OPPORTUNITIES FOR MANUFACTORIES. 



fornia Gas and Electric Corporation and its allied companies at Colgate, 

 Centerville and de Sabla, which furnish power to bay cities, are near at hand 

 to the east and north, respectively, and an uncompleted plant belonging to 

 the same companies lies to the northeast on French Creek. Other com- 

 panies have secured very valuable rights on Feather River and its branches in 

 a northerly direction from Oroville, and opportunities for securing other loca- 

 tions are numerous, some of the most inviting spots being still unused. 



To the advantage of cheap power should be added the advantage of the 

 situation of Oroville, in a country rich in raw material and productive possi- 

 bilities. We have within easy reach a wide variety of minerals, including 

 clays, lime, paint, asbestos, gold, silver, copper, iron and other metals. We 

 have a vast area of forests, quarries of marble and building stone, deposits 

 of finest cement and the best of lime. 



Oroville is located at the mouth of Feather River Canyon, the point 

 where the proposed Western Pacific Railway will enter the Sacramento Val- 

 ley, and probable point of divergence of various branch roads. Franchises 

 entitling two electric roads to enter Oroville from valley points have been re- 

 cently sold to parties who recognize the immense possibilities presented 

 by the opening of the rich mountainous country by the Western Pacific 

 Railroad. Facilities for transportation to various points will be of advantage 

 to factories and will add to the other attractive features in inducing manu- 

 facturers to locate their plants here. The thousands of sheep raised near 

 at hand make it a fine location for a woolen mill. A flour mill is just now 

 something which Oroville is in much need of. An orange marmalade fac- 

 tory would have a good opening here. 



Oroville presents attractions to the manufacturer which should soon 

 bring him this way. 



L. V. HENDRICKS, 



Oroville, California. 



NILES. 



An excellent location for a fruit and vegetable cannery, in the center 

 of one of the most productive regions in the State. All kinds of vegetables 

 are grown and in apricots and cherries the quality is recognized as being 

 equal to the very best in the State. Good shipping point, as it is a junction 

 of the Southern Pacific Railroad, and it is expected that the Western Pacific 

 will go through the town in the near future. 



A good point for foundry or iron works that would bring its own skilled 

 labor. There is no such enterprise here now. 



A good point for a small bank which could carry the accounts of local 

 business men and farmers and do a good deal of loaning on real estate. 



Good place for large tourist or summer hotel. 



j. c. SHINN, 



Niles, Alameda County, California. 



OLINDA. 



Yours requesting information in regard to manufactories received, and 

 I suggest a box or sash and door manufactory. There is an abundant sup- 

 ply of fine sugar pine to be had and an abundant supply of electricity to 

 operate it. There is some fine water power yet undeveloped. 



L. D. WALKER, 



Secretary Olinda Improvement Club. 



AUBURN. 



Auburn offers a free site and cheap power for any manufactory and 

 has good railway facilities for transportation for the raw and manufactured 

 article. 



We have in raw material a deposit for making building material or 

 building blocks which has been tested so that it is considered fire proof. 

 We have abundance of different kind of wood that might be worked up into 

 different articles of furniture, etc. 



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