Garland Globe | 1907-11-02 | Page 5 | Electricity in Japan

Electricity In Japan. "Whllo all tho progressive nntlons ol tho occidental world havo been vying with ono another In tho utilization ot waterfalls for tho production of cle& trie power, Japan, a country whore wntorfalls nbound, has almost entirely neglected Uils source of mechanical onorgy. But lnovitably, In vlow oj tho extraordinary development which Japan has recently undergono, such 8 state of affnirs could not endure. A beginning has now beon made, and the work will doubtless bo pursued wltb characteristic Japanese cnorcv and in telilgencc. Several Japanese companies compan-ies havo recently been organized for the establishment of hydoclcctrlc stations. sta-tions. Tho most Important of them, with a capital of 110,000,000, proposes to furnish 40,000 horse-power of elec trie enorgy for distribution In Kioto nnd tho surrounding region. Tho Han-shin Han-shin railroad is soon to bo suppllod with electric trains, nnd another comi pany proposes to furnish electric pow-er pow-er to Nngoya.