Los Angeles herald., 1890-07-30
MANUFACTURERS.
LOS ANGELES is GETTING SOME
GOOD ONES ESTABLISHED.
How the Fuel Question Is Being Solved
in Satisfactory Manner by the Use
of Crude Petroleum.

FOr SOME lllue Il HERALD reporter mas
been looking into the manufacturing in
terests of Los Angeles. He paid visit
to the Lacy Manufacturing Company's
plant, on Lecouvreur street, East Los
Angeles, among other places. The con-
Germ is engaged in making iron and steel
water pipe, and tanks for water and oil.
The plant is a very extensive one, fur
nished with the best machinery on the
coast for such uses. The plant is heavy
enough to make boilers, although no
work of that sort is attempted
The thing that first attracts attention
in looking over the establishment, is the
great saving possible here in concern
of this sort on account of the simplicity
of the buildings used. The structure
used by the Lacy Manufacturing Com
pany is large, but it is simple and in
expensive form of building. The ma
chinery, however, is of the very latest
patents and the heaviest made.
Forty men are constantly employed in
the establishment and because of the
perfect organization of the concern
great deal of work is accomplished.
After the pipe is made it is taken out
side in the yard where it is dipped in
preparation OF asphalt and oil which
coats it with heavy covering, smooth
as marble and nearly as hard, that lasts
practically forever and protects the
metal from all corrosion.
Recently the Lacy Manufacturing
Company has had number of big con-
tracts for large pipe. The City Water
Company is putting in three miles OF
44-inch pipe to convey water from Crys-
tai springs, the source of the supply, to
the first reservoir This pipe is now
being laid and one of the difficulties
about the work was the making of the
connections in the trench where it is to
lie. The pipe is very heavy and no
ordinary appliances would suffice to
handle it. Mr.. VIM. Lacy, Jr., OF the
firm, showed his mechanical skill in the
invention Of series of levers by
which the pipe is lowered
and fitted joint to joint
with great care. 1t is decidedly
feather in the cap of Los Angeles that
such pipe as this, the largest made, can
only one other plant, and that one in
done. Number II iron is used for the
pipe.
Another contract this company is now
filling is for the city of San Bernardino.
There are three miles of this pipe to be
laid, II inches in diameter, and OF num-
Der 10, 12 and IA iron.
A third contract is for the Gage irriga-
ton syndicate, at East Riverside, where
three miles of pipe 4, 6, Z and s inches in
diameter has been laid.
The Lacy Manufacturing Company
has been in existence here for some six
years, during which time it has done
most of the heavy work in and about
Los Angeles. All the work done by the
firm gives perfect satisfaction. The
Lacys have their own supply of asphalt
and oil, and their process of dipping is
of their own designing after many years
of experimenting. 1t is as perfect as
any process can be. The Office in corner
of Spring and First streets.
Land Plaster and Wall.
The Alpine Plaster Company is new
concern, the plant being out on Alameda
street, neal Washington. The office is
on First street, west of Spring. The
company makes land plaster for fertil-
izing purposes, and also plaster for
walls, that is very fine. The mill is one
of the most perfect, with heavy and
well adjusted machinery. For power
purposes steam is used, the fuel being
crude petroleum. A new device for
burning the oil is used, which replaces
the steam of the old system by cold air.
The result is very hot fire, perfect
safety and low cost. Crude oil at 5 cents
a gallon is as cheap as good coal at $555
ton.
Hog Products.
Still another new industry is the great
pork packing establishment of Robert Ec-
cles & Co., on the river near the covered
bridge. A fine system of cold storage
pens, smoke houses and all the appIi-
ances for the work on hand are found
here. Hogs of home growth are used,
and all that are offered are bought at
fair price. Hams, bacon and lard of the
very best quality are being made. 1t
will be great boon to the farmers of
the section to be able to sell all the hogs
they can raise, and it will keep hun
dreds of thousands of dollars at home
that now are being sent east to pay for
hog products of the various kinds.