. Journal of electricity. outlay of $22,000, making itprobably the highest price per kilowatt plant in theworld. One of its distinctive features is that it is thefarthest north of any year-round hydro-electric planton the continent. Adjacent to the town of Chitina isa three-acre lake which is fed by a number of springsof such mildness that the lake does not freeze to anyconsiderable depth even in the coldest weather. Thislake is 100 feet obove the Copper river and separatedfrom it by a ridge. By driving a 1400-foot tunnelthrough this ridge the water from the lake is carriedover to the Copper r
. Journal of electricity. outlay of $22,000, making itprobably the highest price per kilowatt plant in theworld. One of its distinctive features is that it is thefarthest north of any year-round hydro-electric planton the continent. Adjacent to the town of Chitina isa three-acre lake which is fed by a number of springsof such mildness that the lake does not freeze to anyconsiderable depth even in the coldest weather. Thislake is 100 feet obove the Copper river and separatedfrom it by a ridge. By driving a 1400-foot tunnelthrough this ridge the water from the lake is carriedover to the Copper river side, where it is droppeddown a hundred feet through 270 feet of 16-inch steelpipe. The tunnel was driven through 900 feet offrozen earth and loose rock and through 500 feet ofextremely hard .solid rock. The earth and rock werethawed with steam points. February i, 1918] JOURNAL OF ELECTRICITY 139 BUSINESS BUILDINGSELLING IDEASDISPLAY WITH THE ELECTRICALCONTRACTOR AND DEALER CONSTRUCTION KINKS COST KEEPING ESTIMATING. 3LJE. I>N_T FOOLJNCJ- NOVEL ELECTRIC WINDOW MOVIEDISPLAYS BY ERNEST A. DENCH (Suppose it were some other mans window advertisingsay, tea-kettles—would you stop and look at it? Probablyyou would if it were one of the window displays suggestedhere. What is more, you would remember where you sawit, and would be more than likely to go in and ask aboutit. The idea is not an expensive one, but utilizes the ap-peal of the movie to the moving-picture fan. The authoris a well-known writer on moving-picture subjects.—TheEditor.) Photoplay Scenes in Your Window AVE you noticed how ef-fectively the enterprisingphoto-play exhibitor usesphotographs, or stills, asthey are called in thestudio, of scenes fromforthcoming attractionsfor lobby display pur-poses? How about adapt-ing the idea to a windowdisplay of your own?These photographs at-tract a good deal of at-tention and serve as anappetizer for the produc-tion in question. But youwill be cheating yourselfif you perm
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