Cliff House Project
A Program of Western Neighborhoods Project

R. C. Pearson
(wife's obituary lists the name as "Richmond Pearson")
Proprietor  1887 -

The San Francisco Examiner Oct 16 1886

R. C. Pearson is mentioned in the below clippings referencing the Parallel disaster...

References Mr. Pearson as the proprietor of the Cliff House.  Also mentions Wilkins by name.
Daily Alta California - 17 January 1887

"Mrs. Peterson, mother of Mrs. Wilkins..."
San Francisco Chronicle - Jan 16, 1887

Reopening of the Cliff House
Daily Alta California - 10 April 1887

Sonoma Democrat - 18 June 1887
(I suspect this was an error and should read "R.C. Pearson")

Later references...

"Mr. Pearson formally ran the Cliff house in San Francisco."
Los Angeles Herald - 20 January 1888

Excerpt from "Sutro baths, Cliff House, Sutro Heights - 1895", page 6 (link)

The Evening Mail - May 9 1896

The Evening Mail - May 11 1896

"R. C. Pearson, the proprietor of the [Stockton] baths and until recently a partner of J. H. Wilkins at the Cliff House"
San Francisco Call - 8 Aug 1896

Santa Cruz Sentinel - 21 July 1897

The San Francisco Examiner - Nov 20 1903
(This is a portion of a larger story about Cliff House debt, covered here.)