Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-08
Super Power Zone.
4ss.4 1s7o.s 51a 1900 s52 2477

Norwich Is the load ceNter for this dis trict. Demand in this table means the size of the load, the capacity the pow, CT station would have to have. Energy means the quantity that would be deliv- cred during the year and Is the number of kilowatts in the load multiplied by the number of working hours in the year. Demand, that ifs, is the measure of the size of the station. Energy is the amount of work that station has to turn out.
 Two Other Projects.
 In. addition to the development of wa terpower in the Connecticut two other projects of interest to people of New England are mentioned in the report. One is the progressive development of the Hudson river project to meet the growth of energy requirements at Schenectady, Utica, Poughkeepsie and Pittsfield load centers, and the other is the construction of a steam electric plant l near New Haven to supply the New Ha- ven, Bridgeport, Waterbury and Nor wich load centers.
 The two lines of the interconnecting | network which will affect this district | most are one extending from New Ha- ven to Northampton through Waterbury Hartfor6 and Springfield and another reaching from Catskill, N. Y, through 1 Pittsield, Northampton and Worcester to Providence and Boston. These are part 1 of the plan for 1925 and there will doubtless be further ramiications to in clude the Connecticut river projects all ready mentioned before 1880.
 One of the outstanding features of the project is the plan to build two huge steam generating plants in the Penn l ov-l1-o orto off | ton, which would supply the Metropolitan district of New Jersey, and the other at i Sudbury to develop electricity for Phil- 1 adeIphia and the rounding country. These would generate the power at the source of coal supply and would do away with the hauling of fuel down to ! the plants in the cities. Boston is to be the site of another steam plant. 1 Secretary Falls Report
 In his letter to the president Secretary Fall refers to the obvious fact that it is i by multiplying our manpower by ma | chimes that American labor can best meet the competition of cheap foreign labor Speaking of the report he also says:
 q believe the engineering facts and economic conclusions here presented will command the attention alike of fnan- cierS, railroad executives, public utlH- ties officials, industrial leaders and oth- CTS of that large. group of our citizens of large vision who are building for the America of tomorrow. Our present day achievements have largely come through our country's unparalleled wealth in raw I materials. The larger use of our sources of energy must be planned with every effort to avoid waste. Had the super.
 jower project outlined in this report been in operation in 1919 it is believed that 25 million tons of coal could have been saved, and with the rapid growth expected in the present decade the say ing possible in 1880 by the inter-connect ed identification of industries and rail roads would be SC, ,000 tons.
 However, these economies on a truly national scale will affect not only coal
 but capital expenditures as well. ana especially the output of human energy
 More and cheaper electricity must sure ly add to the comfort and prosperity oi
 our citizens, and this report on su
 per-power system is submitted s con
 tribution of the Department of tle In | terior to the common welfare