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trams and grading crews busily engaged in filling and raising some 

 smikon portion of the track. Mud ridges have risen along the tracks 

 on both sides, and their broken and lumpy surfaces indicate a slow 



mass of mud 



passing trains. It is said that 

 gravel ballast have been dumpe 



much 



marshes the railroad meets 



here close in upon Carquinez Strait. Some fine 



ma J 



and road cuts around AiTtij Point, 



Kour Bcnicia, on tlic left, is a United State 

 station. Benicia rnamnrl \\^t CXr^^^ t^oIL^;.. ..f^..« 



Benicia. 



Elevation 6 feet. 

 Population 2,360. 

 Omaha 1,749 miles 



arsenal and signal 

 ia (named by Gen. Yallejo after his wife) is a manu- 

 facturing town with deep-water fronta<?e. It con- 



mercial establishment 



com 



Southeast of Benicia, across 



Muir, Califomi 



Jolin 



years 



great naturalist, Hved for many 



Shasta County. 



mines 



■■s 



gs to the sme. 

 near Kennett, 



nelter sulphur fumes are 

 turn is used in treatin 



om the company's mine 



turned into fertiUzer, Just beyond Benicia the train is run onto a 

 ferryboat and is carried across Carqumez Strait to Port Costa a 



mile 



Yicmi 



^..v ^...xv.^,u .">votiuii irum i^enicia and rort (Josta to the vici 

 of Berkeley and OaWand is particularly interesting, as in it 



are 



many of the characteristic sedim 



;r 



formations of 



the Coast Range, xnis siraiigrapnic section is quite different from 

 that of corresponding age in the Sierra foothills. 



asca ^see sneet 2o, p. 224), the western ferry te] 

 pomt, particularly for gram, which comes from 



Port Costa. 



Sire sram 



the vahey ^ and is 



Elevation 11 feet. 

 Omaha 1,750 mOe 



into ocean-going vessels. A long line of 



water front. 



m 



avmg Port Costa the tram sldrts 



, ..^v-*^ ^x^^ ^x.^^^ L/tuix:9 uiiex" m 



sedimentary rocks. The first rocks 



exposures 



Agriculture in California Iiad its be- 



seen are Upper Cretaceous 



rai 



long the Staters greatest crop. Its pro- 

 duction steadily increased until about 



000 



grain 



led to the utilization 



OW8. 



farm ma 



iiary size and efficiency. Recently, 



wi 



imp<>rtant industry than grain farming. 

 In the value of its fruit crop California 

 I leads all the other States. 



