Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The New San Francisco: An Address, at the Opening of the Mechanics' Institute Fair, Columbia Theatre, Sept. 1, 1896
If, long years ago, a Spanish imperial commissioner were directed to visit Central and Northern California and lay the foundation for a great city, what site, judge you, would he have selected? In the light of the present there can be but one answer; but, surprising as it may appear, the eligibility of San Francisco was not only disputed under such circumstances, but condemned as a place even for human habitation.
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