The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-12-09
PLAN SAVING OF
 HALF ,k BILLION
96lOO0 Plants Could Benefit By Centralized Electric system = Bridgeport In cluded In Central Project of Engineers.

n9 washington, to save producers more 1nSnmsrs than sEIo o6o of ode electric power 4s,S, 4a5SV, ana to make possible the elec- trir7ca1on of 19, 900 miles of railroads 1T z..,+t me Eastern States. was discussed ~2,OOO members of the American so- c1ety or Mecnanica1 Engineers at their snnuaa meeting at the Engineering Tl'a TTplcaeues nuiid1ng,29 West 39th street. Ine project was described to the en- g1neers briefly on Monday by Profess or L. F. Breckenridge of the depart ment of mechanical eneineerin@ of Yale.
 The survey of the sources of ener- gy in New England and on the Allan Eae Seaboard as far south as Wash 4ng,on FrsnR,,r was urged upon the, late interior, in December, 1918 first by President E. G. BuckIand of the New York, New Haven & Hartford rail- road at the instance of MT. Murray subsequently Secretary Lane asked Congress for $200,0O0 with which to make the survey, which he consid- oans1on of war industries. Then came dhe arrnisttce, the curtailnent of de- mandS for war supplies, and the inn meo1ate danger of a power famine was temporarily averted. Finally, however, the appropriation of S125,- 900 was made.
 Provides for Load Centers
 The development of a super-power
 
 cOntemplateS the interconnection of existing plants and systems to which new power plants and interconnec- -ions are to be added. It will pro- vide for a series of load centers at which power may be made available at lower cost than it can be attain systems. At these load centers, To- cated where economy may dictate, power so made available will be co- ordinated with power generated at ex- 4V0c all ri lav 14cs a lie tributed to the consumers as it is today.
 MT. Murray pointed out that more than s50O,OOO,0O0 year might be , saved the producers and conSum CTS of electric energy, and that a profit of B per cent. might be realized on the in vestment in the undertaking. He said F that all the representatives of indus tries, utilities and power concerns as Sociated in the survey were in hearty faccord in their belief in the feasibility of the undertaking. MT. Murray es- ltstmated that at least 50. 100000 tons st3f coal would be saved Dy the devel- op1nent of the super power system. In a summary of conclusions, MT. | Murray says:
 The estimated requirement for en- ergy supplied through the electric utilities for municipal, private. indus f4rial and railroad purposes in 1880 ss 31 ,OOO. 100000 kilowatt-hours. This tenergy could be supplied by co-or- i dinated power system at an annual lcost of s239, 100000 less than an un Sco- -ordinated system such as now in 1h1se. The total investment in gen ksrating and transmission facilities for $The superpower system will be $l,- L109, 4,0O0, of which SAG, 346,0 900 f'viIl represent the value of existing sGacilitfes to be incorporated into the Benefit to es,o0O Plants 'tA study of the 96,00O manufactur- &5ng establishments operating within iGhe superpower zone shows that by Ei930, through the maximum economi- ;ca1 use of purchased electric energy. rajbove the fixed annual charges sagainst a capital investment of $1S5,- ! 900, 900.
 necessary for the electric utilities and tthe industries as of 1880 therefore tamounts to $1.294, 4,564,0OO, and this snotal investment will yield annually sabove the fixed charges the sum of ss42e ,OOo, 900. or 33 per cent. on the investment
 Within the superpower zone there lslre 3600O miles of railroad measured Eas single track Of this total about 1000 miles can be profftably cleo nrtfied, so as to yield by 1880 an an Ea1uel saving of $81 1,0oO,o0o as compar- ked with the cost of operation by tsteam. The capital expenditure nec- sessary to electrify the 19,00o miles ,vvould be $570,oO0,000, and the aver age return upon the investment would SGnerefore be 14-2 per cent.
 Many of the economies incident to iEuperpower operation will be effected lahrough the interconnectton of exist tTng plants and systems, and these economies should be increased as new Itoower plants and tnterconnectons are Ladded. Certain steam plants that are salnder consideration and others that EGre under construction will be when foompleted as efficient as the proposed foaseload steam-electric plants or the Etsuperpower system. Notable among LLr TT~1I Not yfSm% SrNy~ fnow being constructed by the United H51ectrfc Light and Power company of New York city and the Delaware sta .s ion of the Philadelphia Electric com t1any.''
 Proposed Power Plants
 Some of the first steps considered Tn i he development of the superpower System include:
 t ric plant near Pittston. Pa, to supply if. part of it's energy to the Anthracite E.Oivision of the superpower zone and Eshe remainder to the Metropolitan Di- F- ision particularly New Jersey.
 The construction of a am-e1ectric t!plant near Sunbury, Pa, to supply 8 ssiivision. a part to the Reading load tHenter, and the remainder to Phila- Edelphia.
 The construction of hydro-electri< k-,IantS on Delaware and SuSQuehanns F5-iyers to supplement the steam plants
 The progressive development of thu sTIudson river projects to meet the Ezsrowth of energy requirement. at the Echenectady, Utica, Poughkeepsie and EJoittsfield load centers-
 The construction of a steara-elec' l.ric plant near Boston to supply the ESoston Lowell and Newburyport load sCentSxs.
 The construction of a steam-e1ec' sric plant near New Haven to supply sne New Haven, Bridgeport, Water H,ur-v and Norwich load centers.
 The partial construction of the firs' 6,ydroeiectric plant in the develop nlert of Potomac river as soon as the k over demands of the Baltimore and
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