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Show RIBBONS OF FIRE OVER HILLS OF COAST NEVADA CITY, CaL, May 12. Ribbons Rib-bons of fire will soon oxtond from tho San Francisco bay region far into the mountains of northeastern California, according to electrical engineers. New inventions if insulation, it is stated, will make it practicable to Increase In-crease the load of power wires from loss than 100,000 volts to 220,000 volts, with the result that the wires and probably tho steel supporting towers will gleam brightly at night These higher power wires are .first to by used in connection with the great hydro-electric project of the Pacific Pa-cific Gas and Electric company in tho Pit river region of Lassen, Modoc and Shasta counties and will convey electrical elec-trical energy upwards of 400 miles. |