Evening star., 1923-06-06
ELECTRICAL. FIRMS
ASK aEyEAR PLANS
Supply Men to Regulate Out.
put for Telephone and
Other Concerns.
BY J. c. ROYLE.

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NEW YORK, June 6.-The great
electrical supply concerns OF this
country are laying out their pro-
grams thirty. years ahead. All the
telephone Companies of the United
States have been asked by these com
panies to. make q tentative estimate
OF the supplies they will need for
that period of time, and production
schedules of the manufacturers are
being arranged accordingly.
The telephone companies have been
urged TO make these estimates to
cover periods or cvcles of three years
each, This plan is neither speculative
nor visionary. The New YORK Tele-
phone Company, for example. has al
sion which extends fully twenty-five
years and involves the expense or
hundreds of millions of dollars. The
telephone systems of Illinois have
outlined program which contem.
plates the spending OF s25.000.000 and
more.
VIII Stabilize Prices.
The estimates to be furnished the
electrical equipment companies will
enable them not only to Law out their
own plans for expansion and produc-
tion, but will tend to stabilize prices
for electrical equipment for the next
quarter century.
Even. costs Of distribution will be
stabilized, at least one big equipment
concern 1t became known today now IL
negotiating with, the railroads OF the
country to secure general rate on
ali kinds Of electrical goods instead
of the present system of different
rate for various kinds of electrical
equipment If the railroads signify
willingness to grant such rate. ana
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merce Commission. representatives of
the electrical companies are prepared
to make six TO nine months sur
vey to establish strategic points In
which warehouses will be placed to
hold supplies needed for the terri
tory served for a given period.
Fewer Delays In Future.
This will facilitate and cheaper
development work by the telephone
and power companies. At present
tools. wire. poles and rubber are held
at the point of manufacture and sent
goods necessarily are subject TO long
delay and may be filled 2only at a
speed commensurated with the rail.
road equipment available. Under the
would be used. This would materially
lessen delays in repairs to telephone
and telegraph and power lines dur
ing storms and would expedite re.
Placements TO the utmost.
Planning Of development for TWEEN
ty-five' years ahead is not a new idea
in electrical lines. according to c.
n. Fuller. head of the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company
He added that in spite of the great
progress made in the electrical SCI
ences in the last few years. his COM
pany had already forecast further
developments and was prepared to
take advantage of further inven-
tfonS. These. he said. were merely
a question. of time and labor on the
for the general trend OF many of
them already was plainly apparent.
Silver Quotations Expected to Rise.
an ounce by the director OF the mint
under the Pittman act will have but
little effect on the mining industry,
despite the fact that the world price
at present is "a cents below that
figure. NJ. P. Tomblin. secretary of the
Colorado Metal Mining Association.
said today. Some Of the small inde.
pendent producers may be compelled
to shut down" he added. but the
large Pr producers n,s5 are SO Of the opinion
white metal will advance In the near
future and are accordingly going
scale than for some years.
eaaene dounts dxsf oRnea By sse
American Smelling and Refining Com
pany interests. will be reopened this
month. At Leadville preparations
are being made to unwater the Gra-
ham Park basin. which includes sew
eral of the largest silver properties
in the west. Railroads and smelling
companies are aiding the producer
by means OF reduced rates on tele-
phones and treatment"