Electrical news and engineering . as long as the Expositionremained open. For a time he was electrical and mechani-cal engineer with the Westinghouse Electrical & Mfg. Com-pany. From there he became assistant chief electrical en-gineer of the Illinois Steel Company and in 1901, was ap-pointed chief electrical engineer of the Dominion Iron &Steel Company. He became associated, in 190(5, with a num-ber of companies in which Sir William Mackenzie was in-terested, and held a number of important positions, includ-ing that of chief engineer to the Toronto Railway Company:chief engineer to the Electr
Electrical news and engineering . as long as the Expositionremained open. For a time he was electrical and mechani-cal engineer with the Westinghouse Electrical & Mfg. Com-pany. From there he became assistant chief electrical en-gineer of the Illinois Steel Company and in 1901, was ap-pointed chief electrical engineer of the Dominion Iron &Steel Company. He became associated, in 190(5, with a num-ber of companies in which Sir William Mackenzie was in-terested, and held a number of important positions, includ-ing that of chief engineer to the Toronto Railway Company:chief engineer to the Electrical Development Company;also to the Toronto & Niagara Power Company and tlicToronto Electric Light Company. He still holds the officeof chief electrical engineer of the Toronto & York RadialRailway Company and the Sudbury-Copper Cliff SuburbanElectric Railway Company. In later years Mr. Boyd hasconfined his attentions chiefly to consulting work, more par-ticularly in connection with such important industrial con-. W. B. Boyd, Dominion Alloy Steel Co cerns as the Howard Smith Paper Mills, the Maple LeafMilling Company, etc. He is also consulting electrical en-gineer for the Ontario Railway & Municipal Board. He is amember of the Electrical Section of the Canadian Engineer-ing Standards Association and of the Institution of Electri-cal Engineers of England. Associated with Mr. Boyd are a number of well-knownmen on the Board, including Sir William Mackenzie; H. , formerly president of the Alloy Steel Corporation;Geo. A. Simpson, formerly sales manager of the Steel Com-pany of Canada; C. H. Wills formerly chief engineer of theFord Motor Company; W. A. Black, president of the Ogil-vie Flour Mills, Ltd., and vice-president of the KaministiquiaPower Company; B. H. McCreath: J. J. Mahon and McBain. The new Company plans to commence building opera-tions in about two months. The contract will be let in themeantime for the new plant. This plant will b
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