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LICK OBSERVATORY’S GREAT TELESCOPE—THIS LENS IS THREE FEET IN DIAMETER AND THE SECOND LARGEST IN THE WORLD
THE PLACE TO SEE OTHER WORLDS IF YOU ARE TIRED OF THIS ONE—THE LICK OBSERVATORY ON MOUNT HAMILTON
For all of California’s richness, San Francisco is the centering point. It is upon the west shore of San Francisco bay, a land-locked harbor that has been both the pride and marvel of navigators ever since Lieutenant Juan De Ayala, in August, 1775, sailed in to the harbor through the Golden Gate and told the world of its wonders. The coming of the padres and the founding of the Mission was the virtual founding of the city, for about the Mission soon grew the small settlement of Yerba Buena. Then on January 19, 1848, came the discovery of gold. Within two years over 100,000 adventurous men came, and many remained to help upbuild San Francisco and California. Across the bay on the eastern shore is Oakland, third city on the coast, with its 175,000 people. It is a city of slopes covered with charming homes, spreading northward to the city of Berkeley, seat of the great University of California and noteworthy for its loveliness. Southward and adjoining is Alameda. These sister cities perhaps unexcelled in the world as a residence section, are now assuming great business importance also. San Francisco’s commerce increases steadily. In the great fire of April, all the water front with the wharves and steamer docks, was untouched. The harbor of San Francisco is a wonder among harbors, the bay and its connections extending north and south for about forty miles, affording anchorage for the merchant fleets of the world. It is entered through the Golden Gate, a passage five miles long, and one mile in width at its narrowest portion. These straits within recent years, 1890 to 1904, have been fortified with the most approved ordnance, and the fortifications are recognized by military experts as among the best defenses of any city of the nation. Within the bay, several islands are controlled by the government and fortified, while at the Government Navy Yard, and at Mare Island, north of the city, and at the Union Iron Works, on the peninsula, are docks capable of receiving modern warships. Here at the Union Iron Works have been built some of the crack ships of the navy, including the cruisers Charleston, San Francisco, Olympia, the battleships Oregon, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and a number of smaller craft.
THE CITY OF SAN JOSE HAS MANY MILES OF SMOOTHLY PAVED STREETS AND ELECTRIC RAILWAYS—THIS IS ONE OF THE MAIN THOROUGHFARES WITH ST. JAMES’ PARK, A SHADY GARDEN SPOT, TO THE RIGHT
HOTEL VENDOME AT SAN JOSE, WHERE YOU CAN SPEND ANY DAY OF THE YEAR WITH COMFORT INDOORS OR OUT