The San Francisco call., 1910-05-28

MANUFACTURING
ON The INCREASE
San Francisco and Bay Cities
Make Great Variety of
Products

san Francisco and the adjoining
towns and cities viii be on exhibition
as industrial centers whenever the
great exposition of 1915 is ready to
open its doors to the worldwide flood
Of visitors that viii knock for admis-
Yen.
The local real estate men count the
size of the manufacturing plants of the
bay shore region, taken collectively, as
= sure asset in real estate values. There
is g promising nucleus for many con-
Germs Of the first class. Plants that
are comparatively small Will be given
manifold opportunities for growth. In
the construction OF the exposition
building and it's equipments there will
be chance for the employment of an
army Of men who are employed in the
present industrial plants in and close
10 San Francisco as skilled mechanics,
IN addition TO another army OF car
penters and others who work outside
of shops the greater part Of the time
MANY MANUFACTURERs
The varieties OF goods and wares
manufactured in san Francisco alone
now number 747. according. to the Mer-
chants association Of San Francisco,
which has prepared a handbook on
the subject. In addition to this the
surrounding communities produced SO
other varieties of manufactured
products. so that the total number in
this vicinity of local origin is now
sz6. OF the manufacturing plants
there are !. 1.003 that are located in San
Francisco. 22I IN Oakland 20 in Berke-
ley. IS in Alameda county outside of
Oakland. Berkeley and Alameda, 35 in
Contra Costa county. for which Rich
mond must be credited with Il. san
Mateo county. including South San
Francisco. has IA manufacturing plants,
Benicia 6, Vallejo Il, Marin county Z.
Outside OF the district described by
the mention Of territory in the fore
going there are So manufactures that
have main Offices in san Francisco.
Seventy per cent of the factories in
the bay district that are located out
side OF san Francisco excepting those
in Oakland, have their Offices here.
Manufacturing is the largest single
interest of san Francisco It is pro-
NOTED largely by the position of the
city on the ocean and bay and also by
the demand in the interior for large
assortment of articles that experience
las proved 10 be profitable manufac-
lures in this city I'm competition with
the eastern sources Of supply. Manu-
featuring hires more men in san Fran
cisco than any other single branch OF
enterprise Modern machines, housed
economically. are capable Of large
individual output and also are capable
Of making profits when used on busi-
ness principles. Many elements here
favor economical operation.
Manufactures can be shipped largely
by water and the cheap fuel supplied
bv the California oil fields gives san
Francisco 4 strong lighting chance to
build up manufacturing on a contln-
uaIy Increasing scale II the railways
are fair in their charges and do not
kin the goose that. normally, is inclined
10 lay larger golden egg every year
The present annual freight offerings
from the manufacturing interests
around the bay OF san Francisco are
large.
REAL ESTATE INTEREST
Strictly looking at the manufactures
from the point Of promoting and in
suring the values OF local real estate
fl viii be seen that they are exeTting
great influence. Attention is nat
urslly directed TO the creation Of a
new manufacturing district directly
after April 1906. which extends over q
great many blocks contiguous to rail
way terminals in the southern part OF
the city. To the fire also the eastern
shore Of the bay dates many manu-
featuring enterprises that migrated IN
whole or in part, while the conditions
in san Francisco were temporarily un-
settled. with these enterprises, nat
uralIy. went the people who earned
their llvings by operating the works
for convenience. Comparatively lew
rnanufa cturing enterprises have been
found 70 have removed permanently
\ These are in such near neighborhoods
that they add to the commercial im-
portance Of san Francisco and increase
- f7r rlcF al
leading shipping point on the Pacific
coast.
The important moH ements in prog
ress in the city 10 level Rincon hill and
20 tunnel through stockton street to
the bay are both related TO the manu-
featuring extensions Of San Francisco
One of the promising Industrial signs
Of the last few years in this city
has been the great increase in manu-
featuring in the North beach section
where plants Of the first class have To-
Gated and are busily in operation. The
funneling through the high hills that
Senarate the bay shore on the nortf
and the central retailing section of the
city that extends from Sutter stree'
southwark viii make access by team:
10 factories easy. Besides, as has al
ready been pointed out, the moves o
the railroad interests certainly show
that railway men intend 10 ferry across
from Sausalito to the foot Of Van Mes;
avenue or 10 that vicinity.
The increase of sea commerce anc
land transportation, in other words, II
being prepared for by the improvement
Of large areas and Accommodations fol
the business to be augmented by th'
Panama canal In that leading fact u
the insurance Of land values and also {
healthy growth in the same
In the pending Improvements tht
realty interests, the manufacturing in
dustries. the shipping Of freights and
the warehousing business would seen
10 be all about equally concerned. THAI
which will bring about the establish.
ment Of industrial plants will also in
crease the earning capacity of land o,
which there viii be none too mucf
that is available for business use:
within a comparatively few years.