The Surveyor and municipal engineer . e against thetwo existing companies. It is obvious that such acourse would be risky, and the Roard of Tradewould, no doubt, with a view to protecting the in-terests of the ratepayers, decline to sanction anysuch scheme. Even in the district where only onecompany exists and powers aie conferred upon alocal authority to become suppliers of electricity, itby no means follows that the company will bestarved out ; it will have the benefit of a riper ex-perience, it will have an established business, and itought to bo able to sujjply electrical enerjty at thesam
The Surveyor and municipal engineer . e against thetwo existing companies. It is obvious that such acourse would be risky, and the Roard of Tradewould, no doubt, with a view to protecting the in-terests of the ratepayers, decline to sanction anysuch scheme. Even in the district where only onecompany exists and powers aie conferred upon alocal authority to become suppliers of electricity, itby no means follows that the company will bestarved out ; it will have the benefit of a riper ex-perience, it will have an established business, and itought to bo able to sujjply electrical enerjty at thesame price as the vestiy. PROFESSIONAL PROVERBS. For a Jerri/ Jim,,it, . A ditch nl slime .siives lime. For (I Parliiinieiilanj Affeiit : It is no use takingcharts to Westminster. For a Carpenter: Boards with a feather lock to-gether. For (I Koad Cot4lractor : Those who live in work-houses should not break stones. 40 THE SURVEYOR AND MUNICIPAL [JcLT 8, 1898. Association of Municipal and County Engineers. ANNUAL MEETING AT View of Edinbukgh showing National Gallery ano Castle. Before resamiiig our report of the proceedings at Edin-burgh we shall, ns intimated in our last issue, give somefurther remarks in continuation of our sketch of the cityand its municipal development. gas anij water snpPLY. The water supply of Edinburgh was at one time provided byprivate companies, but the inhabitants were dissatisfied withthe service, and the works were transferred by compulsory saleto the corporation in 1869. The supply is derived from severalsouices, lying chiefly to the south of the city, but a splendidsupply of spring water, which is stored in the reservoirs ofTordiiff and CInbbiedean, is obtained fiom the northern slopesof the Pentlands. A supply is also derived from the Moor-foot Hills. Public purposes, baths and ordinary domesticsupplies consume something like 35 gallons per head per day,and taking into consideration the fact that not only is the citysupplied, but the n
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