Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21
BROAD FIELD OPEN
FOR NEW FACTORIES
THE GREAT SOUTHWEST IN
VITES CAPITAL
FUEL AND POWER AVAILABLE AT
ANY POINT
Annual Value of Los Angeles Manu-.
factured Goods Exceeds $5o.ooo,-
ooo-AII Conditions Excep-
tlonaIy Favorable

1t is estimated that the annual value
of the manufactured products of Los
Angeles alone is over $4,000, 000 The
industries in other sections of the Pa
c1fic coast will run the value Of manu-
factured goods far above the local vaIu-
ation
There are openings on the coast for
the establishment of numerous other
prontable enterprises. In the annual
issued by the Los Angeles chamber of
commerce attention is called to the
many opportunities offered in the great
southwest for the profitable investment
of capital.
THE development OF water for irri-
CATION affords good Inducements to
capital. During the last five years
several hundred thousand acres of land
nave been made available for the culti-
walton of valuable crops In this man
ner; such land having increased in
value through the development of water
from three to tenfold. The cost of
boring wells is not large, although it is
| often beyond the means of settlers.
Inc openings for manufacturing en-
terprises in Los Angeles are many and
varied. Not only do local manufac-
turers enjoy the advantage of cheap
fueI, but they are also protected by the
nigh rates of transportation on manu-
factured goods from the east. Then.
again, the mild climate of this section
| AhSiiiIolSS ENTERPRISES,
rendering solid and expensive buildings
unnecessary. Also labor troubles are
| mere comparatively unknown.
| The market for the Los Angeles
manufacturers is a large one and is
constantly being extended. Our mer-
chants ship their manufactured pro-
ducts to Fresno, in Central California.
on the north, and eastward as far as
New Mexico and Sonora, also to Lower
California and to southern Nevada. OF
late our manufacturers have been ex-
tending their field of operations and are
now spreading out over the whole Pa
ciic coast. With the completion of the
salt Lake railroad, large and Inn
portant new field is opened up in south
ern Utah and Nevada.
Reduction Works Wanted
There is also an excellent opening
for mineral reduction works there hay-
ing been great development of the
mineral fields of Southern California
and adjoining territory during the past
few years. At present the nearest
smelters are at San Francisco and Salt
Lake City. Wilmington is regarded as
a good site for such an enterprise. An
other promising field for manufacture
ing enterprise is the refining of crude
petroleum.
There is a fish cannery at San Pedro
which puts up fine brand of sardines,
for which a ready market is found
throughout the country. Lobsters have
been canned there on small SCALE
The Pacific ocean abounds with fine
fish. and there is room for great ex-
tension of this industry.
Twenty years ago there was a fac
tory in Los Angeles that turned out
blankets. There should certainly be
good opening for such a factory today
At present our wool is shipped east 5000
miles, with 70 per cent of dirt, to come
back the same distance in the shape
of manufactured goods.
There is room for several more
beet sugar factories in Southern Cali
fornia. At present there are four fac
tories-at Chino, Los Alamitos, Oxnard
and Santa Maria.
There should be a good opening for
a piano factory. A factory for the
manufacture of plano sounding boards
was recently opened, as the lumber
here is seasoned in the sun, whereas in
the east it is necessary to steam the
wood artifcially. This takes the gummy
matter out of the cells of the timber,
decreasing it's resonance. The differ
ence between the sound of an eastern
board and one made here is Immediately
manifest on striking 1t. 1t Is believed
that this is the secret of the superiority
of the celebrated Cremona violins,
which are made in northern Italy, in a
climate very similar to this.
ut is not inappropriate to mention
here, in connection with the subject of
manufacturing in Southern California,
that there has been established In the
San Gabriel valley, few miles from
town called Dolgeville. 1t contains the
only factory In the United States turn
ing out finished products from the raw
| WOOL"