San Francisco water . luridtales about them, weshould not forget that,while they were border-ing the Square on theeast and north, to thesouth were growing upsolid business housesand to the west churchesof all denominations. San Franciscos firstbrick building was erect-ed in 48 by Melius &Howard, at Clay andMontgomery. San Fran-ciscos first bank, Wright& Companys MinersBank, was housed in 49at the northwest cornerof Kearny and Wash-ington; and on Bren-ham Place, opposite thewestern side of thePlaza, rose the head-quarters of MonumentalEngine Company, whosebell was used so dra-matically by the f
San Francisco water . luridtales about them, weshould not forget that,while they were border-ing the Square on theeast and north, to thesouth were growing upsolid business housesand to the west churchesof all denominations. San Franciscos firstbrick building was erect-ed in 48 by Melius &Howard, at Clay andMontgomery. San Fran-ciscos first bank, Wright& Companys MinersBank, was housed in 49at the northwest cornerof Kearny and Wash-ington; and on Bren-ham Place, opposite thewestern side of thePlaza, rose the head-quarters of MonumentalEngine Company, whosebell was used so dra-matically by the firstVigilance Committee. Before the end of 49the Custom House andthe schoolhouse had dis-appeared from the Plaza,but nothing was yet doneto beautify it. Indeed,there seems to have been a pound there for stray cows and mules. Yet it had plenty of human color. Men of all races, says Mrs. Purdy, passed up and down its borders, each in the characteristic garb of his nation—Turks in July, 1925 SAN FRANCISCO WATER. rtsmouth Square in 1858, viewed from Clay and Kearny streets, looking toward Washington. This was beforeupper Kearny Street was widened. In the building at the corner of Kearny and Washington the Pioneers met afterthe death of James King of William and decided to stand with the Vigilance Committee,then in process of organization turbans, Russians in furs, Chinamen withqueues, tatooed New Zealanders, Chileans,Peruvians and Mexicans in serapes shadingfrom somber to gay, Kanakas, Malays, Cali-fornians on prancing horses with silver-mounted trappings, and a mixture of Ameri-cans among them all. On October 18, 1850, as already noted, thefirst news of Californias admission to theUnion reached San Francisco, and the glori-ous event was celebrated in the Plaza. It wasthe natural place for all sorts of celebrations,rallies, political gatherings, and mass-meet-ings of the citizens. The indignation meet-ings that led to the formation of the twoVigilance Committees, in 1851 and agai
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