IX, A, 3 Dalburg and Pratt: Iron Ores of Bulacan 259 



According to the data already quoted concerning electric smelt- 

 ing installation in Europe, 3,700 kilowatts would more than meet 

 the power demands of a plant consisting of two small furnaces, 

 one for iron and one for steel manufacture. The excess power 

 over that required for smelting would hardly be sufficient at the 

 lowest stages of the river for the operation of the cableway to 

 the ore deposits and the machinery for working up the iron and 

 steel into marketable forms, but during the greater part of the 

 year there would be ample power for all purposes. 



Electric furnaces, therefore, appear to be an important con- 

 sideration in connection with the future exploitation of Bula- 

 can iron ores. The fundamental requirements of a small iron 

 and steel industry are met in the conditions which obtain in 

 Bulacan. 



