The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1913-06-12

TIE pfohls@ ~ Harvesting oar river
and aiAllsins their poser 70 tnefe ~
shesls ~ commerce and industry
to-day a subject u ever lnrreAsiHs
st4sg Ane u u one fraugni stth ifc.
naendogs importance = she isiurs y
Nv England
Tue Increase In The price ~ coal, ~
fact a. shown ~ seoiosisis reports
that our coSi supply Is not inehhsaE,'
itle particularly TIE supply " anthra
este have turned our thoughts 70 th'
fgssT. hAse bzde us tfY 10 atal our
selves ~ 10 friendly iioN and DtillE'
the enormous onergy which q repre-
seats
Tn. Increased attention given 20 thii
subject resulted few years Ago IN th'
geological survey making q careful -
animation u Tho co0ntry'A water pow
.r. and a year $40 tho bureau 81 cor
yonat.ons revised and extended th'
sors o. a. to show the extent 20 which
water power has UP tlli now been util.
llsd The report q ths commissioner
~ corporations for one thing, pointed
Oh, that IN. great bulk Of the water
INMe VI tfAE A@MfAhs N~F W. 49, ~NSN'
-in other words. that New England
New York and psnnsy iyania and few
souih Atianyc states, together viii
the Ps.ihc contained pretty much all
that Their. was " IT,
TIE following are the principal riy-
err whose potential water power is "
important to New England and which
should make IL pre-emlnenily the
plsc. for manufacturing opportunities
St Groin River, Maine
Total fan ~ feet IN soit miles draina gs
area. l.Gs sausr. mites maximum rate u
Tall 70 feet psr mile at spragne Fails
Psnebseot River, Maine.
Total fall 100 feet IN 10 miles. drain.
az. area. ssss square miles: maximum
rats " fan. 1911 feet pei mile al chesan'
ooos lake
ksnnsbsc River, Maine.
Total fall l.oa feet 10 i3s miles; drain
age area eco square miles. maximum
rate Of fall, it7 feet per mile near Moose
head lake tsoure.l
Androseopgin River, Maine.
Total fall zzd feet Ia isg miles. drain
Axs srss Isg square miles. maximum
rats Of fall ssi feet per mile near Magal-
ioSsy lake tsoorcel.
sseo River, Maine.
Total fall l.sso feet In io4 miles. maxi
mum rate Of fall. y feet per mile at or
scar source, drainage area, Ito square
miles
hsrrimse River. New Hampshire and
Massachusetts,.
fetal fall ess feet 10 ITO miles. maximum
sats u fail. 81 10 feet per mile at Manehes-
ter, n H.. drainage area. 4sh square
miles
con.eoeok River Branch Of the Msr-
r,mse).
Total fall Sd fee, In u miles. maximum
rate Of fall, 90 feet per mile at Bsnnins-
ton. NJ H. drainage area included In
Msfimsc)
Connecticut River.
Total fail Aus feet IN sn miles: maxi
mum rate OF fall. ss feet per mile al
Connecticut lake. drainage area, n.h
square miles
hsusstsnie River.
Total fall "a feet in Ia miles. maximum
rate OF fall. lss feet psr mile at Falls
Village Conn. drainage area, 1888 square
miles,
Labor 10 generally more plentiful,
particularly skilled labor. where the
conditions Of living are the best. where
there IL the best environment for the
Nome. the best educational advantages.
II il for reasons such AZ these that
New England has such large popula-
tion Of skilled mechanics, IL Ia for these
reasons that years ago IL became an
industrial region almost without equal
in this country; hence IL must be that
with the development OF the enormous
power lodged in her streams and It's
conversion into electrical energy pos
sibls Of transmission over an extended
area there should be no question but
that this region 10 10 b. the scene OF
great Industrial expansion through the
superior advantages IL will thus offer
10 manufacturers
Hydrosisctric powsr--ths power OF
the flowing stream converted into cleo
trical energy through the use OF tur-
binss may not be cheaper than steam
In come places, for It's cost 10 the con-
sumner varies with conditions. IL sell
dom runs higher than steam and In
many Instances much lower--ss. for in
stance, at Rumford Falls. In Maine.
where the power Of the river thus con-
vsrtsd il supplied to nearby manufAc-
tursas establishments At q csst of =