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

used lr Nsv r~fiane 10 sbaBi 90 PET
erni - $50 minimum knd a tfiee l.ss
ihss 81 pr cent ~ ths maximum -
Z figured ont ~ ths government ~
prrs TIE amount ~ pa~rr these
ptants are capable q prUauclng u failY
ssssiaf.sa 10 shoot e PEI cent y the
minlrnWsn and aheai 81 pr cent u the
uszaim Al tke present time Nss
I Enslana tAs i totNi ~ thirty uae com.
4 fnertat plants ia operation And vet
T despite this tart ana the tact thai ~
per cent u ihe power ~ hst manafaes
tafinE Embellishments 10 waier power,
iAAlng the mean ~ these figures u
I ueuid appear A. II roagbls speasing
! shs had awaited herself ~ ~, more
Than bslf Of her waller power
/ Hyaro@lectrie development must o.
necessity have its limitations The
practical limit % transmission tor the
current generated ~ this method was
recently placed 81 one 81 the leading
/ engineers ~ the country al 700 miles
4 TIE expense % these transmission
! lines must needs be great requiring,
as they d., a superior type OF con
sirHction 20 carry the high voltage ca
bles and protected right ~ way
through the country ia the case ~
one Massachusetts company the New
England Power company. a strip $50
feet in width has been cleared FOR IT'S
transmission lines II IL obvious there.
fore that that region is placed al the
greatest advantage whose water pow
er H. the best distributed
Great as may be the collective water
power Of state IL IN al a decided dis
advantage so far as its attraetiveness
70 manufacture goes II II Ia concen-
trated AT one spot like Niagara II Is
$50 miles from Niagara TO New YORK.
In New England there is probably no
populous center more than $50 miles
from some large power site. In short.
In no other part Of this country Is the
water power SO well distributed for in
dustriai use as here II offers a rare
field for the development OF hydro
electric power plants because all over
New England these great water power
sites are found near a market, OF New
England can IL be said that today she
has greater asset In her water power
than Pennsylvania in her coaihelds
While hydroelectric development is
comparatively new. capital has not
been slow in seeking this form OF in
yssment In this region. as Is shown
by the total OF her plants In operation
and under construction. only few
OF the manufacturing states have de-
yeloped power commercially 10 the ex-
tent OF Maine or Massachusetts
In the New England Power company
Massachusetts has by far the largest
single development In the New Eng
land states. II is the largest develop
ment east OF Niagara, covering three
states In its operations. To-day with
four plants In operation IL IL develop
Ing 10000 horsepower. Eventually II
will have eight plants In operation with
total output OF power amounting to
200.000 horsepower
The electrical energy to be furnished
by this company in 1914 will replace
annually 225, 100000 tons of coal
All told this development will repre-
sent an Investment amounting to over
100000 To-day this company is
moving cars IN worcester ana WIN
soon be supplying power to the trolley
lines OF fltchpurg IL Is running cot
ton mllls IN Shhtoh ana fltchpurs'
wire MUS ana car WORKS IN worcester.
Is supplying current Tor the iightihg OF
f1tchburs. Gardner ana MARLBOROUGH
and Is selling power 10 lots OF local
electric companies IN smaller towns
throughout wide area. Its operations
cover zone reaching from heehe' n
H., TO Monson ana uxbrldge, IN SOUTH
ern Massachusetts eventually It's
lines VIII reach as far south as ram
neld. Conn, and Providepce, n.
This plant was nnished IN January.
1910, us output IN lsiZ amounted 10
ot'Voo,oVo kiio"att hours Inc otheI
plants OF the New England rover
company are located on the Deerneid
river which, rising IN the Green
OF vermont empties INTO
the Connecticut al Greenfield, Mass
The great problem connected with TINS
development was the creation OF
storage reservoir OF sumcient size 10
tide over the low water season. one
storage basin has already been con-
and work mas been begun on
a second which VIII impound alto-
gether 56,ooo.0oO gallons OF water, mus
the driest summer. There are now