President di Ferranti in the United States

Mr. S. Z. de Ferranti, President of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, of Great Britain, accompanied by Mrs. de Ferranti, is visiting this country. He arrived in New York on September 8, and with several other prominent English engineers has inspected some of the important electrical developments in New York, Chicago, and elsewhere. On Friday, September 29, a luncheon was given at the Engineers´ Club, New York, in honor of President de Ferranti by the officers and past-presidents of the Institute. The foreign visitors who were guests of the Institute upon this occasion were, Messrs. S. Z. de Ferranti, H. A. Couves, H. R. Harper, Chas. H. Merz, Vincent Raven, Edward Thompson, and Arthur Wright. Nine past-presidents and fifteen officers of the Institute were also present. Mr. H. W. Buck, chairman of the luncheon committee, acted as toast-master,. and brief addresses were also made by Messrs. S. Z. de Ferranti, C. H. Merz, Arthur Wright, B. J. Arnold, J. J. Carty, J. W. Lieb, Jr., C. F. Scott and H. G. Stott. The occasion was a very enjoyable one to all present and will tend to strengthen the cordial feeling already existing between the Institution of Electrical Engineers of Great Britain and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.