Following the economic depression which began in 1085 and which begun to" show some abatement in June, 1996, the year 1937 opened with an increasing demand for the Company's service. A corresponding improvement in the economic activity of the community was evidenced in most every line of industry, and this Improvement continued up to the August 13 Sino-Japanese incident. The immediate effect of the incident upon the Company was a reduction of load demand (maximum hour out-pul) from approximately 125,000 kilowatts to approximately 20,000 kilowatts, due to the fact that the hostiliUes which began outside the boundary of the Company's franchise area were almost immediately thrust within such area, where they rapidly spread.
Unili August 13, when the hostili-tics already referred to broke out, the abnormal increased demands for the Service of the Company necessitated the uninterrupted prosecution work for the installation of a new 15,000 kilowatt high pressure and high temperature unit, with boiler and auxiliaries, Until August 13, it was considered essential that this extension be completed before the autumn of 1938, new transmission' cable was laid from Park Sub-station to the Settle ment boundary and a similar transmission cable was Inid from Riverside Power Station. to Chaoyang Substation, The following are the usual statistics with respect to the Company's business for the years 1937 and 1038: sumte, o cogs "Ear"
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