Show Nations Nation's Power to Be Interlinked This Year ATLA ATLANTA TA Ga March S 5 AP The AP-The The Atlanta Journal In a copyrighted story etory from New Neo York today saId ala mat Iliac within the year electric power companies companes of at this country will wilt have physical connections of ot their transmission lines JInes to toan toan toan an extent that will make possible the Interchange of power from one system to another throughout the eastern half halt of at the United States When these connections are complete com corn pl te the story said aid It win will oe ne for power generating stations on the Canadian border to come corn to the aid of ot orthe the power generating stations station on the tle Gulf of ot Mexico and vice vies versa Thus the surplus power In Minnesota can be to meet a shortage in Fla and the surplus power tn Sn Danville Va can fill till a shortage In South Bend send Ind In The Journal Interviewed Sidney Slaney Z Mitchell president of at the tho Electric Bond Dond and Share company In New ew TorK and obtained plans of this thin great country wide distribution of or electric power S lie Ill said that the following advantages already had harl resulted from tram the tho linking up C of t power companies s Elimination of at power Ower shortages ell a II re reliable reliable re- re liable and continuous y of or power to American Industries reduction of or ex expensive expensive ex- ex pensive spare power units from 50 SO per percent percent percent cent Idle power to 10 per cent Joint and related use of ot the tile hydro-electric hydro plants plant on rivers and streams with wun existing coal eoal generating plants and the generating plants In the tisa natural ta gas fields conservation conservation conservation conser conser- of ot the use of ot rainfall so that Waterpower waterpower waterpower wa- wa may make ml a larger contribution to the general good The TIle Journal said that the rew remainIng remain remain- In Ing gaps which will wili probably ly be closed this year will mean that connected transmission lines will run all alt the way say from Louisiana and Flor Florida a a to within A a. Afew afew few mile of ot the Canadian Border And plans under way ay call for Interconnections that will extend the projected system of at ofin in Interconnection Jo to practically au an all southern states to many midwestern states and to several western states The chain starts with me Minnesota Power and Light company pany the St St. Cloud Public Service company the Northern States Power company and anI the Wiscon Wiscon- sin Minnesota Power and Light company and extends through h the country to the West Ste Virginia I Water f and Electric t company corn com pany the Carolina Power and Light company the Southern Power company compan the Georgia Rall Railway y and Power company company com corn pany and the Alabama Power company |