The builders of a great city : San Francisco's representative men, the city, its history and commerce : pregnant facts regarding the growth of the leading branches of trade, industries and products of the state and coast, Part 12

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Publication date: 1891
Publisher: San Francisco : The Journal
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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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