Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-07
GREAT FACTORIES
ARE OUTLINED
LONG BEACH MAY GET VAST
ENTERPRISES
shIpbulldIns company's Representa-
tive Seeks site for Plant Where
Payroll Would Be Over
s2so,ooo a Month
snecinl to The Herald.

Special TO The Herald.
LONG BEACH, June 6.--Two large
propositions were laid before the MEM
bers Of the chamber of commerce last
night. One was presented by 1. M.
Huntsberger, representative of the
Craig Shipbuilding company of Toledo,
Ohio. He explained that this firms
capital Is now i'm the form of money
and that the members were anxious to
locate a new plant on the Pacific coast.
The company's business is the con-
struction of steel vessels and the re-
pairing of wooden ships and the plant
would require forty-five acres of land,
Dor and 1000 feet in depth.
I'VE had decided upon site at Will
mington," said Mr.. Huntsberger, but
found for certain reasons 1t was not
available. Probably the most salts
factory site is the one at Terminal is
land which has been leased by your
city to local syndicate and is now
being held at a figure so high as to
be out of the question"
The statement was made that had
this lease not been granted to these
parties the plant of the Craigs would
have undoubtedly been a certainty for
Long Beach. He stated that If this
city would produce a site the plant
might be still Forthcoming and inti-
mated that if it did not the shipbuild-
ers might accept an offer which has
been made by San Diego to provide
suitable site at a nomial cost.
May Yet Get Plant
eff the chamber of commerce or
private individuals offer us a site at
fair rental" he said, "the plant might
be brought here. This would offer a
strong inducement to transoceanic
lines. The plant would cost 100000
and would probably be added to until
it's value was $500,000. 1t would en-
ploy about 500 men," The proposition
was left in the hands of the harbor
committee of the chamber. of COM
merce
A. L. Foster of the Llewellyn Iron
Works company of Los Angeles ad-
dressed the organization next. stating
that the corporation had already Sc
cured options on site along Anaheim
road, north of the Dock and Terminal
company's holdings, and would locate
it's plant in Long Beach If $150O0O
could be raised by this city towards the
expense of moving. He stated that the
total expense of moving and locating
the plant here would be 100000, of
which $350,000 would have to be raised
outside. Of this. sum he said 100000
had already been secured. Mr.. Foster
said that six concerns which were
burned out in San Francisco were also
interested and would locate in Long
Beach if the iron works company's deal
was carried through. The payrolls of
the various concerns, including the
iron works, he said, aggregated $780,
600 month.
I Railroads Are Interested
A committee composed of A. NJ.
Goodhue, p. E. Hatch, j. B. Heart
we'll, Frank McCutchen and w. w.
Lowe was appointed to take the mat
ter in charge. 1t was said today that
local real estate firm has secured OPP |
tions on more than 200 acres bounded
by Anaheim road, Perris road, Willow
street and the San Pedro branch of
the Pacific Electric road for the iron
works company and the other concerns
interested. The approximate value of
the 800 acres is $S0O,O0O.
1t is rumored that the Santa Fe and
perhaps tie Gould lines are seeking
terminal sites in the flats north of the
city and the chamber of commerce will
do all in it's power to bring these large
manufactures to Long Beach in the
hope of securing one or both railroads.
j. E. Birmingham, realty dealer, said
today:
"The Santa Fe has bought outright |
forty acres in the flats. This land was
bought and paid for by that company
and ! know it to be a fact as l had
something to do with the deal"
The fact that frequent secret in |
quiries have been made concerning the |
scope of the harbor plans of Long
Beach has led bankers and other con-
servative business men to believe that ,
number of important corporations,
including the Santa Fe, were consider
in cit