New Britain herald., 1918-11-09

electrical machinery as soon as it can
be obtained. In this city of 215,0
there are SO large spinning and Weav-
ing mills, some of them employing
1000 hands, and the Introduction OF
electric power is looked forward to as
a great boon.
In Calcutta the Electric Supply Cor
poration has connected to it's system
more than $4,000 fans, $40, 900 lights,
and more than 200 motors. At a re-
cent meeting of electrical engineers
there it was stated that in the future
the lights and fans business, so far
dealt in almost entirely, will become
a comparatively negligible quantity.
The superiority of electric fans to the
punlIah- Wallahs-coolies who work
fans by hands being steadily appre-
GATED The municipal committee of
Simla, the summer capital Of India, is
considering an extension of the exist
ing electric plant there.
Hydro-Electric Power Plants.
Henry D. Baker, American Consul
at Bombay, states that "a mills in
Bombay are under contract to use
electric power from the plant of the
Tata Hydro Electric Power Com pany.
This is by far the most important
hydro electric undertaking ever pro-
jected in India and is being carried
out at an estimated cost of $780,
600 The first power was switched on
in February, 1915. When com pleted
the plant will provide about 10000
horsepower. Power will be obtained
ultimately from three great reservoirs
with an aggre gate capacity of TO-
100000 cubic feet of water. The
transformers for this plant are being
furnished from Schenectady, n. Y,
and the hydraulic turbines from Cali
fornia. Insulators, transmission lines,
underground cables, and other equip
m ent was originally contracted for in
England and Germany, but a consider
able part of the proposed German pro-
duct will undoubtedly now be sought
in this country.
American Machinery.
All the electrical equipment for a
proposed new installation at CAuVery
Falls, in the native state of Mysore
will be manufactured in the United
States. The first Cauvery water
power scheme was at the time of it's
inception one of the most important
long distance transmissions in the
the United States as one of the first
notable instances of the participation
of American engineers in so great q
project so far away from home. The
plant is now netting in earnings about
$500, 900 a year, the original capital
outlay having been practically covered
by subsequent profits.
Iron and Steel Works.
Iron and steel working and engin-
eering industries generally have re
ceived an impetus from the war.
Shells, rivets, bolts and nuts have
been produced on an extensive scale.
Machines such as were never pro-
duced before in India have been made.
A company has been started to manu-
facture brass and gun metal work.
One large firm has manufactured arti-
cles formerly largely. imported, such
as jute mill machinery, lathes, steam
hammers, winding engines and baling
presses. The Tata Iron and Steel Com
pany, whose plant gives to Sakchi,
near Calcutta, the name of the ''Pitts-
burgh of India,' is constantly expand
ing to meet home and foreign de-
mands They are engaged now almost
entirely on Government orders, partic-
ularly rails. In view of the fact that
India has sent to the various war
zones more than 1900 miles of her
own railroad track, besides $50 loco
motives and 400 ears, and that an
extension of her railroad system is
contemplated after the war, there ap-
pears to be no reason to doubt the
continued growth of the iron and steel
business. The plant of the Indian
Iron and Steel Company, Ltd, one of
the most recent establishments, occu-
pies six and one-half square miles. A
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