Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 21

OAKLAND DAILY EVENING TRIBUNE 18 3 the hoops are put and riveted and the 1 weighing 400 pounds, and 750 bales Or fitted up with wood-turning lathes, cir is diving ided into a blacksmith shop, wood shop, paint room and two Tarnish 0ALI1DKNIA JUTE MILL. 5 -t t- 1 1 TT.TWT flT-AOS! trnvra' I wood wmnrmia. STBAW-BtraNLNQ ENGINES. The Threshing Engines made" by Mitchell, Fisher Zetscher. The farmer who studies economy the wheat-raiser who Wants to sack' his crop as cheap as Ixwsible.

shonl.l well informed about lMlc Aiiccneu straw. burning It wjUl be readily under-stootl by any reader jof average in tell gwce that an engine which consumes the straw farmer and (nmi.h, thereby the motive power to thresh his wheat does away at once with all or any necessity toiexjend capital in wood or coal. The engine is on the ground; so is the wheat or bailey and the straw which take the place of the ordinarv fuel 'Hundreds of inventors have tried to make a straw-burner without success, and it remained for Mitchell, Fischer fe Ketseher to turn out the first practical i I traction straw-burn ing engine; ever given to the New WrId. Many who manufacture boilers, engines, tanks and femoke stacks have tried their hands at a traction straw ourner without: success, in many senses it has beei one of the agri cultural machinery frohiems of tne age. and Jpdpfectly perfected, it is safe hazard the assertion that the straw-burner will, in a few years.

be an absolute necessity to every large farmqr. The grates can be changed so that wood or coal cjsn be used to make steam, and Oakland to-day has the honor of turning out the only traction and the best so-called portable straw- burning engines ever invented, i.This firm first cortimenccd to operate in Oakland at 625 Mvrtfe stiwt. in the. nuriiuii; luroninir engines, riscner Degan to amifartnr pnniiiM 'm San Francisco but on moving iiyre iasociated themselves with In the last three years the farm has turned its attention to tho in vention of a straw-burning traction lhelr .1 efforts have been re- production of the first been Wce'Wullw Vn'Zl burner. The hou.s employs from 10 to business atid the amount on hand.

The ounic-ii, uaiis in winter and spring. A uyu iijync ois and a port able fetationaryi eitgine $2,300. Thev nave already turned out between 70 and ou siraw-ourners, as they are termed although the fuel can be changed by that thev can lie ai once converted I into wood-burners ihehjrmalso manufactures stationary engines and boilers; has invented-a great improvement ln "governor; wnichi is about to be patented, as well as a device for immersing hot tires in order to prevent the woodwork of wueelf from-bemg Ibumt. Thev claim to have the largest let of boiler rollers on this sideof the bay and the finest equipment for larg work, in the shape oi urii pressers, lames, planes, bolt cutterb. punches, Another machine invented by this house is one for flangiog iron.

The machinery on the premises cost $20,000 and is run bv an engine of 35-horsei power, made" bv In the yard are some II or 12 engines various makes which are largely in demand in the spring. The boiler rollers i (Weigh about 6,000 Pounds-, and' will roll a piece of iron ten feet in length. i BOXES AND CHESTS. The Shops? of i the Eaele Box and Mannfactnring Company. The iKagle Box and Manufacturing Company run one jof the busiest factories in the city of -Oakland, situate at ll-615j Market street.

The company is constantly engaged in turning out 1 trays, (canned goods Ixjxes, lock joint chests and packing boxes. A specialty in the Winter is the manufacture by girls Of the patent lock strip egg carrier. The buildings and lumber yard cover nearly iia whole block. 600,000. to i.000,000 ect of lumber being usually on the I ground.

Most of this comes from i Pugetii Sound; The boxes are made of ppruceflumber from 8 to 20 Inches wide. Tbisi: lays from two to three months in the yard. The factory gives employment to from 50 to 75 men, according to" the season. The spruce i i sawausi i- sioreo. separately, oeing Kept tor iiackingiand foi floors oi saloons.

A. load of lumber is run into the basement, cut into different widths, then planed and cut off into reqtiired lengths. Most cf the waste pieces: are utilized for different sized boxesfi-lock joint boxes. which are specialty. A dove-talling machine fits for the next department, and a splitter ori re-saw.

brings the original lumber down to the exact thick ness required. Then the dove-tailed pieces come" up in fan elevator and pass through the hands of the gluers and There aite twcnrr-fcve nHtr eonstmtlv hammering the grae boxes, and putting pn the tops and bot toms. Then tnev are mninieu du n.dir.Fnr tnnrlcpt. The eonman h.ts established oulte a trade in dried fruit boxeswhich are made very tight. that naiwornffl can get m.

lhe boxes are made all sizes from 10 lbs to 50 lbs.j Ea'fh man marks his box with punch, Some I circles, others four, five and tix holes, but the object is that thereby ii! known exactly who made it. aftd if af customer complains of a bald box the blame can be immedi- itely fixed Where belongs, he tniru torv is used for tub manufacture of the lock strip egg carriers, a most ingenious patent comoinauoa oi pierca iuiuiur cardboard for Carfyiag egg. When ex tended it fits the box exactly, and layer unon laver keens each egg separate; the entire aozen. ney are made out of: ro. 80 cardboard, and tola nen not nee.

inc manuuery is run bv an: engine xt 4u-norse pow placed in a brick 'building apart from the mill on account ot tne danger from hre. company was started in 1880. iThe President is Richard Abbey; Vice President. Xi. Given: Secretary George Roeth 5 Treasurer and Superin tendent, Alfred Abbey, ine output is from $75,000 to $1.00 000 per annum, and about two million feet ot lumber is usea The principal market is California.

IThBBICXS. Building Material Made by the Bernillard 3rick Company. I The offire the extensive brick works of the Rejinillard Brick Company is situated at the corner of Second and Clay streets. They were established as Kemillard urotner in iwu, nrst Marin County' and then in Contra Costa County. The jjworks at the present time are located at neasanton, Alameda County in Marin County on the edge of thQ bay and in Contra Costa County, near San Pablo.

The Company makes common compres.scu docks, about twenty million of the former and half a million: of the latter per annum, in all three yards. Common brick averages $3 per 1,000, and pressed brick about from $30 to $40 per 1,000, so that it will be seen that the Remillard Brick Company i is; turning out, in rough figures, alHiut worth of bricks every year 1 IThey employ 300 men and use so horses una teams, so that the annual outputj though not ascertainable. Can be easily imagined to be very large. Besides manufacturing bricks. the COmnanjr contracts to put up buildings, ana are at; present erecting -the large-Blake A Moffit building opposite the EvEsiso Teibuse ofSce.

They use between six iand peven thousand cords of wood per annum in the manufacture of bricks. The property in Marin County is 75 (acres in extent; that at Pleasanton covers 30 acres of ground both place being specially chosen for the character kf the clay. They also sell lime, cemenC, plastering, etc. The ofheers of the Company are P. N.

Rem illard. President: P. H. Lamoureux Secretaryv who are also Directors in con junction with Edward Remillagd. F.

Fortin and H. Remillard." The eaoi pital tock is in 2,000 shares of $100. i is is to of goods are ready ior tne raarxet. The mill contains all the tune aoout a quarter of a million dollars' worth of raw and manuf actured goods. The out put, Kurmosinff all the iute were turned into grain bags, would be equivalent to four ana one nan muuou u.ik.

ur wui J270.000. reckoning bags at six cents; but this calculation is only approximate, and probably under the mark. As may be imagined, the engine which drives this immense plant of ma chinery is no unimportant part of the mill. The Risdon Iron Works put in two new Heine patent safety boilers of 300-horse power each 1ft feet long and containing 57 tttbes. The engine is a combination high and low pressure, 450-horse power with condenser.

(From five to six tons of cdal -are consumed daily, and there being no artesian well the water of the Contra Costa Company is used. I Besides! the i pay roll of $8,000, thQ cost of coal, iron and water aggregates 3,000 monthly. The warehouses, which are full of jute, are 85x120 feet. "i noun uncn anu away irom tne main building. Thev recently received a full cargo from a vessel, the first which ever orti'cu uere carrying an exclusive cargo oi jute.

The Labor Unions, having success fully broken iup the door and the sash business, harness ami other trades, formerly practiced by convicts, the present Democratic Board talk about extending their jute factory, so as to put all the eonvicte at work, i Hitherto, they have only made grain bags, of which the supply is far less than the demand, and if they confine themselves to that branch, they will not injure pri vate euterpnse or capital but if the state enters into every species of jute mill work, they can underbid free labor every time. tThe California Jute Mill is so erected that it can be increased at all times, and the officers state that there is room in this euate for twelve or fifteen such mills, and were the industry not threatened with competition; from the Stites Prison, they would be in time erected. The market is at present en tirely connneo to this coast, whieh takes all the bags that can be turned out. 1 he capital stock of the corporation is $210,000, in 12.000 shares of $20. The officers are as follows: 1.

I)rex-ler, President; Geo. H. Bryant! Vice- r-resiaeni a. i l. Secretary John Robinson, Superintendent Di rectors: S.

Zeile. MJ L. Sutra. Dr. J.

Whitney, Wilson White, Charles Montgomery and the President and- Vice- President. The- Pine Facilities of the Paoific Coast. Planing Mill. The MUt the second largest mill in Oakland, and is sow owned by Alpheus Kendall. The premises extend from First to Second street, clear through to the comer of Grove.

In 1870 the the mills Were burnt down, but subsequently re-erected, Mr. Kendall has been one of the proprietors since 1R81, and at present has no partner. The proprietor has an interest in a mill in Humboldt county, which supplies them with redwood. About 250,000 feet of lumber is ned annually-severy kind of millwork being turned out They work spruce, sugar-pine, ash, cedar, maple, black walnut, and other woods, turning out doors, sashes, blinds, mouldings and all kinds of ornamental and housework. The Pacifio Coast Planing' Mill employs about twenty-five hands, and is filled with all the best machinery for the business, such as saws, planes, lathes.

stickers, re-saws, etc. Being close to the whan, faculty for land ing their lumber direct from ttuvessel. AN EAST OAJHiAaD; MILL. A Successful Wood Working En terprise. The East Oakland Planing Mills are situate on the corner of East Twelfth street and Fourteenth avenue.

The present building was put up after a former one had hcen burnt down, by Bryant fc Gage. They ran it for eighteen months and then rented the premises to Haskell Smiley, who iied to make a success of it after twenty months trial. Then the Mendocino Lumber Company ran it for a year with the present proprietor, Daniel Gallagher, as Superintedent. The company however, closed up, and it was started again by Crist Gallagher, who have since made it an important industrial feature of East Oakland. iThey turn out all kinds of mill work, sashes, doors, blinds, mouldings, brackets and frames, including all kinds of scroll and band Kawing.

When busy they run as high as 40 hands, and on an average 25 hands, even in the slack sea son, doing considerable work in San Francisco and throughout this country; and as tarasCalistoga, eanta iiosaand other interior towns. They have even run stuff to Mexico on contracts for mill work or buildings. They keep on hand for their own use about 00,000 to 80,000 feet of lumber. -working all kinds of lumber, sugar pine, redwood, maple, ash and walnut The Oakland vna- gogue just erected was -among their recent contracts, as also thejhew Hobart building in San Francisco. -r BEOOKLTN TANNERY.

How Crist Sons Turn' Hides into Leather. Crist Sons is the firm name of this old pioneer industry, situate at East Twelfth and Twenty-first avenue, the house consisting of the veteran tanner George F. Crist, and his two1 sons, R. F. and J.

A. Crist Geo. F. Crist first started business in Butte County in 1866, and afterward removed to A uba County, coming, however to settle in East Oakland in 170. lie ia-ralso a partner in the planing mills which he owns.

Crist Sons ship harness skirt ing and sole leather down to Texas, as far East as St. Louis, and all over the Northwest. The hides tinned are ail heavy, averaging from bO to 70 pounds Thev employ constantly 18 to 20 men and have generally from 6,000 to 8,000 hides oh hand. The Output per annum varies from $90,000 to $120,000, representing 10.000 to 12.000 hides. A new Holmes scouring ma' hine has just been put in, making the plant -worth about coast from Sonoma County up to Hum boldt, and from $12,000 to $18,000 is used every year.

A feature of the fa- torv is a furnace for drying the wet tan bark, whi i afterwards used as fuel for the engine, vhi-h is fed entirely from this eourve. no wood or coal bein burnt- for- steam. The building, is all under roof and is 105 feet wide and 140 feet in depth. Mr. Crist contracts with one of the largest slaughter-houses in Oakland for all their hides, besides buy ing outside.

There are 75 vata in th tannery. cular saws, three iron lathes, planers, drills, and everything necessary to repair the least break iri the most complex machinery of a jute mill. The operatives, as may be imagined, are kept constantly busy on repairs; Adjoining it is the sewing room, where: all the twine is made. This can be balled or put in hanks, according to desire or orders, for the market. Five "twisting frames" do this part of the business, and the principal twines made are 2, 3.

4 and 5-ply and fleece twine in fact any kind for which orders may be received. Inthe Burlaps department we meet the freshly-woven cloth, just as it comes from the weaver, and see it pass through machines in which it Js Blightly dampened, only to be passed on to a huge hot calendar of five rollers, three of which are of metal and two of fiaper, the latter preventing the former torn cutting the cloth. The center roller of metal is heated by steam, and the whole machine may be compared to a huge ironer through which the freshly dampened cloth receives a beautiful finish and gloss before being passed to the bag cutter," which, as its name indicates, cuts the desired lengths for the purpose for which it is to be used. Oram bags are woven 45 inches and cut 3S inches. The burlap being cut is carted off from the bag cutter, which delivers the pieces very much in the same way as a Hoe press turn-out newspapers.

The piles now ready to be sewed, are taken to the sewing machine department, in which there are twenty-three bag sewing machines of every known make, and combining the latest improvements. The needles do not look very delicate or liable to break being as thick as ordin- ary packing needles, but curved and very sharp. The grain sacks are sewed twice around with cottcn on the inside and each machine finishes? 2,400, which would of course be equivalent to 4,800 bags, were the only sewed ionce round. The overhand sewing machines turn out about 800 grain sacks, cr 700 borax sacks daily. The Lang, a Scotch machine, with a very fine stitch, furnishes 800 socks per diem.

The i girls in the sewing room earn from SI. DO up to $2.00 and even $2.25 per day, but it is impossible to keep up the lastgiven figures for any length of time The mill has its own dyeing department, a red streak being "the principal color woveii in with grain: bags. The last process before the bags are ready for shipment is naturally the bal- insBr This is done in a hydraulic press. 60o bags being put in each bail I hen The Important Enterprise Beeently Started by O'Neil Co. The Golden Oate FlintOlass Works at West Berkeley were opened on the 10th day of last November, under the management oi -oov TTiey are manufacturers of all kinds of flint glassware, bottles, funnels, graduating glasses, retorts, receivers, rings, jars, French counter jars, also, table and bar lamps, -vases, fish globes, globes and chimneys for lamps, and a general assortment of all kinds of plain, pressed, moulded, flint and colored glassware of ievery conceivable kind.

The San Francisco headquarters are at 513 Market street. The annealing furnaces are 60 feet in length, aud the works stand on 300x246x250 feet of ground. The plant alone cost $30,000, and the business of the house is. confined principally to wholesale dealers all over the State The melting pots made bf clay, of which there pre about thirty constantly on hand, are marvels of ingenuity ofi -construction. Mr.

O'Neil is perfectimaAter of his trade, and Berkeley largely bclievtS ifi his future success. I( unremitting energy, experience and capital can command a brilliant future, the Berkeley Glass Works have nothing to fear. Mr. O'Neil also holds- patents for a two and three-burner lamp, which he makes a specialty) of The glass works ajre now in fud running order and increasing their capacity for filling orders every week EXPERIENCED WOOD-WOEKEB. r- George 0.

Pape's Mill, at East The East Berkeley Plaining Mills, owned and operated by Geo. C. Pape, cut a prominent figure la the development of this section of the county. They were established jtwo years ago, and from the start have wen a financial success. At this establishment plain ing and sawing of all descriptions are performed.

Wooden tanks, mouldings, sash, blinds, doors, frames, shutters and wood work of all kinds are manufactured. The mills stand in a half acre of" ground, and have every modern appliance and machinery to expediate and economically carry bn work. Some ten men are employed, ibut when contemplated -enlargements are effected, the force will be materially increased. The mill does all of the work used in the construction of houses in East Berkeley and vicinity. and as regards quality, materials and prices, cannot be excelled.

Ten thousand feet of lumber are used monthly by- jthis firm, and power to drive the machinery is supplied' bv a 20-horse power engine, of good pattern. Mr. Pipe, is in receipt of orders for mill-work from Vallejo, Benicia and San Francisco. Previous to starting this mill, Mr. Pape-was engaged in a similar business in New York, and is experienced in hardwood interiors.

The interior wood-work of such places as Cyrus Field and Henry Villard testify to the thorough manner I in which he does his work. Such an I industry as this materially assists in the i advancement ana progrew ui auj young and growing eitjr; and merits the space this article may i take up- in an issue of this nature. I ENTERPRISE PLANING MILL. A Pirat Class Wool-Working tabliahment at Alameda. Es- The proprietors of this stalwart and solid Alameda enterprise are A.

C. Stoddard and Alfred Si Barber. Their miUis the only one ibi Alameda and was establish ed two years to perform all kind- of mill work and contracts on houses- Most of the trade is in Alameda. The firm only! handles lumber which is worked up iii: the mill. The house makes specialty, cf tine and delicate mouldings and- brackets, ornamental fencing, water! door and window frames, scroll sad band sawing, planing, shaping and general mill work.

The works are on Eneinal avenue, west of Walnut street. spring the present owners calculate to enlarge the factory and establish ai special sash and blinds works. The primary investment in the mill was $10,000, but capital is constantly being Alameda is justly proud of its planing works, which turn out the finest work that the de signer or' architect can call tor. lhe output is about leet, or over $1,000 a month. pounds are worked up cacti month.

The first process after unpacking is to put the dry material through a batching machine in which it is sprinkled with a mixture of water and mineral and fish oil. Thence it passes into the carding room and goes through the breaker card. Once on itei course it passes from one machine to another, from one department to the next until it has gone right! around the immense house. "Before following it, however, reference must be made to the "teaser, (irreverently called the devil), which stands next to the "batcher." This uses up all the waste, including the jute rojes which bind the bales, 'and the product goes back into a coarser class of goods. The next machinery which attracts the attention, consists bf five ten "drawing frames, and ''five "rovingframes." The immense department in which are the spinning frames is very interesting.

Herenumbers of children in sqaads, each squad under a foreman, are working at the dorfers," engaged in taking off full spindles and putting on empty spools. They rest in the interval of the carting away of the full spindles and the arrival of the baskets ot empty ones, but are recalled to work by the blowing of the foreman's whistle, doing nil their labor by signal. In some instances whole families are employed at the the mother acting as forewoman, They put on the empty bobbins, adjust the threads with two or tnreeMtroit twists and work away till the bobbins are full. (. i In the) ireparation for 'weaving department is done all the warping, winding and two improved dressing machines having recently been put in.

There are five warp winding machines and five "cap" n)achines, besides (uie beamer." This work being finished we pass to the "cab store," a square boxed-in room, in which a bookkeeper receives and tallies on one side alt' the full spindles and on the other side passes them out to the weaving department. 1 1 ere there are 135 looms in operation, waVing burlap. The hu2z is incessant and passing down the long line the visitor sees the material for potato bags, grain bags, borax bags, mutting for stairways unjd offices and the wide n'Joth for hop bags, being turned as fast as the tireless inbchinerv rah eompletethem. All the girls, with few exceptions, in the weaving depart ment were immirted from amtiinii. this ng the 'most skilled work in the w.hola- nmi.

Passing on; the next departjment lrt rotation is the machine shop.iwhich is tion. The business does not show what wtjrk is being done daily, "or give the faintest the magnitude ot its operations. The work is done 'so quietly that fthe interests are not gen- erally understpol by the publiL salaries, ins-bJding travelers', is Total amount- ing to monthly, will give, however, an idea to any thinking man oi tne size oi pir. y.euer factory and us operaiionsj Mr. J.

I Keller. the well known shirt manufacturer of this cityl has won the silver medal of the Mehanics' Fair for the best display, style and workmanship California manufactured It is a great victory for Mr. Keller, for he was in competition- with numerous other manufacturers; it was the highest prjize, and the only time a prize has ever! been given by the Mechanics' Institute for a shirt) displuy. Jit. Keller's is the only successful fac-toiy on the Coast employing white labor, altel -the San Francisco manufacturers employing Chinese.

Mr. Keller stands to-day at the head of the merchants of this city, as will be seen by the following i facts. He employs fitty women and girls in his shirt factory besides two experienced male cutters. In his clothing department he! employs two cutters more, and together with his clerks, bookkeepers and travelers is giving employment to over lone hun- urfu ilia lj oii a little over five thousand (dollars a month. He employs the largest amount of travelers of any retail houjse on the Coast, and? is pushing his trade into British Cofumbia, Wyoming, Texas, Montana and Colorado.

He is the largest C. 0. D. shipper on the and dispatches over five hundred packages through Wells, Fargo Co. every month.

This is what enterprise and ability has achieved, and it ik a show-, ing of which any merchant might be proud and Delaware streets. West Berkeley; and in June, they took possession and started up the i machinery. One and a fcalf million feet'of lumber is used and Worked up every, year, the output for being ,000. Twenty-five to thirty men are. constantly employed, in January 1885.

Otto Niehaus bought a one-third interest in the mill, and the three brothers act respect ively as foreman general manager and supervisor of the 'establishment. The West Berkeley Planing Mill is constantly turning out doors and doorframes, whidow-franies and sash; all kinds of mouldings and -brackets, mantels, bookcases, stair work, church wdrk ornamental fences, tanks and all kinds of hard and soft wood finish; scroll sawiiig and turning. The main track of the Central Pacific Railroad passes within a few paes of the mill; by this road their work can! be conveyed to any part of the interior, either north or south; while the West Berkeley Iaimber wharf, and the Berkeley Ferry wharf are both close at hand and enable them to ship direct to any .1 I Won. The business does not actually OAKLAND jlBON 'WOBZS. Poundry and Machine Shotis The of Sco7ell Co.

-0J" ISjVjves S-0vell began operations on a smalKscale in a building located on Heeond. street between 2.jthil? his business was increasing crease hUf' waa liged toin-wST i enla his prem. Lfeint? business with- corner of ST" I. th streets'. streets', both streets wP on erected! uZ hiS manufacturing eSYuLK Vik eat kinds of eluding eamegTnis, also an extrnxiv.

W2 1 ere is with the work. connected Mjm7 of are mplwedxii when mnninn. nands me wurfcj oetween works is used, when it can? be At 1 '1- pe obtainwl wiey use ui oemue pig. Mr. SwmUeis the inventor and manufactirer of "co-ville's New II.istingGear,V by means of which the heaviest weights can be hoisted in safety.

It is the most valuable improvement ever made in hoisting gear. It is. powerful, durable and of eminently practical utility; There is no liability of its getting out order. It -an be used for hoisting and is reversible with the utmost certainty' and safety. These works furnvdied the Central Gas Light Com pany, of Sau with most of their castings, all of their engines, -exhausters, condensers, pipes valves and all bastings for their retort benches.

Tlie Works tuni out high and low pressure andMoline jn-ngihes. rock breakers, quartz mills, and miscellaneous castings of all Mr. Seoville is one of the most experienced men in the line of the: business pn this coast; and a scientific mechanic, which" an- counts for the success of the Oakland Iroii Works." The output the past vpar was over The cc.nsists of a. 20-horse jKiwerl engine, 4 Iron lathes, a boring mill, 3 drilling machines, a boring bar for large 3 improved planes, 2 cujKila furnace a pattern Miop with I barid saw, 2 circular saws. pattern lathe, iron elevator, etc.

The machinery cost some It is the pioneer mm works of Oakland. THE CALIFORNIA POTTERY. A Very Important Oakland In- 1 I da8tr74i 'i A very interesting indusirv or ou-hn the California Pottery and Terra Cotta Works. Serril Windsor proprietor. The factory is pn the corner of 12th and Park streets, under t.h of Joseph Tomaseek, who ought to b4 a good bein thp the brother of six potters and the father two Potterf The yellow clay (it is uiie, out ourns yeuowj comes from lone, Amadoif County, in this State.

From 800 td 1.000 tons is nsfi vo.riv TheHay is mixed with common loam tne proportion 01 one-tilth, of the latter, and Ls put through a pug! mill, worked by horse power. From there it goes to the Ini the- sewer-and pipe department, 700 3-inch arid 308 8-inch pipes are turned out in a working day often hours. The two-feet sewerpipes area specialty, th -iio- and pipe being till one piece. They are burnt in a kiln.118 feet 111 diameter, and used exclusively for seweri nirxv a t-rt adjoining has been torn down to make -room for a new One, 21 feet in diameter 1 also for sewer pipes. This will hold ll drying room 80 100 feet.

The flooring- opem and here are tinea the sewr-r pipes, caps and chimney tops. The! heat here while the down draft kin is working driest the material BLAIR I a very shfirt time. As la rule about 25,000 feet of sewer pipe are continually undergoing thte processii The stove pipe workshop is 50x100 feet and is next the finishing room where the pf pea and chimneys are cleahed Branches and what are known as T's" and "Y's" are made in a separate department At the date of a visit from a rcpresentaUve. this paper, a i special mer for 4,009 feet of chimney pipe 1- inches in thick- ness was in process of tiuhlment tor a San Franc.isH) firm. In preparing the clay for terra cotta-it Ls first grouind and -then sifted and the loam washed and screened.

The kiln is 14 feet in diameter, and when filled with flower-pots inside of chimney pipes and stocked up with bean pots. rovers and all sorts of architectural terra cotta and sigars, it; is a curious sight. The glaze mill grinds three days for one charge. Everything ever made in terra cotta ctin be seen here. There a iiggermg room ton nnishing, a which two stovea burn ouid rtiom in the year round, and a pressors room.

Twenty hands are employed and the Chinese labor I is almost weeded out. Among the terra cotta fitters and cane and umbrella, stands. The two kilns iburn SoxraT-i "ords of wood per week PABAFPINE PAINT I COMPANY, Eoofing Materials and Waterproof ramt lactory. The works of jthe Paratfine Paint Com- pany, -one 01 Aiameaa ouniy'a most ini JHJriiilllc 1 1 1 1 i 11 1 n.UM?o. between Shell I Mound Park and the Stockyards on the edge of the" bay.

They started two yeara ago and have only a record of constantly increasing made public, they manufacture a paint specially adapted to preserve wood, tin and ironwork, roofs, bridges, etc. The Company turns out 15,000 gallons a month, worth, according to fromOOrentsup This black paint is put -up in all sizes of vessels, from a pint can to 2 and 5-gaIlon cans clear up to 100-galhm iron drums to suit all consumers. 1 Twenty carloads have been already shipped to New York, and branch houses are being started in that city as." well as in St. Louis and Chicago. Besides the local demand, the paramne 'paint is to be found in every! State I and Territory of the Union, not excepting Idaho, Wy- oming and Montana, f.

Although the output of the liquid paint is 000 per annum 4 this is by no means the extent of the Company's operation. They manuiacture 1 roonng out of burlap, supplied by: the California Cotton Mills, which ia backed with aper and coated with paratfine paint, 'his is perfectly waterproof, and about 35,000 to 40,000 yards pf roofing monthly or twi auuutu uuvimi. sizes Up their manufactures in this one branch. A Manua paper treated with the paint is njed largely ior weather lining or house lining of buildings. Ooruinr between the woodwork and plaster.

it is impossible for water to penetrate tha latter. It is coated on both sides, and has no smell and no taste. The raner pomes in rolls, varying in weight from iw to pounu-s. ine total output of the Company last year was aloiit. lais 000, butf as stated, the business is con- stiiuiiy im-reaiiig.

nix or eight hands are constantly employed hire. Th roofing bales average about 31 vnrH the bale. The works proxer stand on about two acres of ground. The waterproof paper is largely used by the Giant Powder Company -for packing goods, which must be kept perfectly lree from damp. About $15,000 of this paper is made each year.

The President of the Company is Jos. Powning and the Secretary Ralph 8. Shainwald! The head office ia at 310 California street, San Francisco. I The attention of all users of acids is called to this paint. Its resistamce to chlorine is wonderful.

The new pottery of N. Clark Son, in Alameda, is using 4,000 yards of the patent roofing upon their building, now in coue of erection. 1 I rooms. The Diacksimtn snop contains the latest improved machinery, and all is ran bv an engine, including the Their material is all purchased in large quantities directly from Eastern manufacturers, and therefore they save lhe lartre nrofit which small carriatrem ak- ers have to pay when they buy of the jobbers in San Francisco. They are now only making a small Variety, but from time to time will add to the assortment.

Everyone will admit that fifty buggies of one kind can be made for less money in proportion than one. They have no repository in Oakland or San Francisco other than the one at their factory, and consequently they are saving several thousand dollars of expense which otherwise would be paid proportion ately by the purchasers of their vehH des. Their expenses are very low ami they are low offering their goods at a very low price based on the actual cost to get them Introduced. They particuj larly invite a personal inspection of their factory, -where can be seen tha vehicles in all stapes of construction 'and also the material they use. At thd beads of respective department; fare mechanics who for years have been in the business, and are therefore ex.

perieneed-workmen. The painting of vemcie is a very important pan oi At the head of this -department the have a man who is well known on in coast as one of die best if not th best nainteriih California. The work fin ished by him speaks for itself. Thd concern has been making vebiclesxmlM -Since last June, ana so tar have beer doing it in a conservative manner find out just what is wanted. They ar now preparing to enlarge and will sooij erect more buildings.

They expect bet fore long to manufacture tops for buggies and wagons in a large way, si they can furnish them to the trade ill competition with the Kastern factories! which at present cannot be done by th small manufacturers now making those goods here. This will be an iiniKrtaii' uart of their business. The President and Secretary were for years associated In the ast in a large wholesale hard ware business, and therefore have an ex tensive acquaintance with the different manufacturers of the material they use! and know how and when to buy. Bet sides this. Mr.

Chamberlain has larg manufacturing interests in Chicago,) 111. and Lowell, where they use im xnense quantities of carriage hardware and he is enabled to buy some thing: used here at prices that would astoni-d some Although their assort ment of material here is small, yet tbej will sell to carriage makers any of i at very low As they make larger variety, the assortment of mat? rial will be larger, and they ir-teiu eventually to keep a stock and be able it sell all kinds of carriage hardware carriage the coast At present, wheels, axles, bugjry bodies -dashes, tops, that they keep on hand for their own work they wili selL This is an institution that ehouh 1 be especially patronized by the peopl of Oakland, as the concern will gro as the demand increases. They are sell ing principally to dealers, and so a have sent their own make of goods as fa as Siskiyou county, south to Lo i Angeles county, besides some to Oregoi i ana Arizona. There is nothing like i in Oakland, and persons who visit i jare surprised to find such a concern in our midst. It is destined to become the largest institution of its kind oi i this coast.

They will take special pain i to show anyone what they: are doinj; and how they are doing it. The Sai i Pablo avenue cable cars pass by thei factory. The land on which the two buildings already, mentioned, covers on and one quarter acres, arid they intern to occupy it all with buildings. The; are on San Pablo avenue, which in tim will be the business street of Oakland At present their goods are received an I shipped at Sixteenth street Station, ami l3ing situated on Peralta street, the; have the advantage of the best street i i Oakland (particularly during the rain weather) tor their goods. time, they expect to ship and receiv Roods right at the factory, as the California and Nevada Railroad runs jbj- I Their haTA eS3 growing, and they make a specialty of mwd-made harness made from Oak leather.

Thev have been appointed agents for this coast by the manufactur ers this harness, who matte nothing dui hand-made goods. Their connection wish the Lowell Manufacturing Company Lowell, enables them to igt first-class bodies, and at a low price. They are preparing to make one hundred patent road carts, samples; ki which thev now have on hand. The works are located at the intersection of-Saa Pablo" avenue and Feralta PLANE AND SAW. "Work Done by the Independi Planing Mill.

i This mill, under the management bf Johnson Bros. has been in opc r-ation or three years. Itas a eapaci for using 50,000 to 75,000 feetpf lumb per month. It uses redwood, sugir pine, cedar. Oregon pine, fir and ha woods.

Its line of manufacture co v- sists of window frames, water tanks, etc also all descriptions of planing, scroll sawing and turn ing are attended to with promptness and rigid care. -The decorations and ornamental work for interiors of buildings intended for. residences, stores and public edifices are executed at thefee Miilla in the Llihest degree of art mid excellence -The are followed with he 'strictest exaction, and greht Care is taken that no defective wood lis used in performing the work. The mouldings are clearly and sharply cm in au tneir angles, me uracneia arc iru and beautiful, the panels elegant Kn their diversity of grain, and the scroll work shows taste and skill. One of the specialties of these mills is the building of water tanks, which are tight, stroiig, and made entirely ot clear lumber, Thev are well braced and securely hooped, and can be made of any desired size.

They are receiving ordi rs from outride purchasers, and can ill arge contracts with promptness ai dispatch. They! have executed the a tenor work in many of the prominent Tewidences Oakland and its vicinity They have ample room for extensive work, their lot being 100x175 feet aliid the building 80x100 feet. Thev have fan engine of 25-horse power, and several machines suitable for the various por tions of their They employ 90 hands, and in busy seasons many more. The mills are situated at the corner of Second and Brush streets, A PIONEER MILL. The First Planin? Mill Established i ne loncer rianing jiui is one oi juie early manufacturing establish menta of Oakland.

The mill is located on (the Corner of First street at the foot of Uroadwav, and is one of the old latnd-marks. The fold proprietors are itfcad and gone, or encaged in other busuiess and-the establishment is now runj by jnessra meriihy, lieu coj -4 I At this mill ornamental and mould ing work for the exteriors and interiors of residences and stores is made -specialty. The style now in vogue 4 to vm wood as tne Dase ot such work instead of the- plaster of Pari eastings which were used tor so many vetirs. and were subject to breakage and Idis- coloration from age. The cost of (the wooden work is fur 4 ess than thai of the plaster of Paris.

It is rapidly bnd corectly finished by machinery, which executes the work far less time! than tlie hand work by which the plaster casta are made can ossibiy perform it. The present firm employs forty hands. The area occupied fey it is 400 tfeet aouare. In it all styles and varieties el building work are executed promptly a superior manner. How Bags and Burlaps Are Made in This is one of the largest corporations operating; in AUaneda jCounty, and it Is doing its work so quietly that the general public has no idea of the amount of money invested iri it nor of the bulk of the machinery required to operate it.

Most of the latter is imported from the East or from Scotland, so that the loss of time in placing it in position makes it extremely expensive. The i California JutMillcarae under the management of the present corporation in June, 1883. The old wooden mfli was torn down and the entire factory i rebuilt i in brick, remodeled i and entirely renewed. 1 1 The present nail covers a whole block every' foot of which is utilized, The worka are contained in high one-story brick giving employment to about 100 girls, 100 boys and 175 other employes, men of all nationalities. The girls earn about forty centa a dayi at first and, le-comiag expert, can average $40 a month, some have made as high as $55 at tiineSk The pay roll of these 375 employes, including children of both sexes, amount to monthly.

'Tb jute is shipped principally from Calcutta, and 750 used monthly; The mill turns out burlap for grain and potato sacks, manuf acta ring also largely borax and flour sacks, baggings, twines, jute mat-bagginjg, en horse blankets. i ij I. The difficulty of running ich an enterprise in California is something none can conceive, owkigito the impossibility of obtaining expertl labors and the great dtijitance from; the base of sui-plies. Twenty-four girls and five men were brought fronii HcOtland la.it January by the Superintendent, Mri John Kobert.on, I but with these exceptions everybody employed in the mill has had to be educated on the spot. There was little or no expert labor to btiildjupon.

There is no other mill in the f'tatej solely amliel to: jute except, the one kt San Uuentin prison, whk is worked by the State with I convicti lalor. The hull is what woalq be called a 3000-spindle mill. tlicre lxfiiig a laily average of 280(M spinaies in operauon and I3i looms constantly at work. I The plant cost the Ciimniinv over and at least JdO dincrent machines in tlie va- rious departments. The jute arrives in a raw state in bales I FINE FUBNISHINGS.

11 Ii Keller's M. Shirt Pactory TailbringT Establisiiment. The principal house in Oakland for custom fihirts, merchant tailoring and gentlemen's apparel generally is located at 1007 Broadway; the proprietor being Mr. J. Keller.

I whose I shirts have a world wide reputation. Keller has only been in business since 1879, butshe has -achieved a name for his cus- torn' made shirts, which is not confined to this State. Mr; iCeller has constantly on the road from six and solicitors, who toi ten; drummers make a point of beating their Eastern confreres as; fre- the results always being satistacvorv 10 inir uouse. Mr. J.

Keller makeJt ipeeialty of custom shirts which retail! at; twentyj-four dollarsjier dozen, which he claimsHT? not excelled in any paijt of the world. Some, or rather many of the most prominent men in the State, will use no shirt except Mr. KeUer's i Inj a news-paier article one has nO right to handle their names, but the books of the house will show, all thej sanje, that ex-Gov-emors, ex-Mayora and prominent officialtf, merchants and business men of every kind come' quietly over to Oak land and have their shirts built to order by M. J. Keller as, regularly as the best eight day clock (strikes.

The Keller shirt is as familiar a household word in the of an Alameda County man as a fchrimp in the mouth of a salmon. In the shirt-cutting department there are always four osfive thousand dollars' wortlrof muslinsl flannels and fancy shirtirigs. From there the visitor passes to the shipping! dedartrtienti where country orders are. packed! mailed, and sent on. I 'ine operatmg oepartment is the most interesting Of all.

the work done here being of an intricate and delicate character jwhicb denes descrip A WEST BERKELEY MILL. The Lumber Pinished by the ii Niehaus Brothers. The large factory of the West Berkeley llaiiing Mills is owned by the three brothers, Ed. Ernst 0. and Otto Niehaus.

The business was commenced by G. H. Schuster and Ed. F. Niehaus in the year in a building on Second street between University avenue and Bristol street.

West Berkeley, since occupied as a grist mill. In ISSlii had obtained such proportions that t(he firm moved to a building close by. erected expressly, for them by John Kverding, of ban Francisco In Feb-ruaryL ISS3, the firm of Shuster fe Niehaus dissolved partnership, Ernest C. Niehaus bought a half-interest, and they continued the business under the firm name of Niehaus fc Brother. The enterprise, under 'their management, still continued to prosper, and it became necessary to i seek for mtire extensive quarters.

They had a building erected on one of their lots. Bituated between second and Third and Bristol I i Hi i -I 'I I i I I hi i A 'I "l'. 17 "1.