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insulators on various parts of the road and spoke [[euloquoinly?]] of their performance We travelled inside the electric locomotive at 50 miles an hour! Very imposing impression. [[Truths]] of a special steam train. Locomotive and one passenger car awaited us to take us our portion of road to White Plains which is not yet electrified. and to show us sub station for electric installation. All this made not only a considerable impression on myself but I know the same effect to a large extent was produced on my visitors. This was a decided honor to Bakelite. looked as if I owned the road. Feel very grateful 
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towards Kirby, who afterwards showed us the electric installation and storage battery plant in New York. [[Dr. Tauck?]] was with us also a certain Jim Rossler who is consulting engineer for Ladenberg and Blakman and who lives at Astor Hotel. In the evening I had a big dinner at University Club. with following guests: myself, to my right along a round table Tessel, Hasslacher, E. H. Hooker, [[strikeout]] Peters, [[strikeout]] S.T. Peters, [[Broct?]] Evans, van Sinteren, Salwesky, Sternberg, Spreuger, Weston Frank, [[strikeout]] Heaton [[strikeout]] Baskerville, Seabury, Lufberg, May, Heresshoff, Sader, Dubois, Anthony [[strikeout]] Whitney [[strikeout]] Swan, Whitney, Toch, Jaeger, Wiedmann, Weger or arranged alphabetically: Anthony, Baekeland, Baskerville, Brader, Brock, Dubois