. Journal of electricity. Oregon Insurance Rating Bureau,representing the public at large, have, under the provisions ofthe lately adopted electrical ordinance of the city of Portland,Oregon, been appointed by the mayor of the city as a boardof examiners. One of the sections of the new ordinance pro-vides for the examination of all electrical men desiring to berated as supervising electricians. 430 JOURNAL OF ELECTRICITY [Vol. 40—No. 8 » Do you mean it when you say the war is your first interest? — BUY A LIBERTY BOND MEETING NOTICES FOR ELECTRICAL MEN (Plans for spring conventions form the mos
. Journal of electricity. Oregon Insurance Rating Bureau,representing the public at large, have, under the provisions ofthe lately adopted electrical ordinance of the city of Portland,Oregon, been appointed by the mayor of the city as a boardof examiners. One of the sections of the new ordinance pro-vides for the examination of all electrical men desiring to berated as supervising electricians. 430 JOURNAL OF ELECTRICITY [Vol. 40—No. 8 » Do you mean it when you say the war is your first interest? — BUY A LIBERTY BOND MEETING NOTICES FOR ELECTRICAL MEN (Plans for spring conventions form the most interesting developments of the last two weeks. The detailsof the coming Del Monte Pacific Coast Section, N. E. L. A., Convention are given elsewhere. The nationalorganization is already planning a meeting in Atlantic City for June. Hot Springs, Va., is to he the meet-ing place of the National Electric Supply Jobbers Association. Interesting reports of local meetings arefurther included.—The Editor.) PS H « W W. Portland Sections, N. E. L. A. and A. I. E. E. The regular monthly meeting was held Tuesday evening,April 2d, at the Multnomah Hotel, Portland, Oregon. Mr. John B. Fisken, superintendent of light and powerof the Washington Water Power Company, Spokane, Wash.,presented a paper on Changes in Distribution System on Ac-count of Range Load. Mr. Piskens paper gave in detail theproposed distribution system for the city of Spokane, Wash.,in order to ultimately handle 5000 ranges. He also submittedapproximate costs and earnings from such a system. It wasa comprehensive method of attacking the problem from anengineering standpoint insteadof the present haphazardmethod of connecting on rangeloads to the distributing sys-tem just in order to get serv-ice without regard to cost, ef-ficiency or future complica-tions. Great emphasis was laidupon making the system thor-oughly reliable and free frominterruptions of service, andclose regulation. Mr. W. H. Lines of the Port-land
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