1874 San Diego City Directory
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MISCELLANEOUS.
visit this place, and earthquakes are of very rare occurrence. Scarcely a tremor has been felt for many years.
An erroneous opinion has prevailed abroad that "going to California" was the end of labor; that when that western goal was reached, golden eagles were waiting for empty purses, and the almost spontaneous fruits of the earth were to be had for the gathering. This is a mistake as regards this section, as well as all other portions of the State. It requires energy, skill, and wisely applied means to obtain a livelihood and secure wealth, here as elsewhere. Those who possess most of these will ultimately prove most successful.
We do not advise healthful persons, who are comfortably settled in other homes, to dispose of them, with a view of making new ones here, without having previously visited this country and formed their own opinions of it, based on personal knowledge. But we will be pleased with the advent of all good people who shall be attracted to this delightful summer land of sunshine and flowers, and will heartily extend to them the welcoming hand of friendship and good will.
[From the "San Diego Union."]
The idea appears to be generally prevalent at the East that San Diego, lying so far south, must necessarily be an excessively hot place in the summer months. Our Eastern visitors are invariably astonished wvhen we refer them to the official records of our temperature made by the United States Signal Service Observer at this station. These records show that only once during the year 1873, the thermometer reached 85 degrees, and that was in November, and only once it went as low as 37 degrees, which was in February. The maximum and minimum heat in each of the twelve months is shown by the following figures, which represent degrees: In January, 74-43; February, 77-37; March, 72-40; April, 82-42; May, 75-52; June, 75-58; July, 77-60; August, 78-63 ; September, 82-55 ; October, 76-49 ; November, 85-49; December, 68-44. If a less variable and more completely temperate climate can be found on the face of the earth, we know not where it is. It is certainly not in the
