Obituary

Joseph T. Wolfe died in Los Angeles, Cal., on May 6, 1910, after a brief illness. Mr. Wolfe was born on Novem ber 19, 1871, in Philadelphia, Pa. He entered the employ of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company nearly 20 years ago, spending the first few years in the laboratory as a student, and later becoming foreman of the department in which the electrical experimental work was conducted. In 1898 he was appointed superintendent of the distribution circuits of the Colorado Electric Power Company at Cripple Creek, Colo. In 1900 he went to France where he had charge of the installation and operation of a substation in connection with the electrical features of the Paris Exposition. He then went to Melbourne, Australia, as general engineer and sales agent for Noyes Brothers. On his return to America several years ago he took up electrical work in connection with mining operations in Tonopah, Nevada. He was electrical engineer for the Tonopah Mining Company and superintendent of the Esmeralda Power Company He was elected an Associate of the Institute on June 28, 1901. Mr. Wolfe was enthusiastically devoted to his work, in which he was very successful. He was a man of high character and fine personal qualities.