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GENERAL INFORMATION 9 which unite California coast and valley towns. The most important is the Pacific Electric, an amalgamation of all the electric systems within a radius of thirty-five miles of Los Angeles. It has more than a thousand miles of tracks; its fares average less than a cent a mile; its motors are capable of achieving a speed of sixty miles an hour. Its service is a boon to tourists, suburban dwellers and ranch-owners in the district of which Los Angeles is the pivot. The San Bernardino Valley, the regions about Riverside, Visalia, and Fresno, have extensive elec- tric systems ; likewise the San Francisco Bay coun- ties, and the San Joaquin, Sacramento and Napa Valleys. Local and Coastwise Steamers. San Francisco - Sacramento. The steamers of the Netherlands Route (via the Sacramento River) leave the Pacific Street wharf, San Francisco, and the wharf at Sacramento twice every week-day. 125 miles, 11 hours. Fare $1.50. State-room, $1.00 to $2.00. The Cali- fornia Transportation Company also despatches week-day steamers which sail from the Jackson Street wharf, San Francisco. Time, 13 hours. Fare as above. First-class railroad tickets over the Southern Pa- cific lines are valid on the Netherlands Route.