![]() Project, which will supply San Francisco of the future with an entirely ade. $45,000,000 has provided for the construction of the great Hetch-Hetchy To the figures of the Railroad Commission of California. Maximum consumption has been approximately 44,000,000 gallons, according ![]() Spring Valley Water Company, a private institution, is 39,000,000 gallons. The average daily consumption of water in San Francisco, supplied by the On the principal street corners the year round. Invigorating weather makes it the best of summer resorts. ![]() San Francisco is one of the healthiest cities in the world. Well as services through the Canal to Atlantic Coast points and Europe. Points along the Pacific Coast or North and South America, Siberia, Japan,Ĭhina, the Philippines, the Orient, Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia, Alaska, as Direct steamer connections may be made from here to all The Embarcadero, the street fronting the harbor, isĪlso owned by the State, which operates a Belt Line Railroad over its entireĪll of the passenger and freight steamers sailing from San Francisco leaveįrom the San Francisco side of the bay, with the exception of some small lum-īer schooners. The interest on same and all sinking and redemption funds being paid for out New docks and wharves are being built under a $10,000,000 State bond issue, The San Francisco harbor front is owned by the State of California. Total berth space of all piers is 50,000 lineal feet. The city and county (consoli-ĭated) of San Francisco has a water frontage on the bay of ten miles. Line, exclusive of navigable inlets, of 100 miles. In area the Bay of San Francisco covers 420 square miles and has a shore San Francisco has the largest land-locked harbor in the world. The ground where before stood the many examples of architectural varietyĮvolved during the last half of the nineteenth century. A new city of imposing modern structures occupies The eleventh anniversary of the great fire of April, 1906, finds few vestiges It was named Golden Gate by General Fremont because of its resemblance ![]() Wide, with a depth of sixty-three fathoms. The world-famed Golden Gate is the outlet. Of safe anchorage, eighteen to sixty feet in depth. The area of the bay Is 450 square miles, with seventy-nine square miles The bay, bordered by mountains, is sixty-five miles long and from four San Francisco is situated on the tip of a peninsula and covers forty-sixĪnd one-half square miles, which separates the great Bay of San Francisco Porated in 1850 with a population of 34,000. The present name was substituted in 1847. The name given to the first settlement was Terba Buena, signifying San Carlos, entered the harbor, the first vessel to sail through the Golden In 1775 Don Juan Manuel de Alaya, in the ship The history of San Francisco begins with 1769, when Gaspar de Portolaĭiscovered San Francisco Bay. Part of the country as New York City bears to the East. Of the West of the United States, bearing the same relation to this SAN FRANCISCO, one of the largest cities in the world, is the metropolis SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY classified directory : containing the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of representative manufacturing, business, and professional interests of San Francisco"
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