Coronado Eagle and Journal, Volume 4, Number 47, 8 April 1916 — CALIFORNIA INDUSTRIAL NEWS [ARTICLE]

CALIFORNIA INDUSTRIAL NEWS

Hillsborough to have $lO,OOO school house. _ Martinez—Ground broken for two $7,600 homes. Chino —Construction of new cannery begun. Redwood City to have handsome new Masonic Temple. Palo Alta to have new Science church to cost -$15,000. Torrense erects first unit -30,000' school bouse on nipe acre site. Oakland —Moore ft Scott Co. will / build $1,260,000 oil tanker. Alameda adopts Jitney regulation with $lO,OOO bond, $6O license. S. F,—5120,000 apartment to go up at Bush and Mason streets. Bakersfield —Twenty new oil walls reported here in one week. Fresno —$26,000 improvement on Fresno station here. S. F, —Pacific Paper Co. to build $200,000 warehouse. San Bruno is to have a new school house to cost $14,472. Sacramento —Survey begun for proposed deep sea canal to San Francisco. Frye & Co. of Seattle to build packing plant on San Francisco Bay. S. F. —Municipal photographer is latest addition to official family. Marysville Chamber of Commerce hustling for mills and factories. Redlands business men ask S. P. Co. to build* from Beaumont to city. Watsonville abandons storm sewers for more necessary street paving. Ventura Chamber of Commerce promoting beach improvements. Sacramento —F. W. Kiesel will build condensed milk factory near here. Colton —15 minute service to San Bernardino inaugurated by Pac. Elec. Santa Fe Ry. Co. asks permission to acquire Laton and Western railroad. Gilroy city council arranging to spend large sum on water system. Ventura Light ft Power Co. extending its service to Bardsdale district. Fresno —Miller ft Luz Land Co. start 100,000 acre Panoche Irrigation project. New inspection law in Oregon prevents shipping California spuds to that state and works great hardships on growers. v Martinez Womans’ Improvement Club to have handsome new $20,000 building. Sacramento —Building Trade Council decides to engage in manufacturing and contracting. Coalinga—Shell. Co. starts work deepening five wells. Crockett —Sugar refinery has awarded contract for new warehouse. El Monte —Contract let for Tyler street, $13,020 —Concrete garage on Main street. California is tenth in population of U. S. Shows increase of 616,914 people since 1910; is now 2,893,463. Domestic Relations Courts and Domestic Relations Commissions are latest taxpayers’ burdens. Sacramento —200 jitneys taking $7OO a day from street car lines —latter wilf go* on 6 minute schedule • and 4 cent fares. San Louis Obispo—Site of new federal building located at Marsh and Moro. Selma is enjoying much building activity and many new homes. Fresno —Extensive improvements to be 'made on city hall. Los Angeles to have nqw incline railroad. Will start in Griffith Park and run to top of Mt. Hollywood. Chula Vista —Hercules Powder Co. employing 900 men in construction of new plant. Wolters to have new $12,000 school to replace one burned down recently., Los Angeles—Concrete building to replace temporary buildings at 6th and Mill streets. '