anaheim-gazette 1926-12-30

Long Beach to Have Greatest Generator Southern California Edison Co. Signs $100,000,000 Contract Contracts signed today by the Southern California Edison Company for the construction of the largest single generator steam turbine unit in the world was the culminating act in studies and plans for erecting at Long Beach another steam generating plant which will be larger than anything now operating anywhere in the world, and which will ultimately, at this site develop 1,000,000 horsepower at a total cost for the plant and transmission and distribution lines of over $100,000,000. Work on the initial 125,000 horsepower unit of this monstrous plant will be commenced immediately and completed for operation in February, 1928. The installations will continue progressively unit by unit as the electrical market of the Southwest may require. In making the foregoing announcement today, George Clinton Ward, vice-president in charge of engineering and construction of the Southern California Edison Company, who conceived its Big Creek-San Joaquin river hydroelectric project in the high Sierras and who built the Florence Lake tunnel, called attention to the following fact of great economic significance to the industrial development of the Pacific coast. Mr. Ward said that as compared with the company's then modern steam plants constructed at Redondo and Long Beach in 1907 to 1912, the new unit contracted for today and others of similar type which it is proposed to install in the Long Beach plant amount of electricity for each barrel will produce more than twice the oil consumed. The proposed steam plant at Long Beach will be so constructed that with but slight alteration it can be changed from natural gas or oil burning to coal firing. The changes revolutionizing steam generation of electricity which in recent years have increased the steam pressure at the turbine from 200 pounds to the square inch to 450 pounds have been due in great measure to inven- new unit contracted for today and others of similar type which it is proposed to install in the Long Beach plant amount of electricity for each barrel will produce more than twice the oil consumed. The proposed steam plant at Long Beach will be so constructed that but slight alteration it can be changed from natural gas or oil burning to coal firing. The changes revolutionizing steam generation of electricity which in recent years have increased the steam pressure at the turbine from 200 pounds to the square inch to 450 pounds have been due in great measure to inventions and improvements of the steam turbines. The location of modern steam plants of great capacity at the water, where the sea waters coll and condense the exhaust steam from the turbines, has had a great deal to do with centralizing electric engineering thought on steam generation and its possibilities for producing cheap electricity as the art advances. Exhaustive surveys demonstrate that Long Beach is practically the most central tidwater point to the rapidly growing electric power market of Southern California. This location reduces the cost of building transmission lines and keeps transmission losses of current down to a minimum amount. As indicated by today's action, the Edison company is preparing to take advantage of the strides which have been made in steam plant design and efficiency in the last decade. Just how far such gigantic undertakings as that announced by the Edison company today may have its influence in placing of power depends very largely, it is steam generating as the primary source said, upon the cost of production, including the price of fuel. The 1927 budget of the Southern California Edison Company will carry about $7,500,000 for the initial unit in the new Long Beach steam plant. As practically dollar for dollar is required for transmission and distribution of electricity, the budget requirements for the Long Beach steam plant and the marketing of its output for the ensuing eight years will approximate $15,000,000 per year. It is planned to connect this new plant directly to the main 220,000 transmission lines of the Edison system. The super structure and designs for building will be of steel and concrete and will conform to the high standards of construction used by the company in its 85,000 horsepower unit which was placed in operation early in July of this year. The dimensions of the plant, the construction of which was announced today, if economic conditions justify the completion of all its units, will have a ground floor area one-quarter of a mile in length and one-eighth of a mile in width. Its building will employ an army of 2000 workmen. Design and construction of the big plant will be under the engineering direction of Stone & Webster, with steel work furnished by the Llewellyn Iron Works, turbines by the General Electric Company, condensers by the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, and boilers by Charles C. Moore that you ship the chunk as it is to a reduction plant and have it made into bullion.' And we did ship it to Selby smelter, at San Francisco, California, and in due time a draft for over $4500 was returned as a not payment for the one piece of gold, which was the first discovery of gold of any note in Southern California. I said, 'Boys, if you need money, I will give you $1000 for the nugget or I will advance you $1000.' No,' they said, 'what we would prefer is that you load several fours or six four-horse teams with merchandise and go with us—it's only about 130 miles up in the mountains and about sixty miles from San Diego, California.' They went on to say they had filed on the 160 acres of land and that the place where they found the big nugget was almost in the center of the 160 acres. This land at that time was government land and not thought to be of any great value, because it was too far interior and very close to the line of Mexico. There was much fine timber thereabout, and near where the nugget was found the timber was large oak trees. There was also a fine mountain stream of water but a few rods away from where the boys had found the nugget while hunting deer for their hides horns and the two hind quarters. One of the brothers killed a big deer which fell but a foot or so from what he believed to be a rock. And after dressing the deer, he was ready to sit down for a short rest on a supposed rock and since it had been snowing, he brushed the snow away and noticed it was much smoother and brighter than any rock he had ever seen. He touched what he thought was a loose piece the size of his hand and rather thin. The scale, as I will call it, separated from its resting place, and when he picked it up, it was so much heavier than any other rock he had ever seen. He then thought his find might be gold, so he washed it as best he could with snow and, as it looked so much like pure gold, he ran to find his brother. When they had made a thorough examination of the find, they thought it worthwhile to turn the large chunk of gold over, but to their great surprise they could not move it on account of its weight, so they cut out a few saplings and used them for crowbars and, as the side of the bill was quite steep and more than twenty feet above the lower level. When they finally turned the chunk over, it rolled down to the bottom and almost buried itself into the soft ground. They then brought QUALITY— Tha Where q Ec 808 N. Los A this year. The dimensions of the plant, the construction of which was announced today, if economic conditions justify the completion of all its units, will have a ground floor area one-quarter of a mile in length and one-eighth of a mile in width. Its building will employ an army of 2000 workmen. Design and construction of the big plant will be under the engineering direction of Stone & Webster, with steel work furnished by the Llewellyn Iron Works, turbines by the General Electric Company, condensers by the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, and boilers by Charles C. Moore & Company of Los Angeles. In discussing the big program of steam generation, Mr. Ward said: "The increase in the efficiency of generating electricity from steam at tidewater plants, most of which advance has come in the last five years, has brought a change in the relative costs of water power as compared with steam power. There are few if any undeveloped water power projects that could deliver power to load centers, after the costs of transmission have been included, at a price to compete with steam power from modern tidewater plants. "The last twenty years comprise a period during which water power had a distinct advantage, and during this period the most favorable water power sites have been put to work. The next ten or twenty years may be a steam era. The undeveloped and less economically favorable water power sites that remain, for the most part, are not able to compete now. The studies of our engineers indicate that these considerations are particularly true in the case of hydro-electric power where long and expensive transmission lines are involved." An eye test for drivers will be effective in the state of New Jersey after February 1, 1927, according to advices reaching the club. Applicants for drivers' licenses must pass an eye examination before permission to drive will be granted. Co-operating with the authorities are 108 optometrists, who will serve on a board of examiners without pay. A strict color test and distant chart reading will be included in the eye examination. Here value, who did not Bailey if he crude that were moun-crude opinion drive and I of the when of our faced at finally will take have.' Yes. One of We be never before to do boys chuk, 200 gold, we you and we made would the up their oxen and after building a foundation on their two-wheeled cart, they doubled up all their ropes and threw them over the limb of a large oak tree, then made fast the other end of their ropes around the big nugget and tied the other end of the rope to a big chain, which was also connected to the yoke of their oxen, and within a few moments the big nugget was settled down on top of their cart. They started for Anaheim, because there was no wagon road to San Diego. After I had told my partners about the proposition the brothers had made me, they said, 'Get ready and load up your teams and make the best time you can and we will say nothing for 24 hours, giving you plenty of time to get your store open before others arrive.' So I at once sent for two of the best four-horse teams there were in Anaheim and in three hours we were on our way to the new El Dorado, and the fourth day, at 4 p.m., we arrived at the place where the nugget was found. I at once put the six men I had brought with me to felling large oak trees and making shakes to be used in building my store. These shakes were rived out with a tool called a free and, as they were four feet long and six inches wide and three-quartered of an inch thick, I cut down saplings and set them in the ground four feet apart, and I also set my rafters four feet apart, then we commenced covering the sides and roof with the shakes. At 4 p.m. the following day, I was behind my crude counter selling goods to the men who had just arrived to prospect for gold. In the meantime, the Bailey brothers had been busy laying out townsites, which we named Julian. Town lots sold and resold at all kinds of prices up to $20,000 for a single 50-foot lot. The Bailey brothers made a fortune. I was really offered $10,000 for one of my lots, but I thought then I would move my store, or rather, put up a new one on this valuable lot. Julian was then but a few months old and had an estimated population of 30,000, and of course a young kid. As was then thought, we would soon depopulate San Francisco, because we then had a greater population than San Diego, Los Angeles and all the rest of California, as we looked at it. The rich men had already commenced coming to Julian from England, and they were buying everything which they could get a price on. It was they who up their oxen and after building a foundation on their two-wheeled cart, they doubled up all their ropes and threw them over the limb of a large oak tree, then made fast the other end of their ropes around the big nugget and tied the other end of the rope to a big chain, which was also connected to the yoke of their oxen, and within a few moments the big nugget was settled down on top of their cart. They started for Anaheim, because there was no wagon road to San Diego. After I had told my partners about the proposition the brothers had made me, they said, 'Get ready and load up your teams and make the best time you can and we will say nothing for 24 hours, giving you plenty of time to get your store open before others arrive.' So I at once sent for two of the best four-horse teams there were in Anaheim and in three hours we were on our way to the new El Dorado, and the fourth day, at 4 p.m., we arrived at the place where the nugget was found. I at once put the six men I had brought with me to felling large oak trees and making shakes to be used in building my store. These shakes were rived out with a tool called a free and, as they were four feet long and six inches wide and three-quartered of an inch thick, I cut down saplings and set them in the ground four feet apart, and I also set my rafters four feet apart, then we commenced covering the sides and roof with the shakes. At 4 p.m. the following day, I was behind my crude counter selling goods to the men who had just arrived to prospect for gold. In the meantime, the Bailey brothers had been busy laying out townsites, which we named Julian. Town lots sold and resold at all kinds of prices up to $20,000 for a single 50-foot lot. The Bailey brothers made a fortune. I was really offered $10,000 for one of my lots, but I thought then I would move my store, or rather, put up a new one on this valuable lot. Julian was then but a few months old and had an estimated population of 30,000, and of course a young kid. As was then thought, we would soon depopulate San Francisco, because we then had a greater population than San Diego, Los Angeles and all the rest of California, as we looked at it. The rich men had already commenced coming to Julian from England, and they were buying everything which they could get a price on. It was they who up their oxen and after building a foundation on their two-wheeled cart, they doubled up all their ropes and threw them over the limb of a large oak tree, then made fast the other end of their ropes around the big nugget and tied the other end of the rope to a big chain, which was also connected to the yoke of their oxen, and within a few moments the big nugget was settled down on top of their cart. They started for Anaheim, because there was no wagon road to San Diego. After I had told my partners about the proposition the brothers had made me, they said, 'Get ready and load up your teams and make the best time you can and we will say nothing for 24 hours, giving you plenty of time to get your store open before others arrive.' So I at once sent for two of the best four-horse teams there were in Anaheim and in three hours we were on our way to the new El Dorado, and the fourth day, at 4 p.m., we arrived at the place where the nugget was found. I at once put the six men I had brought with me to felling large oak trees and making shakes to be used in building my store. These shakes were rived out with a tool called a free and, as they were four feet long and six inches wide and three-quartered of an inch thick, I cut down saplings and set them in the ground four feet apart, and I also set my rafters four feet apart, then we commenced covering the sides and roof with the shakes. At 4 p.m. the following day, I was behind my crude counter selling goods to the men who had just arrived to prospect for gold. In the meantime, the Bailey brothers had been busy laying out townsites, which we named Julian. Town lots sold and resold at all kinds of prices up to $20,000 for a single 50-foot lot. The Bailey brothers made a fortune. I was really offered $10,000 for one of my lots, but I thought then I would move my store, or rather, put up a new one on this valuable lot. Julian was then but a few months old and had an estimated population of 30,000, and of course a young kid. As was then thought, we would soon depopulate San Francisco, because we then had a greater population than San Diego, Los Angeles and all the rest of California, as we looked at it. The rich men had already commenced coming to Julian from England, and they were buying everything which they could get a price on. It was they who up their oxen and after building a foundation on their two-wheeled cart, they doubled up all their ropes and threw them over the limb of a large oak tree, then made fast the other end of their ropes around the big nugget and tied the other end of the rope to a big chain, which was also connected to the yoke of their oxen, and within a few moments the big nugget was settled down on top of their cart. They started for Anaheim, because there was no wagon road to San Diego. Emanuel Smith. Fullerton city trustee, who recently paid a $500 fine in Fullerton justice court; after pleading guilty to a charge of having possession of liquor; was in Superior Judge James L. Allen's court; while his attorney, R E Haynes; argued his appeal from the justice court judgment. After Haynes and Judge Allen disagreed on the question of whether Haynes had grounds on which to get the appeal before the superior court; the matter was postponed to January 7; to allow the attorney to produce authorities to support his position. Haynes stated to the court that he was appealing from a void judgment. Justice William French having; he contended; passed judgment upon the councilman without informing him of his legal rights and without complying with the legal procedure in such cases. Judge Allen raised the question of whether there was anything to appeal from if the judgment was void. Since Smith had pleaded guilty to the charge and had扮上 his fine; the court doubted that the void judgment; especially after it had been satisfied; furnished grounds for appeal. Haynes insisted that he could supply authorities upholding his contention; so the opportunity was allowed him. "Because Smith paid his fine at the order of the court; no knowing his rights; he should not be penalized because the judge didn't know his business," Haynes declared. large profit; and at the time I moved I only had a two-horse load to take back. I remained only a short time longer in business at Anaheim and sold out. The Bailey brothers; I was informed finally lost most of their fortune trying to find another pocket; or not of gold; as some called it. I believe from information I have received within the past ten years; that one of the Bailey brothers is still living at Julian and that other died some fifteen years ago. The country there brothers made a fortune. I was really offered $10,000 for one of my lots, but I thought then I would move my store, or rather, put up a new one on this valuable lot. Julian was then but a few months old and had an estimated population of 30,000, and of course a young kid. As was then thought, we would soon depopulate San Francisco, because we then had a greater population than San Diego, Los Angeles and all the rest of California, as we looked at it. "The rioh men had already commenced coming to Julian from England, and they were buying everything which they could get a price on. It was they who paid $30,000 for a 50-foot vacant lot, and it was also they who offered me $10,000 for my corner lot, and as I of course thought my lot was of more value than the one they paid $30,000 for. I stepped and paid $60,000 my price and I might have sold it for $60,-000 or more, but about this time the news went out that Julian was only a pocket camp, and it proved to be true, because the discovery mine, which Bailey brothers called the California mine, and the Hayden and the Estes and many others had not yielded a dollar for over thirty days, but none of them had given me a hint of failure, notwithstanding the fact that Estes was my half brother. I was kept in the dark until the Englishmen had got a tip and, after making an investigation, simply packed their collar boxes and left for parts unknown and within 48 hours the $30,000 lot would not sell for the price of a glass of beer, and of course I packed up and returned to Anaheim, but I did not lose any money because of the fact that I had made a large profit at the beginning and had shipped into the camp over a hundred loads of goods which I also sold at a large profit, and at the time I moved I only had a two-horse load to take back. I remained only a short time longer in business at Anaheim and sold out. The Bailey brothers, I was informed finally lost most of their fortune trying to find another pocket, or not of gold, as some called it. I believe from information I have received within the past ten years, that one of the Bailey brothers is still living at Julian and that the other died some fifteen years ago. The country thereabout turned out to be great for raising a fine grade of apples and also for raisling bees. I have received several invitations to visit Julian, with the assurance that I would enjoy my visit, because they tell me my old store is still there and that it is taken care of as a relic and that the children use it for a play house. "Now friends, at Julian, I may, while at San Diego this winter, come and visit with you a day or so. When you read this story, just look at my old shack and you will know who wrote this story, because I am the roying kid who built the first house at Julian in May, 1870. I ask God's blessing on you all, and hope before the end of 1926 to at least eat a meal with you and I will then stand up before you all and prove I am your first citizen and surely your first business man; and there and then I will take new notes and write a new story about the good things and the good people of Julian, because I have always heard that there was not a bad kid among you. "May I now bid you good-night, it's past 12 midnight, and time an 84-year-old kid was sleeping, don't you say so?" QUALITY—SERVICE A HOME INDUSTRY For Good Work Call 159 That Good Laundry Where quality and service is unexcelled Economy Laundry 808 N. Los Angeles St. Anaheim, California IS THERE A DISSATISFIED INDIA TIRE USER ORANGE COUNTY? we want to know it—as EVERY India tire MUST give the service as promised. Without of when or where your Indias were, we will satisfy you with the proper amount. Simply drive into our shop and let us see of you. you obtain such service on any other tire? 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