The San Francisco call., 1910-04-17
BUSINESSMEN
ARE GUESTS
Of COALINGA
Prominent San FranciScans
Tour Oil Fields and Praise
Great Industry
Great Barbecue Held on Summit
of High Hill Overlooking
Derrick Forests
By c. H. WARREN
Especial Disp0ioh 10 The Coll

Especial Disp0ich 10 The Call
COALINGA, April 1e.-That Coalinga
is on. the map Of California is a fact
that the San Francisco chamber OF
commerce realizes now to the fullest
extent BY special invitation Of the
CoaIinga chamber Of commerce a large
delegation Of the main commercial
body Of the state metropolis arrived
here today by special train to enjoy
the hospitality Of this most enterpris-
ing community.
Automobiles were in waiting at the
the train they were taken on the long
ride through the surrounding oil fields.
This trip was Of particular interest to
the men Of affairs from the north, for
they were given a most comprehensive
view Of the fields, which are already
producing slO,1es10O annually. with
The promise Of q vast increase in the
very near future.
on the summit Of a lofty hill over
looking the entire valley and the great
forests of derricks an open air bar
hecue was held. The success of the
automobile trip was in a large measure
due 10 the untiring efforts Of R. L.
Peeler. president Of the local chamber
Of commerce. and of D. P. Walsh, sec
retary Of that body. During the after
noon The visitors were shown the diff
ferent Industries engaged in the manu-
facture Of supplies used in the oil
seldS. A concert by the COalinga city
band was a pleasant feature of the
afternoon.
BANQUET IL HELD
The festivities Of the day were
brought TO a close by the banquet given
tais evening in the spacious skating
rink in honor Of the bay city visitors.
r.. J.. Peeler. in a brief address, intro
dUced as the postmaster Of the even
ING u. Il. Lucey, who responded in a
neat speech. He said that Coalinga
WAS most anxious to establish closer
relations with san Francisco and that
the best way TO do that was to have
the businessmen and ca pitalists of san
francisco see for themselves Just what
was back of Coahnga in the way OF
material wealth actually developed and
immense opportunities for investment.
The main address Of welcome was made
10y Frank II. Short of Fresno Judge
NJ K Harris Of Fresno responded to
The toast, Fresno County" and he ably
set forth the richness of the county.
The COalinga chamber of commerce
and COalinga, city made up the theme
or d vigorous speech by Robert II
Smith. Thomas A O'Donneu spoke
about the oil fields, and 5. A. Guibersor
Jr. told what had been done and what
was still 10 be done in the matter OF
oil transportation. ". L. Gerstle, pres
ident Of the San Francisco chamber OF
commerce, expressed on behalf of the
organization the pleasure that he and
his associates had enjoyed He felt
certain that they had learned facts
about the oil industry that would be
Of grea1 benefit to all He said the
san Francisco businessmen were most
anxious TO get in close touch with all
sections Of the state and to familiarize
themselves with the varied industries
that are making California foremost
IN all lines Of endeavor. Other mem
bers Of the delegation spoke in a sim
liar strain. Shortly after midnight the
visitors departed on their special train
for San Francisco
PROMISE EXPOSITION SUPPORT
On the cover Of the booklet issued
by the local chamber of commerce a s
souvenir Of the occasion was the sIo-
gan, we will be with you inL 1915. :.
which pleased the San Franciscans very
much
Coalinga now has a population of
about 5000, and in the surrounding
fields tributary TO the city the popula-
tlon is about the same For its size
there is probably no more prosperous
community in the state. The total pro-
duction Of the oil fields since 1897 has
been 59,691,107 barrels. In 1897 the
output was 7O.l49 barrels; in 1903 the
output was l5,07e,944 barrels.