. Electrical news and engineering. The attachment to the socket is accomplished liy means of aclaiup and screw arrangement, wdiich guarantees a firm holders are given a bright dip and lacquered finish, mak-ing an attractive as well as useful device. New Duncan SwitchThe Duncan Electrical Company, Limited, of Montreal,manufacturers, are now offering a new push button flushswitch in single pole and three way. called the Diamond switches, as will be noted from the illustration, are soconstructed as to have superb action, although only oneinch deep. This shallowness is a splendid
. Electrical news and engineering. The attachment to the socket is accomplished liy means of aclaiup and screw arrangement, wdiich guarantees a firm holders are given a bright dip and lacquered finish, mak-ing an attractive as well as useful device. New Duncan SwitchThe Duncan Electrical Company, Limited, of Montreal,manufacturers, are now offering a new push button flushswitch in single pole and three way. called the Diamond switches, as will be noted from the illustration, are soconstructed as to have superb action, although only oneinch deep. This shallowness is a splendid feature, as it al-. lows ample room in for wiring, wliich means easy in-stallation. The Diamond D switches have been listed andapproved by the Underwriters Laboratories of Chicago. Toronto Electrical Contractors Dinner Following the regular monthly dinner of the TorontoElectrical Contractors Association, held in the WalkerHouse, Thursday evening. March T. the members indulged ina lively discussion regarding the inauguration of a centralbureau of reference and information. The need of suchbureau was stated to be seen in the frequent practice of in-viting tenders from a number of contractors merely to get aline on the probable cost of the work. Much valuable timewas thus lost by the contractor without any chance of a cor-responding advantage. It sometimes happens in such a casethat one tender may be unusually low. due. not infrequently,to errors or omissions in figuring, and naturally such a tenderis likely to be accepted, with disastrous results to the con-tractor. The idea of a central information
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