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to reservoirs on the heights north of the 

 town, and piped throughout the city and under 

 the bay to the beach. A company is now build- 

 ing a large flume from the head-waters of San 

 Diego river and other mountain sources, which 

 will be completed in a few months, and, he- 

 sides supplying a large area with irrigating 

 facilities before reaching the municipal lim- 

 its, will increase the city's supply to an extent 

 adequate to the requirements of a population 

 of 200,000. 



Sandusky, a city of Erie County, Ohio, and a 

 port of entry on Lake Erie. The population, 

 oy the last school-census, is 22,500. The city 

 is on the northern division of the Lake Shore 

 and Michigan Southern Railroad, and is the 

 Lake Erie terminus of the Indianapolis, Bloom- 

 ington, and Western, the Baltimore and Ohio, 

 the Lake Erie and Western, and the* Sandusky, 

 Ashland, and Ooshocton railways. Sandusky 

 Bay is a landlocked harbor, eleven by three 

 miles. It has the largest coastwise trade on 

 the lakes, and is the largest fresh-water fish 

 market in the world, its fish-business aggregat- 

 ing over $1,500,000 yearly. Here are manu- 

 factured over 2,000,000 gallons of wine annu- 

 ally, Sandusky being in the heart of the grape 

 section of Ohio. In fresh fruits principally 

 peaches, pears, and apples its business has 

 reached over $1,000,000 in a year. It does a 

 heavy trade in white and blue limestone and in 

 lime, the country being underlaid with lime- 

 stone. The Government locks at Sault Ste. 

 Marie are built of Saodusky white limestone. 

 Sandusky is largely engaged in the manufacture 

 of carpenters' tools, and spokes, wheels, hubs, 

 and buggy bodies, over 600 men being em- 

 ployed in these branches of manufacture. 

 There are two large establishments, employing 

 350 men, turning out flouring-mill machinery, 

 engines, boilers, and agricultural implements. 

 There are four national banks. The streets 

 are wide. The buildings, both private and 

 public, are chiefly built of blue limestone. 

 There are two establishments employing 250 

 men in the manufacture of tubs, pails, and 

 fish-packages. The new Ohio State Soldiers' 

 and Sailors' Home, to accommodate 1,500 men, 

 is being built here. This institution is on the 

 cottage plan, each cottage to accommodate fifty 

 men, with central dining-hall, kitchen, laundry, 

 bath-house, and administration building in all, 

 thirty-four buildings, of blue limestone and 

 practically fire-proof, costing $585,000, exclu- 

 sive of the ninety acres of ground, which were 

 given by the city. The cost of maintaining the 

 home will be $150,000 to $160,000 a year. 

 There are a central high-school, four ward- 

 school buildings, and a half-dozen smaller ones. 

 There are throe Catholic, two Episcopal, one 

 Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist, and Congre- 

 gational, and nine German Protestant churches. 

 The court-house is new, built of bluestone. 

 There is a complete system of water-works. 

 .ind-pipe-, built, of steel-plates, is 180 feet 

 high and -25 feet in diameter, with another 

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stand-pipe 225 feet by three, for fire- purposes. 

 Lake Erie furnishes the water-supply. The 

 city is thoroughly sewered. Four newspapers 

 are published here. 



San Jose [San Hoza'yl, the county-seat of Santa 

 Clara County, Cal., 47 miles south of San Fran- 

 cisco, 6 miles southeast of San Francisco Bay, 

 28 miles from the Pacific Ocean. With its sub- 

 urbs, it numbers 25,000 inhabitants, and the 

 assessed valuation of property within its cor- 

 porate limits is $12,000,000. - San Jos6 is es- 

 sentially a modern city, with broad streets, 

 sidewalks of concrete and asphaltum, fine busi- 

 ness buildings, and handsome residences. It 

 is lighted mainly by electricity, has street-rail- 

 roads, and an electric-motor road connects it 

 with the town of Santa Clara, three miles dis- 

 tant. Three railroads connect this city with San 

 Francisco, and two of these lines pass through 

 the city to the Pacific Ocean. It is also con- 

 nected by rail with the s-outhern part of the 

 State. The city owns two public parks, one 

 containing 400 acres, six miles distant. This 

 park is noted for its mineral-springs and its 

 wild scenery. The State Normal School build- 

 ing, in the center of Washington Square of 28 

 acres, cost $150,000, and has TOO pupils. The 

 court-house is a massive Corinthian structure, 

 costing $200,000. The new city hall is a beau- 

 tiful building, costing $75,000. There are ten 

 churches and eight large school-houses, each 

 surrounded by spacious grounds. The college 

 of Notre Dame (Roman Catholic), for young 

 ladies, has a fine building and extensive grounds 

 valued at $600,000. There is a business college 

 in the city. Between San Jose and Santa 

 Clara is the University of the Pacific (Method- 

 ist), which owns sixteen acres and has five 

 large buildings. The city has a public library 

 of 7,000 volumes. Four daily and three weekly 

 newspapers and a monthly periodical are pub- 

 lished here. The city contains a woolen-mill, 

 three foundries, three flouring-mills, three 

 breweries, three distilleries, three fruit-can- 

 ning establishments, two fruit - driers, two 

 glove - factories, a silk - factory, three candy- 

 factories, two furniture-factories, five carriage- 

 factories, a tannery, a box-factory, several 

 wineries, and various machine-shops, planing- 

 mills, cigar -factories, etc. There are four 

 banks, with a capital of $2,500,000. San 

 Jos6 is rapidly increasing in population and 

 wealth. Its position, in close proximity to 

 Mt. Hamilton, the site of the great Lick 

 Observatory on the east, and to the $20,000,- 

 000 Leland Stanford, Jr., University on the 

 west, and its unrivaled climate, are great 

 inducements for those looking for pleasant 

 homes. 



Scheneetady, a city of Schenectady County, 

 N". Y., in the Mohawk valley, on the New 

 York Central Railroad, 17 miles west of Albany. 

 Other railroads running into the city are the 

 Troy and Schnectady, the Rensselaer and Sara- 

 toga, and the Delaware and Hudson Canal 

 Company. The Erie Canal passes through the 



