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* ELECTRIC LIGHTING. (■70 ELECTRIC LIGHTING. g a = a S d Capital stock Number of arc lights Total Number of Incandescent llgljts Engine Series * D. C. met A.C. Inc. t horse- power Direct .ilternat- ing Total ( Public. ■■■ j Private Total... ) Public. ■'* Private Total... ( Public. ••• 1 Private Total... i Public. ••■ 1 Private Total... 1 Public. ••■ I Private Total... ( Public. ■"• i Private Total... j Public. " ■ 1 Private Total... ( Public. •■■ ( Private Total... f Public. Oklahoma 5 $280,000 240 20 260 6,490 1,860 7,310 1,000 6 2 28 240 20 260 6,490 175 6.370 1.860 600 43.32.i 7,340 775 48.693 1.000 105 Oregon 4,seo,000 1,891 14 14 1,919 10.605 30 17 224 1.891 2,055 80,239 14 5 1.473 U 1,919 2.060 32.335 5,545 1.982 341,346 43.925 18.0.50 675,760 49.470 20.032 917.106 10.710 4.'.>60 18,197,035 623 112.366 241 32,294 1.478 623 34,395 343,328 693,810 937,138 117,325 12 3.064,500 5,060 78 4 6.142 13,170 66.220 79,390 79.390 2.0.50 IS. 150 13.700 12 2 15 6.060 120 730 78 4 5,142 120 829 13,170 06.220 2,060 17.100 13,700 1.000 1,801,600 12 87 1,060 4,920 17 1 17 850 12 87 7 15 949 7 377 1,050 19.150 800 12.800 20.200 800 18.760 6,920 80 632,500 360 2 6,960 18.460 18 8 24 360 135 2.130 2 28 11 22 1 110 384 164 2,251 6,960 1.000 1,156 13.600 2.613 76.230 19.560 3.615 77.385 18.340 665 1,352,300 10,030 a2 7 79 2,265 500 3,187 39 111 2,415 600 3,354 2.166 1.310 21.953 78.846 3.360 107,765 81.000 4,070 129.708 10.695 1.100 Texas 5,150,400 72 95 2l.:(75 86 2 8 3,687 15 910 72 95 3,854 15 960 23,263 50 1.150 111,116 500 14,6U0 134,378 .550 15.750 22.475 190 '" I Private Total... ( Public. '■■ i Private Total... t Public. 751,000 60 4.060 10 8 29 925 80 1,230 60 975 80 1,274 1,200 16,100 16.000 48,440 10.300 16.000 53.530 4.250 2,825 902,300 20 24 6,090 7.980 37 7 33 1,310 485 2,067 20 24 1,354 485 2,227 5,090 563 18,100 64,440 2.300 21.993 69,530 2.863 40.093 10.806 850 '" 1 Private Total... ( Public.. '" ( Private Total... ( Public . ■■■ 1 Private Total... ( Public. ■'■ t Private Total... I Public. "■ ( Private Total... Public. Private ind Total... 1,361,500 92 68 7.850 40 7 33 a,552 485 2.335 92 68 2,712 485 2,400 18.663 563 25,286 24.295 2.300 33.100 42,958 2.863 58.385 8.700 850 3,887,800 55 10 15.855 40 6 30 2,820 714 725 56 8 SO 10 2,885 722 776 25.848 1.350 7.040 35.400 5,9.50 37,900 61.248 7.300 43.540 10.705 West Virgiuia.... 1.480 1,102,600 21 5,910 35 1 89 1,439 170 5,968 38 L'l 1,498 470 6,342 8,990 43,850 62,840 7,390 .500 6,391.275 269 105 40,065 121,160 161,225 27.635 90 5 9 14 S75 2,354 6,438 50 265 269 106 30 6,812 80 275 40.063 100 9,250 121,160 3.459 3.975 161,223 3..5.59 13.226 2S.136 W.voming 560 297,100 io 1.590 305 26,268 243,680 20 659 20,043 30 478 g.06G 365 27.305 274,789 9,350 70,856 2.534,432 7,434 364,031 5,227.932 10.784 434.887 7,762,364 2.150 77.760 Total 264,204,610 1.072,788 Gn 2.729 271,948 20,602 9,644 302,094 2,605,288 6,691,963 8,197,231 1,160.654 others, but up to 1902 were not put on a com- lighting will depend largel.v uj)on local conditions, iiiercinl basis. The light is furnished by a rare- lierc the area supplied is witliin a sliort radius tied gas, eonlined in a tul)e, through which an of the generating stations, the direct current is electric current would be ])asscd. l-ong life used; but where the area served is large, or and great elliciency and eandlepowcr are prom- where the generating station is remote, as in tho i^ed whenever this system is perfected. case of long-distance transmission from a water- The choice of currents and lamps for electric jiowcr plant, a high-potential alternating cur-