The San Francisco call., 1904-07-10

The Board of Trade of Benicia has
prepared a statement of the advan-
tages that Benicia possesses, especially
as a manufacturing site. At the same
time an invitation is extended by the
board to all inquirers who are looking
for eligible places for manufacturing
uses to communicate, and the promise
is made that all needed information
viii be promptly and accurately given.
Considering that the claim is made that
"Benicia is the logical manufacturing
site of the Pacific Coast" much is nat
urally expected to be set forth in justi-
ficatiOn.
At the outset it is said by the board
in an authorized statement that Beui-
cia enjoys the most favorable shipping
facilities possible. The deepest ocean
vessels can land at Benicia. Three
steamboat lines make daily trips be-
tween Benicia and San Francisco, and
many railroad trains pass through Be
nicia daily on their way to and from
San Francisco. Thirty miles from San
Francisco by rail and twenty-eight by
steamboat, it is situated on deep water
and on the line of Eastern railroad
traffic. Benicia is a terminal point,
and its factories are therefore enabled
to secure the lowest possible rates on
raw materials coming from the East.
On materials coming from San Fran
cisco the steamboat lines and the rail
roads charge q very low rate"
PLANTS IN OPERATION.
This strong collection of facts. con-
ciseIy worded, is supplemented by 9TH
ers that are well calculated to show
TO inuuirers the advisabilty of becom-
ing acquainted with Benicia. Among
the additional statements some are Sc
lected:
"Benicia already has the largest
modern tannery on the Pacific Coast
and two other tanneries, a very ex-
tensive factory where agricultural i'm
plements are manufactured and wide
Iy distributed, a fruit and fish cannery
of large proportions and a creamery
where evaporated cream, condensed
milk and butter are manufactured in
large quantities. The United States
Government has a large arsenal and
barracks located here. Benicia also
has two ship yards that are turning
out hundreds of vessels. Thus Ii will
be seen that Benlcia has demonstrated
its claim to consideration as a man.
ufacturing locality by having so many
successful institutions already in op-
Grafton"
Also it is stated that the steamboat
lines from San Francisco will land
goods at the private warehouses of
any factory. Railroad lines can also
be run from the main line to any fac
tory. Therefore every possible econ
omy in the handling of freight is eff
fected, which is one of the most i'm
portant items of consideration in To-
eating a factory. Steam schooners,
bringing supplies from the various
points along the coast of California,
will deliver their cargoes at Benicia at
the same rates of freight that they
charge San Francisco. For two miles
there is a level stretch of land lying
between deep water and the railroad,
furnishing the most advantageous
sites that it is possible to secure from
a standpoint of receiving raw mater
ials and of shipping the finished prod
ucts."
HOST OF ATTRACTIONS.
Among other matters mentioned by
the Benicia Board of Trade relating to
Benicia are the following:
Private wharves for large factories can be
economically constructed. Their cost Of MAIN
tenance is very slight. the teredo worm is
unable to live in the harbor of Benicia and de-
stroy the piling on account Of the fact that the
water is largely fresh water from the rivers.
Piling driven over thirty-seven years ago
stands perfectly sound to-day.
The development of electricity by water
power in Northern California has done a great
work for the State in furnishing cheap power
Benica enjoys the advantage OF being on the
line of of the largest power companies in
the world, and it's factories largely run by
electric power Fuel oil and coal can also be
laid down at Benicia at the lowest possible
cost.
Plenty Of desirable land can be had on which
to build homes close to the factory sites. Be-
ncia has a fine accredited high school, gram
mar and private schools: churches of several
denominations; electric lighting for homes and
highways: in fact. every convenience that goes
to make a community desirable to live in and
bring up families.
San Francisco is the labor market of the Pa
cific Coast and Benicia enjoys the advantage