The San Francisco call., 1904-02-08

its way to foreign ports; trim and
splendid steamships that constitute
lines connecting San Francisco with
China, Japan, Central America, Ha-
waii, Tahiti, Australia, New Zealand
all countries that face any ocean or
sea.
San Francisco is the hilliest city in
America. It's scenery is on a large
scale. With great hills that are legion
in number, it also has correspondingly
deep valleys. Its outlook in one direc-
ton is on the vast width of the Pacific
Ocean. In the other direction it faces
the great panorama on the east that
begins with the encircling waters of
the bay of San Francisco and continues
until a far horizon is mountain trimmed.
The great diversity of elevation in
San Francisco provides much that is
unique and quite wonderful in local
scenery.
facture, what facilities we have for
commerce and what the vast accesso-
ries are that stimulate that commerce.
and when, additionally, we exhibit our
native city by the Golden Gate for it's
own sake and upon its own merits,
then it will be seen, if we 20 no further,
that we are justified in thinking that
We have much that will attract the at
tentiOn Of the tourist, the man Of busi-
ness and. indeed, of all classes of citi-
zens of the world who have the means
and the desire to travel
ADVERTISING THE CITY.
To have the world see what San
Francisco has to offer is the first aim
Of the committee now promoting the
San Francisco exhibition to be made
at st. Louis. That is the primary step
to induce people to come to San Fran
cisco. When they arrive, 1t will be the
duty of the people of the city to in
duce them to cast their lot in with US.
But there is much more to be eX-
hibited than that which has already
been outlined. There are art galleries,
the interiors Of libraries. the school life,
tude Of streets, the operation Of great
ferry and street car systems;
the park system that has it's
elimination in the glories of Golden
Gate Park, the numerous picturesque
localities like the ocean beach, the
heights that look down on the lower
portions of the city, the Preside and
other places that are known to Cali
fornians as being worthy 10 be shown
for the instruction and admiration Of
the world.
San Francisco includes in its school
system institutions for technical train
ing that are noteworthy The Affiliated
versity of California are here. Pho
Biography as exempIified in moving pic
lures in the panoramas will be util-
lied to the best possible advantage to
present all the features of institutions
and the life of San Francisco to OBJ
servers.
The Christmas markets, the teeming
wharves in the fruit season-these and
the great demonstrations that period
ically take place on Van Ness avenue,
such as the reception to President
Roosevelt, possess the interesting ele-
ment of being unique.
What San Francisco has municipality
in buildings and institutions, the de-
partments of the public service, police
and fire departments, must be included,
and will be. There are means to put
the facts concerning the San Francisco
climate in evidence before the world
that viii be fully utilized.
Illustrated lectures with moving pic
lures will give vivid impressions of San
Francisco. The city has many fine
buildings to illustrate its architecture.
These facts indicate only in outline the