The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-30
TO THRILL BIG WIRES,
Some Notable Things That
Electricians Are Doing in
the State.
TRoLLEYs FOR LOS ANGELES
Big Projects at Nevada City, Folsom
and Fresno Getting Ready
for Opera ton.

The business boom in the electrical world
continues and new schemes for power
transmission and other electrical enter
prises are being formed, while hustling
promoters of other schemes little older
are figuring on the cost of plants and try
ing to raise capital.
One of the newest projects in this line is
a big one that interests Los Angeles. The
Los Angeles Railway Company owns forty
seven miles of street railway there, and
practically all in the southern metropolis.
Considerable of the mileage is electric,
much is cable and the rest is operated by
horse power. After years of competition,
litigation and hard times the syndicate
now proposes to organize its system. This
means more and better trolley lines for
Los Angeles.
The project of operating by electric
power the big group of mines about Ne
vada City and Grass Valley has just passed
the stage of planning. The Nevada County
Electric Power Company has closed con-
tract with the Stanley Electric Company
of Massachusetts for two 400 horsepower
generators, and the other features of the
electrical plant, including several miles OF
pole line. The company is now at work
on the flume which will bring water from
the South Yuba over three miles to the
point near the Excelsior dam, where the
generating plant will be located, four
miles from Grass Valley and eight miles
from Nevada City.
The initial plant of 800 horsepower,
which will be in operation in three months,
will early be enlarged. The flume and
pipe line is being built on basis of $500
horsepower. The company proposes to
light Grass Valley and Nevada City, and a
franchise for an electric road for passen-
gers and freight between Grass Valley and
Nevada City has been asked for from the
Supervisors. This Will be the first two
phase alternating system" established in
the State.
This experiment is an illustration and a
promise OF what electricity will soon do in
aiding the development and econ omicai
operation of California mines.
The Standard Company, which estab-
lished at its Bodie mines the first long
distance power transmission plant on the
Pacific Coast, has just greatly enlarged its
plant. The company has now installed in
its mines plant of 100 horsepower, 5000
feet from its mill, for the electrical opera
ton of its pumps, hosting machinery, etc.
The project for bringing electric power
from the Sierras, thirty-five miles. to
Fresno is still in the preparatory stage,
but during the week it has advanced in
one direction to the extent of making a
provisional contract with the General
Electric Company, and the promise that
the notable project will soon be carried
through is bright.
The coming week will see in operation
the first 1000 horsepower generator of the
Sacramento Light and Power Company,
whose great generating plant at Folsom
has been SO long talked about. Three
other generators, each of 1000 horsepower,
will be established as quickly as possible.
The largest electrical plant in the State
will thus be in operation before July 1.
w. f. c. Hasson of Hasson & Hunt con-
sulting electrical engineers, has been elect
ed vice-president of the American Insti-
tute of Electrical Engineers. Mr.. Hasson
was the superintendent of the electrical
department of the Midwinter Fair.