. Electrical news and engineering. he system. , The excitation of the old units was furnished by meansof 2 - 30 turbine exciters. One of these turbines wastaking the water from the steel case of the main unit, at asacrifice of efficiency of the big turbine. In the new plantthe excitation is furnished by 1-60 kw. generator, directconnected to an induction motor, with the result of a con-siderable improvement in the efficiency of the exciter set. The work was carried out under the supervision of J. , superintendent of plants, and E. Noel, superin-tendent of transmission and dist
. Electrical news and engineering. he system. , The excitation of the old units was furnished by meansof 2 - 30 turbine exciters. One of these turbines wastaking the water from the steel case of the main unit, at asacrifice of efficiency of the big turbine. In the new plantthe excitation is furnished by 1-60 kw. generator, directconnected to an induction motor, with the result of a con-siderable improvement in the efficiency of the exciter set. The work was carried out under the supervision of J. , superintendent of plants, and E. Noel, superin-tendent of transmission and distribution. The concrete damwas designed by T. Tremblay, City Engineer, and the en-tire hydro-electric work was planned and executed under thedirection of M. A. Sammett, consulting engineer, Montreal. Pro Patria Captain Chester William Halstead, , of Ridgetown,Ont., was killed in action on October 10th last. Before en-listing, Mr. Halstead was manager at Ridgetown for theBell Telephone Company. The official Gazette, in referring. The late Captain Halstead, to his gallant work at Iaschendale, which won him the Mil-itary Cross, said. His utter disregard for machine-gun fireinspired his men greatly. He, with his platoon, captured 77prisoners and two machine guns, the latter being broughtinto action at once against the enemy. After the capturedposition had been consolidated, he went forward some 200yards, where he met an enemy staff officer, whom, on hisrefusal to surrender, he promptly killed. He gave a splen-did example of courageous energy and dash. Xoveniljcr 1,>. lliis THE ELECTRICAL NEWS 3:! ^ dealer aT)a C or>^racior L Are Contractor-Dealers Going to Stand Idly by and Watch the Hardware Stores and the Druggists Skim the Cream off the Electrical Milk Can? A Provincial Hydro inspector dropped into a hardwarestore in his local town the other day and found the pro-prietor in conversation with a customer about a new fuseplug. The customer had blown a 10 ampere fuse a
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