STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 19, sig. 109-1/22 Page 30 · 30 of 102
THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 19, sig. 109-1/22
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26 28 2 Water pipelines are built, but it is not recommended to do such a double effort, the best would be of course if only spring water would be used at all.However, there are great difficulties in this point, since there is little water in the city area, so there is nothing left for us to look for new sources. The power plant is run together with the gas plant and with the tramway.The head of Ing.Pezina is a German, he shows a great technical skill and a great deal of understanding for economic questions.With regard to the asset valuation, it is to be noted that it is a little overvalued. It could be higher if the electricity sales were greater.Night-current operation is uneconomical, because as far as Bise-Mesvji diesel engines are concerned, it must be said that the costs have increased greatly. Gas engines for generating electricity are economically burdensome to the gas plant because the capacity of the gas works is heavily strained and because the price obtained for it is low.When the gas is transferred to private customers, higher gas prices could be achieved,the daily electricity is generated from Beranau,the night electricity is produced with its own machines. One error is that the plant has no advertising department.It would be highly recommended to raise the electricity sales by using an advertising department specifically for the purpose.Since the current ore-eating capacity of the E.W. Even taking into account the supply of electricity from Beranau, it is not enough to meet the ever-increasing demand, and the production costs of the own plant with diesel and gas engines are too high and therefore uneconomic, the municipality sohon negotiates by electricity from the West Moravian due to supply of the Jglauer E.W.. The negotiations have not resulted in any results, even though in December a fundamental commitment was made by the Western Moravians, the offer it submitted in January is acceptable for the Jglauer E W, because l.the electricity price offered in it is not necessarily too high and 2.the Western Moravian wants to supply the electricity only over the war period up to 6 months after the end of the war.The second condition is completely unacceptable,because the investments that would have to be made for this purpose,latter time in An- 328