The herald., 1897-02-20
SAN BERNARDINO
Immense Electrical Company to Furnish
Power for Los Angeles

| Immense Electrical Company TO FURNISH
Power for Los Angeles
SAN BERNARDINO, Feb. 19.-Im-
portant electrical enterprises are on foot
in this vicinity. A corporation to be
known as the Southern California Power
| company has been organized, with 81
capital stock of 81, ,O00,0 900. The principal
stockholders are Henry Fisher of Pitts
burg, Pa, and II. H. Sinclair, president
| and manager of Redlands Electric Light
and Power company. The principal place
of business Of the corporation is Red
lands. The purpose of the company is
| TO develop the power of the Santa Ana
river by taking water out at the juno
ton of Bear creek and Santa Ana river,
carrying it in a cement ditch and tun-
| nels about four miles, thus securing
| fall of from 1000 to HOO feet, and then re-
| turning the water again to the stream.
The amount of power will be 1000 horse
| power. This will be transmitted by
| pole line rs miles to Los Angeles, there
| to be used to supplant the steam power
| now used to develop electricity for the
| lighting companies and street railroad
companies. 1t will be the longest line
volts) in use in the world. The electrical
construction companies have carefully
figured on the proposition and are ready
to guarantee successful operation.
The Redlands company was the pio-
neer in the use of the hree-phase system
for power transmission, and the same
parties will carry out this innovation in
electrical operation. The line will run
through San Bernardino, Pomona, On
tario and Pasadena, and be able to sup
ply power needed TO all these towns.
The company will be Independent of the
present Redlands Electric Light and
Power company, but will work in har-
mony with it, especially as to inter-
change of power when necessary. The
Rediands company now has 1000 horse
power in machinery installed at its pow
er house on Mill creek, and has just
bought enough land in Mill creek canyon
to enable 1t to develop II, 900 horse power
more. Work will be begun n Santa Ana
canyon as soon as surveys are COM
pleted, which will be about April l. 1t is
proposed to deliver power a Los An
geles by January 1, 1898. Henry Fisher
is man of large means $4,000. 900 to
$20,000,000) and of extended experience
in connection with large corporations. He
is heavily interested in petroleum and
sylvania, and has been for years at the
head of the Fisher Oil company, a cor
poration second only to the Standard
Oil company. He Is conservative, care
full business man, who has been i'm
pressed with the advantages of this Sec
ton, and shows his faith by heavy in
vestments. Mr.. Sinclair Is president and
general manager of the Redlands Elec-
trio Light and Power company and is
well known in California as a man of
energy and business ability.
The body of an unknown man was
found Wednesday by George McCleary
about twelve miles west of Victor on the
desert. The man had evidently been
dead about three months, and the body
was in an advanced stage of decompo-
sition. Not an article of any description
of value was found on the body. A cor
oner'S jury was summoned and an in
quest held, the verdict being that the
man came to his death from causes un-
known.
George de Witt, the fellow who thought
to make money along with Hennick by
selling liquor to Indians from the Weiss
winery. came up for trial this morning
before Judge Osten. When court was
called the assistant district attorney, L.
M. Sprecker, announced that he wished
the case dismissed, inasmuch as De
Witt had promised to go on the stand in
tHc SdSc again IlcIlIlCh anu tell Wn6l
he knew, so as to convict the partner of
crime, and while the defendant, Hennick,
did not show UP for trial. preferring to
forfeit his bail, that the fellow De Witt
would have testified as he had promised
to. The court accordingly turned De
Witt loose. Whether De Witt will repeat
his trick on getting off so easily remains
to be seen.
Dr. Wesley Thompson will go down to
Los Angeles tonight, to be on hand for
the Hastings Investigation.
On Washington's birthday there are
some pretty good races promised at
Coles race track, but the big game of
baseball in this city will probably reduce
the attendance.
After the Zig rainfall of yesterday and
last night, the results are this morning
that several Of the mountain streams
are considerably swollen. The total
rainfall Of the season is 1106 inches,
and still raining. Last night the snow
fell we'll into the valley, giving the air
very chilly feeling today. 4,
DR.. S. G. Huff, county physician, re-
ports the county hospital to be very
much overcrowded there being at pres
ent over 20 inmates in the institution
On the 23d inst. the negro murderer,
Searsy, Will come up for trial before
Judge Campbell There is a strong case
against him.
ABOUT one OF the most expensive and
troublesome things that the supervisors
have to contend with is the INDECENT al
lowances. This list is becoming exceed
ingly large in this county, and an inves-
tigation Is on hand to weed out the list
There is no doubt but that the county
iS being imposed upon in a great many
cases. Not day passes but what the in
diVldual supervisors are called upon for
aid. few days ago a man went to
Supervisor Cooley and asked for an or
der for sack of flour, as his family was
without bread. Mr.. Cooley refused the
order, but gave the man some money for
hauling manure to some orange trees.
AT the meeting of the board last Mon
Gay the members, in the place of grant
Ing an allowance, put tlp 81 apiece to buy
a poor woman some clothing. Some of
the applicants go so far as to say that if
not given aid by the county, they will
commit some crime thereby compelling
the county to feed them. The position is
indeed trying.
On Washington's birthday the third
shoot will take place at Redlands be-
tween the sharpshooters of the military
companies of San Bernardino, Riverside
and Redlands. In the first match River
side won, and Redlands in the second
beating San Bernardino and Riverside
one point. Company K boys are not do
Ing the practicing necessary to win a
match.
Sousa's band gave a concert here this
afternoon to a pretty fair house. The
rain kept manyaway.
Miss Josie Suman of Cotton is in the
city today, visiting friends.