Abstract :
Some months ago the Committee of the American Gas Institute to Cooperate with the Government in regard to the Military Needs of the Nation and the Committee of the National Electric Light Association on War Conditions, at a joint conference held in New York City decided to organize a National Committee which would secure to the United States Government the most effective co-operation in the conduct of the war from the gas and electric light and power industries. The National Committee on Gas and Electric Service was thereupon organized with a membership of representative men from these two industries and the related natural gas industry. The committee, as constituted, is as follows: Walter R. Addicks, Vice President, Consolidated Gas Co. of New York, New York, N. Y.; Philip P. Barton, Vice President, Niagara Falls Power Company, Niagara Falls, N. Y.; John A. Britton, Vice President, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Francisco, Cal.; Alex. Dow, President, Detroit Edison Company, Detroit, Michigan; Charles L. Edgar, President, Edison Electric Illg. Co. of Boston, Boston, Mass.; A. E. Forstall, President, American Gas Institute, New York, N. Y.; Joseph F. Guffey, President, Natural Gas Association of America, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Samuel Insull, President, Commonwealth Edison Company, Chicago, Ill.; D. C. Jackson, Prof. of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.; Joseph B. McCall, President, The Philadelphia Electric Company, Philadelphia, Pa.; Capt. William E. McKay, Vice President, New England Gas and Coke Company, Boston, Mass.; Herbert A. Wagner, President, Consolidated Gas Electric Lt. & Pr. Co., Baltimore, Md.; S. S. Wyer, Consulting Engineer, Natural Gas Industry, Columbus, Ohio; John W. Lieb, Vice President, The New York Edison Company, New York N. Y., (Chairman of Committee); William H. Gartley, Vice President, Equitable Illg. Gas Lt. Co. of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., (Vice Chairman of Committee); George W. El- iott, Washington, D. C. (Secretary of Committee).
