400 RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA. 



also filled in, and made the foundation for the busiest part of 

 the town. 



In 1861, accordmg to statistics published in the City Di- 

 rectory^ there were 11,265 buildings in the city : 9,308 of wood, 

 1,898 of brick, 47 of iron, 6 of stone, and 6 of adobe. These 

 buildings are thus classified according to their height : 



Wood — one story, 4,034 ; two stories, 5,090 ; three stories, 

 180; four stories, 4 — 9,308. 



Brick — one story, 272 ; two stories, 1,125 ; three stories, 

 438 ; four stories, 59 ; five stories, 3 — 1,898. 



Iro7i — one story, 8 ; two stories, 30 ; three stories, 6 ; four 

 stories, 3 — 47. 



Adobe — one story, 1 ; two stories, 3 ; three stories, 1 ; four 

 stories, 1 — 6. 



Stone — one story, 1 ; two stories, 3 ; three stories, 1 ; four 

 stories, 1 — 6. 



According to the same authority there were, in 1860, 800 

 grog-shops, 373 groceries, 288 lawyers, 276 tailor-shops and 

 clothing-stores, 248 boarding-houses, 189 physicians, 179 

 brokers, 150 cabinet-makers, 150 butchers, 136 cigar-shops, 

 121 dry-goods stores, 120 carpenters, 95 barbers and hair- 

 dressers, 85 dealers in coal and fircAVOod, 84 restaurants, 84 

 watchmakers and jewellers, 78 fruit-stores, 66 bakeries, Qb 

 house and sign painters, 64 stove and tinware stores, 33 lum- 

 ber yards, 24 breweries, 20 auction-stores, 17 banks, and 8 

 assay-ofiices. 



There are thirteen daily and twelve weekly newspapers, and 

 five monthly magazines, published in San Francisco. Of the 

 dailies, seven appear in the morning and six in the afternoon ; 

 seven are jDublished in the English language, two in French, 

 two in German, and two in Spanish. Of the weekly papers, 

 one is an organ of the Methodists, another of the Methodist 

 Church South, another of the Congregationalists, one of the 

 Catholics, two of the Jews ; one is commercial, one is filled 

 with miscellaneous reading matter, another is agricultural, 

 another devotes itself to topics interesting to firemen and sol- 



