The San Francisco directory for the year 1869, Part 9

Author: Langley, Henry G
Publication date: 1858
Publisher: San Francisco : Commercial Steam Presses, S.D. Valentine & Sons
Number of Pages: 1076

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GIRLS' NEW HIGH SCHOOL .- On the corner of Bush and Stockton streets, the site of the Girls' High School, the Board of Education are erecting a new school house, having found the old one inadequate for the increased number of pupils. The building is fifty-six by ninety-two feet, three stories high ; to secure it as much as possible against earthquake shocks, it is built of heavy timbers, anchored and bolted together on a solid brick foundation. The exterior of the building will be finished in the Ionic order of architecture, and the roof will be surmounted by a cupola. All the modern improvements of egress, in case of alarm, have been attended to, such as wide stairs and halls, with an uninterrupted communication through the interior. The ceil- ings are respectively fourteen and a half and fifteen and a half feet high ; the rooms are well ventilated, and every convenience for cleanliness and comfort is adopted; in fact, it is a model school house.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL .- On the corner of L Street and Fourteenth Avenue, there is being erected a public school, which when finished and occupied, will prove of lasting benefit to South San Francisco ; the building is fifty-eight by ninety-five feet, two stories high, and built like the Girls' High School, of timbers solidly bound together with iron anchors ; there is ample accommodation for four hundred and eighty scholars ; the interior is well lighted and ventilated ; the rooms are fifteen feet high; halls and stairs wide and easy of egress. The exterior will present a solid, plain, and pleasing appearance. Mr. Wm. Crane is the architect of both buildings.

SCHOOL OF THE SISTERS OF THE PRESENTATION -Corner of Taylor and Ellis streets. This commodious edifice is now completed by the addition of the western wing; it covers the fifty- vara lot on the southwest corner of Ellis and Taylor streets, and extends one hundred and twenty-seven feet on each street ; it is a two-story and basement building ; the school rooms which are large and lofty, are capable of containing fifteen hundred pupils. The system of ven- tilation is on such an improved principal that the lungs of the scholars will be at all hours inflated with an abundance of fresh air, which will tend to prevent that lassitude of the pupils often observed in close school rooms. The style of the building is Italian, and the entire cost $60,000.

HARPENDING'S BLOCK .- On the south side of Market Street, between First and Second, Mr. Harpending has erected a block of eight brick buildings, with a frontage of two hundred and fifty feet on Market Street by one hundred and fifty-five feet deep to Stevenson Street. They are three stories and basement in hight. The lower story is divided into eight lofty stores, the fronts of which are raised on Corinthian columns. The whole building is of the new style of that architecture, and has been constructed on the earthquake-preventive principle. Cost, about $170,000. J. P. Gaynor, architect. Adjoining on the west, Mr. Sampson Tams is erect- ing three stores, three stories and basement in hight, with a frontage of one hundred feet on Market by one hundred and fifty-five feet to Stevenson Street. The first stories have Corinthian columns, and the buildings will he finished in the highest style of the Italian architecture. They

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M. S. WHITING & CO., 219 Bush St., sell unadulterated Wines and Liquors by the package, case or bottle. See next leaf.

REDINGTON'S FLAVORING EXTRACTS enjoy the highest reputation among the ladies.

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will cost $65,000. In connection with the Harpending buildings, they will form one of the handsomest blocks in the southern part of the city. Mr. England is the architect.

NEW MARKETS .- On the southeast corner of Sixth and Market streets, Dr. Blankman is erecting a very extensive one-story and basement building. to be used as a market. It will run one hundred and seventy-five feet from Market Street to Stevenson Street, and fronts on Market ninety-eight feet. As that portion of the city is densely populated this is a much-needed con- venience to the public, and will doubtless well repay the owner of the property. Mr. Maberry is the builder .- A large addition has been made to the California Market on Pine Street, but which will at present be used for other than market purposes. The stores on the first floor will be occupied by the firmn of Bowen Brothers as a mammoth grocery ; the upper story will be used by the German military companies for drill rooms, etc. The building is two stories high, with fanciful oriel windows on the front of the second story.

BANCROFT'S NEW BUILDING .- On Market Street, between Third and Fourth, Mr. H. H. Bancroft is putting up a building of seventy-five feet front, extending through to Stevenson Street one hundred and seventy feet. It will, perhaps, be one of the handsomest fronts in the city. The building will be five stories and basement in hight, and be divided into two stores. The first three stories will be adorned with richly ornamented columns and figures, emblematic of the use for which the building is intended. Mr. Bancroft will occupy the eastern portion as a publishing house, printing office, and bookbindery, and the other will be let for manufacturing purposes. There will be steam power in the building, which, when completed, will cost $120,000.

THE IRISH-AMERICAN BENEVOLENT SOCIETY'S HALL, on Howard Street, between Fourth and Fifth, will be a handsome building, and very appropriate for the purpose intended-that of society meetings. The main hall will be forty-six by sixty-three feet, with a hight of twenty- two feet. There are numerous committee rooms, ladies' drawing-room and parlor, with a large basement for social purposes. The style of architecture partakes of the Venetian. Mr. John McNamara is the superintending builder, under the direction of Mr. P. W. Walsh, architect. The building is expected to be ready for occupation about January, 1870.

DRUIDS' HALL, recently erected on the south side of Sutter Street, between Stockton and Dupont, is a two-story frame building, with brick baseinent, and contains four balls and two stores. It has an area of fifty by one hundred feet, and cost $30,000. Eisen & Schmidt, architects.

THE GOLDEN GATE MILLS .- The new buildings on the east side of First Street, between Market and Mission, were completed in September, 1868. This building is of brick, four stories and basement, fifty by one hundred feet, and built in the most substantial manner. It stood the test of the earthquake of October, 1868, without the slightest indication of damage, and the machinery was kept running throughout the day. The mills are owned by Mr. Horace Davis. Cost of building alone, $30,000. Eisen & Schmidt, architects.

MISCELLANEOUS .- One of the most elegant and costly private residences in San Francisco is that of Mr. D. J. Tallant, on the corner of Bush and Jones streets. The building is ninety by fifty-five feet, two stories and basement, and French roof; and its external appearance, sur- rounded as it is, by artistically laid out grounds, is highly ornamental, and one of the most pleasing features of that portion of the city. The basement is of brick, strengthened by hoop- iron, and the upper stories are of wood, but built with such a degree of strength that the building is pronounced by the architects (Messrs. Wright & Saunders) earthquake-proof. Cost,

$50,000.

On the south side of Pine Street, between Montgomery and Sansom, a four-story and base- ment brick building has been erected by Messrs. A. S. Rosenbaum & Co. and Nelson & Doble. It is sixty-nine by one hundred and thirty-nine feet, and will be divided into two warehouses, occupied respectively by George O. Whitney & Co. and Stringer & Co., both furniture dealers. This is a first-class structure in every respect, and cost $55,000. Eisen & Schmidt, architects.

Nicholas Luning has recently completed a substantial brick and iron front building on the site of the Old Calvary Church, Bush Street. The building covers the entire lot, sixty-eight by one hundred and thirty-seven and one-half feet, is of three stories and has a Mansard roof. The en- tire cost, including the lot, is $150,000. N. P. Cole & Co., furniture dealers, have leased the premises for a term of years, at a monthly rental of $1,500.

The new structure recently completed by the Houston Estate, on the south side of California Street near Sansom, is one of the handsomest buildings in the neighborhood. It covers an area fortv by seventy-five feet, three stories and basement, substantially built of brick with an iron front. Cost of building, $80,000. The building adjoining on the west, erected by Dixon & Gawne, is similar in its character, occupying a lot twenty by seventy-five feet. Cost, $25,000. J. P. Gaynor, architect.

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John Myers has constructed a new three-story building of brick, with the first story iron front, on Bush Street near Montgomery. Its size is thirty by seventy feet, and built in the most thorough manner. Cost, $30,000. Hyatt & Leonard, architects.

Mr. C. Gleins has built, on the northeast corner of Market and Mason streets, an A 1 brick building, fifty by one hundred feet, three stories and basement. The lower story will be devoted to stores and the upper stories used as a lodging house. This structure is very strongly built, having iron ties all around. Cost, $45,000. Eisen & Schmidt, architects.

At the junction of Market, Sutter, and Sansom streets, a building has been commenced for Messrs. J. Funkenstein and M. Cohn, to be completed before February 1st, 1870. It will be ninety-one front on Market Street by ninety-eight feet on Sansom Street in size, three stories and basement, and the entire building will be divided into three stores, the front of first story of iron. It will be finished in a first-class manner, and will cost $65,000.

A handsome first-class building has been erected at the southwest corner of California and Davis streets. It has three stories and basement, the first story being of cast-iron and the up- per stories of pressed brick, stone, and iron. The area of the building is one hundred and thirty- seven and one-half by one hundred and thirty-seven and one-half feet. The lower story will be divided into stores, the second will be used for offices, and the third for workshops. This property is owned by Mr. J. W. Brittan, and cost $120,000. Eisen & Schmidt, architects.

On the south side of Bush, between Kearny and Dupont streets. a handsomely-finished and substantial brick building has been erected for Messrs. Lemme Bros., which is occupied by the French Savings and Loan Society. It is thirty by sixty feet, three stories and basement, and cost $30.000. Eisen & Schmidt, architects.

A. E. Bauer has erected a first-class brick building on the south side of Post Street, between Kearny and Dupont. It is twenty by sixty-two feet, three stories and basement. Cost, $16,000. Eisen & Schmidt, architects.

An elegant private residence, with brick basement and frame upper stories, has been built for Mr. Isidor Wormser, on the north side of Sutter Street, between Powell and Mason. Cost, $30,000. Similar residences have been built for Messrs. H. Levison, corner of Van Ness Avenue and Bush Street, cost, $20,000; S. Rosenblatt, corner of Van Ness Avenue and Post Street, cost, $16,000 ; and James Laidley, corner of Filbert and Octavia streets, cost, $20,000.

On Clay Street, between Drumm and East, there are being erected four stores, of iron and brick, having a frontage of sixty-eight feet on Clay and Merchant streets, with a depth of one hundred and fifteen feet. They will contain two stories and basement, and are built on four hundred piles. They will be occupied by produce dealers. Mr. Martin is having the next fifty- vara lot prepared for a building the same as above, by driving the same number of piles. The piles used in both instances being sixty-eight feet long, insuring a good foundation. This is a much-needed improvement in this hitherto " Fisherman's Bay."

On the southwest corner of California and Franklin streets, Mr. H. H. Bancroft is erecting a handsome residence of three stories and basement. The building will be furnished with all the modern improvements. The third story will be finished in the now-prevailing style for man- sions, with a Mansard attic roof, giving a rural appearance to the structure. The cost will be $50,000. Wolfe & Son are the architects.

A block of six two-story and basement frame buildings have been erected on the north side of O'Farrell Street, between Larkin and Polk. These buildings, which have all the modern improvements, are owned by Messrs. Brown & Bro., and cost $30,000.

'T'he " German Demokrat " Building, F. Hess & Co. owners, on the corner of Sacramento and Kearny streets, is a brick structure, twenty-five by thirty feet, containing four stories and base- ment, and cost $18.000. Built by Eisen & Schmidt.

A very substantial building has been erected on the corner of Bush Street and Mary Lane, a few doors above Kearny, by Mr. Ernest Tittel. It has forty and a half feet front on Bush Street, by sixty-one and a half feet in depth. It is three stories in hight, the first story being of iron and the upper part of the building of brick, handsomely faced with cement. The lower story comprises two spacious stores. The second and third stories contain, respectively, twelve and thirteen rooms, which are occupied as lodgings.

On the north side of O'Farrell Street, between Mason and Taylor, Messrs. Johnson & Mooser, are putting up two dwelling houses of three stories ; this will finish the block of eight houses on the northeast corner of O'Farrell and Mason streets. The houses are built in the modern style of architecture, and present a handsome appearance.

Number of Buildings .- Total, city and county, June 30, 1868, 18,009, of which 4.097 are of brick, and 13.912 wood; erected since July 1, 1868, estimated, 850, of which 250 are of brick and 600 wood. In the erection of the new buildings for 1869 it is estimated that over 200 frame buildings were replaced with new ones, principally of brick. Total, December, 1869, 18,659 : Brick, 4,347 ; wood, 14,312.

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Railroads on the Pacific Coast.

During the past year the construction of railroads on the Pacific Coast, and particularly in California, has been pushed with an energy unprecedented in the history of any country. Many of the roads previously projected have been completed, are already in good running order and doing a large and remunerative business. These roads promise soon to stimulate the occupancy of our farming lands in hitherto neglected sections of the State, by giving cheap and speedy transportation for their products to nearer and more profitable markets. This will more especi- ally be the case with the southern portion of the State, the lands of which, though universally productive, have heretofore been considered almost valueless on account of the high cost of freighting. Another valuable feature in connection with the extension of railroads is the dispo- sition of owners to bring large tracts of land into cultivation by selling the same in small subdi- visions to actual settlers. Thus large grants of land, which have been the greatest drawback to the snecess of Southern California, are being broken up into small farms, and a new era of prosperity commenced which will give that section high rank for value and productive capacity. What is true of the southern is to a large extent equally correct as regards the northern portion of the State, the remoteness of which from markets, and high cost and difficulties attending transportation, has largely prevented development. Both sections only require the extension of the railroad system projected to exhibit a productiveness and wealth that will surprise all who have not studied the capabilities of their soil and climate.

One of the most important events that has marked the past year, if not the past century, has been the successful completion of the Pacific Railroad, over which trains now run from and to the shores of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. In the completion of the Central Pacific Rail- road in particular, which is the western end of the grand trans-continental railway, the people of California have showed an energy and perseverance under difficulties that is beyond all praise, a large portion of the road having been built with a degree of rapidity and perfectness com- bined never before known. This road is now in excellent condition, is fully equipped with roll- ing stock and other appurtenances, and for speed and safety of transportation has no superior in the United States. Although in the incipiency of development, as a means for transportation of freight and passengers, its traffic has been enormous, and its earnings of a very profitable nature. The Central Pacific Railroad now extends from Sacramento to Ogden, a distance of seven hundred and forty-four miles.

The Western Pacific Railroad, running from Sacramento, via Stockton, to Oakland, with a branch line some twenty-five miles long from Vallejo Mills to San José, has also been con- structed during the past year, thereby opening up large tracts of land for an improved cultiva- tion. These have heretofore been virtually worthless on account of high freights, which almost consumed the value of wheat and other grain, in seeking a market. The main line of this rail- road, one hundred and twenty-three miles long from Sacramento to Oakland, was entirely built during 1868, as was also a portion of the branch line from Vallejo Mills to San José. Both pass through very fertile tracts of country, whose capabilities to produce wheat and other cereals are comparatively without limits. In anticipation of the speedy completion of the main line to Oakland, unusually extensive crops of grain were sown during the last winter, the result being an enormous harvest beyond all precedent. As an instance of the vast local freightage which will naturally seek this road, it is estimated that fully one million sacks of wheat alone were stored at the station in Livermore Valley, awaiting transportation, when the first rains of this winter set in in October. The amount of freightage over this road in future promises to be without precedent, when its length of track, without feeder or branch lines or other connecting transportation is considered. In the temporary completion of the Western Pacific Railroad a portion of the San Francisco and Alameda Railroad, extending from San Leandro to the Encinal at tide water, was used, which was subsequently followed by the merging of the latter road into tlie former organization.

The California Pacific Railroad, which last year was completed from Vallejo to Sacramento, has now been finished to Marysville direct from Davisville, the first cars passing over the entire road in the latter part of November, 1869. By the new section of road, through connection is bad from Vallejo with Marysville, as well as with Sacramento, thereby saving considerable time and expense in transportation, the trip from San Francisco to Marysville being made in about six hours, with close connections. The Sacramento branch of this road, which was run the entire past year, is reported to have made the most profitable returns from its traffic of any on the Pacific coast. The greater portions of both branches of this road pass through some of the finest grain lands of the State which have hitherto been uncultivated, from want of cheap freightage to market.

The Napa Valley Railroad, which connects with the California Pacific Railroad seven miles from Vallejo, has done a largely-increased business during 1869. This road terminates at Calis- toga at the head of Napa Valley about forty miles from Vallejo. Besides the products of that

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valley the road also draws considerable freightage from other smaller valleys adjacent, as well as from the mountainous section of country around, which latter are being rapidly settled up for growing wine and other products.

The California Central Railroad running from Roseville (a station of the Central Pacific Railroad) to Lincoln, a distance of ten miles, and the Yuba Valley Railroad from Lincoln to Marysville, a distance of twenty-four miles, have both been consolidated during the past year, with the California and Oregon Railroad which is to extend to the State line of Oregon, a dis- tance of two hundred and seventy-four miles from Marysville. This latter road is already graded and ironed some twenty miles beyond Marysville towards Chico, and, from present ap- pearances, will in great part be constructed during the ensuing year. The line of the road, for quite a distance, runs about midway through the upper Sacramento Valley, and, when completed. will give facilities for cheap and speedy transportation for a very large section of country which has heretofore had to depend upon stage and team service. This road is expected to attract the at- tention of farmers to the northern portion of the State which is reported to be very rich in natural wealth and fertility of soil.

The California Northern Railroad which extends from Marysville to Oroville, a distance of twenty-six miles, during the past year was expected to have formed a portion of the California and Oregon Railroad. Negotiations to that effect were however unsuccessful, and arrangements Lave been made to connect the Oroville road with a new company, who expect to build a road over the Sierras by way of Beckwith's Pass. It is claimed that this road, which is to follow the line of the Middle Feather River, is shorter, with less gradients and so far below the deep snow line as to be comparatively free from difficulty from that source in winter.

On the Sacramento Valley Railroad, and the Placerville and Sacramento Valley Railroad which form a line between Sacramento, Folsom, and Shingle Springs, about twelve miles from Placerville, no extensions or changes of importance have taken place during 1869. The latter road has been sold for its bonded indebtedness, and from lack of continued construction to entitle it to them, as per Act of Congress, the public lands along its proposed route have lately been thrown open for settlement. This road has always been dependent on the Sacramento Valley Railroad for rolling stock to run it, and has been unfavorably affected thereby. It is, however, reported, that the California Pacific Company are negotiating for the control or purchase of the Placerville road with a view of making a connection with the line at White Rock, some seven miles south of Folsom. Should this arrangement take place, it is probable that the road will be completed to Placerville some twelve miles further into the Sierras, with a branch or feeder line running south through Amador County from Latrobe Station.

The Copperopolis Railroad, which was intended to run from Stockton to Copperopolis, a dis- tance of thirty miles, has made no progress during the past year. The great depression in the value of copper in all the marts of the world has seriously affected the business of copper mining from which was expected the principal source of revenue of this road. A new effort is being made to complete the construction of this road by the issuance of a million dollars in bonds of the company, the sale of which, it is estimated, will complete and equip the road for service. A considerable amount of grading has already been done, and if the proposed action can be favor- ably carried out, the road can easily be completed during the coming year.

The San Joaquin and Tulare Railroad is projected by the owners of the Central, Western Pacific, and California and Oregon railroads. The intended line of this road runs through the San Joaquin Valley south to Visalia, and it is contemplated by the projectors to in time extend it south to the Colorado River. This, with the connections with the Western Pacific at Stock- ton, Central Pacific at Sacramento, and California and Oregon Railroad at Roseville, will form a trunk line of road extending from the Columbia River in Oregon to the Colorado River on the boundaries of Mexico. The importance of this grand line, extending over nine hundred miles through this State, and connecting with others to both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts, can hardly be overestimated. When completed this trunk will have many small feeder lines running east and west through the great valleys it traverses, and will have a vast influence in set- tling up those sections along the Sierras, which are as yet almost without population. Prob- ably no system of railroads in the United States will do more to stimulate and develop the re- sources of the same area of country than this grand trunk line will in California when completed.

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The San Francisco directory for the year 1869, Part 9

Author: Langley, Henry G Publication date: 1858 Publisher: San Francisco : Commercial Steam Presses, S.D. Valentine & Sons Number of Pages: 1076

Author: Langley, Henry G
Publication date: 1858
Publisher: San Francisco : Commercial Steam Presses, S.D. Valentine & Sons
Number of Pages: 1076