The San Francisco call., 1910-03-05
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GOOD LOCATION FOR
MANUFACTURES
One of the Chief Reasons for the
Rapid Growth of Young
81. Contra Costa City

The reasons for the rapid growth in
: :tae city o. Richmond are numerous
: Perhaps one OF the chief reasons is
p that great combinations of capital have
approved OF the situation by locating
their works there al an aggregate in
-Vestment OF many millions Of dollars
- BY thei- q agency the attention OF the
world has been called to Richmond as
place where things are done and
where experience has shown that it is
me location for the convenient,
. prompt and satisfactory transaction OF
business.
Richmond has gained impetus in
Enterprises ano in population that. all
conditions considered, shows the city
49, be only in the early stages Of
progress.
on the shores Of Contra Costa county.
a distance OF about 20 miles, the
Investments in industrial enterprises
already amount 10 about $500, ,000. coo,
.onserys1iYely estimated
Of ali the communities on the water
trout line OF Contra Costa county.
Ri-hmoud has made the most rapid
progress Of any. Il l. matter of his
san Francisco. Contra Costa ranked
next 10 san Francisco in the annual
lre of ITS manufactured products.
With one eXception-the manufacture
~ iosives-R Richmond is ready to
show It's ability 10 compete with the
world as = center OF production inNolv-
NJ the uses Of machinery.
LARGE INDU sTRIAL PLANTS
Along the 20 miles Of deep water on
rae contra Costa county shore there
aye more rnsn 80 large industrial plants
Included 4 these plants are paper and
.ooa ID mills. zSpsrsgu canneries. clay
and brick manufactures, powder works
1itn large annual outputs, redwood
me- u-tactures on a great scale, rubber
works. QalTIes. milling works, chemical
works cement works. oil rehneries,
. mineral water bottling plants, sugar
-efueries. smelling works and refin-
cries. asphalt manufactures. wine man
-factures, planning mills, -four mills,
etc. There are also many large grain
and other warehouses.
Ir recent publication issued by the
southern Pacific company some reasons
a~@ given why manufactures and popu-
larioD viii increase in California
These req sons are peculiarly applicable
ro Richmond and hence are given in
part - follows
Population j. increasing in all the
wealth and industrial growth The
gain iu assessed valuation from 1907
to 1898 was about Sl1l.50o. 600, and
this assessed "a lUe Of course only rep
reSeurs portion Of real values. say
50 per cent With an increase OF popu-
Istiou comes an expansion OF nanufac-
lures. and with the growth OF factories
I'M tUrn comes an added density OF
population and increase in property
sIues Today the relatively small
population of the state has behind it
. large aggregate OF public and prl-
rate Wes tn. ma king the per capita
srea lth ~ California the largest Of any
of rae states Of the union or the coun-
lries Of the world
This per capita wealth is s2.235, as
against s1.SeS in New York. Sl.367 in
ohio and sl.3lS in the United States
The debt per capita is S9.7l, against
s5..64 in New York, S72.12 in Ohio and
s1s52 iu the 7 nited States.
We cite these figures to show the
EeHersl prosperity Of the state. and
ne call attention 10 the fact that the
great Industrial Development along the
shores of Contra Costa county are re-
sre5 6-St % all 10 the chief city and
zresC test seaport OF the state. and be-
loEd that 10 the general wealth OF the
state and the movement toward self
S-izrens nee. F.xDediencv snd the econ
oruv Of nature are developing factories
near the raw material and the con-
Necesze rily Contra Costa towns
have been touched in sketcinng the
nufsctories. but a further word is
region nd the towns Of such : might
wen belong TO the ouet life of an
= agricultural community Ranking sec
ono u the state IN msnufa ctureS up TO
1905. the great fire in san Francisco
that year sent outward into this
section large number Of firms, and
Contra Costa now probah bly, leads all
other counties in the state in the value
~ uanufs ctured products This affects
some n the growth and character Of
towns.
The popu lation Of the county in 1890
was 1886. IN 1909 II was s1S.o46. an
increase n 50 per cent. Since that
time the ErOHth has been rapid. for
factories have multiplied and the city
of Richmond has population Of ~.
600. most OF which has been gathered
since the last general census The
population has fully doubled in the last
- - 4 mn : nnu. g 0l0