Among other points which came to Mr. Aldridge's attention during hhis months in England and America was the increased use of pulverized fuel in power stations, as a_means of burning coal more efficiently. Although pulverized fuel was being extensively used, there were still important plants, however, not using it, which when followed up could be traced generally to local conditions more installation a than to general of ming fuel plant at Riverside Station which was being carried out was confidently expected to give better results with local coals than 1 the existing type of mechanical stokers made possible.
Switeh-gear was another im: portant link in the—electrical development chain, Mr. Aldridge said. "Manufacturers were striving to make switch-eear more reliable, simpler and yet capable of handling the enormous amount of power now issuing from big modern power stains. Much research work was being done in England, on the Con. tinent and in the United States on the subject of switch gear. The same thing applied, also, to the problem of underground—transmission, made increasingly diffeult by the continuing big. supply of cleetricty. Manufactorers were, therefore, exerting themselves to produce cables which would be Teliable at higher pressures than those now in general use, the object being to transmit a greater amount of power with fess cable, Tue Ministry of Industry and Commerce, according to the Chinese press, has declined to cancel the special tax on coal. Coal must be taxed, it says, in order to help the country's finances.
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