The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-26
NEW PERSONNEL FOR GENERAL
 ELECTRIC GO.
w. $. Clark Selected to Take Charge of Local
 Plant.

W. s. Clark, formerly connected | with the assistant managers office at l Schenectady, has been selected to be ' in charge of the Bridgeport property 1 of the General Electric Company. The l plant will be devoted largely to the : manufacture of small motors. J. P. | Catlin, formerly engineer of the mo- ! tor division of the company's Pitts I
 field (Mass) works, will be in charge
 of production in the motor depart l
 ment These men are now engaged
 in getting the new plant organized l for early manufacturing activity.
 Other appointments in the person.
 ne1 of the Bridgeport works include Herbert A. Hagadern, who will be in
 charge of maintenance ofg rounds
 and buildings, and the already san-
 neunced selection of c. w. Collins as
 Director of Industrial Relations.
 MT. Clark is a native of St. Albans,
 Vt. He was born in 1876, graduating from the St. Albans High school in
 1893 and from Tufts College as an electrical engineer in 1897. His busi- ness career opened with two years in the employ of the Boston Elevated Railway Company before he came to the General Electric Company as a draftsman in 1899. Alter i've months or Ora1tlnS ne was transferred to the direct current designing office under H. F'. T. Erben
 with whom he has been associated ever since with the exception of two years spent in the Lynn Works in charge of the design of alternating | current and direct current generators and motors 1sider R. H. Rice who was then engine.f of that department but who is now manager of the Lynn plant.
 MT. Clark returned to Schenectady l in 1911 as first assistant to MT. Err ben who was then engineer of the direct current department. In Sep | tember 1913 when MT. Erben was 1 made engineer of the Schenectady Works and in 1916 when he became l assistant manager of the works, MT. I Clark continued as his first assistant.
 MT. Clarks' brother, Charles Dow I Clark is a man of high reputation on | the American stage as a character | artist and is now playing in Shay l ingS'' at the knickerbocker Theatre l in New York.
 MT. Catlin, who takes charge of pro- duction in the motor department of l the Bridgeport works, has had long experience in the motor field. 1 He was born in Northumberland, Pa, in 1879 and graduated from | ToooSlOCh IACdoSIIy at w oOdSlOCk, Conn.,, in 1897 and from Massachu-
 sets Institute of Technology in 1901.
 For the succeeding four years he was l assistant electrical engineer of the Westinghouse Airbrake Co. working 1 on motor design, manufacture and in- I spection specializing on the design of l air compressor motors
 l In 1905 he went into the Lynn 1 works -of the General Electric Co. 1 arto ncriy1 1, ic frc | three years to the design of direct l current and the next two to alternat | ing current motors.
 He was made an engineering assist 1 ant in the Pittsfield works of the i company in 1912 and in 1913 was l promoted to be engineer of the mo- l tor department. He served in this | capacity up to the present.
 A number of the developments of l the present day electric motor are
 due to MT. Catlin's ingenuity and his | thorough grasp of his professional Especially. He worked out the first 1 successful application of commutat- 1 ing poles to motors and generators of less than 20 horse power for the l General Electric Go. and in 1909 de- | signed the compact subway ceiling motor now driving fans in all New 1 York subways. He suggested and
 developed the application of forced ventilation for motors, system which 1essens heat resistance to a
 degree that enables the motor to
 be made at least 10 per cent smaller Il and lighter. He also prepared de- sign formulaes for both direct and
 alternating current motors which are
 now used in several of the General i Electric plants.
 MT. Hagadorn, who will be in charge of grounds, buildings and
 maintenance, graduated from the
 University of Michigan in 1898 witL honors. After going through the test course in the Schenectady works of the Gen. ) eral Electric Company he was trans >ferred to the drafting room and from l there to the direct current engineer ) ing department where he remained d 1 for several years.
 l In 1905 he went into the employ of the Schenectady Railway Company, having charge of some important construction work for about year . 1 Then he transferred to the New York Central system and did responsible Il work in connection with the electrif cation of the New York terminal.
 After this railway experience he . returned to the General Electric Com | pany in 1908 entering the grounds and buildings department.