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China
Pounds. 2,001,252
Value. $349,855
British East
Indies
76,955
16,046
Japan
4,255,663
572,970
England
5,000
2,002
Total 6,338,870
$940,873
1889
7,489,216
935,718
RECAPITULATION.
Coffee
$3,457,223
Rice
1,273,052
Sugar
13,529,733
Tea.
940,873
Total $19,200,881
OUR EXPORT TRADE.
We early began to export, if not of our own, at least of surplus East- ern products which here found an emporium for the lands and islands of the Pacific. It may not, there- fore, be expected that the growth of our export trade by sea will at all be proportional to our increase in popu- lation. We have now become ex- porters mainly of the products of our own soil, mines and industrial establishments, so that every in- crease in quantity and value means a corresponding increase in home in- dustry. As, however, the railroad ships largely of our surplus products to Eastern markets, exports by sea are by no means an indication of our real growth or progress. The following table gives details since 1855 :
1855 $4,189,611
1856
4,270,516
1857 4,369,758
1858
4,770,163
1859 5,553,411
1860
8,532,439
87
OUR COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES.
1861
9,888,072
1862
10,565,294
1863
12,877,399
1864
13,271,752
1865
14,554,496
1866
17,303,818
1867
22,465,903
1868
22,943,340
1869
20,888,981
1870
17,848,160
1871
13,951,149
1872
23,793,530
1873
31,160,208
1874
28,425,248
1875
33,554,081
1876
31,314,782
1877
29,992,393
1878
34,155,394
1879
36,564,328 35,563,286
1881
53,664,352
1882
51,752,428
1883
45,860,068 37,163,916
1885
36,075,912 39,891,558
1887
35,615,257
1888
40,815,161
1889
41,274,097
1890
39,553,421
We start thus from small begin- nings. Our exports of 1885 were more than doubled by 1861. A steady increase till 1868 is noted. Here we reached values of almost twenty-three millions. Then, owing to lessened wheat crops came a de- cline, reaching its lowest point in 1871. A good crop added nearly ten millions to our export values next year-another nearly eight mil- lions more in 1873. With many fluctuations we went beyond thirty- six and a half millions in 1879, and with the help of the giant wheat crops of 1880 exported produce and merchandise to the value of close on fifty-four millions in 1881. This was the highest point ever reached in the history of the port. Waning crops reduced our surplus so that our export trade values had fallen to
less than thirty-six million dollars by sea in 1887. A gradual improve- ment has since taken place and 1889 is the largest year in values in our history, save 1881, 1882 and 1883. But were wheat prices now what they were then, three million dollars and over would be added, so that we would after all be exceeded only by 1881 and 1882.
FOREIGN TRADE OF SAN FRANCISCO IMPORTS.
Early in the history of San Fran- cisco we enjoyed a very large import trade, because all of our supplies had to be drawn from abroad and the East and by sea. Most of the mer- chandise for a few years was im- ported round the Horn or via Panama, and as it was domestic no Custom House records were kept of it. The earlier records, too, were destroyed by a fire. We here give those from 1857, and continuously from 1868, all drawn from Custom House records :
1857 $6,397,354
1868
18,723,738
1869
19,714,001
1870
19,733,850
1871
28,736,646
1872
39,704,754
1873 33.159,149
1874 31,529,708
1875 35,703,782
1876 37,559,018
1877
32,276,653
1878
35,565,139
1879
34,124,417
1880
37,240,514
1881
38,554,923
1882
44,348,545
1883
39,828,817
1884 35,679,853
1885 34,044,407
1886
39,582,551
1887
41,606,684
1888
48,609,200
1889 51,288,306
1890
45,594,125
Here in the interval between 1857
1880
1884
1886
88
BUILDERS OF A GREAT CITY.
and 1868, about eleven years, our imports were almost trebled. Hence- forward they increase more slowly. Quite a jump was made, however, from 1870 to 1871, and from that year to 1872. The next two years showed a decline in value. The proximate cause of the increase here noted was the importation of teas and silks and curios for shipment overland. An advance was made again, but 1872 figures were not reached till 1882, ten years subse- quently. The value of San Fran- cisco imports was given at an amount in excess of forty-four million dol- lars. Until 1885 the tendency was downward, but from that year it has been upward and onward, till the climax was capped in 1889, when we surged over the fifty-one million dollar line. On account of the greater cheapness of all articles, these figures represent much more merchandise than they would have done twenty years ago. They in- clude raw silk for Eastern manufac- turers in transit, but not teas in tran- sit ; one having been left in and the other taken out for some, to us, in- scrutable reason.
Japan.
7 8,071
Mexico
15
3,342
Central America
5
1,198
Marshall Islands 3
458
Chile.
12
8,689
Philadelphia ....
6
9,275
Gilbert Islands
1
393
Apia
1
260
Caroline Islands
1
299
Baltimore
10
16,712
New York.
32
58,434
Peru
1
295
Ecuador
2
309
Total
299
260,577
FOREIGN.
Steam .-
No.
Tons.
British Columbia ..
66
80,735
China and Japan
20
51,840
Hawaiian Islands.
6
10,284
Australia
4
6,852
Mexico
2
302
Asiatic Russia
1
295
Total
99
150,308
Sail.
No.
Tons.
British Columbia
8
5,832
Hawaiian Islands.
23
13,943
Australia
60
99,605
Great Britain
74
126,611
Calcutta
6
10,040
Bom bay
1
1,563
China
4
5,447
China and Japan
10
27,020
Panama
38
67,146
Hawaiian Islands
7
13,566
Australia.
8
15,512
Mexico
1
1,189
Mexico
13
8,982
3
4,388
Philadelphia
1
913
Philippine Islands. ..
2
3,546
Asiatic Russia.
1
221
1
604
Asiatic Russia.
1
64
Brazil
2
3,537
Sourabaya.
4
7,156
Uruguay
2
4,168
British Columbia ..... 58
78,479
Hawaiian Islands 122
60,206
Australia.
6
3,986
Batavia.
4
7,588
Great Britain.
1
2,029
Samarang.
1
1,778
China
2
3,632
Tahiti
14
4,510
Total
.225
337,440
No.
Tons.
British Columbia ... 125
178,577
Belgium
12
18,839
Chile
2
1,485
Germany
7
9,366
Japan.
5
8,914
Total
203
311,937
-Sail .--
No.
Tons.
Nova Scotia
1
83
Italy.
Central America . .
British East Indies
1 1,694
ARRIVALS IN 1890-AMERICAN.
-Steam.
OUR COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES.
89
TOTALS.
~~ Steam .-~ No Tons.
American
203
311,937
Foreign
99
150,308
Total
302
462,245
Harvey Islands
1 93
Belgium 2 3,408
Ecuador.
5 1,139
Marquesas Islands. 1 189
Pitcairn Islands 1
115
Total.
275
243,599
FOREIGN.
-Steam .~~
No.
Tons.
Australia
4
6,852
British Columbia. 65
113,802
China and Japan 21
54,175
Hawaiian Islands
6
10,284
Tahiti .
1
18
Asiatic Russia
1
295
Total
98
185,426
DEPARTURES IN 1890-AMERICAN.
-- Steam .- No
Tons.
Australia.
9
17,451
British Columbia. 98
164,210
China and Japan 10
27,020
Hawaiian Islands
10
14,637
1
972
France.
28
46,814
Peru
1
694
Belgium
11
21,141
Asiatic Russia
2
162
Germany
3
2,622
Chile.
1
857
Central America
4
1,853
Marshall Islands
2
113
British Columbia. 51
69,190
Central America. 8
1,722
Hawaiian Islands
95
43,945
44
11,844
Great Britain
40
73,925
Tahiti
12
3,908
Mexico.
15
2,777
New York.
12
19,905
Gilbert Islands,
1
299
Arctic Ocean
1
227
Peru.
3
1,427
Asiatic Russia.
4
1,401
Marshall Islands.
2
165
Caroline Islands 1
29
Brazil,
7 11,348
Apia
5 1,751
Chile
3
2,539
Total
284
485,088
No
Tons.
American
299
260,577
Foreign
225
337,440
Total
524
598,017
Whaling.
45
13,153
Hunting and fishing .. 12
932
Total
581
612,102
Total steam and sail .. 883
1,074,347
-Sail.
No.
Tons.
Australia
5
3,321
British Columbia
8
4,837
Hawaiian Islands 15
6,956
Great Britain 164
267,566
Panama.
36
63,843
Mexico.
22
11,280
Asiatic Russia.
1
221
Total
186
298,662
Sail.
No.
Tons.
Australia
5
4,493
Total
233
357,908
Whaling
Hunting and fishing. 14
765
Total 291
370,517
TOTALS.
-Steam.
No.
Tons,
American
186
299,662
Foreign.
98
185,426
Mexico
Sail .---
90
BUILDERS OF A GREAT CITY.
Sail.
No.
Tons.
American
333
256,608
Foreign
233
357,908
Total .566
614,516
Total steam and sail .. 850
1,099,600
OUR BANKS.
Aggregate statement of the San Francisco savings banks on the 1st of January, 1891.
RESOURCES.
Bank premises. $965,230
Real estate taken for debt
476,551
Invested in stocks and bonds ..
15,455,096
Loans on real estate.
67,550,498
Loans on stocks and
bonds .. .
8,057,130
Loans on other securities 141,872
Money on hand.
1,770,832
Dne from banks
1,335,974
Other assets.
315,635
Total of assets $96,068,818
LIABILITIES.
Capital $3,813,333
Reserve profit and loss. 3,087,938
Due depositors.
88,538,672
Other liabilities.
628,875
Total liabilities. $96,068,818
Aggregate statement of San Fran- cisco commercial banks, January 1, 1891 :
RESOURCES.
Bank premises. $1,367,502
Real estate taken for debt .. 1,056,770
Invested in stocks and
bonds
1,841,329
Loans on real estate.
2,280,859
Loans on stocks and bonds .. 8,157,980
Loans on other securi- ties.
7,016,342
Loans on personal secu- rity. 25,141,419
Money on haud. 10,246,239
Due from banks
6,532,402
Other assets
4,958,271
Total resources.
$68,591,121
LIABILITIES.
Capital paid up. .$27,683,873
Reserve profit and loss. 9,640,086
Due depositors. 24,709,077
Due banks and bankers ... 5,925,526
Other liabilities 632,559
Total liabilities $68,591,121
Aggregate statement of the private commercial banks of San Francisco, January 1, 1891 :
RESOURCES.
Real estate
taken for
debt $950
Invested in stocks and bonds
59,270
Loans on real estate.
44,000
Loans on stocks and
bonds ... 150,026
Loans on other securi-
ties.
125,704
Loans on personal secu- rity 2,003,468
Money on hand.
870,898
Due from banks 341,238
Other assets. 39,092
Total resources
$3,634,646
LIABILITIES.
Capital paid up $850,000
Reserve, profit and loss ... 141,611
Due depositors. 2,413,698
Due banks and bankers .. 229,337
Total liabilities. $3,634,646
Aggregate statement of the Nation- al banks in San Francisco, January 1,1891 : RESOURCES.
Bank premises. $337,500
Invested in stocks and bonds. 261,321
Loans on personal secu- rity .. 6,163,571
91
OUR COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES.
Money on hand.
1,264,449
Due from banks and
bankers.
186,873
Other assets.
41,782
Total resources
$8,255,496
LIABILITIES.
Capital paid up $2,500,000
Reserve, profit and loss ...
982,549
Due depositors.
4,519,846
Due to banks and
bankers ..
152,669
Other liabilities
100,432
Total liabilities. $8,255,496
BANK CLEARINGS AT SAN FRANCISCO.
The operations of the San Fran- cisco Clearing House for the past two years compare as follows :
1889.
January.
$69,546,821
February
58,555,638
March
67,011,264
April.
64,706,134
May
70,651,204
June
67,897,824
July
71,298,952
August 73,933,017
September
71,480,773
October
82,022,519
November
72,825,124
December.
73,456,882
Total $843,386,152
1890.
January $60,489,458
February 55,040,618
March
65,104,472
April
70,086,274
May
69,805,112
June
64,188,408
79,010,576 July
August
75,827,964
September.
78,315,618
October
84,285,079
November
70,822,438
December
78,090,155
Total
$851,066,172
MINT COINAGE.
The following shows the monthly coinage in 1890 : Jannary. $2,380,000
February
1,940,000
March
2,220,000
April
1,720,000
May 1,650,000
June 1,825,000
July. 800,000
August
3,000,000
September
2,120,000
October
2,180,000
November 2,202,277
December
2,390,404
Total $24,427,681
The total for 1889 was $20,495,267, against $26,281,500 in 1888, $25,- 606,445 in 1887 and $25,370,652 in 1886.
The coinage for the past two years compares as follows :
1889.
Double eagles $15,444,000
Eagles
4,425,000
Standard dollars
700,000
Dimes
97,267
Total $20,495,267
1890.
Double eagles ... $16,055,000
Standard dollars
8,230,373
Dimes. 142,308
Total $24,427,681
Showing an increase of $3,932,414 for 1890.
REAL ESTATE.
The number of buildings put up in San Francisco since 1880 aud the value thereof has been as follows :
1880 397 $1,751,435
1881 532 3,790,732
92
BUILDERS OF A GREAT CITY.
1882
785
3,896,212
1883
803
5,261,680
6,302,807
Idaho
3,500,000
1885
1,544
7,858,110
1886
1,236
6,493,633
1887
1,131
6,594,290
1888
1,041
6,954,427
1889
1,363
7,655,913
1890
1,537
10,629,066
The engagements in 1890 are thus reported :
January.
96
$602,361
February
99
774,659
March
168
1,131,877
April
177
1,267,902
May
156
778,090
June
127
1,021,218
July
202
1,625,522
August
153
888,135
September 128
654,980
October
148
818,270
November.
127
734,148
December.
56
331,904
Total .1,637
$10,629,066
Sales of real estate for the past four years have been as follows:
January
$3,212,597
February 2,079,689
March
2,776,562
April
3,939,530
May
3,776,989
June
4,460,134
July
2,366,454
August 2,634,174
September
2,782,553
October
2,660,286
November.
2,317,850
December
3,539,069
Total 1890
$36,545,887
Total 1889
33,768,969
Total 1888
24,744,479
Total 1887
20,745,045
TREASURE PRODUCT OF 1890.
Gold.
California
$12,000,000
Nevada 3,500,000
1854
64,000,000
Colorado.
4,500,000
1855 58,000,000
Utah
677,000
1856
63,000,000
Dakota
4,000,000
5,500,000
Arizona
1,000,000
New Mexico
500,000
Alaska.
1,000,000
Oregon
1,000,000
Washington
300,000
Total $37,477,000
Silver.
California
$2,000,000
Nevada.
7,000,000
Colorado.
20,000,000
Utah
8,592 000
Montana
18,500,000
Idaho
9,000,000
Arizona
3,500,000
New Mexico
2,500,000
Oregon
50,000
Washington
1,000,000
Totals $71,442,000
TOTALS.
California. $14,000,000
Nevada
10,500,000
Colorado
24,000,000
Utah 9,269,000
Dakota 4,000,000
Montana
24,000,000
Idaho. 12,500,000
Arizona . 4,500,000
New Mexico
3,000,000
Alaska.
1,000,000
Oregon
1,050,000
Washington
400,000
Total $108,219,000
The following table gives the esti- mates of gold and silver production since 1848 :
Year Gold.
1818 $5,000,000
1849
23,000,000
1850 59,000,000
1851 60,000,000
1852 59,000,000
1853 68,000,000
----
Montana
1884
1,127
93
OUR COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES.
1857
64,000,000
1878
42,945,000
1858
59,000,000
1879
41,080,000
1859
59,000,000
·1880
43,770,000
1860
52,000,000
1881
48,100,000
1861
50,000,000
1882
49,950,000
1862
52,000,000
1883
47,450,000
1863
·57,000,000
1884
46,809,000
1864
55,967,605
1885
48,250,000
1865
57,496,800
1886
52,850,000
1866
62,000,000
1887
56,800,000
1867
59,000,000
1888
58,250,000
1868
51,000,000
1889
67,380,755
1869
47,000,000
1890
71,242,000
1870
48,000,000
TOTALS.
Year.
1848
$5,000,000
1874
49,150,000
1850
59,000,000
1876
58,100,000
1851
60,000,000
1877
50,700,000
1852
59,000,000
1878
46,370,000
1853
68,000,000
1879
36,530,000
1854
64,000,000
1880
35,655,000
1855
58,000,000
1881
31,660,000
1856
63,000,000
1882
30,950,000
1857
64,000,000
1883
29,375,000
1858
59,000,000
1884
28,236,600
1859
59,000,000
1885
28,740,000
1860
52,090,897
1886
32,815,000
1861
52,275,256
1887
37,765,000
1862
58,247,014
1888
44,500,000
1863
69,486,238
1889
41,254,000
1864
72,765,190
1890
37,477,000
1865
73,681,677
Year.
Silver.
1867
75,000,000
1860
$90,897
1868
67,000,000
1861
2,275,256
1869
63,000.000
1862
6,247,014
1870
66,000,000
1863
12,486,238
1871
66,603,000
1864
16,797,585
1872
70,263,914
1865
16,184,877
1873
80,000,000
1866
16,000,000
1874
89,400,000
1867
16,000,000
1875
97,250,000
1868
16,000,000
1876
101,100,000
1869
16,000,000
1877
98,000,000
1870
18,000,000
1878
89,315,000
1871
24,246,000
1879
77,600,000
1872
27,548,811
1880
79,425,000
1873
38,500,000
1881
79,760,000
1874
40,250,000
1882
80,900,000
1875
46,500,000
1883
76,825,000
1876
48,000,000
1884
75,045,600
1877
47,300,000
1885
76,990,000
1871
42,357,000
1872
42,688,100
1873
41,500,000
1849
23,000,000
1875
50,750,000
1866
78,000,000
94
BUILDERS OF A GREAT CITY.
1886
85,665,000
1887
94,565,000
1888
102,750,000
1889
108,634,755
1390
155,519,000
THE VALUE OF THE MINING INDUSTRY Of the coast in 1890 may be given as follows :
Gold ..
$37,477,000
Silver
71,242,000
Lead and base bullion.
12,000,000
Copper
21,000,000
Coal.
12,000,000
Quicksilver.
1,200,000
Miscellaneous
600,000
Total
$155,519,000
The totals for the following years have been as follows :
1890 $155,519,000
1889
150,288,755
1888
135,350,000
1887
122,365,000
1886
108,806,947
1885
99,390,000
1884
93,545,000
1883
95,553,000
1882
98,150,000
1881
94,360,000
1880
91,075,000
Here is an increase in one year of about three per cent. The total out- put of the coast has nearly doubled since 1879.
Old Californians and Others.
NAME.
DATE OF ARRIVAL.
Alsop & Co.
1849
Andrews, A. Col.
1850
Alvarado, Juan B
Feb. 14, 1849
Baird, John H
July 5, 1849
Baker, L. L.
Aug. 18, 1849
Blythe, Thomas H.
Aug.
4, 1849
Bryant, George W
July
6,
1849
Benchley, L. B
May, 1850
Beebe & Co
Bandmann & Nielsen
1850
Bartlett, Washington
Nov. 13, 1849 Pub. S. F. Journal of Commerce
Beals, Channing H
Bowen, W. H.
Buffington, John M
Jan. 13, 1849
Brannan, Samuel
July 31, 1846
Bovee, Wm. H
Sept. 14, 1849
Bonestell, Louis H.
.Aug. 18, 1849 Carpenter, cor. Mason & Jackson
Bidwell, John.
. Nov. 1841
Belcher, Fred. P
Sept. 8, 1849
Bauer, John A.
Oct. 12, 1849
Badlam, Alexander,
June 30, 1849
Center, John .
Oct. 31, 1849
Cook & Le Count.
Crocker, Charles.
1850
Cook, Baker & Co
Chesley, Geo. W
June 13, 1849.
Casserly, Eugene
.July, 1850
Coleman W. T. & Co Aug. 4, 1849
Coghill & Arington.
Collins, C. J.
1850
Cross, H & Co.
1850
Crosett, Joseph L.
Oct. 31, 1849
Cornwall, Pierre B
. Aug. 1848
Cogswell, Henry D
July 20, 1849
Clayton, Charles
April 2, 1849
Casanova, Henry
Nov. 25, 1849
Dean, Peter.
June 10, 1849
Doble, Abner
De Fremery, James & Co ... Dec. 1, 1849 Dunbar & Gibbs.
Dickson & De Wolf
Duisenberg, Charles
Sept. 18, 1849
Donahue, James M
April 24, 1849
Donahue, Peter
June, 1849
Dodge, Henry L
May 1, 1849
Degroot, Henry
Feb. 28, 1849
Davis, Isaac E
Aug. 18, 1849
BUSINESS. Merchant Jewelry Rancher Cor. Pacific and Montgomery Merchant Miner
Grocery and Hardware
Banker
Merchants
Commission Merchant Merchant Carpenter Publisher and Merchant Real Estate
Clerk in store at Sutter's Fort Drayman Drugs Printer Gardener, Folsom-street Road Booksellers and Stationers Merchant Merchants Auctioneer Publisher Merchants Merchants Hatter Merchant
Coal Merchant Dentist Merchant Merchant Merchant
Blacksmith Importers Merchants Merchants Merchant Moulder and Blacksmith Engineer Clerk City Hall Expert Miner Lime Merchant
96
BUILDERS OF A GREAT CITY.
Ebbets, A. M. Aug. 5, 1849
Ewer, Ferdinand C Sept, 15, 1849
Ewer, Warren B
Oct. 9, 1849
Eastland, Joseph G Dec. 1, 1848
Fay, Caleb T Sept. 9, 1849
Flood, J. C. Oct. 1849
Flint, Peabody & Co.
1850
Fitch, Geo. K Sept. 11, 1849 Printer on Journal of Commerce
Franklin, Stephen
Fry, John D. Aug. 29, 1849
Freeman, Benjamin H
1850
Forbes, Alexander
Dec. 1849
Folger, Francis B
Aug. 1849
Felton, Charles N
Sept. 1849
Fargo, Calvin F
Oct. 3, 1849
Fair, James G
. Sept. 3, 1849
Grant, Adam
Gray, Nathaniel
Geary, John W
. 1850
Goodell, N. D.
Aug. 13, 1849
Gore, Benjamin B
Sept. 14, 1849
Gibbs, George W
Ghirardelli, Domingo
April 25, 1849
Feb. 11, 1849
Gerke, Henry.
Aug. 1, 1847
Gates, Justin Jr
Sept. 26, 1849
Gashwiler, John W
Aug. 12, 1848
Huerlin & Belcher.
Hammond, Richard P
April 1, 184
Hamilton, Robert
Dec. 1, 1849
Hooper, A. J .
Heatley E D & Co
Hellmann & Co.
Hopkins, Mark Ang, 24, 1849
Hawley, Sterling & Co 1849
Hawley, David.
March 31, 1849
Hawley, E. P.
March 31, 1849
Hockhofler, Rudolph
1850 Shipping and Commission Mcht
Hotaling & Barnstead 1849
Holmes, H. T. July 12, 1841
Hoag, I. N
June 18, 1849
Huntington, C P
Aug. 27, 1849
Hodges, John G
Sept. 17, 1849
Hittell, John S
Aug. 29, 1849
Hemme, August.
Dec. 1, 1849
Harmon, Albion K. P April 1, 1849
Judson, E ..
July 12, 1849
Jennings, D. B
Jones, W. H ..
Kentfield, John
Kittredge, Jonathan.
Aug. 31, 1849
Kimball, Charles P
July 6, 1849
Kittle, N. G ..
Kruse, Edward J. F
Sept. 12, 1849
King, James of Wm
Nov. 10, 1849
Commission Merchant Minister Printer and Publisher
Merchant
Cor. Pacific and Mason Merchants
Clerk with Burgoyne & Co
Stairbuilder Merchant
Merchant Miner Dry Goods New York Coffin Warehouse City Mayor Contractor Broker Iron and Steel Coffee and Spice Wines
Drugs Mining General Merchandise Civil Engineer Merchant Harrison, Bailey & Hooper Commission Merchants Merchants Merchant Commission Merchants With Hawley & Sterling With Hawley & Sterling
Cor. Sansome and Jackson Miner
Merchant
Publisher Assayer
Miner Importer Auctioneer Happy Valley Blacksmith Publisher City Directory Clerk Merchant Banker and Publisher
97
OLD CALIFORNIANS AND OTHERS.
Keeler, Julins M Dec. 20, 1849
Lux, , Charles
Light, W. W .. Aug. 30, 1849
Locke & Morrison
1850
Lent, W. M
April 1, 1840
Low, Fred F.
June 4, 1849
Lynde, Wm. C
July 6, 1849
Livermore, O
.Nov. 1849 Clerk with W. T. Coleman & Co
Leon, Fred. F
.June 4, 1848
Lohse, John F
Sept. 12, 1849
Lick, James .
. Dec. 1847
Levingston, Harry B
Jan. 4, 1849
Moore, J. B
Nov. 2, 1849
Macondray, Fred. W
Aug. 18, 1849
Macondray, Wm. A
Aug. 18, 1849
Maguire, Thomas & Co
1849
Murphv, Daniel S
Mills, D. O June 4, 1849
Middleton & Hood
Mills, Edgar .
July 18, 1849
Middleton, John
Sept. 26, 1849
Meiggs, Harry
July 7, 1849
Mines, Rev. F
.. 1850
Morrow, Geo
Sept. 21, 1849
Meusdorffer, John C
Sept. 19, 1849
McDonald, Richard H.
July 18, 1849
McCreery, Andrew B.
Aug. 24, 1849
Naylor, P.
1850
Norcross, Daniel July 6, 1849
Nugent, John
Dec. 1849
Nutting, Calvin
.July 16, 1849
O'Brien, William S
July 6, 1849
Phelan, James G
Aug. 1849
Page, Bacon & Co
1850
Powell, Abraham
Aug, 5, 1849
Pope, John F
Aug. 23, 1849
Plum, Charles M
Aug. 6, 1849
Pickering, Loring
Aug. 1, 1849
Phelps, Guy T
Dec. 14, 1849
Phelps, Augustus E
Oct. 15, 1849
Peck, John S
July 7, 1849
Parrott, John.
.June, 1845
Painter, Jerome B
Sept. 12, 1849
Palache, James
Sept. 12, 1849
Pacheco, Romualdo
Nov. 1831
Quinn, D. H
June, 1854
Ryer, Washington M.
March, 1849
Rulofson, Wm. H
June 13, 1849
Reis, Christian .
Sept. 1, 1849
Reis, Gustave.
Sept. 1, 1849
Redington, John H
.Sept. 1849
Stanford, Josiah
.Oct. 31, 1849
Sutton, O. P April 1, 1849
Merchant Stock Dealer Dentist Commission Merchants Miner
Miner Piano Maker Merchant Postmaster Tea Merchant Tea Importer Parker House and Theater
Banker Auctioneers Banker
Lumber Rector Trinity Church Merchant
Hatter Drugs Wholesale Grocery Hardware and Tinplate Printer Publisher Mechanic Cor. Pacific and Mason Commission Merchant Bankers Contractor Lumber Merchant Printer and Publisher
Bookbinder
Merchant Type Dealer, etc Merchant Merchant Hatter Physician Photographer
Drugs Oils, etc Merchant
98
BUILDERS OF A GREAT CITY.
Sabatie & Russell
Selby & Post. 1849
Story, Charles R Sept. 17, 1849
Sherwood, Robert
Sargent, Aaron A
Dec. 3, 1849
Sutter, John A ..
July 1, 1839
Sterett, Benjamin F
Dec. 28, 1849
Strentzel, John
Oct. 19, 1849
Stevenson, Jonathan D
March 5, 1849
Staples, David J
Sept. 27, 1849
Soule, Frank
May 29, 1849
Sloss, Louis .
July 18, 1849
Shurtleff, Benj.
July 6, 1849
Sherman, Gen. Wm. T
Jan. 23, 1847
Sherman, William
Aug. 18, 1849
Shannon, Thomas B Oct. 6, 1849
Sharon, William
Ang. 15, 1849
Shew, Jacob
July 15, 1849
Smith, Myron
Nov. 1, 1849
Selby, Thomas H Aug. 27, 1849
Tay, Geo. H Oct. 1, 1849
Taylor, C. L
Taffe, Murphy & McCahill 1850
Tustin, William I
Oct. 1, 1845
Tillmann, Frederick
Sept. 12, 1849
Tevis, Lloyd.
Oct. 1849
Tennent, Thomas
Aug. 14, 1849
Teller, J. M
Van Winkle, Isaac S.
July 13, 1849
Von Schmidt, Alexis W May 24, 1849
Valentine, T B.
Warren, Col. J. L. L. F. 1849
White Bros
1849
Williams, Rev. A
1850
Winter, William.
1850
Wetherbee, Henry
Sept. 30, 1849
Whitney, R. W ..
Woodward, Robert B
Nov. 19, 1849
Wachhorst, H
. May, 1850
Williams, Henry F.
Oct. 12, 1849
Wentworth, John P H Sent. 17, 1849
Wellman, Bela.
Nov. 4, 1849
Wilmerding, John C
Sept. 1849
Merchant Metal Dealers Drugs Watchmaker Attorney-at-Law
Storekeeper at Sacramento Printer on Journal of Commerce Farmer Soldier Merchant
Nevada City Merchant Doctor Banker Merchant
Broker Photographer Merchant Merchant Leonard & Tay Lumber and Commission Mcht Cor. Sacramento and Mont'gy Millwright
With Beandry & Co Banker Instrument Maker Commission Merchant Iron Engineer
Merchant and Publisher Importer First Presbyterian Church Sign Painter Merchant Cosmopolitan Hotel What Cheer House Watchmaker Merchant
Merchant Merchant
PROMINENT BUILDINGS IN EARLY DAYS.
Alcalde Office, George Hyde, 1846 . Clay street
City Hall, 1849-50. Cor. Pacific and Kearny streets Merchants' Exchange Reading Rooms, 1849, Cor. Mont'gy and Washingt'n Masonic Hall, for Masons and Odd Fellows, 1849 .... Bet. Pine and Bush Pacific Mail S. S. Co., Howison's Wharf Foot Sacramento street S. F. Market Kearny, bet. Clay and Sacramento U. S. Custom House Cor. Montgomery and California U. S. Postoffice (J. B. Moore, P. M.), 1848-50 Clay and Dupont
Biographical Sketches
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COLONEL H. ANDREWS.
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COLONEL A. ANDREWS.
HERE are few San Franciscans to whom the erect soldierly form and military bearing of Col. Andrews, the well-known jeweler and dealer in diamouds, is not familiar, He has been identified with San Francisco and its business interests for over forty years, and has, therefore, a record of service to which but comparatively few of us can aspire. Like many other eminent citizens, he had his birthplace in a foreign land, but few native sons of the Union have rend- ered the republic better service or beeu more strictly identified with her as a citizen who has done his duty well. Colonel A. Andrews is a native of Albion, having first drew breath in the ancient and imperial city of Lon- don, in 1826. He came to America with his parents in 1838, they settling in New Orleans. He has been, there- fore, from his earliest youth, an adopted son of the republic and a citi- zen ever since manhood. He was ap- prenticed to the trade of jeweler in 1840, and learned his business in New Orleans. There were, however, stir- ring times ahead. War against Mex- ico was declared, and young Andrews, as a loyal son of the republic, at once volunteered for the front. His mind was filled with visions of glory to be obtained in a second conquest of the empire of the Montezumas. He en- tered as lieutenant of the Second Ohio, and came out as captain of the same. He took part in all the battles of the war, and his valor and soldierly conduct won the praise of his super- iors in rank. When the war was over his adventurous disposition would not allow him to go back to lead a plodding life, unmarked by incident and undistinguished by notable deeds.
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