The sun., 1898-12-04
POWER FOR CALIFORNIA.
GREAT ELECTRICAJ PROJECTS WOW
UNDER WAE

POMONA. CAL Nov. 28.-Wonderful things
are being done in California in these days In
the way OF long distance electricalstransmis-
| sion. Millions OF dollars are going into the
| development OF electricity in the mountain
canon streams and the transmission OF the
electrical energy to the cities and towns in the
State. California far eXcelled the world 8 best
record for the transmission of electricity Of .
high voltage for a long distance that made
over the LaufTen- Frankfort circuit In Switzer-
land and Germany by the famous San Antonio
and San Bernardino circuit in Pomona VAL
ley, and this season there are four places in
the State where the best records 80 far will be
surpassed.
''0n the Pacific coast" said ex-State Comp
troller Phillips. the long g-distance transmits
sion of electricity is the greatest thing for the
common veal since the Pacific railI oads were
built thirty years ago. Here, where fuel Is
very dear and consequently motive power Is
costly. and whore labor has been so scarce. the
| Calfornians have been obliged to consume
mani .acturcd products. Go into any of tho
stores-no matter OF what description-from
Mexico to British Columbia and.vou will find
| that 95 per cent OF all the goods the Pacific
coast people buy comes from the other side OF
the Rocky Mountains, Hundreds OF mer-
| chants tell me that the only articles made In
| California are overalls and woollen blankets.
| The greatest financial problem with us has
| been to manufacture on this coast. and there
| by save the tens OF millions OF dollars paid an
| nually for railroad freight on articles brought
! 1000 and 5000 miles from the Eastern fac-
! tories. Many men have lost fortunes In try
ing to establish shoe. hat. woollen and furni-
| ture factories out here. where we have
tho raw materials In abundance, be-
| cause the cost of the power to drive the
| machinery was an obstacle which they
| could not overcome. The population OF the
| Pnciflc coast has grown upward Of 100000
since 1860. and. with the exception of beet
sugar factories. sawmills and railroad shops.
there is no manufacturing done on the coast.
! At last achievements1in Harvesting the canon
streams and the transmission OF electrical
power from inaccessible spots in the noun
tains to centres Of our coast population settles
| the power problem. In a year or two Caifor-
MIA will have the cheapest. cleanest, and most
convenient motive power In the Union"
The success of the electrical plant at Fol-
som. where 1000 horse power Is taken from
the American River and sent over copper wires
twenty-four miles to Sacramento, with worry
little loss in energy in transmission, opened
the eyes of capitalists and cvil.engineers in
California to the oossibilities.of electrical de-
velopmebt on streams on the slopes OF the
Sierras. It has been reckoned that IL all the
po"e, ~, III 'ne e'ie"iis w .ne "esleih siope Vi
.iie s,eiiaa 'ohi CieHoh W oan Dieso were
ventions. about 280.000 horsepower could be
obtained II the canon streams in California
were thoroughly harnessedby modern electri-
cal achievement, sufficient power could be
produced to move every street car, elevator,
printing press threshing machine and mining
drill in the State. besides Illuminating every
building in California.
with the beginning OF the new year the bold
inc In the country vast of Niogar, F.IIs will
hs nrocticoIIv anished Its nrnnsa haa as' toa '",
to bride the Santa Ana River among the San
Berpardino Mountains-the most turbplant
foaming and powerful stream in southern Cali
fornia BY the bridling OF this stream nearly
1900 HORSEPOWER may be taken from the
water and sent eighty miles to Los Angeles
city. where it will propel street cars. light and
neas HOUSES anu run niaeninery. 1. ihe en,ei-
prise has cost hundreds OF thousands of dol
cheaper than any steam company in the East
panies @ For three thru v wears tbe eI hns
been in progress. Miles of tunnels have besn
blasted through a mountain. two big dams
have been built. steel conduits hundreds Of
feet long have been laid around mountain sides
and tons of electrical machinery have been
hauled from Redlands up into the San Ber-
,i nJ..s A
haruino mountains.
Electrical engineers from New York and
Chicago saw that the most notable fact in tba
barncssinp of tbe santa Ana River to ~ do rn.n,S
-nr i' - trn,ou1is.a, - a,nto;u,, ~ uo IL
high voltage over eighty miles of wire with so
little loss of energy; The h 81 3e2mpany p finds it
SaR mGM sena eceGy of M @ boTs sGS nang m
distance at 14 OF eGhty-three miles. With loss OF
Dur az PEI oIx hN6 y9SaGe. Sats In In do9o when
current 81 Only S.VOO Volts was sent through
the sI Lauteen-frannKIort Fran circuit IN Swltzerland
Or ZOE ef er @ purposes ana mere was
among eIectriGiaaS ana engineers; AFTER
doing lts WORK IN the production oi electrical
energy the mountain stream Is gathered into
an enormous CONDUIT and led down the noun
tainslae 10 lrrlgate tne orchards and groves in
San Bernardino valley.
Ihe power station "a santa n Ana ea1on Is
small stone DulidlnR IN IL ls some OF the finest
electrical "a machinery . yet made. The water is
taken from tine river through canal tiume
and tunnel along the side OF the canon, whence
q long