The herald., 1897-05-11
A CHANCE FOR PASADENA

The present is an opportune time for
Pasadena or any other incorporated city
in Southern California to contract for
cheap electricity from water power COM
panies organizing.
Riverside has set the pace that any
other city can follow with profit.
The Redlands Electric Light and Pow
er company few years ago commenced
to utilize the power of Mill creek. The
managers met with such success that
they desired to enlarge their system and
increases their power. This they sought
to do by extending their pipe line fur
ther up the stream. using the water un-
der heavier pressure and thus more than
doubling their power. This required
more capital In order to use all the
power they already had and open up
market yet undeveloped, they COM
menced negotiations with the city Of
Riverside which finally resulted in SELL
ing to that city given amount of cleo
tricity at the very low rate of sS month
per horsepower for day and night SER
vice. The city also took an option on
more power at the same rate.
AS a result of this contract the city
of Riverside has been enabled to put in
distributing system, and thus furnish
electric lights to private residences and
business houses at such a low price that
all competition has been shut off, and
yet the city will be able to make mar
gin of profit on the electricity sold suf
ficient to pay all expenses of the sys-
tenn. Thus the public lighting will cost
the city absolutely nothing so soon as
the system is sufficiently established to
utilize the power contracted for Not
only this, but the electricity for private
use is so cheap that no other lighting
system can compete with it,
Here Is a chance for Pasadena.
Capital is now being directed to the
Southern California as never before.
Mill creek is partially developed by
the Redlands Electric Light and Power
company. which now supplies light to
Redlands, Riverside, Cotton and the
state hospital at Highlands. The pres
ent power can be more than doubled on
that creek.
The Southern California Power COM
pany, recently incorporated by Mr.
Fisher, Mr.. Sinclair and other stock
holders Of the Redlands Electric Light
and Power company is at work develop
ing the water power OF the Santa Ana
river, with a view to bringing that power
TO Los Angeles city. This supply will
be immense.
The Arrowhead Reservoir company in
two or three years will have large
power from their reservoir system, north
of San Bernardino using the water un-
der a pressure of more than.three thou
sand feet
Judge J. L. Campbell of San Ber-
nardino and associates are devel-
oping the water power of Lytle
creek under pressure of seven hundred
feet They will have $500 horse power
The San Gabriel Power company is
operating in San Gabriel canyon, where
1t is expected that $500 horsepower will
be developed. The surveyors are now
at work and in about two months actual
construction will begin.
ANY one of these companies would be
glad to contract with the city of Pasa-
dena to furnish it with given amount
Of electricity-enough to light the city
for public and private use at bedrock
prices-at figures so low that Pasadena
could follow in the footsteps of Riverside
and get it's public lights for nothing,
after selling lights for private use at
rates that would be more than satisfac-
tory TO her people.
II the city council of Pasadena should
advertise for bids to furnish that city
with a certain amout of electricity, with
q privilege to be exercised by the city
of taking a certain additional supply
within a given time at the same rate
the people would be surprised at the
offers that would come in just at the
present time, when SO many companies
are seeking capital with which to de-
velop their plants. Such a contract with