Mar. 14.
Tae Electrical Engineer's report, of which we were unable yesterday to give more than a few figures, begins with an announoement that carries us into much wider fields than those of Municipal finance. It is known that during the past year the two big German machines at Riversid' gave trouble. How serious thst trouble was and the exact caus? of it, as due simply and solely to bad workmanship, was not generally known. At one period "66 per cent. of the turbine pleat was unavailable owing to serious defecta'' and ''unsuitable material used in the manufacture was sponsible for the trouble. Evidence collected in the United States and England goes to show that the use of the particular metals employed in the construc tion of the turbine blading likely to end in disaster. Chemical analysis of the metal conclusively
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