Pacific Gas and Electric magazine . f the Murchie mine, after itis unwatered, will prove satisfactory, andthat the mine will be operated on a verylarge scale. A contract covering service to thePhoenix Milling Company, in Sacra-mento, has been renewed with us, andis of more than passing interest. ThePhoenix mill was the first power con-sumer supplied with electric energy froma hydro-electric plant in California, sofar as we know, this plant being sup-plied from the Folsom power-house whenit was first constructed. The plant hasbeen located at the corner of Thirteenthand ,1 streets, in Sacramento
Pacific Gas and Electric magazine . f the Murchie mine, after itis unwatered, will prove satisfactory, andthat the mine will be operated on a verylarge scale. A contract covering service to thePhoenix Milling Company, in Sacra-mento, has been renewed with us, andis of more than passing interest. ThePhoenix mill was the first power con-sumer supplied with electric energy froma hydro-electric plant in California, sofar as we know, this plant being sup-plied from the Folsom power-house whenit was first constructed. The plant hasbeen located at the corner of Thirteenthand ,1 streets, in Sacramento. It is, how-ever, now being abandoned, and ma-chinery is being installed in a new,up-to-date, reinforced concrete building,loc;;ted on Twelfth and B streets, adjoin-ing the Southern Pacific Railroad. Thepresent plant is modern in every respect;in(l is (luite a contrast to tlie old planttluil is being abandoned. The Phoenixmill has been operated from the i)egin-ning by Mr. .1. M. Arnold, wiio is a well-known resident of 36 Pacific Service Magazine
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