Bay County past and present . o compete successfully withthem. Woodworking mills still use their waste material to create power,but many of them have to use coal as well, and some find it more profit-able to sell the wood and sawdust for other purposes and buy coal fortheir own use. Another important source of power today is the elec-tricity that is transformed from the water power at the AuSable riverdams, and is transmitted here cheaply over cables stretched on highsteel towers. It would cost much more to ship enough coal that dis-tance that would produce the same amount of power. Of course
Bay County past and present . o compete successfully withthem. Woodworking mills still use their waste material to create power,but many of them have to use coal as well, and some find it more profit-able to sell the wood and sawdust for other purposes and buy coal fortheir own use. Another important source of power today is the elec-tricity that is transformed from the water power at the AuSable riverdams, and is transmitted here cheaply over cables stretched on highsteel towers. It would cost much more to ship enough coal that dis-tance that would produce the same amount of power. Of course all these elements that help make Bay City important inmanufacturing depend partly on each other for their own production of sugar is a good example. Farmers will produce thisraw material, because men have invested capital in factories. Theyare aided in this production by transportation facilities, includinggood roads, and railroads. They find a supply of labor for beet weed- 150 BAY COUNTY, PAST AND O Upq 02 •rH c<3O Q O • r-l !=lO PERIOD OF TRANSITION. 151 HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER GENERATED ON THE AU SABLE.
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