The San Francisco call., 1903-12-07
MANUFACTURED ARTICLES CONSIDERED
WHO ARE ALIVE TO WELFARE OF THE STATE
State Enterprises Now
Contain Much
Promise.
Developments Give
Assurance for the
Future.

The manager Of the State Board OF
Trade has information from the San
Luis Obispo Board Of Trade that an
Incorporation has just been made in
San Luis Obispo County. with head
quarters at San Luis Obispo. for the
purpose of engaging in the business Of
seed growing. The Incorporation is
under the title of the Haven Seed Com
pany. The protector and head of the
enterprise, Mr.. Haven. came recently
from South Haven, Mich, where he has
been farming 400 to 500 acres OF land
He hopes soon to be farming in this
branch on an equally large scale in
San Luis ObispO County.
Local parties have also become in
terested in this new enterprise and
have invested money in it. Mr.. Haven
says repeated failures in Michigan led
him to seek California, where climatic
and other conditions are favorable.
Manager Briggs also has a letter
commencing the work now being done
in The Call to advertise the interior of
the State. The letter says: I want
to thank you for the publicity given
this county in your article in The Call
some weeks ago. refer to some new
enterprises which had been started
here. Several inquiries have been re-
ceived as a result Of that article.
want to assure you that you viii have
the hearty and earnest support and
/ cooperation Of our Board Of Trade IN
| encoura ging homeseekers to come. and
| in dir Getting them after they reach the
State.'
/ The Modesto Herald says that
meeting Of the directors Of the Modes
to irrigation district viii be held the
present week to fix the date for hold
| ing a special election TO refund $SS2.-
/ 900 in per cent bonds that were used
in the completion Of the irrigation sys-
tom. All excavation work has been
completed with the exception Of one
lateral, which will be about three
fourtbs OF a mile long.
POINT RICHMOND GROWS.
The Point Richmond Record says less
than three years ago Point Richmond
had a population Of less than fifty
persons. Now the population is more
than 1000. The locality also boasts
miles Of deep water frontage, where
large ships can come close to the
shore to discharge cargOes, the largest
oil refinery on the Pacific Coast, that
employs 1000 men, the terminus OF a
great transcontinental road with two
other roads seeking an entrance. ac-
tive house building, factories and foun-
dries. stone works and other enter
prises.
The San Diego Union says that a
quarter of a mile OF water front be-
tween Pacific Beach and La JolIa has
been sold, to be improved.
According to the Chico Record, the
construction of buildings for the great
plant of the Diamond Match Company
is about to begin at Barber, which is
near Chico. The plans provide for
large machine shop. 20Ox75 feet in size;
an office building 42x90 feet; also for a
planning mill, four storehouses, a box
/ factory, a sash and door factory,
power-house, a strawboard paper mill
and other buildings, all on a large
/ scale.
The DavisvilIe Enterprise says that
plans have been draughted for an
opera house and clubhouse for Davis
vile.
/ The Sacramento Bee tells OF the re-
/ cent improvements in Suisun. A large
/ tract of land has been bought as the
site OF the Suisun Olive company's
operations. The Portland Cement Com
pany will build an electric railway TO
extend to Suisun from the company's
/ works.
/ The Redding Free Press reports that
recently twenty carloads Of rich quartz
were shipped as one trainload from
the Middle Greek district to the Kes-
/ ,,-;ol~
The Humboldt Times reports that an
i other power plant will be established
at the mouth of New River to furnish
light and power to the city Of Eu-
reka.
Q .
new trade territory in the domestic
market; that is. by sending intelligent
agents to show his goods and push
their sale or. what is still more effec-
tive, by establishing a branch house
in the principal distributing center OF
the country in which he desires to sell
/ his goods
LIMIT NOT REACHED.
A campaign Of this kind for new
markets means the expenditure OF
money and probably slow returns. II
not actual losses. for the first year.
There are, however, many instances
known to have occurred among San
Francisco manufacturers and jobbers
during the past two years. where these
intelligent methods have been crowned
with success. and the volume OF busi-
ness OF firms enhanced to a degree
that would not have been possible in
the restricted home market.
These instances OF success may by no
means be followed by all others who
may try the same methods, but they
are instanced because they show the
result OF intelligent and up-to-dats
methods in seeking foreign trade.
In a general way it may be said thar.
based upon the statements OF many
persons qualified by experience and
knowledge ACQUIRED ~ residence in -
Orient and the Latin-American Stats
by the testimony Of United States Con-
suIs and, still more forcibly, by the ex-