The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-07
AMONG THE IRON MILLS.
Some Big Contracts Which
They Are Now at Work
Upon.
What Is Being Built In the Way of
Machinery at the Local
FoundrieS.

The Pelton Water Wheel Company has
Just finished one of the largest electric
plants ever constructed. 1t is to be set up
in the State of Hidalgo Mexico, about one
hundred miles from the City of Mexico.
The total horsepower of the plant is 1000,
which is generated by five Pelton wheels,
and the power is transmitted twentv-three
miles to the famous mines of the Rio del
Monte Company.
The California Wire Works has just
finished and shipped a cable for the Castro
street branch of the Market-street system,
which is $4,000 feet in length.
The Risdon Iron Works has just been
awarded contract by the city for 500
single and 500 double nozzle hydrants COM
plete, together with 1000 water gates and
1000 elbows. The total contract amounts
to about $4,000.
The Standard Iron and Wire Works is
busy with the first 100 of the 800 iron
treeguards ordered from them by the Har-
Dor Comm issioners, to be placed around
the palms and elms now being planted
along the waterfront.
The Electrical Engineering Company has
Just completed and erected in Los An
geles three direct connected electric eleva-
tors. These are the first that have been
built on this coast, there being only two
others in operation in the State, and they
were built in the East. The company is
now at work on a 50-horsepower multi
polar dynamo for the United States Gov
eminent, which will be set up and used at
the Preside to operate the pneumatic
guns.
The Risdon Iron Works is shipping from
its shops for the Western Sugar Refinery
large Galloway and tubular boilers seven
feet in diameter and twenty-five feet long,
with internal corrugated furnaces. They
were tested to 100 pounds pressure.
The Union Iron Works is rushing the
work on the battle-ship Oregon as fast as
possible in the absence of her armor,
which is now on the way. If nothing pre-
vents the Oregon will be completed and
ready for her trial trip in August. The
steamships Columbia and Corona are at
the Potrero also, being retitted with new
boilers.
Within the past ten days the Midas Gold
Saving Machinery Company has shipped
one Gold King amalgamator to Alaska,
two to Colombia, South America, two to
Montana and one to the Taylor mine near
Auburn.
The Union Machine Company is at work
on a contract for building a number of
concentrators for the McGlue Ore Concen-
traitor Company.
There is an important contract soon to
be let for the supplying of material for the
big PARROT building on Market street, and
representatives of large number of East
ern houses are here hustling to secure it.
The Manufacturers Association has ap-
pointed committee to wait on the execu-
tors of the PARROT estate and endeavor to
induce them to place the contract, amount
ing to upward of $4,000, with orr home
factories.
Piles are being driven for the foundation
for four story and basement brick block
at the corner of Main and Mission streets.
The building will be 60x125 feet, and is
being built for factory purposes by Mrs.
Eliza t. Grosh.
The G. III. Evans Co. machine works has
just completed and is now shipping an air.
north coast cannery company, and is also
building the machinery for the new boat
to ply between here and Alviso.
M. A. Graham, builder of the Oriental
Marine gasoline engine, recently shipped a
twenty horsepower engine to pearl
fishing company on the southern coast,
and another to the city of New York. He
is now building launch engine for Attor-
ney George A. Knight.
The Perkins Pump and Engine Com
pany is filling many orders from the agrl-
cultural districts for gas engines for irri-
CATION pumps. 1t has just finished triplex
gas engine for pleasure launch. The en-
CINE is unique in design. and is constructed
to make 300 revolutions per minute.
The California Saw Works has been en-
gagged for the past thirty days on large
order for salmon knives for use in the can
neries in Oregon, British Columbia and
Alaska.
The Bay City Iron Workshas contracted
for $1,000 job of iron work for Market
street building. 1t is also building several
large oil tanks for the storage of petroleum
at Berkeley and Stockton, and has pro-
posals to construct and ship to Guatemala
an S0O0-gallon steel wine tank
The Fulton Engineering and Shipbuild-
ing Works is putting in the refrigerating
machinery of new brewery at Los An
geles, new piping in the Fredericksburg
brewery at San Jose, and just shipped to
South America two coffee launches for use
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