The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-10-07

ngures. and makes IL his business -
ma out what they mean. They a..
OF course. blueprints containing s,ae,
neauons OF the work OF that nar,,c,,,..
Joo- There Is a maze OF other figures
naming the sizes OF wire to be psas
In various phases OF the work. for III
more electric current required ,ha
larger must be the wire. and this e. an
inquired out automatically. Even ~.
most minute attachments are iteniyaa
All this must y known to the ,on.
tractor. even more In detail than n
the architect who made the plans. for
the latter does not bother himself with
more OF such things than he has 70
and. after all. generally. Il IS the con.
tractor that Is financially interested :,
the details. The boy finds out before
long that these things can be and have
been learned. and is promoted again
THIS time as an assistant 10 the
superintendent on the job. al. say N.
teen dollars a week.
i
overlooks all the work. carrying out
the installation. according to the plans
and supplying the men and material
As his assistant the boy is thrown
right into all details OF the business
He will find himself learning the cost
OF The different materials. where they
can be got the cheapest. and soon
will be making estimates on trihing
phases Of the work or course. this
is leading pretty definitely ahead. both
In the technical side and in handling
payrolls. overseeing employees. etc
and within three years OF the tine
when he began as apprentice, n BE- Is
a good. bright boy. be will be an cleo
trical estimator and earning eighteen
dollars a week
The electrical engineer IS merely IN
outgrowth OF an estimator. and by The
time he can consider himself one.
which will be In two or three years
more. your boy WIN be getting twenty
FIVE TO forty dollars week, and vil
be pretty we'll qualified 10 attend 70
any phase OF ordinary contracting
work
The man that succeeds as an es,I
mator is the one on whose basis bids
are submitted for practically all work.
and If be. through HIS superior knowl-
edge and skill. can show how 10 save
here and there. It will enable his firm
20 make the offer that gets the con-
Ia a.. he
in the company. for be has the know
edge and skill. can show how 10 save
and In many instances those at the
head OF this department OF firm o.
electrical engineers get as high as or.
teen thousand dollars a year.
But not simply in estimating should
your boy strive 10 equip himself as an
expert Prom the time he begins as
an apprentice until he becomes one OF
the big men OF the firm. be viii BE-
brought more and more into relations
with architects. Now, architects are
the first. outside Of the actual owners.
TO know that building IS TO be erect
ed. Consequently. they are in 20
sition 10 extend this knowledge 70
contracting firms they favor and Il
Is distinctly up TO young man who
wants 10 get 10 the top 10 do all he
can when brought in contact with
architects to cause them to favor bis
firm.
Especially VIII the cultivation q
this executive faculty prove valuab.s
when our now trained electrician-
your boy-decides 10 have a firm. .
business. OF his own. This he will be
able 10 do. with all the financial back
ing he needs. the minute capital sees
him tower above his fellows. And capt
tai. more than once already. has seen
a young electrical engineer tower. as n
looked out upon him from the pocket
book OF an architect or Of one Of he
lat;er's moneyed friends.
Who has gone through this line and
reached the top? Virtually ever
electrical contractor IN the country.
large and small: for Il IS a business
where practical experience counts
more than schooling. and nearly ever
one. therefore. began just as your boz
will n be decides TO take up this cal
ing tomorrow. In fact. almost every
man who Is anything at all In any
form of electrical endeavor began =
the bottom-even Thomas A. Edlsol
though he did not begin in the house
wiring end
One Of the greatest superintendent
Df electrical construction in the word
Is a man who had no technical school
ing at all He learned the rudimens
n house wiring as here described. ana
.oday he is known throughout bis
portion OF the electrical world as ~
nan who was superintendent OF cleo
rical installation in the worlds lars
sst Office building. the Hudson Ter
ninal. In New York. who held ~
same position on the worlds larses
apartment house. and who has don7
he electrical installation in numerou
,ther huge structures
Another case in point Is that Of th
lead OF the electrical department
me OF the country's largest co,
truction companies-a company tbs
,uilds. among other things. a larg
lumter OF skyscrapers every yea1