The Yosemite, Alaska, and the Yellowstone . t ifthe hotel service was bad, the hospitality of the people made amends for it;they were glad to see us, and showed it in every manner possible, even to San Francisco. 99 arranging to have any of the engineers and their ladies carried free over allthe cable lines in the city. The convention was a most successful one, and the papers read anddiscussed were full of interest, but it is not with them this story has to do,so we will pass at once to the excursions planned for our being received and welcomed in a very appropriate speech
The Yosemite, Alaska, and the Yellowstone . t ifthe hotel service was bad, the hospitality of the people made amends for it;they were glad to see us, and showed it in every manner possible, even to San Francisco. 99 arranging to have any of the engineers and their ladies carried free over allthe cable lines in the city. The convention was a most successful one, and the papers read anddiscussed were full of interest, but it is not with them this story has to do,so we will pass at once to the excursions planned for our being received and welcomed in a very appropriate speech by themayor, the party were invited to visit the various systems of cable Francisco is built on a series of hills, some of them very steep, andcable lines extend in every direction. We had the advantage of makingthis trip under the direction of the original projector of these lines, S. Hallidie, whose untiring efforts contributed greatly to our pleasureand instruction. The system was put in operation about] 20 years ao-o. Fig. 70. The Golden Gate. and the speed was but four miles an hour. There are now upwards of 20miles of cable lines in San Francisco, and their effect on property has beenwonderful. Lots costing originally 600 dols. each, are to day worth severalthousands. The city commenced to grow in those directions where theselines were laid, and nearly 2,000,000 dols. is invested in the cable system. Another excursion which was greatly enjoyed, was a trip taken in alarge ocean tug down to the Golden Gate, Fig. 70, as the entrance to theharbour is called, and in going there the party passed along the water view of the great city as it lay spread out over the slope of the hillswas most pleasing. As the fast sea-tug sped along, and we drew nearerand nearer to the opening between the rocky cliffs which marks the entranceto the harbour, we began to realise that the water was not in the glassy andcalm condition that the Pacific should preserve, and
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