Pertinent facts Concerning San Diego California City and CountyPublished by The San Diego County Board of Supervisors The San Diego-California Club The Chamber of Commerce Copyright, 1923, by the San Diego California ClubINDEX Page Agricultural Extension Service . 29 Apartments, List................................................................. 6 Apartments, Rentals............................................................. 24 Area............................................................................. 5 Army, Navy and Marine Corps..................................................... 27 Banks............................................................................ 5 Beaches.......................................................................... 6 Cafés ' 24 Churches......................................................................7—8—9 City Government................................................................. 10 City Officials.................................................................. 30 Climate...................................................................... 10—12 Clubs.................׳.......................................׳ ׳ J 12-13 Colleges, State Teachers’ and Junior............................................ 24 Consuls........................................................................ 13 County........................................................................16-17 County Officials................................................................ 30 Electricity, Rates.............................................................. 23 Farm Bureau..................................................................... 28 Finances, City.................................................................. 13 Fire Department................................................................. 14 Fishing, Commercial............................................................. 14 Fraternal Organizations......................................................... 13 Gas, Rates...................................................................... 23 General Statistics............................................................... 5 Golf............................................................................ 18 Harbor........................................................................14—15 Health.......................................................................... 15 History........................................................................ 15 Flomes, Value................................................................... 24 Hotriculture..................................................................16—17 Hotels, List and Rates....................................................... 18—19 Industrial...................................................................... 19 Library, Public................................................................. 19 Library, Law.................................................................... 19 Missions........................................................................ 20 Museums.......................................................................21—22 National Forest................................................................. 22 Newspapers...................................................................... 21 Parks . . . ’..............................................................21—22 Playgrounds..................................................................... 22 Police Department............................................................... 22 Population...................................................................... 22 Public Utilities................................................................ 23 Railroads....................................................................... 23 Rainfall......................................................................10—12 Rentals, Home Costs............................................................. 24 Religious Organizations.......................................................7—8—9 Resoits, Mountain............................................................... 20 Restaurants..................................................................... 24 Roads and Highways.............................................................. 29 Schools, Public...............................................................24—25 Schools, Private................................................................ 25 Societies.....................................................................12—13 Sports.......................................................................... 26 Stadium......................................................................... 26 Steamship Lines................................................................. 26 Street Car System............................................................... 23 T axes.......................................................................... 28 Telegraph Offices............................................................... 23 Telephones, Rates............................................................... 23 Temperatures, Air............................................................10—1 1 Theatres........................................................................ 26 U. S. Government Activities..................................................... 27 Water, Sources and Analysis...................................................27—28 Water, Rates.................................................................... 23 Weather......................................................................10-12 Winds........................................................................10—1 1 3PERTINENT FACTS CONCERNING San Diego California GENERAL STATISTICS Date incorporated, First, 1850; later, 1889 and 1909. Nearest port of entry for trade with Orient and through Panama Canal. Nearer to Chicago and the East than any other Pacific port. City of second class. Has Freeholders’ charter. Eighty-eight miles of street railway. Nine banks; capital, $3,375,000; deposits, $54,649,686. Fourth city in population in California. A fifteen million gallon per day water filtration and aerating plant. Purest water of any city of its size in America. One of the best libraries in the country—depositary for U. S. government documents. Average but nine days each year without some degree of sunshine. Mean annual temperature, 61 degrees. Average rainfall, 10.01 inches. County, 20 inches. Area of city of San Diego, 78 square miles; 48,856.16 acres. Greatest length—20 miles. Greatest width—8 miles. Area of San Diego County, 4200 square miles. BANKS Capital Surplus Deposits Resources First National Bank $1,000,000 250,000 $14,365,705 $17,377,274 Bank of Italy 4,982,798 5,024,522 Southern Trust & Commerce Bank 1,000,000 250,000 16,611,593 18,050,443 Security Comm’l & Savings Bank.. 250,000 52,500 2,222,719 2,592,502 San Diego Savings Bank 200,000 500,000 8,335,110 9,265,031 First Trust and Savings Bank 500,000 100,000 3,177,300 3,892,612 U. S. National Bank 100,000 2,976 1,840,660 2,045,649 Union National Bank 200,000 40,000 1,830,687 2,274,776 University Avenue Bank 125,000 25,000 1,283,109 1,439,832 $3,375,000 $1,220,476 $54,649,686 $61,962,646 5APARTMENT HOUSES Among the more than one hundred excellent apartment houses, for which San Diego is noted, the following list, which includes those associated with the San Diego-California Club, is appended as a representative group. For rentals of apartments and houses, see page 18. Adair............................................................292/ Fourth Street Adella Court.....................................................2011 Front Street Alexandria.......................................................1609 Eighth Street Alfonso.............................................................1300 C Street Ashforth............................................................420 Ash Street Aurora...........................................................4538 Park Blvd. Avalon...........................................................2120 First Street Balmoral.........................................................2165 Second Street Bonita.......................................................1430 Seventh Street Buckner..........................................................765 Tenth Street Cabrillo.........................................................2171 Logan Avenue Casa Grande.................................................1751 University Avenue Cherokee.........................................................3629 Front Street Crags.................................................................Ocean Beach Curtiss..........................................................525 Kalmia Street Dacotah..........................................................1340 Third Street De Luxe......................................................2230 Albatross Street El Capitan.......................................................1331 Fourth Street Elizabeth........................................................1645 Union Street Gilmont.............................................................2203 Broadway Glenwood.........................................................3019 Fifth Street Granada..........................................................2065 Union Street Grand View ......................................................1820 Fourth Street Golden Hill.........................................................2646 A Street Haleiwa..........................................................2172 Front Street Harvey..................................................................2017 First Street Iris....................................................................2142 Fifth Street Kier Manor...............................................................401 Olive Street Kirkland...................................................Fifth and Juniper Streets Lee.................................................................840 B Street Lofling..........................................................2260 Front Street Lucerne..........................................................1968 First Street McRae.................................................,..........1534 Front Street Monroe.......................................................950 Fourteenth Street Palomar..........................................................536 Maple Street Pleasant View....................................................2241 Fourth Street Plumosa.....................................................3690 Thirty-fourth Street Redwood..........................................................3105 Fifth Street St. Anthony.........................................................1640 Broadway St. Regis........................................................3685 Seventh Street Sarama...........................................................1440 Sixth Street Spruce Lodge...............................................First and Spruce Streets Sumner..............................................................1 140 B Street Wahlburg.........................................................1630 Third Street Wilshire............................................................2004 C Street Willida..........................................................1964 Fifth Street Windsor..........................................................1800 Third Street Winter.......................................................Twelfth and B Streets BEACHES Several splendid beaches are within easy distance of San Diego, and are reached by electric railway or by fine boulevards. These beaches include the following: Coronado, with its famous Tent City, where one may enjoy both surf bathing and still water bathing. Ocean Beach, seven miles from the heart of the city. Pacific Beach, nine miles. La Jolla, fourteen miles. Del Mar, twenty-four miles. Impeiial Beach, fourteen miles. Mission Beach, eight miles. Solana Beach, twenty-seven miles. The premier resort city of the Southwest is planned at Mission Beach. Proposed improvements, some of which were started during 1923, call for an outlay of upwards of $2,000,000. 6CHURCHES AND RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS Number of religious organizations...............................................134 Estimated membership.........................................................25,000 Advent Christian First Advent Christian (not Seventh Day), Kansas and Landis Streets Rev. S. Forsey, Pastor Baptist First, Tenth and E Streets.....................................Rev. Frank O. Belden Logan Heights, Twenth-ninth and Newton.............................Rev. W. J. Beaven Scott Memorial, Normal Heights.............................Rev. T. F. McCourtney Swedish Bethel, Sixteenth and E................................Rev. Karl A. lohnson Mount Zion (Colored), 3045 Greeley.............................Rev. H. C. Caldwell Mexican Baptist Mission, Date and Columbia............................Rev. A. Apra First Street (Colored).........................................Rev. R. H. Thomas Ocean Beach........................................................Rev. R. E. Brown La Mesa............................................................Rev. J. D. Page Escondido......................................................Rev. William Thomas Julian.........................................................Rev. B. H. Blanchard Oceanside..........................................................Rev. C. N. Kilgore Fallbrook..........................................................Rev. J. R. Harris Christian Central, Ninth and F...........................................Rev. W. E. Crabtree University, Cleveland and Richmond.............................Rev. T. S. Handsaker East San Diego, El Cajon and Fairmount.............................Rev. W. R. Rust Escondido..........................................................Rev. W. K. Agbill Fallbrook..........................................................Rev. C. C. Bentley Christian Scientist First Church of Christ, Scientist, Second and Laurel........Warren E. Libby, First Reader Second Church of Christ, Scientist, 949 Ninth. . . .Miss Gretchen Steinbach, First Reader Congregational First, Sixth and A..........................................Rev. Roy H. Campbell Pacific Beach...............................................Rev. Henry G. Miller Park Villa, Idaho and Landis................................Rev. G. A. Charnock National City.............................Rev. C. R. Shatto and Rev. Edwin S. Hill Ocean Beach.....................................................Rev. F. J. Stootzel La Jolla....................................................Rev. Charles L. Knight Logan Heights, Sampson and Kearny...........................Rev. Arthur Metcalf La Mesa.........................................................Rev. C. W. Hill Escondido...................................................Rev. L. A. Goddard Chula Vista.............................................Rev. George R. Lockwood Lemon Grove.....................................................Rev. F. W. Straw Ramona......................................................Rev. M. M. Malouf Japanese, First, 527 Eighth Street..............................Rev. J. S. Kikuch Friends First Church, Nineteenth and Market......................Rev. Tyler J. Coburn Ramona...................................................Rev. W. Mahlon Perry Jewish Reformed Temple Beth Israel, Second and Beech.....................Rabbi E. R. Trattner Jewish Orthodox Congregation Tifereth Israel, 1137 Market Street, near 12th Rabbi Solomon A. Wellington Evangelical Lutheran Bethseda (Swedish), 725 Broadway, Room 37......................Rev. Philip Andreen First (English), Second Street, near A.........................Rev. Peter Altpeter Trinity (German-English), 2003 Woolman.........................Rev. Karl Knippenberg Grace (Engl sh), Park Blvd. and Lincoln........................Rev. C. Damschroeder Our Saviour’s (Norweg.-Eng.), Park Blvd. and Center...................Rev. E. J. Ovri Evangelical Association............................................Rev. O. D. Wonder Latter Day Saints Church of Jesus Christ, Latter Day Saints, 3715 Tenth.............Pres., Wm. A. Tenney Mission, National City............................................Mr. Leroy W. Swaine 7Episcopal All Saints, Sixth and Pennsylvania........................ Rev. Charles 1. Murphy St. James, Kearny near Evans......................................Rev. G. R. Wreford St. James-by-the-Sea, La Jolla....................................Rev. William Jones St. Paul’s, Eighth and C.......................................Rev. Charles L. Barnes Christ Church, Coronado.............................:......Rev. Charles E. Baldwin National City.....................................................Rev. H. E. Clowes St. Mark’s, East San Diego.....................................Rev. Alfred R. Taylor Methodist Episcopal Bethel (Colored).................................................Rev. Burgess R. Guy Central, Sampson and Harrison....................................Rev. Wilfred Kent Inwood, L and Thirty-first.......................................Rev. J. C. Weckerley First, C and Ninth....................Rev. Lincoln A. Ferris, Carl C. Seitter, assistant First German, Sixteenth and I....................................Rev. H. D. Kamp Mission Hills, Falcon and Douglas................................Rev. W. T. Butcher Taylor M. E., University and Campus..............................Rev. W. G. Barron Coronado. .......................................................Rev. Roy Jenkins Normal Heights...................................................Rev. H. H. Weyant Trinity..........................................................Rev. Daniel Dundas Fairmount, East San Diego....................................Rev. W. M. Harkness East San Diego Methodist.........................................Rev. J. M. Mahood National City....................................................Rev. A. B. Horton Chula Vista......................................................Rev. L. R. Bayard La Mesa..........................................................Rev. J. W. Mahood Nestor...................................................... .Rev. E. W. Simmons Santee.......................................................Rev. Frank R. Newman Escondido.............................................1..........Rev. George R. Graff Cardiff (to be supplied) Imperial Beach...................................................Rev. E. W. Simmons Oceanside........................................................Rev. J. W. Carson Fallbrook........................................................Rev. F. P. Morgan San Marcos.......................................................Rev. Z. R. Kelley Methodist Episcopal (South) Park Place, First and Olive..................................Rev. Ben L. Sutherland Free Methodist Free Methodist, Beech and Front..................................Rev. B. C. Johnson Nazarene Nazarene, 936 Fourteenth......................................Rev. B. W. Miller East San Diego, University and Conklin........................Rev. I. C. Mathis Escondido............-...........................................Rev. John Cart Swedenborgian New Jerusalem, Tyler and Campus.........................Rev. Howard C. Dunham Presbyterian Brooklyn Heights, Thirtieth and Fir............................Rev. Alfred O. Elliott Coronado.......................................................Rev. Notley Hammock First, Third and Date.......................................Rev. Wallace M. Hamilton First, La Jolla................................................Rev. Ruben N. Hartley Calvary, Thirty-ninth andFranklin..................................Rev. Paul Pritchard East San Diego........................................................Rev. J. C. Dible Lakeside.......................................................Rev. Jesse K. Griffiths Pacific Beach......................................................Rev. J. W. Miller El Cajon.......................................................Rev. C. F. Richardson Spanish Presbyterian, 351 Thirteenth...........................Rev. Ventura Martinez United Presbyterian, Market and Twenty-second..................Rev. Frank B. Foster Roman Catholic Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Copeland and Anne, East Sain Diego.. Rev. Mitchell Sullivan Our Lady of the Angels, Twenty-fourth and G........................Rev. W. E. Corr St. Agnes, Point Loma..............................................Rev. D. E. Foley St. Joseph’s, Third and Beech......................................Rev. John Brady St. Vincent, Mission Hills, Hawk and Ft. Stockton..............Rev. Thomas A. Healy St. John’s................................................... Rev. Thomas F. King La Jolla, Sacred Heart.........................................Rev. Joseph C. Mesney Old Town, Church of Immaculate Conception................... .Rev. Joseph C. Mesney 8St. Patrick’s, Thirtieth and Dwight.................................Rev. Gregory Ashe Chula Vista and National City.......................................Rev. Father Stack Our Lady of Guadalupe, 1724 Kearny..................................Rev. Father Como Escondido, St. Mary’s (Spanish).....................................Rev. John O’Brien El Cajon......................................................Rev. Father La Pointe Sacred Heart, Coronado..............................................Rev. James Collins Paia Mission (Indian)...................................................By assignment Old Mission, Mission Valley, First Church in San Diego Our Lady of the Rosary (Italian chapel).......................Rev. Sylvester Rabagliati Our Lady of Mercy, La Mesa....................................Rev. George P. Seubert St. Anne s, Irving and Sicard.................................Rev. James T. Torsney Seventh Day Adventist Eighteenth Street, Eighteenth and G...............................Elder W. M. Healey University, Polk and Illinois.....................................Elder L. B. Ragsdale Paradise Valley Sanitarium.............................;..........Elder J. A. Burden Swedish Salem Nineteenth and E...................................................Rev. E. J. Osberg Swedish Mission Tabernacle, 1920 E...................................J. A. Youngberg Spiritualist First Spiritual Temple, 1240 Seventh...............................Rev. F. F. Fleming Yogi Spiritual Society, 1108 E................................Rev. Margaret A. Hanley Unitarian First, Sixth and Cedar.................................................Rev. H. B. Bard Universal Brotherhood and Theosophical Society International Headquarters, Point Loma United Brethren in Christ Church, Third and Robinson.........................;...................Rev. L. Harter United Presbyterian First, Twenty-second and H....................................Rev. Frank P. Foster Salvation Army 932 Third Street, opposite Plaza....................Commander M. H. Clement Church of God, Texas and Polk....M“““3”60"8....................Rev. W. A. Warner Church of Truth, 4563 Oregon Church of Christ, 3843 Herbert Zionist, German Evangelical, 532 Twenty-first Pentecostal Pilgrim, 624 B.....................................Rev. T. J. W. Norton Floating Society of Christian Endeavor, Foot of Market. .J. H. Bamberry, Superintendent Missions Mexican Gospel, I 1 South Seventeenth..........................Rev. David Buchanan Mission Bautista Mexicana, Date and Columbia.......................Rev. O. T. Ojeda Peniel Mission, 920 Broadway Pentecostal, 441 Fifth Pentecostal Assembly of God, 640 Market............................Rev. W. E. Moodey Pilgrim, 4014 Pauly Ave., East San Diego...........................Rev. F. J. Norton St. John’s, 719-4th...................................Frank R. Stanley, Superintendent Young Men’s Christian Association H. H. Holmes, General Secretary Value of property at Eighth and C Streets...............................$277,232 Membership exceeds.........................................................1,600 Membership rates per annum: Boys 10 to 12 years of age...........................................$3.50 Boys 12 to 15.................................................. 5.00 Boys 15 to 18.................................................. 7.50 Boys 18 to 21..................................................12.00 Adults, according to privileges..........................$5.00 to $25.00 Free membership tickets will be issued, good for one month, to all visitors to San Diego holding honorary membership cards in the San Diego-California Club. Young Women’s Christian Association Seventh and Broadway...................Miss Margaret E. O’Connell, General Secretary Y. W. C. A. Recreation Center Eleventh and C Streets 9CITY GOVERNMENT Since 1915 the city of San Diego has been under a modified form of the city manager plan, but has retained a common council of five members, of which the mayor is president without vote. Under the manager of operation comes the supervision of the following departments or bureaus: Sewer, water, engineering, garbage, public buildings, streets, trees, building, boilers, electricity, gas, city pound, vocational home, and city farm. — The mayor, with the consent of the council, appoints the city auditor, chief of police, and members of the following boards: Library, three members: park, three members: health, five members; cemetery, three members: playground, five members: harbor, three members: civil seivice, three members. The council appoints the city attorney, city clerk, manager of operation, purchasing agent, and chief of the fire department. The mayor, the members of the common council, city treasurer and the board of education of five members are elected by the people. All bond issues must be approved by the people and all ordinances are subject to referendum. The people may also initiate legislation, and may recall any elected official and the manager ׳T operation. CLIMATE To many readers, the fact that flowers bloom in profusion out-of-doors the year ’round in San Diego, unharmed by sudden changes of temperature, will go far to indicate the nature of the climate in this city. The days are warm, the nights are cool the year ’round. There is sunshine nearly all the time, the air is fresh and balmy: even on a day warmer than the average there is a cool breeze in every bit of shade. Mid-winter is one of the best times to be outdoors. Breezes from the blue Pacific are always mild and invigorating. The climate, by every test, is far superior to that of the Riviera. No other city in the world has been so commended for its climatic conditions as has San Diego. , Temperature The normal annual temperature is 61 degrees. The warmest month was August, 1891, mean, 72 degrees. The coldest month was January, 1894, mean, 50 degrees. The mean daily range is 13.1 degrees. Rainfall The normal rainfall is 10.01 inches. The greatest monthly rainfall was 9.26, December, 1921. Ninety per cent of the rainfall occurs between November 1 and May 1. Excessive rainfall (2.50 inches in 24 hours) has occurred but four times. The average annual percentage of sunshine is 68, which is a very high average and surpasses most cities in the United States. The most sunshine occurs in November and the least in May. The average number of days with .01 inch or more of rainfall is 44 per annum. Thunderstorms are rare, occurring on an average of less than twice a year. Days with dense fog occur on an average of 21 times a year, being most frequent in October and least frequent in May. Wind The prevailing winds are Northwest. The average hourly velocity is greatest in May and least in’December, May average being 6.4 and December 5.0 miles per hour. Plan to Dress for “Out of Doors” When you think of what to wear in San Diego, always remember you will want to be out of doors much of the time, day and evening. This makes a difference to many new residents, especially those accustomed to being indoors from October to May, surrounded by artificial temperatures in which the thinnest of clothing is comfortable. To enjoy yourself completely in San Diego you should plan to share the year ’round out of door life that most folks lead here. If, in early spring, you are accustomed to warm underclothing with an overcoat of good weight for motoring or evening use, that is about what you should have in midwinter in San Diego, with perhaps a lighter weight in reserve for unusually warm days. Summer in San Diego is cool and breezy, with seldom a hot day— prepare for it accordingly, but remember here again that, back from the ocean, where motor trips may lead you often, the temperature rises and there you may wish to wear the usual summer fabrics of other cities. Bring a warm wrap for summer nights: plan to be as warmly dressed in winter as you are when out of doors in early spring or early autumn elsewhere, and you will reap the full benefits of life out of doors twelve months in the year at San Diego. 10Il January February March April May June July August September October November December Year Month 60 61 62 63 66 70 72 76 76 71 67 65 67.3 Maximum Mean Temperature 45 1 47 48 50 55 59 63 65 64 57 49 51 54.4 Minimum 52J 54 55 56 60 64 63 71 70 64 58 58 60.8 Monthly 72 72 73 80 81 77 76 84 92 88 79 74 92 Highest Extremes 12 15 20 20 13 24 15 26 17 23 26 21 Sept. 17 Date 35 37 38 44 48 55 60 62 58 48 45 41 35 Lowest 21 4 12 6 12 24 15 30 30 18 9 Jan. 21 Date 68 78 76 73 78 81 82 80 82 74 64 78 76 Relative humidity (per cent) 9.24 3.45 1 .86 1 .34 .17 .36 T. .01 T. 0 .09 .75 1.21 Total Precipitation 1 .67 1 .01 1.71 .07 . 19 T. .01 T. 0 .09 .38 .66 1 .67 Greatest in 24 hours 29-30 20-21 11-12 5-6 9 3 18 8 27-28 29-30 12-13 Jan. 29-30 Date 70 71 75 69 67 69 72 76 82 83 87 66 74 Sunshine (percent) 6.7 5.9 6.6 6.6 6.7 5.3 6.2 5.8 6.0 6.0 5.5 5.3 6.0 Average hourly velocity Wind NW NW NW W NW NW W NW NW NW NW NW NW Prevailing direction 52 38 38 30 41 19 22 19 23 30 28 28 52 Velocity Highest S S S W S s W NW NW W s s s Direction 30 20 11 5 9 20 17 23 30 28 9 10 Jan. 30 94t־a 176 15 11 14 10 11 12 16 15 22 18 21 11 Clear Number of days | 119 8 9 9 13 11 13 11 13 6 11 7 8 Partly Cloudy 70 8 8 8 7 9 5 4 3 2 2 2 12 Cloudy 51 10 10 8 6 2 0 1 0 0 2 4 8 With precipitation (0.01 in. or more) 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Thunderstorms 22 0 0 0 0 3 6 1 1 1 4 4 2 Dense fog ANNUAL METEOROLOGICAL SUMMARY, YEAR 1922Monthly, Seasonal and Annual Rainfall Statistics of the United States Weather Bureau, over a long period, show little variation in the rainfall of San Diego. The following table includes the years 1900 to 1922, with averages for the entire period, 73 years, during which official observations have been made. Season July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. March April May June Season Year Annual 1900-01. . . . 0 T T 0.30 1.43 0 2.08 4.77 1.07 0.01 0.77 .002 10.45 1901 9.49 1901-02... . T T 0.06 0.28 0.41 0.02 1.70 1.57 1.86 0.21 0.06 T 6.17 1902 11.49 1902-03... 0.92 T T 0.06 1.53 3.58 0.69 2.27 1.17 1.40 0. 14 T 11.76 1903 6.09 1903-04.... 0 T T 0.07 T 0.35 0.04 1.50 2. 17 0.15 0. 12 0 4.40 1904 6.61 1904-05.... 0 T T 0.17 0 2.46 2. 16 5.90 2.98 0.30 0.35 T 14.32 1905 16.36 1905-06.... 0. 16 0 0.50 0.25 3.38 0.38 0.98 2.62 4.68 0.98 0.72 0.03 14.68 1906 14.90 1906-07.... T 0.10 0. 12 0.03 0.62 4.02 3.27 .045 1.62 0. 13 0.07 0. 19 10.62 1907 7.95 1907-08.... 0.03 0 0 1.71 0.05 0.43 2.80 2.41 0.61 0.35 0. 16 0 8.55 1908 8.59 1908-09... 0 0.64 0.20 0.15 1.00 0.27 3.57 1.76 2.62 0.02 T T 10.23 1909 14.14 1909-10.. .. T T 0.02 0 2.39 3.76 2.00 0. 19 1.30 0.08 0.05 0 9.79 1910 5.75 1910-11.. .. 0.01 0.05 0.17 1.35 0.40 0. 15 3.35 4.92 0.92 0.65 0.01 0.01 11.99 1911 11.77 1911-12... 0. 12 0 0. 10 0.28 0.02 1.39 0.66 0 5.72 2.13 0.17 0. 16 10.72 1912 10.56 1912-13.. .. 0. 14 0.26 0 0.89 0.40 0.03 1.19 2.40 0.42 0.08 0.07 0.09 5.97 1913 7.30 1913-14.. .. 0.06 0.02 0.02 T 2.23 0.72 3.59 1.90 0.36 0.85 0.08 T 9.83 1914 10.90 1914-15.... 0 0 T 1.05 0.86 2.21 4.91 3.62 0.33 1.15 0.28 T 14.41 1915 13.62 1915-16. .. T 0 T 0 0.73 2.60 7.56 0.66 0.98 0.01 0.01 T 12.55 1916 11.56 1916-17.. .. 0.02 0.01 0.25 0.87 0.05 1.14 4.32 1.84 0.26 1.05 0.31 T 10. 13 1917 8.04 1917-18.... T T T 0. 17 0.08 T 1.64 1.52 4.57 T T 0.06 8.04 1918 11.99 1918-19... . T 0.11 0.08 0.42 1.91 1.68 0.61 1.46 1.83 0.30 0.34 0 8.74 1919 6.76 1919-20.... T 0.01 0.26 1.04 0.43 0.48 0.43 2.87 2.46 0.47 0.44 0.02 8.91 1920 7.69 1920-21.... T 0.01 0.08 0.18 0.19 0.54 2.02 0.35 1.13 0.04 2.54 T 7.08 1921 17.55 1921-22.... T T 1.24 0.67 0.30 9.26 3.45 1.86 1.34 0. 17 0.36 T 18.65 1922 9.24 1922-23.... 0.01 T 0 0.09 0.75 1.21 1.34 1.53 0.34 1.05 0 0.04 6.36 73 yr. mean 0.06 0.10 0.08 0.37 0.93 1.74 1.91 1.92 1.50 0.60 0.34 0.06 9.61 9.60 Note: Precipitation records previous to Nov. 1, 1871, by Medical Corps, U. S. Army. CLUBS, SOCIETIES, FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS The usual national fraternal organizations are well represented in San Diego. Some of them maintain their own buildings, and others have special halls and lodge rooms. They are not listed here because any member of any of the larger organizations of this character, coming here, will find himself immediately in contact with local lodges. Among the other social and educational organizations of San Diego are the following: Advertising Club of San Diego.............423-24 Electric Bldg., Sixth.and E Streets American Legion Club...............................................525 C Street Amphion Club....................................................2801 Grape Street Automobile Club of Southern California.....................Second and Broadway Chamber of Commerce........................................Second and Broadway Coronado Country Club........................312 Union Bldg., Third and Broadway Cuyamaca Club........................................... .Sixth Floor Union Bldg. Daughters of American Revolution. . .Wednesday Club House, Sixth Street and Ivy Lane Daughters of Confederacy..........Mrs. James Lee Belcher, Secy., 2452 Fourth Street Daughters of Liberty (San Diego Branch Service Star Legion of the United States) Sandford Hotel, 1323 Fifth Street Drama League of America Elks Club.......................................Elks’ Bldg., Second and Broadway Hundred Per Cent Club......................................430 E Street, Room 202 Junior Business and Professional Women’s Club.......Y. W. C. A. Recreation Center Kings’ Daughters................................................1744 First Street Kiwanis Club. .....................................................214 C Street L’Alliance Française La Jolla Golf Club.................................................La Jolla, Calif. La Jolla Women s Club...........................7791 Draper Ave., La Jolla, Calif. League of American Penwomen and other literary societies.... Headquarters Balboa Park Lions Club......................................Howard F. Worth, 868 Fifth Street Medical Women’s Club............................................1342 Fifth Street Municipal Golf Club.................................Twenty-seventh near A Street 12Nurses Club.........................................................1468 First Street Optimist Club Point Loma Golf Club.....................................................Loma Portal People’s Chorus of San Diego Rotary Club.................................................First National Bank Bldg San Diego Business and Professional Women’s Club.......Tea Room, Holzwasser Bldg. San Diego-California Club......................................Second and Broadway San Diego Country Club..................................................Chula Vista San Diego Club..............................Clubhouse, Ninth Street, near Broadway San Diego Women’s Press Club................Clubhouse, Ninth Street, near Broadway San Diego Philharmonic Society San Diego Rowing Club............................................Foot of Fifth Street San Diego Yacht Club George S. Gay, commodore; George H. Stone, secretary, 121 Broadway, Room 653 Service Men’s Club...................................................615 Broadway Sons of American Revolution......................Allen H. Wright, secretary, City Hall Southwestern Yacht Club..........................................Foot of Grape Street U. S. Destroyer Force Club.......................................1033 Second Street University Club..................................................1333 Seventh Street Wednesday Club.......................................................540 Ivy Lane Women’s Alliance............................................First Unitarian Church Zlac Rowing Club....................................................Foot of E Street CONSULS Dean of Corps—John Engebretsen Bolivian.............................Philip Morse, consul, Sixth Street, southwest corner L British........................................John A. Heap, 1015 First Street, Room 519 French.............................................Frank Grandier, agent, 734 First Street Mexican.......................................Enrique Ferreira, 121 Broadway, Room 460 Jugo-Slav......................................Paul Petrich, vice-consul, 506 West B Street Netherlands........................J. H. Delvalle, vice-consul, 1535 Twenty-eighth Street Norwegian..............................John Engebretsen, vice-consul, 206 McNeece Bldg. Swedish........................................Nils Malmberg, vice-consul, 2535 C Street Honduras.....................................Marcos Martinez, vice-consul, 772 State Street FINANCES—CITY Capital Assets of San Diego, 1923 Improved Streets........................................................$9,535,580 Sewer System................................... *•...................... 3,262,135 Water System............................................................12,554,866 Operating Department.................................................... 128,000 Purchase, Store and Warehouse Department................................ 147,921 Fire Department......................................................... 502,770 City Hall............................................................... 1 19’929 Police Station and Jail.................................................. 82,500 Public Library and Branches............................................. 332,368 Garbage Disposal System ................................................. 43,900 Harbor, Wharves and Docks............................................. 3,777,000 Department of Health..................................................... 73,205 Vocational Home........................................................... 8,500 Municipal Farm, on Pueblo Lands......................................... 752,828 Hount Hope Cemetery..................................................... 202,150 Sundry Unimproved Properties............................................ 285,000 Unpaid Taxes and Other Sums Receivable.................................. 138,304 Cash on Hand (last auditor’s statement)................................. 1,002,165 Total Assets....................................................$40,379,592 Liabilities Outstanding Bonds (water, sewer, park and playground, and other bonds). . . . 11,132,687 Surplus Assets above Liabilities................................$29,246,905 13FIRE DEPARTMENT Number of stations............................................................ 16 Number of men................................................................ 139 Fire boat...................................................................... 1 Fires per 1000 population.................................................. 5.98% Fires confined to places of origin.......................................... 100% Fire loss to total value involved......................................... 1.44% Fire less per capita....................................................... 1.17% (Foregoing figures are for 1922) Land occupied by engine houses, etc...................................... $75,900 Buildings, engine houses, shops, etc...................................... 95,063 Equipment, fire-fighting apparatus, etc.................................. 305,685 Fire tug, harbor protection............................................... 26,122 Total value........................................................ $502,770 FISHING—COMMERCIAL Number wholesale fish concerns................................................ 20 Number importers of Mexican lobsters........................................... 9 Number of fishermen...........................................................700 Total catch for 1922, pounds............................................19,1 16,700 About 800,000 pounds of lobsters, most of which come from Mexican waters, are caught yearly, and the annual catch of sardines runs from two million to three million pounds. Varieties caught include anchovies, abalone, barracuda, bonita, jew fish, lobsters, king fish, halibut, mackerel, mullet, pompano, perch, flounder, croakers, chili-peppers, rock bass, rock cod, sardines, sea bass, sea trout, sand bass, sand dabs, smelt, skipjack, shark, squid, sheephead, sword fish, Spanish mackerel, horse mackerel, sculpin, skate, tuna, yellowtail, spiny lobster, clams (pismo, cockles and soft shell) mussels and turtles. (For sport fishing see “Sports”) San Diego is the only point on the United States west coast that is reached by many warm water species. It is the first American port struck in northward runs by albacore and other fishes of similar habits. At the end of 1922 there were in San Diego seven canneries representing an investment of $875,000, and these were supplied by 150 boats valued at $750,000. The total annual pack of the canneries for that year was 240,000 cases. A branch office of the Commercial Fisheries Department of the California State Fish and Game Commission is located in San Diego for the purpose of making statistical records on ocean fish depletion, of encouraging deep sea fishing and canning, and of enforcing the fish and game laws. HARBOR San Diego harbor is landlocked, free of currents, and easily accessible for all types of vessels in all kinds of weather conditions. It is the first United States port north of the Panama canal and one of the three natural, deep-water harbors on the Pacific Coast. Port charges vary monthly in San Diego as in all other Pacific Coast ports, but are as low at all times as any on the coast. Depth of water: Over bar.......................................................36 feet At harbor entrance.............................................65 feet In channel..................................................35 to 70 feet Middlegrounds..................................................37 feet Municipal pier No. 1: Depth alongside. . ............................................ 35 feet Width and length........................................800 and 130 feet Lineal feet of dock space......................................1730 feet Loading weight and square-foot, capacity....................600 pounds Lineal feet of docking space, all piers..................................1 1,130 Depth alongside averages...........................................22 to 35 feet Municipal harbor improvements: Cost, exceeding..............................................$1,730,000 Municipal Pier No. 1, with warehouse....................104,000 sq. feet Bulkhead, reclaiming 80 acres tideland..................2675 lineal feet Dredging............................................2,000,000 cubic yds. Tidelands: Frontage on bay.........................................49,820 lineal feet Leased to industries................................1 7,420 feet Donated to U. S. Government.........................18,400 feet Remaining frontage, yet available.......................14,000 lineal feet 14Harbor Improvements Uncompleted: Municipal Pier No. 2, Mole Type, Filled in, 400x1000 ft..............................$750,000 HEALTH Conditions: Equable temperature (see temperature). Much sunshine, and pleasant ocean breezes. Fresh fruits and vegetables every month in the year. Pure, filtered mountain water. Efficient plumbing, housing, milk, meat, food and sanitary inspection. Infant welfare activities. Excellent sewer system and natural drainage. Advantages of climate in: Curative agent Critical periods of childhood..............Freedom from rigors of climate Old age....................................Freedom from rigors of climate Convalescence..............................Freedom from rigors of climate Bronchitis and winter colds................Freedom from rigors of climate Asthma..............................Dry atmosphere, few miles from coast Hay fever...........................................................Causes absent Malaria.............................................................Causes absent Weak heart.............................................................Low Altitude Insomnia.............................Relaxation, characteristic of climate Rheumatism, gout........................Dry atmosphere, medical waters INFANT MORTALITY In the statistical report of the American Child Health Association of Washington, D. C., covering infant mortality rates for the year 1922 in 635 cities of the United States, San Diego is featured among the cities with a population of from 50,009 to 100,000 as having the third lowest infant mortality rate, only 47 deaths of infants per 1,000 children born. HISTORY—SOME NOTABLE FACTS 1542—Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain, discovered San Diego Bay. 1602—Sebastian Viscaino, Spanish explorer, gave the bay the name it now bears. 1 769—Father Junipero Serra built and dedicated first California mission. 1811—Mexicans started revolution against Spain. 1822—Mexican government established. 1834—Pueblo, San Diego, organized. 1846—John C. Fremont arrived and raised American flag. 1850— City incorporated. U. S. quartermaster depot established. 1851— First newspaper issued. 1870—Military reservation on Point Loma established. ¡871—Work on Santa Fe Railroad started, and city offices opened a year later. !873—City water system with mountain reservoirs established. 1886—Street railway company organized and first car run. 1890—County court house completed, costing $200,000. 1912—City purchased entire water supply system for municipality. |9|5—The Panama-California Exposition operated during 365 days of 1915, and was continued during all of 1916, thus making it the longest continued exposition in the history of the world. ]917—San Diego chosen as site for the great U. S. Army cantonment for Southern California, U. S. Marine Base, U. S. Naval Training Station, U. S. Army Aviation School, U. S. Submarine Operating Base, U. S. Naval Hospital, etc.; and thereby made the greatest military rendezvous west of Chicago. ]919__Issue of good roads bond to amount of $2,300,000, to build 133 additional miles of concrete roads in San Diego County. New transcontinental railway connection effected through the completion of the San Diego and Arizona Railway. . 1920__San Diego designated as capital of newly created Eleventh Naval District, controlling all naval activities on this portion of the Pacific Coast. !922—Rehabilitation of stately Exposition buildings in Balboa Park gives San Diego splendid community center. . . . !923__Loma Portal Naval Training Station, largest and finest in the West, commissioned. 15SAN DIEGO San Diego County extends approximately 60 miles from the Pacific Coast, and 70 miles north of the international border, and therefore contains, in round numbers, 4200 square miles—an area almost as great as that of Connecticut. The land rises gently from sea level to heights of more than 5,000 feet, at a distance of 60 miles from the coast. From this crest the land to the east drops rapidly to the level lands of Imperial Valley. The arable portions of the County are divided into a series of terraces, or plateaus. The lower, or coast terrace, comprises a number of valleys with intervening mesas. Next comes a series of large and beautiful valleys at an elevation of from 400 to 500 feet. The third terrace has an altitude of from one thousand to twenty-five hundred feet, and is broken into numerous small intervening valleys, nooks and glens. The rest of the territory is mountainous. The entire tillable land is estimated by the government to be more than 500,000 acres. The various elevations afford climatic conditions of both the semi-tropics and temperate zones, and consequently a great variety of horticultural products are grown. Some fruit or crop ripens in every month of the year. Among the products, crops and fruits developed are the following: Alfalfa, almonds, apples, apricots, avocados, barley, beans, cherries, corn, figs, grapes (table, wine and raisin), grapefruit, hay, honey and wax, kaffir corn and milo maize, lemons, olives, oranges, peaches, pears, plums and prunes, potatoes, tomatoes, walnuts and poultry and eggs. A maximum of sunlight and a soil containing, to an exceptional degree, all the chemical elements necessary to plant life, unite to produce an exceptional agricultural development. While rainfall in the county averages about twenty inches a year, the absence of devastating storms, which wash from the soil its elements of fertility, has permitted the land to enrich itself as in few other places, and through the mild, fresh days the business of making things grow has a pleasure unknown in rigorous climates. 16;0 COUNTY More and more attention is being given to livestock, and beef cattle herds greatly improved in the past few years by the addition of blooded stock. Large cattle ranches are found in the upland country. Guernseys, Here-fords, Jerseys, Angus and Holsteins predominate. Hog ranches, specializing in pure bred stock, are scattered throughout the county. Hampshires, Duroc-Jerseys and Poland Chinas are the principal breeds. Climatic conditions are exceptionally favorable for poultry raising. This industry is expanding rapidly, and each year sees bigger shipments of eggs to eastern and middle western markets. Flocks run in numbers from a few hens that supply the family table, to several thousand birds. Sheep, goats and rabbits also are profitably raised. San Diego County ranks third in California in the production of lemons. The principal citrus districts are El Cajon, Chula Vista, Lemon Grove, Escondido and Fallbrook. The Escondido and El Cajon districts lead in orange production. The acreage devoted to grapefruit is small. The principal grape producing sections are the Escondido, El Cajon and Poway Valleys, nearly 10,000 acre8 being given over to vineyards. The annual rainfall in the mountain district of the County is moderately heavy. The winter rains of 1921 -1922 were of such volume, in the higher parts, as to fill to overflowing the several reservoirs of the city water system, and assuring a five-year supply. In the city of San Diego, the normal annual precipitation is ten inches, usually confined to the months of November, December, January, February and March. A number of irrigation systems provide water for farms and orchards. In some localities, however, where favorable conditions of soil and rainfall obtain, certain crops are successful without irrigation. A network of splendid roads and paved highways spreads over the country, centering on the city of San Diego. The Board of Supervisors of San Diego County are Mrs. Mildred Greene, E. A. Hornbeck, Joseph Foster, Charles L. Good and Thomas M. Hurley. 17GOLF COURSES Length Bogey Par Holes Municipal (“Golden Hill”) 6,500 Yds. 88 71 18 La Jolla, about 2,600 Yds. 38 33 9 Point Loma, about • 3,000 Yds. 80 72 9 Coronado 6,200 Yds. 75 72 18 San Diego Country Club (Chula Vista). . . . 6,650 Yds. 72 72 18 La Mesa Country Club 3,000 Yds. 46 37 9 The Municipal golf course is open to the general public upon payment of a small fee per game. This course is within 10 minutes’ ride of the downtown district. Guest cards are required for play on the private golf courses. HOTELS San Diego has many modern hotels. Rates are reasonable, and service excellent. The representative hotels here listed are those associated with the San Diego-California Club. Name Address Rate per Day Rate per Week Admiral 410 A Street $1.00 to $2.50 $6.00 to $15.00 Albany 868 Union Street 1.00 to 2.50 5.00 to 14.00 Arlington 1206-5th Street . .50 to 1.00 3.00 to 5.00 Botsford 1048-6th Street 1.50 to 3.00 9.00 to 18.00 Brewster 4th and C Streets 1.00 and up 6.00 and up Broadway 222 Broadway 1.00 to 2.50 5.00 to 15.00 Bronx 1501-5th Street 1.00 to 3.00 4.00 to 12.00 Casa Loma 320 Fir Street 1.00 to 2.50 6.00 to 15.00 Cecil 1134-6th Street 1.50 to 2.50 10.50 to 15.00 Chickasaw 944 State Street .75 to 1.00 3.50 to 6.00 Churchill 9th and C Streets 2.00 to 6.00 No weekly rate Clark 3rd and B Streets 1.00 to 2.00 5.00 to 8.00 Del Coronado Coronado 7.00 to 15.00 49.00 to 98.00 De Luca 738 F Street .50 to 1.00 2.50 to 5.00 Federal 237 West F Street 1.00 to 2.00 5.00 to 12.00 Ford 1 I35-3rd Street 1.00 to 2.50 6.00 and up Frey 325 Market Street 1.00 to 1.50 4.00 to 5.00 Golden West 4th and G Streets .50 to 1.00 2.50 to 5.25 Grant Terrace Inn 718 Ash Street 2.50 to 5.00 10.00 to 18.00 Haddon Hall I3347־th Street Minimum $25.00 per month Harvard 2nd and B Streets 1.50 to 2.50 7.00 to 14.00 Hawaiian 519-5th Street .75 to 1.00 3.50 to 6.00 Holland 4th and B Streets 1.50 to 3.00 No weekly rate Horton 332 F Street .75 to 1.00 3.00 to 5.00 Keystone 943-10th Street 1.00 to 2.50 5.00 to 15.00 King Edward 73O-7th Street King George 7th and E Streets 1.00 to 3.50 No weekly rate Kingston 1 161-5th Street 1.00 to 1.50 6.00 to 7.00 Knickerbocker 3rd and E Streets 1.50 to 3.00 9.00 to 17.50 Lanier 310 Ash Street 1.00 to 2.50 5.00 to 15.00 Lloyd 1334-1st Street 1.00 to 1.50 4.50 to 5.00 Lubin 212 West C Street 1.25 to 2.00 6.00 to 10.00 Lynne 1010-8th Street .75 to 1.50 3.00 to 7.50 Majestic 536 F Street .50 to 1.00 5.00 to 7.00 Martin 930-7 th Street 1.00 to 2.50 5.00 to 10.00 Maryland 6th and F Streets 1.50 to 3.00 No weekly rate Metropole 124 Broadway 1.00 to 2.00 5.00 to 10.00 Merchants 133 West Broadway .50 to 1.00 3.00 to 6.00 New Palace 480 Elm Street 1.50 to 4.00 No weekly rate New Southern 6th and B Streets 1.00 to 2.50 7.00 to 15.00 Nye 1041 -6th Street 1.50 to 2.00 7.00 to 12.00 Onyx 856-5th Street 1.00 to 1.50 5.00 to 7.00 Palms 509-12th Street 1.00 to 2.00 Park 3361 -5th Street 1.25 to 2.00 5.00 to 10.00 Polhemus 636 C Street 1.50 to 2.50 6.00 up Ramona 1450-4th Street 1.25 to 2.00 6.00 to 10.00 Reiss 1432-1st Street 1.00 4.00 to 5.00 St. James 830-6th Street 1.00 to 2.50 6.00 up Sandford 1323-5th Street 1.00 to 2.50 6.00 to 15.00 San Diego 339 West Broadway 1.00 to 2.50 No weekly rate Santa Rita 836-1st Street 1.00 to 1.50 5.00 to 7.00 Schneider 8th and Market Streets 1.00 to 1.50 5.00 to 8.00 18Name Address Rate per Day Rate per Week Tioga 3rd and B Streets 1.50 to 2.00 9.00 to 12.00 Troy 1056-6th Street 1.50 to 2.00 6.00 to 12.00 Vernon 214 West F Street 1.00 to 1.50 4.00 to 6.00 Waldorf 1037-4th Street 1.50 to 2.00 No weekly rate White House IO53-2nd Street 1.00 to 3.50 5.00 to 15.00 Yale F and 1 st Streets 1.00 to 2.00 5.00 to 10.00 INDUSTRIAL The manufacturing plants operating in San Diego, of which there are over two hundred, include, among some of the larger: Cotton Seed Oil and by-products, Fish Canneries (see Fishing), Lumber Mills, Auto-mob le 1 ires, Meat Packing, Salt Works, Cracker Factory, Olives, Olive Oil, Onyx and Marble, Cement Pipe, Gas Engines, Hoists, Irrigation Machinery, Fertilizer, Power Boats, Building Materials, Soap, Dairy Products, Citrus Oil Products, Furniture, Brick, Flour, Water Heaters, etc. Approximately 1000 acres of splendid industrial sites are available along the shores of San Diego bay. Title to these lands is held by the San Diego Chamber of Commerce, through which organization they were purchased by popular subscription. Sites may be purchased direct from the Chamber of Commerce at prices considerably lower than their present market value, in order to stimulate the city’s industrial development. Two railroads cross these properties, the Santa Fe and the San Diego & Arizona railway. PUBLIC LIBRARY With a public library circulation of 835,960 volumes in 1922—approximately eight books to each resident of the city—San Diego established a per capita reading record exceeding that of any other city in the United States. This high mark was due in part to the generous policy of the board of library trustees, which allows five books to a person at one time, and in part to the wide distribution of library branches and deposit stations. The library has on its shelves 96,394 volumes and its daily average circulation is 2654 volumes. Special Departments The library strives to give accurate, quick, willing service to every class and age of reader. Great emphasis is placed upon work for children by weekly story-hours; by lessons to school grades on how to use the library, and by deposits of books in all the schools. A librarian, trained in the Economics Division of the New York Public Library, gives her entire time to practical reference work for the business men of the city, in a department where federal and state documents are catalogued, and trade and technical pamphlets are collected for circulation. The reference department makes specialties of expensive current industrial directories and of local history. Its attendants answer more than one thousand questions a month, by telephone, letter or personal call. Current newspapers from every state in the Union and more than five hundred magazines are on file in the big reading room, in the library annex. The main library building, at Eighth and E Streets, an $80,000 brick and concrete structure, was given to the city by Andrew Carnegie. It stands on a half block of green lawn edged with Royal Hawaiian palms. Branches of the library are maintained at La Jolla, Logan Heights, University Heights, Ocean Beach, Washington School, Brooklyn School, Stockton School, Grant School, and North Park. It has seventy-one deposit stations (21 schools, 41 stores, 12 clubs and camps). LIBRARY STATISTICS Valuation of library system......................................................$332,368 Number of card holders............................................................ 44,420 Cost of operation (1922).......................................................... 77,196 Total annual circulation......................................................... 835,960 Number of volumes on shelves...................................................... 96,394 Mounted pictures for circulation................................................... 8,230 Pamphlets for circulation......................................................... 20,021 Volumes of music for circulation (estimated)......................................... 1,31 1 Stereoscopic sets for circulation.................................................. 2,216 Public documents for reference use................................................. 9,500 Maps for reference use............................................................... 833 Honorary membership cards in the San Diego-California Club entitle holders to full library privileges without further indorsement. LAW LIBRARY In addition to the usual sources of legal information, there is, in the Union Building, an excellent law reference library of more than 6,000 volumes, for the free use of members of the bar and others desiring it. 19MISSIONS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY San Diego de Alcala—California’s first mission. Distance from center of city.................................................8 miles Area (buildings and grounds).............................................136 acres Founded at Old Town (North San Diego) July 16, 1769 by Padre Junipero Serra. Moved from Presidio to present location, 1774. San Luis Rey de Francia: Founded by Padre Fermin Francisco de Lasuen, June 13, 1798. Became most prosperous under the direction of Padre Peyri. Bebuilt and rededicated May 12, 1893, by Father J. J. O’Keefe, for use as a Missionary College of the Franciscan order. Paia Asistencia: Famous for campanile. Founded by Padre Peyri, 1816. MOUNTAIN RESORTS In the uplands of San Diego County are a number of popular health and pleasure resorts picturesquely situated in foothills and mountains and nearly all of them accessible the year around over well-improved highways. Among them are the following: Alpine Tavern—Thirty miles northeast of San Diego on state highway. Elevation, 2000 feet. Aurelia—Fifty miles east of San Diego on Campo route to Imperial. Elevation, 2290 feet. Boulevard—Sixty-four miles east of San Diego on state highway. Elevation, 3800 feet. Buckman Springs—Sixth-three miles east of San Diego on state highway. Mineral springs. Elevation, 3225 feet. Campo—Fifty-two miles east of San Diego, near international boundary, on San Diego and Arizona Railway. Elevation, 2453 feet. Carriso Gorge—Seventy-six miles east of San Diego on state highway. Elevation, 2380 feet. Descanso—Forty-two miles east of San Diego on state highway. Elevation, 3480 feet. Flynn Springs—Twenty-two miles northeast of San Diego on state highway. Elevation, 1200 feet. Hulburd Grove—Forty-three miles east of San Diego, two miles off state highway. Elevation, 3500 feet. Jacumba—Seventy-four miles east of San Diego on state highway, near international boundary. Hot sulphur springs. Elevation, 2800 feet. Laguna Park—Sixty miles east of San Diego in Cleveland national forest. Elevation, 5000 to 6000 feet. Los Terrenitos—Forty miles east of San Diego on state highway. Elevation, 3300 feet. Mistletoe Lodge—Seventy miles east of San Diego on state highway. Elevation, 3222 feet. Oakzanita—Forty-six miles northeast of San Diego on Cuyamaca-Julian road. Elevation, 4000 feet. Palomar Mountain—Sixty-eight miles northeast of San Diego in Cleveland national forest reserve. Elevation, 6126 feet. Pine Hills—Sixty-two miles northeast of San Diego near Ramona-Julian road. Elevation, 4316 feet. Planwydd—Sixty-eight miles northeast of San Diego on Palomar Mountain. Elevation, 5625 feet. Powam Lodge—Fifty-six miles northeast of San Diego, at Mesa Grande. Elevation, 3350 feet. The Oaks—Thirty-two miles east of San Diego, two miles off state highway from Alpine. Elevation, 2000 feet. The Willows—Thirty-three miles east of San Diego on state highway. Elevation, 2425 feet. Warner Hot Springs—Seventy miles northeast of San Diego. Hot sulphur springs. Elevation,^3300 feet. WildwoodGlen—Thirty-nine miles east of San Diego on state highway. Elevation, 3300 feet. 20NEWSPAPERS—DAILY Circulation The San Diego Union (daily, morning). Union Building.................20,500 The San Diego Union (Sunday morning), Union Building.................28,000 The San Diego Tribune (afternoon), Union Building....................17,200 The San Diego Sun (afternoon), 1 165 Seventh Street..................18,263 The great press associations of the nation supply full leased wire service to San Diego Newspapers as follows: Associated Press, Union Building (San Diego Union and San Diego Tribune). International News Service, 121 Broadway, Room 225 (San Diego Tribune). United Press, Seventh and B Streets (San Diego Sun). Universal Service, 121 Broadway, Room 225 (San Diego Union). The larger pictorial and feature syndicates also supply an extensive service. A number of excellent weekly papers also are published. CITY PARKS AND PUBLIC MUSEUMS San Diego’s public park system, which is one of the most extensive in the country, includes twenty-four parks, embracing an area in excess of 2000 acres. It includes the following recreation and educational centers: Balboa Park—Area, 1400 acres, situated at northeastern edge of business district, and around which is built much of the residential part of the city, was the site of the Panama-California Exposition in 1915-16. Most of the exposition buildings and other improvements, which represent an outlay of millions of dollars, have been retained and made permanent. These include the California State building, a quarter-million-dollar, reinforced concrete structure, which is said to be one of the finest examples of Spanish architecture in America. From its tower may be seen a magnificent panorama embracing bay, ocean, mountains, and the islands off the coast of Mexico. This building now houses a fine library of science endowed by the late W. W. Whitney. Cabrillo bridge, 135 feet in height and a quarter mile in length, forms the main western entrance to the park. Museum and Archaeological Institute—Occupies three of the restored exposition buildings, and includes almost priceless exhibits of ancient American art, architecture and history, anthropology, and the cultural history of man, especially of the American Indian. An excellent art academy is maintained in connection with the fine arts section and is patronized by students from all parts of the country. Spreckels Organ Pavilion—-This pavilion and the outdoor organ, the only one of its kind in the world, were given to the city by John D. and Adolph B. Spreckels. The pavilion is frequently the scene of outdoor pageants and musical events, and recitals are given here daily throughout the year. The average number of concerts missed in a year on account of inclement weather is only three. Natural History Museum—This institution, occupying one of the most spacious buildings in the park, is replete with interesting collections of American fauna, flora and minerals. Illustrated lectures and other programs are given for members of the Natural History Society and others who are interested. Zoological Gardens—This attraction, one of the most popular in the park, is under the management of the Zoological Society. The highest flying cage in the world, “cageless” type quarters for lions and other dangerous animals, unique compounds for camels and elephants, and a series of dams and lakes for aquatic birds, are features of the gardens. Civic Auditorium—This building, which was restored by the Civic Auditorium Association, is a beautiful and adequate setting for the many conventions that assemble in San Diego. Painted Desert—A faithful replica of the habitations of Indian tribes of New Mexico and Arizona. This Indian village, constructed by the Santa Fe Railway as one of its contributions to the exposition, is now headquarters of the Boy Scouts. One of the buildings in the Pepper Grove picnic grounds serves as headquarters for the Girl Scouts. American Legion Museum—This museum, occupying a building on the plaza, houses an interesting exhibit of war relics. Golf and Tennis—Facilities for golf are provided on an excellent eighteen-hole, standard-length course in the Golden Hill section of the park, ten minutes by trolley from the business center of the city. In the same section of the park are six tennis courts, under control of the playgrounds department, and six concrete-paved courts have been installed in the exposition section by the San Diego County Tennis Association. 21Fine Arts Building—This modern, fire-proof structure, plans for which have been approved, will cost more than a quarter million dollars. 11 will be a gift to the city from Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Bridges. Montezuma Garden—Here, in the spring, thousands of pansies overflow the formal borders, and, later, stately zinnias appear. Montezuma Garden is an artists’ paradise, and thousands of kodak pictures have carried the story of its beauties to the corners of the earth. Botanical Building—This and the lagoon in front of it constitute a perennial beauty spot. Exotic lianas, orchids, gigantic bamboo and dainty palms delight the eye of the visitor in this building. The lagoon, in season, is massed with lotus and pond lilies of many hues, and beneath its surface swim gold fish of all shapes and sizes. Auto Camp Grounds—A modern camp, situated in Balboa park, equipped with dining hall, kitchens, shower baths, laundry trays and other conveniences. Has accommodations for 500 automobile parties. Torrey Pines Park—A park as Nature made it, overlooking the sea from high cliffs north of La Jolla; habitat of the wind-blown Torrey pines, which are found only one other place in the world. This park is the mecca of picnic parties. The recent addition of a handsome lodge where refreshments may be had makes this an ideal spot for a quiet outing amid romantic surroundings. In addition to the municipally-owned parks near the city there are open to the public: Mission Cliff Gardens, seven acres, overlooking Mission Valley. Sunset Cliffs, on the west side of Point Loma, overlooking the sea. Cleveland National Forest Purpose—to preserve and to foster a watershed. Proclaimed by President Harrison, February 25, 1893. Acreage within boundaries..........................................813,616 Acreage under U. S. title..........................................547,851 Location river sources from Banning, California, to Mexican line. Mountain groups included: San Jacinto, Palomar, Cuyamaca and Santa Ana. PLAYGROUNDS Rose Park Playground, Eleventh and Twelfth, and I and J Streets. University Heights Playground, Idaho between Lincoln and Polk. Golden Hill Playground, southeast corner of Balboa Park, between Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Streets. Logan Heights Playground, Logan Heights La Jolla Playground, located at La Jolla, San Diego. Land valued at.....................................................$162,000 Buildings and equipment valued at.................................. 110,000 Total valuation............................................$272,000 Directors and Employes, 19. Notable activities: Outdoor and indoor dances, community singing, social and civic clubs, Campfire Girls, Boy Scouts, dramatics, lectures, moving pictures, entertainments. All kinds of athletic games, baseball, football, basket ball, volley ball, hand ball, captain ball, playground ball, tennis, swimming, track athletics, croquet, quoits, etc. Social, aestehtic, dramatic and gymnastic dancing classes. Basketry, raffia and craft work. Sewing and domestic science. All forms of recreation and wholesome amusements. Festivals and public demonstrations. POLICE DEPARTMENT Value of buildings and equipment.........................................$ 82,500 Total operating expenses, 1922............................................181,128 Number of persons in department........................................... 101 POPULATION 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 2,300 2,637 16,156 17,700 39,578 74,683 The foregoing figures are taken from the federal census reports. The figures are for the city of San Diego proper. The adjacent communities of East San Diego, Coronado and National City, which are to all intents a part of the city of San Diego, with the unregistered portion of the city’s population, give an additional population which is conservatively estimated to make the total in excess of 125,000. The city directory for 1923 gives the population of San Diego as 116,876, and the metropolitan district, embracing the bay region and nearby communities, as 142,026. 22PUBLIC UTILITIES Street Car System: Number of cars (passenger)................................................. 133 Motor-coaches................................................................ 3 Work-cars................................................................... 15 Passenger cars under construction........................................... 50 Motor-coaches under construction............................................ 10 Total................................................................. 211 Number of employes........................................................ 573 Trackage (owned and leased)..............................................88 miles Daily revenue car mileage................................................10,293 Gas (San Diego Consolidated Gas and Electric Company, Electric Building, Sixth and E Streets): Meters installed....................................................,....33,716 Rates, first 600 cubic feet, per month.......................................74 Miles of mains installed....................................................595 Electricity: Meters installed.........................................................37,548 Net lighting rate per month per K. W. hour...................................08 Monthly minimum..............................................................90 Miles of pole line installed............................................... 859 Water: Meters...................................................................20,151 Rate per 100 cubic feet.................................................. $0.15 Minimum rate per month.................................................... 1.00 (For water supply see “Water”) Telephone Lines: Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, main office, I 130 Sixth Street. Number telephones installed..............................................23,330 Rates, $2 to $3.25 for residences and $5.50 to $6.75 a month for business concerns. Telegraph Lines: American District Telegraph Company, 341 Plaza. Federal Telegraph Company, 341 Plaza. Federal Telegraph Company, 961 First Street. Postal Telegraph-Cable Company, 1044 Fourth Street, and Hotel del Coronado, Coronado. Western Union Telegraph Company, 341 Plaza. Branches: Hotel del Coronado, Coronado; La Jolla, National City, La Mesa, Lakeside, Mesa Grande, Lemon Grove, El Cajon, and all stations of the San Diego and Arizona Railway. RAILROADS Any ticket office in the United States will sell you a through ticket to San Diego over any route that you may wish to travel. Two transcontinental lines terminate at San Diego—the Santa Fe Railway and the San Diego and Arizona Railway. The San Diego and Arizona Railway, completed December 1, 1919, operates in connection with the Southern Pacific, Rock Island and El Paso & Southwestern Golden State Route, and also in connection with the Southern Pacific Sunset Route via New Orleans. There is through Pullman service on all railroads serving San Diego. The San Diego and Arizona Railway passes across the border for a distance of 44 miles through Lower California; through magnificent Carriso Gorge and through the famous Imperial Valley of California, below sea level. This railway, 148 miles long, cost about $18,000,000. The highest elevation, at Hipass, Calif., is 3657 feet. Lowest, near Seeley, Calif., 47.4 feet below sea level. 23RENTALS AND HOME COSTS Homes: Four-room bungalows, complete..........................................$2,500 up Five- and six-room bungalows....................................$3,500 to $8,500 Seven- to nine-room, two-story houses...........................$6,000 to $12,000 Ten or more rooms......................................................$7,000 up Good residence lots, according to location.............................$500 up Homes, unfurnished................................................$30.00 to $75.00 Homes, furnished..................................................40.00 to 100.00 Rentals for furnished homes in preferred localities will exceed this range. Apartments (furnished) Monthly Rates— Low High Single apartments..........................................$22.50 $75.00 Double apartments.......................................... 40.00 165.00 Note: A single apartment consists of a combination living and sleeping room, kitchenette and bath. RESTAURANTS AND CAFES The restaurants, cafes and cafeterias of San Diego are well known for their excellence of cuisine. There are more than 100 of these restaurants in and about the shopping district of the city—from the most luxuriant to the quaint—Mexican, French, Oriental or Italian— all catering to the whims of the appetite, with bills of fare made especially attractive on account of their proximity to the source of supply of Southern California’s great variety of fruits, vegetables, sea foods and game. SCHOOLS—PUBLIC From kindergarten to junior college, the public schools of San Diego are unexcelled in teaching personnel and for equipment and buildings. Many of the schools, especially those of the lower grades, are virtually out-of-door schools, the buildings being so constructed that the glass sides are easily opened to admit the maximum of fresh air and sunshine. With modern and beautiful buildings, a high order of teaching personnel, an efficient administrative staff and generous and modern equipment, the city’s schools offer exceptional opportunities for a thorough and liberal education. The high school buildings, situated in Balboa park, constitute a group equal to many of the smaller colleges of the country. There are two new junior high school buildings, costing with equipment approximately a half million dollars each and accommodating pupils of grades 7, 8 and 9. School Statistics The valuation of the high school buildings and equipment is estimated at $1,560,000, and of the elementary school buildings and equipment at $2,000,000. Total expenditures of the school system in 1922 were as follows: High School.................................................$640,642.68 Elementary.................................................. 684,406.54 Kindergarten................................................. 87,165.75 Teachers: High school (teachers and principal)................................105 Night school, Smith-Hughes and part-time............................ 66 Principals, elementary schools...................................... 20 Supervisors......................................................... 6 Elementary schools..................................................265 Kindergartens....................................................... 25 Junior high schools.................................................110 Total number principals, supervisors, teachers.................597 Enrollment, 1921-22: High school......................................................3,254 Evening high school..............................................5,151 Smith-Hughes classes.............................................. 703 Elementary schools..............................................10,345 Kindergartens.....................................................1,508 Junior college.................................................. 230 Part-time classes................................................. 322 Total...........................................................21,513 Estimated total enrollment, 1922-23.................................23,000 24STATE TEACHERS’ COLLEGE AND JUNIOR COLLEGE Cost of buildings and equipment..............................................$400,000 The state school group of modern structures includes a main building that is considered one of the finest examples of architecture on the Pacific Coast; a training school of reinforced concrete, and auxiliary buildings for shops and agriculture. A library, gymnasium, auditorium, laboratories and studios are housed in the main building. The men’s department of physical education will occupy a new building which soon will be completed. The Teachers’ College has been granted the right to issue degrees for professional courses, putting it on a footing with other universities and colleges in the state for teacher training. A plan of building development which eventually will make this college one of the most up-to-date in the state, architecturally and otherwise, has been adopted. The Junior College has been associated since 1920 with the Teachers’ College. It has a two-year course and includes the curricula of the first two years of •the University of California and of other Pacific Coast universities and colleges. Enrollment: Regular enrollment averages approximately 1,000. Teachers’ College.....................................................300 Junior College........................................................300 Summer session....................................................... 400 Types of training: For the regular elementary school certificate. For the junior high school certificate. For the elementary special certificate in manual arts, fine arts, music, household arts, and physical culture. For the secondary (high school) certificate in physical education. Degree courses (A. B., major in education), with majors in elementary school and junior high school fields. Junior college curricula: Liberal arts, pre-engineering, pre-medical, pre-legal, and in accountancy, secretarial training and journalism. Athletics: Physical education is emphasized and includes regularly rowing, tennis, swimming, basket-ball, volley-ball and regular gymnastic training, and the usual college athletics for men. The school owns a boat-house and maintains two eight-oared barges. Calendar: A thirty-six weeks’ course, divided into two semesters. Students may enter the Teachers’ College three times a year and the Junior College twice a year. Summer school: Six weeks’ course; especially rich in special lectures and instructors. Training School : One of the best in the United States. Both it and the schools of San Diego County are available for practice teaching. SCHOOLS—PRIVATE Academy of Our Lady of Peace, 235 A Street. The Bishop’s School for Girls (Boarding), La Jolla. California Commercial College, 1023 Seventh Street. Federal Board for Vocational Education, 121 Broadway. French-American Designing School, 121 Broadway. Kelsey-Jenney Commercial College, 436 C Street. Knights of Columbus School, 846 Fifth Street. New Method School of Music, 820 Fifth Street. St. Augustine School for Boys (Catholic High School), 33rd and Nutmeg. San Diego Academy of Art, Balboa Park. San Diego Army and Navy Academy (Boarding), Pacific Beach. San Diego Business College, 961 Fourth Street. San Diego College of Music, 919 Fourth Street. San Diego Conservatory of Music, 1 740 Upas Street. Sawyer School of Secretaries, U. S. National Bank Building. Seventh Day Adventist School, Thirtieth and G Streets. Sloane School of Music, 1156 Seventh Street. University Heights School (Seventh Day Adventist), Illinois Street and Polk Avenue. 25STEAMSHIP LINES Various steamship lines and a large number of independent vessels avail themselves regularly of the superb harbor advantages of San Diego. Among the companies whose vessels call here are: The Pacific Steamship Company, operating a fleet of coastwise steamers; The McCormick Steamship Company; Vancouver and San Diego Navigation Company, Ltd.; Luckenbach Line; Isthmian Steamship Line; Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Steamship Company; Swayne and Hoyt Steamship Company; American-Hawaiian Steamship Company; Ocean Motorship Company (coastwise), and Los Angeles Steamship Company. SPORTS Yachting: Rowing (Men’s and Girls’ Clubs). Swimming (Ocean, San Diego Bay, Mission Bay, salt and fresh water plunges.) Fishing: Ocean varieties include: Tuna, barracuda, bonita, Jew fish, mackerel, rock bass, rock cod, sea bass, sea trout, skipjack, shark, sword fish, Spanish mackerel, sculpin, skate, yellowtail and halibut. Bay varieties include: Anchovies, halibut, perch, flounder, sand bass, smelt, mackerel, and other small fish. Surf varieties: Corvina, spot fin and yellowtail, croakers, and some varieties of shark. Shell fish, found on the rocks at low tide include: Abalone, mussels and clams (pisme, cockles and soft shell). Mountain lake fish, caught in the lakes and reservoirs of the back country include: Black bass, steelhead trout, salmon trout and rainbow trout. Hunting: Deer, quail, snipe, doves, many species of duck, geese, rabbits and bob cats are found a few hours’ ride from the city. Polo, horseback riding, golf, tennis, bowling, motoring, aquaplaning. Baseball: Summer and winter leagues, the latter composed largely of major league players, afford high class baseball the year ’round. STADIUM Seating capacity.....................................................30,000 Cost of construction...........................................$ 150,000.00 Maintained by the city, under supervision of the Board of Park Commissioners. The great stadium is located in a natural amphitheatre site, adjoining the San Diego High School grounds, and within Balboa Park. Some idea of the immense size of the structure may be obtained from the fact that, among other thjngs, it contains a quarter-mile cinder track. It is constantly used for athletic events of all kinds. A further idea of the immensity of the stadium may be had from the fact that chariot races have been staged in the enclosure. On account of San Diego’s matchless climate, the use of the stadium is not limited to athletics, but whenever a huge seating capacity is required, for such events as President Wilson’s speech (when he addressed the largest audience on his western tour in September, 1919); great pageants; conventions, military display, etc., the stadium is transformed into an open-air theatre. THEATERS Spreckels—Road productions. Pan tages—■V audeville.’’^ Broadway—Stock productions. There are 19 motion picture theatres where the current productions are shown. 26U. S. GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES Army, Navy, Marine Corps The United States government has spent many millions of dollars in San Diego in permanent stations for its air, land and sea forces, because official tests have proved the advantages, in comfort and efficiency, of this equable climate and continuous sunshine. The United States Navy Public Works Office was established in San Diego in 1917, since which time there have been expended in the vicinity of San Diego, under the jurisdiction of this office, up to July 1, 1923, the following amounts: U. S. Naval Air Station...................................................$3,968,000 U. S. Marine Barracks..................................................... 2,854,000 U. S. Fuel Depot............................................................ 816,000 U. S. Radio Stations.......................................................... I 13,000 U. S. Destroyer Base........................................................ 778,000 U. S. Naval Hospital...................................................... 1,080,000 U. S. Naval Supply Depot.................................................... 557,000 U. S. Naval Training Station.............................................. 2,183,000 U. S. Submarine Base........................................................ 307,000 Administration (Central Office).............................................. 461,000 Miscellaneous................................................................. 96,000 Total.................................................................$13,213,000 Value of work under way July 1, 1923........................................$2,715,000 Among the most important government establishments skirting San Diego harbor are the Marine barracks and the Naval Training station. The Naval Training station, commissioned June 1, 1923, is one of the largest in the country. The Naval hospital, occupying a commanding site at the southern edge of Balboa park, ultimately will comprise twenty-five buildings, representing a total cost of $5,000,000, and will have a capacity of 1,000 beds. Owing to the growing importance of San Diego as a naval base, the Eleventh Naval District was created and headquarters were established here in 1920. Other government establishments in the vicinity of San Diego include the following: U. S. Public Health Hospital, Camp Kearny. U. S. Quarantine Station, Point Loma. Fort Rosecrans, Point Loma. U. S. Marine Corps Rifle Range. WATER SUPPLY No city in the United States has a better quality of water than that which citizens of San Diego draw from their hydrants. It is caught from the clouds by mountain peaks, drips from upland flowers and shrubbery, and filters through granite formations into great mountain reservoirs, uncontaminated by sewage or refuse. Rates: 15c per 100 cubic feet, or 20c per 1000 gallons. Minimum, $1 a month. Present consumption: About 10,000,000 gallons a day. The water system has been purchased and developed at a cost of $12,550,000. City-owned Reservoirs: Area of Watershed Capacity Morena 119 square miles 17,492,000,000 gallons Barrett 130 square miles 13,979,000,000 gallons Upper Otay 12 square miles 1,000,000,000 gallons Lower Otay 86 square miles 18,352,000,000 gallons Emergency sources: City’s pumping plant in Mission Valley..........4,000,000 gallons daily Cuyamaca Lake, approximately....................4,000,000 gallons daily Lake Hodges, approximately......................3,000,000 gallons daily As a protection to consumers all water is filtered, aerated and chlorinated, and the entire system is policed by deputy sheriffs and inspectors. The water is tested daily. 27Analysis of Water Parts per Million Odor. ..............................................................None Taste...............................................................Good Color.............................................................Slight Sediment quick falling (turbidity)..................................None Total solids.......................................................21.39 Volatile and organic matter........................................ 2.10 Free ammonia..........................................................02 Albuminoid ammonia....................................................11 Nitrogen in nitrates................................................ Nil Oxygen required to oxidize organic matter at 212 degrees Fahr...... 3.05 Bacillus coli, communis..............................................Nil TAXES Tax rate, 1923. City, $2.00 per $100 of assessed valuation. County (including state and school taxes) $4.11 per $100 of assessed valuation. School taxes, for both city and county, are collected by the county. The 192324־ county rate includes $0.89 for county schools and $1.55 for city schools. At first glance the city and county tax rates may appear to be high. Owing to the system of assessing property, however, taxes in general are lower in San Diego than in most communities of around 125,000 population. City real estate is assessed at full value, but improvements are assessed by the city at only 15 % of cost. County assessment on both city and county property is approximately 40% of real value. The following example will give a clear idea of how assessments are made and the tax computed: Assuming a residence to be valued at $5000 and the lot at $1000, the residence will be assessed for 15% of cost, or $750. Together with the lot assessed at full value, $1000, the total assessment would be $1750. At the city tax rate, $2.00 per $100 of assessed valuation, the city taxes would be $35 per year. The county is assumed to assess both city and county property up to 40% of actual value. However, the rate is as low as 10% in many instances. The county taxes on a $6000 house and lot would amount .to approximately $30, making the total taxes in the neighborhood of $65. As a further illustration, three homes in different parts of San Diego were selected and the city and county taxes on each for the current year were noted as follows: Location Value of Home City Tax County Tax Total Tax West End.................$5800 $36.00 $31.00 $67.00 South Park............... 8000 29.00 53.00 82.00 Mission Hills............ 9000 44.00 65.00 109.00 From these figures it will be seen that the total taxes on a home in San Diego will be a little more than 1 % of the actual value. The per capita wealth in San Diego is $1192. Based on the full valuation of taxable property it would be twice that amount. The per capita indebtedness is $119. SAN DIEGO COUNTY FARM BUREAU The San Diego County Farm Bureau is an organization of the leading farmers of the county. The object of the organization is to promote activities and projects that will in any way tend to better or improve the agricultural conditions of the county. The farm bureau has taken an active part in the promotion of the development of water for irrigation use, improvement of the county roads, school facilities, and rural conditions of all kinds, and co-operates with educational agencies in introducing new crops and varieties of agricultural produce and in improving the general practice of agriculture. Nineteen agricultural communities have local branches of this organization, which are federated into a county organization. The county organization employs an executive secretary and maintains an office in the Chamber of Commerce Building. AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE The agricultural extension service is a local branch of the College of Agriculture of the University of California and the United States Department of Agriculture, and maintains 28a staff of specialists on the agriculture of San Diego County. The purpose of this organization is to furnish information on all agricultural subjects to those who desire this information. The agricultural extension service co-operates with the farm bureau in holding meetings and demonstrations for improved agricultural practice; and also gives service to individual farmers on special problems. A city office is maintained in the Chamber of Commerce Building, where information on the agriculture of the county and bulletins of the State Experiment Station and U. S. Department of Agriculture may be obtained. This service is free to all. Prospective settlers are invited to call or write to this office for information. ROADS AND HIGHWAYS A network of superb highways spreads in all directions from San Diego. The county paved highway system will be materially extended during 1923 and 1924 through plans calling for an expenditure of more than $500,000. The State Highway, paved for its entire distance between San Diego and Los Angeles, follows the shores of the Pacific Ocean for more than 70 miles, and then turns inland at San Juan Capistrano. San Diego is the western terminus of several transcontinental highways which, converging at El Paso, Tex., continue to the Pacific Coast over practically the same route. These highways enable motorists to come direct to San Diego over the most southern routes, open throughout the year, from all points in the middle west and east. The Bankhead Highway, originating at Washington, D. C., passes through Richmond, Va., Nashville, Tenn., Little Rock, Ark., Dallas and Kent, Tex. At Kent the Bankhead joins the Old Spanish Trail and continues through El Paso, Tex., to its western terminus at San Diego. The Lee Highway, beginning at New York City, passes through the national capital, and then continues west through Chattanooga and Memphis, Tenn., Little Rock, Ark., Lawton, Okla., northern Texas, and cuts through the southeastern part of New Mexico to El Paso and then on to San Diego. The Old Spanish Trail, originating at Jacksonville, Fla., goes by way of Tallahassee, Fla., Mobile, Ala., across Mississippi to Houston and San Antonio, Tex., to El Paso and San Diego. The Borderland highway, from El Paso, follows closely the International boundary line. Motorists travelling westward over this route, as well as the others, continue from El Paso through Deming, N. Mex., and Douglas, Bisbee, Tucson, Phoenix to Yuma, Ariz., where the motorist crosses the Colorado river over a great bridge. California is entered through the famous Imperial Valley, below sea level. From El Centro the route goes over the last range of mountains, where the highest elevation is less than 3300 feet. On the last lap of the journey the motorist passes swiftly through the foothills and valleys and finally glimpses San Diego, spread before him in a wondrous panorama that includes mountains, harbor and ocean. 29CITY AND COUNTY OFFICERS CITY OF SAN DIEGO Mayor—John L. Bacon Common Council—John A. Held Don M. Stewart, Virgilio Bruschi Fred A. Heilbron, Harry K. Weitzell City Attorney—S. J. Higgins Auditor and Assessor—H. L. Moody City Clerk—Allen H. Wright City Manager—F. A. Rhodes Harbor Master—Jos. W. Brennan Park Superintendent—•John G. Morley Treasurer and Tax Collector—Jack T. Millan Supt. of City Schools—H. C. Johnson Health Officer—Dr. A. M. Lesem Chief of Fire Department—Louis Almgren Chief of Police—־James Patrick COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO Board of Supervisors— Mrs. Mildred Greene, First District E. A. Hornbeck, Second District Joseph Foster, Third District Charles L. Good, Fourth District Thomas M. Hurley, Fifth District County Clerk—J. B. McLees County Assessor—George W. Moulton County Auditor—C. R. Hammond County Coroner—Schuyler C. Kelly District Attorney—Chester Kempley Farm Advisor—James G. France Public Administrator—Edwin Reed County Recorder—John H. Ferry Sheriff—James C. Byers Supt. of Schools—Miss Ada York County Surveyor—Ernest Childs County Tax Coll.—Herbert A. Croghan County Treasurer—George W. Heston 30