The herald., 1897-03-14
SAN BERNARDlAO
Good Use to Be- Made OF Electrical Power
Notes

SAN BERNARDINO, March 13.-
That electricity will be the motive pow
er in both passenger and freight traffic
in this valley in the near future seems
to be matter of but little doubt. The
energy at the command of the Southern
California Power company has made
this not only practicable. but probable.
c. H. Lloyd, of the S. B. Light and Pow
er company, says that H. H. Sinclair.
manager of the Southern California
Power Company and himself had con-
sultation with President Ripley of the
Santa Fe in relation to electrizing the
line from this city around the loop TO
Redlands, Mentone, Highland etc. An
estimate of the probale cost has been
prepared. The Santa Fe officials ar:
having a statement of the present ex-
penses of opera ting the loop line made
and the matter will be considered as a
purely business proposition If electric
ity is found to be cheaper and enablt
a greater frequency of trains it will
undoubtedly be adopted. The Southern
California Power company are not con-
iining their negotiations to the Santa F.
but are also making propositions to the
Southern Pacific and it is genrally be-
lieved that the first line to be operated
by electricity in this valley will be over
that road from Redlands to Riverside
thus uniting those two cities more close
ly together.
Mr.. Lloyd is completing his arrange
ments with the Southern California
Power company to tap their wires at
Cotton for use in this city in case of
shortage in the power here resulting
from any emergency or accident. He is
also pushing the matter of electrizing
the street railways of this city. The To-
cal stockholders and directors are all
friendly to this movement ard it now
practically rests with the parties inter-
ested in Los Angeles whether San Ber-
narGino Will reap the benefits of this
great Improvement.
Mrs. a. w. Potter of this city died
last evening at o'clock. She leaves a
husband and three little children. A year
or so ago Mrs. Eotter was a strong.
healthy woman. but fell a victim to
quick consumption. She will be buried
tomorrow afternoon from her late home
on the corner of Second and streets.
This morning Tom Griffin, a well
known barber died at his home
OF consumption. He leaves a widow
and one child. Mr.. Griffin was a promi-
nent a. Q. w. member, and will be sent
to Boston by that order for burial.
Tomorrow the North Ontario andWie.
lands will cross bats. The visiting team
IS said to be strong one, and will make
TIC llOlitC team play 10 WIN.
Francisco Moreno. the Mexican who
killed another at Etiwanda on last Sat
urday night. pleaded guilty to the crime
OF nlanslaughter this morning. and was
sentenced to seven years Imprisonment.
At the time of the killing both men wera
drunk.
Louis James played to a big matinee
this afternoon
The case of the North Fork Water
Cnmn1nx- lc
menced yesterday in the superior court.
The North Fork company has a ditch.
or cement canal, for conducting irrigat-
ing water, which is constructed a por-
ton of the way on the line between the
property of ]. S. Edwards and other
owners on the opposite side of the ca
nal. This has been in use for many
years, and wherever the winter rains
came down extra severely, the storm
water rushes across and into the ditch.
which serNes as a waste water way for
conducting ii off the lands, by letting l.
out at waste gates at various intervals
AT such times the ditch would be badly
filed with the sand and debris that
would wash down into it. To prevent
this the company, at considerable e:l.
psnse. built and placed over the ditch
at such points as were liable to catch the
storm water flow, aprons or covers of
redwood plank, so that the water that
came down would run over and not 10
the ditch.
This made trouble for j. S. Edwards.
whose lands were located on the lower
side of the ditch. and which he had i'm
proved very highly The rush of the
storm water was doing him great dam
age, and to protect himself he built a
protecting dam along the edge of the
ditch on his own land and thereby threy.
the water back upon the property of the
water company.
This suit is brought by the water com.
pary to compel Edwards to remove his
embankment along the ditch, and it will
bring in points that have never been
passed upon, as far as the attorneys
know, and the decision will have a great
hearing on the status of the storm watnr
sufferers along the foothills. The at.