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294 THE TOURIST'S CALIFORNIA and the Chinese quarter with all its stifling appur- tenances. 1 The railway stations of the Southern Pacific, Santa Fe and Salt Lake Roads are in the di- agonal section east of the modern business centre. The numbered streets begin at the Ala- meda and run west. Main and Spring Streets and Broadway cross them at right angles. On Main Street between Second and Third is the Ca- thedral of Saint Vibiana which preserves in its sacristy a litany in the Catalonian tongue, the chants being illuminated in vermilion and yellow on a black staff. There are over 300 church buildings in the city, nearly all of them of sub- stantial and striking architecture. Car line traffic centres at Second and Spring and Sixth and Main Streets. Hotels, banks and of- fice buildings preempt the intervening blocks. Broadway is the chief resort of shoppers and thea- tre-goers. There are retail stores of good class on Hill Street also. Central Park is embraced by Hill and Olive and Fifth and Sixth Streets. Orig- inally a nondescript city square, it has been pruned and beautified beyond recognition. An ef- fective Spanish fountain is the nucleus from which radiate walks shaded by exotic and indig- enous trees, each one so placed as to best serve i A conducted excursion leaves the Pacific Electric Sta- tion at 6th and Main Streets every evening.