Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-04-29
UTILITY MEETING
 CLOSES TODAY May Not Accept Invitations to Meet Next Year at Little Rock or Fay
 etteville. THURSDAYS SESSION
THURSDAYS SESSION
An Interes ing One-VisitOrs Inspect Local Plants and Enjoyed Dutch
 Luncheon at Forest Park.

NOCWllnSIdndlnS the tact that invita- tiens to meet in their cities next year have been extended to the Arkansas Association of Public Utility Opera tors. in third annual session here, by the Little Rock Board of Trade and W J. McClendon, of Fayetteville, Ark, it is most likely that the invitations will be declined and that the Arkan- sas association will join with similar organizations of Mississippi and Ten nessee and form a big tri-state organ ization
 L. G. Van Ness, secretary of the Merchants Power Company of Mem lhis, and W. N. Henderson and W. R. Herstein of that city, are most active ill their efforts to bring about tl.o three state combination. The matter "lll be definitely settled tomorrov, when the election of officers and se,- ection of the next meeting place is to le disposed of.
 With nearly hundred members If r." Ar kansas association in attendanue teGaE the second days session was '!a of many enjoyable features Some fine addresses were delivered by w.. :. Wood, manager of the Texarkana Ces and Electric Company; D. A. t!rgarty, general manager of the Littlo 3 r cck Railway and Electric Compan::: reliX Borden, general manager of tne Southwestern Electrical Equipment :: rnpany, of Little Rock; Louis Fri3d- man, an official of the General Electric Company, of Chicago and others. It was announced that the paper to be read by J. w. Wilson, of Philadelphia, would be presented 3y another member because of the illners c; MT. Wilson at his home
 The annual report of Secretary Cow'es sn. ws a healthy increase ;p the membe. 'D during the year.
 At the core. usion of the afternoon session the delegates and their ladies
 
 l.c Pine Biutf Corporation and the C tizens Light and Transit Company, wtich wee inspected. Later the!y Y ere guee,5 at Dutch luncheon at Fo, est Plc.. At night the visitors were entertained at local theaters.
 The address of Mir. Wood on "The Effect of Natural Gas Upon Municipal ities" was the feature of the morning session. He told of the many prob- lems to be solved in the distribution of natural gas and how natural gas is obtained from the fields. His story of how he had enthused the business men of his city to adopt general ex- terior illumination and window light i1sg. by system of newspaper adver- Using was of unusual interest He declared that his business had been doubled by the liberal use of news paper space.
 Modern Apparatus for Street Illumi- nation was the subject of MT. Freid.. mans address and it was followed by ail interesting discussion. MT. Ror- cen made fine talk on Illumination" The Advocacy of Law for Proven ton of Theft of Electricity, Gas and Water from Public Service Corpora tions" was the subject of MT. Hegar- tvs half hour talk.
 Among the new delegates to arrive yesterday were: Dr. c. H. Hoffman, l.. M. Coleman, c. E. Rose, of Little Rock; LaSalle Stoops and Mrs. Anna R. Stoops, of Stuttgart; R. H. Russell. W. J. Sharp, Little Rock; H. E. Walk CT, Hot Springs; c. A. Thomas, St. Louis; J. M. Hewitt, Mariana; w. w. Moore, St. Louis; J. c. Rush, Hot Springs; w. c. Mcguire, Philadelphia; i; D. A. Hagerty, Little Rock, and w. R. Herstein, Memphis.