. Review of reviews and world's work . MR. p. \V. SOTHMAN (Engineer of the Hydro-Electric Power Commission ofBerlin, Ontario) price of electric current in half, and get-ting the cheapest electric light in America. THE LONGEST TRANSMISSION LINEIN THE WORLD On December 21 the button was pressedat Hamilton which turned on the Niagarapower. Immediately the pumps of the water-works system began to work, the motorbegan to run, and the lights began to Beck, chairman of the Hydro-ElectricPower Commission of Ontario, which wasincorporated by the Legislature in 1905,stated that the Commissions
. Review of reviews and world's work . MR. p. \V. SOTHMAN (Engineer of the Hydro-Electric Power Commission ofBerlin, Ontario) price of electric current in half, and get-ting the cheapest electric light in America. THE LONGEST TRANSMISSION LINEIN THE WORLD On December 21 the button was pressedat Hamilton which turned on the Niagarapower. Immediately the pumps of the water-works system began to work, the motorbegan to run, and the lights began to Beck, chairman of the Hydro-ElectricPower Commission of Ontario, which wasincorporated by the Legislature in 1905,stated that the Commissions transmissionline was 376 miles long, with tributary linesof 100 miles, making it the longest trans-mission line in the world. Ontarios supply of white coal con-sists of a multitude of large and smallwater powers, aggregating 7,231,787 horse-power. The cash value, estimated on thebasis of three dollars a ton for coal,would be $180,000,000. The total cropoutput of Ontario in 1908 was only $164,-THE TRANSMISSION EQUIPMENT OF THE NEW 000,
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