ECONOMIC - FUEL AND POWER

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600230475-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 18, 2011
• Sequence Number: 475
• Publication Date: June 9, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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Hungary
1ooucmi.o - Fuel and power
Dai4ly newspapers
Budapest
29 Apr, 4 May 1949
Hungarian
Hnngar+an newspapers as indicated.
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
GAS AND WATKRWOldll:T PR0f7tA14 G4tOW9 -- Magyar Hemzet, No 102, 4 May 49
In 1938, the Gasworks in Budapest produced 101,700,000 cubic meters of gas.
In 1943 yrodnotton dropped +.o 41,700,000 cubic meters because of war damage, but
this year it will be back up to 138,500,000 cubic meters. This surpasses the pre-
war production by 36 percent. The number of gas meters in use has increased from
the prewar figure of 125,000 to the present-day figure of 146,000. The number of
units of gre-consuming apparatus is now 170,000 which is 45,000 more than before
the var.
The amount allocated for the gas work undor the three-year plan was 32,400,000
forints and an additional 222,000,000 forinte will be invested in tAe gas works.
During the five-year plan production capacity will be doubled, raising the present
daily output of 330,000 to 1,100,000 cubic meters. The domestic oorqumption of gas
will be increased by 33 percent to 190,000 cubic meters. The yearly output of coke
will be raised to 215,000 toa5, an increase of 36 percent. By supplying ao retry
towns with bottle gas from Mkt' ', the number of gas consumers will be increased
by 3G,000.
'wring the tlrwe-year plan, so`-en :eighboring citins were included :n the
water supply system of Bffiape"t. This nude it necessary to increase the number
of wella from 346 to 489. Before the war the lecgth of the main system was
1,401 kilometers. Today it has grown to 1,878 kilometers. The output has
increased from 6,100,000 to 7,300,000 cubic meters. Investments of -14,500,000'
feints and 90 zillion forintc uffieY the three-year and five-year plane,
r sp_ ~tiv?l., will provide for dereloTaW- of the 9udnpest waterworks system.
'!he ,ooapaoity of the waterworks at Cinkol Bzigetmonoetor, and Palotaszigst will
be"'gMtly expanded. The water basin at GellerGhsgy will also be,e .
About ltd kilameture of a new water system will be built to serve towns of the
the interior districts.
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and k,800 motors of branch pipesvi.ll be laid. In addition, pimp stations vial
faith approximately 60 million forints to be invested during the five-yesor plat;.,
Also :1,750 motors of cent-.a.3 sewage .omi.ns, 3,450; meters of collecting pipet,
percent. During the three-year plan 26,i00,000.forintswiere invested, as compared
The Sewage Works network consi-ted of 1,0011 kilometers of pipeline before the
COAL I'R LCB RISE'S -- Hirlap, No 98, 29 Apr 19
Rusgarian co" production is increasing rapidly. In 1938, the mimes prodaoed
9,300,000 tone of coal and in 1948 In excess of 9, million tons were pxroduced. Li
1939, so far, 11,500,000 tons have already been mined a by 1954 coal production
will be .increased. to 18'million tons. This will be double the. amount prodaood +in
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