Electrical news and engineering . n showed little sign of thenianufacluring and industrialactivity which characterizesthat city to-day. It wakenedone morning to find light and power and electric railways knocking at its doors for en-trance. The transformation that has been wrought therein the last decade is a perpetual monument to the cleargrit of the handful of men who risked practically all theirwealth aiu! have given since most freely of their their time to make Hamilton the progressive city it is [ileasant to note at this time that the citizens appear toappreciate, above
Electrical news and engineering . n showed little sign of thenianufacluring and industrialactivity which characterizesthat city to-day. It wakenedone morning to find light and power and electric railways knocking at its doors for en-trance. The transformation that has been wrought therein the last decade is a perpetual monument to the cleargrit of the handful of men who risked practically all theirwealth aiu! have given since most freely of their their time to make Hamilton the progressive city it is [ileasant to note at this time that the citizens appear toappreciate, above the average of to-day, the service of thispioneer company throughout the years when their city wa>in the making and refuse to compete them out of existencewithout a fair consideration of their rights. It must not be overlooked that the industrial proiiiincnccof Hamilton to-day is due almost in its entirety to the factthat it got power before other cities. The company whichbrought il in was a pioneer Tin- development at De tcu. Mr. William C. Hawkins l-alls and the high voltage transmission line to Hamiltonwas, at that days stage of engineering development, a de-cidedly venturesome expenditure. Further credit, therefore,is due this company for the educative effect of their success-ful installation and for the experience gained, which hasdoubtless been a large factor in the development of otherCanadian plants in more recent times. The success that has resulted in the present magnitudeof the Dominion Power & Transmission Companys opera-tions has been evidenced, from within, by the large and fre-quent to capital account and by corresponding in-creases in earnings which have resulted in the widening ofthe companys operations in all of the various branches ofelectric development, supply of light and power, and streetrailway service, until in point of magnitude this enterprise ranks with similar ones in thelargest cities in Canada. In1S9!) the capital stock was$,000
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