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 . izens aud con-ducted solely on a charitable was then no such thing as polit-ical patronage in connection with it,and we need hardly say that it gavemore satisfaction than it has done many times in later years. The girlssentenced there were subsequentlyturned over to the charge of thesisters, and many of them have notonly reformed, but made excellentwives and moth
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 . izens aud con-ducted solely on a charitable was then no such thing as polit-ical patronage in connection with it,and we need hardly say that it gavemore satisfaction than it has done many times in later years. The girlssentenced there were subsequentlyturned over to the charge of thesisters, and many of them have notonly reformed, but made excellentwives and mothers. Mr. Black servedSan Francisco as a member of thelast Legislature. He was Chairmanof the San Francisco Delegation, andbesides did good service on the Judi-ciary Committee, and those on PublicLands and Education. Ho was married in Boston whenonly twenty-two years old, and againin 1877, to a highly cultured and ac-complished lady, but he has only onechild living. He is a gentleman offine physique, good presence, affablemanners, and is what would anywherebe called a handsome man. His serv-ices to the cause of California industryand to the public weal entitle him toa niche in the temple of San Fran-ciscos E, M. Block. Elias Monroe Block. i^Sr S a pioneer and merchant, E. Block is by no means one of the&\* least noted. He was horn inBohemia in 1823, but left the land ofhis birth at an early age, and is inall respects distinctively father came to St. Louis, Mo.,when the subject of our sketch wasonly 13 years of age, and settled inPike county, but his son, while stillyoung, went to the States metropolis,where he clerked in an establishmentfor some years, commencing on a sal-ary of $5 per month. Attracted bythe golden glories of California heearly sought our shores, reaching thiscity July 5, 1849, coming by the Isth-mus route, in the well-remembered Niantic. Like some others who sawas much gold in San Francisco as inthe placers of the Sacramento Valle
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