Show italy makes good Os use e of vast water power one after another the great waterfalls of the alps and apennines have been placed ili ID subjugation by italy their water guided into huge hagli pressure cond conduits tilts and forced to turn dimit writes henry kittredge notion ton to in worlds before lie world war var these turbines lDes were already producing two tivo hill joll kilowatt hours per year luring during ithe lie war because of the shortage of coal und and tile the need for power till this capacity was increased liy by nother it biti folt kilowatts alt after the postwar po enst had settled down into the fascist regime a new impetus was given to electa elect elec till a development and by the alie end of 1020 1920 the actual consumption had reached 7 Lil kilowatt hours per annum minin i since then ihen it hns has continued to mount more afore than VW of kalys communes are now supplied will electrical energy the per capita consumption runs close to kilowatt hours As was to be expected under the cincu circumstances by tar far the greater portion of italis electrical energy is used la in turning the wheels or of her factories lighting Is a secondary slyly per cent of if italis electrical energy Is used for motor power IR 15 per cent for light and heat 14 per cent inthe in ln the metallurgical and chemical in ili destries dus dust tries rles and the remaining 11 per ceni cell for the electrified railways |