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Show FLOATING AROUND. 1 l;.li:.: i .1 (.Vrr. -! nr.iKu. c.l San 1'kam hm, May -'1, lt-11. Tho city of San Francisco does not show to advantage to the stranccr approaching ap-proaching it from Oakland. Constantinople, Constan-tinople, the city near the (Joldcn Horn, bursts upon the eye like a vision ol beaut v; but when you enter the place its narrow, f.hhy s'tcets destroy the illusion of a di.-laiKC. The fa st sight of San Francisco, tho city near the (iohlcii (.late, which 1 had from Oakland Oak-land wharf, was the icvcr.-o of prcpos-scssin.i;. prcpos-scssin.i;. A 1 auk of foi; and -moke, a few ves.-cis in the bay, son. e hills across the wat.r th.eir sunmiiis crowned with houses, and a tcucraHy diioiy, dark, uiHvnifortallo oppcaianco were what erected the eye. Km the city of the li olden Gate w is as deceptive in its tiist appearance to n.e, as the city of the I! olden Horn has I ecu to many travelers; for in-tead of the miserable. Jull-lookiui:, imckered up place it appeared ap-peared from a ui-t iuce, e'ocr inspection inspec-tion revealed a live, ls;!i:itr. imer-cstinc, imer-cstinc, and in many re-p-. cts handsome city. Strance, is it not, tint living next door aim. 'it to California, as the people peo-ple of I'tah arc, so little should be I known of the chief city of the Pacific I Coast by those who have not visited it? Feople who have boon here have seemed to think everybody else knew all about it, when probably they personally per-sonally kr.ew very little; and those who have lived for years in California, ap peared to imagine that everyhedy ir. the world must know ''Frisco.'' 'Wluul never b.-eu to Frisco! .Never 1 been to the "Never. Sir.'' "Then you have somei'iurc before you!" Fut how that something was to develop itself wasn't made clear. I: lr.ay be that rcy judgment andi knowledi-o are at fault and that' a ek ago 1 was about the only person in Utah who had not been to San Francisco, or who cared to know more about the 1 '.ace. To tv.e it had memories of IVake, e' the cardest cir-cumravVailon cir-cumravVailon of the wvr'd. of the bvrst-ins bvrst-ins of that era of 1: la upon hu-v.air.ty, which will cither mi-e u.av.kii-.d to a pinnacle of unpa'r.r.elcd glory or re-1 turn to the earth the "d.iik ages, as' it is used or abused. San Francisco, j too. was the key to the Orient the way to go west tlu: the cast might be speediest reached: it was the gate eren-: iug to two wvr'ds. I; i ad these ana many other ati-.u !.v tv.e. and I, was anxious to pl.c my Sect 0:1 tec shores of that mighty eecaa which had been my Ivyhcvd's vo-.lcr. Some may far a a.vay wt a a s.ig;.'. sneer at my provosir.g to iv.-.erts: the public with a few letters en San Fran-i Cisco, a place which j-rclahly they may think everybody kmws vroh ettcugh: but I see the place with a :r.-sh r.ew eye, and may b; ai'e to tc.i of so rue things cf which my fiieaJ who "ksows all about it" is yet without knowh age. San Francisco, be i: re E-riK-orcd. is still in its youth. Twenty-o.-.-' years ago it was co r'aee scarccy a ti;:ser-able ti;:ser-able village. Eighteen yoarsajJ i: was a camb'.irtg-heli a scene of cad excitement, ex-citement, ciime and b!oo.!-heJ. 1 .:jcec years ago it was tcg-.titr.ng to to a place; and twelve y.ars ago it cca:-mencei cca:-mencei to pti: in c'..3i to to cacsta-ered cacsta-ered a point of conauaereaa! taaporta'aaa. These facts shoull be heme in mind by those who exire:t ti Sal herci tie gorgeous structures which in otaer parts of the w?v'.d cor.ju'aael baJ-a-life-time in building. The first thing a traveler seeks when he reaches a city is a comfortable resting rest-ing place. V.'ith toed hotels tan 1 Francisco is literally supj.'.i..L First , aiiiong tl...-in, and, ii. ici;., 1,0:1; ;.ii..g a f:.j:.t rank at:.'jt:7 sach t-tbii-h:::' i.le in tie: w. .rid.:.! the Ijrand li ri in- B' itUlbn COU.'ljilix' th'; ei'il of the I.':-'. Kuroj .:aa a-.l Au-crlcaa hotel-, ualc-r the a'lie n.ai.a.-.:i:.' :.t 0: Mr. l'ritc'nard. tio: ;.'.:tit! :a.a.'.ly .-' ;j cr-ir..-r. !. tit y-.:Ai::r. whi.-h a-' c in. 1 !.;!... 1 .'by 1-t, I :;, it uvt .u'-.- a .:.-. i.t to Sin F:a:...l-.. bit ti ii.. !..!: 1' : t'.i It wa 1 i 3' a (: -t of I ;i; n, 1 tlo: m .L..-y hi-; hi-; : :. a w. 1! ci ;.:. de l. L'l.'.ib; u. x-t h it .!.-, h..:li :.: 1.1 to ai:.i a: prs r.'.cg '!..: 11.. i-t barren Vl'.b..: I'j--.b'.: ti tb--t 1 iei.t of ar-dii'-.-et ire, nn i '!.. h a---.I:..: to b: . jL TU : ! -ol' y fir ti.. 1 a.-j - of utll....', ti... Gnu. 1 II .:.,:,.!, ie .--.:a ici'. f r -r . an 1 a. .!.: te' ill 1 elia'y. 1 1. : J !. i'..i.Tai 1.1 Lt the V ail hog. i.lcii a:.; D iu.eMai ah . r !:.: W :-t, -1. t!..: 1" 1 : t ) I a ua-i-'i.ily orua'':, a i.a.1 s'-rii ot ' h, -.!. ! w-r:... v.i: tbc outl.t.-: an i ill' a. 111. I! a l.'.:h!e vl';' to th,: CccU- ; a..i. of tin: tuii.y "liim of a; ariiu- t.ie Ab retb'-e pra :..f J jattii.ai of rock .11. 1 .:.:; i.l. 'J !. luiMiiv i- u; I ,-. 1 to 1: c ..rl!.. t::S': r.i"f, a . .r. l.'.i'.ii of p. r:.. a :..:. -y ..:: ui'-d n.'. iry in a country w h. re t arih p:ak.:.-ai-,: of in. .re. than . r. iu.ial wurr. nee. 1 1. : wa...i are Ln.-k, r-:k ai.l luiu-, ber, a double wa.il ail arouud, o thai , -h.iuld the vihratiiiiis of mother earth, -hab; dowu the brick and stone, still tb: building of lumber would stand in-, tact. The hotel has two frolit.-, the ' one on New Montgomery street Leing ; ,.j feet, or a little over twenty red-l occupying more than half the J iido of one of the Salt Lake City block i. The other front on Market; sireet is - i'j f.et, or nearly twelve-and-' a half rod-. The building is four sto-, ries in hight, the first being occupied I by largo and important stores, with ! the hotel olTue, tho bar, etc. ; these-; eond containing a large number of apartments and suites of apartments; i and the whole hotel having 3o7 rooms, employing in clerks, waiters, porters, etc., a little under a hundred and fifty hands: The lurniahiui' alone would shock tho proprieties of the more economical kind of men, for in the ' most common apartments each ward-rube ward-rube is supplied with plate-glass mirrors, mir-rors, and the ordinary articles in use ; are in proportionate magnificence. The suites are mo.-t elegantly fitted up, and ' my Lord Xos Hoo or the Duke of (.iiuu Swizzler ean be satisfied; while plain Totu Joues may bo palatially lodged for the usual charge of $3 per day. Most of these suites of apartments apart-ments are supplied with all the modern conveniences and luxuries, the indis-peniible indis-peniible bath included. Then there are tho Occidental, Cosmopolitan, Cos-mopolitan, Huss, Lick and a host of ' inferior ones to meet the demands of an indefinite number of residents requiring re-quiring such accommodation, besides the traveling and transient population. l'robab!y this is euouch for one dose. E. L. S. |
