Practical Rate Making and Appraisement

Download or read book Practical Rate Making and Appraisement written by William Dennis Marks and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Practical Rate Making and Appraisement The eager mind and brain is learning new things every day and this fact makes one hesitate in the attempt to collate, digest and systematize this new branch of engineering science, "Rate making and appraisement" for undoubtedly there remains much of value to be originated and added to it. The fact that the writer has been without precedents in his work and has been obliged to originate almost all of it so far as rate making is concerned makes him hesitate, but on the other hand, the fact that 6,500 copies of his book, "The Finances of Gas and Electric Light and Power Enterprises," have been sold and the demand for it still continues urges him to extend it by a work which is up to date, and which will enable others to practically execute in detail what he has so far in print only discussed in disconnected reports. The writer most gratefully acknowledges his indebtedness for practical data to the admirable reports of the Massachusetts Gas and Electric Light Commission. Even in its lack of aggressiveness it appears to have proved itself, on the whole, both safer and wiser than other commissions. It reports are invaluable for their lucidity and brevity, as well as comprehensiveness. 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.