The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-12-08

thirty feet. Us ta.,s have hcsn us9a
for power purposes by the ia method
for generations The dsi. siili f.; The
si,.tioa has a crest =. 1890 feet Gor
81 dsoeiAc .rscE rGi11sss the oid ca
no. wss. wiGsnad a fcW years $50
ard a power pant installsl ~hlca
yields 70G) horsepower. In this way
the ENERGY OF the turbulent river nas
been rendered possible Of ts-ansr.i7s.on
far Beyond the river bank. fo5a, g
new dam is being built and engineers
are extending this canal witch view
OF wrestling stll greater power frora
the river by leading Il to n point TWO
miles below where another fall Of sixty
q. feet vim produce electrical energy
equal To 10000 horsepower
The power which is being developed
OF Turner's Falls Is sold to a number
OF allied companies which act az dis
tllbuters. In this way IL reaches many
towns. including Riverside and MillerS
Falls Through the Greenfield Electric
Light company it reaches South YER
non Mortified, Bernardson, Deerfeld
Colerain. auckland and Greenfield and
through the Amherst and Easthamp-
ton Gas companies Amherst. Sunder-
! 4sUNt " ild tC4Ns iAeNh'Atit ii1ult'Af A.ttfil-
| hampton and southampton. Turner's
| FANS is but Forty miles from spring
| field It is aimed TO extend the trans
mission lines ultimately Ca su>1ly IN
dnstries not alone in Springfield but
/ in Chicopee and Westfield. In many
OF these towns. particularly Turner's
! Falls hundreds of factory sites ARE
within easy reach Of lids power, whose
price necessarily cheapens as The
! length of transmission shortens.
! Another recent New England hydro
electric development is that at RUM
/ ford Fails II has resulted already in
/ converting what was twenty years ago
la wilderness into q modern city with
! a population OF 10000 people Here
where the ArGroscoggin river has
ninety fdol fan a station has been
ibuit developing - coo horsepower
over million dollars has been spent
on two great dams Instead ~ canals
! the rushing waters al Rumford Fails
are led Though great steel tubes into
| tine power station The mills of the In
/ ternational Paper company take over
000 horsepower alone The oxford
| Paper company consumes 5000 more
aud the Fort I'm chemical company
$50. The Central Maine Power COM
pany, located al Oakland on the Afcs.
saloushec river is still uHothe" deyel-
opmont with 6.450 horsepower devel-
oped and 20 zoo undeveloped o
Connecticut is not without its hydro
electric development for at Bulls
liridge. Oh tho Hnsatonic there has
bsen for some wears Ia operation
plant developing 10000 horsepower.
BESIDES running the trolley lines of The
Connecticut company in Waterbury
and New britain tire latter hfJy miles
away. this power is today running sev.
erl Industrial plants besides local
lighting interests.
These are but few of the mosl I'M
poriant OF the central hydroelectr.c
staiona already established and in
process of construction ia Kew Eng
land by which a partial utilization Of
the immense energy OF us wath
courses may hc accomplished and the
power thus generated sold commercial.
ly Scattered throughout this region
at the present time are thirty one
plants designed 20 sell power CONNER
cEsliy as distinguished from The scores
of mills which still take power directly
from The streams Oh whose banks thoy
are located
'Chat those stations have already had
the effect Of chcapening power To some
extent for the manufacturer there is no
doubt The Increase OF such plants.
which IL bound 20 occur is certain TO
have still greater effect in This line
Az of which VIII rebound To- the adyan-
- af "a. -
New England
TODAY the rates FOR large quantities
oi power vary from 3 mills per Kill
owatt hour an Rmnford Fails. Me- 70
le mills in Various parts or Connect
cut
II used ia large quantities. there is
without question a considerable saving
over steam accordins 10 those compe-
tent 10 judge the results.
IN order To aid this development ult
Industrial hurcaH 81 the Ncw Eng and
lines has collected Il list ~ avallab.s
waer power sites in Sew England
and already there have heen many Inc
qulres for the same
% Is also about 20 undertake care
fu lubulation OF al tse development
work q. present under Wfy and which
wal Rebound to he benefit nf New
IasnaG's iadlstrlcs. Vhoa. llomo,ion
g one ut fhr chief 8ins pt thc New
hn4.and lines
.tat manufacturer are ta-ipuas "a
areci4te the advani- So Eec I'0g-
ill osse'svs r. oppor.u tis Tor
si,h development c1cried win hey
supply of skilled labs. fl.r, uan boz 10
cl,at.ca J. wFs hr blcsa ntefs ans
o., niaA streams whi,i aitfd Ter set
',.-,i.t aec strniateI lss develop
n.,m a. The early days oi her history
b a.ori.ns e.,y u,ar- or .omruni-
rtt09 nd lurast.,g por,r Oh nrn
tH. U".er wheels uf htr infant inuGs-
iaer roiay ihrs. Same streams are
tf oiti b dtnami- fo~a NHch
Nh-i. converted into electrical euersy
$50. %. uli,pnt % move beer mills and
boz. . mcuu. eft % new industrial
r'eh o. premise for generations
s.t la -,.t.r ArG tic simply = mex.
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