Old Mexico and her lost provinces; a journey in Mexico, southern California, and Arizona, by way of Cuba (1883) (14758421216)

Identifier: oldmexicoherlost1883bish (find matches)
Title: Old Mexico and her lost provinces; a journey in Mexico, southern California, and Arizona, by way of Cuba
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Bishop, William Henry, 1847-1928
Subjects: Mexico -- Description and travel California -- Description and travel Arizona -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York, Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: Brown University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brown University



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hich recalls State Street, Chicago. Havingunlimited room for extension in the north and south di-rection of the peninsula, whereas the others named arecontracted, Market Street is to be San Franciscos Broad-way of the future. The financial centre is contained in the area of twoblocks, betw^een California and Bush, Sansome and Mont-gomery Streets. Here are those institutions wdiose greattransactions and singular history are unknown now to butfew parts of the world. The Nevada Bank, financial lever of the Bonanzakings, and point from which has been supposed to em-anate all the weiglitiest influences connected with miningmatters, is a four-story and Mansard iron building, withthe usual classic orders. The Bank of California,whence the brilliant Balston rushed forth from histroubles to drown himself in the bay, is two stories, of blue stone, of a pleasant color, and exceedingly sharp,agreeable cutting. The Merchants Exchange, erectedso long ago as 1867, is a very ornate, town-hall-looking
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SAX FRAXCISCO. 307 building, of iron and stone, dark-colored, with a clock-tower in the centre. It is adjoined by the Safe DepositCompany, in a similar style, in the basement of which aglimpse is to be had of a splendid steel treasure-chamber,with a dozen life-size men in armor, gilded. The large and agreeably proportioned Stock Exchange,on Pine Street, is of gray granite, with numerous pol-ished columns. The board-room within is an amphithe-atre, and a bronze railing protects the circle of seats.With its agreeable illumination and neat furniture, in-cluding Axminster rugs, it presents a much more home-like aspect than is the rule with such places. Miningstocks exclusively are dealt in. It is quiet enough now. We have fallen upon evildays. Capitalists have withdrawn their millions to theEast; ships come only in ballast, for grain, instead ofwith valuable exchange cargoes, and charge rates almostprohibitory; there is not one turn-out now on theCliff House road where there were formerly