Identifier: electricalnewsen31donm (find matches)
Title: Electrical news and engineering
Year: 1891 (1890s)
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Subjects: Electrical engineering
Publisher: Don Mills, Ont. (etc.) Southam-Maclean Publications
Contributing Library: Engineering - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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eneral Hospital, Hamilton. A Well Arranged Store Mr. Charles Bowra, well known to the electrical trade,has recently opened a very fine store at 53 Simcoe St., N.Oshawa, Ont., which we illustrate elsewhere in this issue.The store, which is one of the largest in Canada being 30ft. by 70 ft., is well stocked with a full line of electricalfixtures and appliances: also radio equipment. On the open-ing day tea was served; over 1,000 people passed throughand made a tour of inspection. No attempt was made tosell appliances, as the large number of people made it im-possible. Secures Five Large Contracts G. S. Whelpton, electrical contractor, Windsor, Ont.,has a number of contracts at present under way, includingthe Ford City Separate School, Ford City Public School,Riverside Town Hall, Walkerville Baptist Church addition,and a .$10,000 residence on Janette Avenue. The electricalinterests in Windsor expect to be able to put an electricalhome in their city in the near future. THE ELECTRICAL NEWS
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Upper—A window display that does justice to the appliances; good lighting and plenty of space; the store front of Mr, C.Bowra, Oshawa, Ontario. Lower—Interior of the same store; each line kept separate, with the more attractive appliances toward the front of the store THE ELECTRICAL NEWS It Costs More to Get New Customers Thanto Keep the Old Ones* Any contractor or dealer who will go over his bookswill find that there are many people who formerly patron-ized him who no longer are doing so. Some of these peoplehave moved out of town. Some of them have died. Thereis a goodly number, however, who are still living in the com-munrty and are still in the market but are no longer countedamong his customers. There are various reasons why these customers havebeen lost. Some of them may not have been entirely satis-fied with work that was done or an appliance that was pur-chased. Some of them have been attracted to other concerns.Some of them are not spending money for things electrical.The

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