Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/San José (California)

SAN JOSÉ, a city and county-seat of Santa Clara co., Cal.; on the Guadalupe and Coyote rivers, and on the Southern Pacific railroad; 51 miles S. of San Francisco. It contains the State Normal School, the University of the Pacific (M. E.), the College of Notre Dame, the State Asylum for the Chronic Insane, United States Government building, Platt Home for Old Ladies, public library, Hall of Justice, Hall of Records, parks, hospitals, and court house. The city has electric street railroads, electric lights, National and State banks, and daily, weekly, and monthly periodicals. Its manufacturing interest is large, including a woolen mill, silk factories, lumber mills, tanneries, iron foundries, machine shops, and canning establishments. It is the center of an important fruit growing region. The city was established in 1782 by Spaniards, and was the capital of California under its first constitution. Pop. (1910) 28,946; (1920) 39,642.