The daily sentinel., 1912-01-29
San Bernardino. Cal

Editor Sentinel-Speakin of DOW
er companies and power lines. | think
for long distance transmission that
the Nevada Power company is cap
ping the climax in constructing a line
from Bishop Creek, one of the feed ers
of Orange river. to Riverside, Cal.
Il distance of 24O miles. Owens riv-
er, 1t will be remembered, Is the
source from which Los Angeles will
derive water through her s24. 4.00O.O
aqueduct. now under construction.
Thus the water used to turn the Pei
ton water wheels of the Nevada Pow
ar company, will again be used to
turn new wheels for the Angelons.
spray their lawns and lave their thirs-
~ throats. This company has de-
veloped 22,000 horse power by drop
ping water 800 feet against the cups
of the Pelton and are to transmit the
power in two circuits over 6 q Inch
wires made of aluminium with steel
core. These wires are to be support
ed their entire length by 1000 tow
ers placed about $50 feet apart This
vast project presented many diff
culties in the way of construction and
no part more than the erection of
the towers which are huge steel af-
fairs weighing about y tons and
from Is to 50 feet tall. their four
EGGS spread 6 feet at the base
For the assembling and erection of
these towers and the stringing of the
wires. Mr.. T. c. Dobbins, former
Colorado man, was chosen. He agreed
u do the work within specified
time for the sum of $250,OOO lie
lie Went over the line and made
careful study of all conditions. About
0 miles was through the Mojave des-
ert, where water does not abound
90 miles through mountains without
roads and the balance of the way,
or 80 miles, either on or near good
roadways. over this line 5000 tons
of steel must be hauled and distrib-
uted, just enough for each tower in
the proper place. Likewise the con-
crete for the tower foundations. Now
to raise these towers cheaply was the
question with Mr. Dobbins. Anyone
could stand four legs up and brace
and scaffold about them and finally
bolt all together and make solid
tower and then move all this scaf
folding etc. to the next place and
take about 1000 days to complete the
work. But that mode did not suit
Mr. Dobbins. He invented an entire
ly different method AS already stat
ed these towers have four legs D to
IS feet long and are placed / 6 feet
apart at the base, and are put to-
gether lying flat on the ground. brac-
ed holted and riveted into a rigid
whole, insulators put on, all in read
mess for the wires, The foot of the
toxyer being placed against the foun-
datiOn made for it, cable Is made
fast towards the top and passed over
the top of jim pole thence to O.
horsepower automobile. When ~the
word is given the auto begins to
work and in y minutes the tower is
in vertical position and being bolt
ed to the short legs cemented in the
foundation.
This automobile was made to or
| der for Mr.. Dobbins Ii carries a
drum which 1t revolves when raising
tower. the machine standing still.
| | thought this rather novel way of
| raising a y -ton tower. and by the
way do you know of any longer line
| carrying a 10000 thousand volts ?
If some of my Fruitvale friends had
| this machine for a short while TO
yank out some of the surplus fruit
trees, it would beat giant powder and
bring all the roots out AT the same
time BY the way, have about 25O
peach stumps to take out myself. My
peach trees are planted 10 feet
apart each way. They are old and
have borne many a good crop. But
more times they did not And / have
found out or rather it is beginning
to dawn upon me. that the peach
don't pay west of Clifton Seventeen
years should convince a man of some
thing. So | am going to take out
every other tree and set apples in
stead and the variety to plant | have
not decided upon. But. of course, il
will be Jonathan. Winsesap or Rome
Beauty. Now, what do you think of
thatY Graft them next April. Wine
saps should so onto them very nice
/ iX The Mnnd Is sim liar nj Il 49,