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Just north of Coyote is the narrowest part of the valley. Ser- 

 pentine occurs here on the left but is on the right at Edenvalc, where 

 the valley widens and a belt of Tertiary rocks forms foothills to 

 mountains that are composed chiefly of Franciscan rocks. 



At San Jose (lio-say'), which is by far the largest city in the Santa 

 Clara Valley, the branch line running through Santa Cruz joins the 



main Coast Line. The New Almaden mine may be 

 San Jose, reached by a spur from this branch. Other railroad 



Elevation 85 feet. lines ruu from Sau Jose east of San Francisco Bay 

 PopuJation ^ 040. ^ Oakland and have coimections across the Diablo 



Los Angeles 424 miles. ^^ ^ 



Range, tlirough Livermore Valley , with the several 

 lines in San Joaquin Valley. 



The city is built on the fertile plain between Guadalupe and 

 Coyote rivers, 11 miles southeast of the head of San Francisco Bay. 

 Its delightful cUmate, beauty of surroundings, fertihty of soil, and 

 consequent profusion of flowere and fruits make San Jose a favored 

 spot even in CaUfornia. 



From San Jose automobile stages run to Mount Hamilton (26 

 miles). All the sedimentary rocks seen on this trip belong to the 

 Franciscan group. Some beautiful drives may be enjoyed in the 

 suburbs and in the country around the town. During the rose 

 season the drive along Alameda Avenue from San Jose to Santa 

 Clara, about 3 miles, is particularly recommended. This trip may 

 also be made by troUey car. 



At College Park, on the left as the train leaves San Jose, is Pacific 

 College. WeU-kept orchards of primes, apricots, peaches, pears, 

 and cherries, as weU as vineyards, He on both sides of the railroad 

 thi-oughout this part of the valley. Acres of sun-di-ying prunes 

 are a common sight in August. 



Santa Clara College, the white building of which may be seen on 

 the left near the center of the town of Santa Clara, was founded in 



1851 by the Jesuits. The chapel is one of the old 

 Santa Clara- mission buildings erected in 1777 and is well pre- 



Elevation 69 feet. • scrvcd. Several large caimeries may be seen along 



iTlt^J Similes, ^^^ raiboad and are kept busy for most of the year 



by the wide range of fruit and vegetable products 

 which the Santa Clara Valley affords. Two miles beyond Santa 

 Clara on the right, barely visible in the distance across the broad 

 fields of barley hay and between groves of oak and eucalyptus, is 

 the Agnew Asylum for the Insane, a State institution. 



The Santa Oara Valley widens northward and the fertile bottom 

 land grades near the south end of the Bay of San Francisco into 

 extensive salt marshes. The raih-oad bears to the west from Santa 

 Clara, toward the mountains which form the backbone of the penin- 

 sula of San Francisco. 



