The San Francisco call., 1910-03-05
GREAT INDUSTRIES
IN NEARBY TOWN
Manufacturing Plants and Com
binatiOn OF Natural Advan=
tages Center in Richmond
BY DAVID H. WALKER


.1So Tie site II This stirring commit
H-ty was merely grazing lands. with
splendid bug unused water frontage
l- 1905 e vas Incorporated as city
nf Ire siXtL class WIKI q population
aake- -E--l disclosed q total popuIa-
e- abou- E9.5al TIE census of
lt-a taken ty tHe federal government.
s-t probably show EhsI the city cor
ls-9s --99a persons Ten years from
. HeW Z - 80 Improbable that the
Pop H-aIicr w-u he fuily 59.55t and
perhaps mere
These Isurts alone could -c- jrstify
fEr e.Gelr tlaE Richmond IS the
.cs- -e-a-ka5-s of American cities
: *- BIZ Grey Indicate coEdi-
s-c-s 80 r-- -eosr remarkable sort
..--- i.-- o- a.'s---=-eS slcL - have
seldom lr eyer he-l ooncearrared j..
--'zic lc-ailC-- ID q .4@eede. advauIa geS Il
-1catiou alL splendid endowment FOR
4a- tlSless aRd uEuGfs sclU-ing
career s.E-esc bsTcr1 belief Industrial
accom- Elis- mont lu z r-esr,. OF time
~ t.-z- breaks records zlC challenges al
once aClElir--ion and f=-KId but reason
s1is expectation or bases that are uu-
g-speac .,laiie-
In 1sge Richmond Eas largely IN its
primitive condition. In 1910 i con-
eeils The following .arge enterprises
and foundations for enterprises that
are n -h= 6rst class. with capacit1-- for
I1sny mere II the sane class. and con
c5lo1s rGat attract such enterprises
on REFINERY
The great Oh refinery of the stand
ard OIL con- psuy- which Is estimated 70
Dc - cost 3. .aet- COS and which Il cap
able of large expansion This Is the
largest refinery West Of Chicago. Il
. connected with the richest oil feids
- California ly pipe lines. which carry
fuel OH z distance Of nearly 500 miles
ana lzy il down close % deep water az
~ minimum OF cost
WINEHAYEN
Winehaven- the plant OF the Califor-
ria wine association. whicL is one Of
Tie largest wineries in the world This
embraces tract of - acres. covered IN
part by expensive and me buildings
which with land. structures and equip
Ienrs- represents an investment sc-
counted in SIX figures. or among the
millions 0f dollars The California wine
association operates ssout 50 wineries
n tLls state It's business IS world
. wide. Situated OF tie water front
sd Goat THE largest vessels at the wharf
tn-s plant = imposing n appearance
NHALE OIL PLANT
Wnale oil plant OF the sta andard oil
company and wharf Of the Standard
oil that extends a mile out into the
bsE. with pipe lines connecting il with
tle refinery. with abundance OF deep
water wirt large car shops for re-
pairing and eguiPping oil cars. with
ean ard barrel factories. Ship and
Tail are brought together IL the water
front The transportation Of cargoes
10 ships Is accompiished almost ex-
ciusiTely bE grayftation. through the
Use OF pipe lines and the necessary ap-
planes
SANTA FE TERMINAL
Terminal Of the santa re railway.
with freight and passenger service
across the bay 20 and from san Fran
cisco large t-sckage ca the Southern
Pacific company. Greatest Of ali and
the source Of ali water fronts &c. with
. deep water close 10 the shore and an
inland hsrbor that can be largely de-
Veloped- The water front Of Richmond
is said 10 be Is miles long The
water is from 30 10 50 feet deep q
stones throw from the shore II is inn
P medistely IN front OF the Golden gate.
:on the continental side OF the bay and
on the route Of all water trafic that
moves on the Sacramento and San
Joaquin rivers
PULLMAN CAR SHOPS
Recently purchased site of the Pull
man car ccnps ny. upon which large
works viii soon be erected by the
great car constructing corporation AT
q large Immediate cost and involving
= large and increasing addition 10 the
population
OTHER INDUSTRIES
Added TO this Industrial array of the
present. but OF smaller size. are the
plants Of the belt line railway. the
tracks OF the East Shore and suburban
railway: the Los Angeles pressed brick
company. the Central brick conpan
the Berkeley iron and steel works: the
California pottery works: Hesly &
.Tibbitts; the porcelain mandatory in
The buildings purchase from Ghirar-
de]li-
While there are others. the mention
ol these is sufficient 10 show that Rich
raOnd is not = boom or q temporary
town Il has been built so far and will
continue 70 grow on the safe and sure
basis OF esta ablished industries. II has
Q splendid climate: the cheapest fuel
oil in the world laid down at its door:
an unlimited supply Of cheap electric
power: an endless capacity for increas-
ing its commerce with the world by
the endless capacity for increasing its
commerce with the world by the ex-
tension Of the necessary wharves along
its water front on the bay and in the
iuIsnd hsrbor TO be created at once. q
vast plain on which the extension Of
the city can proceed without encounter
ing any physical obsta cles and also
high hills that afford scenic locations
FOR homes.
-Four hundred acres of land are to be
added 10 its available manufacturing
sites. for warehouses and miscellaneous
structures. for business uses and for
homes, by the execution OF contract
which viii reclaim the area mentioned
in the heart Of the city and will unite
the two existing sections OF Richmond
into one continuous body OF valuable
land. with connecting avenues, bouIe-
ward and streets The present popula-
ton Of Richmond is well housed They
have the advantage of fine air, good
water, many schools and churches and
their outlook on the future is filed
with promise Of the most brilliant kind.
Richmond is lAe a yaoung giant.
hardly knowing its own strength but
endowed with all that Is needed TO
brigS growth and greatness