Census of Electrical Industries, 1917: With Summary of the Electrical Industries. Central electric light and power stations |
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Page 93 - In passing, however, it is interesting to note that there has been an increase in the importance of the street lighting business done by the central station departments of electric railways.
Page 23 - station" as here used may represent a single electric station or a number of stations operated under the same ownership.
Page 21 - The average rates received by municipal plants for their current are much higher than those charged by the other group, as is indicated by the fact that, while they sell only 4 per cent of all current, they receive 7.9 per cent of the income from the sale of current.
Page 72 - It is significant to find that the total number of kilowatt hours generated by central stations and electric railways has more than trebled since 1907, until in 1917 the figures stand at 32,678,806,061 kilowatt hours. The increase, both for the decade and during the past five years, was far more marked in the case of electric light and power plants than in the case of street railways. The former show a gain of 333.9 per cent since 1907, or nearly 20,000,000,000 kilowatt hours. The latter during the...
Page 119 - In those cases in which bonds have been paid off by means of appropriations from the tax levy they are relieved of a large amount of interest payments; and it should be recalled that in 1917, 18 per cent of the entire expenses of commercial plants were interest payments, while the expenses for municipal plants amounted to only 7.8 per cent of the total. A large number of plants in both groups were operated at a loss in 1917. The total number was 1,164, of which 761 were commercial and 403 municipal....
Page 146 - Total. Electric service, including estimated value of free service. All other sources. Total expenses, including salaries and wages. Total number of persons employed.