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Title: Areas of desolation in Pennsylvania (microform): Some unutilized water power
Identifier: areasofdesolatio01roth (find matches)
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Rothrock, Joseph T. , 1839-1922
Subjects: Forests and forestry; Reforestation; Waste lands
Publisher: Philadelphia : Herbert Welsh
Contributing Library: Penn State University
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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C-i Si ;5 11 work which can as well be done by a restorable power is almost a crime. Pennsylvania possesses a vast undeveloped water power; just how much it is im- possible yet to say. In this connection, however, it is important to insist upon the fact that the maintenance and increase of this power an^ cl()s(4>' associated with the restoi'ation of our forests on such lands as Inivv no a^ricultui-al values and especially ui)on the hiIissouri; (second) because one-horse power steam costs annually $150, while the same energy derived from electricity costs $40; steam is wast(^ful; fire must be maintained while engines stand b!o\vin<2: off steam on a siding; for electrical service you simj)ly cut off the power; (third) a freight locomotive runs 150 miles and then goes to the round house; an electri- cal engine runs 1200 mih^s before being I'eturned to round house for repairs. 1 have made these statements on what seems to be competent authority. It must be remembered, the question of water ))o\ver is not one merely of the volume of rain or snow fall; for much of that ))()wer nnght run out of the countrv uiHit ili/ed w h(Mi business is slack. 1'h(^ most important factor is th(^ volume^ of p(M'sist(Mit powt^r: that which may Ije depended upon when needc^d. Tt is in tins aspect that tlu^ forest covering ):)ecomes so important, bcM'ausc^ it is the water which soaks into the ground and not tli:it which flows off of the surface upon which a sustained water su))ply depends. The fact is clearly established by our Oovernment investi- i mJMtmommsEc H' , WT'i.%«ii \ tfâ*. jkj-i a

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