| Show Fuel Saving WAR WAn I AR has opened our eyes to many blessings enjoyed en en- V I joed joyed by our people which formell formerly passed un un- noticed When the thc old style conservation was running its ita course many national figures stood aghast when private enterprise sought to develop the tile natural resources resources re re- re- re sources of the tho west Water rater power probably constitutes constitutes I lutes the best example of the old day and the new and many sections now wish that they had proceeded as ns asfar far as Utah and Idaho in harnessing their waters In eastern cities tIle the United States fuel administration tion lion is encouraging th tb the stop skip plan of operating street railways B By 5 skipping stops it is hoped that tIle the street railways will vill effect a big saving in coal The argument is not without merit where coal conI constitutes constitutes constitutes con con- the source of electric energy as it is bound to lessen the consumption of fuel This in itself it means that that a a reduction in the demand for coal will automatically follow The Thc ha traveling haeling eling public however ilo has Ims a new burden to bear as additional fuel economies are put into operation The order no doubt win will have no effect on railways railways rail rail- w ways deriving their electric energy from water power It 11 is one olle of the blessings of the tile intermountain mountain west which war has brought forcibly to our attention Itis It is is snot not the first time it has been brought to our att attention at- at t for last winter we saw some of the advantages advantages lages of power manufactured b by the streams of our mouI mountains ains La Last t winter during the fuel crisis electric signs fed from flom steam plants were shut shu of off an and lightless nights were observed that savings might be made in coal cool If all electric energy came fro from water power it is apparent apparent ap ap- ap parent what a difference there would be in the tho national demand for coal England toda today has placed restrictions restrictions restrictions on shops and restaurants rest est not so much for the 8 savings v s ng-s to be made in food as for the coal savings to tor r he be effected Here in the intermountain west we have e nil all the electric power we need because private enterprise saw fit to save what had previously gone one to waste A comparison of he situation here and in tile the east cast should stand as an nn object Jesson to those who for years ears have opposed development de of our water M IT power |
