De Witt's guide to central California; an illustrated and descriptive hand-book for tourists and strangers .. . mong the commercial classes of the cityduring the early days, as on this day the mail and pas-senger vessels departed for the East, and it becamenecessary for the merchants to make their collectionsand prepare their remittances and mail before the hourof departure. The whole population generally turnedout to bid their departing friends adieu, and businesswas partially suspended. It has thus established a pre-cedent, and to this day collections are made on steamerdays (13th and 28th o
De Witt's guide to central California; an illustrated and descriptive hand-book for tourists and strangers .. . mong the commercial classes of the cityduring the early days, as on this day the mail and pas-senger vessels departed for the East, and it becamenecessary for the merchants to make their collectionsand prepare their remittances and mail before the hourof departure. The whole population generally turnedout to bid their departing friends adieu, and businesswas partially suspended. It has thus established a pre-cedent, and to this day collections are made on steamerdays (13th and 28th of each month), instead of on the ist,as is the custom in the East. The mail steamer Califor-nia was the first of the line to arrive,—February 28, 1849, TO SAN FRANCISCO. STEVENSON MONUMENT erected in PortsmouthSquare, unveiled Oc-tober 17, 1897, was the first monument ever erected tothe memory of Robert Louis Stevenson. It is a rectan-gular granite block ten fett high, with a coping, upon whichrests a bronze casting of a Spanish galleon under full sail,ploughing through the seas. It was the conception of. Robert Louis Stevenson Drinking Fountain Mr. Bruce Porter, a local artist of well-won repute. Itwas in this square that Stevenson often sat upon a sunnyday and received many inspirations which have foundtheir way into print. Upon the face of the monument isa selection from his Wrecker. Califorr)i2v Souvenir^ Photographs, View Books, Guides, andMaps of San Francisco and California Professional ^n^ ^rn^teur Pbotograpb^rs^ 5upplics Developing done at reasonable rates Leevtb^r GoodsDepartroeot Carries a full line of Trunks, Valises,Hand Bags, and Telescope Baskets Tr2vvelers* Supplies Soaps, Combs, Brushes, Perfumes, Ra-zors, Cutlery, etc., etc. SANBORN, VAIL & CO. 741-743-745 Market St. Retafl*^Business District Sail FrailCiSCO, Cal. TO SAN FRANCISCO. 93 —being followed shortly afterwards by the Oregon,March 31, 1849. is a large brick structure, fourSUB-TREASURY ^^^^^^ hjgh,
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