1st edition, 2nd printing. Contents: San Francisco of the ‘Seventies; The Horsecar Period; The Start of the Clay Street Hill Railway Company; The Beginning of the California Street Cable Railroad Company; The Cable Car during the ‘Eighties; Nob Hill Homes in the ‘Eighties; Chinatown and the Cable Cars; The Cable Car Comes of Age; The Cable Car Reaches Maturity; And the Future?; Appendix; References.