Electric Distribution The booster busses on the Edison System were put in operation at Stations 4 and 6 on November 1st. These busses supply an increased voltage for feeders which supply outlying points. The factor that determines their use is the size of the peak load which took a jump on November 1st because of the change from summer to standard time and caused the power and lighting load to overlap by an hour. Previous to November 1st with summer time in effect, the power load dropped off at about the same hour that the lighting load began to increase but with the time changed the factory load is on for an hour later and laps over the lighting load. In line with the Company's policy of efficiency and safety, the overhead primary line in the yard of the East Gas Station is being replaced by an underground line and is being extended to provide duplicate service for the Gas Station from circuits Nos. 325 and 345. One of the largest consumers on the Company's system, the North East Electric Company which has a special transformer bank to supply their needs, has been changed from the 4150 volt feeder system to the 11,000 volt system. The Ritter Dental Manufacturing Company has installed a new lighting system of the most modern character throughout its plant. This will add at least 75 K. W. to the load at present carried on our service. During the year ending Oct. 31, 1920 the Electric Distribution Department installed 536 distribution transformers ranging in size from 1 to 120 Personals R. William Gosnell, Paymaster MR. for the Company is still confined to his home suffering from a gunshot wound received when he accidently discharged his automatic pistol, Wednesday, November 10th, the bullet taking effect in his leg. He had just entered his office and was in the act of removing the gun from his pocket when it was discharged. He was removed to a hospital where he was given immediate medical attention. We are all gratified to know of his improvement and wish him a speedy recovery. Mr. Charles S. Hague formerly Combustion Engineer at Station No. 3 has left to accept a position as Chief Engineer of a new steam plant at Tulsa, Oklahoma. Mr. P. J. O'Neill in behalf of the employees of Station No. 3 presented Mr. Hague with a beautiful gold watch and chain, a token of the high esteem in which he was held. Mr. Hague carries the good wishes of every member of the Company with him in his undertaking. new A Hallowe'en dinner party was given by Miss Ada Guttridge, Tabulating Dept., on Wednesday evening, Oct. 27th., at her home in Brighton. Story and fortune telling composed part of the entertainment and many games peculiar to the Hallowe'en season, were enjoyed by all. Those present were Miss K. Price, Auditing Dept., Mrs. Geo. Pink, Mrs. L. Smith and the Misses F. Lazarus, E. Mussey, R. de. Borger, P. Winans, Tabulating Dept., Miss L. Adams, Mailing Dept., and other friends of the hostess. The members of the "M. N. K." Club very pleasantly entertained a number of their friends Monday a Mr. B. B. Yeomans of the Industrial Sales Department, spent pleasant week the early part of November at his cottage on Irondequoit Bay. Mr. Harold (Tricks) Shakeshaft of the Industrial Sales Department, enjoyed a pleasant week end at Conesus Lake the latter part of October gathering pig nuts. Miss Angeline Place, of the Purchasing Department, enjoyed her vacation the last two weeks of October. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Merredew are receiving the congratulations of their friends on the birth of a little daughter who will bear the name Dorothy Jessie. Miss Celia Legler has fully recovered from injuries received six weeks ago and may again be found in the Domestic Sales Department. Friends of Mr. Charles F. Schake are pleased to know that he is on the road to recovery after an operation for a mastoid. Mr. Schake is a member of the Domestic Sales Department. Mr. Richard Henry, formerly of our East Station Gas Works, has accepted a position with the Adirondack Light and Power Company and will have charge of the Gas Plant at Oneida. Mr. Louis Schweikart of the Telephone Department has the sympathy of his many friends in the Company in the loss of his father. Miss Doris Horner of the Drafting Department, is confined to her home as the result of being knocked down by an automobile as she was alighting from a street car. She was badly shaken up and received several minor injuries, but she expects to be back on the job before long. IT T is with deep regret that we have to record in these pages the sad death on one of our co-workers, Mr. James Culligan of the Treasury Department. His death was the result of an unfortunate accident on the Ridge Road on the evening of November seventh when a car in which he and friends were riding collided with a farmer's vehicle. The thill of the wagon struck Mr. Culligan on the head causing injuries from which he died soon after. Mr. Culligan had been in the employ of the company for years and has a host of friends who mourn his loss and extend their sympathy to his family in their sorrow. He was 31 years of age and was a member of the American Expeditionary Force, during the war, having served with the 345th Field Artillery for eighteen months. He is survived by his mother, a sister, and two brothers. The Drudgery Our Service Saves Here is a list of our popular gas and electric domestic appliances showing the amount of time each device will save the user in the course of a year. We have set forth in terms of days the saving merits of the foregoing devices used in connection with our gas and electric service because it is possible to closely estimate the time they save. But we have no way of estimating the big saving of exhausting physical effort accomplished through the liberal use of our service in connection with these devices. That the saving is there and that it is a saving which far outweighs the cost of appliances and service is readily conceded by those whose homes are either partially or completely equipped with the devices mentioned in the above list. Save yourself by making liberal use of our service and enjoy 13611⁄2 eight-hour day vacations ROCHESTER GAS AND ELECTRIC CORPORATION 7% An Investment Means the placing of funds in securities 7% Cumulative Preferred Stock Up to this time there has been over 2,900 buy- PRICE $100 per share and accrued dividend, either RESERVATIONS can be made by you without obliga- For further information, call on or address Rochester Gas & Electric Corporation ROCHESTER, N. Y. 7% |