Norwich bulletin., 1919-09-11
ADVOCATES sUpER-PoWER
 SYSTEM ON SEABOARO

SYSTEM ON SEABOARD | Warning manufacturers that there 1 remains but 15 years of life for the an thracite mines of the eastern coal 1 fields, claiming that $1.000.000 daily is l going to waste throush improper means of providing power. and sus- 1 gesting complete identification of
 transmission lines along the northern
 gineer. addressed the Bridgeport l Chamber of Commerce Thursday noon on the topic One Way to Maintain l Industrial Supremacy.
 Mir Murray fist referred to electri- 1 ficatiOn of the New Haven system, i'll l which he played . large part as en- | gineer in charge. He said the project 1 was considered to be well conceived and well executed engineering and construction project. That the Swiss people have accepted the system as a Pennsylvania has installed 1t on its ] main lines between New York and Philadelphia are assurances that the initiative of the New Haven en- gineers was based on sound reasoning. Said MT. Murray: ''The great lesson the New Haven electrification has taught me was not how the catenary wires should be strung over the pro puision rails. but what the economic results are. now that the catenary wires are there. As we gather today can name a zone in which there is go- ing to waste approximately s1.o00 0o0 |
 600 a year-due to improper form, of power generation and it's distribution. My message to you is that we save that and that it can be done by means absolutely within powers if we but demand that it be done"
 MT Murray said the plan he would outline was endorsed by many scien- tific bodies. The New Haven electri- cation has shown three great econo-
 mics: that it's passenger. freight and switching wheels can be turned for
 less than half the amount of coal ex-
 pended for steam locomotives by using
 electrical power; that the cost of
 maintaining steam locomotives is
 double that of electric motors; and the
 ability of electrical locomotives to de-
 velop a greater tractive efforts and
 speeds than steam locomotives. bring i ing about consolidation of trains with | reduction of train miles.
 MT. Murray said that what is said ! about railroads may be said about in | dustrial plants. that where there is a 1 clear saving of coal to railroads of | four to one ratio. the saving between 1 electric and steam drive in factories is | as high as ten to one, with greatly re- duced cost of maintaining electric vs. 1 steam equipment.
 In the territory between Washington and Boston extending inland one hun dred miles there is a demand for IT,. require 70o0.O 900 and industrial plants the remainder. The present load ia ctor of this regional demand Is not more than 15 per cent. This means that for every 15 h. D. required 100 Il. D. is in stalled. Load factor Is the ratio of the average load to the maximum. Today, due to improper form Of power gen. eration and distribution. for every three tons of coal burned two are wasted-literally thrown away. The answer? It is simple.
 By construction of high powered, high economy tidewater steam and h a1a t-so %a4| ritory named, all interconnected with a per-power transmission system. using also the large plants now in cities like Boston. Providence. New intergdated into one great regional zone power system inherent to which will be three great adjuncts of eco nomica1 power production. namely. | high load factor, low coal consumption i and continuity of service.
 MT. Murray pointed out that in such a regional plant water power will con tribute but trifing percentage, but north of Boston and south from Washington the percentage of water power additions will increase.
 Passing from the matter of saving $S0o, 100000 yearly. MT. Murray men tfoned the transportation problem. He said the west is reapfng economic benefits from its developed water powers while in the east our railroad lines. yards clogged with empty and filled coal cars taking 40 per cent of cargo space for transportation. The would hail a release from the burden.
 This is what the super-power sys- tenn would give; it would provide a common carrier for power" The railroads would be relieved of hauling four to one inefficient power on its own rails and the automatically created space would be used for new and high priced commodities Preferred routes from the mines to the would be ocean tugs and barges would take the place of steam locomotives and care for the supplies to central electric sta; tions on tidewater.
 Power is essential to railroad ds and said MT. Murray Without t all wheels must cease to turn. We nave 75 years of anthracite coal left to us if the rate of mining is not in ,reased. Our Ohio. Illinois. Pennsyl- apidly exhausted. Cost due to future ocation and increased transportation s on the up grade. Our merchant ma inc is now building to carry the products of our ndustrialisn, an ex- ,ansion of which Is imminent. If we Ire to maintain our supremacy in the worlds trade. the heart and home Of oe economical power. namely. cheap tnd reliable power.'
 Mir Murray spoke of the financial to bring about the super power system and closed with the; bought: We have spent billions for destruction for preservation, now let IS spend billions for construction for 
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