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Title: The Industries of San Francisco, California : a review of the manufacturing, mercantile and business interests of the Bay City : together with a historical sketch of her rise and progress
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Liggett, J. H Cosmopolitan Publishing Co
Subjects: Industries
Publisher: San Francisco, Cal. : Cosmopolitan Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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this firm furnished 22 percent. The brands handled include white wine, claret, angelica, muscat sweet,muscat dry, maderia, port wines, sherry, hock, mount vineyard, malaga, cuca-mongo wines, sweet catawba, dry catawba, grape brandies, mountain wine,riesling, gutedel, zinfandel, white and red, California cocktail ; and in factevery species of wine produced on the coast. The customer in ordering can rest assurred that this firm keeps only thesoundest and most popular brands by which they have aided greatly in givingCalifornia wines the reputation which they bear abroad. Messrs. Lachman &:Jacobi have resident agents in New York. New Orleans, St. Louis, Chicago,Dallas, Texas, and have travelling representations in all parts of the union.The members of this firm have long been identified with the wine-makingindustry and are distinguished for their thorough and accurate knowledge ofthe wants of the trade and their liberal progressive business methods. THE INDUSTRIES OF SAX FRANCISCO. 63
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64 THE INDUSTRIES OF SAX FRANCISCO. W. T. GARRATT & CO. Brass Founders and Machinists, Corner Fremont and Natoma streets. The brass and bell foundry and machine and hydraulic works of W. T. Gar-ratt and Co. had their beginning in San Francisco in 1850. For years this wasthe only house where brass founding was done with similar mechanical laboron this coast. The business was small at the beginning but in 1853 took a def-inite shape and has continued to increase until now. The works are amongthe most important of the kind in the United States for the variety of theirproducts. The articles made include bells, hydrants, valves, faucets and mis-cellaneous castings, from the smallest to largest size, in brass, Babbit metal andother alloys. In irofi and general machine business, Messrs. W. T. Garratt andCo. make globe-valves, safety valves, fire hydrants, water and gas gates andcast iron fittings for large pipes. Among the specialties of the firm may benamed Hookers direct-acting steam p

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