The morning call., 1893-05-28
JUICE OF THE GRAPE.

uuch, e'c-, are Always improved by water
wisely supplied
JUICE OF THE GRAPE.
II there is one vegetable growth thar more
than any other finds a coneenial home over
hill and dale and high mountain ranges in
it is III grapevine
The area OF lard in California already de-
voted 10 the yiticultural industry is not far
from 100000 acres. In Importance The Indus
Try is constantly growing, and the acreage is
steadily increasing.
The superior favor OF mountain wines is
tending unmiStakably To transf 7 The culture to
the cheap and ample ranges in which the gold
mines are situated.
There are said TO he three distinct wine dis
tricts in California. First he southern, or Los
aroma; second. the Coas Range. including So
nOma, Napa, etc., making white and red acld
wlnes-hocK, sauterne, claret, etc. third, the
foothills of The Sierra NeYadas, in the gold
mining range. including Folsom, Sonora Ell Do
rado, etc. making dry wines OF extraordinary
bouquet aud aIoma- sherry, Madeira, Tene-
rife. etc, also port and German wines, the
latter having high aroma unlike any Rhine
wine.
Fraucl>cp, and bordering on the bay, are sttu-
ated the Unlou Iron Works. which-llave grown
10 great importance during the last few years.
They considered one of the great iu-
dusirial enterprises of the Pacific Coast and
representative industrial success OF American
energy.
\ brief reference to the rise and progress OF
these works Will be OF interest.
In 1S49 a steamer ne-ded repairs In San
Francisco and il NaS necessary to make cast
ing, WHICH was something unheard OF pre-
viou>ly In the Infant town. The late Peter
Donahue succeeded in running one In TIE sauds
on the seashoie and shortly aftesward started
small foundry from which grew tile present iron
worNs.
His place of business was on Mission street
where he was succeeded BY II. j. Booth & CO..
who continued up TO 1870, when the firm be-
came Prescott Scott & Co. who incorporate in
1882 under The style of the Union Iron Works,
and in 1883 moved to their present location.
AT present over 1000 men are kept con-
stanty at work in The different departments
aud The indications are that this number win
be materially increased as time goes on.
The Total area of floor space Is 277, ,269
square feet ard the ground floors exceed four
acres. The whole establishment includes an
area of weGty-thrce acres.
The works are the largest ou the Pacific
Codst duu utlieFtu tO Ue the pest equipped OF
any In the United States. The machinery is
perfect in every respect.
The shipyards, where the steel cruiser
Charleston and other naval vessels were built
for the United States Government, are an
object of abiding interest TO visitors on account
of the grand mechanical appliances In opera
tiOn.
much greater proportion OF small craft
ranging In burden from ten up to seventy or
t.xt.t,- ,yt&
ve-s Is.
The keels for a considerable number of ferry
boats and steamers for navigating the inland
waters OF the State are laid every year in San
francisco or other places about tile bay, or
along Tie navlgaDle streams Of The Interior,
all this class OF vessels, with few ocean-going
steamers, having been built in this country.
Dnling tn year 1889 there were 46 vessels
built, against SO In 1888. The gross tonnage
was S,544.05.
In thr same year the exports by sea were
OF the value OF &41.25o. .921, as against
S4o,S25,ooo and S35, ,964,9S OF The two years
previous respectively.
large number OF vessels are required for
the whaling tiade in the Arctic Seas and also
| for tie canning industry on The Columbia
River and elsewhere. These are yefy impor-
tant industries on the ceast and MAIN ain a
steady contingent OF employees while yielding
steady profit 10 their promoters. The
Alaskan waters owe most OF The craft there
used to San Francisco capital.
1he coastlng trade is OF steady volume, but
is doubtless kept smaller than it would other
wise be by curious sympathy with overland
rates. These have OF late been criticized tO
some point and competition from unsubsdIzed
! quarters to Panama and elsewhere is likely to
imrart healthier briskness In this important
Industry.
Still more Is hoped for trade In the shipbuild-
ing and other lines from the completion of a
trans-ls!hmus route at Panama, Nicaragua OF
elsewhere, consummation which is believed
10 be an assured tact in the near future.
| The total tonnage Of the vessels built during
| 1890 was, gross. 12oG3.59.
In addition TO this amount the Pacific NAL
steamer CITY OF Panama was entirely rebuilt al
| the Union Iron Works. The British ship Ken
ilworlh, nearly destroyed by fire in 1889 al
! Fort Costa, was also rebuilt at the Union Iron
| works, and now sails under the American flag
! considerable other WORK was performed during
| The year which was almost equivalent to the re-
| bulldlng OF several steamers he ferry steamer
/ Ukiah, Quilt by Dickie Bros for the san Fran
cisco and North Pacific Railroad, stands out
most prominently in the above list. her tonnage
being only exce eded by the ferry steamer So
lano. plying in these waters
But II is III The line OF iIon-sbip building that
| Calliofnla Is now attracting greater share oI
attention, and she has already achieved a bril-
nint record Tor work performed and her facii
Ties and ability 10 tni II out naval vessels of the
largest class. In this connection 1t is only
necessary 10 refer to the cruisers Charleston
ana San francisco and the Monterey, ane