Electrical news and engineering . ecent years. The larger electrical systems, both com-mercial and publicly owned, have been widely extended fromyeai 0 year, opening up new territory in I he electrical dis-tribution field. In order to properly measure the scope of the industry andhi gauge its importance to commercial and industrial in-terests, the Dominion Water Power Branch I the Depart-ment of the Interior, in co-operation with the DominionBureau of Statistics of the Department of Trade and Com-merce, has bad under way during the past year, an exhaustiveanalysis of the central electric stati
Electrical news and engineering . ecent years. The larger electrical systems, both com-mercial and publicly owned, have been widely extended fromyeai 0 year, opening up new territory in I he electrical dis-tribution field. In order to properly measure the scope of the industry andhi gauge its importance to commercial and industrial in-terests, the Dominion Water Power Branch I the Depart-ment of the Interior, in co-operation with the DominionBureau of Statistics of the Department of Trade and Com-merce, has bad under way during the past year, an exhaustiveanalysis of the central electric stations of the analysis of the ~~. collected has been completedwithin the past few days. As some tune must elapse beforethe complete report can be published and distributed, a briefsynopsis of the statistical data has been prepared. The report consists essentially of two sections: the lirstcomprising the introduction and an analysis of the statistic--,the second forming a comprehensive directory of the central. Total-1, Fig. 1—Central Stations—Character of Power, 1917 behindi facil- electric stations of the Dominion The purpose lyingthe compilation of the data is four fold. Lsl \ stock taking ol I anada present central stain ities u ith pro: isior Ei n expi —An analj sis of the statists al I ita i ollected, for the pur- - i ol noting the characteristics and trend of the —The preparation lirectorj of the central station industry covering concisely and systematically theprincipal features of the commercial and publicly ownedsystems and stations in operation throughout the —Making available to those interested the locations whereblocks of electrical energy are for sale, the prices at whichthis power is obtainable and the transportation facilitiesavailable in the vicinity. In considering the statistics which are summarized here-under, it should be borne in mind that the figures have re- ( Ontario Hur dred
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