Lighting London 3 i 



what would happen did the current escape 

 by some means from a well charged cable 

 to the steel bottom of some unfortunate 

 ship passing only a few feet above. 



Mention has been made already of the 

 careful organisation and the introduction 

 of labour saving machinery at Barking. It 

 is a vast place doing national work with the 

 minimum amount of labour. An inquiry 

 elicited the fact that there are only about 

 five hundred men employed there. Yet it 

 is so vast and does so much. Think of the 

 horse-power developed and distributed every 

 day! 



Such organisations as these explain very 

 trenchantly the growing list of the unem- 

 ployed. Yet here is the paradox, for whilst 

 there are far less men found work at Barking 

 than would be the case if the equipment 

 were say, twenty years old, the cheapness 

 of the product induces a greater use of the 

 current, which in turn encourages manu- 

 facturers to extend their works and give 

 greater employment. So there are always 

 wheels within wheels, and what is lost on 



