Appleton's illustrated hand-book of American cities; . te residences are in Van Ness Ave., Pine St. Hill, and Taylor, Bush,Sutter, Post, Geary, and OTarrell Sts. The Chinese Quarter comprises ])or-tions of Sacramento, Commercial, Dupont, Pacific, and Jackson Sts.—The favoritedrive is to the Clijf House, which is situated on the edp:e of the cliffs on the S. sideof the entrance to the Golden Gate (7 m. from the city). A fine, broad, macad-amized road leads to it, which is watered in dusty weather, and is as smooth andwell kept as a race-course. The Cliff* House is described further on. The road
Appleton's illustrated hand-book of American cities; . te residences are in Van Ness Ave., Pine St. Hill, and Taylor, Bush,Sutter, Post, Geary, and OTarrell Sts. The Chinese Quarter comprises ])or-tions of Sacramento, Commercial, Dupont, Pacific, and Jackson Sts.—The favoritedrive is to the Clijf House, which is situated on the edp:e of the cliffs on the S. sideof the entrance to the Golden Gate (7 m. from the city). A fine, broad, macad-amized road leads to it, which is watered in dusty weather, and is as smooth andwell kept as a race-course. The Cliff* House is described further on. The roadpasses beyond the hotel to a broad, beautiful beach several miles long-, over which atlow tide one can drive to the Ocean House at its extreme end, and return to thecity by a road behind the Mission hills. Another popular drive is to H%inter\ Point,U m. S. E. from the City Hall. > Public and Prominent Bnildins;^—A strangers first impression of San Francisco isthat there are no public buildings, thougli the new (Ity Hall, in process of erection. Ciiy Hall, yau Francisco. in Yerba Buena Park,»bounded by Market, MacAllister, and Larkin Sts., will be atine structure, surpassed by few in the United States. The old City Hall, of stuc-coed brick, two stories high, stands in Kearney St., between Washington and Mer-chant (opposite the Plaza). The Custom-House, which also contains the Post-Ortice,is a plain but substantial building at the cor. of Battery and Washington Sts. TheC. S. Branch Mint is on the upper floors of a rather shabby old building in ConmiercialSt., neir Montgomery, and is well worth a visit (visitors admitted from 0 a. m. to12 M.). At this establishment is made two-thirds of all the gold and silver coinmanufactured in the United States. A new and massive building for the mint isgoing up at the cor. of Mission and 5th Sts. It will be of stone, in the Doric-Ionicstyle, and will cost $1,500,000. The U. S. Treasury is located at 428 MontgomerySt. (office-hours from
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