Economy Wins Out
[Hat electricity is "best and cheapest" not only for lighting but also heating is shown by figures available from Britain. British municipal aue thorities have in their hands the erec« tion of large blocks of workers’ cot tages and garden suburb schemes, aud during the past 19 months, they wired for electrical installation over 24,248 dwellings. Complete: blocks of houses in Bethnal Green, and large estates at Kingsway, Whittington and else where, have been wired likewise. Electric power has been exploited as the most economical medium for lighting and heating, for this is the gravest consideration in the construction of municipal houses. The figures quoted. include only those residences wholly constructed by municipal authorities, with a Government subsidy, and ex- | Clude those wired by any private or assisted arrangement.
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Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 30, 7 February 1930, Page 31
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132Economy Wins Out Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 30, 7 February 1930, Page 31
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