The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-05
ITEMS ON INDUSTRIES.
What the Manufacturers Are Doing
I'm the Way of State De-
VeIopment.

The San Francisco Bridge Company is
furnishing 100000 feet of lumber for the
large fumes being constructed by the STAN
islaus and San Joaquin Water Company.
When completed the water system will
give facilities for irrigating large extent
of country between Knights Ferry and
Stockton. The San Francisco Bridge Com
pany has also on hand the work of dredg-
ing Channel street up to Sixth to depth
of twelve feet at low tide, and as at work
on the last half of the Government dredg
ing work along the narrow-gauge mole,
which, when completed, will be solid fill
similar to the b road gauge. The company
have also just completed the concrete gates
and head works and cannon fumes for the
Modesto irrigation district As an ex
ample of faith in this irrigating propo-
sition, the bridge company has accepted,
as pay for the work, about 100000 in bonds
OF the water company.
Francis Smith & Co. are shipping several
carloads of iron pipe from their factory to
Redding, to be used there for mining pur-
poses. They have also secured the contract
TO furnish the water pipe for the extension
of the Oakland Water Works, the main line
of which they recently completed at cost
of $125,000.
Steiger & Kerr, the foundrymen, are
plant. This consists OF complete equip
ment for the manufacture of stoves, and
soon homemade stoves from their works
viii be on the market. This firm is fully
equipped for the manufacture OF all the car
wheels for the competing road, and will
make a strong effort to secure the contract.
The Electrical Engineering Company has
Just completed and is putting in place for
Hulse & Bradford on Mission street one of
their direct connecting electric elevators.
This will have a lifting capacity OF 1900
pounds.
The Krogh Manufacturing Company has
purchased the stock, plant and all machin-
cry equipment of the San Francisco Tool
Company, which have been removed TO Nos.
9 to II Stevenson street, where, with in
creased facilities, the business will be ener-
getically pushed to the front. Mr.. G. w.
Price is general manager.
Read & Zahn, the brush and broom
manufacturers, report largely increased
spring trade and look forward TO a pros
porous season.
W. W. Montague & Co. are now shipping
more iron and steel riveted pipe to the in
terror for mining and irrigation purposes
than for the past two years.
The Selby Smelling Works report that
the closing OF the mint at Carson, New,
has caused large increase of gold and sill
yer bullion shipment to their works in this
City, and the revival of gold mining all
along the coast has greatly increased the
general shipment of bullion to this City.
The Vulcan Iron Works has mum Der of
orders for power-transmitting machinery
of which the works makes a speciality.
One of these orders includes a number of
the Vulcan friction Cluson pulleys. Be
sides the large contracts now on hand, the
Vulcan is fairly busy with general foundry
and machine work, for which their large
] 1,et oo1I
venient location give them quite an ad-
vantage.
Mrs. Hopkins projects erecting an apart
ment building, TO cost upward OF $4,000,
on the northwest corner OF Pierce and
Hayes streets.
signed a contract with the Oakland Board
OF Public Works to rebuild of brick the
wall at the Sixth Ward School, to cost
$500.
Hobbs, Wall & Co. are filling a large
number Of orders for fruit boxes for the in
terror, preparatory to moving the seasons
immense fruit crop.
The Pelton Water Wheel Company has
recently furnished the Magalia mine, in
Butte County, with wheel for COM
pressor that is showing a remarkable
efficiency in actual work. This wheel is
10 feet inches in diameter and weighs
1000 pounds, and is attached direct to
crank shaft OF compressor, doing away
with all intermediate gearing making a
most simple and efficient combination.
The Pelton Company has also furnished
the same mine with pair of 6-foot wheels
for the new hoist, which is reported as
working most satisfactorily. These wheels
are run under head OF 40 feet and hoist
5O00-pound load at the rate of 400 feet per
minute.
The Pacific Saw Manufacturing Com
ne rs br1Si hos -aH
in the last six weeks and has been bet
ter than during any similar length of time
for the past two years. The company feels
the revival of trade occasioned by the re-
cent effort for the unity of interests in
California, ana looks forward to prosper
Gus season. 1t has recently executed a
large order for salmon-knives to be used
in the salmon canneries of Oregon, WASH
ington, British Columbia and Alaska.
The Union Machine Works has just
shipped one McGlue concentration to Au-
burn, Placer County, and two to Placer
vile, FL Dorado County. The one to
Auburn was for State Printer Johnson,
who is interested in mines in that locality.
J. ]. Flynn of this City and 7. +. Cor
bett of Oregon are organizing company
here for the purpose of thoroughly pros
pecting and developing petroleum oil wells
in different sections of this State. Mr..
Corbett is now shipping here from Oregon
$4,000 worth of machinery, formerly used
in the Northwest for artesian well boring
which will be used by the company here
for the above named purposes.
The Midas Gold-saving Machinery Com
pany shipped ten of the small-sized Gold
King amalgamators last week, the number
being equally divided between Alaska and
South America.
During the week the Perkins Pump and
Engine Company shipped one engine to
the headwaters of the Sacramento, one to
Benicia and one to Tres Pinos, San Benito
County. Their factory is now turning out
two gas engines per day.
The Woodbury. Concentration Company
has just shipped two OF their concentrators
to the Bullion Beck mine in Utah and
two OF the large-sized improved machines
to the Rams Horn mine in Idaho.
The Cyclops Iron Works received this
week the contract for large refrigerating
plant from d. d A. NJ. Mccormick for their
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