The San Francisco call., 1897-10-21
Syndicate to Utilize the
HeadWaterS of the
Yuba.
Extensive Plant to Be in Oper-
alton Within Six
Months.
Full Eoulpm ant for the Enterprise
viii Soon Be in Process of
Erection.
Special Dispatch to THE CALL

| MARYSVILLE, Oct. 20-That Marys-
vile is to enjoy all the ben fits that can be
derived from an electric light and power
plant that will possess Illuminating facili-
| ties modern in d etail, efficient in operation
and economical TO a marked degree seems
assured. There has been a movemen in that
direction Tor nearly year past, and no
| the promoters of the scheme announce
that within the next few months, or by
| April l, 1898, at the latest, they will be
prepared to give power TO mill and factory
and light to business houses, offices and
| residences.
! A syndicate composed of R. r. Colgate,
New York capitalist; E. j, de Saba Jr.
| a gentleman who owns a controlling in .
| terest in the Nevada County Power Com
pany, and John Martin, represe nting the
Pacific Coast agency of an Eastern cleo
trio supply house, are tie projectors.
Their power will indirectly be derived
from the headwaters of the Yuba River,
the point al which the stream Is tapped
being possessed of a volume OF water suffi-
cient for a half dozen cities the size of San
Francisco.
From the Browns Valley irrigation dis
trict the company has procured a lease of
VIC hdLCl III IT'S NdlldL tlll NlduSlA ne
deeds from the owners OF the site at which
the power Will be generated have been en-
tered on the county records, and ali that
now remains TO be done is to place the
machinery and string poles and wires
from The mountain down into the valley.
+. w. Page of the Donebrogue mine,
Browns Valley, who several months ago
procured from the Marysville City Coun-
eli ana the Yuba County Supervisors
franchises TO conduct electricity over the
highways of the county and the streets of
the city, has assigned the right TO Mr..
Martin and his assigns. The Browns Val
ley mines, twelve miles distant from
Mary svllle, have contracted with the new
company tor power al the rate of $500 a
month for two years from April 1, 1898.
To 1HE CALL correspondent This even
ing Mr.. Martin OF the new company said
The details OF our project are now
complete. We shall proceed without fur
ther delay to esta blish light and power
plant that will call Tor an invest ment of
$500. .0O0 Our contracts for lights and
power have reached a volume that guar
antees US dividends upon his capitaliza-
tion, and now all that remains for US to
do is to install The plant aud get to work
Our contracts for power inc ude the Sperry
Flour Company, the Webb Mining Com
pany at Browns Valley and several minor
concerns. The Webb Company alone
will take power to the value of $500
month for the next two years, and there
after at the rate of 50 per horse power q
month for any amount used thereafter
during the life OF the Browns Valley
mines.
"In Marysville our Illuminating contracts
EN- brace nearly The entire community.
We have ordered our engineer to lay out
and stake bis pole line at once and shall!
shortly advertise for bids for digging the
holes for the poles In sections, thus giving
residents along the line the opportunity
of turning penny. Our machinery Will
be shipped on Dece m ber 10, and If no bad
weather interyenes we should be in the
field by March l or April l, al which time
our contract with the Webb Company be-
gins.
"Our equipment will consist of three 500
horsepower generators, 3000-horse power
step-up and siep-down transformers and
about 120 miles of copper wire. We shall
have two substations, one al Browns Val
ley and the other at Marysville. The
designation of our enterprise will be the
Yuba Power Company. We have made
the Mary sville Gas and Electric Company
liberal offer for its plant, and should it
accept we will succeed to its interests"