San Francisco, the financial, commercial and industrial metropolis of the Pacific Coast: official records, statistics and encyclopedia . Mountains. The op< ning ol th< cl ujthe rah s ol the rail carrn rs. In ord< r to mi i i tins n. Icompetition, tin railroads hav< round it itheir rates on ;i number ol commodities westbound to I( oast points. I In ir p< tition to the Inn rstah <mission ror permission to do this, heard last 0tially grants tin carriers requests, bul with tins lion |,|.l\ lower terminal i ites onlj t<» tli< points wh in. .i s mpetition, that is to say, to
San Francisco, the financial, commercial and industrial metropolis of the Pacific Coast: official records, statistics and encyclopedia . Mountains. The op< ning ol th< cl ujthe rah s ol the rail carrn rs. In ord< r to mi i i tins n. Icompetition, tin railroads hav< round it itheir rates on ;i number ol commodities westbound to I( oast points. I In ir p< tition to the Inn rstah <mission ror permission to do this, heard last 0tially grants tin carriers requests, bul with tins lion |,|.l\ lower terminal i ites onlj t<» tli< points wh in. .i s mpetition, that is to say, to tin p Uu oing v< ss. is unload thenl»\ the < Commission arc San n s I Portland, & attl< ind I • om i s Ifore, now rcc< ives tin wateishe has alwaja I i n i ntith d, both b) il With Hi- s. transportationSan I i. 111. is< o, tin cih h into tl freedom in commcrc< and in manufacturing, and it musl iti ilih Follow thai li- i gi ow Ih in tin num. d M be instantly n sponsh i. SAN FRANCISCO I III. FINANCIAL, COMMERCIA1INDUSTRIAL Mil ROPOLIS . I . PACIFIl COAS1 SHIPPING |\ SAN IT, UNfCISCO By J - HINESI diioi i ANYONE examining a topographical map ol th< countrysurrounding San Francisco Baj cannot rail t Oakland, Alamedaand Berkeley are Far better locations for it city than the site occupied by the western metropolis as far as naturalroutes Cor railroad approaches are concerned. In \ n w tthese facts, why did San Francisco forge ahead I the otherhay cities? The answer lies in our shipping. The first Heel of vessels i visil San Francisco Baj in thedays of the greal gold rush, recognized the advantages ol deepwater and sheltered position of Yerba Buena < \< and coigated in front of the embryo San Francisco despite
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