. Electrical news and engineering . stration fee and so far have had no inspection, nor dowe know who the inspector is for this district. It also seems, inthe case of municipalities, a farce for the Provincial governmentto give power to establish lighting systems, and then for the Do-minion government to say we will charge them a certain sum foravailing themselves of the legislation enacted by the provincialauthorities.—J. N. Christie, Town Clerk, Mitchell, Ont. We paid our license of $ and have had no inspection upto the present time. The only thing we know about it is, we are$ out.
. Electrical news and engineering . stration fee and so far have had no inspection, nor dowe know who the inspector is for this district. It also seems, inthe case of municipalities, a farce for the Provincial governmentto give power to establish lighting systems, and then for the Do-minion government to say we will charge them a certain sum foravailing themselves of the legislation enacted by the provincialauthorities.—J. N. Christie, Town Clerk, Mitchell, Ont. We paid our license of $ and have had no inspection upto the present time. The only thing we know about it is, we are$ out.—Stratford Gas & Electric Co. There should be no interference. If any one wants govern-ment or any other inspection let him get it and pay for it. Whyshould the government compel me to pay a registration fee forselling electricity for lighting purposes and allow others to sellcoal oil and other iUuminants without paying a fee ? The govern- 1 return for the regi;given is siTnplv Iraliiin tV-e, and moneyobbery. —-A. Groves,. Switchboard, IncandescentStation, Toronto Electric Light Cci. ment gives no without valiiFergus, Ont. We have paid $ and not received a single cents is simply robbery of small plants of villages or towns. We donot sell by meter, and there is really nothing for a governmentinspector to do. There is further no advantage to buyer that wecan see, because if they cannot afford electric light they need nottake it.—W. Moore & Sons, Meaford, Ont. Do not think it necessary in small places, even where there isno competition but oil, as prices are so low there is not a livingprofit to be made. The yearly government fees are altogethertoo high for small plants.—Stanstead, Que., E. L. Co. We only run the arc system of lighting and therefore considerinspection a perfect farce. You can only get so many amperesout of a certain wound machine, which during inspection, can berun to full amperage but with a self adjusting lamp running andprod
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