Pacific service magazine . o, ,100 miles of mains and ditches used in distributing ,100 miles of track of street railway supplied with electric ,340,568,100 gallons of water storage capacity in 109 lakes and reservoirs. This amount ofwater would supply the City of San Francisco at the present rate of consumptionfor nearly 5 ,501 acres of land owned in California. 258 parcels of property owned in cities and ,672,014 barrels of California Oil used, year ending July 31. 1924. horsepower in agricultural motors depending on Pacific Service. horse
Pacific service magazine . o, ,100 miles of mains and ditches used in distributing ,100 miles of track of street railway supplied with electric ,340,568,100 gallons of water storage capacity in 109 lakes and reservoirs. This amount ofwater would supply the City of San Francisco at the present rate of consumptionfor nearly 5 ,501 acres of land owned in California. 258 parcels of property owned in cities and ,672,014 barrels of California Oil used, year ending July 31. 1924. horsepower in agricultural motors depending on Pacific Service. horsepower in mining, electric railways, manufacturing and other motors depend-ing on Pacific Service. 38,351 street lamps, gas and electric, lighted by Pacific ,029,214 incandescent lamps nightly ,367,501 horsepower connected to system. Pacific Gas and Electric Company General Office: 245 Market Street San Francisco Branches in all principal cities and towns of 38 counties of North Central California. ?S#i9!:. Pirtures<me Contributor to the Stream Flow of Pit River, California. BURNEY FALLS illustrates most strik-ingly the character of the countrywhence flows the never-failing stream of PitRiver. Through a myriad crevices seeps thewater from the perpetual snows of mightyMount Shasta and the Cascade Range. Thedrainage of immense lava areas gathers intotiny underground rivulets, combining to formvast subterranean reservoirs. The water risesto the surface in large, ever-flowing springs;is directed by mans eff^ort to the great tur-bines of the Pacific Gas and Electric Com-panys Pit River power plants and there,without losing any of its original character-istics, without consuming its substance, it isharnessed to the service of mankind, turning the wheels of industry and bringing pros-perity and comfort to the homes of lies a good parallel to the Com-panys financial operations. Idle money islike a stagnant pool. It helps no one. Moneyinvested in thi
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