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be urgent. The pioneers of this
Coast had to consider the problem
of city-building, by force of their
circumstances, and could not
shun this task. Their wisdom was
frequently at fault, and the best
they could do was to select two or
three practicable sites, and allow the
unseen factors, and the accidental
influences, to control the result.
The commerce of this harbor would
not go up to "New York of the Pacific",
where were many facilities, fifty miles
nearer to the production centers of all
the business then going on. It would
not go up to Benicia, where ample | cams_benton_b028_f005_001_009[upper right corner]
i
be urgent. The pioneers of this
Coast had to consider the problem
of city-building, by force of their
circumstances, and could not
shun this task. Their wisdom was
frequently at fault, and the best
they could do was to select two or
three practicable sites, and allow the
unseen factors, and the accidental
influences, to control the result.
The commerce of this harbor would
not go up to "New York of the Pacific",
where were many facilities, fifty miles
nearer to the production centers of all
the business then going on. It would
not go up to Benicia, where ample |
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