The 1879 City Directory lists: Crawford Graham, cook for the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. His residence was 26 Bluxome St. Imagine he moved to Minna later. Charles Graham was the cooper for the PMSSco. No residence given for him. Bill Ruth Skewis wrote: > > Hi Cindy, > > Wild guess here from a romantic <g>. > > Since the lists are quite tonight..... and............ > > Since Minna Street was not that far from the Ferry Building or the wharves > on the Bay of San Francisco.... and 'cause I could not find anything > surfing the web - looking for this address for this company. I'll stick out > my neck and suggest that the name of the company at 218 Minna Street (think > that would be 2nd and Minna Sts.) is - - - - - > > ready??? > > PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY. > > Hope someone else has an idea that has more fact than guess behind it than > my "idea"... > > RUTH > > _________________________________ > Ruth(Grady)Skewis-Sacramento, CA > ruth4527@mindspring.com > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Alan & Cindy Frankenberry [mailto:cafdaf@cableone.net] > > Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 6:44 PM > > To: CASANFRA-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [CASANFRA] business name > > > > > > Hi guys, > > > > New to the list. I have a question about a location, a business, in San > > Francisco that existed around 1889 and 1890. The location was 218 Minna > > and the business name was P. M. SS. Company. > > > > Could you please tell me what the business was (the person who owned > > it was a cooper, his name was Crawford Graham) and what the initials > > stand for? I have looked at mapquest.com but the street numbers seem to > > skip the 200 block of Minna. Be curious as to what is at that location > > now. Looks like some kind of big park. There's a big space of green > > grass and trees. > > > > Thank you very much for your time and information. > > > > Cindy > >