anaheim-gazette 1914-12-24

DAINTIES FOR T Large Assortment of Bo And LIGHT LUNCH CHER MUNICIPAL PLANT SHOWS RAPID GROWTH MARVELOUS INCREASE IN LIGHT AND WATER CONSUMPTION DURING PAST 20 YEARS FROM SMALL BEGINNING IT HAS DEVELOPED INTO PROFITABLE INVESTMENT FOR THE CITY Perhaps nothing can more fully emphasize the growth and expansion of Anaheim during the past two decades than the wonderful development of its municipal light and water system. clerk's books show that for the same month there were 69 water users in the city and they paid $137.60 for the privilege. In comparison with this the rate collector's books for November of this year show a total of 903 customers for electricity and 965 water users. The total collections for light during the month amounted to $2284.15, and for water $1444.20, a grand total of $3728.35, against a total of $197.10, nineteen years ago. This is an increase of practically twenty to one in the space of two decades. The capacity of the plant when first established was 750 lamps, of 16 candle power. Today the total capacity is 6500 lamps, and on Saturday evening it required a lode of 5240 lamp power to supply the demand. In addition to the 849 customers there are 33 lights and 150 smaller lamps supplied with juice for illuminating the streets. There was a steady and uninterrupter increase in the business of the plant from its installation to the present. DURING PAST 20 YEARS FROM SMALL BEGINNING IT HAS DEVELOPED INTO PROFITABLE INVESTMENT FOR THE CITY Perhaps nothing can more fully emphasize the growth and expansion of Anaheim during the past two decades than the wonderful development of its municipal light and water system. City water has been used for almost a third of a century but the extent of the business prior to the establishment of the lighting plant can only be determined by delving into the musty archives in the city clerk's office. The municipal lighting plant was established by vote of the people nineteen years ago, and was incorporated with the waterworks, then located on Cypress street. There were street lights previous to this time, but the system was unsatisfactory. The lamp lighter who had charge of the work, was not as reliable as he should have been. He could not sit in a comfortable office and light his lamps or turn them out by merely pressing a button. He had to be on the outside and manipulate each individual lamp, consequently when the weather was inclement there was a possibility that the streets would be dark, or that the lights would not be extinguished at midnight as provided by ordinance. Because of these and other inconveniences, the people began to agitate the question of an electric lighting system. Through a representative, the Edison company made an offer to the trustees, but the spirit of co-operation which inspired the pioneers to found the Mother Colony still prevailed and the people decided to build, to own and to operate their own plant. The municipal waterworks had proven satisfactory, and they saw no reason why a municipal lighting plant would not prove equally beneficial. It was early in 1895 that the plant was established, and the records show that in April of that year, which was the first month in which the system was in use, there were 17 consumers of light, and the total collections for the same aggregated $59.50. The city The capacity of the plant when first established was 750 lamps, of 16 candle power. Today the total capacity is 6500 lamps, and on Saturday evening it required a lode of 5240 lamp power to supply the demand. In addition to the 849 customers there are 33 are lights and 150 smaller lamps supplied with juice for illuminating the streets. There was a steady and uninterrupter increase in the business of the plant from its installation to the present time. The water system expanded with the light, and the quarters on Cypress street became too narrow for the service. The present building on South Los Angeles street was erected and new machinery installed, the total cost being close to $50,000. Here are installed three 125-horsepower boilers two 80-kilowatt engines and one 150-K. V. A. engine. This machinery is sufficient for the present by overstraining the capacity, but it will be necessary, if the rate of increase is maintained, to install a fourth boiler before another winter comes round. Anaheim's water tank enjoyed a unique position from the fact that for years after its erection it was the only concrete tank in the world. Since its construction, however, two others have been patterned after it—one in North Carolina and one in Mexico. But it will always remain the pioneer of concrete tanks, and stands as a monument to the wisdom of the trustees who erected it. It is 92 feet, 8 inches in height, has a capacity of 173,000 gallons, and a pressure of 35 pounds. The pumping department is supplied with two 2-stage pumps, connected with 30-horsepower motors, capable of lifting 450 gallons of water per minute, and one 5-stage turbine pump, delivering 600 gallons per minute. It is run by a 50-horsepower motor. The establishment of the municipal light and water plant was a wise movement. It was the aim of the trustees to pare the price to the consumer down to the actual cost of production, but the city treasury has always reaped a surplus from it, at least in later years. It has been under wise, efficient and economical management since its establishment. E. H. Adams Our Greetings to With the hope that the New will be as kindly in general prosperity to Anaheim and surrounding country as 1914 that your Christmas may merry one. C. Ganahl Lumber C. F. GRIM, Manager Dealers in all Kinds of Building ANAHEIM GAZETTE FOR THE HOLIDAYS Assorted Glacial Salted and Baked ment of Boxed Candies, 15c up. Broken Home Mix Another Excellent Xmas Mix - 20c 1 HOT DRINKS CHERRY BLOSSOM CLYDE R. A. is the present superintendent, and is conducting the big plant with six assistants, three inside and three on the outside. U. S. RANGERS BUSY BURNING BRUSH, MAKING TRAIL WASHINGTON, Dec. 21—Out in the snow piled reaches of 160 federal forest reserves, a small army of forest rangers, Uncle Sam's most picturesque employees, are burning brush, making trails and building bridges, in order that timber for the multifarious uses of posterity may not perish from the face of the earth. mounted on snow shoes or skis, and clothed in corduroys and mackinaw, the forest ranger has settled down to his winter's work, far back in the wooded nips, miles from human companionship, with no line of communication but the attenuated strand of telephone wire, which he himself has strung beneath him. For the forest ranger is a kind ofibernating animal that works while at the present superintendent, and is conducting the big plant with six assistants, three inside and three on the outside. NATURAL GAS SAVES PEOPLE MUCH MONEY Comparison of Artificial Product With Natural Gas Shows Latter Is Much More Economical According to a report filed with County Clerk Williams, there was 98,000 feet of artificial gas sold during the year 1913, at a cost varying from $1.00 per thousand cubic feet in Santa Ana, to $1.20 in Orange, this city and other places. The gas was very unsatisfactory. Pipes were continually being clogged, necessitating frequent clearings, and the pressure was something to be deplored. Since natural gas has been used, during the present year up to the time the report was made out, there have been 145,000,000 cubic feet of the natural product burned, at a cost of approximately 75 cents per 1000 feet. In some cases the cost is still less, depending on the amount consumed. The gas has given the very best results since the company has had the fixtures on stoves and heaters regulated for its burning, and complaints have been very small. The chile crop for the year will amount to very close bling spring, but so mild are the plosive forces that the observer stand to the windward of the eruption, so near the source that heat will make his face tingle without danger. Ordinarily the break takes place without waist and without the knowledge of the inhabitants, who first become awake it at nightfall, when the sky is and the firey fountains are seen. As the news spreads, hunts of people flock to witness the spectacle, displaying almost as eagerness to approach the scene eruption as the people of other tries show to get away from one. CHILE GROWING A PROFITABLE INDUS Two Thousand Acres Devoted to lious Varieties Which Prod Handsome Returns The chile crop for the p plant when first umps, of 16 cans, total capacity is saturday evening 5240 lamp power. In addition to there are 33 are lamps supplied storing the streets. and uninterruptbusiness of the station to the pression system expanded the quarters on the too narrow for present building on streets was erected installed, the total 550,000. Here are warpower boilers and one 150kilns machinery is present by overyield, but it will be of increase is a fourth boiler comes round. ank enjoyed a fact that for it was the only Mexico. But it the pioneer of stands as a draft of the trusIt is 92 feet, 8 a capacity of pressure of 35 department is stage pumps, conpension motors, cangallons of water 5-stage turbine gallons per minhorsepower moof the municipal was a wise movement of the trustees has always reapat least in later under wise, offical management cont. E. H. Adams of the municipal was a wise move-ment of the trustees has always reap- at least in later under wise, offi- cal management cont. E. H. Adams He must know something of surveying, estimating and scaling lumber, and the livestock business; and in addition to this he should have a general knowledge of farming and mining." The forest ranger is a kind ofibernating animal that works while the inmates. With the last danger of destructive forest fires with the arrival of the heavy snowes, no deserts his lookout station and devotes his attention to the work of the winter, the cleaning up of his range, and the maintenance of the trails he has wrought through the forest. The first snow starts the ranger out to burn the brush piles set by the logging crews that cut over sale areas and tree timber on his range. The brush is left in piles until a wet blanket of snow insures against the starting of forest fires from the blazing refuse. Then it is burned with the snow on hand as nature's own fire extinguisher. Throughout the long winter the ranger is kept busy. Ten feet of snow may come down from the mountains and bury his cabin, and so he must dig himself out and take the trail. And no must keep everlastingly at it until the spring break-up sends him scurrying to the high points to watch for the curl of smoke that foretells the coming of the forest fire. Development of the winter work on the ranges has removed the forest ranger from the "patronage" classification in governmentJOSE. Former congressmen were inclined to look on the forest ranger place as a desirable position for some constituent looking for light outdoor work. That time has passed, however, for the forest ranger must submit medical certificate showing that he is able-bodied before he is appointed. As the forest service puts it: "He must be able-bodied and capable of enduring hardships and of performing severe labor under trying conditions; able to take care of himself and his horse in regions remote from settlement and supplies, and must be able to build-trails and cabins and pack in provisions without assistance. He must know something of surveying, estimating and scaling lumber, and in addition to this he should have a general knowledge of farming and mining." The lofty volcanoes of the Hawaiian Islands, rising above the ocean from 5,000 to nearly 14,000 feet, are only summits of gigantic mountain masses, that rise abruptly from the bottom of the Pacific. Mauna Loa, on the island of Hawaii, stands 13,675 feet above sea level, according to the United States Geological Survey, but its slopes descend beneath the sea as shown by deep sea soundings, with a grade fully equal to if not greater than that of the visibles lopes. The same is generally true of the submarine slopes of the other islands and the depths attained by this continuous slopes; within 30 to 50 miles of the shores, vary from 14,000 to 19,000 feet. Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea, if their true bases are considered to be at the bottom of the Pacific, are therefore mountains of as great an altitude as Mount Everest, or approximately 30,000 feet. In general the Hawaiian Island group consists of summits of a gigantic submarine mountain chain which projects only its loftier peaks and domes above the water. On the island of Hawaii the volcanic forces are still in operation. The one continuously active volcanic vent of the island is Kilauea, far down on the eastern flank of Mauna Loa—"the great mountain." No other volcano in the world approaches Mauna Loa. In the vastness of its mass or in the magnitude of its eruptive activity. There are many volcanic peaks higher in the air, but most of them are planted upon elevated platforms, where they appear as more cones of greater or less size. It is not yet known at what level the base of Mauna Loa is situated, but it is below the sea—probably far below. Mauna Kea—"the white mountain" Since natural gas has been used during the present year up to the time the report was made out, there have been 145,000,000 cubic feet of the natural product burned, at a cost of approximately 75 cents per 1000 feet. In some cases the cost is still less, depending on the amount consumed. The gas has given the very best results, since the company has had the fixtures on stoves and heaters regulated for its burning, and complaints have been very small. The gas has been used for domestic and commercial purposes. Its heat units are greater than the artificial product, and it is more satisfactory in every way. It costs, so so the report says, about one-fourth what electricity does, as motive or other power. Its use is becoming very general whose "its good qualities are made known, and gas engines are growing in popularity. The Olinda gas fields are capable of producing 750,000 cubic feet per day, but they have never been used to capacity, and it will take a long time before they will be. HAWAIIAN VOLCANOES 30,000 FEET HIGH The lofty volcanoes of the Hawaiian Islands, rising above the ocean from 5,000 to nearly 14,000 feet, are only summits of gigantic mountain masses that rise abruptly from the bottom of the Pacific. Mauna Loa, on the island of Hawaii, stands 13,675 feet above sea level, according to the United States Geological Survey, but its slopes descend beneath the sea as shown by deep sea soundings, with a grade fully equal to if not greater than that of the visibles lopes. The same is generally true of the submarine slopes of the other islands and the depths attained by this continuous slopes; within 30 to 50 miles of the shores, vary from 14,000 to 19,000 feet. Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea, if their true bases are considered to be at the bottom of the Pacific, are therefore mountains of as great an altitude as Mount Everest, or approximately 30,000 feet. In general the Hawaiian Island group consists of summits of gigantic submarine mountain chains which projects only its loftier peaks and domes above the water. On the island of Hawaii the volcanic forces are still in operation. The one continuously active volcanic vent of the island is Kilauea, far down on the eastern flank of Mauna Loa—"the great mountain." No other volcano in the world approaches Mauna Loa. In the vastness of its mass or in the magnitude of its eruptive activity. There are many volcanic peaks higher in the air, but most of them are planted upon elevated platforms where they appear as more cones of greater or less size. It is not yet known at what level the base of Mauna Loa is situated, but it is below the sea—probably far below. Mauna Kea—"the white mountain" Since natural gas has been used during the present year up to the time the report was made out, there have been 145,000,000 cubic feet of the natural product burned, at a cost of approximately 75 cents per 1000 feet. In some cases the cost is still less, depending on the amount consumed. The gas has given the very best results since the company has had the fixtures on stoves and heaters regulated for its burning, and complaints have been very small. The oilina gas fields are capable of producing 750,000 cubic feet per day, but they have never been used to capacity, and it will take a long time before they will be. CHILE GROWING A PROFITABLE INDUSTRY Two thousand acres devoted toulous Varieties Which Produce Handsome Returns The chile crop for this year will amount to very close $550,000, according to estimates growers at Garden Grove which near at the industry in this county. The production of plenticos will approximately 1400 tons at $20 per pound. About 2000 pounds of green Chile pods will be produced using an average price of $18 per pod. Of dry California chile pods, average price of 8 cents per pod there will be produced about 800 while 100 tons of exoplanet can chile pods will be produced using at about 8 cents per pound there will be changed lots of chile various throughoutthe county will bring total up to very close to $350, Many years ago Anahiem was center ofthe chile industry andduced onlythe long,红California pods，withthe Chinese takingmost active part in its production.Withthe plantsinheindustryhaschangedtochilegrowingthiscounty. This year 200 acres were dredgedtochilegrowingOneofthevarietieswhichhaveprovengreatiteisthe Mexican chile pods,grownmostsuccessfullyInOldcobutsincethe revolutionthelinethisvarietyhasbeenextensivelyinOrangecounty.Two thousand poundsofchilegrownthisyearwhere100weregrownfiveyearsago. Whenthechileistobeadydrawformredpodsare takenthevinesandplacedin easepreparedevaporatorswheretheyreducedtoone-eighththeirweightandinthisformtheywidetheindefinitelyprovidedinsectsgetto them. Whenthepodsare takenfromevaporatorstheyarehardandrequiringseveraldaysofdaymorphetomakethemsoffair At the New Year only in generous maheim and its entry as 1914,and Christmas may be a Lumber Co. Manager of Building Materials The one continuously active volcanic vent of the island is Kilauea, far down on the eastern flank of Mauna Loa—"the great mountain." No other volcano in the world approaches Mauna Loa. In the vastness of its mass or in the magnitude of its eruptive activity. There are many volcanic peaks higher in the air, but most of them are planted upon elevated platforms, where they appear as mere cones of greater or less size. It is not yet known at what level the base of Mauna Loa is situated, but it is below the sea—probably far below. Mauna Kea—"the white mountain"—is also a colossus among volcanoes. Its summit—13,825 feet—is a trifle higher than that of Mauna Loa, but its slopes are steeper and its base therefor much smaller. The magnitude of Mauna Loa is due chiefly to the great area of its bast, which is nearly elliptical in shape, with a major diameter of 74 miles and a minor diameter of 53 miles, measured at sea level. In the aggregate of its eruptions Mauna Loa is also unrivaled. Some of the volcanoes of Iceland have been known to disgorge at a single outbreak masses of lava fully equal to those of Mauna Loa. But such outbursts are infrequent in Iceland, and a century has elapsed since any of such magnitude have occurred, though there have been several minor eruptions. The eruptions of Mauna Loa are all of great volume and occur irregularly, at an average interval of about eight years. In view of the total quantity of material it has disgorged during the last century, no other volcano is at all comparable to it. Mauna Loa and Kilauea are in many respects abnormal volcanoes. The most notable feature is the singular quietness of their eruptions. Rarely are these events attended by any of that extremely explosive action which is characteristic of nearly all other volcanoes. Only once or twice within the historic period have they been accompanied by earthquakes or subterranean rumblings. The vast jets of steam blown miles high, hurling stones, clinders, and lapilli far and wide, filling the heavens with vapor and smoke, and halling down ashes and fragments over these surrounding regions, have never been observed here. Some action of this sort is indeed represented, but only in a feeble way. The lava wells forth like water from a hot, bubbly vault of the island is Kilauea, far down on the eastern flank of Mauna Loa—"the great mountain." Two thousand pounds of chilengrown this year where 100were grown five years ago. When the chile is to be sold dry form the red pods are taken the vines and placed in easprepared evaporators where theyreduced to one-eighth theirweight and in this form theywillindefinitely, provided insectsget to them. When the pods are taken free evaporators they are hard andrequiring several days of daymorpho to make them solftable. In this condition they are put on bags, 40 by 60 inches in size, the bags weighing on an averagepounds, and are marketed. The California chile is dried trays and sold as loose chile;also sold in strings, which are6 inches in length. After evaporation their weight is about eight pounds. The Mexican chile pods are put on strings but are dried onleft in a loose state, and pack200-pound bags. One acre of the California will produce from eight to tenof green pods, these being use-canning purposes only. Occasion fifteen months may be harvestedone acre, but this is a rareoccurrenceand can be done only by very full growers and by those havelf productive soil. The price per pods per ton to the canneryfrom $16 to $20. The chile seed is plantedfield about April 1 in rows forapart with plants about twentyinches apart in the row. Therequires fertile soil, abundancetender and cultivation during theremer months. About Septemberpod is ready for canning in thestate while the red pods are re-gathering on about October 1harvested at intervals as theyup to the month of January. The Mexican revolutions haveulated the planting and growthchile in California to suchanddone at present. The enteringJapanese into the businessh helped to overstock the mark. FOR RENT OR SALE—Pair ommules. Twombly ranch Fphont Pacific 157-J 3 ASSORTED Glace Fruits and Nuts, Cream Patties, Salted and Blanched Almonds, Salted Peanuts. Open Home Made Xmas Mix, 20c lb. 20c lb. STEAKS AND CHOPS DE R. ALLING We Wish Our Many Friends and Patrons A Merry Christmas When Santa Claus comes then is the season of good cheer, which means good things to eat. In the line of TURKEYS and CHICKENS we have the finest assortment you ever saw—fat, plump birds, and tender as you would wish. Fine beef, lamb, veal and all the smoked meats. The Palace Market WM. SCHUMACHER, Prop. THE GROWING A PROFITABLE INDUSTAY Chile crop for the present will amount to very close to 2000 pounds of green California pods will be produced, bringing average price of $18 per ton. Very California chile pods, at an price of 8 cents per pound, will be produced about 800 tons. 400 tons of evaporated Mexican pods will be produced, valuing about 9 cents per pound. Scatots of Chile various varieties about the county will bring the crop to very close to $350,000. Years ago Anaheim was the edge on the industry from 300 acres was the total amount devoted to chile growing in county. Year 200 acres were devoted to growing. One of the varieties California, having long, red. Several hundred tons of this were canned by Los Angeles les, while the bulk of the crop evaporated and sold in the dry in the shape of pods and ground. Account of its sweetness and its utility for canning the pimento introduced and has since been very successfully. Another variety which has proven a great favorite Mexican chile pod. It is most successfully in Old Mexico but since the revolution across this variety has been grown actively in Orange county. Thousand pounds of chile were this year where 100 pounds grown five years ago. On the chile is to be sold in the farm the red pods are taken from clines and placed in especially used evaporators where they are fed to one-eighth their former and in this form they will keep quietly, provided insects do not them. The pods are taken from the operators they are hard and flinty, being several days of damp attire to make them soft and pili-table. TARIFF COMMISSION There cannot help being widespread interest in the agitation which is being made for the creation of a permanent tariff commission. Even though there has been a tariff board, appropriation for the continuance of which was withheld, and though the information which it amassed for the guidance of the tariff revisers was disregarded by the democrats when it came time for them to draft their tariff for revenue only bill, there is still good reason for putting into operation just such vital necessities in the making over of the tariff as such commission can furnish. The periodical ripping asunder of tariff provisions for the trying out of certain theories has prevailed so long that it is in need of correction. It is time that those charged with such a duty as tariff remodeling should have available facts for their guidance. There should be some reason for the revision more than the possession of an idea that certain changes ought to bring about certain results. Just why this great economic problem should be made a political foot-ball for the upsetting of the business interests and activity of the country every few years cannot be satisfactorily explained. The fact is that when the tariff is revised it should be done in accordance with the actual conditions. Base such action upon facts and not make the changes while blindfolded and groping about in the dark, and good instead of harm can then be expected to follow. It is a tariff commission which can render the facts which will be of inestimable service to the country. Local police have been notified of the theft from J. N. Nenno's garage, Placentia, of a five-passenger Jackson touring car. The automobile bore the license number of 15128. It was painted gray and had a black top. It has a 40-horsepower motor and is a 1912 model 42. WORK THE PRISONERS ON COUNTY HIGHWAYS Grand Jury Sends Special Committee To Investigate Plan Used In Los Angeles Samuel Kraemer was in town other day, having just returned from special committee work in Los Angeles county, to which he had been assigned by the grand jury, now in session at Santa Ana, the same being in reference to an investigation of the employment there of prisoners upon county highways. The work consisted of rock breaking, the screening being used in road building, besides using shovels and scrapers in leveling and repairing the highways. Los Angeles county pays the married men $1.50 per day and gives them their meals, the money going to their families. The unmarried men receive thirty-five cents in money and three square meals. Those who shirk their duties get an eight cent coal and are put back in jail. Mr. Kraemer is enthusiastic with the new manner of working the county prisoners and made a favorable report to the Orange county grand jury, recommending that a similar plan be inaugurated in Orange county. There are now 25 or 30 men in the county jail and the employment them has been a question the authorities have wrestled with for some time. Much benefit would be gained by the county if such a system of road building could be launched here. Mr. Kraemer is a very practiceman and he believes the project would work out all right. It should, he says, be given a trial anyhow, and looks to it as being a good thing for the commonwealth, besides it would inclucate thrift among the criminel element and thereby reclaim them the industrious walks of life. Mr. Kraemer was accompanied on his trip by District Attorney West and Sheriff-elect C. E. Jackson. Wishing You All A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year W.E. DUCKWORTH New Location 114 S. Claudina St.