Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-23
ENGINEER IS GUEST
OF HONOR AT DINNER
Ralph w. Pope Talks About Remark
able Electrical Development in
the Southland at Hollen.
beck Banquet

Ralph w. Pope, secretary of the
American Institute of Electrical Ell
gineers, was the guest of honor at the
first meeting of the fiscal year of the
Los Angeles section last night at Hotei
Hollenbeck. The meeting was preceded
by banquet.
most distinguished electrical engineers
in America, and the younger genera
tion-the majority of the Southern Cal
ifornia corps being under 40 years OF
age-receiyed him with a respect al
most amounting to homage. He made
a brief address during the evening"
dealing with subjects of interest TO the
MANAGEMENT and policy of the associa-
tion. and congratulating the men pres
ent on their work, as shown by the re-
markable electrical development in this
end of the state.
THE men who formally welcomed Mr..
Pope in short speeches were Chairman
]. A. Lighthipe, Secretary j. e. McDon-
aid, G. w. Koiner, E. n. Northmore OF
the Los Angeles Gas and Electric com
pany, A. S. Glasgow of the Pacllc LlshI
and Power company Brown Smlth OF
the auueduct commissions electrical
department, City Electrician K. IL.
Manahan and e. r. Bennett.
One Of the most interesting speakers
was Brown Smith, who told of the
utilization on the aqueduct of electrlcl-
tv for almost every bit of work requlr-
ing mower on the whole line OF con-
struction, and in many lines never De-
fore handled by electrical engineers,
Mr. Pope was induced to tell some
thing of the engineers building recent
lv constructed in New York city at
cost of 81 800 900. This sum was DO
mated by Andrew Carnegie and three
societies of engineers occupy the build
ing. There is also,a valuable library
given by DR.. Frank Wheeler, an emil
nent engineer Of New York. and MI
Carnegie.
morning, he was taken in hand by re-
ception committee and furnished pri-
vate car on which he made trip OF IN
snection of all the lines of the Paclnc
Flectric company, riding 146 miles dur
ing the day The program for the re-
mainder of his stay-all or when VIII
he under the control of the Los Angeles
section-will include trip to Redondo
Beach and Mount Lowe today over
portion of the Los Angeles aqueduct 10
morrow by automobile, and trip TO
Catalina on Saturday.
THE executive committee in charge of
the arrangements is composed OF
Messrs. ]. A. Lighthipe, ]. 70. MacDon-
aid. ". L. Benedict, C. w. Kolner, u. H.
NOrtnmOfe, Ii. r. 5SchbbNA SOCN "'AAA -@N'
ward woodbury..
lessened. We have come to know its
people and here we expect to make our
future home.
"What I would like to see Is a
boulevard from Los Angeles to the sea
through Hollywood not surpassed by
any of the five most famous ooulevards
in the world Those five are the
thirty mile road between Nice and
Mentone, the fifty-mile road In the
Alps between ChamoiX and Geneva;
the ,seventeen-mile road at Del Monte
California; the road between Wawona
and Yosemite and the road from cairo
to the Pyramids in Egypt"
Such a suggestion coming from such
man at such time ought to result
in such a famous boulevard being
made.
Mr.. de Longpre has been the busiest
man in Hollywood the past week or SO
in getting ready for the reception.