Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-03-02 | Page 13 | Electrical Supplies in Scotland

ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES IN 1 H SCOTLAND. jH There aro no private olectric light H companies in Duudoe, tho electric sup- M pjy being provided by the municipal- BjlH itv's eloctrlcitv departmenL At pres- M ent this department is not empowered IJIJJ to undertake the work of wiring tho IJH interior of houses for electric light J circuits, but tho coiporutlon Is pro- ItH moling a bill In parliament In which H it is proposed to take power to do this. IJH Local electrical contractors aro op- JH nosed to such power being granted ;tH and do not desire the passage of this IH measure JssbbbbI Electrical contractors in this city ,H get their supplies almost entirely JM from Glasgow, whore all tho principal JJH electric supply companies are reprc- IH sented by agents, who work tho whole M of Scotland from txiat confer. Thero BjjH Is no doubt that tho appointment of '. IjjH an acent who would sell direct to tho fH user? would he the best method of H disnoslni: of goods here, but It 13 J H questionable, in view of the Glasgow . H competition, whether a remunerative r m business could bo done, at least for H some lime, until the goods could get H a footing in tho market. , H (Tho name of a Dundee firm that 1 lH might act as agent for an Americas I H electrical sapply house may be ob- M tained from the bureau of mauufac- H tures.) jf H