Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-26
HARRY B. WERS
TO LEAVE maine.
Power in Maine Railroad In
terests Retires from Dus
ties in This State--Known
AS the Human Dynamo"
lis Banqueted.

Lewiston, Me-, Jan. 25-Harry B.
Ivers is to quit railroading. This an
nouncement was made in Lewiston Sat-
urday morning and caused a feeling
of regret to pervade the ranks of those
connected with the l., A, & w. sys-
TEN. AS the news becomes known to
the public generally and the further
fact that Mr.. Ivers Is to leave Maine
is understood, there will be regret in
business and social circles of Lewis
ton and Auburn.
Since he came to these cities to take
charge of the electric railroad compa-
MES now merged under the name Of
the Lewiston, Augusta & Waterville
Street Railway, he his been active in
promoting the best interests of the
cities, as well as the road. Always he
has had the best of all al heart. He
was one of the first to advocate the
forming of a Chamber OF Commerce;
he proposed the ornamental street
lights and q lot of other things. Under
his management the railroad prospered
and both it's passenger and express
business increased
When the Street Railway syndicate,
which owned the l., A. & W, pur-
chased the Portland Railroad, the Cum
berlaEd County Power and Light Co.,
and the York Light & Heat Co, he was
selected TO go TO Portland as the gen
eral manager OF the consolidated COM
panics. There he met with the same
success which had characterized his
efforts in other places.
AT this time, in addition to his du-
ties of general manager of the consoi-
idated companies in Portland, he holds
the same position with the l.. y. *
w. and in this way his personality has
become identified with the life Of more
than 50 municipalities, through fur
nishing transportation or electrical en-
ergy, for variety of uses from York
Harbor to Waterville, including in this
great area all the large cities and
towns between these terminals.
By Mr.. Ivers' retirement, Maine will
lose one of it's most active and valued
citizens, as he will be Obliged to make
his residence in Boston. where he will
become the active head ef the oil des-
tablished electrical firm Of Frank Rid
lon Co, which he has lately acquired
By purchase.
Since coming to Maine Mr.. and Mrs.
Ivers and son Henry have made
hosts Of friends, for theg are very so
cial and warm hearted, AMI tie Kind
of folks that Maine people iikR1and ap-
preciate. Although Mr.. INers' new. du-
ties require his attention as soon as
his successor is selected and establish
ed It is his intentien5 to retain his res
idenee in Portland uqtit June SO that
his sen Henry may. flush the present
school term at the Yayn1ete school.
Mr. Ivers is a ''thirty-second" de-
gree Mason, both by Scottish and York
rights, and a member of Kora Temple
Shrine, also a member of Oriental
Lodge and Katahdin Encampment of
Odd Fellows. Although seldom seen at
any club excepting where his name ap-
peared among the speakers, Mr.. Ivers
is q member Of several social clubs and
an active officer in many trade and
business mems associations.
Mr.. Ivers is an eX-president of the
Maine Electric Assoc citation, and is now
member of the executive committee
of that association and vice president
Of the New England Street Railway
Club. and the New England section of
the National Electric Light Associa-
tien. He IS vice president OF the Lew
iston Chamber of Commerce, which he
IS credited for organizing while liv-
ing IL Lewiston, and chairman of sew
eral important committees of other
Boards of Trade and business mems
associations
At the last annual meeting of the
State Board of Trade at Bangor he
was appointed on a committee with
Ex-Governor Cobb Hon. George r.
Macomber, Thomas Phair of Presque
Isle, Lewis A. Goudy. Secretary A A.
Heald of Waterville and F. w. Bragg
OF Bangor to study and report recon-
mendations to the State Board at its
next meeting as to advancing the ag-
ricultural development of Maine, a
work which he has entered into with
much interest and has already ad-
Vanced greatly by the introduction and
operation of trolley freight and ex-
press service over hundreds of miles
of railway. under his management, in
this State.
Mr.. Ivers is known in Maine as the
human dynamo" and is often so in
troduced at public meetings, and he
certainly has earned the title, for al
al,r Il