Pacific service magazine . ral electrification. A prominentinstance was furnished just abouta year ago, when Mr. Carl Tuttle,who operates a 21-acre dairy onthe Trimble road in the famous SantaClara valley, not far from the city of SanJose, reported that with the aid of a 2horsepower motor and a patent electricalmilking machine he was milking thirty-onecows quicker and better than when twomen were employed to do this work. reported also that he had installedan electric range, electric washing machine,electric iron and other labor saving appli-ances and in five months his bill for elec


Pacific service magazine . ral electrification. A prominentinstance was furnished just abouta year ago, when Mr. Carl Tuttle,who operates a 21-acre dairy onthe Trimble road in the famous SantaClara valley, not far from the city of SanJose, reported that with the aid of a 2horsepower motor and a patent electricalmilking machine he was milking thirty-onecows quicker and better than when twomen were employed to do this work. reported also that he had installedan electric range, electric washing machine,electric iron and other labor saving appli-ances and in five months his bill for elec-tricity averaged only $ per figures are offered in contrast to thecost of manual labor. Let us here enumerate a few facts con-cerning the distribution of electricity as anaid to progress and development in a val-ley section such as the Santa Clara. Forinstance, there are 34,272 poles owned bythe Pacific Gas and Electric Company inthe Santa Clara valley, a large propor-tion of which is used in transmitting.


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