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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-29

the tube will contain a plainly visible
white mold, almost like milk.
The sewers are supposed to be flushed
twice every twenty-four hours. But the
Superintendent of Streets reported for my
Information that upon Investigation he
mad not found enough water in the els
terms lately to flush the sewers once in
three days. Though the city is develop
ing fresh water to sprinkle streets and
hush sewers 1t ia my opinion that sea
water is much better for the sewers. It is
perhaps not 50 good for the streets as it
furnishes the varnish on carriages and
corrodes the metal on bicycles. For sewer
purposes sea water could be pumped to a
mesa near the ocean and from that height
it would flow in pipes 10 the heads of the
sewer system in small con tinuous
stream.
las for the present water system the
City will never pay for it more than at q
rate OF $1,000 an inch for the water it SUI
plies, as 1t is found that it can bore and
get water just as cheaply. Event
ually the city may be able to buy in the
Santa Barbara Water Company's interests
com paratlvely for mere song"
In 1SS9-late in the summer, when
Santa Barbara needs the most water and
when the mountain streams are supposed
to have subsidized to minimum how-the
late George f. Wright, the City Engineer,
undertook for the city the first system
attic investigation OF possible sources of
water supply. He found the nine streams
along the coast side of the range eastward
of the city to the county line, seventeen
miles distant, to be yielding daily 1,650,-
600 gallons, and the fifteen creeks to the
westward for twenty-five miles to be yield
Ing daily 1,725 900 gallons. This investi-
CATION showed supply more than suffi-
Client Tor the city, but even these late sum-
mer m easurements should be modified, as
they had been taken just after three sue
cesslve seasons of rainfall exceeding by
several inches the yearly average of 17.75
inches. Mr.. Wright however, did not
consider the employment of these creeks
feasible project. The great distances
and the multiplicity of sources would
make the system expensive. There were
found to be a great mum Der of riparian
owners, individual water claimants and
small water companies controlling the
streams and rendering their complete pur-
chase by the city an impossibility. Fur
thermore, to divert the waters OF all these
small streams to the use OF the city would
1mpoverish the districts they naturally
supply.
AS TO the practicability of storage reser-
volrs Mr.. Wright reported: 1.-THE fall of
the streams on the coast side is very pre-
clp1tous, rendering it impracticable to
construct works capable of arresting the
Hood flow of heavy storms.
Storage reservoir sites Of sufficient capac-
ity and elevation do not exist above the
streams, if at all. The construction of nu-
merous small reservoirs would increase
the operating expenses and also the first
cost of construction" His conclusion was
that sufficient supply of water could not
be obtained on the ocean side of the Coast
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crafty and cruel.


Then there is white woman. large and
portly, the wife of the much wrin kled
Celestial, whose eyes are blue and whose
hair is daxen. Last of all there is a half
breed girl who has attended the public
schools in CHICAGO, who, at the age OF fiji
teen years. has already been sold twice by
her father and mother to Chinese men.
Once she escaped in the streets of Chicago
when her price had already been paid
over to her father. Next she was rescued
by Miss Lake of the Chinese Mission Just
as she was to be delivered over by her
parents for price to the wealthy Chinese
in this City who had bargatned for her.
To humiliate her she was taken to an un.
speakable den where she was forced to
put off her American garb and to put on
the Chinese attire. Her hair was plas-
tered and jade-stone bracelets were put on
her wrists. She had apparently been
given the privileges of civilization only to
have them taken away at once-schools,
the com panionship of white girls of her
own age and also she was about to lose
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Glimpse of the Tue Flat About the De Ia Guerra Pumping
Station
Station.

Range but that the headwaters of the
SantaYnez River on the opposite side of the
mountains would constitute the only pos
sible source for an abundant future supply
for the city.
The city did not follow Mr.. Wright's
advice and vote $500, 900 bonds for the pur-
chase of the water source he recon-
mended and the construction of an i'm
mense dam with a tunnel leading from it
through the mountain. But the Santa
Barbara Water Company soon after
bought some 5000 acres of very cheap land
in that mountainous watershed country
and secured practically all the advan ia
geous catchment areas and dam sites. 1t
obtained possession of a great possibility,
but so lar it has not been able to make 1t
useful or profitable. Nor has the city
evinced any desire to buy the water COM
pany out for $3.50, GOO; Notwithstanding
the fact that the two engineers, who at
different times examined the source, pro-
nounced 1t the only ultimate supply and
in itself safe investment. Bv an expen-
diture of about $500 coo it is estimated
there would be developed minimum
supply of 6 600, 600 allons of water a lay,
or by an expenditure OF some $500 coo q
daily supply of some 100000 gallons
might be obtained. These are simply
rough figures and are merely suggestive !;
for with the prospect OF nearer and
cheaper supply by tunneling the city is
less interested in this distant source, the
development of which by the city i'm
plies the purchase first of the water COM
pany's entire system.
The assessed value for 1897 of the prop
erty of the water CONF any, including
lands, reservoirs, pipes, pumping station
and franchise. is $685. 600. The water COM
pany's statement to the city for 1896
shows in round mum bers the following :
Revenue from consumers, SIS, 900; sal
aries, $4,000; other operating expenses,
$4,000; construction, including sea-water
plant and laying of mains, $40, 800; inter-
est on loans, $500; balance, 5000.
The feasibihty of tunneling for water
was not suspected by the engineers, who
reported only in favor of sources beyond
the mountains, for it was not until 1894
that Mr.. Barker. experimenting for the
second time, drove tunnel into the
mountain from Cold Spring Canyon and
| obtained flowing water. This tunnel is
now in over 1850 feet. and yields little
more than nine inches of water. A
miners inch of water is continuous
flow that in twenty-four hours produces
II $50 gallons. Already the right to five
and a half inches of this water has been
| sold at $1,000 an inch and other offers at
| the same rate refused.
In 1895 the city followed Mr.. BARRIERS
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A BELEAGUERED GIRL

But from the back of the stage, from
some obscure nook, there tottle into view
a cluster of little ones who, If they were
not children, would be very fair patterns
for an assortment of the gayest butterflies
wings that ever famed the air over bed
o! California flowers. Three are not more
than babies in years. They are all pretty
near alike to the eve not particularly
skilled in distinguishing Chinese faces.
These are Chinese, if anything so small
can be entitled to any distinctive nation
atty, and they are here from the Chinese
Methodist mission. of which Mrs. Lake
is the matron, and the purpose OF their
white friends is to show to the Endeavor-
ers from East what little education
will do.
Overhead are draper:es of purple and
gold. The stage. the galleries are radiant
with the draperies of the Endeavorers,
and thousands of sweet flowers give the
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voir. The tunnel aims to cut through tho
strata at right angles, for every sandstone
stratum penetrated means separate
reservoir confined by thin strata OF clay
through which the water does not pene.
trate. The tunnel is a sor. of artificial
canyon, and hydrostatic pressure forces
the water into it. The tunnel Is not vet
in to the axis of the range, and when it
passes that it will have all the strata OF
the other slope to pierce for more water.
If the tunnel could drain square mile OF
mountain surface it would get 800 0OO
gallons daily at a low estimate. This
method of obtaining water seems TO solve
the wafer problem for the country along
the coast Immediately east and west OF
the city of Santa Barbara.
The development of water promises the
development of power. The mouth OF the
tunnel is so many hundred feet higher
than the reservoir that the construction
of an intermediate reservoir is probable
where days flow may be caught and
then permitted to run out and down to
the main reservoir in six hours, there by
quadrupling the power. Thirty inches of
water so used would furnish 120-horse-
power and one horsepower will run one
arc light. The city is paying to the cleo
trio light company $500 year for fifty
one arc lights. This might be saved.
As soon as the pipe is laid break will
allowed to run through Pelton wheel to
obtain 10 or II horsepower for immediate
use in boring the tunnel. A small electric
motor, together with drilling apparatus
and wire connecting it with the motor,
can be bought for $4,000. With such de-
vice the tunnel could be developed ten to
fifteen feet a day and supplied with in
candescent lights and electric fans.
The elevation of the reservoir is suffi-
Gent to give a considerable head of water
in any part of the city. The power will
be equal to a vertical stream 1876 feet high
at the Morris House from a one-inch fire
nozzle, and to several streams 120 feet
high at the Arlington.
Santa Bar bara's greatest need is an ade-
quate supply of water. Its development
means more for the growth and prosperity
of the city than the com pletion of the
Coast Railroad. One of the first and most
EN- phatic impressions stranger receives
is the evident scarcity of water. The
natural locations and surroundings for a
beautiful city are not equaled anywhere
else on the Pacific Coast. The city needs
only plenty of water to begin to develop
TO its possib ihties as populous, unusually
healthful and delightfully."- beautiful place
of residence. An economical water sup
ply seems nearer attainment than ever
before.
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project. The vote to issue bonds was
practically unanimous, only seventy-four
dissenting. The tax levy is 81 40 OH $1O0.
The city's charter permits a maximum OF
81. If necessary the tax levy could be in
creased for one year to the limit and an
additional $28,0 600 raised for the city
water works. The people would vote for
it. The proposed pipe line making the
water available for the city will cost about
500 900.
On the foothills and $50 feet above sea
level the city has bought reservoir site
for $1,000 A reservoir with a capacity of
l,5OO, 600 gollons is completed all but be-
ing lined with specially glazed asphaltum.
Half the cost of construction mas been
paid for out of the general fund, with the
understanding that the money is to be re-
funded when the bonds are sold.
The mouth of the tunnel is 1871 feet
above sea level and 1900 feet below the
summit OF the range. 1t i 1850 feet
from the reservoir and 90 900 feet from the
city Limits. The plan in distri buting the
water is to lay tie design of future city
pipe system. An S-inch main will lead
from the reservoir down to and across
State street near the postoffice. From it
at first will branch two 6-inch mains, one
running up Anacata street and the otI er
up De la Vipa, with 4-inch mains connect
ing the two lines on three of the cross
streets. AS the system expands more
mains and cross mains will be added until
they will be connected in network EN-.
bracing all the streets.
The tunnel is seven feet high, five feet
wide at the bottom and four feet wide at
the Top. 1t goes straight III to the noun
taIn-so straight that sunlight can
be reflected in bright ray way in to the
face of the rock where the drillers are at
work. Day and night the work goes on,
and each day the tunnel has gained two
feet in length. At distance of ninety
feet from the mouth there is a small sui
phur spring; at $50 feet larger fresh
water spring rises from the floor of the
tunnel; at 600 feet water trickles from lat
eral assures between the rocky strata; at
800 feet there is more water bursting forth
from the rocky walls; at 1000 feet there is
We ritable stormy rain belt. with deIuge
of water from tiny assures overhead and
on both sides. And so the supply in
Creases and forms the constant stream
that flows ankle deep along between the
rails upon which the handcar is pushed
with the blasted rock consigned to the
dump outside.
The tunnel principle is hydrostatic
pressure. The sandstone OF the mountain
absorbs about Is per cent of all the rain
that falls upon it. The interior OF the
mountain becomes great storage reser-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-29

Two beleaguered girls in the City of
San Francisco! That isFthe condition of
two innocents, who are little more than
children. Their stories are like an ORR
entail romance. To-day, for instance,
there are gathered in San Francisco's
greatest auditorium, the Mechanics Pa
viion, a multitude of earnest persons
from all parts of the world. 1t is the chill
dren's day in the great Christian Endeavor
convention. or, as it is by the Christian
Endeavorers called, Junior Endeavorers
day."
Thousands and thousands of children
are there-the offspring Of the best people
in the land, or among The best. Row upon
row and tier above tier they sit. secure in
parental love and parental protection.
When they raise their voices 10 sing as
joyous as a flock of California linnets,
thousands of adults smile, well pleased 10
ace their own so happy.
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City.

ever, as 1907 the padres directing their
gangs OF converted Indians had built OF
stone substantial reservoirs and aque-
ducts as a water system for the mission
and the Indian settlement then adjacent
10 it. This system consisted in dam one
and half miles up the canyon and
bitches leading from it to an upper and a
lower reservoir conveniently near the
mission and separated from each other
only by a building used as mill. The
aqueducts, the upper reservoir and the
mil have long been picturesque stone
ruins; but the dam and the lower reser-
voir are still in use, and by the water COM
pany.
Not until the early eos does any effort
appear to have bsen made to furnish a
regular supply of water to the town
proper. 1t had got along in an easy Cali
fornian way with small wells and the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-29
SANTA BARBARAS WATER PROBLEM.
Solution Apparently Near HandWhat Is Being Accomplished
by the Government Of the Channel
City.

Mission Water Company assessed at $10,-
GOO and consequently valued at\about
$40, 900. This IS mentioned because the
company su osequently attempted to have
the city issue bonds and buy the water
works for $3.50 600.
In 1889 a corporation was formed. Mr..
Garfield associated other stockholders
with himself and the original Mission
Water Company became the present Santa
Barbara Water Comp any. A city block
known as the De la Guerra Gardens, situ-
ated in a low. marshy part OF the town,
was purchased by the new company for
1000. Four wells, averaging about 200
feet in depth, have been bored on this
land and pun ping plant and a large
concrete cais>on built. One of these wells
is about Alt feet ip depth, and is ssid to
have flowed on an average thirty seven
gallons minute. But it caves in at the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-29
An Otter for a House Pet.

family living in Hanover have yerv
strange sort OF a hou ,ehold pet. 1t is a
young otter. The otter is strange ami
NAL to be found in this section and much
stranger one to have for a pet. This one
was caught last spring by the little girl of
the family. 1t was apparently about half
starved when found. The little girl took
1t into the house and fed it and nursed it
back to health and strength. 1t evinces
its appreciation of the kindness shown to
it in its infancy by it's affection for her
now. 1t will follow her about like dog.
will obey her orders. and generally shows
a higher degree of intelligence than would
be DISQUALIFICATION Enterprise.
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part OF the mountain that is most broken.
The strata should extend as lar as posi-
Bile on each side and above the tunnel.
The greater the number of these condi-
lions obtainable the greater the liability
OF securing water In large and permanent
quantities
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A. S. COOPER'S OPINION.

The State Mineraloaist Pronounces
Mountain TunneIing for Water
a Feasible Proj sct.
The following expert opinion on the
prospects of obtaining permanent sup
ply OF water by tunGeling the mountains
al Santa Barbara was furnished by State
Mineralogist A S. Cooper of this City, but
formerly of Santa Barbara. Mr.. Cooper
is thoroughly familiar with the country
and with the local geological conditions.
He was County Surveyor for years, was
several times City Councilman. and in
Southern California was recognized ex-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-29

The entire population of the globe Ia
inward of 1, 400, 600, 600 ~ whom So pa
COO die every year; So. $50 every day !:
4 020 every hour; 81 every minute and /
and fraction every second. On the other
hand the births amount to SO, 1872. 600 every
wear; 100, 800 every day; 4, 200 every hour: :
70 every minute, and one and a fraction
every second.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-16

tons, patent elastic waist-band, sewed with Belfast limen, warranted not to rip. Boys SuitS-L.ong Pants, at $250,
 $3, $3.5O, $4, $5, s6, $7, $8, $9 and $1O. Be
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crystal cloth, fagonals, imported tweeds, Bamocldbum cheviots and o-herse too numerous to mention. Such suits as we are selling at SIS cannot be found in any other house, except at merchant tailor establishment at about double the price from ours. These suits are glove-fitting
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them in Yacht and Cut Brim, in assorted colors.. Take your choice.
 Mems Straw Hats-The largest assort- ment ever shown-14 cts, 19 cts, 25 cts, 39 cts, 49 cts, 75 cts, and $1. Look at our
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-16

Note these prices: Childrens' Straw Sailor-14 cts, 19cts, g cts, 35 cts, 43 cts, Acts. Look at the Childrens Fine Milan Sailors. Boys Straw Hats-14cts, 19 cts, 23 cts, 25 cts, 39 cts, 49 cts. We have got
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-16

out $1 stiff hat; it will be an agreeable surprise to you. We have all the latest shapes and blocks in stiff at $150, $2 and $3. If you desire the Imperial Knox or Stetson, we have got them in the very
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-16

and SS ots Boys Linnen and Duck
 Knee Pants, 10 cts, 25 cts, 35 cts and 49 cts. Crack-a-Jack Knee Pants, double seams, double seat and knees, rivited but
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-16

49 cents, 70 cents and $1, Balbrggan socks, ceri,s, cents, 10 cents, 1215 cents, 10 cents, 20 cents and 25 cents. The latest novelties in silk neckwear, all silk scarfs and four -in-iland 23 and AS cents; club
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and perfect, and made out of imported fabrics, such as Globe worsteds, pin- check worsteds, crepe cloth, vcunns. Call and see them before you place your order with your tailor. We will surely please you in every instance, and will save you money.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-16

$1 hat in curl or yacht brim. Don't fail to look at that hobby English Straw Hat, at $1, fully worth s1.5O You will be de- lighted at that light weight. Stylish $1.5O Straw Hat, any shape you desire. Knoxs
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back, blue and black serges. in full suit size from 33 to AS, also in serge and stout sacks and cuIttaways, in tweeds, ker- seys light and fancy cheviots; $15 rep resenlss our legant line of tailor-made suits in all well-known patterns, in plain and fancy fabrics worsted, Thibet and
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latest colors. Mems Alpines at 49 cts, 75 cts, S9 cts; $125. $1,5O and $2. Cubano Hats at S4 cts, $1, $1.50 and $2 For hat novelties, call to see us; you will save money.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-16

Shirt Waists, detachable buttons, 35 cts, and 49 cts unaundered; 50 cts and 60 cts aaundered. Blouse Waists, white and
 coloyeA 35 cts. 45 cts, 50 cts, 60 cts, 75 cts
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Fauntleroy and Middy Suits, $1, SIPS; s1.5o, $2, s2.5O, $3, $S5O, A. s5, $6 Child rens' Double, Breasted Reefer Suits, 95 cts, $125. $1.45, $1.5O, $2. Union Patent
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Our $7.50 mems suits defy competition as to style, fit and fabric in gray ssrges, clay worsteds round and square-cut sacks, black and fancy cheviot, brown plaids. We show this season a most de- siira ble1 suit at $10l than ever shown be fore. Fine fabrics, such as blue and
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silk ties 10, 15, 25 cents. Club ties, wash able, 5, 10 and 15 cents; shield bows wash able, 3, 5, 10 and 15 cents; band bows washable, 5, 10 and 15 cents .Handker- chiefs, an elegant line, 5, 10 15, 20 and 25
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latest shapes and styles in straw, are now here; light in weight and lighter than ever in price. Our assortment in stiff hats is very large. All the new styles are ready for your selection. Look at
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Childrens' Double Breasted Suits at s5 cts, $1.25, $145, $1.5o, $2, $25O, 8. $4, $5. Blouse Wash Suits at 43 cts 45 cts, 49 cts, 50 cts, 60 cts, 75 cts, 95 cts, $1, $1.25.
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MEMS FURNISH NC DEPARIMEN
 RasF Fnh fg bppdt dtyp h y Mh h opnd@

Read our prices, look at our window display. Merino undershirts, 10 cents; gauge shirts, colored and white, 15 cents and IS cents; Balbriggan shirts, 23 cents, 35 cents, 49 cents and 75 cents; negligee
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shirts, with collars, 19 cents, 23 cents, 35 cents, AT cents, 75 cents and 99 cents. Negligee shirts, without collars, 49 cents, 75 cents, 99 cents and $1. A full line of the celebrated Manhattan shirt, all sizes and
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shSes, bobrmfhs and Creedmoyes, bro. gans arsd a general assofGmerit, at 9s cents, s1.26, s1-5O, and $1s9s, g and $2.3o, se8, $35o undr rSA. @8enss naAlffiers, black and
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shoes and the w. L. Do,sgIass .zrxzle, in all siz1s and wtftls; boys and yoJrths' shoes in pka1n heel and spring fysSl all sizcs, fran 85 oersas to 8. Mems worhsus
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black serges, light and dark gray serges, brown plaid mixtures, Thibet cloth, and some hobby effects in fancy worsteds
 all new and choice patterns and up-to- date styles. Our $12 suits are the orddn- ary read made, but have absen made es- pecially for us, consisting in skeleton
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styles, white shirts unlaudried, 23 cents, 49 cents, 73 cents, white shirts 1aundried 49 cents, 75 cents and $1. Sweaters to fit 49 cents, 75 cents and $1. Night shirts
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Boys i. and Childrens Clothing!

 boys @ h low
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kbd, from B to B last, at $1.50, $2 and $2.5o, $3, $S5O and s4. Mems sumner shoes in Kangaroo, vici kid, colt skin and light calf, cordpyen, patient heather, enamel
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box oaf willow calf, in r-a0T, coin, ori- ola, Madison Nichols, FrsHscn Yale, segent regal and -all up to-6nAe Loes. A suYe fit for everybody. 4Iess's fim hanA2-xssade
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tan s9 cents, s1.25. $1.5O and g; low- quarter shoes, Oxford ties Prince AL bert, from sl5O to S. A full line of ten- his and gymnasium shoes -A>---s "a