The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-10
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Chamber of Commerce.
 Resolution.
 Power fs essential to the operation Of railroads and industries.
 The supremacy of trade iu the worlds markets and the maintenance Of the present standard of American wages and living fs dependent upo cheap and reliable power.
 Forty per cent of tho railroads cargo space is absorbed iu the trans portuuon of coal because or the pres ont wastcful methods of generating power
 Therefore, for these reasons and others, as stated in the addcrdum to this resolution.
 Bc It Resolved That the Chamber of Commercc of Bridgeport endorses the proposed bin tu the Third session of the 5Gth Congress, Document No. 173S. for the provision of S200,Ooo 10 be expended by the Department of the Interior for tho purpose of in- vcsH=atiuE and reporting upon % comprehensive system gs power gen oruton. transmission and distribution. with more efficient utilization of present equipment. this investigation Co apply to that district or region in the United States where the benefits to the nation and it's industries will return d ua=iwum eovieur.
 Respectfully referred Co the United States Chamber of Cowmcrco for its action at tho October meeting of its Board of Direction
 Addcudum to Resolution.
 i. Tn number of regions of the United States throughout which exist a heavy density of industrial develop ma0t and railroad transportation power must be generated and dlsrrib- uted.
 g. The industries of the country during the past year have grown pro- diEiously, and arc now on the eye of far ErentGr expansion
 8. The need of power Is Tn direct proportion to tho expansion of indus tries and railroads.
 l. Although industries and rail roads have expanded, tho increase of power production has followed the methods of the past until now We lind In certain sections of the couu- fry iuuumorlb1e small and inefficient plants agErceatiuE a capacity far in yNcrss of the actual demand, yet un- ayatabIo and unreliable in handling I.. and wasting one to two tons out of every three burned.
 Q. The railroads today arc over INFIlI|tl NAI aus 'h'tAta AtA s--N tru section of tho country a5 to 40 per cent of their cargo space is com stunned with it's transportation. or inc coal plaCed on the railroads z per cent of it is consumed ln its transportation.
 6. Energy tcoaI and water) is be- ing wasted at its source and there is shortage where energy is required. Much of the coal mined is not used and opportunity of water power de- yclormcnt is ignored.
 The uao of power in certain dense rv populated manufacturing sections of the country has now grown to such enormous proportions as not onry to involve a wazteful consump- tiou Of coal. but it nas placed bur don on tho railroads, which deprives tHan of thc space necessary to trans mort other commodities which the world Is counting upon this country fo produce.
 S. In short. the time has now ar rived when iu certain sections of the country the power load is large enough to justify the installation of . surer-uoyver transmission line, into which will be fed electrical energy aancratcd by high-powered high econ omy steam and hydro stations, and from which power will be delivered to inc consumer, railroad or Indus fry. with an expenditure of from one rhird to onc-half the amount of coal now burned: also. while the above cDoratlng economies will be effected. a far greater utilization of prgGent .-1rarotinE equipment will be secured -brourh the inter connection of the D19nts by the super-powcr transmits sion line, thereby permitting their ag ereuate capacity to be available Wher- ever and whenever power is reguir- ed
 The United States Government has developed and conserved aGricul- tu~e by means of irrigation; it's fof- osts arc being preserved through t"f- estation. the development of the great z,ofer novyers of the West are tho first stcTyping stones looking toward Ma tionaI conservation. In the East We are today mining Tj. 100000 tons of an thracitc Goal per anuum and 70 years will see the last of it even If we do not increase the present rate. Twenty years ago we were mining less than 100000 tons per aunum of bitu- minous coal. Today the output IS nearly 6OO. .OOO. 900; ehe local fields of which are being rapidly exhausted, requiring tho mining of the more dis t1ut fields with the consequent in creased length of haul and price. We are thus rObbinC our treasure, clog ging our railroads with it's needless waste. and stopping industrial dcvel- opmcut, whose possibilities are cnor- nously increased by our new and great merchant marine now building.
 10. War has taught us that there must bo a combination of transport ation and energy. A common carrier for power is the solution. We refine oil and ore, why not Coal2 The en- ergy in coal transformed into cleo tricity reduces it's bulk to a minimum, and increases it's efficiency to a max imum. This is true. be it applied to railroads or industries.
 II. Fortunately we do not have to guess: we know that a steam passen- ger engine consumes twice as much coal for equal train duty as does an electric; a steam freight engine two and a half times as much and a switcher three to four times Steam driven factories require from twice to ten times the amount of coal which would be consumed if supplied with ,,vvfy-,T T1pf ar,,prVF gF r,grr-,- +,I-,-,