POST, To the Editor of the (a) The superiority of an electrical Engineer, to-day, depends, not upon the nationality or school of the man himself but his ability, and even to hint that our present electrical engineer, Mr. T. H. U, Aldridge, has not shown roared ability la the remodelling of the antiquated works, which were extant when he took charge, caste a reflexion upon bim, The station now contains machinery of the latest possible design and best workmanship at the period of its installation. Prior to Mr. Aldridge assuming charge of the works I am aware that there was reason for complaint, bat this was dae to the fact that the plant was overloaded and mach of it was antiquated and was scrapped, as economy dictated, on the arrival of new plant.
In the works at the present time will be found machinery demonstrating sach proges as has been made, daring the period of installation, as has occurred in the electrical engineering world. To indi the advancement made one had only to go back to a recent issue of the Manicipal Gazette and read that order were being placed for mixed pressure tarbines—the latest of all electrical practice, (0) Now with regard to the present plant being obsolete, British manufacturers have yet to be showa where their manufactures are tively quick la reaching their destination, though one can never predict by what route they will come, bat papers take from three weeks to " month while ferior to those of other nations. Taking the works which have been decried parcels average six weeks or more on the way, aod thie although the whole only about 4,000 li, the mmmunication being steamer type boiler made in America, Mesars. B. and W. are koo wa the world ov vrorks in Glasgow, Bayou four days, railway two d ind coaner N.Y. and Oberhausen (Gi four days. To-day I have received two boiler are alor universal nambers of the "N.-C. Herald," one rican Navy, adopted large twenty-six and the other nineteen days in H.B.M.'s navy and the taviee of the old. It is hardly worth while to sub-European powers. When did this type scribe to a newspaper in the circum-of boiler become obsolete stances; indeed the term newspaper orating side will be found hardly meets the case, whea the periodic engines from the old single cylinder cal is so belated as only to confirm compound type down to the more nat raumoors, As this is the season PFO8! ive Belliss and Morcom patent of good wishes I fervently wish that the Post Office authorities woold cee fit to attend to the needs of places on the: railways and elsewhere from which large quantities of mail have to be forwarded overland.
Tam, ete, ple expansion engine, Parsons turbine and Willane tarbine.
The Intter throo have only been recently installed and neither of the makers are unprepared to stand to their guarantee that their work is of the latest pos ble decima and workmanship a: the time of receiving the order Yuncheng, Shansi, Deo. 23,
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