m Men Who Made SAN FRANCISCO PRESS OF BROWN & POWER STATlCatR 32T-335 CALiFORr tA ST SAN FRANCISCO Henry E. Bothin HENRY ERNEST BOTHIN is one of the energetic and progressive capitalists who have never lost faith in San Fran- cisco's possibilities and who are today see- ing that faith justified. In the fire of 1 906 Mr. Bothin was a very heavy loser, seven- ty-nine buildings belonging to him being de- stroyed. Forty-two of them have been rebuilt. Mr. Bothin is president of the Judson Manufac- turing Company, and is also head of the Bothin Realty Company. He was born in Ohio in 1853. Politically he is a Republican. ^88272 F. B. Lloyd FB. LLOYD is president of the Pacific • Surety Company and has for several years been engaged in the insurance business in San Francisco with unusual success. His father, Frederick B. Lloyd, was English by birth, and his mother, Jane Lloyd, was Irish. Mr. Lloyd was born in New Zealand in 1873. His offices are in the First National Bank Building and he handles some of the largest insurance policies in the city. Arthur G. Nason ARTHUR GRAHAM NASON, presi- dent of the Arthur G. Nason Company, whose father, Henry Nason, was president of the New York Gram Exchange, was born m New York m 1858. In 1 880 he entered the cattle business in West Texas, and in 1 885 moved to San Diego, where he married Ada Ward of San Saba, Texas, and moved to San Francisco in I 900 to take the man- agement of the Continental Fire Insurance Com- pany of New York. He now represents that company, which made a wonderful record in the San Francisco confla- gration. Also he represents the Fidelity-Phoenix Fire Insurance Company of New York, and is general agent for the Pennsylvania Casualty Com- pany of Scranton, Pa. Mr. Nason has held several public offices and for fifteen years has been president of the San Diego Humane Society. Joy B. Lichtenstein JOY B. LICHTENSTEIN, general agent of the American Bonding Company of Baltimore, was born m San Francisco October 14th, 1874. He was educated m the San Francisco Public Schools, and the University of California, from which institution he graduated in 1 90 1 . From I 894 up till the time of the great lire of I 906 he was assistant librarian of the San Fran- cisco public library. He is the author of "For the Blue and Gold," a tale of life at the University of California, and various bibliographical works. At present he writes only bonds. He is a popular citizen, and well known in literary circles. Milton A. Nathan MILTON A. NATHAN was born on Washington's Birthday, February 22, 1879, at Colusa, California, and moved to San Francisco when a lad. He graduated from the old Lincoln school at Fifth and Market streets, San Francisco, then the Boys' High School, and was attendmg Hastmg's College of the law when the Spanish-Amer- ican war broke out. Filled with patriotism he dropped his Blackstone for his Springfield and enlisted in the First Regiment of California Vol- unteers at McKinley's first call, serving through- out the Spanish war and in the Philippine insur- rection. He was successively company trumpeter, corporal and sergeant. He was wounded before Manila, August I 3th, I 898, and was awarded a Congressional Medal of Honor. Upon being mustered out of the service at the close of the war he resumed his legal studies and was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of California on September 14th, 1900, and before the Supreme Court of the UnitedStates, at Washington, October 24th, 1904, on motion of the Attorney-General. Mr. Nathan is prominent in many fraternal organizations, notably the Masons, the Native Sons of the Golden West, the Foresters of America, the Knights of Pythias, the National Union, the Knights of the Maccabees, the United Spanish War Veterans, the I. O. B. B., and the Or- der of the Eastern Star. He is engaged in the general practice of the law with offices in the Chronicle Building. CHARLES H. CROCKER President of the H. S. Crocker Co. Fernando Nelson IT IS the boast of Fernando Nelson that he has built more houses in San Francisco than any other individual or any corporation in the city. If all the houses built by him were placed side by side they would stretch as far as from the Ferry building to the Presidio. Fernando Nelson was born in New York City, February 4, 1 860. He is the owner and builder of one of the finest as well as one of the most picturesque residences to be found in this part of the country. This residence is located in Presidio Terrace, San Francisco, and combines attractive architec- tural features gathered from all over the world. Mr. Nelson is president of the Board of Trus- tees of the Richmond Masonic Temple Company. He is greatly interested in motoring, and is first president of the San Francisco Motor Club. G. A. Dubois GUY A. DUBOIS is a San Franciscan whose name stands high in business circles. He is president of the Byron Jack- son Iron Works, the oldest and largest pump manufactory in the West. Two hundred men are employed by this concern, which has its factory in West Berkeley and its main office at 357 Market street, San Francisco. Mr. Dubois bought out Byron Jackson shortly after the fire in 1 906. He re-equipped the fac- tory, and since then has built the multi-stage pump installed in the fireboats Scannell and Sullivan. This pump has a development of I ,800 horse- power, 700-foot head, and 1 ,800 revolutions. It is regarded as one of the finest pieces of mechan- ism of its kind ever built. Mr. Dubois was born in New York in 1 868. He belongs to the old Dubois family, dating back to pre-Revolutionary times in New York. Joseph Vincent de Laveaga JOSEPH VINCENT DE LAVEAGA, son of Miguel and Mane Le Briton de Laveaga, was born in San Francisco, October 12, 1879. He graduated from the University of California in 1900, and the Hastings Law College in 1902. He is one of the rising lawyers of San Francisco, and has built up a large practice among the best class of business and professional men. He IS a bon vivant, and popular with all classes. He believes in good government and is always on the side of clean citizenship. W. S. Davis W INFIELD SCOTT DAVIS of the insurance firm of J. B. F. Davis & Son is a native of San Francisco. His father, the founder of the firm, sailed from Bos- ton for San Francisco in 1 849, making the trip around Cape Horn. He was a carpenter and engaged in the rebuilding of the city after the fires of 1850-51. He was also a member of the Vigilance Committee of that period, and during the War of the Rebellion was chief deputy under Internal Revenue Collector Caleb T. Clay. He began in the insurance business in 1865, and his son, W. S. Davis, took up the same work in 1 880. W. S. Davis is also president of the Pa- cific Fire Extinguisher Co. He was married in I 885 to Miss Clara M. Boole, daughter of Wm. A. Boole, a prominent shipbuilder. He has two children, a daughter who is the wife of Ken- neth MacDonald, the architect, and a son, who is attending a preparatory school in Tarrytown, New York. Mr. Davis is a member of the Pa- cific Union and Bohemian Clubs and the San Francisco Art Association. 12 MURRAY ABRAHAM One of San Francisco's Leading Tailors 13 George A. Dow GEORGE A. DOW, of the Geo. E. Dow Pumping Engine Co., is very popu- lar among the business men of the Pacific Coast. He was born in San Francisco, April 1 7th, 1874, and succeeded his father, Geo. E. Dow, as the head of the firm of that name. The Geo. E. Dow Co. is one of the largest manufacturers of pumping machinery in this country. Mr. Dow takes very little interest in politics, being a man of business almost exclusively. He is president of the George E. Dow Estate Co., arid mterested m several other business firms in addition to the pumping machinery concern. Philip T. Clay PHILIP TUGGLE CLAY, vice-president of the firm of Sherman, Clay & Co., music dealers, is one native son who can boast of a long line of American ancestors. His great-grandfather was a lieutenant in the Revolutionary army, and his grandfather, true to his military heritage, was a captain in the War of 1812. Mr. Clay was born in San Francisco in 1878. He graduated from the University of California in I 90 1 , and three years later was married to Miss Edna Barry, two chil- dren, a boy and a girl, having been born to them. Mr. Clay has been prominent in the ac- tivities of the younger element of San Francisco's business life. He was chairman of the famous Portola Festival Committee of 1 909, and is a director of the Panama-Pacific International Ex- position Company. William F. Culberson KEEN business and executive ability, as well as the growth of the automobile industry, are responsible for the prominence in San Fran- cisco commercial circles of William Franklin Culberson, Pacific Coast representative of the Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company of Buffalo, New York, and secretary and general manager of the Pierce-Arrow Sales Co. of San Fran- cisco. Mr. Culberson was born in Pittsburg, Pa., February 2, I 868, his parents being Sam- uel J. and Elizabeth E. Culberson. He has always been connected with mercantile business. la^E'S CO. 16 William Cluff WILLIAM CLUFF, president of the William Cluff Company, wholesale grocers, is regarded as one of the most sub- stantial of San Francisco business men. Mr. Cluff is of Scotch and Welsh descent, but was born in the North of Ireland in 1856. He has been in San Francisco for many years and founded the business which now bears his name. Mr. Cluff has taken a deal of interest in politics, and in 1 896 was a delegate to the St. Louis Republican Convention that gave President McKinley his first nomination. He has four daughters, three of whom are married to promi- nent business men, the other being single. Mr. Cluff's business is one of the largest in its line on the coast, maintaining a branch in Oakland as well as branches in other important cities. Howard A. Broughton HOWARD ANTHONY BROUGH- TON, prominent among California law- yers, was born at Santa Cruz in 1 863. He comes from early Puritan and early Quaker stock. Among his relatives are Susan B. Anthony, George T. Anthony, former governor of Kansas, and D. R. Anthony, pioneer editor of the Leavenworth Times and famed as an abolitionist. His parents were pioneers of the early 'fifties in California, his father being a news- paper editor in this state for many years. Mr. Broughton graduated from the Hastings College of Law in 1 888 and was admitted to practice the same year. He was located at Po- mona, Cal., for fifteen years, and in 1900 was elected from his district to the State Assembly. In the Assembly he fathered the "Broughton Law," under which all franchises are sold in the municipalities of California. In 1 904 he was elected to the State Senate. Having become in- terested in several mining enterprises, he moved to San Francisco in 1905, and now has offices in the Shreve building. He is president and director of several mining and oil companies, notably the Purissima Hills Oil Company of the Santa Maria field. He is a Republican politically, is a Past Exalted Ruler of the Pomona Elks, and is un- married. ^^r^^ Daniel M. Burns DANIEL M. BURNS, once a recog- nized leader in the politics of Califor- nia, is now engaged extensively in mining and farming. He was born in Ripley, Tipah County, Mississippi, in August, 1845, his parents, William and Caroline Griffin Burns, both being natives of Tennessee. His early American ancestors were Colonial Virginians, his grandfather having moved to Tennessee in I 806. Mr. Burns is a Republican and served one term as Secretary of State. His wife was formerly Miss Amelia M. Schindler, and they have one child, a daughter thirty years of age. mi:- rrJ^ 19 M. CASEY 20 John T. Burns JOHN T. BURNS, Superintendent of Public Buildings for the City of San Francisco, was born in England, April 1 2, 1865. He was educated in the common schools and apprenticed to the carpenters trade at the age of 1 4 years, serving seven years at his apprenticeship. When he was 2 1 years old he came to the United States, locating first in Sandusky, Ohio. Then in succession he lived in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Denver, Colo- rado, coming to San Francisco in 1892. He was employed by the city as a carpenter in 1 897 and had charge of fire department building repairs after 1 900 until July, 1910, when he was ap- pointed to his present position. 21 E. P. Brinegar EDGAR PRESTON BRINEGAR is one of the pioneer automobile dealers of San Francisco, having entered the busi- ness in 1 900. Prior to coming to San Francisco, he was for eight years in Boston in the passenger traffic department of the Rock Island Railroad Company. At the present time Mr. Brinegar is president and owner of the Pio- neer Automobile Company of San Francisco. He is also a director and stockholder of the Chalmers Motor Company of Detroit, Michigan, and one of the promoters of the company. K '^^ 1 1 1^ i I r J ^ 22 Boutwell Dunlap BOUTWELL DUNLAP was bom in Sacramento, Cal., in 1877. His father, William Dunlap, and maternal grand-uncle, Stephen A. Boutwell, were territorial pio- neers, owning a 42,000-acre ranch in the Sacramento valley. He is of the Dunlap family of the South, of whom were Gen- eral George Rogers Clark of the Revolution and President Sam Houston of Texas. Mr. Dunlap is a lawyer. He is a graduate of the University of California, and a post-grad- uate in law and diplomacy of the Catholic Uni- versity of America at Washington. He has been Pacific Consular representative of Argentina, be- ginning with 1 909. In I 904 he was nominated for Congress in the First District, but declined. He is the author of several historical and economic studies, and has written much upon the breeding of racehorses, being an authority. He is a mem- ber of a number of clubs and learned societies, and is Honorary Historian of the Sacramento So- ciety of California Pioneers. 23 Oliver Ellsworth IT HAS been said that California numbers among her lawyers more really brilliant men than any other State m the Union. However this may be, none will deny that Oli- ver Ellsworth is one of the most brilliant men in his profession. He was born at Mission San Jose, Alameda Co., California, April 7, 1867. He graduated from the University of California in 1 888 with the degree of A. B. ; and in 1 893 from the Hast- ings Law College, where was conferred upon him the degree of L. L. B. In Oakland in 1907 he was elected Councilor at Large on the Republican ticket, and has since been re-elected to that office. Mr. Ellsworth se- cured the largest vote of the entire eleven council- men elected on both occasions. He IS a shrewd business man, being president of a number of oil companies and director in two large loan associations. 24 Louis Ferrari LOUIS FERRARI was bom in San Francisco in the year 1877 and was educated in the local public schools. He prepared for college in the Lowell High School and in 1897 entered Stanford Uni- versity as a law student and graduated in I 90 1 . He was admitted to the bar in the same year and immediately began to practice law in San Fran- cisco. In 1903 he was appomted assistant in the District Attorney's office under Lewis F. Bying- ton. In I 909 he was appomted as special prose- cutor in health matters by William H. Langdon and took charge of the prosecution of all criminal cases arising from Dr. Blue's plague light and in the enforcement of the pure food laws. Mr. Ferrari is a member of the Olympic Club, the Young Men's Institute and the Native Sons. He was married on October 12, 1910, to Miss Alice Crowe of this city. At present he is engaged in the practice of law, with offices in the Mechanics Savings Bank building. 25 William P. Hubbard WILLIAM P. HUBBARD has beer, associated in the practice of law in California with some of the most celebrated legal lights of the State. He was born at Clinton, North Carolina, in 1872, and came to California in 1895. He received his education at the Universities of Alabama and North Carolina. He first com- menced the practice of law in California in Fresno. He was associated with Judge George E. Church for a time at Fresno, after which he formed partnership with M. B. Harris of Fresno, which continued till 1 900. He has been associated in San Francisco with Chas. E. Naylor and C. F. Humphrey. He took part in Democratic politics while in Fresno, but now confines himself to the practice of law ex- clusively. He is a director of the Southern Club, trustee of Sons of the American Revolution and a member of the San Francisco Bar Association. 26 COL. W. G. APPLEGATE n Nathan H. Frank NATHAN H. FRANK was bom in San Francisco, June 3, 1858. He graduated from the University of California in 1877 and the Columbia Law College in 1879. He commenced the practice of law in San Francisco in 1879 in association with Whea- ton & Scrivner, remammg two years. In 1 88 1 he became associated with Milton Andros, and shortly thereafter became his partner, this partnership continuing till 1 900. Nathan H. Frank is now associated with hif oldest son, Irving H. Frank. His practice has been more generally in the Federal Courts, though he is engaged in general practice. All hi.- time is devoted to his profession and his family. 28 Frederic Winslow Hall THERE are many clever corporation attor- neys to be found in the State of Cali- fornia, but none are better known than Frederic Winslow Hall, whose offices are in the Crocker building, San Francisco. Mr. Hall was born at Gorham, Maine, March 20, 1 860. His ancestors were among the ear- liest New England settlers, and were prominent m colonial affairs. In politics Mr. Hall is a Republican. He is an officer in many corporations and is ex-president of the Bohemian Club. He graduated in 1 880 from Bowdoin Col- lege, and in 1 889 married Miss Maud E. Noyes of Washington, D. C. 29 William F. Hofmann WILLIAM F. HOFMANN has been popular as an orchestra leader and violinist in San Francisco since 1 904. He was born on August 12, 1870, of Ger- man parentage, and was educated in music fiom childhood. During his career he was for several years concert-meister with Walter Damrosch. He was also solo violinist and con- cert-meister with Madame Melba on her trans- continental tour, and acted in the same capacity with Madame Sembrich. He was also leader of the Hofmann String Quartette and Philhar- monic Club of New York City, and for three years was head of the violin and orchestra de- partment of the School of Music, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. 30 Tirey L. Ford TIREY L. FORD was bom in Mis- souri in 1857, and came to Califor- nia in 1877. He entered the law offices of Colonel Park Henshaw at Chico, passed his examinations and was admitted to the bar. He was elected District Attorney of Sierra County in 1888; in 1892 went to the Legisla- ture from the Third Senatorial District, consist- ing of Plumas, Sierra and Nevada Counties, and was thereafter appointed attorney for the State Board of Harbor Commissioners, which office he held until elected Attorney General of the State in 1 898. In 1 902 he resigned the office of Attorney General in order to become general counsel for United Railroads of San Francisco, which position he has since held. He was appointed a member of the State Board of Prison Directors in 1905, and is now the president of the board. He has been re- peatedly elected a member of the Board of Trus- tees of the Mechanics Institute of San Francisco. He is a member of the Pacific Union, Bohe- mian, Commonwealth, Press, Transportation, Merchants, Amaurot and Southern Clubs, and s a Knight Templar. His favorite diversion is golf. 31 William Henry Avery AMONG the prominent steamship men of San Francisco stands William Henry Avery. Born in New York City January 26, 1859, his attention was early called to the mysteries of the briny deep. Graduating from the New York High School at the age of sixteen, Mr. Avery began his career on the sea and for sixteen years served in nearly every capacity on board sailing and steam vessels. Today he holds the import- ant position of Assistant General Manager of the Toyo Kisen Kaisha Steamship Company. Mr. Avery is also a home man, having on February 14, 1891, married Jessie Ashley Law- rence. 32 EDWARD H. AIGELTINGER Railroad Commissioner 33 Irving Johnstone Morse IRVING J. MORSE, manager of the San Francisco branch of the Loco- mobile Company of America, is one of the prominent men of "automobile row" in this city. He is a pioneer of the auto- mobile industry, having previously held the position of manager of the Philadelphia branch and superintendent of the London branch of the company he now represents in this city. Mr. Morse was born in Peoria, Illinois, in 1870, coming from an old family descended from the early English stock of Connecticut. Mr. Morse was married on October 9, I 906, to Miss Fran- ces Elthea Browning of WellsviHe, New \ork. 34 Richard Watts Barrett WHILE in college Mr. Richard W. Bar- rett was one of the most popular young men among the whole student body of Stanford University, from which he graduated in 1 904. He was elected treasurer of the Associated Students, and in this office had entire charge of the financing and arranging of practically all of the student affairs. He was born at Edwards, Miss., and previous to entering Stanford spent three years at the Agri- cultural and Mechanical College of Mississippi. He is at present filling the office of Warrant and Bond Clerk for the City and County of San Francisco. He IS a man of keen business ability and un- questioned integrity, and one of those individuals for whom the future can hold nothing but suc- cess. BOND /INO V/l^RANT 35 Frank H. Johnson WHEN the history of aviation is written in that day to come when the aeroplane is as common as the automobile, the name of Col. Prank Hansford Johnson will be set down as one of its pioneers in the West. Colonel Johnson is the head of the Frank H. Johnson Mercantile Co., but writes down his profession as "aviator." He IS agent for the Curtiss Aeroplane Co., and has the distinction of having owned the first auto- mobile ever m California and much more recently of having owned the first aeroplane here. He flew with Curtiss and Paulhan at the great aviation meet in Los Angeles in January, 1910. He has also made flights at Marysville, Chico, Stock- ton, Woodland, Salinas, Alameda, Hanford, Coalinga, Merced and San Jose. Colonel John- son is a Republican, and is lieutenant colonel on the staff of the Commander in Chief of the Cali- fornia National Guard. He is married and has one child. He is a native son, having been born in this city in I 885. He is a member of the Olympic and Pacific Aero Clubs. 36 H. L. A. Bates HL. A. BATES was born in Cuddalore, • India, on October 20, 1860. He is a son of General Charles Edward Bates, Madras* Staff Corps. Mr. Bates left India when very young, and was educated in Switzerland and E.ngland. As a young man he became a midship- man in the English Mercantile Marine, having been educated for such on the school frigate "Conway," at Liverpool, and on graduation was commissioned a midshipman in the Royal Naval Reserve. Mr. Bates came to the United States in 1 880 and resided in Minneapolis, Minn., and Billings, Mont., before coming to San Francisco, in 1889. He has been continuously engaged in hre insur- ance since 1 881 , and is the general agent of The Shawnee Fire Insurance Company of Topeka, Kan., for its Pacific department, comprising the territory west of the Rocky Mountains. During Mr. Bates' residence in Montana he was City Treasurer of the city of Billings, and United States Commissioner. He is the father of five sons, and resides in Alameda. He was married in I 885 to Miss R. Helen Rixon, daugh- ter of John Rixon, Esq., of Ontario, Canada. 37 28H2'72 L. & M. Alexander BEGINNING at the very bottom of the ladder of business, Leo E. Alexander and Michael S. Alexander have become leaders among the typew^riter dealers of the Pacific Coast. Leo began his career as a clerk and Michael as a shorthand reporter. They had very little capital when they first started their typewriter agency, but their progress into one of the sub- stantial firms of the city has been rapid. They originally introduced the Smith-Premier type- writer on the Pacific Coast, but are now agents for the L. C. Smith machine. They now stand among ^he largest exclusive typewriter dealers in the United States, having branch offices at Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle and Spokane, in addition to their main office at 5 1 2 Market street, San Francisco. 38 p. J. Kelleher THERE is no better known Irishman in San Francisco than P. J. Kelleher, "The Irish Tailor." He left County Kerry, Ireland, 23 years ago, going first to Philadelphia, thence to Chicago, where he remained a year, and com- ing thence to San Francisco. He was married when he was 25 years old, is now 43, and has nine children. He is associated with George A. Browne in the firm of Kelleher & Browne, The Irish Tailors. Mr. Kelleher is the champion Gaelic dancer of the Pacific Coast, and has been president of the Original Gaelic Dancing Club for ten years. He IS active in every Irish movement tending to benefit his native land, and is also prominent m many fraternal organizations. Politically he is a Democrat, but at the last election was the Union Labor Party's nominee for Public Ad- ministrator. He was defeated by "Billy" Hynes by a small majority. 39 H. L. Metcalf HL. METCALF, one of the substantial • men in railroad circles of San Francisco and a man who is keepmg step with the general march of advancement, was born in the State of New York in 1877. He did not stay long ir his native state, but migrated west and grad- u.ited from the University of Nebraska. He became active in railroad circles about twelve years ago, being connected with the legal department of the Southern Pacific. Later he served in the executive department of the Pull- man Car Works. Mr. Metcalf is now Chief Clerk to Vice-President and General Manager E. E. Calvin, of the Southern Pacific Company. 40 George B. Keane GEORGE B. KEANE is one of the most prominent as well as one of the most popu- lar young men takmg an active part in San Francisco's political life. He was born in San Fiancisco, February 26, 1875, his father being George B. Keane, a native of Ireland, who came to this city in 1 850. The elder Keane was the fourth graduate from the Santa Clara (Jesuit) College, and later was instructor in chemistry in Toland Medical College at the time it became the medical department of the University of California. Mr. Keane is an attor- ney, being a graduate of the Hastings College of Law with the class of 1895. He was sec- retary to the mayor and clerk of the Board of Supervisors from 1 902 to 1 909, when he was elected State Senator from the Twenty-third Dis- trict, San Francisco. He has affiliated politically with the Republican and Union Labor parties. 41 John O. Gantner BORN in California in 1 868, of pioneer parents, John O. Gantner has long been identified with the business life of his native city. He IS president of the Gantner & Mattern Com- pany, manufacturers, retailers and wholesalers of knitted goods, underwear and hosiery. Mr. Gantner has been in the knitting business all his life, and comes from a family of knitters. The company of which he is the present head has been in existence since 1 900. The Gantner & Mattern Company employs about 275 San Fran- ciscans. Its knitted goods are sold m almost every first-class furnishing goods and department store from San Francisco to Chicago. Its retail store at Grant avenue and Post street is one of the most unique as well as one of the finest spe- cialty shops in America. ■ p 1 ^^^^^^V"*^ k -^, ir -j H^j 1 m ■: \ |B J L. m K ^F''' 'flillir ■^1 1- i^ { 1 ■p 3 1 HiTxiNO- Goods 42 Pierre Alexander Bergerot PIERRE ALEXANDER BERGEROT, general counsel for the French American Bank of San Francisco, is an attorney who en- joys a wide practice and an acquaintance that extends over practically the whole of California. He was born in San Francisco on February 4, 1867, but as befitted his French ancestry, was educated at the University of France, from which he was graduated in I 889. Returning to San Francisco, he entered the Hastings College of Law, graduating from that well known institu- tion in I 892 and immediately beginning practice here. He IS one of the most influential men among the French residents of San Francisco. He was president of the Board of Education in 1899, and has been chairman of congressional and municipal conventions on various occasions. Mr. Bergerot was married in I 897 to Miss Amanda Dupuy, and has two children, a boy and a girl. 43 Frederic W. Eaton FREDERIC WARD EATON, secretary and treasurer of the Pacific States Tele- phone Company, is the son of a Cahfornia "forty- niner. " His parents were both New Englanders, ai:d he himself was born in Boston m 1 844. His father came to San Francisco in 1 849, and his mother followed with her three children in 1 852. Mr. Eaton was educated in the pub- lic schools here and graduated from the City College in I860. He was in the drug business for a few years, then went to Idaho, returning in two years to go into the tobacco business here. From 1872 to 1889 he was in the grain and freighting business, entering the service of the telephone company in 1889. From 1875 lo I 877 he was a member of the Board of Super- visors. He was married in 1 869 to Rose L. Miller. He has one living son. 44 A. J. BARNETT O PIT ICE 43 Joseph H. Kirk BORN in Chicago in 1859, Joseph H. Kirk just missed being a native son, for he was brought to Marin County, California, when he was but three months old, and spenl his boyhood ihere. He was admitted to the bar in 1880. In January, 1887, he was ap- pointed Assistant District Attorney of San Fran- cisco, and later became Acting District Attorney. During his term as public prosecutor he took an active part in the famous trials of Alexander Goldenson, charged with murder ; John A. Din- ning, accused of causing the mysterious death of Henry Benhayon, and Seneca Swahn, who was found guilty of the larceny of the McDonald jewels. Since May, 1 888, Mr. Kirk has been chief counsel for the Board of Trade. He issued the first call for the meeting of the wholesale merchants after the fire of I 906 and was largely instrumental in locating sites for their immediate resumption of business. He was married Sep- t?mber I , 1 888, to Josephine Louise Miller, youngest daughter of James Miller of Miller Hall, San Mateo, California. 46 Leo G. Kaufman LEO G. KAUFMAN has come into promi- nence in the ranks of realty dealers in recent years, the firm of Leo G. Kaufman & Co. now standing among the foremost in the city. This !S due in large measure to the work done by Mr. Kaufman since the big fire, he having been in- strumental in negotiating 2 1 6 leases during the period of re-establishing the downtown business district. He has also organized a number of invest- ment companies, some of which have bought pioperties and erected substantial buildings, while others have taken fifty-year leases on ground on which they have built. In several of these Mr. Kaufman has invested his own capital, being in- terested chiefly in Market street properties. Before coming to San Francisco Mr. Kauf- man was a prominent citizen of Bellingham, Washington, where he was president of the Mer- chants' Association. He also operated in real estate in Spokane, Washington. He is a staunch Republican, and is 41 years old. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. Kaufman, reside in San Fran- cisco. 47 W. A. Bissell WILLIAM AMBROSE BISSELL, one of the active and prominent railroad offi- cials of the Pacific Coast, holds the responsible position of assistant traffic manager of the Santa Fe system. He was born in Lyons, Wayne County, New York, his father, W. H. A. Bis- sell, having been Episcopal Bishop of Vermont from 1863 up to his death in 1893. The sub- ject of our sketch came to the Pacific Coast in May, 1 868. Ten years later he was married al Sacramento to Miss Cora A. Mesick, two sons being born to them, William H. and Daniel R. Bissell. Besides his position with the Santa Fe, Mr. Bissell is president of the Livermore Water and Power Co. and vice president of the Richmond Light and Power Co. He is a mem- ber of the Pacific Union, Claremont Country, Athenian and Encinal clubs and the California cl«.'b of Los Angeles. 48 Charles J. Hamilton CHARLES J. HAMILTON, undersheriff of San Francisco, was born in his home city on April 4, 1 882. His parents, Samuel and Mary Hamilton, were natives of Ireland. Mr. Hamilton graduated from Sacred Heart College in 1902, and was married on May 16, 1906, to Miss Rosalie Hollohan. Two chil- dren have been born to them, both daughters, Dorothy and Marian. Mr. Hamilton is a mem- ber of the Union Labor Party. 49 J. BARTH 50 Llewellyn B. Dutton FEW men have had more to do with the upbuilding of San Francisco than Llewellyn B. Dutton. His successful work m the recon- struction of a great many of the city's prominent buildings has contributed in a large measure to the present up-to-date appearance of San Fran- cisco. Llewellyn B. Dutton was born at Elma, N. Y., Feb. 27, I860. His father and mother were descendants of early English colonists. At the age of 2 1 , Mr. Dutton went to Chi- cago to study architecture under W. L. B. Jenny, and afterwards with Cobb & Frost. He was later sent by D. M. Burnham & Co. to open an office for them in San Francisco. He put up the Merchants Exchange and Chronicle buildings. After the big fire of I 906 he reconstructed the Crocker Bank building, built the Metropolitan Trust & Savings Bank, the Mechanics Savings Bank, and many other large buildings in and around the city. Bernard J. Joseph BERNARD J. JOSEPH Is one of San Fran- cisco's leading young architects. He was born in this city in February, 1875. After at- tending the pubhc schools he obtained his pro- fessional education, or rather the beginning of it, at the Technical College of San Francisco. He was formerly employed by J. B. Kraft and by Tharp & Holmes, and to Mr. Kraft he gives the credit for most of his technical knowl- edge. He was associated with G. Albert Landsburgh in the construction of the Orpheum Theatre, the Gunst building, and a number of other big down- town structures. He has done a vast amount of architectural work in San Francisco. 52 Harold Louderback THE younger generation of western attorneys includes many native Californians, who have risen to considerable prominence. Among these r- Harold Louderback, who was born in San P rancisco on January 30, 1 88 1 . Mr. Louderback's legal mind is a heritage, his father, who was a pioneer of '49, having been a judge in San Francisco back in the '60's. His mother, who before her marriage was Miss Frances Carohne Smith, was herself a native of San Francisco, and on both sides of his family Mr. Louderback traces his ancestry back to American colony the days before the Revolution. Graduating from the University of Nevada in 1905, Mr. Louderback went to Harvard, where he received the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1 908, being admitted to the bar in Boston, Mass., in the same year. He at once came to California to practice. Fit. IS a Republican in politics and is first lieuten- ant of the Fourth Company, Coast Artillery Corps, National Guard of California. 53 Oscar Hocks OSCAR HOCKS, who as a member of the Board of Supervisors of San Francisco has occupied a promment place in politics, was born in Germany on September 20, I 870. He is a son of Wilhelm Hocks and Emma Gibsen, both of whom were born \n his own native town of Aachen. Mr. Hocks was elected a Supervisor first in 1 904, his first term expiring in 1 905. He was re-elected in 1908, and again in 1910, and still holds the position. Politically he is a Demo- crat. Mr. Hocks is a merchant by profession, and is engaged in the wholesale liquor trade. He graduated from college in Germany in 1887, and was married on September 7, I 899. 1-^m 54 Dr. C. R. Bricca ^ONSTANTINE RAPHAEL BRICCA, V> widely known as an eye, ear, nose and throat specialist, was born in San Francisco in 1 880. He is a graduate of St. Ignatius College with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and also of tli.e medical department of the University of Cali- fornia. In his special line of practice he has had extensive experience both in the East and in Eu- rope, having studied with the master minds of this particular branch of the medical profession. Dr. Bricca was chief medical inspector of the San Francisco public schools during the last ad- ministration, having maugurated a system of med- ical inspection and examination never before known in public school work. He resigned in the latter part of 1909. Dr. Bricca's activities have not been confined to his profession. He i;. president of the Harlow-Bricca Company, an exclusive mail order house doing an extensive business. He is married and has a familv. 35 CHAS. C. BOYNTON 56 Daniel M. Hanlon SON of one of the early pioneer shipbuilders of California, Daniel M. Hanlon was born in San Francisco, June 4, 1 868. Mr. Hanlon is vice-president and man- ager of the Mark Sheldon Company, prominent real estate owners of San Francisco. His com- pany built the first brick building erected in San Francisco after the fire of 1 906. This stands on the old location at the corner of Kearny and Commercial streets that all old Californians will remember as the old I X L corner. The Mark Sheldon Company started the con- struction of the Sheldon building in the late fall of 1 906 and had it completed and occupied by the early part of 1 908. Mr. Hanlon is a mem- ber of the Family and the Press clubs of San Francisco. 57 J. Emmet Hayden J EMMET HAYDEN is a member of the • firm of Kilborn & Hayden, proprietors of the Ferry Cafe, one of the first restaurants to be estabhshed in San Francisco followmg the great fire. He was born m San Francisco on July 1 4, I 869, and has always been a resident of this city. While he has been an active and successful busmess man, his activities have not all been confined to business channels. He is a member of Tamalpais Parlor of the Native Sons of the Golden West, and has been prominent in the affairs of the order for many years. He received his education at the College of the Sacred Heart, and was graduated from that institution in 1 889. Mr. Hayden is a member of the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco. ^^^^^^^^^^^f A'-> ^^^>m^ 1 ^^m --- m^ . ^^H ^^^^^Hb ' ' i^M ^F'^^ i ^1 ^k.^i H| ^H^^^^^^HL^wUk. ^ ^^^^BR1il.V:- '- --^mSifri^ ^t.2r i . H 58 John Hermann r JOHN HERMANN, president of the Her- mann Safe Company, has for years figured as one of the progressive, substantial business men of San Francisco. Born in Hermannstadt, Austria, in 1 85 7, he finished the prescribed high school course, learned his trade, and left his native city in 1874. He spent several years in the leading safe and vault factories of Europe, coming to the United States in 1 882 and visit- ing the big Eastern factories. He came to San Fiancisco in 1883, and in 1889 started his present business in an unpretentious way in a small shop on Commercial street. Practical knowledge, persistency, hard work and honest business methods built up for him the largest safe and vault factory on the Pacific Coast. Hermann safes and vaults are installed in the newpostoffice, the United States custom house, the Mint, the Appraisers' building, the Parrott Estate. Alaska Commercial and many other buildings, besides many banks, not only in San Francisco but all over the state. Fhey have also been in- stalled in the Portland postofnce and customhouse, and in the postoffices of Oakland and Los Angeles. Mr. Hermann is president of the German American League of California, being recently elected for a fifth term. This is the highest office that a German-American can be honored with in social and fraternal life. He is also a member of the Two Hundred Ways and Means Committee for the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco in 1915. efc5*_ 59 Bozo Mitrov Gopcevic AN Austrian by birth, a Californian by adoption, a progressive, public-spirited citi- zen, who behaves in the present and has faith in the future of San Francisco — this is Bozo Mitrov Gopcevic, capitahst. Born at Orahovac, Austria, November 1 5, 1854, he came to San Francisco in 1877. As proprietor of the Servian American, which was the first newspaper of its type ever pubhshed outside of Europe, he made a successful record for over twelve years. He was appointed to a position in the United States Mint in San Francisco by President Har- rij-on. He also held a responsible position in tlie United States Land Office. Mr. Gopcevic has always been a staunch Re- publican supporter. He stands to-day a fine example of the self-made man. 60 William J. Gorham WILLIAM J. GORHAM. president and manager of the Gorham Rubber Com- pany, operatmg stores m San Francisco, Seattle, Spokane, Los Angeles, Portland and Oakland, started in the rubber business in the Goodyear Rubber Company's factory when he left school some 30 years ago. In two years' time he became superintendent of the factory, holding the posi- tion for sixteen years, when he started his pres- ent business in the old J. Hendy building, in a little 20x40 room, with a boy whom he paid $3 weekly as his sole assistant. That boy now holds one of the most responsible positions with the firm. Mr. Gorham started business with $2,000 of borrowed capital, which he paid back during his first year. The concern's last inven- tory showed assets of more than $5,800,000. The main office and store is located at No. 56 Fremont street, San Francisco, and is one of the largest rubber establishments in the country. 61 Samuel G. McMeen SAMUEL G. McMEEN is a member of the firm of McMeen & Miller, electrical engi- neers of Chicago and San Francisco, making his home in the latter city. He designed and con- stiucted the telephone system of the Bay Cities Home Telephone Company, all new property built since the fire of 1 906. He holds the posi- tion of vice-president and consulting engineer for the Bay Cities Home Telephone Company, and is a member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and a member of the Western Society of Engineers. He obtained his technical training at Purdue University. Mr. McMeen says his age is one secret that he refuses to reveal, but he confesses to having a grand- daughter. He says he expects to live in San Fiancisco until 1986, or longer, and to pursue in the meantime his two hobbies, fishing and the telephone business. TBLEPHOKie CO 62 JUDGE F. P. BULL 63 Louis Metzger THE name of Louis Metzger is one that has long been associated with active business and political life in California. Born in New \ork on December 28, 1856, Mr. Metzger came to California in 1 866, graduating from the Lincoln Grammar School of San Francisco in 1870. For seven years he worked in the paper and stationery business, then went into business for himself, selling out in 1 884 and entering a co-partnership under the firm name of Metzger & Franklin, general brokers. For 26 years Mr. Metzger was chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Iroquois Club. Iwice he represented California in Democratic National conventions, and he was many times delegate to state conventions. He has been in- terested in mining development in Nevada, besides being concerned with several mercantile and manufacturing concerns in San Francisco. Mr. Metzger lost his sight in a runaway accident m 1888. He has always taken an interest in charitable and fraternal organizations. 64 Charles Mortimer Belshaw CHARLES MORTIMER BELSHAW, thrice elected to the Assembly Chamber of the California Legislature, and twice to the Senate (1895-1909) is one of the big men of the state of California. He was born at Fid- dletown, Amador County, Cal., March H, 186L His father and mother were both natives of New York State, and come of a long line of old time New England stock. Senator Belshaw has always been a staunch Republican, and was elected to the Senate on the Republican ticket. He graduated from Harvard University in 1 883, and married Miriam E. White the same year. He has extensive business interests in Califor- nia, chiefly in general merchandising and mining. 65 F. W. McNear THE name of McNear is one widely known in California. Fred William McNear, son of George W. McNear and A. M. Church McNear, was born in San Francisco in 1870. His parents were both natives of Maine, and the family has been known in New England for upwards of two centuries. Mr. McNear graduated from the University of California in 1 889 as a Bachelor of Letters. He obtained an A. B. degree at Harvard in 1 89 1 , and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the same uni- versity in 1 894. He has since been a practic- ing attorney in San Francisco, and is now prom- iiiCnt in the oil producing field. He was mar- ried in 1 902 to Miss Georgina Hopkins, and has two children, Edward Hopkins McNear and Fred William McNear, Jr. 66 Samuel A. Moss SAMUEL ARTHUR MOSS was born in New Berlin, Central New York, July 2, 1867. His parents were Horace O. Moss and Isabel A. Moss, nee White. In 1874 the fam- ily came to California by way of the Isthmus of Panama, and traveled in California the following two years. Soon after that they went to Europe and traveled there for the following five years. Returning to this country, Mr. Moss entered St. John's School, near Syracuse, N. Y., where he prepared for college. From there he entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, bemg a member of the Class of '90. In July, 1 890, he married Edith Estelle Adams, of Montpelier, Vermont. They have one child, Horace W. Moss, born February 14, 1898. Mr. Moss IS mterested m gold dredging, be- ing president of the Calaveras Dredging Com- pany, and is engaged in numerous mining and other enterprises in California and in Mexico, and is a member of Bohemian, University and Union League Clubs. 67 Clarence M. Smith Mutual Life for Northern California. Five agent of this company for the state of California, ship of Smith, Thomas & Thomas. Under the em Mutual Life shows a gain in business from $6,915,000 to $29,264,297. Mr. Smith is a married man and has one PROMINENT among the insurance men of the Coast who have contributed to the de- velopment of San Francisco, stands Clarence M. Smith, of the firm of Smith, Thomas & Thomas, general agents for the Northwestern Mutual Life. Mr. Smith was born August 5, 1854, in Wisconsin, where he spent his early life on the farm. Of English, Scotch, Irish and French ancestry, Mr. Smith was endowed with the in- herent old world thrift, and upon attaining his majority had accumulated the tidy sum of $K405 with which to begin business life. On October 24, 1885, he arrived in Cali- fornia, and on June I of the following year was made general agent of the Northwestern years later he succeeded to the office of general and on July I , I 897, he formed the firm partner- able management of Mr. Smith the Northwest- January I, 1897, to January 1, 1910, of from daughter, Margaret. 63 Joseph H. Scott JOSEPH H. SCOTT has been prominent in the pubhc hfe of San Francisco for many years. Born in the City by the Golden Gate on March 16, 1862, he received his education in the public schools. Republican in politics, he has always enjoyed the support of the vot- ers of other parties. He was elected tax col- lector of San Francisco in 1 900 as the nominee of the Regular Republican, Citizens' Repub- lican and People's Party, serving two years. On May 7, 1905, he was appointed by the mayor to fill the unexpired term ending January, 1 906. On November 6, I 906, he was elected a member of the State Board of Equalization for the First District as the nominee of the Repub- lican and Union Labor parties. 69 Henry J. Small HENRY J. SMALL, general superintendent of motive power and machinery for the Southern Pacific Company, holds this high posi- tion as the result of a lifetime of industrious and conscientious labor in the railroad service. Born in Coburg, Ontario, November 15, 1849, Mr. Small was educated in the Normal School at Toronto, entering the railway service in 1 868 ar. a machinist for the Chicago & Northwestern. Then with positions constantly growing m re- sponsibility and importance, he was with the Kansas Pacific, the Northern Pacific, the To- ledo, Wabash and Western, the International and Great Northern, the Galveston, Houston & bienderson, the Texas & Pacific, back again to tlie Northern Pacific, then to the Philadelphia & Reading, and finally to the Southern Pacific, with which he took his present position in 1902. From 1893 to 1895 he was vice-president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineeis. 70 FRANCIS V. KEE.SLING Donzel Stoney DONZEL STONED', attorney at law. Is a native of California, his birthplace be- in.g Napa and the date February 1, 1870. He is a son of Thomas P. Stoney. He graduated from the University of California in 1 890, be- ing married in I 894, and having three children. Mr. Stoney is a Democrat in politics, but has never held public office nor taken an active personal interest in political affairs. While his profession is that of the law, he makes a business of handling oil investments. '^ '5--'^^ 72 Joseph A. Sheldon IN another part of this book is given a brief description of what has been accomphshed by the Mark Sheldon Company. Joseph A. Sheldon, the president of the com- pany, is one of the successful business men of San Francisco. He was born at Danesville, New York State, of a long line of old New England stock. His company was among the first to erect permanent buildings in San Francisco after the big fire, and they have always given their sup- port to any movement toward the betterment of the municipality. Joseph A. Sheldon has always been a Repub- lican. He married Florence Mayer, March 1 7, 1904, and is the proud father of two small children. 73 Joseph H. Rucker THE president of the Joseph H. Rucker Co , Inc., one of the most widely known real estate, loan and insurance concerns in San Francisco, is Joseph Henry Rucker, who was born on March 25, 1865, in San Jose, Califor- nia. Mr. Rucker is a son of Joseph Edmund- son and Susan Rucker, who crossed the plains by ox team in the early fifties, and who went direct to Santa Clara County, where they lived the balance of their lives. Mr. Rucker attended the University of the Pacific after completing his common school course. He was married to Mary Phileta Dunne on June 6, 1 888, and has three sons, Joseph Edmundson, DeWitt C, and Jerome W. Rucker, the first named being asso- ciated with his father, with headquarters at the film's San Jose office. 74 Percy R. Stuart PERCY R. STUART is a son of Daniel Stuart, one of Oakland's pioneers, having been a resident of that city since I 856. The subject of this sketch was born there in 1873. He attended the University of California for two years, and then spent two and a half years in practical experience in mechanical work, after which for four years he was a mechanical draughtsman for the Risdon Iron Works. Be- coming engineer for the California Iron Works, he rose to manager, and during his service with this concern carried through both in design and construction a number of engineering tasks of magnitude, among them being the 2,650-foot cable, which carries narrow-gauge lumber cars across the American river. In 1901 Mr. Stuart became Pacific Coast manager for the Roebling Construction Company of New York. He has completed fire-proofing contracts in many build- ings along the Coast, among them being the Merchants' Exchange, Custom House, St. Francis Hotel, Mutual Savings Bank, and theShreve, Crocker, Grant and Telephone build ings of San Francisco, the Union Trust building of Los Angeles, and the State Capitol at Sacramento. 75 ARTHUR M. BROWN 76 Frank Alton Somers THE subject of this sketch, Frank Alton Somers, is a man of a great diversity of interests. He is president of Somers & Co., the Alfalfa Products Co., Somers Estate Co., and McCullough Provision Co., is a director of the American National Bank, the Classen Chem- ical Co., and the Merchants Exchange, and a member of the Governing Board of the Traffic Bureau of the latter body. Mr. Somers was born in 1870 in San Francisco and has been actively engaged in business for the past twenty-two years. His keen judgment and aggressive busi- ness policy would mark him for success in any community, and San Francisco is fortunate in having him as one of her representative citizens. 77 William B. Reis WILLIAM BATTE REIS. president of the Reis Estate Company, is a son of J. C. Reis, once a prominent San Francisco banker. His mother was Ellen W. Dent when she mar- ried the elder Reis, being a daughter of General George W. Dent, a brother-in-law of General U. S. Grant. William B. Reis was born in San Francisco on February 24, 1867. He is a capitalist by business, and in addition to his posi- tion with the Reis Estate Company, is president of the American Construction Company, and a director of several corporations. He was edu- cated at the Rensselaer Polytechnic School, in Troy, New York. Mr. Reis is a widower and has one young son. 78 H. L. Owesney ONE of the pioneers in the motor car in- dustry of this country is H. L. Owesney, Pacific Coast manager for the Wmton Motor Car Co., and identified with that concern for the past twelve years in every department of both the manufacturing and selling ends of its busi- ness. Always of a mechanical turn of mind, Mr. Owesney was attracted to the automobile business, which was still in its experimental stage when he graduated from school. He began with the Winton Company as an apprentice. By consistent and conscientious work, he earned repeated promotion, first to the assembling de- partment, then to the experimental department. He was then made foreman of the repair department, then chief tester, and so on through the i;nportant positions in the factory. Realizing the broader field of the selling end of the indus- try, he finally entered it and has been tremendously successful. Under his sales-managership, the Winton Company's business on the Pacific Coast has increased more than 700 per cent, in three years. >nl '' f,/ ^ 79 JONAS BLOOM Mr. Bloom is a member of the firm of Bloom Brothers. Coffee Importers 80 William Henry Weeks IT WOULD seem that the whole world has contributed to the roll of citizens of San Francisco. In reviewing a list of the birthplaces of the people of this city one cannot fail to be impressed with the fact that they take m almost all parts of the habitable globe. Mr. William Henry Weeks was born on Prince Edwards Island, June 18, 1865. He came to San Francisco when quite a boy and soon established for himself a reputation as an architect. He has designed some of the best known buildings in the state of California, is a staunch Republican and a well respected citizen. 81 Charles L. Patton AMONG the attorneys of San Francisco, \vhose practice lies wholly in the civil courts, is Charles I.. Patton, who in his prac- tice has been identified with some of the largest interests of both the city and state. He was born in Petaluma in I 864, his parents belonging to an ancient and honored Philadelphia family. He himself was educated in his profession in Philadelphia, being admitted to practice in this state in 1887. He has a large practice, elegant offices and a splendid law and miscellaneous library. He is a great lover of books and is con- sidered a connoisseur of them. In 1 898 he was a candidate for mayor of San Francisco, and, although he was defeated, received the largest vote ever given a Republican mayoralty candi- date in the city. He has been prominent in the Masonic order, the Knights of Pythias, the Elks, Odd Fellows and Native Sons. He resides at Fair Oaks. i m ^ 1 ••^fS* ««, ■ L . 1 k. v% ^^1 82 Gaillard Stoney PROMINENT among the attorneys of San Francisco is Gaillard Stoney, of the law fi\m of Stoney, Rouleau & Stoney. Born at Napa, Cal., April 28, 1868. he has since been closely allied with the life of San Francisco. He graduated from the University ct California in 1 888, and from the Hastings L,aw College m 1890. From 1893 to 1899 he was assistant to the city and county attorney of San Francisco. From 1 895 to 1 902 he was the head of the Beta Theta Pi college fra- ternity on the Coast. On graduating from the University of California he took the commission of Colonel of University Cadets. He is a staunch Democrat and has always stood for clean politics. He was appointed Lieutenant Colonel on the staff of Governor Gillett. ^ ^^^^B * ' Mr^^l ^H #> J!l^ Til 4 ^^^^^H 83 C. O. Swanberg FROM a sailor before the mast to a position of importance in the San Francisco business world is the story of the progress of C. O. Swanberg. Born in Sweden in 1 846, Mr. Swanberg became a sailor at the age of 9. At I 7 he became second officer of a steamship on the coast of Brazil and Uruguay. Afterward he went from Montevideo to Kallaue as chief officer on an English ship, and then spent sev- eral years in Peru and Ecuador, engaged in various mercantile pursuits. He arrived in San Francisco in 1870, and has ever since been en- gaged here, in the State of Washington, and on the Eastern coast, as well in wholesaling and planting oysters. Mr. Swanberg is a director of the Morgan Oyster Co., president of the Mer- chants' Ice and Cold Storage Co., and president and manager of the Portola Cafe. He has large farming and dairying interests in Sweden. He has been married twice and has three children. PATRICK BRODEHICK r Public wOfiKS SAH TRAHCih'i.qD '85 Edward Sweeney EDWARD SWEENEY holds the important position of Superintendent of the United States mint. He is a son of Daniel and Hannah Sweeney, both natives of Ireland, and was born in Fall River, Mass., on Christmas day, 1853. He graduated from the Albany Law School in 1 880, and practiced his profession for many years, having been district attorney of Shasta County, California, for three terms, and Superior Judge of Shasta County for two terms before being appointed to his present position. He is a Republican politically. Mr. Sweeney was mar- ried in 1 892 to Miss Mary S. Andrew. 86 Robert Oxnard ROBERT OXNARD, vice-president of the American Beet Sugar Co., is one of the best known men of affairs in San Francisco. The success of this gigantic enterprise, under the management of such able men as Mr. Ox- nard, has been one of the triumphs of the busi- ness world during the last decade. Robert Oxnard was born in Louisiana in 1853, and after completing his education, was identified with the business of sugar refining in New York until I 888, when he came to Cali- fornia. He has since been a resident of San Francisco and is a member of the Pacific Union, University, Golf and Country Clubs. His company is one of the largest of the kind in the United States, having beet sugar factories in California, Colorado and Nebraska. 87 THEODORE A. BELL Harry I. Mulcrevy HARRY I. MULCREVY, county clerk, was born in San Francisco, July 15,1 868, of pioneer parents. Graduating from Sacred Heart College, he entered the employ of the largest printing house on the Coast and soon rose to be its assistant secretary. He was elected to the Assembly in 1 896. becoming chairman of the San Francisco dele- gation. He was elected county clerk in 1 905 and re-chosen each succeeding election. Mr. Mulcrevy is an ex,ponent of the higher ethical code in politics. He is a stickler for pro- bity — a reformer, but not a fanatic. A strict disciplinarian, he is kind, generous and affable to his subordinates. Among fraternal organizations he is a zealous worker, being prominent in the Native Sons, Eagles, United Workmen and Woodmen of the World. 89 George W. McNear, Jr. THE names of natives of San Francisco are written large in the history of its develop- ment and progress. George W. McNear, Jr., sen of George W. and Amanda McNear, w^as born in the City by the Golden Gate in I 868, and has long been identified with its business activities. He is now president of the George W. McNear Co., Inc. He is also a member of the firm of McNear & Wayman, president of the Port Costa Water Co., and vice-president of the Port Costa Milling Co. He is a Republican in politics, and for the past three years has been trustee of the City of Piedmont. Mr. McNear was married to Etta B. Tucker in 1 890 and has three children. 90 iJLiJ SIMON HARRIS 91 George H. Clark GEORGE HARVEY CLARK holds the responsible position of general manager for iN. Gray & Co. of San Francisco and the James laylor Co. of Oakland, two of the largest under- taking firms in California. Mr. Clark is himself an ui.dertaker and funeral director of many years' experience. He was born at Florin, Sacramento County, in 1 864, and, spendmg much of his life in his native county, was for years prommently identified with its political life. For four terms he was coroner of Sacramento County, and for two terms he was mayor of the city of Sacramento. He is a Republican in politics. Mr. Clark is married and has one child, a son, who is I 6 years old. 92 C. H. Bentley CHARLES HARVEY BENTLEY, who s one of the progressive business men playing an important part in the "Making of San Fran- cisco," was born in this city in 1 869. His father was Robert Bentley, a clergyman. Mr. Bentley is in the manufacturing business, and is a director and sales manager for the Cali- fornia Fruit Canners' Association. He was a trustee of the Chamber of Com- merce for five years and president of that body during 1907. For several years Mr. Bentley was a trustee of the San Francisco Public Library, and is now president of the Board of Trustees. He was graduated from the University of California with the class of I 89 1 . Politically he is a Re- publican. 93 Sylvain Schnaittacher S^'LVAIN SCHNAITTACHER, architect by profession, is a native of San Francisco, and was born November 30, 1874. He grad- uated from Boys High School and attended the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art, after which he received five years' office training, from I 89 1 to 1 896, in the office of the late A. Page Brown. After the untimely death of Mr. Brown, he spent some time studying abroad, returning to San Fran- cisco in 1901, since when he has been in the con- stant practice of his profession. He was made an Associate of the American Institute of Archi- tects in 1 905 and the year following was elected Secretary of the San Francisco Chapter, American Institute of Architects, which office he has held since. Recently he was appointed by Former Governor Gillett to fill a vacancy on the State Board of Architecture. Mr. Schnaittacher was the architect of many prominent buildings in the reconstruction of San Francisco, notably the Cen- tral Realty Building, a building for E. W. Hopkins, Post and Powell streets, and the Prager De- Pf-.rtment Store building. Market and Jones streets. Mr. Schnaittacher is a member of the Argo- naut, Automobile and Olympic Clubs. In 1 908 he was married to Miss Cecelia Shirek of this city. They have one child, a boy. 94 DR. ALFRED E. REGENSBURGER Well Known Dermatologist and Globe-Trotter. 95 Gustave Brenner LONG is the list of achievements and re- sponsibilities to the credit of Gustave Bren- ner, capitalist, who was born in Germany m 1 862, but who has been active in San Fran- cisco life for many years. Mr. Brenner was elected vice-president of the Merchants' Asso- ciation in the early part of 1910, having pre- viously been one of its directors. He was for- merly a trustee of the Chamber of Commerce, and for eight years has been president or the San Francisco Credit Men's Association. He was a supervisor under the administration of Mayor E. R. Taylor, having been appointed by Taylor on his roll of honor. He was also on the executive committee of the Sanitation Campaign, and is on the directorate of the Lin- coln Realty Co. and the William Morris Co. Western. He was chairman of Division 2 of the Finance Committee of the Panama-Pacific Exposition Co. Mr. Brenner's business and civic activities have not deprived him of the joys of home life, as he is married and the father of a son and three dauphters. 96 William Denman WILLIAM DENMAN, attorney at law, was born in San Francisco in 1872, of New York and New England ancestors, the fust of whom arrived in America in 163L His father was James Denman, Superintendent of Schools and principal of the first school in San Francisco under the state system. His mother was formerly Miss Helen V. Jordan of Maine. Mr. Denman graduated from the University of California in 1 894 and from the Harvard Law School in 1897. He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Admitted to the bar in 1 898, he has since been in general practice in both Federal and State courts, having achieved considerable dis- tinction for his conduct of litigation arising from the sinking of the Rio de Janeiro, the explosion OP the Progress, the collision of the Columbia and San Pedro, and other notable maritime cases. He was a lecturer and assistant professor of law in the Hastings Law College and Uni- versity of California, I 902 to 1 906. He was chairman of the committee and author of the re- port on the Cause of Municipal Corruption in San Francisco. He has long been active in the work of the Bar Association and an organizer of the state-wide movement for non-partisan ju- dicial elections. 97 George W. Barnhart G EORGE W. BARNHART, western manager for the Marion Steam Shovel Company, 7 1 8 Monadnock building, San Fran- cisco, was born near Marion, Marion County, Ohio. He came to San Francisco about 34 years ago, finding employment in the law de- partment of the firm of A. L. Bancroft & Co. After a fire destroyed the Bancroft building in I 886, he took a position with the firm of Ban- croft-Whitney Co. After being there two years, he became, in 1 888, western manager for the Marion Steam Shovel Company, and has held this position for 22 years. The Marion Steam Shovel Company, whose works are located at Marion, Ohio, is one of the largest manufacturing establishments of its kind in the country. Its trade extends all over the civilized world, and it has agencies in every important foreign country. Mr. Barnhart has handled a vast amount of business for it on the PaciSc Coast. E. C. Leffingwell ELMORE C. LEFFINGWELL was pri- vate secretary to ex-Mayor McCarthy of San Francisco, and was born at Green Bay, Wisconsin, June 29, 1875. He spent his early years in Milwaukee, and after completing his edu- cation there became a reporter and cartoonist for Peck's Sun, a widely-known weekly journal. He soon passed on to daily newspaper work, moved to Chicago, and from that city came to San Fran- cisco to work for the Chronicle in 1 893. He was with the Chronicle for three years, then with the Post, subsequently serving as telegraph edi- tor of the Examiner and as night editor of the Associated Press. While political editor of the Evening Post he was appointed to the Board of Election Commissioners, serving three years while still doing newspaper work. He was then appointed secretary of the Board of Education, serving four years in that capacity. He had long been a friend and admirer of P. H. Mc- Carthy, supporting the mayor when he first ran for the of.Sce. In the last municipal campaign he plunged into the fight earnestly, and when Mr. McCarthy was elected he at once chose Mr. LefHngwell for his secretary. Mr. Leffing- well is a Republican in national politics, but has always been an active supporter of organized labor. He at one time formed a Reporters' Lnion here. He has held several offices in the San Francisco Press Club and is also a member Of the Olympic Club. 99 Walker C. Graves WALKER COLEMAN GRAVES, at- torney at law, was born in Kentucky on June 1 0, 1 849. His parents, Coleman and V^irginia Graves, were both natives of Virginia. Graduating from the University of Kentucky law school m 1878, Mr. Graves has practiced his profession for thirty years in San Francisco. He married Maude Strother James, daughter of the late Jefferson G. James, May 1 7, 1 882, and has two sons, Jefferson James Graves and XX'alker Coleman Graves, both grown. He was special assistant district attorney of San Francisco foi two years, and was the Democratic candidate for Attorney General the year ex-Mayor Pond ran for governor. He is now president of the J. G. James Co., engaged in the wholesale butcher, cattle and ranch business, and in the colonization of 18,000 acres of land, a part of the company's Fresno ranch of 75,000 acres. Mr. Graves is still engaged in the active practice of law. 100 S. A. KNAPP 101 J. V. Coleman JAMES V. COLEMAN was bom in New York in 1 85 1 , of Irish parents. A gradu- ate of Georgetown University, he is the holder of the following degrees: A. B., A. M., LL. B., and Ph. D. Although graduated a lawyer he never practiced, but early came West and took up mining. In public life he served as Assemblyman from San Mateo in 1 882-4, and was chairman and author of Lake Bigler For- estry Commission. Still on the Democratic party, he ran for nomination for governor in 1 886, when Pond was nommated. One hundred and thirty-six delegates stayed with him to the last, refusing to change their votes. Mr. Coleman is niarried and has one son. 102 Edward Chambers EDWARD CHAMBERS is one of the Santa Fe railroad's big men in the West. He has been identified with the road in Cali- fornia for many years and has done much to- ward building up its traffic here. Mr. Cham- bers is assistant freight and traffic manager of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe system. He is a native of Illinois, having been born in that state on February 16, 1859. 103 James Newlands, Jr. AN adopted son of the City by the Golden Gate is James Newlands, Jr., who came to California in the year of 1878, and with a school and business college education, at the age of I 9 started his way up the ladder of success. After he had spent several years in the wilds of Nevada, mining, assaying, surveying and ranch- ing, his ability was brought to the attention of the Sharons, who were quick to recognize him as the right man in the right place, and at the age of 26 he was placed in charge of the vast interests of the estate throughout California. He soon became a director of the estate, and is now president of several well known mining companies and a part owner of the famous Mt. Tamalpais m.ine. Mr. Newlands was born in Washington, D. C, in 1869 104 Benj. G. McDougall BENJAMIN GEER McDOUGALL, architect, has long been identified with many of the biggest architectural undertakings, not only in San Francisco, but in the interior of the state. Mr. McDougall is an architect by heritage, having at one time been a member of the firm of McDougall & Son, his father hav- ing been Barnett McDougall. Born in San Francisco in 1 866. Mr. McDougall took up the study of architecture in I 883, and has pur- sued the profession actively ever since. He was married on May I 4, 1 896, to Miss Frances E. Hawkins, three children being born to them. 103 WILLIAM G. HENSHAW 106 E. E. Hewlett EE. HEWLETT is one of the best known • young attorneys of San Francisco. He was born in Petaluma, California, on June 5, 1878. Aside from being a Native Son, he has in him the sturdy mixture of England and New England blood, his father being a native of the mother country and his mother of Maine. Mr. Hewlett graduated from the University of Cali- fornia as a Bachelor of Letters in 1 900. He later received the degree of Bachelor of Laws from the Hastings Law College and still later f'om the great Harvard Law School. He is married, is a Republican in politics, and has a big practice in his profession. i r . -"^ *^ f^ 'A <, ^sJc-~> 167 Isaac Henry Spiro ISAAC HENRY SPIRO is one of the mosi prominent aerated beverage manufacturers on the Coast. In fact, the Majestic Bottling Company of San Francisco, which he controls does the largest soda water business west of the Rocky Mountains. He was born in Queensland, Australia, Sep tember 30, 1 863, where he spent his youth and graduated from Brisbane University. Besides being attentive to his business, Mr Spiro has found time to be actively interested in the politics of this city. He is affiliated with the Republican party and is at present a police commissioner. 168 J. D. SPRECKELS, JR. i69 Joseph Rothschild ONE of the leading civil and commerc lawyers of San Francisco today is Josej Rothschild, who was born in this city, and w graduated from the University of California b fore going to Yale. From this latter famous ur versity he graduated in 1 879. He was then a mitted to law practice in Connecticut and tl same year in California. He is now advoca for some of the important mercantile houses San Francisco. He was elected to the Boai of Education in 1889-1890, is a Mason, pa grand president of the B'nai B'rith, past pres dent of the Sons of Israel, president of the B'n B'rith Hall Association, a member of the Nati^ Sons and prominent in the Concordia and Ya Clubs. He is ex-chairman of the Democratic Count Committee, and in I 903 was acting chairman ( the Democratic State Central Committee. H IS also president of the South of Market Stre Improvement Association, and a member of tl" executive committee of the Greater San Frai cisco Committee. 170 DR. THOS. SHUMATE 171 James E. Pemberton JAMES E. PEMBERTON. counted among the progressive men of affairs of San Fran- cisco, writes fiis home address as Ukiah, Mendo- cino county, California. Born in Missouri ir 1861, he came to California as a young man and attended the Hastings College of Law, grad- uating in 1 886. In that same year he was married at San Diego to Miss Emogene J. Bray ton, three children having been the result of theii union. Mr. Pemberton established law offices in Ukiah, and in 1903 and 1904 was district attorney of Mendocino county. He is a Demo- crat politically, and in 1910 was the candidate of his party for the office of attorney general. His progress in his profession has been such that in recent years he has been obliged to maintain an office in San Francisco, where he is constantly increasing his number of clients and his volume of important business. He still main- tains his Ukiah office and residence, however. 172 LATE D. SAMUELS 173 Hartley Fiske Peart HARTLEY' FISKE PEART was born in San Francisco in 1877. His father, Ben- jamin Peart, was a pioneer mining man, being for many years associated in big mining deals with Alvinza Hayward. His mother is now a trus- tee of Mills College and a director of the Chil- drens' Hospital of this city. Mr. Peart was edu- cated m the San Francisco public schools, sub- sequently attending the University of California, whence he graduated in 1 898. He then at- tended the Hastings College of Law and grad- uated from that institution in 1901, immediately afterward entering on the practice of law in San Francisco. He is a Republican in politics and is attorney for the State Board of Fish and Game Commissioners. Mr. Peart was married in June, 1 909, to Miss Loretta O'Brien. He is a member of the Family Club. 174 T. B. WALKER 9 <^^ 'U ^^ "^ 175 John McGaw THE head of the well known real estate firm of John McGaw & Company was born in Brentford, England, July 3, 1865. His father was of Scotch and his mother of English birth. Mr. McGaw left England in 1 889, com- ing to America in the service of the Bank of Brit- ish North America. He first went to Montreal, was then moved to New York, where he remained for seven years, and at the end of that time was transferred to the San Francisco office of the same concern. In 1 900 he quit the banking institution to become a member of the real estate firm of O. D. Baldwin & Son. Within two years both O. D. Baldwin and his son retired from the business, leaving McGaw to carry it on as sole proprietor under its original name. Aftei the big fire of 1 906 the name was changed to that of John McGaw & Company. Mr McGaw was married in 1 898 to Blanche E. Baldwin. They have three children. 176 J. C. CEBRIAN 177 Augustus S. Macdonald AUGUSTUS S. MACDONALD was born in San Francisco, being descended from an old Scotch family. He was educated in the pub- lic schools and graduated from Sackett's Col- lege. He has always been engaged in develop- ment work and has been identified with some of the largest land, power, water, mining and rail- road enterprises in the State. Mr. Macdonald in his private life has been long known as a gener- ous patron of the arts, in recognition of which he holds a life membership in the San Francisco Art Association. He owns the largest private collection of books relating to California that is in existence, and he is one of the founders of the American Historical Society on the Pacific Coast. He has also always taken an interest in the cultivation of flowers. He has held public offices as president of the Park and Playgrounas Commission of Oakland. 178 J. E. HENRY L. T. TERKELSON Leading Photographers of San Francisco 179 John O'Donnell JOHN O'DONNELL, attomey-at-law, was born at Belvidere, Illinois, but has been a Californian by adoption for many years. He studied law and was admitted to the bar of California in 1 903. Immediately after the fire of 1 906 he formed a partnership with Judge D. E. Alexander, under the firm name of Alexander & O'Donnell. The firm still con- tinues. 180 W. J. DUTTON ilx'^ John Morrisey JOHN MORRISES' who for the past twenty years has been Manager of the Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, can truth- fully boast that his friends are legion. Every- body knows and hkes "Genial John" as he is affectionately called and he always has a willing ear and a kindly handshake for every one he meets. Morrisey is to San Francisco what Beau Brummell was to London in the days of the Prince Regent for his sartorial equipment is al- ways perfect and he has long enjoyed the refu- tation of being the best dressed man in the state. In his early life he was highly successful as a singer and dancer and an immense favorite throughout the country. He has always been a careful man and has provided against a rainy day. He recently built himself a hand- some manor in the Piedmont Hills. He prob- ably knows more theatrical people than any other man in the United States and it cannot but be a consolation to him to know that the performer has yet to be discovered who has an unkind word to say of John Morrisey. 162 U. S. WEBB Attorney General of California 183 Smith O'Brien SMITH O'BRIEN was born in Cork, Ireland, in 1 868, and comes of a promi- nent Irish family, his mother being a sister of Sir Abraham Sutton. He came to San Francisco in 1887 and there studied in the offices of various prominent architects. In 1 902 he entered into a part- nership with F. H. Meyer under the firm name of Meyer & O'Brien. They were the archi- tects for many of the largest buildings in the city both before and after the fire of 1 906. Among these buildmgs are the Rialto, Monad- nock, Humboldt Bank and office building, Hastmgs, Gallen, Foxcroft, Hotel Cadillac, and many others. In January 1 908 the partnership with F. H. Meyer was dissolved and since then Smith O'Brien has practiced his profession alone. Among the prominent buildings which he has designed are the Rucker-Fuller Desk Com- pany's building on Mission street, the Youths Directory, Burns' Hammam Baths, and the auditorium and lodge building of the Knights of Columbus. He was married in I 899. He is a member of the Bohemian, Commonwealth and Auto- mobile Clubs, and also of the S. F. Chapter of architects and the Knights of Columbus. 184 WILLIAM RIX One of San Francisco's Leading Attorneys 185 John Alfred Marsh COUNSELOR-AT-LAW, president of the Pierce- Arrow Sales Co., and a member of a half dozen of the leading clubs and organi- zations of San Francisco, John Alfred Marsh stands as a type of those men who have done much towards the development of our city. Born in San Rafael, California, in 1871, he graduated from University of California with a degree of A. B. at the age of 22 years, and was admitted to the bar m 1 894. He applied his legal training and powers of organization to the automobile business and his ability was soon recognized. For several years he has been president of the Pierce-Ar- row Sales Co., and secretary and attorney for PaciSc Coast Auto Supplies Jobbers' Club. 186 JUDGE M. C. SLOSS f-C^^ 187 Thornwell Mullally THORNWELL MULLALLY, assistant to the president of the United Raih-oads of San Francisco, was born at Columbia, S. C, January 1 7, 1 868. He is a son of Francis Patrick Mullally, by birth an Irishman and one of the distinguished Presbyterian clergymen of the South. Mr. Mullally was educated at Adger College, South Carolina, and the University of Virginia Law School, graduating subsequently from Yale with the class of 1 892. He gained much college distinction as editor of the Yale Literary Maga- zine and as one of the \ ale team m the debates of 1 892. His brilliant scholarship won him the Thomas Glasby Waterman prize for scholarship. Leaving college, Mr. Mullally continued his legal studies at the New York Law school, and began practice as soon as he graduated as a member of the firm of Arterbury & Mullally. The firm handled much big business, and Mr. Mullally, having shown great executive ability and a grasp of big affairs, was asked to come to San Francisco in his present position. He arrived here early in 1906, and had hardly adjusted himself to local conditions when came the great disaster that threw the city into chaos. No greater testimonial of Mr. Mullally's ability as an executive can be given than to relate that within twenty-four hours after the earthquake and fire had laid the city's business section in ruins, he had the street cars running in Fillmore street on their regular schedule. 183 W. S. MILLER 189 Roy Bernard Lindsay ROY BERNARD LINDSAY is a widely known member of San Francisco's younger business set, and has won his standing in the business community by unswerving attention to his duties. He has never held public office, nor has his time permitted him to take more than a passive interest in politics. Mr. Bernard was born in Wisconsin on February 6, 1 876. He has lived in this State for many years. He IS manager of the Johnson Service Company for California and Nevada, and has offices in the Monadnock building. 190 JAMES B. DUFFY 191 Dr. C. A. Glover D' ,R. COSMOS A. GLOVER is one of the most widely known of Native Sons. He was born- in San Francisco on June 3, 1873. His mother was a native of Ireland, while his father, Andrew Glover, who was born in Austria, has been for forty-three years official interpreter of languages in the crimmal courts of San Francisco, having been for rivc years before that time a police officer. Dr. Glover graduated from the University of Cali- fornia Medical Department in 1 894. For five years he was a surgeon in the Emergency Hospi- tal service, and is now autopsy surgeon to Coroner Walsh. He is a Republican in politics, and is a member of the Native Sons, Young Men's Institute, Red Men, Druids and Eagles, besides being physician for each of these fraterni- ties. He was married in 1897 to Lottie L. Bralich, and has two children, a boy aged 1 I and a eirl aged 9. 192 DR. W. B. COFFEY ->^;- 193 William H. Toepke TV/ ILLIAM HENRY TOEPKE, architect, was born in San Francisco on July 1 2, 1870. He attended the public schools of the city, and then entered the office of William Mooser in 1 886 to study architecture. Four years later he became an employee of C. I. Havens, with whom, in 1897 he formed a part- nership under the name of Havens & Toepke. He has designed many beautiful residences both in San Francisco and down the Penin- sula, notably at San Mateo, Menlo Park and Palo Alto. Among prominent buildings he has designed since the fire of 1 906 are the Mackey building, the Doe Estate Co. block, and the office building for the Hornlein In- vestment Company. He is a member of the San Francisco chapter of Architects and an associate member of the American Institute of Architects. ^^^^^^K^t^P^^ ^ ■ k' ' ^112^' iSS*. ^H ■k1____^_1 ^' ^^H ^m^ ^^^^H 1 jH fe ^3 |BBH|/rj| 1 194 THOMAS B. DOZIER 195 George H. Stoffels GEORGE HENRY STOFFELS, man ager of the George H. Stoffels Co., build ers, is one of the younger set of business men who has advanced with rapid strides since embark ing in the local field. Mr. Stoffels was born op December 23, 1876, in Racine, Wisconsin. His father was a native of Germany, while his mothei was born in Freeport, 111. Mr. Stoffels earlj became interested in building, and through work in every department of it became a master ol the business. He arrived in San Francisco or November 6, 1906, and in the rebuilding period since the fire has succeeded in making his firrr. one of the prominent ones in its line. Mr. Stof fels was married on October 1 0, 1 899, to Miss Huldah J. Nelson. 196 A. K. DETWILER 197 James D. Phelan JAMES D. PHELAN has been active since the disaster of 1 906 in pubHc work and private enterprise. After the disaster, he was elected Chairman of the Relief and Red Cross Funds, and was designated by President Roose- velt as the custodian of the Relief Funds, amount ing to $9,000,000. He has also served under Mayor Taylor's administration as a member ol the Board of Park Commissioners, and was seni by the Board of Supervisors as chairman of a committee of citizens to appear before Congress in behalf of the Hetch Hetchy water supply The House committee reported favorably just before Congress adjourned, and the people voted for the bonds. Mr. Phelan has erected one of the largest and best equipped office buildings in San Fran- cisco, and he has engaged in much construction work both in San Francisco, San Jose, and othei places. He is President of the Mutual Savings Bank, and the Hall Association of the Native Sons. He is prominent also in the management of the First National Bank, which erected one of the handsomest bank buildings down town Mr. Phelan is a San Franciscan, and has always been devoted to the welfare of his native city, which he served as Mayor for five years. His activities are multifarious. 1?8 H. V. RAMSDELL Mr. Ramsdell is Manager of the Bullock & Jones Tailoring Co. 199 Hamden Holmes Noble /^ NE of San Francisco's most prominent busi- ness men is Hamden H. Noble the presi- dent of the Northern Cahfornia Power Company. Mr. Noble has long been a resident of San Francisco, and has been identified with im- portant busmess enterprises in California. He was a leading broker in San Francisco in the days of the Comstock boom, and is reputed to have made a great deal of money in those days. Mr. Noble was born at Fairfield, Maine, Au- gust 1 6, 1 844. He is a staunch Republican in politics and believes in good government. It was he who started the Cypress Lawn Ceme- tery Association. He also organized the Kes- wick Electric Power Company, which has been merged into the Northern California Power Com- pany, and in addition to being president of this company, he is also president of the Noble Elec- tric Steel Company. 200 JAMES A. DEVOTO ^^^^^*v. 201 Matthew O'Brien MATTHEW O'BRIEN is a member of the architectural firm of O'Brien & Werner, one of the most prominent in its line in the en- tire city. He is a native of San Francisco and for the past ten years has been practicing his profession here. Since the great fire he has planned and superintended the construc- tion of many big buildings, among them being the following: Princess Theater, Valencia Theatre, Garrick Theatre, Scottish Rite Temple, Sutter and Van Ness Avenue; Scottish Rite Temple, Oak- land; C. J. Heeseman Building, Oakland; Golden Eagle Hotel, apartment house for the Biber Estate, new Lowell High school, and many others. 202 GARRET W. McENERNEY Mr. McEnerney is a well known Attorney of San Francisco. 203 Morris Meyerfeld, Jr. MORRIS MEYERFELD, JR., president of the Orpheum Circuit is one of San Francisco's most prominent and patriotic citizens and is always enthusiastically energetic in fur- thering the success of any movement for the ad- vancement of this city. He is indeed a man of affairs and has in addition to his theatrical en- terprises extensive property interests in different parts of the state. Mr. Meyerfeld is also a di- rector of the Anglo and London, Pans National Bank and a member of the Concessions and Ad- missions Committee of the World's Fair. He is active in social life and belongs to the Union League and several other leading local clubs. Although a clever and successful business man Mr. Meyerfeld is immensely popular and has won the approbation and esteem of those he has been brought in contact with by his just and, at the same time, generous methods. 204 T. C. JUDKINS Attorney at Law 205 Frank Murphy ONE of the most widely known and most able lawyers of the state of California, and one who has figured in as many important cases in the state as any member of the Cali- fornia Bar is Frank Murphy. hrank Murphy was born at Elmira, N. Y., December 14, 1872. He came to California in 1895, and took up his residence in Watson- ville, where he soon demonstrated his ability in the practice of the law. He continued to practice in Watsonville un- til his reputation outgrew the possibilities of a town of a few thousand inhabitants, and in 1 90 1 he moved to San Francisco. He has since been very prominent in munici- pal affairs, and today is one of the most popu- lar lawyers in the state of California. 236 L. C. MULLEGARTH 207 W. L. Hughson WILLIAM LEONARD HUGHSON is president of the Standard Motor Car Company and of Hughson & Merton, Inc., rep- resentatives of Eastern manufacturers in hard- ware, automobile sundries and automobiles. He was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1 869, com- ing to California twenty years later and living here for a year. He then returned to Buffalo, but in a few months grew homesick for San P rancisco and came back to this city, where he has made his home ever since. His pres- ent business was started in I 892 in very humble style. Now it has branch offices all over the Pacific Coast and handles gross sales aggregat- ing one million dollars annually. The firm suffered great loss in the fire of I 906, but has since fully recuperated. Mr. Hugh- son was an active assistant to Mrs. Merrill, act- ing president of the Red Cross, directly after the fire. He also erected the first frame busi- ness building in Market street following the con- flagration. He is actively aiding the collection of funds for the Panama-Pacific Exposition. Mr. Hughson holds many positions of im- portance in the business world, being a direc- tor in a number of corporations. He is married and has two children. 208 W. A. WENZELBURGER 209 J. E. White JAMES EVANS WHITE is a native of Iowa, having been born in that state on November 8, 1870. He lived there until 1896, when he came to California. He had previously obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree at Cornell College, Iowa, and after arriving in this state he attended the Hastings Coilere of Law, gradu- ating with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1902. Since that time he has been practicing his pro- fession in San Francisco, having offices in the Monadnock building. He is a Republican in politics, affiliating with the independent wing of the party. He was married in 1 904 to Miss Lela Allen of Riverside. Mr. White is a mem- ber of the University of California and Common- wealth Clubs, the Bar Association of San Francisco and of the State and the Methodist Epis- copal church, and has been general secretary and president of the California Christian Endeavor L^nion and vice-president of the World's Christian Endeavor Union. 210 WALLACE A. WISE Well known Attorney of San Francisco Percy W. Treat PERCY WEBSTER TREAT is secretary of the California Jockey Club. A son of Webster and Hannah J. Treat, he was born in Franklin, Maine, November 26, 1 866. His great-great grandfather, Robert Treat, was colonial governor of Connecticut, and the family genealogical tree can be traced back 400 years in America and Eng- land. Mr. Treat's father was one of the prominent fruit growers of California during his lifetime, owning ranches in Butte, Yolo, Yuba and Contra Costa Counties. He was one of the charter members of the California Fruit Grow- ers' Association. Mr. Treat is widely known all over the West. He was married in 1893 to Miss Sara A. Slayback, and has a daughter. Miss Cecil, who is sixteen years old. 212 LOUIS NATHAN 11 213 Frank B. Anderson FRANK BANTOW ANDERSON is president of the Bank of California. He was born in Macon, Georgia, July 15, 1863, being a son of George Wayne and Katherine Berrien Anderson, and being descended from Highland Scotch and French Huguenot an- cestry. Mr. Anderson received his education in New York State. He has been prominently identified with California banking interests for mc.ny years, and besides his present position is a director in a number of corporations. Being born in the South in the midst of war times, Mr. Anderson is naturally a Democrat. He was married in 1 882 to Miss Elizabeth Jad- win, and has one child, a son 22 years old. 214 CHIEF JOHN MARTIN »^yVs> 7-/^^^ 215 Robert J. Tyson R OBERT JAMES TYSON is one of San Francisco's leading bankers, and as such occupies a prominent place in the western bank- ing world. He is president of the Seaboard National Bank, and in addition is president of the Calistoga National Bank and vice-president of the Bank of Sausalito. Mr. Tyson is a son of Captain L. P. Ty- scn, who arrived in San Francisco in March, 1 849, and so belongs to the California pio- neers. The subject of this sketch was born in Denmark, the native land of his parents, March 1 6, 1 868, coming to San Francisco when a small boy. He has devoted his life to affairs of business. Mr. Tyson is a Re- publican in politics. He was married at Eureka, Cahforma, July 5, 1895, to Miss Car- le tta Carson. They have two boys, aged 1 3 ard 8 years respectively. AS iSOUD AS TWE, :rocik ot 216 HERBERT E. LAW 217 George H. Cabaniss GEORGE HENRY CABANISS, judge of the Superior Court, has been in pubhc hfe in California for many years. His father, Thomas T. Cabaniss, was one of the pioneers of 1 849. Judge Cabaniss was born in Yreka, Siskiyou County, November 11, 1861. He was graduated from the Hastings College of Law in 1884, and immediately began the prac- tice of his profession. For two years he was a prosecuting attorney in the police courts, and was then elected to the office of police judge, which he held for nine years, when he was elected to the Superior bench. He was married in 1 894 to Miss Hattie Lowell, also a native daughter of pioneer parents. George Henry Cabaniss, Jr., the judge's only son, is a Californian of Californians, having been born on Admission Day, September 9, 1 900. 218 PERCY T. MORGAN 2.9 Edward Robeson Taylor EDWARD ROBESON TAYLOR, for- mer mayor of San Francisco, was born in Sprmgfieid. 111., September 24, 1838. He grew up in Boonville, Mo., where he learned the printing business and became editor of a paper. He came to San Francisco in 1862, worked on a Sacramento river steamboat and prepared himself for medical lectures. In 1 865 he graduated from the Toland Medial College. .'\*^ter two years of practice, he became private secretary to the governor of the State, H. H. Haight. After Haight's term, he and Dr. Tay- lor became law partners, the doctor bemg ad- mitted to practice in 1872 and practicmg law steadily for twenty-seven years in San Francisco, until elected to the position he now holds of Dean of the Hastings College of Law. He has been on two boards of freeholders to frame charters for the city. He has four times been presi- dent of the San Francisco Bar Association, is a director of the Public Library, president of the trustees of the San Francisco Law Library, president of Cooper Medical College, an hon- orary member of the State Medical Society and the San Francisco Medical Society, and is a member of the Academy of Sciences, the Bohemian Club and the Chit Chat Club. He was elected mayor by the Board of Supervisors on July 17, 1907, and was elected for two years by the people in November of the same year. He has published the following books of verse: Translations of the Sonnets of Heredia; Moods and Other Verse; Visions and Other Verse; In the Light and Other Verse; Selected Poems; Lavender and Other Verse. He married Miss Agnes Stanford on April 20, 1870 Two sons of that marnaoe are now living, Edward DeWitt Taylor and Henry Huntley Taylor. After her death he married f.'*iss Eur.ice Jeffers, February 8. 1 908. 220 ALFRED W. WEHE Prominent in the Real Estate Business. 221 Fay Charles Beal AMONG those men who have done much to bring San Francisco to her present up-to- date position is Charles Fay Beal, Secretary- Treasurer and General Manager of the Pacific Taximeter Cab Co. Mr. Beal was born at Topeka, Kansas, May 7th, 1 882, and started his taxicab company in San Francisco January 1 6th, 1 909. The Pacific Taximeter Cab Company was the first of the kind to operate in San Francisco and was incorporated by Mr. Beal, to whom much credit is due for its success. Outside of being a good Republican, Mr. Beal cares little for anything but making a suc- cess of his company. He is a member of the Family Club, the Olympic Club, the Corinthian Yacht Club and San Francisco Motor Club, and has taken part m all shows and entertain- ments given by all the above clubs. 222 GUY T. WAYMAN 223 W. R. Bacon VVT- ALTER ROMAYNE BACON, attor- ney-at-law, is a descendant of Nathaniel Bacon of Virginia and John Griswold of Massa- chusetts, so that the best blood of both North and South flows in his veins. His father was Francis Marion Bacon of Pennsylvania, and his mother Sarah Felton Griswold of Vermont. Mr. Bacon was born in Miami County, In- diana, in 1857. He was educated in the pub- lic schools, and after studying law and rismg to a position of prommence at the Nebraska bar, was elected prosecuting attorney of Hall County, that state, m 1891. He is a Repub- lican politically. Since coming to San Francisco, Mr. Bacon has established a large and lucrative practice. He was married in 1 880 to Evelyn F. Smith. They have two sons, Francis R. Bacon, who is twenty-two years old, and Julian Smith Bacon, who is nineteen. 224 ARTHUR G. SCHOLZ 225 Frank Wood Griffin To FRANK WOOD GRIFFIN belongs much of the credit for restoring in recent years California's right to the name of " The Golden State." He was one of the pioneers in the gold dredging industry and is still promi- nently identified with this branch of mining, which has so materially increased the state's annual output of gold. Mr. Griffin was born in Weavers'ille, Trinity County, in 1873, his father being a pioneer banker who came to this state in 1850 and who served as treasurer of Trinity County for twenty years without an op- ponent. Frank Wood Griffin graduated from Harvard in 1896 as a mining engineer, though his present business is that of a capitalist. He was married in 1901 and has one child, a daughter. He is president of the Western Engineering and Construction Co., the Griffin Co., and the Alaska Bonanza King Mining Co., the Douglas Island Mining Co., and the Trinity Quicksilver Mining Company; first vice-presi- dent of the Natomas Consolidated of California, and a trustee of the State Mining Bureau. He is a Republican in politics, and is a member of the Harvard, Bohemian, University, and Union League Clubs of San Francisco, the Rocky Mountam Club of New York and the American Institute of Mining Engineers. 226 O. A. TVEITMOE 227 Charles S. Fee To EVERY passenger on a railway train in California, the name of Charles S. Fee is known. That is because Mr. Fee's name as passenger traffic manager of the Southern Pa- cific Railway is to be found on all official an- nouncements of the road that deal directly with the passengers. Mr. Fee has been m the rail- road business for thirty-seven years. He en- tered it in 1873 and served two years as secre- tary to the general superintendent of the Michi- gan Central. For the next two years he was chief clerk to the general manager of the North- ern Pacific, and then from 1883 to 1904 was general passenger and ticket agent for the North- ern Pacific. On April 1st, 1904, he was pro- moted to the position he now holds. Mr. Fee was born in Laurel, Clermont County, Ohio. He belongs *o several of the prominent clubs. 228 DR. EDWARD N. SHORT 229 A. Christeson ACHRISTESON, vice-president and • general manager of the Wells-Fargo and Company Express, has a career in the express business extending over a period of thirty-seven years. In 1873 he began with the American Express Co., serving it in various subordinate capacities until 1 884. Then he became assis- tant superintendent at Denver for Wells, Fargo and Company, and from there progressed stead- ily through its service until in 1897, he was appointed manager at Kansas City and given charge of all the company's business between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Moun- tains. He came to San Francisco in 1 899 as man- ager of the Pacific Department, was appointed general manager in 1 906, and vice-president in 1 908. Mr. Christeson did able work following the fire of 1906. first to construct temporary quarters in the old location. He planned and directed the reconstruction of the company's splendid eight-story building at Second and Mission streets. Hi IS company was among the 230 H. G. SAMUELS Manager of Logan Bryan & Co. 0&M1N aRYAN it CO. 231 Henry Louis Detjen SAN FRANCISCO is noted the world over for its restaurants. Here, say the epicures of every land, one can feast as nowhere else. Consequently res- taurant and hotel men occupy a po- sition of importance in the life of the city, by upholding its traditions and its fame. Henry Louis Detjen has the double distinction of being a restaurant man himself and of bemg a son of a pioneer San Francisco hotel man. Mr. Detjen was born in San Francisco of German parents. For fourteen years he has been in the restaurant and bakery business on the water front and has built up the largest business in that district. He is proprietor of the Vienna Cafe at I 7 Market street. He was educated in the public schools and is a Democrat in politics. Mr. Detjen is generally regarded as one of the solid business men of the water front section of the city. 232 p# \ '3r y (^ SAMUEL SHORTRIDGE Well Known Attorney 233 Samuel B. Welch PRESIDENT of the firm of Cunningham, Curtiss & Welch. Samuel B. Welch is the head of one of the leading stationery, paper and bookselling concerns of the Pacific Coast. Mr. Welch belongs to a family that has been distinguished in American history. His grand- father was a soldier in the war of 1812, and his great grandfather a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He was a son of Samuel B. Welch and Eliza L. Welch, and was born m Charleston, South Carolina, in r/Iarch, I 849. Mr. Welch attended college, but circumstances arose preventing his graduating. He has long been an independent in politics. His wife before her nfiarriage was Miss Alice Crighton. 234 Lew^is Pierce LEWIS PIERCE, the subject of this brief sketch, is a native and one of the fore- most residents of Suisun Valley. In fact, he is one of Solano County's wealthiest men, and recognized by his ability as a stockman. He is a worthy successor to his father, the late Lewis Pierce. Lewis Pierce's ranches in Suisun Valley can easily be said to be unsurpassed in Cali- fornia. His home place, in the heart of the Valley, is the very choicest fruit land, but the properties he is most interested in are his two ranges, one of three thousand acres or more of valley lands, the other of as many acres of marsh lands, over which graze his hundreds of head of fine cattle. Mr. Pierce, personally, manages all his business affairs, spending the greater part of the year at his home in Suisun. In addition to his attention to his cattle interests, Mr. Pierce finds time always to have a few fine horses cared for at his farm. He is a life member of Vallejo Lodge No. 559, B. P. O. E., the Pacific Union, Union League and Olympic Clubs of San Francisco, and Armijo Club of Suisun. 235 ROBERT J. DUNPHY 236 John William Van Bergen THE LATE JOHN W. VAN BERGEN was one of the men who contributed much to the upbuilding of the city of San Francisco, and a work of this nature would not be complete without mention of this worthy man. Born in the city of New York, May 3 1 , 1853, he came to San Francisco with his parents in 1856, and up to the time of his death in 1 898 was one of the leading citizens of San Francisco. He was a director in many of the city's financial institutions, among others the First National Bank and German Savmgs and Loan Society. He was for many years the head of the wholesale liquor firm known as N. Van Bergen & Co., and was recognized as one of the lead ing Republicans of the State. -^:»-~>. r'l^ 237 Martin Beck MARTIN BECK, Managing Director oi the Orpheum Circuit, has his head- quarters in New York, although much of his time is spent in Europe m the pursuit of his business. He books all the acts for the Orpheum theatres and IS a power in the world of vaudeville. He knows the merit and value of an act immediately he witnesses it and his judgment is regarded as final by the leading theatrical managers in this country and in Europe. Mr. Beck is not only a man of wonderful execu- tive ability, but he also possesses the true artistic temperament and his constant aim is the uplift of vaudeville. His experience has taught him that the public want only the very best and he never fails to give it to them ; for instance, he induced David Belasco to prepare and present in vaudeville "Madame Butterfly" and "The Drums of Oude," both of which are scoring brilliant successes. Mr. Beck's greatest achievement and one which caused the entire theatrical world to gasp with amazement was the engagement of Madame Sarah Bernhardt for a tour of the Orpheum Circuit to commence this fall. 238 Henry C. Smith HENRY C. SMITH is one of the promi- nent young architects of San Francisco. Born in San Jose, Cal., he began his architec- tural studies at an early age and has had wide experience in the practice of his profession both here and in the East. After graduating from an architectural school and takmg a post-graduate course m Philadel- phia, he was associated with a firm of able architects in the East for four years. In 1 900 he returned to his home and com- menced practice in San Francisco. He has been unusually successful here, having designed more than 125 school buildings throughout the State in conjunction with his former partner, Louis S. Stone. Mr. Smith has gained no little distinction by his original treatment of the hills surrounding San Francisco, and the unique and artistic monuments to his artistic skill in this direction which may be seen throughout the city have earned him the sobriquet of "the hillside architect." 239 C. A. Muessdorffer CA. MUESSDORFFER, architect, was • son of K. Muessdorffer, a pioneer of eigfit years old, and his parents put him in the technical education for the succeeding ten years. He began to practice his profession at the age of tained an enviable position. Among the buildings Order of Eagles' home, the Portuguese American the St. Regis apartments, besides many others, building of the city after the fire of 1 906. He is second term as trustee of his home town of Ross, born October 25, 1871, in California, being a 1853. He showed talent for drawing when but care of Professor S. Widder, who directed his grounding him thoroughly in architectural studies. 24, and during the past fourteen years has at- he has designed and erected are the Fraternal Bank, the Family Club, the Marvin building and Mr. Muessdorffer took an active part in the re- a Republican in politics, and is now serving his Marin County. 240 Frank Cromwell Phelps THE subject of this sketch, Frank Cromwell Phelps, has long been one of the most widely known of the responsible officers of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. Mr. Phelps comes of that sturdy New England stock that has always figured as a substantial factor in the affairs of our nation. His father was a native of Boston, Massachusetts, and his mother a native of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He himself was born in North Brookfield, Massa- chusetts, on March 17, 1863. By profession an accountant, Mr. Phelps was traveling auditor for the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and several of its associate companies before being appointed to his present position as auditor of the Pacific corporation. Although Mr. Phelps has been an interested worker in the ranks of the Republican party, he has never aspired to public office. Mr. Phelps is married and has two children. 241 A. B. SPRECKELS 242 Walter D. O'Brien W/ ALTER D. O'BRIEN was born in I 880 in San Francisco. He received his education at the California School of Mechanical Arts and the University of California. After leaving college he follov^ed mining and rail- road engineering and rose from chainman to locating engineer, having held positions as as- sistant engineer for the Southern Pacific Rail- road, Indian Valley Railroad, and locating en- gineer for the Oregon and Pacific Railroad and the Western Pacific Railroad. While on a visit in Eastern cities, he be- came conversant with the method of financing real estate mortgage loans through bond issues. In 1 906 he established the firm of Clarke & O'Brien, Bond Brokers, in the First National Bank Building, for the purpose of handling real estate mortgage loans and bonds in San Francisco. The firm is meeting with a great deal oi success. COL. J. C. KIRKPATRICK 244 Parker S. Maddux PARKER S. MADDUX, Assistant United States Attorney, was born at Dixon, California, May 29, 1 880. He is a son of L. J. Maddux, of Modesto, who has been for several terms district attorney of Stanislaus County. Mr. Maddux was graduated from the Uni- versity of California in 1 902. He then at- tended the Harvard Law School and was graduated there in 1905, returning at once to the Pacific Coast to begin practice. His work in the United States Attorney's office has won him high praise, as his position at the California bar is already one of distinction. 245 i^aoLjn^nnnn BERT SCHLESSINGER 246 EDGAR D. PEIXOTTO 247 H. G. BEDWELL 248 DAVID HOWARD FOOTE Mr. Foote holds the position of Secretary of the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. 249 Oscar Sutro OSCAR SUTRO is a member of the widely-known law firm of Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro. His father, Emil Sutro. was a native of Aix la Chapelle, and came to this country in 1853. Mr. Sutro was born in Vic- toria, B. C, graduating from the University of California with the degree of B. L. in 1 894, and obtaining his M. L. degree the following year. He was a member of the California Legislature in the 1901 session, and that same year went to the Philippines, where he prac- ticed law until 1 904, when he returned to San Francisco. Mr. Sutro is a Democrat. He is married and has three children, Mary Ann, Barbara and Oscar Sutro, Jr. 250 Jesse Warren Lilienthal JESSE WARREN LILIENTHAL. Vice President of the Bar Association of San Francisco, is one of the foremost lawyers on the Pacific Coast. His firm, Lilienthal, Mc- Kinstry & Raymond, is one of the best known law firms in the West. Mr. Lilienthal has been very active in chari table and civic affairs. He is trustee for the Boys' and Girls' Aid Society, the Tuberculosis Society, the Temple Emanu-El and the Child Labor Commission. For three years he served on the Probation Committee of the Juvenile Court of San Fran CISCO. He IS a graduate of the Cincinnati Col lege and of the Harvard Law School. He was born in New York in 1855 and ha? been a highly respected citizen of San Fran cisco for many years 251 H. V. CARTER 252 Charles Wellington Cobb BORN at Gilroy, California, in 1871, of pioneer parents, Charles Wellington Cobb took up the special study of law after completing his general school and collegiate course, and was admitted to the bar by the California Supreme Court m 1897. He began practice m San Jose, where for many years he was a partner of E. M. Rea. Commg to San Francisco immediately after the big fire of 1 906, Mr. Cobb formed a partnership with Francis J. Heney, the famous government lawyer, and through the association was employed to assist in the historic San Francisco graft prosecution. This has been Mr. Cobb's sole deviation from his strictly civil practice, to which he has con- fined himself since dissolving his partnership with Heney in 1 909. He has a large prac- tice, particularly in corporation, land and probate matters, being counsel for some of the largest concerns and estates in the city. Mr. Cobb is married and has one child, a daughter. 253 254 William J. Herrin. ONE of the most competent of San Francisco's attorneys is Wililam J. Herrin. A native son, having been born in Yuba County, California, he is the true type of self-made man, for by his own efforts he earned the money that enabled him to obtain a college education and later graduate from the Hastings College of Law. He entered upon his profession in Oroville, and it was but a short time before he was recognized as one of the leading lawyers of Northern California. In 1 892 he removed to San Francisco, where he has remained ever since, but the practice that he built in the North did not cease to grow, so that now, besides the great demand for his services here, it extends over many of the Western States. Mr. Herrin has always been a staunch Republican, but has never held political office. 255 Jacob J. Gottlob JACOB J. GOTTLOB has for man> years been one of the leading purveyors of amusement to the amusement-loving people of San Francisco. Born in Boston, Mass., in I 860, he came to the city of the Golden Gate as a young man and began his career m the theatrical business as treasurer and manager oi the famous old Bush Street Theater. Subsequently he w^as manager of the Cali- fornia Theater, and then vs^ith Melville Marx managed the old Columbia Theater, which jusl before the fire furnished San Francisco its finest line of theatrical attractions. Immediately after the fire his firm built the Van Ness Theater, which housed the great stars and their companies until the opening of the beautiful new Columbia Theater in January of 1910. Mr. Gottlob is one of the theatrical powers in the West and has never been identified with any but the highest class of attractions. 256 J. C. B. HEBBARD 257 H. A. Jones PROMINENT among the army of rail- road men of San Francisco is H. A. Jones, freight traffic manager of the Southern Pacific Company. Mr. Jones began his rail- road career when he was I 7 years old, starting with the Missouri Pacific in the humble ca- pacity of a freight check clerk. After several years he moved to Sherman, Texas, where in 1874 he became yard clerk for the Houston & Texas Central, later becoming chief clerk and cashier at the same station. In 1 878 he entered the service of the Pennsylvania Com- pany as its commercial agent in Texas, resign- ing that position to return to Sherman as freight agent. In 1 885 he became traveling freight agent for the same company, which sent him a year later to Dallas, Texas, as its freight and ticket agent. Later he became the road's assistant general freight agent, with of- fices at Houston. His next promotion was in 1892, when he was made general freight agent of the Southern Pacific Company's Texas lines. In 1901 he succeeded C. W. Bien as freight traffic manager of the same lines, and in 1 905 was made traffic manager. He was brought to San Francisco as freight traffic manager of the Southern Pacific in September, 1 906. 258 A. F. Rosseau ARTHUR FRANCIS ROUSSEAU. architect and structural engineer, has been one of the most active men in his hne in San Francisco for several years, having designed more than 1 00 buildings in this city. They have been for the greater part large apartment houses, representing every line of construction, steel frame, reinforced concrete and frame. Mr. Rousseau's father vv^as a native of Paris, France, while his mother's birthplace w^as in Kentucky. He was born in St. Louis, Mo., August 13, 1885, and received private education in his profession. ^i^-;% 259 I James W. Cochrane JAMES W. COCHRANE has for many years been very active in matters pertaining to the municipality of San Francisco, and also in the municipal affairs of Marin County, and is one of the most widely known lawyers in the state of California. He was born at Newark, N. J., May 29, 1868, and came to California with his parents when a mere child, and has resided in the state ever since. He was educated in the public schools oT San Rafael, Cal., and graduated from the College of the Sacred Heart, San Francisco, in 1 886. He acquired his legal training in the office of that noted criminal lawyer, Hon. Charles Bendavius. In 1 889 he graduated from the Hastings Law College with high honors. He was elected to the District Attorney's office on the Democratic ticket in 1 890 and re-elected in 1892. Mr. Cochrane was president of the Mann County Board of Trade for a number of years, and is interested in a number of large mining companies. He is a member of the Order of Druids, the Foresters, Knights of Pythias, the Eagles, prominent in the Y. M. I., and the Native Sons of California. He has resided in San Francisco for a number of years and is still a resident of this city. 260 r r > z o m o 1 pB ';'>^' . i ^ "^ ?: 'j^ f^ D3 y^ n r O CD H o 261 Hon. Carroll Cook C ARROLL COOK is one of the most widely known of Californians. Born in San Francisco on January 15, 1855, a son of Elisha Cook, a noted attorney at law of Buf- falo, he graduated from Union University, Schenectady, N. Y., in 1874, with the degree of LL. B. He has been practicing law in San Francisco since 1876. He was First Assist- ant U. S. District Attorney from 1 884 to 1 888, and in 1 896 was elected judge of the Superior Court, takmg office in 1897, and servmg six years, when he was re-elected for another six-year term, at the expiration of which on January 1 , 1 909, he resumed law practice. Judge Cook handled many noted cases during his service on the bench. He is a member of the Union League Club, and of all Masonic bodies, besides being an Eagle and a Druid. He has a ranch of 1,700 acres in Sonoma County, where he makes a specialty of raising thoroughbred live stock, and he is known as a great dog fancier, owning a number of 'blue ribbon" winners of several breeds. 262 Edwin L. Forster EDWIN L. FORSTER is the son of an early California pioneer family. He father, Peter B. Forster, was one of the four original publishers of the "Morning Call." He is a prominent attorney of San Francisco, and a thorough Democrat. He attended the Hastings Law College, and was admitted to practice in 1 890. Mr. Forster maintains offices in the Mills Building and gives special attention to corpo- ration and land law. He married Luella M. Smith, daughter of Robert and Lizzie Smith, pioneers in Cali- fornia, and has one daughter, Florence C. Forster, now completing her education in Germany. 263 J. W. McLaughlin JW. McLaughlin, president of "The • Americans," is one of those men of untiring energy that have been as much of a factor in the development of the Pacific Coast as have the natural resources and perfect climate. He was born at New Albany, Indiana, April 30th, 1875, and early became identified with the Insurance business. "The Ameri- cans," of which he is president, is a fraternal organization having its principal offices in the Pacific Building, San Francisco. It has an insurance feature on a small monthly premium basis, and its object is to unite in the bonds of fraternity white persons of good morals. It teaches care for the comfort of fellow men and encourages social relationship, which tends to intensify the love of home and country. 264 Richard W. Davis RICHARD W. DAVIS is the founder and present treasurer of the Golden Gate Yeast Company. His father and mother were both of Welsh birth. The elder Davis came to America in 1845, and for many years was chief correspondent of "Y Drych, " a Welsh paper published at Racine, Wisconsin. The subject of this sketch was born at Alton, 111., February 25, 1865. He came to San Fran- cisco in 1 892, and organized the Golden Gate Yeast Co., to which he has devoted many years. He is also president of the Oregon Transportation Company, vice-president of Fifield's Steamship Company, and president of the Mascot Oil Company, all San Fran- cisco concerns. He has also been interested in many other enterprises. He is a Republi- can in politics. He was married in 1908 at Boston to Miss Ida Chase Lee. George C. Holberton BORN in New York City, schooled and coUege-trained in New Jersey, "summer- pastured" on his grandparents' farm in New England, "shop-tested" for nearly three years in the great works of the General Electric Company at Schenectady, and, when 23, launched to "go it alone" in the strange, new neld of California ; the first few months as a workman for a traction company in Oakland, the next year as salesman for the General Electric Company's San Francisco branch, the next two and a half as an engineering em- ployee of the gas companies at San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento and Stockton, the next half-year at Centralia, Washington, as general manager of the water company of that town; the next two years and a half at Bankok, Siam, in charge of the electric lighting of that oriental capital, and the past nine with the several California concerns that have been amalgamated into the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, and now, at the age of 39, engineer of electric distribution for this com- pany's system in the cities of San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento, Berkeley and other places, and chief engineer for its water works in the city of Stockton, where pumping plants at seventeen deep wells supply water through many miles of mains to a community of 30,000 people. 266 Kenneth Macdonald George A. Applegarth J;^ENNETH MACDONALD. JR.. of the architectural firm of MacDonald & Apple- garth, received his early training in the office of his father, who has for thirty years been an architect in Louisville. Ky., where his son was born. The younger MacDonald obtained his C. E. degree at Vanderbilt and his B. S. A. degree at Penn- sylvania. After a year with R. M. Hunt's Sons in New York, he went to Paris, where he studied design under M. Pascelle, taking problems of the first and second class of the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He also studied water color under Vignal. He came to San Francisco in June, I 906, and formed his present partnership with G. A. Applegarth. p EORGE ADRIAN APPLEGARTH ^"^ was born in Oakland, California, in 1877. Art and architecture have been family callings for many generations. After specializing in school on architecture and its allied sciences, he spent six years in the office of his uncle, George H. Sanders, of Wright & Sanders. He then went to Europe, studying and traveling for five years and taking his diploma at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, in 1906. But three architects on this Coast have received this diploma. Returning to San Francisco after the fire of 1 906, he formed a partnership with Kenneth MacDonald, Jr.. and together they have constructed a large number of the finest buildings in the city. 267 J. S. ROSENBLATT 266 E. FONTEILE 269 JOHN E. ALEXANDER 270 V. GOGHLAN 271 Normand W. Mohr. NORMAND W. MOHR first attracted public notice at the time he strenuously pleaded for the preservation and rehabihtation of the Old City Hall. Shortly after he served as city architect, when he successfully forced the correction and strengthening of many of our new school buildings, which had previously been dan- gerously and erroneously designed by others. He was the first architect to design the Civic Center, combined with the 1915 Exposition — this several months before the site was selected. He has always been an ardent advocate of the plan for the improvement and beautification of San Francisco by the late famous architect, Daniel H. Burnham. He was born May 30, 1 880, and for the past seventeen years has suc- cessfully practiced the profession of architecture. 272 D. McMAHON 273 F. D. SMITH 274 Harry P. Flannery. HARRY P. FLANNERY, capitalist and retail liquor dealer, was born in Penn- sylvania, August 6, I 859. He graduated from the public schools and then took three years of private tuition in a law school. For many years Mr. Flannery has been one of San Francisco's prominent citizens. He erected the first Class "A" building in San Francisco after the fire of 1906, spending $1 19,000 to build five stories of a structure that is eventually to be extended to eight stories. Mr. Flannery is a Democrat and has taken much interest in politics. He was a supporter of Mayor P. H. McCarthy during the latter's campaign of 1909, and was appomted by the mayor as president of the Police Commission, a position which he subsequently resigned. 275 R. P. McDONOUGH 276 B, F. JELLISON i^sS^' 277 N. M. ADLER 278 JOHN BERGEZ 279 W. HUNT 280 H. P. ANDERSON 261 H. B. BLANCO 282 Frank P. McCann FRANK P. M'CANN, widely known in San Francisco business and fraternal cir- cles, is the son of a pioneer, but was born in Victoria, B. C. His father came to California in 1 848. Mr. McCann was secretary of the California Liquor Dealers' Association for ten years, and was formerly manager of the Mau. Sadler Co., one of the pioneer houses of the Pacific Coast. He has been engaged success- fully in the saloon business for 1 6 years, and before the fire was owner of ttie Majestic Cafe and Bar, one of the finest resorts of its kind in the city. Mr. McCann is one of the oldest members of the Knights of the Royal Arch, a charter member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie No. 5, and a charter member of the United Commercial Travelers, Golden Gate Council, No. 80. At one time he was a director of the old Occidental Athletic Club. He is married and has two children. 283 Charles Allen Slack CHARLES ALLEN SLACK is one of San Francisco's popular hotel men. He was born in Lyons, Iowa, November 3, 186L being a son of Allen and Martha M. Slack. He is a Republican politically, but has never been an active political worker. Mr. Slack was married in Tracy, Cal., July II, 1887, to Miss Elda Warksmith. They have five chil- dren. Mr. Slack owns land and town property of considerable value at Tracy. 284 James J. Donovan AMONG the few men who have been able successfuly to engage in politics and busi- ness at the same time is James J. Donovan, who is Superintendent of County Jails Two and Three, and who also conducts a hotel with profit to himself and satisfaction to his guests. Mr. Donovan was born in Ireland in 1865. He has lived in San Francisco many years, is married, and has always been active politically on the side of the Democratic party. He was formerly a member of the grocery, hay and gram firm of Curtis & Donovan, and also of the contracting firm of Donovan & Gallagher. He has always been an enthusiastic horseman, and is owner of "Dock," a justly famous road horse. X_/ /T'y^^tA^. — 2t5 FRANK BAIN V1I 286 Thomas H. Williams THOMAS HANSFORD WILLIAMS was born in Sacramento, Cal., December 9, 1 859. He is a son of Thomas Hansford Williams, Sr., and Mary Rebecca Williams, both of whom came to California from the South. Mr. Williams was graduated from Santa Clara College in June, 1 880, and has since been engaged in business involving many large interests. He is one of the prominent capitalists of the State and is perhaps best known as president of the California Jockey Club. Mr. Williams was married on March 23, 1901, to Miss Beatrice Grey Steele, and has two children, a boy nine years old and a girl of five. 287 T WINTON GIBB of the wholesale liquor firm of Gibb & Shawhan, is a son of James and Sarah O. Gibb, and was born in San Francisco June 3, 1872. His father was born m Leith, Scotland, and his ancestors on his father's side were all of the Clan Gordon. His mother's birthplace was Auckland, New Zealand. Mr. Gibb was educated at Liver- more College. WILLIAM DILL SHAWHAN, partner of J. W. Gibb in the wholesale liquor business, is another prominent business man of Scottish ancestry, descending from the Dun- mores and the Erskines, and in another branch of the family from the Xaviers of France. His great grandfather was General John Sevier, first governor of Tennessee. Mr. Shawhan was born in Buchanan County, Mo., August 14, 1861. He was educated at Santa Clara College, Cali- fornia. 288 Angelo Grasso. ANGELO GRASSO is one of the prominent restaurateurs of San Francisco, his official position being that of secretary in the catering firm which he directs. Mr. Grasso was born in Italy in 1854, but has lived in San Francisco for many years. He is married and has four chil- dren of ages from eight to eighteen. 269 CHASLES F. WEBBER 290 LOUIS BLOT 291 AMBROSE DUNN 292 A. B. CAUSE HARRY LEAF 294 GEO. ROSE 293 TEX RICKARD 2% W. GRASS 297 FRAZIER AND FARRIS 298 C. B. DIBBINS 299 Wm. P. RYNE 300 EDDIE GRANEY 301 MAYOR CHRISTIE OF EMERYVILLE 302 John M. Crane. AMONG followers of the turf who have made fame and fortune ^n the breeding of the finest of racing stock, none is better known than John M. Crane, who is "Johnny" Crane to everybody from the stable boys to the gentlemen who have the biggest racing strings on the tracks. Crane was born m the sunny San Joaquin Valley of California in 1872. He was for many years in the cattle business on a big ranch near Merced. He served an apprenticeship as a "cow puncher," but left this work because of his love for the horses. He has bred, owned and raced horses for twenty years, and his colors, the green and white stripes, have been in front many times. Fellow- turfmen point to "Johnny" Crane as a comrade who has always been "on the square." In all the many years of his racing experience he has never once been in trouble with the judges. He has done much not only in behalf of honest sport but in the breeding of horses that have brought California fame. i . i> . (,uV" i H. A. (CHICK) WRIGHT 304 WALTER MARTIN 303 L. DOLAN :^ 306 ZICK ABRAMS B. ANDERLEIN 308 J. COFFROTH 309 M. J. SHEEHAN 310 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY Los Angeles This book is DUE on the last date stamped below. 3 1979 B73 MARX MMK U ^SbO im, di^^ka;? 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