The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-11-15
People Beginning
To Snap Up
Property

greatest industrial city in California.
Nature has given her location and
man has added steamships and rail-
roads. Such an opinion Of men so
well versed in city building Is In
itself enough to enthuse any one with
Richmond and its future.
TEN YEAR GROWTH
That a city should grow in about
10 years, where once nothing but
grazing land lay. is in itself sur
prising, but when one is shown statis-
tics that point to industries in the
same city to the extent of $50,000.000.
fact becomes stranger than fiction.
This is the history of Richmond, Cali
fornia's new factory city. In 1900
Richmond had population of 10 peo-
pie, today the figure is close to 1900.
In these same 10 years factories and
other industries have entered Rich
mond, and today amount to an in
vestment of more than $4,000, 900.
with a monthly payroll in excess of
$3.50, 900.
The following represents some of
the industries of Richmond and an
approximate Of the amount each has
invested:
LIST OF CONCERNS
Standard Oil company
(33 acres) ......... SIT 100000
Further development. 100000
Santa Fe railroad yards
and shops 100000
Pacific Gas and Electric
company ......... 100000
East Shore and Subur-
ban railroad ....... 100000
Pullman car shops (22
acres) ....... 100000
Richmond Belt line -. 100000
Southern Pacific rail-
road l,0OO,oVO
Western States Gas and
Electric company 100000
Western Pipe and Steel
works ........ 100000
California Cap company 100000
People Water company 100000
Union Water company. 100000
Pacific Porcelain ware
works .--.-....-.. 100000
Schrock Furniture COM
pany 100000
Sterling Show Case and
Fixture company -. $4,000
Great Western Power
company ........ $4,000
California Furniture company.
Golden West brewery.
Enterprise foundry.
r. c. Berkeley Steel works.
Pacific Sanitary company.
Western Electric pole yards.
Johnson Mill company.
Ehaw-Harrison Gas Engine works.
Stauffer Chemical company.
Richmond Wooden mills.
Jones g. Slattery company.
Western Brick company.
Santa Fe Foundry company.
Richmond Concrete Brick COM
pany.
Richmond Steel Foundry COM
pany.
Preble Lumber and Hardware
company
Richmond Brewery company.
Richmond Cut Stone company.
Richmond Lumber company.
Richmond Navigation company.
California Powder company
Enterprise Brewing company.
Tilden & Eokle Lumber company.
Wind Power and Pump company.
United States Briquette company.
FIRM FINANCIAL BACKING
With such a firm financial backing
1t is little wonder that Richmond
realty values have increased so phe-
nomenally and that the business GEN.
third street has grown to proportions
that rival the business sections of
many cities much larger. Cheaper tax
rates, cheap fuel and extensive ship
ping are the other factors responsible
for this unusual expansion, and from
daily reports received from Richmond
business circles IT appears that the
city has only struck Its stride and that
the real period of development and ex-
pansion is to come in the near future.
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concerns that have chosen Richmond
for the basis of their operations. These
are not small local factory PROPOSE
tions, but number among the greatest
corporations in the world, with capt.
tai behind them that makes possible
an investment far in excess of the
present holdings. In fact, several of
these companies, including the Stand
ard Oil and the Pullman shops. have
already signifed their intention of
branching out still further and in
creasing the size of their plants to
conform to the ever increasing Pacific
coast requirements.
The opening of the Panama canal
Will also be a great factor in the de-
velopment of CALIFORNIA; newest sea-
port, as the increase in commerce
means more to Richmond, compare
lively, than it does in San Francisco.
San Francisco's harbor is already de-
veioped, and though improvement is
possible, there is not the water 'front.'
age to draw on that there Is In Rich
mond. Richmond has today II miles
of water frontage and 1t is practically