Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-01-29

and aid ali men who are willing to cas-
their lot with us, and invest their money
in establishing new manufacturing en-
terprises and at the same time taking
their chances on the good will of our
merchants and the people in general.
1t is a difficult job to introduce and sell
n new manufactured article here even
II we sell at prices heretofore paid in
San Francisco, thereby saving our
merchants the freight, not only because
some of our dealers refuse to handle
home made goods, and a good many of
our people imagine that goods brought
from distant city is better, but because
the San Francisco merchants will strain
every nerve in the effort to hold his
market, even ii they have to sell with.
out any profit or Mt an actual loss on
their goods, as it has been in our case,
where offers have been made to some of
our leading merchants involving an
actual loss on their article. And | will
say right here that if we had no. had
the good fortune to get hold OF a water
power, thereby saving on one side what
we had to pay more for than materials
on the other, we would not have been
able to compete with the California
Cracker Co. at San Francisco, and our
enterprise would have been failure,
but | will not give the reasons why such
is the case, but intend to say few
words ON the water power.
The franchise for our power was
granted some twenty nine years ago to
Mr.. Sainsevain, who owned Also vine.
yard, and who constructed an elevated
fiume over his land on old Also road,
which must have cost him over $4,000.
We bought this Water right three years
ago and had no other power the first
summer, but we soon found that we
could not depend on it and had to pur-
chase steam power also.
But while this power is a great saving
to us during the year, it is also and has
been source of constant annoyance,
not only from the residents who live
along the fiume, but from the city Off
GERS themselves. They threatened us
for the last two years that Zanja 81, on
which our power is located, is useless as
far MS First street and would be closed,
not caring for our rights and not caring
even to destroy in that short distance
about fifty-horse power without any
benefit to the city as far as | know.
Now | think that the water power in
use and those which can be made on our
zanjas are nearly as valuable to the
future prosperity of this city as the irri-
CATION ITSELF for which the zanjas have
been constructed, besides the wheel
through which the water flows and gives
the power does not absorb any of it and
the same is as good for irrigation utter
it passes through it as before.
ha afar i'm tkio ,ttu emf
iioent to start quite number of manu-
factories on a small scale, and our pres
ent market will not afford any big con
Germs.
The franchises will not cost the city
anything, but should be given free of
rent for number of years, for the fol-
lowing reasons:
First, the water powers as they exist
now are by no means power to depend
on. The water is turned out of the
zania us soon as it threatens to rain.
The dam breaks at every big rain and
the zanjas have TO be cleaned once
in while and as is the case now,
this last flood has made the
power useless for about six weeks
leaving the factories quite unexpected
for days and some times for weeks with
out power, and especially so in the
rainy season, when the water is not
needed for irrigation. Therefore it is
necessary for any factory which must have
power every day, to provide for steam
power; also, in other words, it involves
an investment of from $1,000 to $1,000
dollars more in the enterprise.
Second. No man of any business ca
pacity will invest any money in creating
a power, if he has not the assurance OF
enjoying the privilege of using the
same without any further cost or rental
excepting the necessary repairingl for
number OF years.
With these few remarks l hope to be
excused
Much more could be said on the i'm.
portance of our water powers for manu-
featuring purposes, also in aiding and
encouraging new enterprises, as well as
protecting aud patronizing those already
established, hut will leave that to ADLER
heads and better speakers than am.
s. WINTER.
Mr.. Fred. Eaton, City Engineer, was
called on and said he had no data to
give. All he could say would be from
experience in the city water works. The
power of the river was over-estimated.
The fall is l6 feet to the mile for miles,
or so feet fall. OF this 30 feet would be
neutralized, leaving 80 feet available.
This is equal to 1870 horse power. This
is ON the lower system. On the upper
system there is say Is horse power not
already appropriate. Above the water
company's system, above the Los Felz
there is water that could be developed
into say l40 horse power. This would
not be permanent. As the city in
creases the water power will decrease.
But this lao horse power on the upper
river would justify developing, and
would probably allow of the building
up OF certain manufacturing enterpri o.
which would afterwards grow to
strength sufficient to allow OF using some
other power. There is not an econ.
omic steam engine in the city. In
the East, where coal is only
81 ton they use high cost engines
Here, where coal is so dear, high duty
engines should be used. 1t costs now
with the most economic engine in the
city 81 day for six horsepower, A
larger engine could be run on less cost.
with high duty engine of large power
the cost could be much lessened.
MIR. Eaton thought it would cost
Sl0, 900 to develop the lao, horsepower
in the water fall above the Los Felz.
1t would greatly benefit the City Water
Company's system to develop this. II
would save a great deal of water that Is
now lost in seepage. The city have
power TO grant franchise there. IL
would save the city two feet of water
per second and this is worth 500, 900 in
some parts of the county. The city
should reserve right to repurchase any
franchise il may grant
Mr.. Breed slid the Council would Join
in any proper measure the citizens may
develop in this line.
For the next meeting the subject of
beets for the manufacture of sugar was
set. Mr.. A. IL. Denker was appointed
to open the discussion. Mr.. j. M.
Davies is to follow on the same subject.
Meetings are held on the third Thurs.
day of each month.
Steam power engines and coal was
appointed as another subject for dis
eussion. Mr. Eaton is to discuss the
engines, and the coal dealers are TO be in.
vited to give their views ON coal.
Several new members were admitted.
The Secretary reported that at pres.
ent there are rs members in the associa-
ton.
A committee already in existence was
instructed to eonf,r with the members