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VOL. XXXIV. CLEVELAND. DECEMBER 20, 1908. NO. 25 The Harbor of San Diego, California. Harbors that are safe, are not so plentiful on the Pacific coast of the United States as on the Atlantic side, but the lack of quantity is made up by the excellent quality of these hav- ens for sea-faring men. The | first By Clarence E. Edwords. trance is straight and easy of access. So smooth and placid are the waters that there is never any chafing of vessels lying alongside the docks, and so calm is the atmosphere that only once or twice a yeat do the winds BAY AND CITY OF SAN DIEGO FROM POINT LOMA. port of call for all vessels coming toward the United States from the south, on the Pacific ocean is San Diego, which has a harbor that ranks with the best in the world. It is the southernmost of all the harbors of California, and lies completely land- locked, affording full protection to shipping from any storm which may blow. No vessel has ever dragged her anchor, and no marine disaster has ever occurred on account of a storm in San Diego harbor. With an area of about twenty-two Square miles the harbor lies in the form of a crescent, thirteen miles long and varying from half a mile to two miles in width. So deep is the en- trance that "white water" is never seen there, and there is very little . perceptible swell. The bar at lowest tide marks 31.5 ft., while at high tide it reaches 35.5 ft. There are no hid- den reef, sunken rocks or treacherous currents to guard against, and the en- reach a velocity of twenty-five miles an hour. The strong northwesterly winds which prevail along the coast in the past thirty-four years the wind in San Diego harbor has reached a velocity of 40 miles an hour, and that was in February, 1878. The following table compiled by Ford A. Carpenter, local forecaster, United States weather bureau service, gives the highest wind velocity, direction and year for each years: Veloc- Dirge= Year, Month. ity. tion. Japwary 4-0 a7 SE 1873 February ....6..., 40 Be EROS March 3 Se a0 1876 AP. @. 3. ao. 30 ae 1877 May 2 33 5 1905 JUne 4 00. : 24 SW' 1886 Juarly op ee es 30 NW ' ) 1881 Aoust 36 25 SW 1900 September > 12.2 28 NW 1881 October 205.06) 32 INV 077 November? % «0.5.4 a8 W 1905 December'... .2: .. $0 NW _ 1887 # Direction missing WHITE SQUADRON IN SAN DIEGO HARBOR, FLAGSHIP CHICAGO, MARBLE- HEAD, PRINCETON, PERRY, PAUL JONES, BOSTON AND : FRENCH CRUISER PROTET. are fended off by Loma peninsula which forms the northwestern shore of the bay. o : It is a matter worthy of note that The average channel depth of 122 of the principal ports of the world is 30.06 ft. The channel depth of the harbor of San Diego is 35.5 ft., while