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...duck-teeming delta at Havre de Grace on Chesapeake Bay, it flows through a busy industrial district. Neither long nor deep, it has no ships moving up & down it; work for the Susquehanna means power plants, not navigation. In the last 33 mi. of its course three great hydro-electric systems derive their energy from its waters, plants capable of producing more horsepower than any other hydro-electric development...
...Holtwood, Pa. was completed and began supplying power to Consolidated Co. of Baltimore. In the 15 years which followed Banker Aldred & partners watched the growing industrial life of the district, quietly bought up the property around Safe Harbor, gained control of Consolidated Co. Most important item for any hydro-electric development is a good market for its product. Expensive to build, big power dams must be able to sell electricity readily or their overhead charges eat up all profit. Safe Harbor dam was not begun until its sponsors foresaw the electrification of the Pennsylvania Railroad from New York to Washington...
...lakes for hydroelectric power. Projected cost of the power installations alone: $65,000,000. Projected horsepower on completion: 2,000,000. Initial developments provided for 500,000 h.p., contracts for the greater part of which have long been signed by Montreal Light, Heat & Power Co. and the Ontario Hydro Commission...
Taiwan Electric Power now furnishes 95%, of the island's electricity, operates eight hydro-electric and six steam power plants. Its gross operating revenues last year came to $4,242,000 against 1929'$ $4,005,000-about the same as for a U. S. city of 200,000 population, although Formosa's population is 4,000,000. Its property is valued at $29,000,000. One of the biggest shareholders in the company is the Imperial Japanese Government, which owns 36.7% of the stock and is aggressively developing the island's industries. Hence when last week...
Other inventions included: a four-sided safety razor; non-slipping suspender buckles; a combination of submarine, hydro-airplane and armored tank...