Cheap Power an Invitation 



to the Manufacturer 



HE success of a manufacturing enterprise is immediately de- 

 pendent upon three factors — the cheapness and availability 

 of raw materials, power and transportation. Where these three 

 elements of industry are to be easily had at a low cost an 

 industry is bound to succeed from the standpoint of production. 

 In California the problem of cheap fuel and power is solv- 

 ing itself through the development of petroleum and hydro-electric power. 

 Raw materials are here in abundant quantities. Throughout the entire 

 State, they are attracting manufacturers to make them into finished com- 

 modities. At the present time we are exporting many of our raw materials 

 to the East and then reimporting them after they have passed through the 

 factories there. Here we have the raw materials to be manufactured and 

 the demand for the finished article, but not the local factory. 



California, next to New York, possesses the greatest quantities of elec- 

 tric power yet produced, and it is the cheapest power; still the resources of 

 the State for the development of this hydro-electricity have not been half 

 realized. Millions of horse-power of electric energy can be developed from 

 Sierra streams. In some places in California electric power has been fur- 

 nished as low as $50 a year per horse-power in small quantities. It is pur- 

 chased often for pumping plants at the rate of one cent and three-quarters 

 to a cent and a half per horse-power per hour. Not only is this energy 

 exceedingly cheap, but it is easily available. Being divisible, electric power 

 may be used in as large or as small quantities as the purchaser requires, and 

 a single power plant may furnish motive power to a thousand factories, 

 small and large, within reach of its transmission lines. The number and 

 variety of machines run by electric energy is incredible. It is employed in 

 every phase of industry, from mining to the manufacture of ice. 



In fact, transportation itself in California is largely operated by elec- 

 tricity. This third factor of successful manufacturing has opened the in- 

 terior of the State to the possibilities of industry. An article may be pro- 

 duced in the farthest corner of the State; it can be brought to the market 

 readily. All the time new railways are being opened. 



Thus the manufacturer can erect his factory at the spot where the 

 raw materials most abound, can have all the power required brought to him 

 at a very low rate, and finally, will have every facility for distributing his 

 produce to almost any market, though great demand exists in California. 

 With such resources and facilities, California offers an opportunity to manu- 

 facturers which no other place can parallel and which will result in devel- 

 oping the State while enriching the producer. 



A very complimentary letter has been received from Mr. W. R. Burnam 

 of Norwich, Connecticut, showing how the work of the Promotion Commit- 

 tee is known and appreciated in the East. He writes to acknowledge the re- 

 ceipt of a copy of one of the publications of this Committee — "CALIFOR- 

 NIA TO-DAY" — "which I have perused with great interest and pleasure. 

 In an address before our Board of Trade entitled 'The Cities of the Pacific 

 Coast,' it served me well in presenting the marvelous growth, material 

 progress, resources and inviting opportunities of California." 



After the American District Telegraph system had been installed in 

 San Francisco for some time, it was found that messenger service ate up 

 the profits of the company. To do away with this expense George S. Ladd 

 designed the multiple call district telegraph box, which has since attained 

 great importance. By use of the multiple call box it was possible for L. M. 

 Clement to institute the first police patrol telegraph, which was used in the 

 snowsheds of the Sierra Nevadas. 



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