WP Line industries

CHARGER Jul 28, 2008

  1. CHARGER

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    What is the best refernce to use to find lineside intdustries between Stockton and Portola? Preferably 1970-80s.
     
  2. Kenneth L. Anthony

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    I am not sure about a BEST reference. Going town-by-town on Sanborn's insurance maps might help. A WP shipper's reference would also be good.

    I have a 1973 Southern Pacific tariff listing industries, commodities and what railroad served, for "common points" on the SP where there was another railroad... in other words, all towns where SP ran but where there was also another railroad. According to my 1973 [/i]Rand McNally Handy Railroad Atlas of the United States[/i], that would include Stockton, Sacramento, Marysville and possibly Oroville. (Tiny map data, hard to read)

    That 1973 tariff (time period you specified) is in my designated train room and train library where I have an apartment-challenged day-sleeper stepson camping out for 8 months. When he goes to work and I am allowed to enter the room, I will hunt up what I can find....
     
  3. Kenneth L. Anthony

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    WP lineside industries in Stockton, California, from 1973 Southern Pacific tariff for "common points" on the SP where there was another railroad

    Albert Paper Co.
    American Box Corporation- lumber, shook (lightweight wood for crates, etc)
    American Forest Products- lumber, shook
    American Standard- plumbing supplies
    Associated Oil Company- petroleum products
    Coldberg Boat Works
    Consolidated Diesel Electric Co.- electric equipment
    Costa Brothers- fruit vegetables
    John Deer Co.- implements
    Diamond National Corp.- lumber
    Grainco Inc.- grain storage
    Gravem Ingles Baking Co.- flour
    Guntert & Zimmerman- steel
    Higginbotham Bros.- heavy hardware
    H. J. Heinz Co.- canned goods
    Johns Manville- transit pipe manufacturing
    Kaiser, Henry J & Co.- gravel, rock, sand
    Manufacturers Mirror and Glass Co.
    Mazzera Produce- fruits & vegetables
    Merchants Shippers Assn- freight forwarders
    Mid Sierra Lumber Sales
    Mitchler E.E.- sand gravel cement
    Mohawk Rubber Company
    National Carloading Corp.
    Niagara Chemical- fertilizer
    Pittsburgh Des Moines Steel Co.- iron & steel
    Ross, Noonan-livestock
    San Joaquin Lumber Co.
    Shane Livestock Commission
    Sierra Lumber Manufacturers
    Sig Ellingson- livestock
    Stevens Bros. Boat Works
    Stockton Box. Co.- lumber
    Stockton Building Materials Co.- fuel ice rock sand gravel
    Stockton City Pumping Plant - “various”
    Stockton Iron Works- dredger
    Stockton Union Stock Yards
    Stor Dor Forwarding Co.
    Tarter Webster and Johnson- lumber shook
    Texaco Inc. petroleum products
    Union Ice & Cold Storage
    University of Pacific- fuel, supplies
    Valley Ice Co.- cold storage
    Valley Livestock Co.
    Valley Tomato Products Inc.- tomato paste
    Vogel & Son- potatoes, onions
    Washburn & Condon- livestock
    Western Warehouse Co,- general merchandise

    Is this of interest? If so, I will transcribe more. Don't ask me for details about individual industries. All I have is the list of names and commodity handled. But you can use this for further search.
     
  4. CHARGER

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    NO this is excellent, thanks!
     
  5. Kenneth L. Anthony

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    More Western Pacific lineside industries from 1973 Southern Pacific tariff for "common points"

    Marysville, California

    Appeal Democrat- newsprint
    Montgomery Ward- merchandise
    United Grocers- wholesale grocery
    Yuba River Sand Co.- sand & gravel
    Team track customers in Marysville: Acme Reinforced Plastics (plastic liners); contractor; heating, plubming, air conditioning dealer; Hust Bros. antifreeze pts carbide (?); 2 farm implement dealers; gas & electric utility; 4 bulk oil dealers; glass & paint dealer.

    Oroville, California

    Ehmann Olive Plant- fruit
    Higginbotham Truck & Storage Co.
    Koppers Co.- wood treating (creosote?)
    Las Plumas Lumber
    Olive Products Co. olives and olive oil
    Oroville Project Contractors
    Perfect Plank- lumber
    Richfield Oil Co.
    Ryan Lumber Co,
    Shell Oil. Co.
    Stokely Van Camp Canning Co.
    Table Mountain Cut Stock Co.- lumber products
    Union Oil Co.

    Sacramento, California

    Butler Johnson Corp.- building materials
    Campbell Soup Co. cannery
    Cobbledick Kibbe Glass Co.
    Continental Chemical Co.
    Independent Paper Stock Co.- waste paper
    Industrial Tractor Sales
    International Harvester
    Jullard Liquor Co.
    Keating Co., James P.- liquor
    Lawrence Warehouse Co.
    Loggers and Contractors Machinery Co.
    Levotti Bros. wine
    Pacific and Atlantic Shippers Inc. freight forwarder
    Palm Iron & Bridge Works
    Superior Sales Co. electrical appliances
    Trans Continental Freight Forwarding Co.
    U S Cold Storage Plant
    Universal Carloading and Distributing Co.
    Valair Distributors Inc.- air conditioners
    Valley Tractor Co.
    Western Warehouse Co.

    Koppers was a big distributor of creosote for treating wood, and had their own treating plants. Some 20 years ago, I saw a textbook on wood preservation at the public library (since then apparently discarded from the library collection for lack of interest...) Many of the photos of preservation plants were "courtesy Koppers". I used that textbook and a visit to an East Texas to build my own fictitious "Creotex" company.
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