New Britain herald., 1916-09-08
ELECTRICAL WEEK
 IN HARDWARE CITY
New Britain Joins Movement to
 EIeCtrify America

New Britain is to have a great
 city-wide electrical celebration this
 fall as part of a national movement.
 backed by many of the industrial leaders of this country, to electrlfy
 America. During a period of seven
 days, December 2-9, every city in the
 United States of more than 10000
 population will demonstrate in many striking ways the business progress it
 has made in the last five years.
 The movement took on definite
 shape in New York city this week.
 when 1850 of the leading business men of America accepted appoint
 ments to a national directing commit tee. These men will form an indus trial chain, stretching across the continent to manage the celebration in their local communities
 At the head of the executive com mittee is Gerard Swope, vice president of the Western Electric company. On this directing committee, and back of the undertaking are executives from the General Electric, the Westing- house Electric and the nations fore most electrical companies, which rep
 
 States of more than four billions of dollars.
 The campaign will be directed by the Society for Electrical Develop 1nent, the leading electrical organiza- tion of America, of which J. M. Wake man is general manager. The event will be known as Americas Electrical Week, and according to the societys announcements it will be featured simultaneously everywhere by parades and pageantry, special illuminations. electrical shows and dem onstrations of what electricity has done in peace and in war in the last few days
 Prominent business men and others in this city, who have been identified With local betterment campaigns will manage the details and the cere- monies of the celebration in New Britain. On this committee are: G. K. Spring, Spring & Buckley Electric Co.,; A. G. Kimbal1, vice president I-anders, Frary & Clark, and A. H. Andrews, executive secretary Cham Der of Commerce.
 The local chairman will call a meet ing of the city committee at an early date to adopt a complete program for the fall celebration. At the same tune every chairman throughout the l country will start active work in i mapping out each city's plans. It is proposed to interest every person using electric service in the United states in the campaign.
 Special features suggested for the celebration include an illuminated parade of all the electrical driven vehicles owned hereabouts. Many cities are planning electrical shows which will provide exhibits of the benefits of electricity in the home, upon the farm, in the factory and in the store, besides dem onstrating the | rewest appliances of electricity in this l country and abroad. Shopping centers | and main streets will be decorated and specially lighted for the occasion
 Chambers of commerce and boards of trade have pledged active co-opera- ton with the fraternal orders of the electrical industries and other com organizations to round out an event worthy of the city's industrial and civic progress. Arrangem ents will be made to invite and to entertain visitors to the city from the outlying districts and to decorate all the city's leading places of business during the week