The San Francisco call., 1909-12-05
NEW GAS ENGINE is
SAFE AND RELIABLE
Vertical, MulticyIinder Gasoline
Machine Eliminates Weak
Points of Steam Power

San Francisco presents to the world
gas engine that has the same rella-
bility and fleXibility of steam engine,
minus the troublesome boiler feed
pump, feeder and other fixtures that
constitute the weak points of the steam
driven engine The G. w Price pump
and engine company has evolved this
vertical, muIticylinder gasoline en-
gine, an improved and advanced type
of machine that has found a place in
the manufactures of many businessmen
who, until recently. contended that q
gasoline engine in their factories would
be unsafe and unreliable.
This company manufactures CEN
tr1fugal pumps, turbine pumps and
trlplex pumps, and their engineers de-
signed and built the multicylinder en-
gine. Several of the new machines
were placed in the pump works and
tried out for three years. during which
time many improvements were made
before they were placed in the field.
When the G. w. Price company Of
lered It's engines for general sale 1t
was found that there was a strong
competition from eastern and even
foreign builders, but time and again
the Price engines have won out. Then
a combination pump and engine was
oullt, on the plans of the pumps and
engines turned out. and this simplihed
type proved a fuel saver and an instant
success.
The Toulouse & Delorieux company
makes speciality of handling and
manufacturing all kinds of hydraulic
presses, oil making machinery and
wine making machinery. The firm was
established in 1883. at which time Cali
Icrnla was a very small factor in the
WINE producing countries. At that time
machinery which would handle 20 tons
OF grapes a day was considered eX-
ceptionally large. 1t is now possible
TO handle as much as 80 tons of grapes
an hour with one machine owing to
the manufacture of improved machin
cry Tor handling grapes from the
wagons or cars, all through the wine
making processes to the finish on the
refuse piles.
In 1891 about 175 men We're required
TO make 5000 tons of grapes into wine
III season. With improved conditions
ana machinery II, 2,000 tons of grapes
can be handled in season with II
men.
During the change the quality of
California wines has steadily improved.
Formerly California made a very in
ferior product, but now the state is
able to compete with the world with an
article superior to the imported type.
When the Toulouse & DelorieuX
company commenced making olive oil
machinery oil could not be produced in
the state of California, except at loss
TO the maker, and he is now, by the
aid of new machinery, invented by the
Toulouse & Delorieux company, in spite
of the great difference in wages, able
H. N1-ll
country The company has designed
and equipped in this state the largest
olive oil plants in the world, and the
products exceed in quality any i'm
ported variety.
The c. H. Evans company recently
received contract from the California
transportation company for the in
stallation of all the machinery in a
new steamer that is being constructed.
for the Sacramento and San Francisco
run The Eureka boiler works will
furnish the boilers and the entire con-
tract will leave some $4,000 in this
city.
Perhaps the largest contract now be-
ing filled by the Moore & Scott iron
works is for the construction of
barge for the Associated oil company
fleet. The firm is busy also on repairs
to the Norwegian steamer Torden
skiold, the baykentine Kohala, the
steamer Coquille River and the steamer
g. c. Lndauer.
The steel contract for the City and
County bank viii be filled by the West
ern iron works that for the Sloss build
ing by the Central iron works and the
contract for the Schmidt building by
the Western iron works.