COST COMPARISONS 



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I. COMPARISON OF COSTS FOR 24 1 -MILE LINES 



This example is partly based on the characteristics 

 of the transmission project from Big Creek to Los An- 

 geles, California. 



Cables, 0.95 inch diameter, composed of 596,000 circ. 

 mil of aluminum and a &-inch diameter steel core. 

 Spacing, 17.5 feet, in a horizontal plane. Frequency, 50 

 cycles. 



