Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-17
CITY CLUB ENDORSES BOND ISSUE
AFTER EXPERTS POINT To BENEFITS
Members EvnCe Great Enthusiasm abor Commissioner Fe-
ing and Engineer Scaegood of the Aqueduct Construction
Give Reasons Why Public Should Give Powerful Support at
Special Election to Be Held April 10

IN HE, CITY CLUB unanimously in
dorsed the proposed power and
IL harbor bond issue yesterday after
hearing long speeches by 70. T.. Scat
tergood, chief electrical engineer OF
the aqueduct construction, and a. L.
Fleming, secretary of the harbor COM
mission.
The speakers impressed the club
with the development of Los Angeles
which will be made possible IL Two
thirds majority vote in favor OF IS
suing $6,500,000 bonds for harbor ana
water power development Or. John
r.. Haynes made the motion which
placed the clubs stamp OF approVal, OF, OF,
the project. Mr.. Scattergood talked
upon power development, and said;
Aside from the overwhelming argu-
ments in favor of the city'S develop
ing the possible power along the llne
OF the aaueduct, there are two import
ant reasons for providing for por-
ton of this development without de-
lay first, the necessity OF DONG
certain portion of the power develop
ment work in conjunction with the
auueduct in order to avoid the invest
rnent of some $350,000 i'm temporary
work to pass the water by the power
sites; second, in order to make 1t pos
sible for the city to profit ny TINS
power opportunity from the compile
tion of the aqueduct about two years
hence.
The first of the four power plants
referred to is located at the head or
tie San Fernando valley, twenty-tour
rrfles from tho city, with Il conlmu-
Gus capacity of 10000 horsepower; the
second is located in San Francisqulto
canyon, forty miles from the CITY,
with a peak load capacity ol 4f'ovV
horsepower: the third, forty-seVen
miles from tho city, with peak LOAD
capacity of $1,000 horsepower; the
fourth at Haiwee. sixteen miles from
the city which, in conjunction WIN
the plants on the Cottonwood ana
Division creeks. two of which nave al
ready heen installed for construction
purposes, will give total OF iI'VVo
horsepower; making a liberal allow
ance for transmission and translollner
I,.sses. this will deliver a peak load
of s12O 600 horsepower in the elly, aver
aging GA 900 horsepower during every
twenty-four hours.
RESERVOIRS PROVIDED
The peak load requirement is neces-
sary to conform to the power demand,
and in order TO avoid the necessity ana
expense of installing steam plants TO
take care of the peak, regulating reser-
voirs are provided above and below inc
two large plants in the san Francis
bt varied TO a maximum of two ana
h3lf times the average or that corfe-
Standing to a flow of 1000 second teet.
;'ae board of consulting electrical ana
mechanical engineers, consisting OF w
F. Durand. O. II. Ensign and Harris j.
RYAN, all men of high standing IN tnelr
profession, was asked to make, in con
iunction with their regular work of ad-
Visinr in regard to the general plah
for this mower system, a preliminary
report in order that the inhabitants OF
this city might have the benefit of their
Judgment in regard to the character
and value of this power before passing
on the question of bonds. copies ol
that report may be had at the aqueuuct
mower bureau, 1874 Central building.
rho hoard states that the reliability OF
this mower is such as not to justify the
installation of auxiliary steam plants
to, supplement il, and further states
that the toal cost of developing ana de-
liyering same at a step-doWn voltage
i'm n distributing substation would be
not to-exceed $50 per horsepower, Whlch
is very low as compared with the aver
aee cost of such developments in the
west The cost per kilowat hour lor
delivering this electrical energy at a
central distributing substatlon would
be considerably less than one-hal1 tue
cost of delivering the same III IKE man
liar magnitude. The amount of TINS
mower is approximately so per cent
more than the total power demand or
the present time in the city OF Los
Angeles and surrounding cities, towns
aud territory, including Pasadena, Long
/ Beach, etc.
DEMAND INCREASING
The demand for electric power is in
creasing at the rate Of 20 to 80 per
cent per annum, and as fuel becomes
more scarce and expensive We\Wlll come
to realize how limited is the supply or
mower and how essential it Is to ciViliz-
alton and it's railways, manufactures,
etc. These facts make clear the bene-
fits which must accrue from the devel-
opment of this power by the city: First,
i'm providing a good net profit guaran-
teeing against any possible taxation Tor
aqu educt or power bonds from tne pe-
ginning of their operation; second, IN
guaranteeing to the residents of the
citv rep sonable rates for light and pow
er; tIird, resulting in encouragement
of industry, and growth thereby. There
are two factors which should have
weight in bringing about reasonable
rates: First, the low cost of delivering
this power at the city's gates second,
the publicity as to cost in connection
with electric light and power business,
nublic control, no matter what the dis
nosition of the power may be. To Illus
trate the CITY of Pasadena is success
fully operating an electric plant for It's
street lighting and furnishing about
two-fifths of the commercial light and
mower business, on 7-cent base rate;
and although this is a, small plant, with
a large distributing system, and gem
Grating it's power entirely by steam, it
is having all costs, including interest
and depreciation, as well as SINKING
fund for bonds. This fact having been
demonstrated, it is self-evident that no
circumstances could arise which would
result i'm the inhabitants Of that city
having the former rate of 1919 cents, or
any other rate in excess of cents.
With water rates less than half the
average of similar cities in the state
and eoualing the average meter rate IN
those states east OF the MISSISSIPPI flV-
er. together with an abundant supply
such as the aqueduct will afford; with
mower rates moro favorable, which such
an amount of power under public con-
trol should guarantee and with good
and ample harbor facilities under pub
lic control, this section way present an
all-around attractiveness such as the
Industries as well as its inhabitants
will have difficulty in finding elsewhere
in like combinations.
FLEMING TALKS
Mr.. Fleming presented the harbor
nronosition i'm the following manner:
We acquired this harbor under the
nledees made to- the harbor cities by
n. ff.,o Ir.tt, tod