ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS.
BIG LINKING UP SCHEME. ,iV CABLE— PKESS ASSOCIATION-COP YBltilU NEW YORK, June 11. Mr Hoover is supervising the formation of u super-power plan, by which all the ■, power units tnroughout the country wifi he connected by a vast trunk system. It is proposed that the connecting units would consist of a main .secondary lines, controlled from a central point, bv which, in ease of necessity, all the power resources of the United States could be diverted to any point immediately. The system is planned with retereilce to water powers, coal fields, the existing high voltage transmission hues the centres of principal power consumption and the trans-continental railways. It is pointed out that, under this system, power now Avasted would be utilised, involving the saving of millions annually. The sponsors are attempting to overcome some State legislation under which the plan cannot, at present-, be accepted.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 13 June 1927, Page 5
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148ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 13 June 1927, Page 5
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