132 THE TOURIST'S CALIFORNIA lavished carving, sculpture, frescoes, mosaic and stained glass. The courses of the University are free to women and men who are residents of California. The li- brary has 250,000 volumes. The sports field which has produced so many famous track ath- letes, is 45 acres in extent. The Southern Pacific continues beyond Palo Alto to May field, from which point a line goes direct to Los Gatos and Santa Cruz. If the traveller goes to San Jose" from Palo Alto (17 m.), he can also reach Santa Cruz by a branch to Los Gatos. The road proceeds south from Santa Cruz to Watsonville Junction (Pajaro) and Del Monte Junction ( Castro ville). At the latter, a spur turns west to Del Monte, Monterey and Pacific Grove. Distance, San Francisco - Monterey, 116 miles via Mayfield; 126 miles via San Jose. The trips indicated in this paragraph can be made by rail or motor as day excursions from San Fran- cisco. The towns are described in Chapter XI. Oakland Berkeley Alameda Mt. Diablo Byron Springs. A Los Angeles engineer has devised a structural plan for a Colossus-bridge which shall stride from San Francisco to the Oakland shore. Ten piers 600 feet high are to support it; one will rest on Yerba Buena (Goat) Island. The cost of it and the length ($30,000,000 9y 2 miles) will surpass even the Firth of Forth Bridge and the Roman bridge near Merida in Spain. Three decks will each have four highways upon which railroad
