Pacific Gas and Electric magazine . an-cisco, by reason of its Panama-Pacific International Expo-sition, is naturally the great convention city for 1915. It isfelt, however, that the Pacific Coast possesses attractions forthe electric light and power men of the country other thanthose of its Exposition City; for, out here along the shores ofthe great Western ocean have the greatest strides in thedevelopment of hydro-electric power been made, the greatestachievements in the long-distance transmission of electricenergy along high-tension wires. In welcoming, there-fore, the
Pacific Gas and Electric magazine . an-cisco, by reason of its Panama-Pacific International Expo-sition, is naturally the great convention city for 1915. It isfelt, however, that the Pacific Coast possesses attractions forthe electric light and power men of the country other thanthose of its Exposition City; for, out here along the shores ofthe great Western ocean have the greatest strides in thedevelopment of hydro-electric power been made, the greatestachievements in the long-distance transmission of electricenergy along high-tension wires. In welcoming, there-fore, the city by theGolden Gate theelectric light andpower men of thePacific Coast feel aspecial pride in theknowledge thattheir section of thisgreat country hascontributed atleast somethingworth while to thedevelopment ofelectricity as a fac-tor in the worldsprogress. It ishoped that much ofreal advantage tothe common causewill result from thedeliberations ofthis 1915 conven-tion. And so. mem-bers of the \. A., once moreWelcome !. Pacific Service Magazine 415 u Doings OF Pacific Service Section A. L CHRONICLED BY ERNEST The April meeting of Pacific Service section was lield on the eveningof Thursday, the 27th ult., at Native Sons Hall, San Francisco, and wasdevoted to an exploitation of the part played by the San Francisco dis-trict in the Pacific Service scheme of things. Mr. Geo. C. Holberton,manager of San Francisco district, presided and the faithful turned upin such numbers that the hall was taxed to its utmost capacity, many latecomers being unable to obtain seats. Chairman Stanley V. Walton called the meeting to order and thenturned it over to Mr. Holberton, who, in his opening remarks, expressedthe hope that it might be interestiiig to all members of the section to knowjust what part of the whole Pacific Service system, San Francisco dis-trict, played, how its work of supplying Pacific Service to the entirecity of San Francisco, not forgetting the Panam
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