History of Santa Clara County California with biographical sketches, Part 57

Author: Sawyer, Eugene T
Publication date: 1922
Publisher: Los Angeles : Historic Record Co.
Number of Pages: 1934


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nest and he took them home and kept them for four months. At the end of that time their penchant for killing hogs cost them their lives.


But Mountain Charley's great battle with a grizzly came later-on the afternoon of the eighth of May, 1854. He had been out hunt- ing all day with a friend named Taylor. They had killed five deer and were engaged in dragging two of them out of a gulch when they saw a male bear, about 400 yards below them. While in the act of getting around the bear-a very large one-the animal unbe- known to them, executed a similar maneuver, and as they were climbing to the top of a little mound, the bear suddenly met them. The surprise was mutual. The bear gave a snort and plunged at them. Taylor fired the first shot and missed, then made for a tree. Mountain Charley, armed with a rifle, fired quickly. The ball struck the bear over the eye and then Charley, now at close quarters struck the bear on the head with the rifle, breaking off the barrel. The blow felled the bear, but he immediately arose, and with his tremendous jaws wide open made a murder- ons snap at Charley catching him over the left eye and forehead, crushing the skull and tearing out a large section of it. The old mountaineer then threw up his arms, in a locked position, in front of his face, when the bear grappled at them, crushing down with his grinders upon one arm and terribly lacerating the flesh of the other. Evidently satisfied with what he had done, the bear left his enemy and was seen no more.


Taylor, who had left his tree and taken to his heels when the bear attacked his friend, returned some time after the battle with Shul- ties, a mountain rancher, who lived a short distance away. Mountain Charley was found in an unconscious state and carried to his home. One eye had been torn out, the nose and one side of his face were disfigured and there was a gaping wound in the skull. Drs. A. W. Bell and T. J. Ingersoll attended the sufferer, removed pieces of bone from the skill and put in a silver plate sufficiently large to cover the brain. About a year after- ward Mountain Charley came to San Jose and consulted Drs. Ingersoll and Spencer in re- gard to his condition. The wound in the head had not properly healed and an operation was performed. After this time the patient wore no plate and he lived in very good health for forty-six years, dying in San Jose in 1902. For many years prior to his death Mountain Char- ley was engaged in the lumber business in San Jose. He was highly respected and his death was a loss to the community.


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In May, 1875, McKiernan, or Mountain Charley, as he was best known, was the lead- ing figure in another adventure. On April 1, the stage between his mountain ranch and Lexington was robbed and a month later the crime was repeated. Shortly after the last robbery Mountain Charley, who had killed a steer, was in the act of packing it when he saw two men near the road. Thinking they were neighbors, he hailed them, but as they came towards him he realized his mistake and also came to the conclusion that the men were the much-wanted stage robbers. Soon after this the sheriff of Santa Cruz County rode up and with Mountain Charley as guide went to find the two men. They were located at an old house about six miles off. As the house was being surrounded the two men showed fight and fired several shots at the sheriff and his posse. During the firing Mountain Charley entered the house and saw the men standing by the chimney in the main room. One of them was raising his gun to shoot when Charley fired twice with the inten- tion of crippling them. One shot passed through the arm of the man with the gun; the other grazed the eyebrow of the other man. Then they surrendered, were taken to San Jose, and each received a ten years' sen- tence.


Small Towns and Villages


Linda Vista district, on the Alum Rock road, is one of the most progressive, healthful and cultured sections in the county. The Alum Rock Improvement Club, maintained unanimously by its citizens, is a live active body, and irrespective of personal interests the members volunteer their services and their activities and have accomplished splendid re- sults. Linda Vista is a delightful section in the eastern foothills, largely in the frostless thermal belt, overlooking the entire valley, within twenty minutes' ride from San Jose.


Edenvale is a station on the Southern Pa- cific Railway and state highway, six miles south of San Jose. It is in the heart of a rich fruit section and is also the home of E. A. and J. O. Hayes, publishers of the San Jose Mercury. The grounds cover a large tract of land, and the ornamentation of the place, together with the large, costly and im- posing buildings have attracted sight-seers from far and wide. The grounds are free to the public. At Edenvale the Richmond-Chase 20


Company has a warehouse for the section's fruit, and a mile away there is a receiving station for dried fruits. It is one of the Ros- enberg Bros.' branches.


Six miles south of Edenvale and twelve miles from San Jose, on the line of the South- ern Pacific and on the state highway, is Coy- ote. In the center of a rich little valley, hemmed in by low ridges of rocky hills and with the creek flowing northward close by, this town is a trading and shipping point for the surrounding community. Here are lo- cated two stores and a large seed warehouse. The agricultural land in the valley is a river wash, rich and deep, but of no great area. It is devoted largely to prunes and to the seed industry. The prices for it range from $400 to $800 per acre, depending upon the improve- ments.


Five miles west of San Jose, on a good macadam road, is a little group of buildings called Meridian Corners. Here are located two stores, a blacksmith shop and a station on the electric road between San Jose and Saratoga. It is right in the heart of the fruit district, mostly prunes. Schools, churches, rural mail delivery, telephones and electric power are available to all farmers. Land is held from $500 to $1000 per acre.


Madrone is a shipping point, eighteen miles south of San Jose. It is located on the rail- road and State Highway, and has two stores and a winery.


San Martin is a small town of 250 people on the line of the Southern Pacific, six miles north of Gilroy. It is on the line of the Southern Pacific and the State Highway. Here are a store, a cannery, blacksmith shops, a lumber yard, a school and a Presbyterian Church. The recent sale of the great Lion ranch, near the town and the proposed cutting up of the tract into small ranches, will in- crease San Martin's population and commer- cial importance.


Other villages or stations are Lawrence, seven miles from San Jose and four miles from Santa Clara, with its hay and grain warehouse, two churches, a school and a de- pot; Lexington, formerly a stage station, ten miles above Los Gatos. Since the opening of the railroad to Santa Cruz, all the business has gone to Alma. And lastly, there is Monte Vista, a mile west of Cupertino, which is lit- tle more than a station on the Peninsular Railway.


CHAPTER XXXV.


Miscellaneous Items of Interest-Observations of a Weather Expert-Judge Belden and Mayor Pfister-An Auto Camp-Result of Presidential Elections in the County.


Dr. William Simpson, Santa Clara County's Health Officer and Assistant Collaborating Epidemiologist of the United States Public Health Services, gives his observations of twenty-nine years, in the following notes: "Santa Clara County, or the Santa Clara Valley; has two separate and distinct cli- mates, both ideal, but for different types of in- dividuals. The north portion of the county, the valley portion, skirting the bay, cooled and freshened in summer, and tempered in winter by the ozone bearing winds from the ocean offers to the strong and vigorous, the golfer, the tennis player and student, the home seeker and worker, just the stimulus needed to keep him in form and up to his work, but


ful and equally favorable location, and to all alike is offered a climate absolutely free from malaria and where cholera infantum, dysen- tery and the epidemic diarrhoeal diseases are so rare that they are practically unknown and never epidemic. The dreaded 'second summer' of the eastern and southern mother, the California born mother has never heard of, and the California baby cuts his eye and stom- ach teeth in ignorance of the troubles of his eastern cousin.


"For all water is pure, plenty and whole- some. Falling as snow in the Sierras or rain in the hills and valleys it is filtered through sand and gravel in natural filter beds many feet below the impervious strata which sep-


Weather Report The Weather Bureau of San Jose shows the following seasonal precipitation for that city :


Seasons


July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov.


Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June Total


1906-1907


0


0


0.13


0.01


0.98


4.61


1.88


7.75


0.46


0.08


0.42 22.71


1907-1908


0


0.06


0.98


0.13


2.63


2.46


1.14


0.23


0.67


0.01 11.96


1908-1909


0


0


0.09


0.19


1.11


1.54


7.69


4.87


2.77


0


0.41


0.02


14.56


1910-1911


T


0


0.75 0.09


0.72 0.20


1.27 0.28


5.41


2.31


0,83 2.03


2.84 6.26


0.45


0.07 0.46


10.58


1912-1913


T


0


0.71


0.21


0.29


4.10 1.36


0.43 3.00 3.73


6.23 4.85


3.94 7.02


1.49


1.07


0.06


0.01


T 16.27


1916-1917


T


0.01


0.78


0.84


0.41 0.54


0.55


0.70


4.88 2.63 4.87


2.87


0.06


0.01


T 18.87


1919-1920


T


0.01


0.25


0.28


0.09


2.48


0.10


1.04


3.43


0.92


T


0.21


8.80


1920-1921


0


0


0.02


1.71


1.84


3.58


4.75


1.09


0.80


0.40


0.82


T


15.01


1921-1922


0


0


0.21


0.21


1.65


Normals


0.00


0.04


0.34


0.90


1.89


3.05


2.88


2.54


2.98


1.41


0.68


0.08


16.79


the wind which carries ozone carries also moisture which, while it is most valuable to the rancher and his crops, to the small fruit grower and his berries, to the dairyman and his alfalfa, to the vegetable gardener and his products, is too stimulating for the neuras- thenic, the asthmatic, the weak and those who need warmth and shelter and protection.


"For these the eastern and western foot- hills with their sunny slopes, their freedom from fog and frost offers an equally delight-


arates it from the surface water, and comes to the surface bubbling with oxygen from the spring or deep well safe, cool and refreshing. No typhoid in its sparkle, for no germ can reach its source.


"In Alum Rock Canyon, on the San Jose City Reservation, the city's playground, there are more than a dozen mineral springs each differing in its analysis from the other, and each and all absolutely free to the public, and equal in medicinal value to those of any re-


0.26


0.22


0


12.63


1917-1918


T


0


0.01


0


1918-1919


0


0


6.33


0.15


2.24


1,28


1.06


0.30 0,09


2.80 1.17


1.95


0.38


0.65


0.19 2.69 0


19.45 22,71


1915-1916


0


0.04


0


0 0.19


4.37


8.71


1,83


1.10


0.77 4.48


0.45


T


0


22.65


1911-1912


0


0


0


0.80


0.18


0.68 12.38 2.03


1.36 2.29


1913-1914


0.09 0


0.08 0


T


0.02


1914-1915


0


0.50


3.48


0.98


0,90


T 0.21 0.70 0.77 0.01


0.25


0 0.05 18.31


1909-1910


0


0


6.35


9.36


6.39 3.65


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sort. At Saratoga in a most beautiful canyon, easily reached, is the Congress Spring, only equalled by its namesake in New York, while but a few miles away are the Azule springs and in the southern portion of the county the Gilroy Hot Springs and others too many to enumerate, but all assets to the well being of those who are seeking health and a comfort- able old age.


"An editorial in The Century for Septem- ber, 1894, will bear repeating here.


"'What a blessed country California must be, practically exempt as its coast counties are from the summer complaints of children. What a boon to young mothers the glorious climate of the golden shores of the Pacific. No summer complaints, no diarrhoea of teeth- ing infants; no sleepless night, and tired nerves, and distracted parents, and worn out doctors, and exhausted nurses, and yarb teas.


""There we have a climate for the little people who are slow in recovering, a climate which offers hope for parents who have suf- fered the loss of one or more little ones and who do not know which way to turn lest they lose others, perhaps yet unborn, and go child- less through life.'


"It is the possibility of outdoor life, of every day in the year in the open air that makes the children of Santa Clara County so vigorous, our young men and young women models of strength and beauty and our elders so sturdy and well preserved."


Belden and Pfister


Speaking of the weather the following story in which two of San Jose's distinguished citi- zens figure has been often told.


Years ago when Adolph Pfister was mayor of San Jose and David Belden was judge of the Superior Court of Santa Clara County, there was a drouth so intense that a W. C. T. U. convention looked like a spring freshet in comparison. The ministers and church people generally prayed for rain and prayed some more. Meeting Pfister on the street, Judge Belden said :


"Dolph, it's plain to me that the Lord is tired of being worried by these people. He wants to hear from us sinners. Let's you and me, the two leading sinners of this commun- ity, take a hand. You pray tonight, and so will I."


Two days after, with no rain in sight, Belden met Pfister again. "Look here, 'Dolph," said the judge, "did you pray for rain?" "No," said Pfister. "Why not, you old sinner?" "Had a sore knee and couldn't kneel down." "Well," replied Belden, "you pray tonight if you have to pray standing."


Whether Pfister prayed is not certain, but the next day it rained and rained plenty. Water fell in pails full. Everything was wet. It kept on raining. Then it rained some more. And then rained. Once more Belden met Pfister. "See here, 'Dolph," he said, "did you pray for this rain ;" "Course I did," said Pfister. "Well," said Belden reflectively, "I'm glad we didn't start together as I first sug- gested, and I'm willing to give you most of the credit. But say, Pfister, don't you think it's about time to inform the Lord that he is being too darned good to us?"


An Auto Camp


The Directors of the San Jose Chamber of Commerce, realizing the need of providing ac- commodations for the hundreds of automobile tourists who are now passing through San Jose from all over the United States, have es- tablished an emergency auto camp at Cedar Brook Park, Twelfth and Keyes Streets. Ac- tion was taken in the matter in order to pre- vent visitors from passing through the city and going to other points before they had pro- perly seen San Jose. The park is available for immediate usage, under a lease obtained from the owner by the Chamber.


The new camping site covers an area of more than four acres, in which are hundreds of trees, benches and tables for the use of patrons, and numerous large buildings which could be used for shelter in case of heavy rains. Ample lighting facilities are provided by strings of electric lights running over the enter grounds, and a caretaker will be on duty all the time, it is stated, to assist and advise tourists in making their camp.


In order to aid campers who are passing through the city to find the grounds the Chamber of Commerce has arranged to place signs on the Alameda-Oakland Boulevard and South First Street, where they enter the city, directing people how to get there. The camp abuts onto Coyote Creek, along whose banks is an abundance of willows. The entire acreage is covered with a floor of grass, and a wonderful view of the mountains of the east- ern slope of the valley is an added attraction.


Presidential Elections


Following is the vote cast in Santa Clara County at the different Presidential elections since the admission of California into the Union.


1852-Pierce (D.), 829; Scott (Whig), 682. 1856-Buchanan (D.), 809; Fremont (R.), 576; Bell (Ind.), 673.


1860-Lincoln (R.), 1477; Douglas (North- ern D.), 881; Breckenridge (Southern D.), 722.


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1864-Lincoln (R.), 1930; Mcclellan (D.), 1202.


1868-Grant (R.), 2307; Seymour (D.), 2330. 1872-Grant (R.), 2219; Greeley (D. and Lib. R.), 1670. 1876-Hayes (R.), 3326; Tilden (D.), 3065. 1880-Garfield (R.), 3116; Hancock (D.), 2820.


1884-Blaine (R.), 3839; Cleveland (D.), 3172


1888-Harrison (R.), 4463; Cleveland (D.), 3933. 1892-Harrison (R.), 4624; Cleveland (D,) 4169. 1896-McKinley (R.), 6315; Bryan (D.), 4443.


1900-McKinley (R.), 7119; Bryan (D.), 4672. 1904-Roosevelt (R.), 8274; Parker (D.), 3090.


1908-Taft (R.), 7,988; Bryan (D.), 3836.


1912-Roosevelt (Prog. & R.), 10968; Wil- son (D.), 9173.


In the 1912 primaries, held in May, Roose- velt and Taft were the Republican contestants. The result eliminated Taft, the vote for per- sonal choice being 3296 for Roosevelt and 1666 for Taft. Roosevelt delegates to the Na- tional Republican Convention were elected at the same time. At the November election Taft, although he was the Republican nom- inee of the National Convention, had no place on the printed ticket. He received a few writ- ten-in votes, but the great bulk of the votes went to Roosevelt, who was nominated by the newly formed Progressive party.


1916-Hughes (R.), 16660; Wilson (D.), 14222.


1920-Harding (R.), 19,565; Cox (D.), 6506; Debs, 1667; Watkins, 1014.


CHAPTER XXXVI.


LATEST HISTORICAL RECORD


In August, 1920, the name, Farm Owners and Operators was changed to the Federa- tion of American Farmers. At the annual meeting, held November 7, the following trus- tees were elected :


District No. 1-Robert Britton, Morgan Hill; Dr. H. R. Chesbro, Gilroy ; J. J. Nielson, Morgan Hill; J. W. Britton, Morgan Hill. District No. 2-J. A. Fair, San Jose; John Hassler, San Jose; A. R. McClay, San Jose ; J. S. Hensill, San Jose. District No. 3-T. D. Landels, San Jose ; J. J. McDonald, Milpitas ; A. M. Foster, San Jose ; H. F. Curry, San Jose. District No. 4-A. P. Freeman, Lawrence Station; A. W. Greathead, San Jose; S. E. Johnson, Cupertino; V. T. McCurdy, Santa Clara. District No. 5-Luther Cunningham Saratoga; R. P. Van Orden, Mountain View ; W. H. Hobson, Los Gatos; C. E. Warren, Cupertino. Trustees at large-E. L. Fellows, Santa Clara; E. K. Clendenning, Campbell ; T. J. Henderson, Campbell ; J. K. Durst, Sun- nyvale, and F. C. Wilson, Sunnyvale.


In August, 1920, the Liberty Amusement Company, represented by James Beatty, man- ager of the Liberty Theater, purchased the old Brassey building and the old telephone building on South Market Street, together with a frontage of twenty-four feet on South First Street, for the purpose of erecting a new $300,000 motion picture house. Work will be- gin in 1922.


During August, 1920, workmen removed part of the old adobe wall, the last relic of the famous old Mission of Santa Clara, that for years has marked the confines of an old struc- ture harboring a part of the present univer- sity. Researches made in 1920 to establish the site of the first Mission have been care- fully made, and the Catholic Fathers at the University of Santa Clara believe that the site selected by George Bray, a member of the Santa Clara County Historical Society, on the Laurel Wood near Agnew ranch is the correct one, and a monument will be set up on the spot, which is about a mile north of Santa Clara. On account of floods a second site was located and the corner stone was laid by Father Junipero Serra November 19, 1781, the first cross on the Laurel Wood site having been planted on January 12, 1777. The sec- ond Mission, near the present Santa Clara railroad depot, was destroyed by two earth- quakes, one in 1812, the other in 1818. The third and last site was selected in 1818.


In July, 1920, the Mohawk Oil Company leased 12,000 acres on the Dodge and De Hart property about a mile and half above Chit- tenden and commenced drilling for oil in 1921. The company's engineers sel- ected seven favorable locations for drilling, one of which is on the spot of the old Hum- phrey Mormon settlement, founded there ... 1843, the buildings of which were burned to


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the ground several years ago. The Shell Oil Company has gone into the business on a larger scale, having leased 12,000 acres to the left of Sargent, on the Miller & Lux property, and has already erected two derricks. The Shell people are spending large sums of money to develop this district.


The census figures for the cities and towns in Santa Clara County, released in August, show that the county has a total population of 100,588, a gain of 17,050 since 1910. One in- teresting figure is that of San Jose Township, which has 56,812. It is said that this repre- sents the true population of San Jose much more nearly than the 39,604 given out.


The figures for the towns are as follows:


1920


1910


1900


Alviso, Town


517


402


....


Gilroy City


2,812


2.437


1,820


Los Gatos, Town


2,317


2,323


1,915


Mayfield, Town


1,127


1,041


Morgan Hill, Town .


646


607


...


In July the California Walnut Growers As- sociation was granted a lease of five years on the old Dame property in Santa Clara and will locate their plant on this site. The struc- ture will be 60 x 80 feet, and the Santa Clara County Association, affiliated with the Cali- fornia, plans to handle from 250 to 400 tons of walnuts every year. The present officers of the Association are T. J. Martin, president ; G. Payne, vice-president; C. J. Parks, secretary and treasurer. These men, with J. Conner, O. R. Prien, of Morgan Hill, Mr. Ayers, of Mountain View, and D. Luther, compose the board of directors. Joseph A. Conner was elected manager.


The complete list of Santa Clara County boys in service during the European War who received citations or decorations for dis- tinguished or meritorious service is as follows :


Frank Angell, Stanford University; Cheva- liers de l'ordere de la couronne.


Captain R. W. Ashley, Palo Alto; British military cross.


Mrs. Frances Bean, San Jose; cited by Bel- gium.


Milton Brown, Stanford University; letter of commendation.


Lieutenant Douglas Campbell, Mt. Hamil- ton; distinguished service cross; four oak leaves; ace; Legion of Honor.


Kenneth Campbell, Mt. Hamilton; Italian war cross.


Donald Clark, Stanford; Croix de guerre.


Lieutenant C. C. Cottrell, San Jose; two American citations.


Philip A. Daley, Morgan Hill; distinguish- ed service cross.


Rowland W. Dodson, San Jose; Croix de guerre.


Professor H. R. Fairclough, Stanford Uni- versity ; order of the white eagle.


Harold Gentry, Stanford University ; letter of commendation.


Corporal Reuben L. George, San Jose ; dis- tinguished service cross.


John Goodman, Stanford; Croix de guerre. Sgt. Walter J. Gores, Stanford University ; Croix de guerre.


Bryce G. Greene, San Jose ; Croix de guerre. Sgt. Floyd Hopping, Los Gatos; distin- guished service cross.


Sing Kee, San Jose; cited by America; dis- tinguished service cross.


Mrs. Charlotte Kellogg, Stanford Univer- sity ; chevaliers de l'ordere de la couronne.


Harper H. Lewis, San Jose; cited by Amer- ica.


Palmer W. Lewis, San Jose; Croix de guerre.


Wm. H. Rhodes, San Jose ; Croix de guerre ; American citation.


Prof. Samuel Swayze Seward Jr., Palo Alto; French Legion of Honor.


Corporal J. Howell Smith, Stanford Uni- versity ; Italian war cross.


Walter R. Suess, San Jose; Croix de guerre. Fred E. Vasquez, San Jose; distinguished service cross.


Maurice Widby, San Jose; letter of com- mendation.


Captain Robert Woodville, Palo Alto; French and American citation.


Sergeant Elmer T. Worthy, Stanford Uni- versity ; American citation ; distinguished ser- vice cross.


Three more should be credited to Palo Alto. Alan Nichols, before he was killed, was award- ed the Croix de guerre, and afterward two palms were added. John Greer was cited for bravery and awarded the Croix de guerre. Sara F. Harker received a decoration from the Queen of Belgium.


In August, 1920, Santa Clara voted gram- mar school bonds in the sum of $100,000. Bonds for a new high school were also car- ried.


In August, 1920, $90 and $100 per ton were offered for wine grapes in Santa Clara Coun- ty. A dehydrating plant with modern machin- ery was opened for business in Los Gatos on August 26, 1920.


A Council of Boy Scouts of America was organized in San Jose in August, 1920. Of- ficers were elected as follows : president, Rob-


...


Mountain View, Town


1,888


1,161


Palo Alto, City


5,900


4,486


1,658


Santa Clara, Town


4,998


4,348


3,650


San Jose, City


39,604


28,946


21,500


Sunnyvale, Town


1,675


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HISTORY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY


ert I. Bentley, Jr .; first vice-president, Archer Bowden; second vice-president, Charles L. Snyder; third vice-president, Dr. J. L. Pritch- ard; secretary, J. Derol Chace; treasurer, A. B. Post. Fifteen acres in Alum Rock Park were set aside for the exclusive use and jurisdiction of the local Scouts, and were first used in 1921.


Announcement was made early in October, 1920, by several men closely connected with the Port Sunnyvale project that the Federal- Poulsen Telegraph and Construction, which had been operating a radio plant at Palo Alto, had secured a site from the Spring Valley Water Company about 1500 feet south of the turning bowl of the port for the erection of the largest radio station on the Pacific Coast. The new station will be one of the most pow- erful in existence, having sufficient power to send and receive messages to and from all parts of the world. Over 112 tons of struc- tural steel, to be used in the construction of the tower, which is to be 600 feet high, are being prepared in San Francisco. Several carloads of piling have been ordered by the company for use in construction of the plant, which will occupy a site approximately 400 feet square. Over 4,000 cubic yards of con- crete are to be used in the construction of the necessary buildings. The cost of the entire plant is estimated at somewhere in the neigh- borhood of $175,000. The Federal-Poulsen people plan to build a similar plant at Port- land, Ore., the Sunnyvale plant and the Port- land plant to be worked together on many messages. It was, however, found necessary to construct the Sunnyvale plant before start- ing work on the Oregon station.




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