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Title: The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Architect and Engineer Co
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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include in its annual output?This interesting question is best answered by extracts from the officialrecords of this bureau, that are prepared annually, with much care, by astatistical department in close touch with every producer in the State. The subjoined table throws a strong light on the facts. The total out-put for a period of twenty-three years of each of the substances named isgiven, and the figures and the grand total will be observed to be very largeand extremely convincing: Brick • $25,229,515 Clay 2,267,978 Granite 10,875,806 Lime and Limestone 11,552,637 Macadam 11,584.598 Marble 1,509.841 Rubble 10,441,586 Sandstone 3.757.044 Slate 653,399 Soapstone - 34,299 Glass sand 129,012 Paving blocks 1,895,064 Magnesite 536,925 Gypsum 992.405 Cement 17,369,254 Bituminous rock 2,721.099 Asphalt 9,357,662 Asbestos 50,187 Onyx and travertine 91,400 Serpentine 33,2^9 Total $111,082,970 The Architect and Engineer 63 EXHtBIT OF CALIFORNIA WMJCrORAI HWESIA1.5tfTHUK 0 .I0HN50N AUCHITEa
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Probably no more illustrative evidence can be presented to shew theimportance of preserving an industry of such magnitude, one of thegreatest in all California. That it should be made secure from attack anddiscrimination against it goes with the saying. The buildings projected by the Federal government in the past fewyears in which the supervising architect of the Treasury I >, partment hasdiscriminated against California materials, include the following: Public building in Los Angeles; San Francisco custom house ; Santa Rosa public building; Santa Cruz postoffice.Also there was discrimination against California fire clay in the construc-tion work at Mare Island, which is chargeable to governmental indiffito Californias just claims in reference to the quantity and quality of itsstructural materials. _ The foregoing table shows whether the State has the materials todeliver; and the grand total of value shows that there is a general appre-ciation of the materials, outside of the supe

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