The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-05
atcing of architect Smith O'Brien.]

bridge at Stockton and are estimating on a
draw bridge for the Donahue road at Peta-
luna.
Over 100000 will be expended this sum-
! mer by the Market-street Railway Com
pany of this City in the improvement and
extension of the Ellis and O'Farrell street
electric line. including the building of
twentv-four new cars. costing $4,000.
The Electrical Engineering Company of
this City, which has the contract for build
ing the dynamite gun batteries to be
erected here for harbor defense, has one of
the polar dynamos about completed.
1t is of 40-kilowatt capacity. The current
is employed to raise or range the dynamite
| guns and is applied by motors connected
with the mounting. The dynamo is from
/ new design especially produced for the
| purpose.
The Union Iron Works has received an
| order for eleven steel barges to be used on
the Amoor River in Siberia. The order
came from St. Petersburg. These barges
will be of light draft to enable them to
| navigate the shallow waters of that stream
The California Ink Company is now fur
nishing large number of the leading
firms of the coast with high-grade inks,
It's superior high grades IN colors recently
prevented an important job of color pro
cess half-tone from going East to be printed.
This was the new relief map of San Fran
cisco Bay and vicinity, which was executed
by the Union Photo Engraving Company
and from the presses of the H. S. Crocker
Company. The California Ink Company
! is also large manufacturer of lampblack,
and, on account of the superior quality of
California oil for burning, it has been en-
abled to invade Eastern markets and is
now shipping lampblack by the carload
The Union Photo Engraving Company is
engaged on the halftones for an elaborate
and beautiful souvenir for the San Jose
Mercury descriptive of Santa Clara
County, the largest and finest work of its
| kind ever issued on the coast. Also on
| halftone work for the Sacramento Bee and
for San Mateo County, Hawaii, Guatemala,
etc.
Dibert Bros. are building an oatmill for
the Beckman Milling Company of British
Columbia.
The Union Machine Company is manu-
| featuring number of engines for use in
various parts of the State. One 25 horse
power goes to MERGED, another goes to Mr..
Dutton of Sherman Island, and 20 horse
power engine is for a river schooner. This
company also report a brisk demand for
mill work and large amount of repairing
and improvements in local business.
The California Boiler Works have large
| force of mechanics at work on two 6O-inch
boilers for the Utah Mining Company, Salt
Lake; two Enright thrashing engines and
boilers for the Miller & Lux estate, Tulare
one for the McKinnon ranch, Salinas; two
Lauf1enburg boilers for Baker & Hamilton
one AZ inch by 16-foot firebox for J. w.
| ferris grading camp, and two large salt
| dryers for the Crystal Salt Works.
| The Galloway Lithograph Company. in
addition to turning out superior CONNER
cial work, make a speciality of artistic color
work, their latest triumph in this line
| haI cb0 n for ID
The agitation in the interest of home
manufacture has caused people to look up
| the merits of home Autograph work, and
they find it superior to Eastern work
| The Union Gas Engine Company report
| constantly increasing trade. During the
past week it has received orders for two
20-horse power engines to be used in
schooners on the bay. 1t is placing a
20-horse power engine in a scow-
schooner just finished for Captain Turner,
and to be used in carrying fruit from
Sonoma County. Also during the week it
placed an lrrigating plant for n. T. Allen
of Ross Station, and has just completed a
Development Company, and also received
an order for a 25-foot launch from Sacra-
| mentO.
The Cyclops Iron Works have Just COM
| pleted 30-ton refrigerator plant for Miller
& Lux.
Durlng the week the PERKINS Pump and
Engine Company completed and shipped
four oil engines. Three of these went to
the interior and one was placed in this
City. Manager Paul B. Perkins reports a
| greatly increased demand for these en-
gines. They can be adjusted for the use OF
gas, gasoline or oil, and their economy OF
operation and simplicity suggest use in
many ways.
Frank L. Brown, manager for the Wash
| burn- MOan Manufacturing C0mnanv re.
ports largely increased trade with the
Sandwich Islands, also with Central and
South America
During the past week the Byron Jackson
Machine Works completed and shipped
two 20-horse power centrifugal pumps for
| irrigating purposes. One of these went to
| Woodland and the other to Sacramento.
! Recently the Manufacturers and Pro-
ducers Association offered prize of $50
to the local photographer producing the
best design for certificate of membership.
| On Saturday last the Union Lithograph