The San Francisco Call and Post from San Francisco, California • Page 10

10 SOME OF OUR DEACONS' FOLLIES. Ban Francisco bas sown her wild oats, and Fettled down to a long era. of steady progress. Now, there was a (lay when money was plentiful r.r.d interest high, that San Franebeo yaw eveiyilimg about double its normal size. This was ihe time when fortunes were niada very quickly, and there were "million! in it" for almost eveiybody wlto had an original de.i.

in those days the world moved at least this portion of It did. and men had to jump at conclusions if they would keep up with tbe procession. Hence It was that men not accustomed to thinking quickly, as well as foolish men with wildcat schemes, sometimes ran amuck of common-sense, and did and bulided things that would not pass current to-day as they did when San Francisco was In her swaddling And, though the city lias loft behind that etase of Its evolution by many years now, the men who bulided loolishlv Irft monuments to their foolishness behind them. Bud to-day, like every other city of iinpmtancc Ban Francisco Mil! has many reminders of her "deacons' follies." These are chiefly interesting because they hive In times gone by, and may still, serve as stepping stones to belter things. "Men rise on stepping stones of their dead selves." says Kllnt; and so do cities build wisely In the present by sbuuninc the errors of ti past.

But the that's wbat they are called, you have more than a purely utilitarian interest to-day. In themselves they aie Interesting, often because of their plcturesqueness and the romance that still clings to them, and always because of old associations and the memories of former (1 ivs. There are doubtless others than the ones cited here, but the-e are the chief the ones hen FOLLIES OF THE HILLS. Since the white man, with his tireless enerey and never fading hope, made his debut on the golden sands of San Krancisco Bay the two high Mils that stand as twin sentinels on the northern shore of the present metropolis have been objective points ot much scheming for wealth and the scene of many financial failures. The most westerly peak early gained the name or Russian mil, because the first Russian colony In California tiled there.

Telegraph Hill, just to the east and at the extreme northeastern anple the city's eoau line, gained Its name the fact that In the early it contained system of telegraphy by pluuals to foretell Ui approach of ocean It connected with Point Lobos, aiid for many years seivcd to chronicle tile approach of ocean ssels. i lie first foolish scheme actually put into opeiation on eliUer ot these peaks was. In Inter flays after it bad exploded, cbrlsteaed "Jobsou's Kolly." It was once oue of Uie lanrlinatlcs of ihe city. New theie is nothing of it but a and the summit of BuMiaa Htli, which It adorned alone in tne latter part of the sixties. there was an old man named Jobsoo, tne very properly beclns, who lived on Russian Hill.

And this old man conceived a The Shawhan Folly. more or less brilliant Idea. It was to construct a big wooden observatory on the brow ol the lil'l and charge an admission price. He was sanguine, was Hits old man named Jobson, and Id Ills Imagination lie could see i tie crowds (locking to the summit of that cieat eminence to gel a peep through Ms big telescope. In his mind's eye saw a mighty populace f.tiui(;ling and toiling ud mat majestic ascent every day in Hie week, Sundays included.

He figured It all out very carefully, the amount of capital necessary to invest and the Interest thereon. lie inultlpUed the vast number of his patrons by so much per head, and he Komi came to the conclusion that there was "millions In It." lie was so sure of his his millions and I that be began to think perhaps one observatory would not be sufficient to accommodate them all. So straightway tie bad plar.s drawn for two towers. By the time the architect had finished ttie plans it dawned upon the mind of thli old man by i lie name of Jobson that one nr Ills would very likely bo in tbe way of the other. so lie thought awhile longer before building nnd came to the conclusion ibat one observatory would have to do, but he sighed, as be saw lv Ms mind's eye the doorkeepers turning away hundreds of dimes lor lack ot accommodations.

Then be built. It a hideous affair, but vny serviceable. It looked much like a lighthouse, but was far less substantial in conbll UCtlOl). On the top of It he put a powerful telescope, and was really worth tbe climb to get a peep Ibroogb the leveallnz of that big class. On .1 clear day one could see the Farallones tlnough Jobsou's telescope, and at all times a t-utjfib view ot Sausallto.

Oakland, tiie Maria anil Alameda counties' hills, Alvlso, the Mission, and all tim beauties of an unsurpassed marine scene could be obtained for a modest anu a long and hard climb. The-lauer was the sticker. Few people were willing to pay the price of admission demanded by -the expansion of muscular energy sufficient to reach the dizzy summit, and there was no conveyance to and from the observatory. And the millions tliat Jobson saw la (be Men Who Built and Then Regretted. scheme are still In It, for all.

at least, that Jobson took out of It. It failed utterly. In a fi'W yrars the place had gone to Teople named the mills Folly," atid soou forgot all about li. Once there was a splendid scheme to terrace Telegraph Hill and make it one. of the most beautiful spots in the world.

It died long ago. It was hardly a fully, lor It would have been a magnificent thing for San Francisco cmild It have been curled out as planned. Terraces were lo be cut In tlio four sides of the big bill, and on terraces rows of villas and cottiiKes were to be built in rrsniar order. so that In front of each row of Mouses there would be an ample driveway and above the a spacious strip of lawn. Pepper trees and palms were to line the terraced loads.

No liou-e was to be built higher than a prescribed line, bo Hint tlic lawns and driveways would not be hidden by them. At each of tho terraces, and half-way between the aujles, broad were to be constructed, so that, it would be a comparatively easy matter io pass on up from one lerrace to another. There are places like this in Boston, though there I tie terraces are on but one side of the bill, and in consr queue" the effect Is far less striking than this would have hen. A lack of unanimity on the part ol the projpciois of the scheme caused Its miscarriage and final collapse. Now the thine could not be accomplished, for the stone quairles hacked and cut away at ihe base of ihe big elevalou until Its contour is spoil, entirely.

I'loiieer I'ark. cable tramway and the bie beer castle anil observatory were the nexr ill-fated enterprises foisted upon Telegraph hill. In Uielr turn they all failed fui of popular support. In the latter part of ISS3 the observatory on Telegraph Hill was built. To this day, I hough Ibe stiucture is fast going to ruck and ruin, it is an Imposing pile when seen Ironi a distance.

It Is parly modeled after ihe old English I ca-tles. with their turrets and battlements and many toners. Coming In through tlie Uolden tiate, after Fort Point has been lairly rounded. I Ibis oia wooden observatory Is a strikingly picturesque object to the beholder. Overland passengers coming In on the ferryj boats from the Oakland mole are always struck THE CRYSTAL PALACE.

with the odd-looklne brilldine. It Is now one of the landmarks of the city, and should one retain to San Francisco after an absence and find it missing cl would look sUaiige and unhomeilke. The man who built that Imposing structure designed it for a popular resort, where the crowds should come and buy his beer and listen to the music of a brass band on Sundays and And he was wiser than old Jobson. He reckoned wisely with thi- anipnthy that Jiuman nuturo hns to climb upward when only a fleet- Inc pleasure Is the coal. And reckoning wisely thus he bnlided an endless cable tramway from the western base to the summit, so that tired humanity might rldP to their pleasures.

And for awhile people liked his enterprise, liked his beer and liked Ills as well as the rare marine view obtainable there and the pure air of tbai high altitude. And liking they patronized. About this time It was that some pentlemen of means with more patriotism than farsightedness came to the conclusion that San Francisco needed a park In this locality. So they nut their heads together and their coin in a lump sum and started what they fondly hoped would be Pioneer Pars. With the lump sum they erecttd a coping about the brow of the hill, or about as much of It as was not coupled by the beer castle, making an inclOMire of a couple of acres or more.

lv Philadelphia they ill these local breathing places '-squares," but Hie originators of this scheme were wise enouch their day to know that a clicle will not make a square. 80 because the copine had no ancles, or from some other equally good and sufficient reasons, the Inclosme was lafcel'd Pioneer Park, and Pionrei Paik it Is to this veiy day. now i here is nothing left of it but lie crumbling coi Ing and the name. The latter will be undylne. no donbt, but soon the rotten coplnc will all tall down on the llt'le collages beneath and kill eomebody or several somebodies, if It not carted away wliero it can do no harm.

The are all The green giass is only green in the rainy season, and sparse enonjMi then. l'loneei Part was ill-advised and Is now a tiling of he paat. Likewise the beer tattle and observatory. It Is silent and deserted. The tiade Winds whittle ana liowl thr'iigh the Interstices madby ihe rain and Hit- sun.

The endless caMe has come to an end. The Iron mils and wooden sleepers are and and decayed. Like the tlie caslle is quite a thing of the past. Some day good stiff sou'wester will. put tUe The Telegraph Hill Folly.

fiolshlng touches on the lavagps of time and the weather. Then the beer castle will blow over to Alcatraz and lbs rats and bugs will bnve to seek out some other shelter. But while any of the ruin ou Hill remains folks with an eye to the artistic will renumber with kindness that picturesque old beercasile that was such prominent landmark ou the barren hilltop. THE CRYSTAL PALACE FOLLY. Had not Internal among the Insicad of Leinst remembered now as a mammoth lolly, the Crystal Palace would have been one ot the most extensive and amusement In America.

It was planned on a elgautlc scale mid was partially coostrucied at a coat of over 550,000. THE MORNING CALL, SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1893. The buildine was to have a frontage on Fill ir.oie Mr et, beiwcen and Slitter, of 205 feet, and I tie deilli, running half-way back toSleluer street, was SlB feet. Charles liieek was at the head of the concern as president and manager, and with him In ilie were ex Govi-mor L. Low, £.

G. Frledliinder, James McCoiii. Theodore yon Bolstel and Frederick Slebe. In ISS3 these men leased' the entire bounded by Fillmore, Steiner, Post ami Suiter from C. C.

Butler, whose wife and children were the only heirs to tiie Gates esute. which comprised tills block, the one west of It ana considi-iable other real estate In the vicinity. The lease was for fifteen Inside of a year almost the entire scheme was abandoned, but not until the great buildlnc ItscU had almost finished, so far as the exterior work was concerned. Now there Is not even a postliole left to show where the mammoth structure once stood, and a wood and coal shed, an Italian shanty and several browing cows are Hie only occupants of the bis Crystal Palace aud the park In which it stood was designed after Woodward's Gardens and was Intended to contain, ainonz other sights and curios and a menagerie far superior to the recently closed out at auction by the heirs of the Woodward estate. The paik would have been about as extensive a.s Woodward's Gardens like it, 100, a tunnel under Sielner street would have connected the two blocks.

Crystal Palace itself was to have an auditorium with a seating capacity of 8000, and this was to be so arranged Unit It could be transformed Into a vast level all for dancing by a few hours' work. Extending completely around i lie grand floor and stage was a promenade 820 feet long and 20 feet In width. On the outside of the promenade, at each side of building and running Its full length, were elevated with private cloakrooms, toilets and baths beneath. On the estrades were open rustic boxes, in front of which, bordering on the promenade, were to have been grassy decorated with tropical aquariums, fountains and miniature brooks and cascades. To the right of the main ranee was the cafe, 25 by 80 feet In area, and above on the second floor, were more dining-rooms, concert etc.

Over 25,000 square feet of glass was used In lie coii'tiiiciion at the building, more than onethird of Hie entire roof being of heavy corrugated glass. Oh, li was a grand, grand on and columns might, be written of its projected Kiandenr ana extent. Elevators, slectile lights, broad stairways and gland billiard and smoking rooms, ornamentations of fluted pilasters, painted panels on me walls, rich tapestries and portieres, natural wood finishings, Ihl.tid polished wood and mosaic these were only soint? of the projected grandeurs of the projected palace that was partially completed. After a time It came toligt't that the plans and specifications were not being stilctly followed. Accusations were made of inferior materials being used.

i hen the thickened and the building of the i alaoe halted. Mr. Uutler. the owner of the grounds, offered lo loan the company all the money needed to carry out the pioject if the stockholders would ay assessments equal to the par value of their siock. But th; management had not the confidence of the dliectory, and when $50,000 had been sqnaudered the project was definitely abandoned.

It may be tbat by this time the stockholders had come to look upon the plan as slightly of Mlcawberian varle It may be that they lost faltli In the ability of one city to port sueb a mammoth amusement enterprise, it may but whatever It was they went no lurther, paid no more assessments, ami for three I years or more the big palace wan given over to the rats and spiders. Then It was sold for old horse, carted away 10 build a carriage factory on (joideu Gate avenue and to li- burned as Ami the two big blocks, from Fillmor? to Pierce aie practically unoccupied and unimproved. And still there is a big opening for some capitalist with asaneuinlty as big as Ills i urse, to build a Crystal Palace for.Sau Francisco. THE SHAWHAN FOLLY. And the man who built a stable and became bankrupt before his bouse was Dunned.

It Is true, as every old-timer members, and a more mammoth deacon's folly could noi be found iv all the fifty-four couuties of the Uoldrn Slate. John E. Shawhan was his name. He liked was a bit of a sport and a good deal of a stockbroker. Long years be wortcad hard and was poor.

One morning he up and 100-ed upon a world that was paved with for tiitn. at least. At nighi lie was poor; iv the morning a millionaire. Virginia consols were the making of his millions. It was In the days when the ascent from tramp to Croesus was often Midden and unexpected.

He bought largely when stocks, were low. The maiket shot up lit- a skyrocket, sod he became rich so fast that It made him dizzy. All at once he bough; a valuable lot on the noi Hi side of Calffoiola street, just west of and I.c started in to build himself a palatial lvrhaps It was the dizziness In his head, perhaps It but no matter what the cause, he did start at (lie wrong end of bis lot to build that palatial residence, lie began on the and -finished it entirely before be had Hie plan!) completed for home. Oh, It Iran a beautiful stable. There were marblr drtiikiiig-lrongiis for the horses and of polished oak and blidseye maule.

The tloois were of Inlaid haidwoous aod finely polished. It was all very magnificent, all but the feed, and that was common hay and oats and dileil alfalfa and mixed ft ed of the name sort that mi ordinary car morse sets. Mr. Khawhati grieved greatly that money could not buy some- more costly leed for his sort of borse manna or ambrosia, made to ihe equine palate acceptable. Bui Ms regrets were vain.

Hi, splendid horses, housed In s-nch a palace of beauty and wealth, had to drink eveiyaay Spring Valley water and eat oats that were only CO cents a bushel. Mis. Shawhan had a private boudoir In the stable, enrreud the costliest of Imported nigs and hung with taiiestiles that were worm a week's wages a yard. And the carriages! No one in all the world ever had so many carriages or such fine ones. Money cmild buy no better ones, and he hail as innny dlffeient kinds as there was room In his I alatlr.l stable to accommoda c.

'1 he harness would have been more useless, but Rcsrcely more expeusive, had It been made ol solid gold. One day in 1875. when the beautiful stable was all iiud Its vehicles housed therein and Its ami highpriced horses weie all standing in their birdseye maple stalls, Mr. and Mrs. Sbawhan gave a irceptlou at ihelr horr.t" to repipsentaiivos of the local press.

They were received in Mis. Sliawhan's boudoir, "and many baskets of chnmjague weie among them. The hostess herself showed the gentlemen of the ness the rooms ol the second story or the home," while Mr. Shawhan himself led the way into the blidseye-maple stalls showed oft the high-stepping sleek Its expensive stabling. Shawhan had a beautiful whip for every diflereut set of harness.

They were mostly poid-butttd, or, if not gold, then the handles weie made of lonie moie rare or ciecious stull. She was very proud of her whins and took ureat delight hi their ostentatious display to the members of the plebeian im-ss. Then there was a iplu out to the park for the vl-itors biLind Mr. Sbawban'i blooded stork. At.rt in the morning, behold, the papers more or less tlowinc accounts of what a fool Snawnaii was wltli all vulgar wealth.

The next event was the downfall of Virginia consols. Never did stocks so rapidly. Never did become a pauper so quickly as I'arvenue Buawtian became a bankrupt. In rilter years the Bbawbani went to Nevada, and eked out a vicarious livinc. Shawliau coi a divoicp (mm her lunbaiid.

Not long ago thebnildei of that magnificent staola died a veiy poor man. The house on the front of the lot tiiat Ihe Shawhans. in their baste to get a finer stable than anybody else had, forgot to build, was elected a few yeais ago by a mac uatiifd Finu lean. Mr. Ftnnigan wan once a hostler at the What Uheer House, but a sudden in stocks made hlni rich.

And he built a icsldence In front of I Sbawuan't stable, but it Is unoccupied now, i while the stable Is tlven over to a private fciioni for the training of youitis in giaromar and football, or whatever It Is that is necessary to know in order to beslu a course at the uui! versity. Anderson's Academy, the place Is called. The stalls have been taken down, and ihe irbie dunking troughs are no more. A few alterations have been made in the exterior, such as the building of a poich and stairway where the big sliding doors were, and nobody would ever believe that such an ornately constructed building was ever designed for a slabie. THE MOUNTAIN LAKE FOLLY.

In the very early days of San Francisco, only two years after the argonauts of '49 arrived heie, some enterprising gentlemen, gifted more with lung purges than prophetic foresight, came to the conclusion that the city needed a water system. They Invested about £300,000 in tunneling under the hills from Mountain Lake, near tbe Marine Hospital. loLarfcln and Pacific street. It was a big brick and concrete tunnel, bie enough lor a small man to waU through without ducking tush-ad, and it is still there. For a mile or more it runs under the center of I'aeilic sheet, then cuts Into ihe hills through the Piesldlo reservation, and opens out within a hundred yards or less ot Mountain f.ake.

It Is a veiy expensive lunuel, very well constructed, but of no utter in all the world. Nor was It ever ol any Shortly after Its completion the whole scheme collapsed, as it should hav done In Its Infancy. It Is a very interesting stoiy and not known to tbe younger people of this geneiatlon. It was ihe first movement toward securing a water supply for San Francisco, and the prime movers In Iho scheme weie John Middletoii, Ferdinand A. I).

MerrlQeld and William G. Wood. Ot these only Ferdinand Vassault alive today, and he is a very old. while-Haired gentleman, with remarkable facility of speech and excellent memory so He told the story to a CALL man In the follow- Ing sequence: "In IK3I I bcucht the eightyacre tract in which Mountain Lake Is situated," be began, "from Kdwarit M. Parker, I who had located their and canlrrl on a small vegetable farm.

The land In the re.ir of. aud adjoining Hie Government reservation. "Governor Samnsl J'nrciy noon afterward became the part owner of and the representative of the whole of an undivided one-half of the tract of eighty Hubert Allen, then General for the J'aciflc Coast, William U. Wood, John MMdietou, A. D.

Meiillleld, Got- ernor Purely ana myself then organized a i company for the purpose of utilizing the water of Mountain Lake In supplying the city of San Fr The corporation was known as the Mountain Lake Water Company. "June 1, 1851. seemed it franchise for building tho tunnel and laylne our mains. Then at a roil Oi we Unlit a bis brick tunnel 5 feel by 4V3. Interior dimensions.

Allen, Governor I'uiily and myself wrie tile principal owners of both land and Hit" company. The Mirvrys for the water system wcie made by John Mortis and a noted civil trfilut'Fi- of that time named When tie lunnel was built the surveys all completed we tound that we had Invested alto- $280,000. About fSOO.OOO was stlll needed to complela the 1 and this amount we could not botsow on bonds heie savi: at a frtchtinlif high rate of Inteies'. "So Nathaniel Henu it, wuvcuior PuidTan Mr. Wood went on to New York in negotiate I lie loan.

Tliiouxli the house ot Horace Ketcharu Co. the loan was finally engineered nt 11 it-nsonable rate of Interest, and a day was set upon which the papers were to be sicned an Hie money placed in the bank subject to our 01 dci. the clay arrived for the consummation of the deal Charles O'Uonnell, who was the attorney lor Hoi act" Keteham after examining our franchise and act of Incorporation, raised the technical point mat the latter document did not empower our corporation to raise money oil bonds. was then agreed thnt the niat'er should ay over until the Legislature of California convened attain, when the technicality should be remedied and the money loaued without lurihcr i delay. "l'uidy was I.leutenant-(iov> rnor of he I State and he declared that he would hi Ing the mailer before the Legislature as soon as it coiiyeneu.

year the Assembly met at Vallejo and I the Brest water-front question was brought up. Them was gieat, excitement over the settlement of this controversy and as a consequence all lesser mailers were lost sight of. "Hull McAllister, who was out here then, Mr. Wood ami myself went to to try to i testified our forgotten cause. "At that lime 1 had organized a company with certain ItusMiin nfilcials for tin- purpose 1 bringing lee down heie from Sltka.

wanted a special law paused enabling me Kus- stan Government officials to become paituets with us in the "In this mailer we were successful and the best legal authorities 011 the coast asstned us that in this enactment Hie very point raised by tin- attorney lor Horace Kei Cham Co. was fully covered. We were sal lulled with that and I did not. feel like asking, the LecMature to duplicate its action fur our especial benefit. "Hut when the New York attorney looked Into the question he came to the opinion that the point tie had raised was not covered at all by me Kussiau law.

"And ho tits matter of the loan dropped entirely. We had already lost a good deal of money In the Her company and as none of us could afiord to eel luriher Involved In it the Whole tiling fell through." In 1857 John Heu.ilcr, a. W. tod Schmidt and A. organized the San Francisco Water Works.

Their plan was to run ell me water from Mountain Lake tin oueii l.obos Creek and carry tbe water down to the city 111 wooden flumes. Hut on testing the opacity of Mountain Luke, which is tbe outlet ot deep spring, they found it inadequate to the demands, and principal mpply lor the water system came from To this day the. founded by these men Is In operation, and onu may fellow the course of their wooden flumes aloug the coast line from Lottos Cie till it I I asses Fort and lost under the bill several miles from its source. In 1885 Hprltis Valley became the successor of the ban Francisco but It still employs tlic Lobos Creek flumes and Hie Mountain L.ike -Water Company's project met with less favor from succeeding water- supply companies, and even Us cosily brick, aqueduct has never been turned to account. This fact alone seems to argue the folly of i the scheme, Tile civil engineers of to-day isivelv when asked for an otihilon as to i lie utility of hat.

tunnel or tna practicabil- i ity or ii.ing the Mountain Lake spring as a wa- ter supply. Of course, tiiA end of the big aqueduct has been covered up lou? sine-, ana ilia only sign left vow of the p.eieutious water I system Is a grass-crown trench running from Mountain Lake about 200 to the mouth of the brick aqueduct. lint tie mouth ot the aqueduct itself Is tilled with tons of earth that fall over It so very lone i ago that to-day li ingrown over with weeds and crass, and the bright yellow blooming there seem to have ever grown and thrived and blossom where Erudition alone says there Is i lip outlet of a useless tunnel that cost $280,000. SOHE MINOR FOLLIES. There is a popular superstition that the old brick -foundation on the south sine of Union street, just above Buchanan, was bill by a man i who became a bankrupt beioie he cculd put up the superstructure.

Nothing could be wider of the mark, though strangers who see It for the first time, unless Fftlhj. site lie deseited brick loundallon, on the sunny side of lie street, in the blc white house that looks computable homelike trom without. Several years ago he built this foundation with a view of eiectliis a modern residence on it, patterned after ex-Mayoi Otis' house on Suiter street. When ihe foundation was completed he chanced bis mind, lie saw the folly of building a house in the shade when he owned a lot that tionted lo the south. So he just let the foundation remain and removed his carpenters across the street, where they did a very pood job.

considering that Mr. Cudwnrtli is not quiie as wealthy as CV'llis I. Hiintlngion and a cood deal less pretentious. And the old foundation stays right where It was urn. Mot.

a bilck is mission, and wliei: Miinebody comes along who has an ambition to build that Kind of a hopse and the means to THE OLD DISTILLERY. barK tip ills smbltlnn lie can buy that founda" linn, lot and all, at lie repiilar lu'irk-i rale for commodities. And if nobody come-" klonc who wants that kind of a foiiixliitluu ac market why. It will stay risilit tlieic. Mi.

Cudworttl doesn't care. Bat just i lie -urne lie suiuiMlmei onilles softly to liinisplf as lie views bricks and thinks (oullili lie to gin to build tlieie before he hi. 1 his mind made up. In his youncr Charles Cunen, the rlcl) I'allaD, Ktarted In to tap a bis spring at the if bill. He litiK a hie in I v.hlcli tlie played und ihen aban! rtoned Hie tin- belief that It would be i cheaper to pat ionize Sin ing Valley.

This was about twenty years aao. Folks wutideied at tlie time and often afterward what that big hole was dus for, and lo this day, tlioucii an cv roadbed of cobbiestonea Has i fffaced all vestiecs of Mr. Cuneo's wa er tun- I nei. a p-eat many prown-up i enpie are in lenoi ranee nf the why-, and whereloies of the cave they li ld In when children. The train is that nn tlie sharp descent from Union st.cci to Filbert, at Jon-x sireft, ihere are two or three very promising springs of pure i watei.

And some of the proreityln that vicinity Is troubled with more or less damp cellars aud Ruins of the Old Mountain Lako Tunnel. Inundated foundations Just on account of these Tin- water flows from them with just enough force to tender them very troublesome to In Hint vicinity, but without sufficl'-nt force to render them available lor water mains. Mr. Cuneo had a different Idea once, but now lie Is wiser. He hasn't kicked a bit about i lie few dollars this wisdom cost him.

fur he can afford to pay well for everything. Just the ran.a thniiuli lift at Ins early enthusiasm. But when ne does ibis his second thought is to thank his lucky stars that lie out of it as cheaply as he did. He only dtip: a couple or hundred reet under the hill, bfcinnlnc at a point sixty feet somh of Fllheit stieet. lie lemembers too.

now that he went at the diguing iv lather an uuscieimilc way. First he got pei mission from the Board of then he set a cotii le of laborers to woi with pick and shovel aud told thrm to dit straight ahead. They followed instructions for a week or two. but the spi lug didn't seem to mj.e connection' with Mr. Cnneo's tunnel somehow or other and the enterprise was abandoned.

And that tlie history of the big bole In which the North boys, who ate vow men. used to play hookey. It was one of those tnflinz, minor follies, that really didn't count mucu eltf.er way. lie steam cars used to turn off at Tjnloii street to no to Hay View stands a dilapidated old buck structure that looks enough to have been built by the antediluvians supposing they used red bricks ana doors ana window-sash and class and inhabited the vlciuny of Stelner and Cireeu streets In San The building is so very ancient that its oriirln Is enshrouded In contradiction, biit-tlie most authentic account obtainable from the oldest inhabitant credits it with beitiK the first distillery ever operated Hi San Francisco. it.

may not be a folly to build and operate a distillery; it Is not ceueially considered so at any rate, Out It is foolish to close Up brick imlldliiK in a thickly populated part of and let it stand idle till time and the weather and the rats have tendered it almost unsafe for inn in occupancy. The old builiiius stands on a bis lot that fronts on the uoitheast corner of Union mid bteinsr streets, a few years aco the lot was occupied by Clilni-se vegciable who lived in the old brick building." Now all is desened, save for the occasional prose lice of a solltaty browsing The whisky i inn closed the distillery thai was once very successfully operated there, and since then It lias all gone to rack and mm. A pood many; ucople who: pass by un the Uulonstieet cars ncca-lonally wonder what that old brick mm ever was. And it isn't everybody WHO cau answer them, either. they Inquire of some one In the neighborhood who is post el.

will pc just, iliis kind of a story. Tine, tie Informant bus forgotten the name of the builder, but that matters lltlle. He sticks to his yarn the Harder. Now ibe tiuth is j. w.

Cndwortb bull; thai foundation he owns It anil Uie laud upon which It is built to this day. And hi 1 owns a v.l, oie lot of other eqii lly valuable and more valuable real in the neighborhood. i Everybody knows John gj Cudwoitb, and everybody knows that he Is a wealthy innn. He lives opoo- llftNHM 1 i A 1 MM I MISCELLANEOUS. II I I I I II I I I No Percentage Paid to Physicians ATTHE No-Percentage NoPorcentage PHARMACY, fW)933lfflSt One if our ODD MASON.

rr 1 BRING YOUR PRESCRIPTIOXS TO US, AND SAVE FROM 60 TO 75 PER GIRT, THE COM- MISSION USUALLY PAID FOR PHYSICIANS' PRESCRIPTIONS. Hire's Hoot lifer $1 65: bottle, 15c Ilorsrurd's Acid I'hospnatesaiid Nestle 1 K.ed, 40c Me! I Small, 35c: 60c ScWllitz l'owd size, 35c 1 Williams' Pink mis 4Uc I Hood's AVer's Sarsaparllla 63c i Pond's Extract ami syrup of Figs Kesol vent and Warner's Safe Cure 85c fountain 2 80c: 3 90c; 11 Scott's Kmiilslon Cod Liver Oil 65c New York Elastic Truss 75 Sierra Kidney and Liver Cure, tne best kill- 'S icy and liver remedy 75c Knele Condensed Jlllk 15c Hoff's Malt and Uastorla 35c Quinine I'll is per 100, 'I ,525 3 35c ooilliury 'a KacUl Soap 30c Lydii I'i ham's Compound Sulphur Bitters 70c Ayer a. lieecnum'a or Carter's rills 15c Allcoct's Masters 10c Oarfteltl Tea ana Lane's Medicine UOc Water, genuine Gum Camphor, per pound 60c I Cltr Maifurjiii and Brown's Troches VOc Miles' Nervine and Heart Remedy 83c ap'29 haWe tf Bedroom Furniture! To-day we show an un- usually fine line of new BEDROOH FURNITURE IN EXCLUSIVE DESIGNS. Prices marked in plain Best values in this market. It 1 SLOAfJE I COL Carpets, Furniture aM Ujlclslery, 641-647 Market Street.

I mys FrMoWe tf -'important NOTICE- I just bought as a bargain all that tho mills hail of Hudderstield Worsted, and I now offer them to the public at a genuine reduction of 20 yet cent. Suits made to order, $19,00 IIV I so offer full line of Pique 1 Ejq'- in blue and black suits to order for $28 00 An 2 ant line of Trouserinjr in all shades, for $5 1 ruade to order. These are IT bargains never before offored ElVhj in San Francisco. utftii ft so ra now on te I Cpf summer goods at the same reduction. SEE WINDOWS.

JOE POHEIMTrie Tailor 203 MONTGOMERY STREET 724 MARKET STRFET '-Sail pP2IICISCO 1110 1112 MARKET UUU flUblil and 435 STREET, OAKLAND, CAL. my 14 tf SiiMoWa 427 KEARNY ST. TFYOrj JIAYK DEFECTIVE VISION, IT WILL 1 be well to remember that I mske a of i axanilnliiKanil intaaurliij; ail Iniperrcctions of the eye where classes are rrqii reil. and rrl such )I estanllsnment can get ti.e same -up rior tar Ilicios as aro louud Bore, for the and methods used ars my own ills coveries and mill are fur In thi lead of any now In Die. Satisfaction guaranteed.

D0 NOT POBOFT THE NUIIBER-427 1 Stteod TWENTY YEARS THE Courts. Pleurisy, Khccmatism, liumbaro Back-Ache, and all External Ailments removed quickly by which is the only POROUS PLASTER tnat contains powerful and curative modern YET ABSOLUTELY SAFE and POSITIVE in its action. Benson's Plasters Prevent Pneumonia. It docs not euro chronic ailments in a min- ute, nor docs it create an electric battery or current in the system if. cure by merely reading the label, all such aro made by li-iacks and humbugs.

BENSON'S is endorsed by 5,000 Physicians and Don't doped by nnxrupnlmu -( trhooffer cheap trash which clafin just aa pood better than Bnv-ovs. the tie. Kef them at nwiiarin mrlTCm FrMoWe 1 SWAYME'S Ex vi sti? ABSOLUTELY CTTIU33. 1 InCle a tM sijr.plo arTlicatiou Onmiivr" wiibcirt ta.T medicine, will ciro any case or Tetter, tteil ii droirrlrtl. a i.nl by mail for 50 3 Boxes.

Addrcu. Bs! 4 1 fail iJjbyr.ilaKOi,Bj»B'w!i}-,W.Y. lr MVeSaA-Wy 23 Ep jP SHOW PRINTING GO. it 632 CLAY ST. my 17 OXJR.

CmlniGii Sale! We (old you we would paralyze tbe Shop Trade of San Francisco, and we have done so. S4OCLOGO Worth of Fine, High-class Footwear LESS THAN FACTORY PRICES The Entire Stock of Three Great Shoe Firms, ALL LEADERS IN THEIR LINES, COMBINED IN ONE STORE. P. F. NOLAN NOLAN NOLAN SONS.

We are the only manufacturers and wholesale dealers who sell direct to the consumer. Shoes sold for less than other dealers pay for their goods. WE WILL SELL THIS WEEK AS LEADERS UOOO pairs of onr own maKe In LADIES' FINB LILY KID, button, foxed cloth or Kill tops, square or pointed toe, pritcnt-leather Hds. $2.00 A PAIR. tST The same shoe everywhere else costs $3.

1400 pairs LADIES' PKISBLE GOAT BUTTON SHOES, during tula sale $1.25 A PAIR. Iff Sold by all other dealers for $2. 1300 pairs LADIES' FINE CANVAS BUTTON SIIUKS. all widths, 51. 25 A PAIR.

SRT Our regular price on tuts shoe, Si 50. 800 Pairs CHILDREN'S GENUINE IMPORTED FRENCH KID BUI TON. 8-10 1 $1.25 A PAIR. Everybody else's price 50. It would pay you to buy a year's supply of Shoes during this sale.

Ten Extra Clerks Employed This Weet Address all Ccmmnnications to SHOE iuCCESSOKS TO' NOLAN SONS, 812-814 Market- Toiiradilreinnii a postal card nnd we will semi you 11 Catalogue and Supple- ment I'ricc list worth Slo. Diy3l at NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. OFFICE OF THE BOARD STATE HARBOR Commissioners, 10 California Ban Fran- cisco. May 23, 1893. Sealed proposals or bids will be received xt office or prior to '1 o'clock p.

M. on TUESDAY. June 6. 1893, for furnlshinc the to he used In the cons ruction of the foundations of the -proach to ferry slips Nos. 3.

4. 5 and 6at the toot of Market on the water front of the city and county of S. in accordance wltu specifications tnerefor by the chief en- gineer of tbe board and adopted by the board May 23. 1883. to special reference Is hereliy I made.

Three separate and distinct proposes will I he received, to be designated respectively Lot No. 1. Lot No. Lot No. 3, each to be made on ffer- ent blanks for about the amount of the three bids aggregating about 40,001) barrels.

No bill will be received unless It Is made on a I blank form furnished from this office and is ac- -1 companied by a certified cjeon for 5 per cent of tho amount of the bid. payable to the order of the I secretary of the board, as a en traiifx 1 on the part of the successful bid ler th.it ha will, within six dais after the or his bid. enter Into a written tract to do wore according to the specifications prepared therefor, and will also execute nnd file with tills board a good and suf- ficient bond, to approved by said hoard. In such amount as it snail direct, and conditioned for the fait mill prrformance of such contract: nor wilt said bid be considered by this Doard unless de- livered to the secret 1 or to tne assistant secre- tary, at be office of the secretary, at or prior to 3 o'clock r. m.

on Tuesday, 1593. at which plice the bids will be opened. The board reserves tho to reject any or all bids if deemed for the best Interests of tha Stato. Mdders are invited tobe present at the opening 01 the bids. CX.

11 ASSET H. BROWN, DAN T. COLE. Hoard of State Harbor Commissioners. Howard C.

Hoi.mks. Chief J. J. KEKfiA.v Secretary. my2s lot TO ELECTROTYPERS! FOR SALE, ROUTING MACHINE! SUITABLE FOR ftieta! or Wood Routing.

APPLY THIS OFFICE. or any unnatural discharge druggist for a bottle oL It cures in a few dojs or publicity ci a 'loctor. Non-poisonous and E'larnnteefl not to stricture. ne Universal American Cure. Manufactured by wwi JM Tlio Evans Chemical 'i Jyss I Je22 ly WeSaS CLSAN.

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