The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-09
Man Of Foremost Mana
gerial and Engineer
ing Ability Needed.
TO MAKE KNOWLES
HIS LIEU t EN- Al Mt
Thinks Present Superintendent
Should Be in Charge Of Manu-
facture, With New Com
mercial Gas Expert Under
Him in Charge of Ser
vice and Sales.

Il recommend that you secure a
scientific gas expert of the foremost
engineering and manarcrIai ability
and put him in charge Of the entire
gas ndcrtakiug. with your present
superintendent as his lieutenant IN
charge Of manufacture ana with Il
new commercial gas expert az his lieu
tenant in charge Of service and sales
Til. foregoing recommendation forms
the central feature of "A comprehensive
plan fer increasing the efficiency cf
the Richmond iuuniclral Gas Works,
drawn up by Arthur g Glasgow, Of
London. and made public yesterday by
the Administrative Board. Mi. Glas-
gov in the course OF a report that
covers twenty typcwritten pages. lays
his hnger on many OF the raa plants
disabilities. but regards the employ
mcnt OF the recommended experts as
The most immediate need
II :hc suggestion on this point IS
adopted. says Mr glasgow. the other
improvements outlined viii follow as
y matter OF course II Il is not adopt
useless TO attempt Tho reforms indi-
Gated IN the rcpor,
Worlds Foremost Expert.
NJ. Glasgow. WHO Is native cf
Richmond. is president Of the London
Water Gas company. ,Md is ranked
- men IN MS INDUSTRY WIN inc lore
most gas experts in the world With
tho Administrative BOARD and super
iLton lent Knowles, he conducted. sev-
cral weeks a"O. :u investigation into
tile needs Of the local works.
The report made public yesterday is
= stcnographcr's ,ransscript OF q con
ference held between MI Glasgow and
ihe board members at the conclusion
of the investigation II records be-
sides Mr.. Giasgow's y independent state-
mcnts. questions asked him by var
!"us members Of the board and hts
answers TO them
The bulk OF III" report deals with
the disabilities of tho distributing sys-
tom. the uodornization of household
uNturcs 70 secure tile most advantage
GUS combustion. ana Tho siaudardiza-
ton or Gnality- WIN 4 Few cNccp-
ions the recommendations on these
points hav. already been made public
Employ Gus Engineer.
Ny. Glasgow. JustifyinE his recon
nicudattou that th. works employ a
scientific gas engineer. as wcll As a
new commercial expert speaks as fol-
lows:
In principle. this Is no, a crea, de
parture from your present policy OF
seeking advice from outside consult
ing engineers: but II is TAR more COM
prchensive. and carries IN" iucstiiuahle
advantage OF having YOUR consulting
engineer. as IT were. always III yonr
service, and in the most intimate
touch with every detail OF the local
situation. Tho proved abilities of your
superintendent. instead ~ being spread
over the whole theatre OF operations 4
"i!l be concentrated upon the most
important department Of tho business.
where his training especially cQuipS
him To effect further economies in man
ufacturc.
The difficulty will be to nnd the
man There are very few men avail I
able who are big enough for this Job.
as ] see 1t, and urge YOU not to /
shrink from paying an adequate salary
--s7,J00 is not too much.
II have no one In mind hut shall /
be glad 10 help YOU TO make the wiscst
clcction-which is, beyond all ques-
tion. the greatest service can possibly +
render YOU In doing this. would be
assuming grave responsibility to both +
sides, not only TO YOU. but 10 the ex-
pert selected; for il viii be about as
easy TO charm the birds from the trees
as to persuade "A man who is already
At tho top to enter the service Of 4
munic pality. We have got TO show
him that Richmond is not that kind
Of uiunicipality; that the capital of
the old Dominion is prepared to demon
stratc that it can and will administer
It's gas service in the single interest
"f efficiency and absolutely regard
less OF Influence"
No Extensive Enlargement.
Mr.. Glasgow sees 10 immediate
need for the rehabilitation or cNtcn-
sivc alteration of the producing plant.
1T is greatly to the credit Of your
considering The admin
iHtratiVc conditions formerly prevail
ing, that the FORKS are in reasonably
good condition, and that the natural
of the location have been
studied and utilized
I'm most respect. the works repre-
sent what was good practice as re-
Gently as ten years ago. and il is
nearly that long since the last import
ant demonstrations were planned Gas
engineering has made enormous
strides in the past dozen years and 10