. Electrical news and engineering . already pletion of the works in question, perhaps thinking that accomplished. It was only at the end of August, 1895, that permission was asked to construct the dams,which permission was granted to VValbank and Thomas Pringle,the former a civil and the latter a me-chanical engineer, both of this permission was obtained fromthe Dominion Government it was neces-sary to form a company for putting thesame into execution, which took consid-erable time. Plans and specifications wereprepared, estimates were made and ten-ders asked for carryi
. Electrical news and engineering . already pletion of the works in question, perhaps thinking that accomplished. It was only at the end of August, 1895, that permission was asked to construct the dams,which permission was granted to VValbank and Thomas Pringle,the former a civil and the latter a me-chanical engineer, both of this permission was obtained fromthe Dominion Government it was neces-sary to form a company for putting thesame into execution, which took consid-erable time. Plans and specifications wereprepared, estimates were made and ten-ders asked for carrying out the work. The intention of the company was todevelop water power and sell it to existingcorporations and deliver it to them uponthe jack shaft of the companys powerhouse at the rapids. On this understand-ing a company, with a capital of one mil-lion dollars ($1,000,000) was contract for the excavation of head when completed so large a power would only be in themarket for the very wealthy corporations, they made no. November, li CAfJADIflH EbECTRlCflb NEWS oflFer, doubtless figuring that Possession is nine points gonde, Westmount and St. Louis de Mile End, and theof the law, and that a company without rights or lig-hting of the Montreal Harbor, also various contractsfranchises would have small chance of disposing of for private lighting, they seized the opportunity of their power, and they waited for a bargain. The directors of the Lachine Rapids Hydraulic &Land Company knew the \ alue of their power, they had
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