Show water power developed and undeveloped totaling horsepower dy by JOHN B MILLER southern california edison company in the united states today there is water power developed and undeveloped amounting to horsepower seventy S per cent of this water power is i west of the mississippi and of this 70 clo 40 is in the pacific coast aud and mountain states and 23 is in the three pacific coast states at the same time there is in the united states horse poter w e r in ILI prime moyer mover power but of this horsepower is in locomotives which should not perhaps be used in this analysis or at least not all of it of the balance is used by public utilities and by manufacturers mines and qa quarries arries of this prime mover power 70 is located east of the Missus ippi and 30 west of the mississippi now if water power wore ft ore substituted for steam power ass assuming tuning the development of all of the potential water power resources of the country the saving in coal per annum would be tons the value of which on a prewar pre war basis would be 23 the equivalent saving in oil would be barrels with an mate value of at present prices the values would be nearly double or its equivalent in nian man power would be men working eight hours a day |