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 8 THE TOURIST'S CALIFORNIA timber country of Marin, Sonoma, Mendocino and Humboldt Counties, and is operated jointly by the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe; the Mill Valley and Mt. Tamalpais, which climbs to the peak above San Francisco Bay; the Ocean Shore, by which there is connection from San Francisco with beach resorts ; the Lake Tahoe Railroad, Truckee Tahoe City ; the Sierra Railway, which facilitates a pilgrimage from Oakdale in Stanis- laus County to the Bret Harte Country; the Yo- semite Valley Railroad, Merced - El Portal ; the Holton Interurban, which has Redlands as a ter- minal; the San Diego and Arizona, now building between San Diego and Yuma via Seeley ; the San Diego and Cuyamaca, which serves the " back country " of San Diego County ; and the San Di- ego Southern, which leads into Mexico. The Inter-California swings off from the South- ern Pacific near Yuma, loops into Old Mexico, re- enters California through the date-groves of Cal- exico and goes north again to the Sunset Route via El Centre and Imperial, in the Imperial Val- ley. The fares on California roads are high, usually three or four cents a mile. On the Shasta Route the rate is six cents a mile through the moun- tains. The fare from San Francisco to Los An- geles is $15.00, or about three cents a mile. There are a score of electric traction companies