(From the Forest Service, U, S, Department of Agriculture.) 



CALIFORNIA. PO'.GR COIuPAbTY NOT RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION 

 GETS FEDERAL I^rJIIT UNTIL SEPTEilBKR 17, 1913. 



On September 5 the secretary of agriculture signed 

 a water-power permit granting to the Sierra Electric Power 

 Company the right to use for power development certain land 

 within the Las sen national forest, California* The cozc- 

 pany is organised under the laws of the state of California 

 and has its office and place of business in Oakland. 



The water-power project is located on Kill Creek 

 and approximately 25 miles east of the city of Red Bluff in 

 Tehama County. 'By means of low dams across the creek the 

 flow is to be diverted into a conduit with a capacity of 

 300 second-feet and a total length of more than 16 miles. 

 At the upper end of the pressure pipes a small regulating 

 reservoir is to be built. By this means, it is hoped to 

 reduce, if not eliminate, a large portion of the v/ater-waste 

 occasioned by hourly fluctuations of the load. In the 

 power house -- which is to be built of concrete -- there 

 will be installed machinery capable of providing a constant 

 output of 2?-, 500 kilowatts. The electric power will be 

 transmitted to the market at 110,000 volts. 



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