The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-23


lby two-thirds as compared with pre-
war conditions. This is tantamount to
reducing distances three times, if not
more. -. It would give an outlet for
IDonets anthracite to the Volga: The
importance of the electrification OF
these lines for the liquidation of our
fuel, food, and transport crisis can
not be over-estimated.
Electrification will have a great
effect on our water transport. A
number of electric stations must be
erected on the Volga and the Dnie-
per, so as to provide electrical ener-
CIV for the needs of our water trans
port and harbors. Electrification will
be of particular Importance for the
iDnieper, the navigation on which, up
and down the river, is broken by the
rapids near Alexandrovsk. BY erect
| ing here an electric station we shall
cover the rapids and make the river
navigable right through, and. at the
same time, we shall create one OF the
most powerful hydro electric stations
in Russia. Our calculations snow that
we have in our rivers a supply of
energy to the extent of 20 million
horsepower, counting only such OF
them as have not less than ten thcus-
and horsepower each. This is distri-
buted approximately as follows: 10
million horsepower in Siberia, 2.7
million horsepower in the Caucasus,
8 million in Turkestan, about 2.5 mil
lion on the Dnieper, Dniester, and
Bug, and the remainder in the Pet
rograd region, the Murmansk and
the White Sea. I must give warning
that caution must be exercised in the
construction Of large hydraulic sta
tions. In our scheme, we have select
ed only such stations the energy OF
which could be utilized to the full.
Before the war, we had in Russia
45 900 small electric plants utilizing
water power and represent an ag-
gregate of one million horsepower
The number of these plants could be
increased by the peasants construct
ing new stations in their spare time
while we would provide Them with
the necessary equipment. Subsequent
| ly, all these stations would be in
cluded in the general State system
The industries Of such a town as
Petrograd, which in the past lived
upon imported coal could not be
| maintained and developed without
identification.
Our calculations have shown that
by electrification, we may increase
the productivity Of our industries
twice, as compared with pre-war con
ditions, but, at any rate, the increas'
would not be less than 80 per cent
while the increase in the expenditure
of fuel would be- only 35 per cen
and the increase in labor II pc
cent, and the increase in the numbe
of mechanical motors only 67 pc
cent.
The New Electric Stations.
During the first period. the Com
mission on Electrification propose
to construct 27 stations, in such re
gions as would make it possible t
connect the whole of Russia by on
electrical system.
It is proposed, first Of all, to elec
trify the Donets Basin, and the frs
station of 10000 XIV. will be erecte
at the village Kashperovka. In clos
proximity, there will be erected an
other station near Lisichansk, in tn
region of the coking coal. These cleo
trio stations will utilize the Goa
refuze and the low grade coal, so a
| to economize the better sorts.
Of particular Importance for tn
Donets Basin will be the station t
: be erected at Dnieper, near Alexan
: drovsk, which will supply the work
in connection with the sluicing of tn
river, which will create pressure 0
water enabling at first the utiliza
: tion of from 200 to 300 million XIV
! later developing the power to abou
800 thousand horsepower. This sta
: ton alone will mean saving Q
from 100 to 1870 million pools 0
coal per annum.
The fourth station in the sam
/. region is proposed to be built Q
Grushev. All these stations will b
! connected with one another and thu
will enable us to introduce mechanics
methods Of coal mining. create bel
: ter conditions Of life and labor fc
the miners, and to increase outpr
while reducing by half the numbe
Of men.
Next is the station Belaya-Kalitv'
near the Volga, in the anthracit
] region. Then there is a station
] be built in the Kuban region, whic
will make possible to increase I'll
production Of zinc, lead, copper, ct
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