394 The nealtu BIue Book ol Caltl(rrnia

The cities of Madn county are strictly up-to-datewith broad,well

paved,tree embo$'eredstreets,fine mercantileestablishmentsand all
the comforts and conveniencesof modern life.
As to scenicbeauty Marir County is absolutelywithout a peer.
There are resorts open,both winter and summer,where the visitor is
ever welcomedby a smiling summerseaand mountainscenesof amaz-
ing beauty aDd chalm. The entile county is a picture of wondelful,
indescribablebeauty.
Thesepoints are connectedwith eachoUrer and the outer world
by a splendidsystemof loads. The Msrin RedwoodHighway through
Marin county is secondto none in the state. At Point San QuentiD
this road is connectedby the RichmondFen'y with the highway sys-
tem on the eastem side of the bay.
Marin county is noted for its excellentschools. ttodetn. uD-to-
dare pj.ima|y and glammar schoolselp pvprJ$hera alld high schools
at Almonte and a new 9500,000hjgh school (in process of erectioD at
San R,afa€l) assure the peopl€ of the best public school educational
facilities. In addition to this we have two splendid mititary schools,
th€ Mount Tanalpais Mil;taly Academy and the Hitchcock ilitary
Academy and the world reno\\,ned College of the Dominican Sistem.
In the country districts the pfiDcipal industries are dairying and
fruit growing. The soil is rich and lands and homesites in the differ--
ent cities in the countrt' are reesonable in p ce. Manufactures are
grcwing and the entire country is on the high road to prosperity.

Torrance
B!, GEoEcEW. NEIr,L, Realtor

ORRANCE, the beautiful little city which bearsthe name of its

founder, b the consummationof an ideal. A group ol los
Angeles financiers, headed by J. S. Torlance, conceived
the idea of building a model industdal community adjacent to
Los Ang€leswhere men working in the factodes might housetheir
famili€s in pleasant sun-oundings. As a result of their etrorts
Torranc€ was founded in 1912. It has gr"otrnuntil today it has a
populationof about five thousand.
Situatedsixteenmiles south of Ins Angelesand within fve miles
ot Los AngelesHafbor in rha bpautjJulGardpnavallev.wiih Daved
boulevaidsradiating from il lo l,os Angeles,the Harbor and the
nearby beaches,the \'isitor cannot help but acknowiedgeits location
ts stralegrc.
Torrance has twenty-fivemiles of paved streets,thirty miles of
sidewalksand curbs,a completesewersystem,an abundanfsupply of
fine water, splendidpoliceand 6re departments. Thousandsof shade
trees have beenplantealand there is a systemof beautiful parks.
The schoolsof Tor'ranceare claiming the especialattention of its
citizeDs.
The TolranceAuditorium.a 975.000buildingseatingone thou-
sandpeople. housesthp mo\ing piclurptnearre.
 The Redta Blue Book 6l Catifornia 395

, Toryancehas a live, proglessive Chamber of Commerce which has

oeen_dorngsplendid work in the development ot thp town.
. . Torrance is the home of the Uniol Tool Company. f:Lis institu_
tion,.which supplies ojl well machinery and tools'to'all rrui oilfi"
worid, ls one oJ the rpa y gigantic industries of Soul,hert Califol'ria-
"
rrs plan_r,costrng a,plroximately two million dollars, covers about
Ewenry-fiveacres of land and employs about 1200 men.
tne Uolt nbra St@I Corporation. employing 600 men.
_, I ne racrnc.utertflc car shops.conslruciedat a eosl oI $1,.;00.000.
rney embody the most up to datp shop constru.jion in {he Uniied
-^il,i1iril,;#.fr:i"rt',,"tij3J'df-t"'.'"ITmproyin
Otherindustrias
arc: TheAmpfican
gBoo
men.
. . Svs"ri oiE&nfo."ins.Hen_
drie RubberTire company.SaiemManufactr;i^gC""iiji"y, Si'rl,arra
i::i,SZ::.'8""1glll?lJ;
i""1.1il3i1',fil:"*il#x?H Ii:ffix;
menand womenwitrri total 'i,o.ir,ii p"v-"Ji-Ji
{tb"0,0tdi:01"d
. The Julian Pe{roleumCorporation is br/ildins a larse refinerv
nere*whrchwtll cosl severalmillion doliar.swhen cbmplelid.
. .r orranccis knownas the Industrialand Oii city. In February.
1921,lhp CtlanslorCanfieldMidwayOit Comprnv, tn rf,Jlilj
-i;';ith;
covery weli of the Torrance fietd. This *"ti *;" "pi,aa"A
dr;;thi
gpdu^ctjgn.ol a tho_usandtarrels daily in the faff of tfreiame veai
I ne nero d€vetopedslowty during the followinq eishteenmo;ths.
owrng lo targe Icases heid by l,hpChansloi CanfieldMidwav.
rranoard.^the.
She , UntonandCcneralpetroleumCompanies, Thesecom_
Bl;in.I""""""i""1'''T',"'T
sT"il"ff ii,iilfl
Jljl"ffi
":'s,.J;".",],,,'i'f;
nerda.,rt.vas not un{il August.1928.uponthc comingin;f the Mid_
way -NorLnemgusrrerrn the southernspctionof lhe fie,d, in a section
that had beensubdi.vided into acre.lots.that the b;;m ;; ;;. ii6;
strenuouscompetitionby independentoil companiesfor small leases
moKplace,resultlng in over onehundredderricks beinqerecledwithin
arxrydays. Ult.men- statethat the development aroundthe Midwav
NorIneln well has becn at a more rapid pace than in any othe;
Southe-m. CaliJo_rnia fiFtd. It is prodicteaby ceoto;ii; i;ri i"h" i;;-
ranre rprcl stlt be larger in extpnt {han any field recenllv discovereil
rn Ualuomra,and thal within Lhenextsix monlhsit will havea dailv
barrers.
rli "r:"i:,iTi$rll,:B8a:'
H:XYillxi rhcoirnprd
arpresen-r
OIL AND INDUSTRIDS

,How -foflunale the lown that has such a combination. ODDor_

runrues or every nature exist aL Torrance from both an investiient
and induslrial
.standpoint. We invite the *o.f,i.g n,r", tf,u rnunu_
yler a,ndthe invesro-r
1?,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,r1 ro visil Torranceana s-". ioi;;;;l;;
whrt has been accomplishFdin Luilding this modern indusi;ial
;itv.