. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California . ane. Islais Creek Grain Terminal is equipped with modern cleaning andgrading machinery, and is used exclusively for the handling of grainfor export. San Francisco is in the center of a large grain-producingdistrict, and the rapidly increasing trade in this commodity has madeit necessary to add an extensive addition to the terminal which willincrease the capacity by 75 per cent. The addition, which is well onthe way to completion, consists of a wharf 540 feet long and 105 fee
. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California . ane. Islais Creek Grain Terminal is equipped with modern cleaning andgrading machinery, and is used exclusively for the handling of grainfor export. San Francisco is in the center of a large grain-producingdistrict, and the rapidly increasing trade in this commodity has madeit necessary to add an extensive addition to the terminal which willincrease the capacity by 75 per cent. The addition, which is well onthe way to completion, consists of a wharf 540 feet long and 105 feetwide, and a shed 495 feet long and 220 feet wide, covering a portionof the wharf and extending over a solid fill on the land side. This willincrease the length of the terminal to over 1250 feet. The State Products Terminal at China Basin is a reinforced concretestructure, 812 feet in length. The biiilding is 134 feet wide and twostories high. This terminal is assigned for the handling of canned anddried fruits and other farm products, and to facilitate this handling 14 REPORT OF BOARD OF STATE HARBOR COMMISSIONERS. REPORT OP BOARD OF STATE HARBOR COMMISSIONERS 15 the second floor is sot back to i)rovi(le an elevated loading platform alongits entire length. On tlie land side an elevated driveway is providedat the second-floor level for cargo arriving and departing by truck. A new modern fumigating plant, privately operated, has recentlybeen constructed adjacent to the State Products Terminal for the fumi-gation of cotton and other commodities as required by the UnitedStates government. Pier 38 is equipped with pipe lines connecting with a battery ofprivately operated tanks for the storage of Oriental vegetable oils,molasses, etc. Large quantities of these products arriving at this portare pumped directly from ship to tanks. A banana terminal similar to those in New Orleans and IMobile, andunique on this coast, has recently been established. Banana boats,arriving weekly, dischar
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