WATER POWER 193 



Since passage of the act, water power has 

 grown healthily into one of the great substantial 

 business interests of the country. In tables appear- 

 ing in the text of this chapter will be found informa- 

 tion of very great interest and value, covering re- 

 gional distribution of plants and power, percentages 

 of distribution of developed water power, and the 

 ranking, in developed water power, of the ten lead- 

 ing states. Out of these may be culled a variety of 

 illuminating facts which I shall leave to the reader 

 to discover for himself, notwithstanding that they 

 might make a couple of dramatic pages. 



Now that a fair power law is applicable 

 throughout all federally owned lands except of 

 course national parks and monuments, and on many 

 waters not in Federal Lands, and that wholesome de- 

 velopment is proceeding at a healthy speed, national 

 thinking has characteristically centred upon the pos- 

 sibilities of future achievement. Although super- 

 power has become a household word, it is probable 

 that many think it means multiplication of power. 

 It doesn't. It is merely planning to tie up regional 

 power plants so that they may be used together to 

 supplement each other. During the day, for ex- 

 ample, power from rural plants may be concentrated 

 in the city to help turn mills, and at closing hour, 

 power from city plants may be shifted into rural dis- 

 tricts to help trolley the workers to their country 

 homes, cook their meals, and light their evenings' 

 work and play. Apply the same idea to greater areas 



