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VOL. 40. NEW YORK No. 2 F an accurate chart. of the Pacific coast of North America, showing in detail the bays and harbors, had been placed in the hands of an in- telligent Englishman in 1750, with the in- junction to pick out the probable location of the principal seaport towns, which would be created when America became populated, there is no doubt but that. he would have at once selected San Fran- cisco Bay, the Columbia River and Puget Fourth of a series of articles describing the principal harbors of the Pacific coast. Other articles have been published as follows: Portland, Ore., May, 1909. Seattle, Wash., July, 1909; Victoria and Vancouver, B. C., October, 1909. One more article will be pub- lished, Tacoma, Wash., probably in. March, 1910. GENERAL VIEW OF THE WHARVES OF SAN FRANCISCO LOOKING SOUTH FROM Sound as the location of the three prin- cipal commercial 'cities of the Pacific coast. The principal features of the harbors of the Columbia river and Puget Sound have been previously set forth in these pages. It now remains to discuss the harbor, which has called the city of San Francisco into being. San Francisco harbor is distinguished by being the scene of the most concen- trated population to be found on the Pacific coast--over 700,000 people live on San Francisco Bay within an area not exceeding 50 square miles--and by be- ing nearer the ocean than any othet Pacific coast harbor. Dense population, Ferry Depot. proximity to the sea and unusual nat- ural endowments have combined to make San Francisco harbor notable among the commercial ports of the world. As a result, harbor facilities, wharves, ware- houses, freight transfer terminals, fuel bunkers, dry docks and ship building plants, in number and capacity exceeding those of any other single Pacific coast city, have been constructed. But these are not the most important features of the harbor. The single feature, which is most noteworthy and which other ports can study with most profit, is founds in the fact that San Francisco has enjoyed the advantages of the ad-