Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-12
e Long Beach, Queen of the Beaches

! 1t will mean that Long Beach is the
first and only city on the coast to
offer an open port to the commerce of
the world, free from the annoying and
excessive tolls.
The great bascule bridge at the
entrance of the Long Beach harbor Is
one of the largest in the world. It's
length is 222 feet and has a span of
$50 feet. 1t is operated by electricity
and with wonderful ease, so evenly is
it balanced. 1t can also be operated
| (raised) by hand in case of emer-
gency. In this event a triple sprocket
| Is brought into use and operated by one
man. The bridge is owned and operated
by the Salt Lake railway and was con-
structed at a cost of $1750 1t is
truly a wonderful piece of engineering.
The great bascule bridge at the
located on the Long Beach harbor, and
is in operation. One is impressed with
the number of men employed and with
the activity in the Craig shipyards. 1t
is great to see and hear the tremendous
noise of the foundry and machine
shops, other great machines doing a
tremendous work, the electric cranes
carrying huge iron plates and other
massive pieces and the many high
powered riveting machines which are
busy in the work of putting together
two big steel steamships that will have
a capacity of carrying 100000 feet of
lumber as we'll as passengers up and
down the coast.
The Long Beach Salt works is a
very interesting industry, too. Their
output last year was 26 100, 900 pounds
of refined salt Twenty-Five men are
employed night and day by this COM
pany.
Long Beach will also be known from
coast to coast as the home of the great
Southern California Edison company.
This wonderful corporation recently
purchased fifteen acres on the Long
Beach harbor and have begun the
construction of a $2,000000 plant that
will within one year furnish $4,000 to
10000 horsepower electrical current,
and In two years will furnish 10000
horsepower This great plant will be
capable of indefinite extension and ulti-
mately it's capacity will reach between
$50, 900 and 100000 horsepower. This will
mean the expenditure of several mil
lion dollars more.
This and more is taking place on our
great inland harbor.
A closing word of advice is: Come,
see and be conquered by Long Beach,
the Queen of the Beaches" 1t will
bear investigation.
Further information will be furnished
by the Long Beach chamber of COM
merce.
Long Beach is we'll supplied as re-
CARDS banking strength. Among the
strongest, most popular and fastest
growing banks of Southern California,
the Exchange National bank of Long
Beach Is in the front ranks.
This institution was opened for busi-
ness on the 18th day of January, 1907,
and today has a capital and surplus of
$120,000 and deposits Of considerably
over 8 third OF a million dollars. in ad-
dition to resources of over three-quar-
ters of million dollars.
The Exchange National banks off,
GERS are as follows: A. ]. Wallace,
president; NJ. V. McQuigg, vice presi-
dent; w H. Wallace. vice president;
2. d. Kennedy, cashier; F. R. Nc
Quigg, assistant cashier; Ed H. Wal
lace, assistant cashier
These men have labored diligently for
the upbuilding of this institution, and
fully deserve the confidence the public
has accorded them, as evidenced by
the banks exceedingly rapid growth.