The record-union., 1897-10-21
THE LIGHTNING HANDLERS.
THEIR CONFERENCE HERE LAST
NIGHT.
Interesting Discussions and Essays
on Electricity, It's Uses
and Utility.


A meeting of the Pacific Coast Elec-
trio Transmission Association was held
in the Darlors of the Golden Eagle hs-
tel last night, and was well attended by
members of the organization Those
present were c. p Gilbert, President,
Manager of the Sacramento Electric,
Gas and Railway Company: Robert
McF. Doble, Secretary, Manager OF the
Blue Lakes Water Company; L. NJ
Hancock. Chief Electrician Of the Ne
vada County Electric Power Company;
DR.. c. Van Norden, General Manager OF
the Central California Electric Com
pany; E. w Sutcliffe, Superintendent
Central California Electric Company;
r. w. Van Norden, Assistant Superln-
tendent Central California Power Com
pany; c. w. Hutton Chief Electrician
Sacramento Electric, Gas and Railway
Company; August J. Bowie, Jr., AS
sistant Electrician Sacramento Electric
Gas and Railway Company; F. T. Van
alta, Chief Electrician Yuba Power
Company; E. ]. De Saba, Jr., Manager
Nevada County Electric Company;
John Martin, Manager Yuba Power
Company; T. A w. Shock, Sacramento
M. L. Osler, San Francisco; S. Morgan
Smith, Yorke, Pa; c. n. Beal, Manager
Power Development Company, Bakers
field; Theo. o. Theberath: t. S. Lee, san
Francisco, and NJ. w. Stewart, electrl-
cal engineer.
The meeting was called to order by
President Gilbert, who introduced
Mayor Hubbard.
The Mayor extended the freedom of
the city to the visiting electricians IN
a neat speech. He told them that While
Sacramento is not large, its people are
proud of what there is. The city, he
said, has passed through the ordeals OF
flood and fire. and emerged from both
better than ever and that the only thing
bothering at the present time is
bonded indebtedness which is fast be-
ing wiped out.
Sacramento, Mayor Hubbard said,
has a great deal of electricity which IS
being largely utilized for all purposes,
though as yet the people know very lit
tie about it, and he hoped that the
present meeting of electricians would
throw light upon dark subject.
The membership of the Pacific Coast
Electric Transmission Association IS
composed from the following compa-
MES Blue Lake Water Company, ANA
dor County; Big Greek Power Company,
Santa Cruz; Southern California Power
Company, Redlands: Central California
Electric Company and Sacramento
Electric, Gas and Railway Company,
Sacramento; San Joaquin Electric
Company, Fresno; Power Development
Company, Bakersfield: Portland Gen
eral Electric Company, Portland, Or;
Nevada County Electric Power Com
pany, Nevada City, and San Gabriel
Electric Company, Los Angeles.
President Gilbert stated that the
meeting would be informal, and would
be devoted entirely to the reading of
technical and scientific papers on hy-
draulics and electricity and discus
sions of the same.
s. n. Smith read an interesting paper
on hydraulics, and the discussion which
followed covered a wide range. Thls
was followed by an able paper on
Governors written by S. N. Knight OF
Sutter Creek. Mr.. Knight was not pres
ent. but his paper was the cause for
lengthy discussion, during which water
governors of all descriptions came up
for criticism, the consensus OF OPINION
being that hand governors give best
satisfaction.
Papers on Insulation" from Henry
r. Sears and c. S. Newell of Boston
were next read, and thsse were followed
by John Martin of the Yuba Company,
who gave exhaustive and practical
reasons why glass insulators were pref
erable to those made of porcelain.
Superintendent Sutcliffe's paper on
Protection Against Lightning was
listened to with great interest, and sew
eral other essays on similar SUBJECTS
occupied the attention of the meeting
until late hour.