. Electric railway journal . s having political aspects of a mostimportant character in view of the factthat Pi-emier Drury, as chief of theUnited Farmers government now inpower in that province, has held up allhydro-radial plans of the Hydro Elec-tric Power Commission pending receiptof the findings of a government royalcommission that has been given widestpowers to conduct an impartial investi-gation. Rural Districts Favor Plan All rural delegates at the Londonconvention declared that their munici-palities would vote the necessary funds of the fact that the whole Grand Trunksystem is now bein
. Electric railway journal . s having political aspects of a mostimportant character in view of the factthat Pi-emier Drury, as chief of theUnited Farmers government now inpower in that province, has held up allhydro-radial plans of the Hydro Elec-tric Power Commission pending receiptof the findings of a government royalcommission that has been given widestpowers to conduct an impartial investi-gation. Rural Districts Favor Plan All rural delegates at the Londonconvention declared that their munici-palities would vote the necessary funds of the fact that the whole Grand Trunksystem is now being taken over for in-corporation in the Canadian NationalRailways. Disastrous Fires in Bostonand Levis Fire losses of $630,000 were sus-tained recently by the Boston (Mass.)Elevated Railway and the Levis CountyRailway, Levis, Que., in conflagrationswhich destroyed carhouses of thesecompanies. The Boston fire caused aloss of $400,000 to the Boston L andthe Levis County fire caused a loss of$230,000 to the Levis County ©International Film ServiceTHE TWISTED WRECKAGE OF THE BOSTON CARS if the report proved favorable. Therural districts are also keenly anxiousto participate in the benefits of dis-tribution of electricity generated atNiagara Falls, and the hope is held outthat the extra load consumed by therailroad would cut farm power costs $5to $20 a horsepower a year. Several United Farmers Clubs, whichare the source of Premier Druryspower, have assumed the attitude thatthe project in all its ramifications mustbe proved to them to be highly desir-able before they will approve it, whilea few others are as yet undecided in thematter. The road would have to be acquiredfrom the Dominion Government because Details of the rolling stock destroyed inthe fires were published in the ElectricRailway Journal for Feb. 26, pages415 and 429. The fires were particu-larly disastrous, the damage which theydid completely destroying the plants asis indicated in the accompanying illus-trati
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