The New Student's Reference Work/San José, Cal.

San José (hṓ-sā′), Cal., county-seat of Santa Clara County, is on Guadalupe River, 50 miles southeast of San Francisco. Besides a fine courthouse and a city-hall, it contains the state normal school, a Roman Catholic college for girls, St. Joseph's College for boys (R. C.), University of the Pacific (M. E.) and others. There are 32 churches, several charitable institutions and a public library. Near by is the famous Lick observatory. There are four parks, and the city is noted for its gardens and fruit. It is a center for fruit-canning and wine-manufacture, besides which there are flour, woolen and other mills. Population 28,946.