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