J. pg WILDE, Manager U, S. Electricity Output New York, Mar. 8.
Production of electricity in the United States during the week ended March 4 was estimated at 2,244,000,- 000 kilowatt hours, according to the Edison Electric Institute. This shows an increase of 10.2 per cent. over the corresponding period last when the output was 2,036,000,000 kilowatt hous.
The output during the preceding week totalled 2,226,000,000 kilowatt hours, showing an advance of 9.6 per cent. from the same week in 1938.
—Reuter.
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