Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-10-01
MACNATE AND
MEN OF FINANCE
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of the company. but of the general
public"
Mr. Chapel said before his depart
ure:
Before another five years shall
have rolled around we will be deliver
ing electricity in Tonopah, Goldtield
and the remainder of our territory at
rate that will enable consumers to
use it for heating and lighting their
homes and places of business without
any alteration in the present wiring
system. The current will be deliv-
cred through one meter without any
distinction for either heating or light
ing and the cost will probably be
three, or possibly two cents a kilo-
watt hour"
This is the important cnange or
transformation the greatest minds of
the electric world are working on to-
day and the first portion of the CON
tinent to receive practical benefits
from the improvement will be Nevada
and California, according to the state
ment of Delos X. Chapelle, president
of the Nevada-C California Power com
pany
The most battling element in the
production of electricity continued
/ Mr.. Chapelle, lis the cheapening of
| the cost of transmission so that the
force may be applied to the heating
business This has been attempted
on minor scale but without economic
returns and except in isolated cases
the effort has had to be abandoned.
Nevertheless we are making rapid
4 progress and the Developments have
already passed the laboratory stage
so that | feel safe in predicting that
/ by 1920 every home and building in
4 Tonopah will be heated by electricity
at cost that will be far less than the
present expense OF heating by use OF
oil coal and wood. Steam will be
abolished, smoke will become a thing
of the past and all classes will share
in the blessing of cheap and clean
fuel. The miner in his cabin can
reach over to switch on the wall at
the side of his bed and in few min
utes have the temperature of his home
raised to whatever he pleases. Elec-
tricity will no longer be luxury and
the use OF the current will provide
such a business that we expect to be
well repaid for the experiments we
are now making The movement will
go even further for it is our desire to
make electricity universally popular
by applying it to every possible use
Motor trucks will have removable bat
teries which can be renewed at public
stations, gasoline will go out Of use
except for long distance trips and the
housewife will have nothing to dc
but turn switch to roast, bake oil
heat An entire house or office build
ing will be heated completely or one
or more rooms may be warmed ac
cording to requirements. In this way
the heating cost will be reduced be
low the present cost of steam or no
air as you have only to raise heal
where heat is needed and the current
can be turned of or on according tC
the wish of the consumer.
This improvement can only be ac
complished by the block system
where one meter will be used to de
termine the consumption of that bloch
or section, Then each consumer in
that block will have his average con
sumption determined and the cost OF
the service apportiOned. One of the
heaviest and most eXacting charges OF
electric companies today is the main
tenance of the meter system anc
when we arrange to dispense witt
meters we will make a material saw
ing in administration that will inurt
to the benefit of the consumer