Harry Saine

T.O. ("Harry") Saine Tilden O / Harry T Saine Birth: 5 Nov 1876 Butler twp., Miami County, Indiana Death: 8 Dec 1964 Gilroy, Santa Clara County, California, Burial Mission City Memorial Park Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California

married Ora E Kellogg Birth Date: 16 Nov 1877 llinois Death Date: 20 Oct 1945 San Francisco, San Francisco County, California burial Mission City Memorial Park Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California

1945 - Oct 24 - FORMER RESIDENT DIES Mrs. J. R. Eckman received a telegram Sunday that her sisterin-law, Mrs. Harry Saine, of San Francisco, Calif., had died Saturday evening as the result of a stroke. The Saines were Culver residents for a number of years, Mr. Saine at one time operating a store here.

Children:

Thelma Fern Saine 1902–1979
Francis Lorene Saine 1908–1989

married 2nd 1 Jun 1950 Santa Clara, California Gertrude Estella Raymer Birth 1 Mar 1883 Holt, Nebraska Death 7 Oct 1961 Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California, daughter of Rev, George O Raymer and Sarah S Brox 1860–1952married 1st LeRoy "Roy" Smtih

1908 - Feb - 13 - New Gas Light. Harry Saine has been appointed local agent for the Acetelyne Apparatus Mfg. Co. of Chicago, and has taken a contract for placing lights in Oliver Morris' house. Several other parties are contemplating installing this beautiful and cheap illuminant.

1909 - Sep 16 - Harry Saine, who printe large numbers of Culver souvenir postcards from his own copyrighted negatives, is the victim of piratical publishers who are duplicating bis cards and selling them to local dealers. Saine last week notified the dealers to withdraw such cards from sale, and he will proceed at law against the publishers.

1910 - Apr 28 - Harry Saine is about to build a 26x30, two-story, eight-room house, on the lot recently purchased in the Zechiel addition. The improvement will cost between $1,200 and $1,400

1910 - Sep 15 - Complete Electrical Plant.

Harry Saine last week connected his new house and his father's house with the generator at the store, and both houses are now handsomely lighted with electricity - Harry's with 15 lamps and his father's with 8.

The store burns 40 lights. As a reserve power the store has a 60-cell battery which is brought into service late in the evening and at other times when the dynamo is not running. The battery is recharged from the dygamo.

Later an electric motor will be installed to run the coffee mill.

The plant has 80 far cost upwards of $1,000 and the work of installation has been been by Harry Saine.

1911 - Mar 16 - AN ELECTRIC PLANT

Conditions Seem to Favor Early Installation of a Modern System of Lighting for Culver.

The town board on Monday night granted a 50-year electric lighting and power franchise to T. O. ("Harry") Saine.

The conditions of the franchise do not carry any obligation on the part of the town to contract for street lights, but the board members unotficially announce that they are prepared to appropriate a sum sufficient to furnish lights for the business district and the close in residence sections.

Mr. Saine is confident of his ability to finance, the improvementin fact parties, resident and nonresident, stand ready to subscribe the required amount of capital if it can be shown that sufficient current is taken to make the investment secure. Mr. Saine expresses a strong hope that our people will patronize an electric plant to an extent that will justify its being installed.

Aside from the store, residence and stréet lighting it is believed that the railroad company, hotels and lake cottages will use the light.

The investment necessary to put a plant on a supporting basis is figured at $12,000 to $14,000 with. out a day current; in case the latter is used the cost will run up to $20,000.

In the matter of street lights the boulevard plan of posts carrying a cluster of high-power incandescent lamps is favored, with suspended arcs for the residence sections. The former can be furnished for $1.50 per month, and the latter for $5 per month. he franchise is modeled after Hoopeston's, in Illinois, and has been revised by the town attorney. It calls for the beginning of the work within 18 months, but if the project is shown to be practicable after a thorough canvass of the town has been made, work will begin immediately and the plant will be in operation before next winter.

Urging the adoption of public improvements seems to be a part of the law and gospel of the newspaper, though results are not always of so brilliant a character as to justify the editor in feeling chesty; but in the matter of a firstclass and universal system of lighting the Citizen believes that it will come nearer striking a responsive chord than it bas appeared to do in the case of some other improvements.

1912 - Feb 15 - ELECTRIC LIGHTING

Harry Saine will apply for a franchise to erect a pole line between Plymouth and Culver for the purpose of conveying electric current to this place.

It is very defivitely promised that the South Bend & . Logansport interurban will be running into Plymouth by July 1. The power is contracted for with the Berrien Springs company that is already furuishing power to South Bend, St. Joseph and Elkhart, and it will be an easy proposition to take the current at Plymouth to supply electricity for a plant in Culver.

The Vandalia alone will take 300 lights, and it will be but a short time before every business man and householder in Culver who can afford it will be glad to substitute electric lights for most of the methods now used.

1912 - oct 2 - Local Light Company.

announces his ability to make a definite proposition for furnishing electric light to the town and private oonsumers.

He has at last financed his company to the point where the capital is assured. Of the __ takes 10, Frank B__, Harvey Bates 20, __rd, Mr. Saine says, ___10, leaving but 5 fo __ription [Note this is a small white spot over this area]

The Citizen gets luv post-office in time to announce a public meeting at the Osborn hotel this week Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock to cousider the preposition and confer with the town board relative to a street lighting contract.

Obviously, the paper will be better able to make extended comment next week.

But, in anticipation of a favorable verdict of the meeting on the matter of making a street lighting contract, our people should prepare themselves to give every possible encouragement to Mr. Saine when he makes his canvass for securing private consumers. About half the number required have already been obtained.

1913 - May 8 - T. O. ("Harry") Saine returned Saturday from near Los Angeles where he is in charge of the electrical power on Major Bates' ranch and will remain here during the summer. At the close of the lake season he will take his family to California.