The Daily Transcript Sacramento, California Friday, October 4, 1850 ITEMS FROM SAN FRANCISCO - The work of planking the principal thoroughfares of San Francisco progresses rapidly. Clay street is nearly finished. The work is going on in Montgomery, Washington, Kearney and Sacramento streets. The boring of the Artesian Wells is still going on in the Plaza. The burnt district is rapidly being built over. We were somewhat surprised at the small size and the general character of many of the houses put up. It seems as if the merchants have calculated the chances, and many of them are so building their stores that they can afford to have them burned down once in so long a time. We understand, however, that the Bella Union is to be re-built of brick. The Parker House, one story of which only has for a long time been standing, is now erected and has the roof on. Workmen have resumed their labor on the large brick building at the North East corner of Kearney and Clay. The grading is gong on in nearly all the streets, and substantial plank conduits to lead off the water that will fall during the rainy season, are being constructed in many of the streets. Wharfs are rapidly shooting out into the Bay, lined on each side with massive store houses; and on the whole, San Francisco bears evident marks of being a great metropolis.