CHEAP ELECTRICITY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 February 1939, Page 8

CHEAP ELECTRICITY

COMFORT FOR CANADIAN HOMES. TORONTO. Low-priced electricity, developed principally from abundant water-pow-er, plays an important part in Canadian home-life as well as helping in the efficient operation of the Dominion’s industries. The electricity used in residences in Canada has increased steadily. In 1937 it amounted to 1,887,116,000 kilowatt hours, an increase of 27 percent over the 1930 consumption and 7 per cent over the 1936 consumption. More than sixty per cent of the population of Canada enjoy the boon of electrical power for light and laboursaving devices. This lavish consumption of electricity in the homes of Canadian towns and cities is most conspicuous: Every room has abundant light and numerous outlets for the attachment of lamps, heaters, vacuum cleaners, radios, and other appliances I while in the kitchen are to be found ' refrigerators, toasters, ironers and cookranges, all operated by electricity. The basement adds its quota with automatic furnace attachments, hot water tank, and washing machine. This general use of electricity is not confined to urban areas, as electric transmission lines now range far and wide bringing current to the farms of rural districts where water pumps, feed choppers, cream separators, and other such machinery are electrically operated.