The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-03-11
ELECTRICITY IS
ONE Of MARVELS
Of OEVELOPM
Present Era Shows Pow
er Use to Be Steadily
Increasing; Coal is Re-
placed

Washington-This is a wonderful
age That is an observation one often
hears coupled with the thought; lust
think OF the moving pictures, and ra-
dio. and flying machines. The pace
is so fast that automobiles, the teIe-
phone. telegraph. sky-scrapers. cleo
trio railways. hard-surfaced roads. and
countless other commonplace are not
even recalled because 1--WE have had
them Tor long time" Gerard
Swope. President of the General Elec-
trie company, has recently added one
OF the big contribution to the invcn-
tory of our wonderful age"
During the last thirty years motors
in sizes ranging from 1000 horse
power or more. have been installed
and are now performing work equiva-
lent to manual labor OF 10000. 600
men, said Mr. Swope. Electric
lighting is one OF the few commodities I
that have steadily decreased in cost
from the beginning he continued.
The aggregate Of these improve
ments together with the reduction in
cost to produce electricity has reduced
the cost given amount OF light to 5
per cent of its cost in 1880.
The Improvements in lamps may ,
be utilized either to obtain more light {
Tor the same money or the same
amount OF light Tor less money
America has chosen to obtain more +,
hight. II the present day intensity ;,
OF lighting were obtained by using 4
the carbon lamp OF 1892. the cost
OF lighting in 1922 would have been +
Sl.500O0OO0O and there :
would have been required $4,000. 600 2,
ions OF coal additional to generate :,
ne amount OF current required.
Rapid transit through electric :,
transportation already has been of :
nestimaie value TO industry by max y,
ng It practical for men and women n,
live at greater distances from their =,
iaees OF work. thereby assisting in -;
reat measure the spread OF popuia- h,
on.
Engineers estimate that the com a,
lete electridcation of American rail. -,
'ads would save more than 100000
W tons OF coal a year. d,
The development OF steam turbine
enerators has shown steady in -,
ease IN the power of each unit In ~
w the capacity has increased to 20
y Sa.@s power, in 1911 TO $4,000
'rse power, in 1917 to 10000 horse ~ ~
'wer The latest machine has So n:
U horse power capacity. or more
an eleven times that OF the frs, ING
trough turbine installations in DOW =
plants 90 per cent more energy was mA
tainable from a pound OF coal in
z than in 1902. T
IT is frequently said that we are bee
ns IN an electrical age. When II thei
considered what a small proportion ram
the water power OF the United and
ties is utilized for the generation this
electrical energy and what employ arts
It OF this water power would mean cast
the conservation OF human effor, pub
mining, Transporting. and distri- high
ne the coal. when il is considered lem
only S. per cent OF the manu- ansy
'ring establishments and mines in Elk
United States are operated bv stew
richly and that but SO per cent Of recei
people of the United States are mag
< in electrically lighted houses see
that only still smaller proper MoH
arc using electrical appliances. = Z
! be seen that the future prem 80
Or this great industry even larger adv