New York section

Second Power Group Meeting. On the evening of Tuesday, May 28th, the Power Group of the New York Section held its second meeting. Through the courtesy of the New York Edison Company, the auditorium of the Consolidated Gas Building was made available, and the meeting called to order by Chairman George Sutherland at 7:45 p. m. A motion picture on the “Construction of the Conowingo Hydroelectric Development” was shown followed by the two papers: The Economical Division of Generating Means, by James D. Winans and F. W. Gay of the Public Service Production Co., and Experience with the Rocky River Hydroelectric Development, by E. J. Amberg of the Connecticut Light and Power Co. The first paper discussed from an economic standpoint the use of artificial water power (pump storage) and gasoline engines as a peak-load installation. The second paper was a discription of the only large pumped storage reservoir in this country, with operating experiences. General discussion followed. Attendance was about 125.