The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-27
Manufacturers Report an In
creased Demand for
Home Products.
MECHANICS ARE KEPT BUSY.
A Stir In Local Enterprises is Be-
coming Noticeable in Many
Directions.

classes of industries quite boom is on
einca +besaoitation in favor of home enter
nrise has begun to stir up the people. An
increased demand for home products IS re-
ported by many firms in this City.
The Golden Gate Woolen-mllls are at
work on a $4,000 order from the United
States Government. They will undoubt-
edlv secure the contract for the police uni
forms from the City.
The Dow Steam Pump Works report
trade in their line on the increase. Their
shop at present is running close to its full
capacity, having under way compound
duplex plunger pump for use in the Maya
liza mine. One of their Dow improved
deep-wel engines and boilers for the Bel
yedere Land and improvement Company,
q vertical marine pump for the Navy-yard
at Mare Island, CAL; two mine station
pumps for Sonora, CAL, and a similar
plant for shipment to Guatemala.
Wells, French & Co., of Chicago, were
recently induced to build one car from
Washington lumber. They did so, and,
after its completion, put it on the scales.
1t weighed 1000 pounds less than one
made OF yellow pine, oak and white pine.
Large orders were Immediately placed for
stock with dealers in Washington lumber
So urgent were these demands that they
forward the orders.
P. F. Dundon, of the San Francisco
Boiler Works, reports marked increase
IN business. He has several contracts on
hand and has increased the number of
mechanics employed in his works.
The Electrical Engineering Company
has during the last month installed a rs
horsepower dynamo for the Union Litho-
graph Company; one of and one of
3 horsepower for F. Chevalier & Co.;
one of horsepower for The Argonaut;
one of horsepower for Rosenbaum Bros.
one of 4 horsepower for II. Levi & Co.;
one of II horsepower for the San Fran
cisco Stove Works; one of Is horsepower
for the Golden Gate block; one of horse
horsepower for Holm g. Nachen, and one
Of horsepower for the New Creamerie.
The churches of San Francisco are adopt
ing the electric system of lighting: several
prominent ones being handsomely decor
ated with electroliers. The Paulist church
on California street is now being supplied
with incandescent lights throughout.
At the Risdon Iron Works they are much
gratified at the steady increase of orders
for all kinds of mining machinery, not
alone from the Pacific Coast States, but
from Mexico, British Columbia and South
America as we'll
With the disappearance of the old Golden
SltN w OIkS tueIC udS grown uD
instead in this City the Stauffer Chemical
Co., devoted to the manufacture of acids
and heavy chemicals. Their sulphuric
acid chamb ers are immense, containing
159, 900 cubic feet, and are built to meet all
the requirements OF the Coast. Their ca
paclty for the other acids is equally extern
sive Only from such large works can
acids be produced cheap enough to war
rant manufacturers depending on them.
In less than two years-their time in the
field-the new company has secured the
bulk of the trade, supplying miners and
smelters throughout the West. Many car
loads leave their works daily, reaching
British Columbia, Alaska. Sandwich Is
lands and the Orient. Industries hitherto
unknown to California are springing up
and hourishing under the favors of this
new company. Their chemical works oc-
cupy a whole block at the foot of Ninth
street, and their works for soda, whiting,
sulphur, ETC., occupy block at North
Beach.
Steiger & Kerr of the Occidental Foun-
dry have just commenced turning out
homemade stoves from their works, and
report the outlook very encouraging.
The Washburn Moen Company report a
heavy increase in trade. The past week it
furnished cable %, $50 feet long and
weighing thirty-five tons to the Howard
street Railway Company, and is shipping
one II, 200 feet long to Oakland for the
Oak-street division of the Oakland and
Broadway road.
The Gerard Water-wheel Company Sc
cured the contract this week for 200
horsepower plant for the Ontario Light
and Power Company of Ontario, Cal, and
North Star Mining Company at Grass
Valley.
The Union Lithograph Company re-
ports very satisfa Glory increase in bust
ness. Among several pieces of special
work recently produced by it the litho-
graph entitled Daniel in the Lions Den"
is worthy of note. 1t requires very
the finest steel engraving. In fact its
work has been largely substituted for steel
engraving work throughout the Pacific
Coast States.
Since January 1, the Midas Gold-saving
Machinery Company has sold forty-one of
their Gold King amalgamators. The
points of shipment included all the Pacific
Coast States, Alaska. Mexico and South
America. They now have orders Oh their
books for ten more machines, five of which
are being manufactured at the Pacific Iron
Works, and five at the Phoenix Iron
Works. Several of these are to go to South
America.
The Pelton Water wheel Company re-
Gently furnished the Magalia mine in
Butte County with two wheels for hoist
which have a capacity for working to a
depth of 5000 feet, carrying 5000-pound
load at a speed of 400 feet per minute.
They have also furnished for the same
company 200-horsepower wheel for run
| ming compressor, this being 10 feet
inchs in diameter and weighing 1900
pounds, which is attached direct to the
shaft of the compressor. This large diam
eter was made necessary to give the COM
pressor the proper speed under the water
| head available. while the weight is to
| make it serve the purpose of a fiywheel, a
| most simple and efficient combination and
one to which the Pelton wheel only is APP
plicable. Some recent experiments on this
| wheel show net efficiency of more than
| so per cent, which is regarded as very re-
markable under the circumstances. The
Pelton Company also report shipments of
| wheels to various other mines in this State,
as also several important foreign orders.
The Dibert Bros. Manufacturing Com
pany is shipping a couple of carloads of
their grain separators to points in the
interior of the State.
The Krogh Manufacturing Company is
putting in some additional new machinery
| equipment which will considerably add to
the capacity of their plant.
ii. Bohls g. Co., manufacturers of White
| Navy pipe tobacco and cigarettes, report