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Your Guide Book to the Pacific Railroad
San Francisco in 1879
Theaters
The
city's theaters are renowned. Two of them are quite new. Wade's Opera House
boasts the finest chandelier on earth, and Baldwin's Academy of Music is claimed
to be unsurpassed on this Continent, in beauty of interior decoration and
finish.
Wade's Opera House was the Grand Opera House, north side
of Mission between Third and Fourth Sts.
The Academy of Music was at 932-936 Market. Cemeteries
The cemeteries are west of the best residences, but agitation has already
commenced looking to an end of interments within city limits.
Lone Mountain, an isolated mound within the Roman Catholic
Cemetery and surmounted by a large cross, lately blown down, has long been a
noted landmark and gives its name to the region adjoining, which is devoted to
burying grounds. Golden
Gate Park
South of Lone Mountain lies the Golden Gate Park, in which
the city justly takes pride, and which is destined to become of the most
beautiful of city pleasure grounds in the United States.
It was a waste of sand only five or six years ago, but by
careful planting of the yellow lupin, the sand is subdued, and by irrigation,
grass-plats have been created, a forest of trees brought rapidly forward.
The drives are fine, and on pleasant days, thousands of
carriages resort here. Driving is a Californian's weak point and more money is
expended by him on livery and private stables in proportion to his means and
other expenditures, than by his brother-citizens of the "States."
It is a natural result of plentiful money, long distances and
few railroads.
Racing is also much in vogue, and a fine race-track is laid
out near Lone Mountain in full view of the Park. Goodbye
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