The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1913-06-12
WATER POWER in
NEW ENGLAND
Many ADVANTAGES Over Other Sections
In Fall and Flow of Her Rivers.
Industrial Boom should Follow Their Use For
Hydroelectric Purposes Figures show
She Already Leads

4 third 81 a cent PER alioMati hour But
evan Siih Sc cost approximately that
~ steam. witb coal III iss present price
Il cannot be doubted that the region
possessing 4 large and well distributed
sugBiy ~ such power i gging TO prove
attractive to industry. ana particular,
70 ncW enterprises. 81 reason Of the
f fact that through ia Use there Is saved
Z 60 the manufacturer a large percent.
age ~ hts capital which would other
wise have 10 be expended in steam
plant This saving can be used 10 en-
( large the size Of the plant and Increase
lie capacity Consequently with the
I completion Of even few Of such hy-
I droslectrio stations as are now being
( erected New England should ace a
growth IN her Industries. though these
plants encrosch but little on her po-
I tentlal water power
That New England has long recog-
nized The friendly power " her streams
and been a leader in developing such
I power ~ the old methods In vogue
I before the present age OF electricity Is
shown by the figures Tie total de-
q
I the present time was estimated by the
I commissioner OF corporations in his
recent report al about s0o0 900 horse
/ power. OF this New England had
I about SO per cent. New York go Min
nesota and Wisconsin II and South
I Carolina g. The minimum potential
water power-thAt is. all the power
lodged In the lakes and streams Of the
entire country was placed at 1916
00e. including that already under de-
yeiopmeni The maximum was placed
al 81 3ss.000. Al the recent conserya-
ton congress IL Was e9tlmgted that the
utilization Of even this minimum
amount would mean the saving OF
600. 900. 900 tons Of coal
According 10 the census figures, more
than two ffths Of the total power de-
rived from water wheels by manufac-
turing Establishments lis found in New
England. More than quarter OF
the total power Of all kinds used In
New England's many factories " sup
piled by water wheels. No such show
ing lis TO be found anywhere else in the
United States II this showing has
been made with the old form OF power
transmission, revealing AS IL does how
readily her rivers by reason OF their
great fall and flow have lent them
selves TO mans purposes in this re-
spect, what must be the opportunities
for her Industrial growth in the new
method of Harvesting the stream, a
method by which the power repre-
scented by the rivers fall is taken and
converted into electrical energy and
distributed throughout Il territory
many miles In extent
To-day no longer does man have to
come to the stream and build his plant
at the brink OF the fall Instead he
brings the power to him, Here Is \
method by which the plunging waters
are led tamely through tunnel or canal
so that the force of their fall may
move mighty dynamos. method by
which the hand OF man, 80 to speak,
reaches out and wrestling the power
from the river. uses II TO run his mills,
light his streets and move his trolley
cars, though these may be hundred
miles and more away And yet this
new method is practically In its in
fancy.
The following table gives the amount
OF water power her plants are develop
ing today and what they are capable
OF. distinction being made between
those establishments designed to sell
power for commercial purposes and
those run In connection with manufac-
turing plants.