C. K. King, vice-president of the Ohio Brass Company, is expected in San
Francisco this week.
P. H. Coolidge has come from Chicago to take the management of the
Western Electric Co. of San Francisco.
W. A. Blair succeeds Mr. R. L. Van Valkenberg as assistant treasurer of
the Western Electric Co. Mr. Van Valkenberg will go East on May 15th.
Alonzo Gartley, General Mgr. Hawaiian Electric Co., Honolulu, is in San
Francisco as a member of the Hawaiian Governor’s staff, on the way East
to attend the Roosevelt conference.
W. I. Otis, who has been associated with the Western Electric Co. for the
past five years, severs his connection with the company on May to open
an office at 111 New Montgomery St., is the representative of several
responsible Eastern manufacturers.
Tracy E. Bibbins, San Francisco manager Supply Department General
Electric Co., has recovered from the shock and minor injuries received in
the recent wreck of the “Owl,” and is receiving the congratulations of
his friends on having escaped without serious injury.
James D. Schuyler, hydraulic engineer, of Los Angeles, Cal., has been
appointed member of a board of engineers to investigate and report on
a power plant in Japan for an English syndicate to operate the street
railways in Tokio and Yokohama, and to furnish current for lighting and
power of those cities.