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The United Staics Co\em,nent in official I.c(ordsshows ihat . rmports and expofts through the San FrAncis.o rastoms district for rne year amounlectto $327.209,118, a gain ol 9 ,295,7?5. ,, In connpclton-sflththe IoreigT and domesticlrade of lhis oort. rr rs norFw_or1.hy.that during the past year l3,b?3 ships arrjved and

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A compilationrevealsthat gZ4 new.manutaclurjngconcelqswere .. aoced to l'an !ranctlcos roster lasl year. Thp totai of new enter_ prlses ror the twctve-month period. enumerating induslrjal. com_ mer.lar and prolessronalendeavor.is listed as B,?03. , With lhe 924 new manufactuling firrns, t}le s+ajisti.al record snows.sanl.rancisconow has 12lg industrie!,Theseindusirial DIants aronFnc\c bz.JlJtlpn^ployaswith 2n annUcl l,avroll ul $75.522.412. I,anrtal I vpllpd .1 thene farlo"res is computednr whilp 9228,000,000. rna valup ot the an-lrurloutpul is placedar g4b3,8g?,400. A mur.thlough .e city and its env;rons is a revelation. In rhe , qor^nrolvn dtstt.td. gt.eatskyscraper!,rpared during the pas( rwelve monrhs,arp proofs of the conndencethal San Frrn.iscans have in the . Throughout the residential alistr.icts, stretchi[g far alown the ppnr,nsuta. are many magnificenlstru.lurps and hundredsoI lessDre_ renlrous_Out ctectdpdly.omfor'1able homesere(ted Lo meel the reouire_ ments of npw.omersand ihosc who have buun tong"" ld"niin"d";il Tt is.o,f.inlerasllo nore rhat in t923 Ihe rpal estaie lransaclions numopredt4,y4U,thF largcst in lhehisloryof thF.ily. Tbevalue was pla.ed ai $156.188.198, an increaspot $21t.960.960 ;r"; lh; il;;;;; p a a e . w i t h . i h i sp h r s p o f o u r c i r t s d e v p t o p m e ni si i h e ,Dul|orng . . , s " . p i n(onslructton* ln thc year t923, {he citizpns of San Fran.rsco expendpd.$46.676.0?9 for indus|l"ial..ommpr.ial ana iesia"nf,.af structures. This is further evidence .t it p"""p..iiy p."""ifi.g i" this district "

San Diego By G. c. RowAN San Diego Califor.niaCtub WAY ba.ckjn 1769Falher JunperoSerra plantedin San Dieso rne cornersloneol (rvitizaliononthe pacifi.coasi-Besides bL rng lne olrrhplcceoI westerncivilizarjon ,nd a ser{ ing for much g,fl.le romanceof.California'syouth,San O;"g" ;. ,"i,I""'r"-l"i"g b";' rnc begrnntng and endof the UnitedSlates- lhe firsaand last;f ihe

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