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San Bruno
outgrew its boundaries, merged with Lomita Park and incorporated a
city which has the distinction of being, from the standpoint of
area, the largest in the county. Its rapid development has forced
San Bruno to contract for sewer, street and bridge work, costing
$66,000; to issue bonds for a $20,000 schoolhouse and to call an
election to provide for more adequate water service and fire
protection.
A bank has just been incorporated for San Bruno. Taking
these activities into consideration in conjunction with a Street
Paving Commission, San Bruno is beginning to utilize its
possibilities in a manner that is winning the admiration of its
neighboring communities. There has been more building activity in
this town during the past year (1915) than in the last three or four
years combined.
San Bruno is located at the junction of the State
Highway and the County Road out of San Francisco, which meet at
Uncle Tom's Cabin.
San Bruno is served by the Southern Pacific Railroad,
the United Railroads and the Peninsula Rapid Transit Company. It is
located 11 miles from the Southern Pacific's Third and Townsend
Street Depot, San Francisco; and 13.1 miles along the State Highway
from Fifth and Market Streets, San Francisco.
The estimated population is 1,752.
Lomita Park
Lomita Park is a thriving little community
close to Millbrae and adjacent to San Bruno. In fact, Lomita Park
and San Bruno form one thickly settled community, with Millbrae
further south growing toward them. Each is a distinct town as far as
religious, fraternal and educational advantages are concerned.
Lomita Park is served by the Southern Pacific Railroad,
the United Railroads and the Peninsula Rapid Transit Company. It is
located 12 miles from the Southern Pacific's Third and Townsend
Street Depot, San Francisco; and 15.3 miles along the State Highway
from Fifth and Market Streets, San Francisco.
The estimated population is 345.
Millbrae
The little village of Millbrae is located a
few miles south of Lomita Park and adjoining the newly created
district of Easton, Much. of the Millbrae territory is the property
of the D. O. Mills estate, which was laid out by Olmstead, the
famous landscape gardener of New York.
Recently Millbrae has added many new homes to its
colony of bungalows. It is located sufficiently far south to escape
the fog which occasionally rolls over the extreme northern portion
of the county, yet close enough to San Francisco to be within very
comfortable commuting distance.
Millbrae is served by the Southern Pacific Railroad,
the United Railroads and the Peninsula Rapid Transit Company. It is
located 14 miles from the Southern Pacific's Third and Townsend
Street Depot, San Francisco; and 16.8 miles along the State Highway
from Fifth and Market Streets, San Francisco.
The estimated population is 468.
Eaton
Easton, which is really a subdivision of
Burlingame, recently began a remarkable growth. Easton's hills,
traversed by the famous Easton Drive, proved a lure for many San
Franciscans. The number of homes erected in 1914 and 1915 exceeded
the construction of any two previous years.
Easton, is served by the Southern Pacific Railroad, the
United Railroads, the Peninsula Rapid Transit Company, and an
independent electric railway which connects the foothill residences
of this community with the main carriers from San Francisco. It is
located 15 miles from the Southern Pacific's Third and Townsend
Street Depot, San Francisco; and 17 miles along the State Highway
from Fifth and Market Streets, San Francisco.
The population of Easton is figured in that of
Burlingame, of which it is a subdivision.
Among peninsula cities, none have shown a more remarkable growth
than Burlingame, celebrated for its aristocratic tone, its country
clubs, polo grounds, well paved streets and excellent schools.
Burlingame
From a picturesque hamlet, Burlingame has
become an ideal suburban city. So rapid has been this growth, that
today more commuters leave Burlingame station daily than any other
point between San Francisco and San Jose.
The business section of the city is well built, but thus far its
enterprises are of the kind that supply the wants of the immediate
territory in which they are situated.
The town, in addition to its charms as a commuter's
paradise, has other possibilities that should not be overlooked. The
eastern boundaries skirt the bay at a point one mile distant from
the railroad, which portion of the city will undoubtedly be seized
upon, in the future as a site for large industrial plants.
There are two elementary schools, four churches, fraternal orders,
clubs and other organizations.
Burlingame has experienced a pronounced building boom
during the last few years, with a quickening in real estate values.
As far back as eight years, it was told how a lot on the main street
of the city, which had been bought for $480, to be used as a garage
site by a wealthy family living back on the hills, was sold for
$3,000. Today this lot is held at $20,000.
In 1915 more than seventy new homes were erected in
this attractive community.
It is a fact of historical interest that some of the
land now occupied by the town was formerly owned by Mr. Anson
Burlingame who was minister to China, and subsequently Chinese
minister to the western world.
Burlingame is served by the Southern Pacific Railroad,
the United Railroads and the Peninsula Rapid Transit Company. It is
located 16 miles from the Southern Pacific's Third and Townsend
Street Depot, San Francisco; and 17.8 miles, along the State Highway
from Fifth and Market Streets, San Francisco.
The estimated population is 4,209 including the Easton
Addition.
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