Excerpt from Electrical News, Vol. 31: Generation, Transmission and Application of Electricity; January 1, 1921 The electrical business is in the development stage. Electrical Contractor is a new term - to - day a wireman, to-morrow a contractor. Is it any wonder that.he makes mistakes? Rather it is a wonder that he doesn't make more - and without doubt he is improving. Now. The Electrical News has more or less taken Mr. Salisbury's letter to heart, and we have said to ourselves that if we can serve any useful purpose by passing along the good ideas of any contractor so that they may be read and absorbed by others we shall take much enjoyment out of the matter. That is the reason of the special heading which marks this department for the first time. We are placing at the disposal of our readers, so to speak, an open Forum where everyone is free to come in and express his views. The only condition is that each man who presents his side of any question shall be inspired by sincere motives which shall have as their aim - the improvement of the electrical contracting industry. For example. We have spoken to many contractors about the simple matter of an Estimate Sheet. In some cases they have stared at us blankly - discerning not our 'meaning. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.