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 E take great pleasure in ex- 
 tending to you tke kanJ of 
 rellowship at tliis joyous 
 season of Yuleti Je. For, it 
 IS a joyous season. Lives tkere one 
 among us in tKis Western land wko, 
 as year follows upon year and the all 
 too Drier period of Yuletide Koliday- 
 making comes round again, does not go 
 out to meet it witk a glad kear't, does 
 not put aside the cares and responsibili- 
 ties of his everyday life and, sKaking 
 the Aveight of years from Kis skoulders 
 as ne would rid mm of a troublesome 
 burden, become a boy again, to play 
 among boys and girls according to tbe 
 
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good olcl-fasliionecl rites which custom 
 kas estatlisked for observation at this 
 
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 season : 
 
 It IS a good tiling for totk old and 
 young, tKis merry-go-round or present- 
 giving and feasting. Surely it makes 
 life a liftle Lefter wortk the living to 
 feel tKat there is one period in the 
 tAvelvemonth, brief tkough it may be, 
 in wbicn tbe -watcnAvord, """On earth 
 peace, good will toward men, is not 
 only upon tbe up but in tbe heart, 
 wben tbe \vorld, as it were, joins in 
 one concerted movement for tbe pro- 
 motion of honest fun and jollity. 
 
 nV^c whose privilege it is to 
 dwell beneatb tbe untroubled skies of 
 California may well appreciate tbe 
 blessings tbat tbis Yuletide season of 
 1914 sbo'wers upon us. From our 
 baven of peace and security we look 
 through our mental vision upon lands 
 across tbe seas wbere tbe scene is one 
 of aAvful desolation. Sbould we not. 
 
tken, he more tkan ordinarily grateful 
 to kinci Fate tkat kas cast our lot amid 
 surrounamgs suck as ours? 
 
 W^e of '"PaciTic Service jom 
 ^vitk tke rest or tke Western world m 
 expressing gratitude for tke prosperity 
 tkat is ours. Tkis year of 1914 now 
 draw^mg to a close kas keen a peculiarly 
 eventful one witk us. Patrons and 
 friends at kome and akroad kave rallied 
 round tke "'Pacific Service standard. 
 1 ke test kas keen made., and we 
 kave come out of it victorious. And 
 so Mre ^o our on^ward way "witk a 
 ligkt step and keart full of confidence 
 in tke krigkt promise of tke future. 
 
 1 o you Avko follow tke fortunes 
 of ""Pacific Service, Avko kave stood 
 so nokly ky us in tkis trial of our 
 strengtk, we can find no words adequate 
 to express our appreciation and good 
 will. 
 
 In wisking you tke compliments of 
 tke season we can but express tke kope 
 
tkat you may enjoy to the full tne 
 
 tlessmgs tkat tkis age or progress ana 
 
 development kids fair to kring to you. 
 
 We keg your acceptance or tkis 
 
 Ckristmas souvenir, ana kope tkat you 
 
 -will give it place among your treasured 
 
 rememkrances of tkis glad season. 
 
 Once more we \visk you, one and all, 
 
 a Merry Ckristmas and a 
 
 Happy New Year! 
 
 Pacific Gas and Electric Company 
 
 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 
 -Ckristmas, 1914 
 
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CARQUINEZ STRAITS CROSSING 
 
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POTRERO GAS WORKS 
 
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