. Journal of electricity . stantly to build up the in-dustries upon which the prosperity of their statedepends. Gerald H. Hutton, general manager of thedredge, under whose supervision the boat was builtin the record-breaking time of less than six months, was master of ceremonies. Mr. Higgins of theBulkeley Wells Company was the first speaker. Hegave a brief history of placer mining from the firstdays of the gold pan to the present days of the elec-trically operated steel dredge. ^This speaker was followed by Dr. Walter E. IjjlClark, president of the University of Nevada, and then by Dr. Aureli
. Journal of electricity . stantly to build up the in-dustries upon which the prosperity of their statedepends. Gerald H. Hutton, general manager of thedredge, under whose supervision the boat was builtin the record-breaking time of less than six months, was master of ceremonies. Mr. Higgins of theBulkeley Wells Company was the first speaker. Hegave a brief history of placer mining from the firstdays of the gold pan to the present days of the elec-trically operated steel dredge. ^This speaker was followed by Dr. Walter E. IjjlClark, president of the University of Nevada, and then by Dr. Aurelia Henry Reinhardt, president ofMills College, both of whom emphasized the necessityof higher education in preparing the men and womenof the future to carry on the great industrial devel-opment possible in the West. The concluding addresswas delivered by Governor Emmet D. Boyle ofNevada, who touched briefly upon the diflicultiesthat beset the men undertaking this big enterpriseand of the large investment required. He empha-. 1 A view of the line of buckets which scoop the gold-laden graveland lift it to the top of the mill. Each bucket weighs 200 holds nine cubic feet of gravel. They are made of (manganesesteel. The buckets are dumped at about the rate of 20 per minute.— sized the fact that this huge piece of complicatedmachinery was powerless to accomplish the thingsfor which it was designed without the aid of electricpower brought many miles over the mountains fromwhere it was generated by the waters of the TruckeeRiver. After the cheering which followed the Gover-nors address, Mrs. Boyle threw the switch thatstarted the machinery and the guests were permittedto view the dredge in operation. ELECTRIFICATION OF RAILROADS IN JAPAN The Japanese railway authorities have decidedto substitute electricity for steam on all lines withinthe empire, according to recent reports to the De-partment of Commerce. The change, which it isestimated will cost 200,000,000 yen, is expecte
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