New-York tribune., 1905-04-16

and -four mill and built the power plant for
the RedOnda Beach Hotel He built the Pasa-
oena, Santa Monica and Portland street t1l.-
way plants. the power plant for The San Fran
CISCO Chronicle for the Willamette steam saw
mills al Portland. for the AlbinO Electric Light
ana water company, Of Portland: OF -four mills
at Stockton, electric light plant at Stockton
and one Of the first and all succeeding street.
car lines In Seattle.
Though not a complete catalogue OF MA
activities ia those days the list Includes hss
most important work Tor that period Then no
came eastward. having headquarters for some
time m chicago. when he built The power plants
fcT the Chicago city railways. as well as tor
numerous other great works in that city and
elsewhere Indeed during the period OF hia
activities In these times there are hardly any
geographical limitations to his operations. ana
there IS scarcely city In the country that does
hot pear some testimony 20 the wide extent of
his undertakings.
In and around and over aud beyond al the
Industrial development OF New England there
looms Up the Fundamental -ctor Of power
which more than any other one feature is ra-
SpOnSin'e for the marvellous strides the indus
tries Of the world have made. In a study Of the
power question in New England and visit 70
me New-EnGlanG plants Of the international
Power Company. I have lately seen and heard
so much Of the possibilities of wonderful power
development along new lines that 7 am almost
constrained % believe that what has gone be-
fore is hardly more than elemental and that
the systems Of the future will make the power
producers OF to-day appear as temporary. crude
and costly expedients by comparison. In all
that have heard about the development OF the
internal combustion engine of the Diesel patent
0he manufacture Of which, for the United
States and Canada is controlled by the Inter
national Power Company. we'll OF the
Hoadley-K Knight engine there is much that per-
tainS to the personal activity aad individual en-
Jhusiasm OF Mr., HCadley himself. whose abili-
ties as a mechanical and engineering expert
have been amply demonstrated IN his remark
ably busy and successful career. After having
literally worked his way across the Continent
from his native state OF California. contracting
for all kinds OF power plants IN the cities be-
tween the Atlantic and the Pacific coasts. he
that began his career a an organizer OF indus
trial companies by the purchase Of the WheeIoeE
Engine Company at Worcester. Mass. Ths
Cramps. OF Philadelphia. joined him in this pur-
chase, but he later bought out all the stock
holders and then purchased the Greene engine
patents. and combining the best two features OF
the engines-smoOthness in the Greene and
economy OF operation in the Wheeiock-hs
named the Worcester plant the Greene
Wheelock Engine Works Next. in February,
1898 he bought the CorIiss Engine Works at
Providence which. while having been so pros
porous IN earlier DAYS that George H. CoriisS
died worth S150O0OOO had then an indebted
ness Of $500 600. and had been practically shut
down This brought under one ownership the
works of the three former rival engine builders
OF NeW-EngIand. and il was matter OF Pc
sonaI qualification to Mr.. Foadley TO secure the
COrliss works. where were built the engines
that had done more to revOlutiOnize the indus
tries of the country than any other one factor.
Immediately after the purchase Of tie Cor'ss
Engine Works Mr.. HOadley bought the knoQ3
Island Locomotive Works at Providence WHICH,