Excerpt from Hydro-Electric Power Commission of the Province of Ontario: Fourth Report, Ottawa Valley and St. Lawrence River District, March 15th, 1907 The saving which any customer may obtain by the introduction of electrical energy on the basis of the Engineer's estimates depends on the conditions under which he is at present operating. The customer may' now be operating by steam, in which case he must consider his present total fixed charges, as well as cost Of opera tion and then decide that he will allow his present plant to be scrapped, or keep it as a standby or reserve, to all of which must be added the cost of a motor installation, as per Table XIII., Part VII. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.