San Bernardino County Los Angeles Times, Jul. 8, 1897 p. 4.
San Bernardino, July 7--(Regular Correspondence) When the Campbell Lytle Creek Electric and Power Company was organized an offer was made to the city to furnish cheaper lighting, and the Board of City Trustees was about to close the contract with it when the San Bernardino Electric Company. that is now furnishing light, sailed in and bid half a dollar lower, with the result that the board got frightened and rejected both propositions. Tuesday another Lytle Creek company was incorporated called the Lytle Creek Reservoir and Power Company, and before it could get in a bid the present lighting company got in its work and rushed a contract through for ten years at the same rate the city is now paying, $6.50 per month for each light. The legality of this will depend upon the population being under or over 10,00, as in the latter care the contract will not hold. It may take an official census to settle the point.
New Lytle Creek Company
Papers of incorporation were filed Tuesday for the Lytle Creek Reservoir and Power Company, of which the capital stock is $1,000,000 in 10,000 shares of $100 each. The entire stock is subscribed as follows: A.B, Hotchkiss, Los Angeles, 2500 shares; C.B. Hughes, Lytle Creek, San Bernardino county, 5005 shares; M.A. Murphy, Colton, 2475 shares; A.W. Boggs, Riverside, 10 shares; E.H. Gruwell, Riverside, 10 shares. These five are also the Board of Directors. The object of the corporation is to use the waters's of Lytle Creek by means of dams, ditches etc. in the production of electricity for power purposes. This is an entirely new electric project, which has no connection with any of the others from the same source of supply.
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