..,_ ,,_ _ - , ,.,.~,_. ....M.~.......,...M..,__.. «Wm—inHmwm..-“ .— .._,.. ”Mm—0... .mmw
enthusiastic and, indeed, admiring in-itiito many wiso heads were shaken ill
w—M- . ._.- w.
South Norwnlk Electric Works, State Street.
tcrcst in the plant. In fact, the plant 5 it» tender days started to operato on :1
Been”; to he thc’one thing in Souihili‘ri-ziny, and. on the 13th day of tho
,Norwolk in which the citizens take,month~0ctober ill, 18il2~—whil1h prob-
itnorc pride and interest than in aily»-lti-h1y caused the superstitious no end or
thing else in the city. . . . . .next to : worry has so soon nearly paid for itself
I‘ South Norwaik. the most successful “without having cost it's clilzou owners
ilighting plant examined has been thatlone cent of taxation, built on borrowed
‘oi’ liclrolt ....... It ought also be said a , capital, paid back and ~ltiiitlnciltcll by
large part oi? the success of the planti it‘s own earnings, is u linppy condition
its due to the personal activity and the so near the hoped for realization. all
ichuractcr oi’ Mr. Winchester ....... Hill to afford every one who rejoices in be-
,character in connection witii the plant ing a citizen oi? our progressive city.
land hiii dominating influence ovvr its: good reason to give solemn thanksgiv-
',l’orluncg are unique, so far an my ob-‘, Ing tomorrow which will be the 13th.
,scivuticn goon." ‘of October and the twentieth aiinlvcr~
The tlrst ‘board of commissioners nary of ”'9 City Of SOUth NOYW‘W
consisted oi“ Joseph A. Voik. (hm-era] Electric WON”.
Nixiisou ’i‘tiylor, llll-Ii Edwin Adams, who.
sol-\cd from January ist, in li‘eb. thll,‘
1893. The new board then consisted of
Joseph A. Volk. Albert E. \Vilii'hcstcr,
iand Col. 1,.eslic Smith. in 1902, Mr]
lWinclicstcr resigned to give his whole
.tilue to tho superintendency of the:
:plant and his place was fillod by Chas.‘
:N. Smith. On Dec. 9th, upon the death One 00 Film“ M8" Responsible
lot" (‘01. Leslie Smith, the council till-y
,pointod Thomas Richardson to illi tbc’ for Present Excellent CUN'
dilion oi Plant
iiiiii ii. illicit ,
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,vucancy. On October 13in lllotl, the.
lcity charter was amended. A new
‘board of commissioners was installed
iiiiliiiililiiiiiii 00th iiiliillii liii $20,000.
.
Molly of our {leaders who are familiar its appreciation. ~
with] the facts concerning the introduc- A part of the ”old nursery" fronting
ion of municipal electric lighting in 124 feet on the south side of State
South Norwnlk will recni] that Octo- street was purchased from tho Arion
he} 13, will mark exactly 20 full years Singing Socicty and the estate or ‘
Politico the wheels of the municipal plant George Seymour. The committee's csi
31882, ten years, previous to the advent lug plant would cost about $‘-"’ ’
u...-
ltill. but.
:ol'thé South
. York’s famous Pearl street station, the poo had been expended. i
first in the world to continuously sup-‘
t South Norwulk was early in the lamps of the Opt-n arc Will'-
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‘ van of’modern lighting. i
About1890,mnchcomplaini hiltI been on moonlight nights. but when ‘
registered aguilifitdhc unreliable low, nocturnal luminary sought shelter lie-7,:
the thoroughfares hi this t'iilfi ”Willis> the public lighting piniii bud bccu ini.
are made to obtain better service but I opcrniiou ior govern! “my“.
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to no avail. About thin lime the rumor , Jennings, one of it. s original advocaits.
Enrol-iii South Norwullt citizens. lnspii'~
dd with true Yankee enthusiasm and
yetérmination. agitated tho. question of
tithing a city owned ntrcoi lighting
plant” Much opposition, however, was
I ncountered from the first can fire. it
it” ‘over been so with conceptions 50399,”, W conduct, the investigation
mat: importance. 'l'lli'catcnod inw-‘und after nearly two ycurn' research
‘ “injunctions, ridicule. ail-l unluv-‘wwrmg clcirlric lighting plants.
In" hrogi'csaivi-i men or on: our. able report was udoptcd by the council.
chief among whom WOW. “W“? 3 Jun", it was widely published. by the electric-i
‘ .“ Tnlltnadge Huh”. Edward 1“-rai journals and commented upon on,
PD. Gen. NEW)“ 'l'lll‘iOE, Edwin "0“ being a reliable and unbiased authority.
"3030911 A. VOW. and WNW“- N‘“ t on municiiinl lighting pinata, ‘l‘hcmut-
Mulls body brought the problem, tor was brought before a city lllct'lllllg:
romantic/or imd cmmcii. inuitl‘mviocioiwr 26. 1897. which appropriated
1391’!”an Bil ihv‘ifilihhiini’. com-“20,000 for the cninrgenicnt of tho,
4 » to ascertain tho CHM. “lithium" plant for comerhiai service. $2.000 nib,
Md practicability of such an undoo dill-anal wag also allowed for working
V ‘. The coniiliitioo reported it" capital. but wait not used, an the til-.
hly. and for it time the people "1' come noon pruvod silinciout to tnito
silica hilt! ii ”W‘il' Will"- iO t"’lll;,‘.ciii'o of the operating contu. 'l‘iio dog
i won and thorn Whit mm'h ”1‘0‘3‘1',’ eignbip: uud supervieion wcro anuignodi
, lion a; to what action the 1-10th Nth“; to thinllnbiliiimcr Wlnchoiiter. and coin»
fik‘votern would tako. 'l‘hi-l‘ millil' , l’fil‘l't‘lt'tl lighting wall otnrtod August 1.
‘70 been flvilt’iilhihliz 3‘01 had W" ”ml-i Hills. with six i'iinuiiiucrn llilVllli-t ii to
Wish ilonoviin, niwui’a Ni“ 0", lid of about tho it; candle-imwi-r iiiinpii.‘
viii Norwnlit‘k lll‘i’itl‘t'lillil'ii Cliizvlm. Th1! patron» being ycry low at iirul illo-
'poollic to action by hiltl "l ih'3,aiii-\'ii-l- only lit’tlililllin until mid-e
powerful Hilllefli” WW “WW“ “Knight only, but. as tho doinauii llltll‘t‘mb;
titty This took pluco ill Militiilcil it won noon «extended iliroiiiilbouti
4 .nt an lll’lt‘limi city "infill!!! “M‘lYililc night. 'i‘ho motlloll of iii-illiiil. Niti‘n,
892 It which the report of ilm’lii- trioitl’ Willi by ('Olllriiizt rilli'. iniilur ii
ligating dmnmiitcii wall iiiwrillhii M'Miilli original to thin llllllii, lilimiiimi
d the “inhibition-nit of tho piniit wan, for night, ncrvicc only. (in ilctobor
drum. lmincdluioiy fOlloWhIB- it. illill, itflltiwiltmiiiil ntrcotiiiid (‘tllllilltlr-
‘ if ‘3 compound or ('ililili‘iimfl";cliii nyliclnli were combined with llxiril’
A Volit, i’lht’hfl hi‘ ”it; i'i‘l',cllnrgon for all output, public iind pri
', Gem Noland Taylor, and mil-l vain. uiiiiibir to a private corporation,
, appointed by tho. railiilitiil.,1,,ilngno tur RH known the flrut munici-
mw in Charge of the condition; pill plant to entirely control it'n in-
? hi Will. W190i?" Milt?” l-I. ‘ come not opcrste absolutely within it.
or, of notation enumerating timed t o plant's Gltriirlill days, biw-
Iident of Wilton and Noni lulu litithitijttnctimin hilt] iiéc-n filed to
25 years old, In! tiotimilthitl‘ hamper it's operation unit nrnvcnl int
i) 641518“ the plant in“! Miller" extensiou but tho whorls nuvci‘ hostili-
contraction .Wot'ki led on that account nor did tho lights
hi’hl‘i’lll'lfilhm “hm?" too i own flicker. Finally, after seven!
{or his sérvlt'oa. Mt- “Win“ yelirii' litigation. all ouitgworo droppod’
Yo than to the! 0W. hill, by theopposttion with no expedite to
911m was completed. it wna‘ilnu city savour own“ countiei loos.
”ill? Wt" had1 We“ done; The flrnlgnlsrcemontottho common
mi Mid economy. ihfiiicinl service 012003wa in 1900. utter
line“ balance to the good. which giving to our great demand for
in. of inlet tbs city instill nthQ-Mrfltw,1flfihfif summarising were
' it Ghrlntmus prompt naoemitatdd in 1908; that, 1907. and
r, iii?! a! 300. 1910. this deriving (commutation.
on who “Fl which tutti infill anointed by
000 WWW 0500.000 000 Piliiliiiliiiii Hill
walk Tramway Co.
cost for powcr for i
was bought outright on June 29, 1901,‘
wily CO..'lllltl been absorbed. 'l‘hc pow-,MMOG to almost 1200 sci'viCcs with a
first began to grind out electricity. iii tiniato showed that the. proposed licbi- ,cr system was thou connected with the, W
city’s commercial generators and itfi‘equiyalcuts and a rated connected pow.
.\'orwnik plant, New when it was ready to start. only $20.- ai'i-a nrcuily exiouiloii.
.
On October 13th, l892~~it was li‘rl- rent “.“3 Siliiot'geiicd by if“. metcr 33,3.
my commercial incandescent lighting (lay too-——ihc wheels at the little outlit tom 0,, May lst, limit. The mini“. was
was placed in operation by Thomas A. turned for the iirst time. generating 915,, extended to 3.; hour continuous
. Edison. Mention Of this 9W!” Slim”.44°01‘10“? \VhiCh lighltld “1 street at this time saw for the daylight hours
jon Sundays. but in liltltSJn l‘i'l‘slitlllst‘ to
After that they run regularly ext-opt I a gsiieini request the commercial not
our 1 vice was made continuum-i on Sundays.
’ candle-power til‘c hllhlls of the old 105 hind'lhl- liver-y clouds.» the lights would[continuing the street lighting during
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4ch company which was then lighting prop out and llet‘ll"illillL'H bright. Altcr‘ moon-hunt ilUlU‘H was ordered and on
lsanc S. ,orrcct.
{ages and economics of municipal OWH' . hcudcd a petition requesting the council dcrtalti-n (bin.
ershi'p 0i? public Utilities commenced i", U‘ appoint a ('iimliiittcc on the. advise-icliestcr was invited by the commission-
lmpress the ili‘iillh' Oi this 00““"3'5 bilitr oi" aino supplyingcommercial nor-let‘s to act as tbcir engineer as in the
{Europe had il‘lt—‘J 1' ““4 found it KOOGJ vice. 'i‘llo Council tllcrcupon appoilit.~ past. but was obliged to decline the‘
ed as such committee: Councilman 'Stc- honor, as the growth ot‘ the business
phcn S. Hatch. Frank N~ Ferris, Ollvcr had become nucli an to require hill “1' rnpidly at the little plant that within
Id. Weed. City Attorney John H. Light, L tiro nilgntlml,
Electrical Commissioners Joseph Al.('ifll“(l to secure the best outside origin-1b,. shipped t‘roni my. factory fugt
Voik, Leslie Smith, and Albert E. Win imply; talent available and utter "tallytvnmmh to gum,” lhn demands of new
clicster. The last named member wail engineers bud been considered. .i. (in. patrons. '
111.0 predictions confronted ”“939 throughout the United States. a favor-lgllicorg of this corporation, men of in- annual report for the iiscal
1examine its slalomcutn and. booknhmm continuous good fortune mm hug
[\Viiul tliuvlloiith Norwuik plant l‘ls
lih-V "0 “Ni “1mm“ prniuo f0" “‘9 ““‘3‘! rcniuining againlu. tho. plant at thin”,
‘i‘im-Vi and many otherm """ "‘9“ “m“ “Wk: of this city. All the total lnvclitmcnt in
in place of the old directorate. and tho Somewhere in the register of the
,commissioners elected by the people year islsn. the town clerk of the city
‘were Fad i-lmkemeicr. Thomas llob- of "Old lfllmswxcw ideas," juttcd
‘ins and John R. Spencer, all Of Whom down an entry proclaiming the birth
[RUM DEBI-are now in ott‘icc. it has been under of one John R. Spencer, rtccti‘a, ct-
}diroction of the present board that tile‘ceil‘fl. A little look into past history
Splmnhas awaits nioaiflounaliinsdnrs reveals the fact that he 18 a direct
. 10 provide iolvnjaliillhoy have piloted it through some descendant of the Spence”; of the
ndustrinl illil'lxl808,,0f ihe “limit SU'NHIOUS ”“105 isle of Wight. whose dailntiess peo-
The business which connnencrd with pie were a leading power on tho
”0'" the Connecticut “WW” ““disix concuniers with a total of about North ‘Scu long before they become a
Lighting (30., by whom the old Train-400 1.; candle power 1mm,“ 13 now con- will of England fill their own terms.
.i. R. might. stand for Just rightm
”‘1 0f “’0‘” 20'0"” “5 candle DOW” ho is till of that. also robust and up-
, right—but, though not coi'piilcni, hc
‘9’ “m“ of “50 h~ 1" 1“ motors. Th“ shows just enough of the carved out-
powcr factor sccmn rcmarkabiy large lino to convince a with master “m,
for “ “ll-V ”l" “'7’“ ”0 South X‘W‘V‘m‘ ho has lasted political life and found
mm“ “mm“ scarcely 0"” “ square it good. John it. Spencer emigrated
mile or territory. A WW” “0mm" from. his native Ncw liiuvcn to tho
\viln recciitiy canvassed the district in humict d “yo Old Well" some twenty
a llnHron campaign was amazed on rc- years past. Why he mm“. “01,056“,
lc"i"i“g m” 1th “f hum” “mg clec- says not. but the loci ibulhccanic and
Itrlcity and ho had just come from 5“,,“ 5,, why we rejoice. Rumor
Bridgeport. and New Haven both or has it, however. that he had a hunch
‘which are ovcr 10 “"1018 out ,Sm" n that tho hydraulic forces of the Old
‘waa also stated that this citys powct‘ Well llliilhl be converted into 'tricity.
load ““5”“ greater {W “WM HHmhrrlvin; here, tradition has it that the
""““““ ”""“‘""°“ m M“ ”W" lust lair-l: he did was to bike it for
‘ ) t 1 r. l . .‘ . .
\klitn thc Lilll‘tjllill‘htllltlli “an no t it h. it matter to m. ..Mrnmhy pitilltl “mm“, couptrr and the second escap-
superintendent “m- iii-«South Norlvuik ““5 really “0“” tide of his local career culminiitcd
urix'o famous by her public utilities and in his introduction ,0 an R. g, (i.
will always be known as Ulv home 01 mm“. The introduction tool: and he
,, .i.....pp~lv low rated to.“ electricity" bccalnc a part, of the place. where
Th9 business 00d“ is increasing 3" they make 'em»~»lhc corsets not the
The contract method of selling cur-
is on wcck days. in into,
luly iii—~tiie new schedule wcut into
he 113 there
ecuuso "ll'appy New Your John"
painted on his chair all yrttl‘ round.
intmditcttons~aud
yet.
it “"le therefore, d‘“| the blot few weeks, melt-rs could not b
. 1 . .th
While 6" (“0" “w" or ‘N- Y- city, ”‘0 On September limb of this year tho”
.cliil'won the side; and. retaining
“mil-‘3‘ electrical engineering (‘Onmrmi(‘Olllnlfilltittiiité letter of tho clet‘tricul 1'
, . , . that. hunch about the energy of the
“0“ i“ “‘1’ WW1". WM sclcttcd. “'9' ”l :commisslonorn in advance. of their "Old Well,” his partnership in the
Old Well lauutlrv was logical.
tcrii'ttioual rciuic. on real olcctricui . . - l o .. , ' , .
l l g lug 0‘ "’1’” '3‘ ”1‘" “H“ ”MON ”w;s,nys he has lots of the science lett
iro acts were amazed at the rcmnrlc . . . . . y In“
I J , ""“m‘n' it ““5 h) n“ ”“9 0' u“ m‘ ;whlcb bi offered in attractive lots. to
“"1“ showing "0 m“ “m0 plant. grntlrylngreports Mel-submitted Billed-ea“ takers
Their accountantn. wore enter to South Norwulk became a municipality. y '
your cud-i
out of the laundry iJllBill-Ouu it you
don't want to get wet, wrung out and
hung up."
~ in 1909 he was found guilty 01' bar-
boring it well developed choc oi!
‘oleclrlc-itls. Extrema pelislty= woo
and found everything in excellent always guldud this dopartmenthnd not
condition will highly compliment-i only onubioil it to ontiruly eliminate its
oil upon the liyiitcni of “bookkcop-I flouting debt but had created a sink-
ing and buliinoiili llllflhtltiu in mm, add-i",x fund of 320,000 in addition. which
but that many a largo corporation ”no“, drawing compound interoat‘ at
would be proud to make. the showing 4 percent.
" ‘ ' . l ercini li‘lecirlc
, ihc iiiilt‘i issue of (‘on .. ”0mm choir. M electrical
"'"de' liduhllug Honda, amounting to 0.. ,
The management or the plant is wor.1 ,3 mm, mm," mm, M and “u, only am” branding him secretary. for good mea—
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coda which thin liiutltutlou him attain. date is the hill" or 3225,00 for which
ed. l'roinluoui clininoora, onpeciailynm city was bonded to “dummy, in, or
tlioni» who are bonding ()Ulm‘llllllliciillll'mimn 3mm lighting iiyiitenl in limit.
uiliicrtukiunn for the loading citioa of, Al ”,9 gratifying ratio of "mm which
the “W'ui‘i‘hvm are ‘0‘", "l thbir limbs-1 tho plant In at prurient iiccunuiliilliilt. it
on and admiration for our oiocti‘lcul till-5 not lilntlct‘cd by unexpected “unjflpkfi,
(lilriillilllgtfllld tho controlling lniluon-' u", winking fund, will niiio cover this
t'eu that nru guarding it'll *woli’uiien mm (mm of “3.590 in “pm" one your
Hill‘h "it‘ll “it “WWW" “'- W- “mm“; morn leaving the undertaking iron mid
public utility export of Chicago. 8. ”Velour to tho citi'w Mior ”Hallow been
i-lproun. cohabiting engineer for tho J.= accompilnhed. it in [When that about
ti. \Viiiip t'u., and elder eliviitiimli ("l titlpiiocnn iic lurnod intolhcclty new.
“mm" m ”‘i‘ llrooitlyn mm" 00”“ iiiiry annually to relieve the tiiionaycru
high in the technical worldwmnintnin , U“, electric Wm, h, “9,;qu ”00.000. p,
that our plant by tho moat auccosstul, 1,, thus apparent. that within 14 year”
illtlhlii‘e 0‘ “I"“ii’h’ml “WNW" i" "W. the proilt from the electricity which
United litulosmit not in the world.},‘,,, city hue munillnctumd and mm ‘9
While Mr. Windham-r was «broad, its, “‘3 pntmna at tho lOcht rnloii in thin
out» of the Public Ownershipinvoiitlgahf aisle, has paid up dbmil $115,000 of
in: comiutsiiioneraot the National Cir-limit till/oatmeal. glam the city enterad ’
ic Federation. in Will. experts who into the supplying oi'ctimniorclnl and
‘wcl‘g investigating municipal undortuk- domestic electricity in tails.
than in thin country, came hero and Mhii'ern methods of bundling financ-
mndli n thoroiillh examination ot the 65’ which advanced cities are adoption
luminous. ' ” ' in Vin-ions ports of the country have all
in tho report, they Mild. 'f'rha‘noora ways prevailed at the. plant. “ The
toilingnliy of South Namath, com. bookkeeping swam in illicit} bi unique.
has of it; municipal electric imprint? minnow systom of rates, it“: biotin
tier 0 hill dim, “Wilma“ tindtiéiamibd train Mr. .Wlhcheuter'ii ideas.” The
clam. Kaitlin? William, Winter ,tMtihOdlta any kept ln‘nhi‘it is liofiv known,
have boon'lmolitiglitpd tiltili’collnm audits'Fuhiio“iimico‘couthrslon m- «
inflame Gunilla: militarily rm nods onion You It; ‘ - ‘
is}
illr -
Burl}. lie has served one shock or
two years and a second shock of-
gl'onitcr length is now being applied.
th ho endures and the city’s elec-
tric plant prospcrs the more. because
he is one at the pi‘ogi‘elisivc electric.
board that does things all the while.
thn they make out a report and
John R. is wrilen on it, you clin bet
your meal ticket and your latch lmy
that its all right. 'Bi'othrl- John is
quite some “liner" too; which sig-iui-,
tics only a little of his p'opuiarity, tor
lie-cull lock antlers with any podi-
greed Elk and is well qualified to
distinguish a "bull-moose” from a
ilock-bceimbilly-goai,-as far as he can
S69 it} and being it booster ol‘ South
Norwalk, his influence isvrcIls the, un-
acts of the local Board of Trade. Be-
sidiis this, he carries a Knights of
(‘oiumiius sword, but, lcavcs this home
on tho piano on rainy days and takes
an niiibi'ciia iiisicud. lie wean; an
air of iil_-istci'y under a brown Slouch
iii-1t all the lime and always pi‘odiiccs'
tho goods as cvci'y one knows who‘s
asked him.
i ills litl wcultucss iswwell, tiicrc
Inc: several of them, all to his credit
,——his happy family; the R. & G. (10F-
sct l'llt‘ttli‘y and the city’s electric
works are smile of them. And it is a
fact. that as well as he is ulrcadyi ilk-
cd, liie longer he. serves them, the
higher Commissioner Spencer stands
in the estimation of the South Nor~
walk people.
,wmnaflii
-“iiiiiiil iii Mill"
,Who is Direcliyl Responsible tor
Wonderiui Growth at the
Electric Works
r
Albert Edward \l-lnciieatcr. iiimn
pater oi the city of South Norwuik till-
, (‘Cll‘
lriclta, to be precise, and is now for
iy-ilvc yours youg. even If they do
cilll him thc "Grand Old Man." ”ll in
,tlic only non of Thcodore Winchcs~
It‘cr. editor and inventor, of New Eng-
lland stuck; his mother. Anna ll. Jack-
.sun, of the very prominent Virginian
family of that name, was a noted
writer and educator; both parents
now deceased. lie is a direct (inaccu-
;daut of Colonial Govcrnor Bclciier
innd can exhibit it real. blucribboli
| pedigree.
{ He admits being employed, willie a
boy, in a Wall Street, iii-w omce. but,
Some years afterward he slipped into ,why he left might be expressed by'
0 Steam lundry business, soicntlii~ .the saying, “Magnn est vcrltus et lire,
ivuiehit.” (the truth in gl'l'flt and it
Will prcvuill. Shortly afterward.
,with bill mother. he embarked for
H0 Mexico. whether to shoot bunznrds or.
to uncut Diaz, we do not know, al-
1though Mrs. Winchester had several
conunisslons. from a Mexican Rutl-
~iiti advice to young men is, "Kocp ! way and to write up the Aztec noun-i
glry for American ucwnpnpnm. to till-l
till. Thing in a tow yours at buntin'
'bronctios and riinsin' in Spanish. in
,tho meantime having served an up
prontlcoisblp in railroad engineering,
be roturned to God'o country. (menu-
tlio verdict told they put him in» the big, of coursh. this glorious section) .
commissioner. where his sought to oomploto his edu-i '
cation. Thinking that ho had learn-
ic Works, was born in Ohio, Mo-1
1—-
ed enough. he played liooltey one day1
and the next t'ound hlni working. lit.
the ngc of eighteen, with Edison.
where by leaps. boufi‘ds, liund iipriuiui.
and vaults. he rose to be chief
diuughtsiuan. tbeli- constructing; cu-
ginccr ol’ clocli'lc plants, winning the
diwtiliction of being; the youngest
member of tho it‘llfllllOPl'illig lsiiii’l‘ of
theI monstrous Edison iniorcsiis, and
a cunlvil‘iulor to its inventions.
()nc day, he was then twenty five,
South Norwallt came to him for a.
consultation, (they still have the baht
it) in regard to building an electric
lighting: plant of its own. He built.
the plant, the plant helped build tho
city, but the city did lllll oilild him.
Today, he might bcttcr his limini-ts
lil’ accepting on‘ei's to at larger livid.
but he pi‘Fl'crs to ace his hobby, the
city's electrical i'n‘Stiiution. (‘lllil‘ttiy‘
.paid for from its own income; a your
01' two will realize this ambition.
l.’ihdt‘l‘ liiii knpcrvision the plant has
grown from u lilo-homo power out-
fit to a central station oi' about, nine
hundred kill. kill, kilowatts, t1 tut-ass
that's "trait," they call it) which
lights South Noi'walk inside and out
and turns most of its wheels of indus-
try. Foremost proijcssionol men and
leading technical journals have hail-
ed this city's electrical undertaking
as one of the most successful illSiiln-
cos of municipal operation in this
country, which nitailis every bit Will-
cheater;—
'l‘he National Civic Fedcrzitlon ap-
pointed him, ill Jilin}. as one of a.
commission of twenty-one iii-en sc-
lcctcd from all over the country, oil
hich technical, literary, financial and
statistital standing, to investigate
municipal undci‘iukings and he was
one oi the iillt‘e soul to Cover .tho
iicid in iilll‘tllit‘. Recently, the West-
port “‘aigi' Company, of which ho
was picsidciit and which he helped
change from a lemon to a peach. nail)
convoricd by a Mellon iii-to railroad
properly. llic New Haven road lily
settling the plant. lie is on the con-
sulting staff of the Public litiiitieo
iColnmision of t‘ollucciicut and his ad~
vice. iii clcctrit‘al matters has boon»
sought by many ciiics and electric
corptnaiimis. Since its earliest days
he has been a full member of the
Amcilcan institute of Electrical En—
gineers the highest credential of the
p’i‘iicssion; and was one of the dclo.
cult-s at the lntci‘niiiionul Electrical
t‘ongrcss at London in 1006; also ti.
member of other sclentillc and pro-
ai-.s.-ivo organizations. including the
Cullllt'Clit‘lil Stale Fireman‘s Associa‘
lion and the Fire Chiefs‘ Club; lie is’
a Sill‘lllt‘l‘, high Mason; Eastern Star,
,Elk. Red Man. and is affiliated Willi.
the Royal Arcanum mid l-icptasophii.
Locally, he is: a member of tho .0“
lWell Hook & Ladder Company; su-
;perintondcnt of the tire alarm and
ipoiicc it‘lcgl‘llpll system; was chict'
of ”It! tirc dcpui’lment for two terms,
.nnd is a‘dlrccior of the Norwallc
lliuliding and Loan Association.
' He spends most 01‘ his limo at the
(mice or the electric worka, and when
incl at home is usually at. some meet—
:iug. ilu Is a prime iiith-r on several
:coinlnitlvoli oi’ the South Norwullc
‘tloard of Trade. 1001' rcrrcntlon, ho
is a liiglivgoarcll smoker at the Scout
Nol‘Wlliit Club, hilt never is been put:-
i
' (Continued on twelfth mo.)
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