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The Sunset Land; Or, the Great Pacific Slope

John Todd

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VII. THE FUTURE OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE, AND THE CHINESE QUESTION. On the Pacific shores are three harbors, conveniently located to meet the wants of commerce -- on the north, Puget Sound; on .tthe south, San Diego; and in the centre, San Francisco Bay. The latter is the queen of harbors, and has a great headway in advance of the others. As you come into the bay, passing the Golden Gate, you are sailing directly east. After passing east a few miles, you turn to the south, around the point of a peninsula. On the end of that peninsula is San Francisco -- a city built on and among the most dreary sand-hills. Originally no spot could be more uninviting. But in twenty years the high hills have been cut down and carted into the water, rocks blasted, sloughs filled up, till now you find a wondrous city, with nearly one hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants, with architecture which would honor any city; with nothing that looks young, green, or unfinished; and kept in order by its police, superior to any other city in the land. Youare amazed at seeing a city looking old, and ripe, and finished, having twelve daily papers, and many of them of mammoth size having six miles of wharfage already built; having huge steamships, that run regularly, not only every day and hour through the harbor, but on the New York line, and on the lines for China, Japan, Sandwich Islands, and Oregon. In this city capital has centred, and has been wisely and generously used to build public institutions, free schools, hos-* pitals, asylums for the blind, for the deaf and dumb, for the orphans, and for all in FUTURE OF SAN FRANCISCO. 265 distress. San Francisco is, by her position, by her energy and wisdom, to be the Elect Lady of the coast, and nothing but...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Sunset Land; Or, the Great Pacific Slope. To get started finding The Sunset Land; Or, the Great Pacific Slope, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VII. THE FUTURE OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE, AND THE CHINESE QUESTION. On the Pacific shores are three harbors, conveniently located to meet the wants of commerce -- on the north, Puget Sound; on .tthe south, San Diego; and in the centre, San Francisco Bay. The latter is the queen of harbors, and has a great headway in advance of the others. As you come into the bay, passing the Golden Gate, you are sailing directly east. After passing east a few miles, you turn to the south, around the point of a peninsula. On the end of that peninsula is San Francisco -- a city built on and among the most dreary sand-hills. Originally no spot could be more uninviting. But in twenty years the high hills have been cut down and carted into the water, rocks blasted, sloughs filled up, till now you find a wondrous city, with nearly one hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants, with architecture which would honor any city; with nothing that looks young, green, or unfinished; and kept in order by its police, superior to any other city in the land. Youare amazed at seeing a city looking old, and ripe, and finished, having twelve daily papers, and many of them of mammoth size having six miles of wharfage already built; having huge steamships, that run regularly, not only every day and hour through the harbor, but on the New York line, and on the lines for China, Japan, Sandwich Islands, and Oregon. In this city capital has centred, and has been wisely and generously used to build public institutions, free schools, hos-* pitals, asylums for the blind, for the deaf and dumb, for the orphans, and for all in FUTURE OF SAN FRANCISCO. 265 distress. San Francisco is, by her position, by her energy and wisdom, to be the Elect Lady of the coast, and nothing but...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Sunset Land; Or, the Great Pacific Slope. To get started finding The Sunset Land; Or, the Great Pacific Slope, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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