Central Electric Light and Power Stations and Street and Electrical Railways with Summary of the Electrical Industries 1912 (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Central Electric Light and Power Stations and Street and Electrical Railways With Summary of the Electrical Industries 1912 Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith the report on the census of central electric light and power stations, and street and electric railways for 1912. This is the second report on these industries that has been prepared in conformity with the requirements of the act of Congress of June 7, 1906. The canvass for the collection of these statistics was started early in April, 1913. It generally requires about a year to collect satisfactory reports from all establishments covered by a census of this character. The field work for this census, however, was completed by the middle of October, 1912. The results for each state were published as rapidly as the tabulations were finished, the first totals being made public in December, 1913. The United States totals were published in January and February, 1914. A preliminary bulletin was published during June, 1914, which presented the principal data in regard to each branch of the census in each state. The results were made public at an earlier date than they were published for preceding censuses. It was not thought essential, therefore, to hasten the publication of the final report transmitted herewith, and only a limited force was employed in its preparation. The American Electric Railway Accountants' Association and the National Electric Light Association cooperated with the Bureau of the Census in devising the forms of the schedules used in the collection of these statistics. At prior censuses the office experienced considerable difficulty in securing complete reports from a number of companies. No difficulties of this character to furnish the information was due largely to securing their cooperation through their associations. Both the American Electric Railway Accountants' Association and the National Electric Light Association appointed committee to confer with the officials of the bureau, and meetings were held in the city of New York, where the form of schedule and method of presenting the statistics were discussed. The statistics were collected and the report prepared under the supervision of Mr. William M. Steuart, chief statistician for manufactures. As at preceding censuses Mr. T. Commerford Martin, of New York City, was the consulting expert of the bureau and prepared that parties of the report dealing with the technical features of the central station and electric railways industries. Acknowledgement should also be made of the sevice of Mr. Frank L. Sanford and Mr. Story B. Ladd, who assisted in the preparation of the text and analytical tables. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.