. Over the range to the Golden Gate : a complete tourist's guide to Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Puget Sound and the great North-west. to thePacific coast is nearly completed. At this point the Southern Pacifics line to LosAngeles branches to the southwest. Vallejo Juuction. The town of Vallejo lies across the straits a distanceof two miles. At this junction a branch line runs to Napa and Calistoga, also toSanta Rosa. Pinole. Another town of wharfs and warehouses. Sixteenth Street, Oakland. This is the small station for the large cityof Oakland. The great Bay of San
. Over the range to the Golden Gate : a complete tourist's guide to Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Puget Sound and the great North-west. to thePacific coast is nearly completed. At this point the Southern Pacifics line to LosAngeles branches to the southwest. Vallejo Juuction. The town of Vallejo lies across the straits a distanceof two miles. At this junction a branch line runs to Napa and Calistoga, also toSanta Rosa. Pinole. Another town of wharfs and warehouses. Sixteenth Street, Oakland. This is the small station for the large cityof Oakland. The great Bay of San Francisco lies to our right and beyond can beseen the spires of San Francisco. Oakland Pier. This marvel of engineering has been constructed for twomiles directly out into the bay. At its terminus is an immense building containingwaiting rooms and all necessary accommodations for the convenience of the greatarmy of travelers who disembark on the arrival of trains. All the passenger trainsfor the east, north or south are made up at this depot, and here all incomingpassengers leave their trains and are transported on magnificent ferry boats to 166 SAN FRANCISCO TO SAN DIEGO. SAN FRANCISCO. The Great City by The Golden Gate. Population,400,000. The first view of San Francisco which the over-land tourist obtains from the bow of the ferry boatthat bears him from Oakland Pier to the foot ofMarket street, is most enchanting. A city set on ahill, beautiful for situation, it commands attentionand demands the most enthusiastic does familiarity breed contempt. The firstpleasant impression is confirmed and deepened byevery days experience within the gates of this mosthospitable and beautiful city. Fitz Hugh Ludlow,whose early death was a great loss to literature, ifone may judge by the early fruitage of a tree toesoon cut down by cruel frost, speaks glowing words, and true ones of this city bythe sea. He says: To a traveler paying his first visit, it has the i
Size: 1245px × 2007px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookidoverrangetog, bookyear1895
