. America, picturesque and descriptive. ds Avasnecessary in building the city ; and over $50,000,000has been expended in improving the site which, asnature fashioned it, Avas so illy fitted for a city. Thegreat charm is the spacious bay environed by moun-tains, furnishing such an admirable harbor, and acrossit the ferry steamers ply in all directions. Upon it,guarding the Golden Gate entrance, are AlcatrazIsland, Goat Island and Angel Island, strongly forti-fied, Avhile Fort Mason is on the heights north of thecity, overlooking the famous strait. The charmingAvatcrs of the noble bay are thus r
. America, picturesque and descriptive. ds Avasnecessary in building the city ; and over $50,000,000has been expended in improving the site which, asnature fashioned it, Avas so illy fitted for a city. Thegreat charm is the spacious bay environed by moun-tains, furnishing such an admirable harbor, and acrossit the ferry steamers ply in all directions. Upon it,guarding the Golden Gate entrance, are AlcatrazIsland, Goat Island and Angel Island, strongly forti-fied, Avhile Fort Mason is on the heights north of thecity, overlooking the famous strait. The charmingAvatcrs of the noble bay are thus rhythmically de-scribed by Ada Abl)ott Dunton : IIow beautiful the waters of the Bay Lie sliimuieriug, gem-embossed and turquoise-blue,Rippling and twinkling ! Emerald shores in view Reflected from its surface. This calm day Utters no note of discord. Far away And overhead, tlie tireless, winged sea-mewSkims Innguidly the air, sun-warmed anew And fresldy blown witli each succeeding day. Gol&eu (3ate trom Cliff Ibouse, San jfrancisco. SAN FRANCISCO BAY AND ( ITY. alU ?() San IraiiciscK Bay ! Ujxtn lliy sliure. What woiulroiKS argosies are anchoreil lierc !Wlial giant masts are silliouetted fairGainst tlie eternal blue whicli bendeth our,As though a Titian hand were carving clear,Majestic nionunients in upper air. The ^rcat Ferry Dcitot. an (tnianuiital .struc-ture Avitli a high tower, is the centre ot the SanFrancisco hai-hnr fmnt, Avhence tlie steamboats j)lyacross the si)aeious hay. Frt)iii this, the chief Imsi-ness higlnvay, ^larket Street, stretches far southwestto the ^lission Peaks, rising over nine hundred feetand nearly four miles away. Northward, KearneyStreet with th(i leading stores extends })ast TelegraphHill, rising almost three hundred feet and giving amagnificent outlook from the summit. Upon i\rarkctStreet, in Verba liueiia ]*ark, is the magniticent CityHall, completed in 18!)() at a cost of over $4,000,000and containing a lil)rai-y of one hundred thousandvolumes.
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