Evening star., 1934-08-21

happen until years later-not until
the advent of the forties and not
even then until private capital, which
for many years had been awaiting the
psychological moment for this develop
ment, gave the command. AS has
been developed in previous articles
the plan of operation, as it was first
conceived and as it is now, is simply
this:
/. Linking of all power production
into a giant power pool provided by
major national network of super
high tension carriers lines touching
every productive center.
2. Unified, stabilized distribution to
the entire Nation through the medium
of this same system.
8. Major development of trinity
of power sources-water, steam and
oil. Hydroelectric plants, naturally
must be located at the source oi
power. Under giant power" ire
mendous central generating power
plants are located contiguous to coal
mining districts, deriving their fuel
at little or no cost from the residue
of Jointly operated coal-by- product
plants. The same general system ap-
plies to oil and its treatment. All these
central plants feed into the national
system. Local plants, to take care OF
emergency loads, are fueled from
cheap by-products of the two major
sources. Thus, with virtually costless
water-power production, and like
economy in coal power production,
comes our present state of high do
mestic consumption at little consumer
cost.
View of Giant Power Operation.
We have written somewhat about
water power; about power production;
about power transmission. Let us see
how giant power, through the COM
bination of mouth Of -the-mine gener-
ating plants and by-product plants
has worked.
Let's take a tenth Of that 100000,
900 tons of coal previously mentioned;
let's take 100000 tons and find out
what the new program means to us
keeping in mind that 50,000,000 used
to 90 up the chimney untouched by
any by-product manipulation.
First there are two methods oi
treating the coal as it comes from the
mine-the "high temperature" distil-
lation plan Q700o to 2000' F) and
the low temperature" (9000 to 1300'
F. process.
Fifty million tons of coal subjected
to the "hitemp" process results in
this: 35,000,OO0 tons of coke; 3d..
600, ,00O, 900 cubic feet of gas; 100,-
600, 900 gallons of light oil (most OF
which is used as fuel by our present
high speed, light weight express
trains); 100000 tons of ammonia sui
phate (enough to fertilize $50 1000, ,00C
acres of land), and 400, 100000 gal
Ions of tar and pitch and still leave
enough "sludge" to fire the boilers oi
several power plants. The combined
value of the by-products is worth fal
more than the cost of mining and dis
tiIlation, hence fuel for the power
plant costs nothing.
"Lowtemp" processing of the same
amount of coal-50, 100000 tons
brings 4OOOO,0O0 tons of smokeles:
fuels, 25O,O00, 900 gallons of gasoline
oils. 500,00O,000 gallons of tar oils
/ 900, 100000 cubic feet of gas, ane
again. the necessary "sludge" for fue
for our power plants at no cost.
Scientist say that with older
methods of coal consumption we have
wasted a hundred billions Of dollars II
the last so years. Certainly any one
with a knowledge of conditions a.
they are today can realize what we
have achieved in this direction.
Our farmers have been given the
benefits of cheap fertilizer from
our nitrogen plants; our motorists
have an additional supply of CHEAP
fuel; we have been enabled to pave
our roads at a minimum cost; W.
have established large by-products in
dustries which has given employment
to thousands and which pays profit'