SAN JOSE AND VICINITY. 25 the little waiting room in one side of the gateway by one of the “ Sisters,” who will show them over the grounds and buildings. The extreme neatness that prevails in the dormitories, school rooms, and thrQugh- out the whole, will excite the admiration of all. The number of pupils is large, and is made up from all parts of this and adjoining States. In our circuit around the city the next object of special interest is the San Jose Woolen Mill, Which is situated on the line of San Pedro street, nearly a mile north of Santa Clara street, and beyond the Railroad Depot. The buildings were completed and ready for occupation on the 26th of February, 1870. The main building is 50 feet wide by 110 feet long, and is three stories in hight. In addition to this are also the necessary engine rooms, dye houses, &c. It contains six sets of looms, and other machinery complete in proportion to its capacity. It can manufacture, per annum, 154,000 yards of cassi- mere, 64,000 yards of flannel, and 5,000 pairs of blankets. It was established, and is run by the “ San Jose Woolen Manufacturing Company,” of which Hon. R. J. Peckliam, of this city, is president, mana ger, and principal stock-holder. It employs on an average about fifty hands, of whom three-fourths are Chinamen, who perform the same labor as girls in similar manufactories in the East. Returning to the
