Santa Barbara and Montecito, past and present . AND MONTECITO PART III Present Day Santa Barbara—City Government,Public Utilities—Financial Institutions andCo77U7ierce— Hotels— Education, Hospitalsand Charitable Organizations — Churches,Societies and mt ANTA Barbara, Queen of allcoast cities, by reason of her un-equalled and charming posi-tion, is fast becoming renownedas the home city of the traveledAmerican and Britisher. Al-most encircled by picturesquehills, which are being imo residential es-tates, her situation is superb;such a combination of moun-tain and sea

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Santa Barbara and Montecito, past and present . AND MONTECITO PART III Present Day Santa Barbara—City Government,Public Utilities—Financial Institutions andCo77U7ierce— Hotels— Education, Hospitalsand Charitable Organizations — Churches,Societies and mt ANTA Barbara, Queen of allcoast cities, by reason of her un-equalled and charming posi-tion, is fast becoming renownedas the home city of the traveledAmerican and Britisher. Al-most encircled by picturesquehills, which are being imo residential es-tates, her situation is superb;such a combination of moun-tain and sea is without a map of California be ex-amined, it will be seen that thegeneral trend of the coast-lineis from north-northwest to\ south-southeast; at Point Con-cepcion it makes a sharp andsudden turn and runs to Rincon Point belowSanta I)arbara, nearly due east and west. ThusSanta Barbara faces directly south, but this isnot the only advantage gained from the tiiifi inthe coast-line. The harsh and foggy north andnorth-west winds which make the coast north ofPoint (\)ncepcion disagreeable, are entirely cut 147

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