Volume VII, Number 2. San Francisco, California 9 July, 1938. 
What to see * 
In San Francisco 
San Francisco fairly exudes cosmopolitan atmos- 
phere. Having a long and glorious past which reached great impetus 
during the gold rush days it is one of the most interesting cities 
in the world. One can still see remaining remnants of those bygone 
days. 
In this beautiful city of 
today one can visit many interesting 
places and soon feel that certain some- 
thing which only San Francisco can 
impart. Here are a few places to vi- 
sit: Barbary Coast — On Pacific be- 
tween Grant and Kearney. This sec- 
tion of the city shows what remains 
of the honky tonks, dance halls, sa- 
loons, gambling dens, and houses of 
evil repute which soon separated the 
adventurer from his roll. After the 
earthquake of 1906 the “Coast” slow- 
ly crumpled into the limbo of time. 
Now only a few deserted buildings 
stand. 
Chinatown — On Grant and Stockton 
between Pine and Jackson. Here one 
can see China seemingly transported 
from the Far East into the heart of 
a modern city. Chinese markets, the- 
atres, restaurants, and marts give 
one a taste of the oriental. China- 
town built up around a Chinese tele- 
phone exchange soon after it was es- 
tablished. This is the only Chinese 
telephone exchange in America. 
Fisherman’s Wharf — North Shore or 
Beach. Fisherman’s Wharf is unique 
in the distinction that one can get 
sea food cocktails of any American 
shellfish on a minute’s notice. Huge 
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San Francisco Bridge 
Largest in World 
N OW that we have ar- 
rived in San Francisco here are some 
of the statistics, — you know, those 
things don’t lie. The two largest items 
at San Francisco are the two bridges, 
San Francisco-Oakland bridge and the 
Golden Gate bridge. In 1930 San Fran- 
cisco had a population of approxi- 
mately 650,000 and Oakland about 
300,000. With the completion of the 
Bay Bridge the two were joined and 
they made a combination something 
on the order of Brooklyn and Manhat- 
tan but not as large. The Gate bridge 
also enlarges the aggregate popula- 
tion but not in the same proportion 
as the population is largely urban. 
The San Francisco-Oak- 
land Bridge is the longest and most 
costly of bridges to date. The cost was 
$77,000,000. During the construction 
of this bridge 24 lives were lost and 
1100 persons injured. The bridge as 
it stands consists of 2 suspension 
spans of 2310 ft., 3 suspension spans 
of 1160 ft., and 1 cantiliver span of 
1400 ft., a total of 9500 ft. in spans 
only. The approaches are not consid 
ered in the above description. 
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A Fish Net 
Conies Aboard 
A S SOON as we dropped 
anchor olf San Francisco the other 
day, a boat hove alongside and pre- 
sented us with a fine fish net — cork 
floaters and all. This caused the scut- 
tlebutt to bubble merrily and many 
were the opinions given out for its 
presence aboard. 
Still your tongues and 
you shall hear (the midnight ride of 
Paul Revere — for rhyme only). The 
California Fish and Game Commis- 
sion gave us a surveyed fish net to 
be used on board, not as a fishing net 
to catch the finny denizens of the 
depths but as a medicine ball stopper, 
a barrier on both sides of the quar- 
terdeck to prevent those balls which 
are thrown with more strength than 
accuracy from falling into the ocean. 
We wish to thank the 
California Fish and Game Commis- 
sion for this gift. No more will it be 
possible for 4 medicine balls to be 
thrown over the side in the course of 
a single day as was done during the 
last cruise. Yes, the officers take cred- 
it for this remarkable feat. 
Nautical Questionaire 
What are the following: 
1. Fid? 
2. Commander? 
3. Dead light? 
4. Lizard? 
5. Devil’s horn? 
6. Lubber’s line ? 
Answers on page four. 
