Developing California Claus Spreckels
sprekels temple of music in golden gate park in 1899, spreckels opened larger factory closer main sugar beet fields. named new factory spreckels sugar company. company town grew around plant, , still exists spreckels, california. town , sugar factory important in life of novelist john steinbeck, , several scenes novels take place there. in 1890s, spreckels helped found national sugar trust , renamed san francisco property western sugar refinery , continued increase control on hawaiian sugar trade. control on industry irksome hawaiian planters not directly affiliated spreckels , associates. @ end of 1890s, attempted break free. in 1905, planters established cooperative refinery in crockett, california, california , hawaiian sugar company (c&h). spreckels dominance in sugar broken, western sugar refinery continued operation in san francisco until 1951. spreckels president of san francisco , san joaquin valley railway 1895 until sold santa fe railway in 1901. railroad built line compe...