Journal of electricity, power, and gas . power purposes, generating morethan one hundred thousand constant horsepower, thewater being discharged from the last power house atan elevation of 400 ft., and at this point the storedwater is diverted into irrigation canals and more than60,000 acres will be irrigated. This is practical con-servation. A glance at the map of California showing thedevelopment of electric transmission systems in thelast fifteen years, and a knowledge of the undevel-oped resources will give an idea of what has beenaccomplished and what may be the result twenty-fiveyears he
Journal of electricity, power, and gas . power purposes, generating morethan one hundred thousand constant horsepower, thewater being discharged from the last power house atan elevation of 400 ft., and at this point the storedwater is diverted into irrigation canals and more than60,000 acres will be irrigated. This is practical con-servation. A glance at the map of California showing thedevelopment of electric transmission systems in thelast fifteen years, and a knowledge of the undevel-oped resources will give an idea of what has beenaccomplished and what may be the result twenty-fiveyears hence. It follows that every encouragementshould be given to develop water power as againststeam power, in order to gain the advantages for Cali-fornia of the highest type of civilization, one that willendure to the end of time. It requires no prophet to predict that within thelife of most of us the steam locomotive will largelydisappear, and that in its place will be the electric JOURNAL OF ELECTRICITY, POWER AND GAS [Vol. XXXII—No. 1. Lake Spaulding Dam and Construction Plant,Present Height, 242 ft.; Ultimate, 322 ft. motor, quietly, rapidly and effectively doing thefuture work of transportation, and it requires no pre-diction that the electric motor and other electrical de-vices will be largely responsible for future progressand advancement of civilization generally. In factcivilization and philosophy will be very much influ-enced and directed by electricity and its accomplish-ments. The philosophy of Marcus Aurelius and Con-fucius, who lived two thousand years ago is as soundas that of our modern philosophy, yet Rome decayedand China now sleeps. The electric transmission ofintelligence and power would have prevented thedecay of the former and would arrest the sleep ofthe latter. It is impossible to judge the future by thepast without making full allowance for the changedconditions resulting from the modern transmission ofinformation, power and products. The transmission and
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