. Journal of electricity. ewell, for many years director of the ReclamationService, has been selected by the President to be executiveofficer in charge of water-power developmnt. Under the termsof the new Administration water-power bill, soon to be con-sidered, this proposed position carries a salary of $10,000 ayear. Gerard Swope, vice-president of the Western ElectricCompany, will be given the Fourth Order of Merit, with theMinor Cordon of the Rising Sun, by the Emperor of decorations are awarded, it is stated, in appreciation ofservices rendered toward the advance of the electrica
. Journal of electricity. ewell, for many years director of the ReclamationService, has been selected by the President to be executiveofficer in charge of water-power developmnt. Under the termsof the new Administration water-power bill, soon to be con-sidered, this proposed position carries a salary of $10,000 ayear. Gerard Swope, vice-president of the Western ElectricCompany, will be given the Fourth Order of Merit, with theMinor Cordon of the Rising Sun, by the Emperor of decorations are awarded, it is stated, in appreciation ofservices rendered toward the advance of the electrical indus-try in Japan. A. Emory Wishon, assistant general manager of the SanJoaquin Light & Power Corporation, is rendering able serv-ice on the advisory board for the co-operative educationalcampaign now under way in California by the commercialsection of the Pacific Coast Section, N. E. L. A. To this endhis presence in San Francisco and Los Angeles of late hasbeen frequently noted. Meanwhile his energies in behalf of. his company are not suffering. Here he is on the right of thepicture in which he is shown withJ. B. Carter, district agentof his company for the west side oil fields of Kern county,seated upon a pile of pipe casing watching an oil well beingdriven by electricity. H. B. Pickering, manager of the Foundation CompanysTacoma plant since its location there, has been appointed en-gineer of construction for the company and will be assistantto Bayly Hipkins, district manager of the concern. Mr. Pick-ering will supervise all the construction at the Portland, Ta-coma, and Victoria, B. C, plants. Chas. T. Main, of Boston, president of the American So-ciety of Mechanical Engineers, has designed and supervisedthe construction of numerous industrial, steam power, andwater power plants. Among the larger of his undertakingsare four hydro-electric developments for the Montana PowerCompany, aggregating about 280,000 horsepower. Hugh L. Cooper, hydraulic engineer, who made Spokanehi
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