Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-03
LOS ANGELES SToNEWARE
AND SEWER PIPE COMPANY

Intimately connected with the growth of
Los Angeles in population, commerce
and wealth are her manufacturing in
terests. These form the anchor to her
present and her future prosperity, and
proud as her citizens may feel over her
splendid climate, her. unsurpassed re-
sources, her growth in population and
in the vastness of her commerce, they
have still greater cause for pride in the
wonderful growth Of her manufacturing
industries. The splendid transportation
facilities. cheap fuel, proximity to raw
materials. cheap and advantageous sites
and numerous other vital arguments rec
ommend Los Angeles as a splendid
manufa cturing point, and account largely
for the remarkable success of those valu-,
able industries established here. Among
the latter is that so successfully con-
Quoted by the Los Angeles Stoneware and
Sewer Pipe company, with its office and
factory so admirably located at 800 North
vate switches of the Santa Fe and Salt
Lake railroads entering it's yards and
buildings. and these roads connect with
all railroads entering the city.
This business was established in 1891
in small way as the Los Angeles Stone
ware company, manufacturing stoneware
only and is the first if not the only.
company in California that has made a
great success of manufacturing stone
ware. for it always turns out only
first-class goods. guaranteeing every piece
of ware that leaves the factory. In 1895
Archibald Douglass bought an interest
in the business and Immediately work
was commenced on erecting new struc-
ture which was two stories in height, 90x
125 feet, and the manufacture of sewer
pipe was added to the. business: From
that date on the growth of the business
has been rapid. Additional ground was
purchased. new modern buildings erected
and the most modern and up-to-date ma
chinery and appliances installed, until
today it has one of the best equipped
and largest plants in the state, which Is
constantly being added TO-,
In the fore part of 1904 the company
was incorporated under the laws of the
state. under the present style name, with
ample am capital at
which was originally incorporated in 1891,
and with Archibald Douglass president
and treasurer; and James Crichton-who
end since the original incorpora tomas
secretary. The plant has. grown to ex-
tensive proportions. covering almost six
acres of ground The buildings. which
are modern in construction, are the MAIN
building, which is. two stories in height,
wings, each two. stories. and one 150xl25
feet and the other S2x120 feet, each de-
partment being as modern and up-to-date
large warehouses for storing, office, en-
gine house, large oil tanks, clay house,
etc, besides seven large kilns, three OF
which are thirty feet each in diameter,
one twenty-five feet and two twenty feet
each in diameter, all of which are of
the most modern construction. The equip
ment of the plant consists of two dry
pans for grinding clay, two wet pans for
tempering clay Bfor sewer pipe, and two
sewer pipe presses, one chaser mill for
tempering clay for stoneware, etc, and
considerable other machinery and appli-
ances for handling stoneware clays, and a
complete clay washing outfit: also COM
plete fire brick making outfit, including
pug mill, augur machine, automatic cut
ter double re-press and brick cars, track
and steam dryers; and this is all operated
by three 100 horsepower boilers and
100 horsepower Boss Corliss engine. The
company is constantly expanding. and
adding to its machinery so that the
equipment is the best and most modern
that money can purchase.
POSSESSING an admirable location, with