This Committee, after a good deal of preliminary work, 

 came to the conclusion that a distinctively Canadian 

 Standardization body was desirable, and that owing to the 

 industrial and economic conditions existing in Canada, the 

 Committee or Association to be formed should have a 

 wider scope than could be possessed by any committee 

 forming part of a British or American organization. 

 Industrial and engineering work in Canada is, however, so 

 largely influenced by our proximity to the United States, 

 and by the close commercial relations existing with Great 

 Britain, that any Canadian Engineering Standards Com- 

 mittee or Association must necessarily keep in the closest 

 possible touch with the bodies doing similar work in 

 those countries. 



An Association Formed 



It was accordingly decided to form an Association, the 

 constitution of which was to be modelled on that of the 

 British Engineering Standards Association and which 

 should be fitted to act as the central organization for 

 industrial standardization in Canada. It was thought 

 essential that this body should be supported and largely 

 maintained by the industries concerned, while at the same 

 time the support of the Federal Government was considered 

 indispensable. 



The original Committee was accordingly enlarged and 

 expanded, and in 1919 the Canadian Engineering Stan- 

 dards Association was incorporated by Dominion Charter. 

 Its Main Committee, the duty of which is to direct and 

 manage the affairs of the Association, to appoint the chair- 

 men and members of the working committees, and to 

 examine and approve proposed standards before publi- 

 cation, is composed of forty-three members, part of the 

 membership being nominated by such bodies as the 

 Engineering Institute of Canada, the Canadian Institute 

 of Mining and Metallurgy, the Canadian Manufacturers 

 Association, the Engineering Schools of the Universities, 

 and other public and semi-public bodies, while certain 

 other members are nominated by the principal departments 

 of the Dominion Government, and the remainder are 

 co-opted as being desirable representatives of important 

 industries such as railway work, pulp and paper manufac- 

 ture, steel manufacture, and the like. 



The Main Committee has appointed a number of 

 Sectional Committees, each charged with the duty of 

 supervising the activities of the working committees in 

 some particular branch of industry. For example, Sec- 

 tional Committees include Aircraft Parts, Electrical Work, 

 Rails and Track, Wire Rope, Steel Bridges and Construc- 

 tion, Screw Threads, Machine Parts, Mining Machinery, 

 Steel, Cement and Concrete, etc. 



Under each Sectional Committee there are organized 

 the necessary Sub-Committees (at present 18 in number) 

 which are actually responsible for the technical work of 

 formulating proposed standards. 



Many Features of Particular Difficulty 



The experience of the last two years has shown that 

 standardization work in Canada presents features not 

 only of particular interest but also of special difficulty. 

 While it would appear at first sight that in many instances 

 British or American standards could be adopted without 

 change, owing, in the former case, to the fact of geogra- 

 phical proximity and industrial connection, and in the 

 latter, to the intimate commercial relationship existing, 

 this is not always found to be the case in practice. Differ- 

 ences in industrial conditions and in the class of material 

 and workmanship available, differences in climatic condi- 

 tions, and in legislative restrictions, tend in many cases to 

 make differences in practice necessary or advisable. 



Our Committees have to bear in mind in framing their 

 requirements that while domestic industry must receive 

 the first consideration, the interests of the purchaser and 

 importer are also affected, since in many branches it is 

 necessary for us to import not only material in a raw or 

 semi-finished condition, but also manufactured machinery 

 or completed engineering products. 



Speaking generally, it may be said that as regards 

 dimensional standards, as, for instance, in ball bearings, 

 screw threads, gearing, and the like, American practice is 

 usually followed, ana in many cases it may be found 

 desirable to adopt American standards without alteration. 

 In other cases, as, for example, the preparation of specifi- 

 cations for material, the influence of local conditions is 

 often strongly felt, and in such instances specifications of 

 our own, possibly differing from both British and American 

 practice, are being developed. The closest co-operation is, 

 However, being aimed at, both with the British Engineering 

 Standards Association and with the American Engineering 

 Standards Committee, and it is even hoped that in the 

 case of certain British and American Standards it may be 

 possible for the Canadian organization to assist in bringing 

 about international agreement. 



Its Connection with Railway Work 



In connection with railway work, the interchange of 

 traffic obviously makes it necessary for Canadian practice 

 to agree substantially with American standards as regards 

 locomotive, car, and track work, and our railway bridge 

 specification is in general agreement with the practice 

 adopted by the American Railway Engineering Association. 



During the past eighteen months our Association has 

 published among other subjects, specifications for steel 

 railway bridges, for distribution type transformers for 

 galvanized telegraph and telephone wire, and has in pre- 

 paration many other important specifications. 



The Association is now endeavoring to arouse Dominion 

 wide interest in the matter of safety codes as affecting 

 public safety in such important connections as elevators, 

 saw-mills, machinery, electrical work, etc., with a view 

 of organizing a thoroughly representative committee and 

 bringing persuasion upon the various provincial govern- 

 ments in order to unify their requirements and remedy the 

 present unsatisfactory conditions. In this work there is 

 no doubt that the results of the activities of the two 

 American Committees dealing respectively with the 

 Nationaj Electric Code and the National Electric Safety 

 Code, will be fully considered and appreciated. 



Much of the Safety Code work now being actively 

 pressed forward in the United States is of great interest to 

 Canadian industry and in many cases we have received 

 cordial invitations to co-operate, which have been greatly 

 appreciated. 



Cold Storage in Canada 



The rapid growth of cold storage in Canada 

 during the past quarter of a century is not 

 surprising when the multifarious uses to which 

 it is put are taken into consideration. Without 

 regard to climatic conditions, whether in the hot, 

 torrid summer or cold winter months, the con- 

 sumer can secure unseasonable goods in season- 

 able condition from the cold storage plant. Not 

 only does the modern cold storage warehouse 

 perform the functions of a storehouse, but also 

 acts as stabilizer to the state of supply, storing 

 and distributing goods as the state of the market 

 warrants. 



In 1907 the Canadian Government, recogniz- 

 ing the importance of cold storage facilities and 

 desirous of having a well-formulated policy for 

 the future guidance of the industry, passed a 

 bill entitled "The Cold Storage Act." This 

 Act, among other things, provides for subsidies 

 to individuals or companies towards the con- 

 struction of cold storage warehouses open to the 

 public, and is administered by the Federal 



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