“ The city has a public library and the San José Library. There are two parks—Saint James and the City Hall Park. Alum Rock Park, 7 miles distant, with its mineral springs and picturesque scenery, and the Lick Observatory (q.v.) , on the summit of Mount Hamilton, 18 miles to the east, attract many vistors. San José is the centre of the Santa Clara Valley, which produces large quantities of prunes, apricots, peaches, cherries, grapes, olives, wheat, and barley. It is an important fruit packing and shipping point, and also ranks high industrially. ”