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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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for-merly in Louis P. Hobarts office, whowill have his offices in the same build-ing as the studio. There are some original designs infurniture, lamp shades and bookrests inthe shop, along with several splendidpieces of pottery from the Gladding,McBean Company, for whom Mrs. Mc-Afee is a.gent. l-urniturc and potteryare made up according to the designswhich Mrs. McAfee draws and submitsto the purchaser. .Most of the potteryis from the Lincoln Works of Gladding,McBean & Co. The shop invites repose by its air ofquiet relinement. Its placid gray walls,with a suggestion of deep tur<;uoise bluehere and there, and occasionally a glintof sunny yellow, are restful to the ex-treme. Here and there are lovely piecesof furniture, some that Mrs. McAfeedesigned, others imported or made else-where. But for all this, everything seemsassembled together with such good tastethat it seems especially designed to hea pleasant neighbor to everything elsein the big room. 126 The Architect and Engineer
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rL.lXT OF THE GRAXT ROCK AND GRAVEL COMPANY ON THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER, Secures Big Orders for Gravel and Rock The popularity of reinforced concretefor road and bridge work has made aprofitable market for the various aggre-gates of this material, including ce-ment, crushed rock and gravel and sand.One of the largest rock and gravel plantsoutside of those close to San Franciscois the one at Fryant on the San Joa-c;uin river, about twenty miles fromFresno, owned and operated by the GrantRock and Gravel Company, with headoffices in the Cory building, Fresno. Thisplant has been in operation since Sep-tember and lias enjoyed exceptional pros-perity in that period. Its capacity isthirty cars of crushed and washed gravela day. The material is furnished invarious grades to suit the buyer, whetherit be for road work, bridge work orbuildings. The accompan3-ing panoramic viewwill give the reader some idea of theimmense capacity and possibilities ofthis plant. It covers more than 1200acres. The sto

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