. The Street railway journal . finished, Mr. Corning was assigned to the testhouse, where the general work of testing and locating faults onthe system was carried out. Here he remained for two or threeyears, when he was made private secretary to Mr. Charles , the master mechanic. After two years of service underMr. Baker, Mr. Corning entered the department of wires andconduits, taking up the general supervision of the lay-out ofthe feeder and return systems, overhead and underground, thecable testing, and the records of the department of wires andconduits relating to trolley wire, poles
. The Street railway journal . finished, Mr. Corning was assigned to the testhouse, where the general work of testing and locating faults onthe system was carried out. Here he remained for two or threeyears, when he was made private secretary to Mr. Charles , the master mechanic. After two years of service underMr. Baker, Mr. Corning entered the department of wires andconduits, taking up the general supervision of the lay-out ofthe feeder and return systems, overhead and underground, thecable testing, and the records of the department of wires andconduits relating to trolley wire, poles, feeders, etc. In 1901 hisjurisdiction was increased to cover the general electrical test-ing work and other duties that had come under the charge ofthe electrical engineer, who had recently resigned. This workMr. Corning carried on with gradual increase of duties until in1905 he was given the title of electrical engineer. Mr. Corningwas chairman during the past year of the committee of theAmerican Association on Car J. W. CORNING. Street Railway Journal Vol. XXX. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1907. Published Every Saturday by the McGraw Publishing Company James H. McGraw, Pres. j _ Curtis E. Whittlesey, Sec. It Treak. Main Office:NEW YORK, 239 West Thirty-Ninth Street. Branch Offices:Chicago: Old Colony Building. Philadelphia: Real Estate Trust : Schofield Building. San Francisco, Atlas Building. London: Hastings House, Norfolk St, Strand-Cable Address, Stryjourn, New York; Stryjourn, London—LiebersCode , 1907, McGraw Publishing Co. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIONIn the United States, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Philippines, Cuba, Mexico and the Canal Zone: Street Railway Journal (52 issues) $ per annum Single copies 10 cent* Combination Rate, with Electric Railway Directory and Buyers Manual (3 issues—Feb., Aug. and Nov.) $ per annum Both of the above, in connection with American StreetRailway Investments (The Red Book—Published an-nua
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