The San Francisco call., 1910-08-13
GOOD HARBOR WILL
MAKE RICHMOND
A GREAT CITY

RICHMOND. Aug. 12.-Nothing can
be of greater advantage to a city in it's
development and growth than to be
we'll located on bay. lake or navigable
stream The future greatness of Rich
mond lies in the fact that it has thir-
teen miles of the finest waterfront in Z
the world along San Francisco bay 10
the south and west and San Pablo bay
TO the north: while Contra Costa
county, of which Richmond is the met
ropolis, boasts 20 miles of deep water
frontage.
1t was Richmonds deep water 'front.'
age which first attracted the Standard
oil company and the Santa Fe to come
to this point and build docks. But the
citizens and capitalists of the town
were not satisfied to have all the docks
at the far end of the town, and so the
work of canal dredging was started
Every inducement Is being made to
bring business and industries OF all
kinds to the city. Factory sites are
being kept down to a low figure.
Along the 20 miles Of deep water on
the Contra Costa county shore there
are more than 40 large industriai
plants. Included in these plants are
paper and board mills. asparagu can
neries, clay and brick manufactures.
powder works with large annual out
puts, redwood manufactures on a great
scale, rubber works, dairies. milling
works, chemical works. cement works
oil refneries, mineral water bottling
plants, sugar retineries. smelling works
and reineries. asphalt manufactures.
wine manufactures. planning mills. -four
mills. etc There are also many large
grain and other warehouses.
The city of San Francisco, with its
nPODI0. "A mi
the bay from Richmond. is one of the
greatest places of the world
The water frontage on the san Fran
cisco side of the bay has long sincs
been taken and not foot of ground
is to be procured adjacent to deep
media nor Oakland has deep watSr
Quite recently the latter city. with
the aid of the government. has
deepened her harbor and is now q grea-@
receiving point for lumber Practically
the only deep wsrter tide land available
now along San Francisco bay. at prices
which win permit Of the location OF
factories and big industrial enterprises.
is that to be found along the shores OF
the city of Richmond
very notable civic Improvement
now in progress is the digging of a
ship canal leading into the very heart
of the city.
The canal is mile and a half long
and 800 feet wide up TO the turning
basin, which is 500 feet wide. The
canal will be 80 feet deep, and this
depth will allow ocean steamers of the
largest type to come UP into the cana
and dock.
The cost of this canal will be in the
neighborhood Of S1.000.6 600. About $3.50 4
600 of this has already been spep Il
upon the canal and every effort of tn
Point Richmond canal and land con
pany is being directed toward it's con
pletion.
In the canal at present is the dredg
Oakland. which Is one Of the large
machines of it's kind in America al
the largest on the Pacific coast tn
dredger has a capacity OF 1000 horse q
power and is driven by electricity.
is a suction machine. the pipes having
a diameter Of 25 inches The mud and
water are sucked up and poured OUT
of the other end OF the pipe 1000 feet
away at the rate of $4,000 gallons per
minute Working night and day. as II
now is, the dredger takes a crew OF
% men The dredger payroll is 81 700.
per month.
The miles of deep water front added
by this canal win prove an immense
asset TO the city of Richmond and win
De another monument to its progress
siN eiteSS.