Electrical news and engineering . e government would not have gone to the expendi-ture of millions of dollars for the transmission of powerfrom Niagara Falls. Yours very truly. II, J, C,I,-,ul) .sn|)t. Watirwork^ iv Electrical of London THE ELECTRICAL NEWS 4 Makers of Electrical Canada—8 Robert A. Ross, Consulting Engineer One of the iiuist outstanding personalities in the mak-ing: of electrical Canada during the last twenty ixld yearsis Robert A. Ross, late partner in the lirni of Ross X: llul-gate, consulting and supervising engineers, Montreal, andnow operating indepe
Electrical news and engineering . e government would not have gone to the expendi-ture of millions of dollars for the transmission of powerfrom Niagara Falls. Yours very truly. II, J, C,I,-,ul) .sn|)t. Watirwork^ iv Electrical of London THE ELECTRICAL NEWS 4 Makers of Electrical Canada—8 Robert A. Ross, Consulting Engineer One of the iiuist outstanding personalities in the mak-ing: of electrical Canada during the last twenty ixld yearsis Robert A. Ross, late partner in the lirni of Ross X: llul-gate, consulting and supervising engineers, Montreal, andnow operating independently under the firm name of RobertA. Ross, Limited. To readers of the Electrical News,who know Mr. Ross only by reputation, it will come ratheras a surprise to learn that he is only 4> years old. he has already accomplished so much, still hasthe best working years of life ahead of him. At the presenttime there is no name among Canadian consulting engi-neers held in greater respect and no personality more likely. Mr. Rob. it A. , B. E. to continue to make itself of ever-increasing \alue in theelectrical advances of the immediate future in Canada. Horn in Woodstock, Ontario, Mr. Ross attended theCollegiate Institute in that town and matriculated in did not proceed at once to the University, but. instead,served a vigorous apprenticeship, during the next four anda half years, with the (irm of Robert Whitelaw & Company,engine boiler makers and millwrights, in the town of Wood-stock. Following this apprenticeship term he entered theSchool of Practical Science of the University of Torontoand graduated in the department of mechanical engineeringin 1890. Six years later, in 189G, he also gained the pro-fessional degree of electrical engineer. Following graduation Mr. Ross was with the ICdisuuCompany, Schenectady and Sherbrooke, and later with theCanadian General Tlectric Company, at Ieterborough, asworks engineer, iii: to is,):i. IVom 18.):! to ISi).) he
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