The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-09-29

Hhd out what they mean They nv,
n OF course, blueprints containing snec
X hcauons OF the work OF that partIcuIo
4 Job, There is mage OF other fiprra
J naming the sizes OF wire TO be use;
J In various phases of the work; for IN.
more electric current required tn,
larger must DO the wire. and this ia nj
inquired out automatically. Even IN,
! most minute attachments are itemIzed
All this must be known To tho cor
tractor. even more In detail than IN
the architect who made the plans. for
the latter does not bother himself with
more OF such things than he has IN
and after all. generally, 1t is the con,
tractor that is financially Interested in
the details, The boy finds out before
long that these things can be and have
been learned, and is promoted again
Ihls time as an assistant to the
superintendent on the Job, at, saw ff.
teen dollars a week.
The latter is the man who directly
oVerlooks all the work carving out
the installation, according to the plans
and supplying the men and material
| Az MIS- 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
VIII DO making estimates on triGipg-
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 time
when he began as apprentice, II he is
4 good bright boy he will be an cleo.
trical estimator and earning eighteen
dollars week.
Inc electrical engineer is merely an
outgroWth OF an estimetor. and By thu
time he can consider himself one
which VIII be In two or three years
more. your boy will be getting twenty
i've to forty dollars week, and Will
he pretty well qualified to attend TO
any phase OF ordinary contracting
work.
The man that succeeds ms an est.
mator Is the one on whose basis bids
are submitted for practically all work
and II he, through his superior knowl
edge and skin. can show how to save
here and there. It will enable his firm
10 make the offer that gets the con-
tract. He is the most important mar,
IN the company, for he has the knowl-
edge and skill, can show how to save
md In many instances those at the
head Of this department Of a firm Of
electrical engineers get as high as IF.
cen thousand dollars a year
But not simply In estimating should
our boy strive to equip himself as an
fpert From the time he begins as
N apprentice until he becomes one Of
he big men OF the firm, he will be
rought more and more into relations
'ith architects. Now, architects are
no FIRST. outside OF the actual owners.
know that building is to be erect
d. Consequently, they are In a DO.
ltion to extend this knowledge to
extracting firms they favor; and It
distinctly up to a young man who,
ants to get to the top to do all he,
an when brought in contact with,
rchitects to cause them to favor his
rm.
Especially will the cultivation of
lis executive faculty prove valuable
hen our now trained electrician
,ur boy--decides to have a firm, n
isiness. OF his own. This he will be
lie to do with all the financial back.
6 he needs, the minute capital sees
m tower above his fellows. And capI-
!, more than once already. has seen
young electrical engineer tower, as It
oked out upon him from the pocket
ok Of an architect or Of one of the
tiers moneyed friends.
Who has gone through this line and
lched the top? Virtually every
ctrical contractor In the country.
ge and small; for It is business
ere practical experience counts
re than schooling, and nearly every
., therefore began Just as your boy
] II he decides TO take up this call.
tomorrow. In fact, almost every
n who is anything at all In any
m OF electrical endeavor began at
bottom-even Thomas A. Edison.
ugh he did not begin in the house
ing end
me of the greatest superintendents
electrical construction In the world
man who had no technical school,
at all. He learned the rudiments.
louise wiring as here described, and
ny he is known throughout his
lion of the electrical world as the
who was superintendent of cleo.
al installation in the worlds Iarg-
Office t.ilding. the Hudson Ter.
al, In New York; who held the
e position on the worlds largest
'tment house, and who has done
electrical installation In numerous
r huge structures.
Mother case in point Is that of the
OF the electrical department of
of the country's largest con.
ction companies--a company that
ls. among other things, a large