This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ...of the United States. The construction of power plants has more than kept pace with the demand for power. Up to the past three years it was impossible to supply the existing demand for electric power, but since that time, due to a general depression in business lines and to a more rapid development along power lines, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ...of the United States. The construction of power plants has more than kept pace with the demand for power. Up to the past three years it was impossible to supply the existing demand for electric power, but since that time, due to a general depression in business lines and to a more rapid development along power lines, the markets have become saturated, and as a general rule it is not believed that there will be any construction work on new plants of any magnitude until some unusual demand is made for power. In the past few years, too, there has arisen a feeling that a closer regulation of the companies owning and operating the power plants, and more legislation directed at them with the idea of harassing them in many ways, would work to the advantage of the public. With that end in view, apparently, there has been, not only in this section but in other parts of the country, too much drastic regulation and legislation, with the result that until saner ideas are held by the law-making bodies, it is not believed that new capital will look with favor upon any heavy investment in public utilities. The remarkable growth of the cities along the coast in addition to the numerous possibilities for expansion along all lines should be proof that this section is thoroughly alive, that it is making rapid strides, and is destined to be a most important part industrially of the United States. President L. Addicks: The total cost of power consumed, even in electro-metallurgical chemistry, rarely amounts to 20 percent of the cost of operation. I think most people think it is perhaps 50 or 70 percent, and that power is the key of the whole situation. Power, to be sure, is necessary, and it must be cheap, but it is by no means the controlling factor. Then we must remember that...
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