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with sewers. In 1854 a gas company was formed. 

 The street railroad came in 1870. There were ten 

 churches in the city as I found it. 



The first public school came in 1855, the high 

 school in 1856. 



When I was there the city had sustained from time to 

 time aboufe forty daily papers and twenty-four weeklies. 



The State Library is a brilliant feature of the place. 

 Various large manufacturing interests thrive in the 

 city. Its commerce is awe-inspiring. 



Sacramento sent to the east in one year 90,000,000 

 pounds of fruit, her entire east-bound shipments being 

 over 130,000,000 pounds. 



The annual manufacturing and jobbing trade is 

 over $60,000,000. 



Looking at these statistics, one is reminded of the 

 magic tent of Prince Ahmed. At first it was no big- 

 ger than a nut-shell. Surely it could hold nothing; 

 but it did. People flocked to it. Surely it could not 

 cover them ; — but it did ! it did ! ! The army flocked 

 to it ; — but the tent was elastic. It covered all ; it 

 sheltered all ; it welcomed all. 



Has not Sacramento proved itself the magic tent of 

 the Golden Age, ready to cover, shelter, welcome the 

 whole world should occasion require? 



From Sacramento to San Francisco my route lay 

 along the eastern shore of the river, and few halts 

 were made between the two cities. I was anxious to 

 reach my final destination, as a feeling of fatigue was now 

 overcoming me, which, however, only served to stimulate 

 and urge me forward. I passed several places that 

 strongly tempted a halt for refreshment and rest, and 

 finally entered the Western Metropolis on the twenty- 

 fourth of November, registering at the Palace Hotel, 



