History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . red on afarm and educated in the country schools, afterwards attending the Indianapolis NormalSchool. He taught school in Indiana, and in the spring of 1909 came to California,locating on a ranch at Whittier, vs-here he resided two years. He is a pioneer of theYorba Linda district, and came there before the town of Yorba Linda was in purchased a ten-acre ranch, planted it
History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . red on afarm and educated in the country schools, afterwards attending the Indianapolis NormalSchool. He taught school in Indiana, and in the spring of 1909 came to California,locating on a ranch at Whittier, vs-here he resided two years. He is a pioneer of theYorba Linda district, and came there before the town of Yorba Linda was in purchased a ten-acre ranch, planted it to lemons and sold it in two years coming to Yorba Linda he began working for the Yorba Linda Water Com-pany, and in 1913 was made superintendent. The officers of the company are: J. , president; E. R. Walker, vice-president: J. W. Murray, secretary and : G. W. Wells, G. F. Collins, Arthur Staley, Thomas Hughes and E. J. Her-bert. The company furnishes water for irrigation and domestic use, and serves acres. It started with one well and two booster pumps, and now has four wellsand five booster pumps. The wells are 360 feet deep and water is forced through. / CL. OU,-*-^ 7 HISTORY OF ORAXGE COUNTY 1441 pipes under pressure. The main reservoir holds 4,500,000 gallons of water and thesecond reservoir holds 1,000,000 gallons. The water is changed every twenty-four hoursand is of excellent quality and in tine condition. The companys main pipes are ofreinforced steel, and they have thirty-five miles of pipe line. A 240-horsepower gasengine and new booster pump have recently been installed. Water for domestic pur-poses is placed in the homes and measured by meter with a 100-pound pressure. Thecompany have also installed fire hydrants. The two reservoir sites are leased to theGeneral Petroleum Oil Company and the first well is a producer, thus adding a choiceasset to the company. Mr. West married Miss Grace A. Milhous, of Indiana, and f
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