The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-10
LAUNCHES NEW
WATER PROJECT
r. Ct. Hanford Interests
Eastern Syndicates
in Another Deal. /
Company Proposes to Supply
Cities and Furnish
Power.

r. G. Hanford, the mining operator OF
this city, whose recent heavy transact
lions in the purchasing of local railroad
interests for Eastern syndicates nave
made him a prominent figure In
the financial world, has about COM
pleted another project which. while
not as gigantic as the last deal,
will bring to the promoter and his finan-
cial associates goodly income on their
investments.
The plan is to develop a water supply
for the lower bay counties and to pro-
duce certain amount Of power which
will be delivered to San Francisco pat
rons.
A few months ago, and just before
the deal Which resulted in the Sc, 600 900
transfer of the Market-street system, Mr..
Hanford acquired the drainage acreage of
some fifty square miles in Santa Clara
County.
The surrounding conditions appealed
to the experienced eye Of the promoter,
and he was not long In devising a way to
Ths wi i9 70 PSy1s s ad
uated to the east and south Of Mount
Hamilton and overlooks the fertile and
populous valley of Santa Clara The site
commended itself at once as one that
could be advantageously used for a supply
station for the surrounding towns, and
70 bring the supply to the cities and set
a
comparatively inexpensive venture.
Power Can be Developed.
After a thorough study Of the existing
conditions, Mr.. Hanford concluded that
by transporting the water by fiume some
twenty-five miles into the Santa Clara
sufficient for the wants of the contiguous
country could be supplied and at a COM
paratively small outlay.
along the hume route fall of 1000 feet
can be arranged for, an advantage that
Will greatly increase the productive value
OF the project.
Will be at point at the head OF Gala
veras Valley, and at that place a plant
for the transmission OF power will be
erected. The force to be generated here
Mr.. Hanford estimates, can be safely cal,
culated at at least 5000 horsepower. A
small amount, the protector declares, but
SUFFICIENT to bring in revenue that will
pay q handsome interest on the money
Long before plans for the project had
been fully completed Mr.. Hanford ar
the entire amount of power supply. and
has contracts to that effect.
With the power supply disposed of and
q prof1t already assured the water on
hand can be sold at rate that can al
most defy competition.
The most conservative estimates of the
at from Is .O00. 600 to 1906, 900 gallons flow
daily throughout the year.
prospects Tor the sale OF the water are
good In and about San Jose as soon as
the project Is an actual reality. The pres
emit water supply Of San Jose is not all
that the people Of that city desire While
there Is no complaint as to the quality,
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to be corporal Of Company B, Private ].
8. Riley to be corporal of Company G.
Eighteen enlisted men have been dis
charged from the Fifth Infantry on ac-
the service. three by a two-thirds vote
of the company and two at expiration of
term OF service.
The second lecture before the First Ar
tillery Battalion delivered last week by
James w. Erwin, president Of the Cali
fornia Camera Club, was on SNAPSHOTS
In Japan, China and the Philippines" 1t
was an interesting description of scenes
In the countries named, illustrated with
many views. During the intermission
Miss Lillian NJ Quinn recited Santiago
In the cowboy dialect, Ii being a descrip-
ton by one Of Teddy's Rough Riders of
the fight at San Juan, and the surrender
OF Santiago.
The batteries Of the First Artillery viii
report for skirmish at the Preside rife
range on the nth inst.
nounced: Battery A-Corporals Gustav
Gambella. william H. Homer Jr. and
Kenneth A: Miliken to be sergeants. and
Prfvates Charles J. O'Connor, David G.
Schloss and Henry c. Schwinn to be cor
porals.
Eight men have been discharged from
the artillery battalion on account of re-
moval. five for the good of the service and
one by two-thirds vote.