The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-04

Upwards of $15.O00,000 will be
Expended by Connecticut public
utility companies, exclusive of the
New Haven railroad, during the
year OF 1882 for improvements on
their plant and equipment. extern
sion of distribution systems and
general construction work, II Is re-
vealed in Il survey of their present
estimates taken among light and
power, gas, telephone and water
companies.
The appropriate being set
aside for these purposes by the
public utilities of the state this
year are much more limited than
they have been In recent vars both
Because of the fact that prevailing
conditions have seriously affected
utility incomes and because of the
fact that for the past two years
the public service companies in u
concerted effort to relieve unem-
phi. ment have pushed construction
work so far ahead that much OF
the work originally planned for
1932 and 1888 has already been
completed
Few, IL any. of the nnecticut
utilities are today In a position 10
make expenditures for construction
and expansion beyond the limits of
absolutely necessary mprovements.
The amount OF work which these
necessary improvements VIII entail.
however, Is shown by , size Of
the above mentioned estimates Of
their cost.
The largest sums. according TO
present estimates. will be expended
by the Southern New England Tele-
phone company and the New Haven
railroad, although the latter
severely hit by the depression, mo-
tor truck competition and forced
Into drastic curtailment of wages
and expenditures. plans no i'm
provements on It's system other
than those which must be made
In the ordinary course Of railroad
operation and which Will enable
operation at lower costs. It's budget
IN not yet complete and no definite
figure is available.
The Southern New England Tel
ephone company has definite plans
for Improvement of plant and
equipment and construction which
Will run close to $7,000,000. The
plans provide for the completion
OF new exchange office and the
conversion to dial of all telephones
In Bristol and the recently COM
pleted dial cut-overs In New Ha-
ven and Waterbury; a new toll
switchboard AT Hartfod: additional
coitfal Office equipment at New
Haven: pole deplacements; tn
placing of more than $4,000 miles
40 Inc. Ia. h 10 ala .,t .f "a
, derground conduit made necessary
by exchange and toll cable extern
sicns and municipal or state paving
projects the completion OF the
Waterbury, Thomaston and Torring-
ton Wlnsted cables. extension OF
the latter through Norfolk to Ca
man and another cable from New
Milford to Kent.
Expenditures for additions and
improvements In the light and pow.
er Aeid during 1882 arc estimated
between s5,000.000 and $4,000, 900
more than half Of which will be dis.
bursed by the Connecticut Light &
Power company In its various loca
DISTRICTS throughout the state.
The latter's budget for 1882 i'm.
provements amounts to $4,000, 00C
which In n considerable increase
over expenditures for similar pur-
poses last year. The company's
plans call for a comparatively
small expenditure for generation
facilities. but the use of q YER,
large sum, more than half the tota
budget, for extending and improv.
Ing the distribution system. The
budget Is subdivided as follows:
Electric generation, $l61.000i
electric transmission. $410.000i
substatio and distribution, ST..
772.O00: gas production and dis
tribution. $4,000; new buildings
$4,000: miscellaneous, $4,000
The next largest expenditure
which will be made this year by
an electric utility Is one of approx
imately s1.200.000 by the closel,
associated group consisting of thu
Hartford Electric Light company
the Connecticut Power company
the Stamford Gas and Electric
company. the Connecticut Electri,
company. and the Union Electric
Light & Power company.
M or this group, the largest outla'
will be by the Hartford Electric
Light company which will reach ;
total of $1.100,000, also a substan
tial increase over last years bud
get. The expenditures are budgetet
as follows: Steam generatin,
plants, $500, 900; hydro generating
plants. $4,000: Transmission. $50,
900; distribution system, $3.50, 900
1 and miscellaneous, $4,000. TIL
q Connecticut Power company antici
pates and expenditure of approx
mately $525, 600. substantial pro
portion of which will be devoted T.
the extension of lines into rura
territory. No major improvement
or additions are planned. The I'm
ion Electric Light & Power com
pany anticipates miscellaneous ex
tensions which will cost $11.00
and transmission Improvement