86 GUIDEBOOK OF THE WESTEK17 UNITED STATES 



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San Francisco. 



largest and most important city west' of Missouri 

 River. The population in 1910 showed a gain of 20 



sSe9™mui''' P^^ ^^"^ ^^^^^ ^^^^- ^ho citj is beautifully situated 



at the north end of a peninsula, with the ocean on one 

 side and the Bay of San Francisco on the other. The bay is some 



m lengtn ana nas an 



^\nce to tlie hav lioM t1i 



mile 



Tlie site of the city is very hilly, and a line of high rocky elevations 



formed .^ 



Telegraph 



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sea level. Here stood the semaphore which signaled the arrival of 

 ships in the days of the gold seekei-s. The city has been laid out 

 without the slightest regard to topography, consequently many of the 

 streets are so steep as to be traversable only by cable cars and pedes- 

 trians. The waters of the bay formerly extended westward to Mont- 

 gomery Street, and most of the level land in the busmoss section of 



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made bv filL.._ 



Golden Gate Park, containing 1,014 acres and extending westward 

 from the city to the ocean, was a waste of barren sand dunes in 1870, 

 but skniful planting and cultivation have transformed it into one of 



most 



At its 



west end is the famous Cliff House, overhanging the sea, and a short 



tusiance out irom 



lions may often be seen. The Sutro Baths near by, named after 

 Adolph Sutro, constructor of the famous Sutro tunnel on the Corn- 

 stock lode, contam one of the largest inclosed pools in the world 



most 



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lacihc coast. Besides the coastwise routes, the 



maintain; 



Commerce. 



Hawaii 



Central and South America, the Philippine Islands, 

 Cluna, and Japan. The dhect foreign trade is chiellv with Brit- 

 *! „. ? ^^'''; ^^^^^' America, China, and Japan. Although the 



largely shifted to the ports of Ore- 



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gon and Washington, San Francisco's permanence a^ 

 greatest ports of the country is assured by its advantageous position, 

 Its wealth of back country, and its command of trans-Pacific and 

 transcontmental trade routes. Three large raikoad systems-the 

 Southern Pacific (with two transcontmental lines), the Atchison, 

 Topeka & Santa Fe and the Western Pacific-comiect it with the 

 E^t. Lmes of the Southern Pacific Co. connect the city with differ- 

 ent parts of the State aiid with the northern transcontinental lmes. 



