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It has formed the subject of descriptions in many a book written by visitors from every civilized land ; it has been the theme of conversation in hall and bower, in smoking rooms and around the firesides of countless homes in Eastern States, in Europe, in far-off India and the Australian Isles. Hardly one of the hundreds of thousands of strangers brought by the search for pleasure or the hope of gain to the El Dorado of the nineteenth century, — the sun-loved land of California, with its golden hoards beneath and its golden burdens above, — has failed to spend some happy hours at the Cliff House, watching the grotesque antics of the seals, dreaming of the mysterious Pacific and drinking in the wondrous beauty of this unique spot. The old Cliff House, it is true, has been destroyed by fire, but the new Cliff House, built after the model of a French chateau, possesses, undiminished and untouched, the exquisite surroundings and the historic associations that won for its predecessor an enviable fame. The position of the surf-beaten rock, almost at the entrance of the Golden Gate, the tree-crowned heights above, the grand sweeping curves of the north coast, the serrated hills of Marin County, with twin- peaked Tamalpais frowning over the bay, the long stretch south of broad beach, with the never-ending march of the restless waves that leap and lift their glistening heads and curve and break in thunder on the shore, edging the sea with bands of foamy lace, present a scene that may elsewhere be equaled, but certainly cannot be surpassed. For many years this portion of San Francisco has been identified with the personality of one of the most original and independent characters of the West, Adolph Sutro, the present Mayor of San Francisco. In the seventies he won fame and fortune by the successful building >f the Sutro Tunnel on the Comstock lode in Nevada, a task herculean in itself, but doubly and trebly so in the teeth of the intense opposi- tion of the moneyed powers of the coast, and the bonanza miners of Virginia City. At the time when the best citizens of San Francisco despaired of her future, he settled there and, careless of forebodings, invested heavily in real estate in the business part of town, but especially about Point Lobos and in the district alongside the ocean. On a hill that overlooks fV, e Cliff House he made his home, and out of ie bare and shifting sands he created ' ' The Heights, ' ' a garden of rest and delight for the people of San Francisco, and the stranger within her gates, and as free as the air of heaven. The grandest work Mayor Sutro has on hand, and the one that will perpetuate his name to future generations, is the gathering and forma- tion of a library co-extensive with the whole range of literature, science and art. Towards that purpose upward of 200,000 volumes have been collected, of which many are the rarest of their kind, and priceless in the estimation of book-lovers and scholars. In the theology and philosophy of the dark and middle ages, and of the revival of learning, — a much more fruitful source of modern thinkers' work than is generally supposed, — this collection of Mr. Sutro's is unrivalled in the United States. Rich in scientific works of all kinds, possessing almost complete libraries on in- dividual subjects, rich in Oriental manuscripts and in classics, it contains treasures of English literature, while in the wide branch of State pa- pers, fly sheets and political pamphlets of the days of the Stuarts and Cromwell, no library outside the great ones of England, is its peer. It is impossible to give any detailed account of the library, let the following serve as a type of the whole. There are copies of 400 different editions of the Bible, many of them extremely rare. There is a Hebrew Bible on big rolls of leather ; there is a Plantin Polyglot, a " Vinegar " Bible, a " Thumb " Bible and more than one copy of the ' ' Breeches " Bible. One German Bible dates from about 1466 and is probably from the press of Eggesteyn of Strassburg. There are supposed to be extant in the world about 15,000 incunabula or ' ' fifteeuers, " books printed before 1500 A. D. Of these 3,700, or nearly one-fourth of the whole, are in the possession of Mr. Sutro. There are copies from the presses of ' ' Fust & Schoeffer " of Mentz ; Zainer, Soy, Froschauer and Ratdolt of Augsburg ; Furter, Froben, Amerbach of Basle; Homborch, Koelhoff, Quentell, Trehuena of Cologne ; Zarotus of Milan ; Koberger and Sensenschmidt of Nuremberg ; Plank & Pannartz of Rome ; Zainer of Ulm ; Drach of Spire ; Eggesteyn, Flach & Gruniger of Strassburg ; J. De Colonia, Jensen, Aldus, Gerretson and Bevilacqua of Venice, and hundreds of other famous printers. The spot on which the building to contain this library is to be erected is inside an amphitheatre formed by Mount Parnassus, a little south of Golden Gate Park on J street. From it a magnificent view of ocean, park, bay and city can be seen by the visitor, and the library structure, along with the buildings of the affiliated colleges, — the site for which was given to the University of California by Mr. Sutro, — will for centuries link the name of Sutro with all that is broadest and best in the learning of the West. Another great work of Mr. Sutro is the Baths. Tike the library the structure has been of long conception, and its execution is equally as good. The Bath building stands somewhat north of the new Cliff House, and its entrance from Point Lobos Avenue is a small classic temple. From this by broad stairways, flanked with shrubs and flowers, the Museum gallery is reached. Here are placed the archaeological and other collections of Mr. Sutro. Mummies and innumerable other curiosities from ancient Egypt, a goodly number of specimens of Aztec pottery and art that show a curious resemblance to the work from the land of the Nile, beautiful fans from various countries, Damascened plates, Chinese and Japanese swords, wooden ware used by the North American Indians, totems from Alaska, etc., etc., while in the Bath galleries proper will be found a superb collection of birds and animals, scenes from Japanese life, portfolios of photographs, and valuable state papers, oil paintings, and hundreds of other works of art and curios. From the Museum gallery the visitor can reach the Baths, either by stairways or by the eleva- tor. Striking as is the first view, familiarity only makes it more striking. Its size seizes the imagination, yet it is not oppressive, owing to the lightness and airiness of the structure. Sitting on a rock, watching the waves of the Pacific, dreaming of a way to utilize the gigantic power of the sea, part of this whilom dream of Sutro's is here turned into reality. Tier upon tier rise seats, while at their base, visible to every one, are the swimming tanks. The sea water is supplied by an ingenious use of the ocean waves. A basin scooped out of solid rock receives the water that dashes over the top, thence it is conducted to a settling tank, from which by numerous small canals it makes its way into the various tanks. Of these there are six in all ; the largest one will contain the sea water in its normal state ; the others will be heated to different temperatures to suit the varying requirements of visitors. As stated above, the Baths are filled by the ocean itself. Should, however, there be tides so low as to necessitate pumping, preparations therefor have been made, and the water can be forced in at the rate of 6,000 gal- lons a minute. The mere emptying of trie tanks entails no difficulty ; but the emptying of them in such a way as to prevent the return of the once-used water required ingenuity. The refuse water in the main outlet, into which all the tanks ultimately empty, is piped hundreds of feet to the other side of the headlands, thence passes into the tidal current and away from the Baths. Sight alone will give a comprehensible idea of the Sutro Baths— some approximation, however, may be reached by the following figures : Length of Baths 499-5 feet Width of Baths 254. 1 feet Amount of Glass used 100,000 superficial feet Iron in Roof and Columns 600 tons Lumber 3,500,000 feet Concrete 270,000 cubic feet Seating Capacity — Amphitheatre, 3,700 ; Promenade, 3,700 7,400 Holding Capacity 25,000 Tanks 6 Capacity of Tanks 1 ,804,962 gallons Fresh Water Plunge Tanks 1 Toboggan Slides in Baths 7 Spring Boards 9 Trapezes .... 3 High Dive 1 Swinging Rings , : 30 Dressing Rooms — private 517 Club Rooms — 9 capacity 1,110 Total Capacity Dressing and Club Rooms 1 ,627 Shower Baths in all Club Rooms 37 ' ' Private Dressing Rooms 29 Time required to fill tanks — by waves 1 hour " " " " " pumping 5 hours Attached to the Baths is a laundry completely fitted up with washer, dryer, wringer and ironer ; the limit of its capacity is 20,000 suits and 40,000 towels a day. Furthermore, that the inner man may not be neglected, there is a restaurant inside the Baths. It consists of three floors 30x75 each, with a capacity at one time of 1,000 people. The kitchen, 30x50 feet, contains four large ranges, broiler, stock kettle, warmer, etc., and can provide easily for the wants of 6,000 visitors. The Baths are lighted by electricity, two 800 candle-power arc lights and a number of 25 candle-power lights. All of the Bath buildings are protected on the west side by an enormous breakwater, 400 feet long, 20 feet deep, 25 feet wide at the top and 75 feet wide at the base, that contains 450,000 cubic feet of rock. There is also another breakwater running east and west, 300 feet long, 25 feet wide at the top, 75 feet wide at the base, and. 20 feet deep, and contains 300,000 cubic feet of rock. These two breakwaters furnish secu- rity against any possible contingency of a stormy sea. Indeed there has been nothing omitted in the construction of the vast building or in its thousand details that could give security or add comfort to the visitor within its gates. The old Cliff House, destroyed by fire December 25th, 1894, was by far the most widely known building on the Pacific Coast. The old fashioned, low ceilinged, two story, rambling house has been visited by every one of consequence that came to San Francisco between the years 1863 and 1894. General Grant was there on his trip round the world ; Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lome spent some happy hours there ; ex-President Hayes, President Harrison and numbers of others were taken to the Cliff to see the seals and partake of the bounteous products, of sea, river, plain and mountain, for which California is famed. To read the hotel register is to recite a catalogue of names illustrious in every part of the globe. In 1863, C. C. Butler obtained a charter to build a toll road 125 feet wide from Central Avenue to the Cliff, and out of this driveway naturally sprung the project of the Cliff House. It was opened October 15th, 1863, by Captain J. R. Foster. As he was an experienced caterer, and the drive was popular among the rich people of San Francisco and a show place for visitors, the Cliff House resort grew rapidly in favor and attained great success. The first lessee was Captain C. R. Foster and, for nearly twenty years, he managed the Cliff. After him, came Hugh McCrum, of Sroufe & McCrum, who, after two years, was succeeded by R. C. Pearson for one year, and then by James M. Wilkins. The latter was the last manager of the old, and is the first manager of the new Cliff House. The ruins of the old building had hardly time to get cold before Mr. Sutro was making arrangements to raise a new structure. Letters containing suggestions poured in from all sides ; plans were offered by leading architects. Mr. Sutro read and considered the various communications, and examined the plans submitted. He then gave instructions to his architects, Colley & Lemme, to draw plans for the new Cliff House after the style of a French chateau of the seventeenth century. On May 17th, 1895, the builders' contract was awarded to Messrs. Campbell & Pettus who also built the Sutro R. R. Depot and the Cliff House stables. Work commenced immediately and the structure was finished January 1st, 1896. Looking from the ocean, the building consists of four stories and an attic, while from the Point Lobos road, beside the attic, there are only two clear stories. The lowest one is devoted to the polishing of shells, the manufacture of curios, and the electric plant for the lighting of the house and the running of the elevator, and contains sleeping rooms for the necessary attendants. On the second floor refreshments will be sold at prices based on those of city restaurants. There are twenty dining rooms on this floor, and also shell and curio rooms. The third floor consists of the main parlor, the main dining room, the principal kitchen and the main bar, and several dining rooms, which by means of folding doors, can be enlarged or diminished at pleasure. Shells and curios will also be sold on this floor. The big banquet room is on the fourth floor, also a ladies' private parlor, a public parlor, a billiard room and a bar. The attic is used chiefly as a means of approach to the rooms in the turrets, three of them fitted up as private dining rooms and the fourth containing the largest camera obscura west of Chicago. Springing from the main roof, in its center, rises the handsome square tower, which according to present plans, is to be used as an observatory room from which coign of vantage, the visitors may enjoy the magnificent and extensive view of sea and shore, of plains and lofty mountain chains. A verandah 16 feet wide, open at the fourth but enclosed by glass on the three lower floors, runs around the ocean side of the Cliff House. The inside fittings and furniture have been chosen by Wilkins & Pearson, and are in keeping with the style and beauty of the building. Nothing that could contribute to the convenience and comfort of the guests has been overlooked and though the memory of the old house may pass away slowly, there is little doubt but that the present Cliff House will speedily win a wide reputation. All the old attractions are there — the mysterious Pacific rich in memories of the English bucanneers, of the rich galleons of Spain and its dashing chivalry, the purple mountains, the broad beach, the jutting headlands and the entrance to the grand bay on whose margin sits the Queen of the Pacific, into whose lap are destined to flow the golden treasures of the awakening world. >N. THOMAS J. U£ GLYNN, the pres- ent City and County £ p Recorder, and mem- ber of the Board of Directors of the Sutro Rail- road Company, is recognized as one of San Francisco's sterling and foremost citi- zens. As private citizen and public official he has made hosts of friends and estab- lished for himself a record for ability and conscientious performance of his duty. He was born at New Orleans, La., and when but a mere child came to San Francisco with his widowed mother. His education was obtained in the public schools of this city and while yet a small boy he was apprenticed to a marble cutter. During the subsequent seven years his energies were bent towards mastering every detail of that trade and it was not long before he was looked upon as an expert. Taking advantage of an opportunity that presented itself, he then engaged in the sheep and wool growing business with considerable success, but after a few years at this he again returned to city life and began to take active and deep interest in politics. In 1883 he was appointed wharfinger on the city front, and held the position for eight years, at the end of which time he entered into the insurance business, attaching himself to the Northern and London Assurance Company. In 1892, Mr. Glynn was honored by the Demo- cratic party with the nomination for the office of City and County Recorder. It is unnecessary to say that he was elected. The manner in which he conducted the office gave such satisfaction that he was again tendered the nomination in 1894, and reelected. The subject of this sketch is one of those bright examples of manhood who have risen from the ranks by their own efforls. 2^? ^OL. LITTLE was born in Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands. His father, a native of Maine, was a sea captain and ship owner who did an extensive business between China and the Mexican coast, making Honolulu the half way port. He lost his life with his vessel in the harbor of Mazatlan. Young Little went East via Cape Horn, on the U. S. Frigate "Brandy- wine" in 1845, was for sev- eral years at the Abbott School, Fanington, Maine. Entered Harvard in 1853, but did not graduate, however, on account of the " California fever. " On reach- ing San Francisco he entered the banking house of Lucas, Turner & Co., at the head of which was General Sherman. When this house closed in 1857, he engaged with the banking house of Parrott & Co , where he remained until 1867. He then embarked in the lumber trade as partner in the firm of Taylor & Co., in Oakland, with whom he remained until 1887 when he organized and incorporated the company known as the " Little & Knowles Lumber Co.," having bought out the old concern of G. B. Knowles & Co. Col. Little joined the City Guard (now Co. B., 1st Regiment) in 1856, rose through the various grades to that of Lieutenant Colonel and resigned in 1869. Col. Little was well and favorably known by all the lumber dealers. October, 1888, he was elected President of the S. F. Lumber Dealers' Exchange. He was President of the State United Association of Lumber Dealers, and twice sent East as the delegate to represent California to the meetings in Chicago and St. Louis of the U. S. Joint Association. In '92, being out of business, he was engaged by Mr. Adolph Sutro as his agent, and upon the incorporation of the Sutro Railroad Co , was elected Secretary. Ml NION LUMBER CO. General Office l® 22 Market Street; oar? rra^cisco, Gal, Redwood and Pine Lumber RAILROAD TIES , PINE AND REDWOOD PILES, TELEGRAPH POLES, SPARS, ETC. San Francisco Yard and Planing Mill, CHANNEL AND SIXTH STREETS Mouldings and Casings Run to Order SAWMILL AT FORT BRAGG, Mendocino County, Cal. * Cargoes Cut to Order. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. Entrance to Sutro Baths. Photo, 121 Post St. ^OHN TUTTLE, one of the well known business men of our city, was born at London, Providence of Ontario, Canada, on April n, 1843, a son of Jacob and Lois Tuttle. ""^Sp He received the greater portion of his scholastic education in Minnesota, whither he went in 1856 His entry into business life was with his father at Wabasha, Wabasha Co., Minn., in farming and brick making, and there young Tuttle manifested that energy, persistence and accuracy of business method that has characterized him all through life, and has contributed to the eminent success that he afterwards achieved. He remained with his father until the breaking out of the war, when, in response to the call for soldiers to defend the integrity of the Union, he enlisted, on July 23, 1863, in the 97th New York Volunteer Infantry, and served in the Army of the Potomac, participating with his regiment in thirteen different battles and engagements. He was mustered out on March 24, 1865, and then went to Menomonie, Wis., where he engaged in the milling and lumber business. In 1874, he came to San Francisco, and, with his brother, A. J. Tuttle, entered into the brick business, retaining that business connection for twelve years. Subsequently, he entered his present business — contracting for the supplying of coal, lime, lath, brick and cement — with office and yards at No. 516 Haight Street, and has remained therein since. Mr. Tuttle is Senior Vice-Commander of Geo. H. Thomas Post, No. 2, G. A. R. ; is a member of Pacific Lodge, No. 136, F. & A. M., and is also a member of Fidelity Lodge of the A. O. U. W. ; of Fidelity Lodge of the K. of H. ; of the Veteran Guard of California, and of the Builders' Exchange. Among the other prominent works wherein Mr. Tuttle has been engaged may be mentioned the grading of over 55,000 yards of J Street, the site given by Mayor Sutro to the city of San Francisco for the location of the Affiliated Colleges, which work he performed in ten days, and upon which more men and teams were employed at any one time than was employed on similar work at the Midwinter Fair grounds. It is very doubtful if there is another contractor in the city of San Francisco who could have accomplished this herculean feat in the same limited time ; and this is simply an indication of Mr. Tuttle' s unfailing performance of whatever he promises to do. He also furnished a large amount of the brick, lime and cement for the construction of the new Cliff House, and- did all the grading for the Sutro Railroad and Car House. From this brief recital, it is easy to perceive that Mr. Tuttle is a man of infinitive resource and indomitable energy, and one whose capabilities will make him successful in whatever he undertakes. Mr. Tuttle is a member of the Trans- Mississippi Commercial Congress and in that capacity has ably represented the interests of the State of California, and has utilized his comprehensive knowledge and large business experience to advance and conserve those measures that would materially augment and promote our mercantile, commercial and financial resources. Espe?ially is this true relative to Mr. Tuttle's intelligent action on the subject of comprehensive irrigation and reclamation of our arid lands, and the effective factor such reclamation would be in furnishing added revenue to the States and Nation, and the provision that could be thus made in providing homes for our overplus of population. JOHN TUTTLE General View Sutro Baths, looking \w.st. ^%v^ , Photo, izi Post St- ESTABLISHED I860 A. H. LISSAK O. F. Yon RHEIN CABLE ADDRESS, Von Rhein Bankers, Nevada Bank TELEPHONE, MAIN 573 0. F. von RHEIN & CO 513 California Street SAN FRANCISCO. iiiii Hi mP© BLANK BOOK MANUFACTURERS, PRINTERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS »AI FMANCI8CO. CAL 225 FRONT STREET NEW YORK IF YOU ONCE BUY TO YOU WILL ALWAYS TRY TO SOUTHFIELD WELLINGTON COAL THE BEST AND CHEAPEST FOR GRATE, RANGE, FURNACE, ETC. YOUR DEALER SELLS IT. entrance, Grand Stairway, Sutro Baths. Ja^r?^ Photo, 121 Post St. STJTRO RAILROAD CO. O # $~ # # #' ~ * * * # # # ADOLPH SUTRO --------- President I WM. C. LITTLE Secretary I B. M. VAN FRANK ------- Superintendent | THE PEOPLE'S ROAD Culled into existence by the popular demand for a Five Cent Fare to the Cliti House and the Ocean Capital Stock $400,000.00 Divided into 40,000 Shares at $10 Per Share NO BONDS. NO DEBTS. NO WATERED STOCK A limited amount of Stock can yet be secured by application to O. F. VON RHEIN & CO. Subscription Department Sutro Railroad Co. 513 California Street 14 Original Elevator Promenade, Sutro Baths. ya&y^ Photo, 121 Post St, KNITTING CO. 120 SUTTER STREET j R 2 °?24 S } SAN FRANCISCO We Design and Manufacture the neatest and most appro- priate knitted BATHING SUITS MADE IN THE WORLD FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN In Silk, Half Silk and Woolen Yarns. * Cloth Bicycle Suits and Suueate^s IN BEAUTIFUL VARIETIES SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO EASTERN ORDERS Write us for our Illustrated Catalogue and Self-Measurement Blanks. ROOS BROS. Leading Clothiers, Furnishers and Hatters LOWER PRICES THAN EVER OVERCOATS, • ULSTERS, • MACKINTOSHES 27-29-31-33-35-37 Kearny Street The Sutro Baths are Unequalled So are Gruenhagen's Candies . . The latter are Manufactured and Retailed at QRUENHAGEN'S No. 20 Kearny Street FANCY BOXES, BASKETS AND BONBONNIERES • ••••• • Goods Carefully Packed and Shipped by Express on receipt of P. O. Order 16 Old Ben 1 . Butler," Museum, Sutro Baths. .^jS?*^, Photo, T21 Post St. The Stuparich Manufacturing Co. MANUFACTURERS OF. # Photographic Mounts Fancy Cards Advertising Show Cards 523-527 MARKET STREET IRIE'VIEJIR-IE BLOCK •-— San Francisco, Cal. & All Kinds of Stamping and Embossing in Gold and Silver Leaf ADVERTISING AND SHAPE NOVELTIES DESIGNING AND ENGRAVING 18 /Museum, looking north, Sutro Baths. -/^S^S P1 10tO. T2I Post St. ^SSLER s Frames, Pictures, Mirrors and Artists' Materials SEND FOR OUR NEW ARTIST MATERIAL .... CATALOGUE .... 'i ARTISTIC FRAMING OUR SPECIALTY | \ _=-, ._ — „ s K Salesroom „i^, Factory 27 Grant Avenue — mi ® - — 312 to 316 Grove Street Aain Promenade, Sutro Baths. jg%^) PhotO, 121 Post St. A. Quade & Co. Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Table Luxuries 636 MARKET STREET TELEPHONE MAIN 1333 SAX FRANCISCO frewKCooKii^^es ^ 5taff OF NEPHI PLASTER PARIS A LARGE STOCK ALWAYS ON HAND Office BUIIaDERS' EXCHANGE Box 318, 40 New Montgomery Street Telephone, main 5110 SAN FRANCISCO Plaster Work in opposite illustration done by L. Santini, also Exterior Plaster Decorations on Cliff House. Clawson's Patent Chimney Throat and Arch Bar, forming Throat from Mantle to Brick Work, making the Bricklayer conform with the Mantle Work Henry H. Larsen & Bros. MASON AND BUILDER .... OFFICE .... Builders' Exchange, 40 New Montgomery St. SAN FRANCISCO Telephone Main 5110 Office Hours, 12-1:30 p.m. Chimney at the Cliff House built by H. H. Larsen 28 Corner, Vestibule, Sutro Baths. ^fa/ds*- Photo, 121 Post St. BONESTELL & CO. IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF PAPER SOLE AGENTS FOR THE FAMOUS COATED Satin Finish PAPERS In All Tints THIS SOUVENIR IS PRINTED ON OUR B. & C. COATED PAPER 401=403 SAN^OME STREET, San Francisco SPECTACLES;OPTiCALG00bS PHOTOGRAPHIC OUTFITS etc HIR5CH&KAHN, 333 KEARNY STREET. SAN FP.ANCISC0. Microscopes, Telescopes, Field & Opera Glasses Magic Lanterns, Barometers, Thermometers, Compasses. Electric Batteries, Drawing. Mining Surveying and other Scientific Instruments. Q^=Send for Illustrated Catalogue and Eje Tests. Free. Joseph Winterburn, Geo. F. Winter burn, Wm, Hoffschneider Presdent Secretary Vice-President JOS. WINTERBURN CO. Printers and Electrotypers STAMPS OF ALL KINDS STEREOTYPING DONE BOOK PRINTING CARD PRINTING No. 417 CLAY STREET BELOW SANSOME Telephone 5254 SAN FRANCISCO Telephone No. \; City Stables No. 332 BUSH STREET F. fll. CHAPfllflN 8t CO. FINE STOCK OF LIVERY HORSES AND EASY RIDING VEHICLES Careful Drivers, well acquainted with all places of interest 30 »9 - *^gg£^ THE firm of M. Hansen & Co., proprietors of the King Planing Mill, is composed of M. Hansen and H. C. Hansen, and their extensive plant is located at Nos. 231 to 251 King Street, between Third and Fourth Streets, and there is done scroll-sawing, planing, shaping, mill- work of all kinds, and sash, doors and blinds manufact- ured and kept in stock, as well as house-finish of all de- scriptions. The mill is equipped with the latest and most im- proved machinery and appliances ; is lighted with elec- tricity, and supplied with elevators that are used in con- veying material from floor to floor. Consequently, the mill is fully and perfectly equipped to manufacture and handle all kinds of work. This firm is too well known to require any eulogium on their work or their varied and long experience in the business. About twenty years ago Mr. M. Hansen estab- lished the Main Street Planing Mill, and hence is one of the pioneer mill-men of San Francisco. Subsequently he moved the mill to Sixth and Berry Streets and changed its name to the Pacific Planing Mill. This was anteced- ent to that locality being the favored situation for lum- ber yards, and Mr. Hansen may be accredited with dis- covering the eligibility of that location which lumber dealers were not slow to perceive and follow suit by establishing yards there. He afterward sold his interest in the Pacific Planing Mill, and with his brother, H. C, about two years ago established the King Planing Mill. Mr. Hansen has supplied vast quantities of mill work to many of the prominent buildings in the city, notable among them being the Sutro Baths. Both members of the firm are members of The Builders' Exchange. * ^ S==;* M. HANSEN H. C. HANSEN M. HANSEN & CO. Scroll Sawing, Planing, Shaping, Mill Work of all Kinds THE KINO PLANING MILL . , Manufacturers of and Dealers in ^ SASH, DOORS AND BLINDS All Kinds of House Finish on Hand, and Made to Order 231-251 KING STREET, bet. Third and Fourth, San Francisco, Cal. TELEPHONE No. 5856 32 Sutro Baths, looking North. 4S§few, Photo, i2i Post St. Established 1828 THE J. L. IHOIT IRON WORKS NEW YORK, BOSTON, CHICAGO, ST. LOUIS, SAN FRANCISCO Manufacturers and Importers of Fine Plumbing and Sanitary Specialties of all kinds Fountains, Drinking Fountains, Lamp Pillars, Railings, etc. Hot Water Heaters, Hot Air Furnaces Steam Jacket Kettles, etc. Stable Fixtures The Water Closets in the Cliff House were made and furnished by this Company. PRINCIPAL OFFICE 84 TO 90 BEEKMAN ST. NEW YORK San Francisco Office and Show Room. Room 27, FLOOD BUILDING Telephone Bush 18 G. C SWEENEY PLUMBER, GAS AND STEAM FITTER No. 1144 ELLIS STREET Bet. POWELL AND MASON RESIDENCE: 515 EIGHTEENTH ST SAN FRANCISCO The Plumbing and Gas Fining at the Cliff Rouse uas rione by this firm. JOHN A. ROEBLING'S SONS CO. Manufacturers of WIRE, INSULATED WIRE AND WIRE ROPE Wire Cloth and Netting 25=27 FREriONT ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. WORKS AT TRENTON, N. J. Telephone 673 pro WEST C0AST WIRE AND | R0N WORKS WIRE AND IRON FENCING AND RAILINGS Artistic Brass and Iron Grill Work for Offices, Elevators, Banks, etc. STORE FIXTURES, LADIES' AND QENTS' WIRE FIGURES Coal, Ore and Sand Screens, Riddles and Sieves, Flower Stands, Baskets Archways and Every Description of Wire Goods Factory: 16 FREMONT STREET . © 34 Looking west, from Vestibule, Sutro Baths. -JI&^W Photo, 121 Post St. You Can Buy at Low Prices at STUDEBAKER BROS' Carriage Repository Mb Anything on Wheels for Horses to Draw l 0' "gp Carriages, Carts Wagons, Harness Robes, Whips, Etc. ,C@- ^© r g)^J IP Studebaker Bros' Manufacturing Co. MARKET AND 10th STREETS SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., U. S. A. 36 IM 1 ' f - » » Looking East, from Main Tank, Sutro Baths. ^a^^, Photo, 121 Post St. GO TO THE... SAN FRANCISCO PHOTO-ENGRAVING COMPANY -^ 51 8-5 20 SACRAMENTO ST. ....For All Kinds of Engravings.... >•••- FOR SPECIMENS.... SEE ENGRAVINGS IN THIS PUBLICATION ijl§k W-, KHMII telephone : South 719, 4 BellM Telephone: "outh 719, 4 Bells BOAT BUILDER Metallic Life Boats Whale Boats, Launches, Row Boats and Spoon Oars constantly on hand. All Kinds of Boats Built to Order. Office and Works: No. 718 THIRD ST. YARD AT Solano and Illinois Streets, Potrero, San Francisco Samples Cheerfully Given Call and See Us Self-Measurement System Mailed on Application First Premium at flechanics' Fair, 1887 H. LE BARON SMITH THE HHEIICIP TUllO 323 Bush St., San Francisco, Cal. ABOVE MONTGOMERY GENUINE HANDSPUN AND HANDWOVEN HOMESPUN Workmanship and Fit Guaranteed Our Motto: Push, Tact and Principle Large Tank, looking south, sutro Baths. ■^jS^^TPhOtO 121 Post St. A WONDER ...OF THE... -©' NE of the Wonders of the Pacific Coast," so wrote a recent prominent visitor from the East to his friends, ''is its great Daily, the San Francisco Examiner." The Examiner's only equals as to circulation are in the cities of New York and Chicago. Eight other cities with either more or about the same population of San Francisco have no morning Daily approaching in circulation that of the Examiner — although these cities have the advantage over San Francisco, of being situated in thickly settled districts. Here are the reasons for these remarkable facts : The Examiner hesitates at absolutely no expense to get the News — in this respect often setting the pace for the great Eastern Dailies. It often anticipates, but is never anticipated by contemporaries. It spares no pains or money to get the Facts — disdaining to impose upon its readers with cheap rumors and faked accounts. Its literary features are phenomenal. It employs novelists and special writers of national and international reputation. Its special departments are managed by persons of extraordinary ability. No journalistic or literary talent is too good or expensive for the Examiner. Its printing plant is one of the largest and best equipped in the world. No Daily in America is more handsomely printed or more attractively illustrated. Though support- ing Democratic principles, it is fearlessly independent in its criticism of men and methods. It is the prime mover in municipal reforms and improvements, and public enterprises. It is at the head of great public charities. It is the leading medium of exchange on the great social and economical questions of the day. The Examiner has so far outstripped all local contemporaries that comparisons are out of the question. It is literally " One of the Wonders of the West." WEST ®he tontiner MONARCH OK THE DAILIES Subscription, 65c. per Month 756 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO 40 Small Tanks, looking South. J^g^tj. Photo, i2i Post St. Gmt4^Au, $4ant $ taM^ &d-*>& . ^_S2£oe-n.£d- f(&i- ^_yKc-/-( ^t-£ /^l jc-t?-?x- c^^trtc/e. l^?o-. TROY LAUNDRY MACHINERY CO. (Limited) LflUflDHY IWflGHljlEHY flflD SUPPLIES INSTITUTION OUTFITS A. SPECIALTY PACIFIC SALESROOM 581 RfiD 583 miSSIOfi gTpBI!T San Francisco, Cal. W. E. CUnBACK, flanager SACHS BROTHERS & CO. WHOLESALE agents pacific coast San Francisco, Cal. 42 Laundry, Sutro Baths, SgZv. Photo, i2i Post St. Have you Tried the new Flour? " Port Costa " Family It is the Best WHlTE^-'SfEW G."W. M<>NEAR J SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. .=^§j4 Always Reliable F. CEKCKE. JOHN QUA OT. 6 Li SOLE AGENTS FOR THE. •Jermine L^incrusfa\ Waif a\iior> THE BEST OF ALL MODERN INTERIOR DECORATIONS Lower Prices than any other House in the State The Lincrusta Decorations at the Cliff House furnished by this Firm JR^ F. A. Schumacher C. H. Rapp F. ft. SGrlUMflGriER & GO. Pl6rr)bir)g, $as titling AND TINNING OF AUL KINDS jobbing Promptly Attended to at Reasonable Kates 220 LEAVENWORTH STREET, S. F. The Galvanized Iron Work at the Cliff House was done by this Firm. 44 ITALIAN-SWISS COLONY OF AST1. SONOMA COUNTY, CAL LARGEST FINE DF [N£ PRODUCERS IN CALIFORNIA P. O fiOSSl. ^jEsidsnr 1.9M ACRES OF LA*© i.i«D ACRES IS VINEYARDS :■" i -r ~ r At -a" '■-■'■: z : •' : - ii -- 5: - ; >e.--r-^- 3 S 7 General View of Sutro Baths, looking south. !ya£*?r-, Photo, 121 Post St. W. W. MONTAGUE & CO. MANTELS GRATES TILES /Irtistie pire-place Jrim/r\ir>^s STEAfl, HOT WATER, WARM AIR, Heating Apparatus For Warming Dwellings, Halls, Churches and Public Buildings, 309 to 317 Market Street, SAN FRANCISCO. Bass=Hueter Paint Company 18, 20, 22 ELLIS STREET SAN FRANCISCO > Paints, Oils, Varnishes and Artists' Materials DEPOT FOR HUETER'S FINE CARRIAGE AND FURNITURE VARNISHES AND DURABLE WOOD FINISHES Diebold Safe and Lock Co. Firk and Burglar Proof Safes Bank Vaults, Jail Cells, Etc. Standard Scale and Supply Co. All kinds of Scales, Trucks and Tills Norton Lifting Jacks, Etc. Expert Safe Opening, Scale Testing, Repairing, Etc. Second Hand Safes and Scales Bought and Sold C. B. PARCELLS Gen'l. Pac. Coast . Agent 6 California St., S. F. Telephone Drumm 24 4 8 I 5 cc V"; g The BoLers on cppcsite page were furnished by the Babcock &. Wilcox Cc. of New York ri BOMMAMOMSMIA^^ '■ • " tv »*■ ■"' l - ■■■ " g ■■ '^ i! ' For particulars and prices of Babcock and Wilcox Patent Boilers, apply to CHAS. C MOORE PACIFIC COAST AGENT 32 FIRST ST., SAN FRANCISCO A. M. DeSolla. Pre; W. H. Bak.ki.ey. Sec. T. DErssiXG. Gen'l Manager DeSOLLA, deussing company Sole Agents for Keasbey & Matt:; : - MAGNESIA SECTIONAL STEAM PIPE AND BOILER COVERING It has no Equal CAN BE PUT ON BY ANYONE Estimates Given PERSONAL SUPERVISION OF WORK ABSOLUTELY FIRE-PROOF AND NON-HEAT CONDUCTING Ofeicz _-_■-: 5 - -F«nnM No. 2 CALIFORNIA STREET Telephone Drum, 42 San Francisco, Cal. Ttie Steam Pipes and Boilers in Cliff Howe, Su: id Sutro B. E. Bower House were covered by this firm. ^ rId ^ : ^N? " E ° ^C EDW. S. COBB Mechanical and Consulting Engineer 109 CALIFORNIA STREET 23 DAVIS STREET SAN FRANCISCO Wm. H. B rcb. President \Y. Walter Birch. Vice-President H. C. Biggs, Sec'y and Treas'r California piaclie Works wm h birch &l nn. wtnans" Huiomailc Pressure Regulator Incorporated Sept. 1, 1893 119 BE ALE STREET TELEPHONE MAIN 999 -TEAM. HYDRAULIC and ELECTRIC ELEVATORS, MIXING MACHIN- ERY, STEAM ENGINES COAL HOISTING MACHINERY". CABLE AND ELECTRIC RAILWAY* MA- CHINERY", MARINE ENGINES, CAKY STEAM PUMPS, HY- DRAULIC PRESSES. HITCHCOCK SECTIONAL SAFETY BOILER, CORLISS ENGINES, DREDGING MACHINERY, QUARTZ MILLS, .-TEAM Y'ACHTS. PATENT ALLOWED ! Photo, 121 Post St. WHY? Not Insure in the BEST LARGEST AND STRONGEST COMPANY >e... Mutml life Iq^. Co."- EW YORK RICHARD A. MCCURDY PRESIDENT ASSETS OVER $220,000,000 SURPLUS $25,000,000 Its Contracts are the Most Liberal Offered. A. B. FORBES & SON MUTUAL LIFE BLDG. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. An old adage says "STo-tfii-na icy dteap i$v ■O^ ***** *o<*\*fo^ O*'** 2 0? tJV" I* " J*"' Established 1873 THEO. HERMANN & CO. No. 630 Washington Street Between Montgomery and Kearny ( Nautilus po)iipiliics ) Wholesalers and Retailers of $ea j&ellg, Corals Gurios ar\d Souvenirs SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Manufacturers of SHELL JEWELRY AND SHELL SPOONS ( Pterocera lambis ) WHITEWASHING DONE FOR THREE-QUARTERS OF A CENT PER SQUARE YARD LOOK AT THIS- 400 Yards of Whitewashing or 200 Trees may be Sprayed in One Hour by ... . M AND TREE SPRAYER WHITEWASHING MACHINES AT PRICES FROM 43 TO SSO Whitewashing or Tree Spraying Nozzles Sent by Mail at Si.oo Each. Send for Circulars o f SPRAYING APPARATUS, GARDEN and LAWN SKRINKLERS, HOSE, etc. WM. WAINRIGHT, 1560 Market Street, near Hayes Contracts taken for Large Jobs of Whitewashing and Tree Spraying. Floors and Windows Kept Clean at a Small Additional Expense TELEPHONES We also supply a full line of the Best and Cheapest Telephones, Tiansraitters, wire, etc., for communication between Office. Warehouse, Dwellings, etc. Send; for Catalogue of Spraying Apparatus, Garden and Lawn Sprinklers, Telephones, etc. AGENTS WANTED n » sr , . , 58 I J. -4 r« 6*4* Seals— Seal' Rocks, Cliff House. jg^g-^t, Photo, 121 Post St. Bouquet, . . DELICATE Taste, DELICIOUS Dryness, . . DELIGHTFUL NEW YORK, Park 8, Tilforo, 917 Broadway. LONDON, Grierson, Oldham & CetLzi$ ©BUTM/^CT©^ Mb mWLMMl ^.Q flexx* JVTontgomepy Stfeet Sfl^si F^flficisco ^-ARCHITECT-® ISSI Room 67, Flood Building, Cor. Market and Fourth Sts. San Francisco, Cal. Krough Manufacturing Co. Succe ss ors to SAN FRANCISCO TOOL CO'S MACHINE AND MANUFACTURING WORKS Engineers ^ Contractors For the Complete Construction and Equipment of Irrigating ad Reclamation Pumping Plants Manufacturers of Centrifugal Pumps Triple-Acting Pumps Steam Pumps Mining Fumps Deep-Well Pumrs Horse Powers Wind Mills Tanks Mining Hoists WineMaking Machinery Hydraulic Presses Link-Chain Elevators and Conveyors Gate Valves. Etc. Pipe and Fittings -Office and Works- 51 BEALE ST, and 9 to 17 STEVENSON ST., San Francisco, CaU 66 New Cliff Mouse, from Olympic Pier. %L Photo, 121 Post St. SMITH & YOUNG Box 374, Builders' Exchange Building • Supplies 723 Market St., San Francisco. Tel. Main 1370 23(H South Spring St., Los Angeles. Tel. 1370 Our SPECiALTiEs^zms^ Asbestos Sheathing Paper, S. & Y. Ten square feet to one pound. Heavy or light grade furnished on orders. Asphalt Paving Cement, Rock Asphalt and Liquid Asphalt Flux, crude and refined. Reser- voir Linings, Pipe Dip and Roofing Ce- ment. Blue Print Paper Coated and Uncoated. Blue Prints Made from tracings on paper and linen, and paper on muslin for map work. Brick Wash For washing down common brick walls. Brick Preservative For water proofing both brick and sand- stone. Does not change color of brick or stone. Also furnished with coloring pig- ment to get even color to pressed brick. Casing Blocks Corner, Head, Center and Base Blocks, Turned and Pressed Centers. Ca rvi n gS — In stock and made from details. Ceiling — Steel Ceilings. Cement -s & y. elastic roofing CEMENT. For repairing leaks about chimneys, sky- lights, copings, and old tin and shingle roofs, etc. Cement — asbestos furnace ce- ment. Indestructible— For linings, fur- naces and stoves. Iron will melt before the cement will be affected by heat. Cement— iron stove cement. Fresh — Pliable— Does not crumble; has solidity and tenacity; sticks to castings on slight pressure. Chimney Hood-CLArsoNS patent Prevents Smoky fire-places, and increases heat. Deadening Felt-s. &y. brands No 10, one pound; No. n, r% pounds: Xo. 12, 2 pounds, per square yard. Clue— For Cabinet workers and Painters. infusorial Earth —Fire-proof. Will toughen asphaltum and bituminous rock. Also good for boiler and pipe covering, and making fire-proof material generally. Lath — Bostwick Steel Lath, painted and unpainted. Lath— G. & B. System of fire-proofing, with wire lath. Marble — Serpentine. Fire and electric proof. Mineral Wool For fire-proofing and deadening Mortar Stain-PECORA. For coloring mortar and cement, and for sand finish. Mouldin S — Turned, Carved, Pressed. Ornaments— pressed wood Paints — Mixed, Roofing and House Paints. Paper— s. & y. brands sheathing PAPERS. Nos. i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 14. Roofing— Mastic, Steel and Slate Roofing. Shingle Stains Dexter Bros English Shingle Stains SI ate— For blackboards and roofing. Soapstone— Crude, Ground and Bolted. Stai ns— For outside and inside finish. TurnineS— Spindles, Balls and Dowels. Wall Ties— morse's patent. REGER & ATWATER Eleetriq l^ailu/ay 5upplies 214 pii^e Street, 529 praQgseo, C^al. Headquarters for East India and Amber Mica pacific coast agents for THE OHIO BRASS CO., Mansfield, Ohio The S. & Y. Sheathing Paper and Bostwick Steel Lath Were used on the CLIFF HOUSE w w ^ Q o a PUS: 0) or* w k The California Powder Works ...MANUFACTURERS OF... pd H SPORTING AND MINING POWDERS r0 ---ALSO--- * V- J ^ — m Charged with Black or Smokeless Powder. Our Smokeless J ^H Cartridges are the best for "Blue-Rock" Shooting rju /« s r W Compressed Powder for Coal Mines * SHOTGUN CARTRIDGES MANUFACTURERS OF POWDER FOR THE rifle and cannon UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Office: 230 CALIFORNIA ST. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 68 New Cliff House, from Beach. Jqj&?<^ Photo, 121 Post St H. D. HUTT LADIES' GOWNS, COATS, Etc, CUSTOM SHIRT MAKER... Ladies' and Gentlemen's BICYCLE SUITS TO ORDER LATEST STYLES- LEATHER TRIMMINGS... LEGGINS AND CAPS MADE TO MATCH VERY MODERATE PRICES 212 Mason Street young Men's Christian Association Building SAN FRANCISCO Pacific Refining and Roofing Co. 153 CROCKER BUILDING Coal Tar, Asphalt, Paints, Roofing Felt, Building Papers Felt, Pitch and Gravel Roofs as put on by us are the standard roofs for business buildings in the most progressive cities of the Eastern States. The quality of our work is unexcelled anywhere. The floor of the stables at the New Cliff House were laid by us with Watson's Asphalt Mastic. It has come to be a pretty well-recognized fact that a constituent factor in the material or work on the New Cliff House is the best obtainable. This is assuredly the case in the flooring of the new stables, which has been laid by the Pacific Refining and Roofing Company, of which Mr. W. J. Watson is the manager. The mate- rial of which this flooring is constituted is comparatively new to the Pacific Coast, although well known in the Middle and Eastern States. It is of Watson's Aspbalt Mastic, an article that has the two import- ant peculiarities for this purpose of almost indefinite durability, com- bined with great elasticity, desiderata for stable floors, as well as for floors of other buildings. The Pacific Refining and Roofing Companv's office is at Room 153, Crocker Building, and their large works are at the Potrero, where are also refined and manufactured many coal tar and creosote paints, tars, varnishes, roofing felts, etc. , as well as Watson's plastic slate, a practical fire-proof coating. P New Cliff House, from Sutro Heights Parapet. Jgg^ Photo. i 2l Post St. P/MWffl XHEHTIE I CHUF01M TfMTf! .Market Street, near Powell. .Bush Street, near Kearny. '/* W AL. HAYMAN &, CO. (incorporated) LESSEES AND PROPRIETORS ||| llig ^§^to| ^tartsti if Ills ff^lto ®ii§t §l| PLAY ALL THE HIGH CLASS STANDARD ATTRACTIONS AND NOVELTIES OF THE WORLD. , m Through the Golden Gate. ^a^fi Photo, 121 Post St. L. HOLMAN, No. 228-230 Fre- [• mont Street, was born near Exeter, Ontario, Canada, on November 14, 1849, and at that locality received his educa- tion and his earlier rearing, which — like so many of the integral portions of the brains and sinews of our Nation— was on a farm. He was thereafter apprenticed to a house carpen- ter and on the completion of his time, in 1 867, left home, immigrated to Clevelmd, Ohio, and worked for the Cleveland Paper Com- pany for one year and was then made fore- man of the millwright department, under superintendent Bright man, and retained that position for eight years. In 1875 Mr. Holman renounced his allegiance to Canada and became a citizen of the United States. On leaving the Cleveland Paper Company, he entered the employment of the Standard Oil Company, at Cleveland, taking charge of their No. 2 Works, as foreman-mill- wright, and remained in the occupancy of that position until he left for California, arriving in San Francisco in the Spring of 1878. On April 3, 1878, he entered the employment of J. Hammond, and four months afterward took entire charge of all the work in his shops. In 1886, Mr. Holman en- tered into partnership with Mr. Hammond and built the extensive plant known as the California Car Works, the firm name of the proprietary being J. Hammond &~Co. In 1891, Mr. Holman sold out his interest to the senior partner, and resumed his former position as superintendent, which he retained until May, 1893. Since that date Mr. Holman has been engaged in contract- ing and jobbing on his individual account, making a specialty of doing millwright work, car work, and elevators. Among much other prominent work performed by Mr. Holman may be mentioned the Electric Elevator of the Tower at the Midwinter Fair, the Electric Cars of the Sutro Railroad and the Electric Elevator at the New Cliff House. Also the two Electric Passen- ger Elevators and Electric Dumb Waiter in the Physicians' Building, cor. Jones and Sutter Sts. Telephone Main 1263 W. H. Holman ...W. L. HOLMAN... Elevator -AND- Car Builder.... 228-230 FREMONT STREET San Francisco, Cal BUILDER OF THE_ SUTRO R. R. CARS AND THE CLIFF HOUSE ELECTRIC ELEVATOR 74 -*stefe»>«« . ^ Mr. - fOf Hpyse, Sytro RR, Co. I'hoto, 121 Tost §t- The Stoneman House — Yosemite. 2a&?^ photo. 121 Post st. |0 PREVENT any misapprehension on the part of tourists to Yosemite, it is just to state that the Stoneman House, built by the State in 1888, at a cost of over £40,000, situated at the terminus of the stage road, is the only hotel in the Valley supplied with all modern conveniences. From the verandas of the Stoneman the following famous points are clearly visible : Eagle Peak, Yosemite Falls, Indian Canyon, Royal Arches, North Dome, Washington Column, Tenaya Canyon, Cloud's Rest, Half Dome, and Grizzly, Moran and Gla ier Points. The Stoneman is equipped with all business facilities ; Here are located ihe Post office, Express and Western Union Telegraph offices, and the Stage office where all tourists are booked for return trip to Raymond. The rates of this Hotel are reasonable and varying, according to room or European plan. The rooms are all newly furnished, the beds unsurpassed, the table excellent, and the entire management above criticism. Therefore, we beg to say t) tourists, remain in the stage until you reach he Stoneman (the second hotel) irrespective of what outsiders may say, and your wants will be carefully attended to and your visit to the Valley be made in every way pleasant. One of the summer evening pastimes at the Stoneman is the novel and brilliant fire-works exhibition at Glacier Point, which is a sheer elevation of over 3,000 feet almost directly above the hotel. A huge bonfire of pine knots is built on the Point, which when reduced to bright, flashing coals, is pushed off the bluff, and trails in tresses of living meteoric flames down the mountain side for one-third of a mile. The effect is simply indescribable. The writer, who has witnessed this unique pyrotechnical display, would think it no hardship to walk from San Francisco to Yosemite Valley simply for an opportunity of gazing upon this bewildering and enchanting sight. Of all the trails to the heights of Yosemite walls the one to Glacier Point should not be missed. It is perhaps the most comprehensive, taken all in all, of any that the traveler can take. The view from Glacier Point covers the High Sierra, forty miles away to the east, the length and breadth of the entire valley, from El Capitan to Clouds' Rest, Little Yosemite, Vernal and Nevada Falls, and scores of other scenic features too numerous to mention. No description, however full of detail, is adequate of this wonderful chasm. It was discovered in 1851, since which time thousands of the world's great sight-seers have yearly made pilgrimages thereto. We may say that the valley is seven miles long, from a half a mile to a mile wide ; that great waterfalls plunge over its walls, leaving a white trail half a mile long (or deep), that wonder after wonder throngs in upon the view at every turn, startling the eye with their grandeur and magnificence ; — we may say this and much more and write until the pen drops and the mind grows weary over the task, and the only thing after all to say is, Go and see it for yourself; and yours will be a strange experience indeed if you do not find it far and away beyond anything you ever dreamed of. To visit California nowadays and not see Yosemite is as culpable a neglect as to do Rome and leave St. Peter's out. For further information, securing stage seats, etc., apply to Mr. Sam Miller, 613 Market Street, San Francisco, or Mr. J. J. Cook, Stoneman House, Yosemite. Also S. P. R. R. Co. offices, Los Angeles, Santa Baibara, San Diego. © © © Views of Yosemite and all Pacific Coast points from Alaska to Mexico, at Tabek's Portrait Gallery, 121 Post Street, san Francisco. 76 General View Yosemite Valley. ?< PllOtO, T2T Post St. David Sanford Cartwright c/£Tv r^m AVID SANFORD CARTWRIGHT, who has been engaged in business in this city for nearly a quarter of a century, was born at South Bend, St. Joseph county, Indiana, on February 5, 1840, a son of William and Sarah (Smith) Cartwright. About 1843 he was taken by his parents to Asage county, Mo., and in 1846 he removed to Ottawa county, in that State, and sub- sequently they went to Polk county, Iowa, where he received his education in a Public County School. In 1851 they went to Dallas county, Jowa, and in i860 he came to California. In 1865, Mr. Cartwright came to San Francisco, and on May 9, 1874, he started in the teaming business, which he has always followed, on his own account, at the location he has always occupied, at the corner of Main and Mission Streets. He was first married on April 9, 1869, and the second time on May 3, 1881. Mr. Cartwright is a member of The Builders' Exchange and of Cosmopolitan Lodge, No. 194, I. O. O. F., and one of our honored citizens. Mr. Cartwright has done an im- mense quantity of hauling, and successfully carried out many large contracts during his extended business experience here, not the least of which was that done in hauling material, etc., to the Sutro Baths, where many hundred tons of iron and more than a million feet of lumber were taken, as well as two hundred and twenty-five tons of glass, and promiscuous supplies in large quantities. He is thoroughly capable of hauling any material whatever, having successfully carried out the contract of moving the Firth Wheel , that was at the Midwinter Fair, to the Sutro Baths, the same having weighed 1,000 tons. He has always met his obligations, and justly prides himself on the fact that whenever he says sup- plies or material, of whatever quantity, will be handled in a designated time, at that time they are sure to be at the place specified. Mr. Cartwright has one son, William A., who is associated with him in the teaming business. A New... . Cereal Food LAUMEISTER'S TRKDB MKRK BE7SF2 IN 7UUISD OTEO A DELICIOUS BREAKFAST DISH MANUFACTURED BY C. S. LAUMEISTER 203-207 Mission Street San Francisco, Cal. _..." ... .... . Ocean Beach from Cliff House. ygg^y PhOtO T2I Post St. OOCDEJtf (,/}R * * * ljuery and I^idir/6 ^ead^my ~il!ttiil~ BiUbEY, WEbiiER & flEflVE jj f 24, 26, 28 GOLDEN GHTE BVENOE PROPRIETORS \ 7 SAN FRANCISCO £ — r — ;^=d: £ 615 KEARNY STREET Bet. Sacramento & Commercial, San Francisco, Cal,, U.S.A. o u ''_ Q o '_ a 2 s_ (3 5: E ct )EO. W. Hansbrough, contractor and build- er, and for some time superintendent of construction of the work on the Sutio Baths, was born at Allen town, Clark county, Ohio, on February 22, 1852, and in 1856 was taken bj>- his parents to Kan- sas. There George attended the public schools and learned the trade of carpenter and builder, his father being a carpenter and also being the proprietor of a lumber mill in Kansas. George after- ward went to Colorado, where he was engaged in the min- ing business and, in 1874, came to San Francisco, immediately engag- ing in his present business, wherein he has been steadily engaged since, and during the progress of which he has erected man}' prominent and handsome buildings, among which may be mentioned the First Avenue School building ; the school corner of Haight Street and Masonic Avenue; Dr. R. H. McDonald's residence, corner of Waller and Scott Streets; the Thomas Lundy building, corner of Post and Jones Streets; the residences corner of Noe and Beaver Streets, and at the corner of Pierce and Page Streets. These comprise but a few of the many fine edifices constructed under Mr. Hansbrough's capable supervision, of which capability the Sutro Baths are an enduring and forcible testi- mony. Mr. Hansbrough is now interested in business with his brother, J. W. Hansbrough. Geo. W. Hansbrough OSEPH GEORGE PETTIT was born at Maidstone, Eng- land, on February 9, ) 843, a son of John and Elizabeth Pettit, and was there educated. He came to the United States and to Cali- fornia in 1866, and in 1868 entered the elevator busi- ness. In 1891 he commenced his present business — the J. G. Pettit Elevator Works— at his present location, corner. of Fremont and Mission streets. Among other elevators he has erected are those at the S. F. Elevators, the Joseph West- hall Building, for Franklin Brothers, for Loewe Brothers, for Wick- man & Eutgens, for the Baltimore Hotel on Van Ness Avenue, for the Sutro Baths and the hydraulic dumb waiter at the Cliff House. He was married in San Francisco in 1871 to Miss hlizabeth King of London, England. They have the following children Hettie, George, Bert, Maud, Irene and Flora. He is a member of the K. of P. and of the A. O. U. W. The natural presumption would be that anyone who had been in business for the number of years that Mr. Pettit has would have a comprehensive knowledge of his trade — snch is the conceded fact. No one in the city is either a better practical mechanic in his line or has a more thorough theoretical cognizance of the scientific laws governing the building and operating of elevators, etc. Joseph G. Pettit 86 West Drive, Sutro Heights. %aZ&?*i Photo, 121 Post St. The Power of "Healing 7 (57)OETS are born, not made," is an axiom of universal acceptation. If this be true in %r& the realms of poetry and art, as illustrated in the lives of gifted men and women whose names are familiar as household words, it follows, with equal force and truth, that the Healer, whose heaven-sent mission it is to minister to humanity's ills and bring back to the shattered frame and debilitated system the strength and vigor of buoyant health, is a power that is inborn, and not learned in the curriculum of the medical schools. Numberless illustrations of this great truth could be adduced from the pages of history, but a striking exemplification of it can be found in our own city in the marvelous success of Dr. Nellie Beighle as a healer. Dr. Beighle came as a child to California from her native country, Canada. With all the energy of her sturdy Scottish ancestry, she made her mark in whatever she undertook, and was long known as a successful teacher in the public schools of Sacramento. Being averse to anything that savors of advertising, the doctor is only known by the execrcise of those remarkable gifts of healing which have brought the blessing of health to many a home in this city and State, and puzzled the man of science, who has signally failed *\5I to constract a theory to explain it. The press of this city has borne testimony to the wonderful ^|B|^H tlectric power stored in her magnetic arm. Her gentle presence, diffusing the sympathy and soothing power, which have ever marked her ministrations as a healer, would make it seem incredible that this delicate being could withstand the long hours and mental and nervous strain demanded in the healing of the throng of sufferers which daily awaits her in her handsome apartments at the Spreckels Building, 927 Market street. It would be a pleasing task to mention the remarkable cures effected by the " Little Doctor,' ' as her friends affectionately call her, but with gentle firmness she refuses to refer to them by name, simply contenting herself by saying that anyone who desires to know of the details can learn of the names of some of the most prominent people in San Francisco, who gratefully testify to health restored by the gentle healer. It is not a pleasing thought that some of the medical fraternity, alarmed at the success achieved by Dr. Beighle, should have endeavored to antagonize her in her healing mission, but, with charity to all and malice to none, the doctor has quietly gone forward in the good work to which she has devoted her life. The doctor, notwithstanding the incessant demands of a practice daily widening and increasing, manages to find spare moments for the graces of conversation, music, and the refinements which are inherent in her nature. 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