Pacific Gas and Electric magazine . da counties, and with himcame Mr. John Spaulding, wlioat once became noted, not onlyfor his successful managementof llie affairs of the .Soulli Yul)asyslciii as he found it, but alsnfor his cffoiMs toward a((|iiniMMthe IJear Hiver and ,\ul)iirn dili hand its water rlulits. Mr. Spauliling was |)r(il)ahl\ I he (iiil\ man His in Placer County to see its possibilities,and he at once took steps to take ad-vantage of them. The same may be saidof the Town Talk ditch and other im-provements in Nevada County; also ofthe construction of Lake Spaulding dam,in which Mr.
Pacific Gas and Electric magazine . da counties, and with himcame Mr. John Spaulding, wlioat once became noted, not onlyfor his successful managementof llie affairs of the .Soulli Yul)asyslciii as he found it, but alsnfor his cffoiMs toward a((|iiniMMthe IJear Hiver and ,\ul)iirn dili hand its water rlulits. Mr. Spauliling was |)r(il)ahl\ I he (iiil\ man His in Placer County to see its possibilities,and he at once took steps to take ad-vantage of them. The same may be saidof the Town Talk ditch and other im-provements in Nevada County; also ofthe construction of Lake Spaulding dam,in which Mr. Spaulding was joined byhis able lieutenant and co-worker, F. Engelbright, afterward Congress-man from the First District. In thewriters opinion, the teamwork, energy,perseverance and solid tenacity of JohnSpaulding and W. F. Engelbright madepossible the acquisition of the CedarCreek system, the building of the Altapowerhouse and the ditch leading to it,and the installation of that great watersystem from Gold Run down through. i;. IT. 11, , .?..llipMMjs liil, ,- nc<itinliitiiiKc with tliiit Ituiillly diilr 230 Pacific Service Magazine central Placer, in which latter they werejoined by Frank Godding, John Petersand H. E. Linder, at least as far asColfax. In 1890, when the extension of theSouth Yuba to Auburn was determinedupon, Spaulding and Engelbright at onceprepared to reconstruct the old ditchfrom Bear Valley to Gold Run, and byDecember, 1891, the work of buildingnew flumes and strengthening the ditchreached that point, under the able man-agement of Frank Godding, assisted byJohn Peters. The early spring of 1892witnessed the starting of the survey forthe new ditch by Mr. Clem Uren, whileactual ditch-digging began at Gold RunJuly , the same year, and ended withthe installation of the sand tank and theupper end of the pipeline across Stam-pede Canyon at Serret town. Mr. JohnPeters had charge of that part of theditch, assisted, for a short time, byGodd
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