. Electrical news and engineering . rical appliances for heating and cooking will berecognized, while at the prices at which current is soldnow-a-days, their economy is sufficiently high to admitof their having in the immediate future a wide field forusefulness. We present a cut showing an assortmentof these appliances, which include a wide range ofarticles for different purposes, including room heaters,car heaters, baking ovens, chafing dishes, five oclocktea sets, portable stoves, broilers, sad irons, curlingtong heaters, tailors irons, hot water urns, glue pots,and a great nimiber of equall
. Electrical news and engineering . rical appliances for heating and cooking will berecognized, while at the prices at which current is soldnow-a-days, their economy is sufficiently high to admitof their having in the immediate future a wide field forusefulness. We present a cut showing an assortmentof these appliances, which include a wide range ofarticles for different purposes, including room heaters,car heaters, baking ovens, chafing dishes, five oclocktea sets, portable stoves, broilers, sad irons, curlingtong heaters, tailors irons, hot water urns, glue pots,and a great nimiber of equally useful articles. CflNflDlflN HliECTRlCAb NEWS May, 1897 THE WATER POWER OF THECHAUDIEREFALLS. The attention now centred in water powers as a meansof developing: electricit)-, and the increasing adaptabilityof the latter for commercial purposes, justifies the follow-ing description and illustrations of the Chaudiere falls are situated on the Chaudiere river, abouttwo miles from its junction with the St. Lawrence river,. Chaudiere Falls—Looking South. six miles below the city of Quebec, and are said to offerexcellent facilities as a manufacturing centre. It is theonly water power of any size now available on the southshore of the St. Lawrence in that vicinity, and willprobably be utilized at an early date for supplying electriclight and power to the adjacent municipalities. At the request of Messrs. Hall & Price, of Quebec, areport on the power of the river at the falls was made by Mr. W. A. Ashe, , of Quebec. The report statesthat from the cross-sectionof the river, at the point A-B on the accompanying plan of a part of theChaudiere river, the riverwas discharging 1,365 cubicfeet per second, or 5,118,750foot pounds per minute, orthe equivalent of Mr. Ashe further says :Ninety-tour (94) feet ofhead could be obtained be-tween the point marked high water level and thecrest of the falls, and it isthis head that I shouldrecommend the use of, whenthe ful
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