From the Orient to the Occident; Or L. Boyer's Trip Across the Rocky Mountains, in April, 1877 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878. Excerpt: ... LECTURE NO. 5. On May 7th I attended Bay City Lodge, of San Francisco, and I noticed the odes they used differed from ours, in that they were encased with tin to prevent them from wearing out so fast. There are in San Francisco 22 Lodges, having a contingent fund of over 600,000 dollars. Rich Lodges in San Francisco.--Grand Secretary Lyon, of California, sent me the statistical table of the 22 Lodges of San Francisco, taken from their Annual Reports for the year ending December 31st, 1876. Number of members in the city 5,289, of which 617 are P. G's, 4,104 S. D. members, 376 initiatory, and the rest divided among the different degrees; Yerba-Buena, No. 15, has 590 members and $109,898.34 assets; Bay City, No. 71, 241 members, and $81,293.73; Templar, No. 17, 490 members and $75,630.44; California, No. 1, 316 members, and $66,466.60; Harmony, No. 13, 287 members, and $58,558.47; Magnolia, No. 29, 285 members, and $36,769.27; San Francisco, No. 3, 274 members, and $31, -279.83; Parker, No. 124, 270 members, and $27,876.57; Abou Ben Adhem, No. 112, Germania, No. 116, Concordia, No. 122, and Apollo, No. 123, have each nearly 300 members, and assets of over $24,000 each. The others range about 150 members, and from $4,000 to $10,000 each. The total assets of the City Lodges, 22 in number, are $643,406.52, and, as is well known, this great amount has not been accumulated by failing to pay out to aid the distressed--by no means--for during the year $66,144.87 have been paid out for relief and charity, an average of over $3,000 per Lodge. No. 15 paid out for relief $8,043.30; No 17, $8,450.62; No. 13, $6,950, fec, &c, &c These figures are wonderful, and illustrate practical Odd Fellowship in a manner far beyond the power of oratory or argument. Our brethren of the...