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NOVEMBER DIARY
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New York, N.Y.,
November 14, 1930.

Bill Hamilton came over to ride a round trip to Secaucus with us and told me of the big shakeup pending. Bill is leaving the Company January 1st, Johnnie Walker is to take his job in New York, and I Johnnie's in Erie. So I must be back in Erie early next month to swing into Johnnie's job. That means X-mas at home with the family together. What glorious news! Rogers will handle the R-2's, leaving Cleveland in time.

New York, N.Y.,
November 15, 1930.

Cousin Florence (Menage) and Alice took me to the National Broadcasting Company's studios at 711 Fifth Avenue this evening to hear the General Electric Hour. We sat about ten feet from Mr. Damrosch, and to hear that music, watch him, and realize that in every town, city and village in America, people were listening to that by the millions, was thrilling indeed. The announcer, John S. Young, I recognized as a classmate of mine at Syracuse. The great soundproof room, the huge orchestra, largely foreigners, Mr. Damrosch sounding so natural as he spoke before each number, the lights, the microphones, the atmosphere, but most of all the thought of what it all meant, was very thrilling to me.
The railroad is fascinating--it all presents such a wonderfully diversified picture and experience--the men, the places, the steam engines going, the electrics coming, the colored lights, the ribbony tracks, the maze of overhead wiring, the tunnel, the bridges, the docks, floats, barges, warehouses, tugs, ferries--the movement of the world. I think I could write a book about it all.

New York, N.Y.,
November 16, 1930.

Bob Williamson took me out to Roseville Avenue substation this afternoon. There, in four quiet rectifier tanks, reposed 12,000 KW of continuous capacity and goodness knows what maximum--97.3% from AC to DC feeders. The Pennsylvania ought to look it over seriously but they are off now on their 11,000 volt AC program and nothing will stop them. I must study substations and power systems thoroughly when I get back to Erie--the sight of this beautiful station, beautiful from [[underlined]] any [[/underlined]] point of view, mechanical, electrical, aesthetic, enthused me tremendously over it all.