New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-13
VHITNEY,S ELECTRIC SCHEME
WHY 1T WOULD NATURALLY COMBINE WITH
METROPOLITAN TRACTION INTERESTS

WHY 1T WOULD NATURALLY COMBINE WITH
METROPOLITAN TRACTION INTERESTS.
A. NJ Young who superlntended the construction
OF the Kings County Electric Light ard Power Com
panys plant at Gold-st and the river front.
quoted yesterday saying that the Brooklyn
electric light and power companies were part Of
the gigantic combination engineered by william G.
Whitney. and intirlated that the greater part OF
the power for NJ w-York City would be made In
Brooklyn. He said that the power houses OF the
Edison and he Kings County companies were ad
mrably situated arx that they could be increased
In size and efficiency without Limit.
The report that the New-York Gas and Electric
Light. Heat and Power Company really represented
the Whitney syndicate confirmed yesterday by
a representative OF William c. Whitney. While The
Tribune's article Of Sunday regarding the com
pany was In the main accurate. he said. the inter
view with John d. Crimmins upon which Il
based. mad not been authorized by Mr.. Whitney
and was erroneous In several particulars Continu-
ing the speaker said that was true that the New
York Gas and Electric Light Heat and Power Com
pdny had taken over the Mount Morris Electric
Light Company. but he denied absolutely that II
had. "a was asserted by Mr. Crmmins. purchased
the Edison Electric Illuminating Company. OF this
borough. and he doubted that It had secured con-
troll or the Manhattan company that corpora ton
affiliated with the Edison Company and the
General Electric interests
But although the consolidation OF electric Hight
ana electric traction concerns here was not yet IN
accomplished fact ne went on II WAS evident 10
any one conversant with the subject of the appi-
cation or electricity TO those Industries that sIc
consolidation must come about in time. for 1t WAS
clearly TO the advantage Of both. that their re-
sources should be combined. system like thr
metropolitan. Tor Instance carried certain normal
number OF passengers up TO about 3 o'clock ~ the
afternoon From that time the number OF pas
sehgers carried and conse luently the number OF
cars run and the volume OF electric power neccs-
sary for their propulsion rapidly increased reach
ing the maximum at O'Clock. and then decrea sing
until 1t touched the so-called normal again abou,
10 O'Clock. Graphically represented. the business
curing these hours would describe "A curve ascend
ing between and o'clock. when it would reach
what was technically termed the electric peak AMI
thet descending until /" O'Clock.
The electric Hight business. on the other hand
would be represented by a curve rising fioi. or
,; m. the average time OF nghtfal. and attdinn;
me electric peak at about 10 O'Clock. wnen ihe
business Of the traction lines had Decor,. CON-
p"rat'ely light again The traction company WAS
iotced |" buili plant ana install machinery "de
quar-" 10 supply he demand for power dur.ng he
single hour OF the maximum travel its lines a,.
.is "dnipmrht reprrs%nrd ner"aps t"i.e le eos,
distributing power during the rest Of the day. 50
politan Street Railway Company's pint was non
productive except Tor very small period during he
twenty-tour hours. Similarly. the electro light
companies had 10 have power houses ana dynamos
extensive enough TO meet the needs OF 'he single
hour or SO represented by their electric peak a"ut
ana night large perrentase Of their CAPT
electricity ;or Lighting purposes being small that
some of the dynamos would be- STOPPED.
IT. however. the traction dynamOs could be run
at the electric peak eyrl that f. If all the ma
chin"ry OF The power-houses could be run AL the
time. instead OF 70: onl, hour out Of the
| twenty four the total capital invested in them
would be productivity employed. and enormous
economic advantage would accrue. because the
surplus power generated during the slack hours
Of street railway car operation could be- stored AMI
then transformed and sent ont 10 reieTe the pres
sure or the electric ight plants at their electr
peak hour. and In the way the electrc-liehi
plants II all their dynamOs kept steadily run
ming would store their surplus power and deliver
the necessary part OF II 10 the railways AT the time
their need Of power was greatest. so the trac-
ton compa nes and the electric light companies
added the speaker were naturally dependent upon
each other only In this city. but as general
propOsit iOn and their constellation in this and
every other community was step which In time
must be taken.