Obituary

MR. SAMUEL J. HOUSTON, an Associate, died at his home, 6 Gillespie Street, Schenectady, X. Y., on Friday, September 3, 1909. Mr. Houston was born in Raphoe, Donegal County, Ireland, on April 7, 1861. After graduating from Trinity College, Dublin, he came to this country and entered the employ of the Thomson-Houston Company, which afterward was merged with the General Electric Company. In 1888 he located in St. Louis as a construction engineer, and in 1893 he installed and had in charge the moving sidewalk at the Columbian Exposition at Chicago. In 1900 he went to India, where he installed the 90 mile transmission line of the Cauvery Falls Power Scheme. He returned to this country in 1906, and for some time was associated with the Dayton Lighting Company, Dayton, Ohio. For t he last two years he was a resident of Schenectady, and was in the construction department of the General Electric Company. Mr. Houston became an Associate of the Institute on October 23, 1903. He is survived by his widow, one sister, Mrs. A. Porterfield, of Raphoe, Ireland, and one brother, Andrew A. Houston, of Saskatchewan, Canada. The body was sent to Cleveland, Ohio, for interment.