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Apr 15, 1889

Journal Entry

April 15, 1889 ~ Monday

Monday April 15, 1889
When we arose this morning we were pushing
out from Sacramento for San Francisco, California at
this season of the year appears to the best advantage. We
were met on the ferry-boat at Oakland by Col. Trum-
bo, who, hearing of our arrival, had come to meet us.
The bay between Oakland and San Francisco is
about four miles wide. Myself & Emma and Brother
Wilcken went to the Grand Hotel After taking a bath
and a rest, we took a ride on the cable cars 8 miles for
10 cents. Brothers Cannon & Clawson & Mr Alexander
Badlam called on us this afternoon. We afterwards
went to the Woodward Gardens and passed all

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Badlam, Alexander
abt. 1835-1898
52 mentions
86 mentions
Woodruff, Emma Smith
1 Mar 1838 - 6 Mar 1912
987 mentions
Family
Cannon, George Quayle
11 Jan 1827 - 12 Apr 1901
2221 mentions
Apostle
Clawson, Hiram Bradley
7 Nov 1826 - 29 Mar 1912
129 mentions
104 mentions

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California
Oakland, Alameda County, California
Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
San Francisco Bay, California
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California

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Letter from William Budge, 15 April 1889
Prest W. Woodruff Dear Bro: I confess to a feeling of reluctance in bringing before you at the present time our necessities in connection with our Stake Tabernacle Building, understanding that means expecially of a certain kind is scarce, but our situation altogether prompts me to explain with a hope that perhaps our wish (if it meets your mind in other respects) may be granted without much inconvenience to you. Shortly after the Logan Temple was finished (to which this Stake donated with great liberality, pay- -ing over nine thousand per anum) we commenced on our Stake building and have kept at it with more or less workmen with the exception of one season when the raid was hottest, until the house is now encourageingly near completion. Although we have conducted the work on the Tabernacle with economy we have spent on it about $40,000 including $7,000 which we received from the Church mostly in the shape

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Apr 15, 1889