. Annual report . ice of bogs was. therefore, after further careful consideration, qonfi I to the Brunner, situated near Stratford, the Luther, Marsh Hill and Alfred bogs. Thecost of preparing the different bogs for manufacturing operations, and the timesuch preparation would require, constituted the deciding factors in making thefinal selection. If it bad not been for the exceedingly high cosl of draining andpreparing the Holland river hog for , this hug would have been theunanimous choice of the Committee. The second choice was the Brunner bog, butowing to the short time available
. Annual report . ice of bogs was. therefore, after further careful consideration, qonfi I to the Brunner, situated near Stratford, the Luther, Marsh Hill and Alfred bogs. Thecost of preparing the different bogs for manufacturing operations, and the timesuch preparation would require, constituted the deciding factors in making thefinal selection. If it bad not been for the exceedingly high cosl of draining andpreparing the Holland river hog for , this hug would have been theunanimous choice of the Committee. The second choice was the Brunner bog, butowing to the short time available for beginning the work of experimenting withthe machines, which the Committee had every reason to believe would be ready forerection mi the bog early in the fall of L918, ii was decided thai the only bog whichwould prove suitable was the Adfred bog, on account of the fact that it had beerjdrained and levelled for several years, and had a working face already prepared, 1919 First Report of Joint Peat Committee 189. 190 Bureau of Mines No. 4 The Committee accordingly recommended this bog to the Hon. Mr. Ferguson, whoapproved the recommendation. Arrangements were immediately made with arepresentative of the owners of the Alfred bog for terms on which the Committee■ill,| lease the bog for the time required to conclude the experimental workput the machines in condition for manufacturing peal fuel on a commercial basis. Desijfninjf and Making the Peat Machines Considerable time was lust in completing the drawings of the two peatmachines, since ii was necessary for the engineer to the Committee to see andexamine the various bogs from which the choice was to be made, in order to d<mine what changes would be required to adapt to the best advantage the two typesof machine to the particular bog. Until, therefore, the choice of bog was actuallymade the design of the machines could not be completed. In order to keep the expenditure on the two plants as low as possible, and toinsure th
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