The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31

! OYSTERS are received daily. The
ever increasing trade OF this establishment
has necessitateI the enlargement OF their
salesroom and restaurant space in the
California; Market and new stallrooms have
recently been brought into use to more
completely answer the wants of their GUS
toners.
one OF the most i'm portant items, be II
Ior stea mships, manufac: uring purposes,
/ hotels, restaurants or the house hold, Is
the supply of fuel.
The best and cheapest as regards quality
and quantity is a thing that all practical
people con>ld er before purchasing or con-
tracing for.
The firm of j. G. Wilson g. Co. (lncor-
porated) dates It's origin from tue CO. part
nersnip formed some thirty years ago by
he late Captain ]. c. Wilson and Joseph
Macdonough. Though both of hese gen.
tiemen have passed away, the business
has continued "a heretofore.
The incorporated hrm consists of j. G..
Wilson (son of J. G. WIlson), preside nj (;
James b. tmltn, vice president and man
ager; John K. Smith, secre lary. and with
Mrs. Agnes Wilson (widow of Captain
Wilson, and G. R. Lukens, constitute the
board of directors.
With offices at 9G0 Battery street, tee-
phone Main 1864, and yards adjoining
consisting OF the open property at the
northeast corner OF Vallejo and Battery
and at the southwest corner of Front and
Green streets and with dischai ging berths
at Green street wharf, the firm Is prepared
to furnish coal for all purposes at the very
lowest market rates.
They do not contine their stock TO one
or two kinds of coal, bui on the contrary
handle every known brand on the market
They are al all times dischargng one or
more vessels with standard brands of
steam, ga and coal for domestic use, and
as a con- -equence are prepared to fulfill
orders up III the shortest notice.
The firm are Contractors with the differ
ent departments of the United States
Government and State institutions. They
make a specially of all well-known brands
OF foundry coke and pig iron, as we'll as
the finer grades of coke used for metallur-
gical purposes, most important Item to
the mining industry of our State.
They also m axe speci atty OF Pennsvl-
vania anthracite. handing the we'll known
Wllkesbarre egg coal, !or furnace use, and
Welch an cite, a smOKeIess and popu-
lar steam coal with many of the large
steam producers of this State.
They handle exc usively the we'll known
Cooperative Wallsend-the only cooper
ative Goa! on the market to-day-famous
for its gas and steam producing properties
The consumption of this coal on the
Paclhc Coast emanatlng from trial ship
ment has assumed such proportions that
now some $4,000 tons are shipped here an
nually.
]. G. Wilson & Co. are large shippers to
the interior OF the Sta @, supplying all the
larger and more prominent gas com panies,
foundrles, and in facI all branches of
trade where fuel is a necessity.
The aforesaid mentioned firm are in a
position, owing to the large number of
teams and men EN- ployed by them, to de-
liver coal to any part of San Fran cisco at
VI or a foS and h
and dlspa ch, most important thing to
many of our housenolders.
j. e. Wilson d Co. mum ber among their
customers most OF our prominent families,
who have been supplied by the firm since
its inception, which serves to p owe that
the treatment accorded them am ply JUS IL
hes the assertion that "honesiy and merit
wln.'
There Is seldom a trip made by large
ocean steamer but tha; on her return to
port more or less repairs are necessary 10
be made, and in this line the vessels of
the Oceanic Steamship Company are sup
piled by the expert labor of William A.
ole, the we l-known shipbuilder, calker
and sparmaker of this city. Probably no
hrm In his line is be ter known and more
favorablv thought of among the shipping
community than this old establishment
Their business enterprises were inaug-
urated in this State over forty years ago
uuoel Ibe III III name OF M1UOlemaS &
booIe, and present establishment
which succeeded the old firm, is the old
est shlpbuilder and repairer in California
The trade of this company extends to
all the representative steamers and mer-
chant vessels on this coast, and all the
tugboats operating on the waters of our
bay. By wav OF showing the impor-
tance Of this institution in The COM
mercial world 1t might be stated that
such firms as ]. d. Spreckels & Bros.
Co., Pope & Talbot, Lynde d Hough,
the Simpson Lumber Company, RentoL
d Holmes, Hansen d Co. ana J. w Adams
d Co. are a few OF the repre- sentative
houses in this city whose vessels they
attend TO. The ships Kenne bee ana Com
modore and the bark Undaunted are rep
resented by this company.
Mr. Boole is a man of energy and en-
terprise, and by the Importance OF tn
business he has built up in TINS city ha.
lent to great extent. with the other mer-
chants of enterprise and energy, to build
ing up our community to the import ant