The herald., 1896-04-26

cf electric street aar~ivc. 1t was
constructed without regard to expense.
The entire system cost about $500 900
and comprises thirteen miles of double
road, reaching all thickly settled por-
tions of the city, with transfers in any
direction.
RESIDENCES AND BLOCKS.
The number of residences erected in
1896 was POS, and it is expected that 96
will give even better record. Two fine
business blocks We're completed in '95,
two others are now in course of erection
several others are having plans pre-
pared and large brewery is being
being built by eastern capitalists.
In the center of the city is a fine park
of 1400 acres which when improved will
be one of the most beautiful in the
world.
SOCIAL ADVANTAGES.
Socially San Diego is a delightful
place. Among the permanent residents
there are a number of we'll knownAmer-
lean families of wealth and culture,
and the tourists attracted here by the
world renowned equability of climate
find as good social conditions as they
left behind them in the east. One can
find better and more pleasant hotel ac-
commodations in San Diego that in
many of the large cities of the east. and,
indeed, better than to be met with on
European trip. Southern California
owes debt of gratitude to San Diego
for this marked feature. Climate and
scenery will never tempt the comfort
loving and wealthy traveller to a place
with notably poor hotels. Los Angeles
is awakening to her need of fine tour
ist hotel, and it is hoped that some day
in the near future one of her fine hills
may bear on it's summit a well-con-
quoted. luxurious place Of entertainment
for her guests.
Hotel Brewster of San Diego. through
the good management of it's genial
manager. j. e. O'Brien. has become
favorably known to all travellers. Being
centrally located it is the leading COM
mercial hotel as we'll as famous
tourists stopping place.
The Florence, with it's wide verandas,
it's beautiful location overlooking the
bay and its famous cuisine, has tempt
ed climate seekers from all over the
world to rest under the hospitable roof
during the winter months Manager
Lynch, who was this year elected pres
ident of the H. M. M. B. A.. has been ac-
tive in all concerning the advancement
of San Diego. and his well-appointed
hotel is not the least of the city's at
fractions.
THE CORONADO HOTEL
The whole page might be devoted to-
the telling of the beauties and wonders
of the magnificent hotel which graces
Coronado beach, just across the bay
from San Diego, and yet give but
faint idea of its attractions. There it
stands on the outermost rim of the con-
tinent. the realization of the airiest
castle in Spain that ever builded it.
self in a dreamer's drowsy brain. Tow
ers and turrets reaching up into the blue
ether. Gables here, orioles there, and
flowers and flowers and flowers every
where: wide stretches of lawns and the
greenery of unnumbered shrubs.
Above all the bluest of blue skies that
mingles with the dancing waters of the
Pacific as it melts away on the horizon
The summer air. combination of the
dry desert wind and the tonic salt sea
air, is as soft and sweet as those that
blow in dreamland.
Whatever your mood. you can al
ways find some condition or phase of
nature at Coronado that will be in har-
mony with it. If you are jaded tour
list. sick of old world scenes and smells,
YOU will find everything here fresh and
novel. If you are a sportsman. you will !
meet with unlimited opportunities and |
endless variety, and no one shall deny |
your right to shoot and fish at your own |
sweet will If you are weary with the |
turmoil and strife that comes from the |
busy haunts of men. you will find that |
YOU can be idle here with less ennui !