. Electric railway journal . 1915. Heimmediately entered the services of theAlabama Power Company as a helperon substation maintenance, but wassoon made a foreman, and in this ca-pacity built the high-tension substa-tion at Sylacauga and changed theAnniston substation from an indoor toan outdoor type. In 1917 Mr. Sweatt was transferredto the commercial department, leavingthe field for the office, where he as- similated the thorough commercialtraining that has since proved to beof great value to him as a divisionexecutive. In 1919 he returned to theoperating department as superintendentof the W
. Electric railway journal . 1915. Heimmediately entered the services of theAlabama Power Company as a helperon substation maintenance, but wassoon made a foreman, and in this ca-pacity built the high-tension substa-tion at Sylacauga and changed theAnniston substation from an indoor toan outdoor type. In 1917 Mr. Sweatt was transferredto the commercial department, leavingthe field for the office, where he as- similated the thorough commercialtraining that has since proved to beof great value to him as a divisionexecutive. In 1919 he returned to theoperating department as superintendentof the Western Division, being laterinvested with the title of division man-ager, and his work proved so satis-factory that, as before stated, in theearly part of this year he was sent toAnniston as manager of the EasternDivision, and is at present provinghimself as adaptable there as he hadshown himself to be in other positions. Mr. Barry, who was Mr. Sweattspredecessor, was manager of the East-ern Division for two years, coming to. L. P. Sweatt, Jr. the Alabama Power Company from thePacific Gas & Electric Company, Cal.,where he had held several importantpositions in the operating, maintenance,and construction department. He is anative of San Francisco and is pos-sessed of a very unusual engineeringand executive ability. At present he isprincipally occupied in the constructionof the Mitchell Dam 120, plant at Duncans Rif-fle on the Coosa River. The Eastern Division of the AlabamaPower Company controls the electricrailway system in Gadsden and Annis-ton, comprising a total trackage of and operating a total of 28 pas-senger cars. This division of the com-pany controls the sale of electricalenergy directly to consumers in localoperations of about 15 town and , through other public serv-ice companies, five others are furnishedwith energy. In the area served thereis an approximate population of 80,000. F. D. Mahoney, commercial managerof the
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