Electrical news and engineering . on in the city, the paper insulatedlead covered cables are supplied by the Wire and Cable Co.,and the rubber insulated lead covered cables by the Stand-ard Underground Cable Co., Pittsburg, and are drawn inand jointed by the city employees. The weather proofwires and cables are supplied by the Wire and Cable Co.,and the Eugene F. Phillips Electrical Works. The fuse boxes are of the No-arc type, supplied by theCanadian H. W. Johns Manville Co., and the manholefuse boxes by the Standard Underground and Cable Co. The principal contracts for power
Electrical news and engineering . on in the city, the paper insulatedlead covered cables are supplied by the Wire and Cable Co.,and the rubber insulated lead covered cables by the Stand-ard Underground Cable Co., Pittsburg, and are drawn inand jointed by the city employees. The weather proofwires and cables are supplied by the Wire and Cable Co.,and the Eugene F. Phillips Electrical Works. The fuse boxes are of the No-arc type, supplied by theCanadian H. W. Johns Manville Co., and the manholefuse boxes by the Standard Underground and Cable Co. The principal contracts for power plant equipment werelet as follows; General works at generating station. John Gunn &Sons, Winnipeg; turbines and governors, Jens Orten-Bo\--ing London; alternators and exciters, Vickers Sons &Maxim, Sheffield, Eng.; transformers and switching equip-ment for generating, terminal and sub-station No. 2 andswitching equipment for sub-station No. 1, Canadian West-inghouse Co.; auxiliary equipment. Point du Bois, Canadian. Fig. 11.—Terminal Htation, Winnipeg Municipal Plant. General Electric Co. and Canada Foundry Co.; auxiliaryequipiTient terminal station. Chapman & Walker; steel tow-ers, Manitoba Bridge & Iron Works, Winnipeg; aluminumcable, Northern Aluminum Co., Shawinigan, P. Q.; insu-lators, Locke Insulator Co., Victor, N. Y.; 12,000 volt ca-bles, Canadian British Insulated Co., Montreal; construc-tion of conduits, G. M. Gest, New York. The design and construction of the entire system hasbeen under the supervision of the firm of Smith, Kerry andChace, with Mr. W. G. Chace in direct charge as residentengineer. The opening of the plant has been marked bythe absence of the majority of the troubles that usuallyattend the initial operation of so large a layout, and muchof the credit for this is due to the untiring eflforts of and his engineers as well as the excellent workof the different contractors. MesrsrK. Ruttan. Kennedy and
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