372 The Reoltg Blue Book of Catifornitl

handledin San Franciscois reflectedin the bark clearingsas com_

gli3g!v tlt" clearins HouseAssocierion.H*" ;";;d-if,;i;*i;s
Jumped to s8'049583000 an increaseof
diii,ti3 lo."'"""tn""
. The United Staics Co\em,nent in official I.c(ordsshows ihat
rmports and expofts through the San FrAncis.o rastoms district for
rne year amounlectto $327.209,118, a gain ol 9 ,295,7?5.
,, In connpclton-sflththe IoreigT and domesticlrade of lhis oort.
rr rs norFw_or1.hy.that
during the past year l3,b?3 ships arrjved and
andlakinson cargoadd;nsmorewearth
i;%1Ti"i,:Tl"",j:*^rsins
A compilationrevealsthat gZ4 new.manutaclurjngconcelqswere
..
aoced to l'an !ranctlcos roster lasl year. Thp totai of new enter_
prlses ror the twctve-month period. enumerating induslrjal.
com_
mer.lar and prolessronalendeavor.is listed as B,?03.
, With lhe 924 new manufactuling firrns, t}le s+ajisti.al record
snows.sanl.rancisconow has 12lg industrie!,Theseindusirial DIants
aronFnc\c bz.JlJtlpn^ployaswith 2n annUcl l,avroll ul $75.522.412.
I,anrtal I vpllpd .1 thene farlo"res is computednr whilp
9228,000,000.
rna valup ot the an-lrurloutpul is placedar g4b3,8g?,400.
, A mur.thlough .e city and its env;rons is a revelation. In rhe
qor^nrolvn dtstt.td. gt.eatskyscraper!,rpared during the pas( rwelve
monrhs,arp proofs of the conndencethal San Frrn.iscans have in the

. Throughout the residential alistr.icts, stretchi[g far alown the

ppnr,nsuta.
are many magnificenlstru.lurps and hundredsoI lessDre_
renlrous_Outctectdpdly.omfor'1ablehomesere(ted Lo meel the reouire_
ments of npw.omersand ihosc who have buun tong"" ld"niin"d";il

Tt is.o,f.inlerasllo nore rhat in t923 Ihe rpal estaie lransaclions

numopredt4,y4U,thF largcst in lhehisloryof thF.ily. Tbevalue was
pla.ed ai $156.188.198, an increaspot $21t.960.960 ;r"; lh; il;;;;;
p a a e . w i t h . i h i sp h r s p o f o u r c i r t s d e v p t o p m e ni si i h e
,Dul|orng
. . , s " . p i n(onslructton-
*
ln thc year t923, {he citizpns of San Fran-
.rsco expendpd.$46.676.0?9 for indus|l"ial..ommpr.ial ana iesia"nf,.af
structures. This is further evidence .t it p"""p..iiy p."""ifi.g
i"
this district "

San Diego
By G. c. RowAN
San Diego Califor.niaCtub

WAY ba.ckjn 1769Falher JunperoSerra plantedin San Dieso

rne cornersloneol (rvitizaliononthe pacifi.coasi-Besides bL
rng lne olrrhplcceoI westerncivilizarjon ,nd a ser{ ing for much
g,fl.le romanceof.California'syouth,San O;"g" ;. ,"i,I""'r"-l"i"g b";'
rnc begrnntng and endof the UnitedSlates- lhe firsaand last;f ihe
 The Realta Blue Book af Cali.fornie, 473
nation's ports through the Panama cana.l----andit is the terminus of
hro trans-continentallines,being nearer through one of theselines_
the.San.Diago & Arizona-lo Chicagoand thc east.than any otler
uaoromm cr!v.
'I1reclimare
of lhe San Diegodistncl, as shown by govemment
statislics.is the mosl,cquablein lhe entirecountry,evidpnced by the
fact lhal emong635citieswirh a population of from SO,00O to 100,000
SanDiegois oneof threewith the lovest infant-mortality rate in the
United States.
-Having passed the 100,000mark in population the city has
attainedthe momentumthat is inherent in sizeand numbers. i{ever
have its plans been so arnbitiousand at the sametime so certain of
realization.
San DiFgo is headquar{ersand supply baseof the elaventhnaval
diqtricf. More lhan $20.000,000 havebepnexpended by lhe govcrn_
ment in constructionand equipment.and approximal-ely g10,000,000
moreis.to be appropriated to completethc program,the navalunits
comprrslng thp navalair st€tjon.the marinecorpsbase,navaltrajning
stafion. fleet slpply baqe.destroyer bas€, submarinebasp, hoepital
hrgh-Iowerradrostatjon.junior wa-rcollege,luel depol,and depart-
ment of works. It is the home port of more than one irundredfifty
war vessels,including about eighty derommissioned ships,chiefly de_
stroyers. Disbursempnls in payrolls and for mainlpnanceof the
thousandsol officersand men approximatetwo miuion dollarsper
The city s buildingprogramat tbe prpsenlI ime averages abouta
million dollars-amonih. Public improvcments and pubic ulilities,
sholv asselsof over fol.]y million dollars:conlractshavebp.n apl
pro.r'edfor six{y-twomileso[ new pi\ing, and a g?50.000 pipr is now
undpr cons'ruclion. Thp total valup of privalely-owned propFr{y
within the city limits is, 9104,000,000.
. More than eight hundredacresof ]rater frontage,embraci[g ine
sites_forma ne and railway teu[ina]s, were recentiy purchas-d by
il]e chamberof commarce. ro be soldin suitablplraclJ ai cosr.for in-
oustrateDtefpl]ses.
- .The bay_di.tr_ict has beengiven freshimpptusby the completion
ol.the great.Henshaw water projeci.\rilh an impoundingcapa.ityof
thirty-six billion gallons.all avaiiabtpfor jrrigalionof lhouiandi of
acres of add lands in the nodh, and the opening of the Santa Fe
rancho, ernbrscing over nine thousand acres, gardening and citrus
fruit land, ov'nedand controlledby the Santa Fe Land a;al Improve-
ment Company,a subsidiary of the Santa Fe Railwry, meansgreat
things in the developmentof the north half of the county.
The city's corTorate boundaries embrace about seventy-eight
square miles of -territory, San Diego county extendsapproximat--ely
sixty miles north of the Intemational border,containingan area oi
fo*y-two hurrdred square miles-an area as g:reat as that ot the
state of Connecticu-t.A network of splendidloads and pavedhigh- -
waysspreads overthe country,centefingon the city of SanDipgo.
- The city has splendideducationat ftciliries.ample
- bankingiapttal
and a climate unsurpassedon the entire globe.