Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-02-05
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Hydro-Electric Development in
the United States During 1912

hut which viii be available In the dis.
tant future. This estimate ! think b.
low. hut h. at this figure, the equiv
ulrnt Of an the power used In IN"
nation now generated lbs steam pt
this amount say 5000. 0u0 horse pow
er in hydro-cl"ctric power is al pres
ent developed or In process oi deycl-
opment. leaving substantially 10000
coo horse power yet 80 be developed.
This power Is an located ~.
tnl Nounayigauie streams "g both
an interstate and interstate character
over which the states only hay" CON
troll
tbl Navigshlc streams. over which
the federal government has control
through the commerce clause 81 the
constitution.
tcl streams located on public lands
located Ia nauonal forests, aud.
odl streams located on public
lands within the public domain ever
which the federal government while
not owning the water tthH being sub
icct tn state contron. cNerciscs
through is ownership of riparian
lands controlling position, even
Though IL be an Obstructive one.
Two Uses at Power.
BROADLY speaking. this power sub
divides as tu uses. when developed,
into two separate ana distinct classes,
| tor Wr have thrstl development ui
what might b." termed public utilities
| ln which suitahl. transmission and
distributing networks of wires, ,iti's
| communities. and often Wild" urrH'
ar. served with iight. heat ana power
| from one hydro.ei"ctrir plant ~ q
connected group 81 plants. In which
Development e is gUncraly used as 81
supplement to tuei-Een"rat"d power
a. directly completes with 30. Nnr
of The development mad" O." d1t. iall
into this class. ana it should b, n0t"'
that this power does not ,ustomariN
ldlspiu," iIcl-gcnvrat"d power nor ID
iu ever likely Go entirely d" s". Tor b
goes into 90 market already supplied
with uel.gcucratcd power and mus
necessarily grow only us the city E"
I,ommuuity gradually gJowg boz indus
trial importance ana IN population.
| u is 90 conservative estimate ina
when wc shall have developed, saS
N. 00o. 600 to l2.O0o,On horse pow"
tor public utility service within tn
ln.xt forty ar nfty wears ~" shall haN
been able Thereof, To- keep IN adVan'
of me- probable demand lgr sur
power. and this ~ true of hydr"-rl"D
ltrlr power wherever located.
Il Is this Development cot poWrj
however mat Is almus, wholly IN th
lpublir aud congressional mind. Will
the largest and most important deyeI
lopm"ut OF water power coming undo
| distinct and radically Inherent tla'
I yncation Is almost wholly unreoos
I inizcd. This type falls under ,socond
o. a development ~ water power 60
/. local use. ~ th. hasis tor the electro
- chemical aud electra meialmrgic.
4 lopeTgtinns such us. for instance, ~
81 making ct steel or rarhntundum.
Z calcium ynrbid". "F nitric acid, go
- uud into this class We must pat ~
cIrotrRratiun or steam roads wh'
4 "a, latter ~ nnaily accomplished.
= Competition International.
. IN this classification "" see ut "n'
DO thui hNdro.virctric power BE- the foul
To- dution at the establishment at sac
o industry 1t o. based on cheap wat
II POWER used where developed the IL
10 dusiry could neither hc cstablish'
nor i've except with cheap power ~
here the water power completes n
n with steam but with other water pos
era competition not confined to q
~ United states, but of an Information
J.. al character. Ne must in q hght 9
?. the location Of enterprises OF this XII
" compete directly with the cheap al
4 efficient powers throughout IA" Wor
, | ,Rh,rap.r loGntpd whether a
c France or switzerland or Norway
II Italy, an countries of the FIRST rai
4 0f water power resources uhd
In king remarkable progress In n
r hind of development.
~ II We rfnce get Ia mind the fact IA
r. this kind 90 development Is to ina
\. 'nbsorh much ~ the largest percenta