The herald., 1898-08-26
POWER HAS PfTfRfD
THE REDLANDS ELECTRIC COM
PANY OUT OF LIGHT
Riverside in Darkness-Heavy Rains
in Strawberry Valley-Silver
Republican Delegates

RIVERSIDE, Aug. 25.-This city is In
total darkness; that is, so far as any light
or power from the Redlands company is
concerned. This company boosted of hav-
ing unlimited power to sell when 1t made
the contract with this city to supply 200
horse power, yet for two months past Riv-
erside has had no street lights and now
the incandescent service has been shut Off
The city spent $4,000 in pole line and
system on the representations Of the Red
lands company, and now the taxpayers are
talking Of calling mass meeting here this
next week for the purpose of demanding
that the city trustees proceed to collect
the $4,000 bond which the company put up
for the faithful performance Of their part
Of the contract. Very little stock is taken
in the belief that this bond can be collected,
for it is believed that the company would
fight 1t in the courts until there would be
nothing left for the city. Whether this is
the case or not. 1t is the intentionl of the
taxpayers to hold meeting to discuss the
whole business and to see If some steps
cannot be taken to give the city lights.
The recent hot spell of weather appears
to have been of some service after all
Horticultural Commissioner w. B. Hunter,
In speaking Of the hot wave. says it did
large amount Of good in this county in
the killing OF Of black scale. Mr.. Hunter
says that the hot sunrays were so effective
In the direction named that 1t will not be
necessary for the fumigators to do any
work in the d1sposing of black scale for at
least couple OF seasons.
The executive committee of the Republic
an county central committee will meet in
this city on Monday next for the purpose
Of fixing dates for holding the county prs-
maries and convention. 1t Is believed that
the date Of the convention will be septem-
Der 20, and If that should be the date chos-
en-, then the Democratic convention will
doubtless be called to meet in PERKS about
five days later.
Mrs. r. X. Seburn, wife of Deputy City
Marshal Seburn. leaves for Hiawatha,
Kansas, tomorrow, to be absent some
months, which time will be used in the set
tlement of an estate.
Heavy storms OF rain have fallen In
Strawberry valley and In that vicinity ever
since Sunday last. A letter received. here
today from one OF the campers in the val
Icy states that he never witnessed such
heavy rains as fell for four days in the
valley and on the San Jacinto range Of
mountains. The campers were praying for
some rain to lay the dust which was very
disagreeable, but from all accounts they
have had too much of 1t and many are on
their way homo.
The following Is a partial list Of the. dele
gates to the Silver Republican convention
to be held at Los Angeles next Saturday:
Indio-H. E. Tallant.
Perris-Fred Hook.
Temecula-M. Machado.
Beaumont-A. ]. Gray.
Elsinore-I. B. Dutton.
Corona-Elwood Lilly, Geo. A. Boyd.
Moreno-D. E. Myers.
Riverside-J. H. Roe, E. H. Markell, Fred
Schell, Matthew Gage, DR.. c. C. Sherman,
NJ B. Ogden, c. E. ennedy, G. W. Corlett,
VIM. Finch Eugene Wales.
George Engelke and Peter Edmiston, two
Riversiders who left here over year ago
to prospect in the Colorado desert, have
never returned, neither have they been
heard from by any Of their friends. The
men went from here to San Diego and from
there started on their perllous trip over
the desert to the Colorado river.
Engelke has property in this county and
left no one to look after 1t or pay taxes.
Edmiston has relatives here. The belief
is general that both men have persisted.