Show Electricity Brings Social Development t tIn In spite of the steady increase in in recent years in the amount of elec elec- electricity electricity pro in the United S States tes the number of generating stations in operation is less than in 1920 ac- ac accord according ac according cord cording inK to the United States Geological Geological cal Survey Small stations or uncertain uncertain uncertain tain efficiency ncy are being replaced by byar large ar e stations servin serving wide territories territories les ies An lt c-lt electric company can adequately tey serve a sin single le community only when it can reach a large cost ly settled population In sparsely settled sections sec sec- sections sec sections the area served must be sufficiently sufficiently sufficiently large to overcome the small small- smallness smallness small ness ness of the population To meet this need poplin pooling of power resources through interconnection of transmission transmission sion lines was innovated and with outstanding success The result o of this system m is shown in an nn important agricultural state Fifteen years ago a public utility ini investment investment in- in j i vestment company acquired nine plants in as many small towns and connected then them into a unified system tern i tent tem From year to year ear more plants were added until the tot total at pre pre- present pre present sent is in towns with average populations of 1800 I I Pr Previously 46 of 01 these towns tov had no electric c service mind and many of them could have ha none today if they still were forced to depend defend on local plants Of those which had electricity 33 had only oily night service and the communities were served by small smal plants with limited facilities facilities facilities I ties and at nt a high cost Now all the communities receive continuous high grade rade service I Industrial decentralization farm electrification and social socia development I of small are to a great extent the result of uniform distri distri- distribution distribution buton of electricity |