Henry Fisher, a native of Pennsylvania, went into the oil fields soon after the first well was struck in that state, and at once became interested in producing petroleum.\u00a0 In company with his two brothers he had the first pipe line ever put down through the oil-producing district.\u00a0 This line and others, which were laid later, were bought by the men who started the Standard Oil Company.\u00a0 When the business was in its earlier stages there was no pipeline from Oil City to Pittsburgh, but all the oil was sent down the river by tugboats.\u00a0 The Fisher Oil Company, of which Henry Fisher was a member until a year and a half ago, is the oldest in the United States.\u00a0 Mr. Fisher\u2019s two brothers are still members of this company and there is only one man interested in the stock of the company who is not a Fisher.\u00a0 Its business has always been that of a producer, not of a refiner.<\/p>\n
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Mr. Fisher\u2019s return to California last fall, when he decided to become a permanent resident of Redlands, was his fifth trip to this state.\u00a0 A residence for himself and family is at present being built on Highland Avenue and San Mateo.\u00a0 This residence will be of a style of architecture new in Redlands, Moorish in design with a patio in the center, covered by a stained glass roof and containing an electric fountain.\u00a0 The roof of the house itself will be of tiles.\u00a0 The building will be cemented on the outside, the towers and similar portions being decorated with stucco and staff work.<\/p>\n
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Mr. Fisher, having disposed of his oil interests, is at present largely interested in the electrical developments now being made in Southern California.\u00a0 He is president of the Southern California Power Company, a director in the Lytle Creek Light and Power Company and in the Redlands Electric Light and Power Company, and is interested in other companies of the same sort in Pasadena and Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
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