Pacific municipalities . METCALF ACETYLENE GAS MACHINES One of the most successful industries in San Diego is conducted at the factorvof Mr. C. W. Metcalf, 352 Fifth Street, San Diego, when the Metcalf Carbide FeedAcetylene Gas Machines are manufactured. It is a well known fact that acetylene gas is practically unexcelled for illumin-ating purposes, but its usefulness is not confined to this field alone. It is now be-ing used with perfect success for cooking and heating. It burns with a steady. 132 PACIFIC MUNICIPALITIES clear, white flame, requiring no mantel, yet giving: a highly pleasing gl
Pacific municipalities . METCALF ACETYLENE GAS MACHINES One of the most successful industries in San Diego is conducted at the factorvof Mr. C. W. Metcalf, 352 Fifth Street, San Diego, when the Metcalf Carbide FeedAcetylene Gas Machines are manufactured. It is a well known fact that acetylene gas is practically unexcelled for illumin-ating purposes, but its usefulness is not confined to this field alone. It is now be-ing used with perfect success for cooking and heating. It burns with a steady. 132 PACIFIC MUNICIPALITIES clear, white flame, requiring no mantel, yet giving: a highly pleasing glow, whicheyes weakened by age or overwork are keenest to appreciate. The apparatus manu-factured by Mr. Metcalf, according to numerous testimonials, is giving perfect sat-isfaction to all who have installed THE GLOBE MILLS One of the latest industrial establishments of which San Diego is proud, isthe new Globe Flour Mills, which were completed about April i, iqio. The buildings are of the most modern type in point of construction and ar-rangement, and are absolutely fireproof. They are equipped with the latest andbest machinery for the manufacture of high grade flour, and not only the plantitself, but the methods of operation used throughout are of the most sanitarycharacter in every respect. This establishment is one of the most substantialevidences of San Diegos modern growth and commercial expansion. The millsturn out from three hundred and fifty to four hundred barrels a day. THE LUMBER INDUSTRY IN SAN DIEGO San Diego Building permits have increased from about One Hundred Thous-and Dollars in 1900 to more than Three Million Dollars for 1910. During the sameperiod the population incre^tsed from seventeen thousand to forty thousand. Thesetwo sets of figures are indicative of the phenom
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