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A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present . d to his remarkable success as a sur-geon and practitioner. That he had the quali-ties of a great man none who knew him willdeny; that he would have been great in any call-ing in life there is no doubt; and that he was themost dearly beloved and most highlv esteemedman in the comniunitv is a fact acknowledgedbv all. GEORGE F. JSIANDER. In the making ofhis choice of a permanent location as well as inhis identification with a growing industr
A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present . d to his remarkable success as a sur-geon and practitioner. That he had the quali-ties of a great man none who knew him willdeny; that he would have been great in any call-ing in life there is no doubt; and that he was themost dearly beloved and most highlv esteemedman in the comniunitv is a fact acknowledgedbv all. GEORGE F. JSIANDER. In the making ofhis choice of a permanent location as well as inhis identification with a growing industry,Air. Mander feels that he has been especiallyfortunate. .Since he became a resident of LongBeach in 1898 he has been a loyal and enthu-siastic supporter of local affairs and a firm be-liever in the increasing importance of the town,this faith being evidenced by his investment inlocal real estate and business enterprises. Whenhe first came to this point he followed the car-penters trade and assisted in erecting a number(if buildings, among them the plant utilized bythe Long Beach Gas Conipany. Having be-come familiar with the manufacture of gas dur-. B^A^L- HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 513 ing a sojourn in Rockford, 111., and havingshown skill in the installing of the machineryand putting in of pipes, the members of the com-pany decided that he possessed peculiar qualifi-cations for the office of superintendent andchose him for that position. The plant as itstands to-day is the direct outcome of hisundivided attention. At the first installa-tion a small machine was selected suitedfor a town of the size of Long Beach at thattime. The growth of the place, however, wasbe3ond even his sanguine expectations, and intwo years it became necessary to increase thecapacity, which was done by installing a planttwice the size of the first one. During 1905 anew machine was installed having eight timesgreater capacity than that of the machine it dis-placed. The plant is operated by tw
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