CONSOLIDATING EXISTING SYSTEMS.
In this country it would seem that we have proceeded on a rather hand-to-mouth system, so that for electrical purposes the country is divided into a number of small watertight compartments. Altogether there are over six hundred electricity undertakings in the country, Most of which have their own generating station, some highly efficient, others too small to be really efficient. The Electricity Board is now selecting the best stations throughout the country, and is building transmission lines joining these stations together, so that they may, be operated as a single system ; thus, instead of nearly 600 stations, there will be more like 150 working on the best technical methods, and using their plant to the highest practical capacity, with the final result that electricity in bulk will be obtainable at a much lower price than at present.
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