Central Electric Light and Power Stations, 1902 (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: United States Census Office Th Census
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780265100325
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 220

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Excerpt from Central Electric Light and Power Stations, 1902 States, do some actual business in the way of selling current and giving general service, but no canvass was made to elicit the details; and, moreover, the figures for this part of the industry would be insignificant in comparison with the totals. During the year 1902, there were 253 electric railway companies that reported ih come received from the sale of current for light and power, and the companies selling current for such pur poses are increasing in number. Of the 253 companies, 118 reported the number of lamps in use and the amount of income from the sale of current. The statistics for these companies are shown in Tables 97 and 98. If the statistics from this group be added to those already cited in Table 1, the number of stations would be in creased to the total income from the sale of cur rent to the number of arc lamps to and the number of incandescent lamps to For detailed statistics of the power and generating equipment of these plants, reference should be made to the Report on Street and Electric Railways. The sub ject will, however, be taken up incidentally under vari ous headings in the present report. Comparison of tire statistics of private and municipal stations. - According to Table 1, private stations form by far the largest portion of the industry, constituting per cent of the total number of stations in opera tion during 1902. Their income from sale of current formed per cent of gross income, the expenses of operation per cent of the total, while they gave em ployment to per cent of the total number of wage earners engaged in the industry and paid per cent of the total amount of annual wages. The primary power plant equipment of these stations formed per cent of the total horsepower of all stations, while their gen crating equipment formed per cent of the total horsepower of all dynamos. The kilowatt hour output of private stations formed per cent of the total, and the arc lamps in such stations formed per cent of the total number wired for operation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.