A 132,000-volt underground cable for New York

New York City will, within the next year, be the scene of a notable advance in the transmission of electrical power and will have what unquestionably will be the most closely knit, most flexible, and thereby most efficient electrical generating and distributing system of any city in the world. This will come about as the result of the installation in the Bronx of an underground cable line which will be operated at 132,000 volts or twice the pressure of the highest-voltage underground cable line now used commercially anywhere in the world.