Show improved methods bring happiness an era of 0 greater prosperity and happiness tor for all civilized people was foreseen by engineers and economists ot of 31 nations who attended first world power conference held in london england from june 30 to july 12 1924 though the delegates were the worlds leading technologists their lute interest et was focused not on technical matters but on the quei question tion what can be done to make human life better worth the living the following answer to this question was unanimously agreed upon resolved that it is the opinion of 0 this conference that the worlds most crying need today Is greater production and manufacturing activity among its peoples under conditions which will promote individual prosperity and happiness and that this can be largely achieved by the fuller development of national power resources and by the establishment of the most economical means for the general distribution and utilization of energy this thought was developed by hundreds of speakers before the conference the subject of the relation of power to prosperity Is of 0 such importance that it should be understood by every thinking american superpower or interconnection of power resources Is not a dream of lot visionary men of science it is a reality today in various parts of the united states and Is being extended as rapidly as circumstances permit on this subject john W bleb vice dent of the new york edison company said in new york city a considerable number of small companies had grown up during the first 20 years of central station operations their facilities consisted of many small and inefficient power plants using different generating and distributing systems and customers equipment the following decade witnessed a general argeneral consolidation and merging ng of these companies and a unification of generating and distributing facilities concentrating production in a few large economical plants and providing a safer and more reliable service this was really the beginning of superpower service an extension of this system to all parts of the world will bring about greater production and manufacturing activity and lighten the burden of human toll in every land As m might ight be expected the ini dative and energy of american citizens ens Is leading the way |