882, and El Paso, Texas, six hundred miles, in July 1882.

The road is built on the standard American gauge, four feet eight and one-half inches, is laid with rail weighing fifty-six pounds to the yard, a large portion of which is steel. L rolling stock consists of forty-three engines, sixty-eight passenger, ten baggage, mail : express, five hundred and eighty-one box and stock, three hundred and twenty-eight f twelve dump and two hundred and twenty service cars, making a total of twelve hundred nineteen cars.

The offices of the company are located in the Railroad Building, corner of Fourth Townsend streets. Its officers are : Charles Crocker, President ; Charless. F. Crocker, V President ; N. T. Smith, Treasurer ; J. L. Willcutt, Secretary; A. C. Bassett, Superintende George E. Gray, Chief Engineer, and Jerome Madden, Land Agent. C. P. Huntington, 9 Nas Street, New York City, is its Eastern Agent and Attorney.

CALIFORNIA PACIFIC .- This road extends from Vallejo to Sacramento, passing throug fine agricultural country and affording facilities for the carrying of the large surplus g product to tide-water. During the year, increased facilities and new connections have l made. Its statistics are included in the statement of the Central Pacific Railroad Compa who operate the road under a lease.

The Board of Directors of the California Pacific is composed of R. P. Hammond, George Gray, J. L. Willcutt, J. O. B. Gunn, C. F. Crocker, N. T. Smith and C. J. Robinson.

NORTH PACIFIC COAST NARROW GUAGE .- This road, completed during the year 1 extends to Moscow, a distance of seventy-nine and one-half miles. It is built along the rug and broken country of the Coast, and cost with equipment about $3,000,000, or $37,500 mile. The equipment consists of twelve locomotives, sixteen passenger, four baggage and tl hundred freight cars, three steamboats, one steam tug and three freight barges. Its officers M. S. Latham, President ; John W. Doherty, General Manager ; W. F. Russell, Gen Freight Agent and W. R. Price, General Ticket Agent.

SAN FRANCISCO AND NORTH PACIFIC .- Runs from Donohue to Cloverdale, a distanc fifty-six miles. A branch is in operation from Fulton to Guerneville. From Donohue, con tion is made with San Francisco by steamer. This road is building a tunnel near San Rai which will bring the road in close connection with deep water and materially improve its fa ties. Its principal revenues are derived from the lumber trade. It employs seven engi thirteen passenger, two express and one hundred and seventy-five freight cars. Its shops located at Donohue.

LOS ANGELES AND SAN DIEGO RAILROAD COMPANY .- This company was incorpor October 10, 1876, and provides for the construction of a road from Los Angeles to San Di a distance of one hundred and forty miles. There has been constructed, and is in operation i Florence, the point of junction with the Southern Pacific, five and one half miles south of Angeles, twenty-eight and one-tenth miles of road to Santa Ana. Work is still progress and will be prosecuted to completion, which will bring San Diego and extreme Lower Califc within thirty hours of San Francisco. The office of the company is in the Railroad Build corner of Fourth and Townsend Streets, and the officers are Charles Crocker, President; N Smith, Treasurer; J. L. Willcutt, Secretary.

SOUTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD. - This road, the most important addition to the rail system of San Francisco during the past year, was formally opened for traffic June 1, I although trains had been running irregularly for some two months previous. The road from Alameda Point to Wright's, a distance of sixty-one miles. It is of the standard Amer narrow-gauge-three feet-is laid with rail weighing fity pounds to the yard (this rail wa manufactured by the Pacific Rolling Mills of San Francisco), is well ballasted and first-cla every particular. The road, as far as constructed, has cost about $20,000 per mile. The connects with San Francisco by ferry, the company having built for this service two fine i steamers-the Newark and Bay City-which ply, between Alameda Point and the foot of Ma Street, where there has been built slips, and a depot containing waiting rooms, ticket off refreshment stands, etc., conforming in style, finish and accommodations to those of the C'e: Pacific Railroad, which they adjoin. The company's shops are located at Newark, thirty 1 from the city. At Wright's, the present terminus of the road, connection is made by all t. with stages for Santa Cruz, its ultimate terminus. At Wright's the road is to enter a tu (No. 3), six thousand one hundred and twenty-five feet in length, three-fourths of a beyond which tunnel No. 4 is met, five thousand eight hundred feet in length. Both tui are being vigorously worked, and are well advanced, with a prospect of completion by Sep ber of the present year, contemporaneously with which the road will open to Santa Cruz.

Three through trains per day are run, besides five local trains as far as High Street, Alan The officers of the company are : A. E. Davis, president; B. B. Minor, secretary; Th Carter, superintendent, and G. H. Waggoner, general passenger agent. Its offices are lo in Rooms 20 and 21, Nevada Block.

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

BULLOCK BRONES, 105 Montgomery Street, Importers Dent's Walking Glo-

BLANKETS at the Plaza Store, GEO. LOOMIS', 706 to 716 Kearny St.

PROGRESS OF THE CITY.

Steamship Lines.

PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY .- This company owns and operates the following lines : Tew York and Aspinwall, two thousand miles; Panama and San Francisco, three thousand two undred miles; Panama and Acapulco, one thousand eight hundred miles; Panama and hamperico, one thousand one hundred miles; San Francisco and Hongkong, six thousand four undred miles; San Francisco and Tacoma, one thousand miles; San Francisco and Australia, ght thousand six hundred miles; total length of routes, twenty-three thousand nine hundred iles, a distance very nearly equal to the circumference of the earth.

For the transaction of the immense business included in these routes, the company now owns ad has in service twenty-two iron screw propellers, seventeen side-wheel steamships, besides perannuated vessels, tug boats, etc. Many of these vessels are of the best class of naval instruction, and possess the most luxurious appointments.

In the New York and San Francisco through line, via the "Isthmus," a vessel leaves New York the 20th and 30th of each month, and San Francisco on the 5th and 20th of each month. The ssels of this line touch only at San Jose de Guatemala, Acapulco, Manzanillo, San Blas and azatlan. In the Panama and Champerico line, a vessel leaves New York on the 10th and 30th each month, and Champerico on the 4th and 20th. In the Panama and Acapulco line, a ssel leaves New York on the 20th and Acapulco on the 18th of each month. The Champerico d Acapulco lines are more especially designed for the accommodation of the coastwise trade the Central American and Mexican ports of the Pacific.

The operations of the through Isthmus line during the past year show a material decrease in ight transported, although it is probable no serious diminution in revenue has resulted there- m, the line for the greater part of the year having been operated under a pooling arrange- nt with the through railroad lines, who guaranteed to the Paciffc Mail a certain amount of ight to each vessel; regardless of offerings, at well sustained rates.

On the great intercontinental line, a vessel is dispatched from San Francisco on the Ist of ery month, except when that day is Sunday, when the sailing day is on the Saturday previous, Yokohama and Hongkong. On this line the business of the past year has shown a slight rease over 1877 in the matter of freights, accompanied, however, with a material decrease the passenger traffic.

On the Australia route, a vessel leaves San Francisco every fourth Monday, commencing with uary 20th of the present year, carrying the United States and British mails, for Honolulu, ckland and Sydney. This route in aggregate of exports and imports shows an increase for year 1878 over 1877 of over thirty per cent., and it is conjectured, in the absence of official tres, the Pacific Mail was the recipient of its full proportion of the increase.

On the Tacoma line, a vessel is dispatched on the 10th, 20th and 30th of each month, for toria, B. C., Port Townsend, Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia and Portland. The company's more portant connections are as follows: At Yokohama, with steamers of the Mitsu Bishi Co., Higgo, Nagasaki and Shanghai; at Hongkong, with English and French steamers for the er ports of India, the Red Sea and the Suez Canal; at Sydney, with steamers for Wellington, Ibourne, Adelaide and Hobart Town; at Panama, with Pacific Steam Navigation Co.'s line all important South American Ports, and at Aspinwall, with steamers of the Royal Mail am Packet Co., Hamburg-American Packet Co., West Indies and Pacific Steamship Co., and npagnie Generale Trans-Atlantique, to the various ports of Europe direct.

The commerce between China and Japan and San Francisco during the past year shows : n China, among other imports, 770,417 1bs. of coffee, of the value of $134,295; 36,977,215 1bs. ice, of the value of $1,088,108; 3,249,082 1bs. of tea, of the value of $1,145,524; 968, 108 Ibs. aw silk, of the value of $3,838,238, and silk cocoons, to the value of $84,399. From Japan e was received : 313,791 1bs. of raw silk, of the value of $1,578,869; silk worm eggs, cocoons silk waste, to the value of $741,340, and 13,867,586 lbs. of tea, of the value of $3,404,630; total imports from both countries for the year amounting to $14,685,781. Our exports of chandise to China amounted to $3,101,320; to Japan, $596,176; treasure export to China, 682,332; to Japan, $127,157; total exports to both countries, $15,506,985.

The imports show an increase of $1,519,707 over 1877, and the exports a decrease of $7,048- this decrease being almost entirely in treasure, which alone declined $6,434,834.

PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY .- This company does nearly all the coasting business veen San Francisco and San Diego, excepting the transportation of lumber. Its steamers to nearly every port on the Pacific Coast from San Diego on the south to British Columbia The north. It owns sixteen steamers, two of them just off the stocks. Their new steamer, ble of California, is probably the fastest and finest ever built in this country, being the and only one flying the American flag built under the supervision and rules of the ush Lloyds. She is intended for the Portland, Oregon, route. The other, the Victoria, is nded for the British Columbia route.

'he company is under the general agency of the well-known firm of Goodall, Perkins & Co., own a majority of the stock. The amount of capital stock is $2,000,000, divided into 00 shares of $100 each. Over $1,000,000 has been paid in, and the company's assets foot rgely in excess of that amount. The Ticket Office is at 214 Montgomery, and the General fe at No. 10 Market Street.

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HUTCHINSON & MANN, General Insurance Agents, 322 and 324 California St., and 302 Sansome St.

ANDERSON & RANDOLPH, Jewelers, 101 Montgomery St.

SAN FRANCISCO DIRECTORY.

THE OREGON STEAMSHIP COMPANY established, nearly twenty years ago, a regular line steamships to ply between San Francisco, Astoria and Portland, Oregon. Vessels now lea each port about every five days, carrying the United States mails, express, treasure, freight a passengers, and connecting with quick dispatch at Portland with railroads, steamers and otl connecting stage lines, for all points in Oregon, Washington and Idaho Territories, Briti Columbia and Alaska. To accommodate the constantly-increasing trade and travel betwe San Francisco and Oregon, the Oregon Steamship Company during the past two years added its fleet five large, new, fast, first-class iron-screw steamships. All of these steamships combi great speed with great carrying capacity of passengers and freight, and are provided with the modern improvements and elegant appointments, including superior cabin and steera accommodations, for the safety and comfort of the traveling public, and the quick and s. handling of cargo. Henry Villard, Esq., is president, and Capt. K. Van Oterendorp agent a general superintendent ; office 210 Battery Street.

OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY .- This company has been in act operation between San Francisco and China and Japan since June, 1875. They dispatch ‹ of their steamers about the middle of every month, carrying the United States mails. equipment consists of the Gælic, Oceanic and Belgic, three large, well-equipped vessels, of fi class build, affording excellent accommodations, and almost perfect safety to the sea-faring p lic. This line is operated by a company of some of the most reliable and worthy business n of this city.

THE CALIFORNIA AND MEXICAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY dispatches a vessel upon the 1st each month for Magdalena Bay, Cape St. Lucas, Mazatlan, La Paz and Guaymas. This ] carries the Mexican mails and Wells, Fargo & Co's Express, and is engaged exclusively in Mexican Coast trade.

In addition there are plying from the city to various points on the coast and in our river : bay trade the following : For Coos Bay and Eel River, Oregon, steamers Thomas A. White. and Arcata; for Eureka, Hookton and Arcata, steamers Humboldt and Los Angeles ; for ; Buenaventura and way ports, steamer Constantine. For Sacramento the steamers Centen; S. M. Whipple and Alice Garratt form daily lines, leaving the Washington Street wharf a P. M. The Sacramento trade also includes the steamers San Joaquin, Reform, and Julia. steamers City of Stockton and Mary Garratt form a daily line to Stockton, and smaller stean ply between Napa, Petaluma, Antioch, Marysville, and intermediate points, connecting tl with the city.

Ferries.

THE OAKLAND FERRY, at the foot of Market Street, leaves every half hour for Oakla from 6:10 A. M., until 7 P. M. The next boat leaves at 8:10; the next, 9:20 ; the next, 10: and the last at 11:45. Trips are also made via the'Creek Route, boats leaving at 6:00, 7 8:15, 9:15, 10:15 and 11:15, A. M., and 12:15, 1:15, 2:25, 3:15, 4:15, 5:15 and 6:15 P. M. average number of passengers crossing from Oakland daily, during 1878, was fifteen thous seven hundred and sixty-six ; it is estimated that fully twenty thousand cross on Sund Fare, fifteen cents each way; round-trip tickets, on Sundays, twenty-five cents. Commuta tickets, good for one trip, each way, per day, for one month, are sold at $3. The follow statistics concerning the travel on this ferry will prove quite interesting; Number of ti 1873, two millions six hundred and fifty-five thousand six hundred and seventy-one ; 1 three millions one hundred and ninety-two thousand nine hundred and four; 1875, four mill twenty-eight thousand three hundred and ten; 1876, four millions nine hundred and thousand nine hundred and sixty ; 1877, five millions five hundred and seventy thousand hundred and fifty-five ; 1878, five millions seven hundred and fifty-four thousand six hun and two. The Company's slips and buildings are located at the foot of Market Street, upor line of water front adopted by the Board of Harbor Commissioners. The buildings are co niently arranged, and contain waiting and refreshment rooms, ticket offices, baggage express rooms, for the accommodation of passengers awaiting the ferries.

THE SAN QUENTIN FERRY is at the foot of Market Street. Four trips are made daily, I leaving at 9:20 and 11:40 A. M., and at 2:15 and 4:20 P. M.

SAUCELITO FERRY .- The landing of these ferry steamers is at the foot of Market St Four round trips are made daily. About three thousand passengers are carried daily. Cor tion is made with the North Pacific Coast Railroad Co., for Tomales, etc. Boats leav follows : 8:45 and 11:00 A. M., and 3:30 and 5:15 P. M. An extra trip is made on Mond leaving the wharf at 7:00 A. M.

BERKELEY FERRY .- Trips are made daily, except Sundays, to Berkeley Landing. Conne is there made, per stage, for the University Grounds. Boats leave San Francisco as foll 8:00 A. M., and 3:15 P. M. Time, forty-five minutes. Commutation tickets, good for one r trip per day are issued at $3.00.

THE ALAMEDA FERRY has its landing at the foot of Market Street, immediately adjo: and south-east of the Oakland Ferry landing. Boats leave for Alameda Point at 5:30, 9:00 and 10:30 A. M., and 1:30, 4:00, 5:15 and 6:30 P. M. The trip requires twenty-five min This ferry is run by the South Pacific Coast Railroad Company, and is an addition of the year.

Bullock & Jones, 105 Montg'y St., Imp'trs Cartwright & Warner's Merino Under

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

Silk Handkerchiefs at GEO. LOOMIS', 706 to 716 Kearny St.

PROGRESS OF THE CITY.

Water Front and Harbor Improvements.

The Board of Engineers appointed by the Harbor Commissioners under the provisions of the Act of the Legislature of 1875-6 have established a new line of water front, which begins two hundred feet seaward from the northern prolongation of the Presidio Reservation, and extends u an easterly and southerly direction upon straight or curved lines in such manner as to pproach as near as practicable the extreme outer projections of the water front, established by Act of 1851, to a point near the intersection of Second and Berry streets, and thence to continue outherly upon straight or curved lines in such manner as to approach as near as practicable the xtreme outer projections of the water-line front, established by the Board of State Tide Land Commissioners, to the southern boundary of the City and County of San Francisco. An nportant feature of the readjustment of the water front is also a proposed new thoroughfare, wo hundred feet in width, extending in straight lines from point to point along the water front, nd affording easy access to all parts of it. Distances will be very materially shortened. The ew line provides for free entrance to China, Central, India, South and Dry Dock Basins. The llowing is the estimate of cost of the new line, including the expense of dredging a channel xty feet wide and twenty feet deep, filling it with large stone, filling the thoroughfare with nall stone and earth, planking the roadway and constructing a wharf thirty feet wide, to serve s a facing to the sea wall : From Chestnut to Harrison Street, 7,000 feet, $2,357,886 ; from hestnut to Powell Street, 3,170 feet, $844,800 ; from Harrison to the foot of Second Street, 080 feet, $1,156,400. Total distance, 13,250 feet; total cost, $4,362,086.

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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 8

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