THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO, CAL. 



This f*Yi/ is situateil upon the noitheily side of the Bay of 8an r)iego, about 

 seven miles from the entrance to the hiubor ; latitude 32 deg. 40 m.^ 480 miles 

 southeast of .San Francisco. Population aliout 5000 — now steadily increasing. The 

 .site is one of the most picturesque and beautiful in the world. Tlie Bay is about 15 

 miles long, and contains an area of more tliin 25 s<juare miles. 1 he land has an 

 easy slope or grade for half a mile, and then rises more rapidly to un elevation of 150 

 to 200 feet, giving every part of the city a tine view of the Bay, the ocean, Coronada 

 islands, Point Loma, Table mountain, and many other objects of interest and natural 

 beauty. San Diego is 400 miles nearer ^'ew York city than San Francisco ; also 

 nearer China, Japan, .\ustralia and the South Pacific Islands — a commercial advan- 

 tage of great value. The city has seven churches, good schools, a public library and 

 reading room, numerous secret orders, and places of amusement ; also gas, water, 

 .street car ami telephone companies. Many costly business blocks and stately resi- 

 dencies ai'e in process of ei-octioii or just complete I, and the city is now improving 

 more rapiily than at any previous time. 



J'/if Ctitndtf^. y^o place on the continent can show so favorable weather and 

 liealth records. No lieate 1 terms in the summer or cold spells in the winter^ — no 

 malaria. Physical laboi' is here performed with the least discomfort the year round. 

 Professor Agassi/, visite I San Diego iii August, 1872, and then said : "This is one 

 of tlie favore I spots of the eaith, ami peojde will come to you from all quarters to 

 live in your genial and healthy atmosphere."' Many have been disiippointe<l and 

 impose! upon by the ingenious and extravagant assertions of interested parties in 

 favor of other places. 'Jherefore we urge you, (/" /Wc/e*-^^'/, to examine the Signal 

 Se.vice an I other reliable records. You will tiud that San Diego may rightfully 

 c aim the bejt climate to be found anywiiere. Mean temperature — spring GO, sum- 

 nic ■ (i7, tall (i^i, and winter 54 degrees. 



Hea/f/i (nnl J*feasiirf' Itesorf. — Florida, Mt. Desert, and other places are 

 goo 1 at some particular season — but San Diego, all the year round, as a sunnner 

 resort, is the best in the woi-ld. All the conditions required to insure the greatest 

 amount of recreation and benefit to the pleasure seeker, or those in declining health, 

 are found in the City and County of San Diego — such as first-class hotels, board- 

 ing houses, gool roads and drives, hunting, fishing sailing, sea baths, hot springs, 

 clear skies, and many other features of interest to visitors. 



Letters answered and information free. Address, 



l>r-MT(;RATios Association, San Diego, Cal. 



