The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-01-02
lake railroad would tan. The possibil-

! Lake railroad would tap. The possibi
t ity of delivering it to the consumer !
Los Angeles for Sc a ton sufficed to en-
{ thuse all who were either directly or In
| directly interested in railroad enterprise
With the discovery of oil in the cit
of Los Angeles boom" developed
, and throughout the south boring for O
: became a kind of craze and for fou
, years past prospecting and develop
ment have gone on apace.
The cost of crude oil is equal to abou
81 per ton for good steam coal, and ha
formed the cheapest steam fuel know
in these progressive days. But Will
this cheap fuel has assisted very mater
tally in upbuilding the manufacturin
interests of the city it needs no prophet
instinct to forecast the future, and as
sert that within the next year or tw
there will be a greater development o
manufacturing enterprises than during
all the previous years put together An,
that is saying much, for the followin,
tabulated list of the principal manu-
facturers of Los Angeles are neither few
nor unimportant:
No. of
Articles. establishments
Agricultural implements. ..................
Artistic wrought ron......................
Automatic engines. Observation-Disclosures.
| Baking powders. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
! brewery OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Blank books. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Boilers Observation-Disclosures.
Box making (paper).. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
| Box making wood. ........................
| Brass works ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
BrlckmaklnE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Il
Brooms OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Candy NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Canned fruits.
Canned meats OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Carriages Observation-Disclosures.
CIothing ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
| crackers Observation-Disclosures.
| Crockery .............. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Dis'iia'e Oh
| Drug Specialties.... NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
| Electrical appliances Observation-Disclosures. 8
| Engines, mining machinery, etc...........
rertlllzerS ....... .........................
| Fixtures (bank. store, office, ETC. ........ 4
| Flavoring extracts Observation-Disclosures.
| FIGURING mills NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Fruit, pulps, preserved and crystallized. 4
Furniture ............. ...................... s
! Harness and saddlery NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
ice ..................... .s....................
Jewelry .............
| Leather work ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2
Macaroni Observation-Disclosures.
L
| OIL well machinery ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Pipes. water, vitrified. etc.............. Q
l i|h'e9
soap
spices '.....'..'.
stamp mills ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 3
sugar '.'.' ..'.'....'....'.........
Vinegar NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Q
wagons OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
wines ........................... 3
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manufacturers to place valuation on
their plant, and state the number of en-
ployes, the value of the above partial list
is decreased. At the same time an ap-
proximate idea may be formed of the
present status of manufacturing by
taking as the basis of. calculation the
statistics given in the census year of
1890.
Under the heading of factories in ope-
ration were given $50 places of business,
in which $10,O000 900 was Invested, and
where 5000 hands were employed. These
drew an average wage of 500 per an
mum, or a total of s3.5O0.00O. The cost
of material used was $4,000, 900 per an
mum, and the value of the manufactured
product, $4,000, 900. In the seven years
that have elapsed since these figures
were compiled immense strides have
been made. The census recently taken
of Los Angeles city, by special legislat-
i've enactment has revealed the fact
that the population has turned the 100,-
900 MARKHAM increase of about one
hundred per cent since 1890. Up to and
including the census year, too, fuel was
very high in price, and the solving of
that difficulty decided the question as
to whether Los Angeles could ever be
in the full and true sense a manufact-
uring center. 1t has been conservative
ly estimated that during the year of
1897 just closed the value of manufact-
ured products aggregated not less than
$20,0O0000 to $22000,000, and that there
are at least 1900 employees engaged in
over 100 manufacturing enterprises.
In the first instance the working up of
the horticultural and other products of
the adjacent country was the leading
feature of the manufacturing industry
in Los Angeles. The canning and pre-
serving of fruits and vegetables, how
ever, is not carried on so extensively as
might be expected. There are factories
at seven or eight different points
throughout Southern California, but
altogether too large a proportion of the
crop is contracted for by San Francisco
houses, that might equally well be util-
lied at home.
The by-products made from the low
grade oranges and lemons, and consist
ing of citric acid orange and lemon and
dried peel are readily sold, the supply
however, beiag so small as to make
eastern houses still dependent upon
eastern supplies.
At San Pedro, the port of Los An
geles, distant twenty miles, large quaint
tiles of sardines are put up, and COM
pare with the best imported French
variety. Recently another factory for
putting up sardines has been started
at Redondo, and is meeting with sue
cess. At Asbury, about one mile from
Long Beach, factory for the manu-
facture of clam juice has been estab-
lished, and the product has so far been
locally consumed.
The value alone of the pickles put I'D
by the half dozen plants is estimated
at 100000, and the product is marketed
along the coast and in the territories
Then there are about 5000 barrels of
vinegar made from grain, fruit waste
or wine, and despite this large output
shipments are made from the east.
The manufacture of the different kinds
of brick, vitrified water and sewer pipe
has developed into most important in
dustry. In the kilns oil is used for fuel
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