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 . p; Burgin, two prominentrailroad gentlemen, also employedMr. Hanlon as attorney for the splen-did estate left and valued at aboutfour million of dollars. He is also attorney of the OldPeoples Home, a prominent chari-table institution of San Francisco,and has occupied such position sincethe time of its organization. Politi-cally, Mr. Hanlon is a Dsmocrat, andan advocate of pu
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 . p; Burgin, two prominentrailroad gentlemen, also employedMr. Hanlon as attorney for the splen-did estate left and valued at aboutfour million of dollars. He is also attorney of the OldPeoples Home, a prominent chari-table institution of San Francisco,and has occupied such position sincethe time of its organization. Politi-cally, Mr. Hanlon is a Dsmocrat, andan advocate of pure politics. He was President of the Devoto Sobon andalso the Manhattan Club, the latterbeing a local organization whose ob-ject it was to reform local politics—put an end to bossism. For three years he was a memberof G Company, Second Artillery, C.;was appointed Paymaster onGeneral Dimonds staff, Aide-de-Camp on General Stonemans staff,and Lieutenant-Colonel on the lateGovernor Bartletts staff. We deem Mr. Hanlon to be oneof the brightest and ablest membersof the San Francisco Bar, and pre-dict for him a notable career, notonly in his chosen profession, butalso as one of our leading public menof the Col. William Harney. Col. William Harney. PROBABLY there is no man moreintimately and popularly knownto the people of California thanthe subject of this sketch. ColonelWilliam Harney arrived in Californiaabout thirty-five years ago, and haslived here continuously ever these years he has done morethan his share in helping to build upthe State. He has seen San Franciscogrow from a good-sized village to alarge city. Colonel Harney came from NewYork under the care of the lateThomas 0. Larkin and Admiral C. , United States Navy, arriv-ing in San Francisco in the early partof 1854. He was then only about 16years of age, but, notwithstanding hisyouth, shortly after arrival, 1854, hewas appointed purser of the steamer,the old Senator, in the California
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