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$ ax sxa sys Tiarels: 31 Ar P There has been @a marked increase P in the demand for power in the Severn ' l I V I l Y division and in this division an exten-- sive program of line maintenance was carried out during the #ear. The peaks H , D R O E L E on the Muskoka division for the pres-- ® ont year are lower than the peaks of the previous year, while the average DE l AILED IN R EPOR 1' 'oads are approximately the same as in 626. During the past fiscal yvear the load mmeammnnmnnnnnn n ma en < First Year Since 1918. n the St. Lawrencg. system incr%asgd +11+ In the various systems no q TCy rapidly.fl and this was covered by Shows Million and Half In.| «.38 t We Sxteny uo adaiieast aithels Ti h. "Tler Teoids * uring the year.. Natural growth of the Transmission Company to increase the :;Sted in Rural Power 1(})1ad had r:a.duced, the margin between power contract to the extent of 1,2001! e gencration capacity available and Additional horsepower. | orks, Increase of 11 tllslfisdet?:?dfi 'I;his is thel first year since Radios in Thunder Bay ; i $ 0 increase has . } Per Cent. in Peak Load, m tnc gencrating capacity. _ _ _ , Inthe 2o Hgtione nleceo in mormice * The increase i wave radio Stations placed in service No Increase in Genmerat-- systems during this year was 21200 e relant tmosencut "the vear Sn * + horsepower, 7 n,,, lsfactorily throughout the year in ing Capacity bower Jast year, "Baeh sprtom anowea |Eeoping the head office in 'Toronto in Nee areomioree eranirececoreuy ;anclrea;ejm the average load and the ::lygig: ntouch with the operation of the oad increased in all except th Ts . "MUNICIPAL END" Thunder Bay system. On the Nli)agarae. _ Ine demands for power on the Cen« system, Central Ontario and the Nipis-- o. esc nnonr m oncs." snhinee -- denianing TO COME LATER sos systems the peak load increased n Substantial increase. 'These demands somew p ; j have been supplied unrestrictively with C ate i femamemnnn n nnegs omewhbat greater proportion than the ins exception of minor load redu average load. On the Niagara SYStEM fions in LS'e tember, due to the rx;e ulgz That $5,500,000 is invested in rural 1};':' ply'oportlion of increase in the PEAK tion of stregm flow. § power works by the Ontario iuydro--Elec-- mgm;\z}zrtatheen ei?grtOfoPiJ:]%~ arrang®~ _ Both peak and average loads in the tric Power Commission, and that in the th C load e% plus pOWCT. Nipissing system have shown heavy in-- s e e peak load exported being reduced th s fiscal v th various Hydro systems throughout the 9.000 horsepower below 1926 figures, ciealii'se:eozixl'.invcaprer'ggiuniatsegg a&lfacff' thg Province there was, during the last while the surplus kilowatt hours ex-- p;,,- a eabinw tw § e las ported were i available generating capacitv. fiscal year, an increase of about 11 per -- 'ay phdees i detyg ts sn All Avai 7 § cent. in the peak load, is stated in t h i on inereage--opagout AT es en yailible OSA e Snntual report of the Commission tabl elg S l%w an increase of about 11 per cent.,. The first block of power under the in the Legisiature yesterday | Y ch is chose to the average growth contract with the Gatineau develop-- This. the twenticth annual statement gs establisl:.ed during the past 10 years, ment will be taken over toward the end | Doints,out that i was the Arst year ut the total kilowatt hours taken have of the present year. The rapid and ; Since 1918 that no increase was mManc not increased in proportion. consistent increase in the power load | in the generating capacity 1,073,680 Horsepower on the Niagara system indicates that | * * all available power will be used by the| $5,469,179 Expenditure. Ch':'hed t'otaihpo'.v:-r genexiated and pu'r-- end of 1928. ; The report shows th seqa for the year was -073.6}}0 horss= Under the Thunder Bay system the expenditgfe in rural paéawyg;'ecfi%gic%:%%; ' 11335'601. as compared with 1,072.387 in most important development in the $5,469,179. Of this $5,232,551 covers units c tha AFi A year has been that at Cameron Falls. in operation, and $236,628 works in dito n the Niagara system operating con-- Owing to the conditions of the pulp -- course of construction. ions pa\c altered very little from and paper market the pulp mill at Grants of 50 per cent. of primary and thosg prevailing during the previous Nipigon was closed down indefinitely, secondary lines payable by the Province ge:aro. The demand for power on tke and an extension of time for the be-- amounted to $2,718,726, and the extent system, exclusive of export power, in-- ginning of operations was granted to to which grants are authorized by Or-- creased about 11 per cent. over the another mill which had signed a con-- der--in--Council is $3,333,288. _ Grants previous year. This increase of 66,000 tract for 22,000 h.p. at Port Arthur. paid to the Commission under such au-- horsepower in load exceeds the ad-- Due to these circumstances the con-- thorization totalled $2,735,013. Grants ditional generating capacity installed struction of the new development at in the hands of the Commission on Oct. during the previous year, but no Alexander Landing has been deferred. 31, 1927, applicable to further rural trouble has been experienced in carry-- The total load sold on the system dur-- po",'er districts construction authoflzed 1n8 the load, although the margin avafl' ing the year has increased by 6,600 h.p. by Order--in--Council totalled $141,851. able for maintenance or contingencies over the previous year. The load at This report deals particularly with has been correspondingly reduced. Port Arthur for the_ same period has the "Provincial end" of the system.| Never Completely Off increased by approximately 2,000 h.p., The work carried on in every system|-- PiekeT CA ols while the demand at Fort William was is described in detail, and charts and , It may be stated for the third year| approximately 1,000 h.p. greater than tables tell of the amount of power used 12 SUCCession that the service has been | at the beginning of the year. ; in municipalities and rural power dis-- very satisfactory and that power has In the Central Ontario system exist-- | tricts. never been completely off the Niagar@a ins manufacturing concerns have in |\ It is expected that within a few system for a single minute during the some cases increased their load by more | weeks a further report will give more year. It is noted that because of the | than 50 per cent., while numerous in-- | financial details of the power matters of absence of any serious accidents or |quiries have been received from new the Province, and will picture particu-- breakdowns in equipment that there are' industries wishing to locate on the sys-- larly the "municipal end" of the or. NOt many important items requiring 'tem. The growth of the domestic load ganization. special mention. i\ has been considerably above the aver-- An official press summary of the In the Georgian Bay system there |age during the year 1927. copious report is as follows: has been an increase in the load over Preliminary arrangements for the re-- last year resulting from the increases| ceiving station at Toronto for power in industrial loads and the operation | from the Gatineau River development y of new industries. have practically been completed, and y enginceering work covering the buildings, j structures and cquipment for the i_n- itial installation is proceeding. A site o of approximately fifteen acres at Lea-- m side has bsen purchased, and orders placed for the necessary equipment. Foundations have been constructed for a fourth bank of transformers at _the % Toronto--Wiltshire transformer station.