The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 2, 1904, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 2, 1904 REMARKABLE IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF POINT RICHMOND, TWO VIEWS THAT STRIKINGLY WHICH SETS SWIFT- PACE FOR INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS | | ILLUSTRATE WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED AT POINT % s RICHMOND SINCE 1900. I’ ‘Thousands Dwell and Great Enterprlses Spring Into Exist — ence on Lands That in Four Years Turn From Pastures to Busy City. rround th while eda and Berkeley have space arge i their nicle Fe will he at Point Ozkland is So are nd or on d he men- oned k »uch th jer 1 receive Point owship. This something of the story Poir n A and the nar- | 13 e it lack interest for the > le sections of State; cer- tainly be read in the count souplr « hachspi where rapid rets nymous with enterprise | - oo adequate apportt <. That - = f Point Ric epi- NATURAL ADVANTAGES. it had deep water, » and nearness to San else in sizht, ago, that might agricultural and grazing. The site d is hidden from the hille that tower up hundred feei. led from the of what s now > ! section of Point m Cattie grazed ¢ the hiil- 1 flowers covered the spring in great profusion. ter provided by the hills or- ght h been grown success- source of supply for the 0 market might have been | vy expectation of that sort was not | destined to be realized, if indeed, such entertained by any ome. Some | has styled Point Richmond “the ttsburg of the Pacific.” It may' time “be entitled to that title. thing in its history to date is slow. & hatever measure of growth it may | vave, the name deseribes the lines on | it has so far progressed. In| ber, 1900, there were baut rnur\ and insignificant looking buiid- | what is now the site of Point ichmond. To-day, within the area t in by the hills and spreading out he comparatively flat country that ches away toward the Coast Range w | GRAPE-NUTS. TRIAL ENDS argument as Grape=Nuts 10 days proves Get the little book, “The Road to Wellville” in each pks. | | millions of dollars; of an electric - Mountains on the east, there are acres | reservoir of oil in the Kern River dis-|~1~urh. and it is safe to say that few will not i to manufacturing Industries. | trict to draw from, and It has accumu- | £ the opportunity of eplarging thelr bank ection smoke or steam rises | lated a great surplus at Point Rich-| "'We predict tnat jneide of five years the grain | ng to tell of work and work- NDARD OIL PLANT. Turn northward and the shrill tat- too of electric riveting machines may ard throughout the hours of la- | where mechanics are putting up | inually new tanks for the Stan- Ofl Company to fill with petro- that is brought nearly three hun miles by pipe line- 1 the way famous Kern River oil ‘i(—ld . es of chimneys on many on the large land holdings ¢ Standard Oil Company parti-colored smoke rises, now thinly and agaip in dense masses that ob- scure the®&un, when all the stills used in the ing of oil in the present plant are in use. Turning toward the east, pastures of but yesterday in the cow are planing mills, an iron foundry, the shops and roundhou the Santa Fe. of their three brickyards, of a stone | ting plant that has been created, deep water wharf that has heen the | | with_large enterprises have accustomed | | that the place has only begun its career s and great car yards of | a5 a manufacturing center. The people also boast | miliar topics of conversation take in the | | run out to and on into the bay for the | modation of vessels that bring of the or other articles, e oil franchise that has been given to the Southern Pacific Company to bulld other wharves on the bay front, of the | population, which was nothing in 1900 and is now about 4000, of the Santa Fe Railway that runs through Richmond; especially of the Standard Oil plant, which, with its lines represents an outlay rail- way to connect the Standard Oil plant | with 4l parts of Point Richmond: of the great combination of advantages, natural and acquired, that have re sulted in such growth in four years and promise still greater things for the future. GROWTH OF VALUES. Mr. Arnold, who sold the first lots in Point Richmond, estimates that when the Joaquin Valley road, which afterward became an integral part of the Santa Fe system, entered what is now Point Richmond, $40 an acre would have been high priced. Now there are business blocks, a great oil refinery, factories and vari- ous enterprises, half a dozen hotels and the hundreds of homes of the pop- ulation on land that has a front foot | value, ““There are about 2000 acres that have been opened up,” said Mr. Arnold. ““These are now worth, on Lhe average, from $4000 to $5000 an acre.” An ad- vance from $40 an acre to the lower vaiuation mentioned by Mr. Arnold, 184000 an acre, would cause the increase | in value to which industry has given rise to be counted in the millions of | dollars. In quite a large area huge ol tanks abound. In them is stored the dark and viscous petroleum that is pumped from underneath the sands near the Kern | Rjver and is moved, at considerable daily cost, from the foot of the San Joaquin Valley, hundreds of miles away, to tidewater on San Francisco Bay. Other® oil supplies arriving by steamer from Ventura or elsewhere are | pumped up from a large plant on the bay shore at the end of the deep water whart of Point Richmond to the works {in the heart of Point Richmond. ‘The large amount of 120,000 barrels of oil a day, so the Point Richmond peo- ple say, cap be moved daily from the Kern River field by the pipe line. The array of storage tanks, monotonous ob- Jects to look at, nevertheless are very suggestive for what they promise. There are numerous sites that can be utilized for the establishment of man- ufacturing plants. Factories at Point Richmond, so it is argued by the Point Richmond people, are singularly ldmu&ed. The Stand- ard Oil Company has an exhaustless land at | | | i i | | one of the most populous portions of accompanying pipe | of severat | lof Point Richmond. | view that illustrates Point Richmond | mond, and especially at a station a few miles from Point Richmond, all of which is available as cheap fuel. The Standard Oil Company can »ul\ down a short pipe line to any fac! mw m the nelghbdrhood, cheap moti T The Standard Oil C lunnan\ an inanufac- ' ture large variety of valuable hy- products; still it always has petroleum enough to supply fuel to all comers. A sale of quite a large block of land close to the works of the Standard Oii Company has just been recorded. The | belief at Point Richmond is that this | means the establishment of a large | mafiufactory of agricultural imple- ments ;mg possibly an automobile mak- ing industry. Contact with the spectacle of rapid | and solid home growth and familiarity | the Point Richmond dwellers to think | i The fa- possibility of the removal of grain ele- vators from farther up the bay to Point Richmond as a measure of economy in time and money for those that are engaged in shipping and commerce. IS NOT INCORPORATED. It may surprise many to learn thdt Point Richmond—or Richmond, for there are two portions of the place—is not a city when considered from the standpoint of government; it is simply | Contra Costa County, and it Is subject | only to the government of the Super-| visors of Contra Costa County. Incor- poration will be one of the \r)pus for | consideration after awhile. At present the larger interests that are in Point Richmond are opposed to incorporation on account of the increased taxation that would result. The accompanying pictures tell very | well the story of the remarkable growth ! The date when all existing houses in Point Richmond were less than half a dozen, as shown | in one view, was November 1, 1900. The | as it looks now from the hills above | it, was taken by an artist for The Calf on Friday of last week. Point Rich- mond boasts of two daily papers, which are well edited and alive to the in- terests of the town. The first impulse that was given toward the settlement and prosperity of Point Richmond was supplied by | the San Joaquin Valley road, which]| made the place accessible by a regular and fine route of travel. The main line of the Southern Pacific Railway passes only about a mile distant. The rails | are laid for an electric line to connect with the Southern Pacific. The Santa Fe and Southern Pacific companies both reach the works of the Standard 0Oil Company and move over their rails into Point "Richmond long trains of tankcars. Transportation facilities by rail and by water are still the key of the Point Richmond situation. There is a good outlook for improvement in this particu- lar. Within a few months, in addition to connection with its neighbors by steam road, Point Richmond wjll have an electric line in operation to ‘Berke- ley. e e SUTTER COUNTY IN LINE. Beginning of Work on Butte Irriga- tion Canal Promises Prosperity. There is much satisfaction in Sutter County because the work on the Butte irrigation canal is fairly started. The Sutter Independent says editorially of the promise that is contained in the news: ¥ With the advent of the Butte County irrl- gating ctoal the farmers of East Sutter County from the Butte County line down the tules will have Irrigation facilities at {helr flelds thal now &tretch out between the Berg ranch. north of Yuba City, and the Bujpte County line will be half obliterated and green alfal‘e fields, orchards and gardens will have en their place. With these alfalfa fields will follow dairies and crea With the in- creased acreage of orchar will follow more canneries and dried fruit plant diversifled farming will £ altings, increased pop rd more prosperous communities. There 1§ almost no limit to the productiveness of tha scil of Sutter County, and all we need to make it & garden spot 15 the supplying by artificial means of molsture through the dry, months of summer and fall. SO SAN DIEGO INCREASES. Local Newspaper Figures Out Growth of 5000 Since Federal Census. Concerning the growth of San Diego the San Diego Union supplies some facts of value, baeing its conclusions : argely upon the increase in the popu- iation in the postal delivery limits. The | Union says: During the month of March, thf year, the Poetmaster instructed the carriers to ascertain how many inhabitants were residing within lhfi delivery limits, estimated five square miles a population of 1 These figures Indicate that the Silver = city has *‘grown some."’ e MODESTO IN STATISTICS. Facts Are Compiled to Serve as Guide to Fruitful Region. Since the Modesto-Turlock jubilce the Modesto papers have systematically | been devoting their columns to making known the exact facts about their neighborhood. From a long statistical | showing in the Modesto Herald the fol- | lowing statements are taken: Modesto 1s 115 miles from San Francisco, 92 miles from Fresno, 77 miles from Sacra- mento, 30 miles from Stockton. Turlock Irri- gation District embraces 176,000 acres. Mo- resto Irrigation District embraces 82,000 acres. Flow of ' Tuolumne River at dam averages 5000 to 10,000 cubic' feet per second, Turlock appropriation, 1500 cubic feet or 75,000 miner's inches, sufficient to {rrigate 375,000 acres. Mo- desto appropriation about one-half that of Tur- lock. la Grange dam cost $550, It thirty-two miles from the center of the dis- | tricts. Length of dam 527 feet; thickness at base 97 feet, at crest 12 feet; height, 127 feet, arching up stream. Turlock digtrict has twen- ' ty-two miles of main canal, T4 feet wide on | bottom, designed to carry a depth of 8 feet of | water.” Two main laterals, aggregating thirty | miles, 40 feet in width on bottom. Six sub- laterdls, aggregating clghty miles, from 18 ' to 40 feet on bottom. Modesto district, main canal, forty-five miles long, 57 feet wide on bottom, and will supply ninety miles of la eral from 18 to 40 feet wide. Turlock banded indebtedness, $1,200,000 at § per cent; fort: year bond: none payable unul 102!, Iodeno Qistrict indebtedness. $350,000 r cent. no part payable until 1922 Piriod district average yearly tax, 50 cents per acre. M desto tax, 70 cents per acre. City of lodesto pays two-fifths of district tax. After 1922 | one-twentieth of principal of bonded indebt- edness payable annually, or bonds may be | refunded. Twenty acres alfalfa will support | 4thirty cows, which one man at $35 per month | will care for, and the milk brings from $4 50 | to $7 per month per cow. Modesto Creamery | Sveraged 24.4 cents per bound for butter fat in 1902: 27.6 cents in 1903. Land be Taded, checked and planted for from $10 o 0 per acre. Alfaifa good for seven Without resowlng: vields five crops anmugily; each crop 1% tone per acre. Modesto Cream- ery valued at $13,000. Land produces 80 to 200 sacks of sweet potatoes per acre, worth from Dfic to $1 60 per sack. Oranges lemons are produced in marketable quanti- Hea Tmes flouris, wine grapes excel, peaches attain perfection, figs, apricots, pears and prunes are shipped Oniy Calimyrns fig—the Smyrna fig 0f commerce—colony nited | B ives s O 15 ke figs. Will Lay Cornerstone To-Day. The Bishops of the Methodist Epis- copal Church who have been in con- ference in this city for the last week will attend the laying of the corner- stone of the building of Hamilton Methadm Episcopal Church at the corner Waller and Belvedere streets, nt 1:30 o'clock this afternoon. Bishop Hamilton, L.L. D., .will lay the cornerstone and addresses will be delivered by Bishop Goodsell, Bishop Fowler and Bishop Mallelieu, Nu- merous delegates to the General Co ference will attend and participate in the ceremony. The result of the count was 22,337. The | Federal census of 1000 gave San Diego entire | LE i NUMBERS —OF THE— SOLEMN PLEDGE IS RETAKEN BENEFIGENCIA PUBLICA Ly (Class “D.”) B 40 ok City of Mexico, April 28, 1904. -+ Members of the League of the | = Cross Again Renew Their| :J Yows of Total Abstinence g e R | k- REVIEW OF REGIMENT, é: i 40 i | Archbishop Montgomery De- | 1% | 20 livers Impressive Sermon | 1 | on Cause of Temperance W i » H " l\ Solemn renewal of pledges of the§ ;: {League of the Cross were adminis- 2 | tered yesterday afternoon by Arch- bishop Mentgomery in St. Mary's > i Cathedral, to-about 2700 young men m(f_llz:“l:u:\g‘rlegl n;‘nfr(m-n fr E‘Tl:*(lo’;lg?;; and boys. The service is held an- the number drawing capital prise of $60.008, r-ually and grows more impressive !each year. The first regiment, 1200 strong, was in full uniform and with its banners flyirg to the breeze and One hundred numbers, from 33602 to 33792, | inclusive being fifty numbers on each si of the number drawing capital prize of $20.000, One hundred ‘numbers, from 36084 to 36184, ! steppi i sic, marched inclusive, being fifty numbers on each side o'clock and was followed by the sec- 5 & :‘E;(ML\'AL PRIZES. & £ g er hundred and ninety-nine numbers en ond regiment and cadets. ing with 04, being the last two figures of The altar had been decorated with the number drawing the capital prize of $60,000, cut flowers, and as the strains of the Seven Bundred and ninety-nine numbers end- b t organ pealed forth with “Veni Cre- ing with ator,” the lilies nodded from the vi- 20 bration. The entire congregation > Rt = o kneeled while prayer for the church Fammame of the Lawers."of oo Dumetvmd and civil authorities was read. The | Publica, hereby. certify that the above s &a Wae Sxay by the Chelr: anld congre. with the prizes corresponding to the Witness gation and at its conclusion Arch- Gur hands at the City of Mexico.. thig 25th day bishep Montgomery delivered an im- of April, 1904 4 -4 4 | fosi LAVEGA, Treasury Department. pressive sermon on the evils of the liquor traffic and the joys to be ob- tained by the young men who neithe ISETTI, B, CAST! Manager. LLO, Inter touch, taste nor handle. He said in part: ! 1 bid you welcome to the cathedral and truet that the vows you will renew this after- noon will be kept as well as they have been in the past. We as citizens of San Francis face a menace to happiness and future salva- tion, This city is overrun with saloons. and 20 N‘T“ . only wish the Mayor and other officials ;::,“}f" j could be here now to sec this gathering of young men and boys who are imbued with the thowght of s.amping out the evil by standing firm 10 your pledges, Some iwelve years ago the fact became ap- parent that something must be done to save our young men and boys from the drink habit. The League of the Cross was formed with the hope that it would grow Into an or- ganization of strength, and that hope has been realized. There are now two fuil regi- {ments of well-drilled young men and boys who could enter thé field at any time to de- fend their country. Each, year eince you have been banded together you have renewad yo! pledges, and with the sign of the cross always with youa, you wili stand firm for the principles of your order, On_every side young men are menaced by salcons. it has been said that many Catho- lics are engaged in the business, if it can be called a business, Some twenty Prices lower than those of any one eise in this business. Not only that, but my work is high grade. I depend upon a large velume of work in order to make a profit Here are a few figures DEVELOPING. Roll Roll of twelve of six.. vears ago an appeal was made to the Catholics who \ 4 53 were engaged in the traffic to abandon their 40i23383. PRINTINC calling and enter vocations that were more in 20126570, Solio finish O our church and 4020984 Velox finis kecping with the teachings o which do not ap the vitality of the country nor cause misery and crime. In instances the appeal was carrled out It is to you voung men and boys 160k to put down the saloons in our city. You are receiving a training which place you in the best fanks of our citizens and wiil bring to vou in later years happiness and ever- lasting life. You yourg the business man does not want a tio ’lro..mrl him. You who live up to your pledges re on the right road to success, and with the | Sign”'of the cross to Euide you, when v { stana ‘sions in the world with God at you: side, you will thank God for the pledges you | have taken, With their right hands raised, lh»‘ eolemn pledge was repeated by every member of the league as Archhyshop Montgomery slowly read the vow. “O! Salutar: and “The Te Deum’™ were sung and after the benediction had been pronounced the two regi- ments marched out of the cathedral. The first regiment, which was in full uniform, was. reviewed by Colonel James Power, who put the various companies through a number of mili- tary maneuvers. ————————— CALIFORNIA AT THE EXPOSITION 40.27070. All popular sizes daylight loading films v usual low prices. Cameras repaired Mail orders promptly lo 0 VISITING CARDS 224 50¢ SOMECT STYLES aMD _MZES. AL3Q AND PROFESSIONAL CARDS < -ascnable rates. that we 1008 Market Stnet Sen Francisco- sowELL 160 35001 1000036241 A Very Pretty Art Supplement, “Cali- fornia Building” at the St. Louis o e Broadway piers 9 and 1. Steamers wharves, > 7 v San Francisco. l.xposn!on, Free With Next For "ht'f“!h(lkm' Wrang: Sunday’s Call. Juneau, Haines, Skagwa et The California State building at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, at 8St. Louis, stands on a hill, in a conspicuous 5, 10, Change to « ers_at Seattl , 25, 30, June & ompany’s steam- position, near the center of the Exposi- b o For Victorla, Vaneouver, tion grounds. While there are many re- {‘;;‘ya'xv‘jr;fld m““a’ 'l;a»"'nmfi“f"";r tt. Be markable buildings that will attract the June 4. ~Change it Seattle to this company 3 | attention of millions of visitors while stcamers for Alaska and G. N. Ry.; at Seattls | to R) ; at Vancouver to | the Exposition gates are open, there is not one that has more intrinsic interest than the California building. It is a reproduction, with great fidelity to detail, of the famous Santa Barbara 150 1:30 ‘3 \q ngeles (via Port Los Angeles and annna. Mission. To make the reproduction per- an Diego, and Santa Harbara— Sundays, 9 a fect the front has been chipped and L YO, YR stained and grass seeds have been sown | between the flagstone pavements, that | the ravages of time and the characteris- | ties to the most minute degrees may be | presented to the spectator, who may { thereby see a vista of historical interest | exactly In accordance with the original. | The story is current that no woman Pedro_and East anta_Cruz, Mos- rt Harford (San For Los Angeles (via San San Pedro), Santa Barbara, Cayueos, 143 1000/ 13158 2044416 20 44618 has been allowed to enter the garden of salia, the Santa Barbara Mission, although month. For further information ob i ;therse mfiy have been a few exceptions. ;{l.hl is reserved to change steamers or sailing t. Lo the famous garden is en- ates firely reprodiced. The foustain is in the OHEY SENICI -4 e S center; the old wooden benches are imi- ery «r -# e HoteD).1 S Gahed 16 et ot | tated and are placed as in the Santa Bar- way e b g iy Lo ; bara Mission garden. The same varieties of plants that have bloomed for more than a century for the padres of Santa Barbara will make up the garden show at St Louis. Superintendent McLaren of Golden Gate Park has been given charge of the collection of such plants. Samuel Newsom, the architect of the building, visited Santa Barbara several times and made a study of the garden, as well as of the building and its sur- roundings, for exposition purposes. [ Every Californian will wish to have a Market st.. San Francisco. The Pacific Transfer Co., 20 Sutter st., will call for and_check bagfage from hotels and ‘rPSIdflnrps Telephone Exchange 312. - TOYO KISEN KAISHA (ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO.) Steamers will leave whart corner First and ! Brannan streets. at 1 p. m.. for YOKOHAMA 2 200 E:tuu of the California building at St. and HONGKONG, calling at Kobe (Hiogo), | Louis. | Nagasaki and Shaoghai, and comnecting at The Californin State structure stands * 100 | Hongkong with steamers for Indla, etc. Na [nex( to the Illinois State building, and the Fraternal Hall and Temple Inn are | its neighbors. Not far away is the great Agricultural bullding, the largest strue- | s ture in the world, having twenty acres under one roof. Directly opposite the California building are the Japanese | gardens. The California_building has a facade | 100 feet long. The depth of the main structure is 45 feet. At the back is a Siups | lecture hall, 40x35 feet in size. The floor | plan places an assembly hall in the cen- ter. This is heavily beamed, in the Mis- eion style, with trunks of trees. Out cargo received on board on day of dailing. S. AMERICA MARU ................ . Thursday. ay 1904 Via Honolulu. Round-trip tickets at reduced rates. For freight and passage apply at Com. pany's otfice, {31 Markat strect. corner Fir W. H. AVERY. General Agent. 8222532§§§§82§,e & O. R. & N. CO. OREGON salls April 27, May 7, 17, 27. June EO. ELDER salils May 2, < 2 H 2 g B '3 5} & g H g § -4 Sy 44 to all points. Steamer tickets include be:: from the assembly hall are the men's ' St ils foot of Spear st. | parlor and women’'ssparlor. Back of the flm.,m;\" S e}n.m "t:‘\."fl Gen. :u Pass, assembly hall is the office and informa- | Dept.., 1 Montgomery st.: C. CLIFFORD, Gen. tion bureau. On the upper floor of the building the rooms are arranged in. | suites for the accommodation of the ! commissioners, the secretary of the com- mission and the families of the official arty, who will dwell therein durmg the | g‘xpo- ition. | 3" Montgomery st. | Agené Freight Dept.. an0n, .CCIIICS.S.C.. EEx e oner: CIRSCT VUM 1o TANIT. . 8 SIERRA, for Honolulu, Samoa, Auci- L hnd and Sydney, Thurs., May 5, 2 p. " ALAMEDA, for Honolulu. May 14, e MARIPOSA, for Tahit!, May 2, i1 a. m. muuumoxco LAQIS., YMWK. Kot St., Freight OMce 329 Marge(st., Pisr7. Puid: i COXPAGNIE GENSRALE TRANJATLANTIQUZ DIRECT LLNE To HAVRE PARIS —— e Sunday Schools to Picnic. The Sunday Schools of the follow- ing churches will take part in a Union Sunday School picnic at Leona | Heights, near Fruitvale. to-day: Broadwny M. E., Folsom M. E., Army E., Emmanuel Evangelical, Salem ' Evlmllul and three Sunday schoois from Oakland. Prizes to the amount | of $50 will be given out and a most l enjoyable time is anticipated. Numer- ous committees have been appointed to take charge of the picnic. ———— e 15 e A AGENCY FOR UNI CANADA, 32 . J. 3 383}53'&2285‘388%338823838283382322883?825288?5!352%5sfai A Lucky Mail Carrier The property situated at 1313-15-17 | gyoqu an-lw;m by Geo. F. Hatton, m»& mail st., who held | R0, 58338 in 'the D, & 8. e, the num- | | el ber corresponding to the one rlnnlndx the gro7g firlt capital prolle in the Honduras raw- 750 BT06%, iag of April 1