Proposed Carbide
Monopoly.-Until now wnfer-power inslallntlons hnve been adnptcd to the supply of mnter nvailnble wit11 certainty during n l U e months of the year; but it would bc better if Lhcy were enlnrged so that tlie givntcst qunntity of wntcr nvnilnble nt any tinic could be utillscd. A stencly supply of cnergy sliould then bc clelivcrcd nt n liIgl1 pricc during the wliolc year to the COliSUNCPY of light nnd power, whilst the PSCCSS, nv:iiInblc only from time to tinic, would scrvc for sclcctcd clicniicnl fnctorics ns111g only clicnp currcnt nnd making n prodiict cnsy to be stored nnd not requiring further trciilmcnt. The ninnufnct lire of cnlcium cnrbidc, wliicli coulct bc cnrrled on intcruiittcntly, fulfils tlicse conditions, nnd i t aoulcl be possi1)lC to mnke G,500,000 tons of thls mnterinl from the 500,OoO metric tons of gnscoltc nnnuallg protluccd 111 Gcrninn-Austria. Tlic necessary electricnl energy (54% nilllion Iiilomntt-Iiours) could bc proridcd by tlic csccss cnergy of the enlnrgcd watcr-power stntiolis, nnd the cost of electricnl power would be rcdwcd to nll consiiincrs. Carbide, to the rnluc of 910 inillion kroner per ycnr, could bc produccd nntl n t n inucli lowcr cost thnn obtnins in niost ofllcr countrics. This industry Is wcll stilted to bc n Stnlc monopoly.-(R. ntigeto. "ltctti., J10ie 17, 1919.) Foreign Company News.-Prcrttce.-'l'lic Socidtd Frniicnlse de Itadlo Cliiniic " rvns cstnbllslicci cnrly 111 1914 witli 11 cnpltnl of 1,700,000 frnncs. 11s opcrn-Lions were cleroted to Llie working u p of nionnzltcs