t - International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers

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The Journal of ELECTRICAL WORKERS and Operators
L. U. NO. 35, IIAITEORD. CONN.
L. U. NO. 68, DENVER, COLO.
Elditor:
Editor:
Intdustrial Iartford ani WVest llartfort
take anoihor step forward this week with
the fotrmal On Iii fii the motlern iew
plant ,f the Pratt & W hiteiy diviisin
of the Niles-leet-od Co. Iieigrd
by Albert T{ahlI, oI., f Detrlit. Mith.,
erectel by James Strwa Ft Co.. oi Ne w York,
aid built exiusivel by uniolJ labor. the
plant re1prosetLs tile tlat word in 1ihlrt
tonstruetieDI.
The electrical contract was exeuted by
J. Livingtu.. & CO.. of New Yurk City.
The work -as undler the direct supervsicli
of Neil Bri.iender. t Iutirr~iiite and
Thirty-three yait Ila 1hoe wieiel1
Coe, vice presidlet of J. Livingsto. A t
Iwere e.l..i. ed i, Ille New Walligto
the peak. 2:I01 eletrlalls were employeti hotel. Sttlle. Jaek ilinter. of L. U. INo
0M. iS Obu, o the gI Iur.on
the job. drawn, for the iost part, fron,
other lotal s of the Brotherhoii. Aongi o
tile lo.als represelitre on the joh were
Providence, It. I.; tiston, Springfield and
Bill leuter. electrical eiilireer; Jalies
Io lyoko, Mass.. aId Newark. N. J.
Lynrlh, te-hanical llgileel, ilnld Janiae (il-
Fn!lowil the latest trend in iliul .in- i
rly, .mr'hitcchti.L repretsetedl Albert l Kihl]
tion layout. the liglting was desilged to anid cotniLbuted Jil nI. small mleasbre to the
produce an ILtensitY If i{(1 foot drailii Ie
haranl ii ou c elations on the job. Mr. Bleitun
the main office and drafting rooml aTIj 28
ac'ted as -I'erese tatCe for Prat & Whit,,ey.
to 32 foot-eandles ir the gereral factory. As I write this the job is almost com-
The lighting equipnlent includes I1300 h ghplete
and bheimes electrical histliry. So
intenaity lamps, 500 Malnzda xlures, iG2
chalk up another big one for the I. U. B. W.!
fluorescent fixtures nii 150 crulbinriat6l,
tixoures (400 watt high-intensilty--I50-watt
JAM;s A. CAR.OLl..
Mazda).
The power load, con sisting of indiividually
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L. U. NO. 54, COLUMBUS, OH110
riven r marhites and beIt drive types. i ru's
Editor:
ti roughly .71i) huesepower. In antiitioln
10 kilowatts are ut ilized in the rllteteril Local Union No. 54 has not had a cor-
for rarges and or.,l 1,26I1 khilowatts ill responlldent in the orituN AI- fr (we woni't
west harder, jag room. 525 kilowatts in the go into that'. ell. here goes. We are
east hardlening roo aatd the ehruie platitg gLoiig Lto -t d11ul11, " dea[d 4.1.,'
rutliii ad is fetil by one 500 mllpere I-. C Our ubion consists nIosfly of linelmlen and,
,et and two 3.000-Atiriere M, C. sets. helpers of the mtulicipal light itItti of
The puiwer and light lad is fe! ftro,, Colunhiir s A few ale eIlplhyeld at difftertt
four traisformer baklls ron.isting of two conL.iriuies. Nneu of us are employed it
1.000 KVA flor power and olne 250 KVA the private eutl-ulyiy. whit-h is the lUSt
for light, each.
bitter rival of the ,llnicipal plant. We tUp
Sevet(y-six miiles of coutprt wire and
calie and 20) nile5 of eouduit ailry power ditions. We still tiik the uiolo plays in
lines thrughout the yplantt, which crite, full.
(12.00P Auaire- feet.
We ha. e two ap enlhers, Biolhers "A,,d,'
Work i Lg nniin Lit eoi tn he juto were wt ll Phelps arid Fred losh. liihse cards ire
nigh ideal from an eIe tricia,,'5 point of well over 21, yealr 0d1(1, ar.d thety are Ii hts
,iew. ueh of tile credit for this goes to way from the p ien ,iqii Yet.
ilrther Frankic Dieiie, our htip steardtl. llriher .ack Both hi .t the nul uitlain
who ated for andI Iollrgesented the hi ew of C iinttoin ( tity In., ld ti nLt ill
illi rg, every .inute (If the d/y. As a shop three holurs with ii. eight oiiit p kue. Ask
steward h, has nil peer. Ma.y bil bieedd any Or ,ui miiilivi ioW we ernjoyed that
mtulliply{ aldi prosper. The job colndio lios fealst Thilktb, JLt Ik.
as a whtle show what cat, he douerill a If any of this gels hy E A& ). I will till
joh of this size ile, e the rhop stei-ard. you nmre of our working e Oi.lditioim iiext
business manager and the nelit work ill titIl.
i.i rplete heir [tony.
]ATtIEi.. .
Followiug ,nlity moithLs abesIeIce fio.ll
these eoiunn , le e we tire agai. Tbhin gs
in ge netrlt Il iifin been mu Iha as uiul, we
haee taken e out i{< read our atwasiptceltirg
JoNhl. rather than attempt
to U ite cont, trait, g0urallr nrtivities herebriLs1;
spuli,.iiin the pen for the written
w,,rd, ay sone.
S..eilllllly ovr ,lewspapvl have a wide
eirculation, for we receive inquiries fronm
many parts of the country wishing uto know
if there i work opportu,iity in our midst
Approxinmately a year ago, with nunerus
IhWA jbs starttrig sintul taneously, it ap
peared we night place a goodly illiblleI
,if lildtilnal llrn beLoi ri adsurll . rrI , tlt
the-s ire ui, usual ti es. very deceptive in
deei iI whi-h to predlett or etti i ate; our
'ref( flurry of "bIlack to il .inial'" treated
the necessity If adding hut a few ilpe,
frllm outside sorres and these for several
nuiitlih only. One of the largest improve
lelrits given grat %ublieity is, we are in
fornled to lii i-mpletl Ul tder the same
polcy it was started. -hitt of WPA.
At this wrtilll ilearly a scere of our
oenibhers are lisLing hopes that recently
cunlpletcdl "puml primed" i-onstrluctto will
r-lleet itself il, private inldustry. satiplyinm
work upportulity i, ih .al future.
Photl shows a iumber if wiremen ent
played upon the lew Washington l elt.l.
Seattle, duriiug the summe ir of 1907; Aggute,
Olr risl d, uiitraetor.
W fil to re inembe r ti t e aile, o¢*f allpren
t, however. are Bleaudry. Mo rrill
Ma I)or'id. "Big Bill" O, .re rtea. all .. y. ur
tluiy.
JACK lit;,Nt:R.
L. U. NO. 11-77, SEA1ILE, WASIH.
Editor:
'risidern t 0. M. Allndersn. has resigned iol
aeIu . t of ill heallh. Fliyi Mi lea is now
p ,id ....it.
uiies Mitttger I. F'. MUll y. .hih
Aorking with the mlyor, iieli[bers if the
Seattle iity couliiii. andi Siit. E, II. fluff
ala, of City Light on the city budlgt. -ei'orbthat
lie received the fuilcL ruuleiotjf andi
tei..n....rk in iljustiag the sladi.t, of thiworkers.
In the operatiIng departmleIt of
City Light the wage scalle was adtjustel £re,
$11 to is high its $10 a month for soine
IRbisiionS. We wbnit to thank the nPayer anml
eiluiti il .. members for the interest they have
taken ili LocaIl No. 11-77.
lBusites~ Mtiaer la Ml rti 0 has the con
struintil wl.lrki oin the trackless troley juh
in 9tl le imned Uip alnil rosiy to go. lhere
L U. NO. 35. IARTFOfID, CONN
Electrical orkers Iro, many locals made lp the 23.0-nI a eieriell crew wrking on t,, ult-as-moldrn 1pant o the ratt and Whitne,
division of the Niles-Bement-pod Co. at West HLArtord. Conn., under jurisdition of L U., No. 35