The charm of a trip along the Shasta Route of the Southern Pacific, often termed “The Road of a Thousand Wonders,” is recognized by the traveled world. It offers a succession of grandeur and scenic beauty unexcelled by any railroad trip in America.
EXPLANATION OF VIEWS ILLUSTRATED
[MOUNT SHASTA FROM RESERVOIR LAKE (COVER)]
This is one of the most famous views of this imperial mountain peak.
[THE FERRY BUILDING]
From the Ferry Building, at the foot of Market Street, the ferry boats of the Southern Pacific take the traveler across San Francisco Bay to Oakland Pier. The Ferry Building, erected in 1896 at a cost of $1,000,000, is the water gate of San Francisco, where rail and tide meet. There is scarcely a minute in the day when there is not a ferry either arriving at or departing from some one of the ferry slips.
[VIEW OF SAN FRANCISCO, SHOWING THE HARBOR, OAKLAND, AND MOUNT DIABLO IN THE DISTANCE]
San Francisco, the starting point of this journey, is the largest and best known of the cities on the Pacific Coast. This bird’s eye view of lower San Francisco, the Ferry Building and San Francisco Bay, shows the splendid body of water facing the city. This Bay is seventy miles long and from three to ten miles wide, and has an area of four hundred and fifty square miles. Vessels of all descriptions, and from all parts of the globe, populate San Francisco harbor, which is the pride and marvel of all navigators. Yerba Buena Island is seen on the left, the trans-bay cities of Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda, and ferryboat landings in the middle distance, while in the distance is seen Mount Diablo.