City and County 



OF San Trancisco 



clarence: e. edwords 



Cblef of Publicity of the Cnllfornia Promotion Committee 



TIME, the great healer, is rapidly effacing the scars from San Fran- 

 cisco, and within a period so short that the recent disaster will 

 soon seem but a bad dream the Queen of the Pacific will again be 

 the pride of the nation. 



But with all her wounds San Francisco holds out more of oppor- 

 tunity than any other city in the world. Seated at the Golden Gate, all 

 the riches of the Orient and the islands of the sea are poured into her lap, 

 while the mighty rivers which flow through the richest land on all the earth 

 sweep down to the ocean, bringing to the finest harbor in all the world 

 products of a State that is an empire in itself. 



In the forty square miles which lie at the end of the San Francisco 

 peninsula Opportunity sits with open arms inviting the world to come and 

 share of the benefits she has to bestow. To the young man with his am- 

 bition she offers special advantages, for now there is a city in the building, 

 and it holds the young man's chance. To the merchant, the artisan, the 

 professional man, the laborer, the artist, and the practical contractor there 

 is an opening to the road that leads to success. 



But beyond the present need of men to build up the city there lies 

 In San Francisco such advantages as are to be found nowhere else in all 

 the world. Railroad builders have marked San Francisco as the child of 

 Fate, and from all directions the bands of steel are coming to unite her 

 with the East. The wonderful trade of the lands beyond the Pacific is 

 calling for an outlet, and the great harbor, on whose peaceful waters the 

 combined navies of the world may ride in peace, is the natural point where 

 the railroads from the Atlantic must meet the ships of the Pacific for 

 the interchange of freight. 



It is this which marks the destiny of San Francisco. Despite seeming 

 destruction by overwhelming disaster, she rises supreme and continues 

 on her way even before the rest of the world has recovered from the shock. 

 With scarce perceptible hesitation commerce has gone on with strides that 

 cannot be comprehended by the other cities of the country. Already build- 

 ing permits have been issued whose total valuation has reached the enor- 

 mous sum of $1 8,000,000. Bank clearings since the resumption of business 

 on May 7th show that commerce is even greater than it was one year ago, 

 and the record of $800,000,000 shown by the Clearing-House means that 

 prosperity still sits enthroned in the city by the Golden Gate. 



There is special opportunity for men in all departments of the building 

 trades. Contractors are compelled to decline to bid on new buildings 

 because of the scarcity of labor, and many fine structures are waiting for 

 the coming of more men. The highest average wage scale ir» the history 

 of the world Is being paid here, where climate permits the artisan to work 

 every day in the year be he so disposed. Nor summer's heat nor winter's 

 cold necessitates an hour's cessation of labor in any department of the 

 trades, while the finest market in the world, with prices which compare 

 most favorably with those in any other city, gives the best of returns for 

 money expended for the cost of living. Let it be remembered that the fuel 

 bill of the family that lives in San Francisco is rarely more in winter than 

 in summer, for there is little need for fuel the year round for other purpose 

 than cooking. 



San Francisco offers exceptional advantages to people in all walks of 

 life, and if you desire specific information along any line The California 

 Promotion Committee will cordially co-operate with you and assist you 

 in every way in its power to obtain the information which you may think 

 essential before you make your decision. 



