THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO, CAL. 



This city is situated upon the northerly side of the Bay of San Diego, about 

 seven mile? from the entrance to the harbor; latitude 32 deg. 40 m. ; 480 miles 

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

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

 miles long, and contains an area of more than 25 square miles. Ihe land has an 

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

 to 200 feet, giving every part of the city a fine 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 New York city than San Francisco ; also 

 nearer China, Japan, Australia and the South Pacific Islands — a commercial advan- 

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

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

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

 dences are in process of erection or just completed, and the city is now improving 

 more rapidly than at any previous time. 



The Climate. — No place on the continent can show so favorable weather and 

 health records. No heate I terms in the summer or cold spells in the winter — no 

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

 Professor Agassiz visited San Diego in August, 1872, and then said : "Ihis is one 

 of the favored spots of the earth, and people will come to you from all quarters to 

 live in your genial and healthy atmosphere. " Many have been disappointed and 

 imposed upon by the ingenious and extravagant assertions of interested parties in 

 favor of other places. Therefore we urge you, if interested, to examine the Signal 

 Service and other reliable records. You will find that San Diego may rightfully 

 c aim the best climate to be found anywhere. Mean temperature— spring 60, sum- 

 mer 67, fall 63, and winter 54 degrees. 



Health and J 9 lea sure Resort. — Florida, Mt. Desert, and other places are 

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

 resort, is the best in the world. 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, good 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, 



Immigration Association, San Diego, Cal. 



