Highways and byways of the Pacific coast . nd hanged four menand banished thirty others, and the course pursued wasuniversally upheld by public opinion. Conditions be-came normal and the Committee ceased its in 1856 crime had once more become rampant andthe law impotent. The Vigilants reorganized and actedwith the same vigor and with the same results as before,and there was again individual security and pubHcorder. The history of San Franciscos beginnings areextremely interesting to anyone who visits the city andthese strange happenings and conditions form a fasci-nating background.
Highways and byways of the Pacific coast . nd hanged four menand banished thirty others, and the course pursued wasuniversally upheld by public opinion. Conditions be-came normal and the Committee ceased its in 1856 crime had once more become rampant andthe law impotent. The Vigilants reorganized and actedwith the same vigor and with the same results as before,and there was again individual security and pubHcorder. The history of San Franciscos beginnings areextremely interesting to anyone who visits the city andthese strange happenings and conditions form a fasci-nating background. They were constantly in my mindwhen I was there early in 1906 and added much to thesignificance of what I saw. For a place of its size Iwas surprised to find so much of it built of wood. Ofcourse certain fine residences and many of the bigbusiness blocks were of material more permanent andsubstantial, but even in the commercial heart of thetown wooden structures were plentiful, while in theresidence sections redwood dwellings were almost. A glimpse of the shipping Around the Golden Gate 171 universal. I wondered what would happen if a bigfire got started, and mentioned this thought to a , however, assured me that I need have no appre-hension on that score; for they had the finest firedepartment in the world, and no fire could get beyondcontrol. Another feature of the city that engaged my attentionwas its weather. Someone had told me that, with itsrains and fogs and rough winds San Francisco hasabout the meanest climate that ever a man set foot in.*I suppose there is a modicum of truth in the statement,but during my stay the weather was rather fine. If wehad rain it came at night, and though there was oftenfog and gloom in the early morning the sun presentlybroke through. Then followed a period of dreamycalm, but later the wind came blustering in from thesea and for much of the afternoon blew with uncom-fortable violence. This seemed to be the daily program. The citys
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