IRRIGATION WORK IN CALIFORNIA. LXXXIXx, 
The Pacific Light and Power Company, of Los Angeles, 
also has a transmission line from Mentone to Los Angeles, 
a distance of 80 miles, with sub-stations at San Bernardino, 
Kttawanda, Ontario, Pomona, Azusa and San Gabriel, 
from which electricity is supplied in the same manner for 
pumping purposes. 
In addition to these the San Antonio Water Company of 
Ontario, Cal., havea plant of 750 K.W. in the San Antonio 
Canyon. KHlectricity is transmitted at 10,000 volts over a 
distance of 8 miles to a sub-station, at which it is reduced 
to 2,300 volts, and used exclusively for pumping plants at 
Ontario, North Pomona, Uplands and Claremont. Motors 
are belted on to pumps which raise water for irrigating 
orchards, the water being raised from 70 to 200 feet. 
The city of Riverside, Cal., has a municipal steam plant 
of 400 K.W. in addition to 1,000 K.W., which is bought 
from the EKdison Electric Company. All of this power is 
used in the daytime to furnish current to motors for 
irrigating ranch orchards near to Riverside. At night 
electricity is used for lighting purposes. 
The Temescal Water Company, at Ethenac, Cal., is 
operating asteam plant of 500 k.W., which is used solely for 
operating pumps to irrigate orange and lemon orchards 
owned by that Company. At the present time something 
like 6,900 hp. of G.E. motors, and 3,800 hp. Westinghouse 
motors, or a total of 10,700 hp., are being used for pumping 
water on to ranches, the biggest motor being 150 hp., and 
from that down to 1 hp. All kinds and sizes of pumps are 
used, Addison pumps, Ames Pumps, Jackson centrifugal 
pumps and Crowe pumps, all being of local or coast 
manufacture. The depth of the wells varies from 50 feet 
to 247 feet: 
At Ontario the train was taken to Redlands, about 60 
miles east of Los Angeles, and a visit was paid to two of 
