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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e conditions under which moneymay be raised for the prosecution of this work, and for theappointment of an Association to care for the construction,equipment and operation of the railway. In effect, the Act means that any group of municipalitiesmay build radials if they are willing to undertake to bearthe capital expenditure and the proper maintenance. TheHydro-electric Commission must approve of the work, and power to oiieratc the system must be purchased from theIonimission. In short, it apiu-ars to be the wish of the(lovernment to assist mniiivipalities in every possible way tobuild hydro-radials where there is a reasonable guaranteethat they will be a financial success. The Government, how-ever, disclaims any responsibility whatever as re.gards eithercapital cost or maintenance. Electric Railway Publicity Canadian electric raiUvax men will he interested in tlieillustration herewith. It is one of the most attractive dis-plays in the city of St. Louis, and is a continuous advertise-
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Advertising Ele ment for the Illinois Traction Company. The semaphoreraises, the headlight lights up, the wheels begin to turn, thetrack moves hack and the car apparently makes headway. The British C(ilumbia Electric Railway Company re-cently placed all their street cars in Nictoria, 1!. (-.. underline-man control. .\ new trackless trolley bus has been delivered at VVal-kerville, Out., and is t be used on Lincoln Road. Quebec R. L. H. & P. Annual At the annual meeting of the Quebec Railway, LightHeat & Pow-er Company, held recently, a number of changeswere made in the Board of Directors, which is now com-posed as follows: E. A. Robert, Hon. Lorne C. Webster, J.X. Greenshields, H. G. Valiquette, Col. J. E. Hutcheson.K. B. Thornton, C. G. Greenshields, Hon. Geo. E. .\myot.Hon. Adelard Turgeon, Hon. D. O. Lesperance and A. C.Barker. At a directors meeting, the following otftcers wereelected: E. A. Robert, president; Hon. Lorne C. Webster,vice-president; ^^. J. Lynch, general mana

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