Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-12


together, let us take note of what has
been going on during the past few
months or are scheduled for early con-
summation in and around Los An
geles.
One of the most important recent an
nouncements. is that of the firm of
Bates & Cheeseborough, which is in
augurating a. new steamship line be-
tween Los Angeles and New York by
way of the Panama railroad, with a
capacity at present of 100000 tons a
year. The Importance of this as open
ising development of commerce in
Southern California products is too
obvious to need comment.
A gigantic steel corporation, with
$50, 100000 capital, to turn into finished
products the iron ore deposits of Riv-
erside and San Diego counties, is
promised for this region by ]. Connor
Middleton, an Englishman, who is
promoting tn enterprise. Much of
the capital has already been raised in
England, and with oil for cheap fuel
Mr.. Middleton predicts that in twenty
years from now the Pacific coast, sup
piled with the best and cheapest steel
in the world, will have become the
largest manufacturing center in the
world" The port of San Pedro, it is
believed, will get this plant, because
of it's superior shipping facilities.
The inauguration of fast freight
and passenger line between Los An
geles and Hawaiian ports is promised
by the American Hawaiian Steamship
company, which has just opened gen.
eral offices in this city.
Business of the Pacific Coast Steam
ship company, whose big vessels, the
President and the Governor ply be-
tween here and Puget Sound, has
grown to such an extent that the COM
pany announces the addition of third
steamer at an early date.
The North Pacific Steamship com
pany has begun the operation of a line
between Los Angeles harbor and San
Diego, making the third line between
the ports. The growth of business in
the local harbors has been one of the
greatest incidents of the past years
phenomenal increase in commerce.
In the industrial line the expansion
is no less remarkable. P. A. New
mark & Co., with $250OOO capital, have
established a shirt making factory at
Los Angeles and East Fourth streets.
It employs at the outset $50 hands.
The new plant of the Smith Booth
Usher company on Central avenue and
Alameda street will be the largest
plant for the machinery business in
the United States outside of New York
city. This statement seems astound-
ing, but when one considers the great
demand that has arisen in the south
west in recent years for mining ma
chinery, irrigation pumping plants, au-
tomobile shop machines and building
tools, the demand for such plant
easily can be understood.
The Mulford- Burke Brick company
at Newmark in this county, with
capital of $780, is in operation with
a capacity of 0000 brick a day There
is said to be clay enough in the COM
pany's beds for forty years. The plant
is one of the finest of the kind in the
world.
Several acres of ground have been
purchased in Vernon for the site of a
factory for the Western Grain and Su-
gar company, manufacturers of stock
food composed of alfalfa and molasses
as the principal ingredients. The COM
pany has two other factories in North
ern California.
The increase of $1OO00,0Oo in the stock
and the issuance of $4,000, 900 bonds
by the LOS Angeles railway has for
one of its purposes the establishment
Of an immense car manufacturing
plant, the company having found that
it can j. lid cheaper here than 1t can
buy in the east.
The growth of the Pacific Electric
company's business is such that it
must enlarge its immense building on
sixth street and largely increase its
manufacturing facilities. A six-story
depot at Long Beach is one of its
planned buildings.
In the railroad world the signs of
growth are no less wonderful The Or
egon Short Line, it is said, is to have
a road to Los Angeles via Reno and
Alturas, Cal. AS soon as deeds for
right of way have been filed for rec
ord the Southern Pacific will begin the
building of a branch line from Klam-
ath Falls, Ore, to Alturas, which is to
be ready for operation in twenty-five
months.
It is reported that the Southern Pa
cidc will before long build a new
route from Portland to Los Angeles
on the eastern slopes Of the Sierras
that would be Of low grade line. 1t
is also believed that the Goulds will
extend their Western Pacific. line to
Southern California obliquely across
Nevada.
Thirty-one million dollars are TO be
expended by the Santa Fe railroad
in the next year in improvements and
extensions, much of ii in Southern
California. The Salt Lake railroad has
signed a contract for $60OO,O0O for new
construction, no small amount OF
which will find its way to Los Angeles
in trade.
In the building line the story is too
long to tell. One incident is the build
inng of a hotel to cost $1,25OOOO at
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