1874 San Diego City Directory
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CITY OF SAN DIEGO.
in San Diego than any other city in the Union; while a large percentage of those who have died here in the past four years, are those who came in advanced stages of consumption, when too late to rally from the effects of long journeys, anxiety and weakness. (See Mortuary Table in appendix.)
MISCELLANEOUS.
An objectionable feature of new countries, from which San Diego is happily exempt, is the high cost of provisions and other articles of general use. Breadstuffs and meat are cheaper than at the east, and groceries quite as cheap. Fuel is higher than in wooded countries, but this is more than balanced by the small quantity necessary to be used. Very little, except for cooking, is required. Fire, mornings and evenings, is often agreeable in the winter, but seldom needed during the day at any season of the year.
Merchants may now ship their goods direct from New York via Panama, thus saving the extra expense of reshipment from San Francisco, saving the profits made by San Francisco wholesale dealers, and thereby materially reducing the cost of living.
Fare between San Diego and San Francisco is very low, owing to an opposition line of steamers. From four to ten dollars for first class fare, a distance of 456 miles. Freight is $2.50 per ton.
Lumber for building purposes can be laid down here from Puget Sound and Humboldt Bay, for from twenty-five to forty dollars per thousand.
Vegetables may be had at all seasons of the year, by irrigating during the summer months.
The bay and ocean, immediately outside, abound in fish of large size and most delicate flavor.
Wild geese and ducks are plentiful in winter; deer, rabbits and quail are found in the foot-hills.
Our natural roads are unsurpassed. Those which have been longest traveled by the old Spanish population are so solid and smooth that a horse's hoof leaves no impression upon them.
Tornadoes or other violent or destructive storms never
