Fresno County, Cal . It means that we haveclose at hand cheap fuel for all purposes. With this fuel thereis no reason why Fresno should not become a manufacturingcenter. The Fresno County oil is the best in quality that isfound in California. It carries a large per centage of the dis-tillates, kerosene, gasoline, benzine, etc. It is the best oil formanufacturing gas to be found in the State. The value of thisoil as a fuel will be understood when it is stated that fromthree to three and one-half barrels is equal to a ton of firstclass coal. —28— FLFCTPIC The San Joa(luin Electric Company has ao
Fresno County, Cal . It means that we haveclose at hand cheap fuel for all purposes. With this fuel thereis no reason why Fresno should not become a manufacturingcenter. The Fresno County oil is the best in quality that isfound in California. It carries a large per centage of the dis-tillates, kerosene, gasoline, benzine, etc. It is the best oil formanufacturing gas to be found in the State. The value of thisoil as a fuel will be understood when it is stated that fromthree to three and one-half barrels is equal to a ton of firstclass coal. —28— FLFCTPIC The San Joa(luin Electric Company has aorlwr d power station on the San Joaquin River, about POWER thirty-five miles from Fresno City. This power is delivered to Fresno and also to towns in adjoining Coun-ties. The entire length of transmission is about sixty-fivemiles. This company furnishes Fresno with lights, and thepower is used in several of the manufacturing establishmentsof the city. The power costs in Fresno about $ per horsepower a Interior of Packing House Among the manufacturing and com- MANUFACTURING mercial .enterprises in Fresno, the AND COMMERCIAL packing houses, where the raisins and ENTERPRISES dried fruits are packed and prepared for shipment, are the most is hard for one who has never seen the packing houses ofFresno to realize the magnitude of this enormous are in Fresno County fifty or more great packing houseswhere fruit and raisins are handled in quantities that are asurprise to any stranger looking at the operations carried on —29—
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