Excerpt from Standard Classfication of Construction and Operating Accounts for Electric Light and Power Companies: As Adopted by the National Electric Light Association, in the Years 1908 and 1909 The Accounting Committee has not attempted in the fol lowing pages to generally explain the fundamental principles of bookkeeping, but it recognizes the desire on the part of a few to become familiar with matters pertaining to correct accounting. There are others who regard accounting as something more or less mysterious, therefore, a thing which must be handled with care, or avoided entirely. The question before us is strictly a money saving device, and the keeping of accounts (books) is merely incidental. 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.