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OFFICE OF

JANE L. STANFORD

AND

LELAND STANFORD JR. UNIVERSITY

819 MARKET STREET

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.

San Francisco, May 16, 1902

Dear Sister

As the Steamer "Peru" leaves this Port for Yokohama to-morrow and
should arrive there on June 6th, five days before the Steamer "China"
leaves there for this Port, I thought it would please you if I would
dictate a few lines. Since last I wrote you, we have had quite a rain
storm amounting to almost an inch of rain, which is considered quite
heavy for this time of the year. It has been of advantage to the late
sowed grain at Palo Alto and gives good promise for a large crop, but
of course it has been to a disadvantage to other parts of the State.

I am pleased to say that work in the Memorial Church is now about
completed and I have been informed that on Monday morning (if they have
not already commenced) the contractors are going to place the pews
in the main body of the Church. Mr. McGilvray is all through carving
and the last work completed was at the base of the lecturn and also the
pulpit as you wished to have done. I found out who really was the direct
cause of the information going out that the Church would be closed until
your return and as usual it was Mr. Hodges, who had to do a good deal of
talking. He thought it ought to be closed as you did not wish people
to be in the Church while they were setting the pews. I told him
he was mistaken as you did not expect rough or disorderly people
to visit the Church or destroy anything while a watchman was in charge
and furthermore did not think anybody would show disrepect for an edi-
fice of this kind, but he has funny views.

The water carnival was postponed from Tuesday until today on
account of the rains. The same will take place this afternoon and evening
on Lake Lagunita, below my house.