California to supply Orient with insulators

Concerning Glass Plant at Long Beach.

The California Insulator Co., Long Beach, Cal., recently signed a contract with the Pacific States Electric Co., of San Francisco, whereby the latter will take the entire output of insulators for the next five years. The Dollar Steamship Co. also signed a contract to handle the company's goods in the Orient. There is much electrical construction work going on in the Orient now. The federal government is putting in its own telegraph system and will own it completely. It is using the California insulators, the Long Beach firm having the supply contract.

The Pacific States Electric Co. is a combination of three supply companies on the coast. H. C. Carter is president and W. L. Greenwood is vice president. These men signed a contract with Arthur G. Munn, president of the glass company, of which John Morns is treasurer, S. S. Stonaker is secretary and Robert P. Frist, manager.

The California Glass Insulator Co. own ten acres of land at the Long Beach Inner Harbor. The factory and outbuildings occupy about half the site, but plans are on foot to enlarge it. A new tank will be built next summer which will double the output of the factory. The company makes bottles and other glassware as well as insulators. The sand is found near Riverside, Cal.