The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-26
{ REBjIy;BHARRY5B. HUNT

The Aluminium Co. of America.
The DusP onts.3
sApplfcationsS for permits, how
made in the names of
Power Corporation
and the Str Lawrence Transmits
sHIoD Corporation
loWing the completion OF the
sproject IT, is intended to merge
Sthastwosconcerns under the name
The Frontier Power Corpora
Dnsst hessbasis Of estimates sub
United here, not less than $780,
o 0HwIll be spent in install
Uni hydro-e1ectr plants and
lines About eight
years Wou1d be required for the
Eh eseN interests already control
ssa4co derableSpar of the power
#atS Niagara Falls. The
Y naWssp Ian provides for increased
zinstal latioEs tn ere to bring the
sIJnftedsStates up to the limit pos
ssibIe md present treaties with
4G,anad a $4,000 8&s horsepower
aThiss would make about 100000
from Niagara avail
s8abIe forssdiye to New York.
So -l55-
IS 8estimated that the St
as proposed,
wi develop about 6 100000 kilo-
The COST the Niagara pow
sarsd e1ivered at Paterson, N. j.,
sisEestimated& at SCI mills per kilo-
Matt#ho Jour-
sss; Power from the ST. Lawrence
&sfsYI4nts. delivered at Utica and
ould cost at these
apointsS about 4.6 per kiloWatt
From those distributing
scanfers, TRANSMISSION lines would
ScarT1ys 1T alta Slightly higher price
I sstoyNew#E England load centers.
What this power would mean
snoWsin8Telievi the situation re-
SsIInnE from non-production OF
scoaISand delays In transportation
indicate by the estimate that
SthisES t.sLaWrence power, delivered
inNNeW5sE1n gland would displace
x2ss234.O O0gtons of coal, yearly.
ssssThes30 30 90 kiloWatts Of Ma
cara power in New York would
mean aNsaving Of ,204.O 900 tons
a. coal Ei IN New Y ork power
ms addition, there would be a
saving OF several hundred thou
Esand tons IL coal consumed by the
STai1roads8in carrying this fuel to
ssNew&EnglandHa and New ork, and
NEARLY 8 100000 tons Of shipping
be- freed for other COM
uses.
sssssRinSch ii or fuel and freight condi-
ations and the coal shortage have
gcauged sals6 "a number of railways
Sto|consider seriously future cleo
frfHcatjOn3 Of their lines.
general Identification Of
@easternSrailways is likely, Federal
Com mission experts be-
aIieWe, although short lines may
Sbesprofitablyge1e near few
ssofsth 8 larger cities.
ON certain lines in the west,
s5hoWever, early electric now
Ssseems8certains. Among the roads
ssgfiouslyst taking up the problems
The chicago, Milwaukee & st.
the Union Pacific.
The Santa Fe.
1.-THE Great Northern.
zTheaDenver e Rio Grande.
The on NJ e st. p. is now OPP
arating electrically, through part
S5of@Nontana and Washington. The
.aGrsat8 North erns lis planning de-
fnftelys on e1ectrifcation OF certain
ssdfvisions#within two years.
W IN addition to fuel savings there
lis astFemendous saving in operat-
The electric locomo-
sstiyegcanSstarta and haul twice the
ssIoad ofg a: steam engine of equal
THE electric locomotive needs
III 4 imum of minor repairs,
the steam engine re-
ssquIres laying up, having fires
SpulIed Il, crates cleaned and tubes
ssdnsp at the end Of each d-
usually about each 100
niles With electric engines. the
umbersso division points can be
and roundhouse cleaners
and hostlers cut in half