The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-22
The City Contemplating Con-
struCting Its Own Plant
A PROPOSITION SUBMITTED
q. A. R. Veterans Ready TO Offer the
Governor a Company
Examination of Applicants For Normal School
Privileges General War
Notes

SAN BERNARDlNO, Dec. Zl.--Ine out
come of the present situation with refer
ence to electric light may be proposition
for the city to have its own electric light
plant, and il an investigation now in
progress shall result satisfactorily the citi-
Gems of San Bernardino will be given an
opportunity to express their individual
opinion on the subject by voting for or
against the issuing of bonds.
The question has come up rather unex-
pectedly, and is the direct outgrowth of
the present situation. A proposition has
been made 10 sell the city the power to be
developed by 1000 inches of water. falling
800 feet. Without making O computation,
that would certainly mean power enough
to light not only this city, but all the cities
of the valley, If the municipality could sell
the power The city might put these lights
in every block in the town and still not be
using nearly all the power which their
plant would develop.
The new proposition comes from Messrs.
ii. E. Harris and j. 9. Christy, and O
special meeting of the board of city trustees
was held yesterday afternoon, attended by
Trustees Firth, Ham, Lawson and Pace,
and PROPOSE ion was made in writing
Offering forty acres of land, two miles of
water ditch and the use of 1000 inches of
water for power purposes, together with
the whole plant formerly used in hydraulic
mining, for $1,000.
The ditch and land which is thus offered
for sale is sixteen miles from the city
limits, and would necessitate carrying the
current that distance. To distribute it all
over the city would require twenty to thirty
miles more of wiring. The necessary ma
chinery and dynamos, VIII en- would be To-
Gated at the power house, and the dis
tributing plant in this city, have all been
fnkaD intn and n Ehpral TO
indicates that the cost would not be over
$4,000,
Any estimate of the amount of power to
be developed is difficult to make, but one
man who has had some experience with
hydraulics said certainly not less than 600
horse power. One horse power delivered
at the lamp is allotted to 1000 candle
power ligh., but some power is lost i'm
transmission and safe estimate would be
one and one-third horse power at the
power house, for a light in the city. On
this basis, the power developed would run
$50 lights in the city, for the same or less
cost than the city has paid for ninety
lights.
If the trip and inspection to be made by
the board is satisfactory, a special election
will be called, and the question of
bonds submitted to vote.
WHERE LOYALTY Is SUPREME.
Union Campfire, No. l, Blue and Gray,
held special meeting last night to take
action apropos of the Venezuelan question,
which is absorbing the attention of every
loyal citizen. The outcome of the dis
cussion was the unanimous adoption of a
resolution that the following dispatch be
forwarded to Governor Budd:
10 his excelency, j. ii. Budd, Sacra-
mento, CAL: Union Campfire No. l, Blue
and Gray, hereby tender you full COM
pany of mounted veterans in case of war
EnDlnnn. Rxr
order of The camp.
L. j, WILSON, post adiutant.
NORMAL SCHOOL "ExAM's."
An examination of applicants for en-
trance TO the state Normal school will be-
gin at the street school in this city Mon
day at o'clock q. IN. This is the first
examination of this kind ever held here,
It has been required that applicants go to
Los Angeles for examination, but a new
system is 10 be inaugurated.
The examination will be held under the
direction of the county board of education,
the questions being sent out from the Nor
NAL school. and the applicants papers will
be returned under seal to the school for in
spection and grading. The new method
saves applicants the expense of trip to
Los Angeles.
NOTES.
The Button case was given to the Jury at
2:1O this afternoon, but up to the hour of
going to press, no word hae come fro,a the
jury room.
Mrs. G. w. Lysle has returned from
Seattle, Wash.
Major j. w. f. Diss, Captain W. A. Ball
and Lieutennnts v. p. Sloat and w. O.
Seccombe went to Los Angeles today to as
sist in electing colonel for the new
Seventh regiment.
Major b. B. Harris returned last night
from an extended visit in Tennessee, Vir-
ginia, Missouri and other states