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Title: Annual report
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Ontario. Dept. of Mines
Subjects: Mines and mineral resources
Publisher: Toronto
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ice of bogs was. therefore, after further careful consideration, qonfi I to the Brunner, situated near Stratford, the Luther, Marsh Hill and Alfred bogs. The cost of preparing the different bogs for manufacturing operations, and the time such preparation would require, constituted the deciding factors in making the final selection. If it bad not been for the exceedingly high cost of draining and preparing the Holland river hog for operation.-, this hug would have been the unanimous choice of the Committee. The second choice was the Brunner bog, but owing to the short time available for beginning the work of experimenting with the machines, which the Committee had every reason to believe would be ready for erection on the bog early in the fall of 1918, it was decided that the only bog which would prove suitable was the Alfred bog, on account of the fact that it had been drained and levelled for several years, and had a working face already prepared, 1919 First Report of Joint Peat Committee 189
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190 Bureau of Mines No. 4 The Committee accordingly recommended this bog to the Hon. Mr. Ferguson, who approved the recommendation. Arrangements were immediately made with a representative of the owners of the Alfred bog for terms on which the Committee could lease the bog for the time required to conclude the experimental work and put the machines in condition for manufacturing peal fuel on a commercial basis. Desijfninjf and Making the Peat Machines Considerable time was lust in completing the drawings of the two peatmachines, since ii was necessary for the engineer to the Committee to see andexamine the various bogs from which the choice was to be made, in order to d<mine what changes would be required to adapt to the best advantage the two typesof machine to the particular bog. Until, therefore, the choice of bog was actuallymade the design of the machines could not be completed. In order to keep the expenditure on the two plants as low as possible, and toinsure their completion in

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