The  Eucalyptus  was  first  planted  in  Cali-
fornia in  1858,  and  now  there  are  thought  to
be  not  less  than  10,000,000  of  these  trees  in
this  State,  each  from  fifty  to  sixty  feet  in
height.
CHAPTER  XII.
TWELVE    years'    RAILROAD    TRAFFIC.
fHE  following  official  statistics,  kindly
furnished  by  G.  L.  Lansing,  secretary
any  controller  of  the  Southern  Pacific
Company,  are  very  significant  as  showing
the  industrial  progress  of  the  counties
through  which  the  "  Coast  "  division  of  the
Southern  Pacific  Company  runs,  during  the
twelve  years  past.  These  figures  show  a
steady,  healthy  and  vigorous  increase  of
traffic  during  the  entire  period  specified :

SOUTHERN    PACIFIC    R.    R.   CO.,    OF   CALIFORNIA,    COAST
DIVISION.
EARNINGS.
$1,018,844.00
1,158,014.78
1,257,399.35
1,283,512.89
1,468,176.34
1,281,762.96
1,649,834.83
1,;37,244.85
2,085,937,64
2,134,712.88
2.289,047.57
2,345,663.79


MILEAGE.
176.29

176.29
176.29
197.19

202.21
202.21
288.71
288.71
290.71
309.11
30:).ll
309.56


TONNAGE.
228,653
278,350
301,859
293,801
363,434
309,290
438.192
446,976
602,437
56tj,625
634,354
602,402


MILES.
The  above  division  of  the  railroad  extends  from

San  Francisco  to  Ties  Pinos IOO.5O

From  Carnadeio  to  Santa  Margarita 153.10

BRANCHES.
Castroville  Junction  to  Lake  Majella 19.52

Pajaroto  Santa  Cruz 21.20

10


Aptos  to  Monte  Vista.
Hillsdale  to  Almaden..
Total 309.56

Althouajh  the  above  comprehensive  tables
include  traffic  on  railway  lines  which  extend
beyond  the  limits  of  Monterey,  San  Benito
and  San  Mateo  counties  (the  segregated  sum-
maries of  traffic  within  these  counties  not
being  easily  accessible)  they  are  very  sig-
nificant as  showing  a  steady,  healthy  in-
crease in  business  of  the  series  of  valleys
through  which  those  arteries  of  commerce
run,  which  ought  to  be  encouraging  to  the
fortunate  communities  which  have  their
homes  in  those  pleasant  valleys.
CHAPTER  XIIl.
VASQUEZ,  THE  BANDIT.
