Identifier: sanfrancwat4192581930spri (find matches)
Title: San Francisco water
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Spring Valley Water Company (San Francisco, Calif.)
Subjects: Water-supply
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Spring Valley Water Co.
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: California State Library Califa/LSTA Grant

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run is Stanford University, withits red-roofed Spanish-type buildings set inextensive grounds, which offers world-famous educational advantages as well as varied am-ateur sports. For the golf-lover the MenloPark golf-course near by offers a splendidopportunity for play. The land is beautifully wooded and roll-ing, and so located that it is well protectedby the mountains to the west from the fogand winds to which the coast is exposed,giving a mild, even climate. A more beauti-ful background could not be imagined thanthese Santa Cruz Mountains, with theirwooded hills, always green, with blueshadows and marvelous cloud effects. Thenatural growth embraces a great variety oftrees: the stately redwood, the pine, thespreading oak, the aromatic bay, the euca-lyptus, and the red-branched madrone. TheCalifornia toyon, with its popular red ber-ries, and the manzanita and other wildshrubs grow thickly. In the spring themeadows are carpeted with wild flowers. All October, 1925 SAN FRANCISCO WATER
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Woods, the West Union and Polhemus tracts are Sprdevelopment and residential subdivi holdings destined for complete these combine to give delightful surround-ings and background for the outdoor lifefor which California is famous. The country is rich in lore of early Cali-fornia history. Don Gaspar de Portola passedthrough the valley on quest of a navigableharbor on the coast, and made camp near by.All the early explorers were enchanted bythe natural beauties of this district. Great care was exercised in the subdivi-sion of this tract so that none of its naturalbeauties might be lost or marred, with theresult that Portola Woods has become one ofthe most desirable suburban properties with-in a radius of fifty miles of San Francisco.This statement is substantiated by the factthat the major portion of the property hasnow been sold to twenty-eight individualpurchasers, in parcels ranging from five toforty acres in size, the new owners being en-thusiastic over the possibilities presented fo

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