Mr. Aldridge explained to a representative of the "North China Daily News" on Aug. 3 the way in which electricity for domestic purposes was catching on throughout the British Isles. This was seen perhaps most clearly in the me creased demand for all kinds of electrical appliances, he sal especially in the use of electri cookers and water heaters. It was more than likely that there was some connection between the demand for electrical appliances and the "servant problem" and the modern tendency to prefer a small electrically equipped flat or house to a large one of the old type which required a large staff of servants to keep things going smoothly.
The extended use of electricity was improving the working and living conditions in general in the whole country in an amazing way, Groups of working class dwellings built by various urban and borough authorities might be given as an example of what was meant, These and for heating and cooking practically all new houses even in mall country places were wired for electric lights.
Comprehensive Government Scheme The Electricity Act of 1926 pass the British Government to foster a cheap and abundant supply of electricity throughout Great Britain is expected to increase largely the consumption electricity. Selected power stations ture being extended and new ones are about to be built. The main idea is to scrap the numerous small and inefficient stations and. operate only the Inrger and officio 80 that in cours time the whole of the public supply of electricity in Britain will be derived from a relatively small number of large power plants located at more or less suitable geographical centres, due regard being given to the density of the existing and potential demands in the different areas. These stations will feed into a common overhead transmission network, known as the "Grid," work on which has already commenced. The "Grid" will tapped at selected places and the energy transformed to a lower pressure for local distribution, The whole country is divided into sections, as for example Southeast England' Transmission, West Midlands, Central Scottish, ete, and in each area, 192,000 volt: transmission lines will form a network to supply the country round.
Certain big stations had been selected by the Government to supply their own districts and also to feed into the "Grid," and in the course of a few years, Mr. Aldridge declared that a supply would be available for remote villages throughout the country.
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