Evening star., 1923-05-24
WATER POWER PUT
TO SPLENDID Use
View Pooling Method Proves
of Tremendous Value to
All Parts of Country.
BY J. C. ROYLE.

special Dispatch to The Star
: NEW YORK. May 24.-The water
Bower of the United States, accord
Chg to executives OF the National
Electric Light Association. Is being
more effectively used today taan
ever before In history.
ssThis is being accomplished through
power pools in various sections.
which are. enabling distributors OF
Electrical energy to use the high
water periods of the year for cur
rent production more extensively
han in previous years.
sThe pooling Of power is being ac-
souplished in a dozen sections OF
he country by interconnection OF
the transmission lines OF companies
serving different sections. Power
lines of plants generating current by
Rater power are connected with those
operating power plants with coal as
fuel. During the periods or nign
water, when the first named have an
excess of power. that excess is sold
and transmitted to systems wnicn
use coal, or whose water power IS
insufficient to meet demands.
During periods Of the year when
water flow is lowest the steam op-
Grated power plants sell back to the
nydroelectric companies their excess
9f current at the same rate. Thus
an unvarying river OF power eQuai
70 all emergency demands upon IL
y kept flowing over the termination
wires.
Plan Growing Rapidly.
sHundreds of steam and hydroslec-
tric plants already have been tied IN
nd thousands
are expected to follow suit. There
now is practically continuous
stream of power from California TO
Washington. A half dozen such sys-
TENS are in operation In the soutn
and many more in the middle west:
Rreakdowns in one town or district
are nullifed by switching on the
power manufactured in another.
In New York state, two great power
companies are on the point OF compiet-
Ing the conjunction OF their lines. Mhen M
The 1000 miles Of wires are hooked up
they will carry half the Industrial power
used in the state as well as the current
Supplying many Independent street raH
Way systems. Under the pool power
generated at Niagara. in the Adiron-
dacks. on the Hudson and on the MO-
iawk. may be used as far south as New
burg, fifty-five miles from this city.
Great Benents Derived.
sThe economic betterment to the coun:
try as whole from the pooling OF
power can scarcely be realised, ofhcials
OF the electric light association declared
today. The cost of electricity since
1918 to March Of this year declined "a
per cent although the cost OF coal m
caeased owed so per cent, according 70
Department of Labor figures. Coai IN
steam plants represents 90 per cent OF
the cost of generating electricity. Rates
could not have been held down, cleo
tfical men say, If water power units
had not come to the aid OF the COM
pAnies using coal.
THE power companies will use 49,
Oe0, 900 tons of coal and 100000 bar
rails of oil in steam plants this year, but
the amount of coal saved by, pooling
power will total hundreds of thousands
OF tons, release thousands OF coal cars
for other purposes and save the iaOok
Of many thousands Of men.
Reduction I'm Jordan Cars.
"A reduction in the price Of Jordan
automobiles will go into effect next
the price cuts had been made possible
by the greatly increased production with
consequent lessening of overhead cost
during the first part Of this year.
to be satisfied with a comparatively
small margin of profit" Edward 5.
Jordan said today. regarding .ne
company's policy. las our product
meets with pubic approval anu ouT
sales volume increases, price ADJUST
ments will be made to bring the car
within reach of a larger number of
users Reductions have not been
made possible by lessened costs OF
labor or materials They are possi-
bic because of curtailment of cost
due to increased volume OF output"
textile CurtniIment In the south.
The move toward curtailment of
textile output which has started in
New England is making itself appar-
exnt In the south. About $4,000 spin
dies of the 90,000 operated in Ave
mills by the Gray-Separk chain In Gaff-
n9y county. South Carolina. will be
idle next week. 1t Is understood, how.
ever. that many OF the fine combined
yarn mills OF that section have or
ders sufficient to carry them at pres
ent production for some time.
$4,000 900 Hotel Planned.
sST PAUL. May 24.-Work is ex-
pected to start shortly on a new S4.-
000, 900 hotel here which is being
financed by a group of Montana hotel
and oil men. Activity in building is
spreading over the northern summer
resorts. The latest announcement Is
that a 100000 hotel will be started
AZ once at Brainerd.
The carpenters strike in Duluth
has been settled by a raise in pay
to ninety cents an hour. Bakers In
that city have received per cent
1ooo