. Journal of electricity . part from the West to theoffice of the federal water power commission for peiTnits andlicenses to develop water power now aggi-egate 2,000,000horsepower, according to 0. C. Merrill, executive secretary ofthe commission. The commission, created under the waterpower bill recently passed by Congress and composed of theSecretaries of War, Interior and Agriculture, held its firstmeeting recently, without waiting longer for the return ofSecretary John B. Payne. The anxious desire of applicantsfor some definite action hastened the meeting. SecretaryBaker and Secretary Mered
. Journal of electricity . part from the West to theoffice of the federal water power commission for peiTnits andlicenses to develop water power now aggi-egate 2,000,000horsepower, according to 0. C. Merrill, executive secretary ofthe commission. The commission, created under the waterpower bill recently passed by Congress and composed of theSecretaries of War, Interior and Agriculture, held its firstmeeting recently, without waiting longer for the return ofSecretary John B. Payne. The anxious desire of applicantsfor some definite action hastened the meeting. SecretaryBaker and Secretary Meredith were present. DELIVERING BY AIRPLANE This picture is of the airshipwhich the Linker ElectricCompany of LaCrosse, Wis.,used in delivery a favoredThor Washing Machine duringa recent campaign. Thedelivery was made to Onalaska,about eight and a half milesaway, in twelve minutes afterthe take-off. Needless to saythis stunt stimulated thecampaign sales to a greatextent and secured a greatmany future prospects forthe 194 JOURNAL OF ELECTRICITY [Vol. 45—No. 4 r^ 3HE 3HE 3HE HAPPENINGS IN THE INDUSTRY ^ ^E 3H£ 3E PLANS FOR TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION In a letter to the city council of Seattle J. D. Ross as-serted that the construction of a tunnel at Cedar Lake toincrease the output of the citys Cedar Palls hydro-electricpower plant would permit the City Light Department toreduce its light and power rates to their original figure—about 20 per cent—within a yeai-, pay off all outstandingwarrants, and avert the possibility of a shutdown of manySeattle factories and the darkening of streets and thousandsof homes. Mr. Ross urged immediate action on the tunnel project,and also asked the council to proceed with the developmentof the Skagit River power project with all possible speed,declaring that the city plants are now operating at a cost offour or five times the cost of Skagit power. He opposed the substitution of coal for fuel oil at theLake Union auxiliary power plant, declar
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