THE BATTALION
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With Cap and Pipe
J^JLylN tanned from work in the
open, pipe in mouth, cap pulled well
down — that s the erecting engineer,
as pictured in the magazines, and
generally as found on the job. In an
organization like Westinghouse he
occupies a pivotal place, being re
sponsible for the erection of equip
ment in the field.
Take him in the electrification
of the Chilean State Railway, for
example—one of the outstanding
electrical projects of recent years.
It included not merely the electri
fication of 134 miles of steam
lines, but also power and sub-sta
tion equipment to convert water
power from the Andes Mountains
into electric current.
In 1922 the first shipment of sub
station equipment departed — but
ahead of it had already departed a
force of Westinghouse erection engi
neers. They went to a country that
was a stranger to railroad electrical
operation, and to the installation of
large electrical equipment. In the
134 miles of steam railway to be
electrified they encountered every
kind of topographical and engineer
ing condition — curves, grades as
steep as 214 per cent and as long as 1 2
miles, bridges extending to 440 feet,
six tunnels, the longest 1,600 feet.
Today, two years later, these same
erection engineers are returning
returning from a Chile, much of
whose railway traffic is moved by its
water falls; they are returning and
promptly departing again on still
other missions of electrical improve
ment, at home and abroad.
This advertisement is sixth in a vocational series, outlining the fields
for engineering achievement in the Westinghouse organization.
A copy of the entire series will be sent to anyone requesting it.
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Westinghouse
ACHIEVEMENT & OPPORTUNITY
/ RCHITECTS SELECT NEW
ORLEANS FOR ANNUAL
INSPECTION TRIP
Thirty juniors And seniors, students
of Architecture, accompanied by Pro
fessor D. June and Associate Professor
R. E. Linsey, left the College on last
Thursday afternoon for New Orleans
on their annual inspection trip. New
Orleans was selected for the trip be
cause of the fact that within the city
and its environs may be found very
many types and varieties of architec
ture. Especially is this true of French
[ and Spanish designs and structures
which represent many styles of dif
ferent periods. Together with its
buildings representing every period
of American design and structure,
1 New Orleans contains a more collec-
' tive and varying exhibit of types and
! styles of architecture than any city of
|the South.
j The Mardi Gras, New Orleans’ fa
mous annual celebration which opened
prior to their journey to the city, will
. permit the architects to thoroughly
enjoy their leisure hours.
| It is expected that the students will
return to College Friday or Saturday.
WSTOGHQUSr
ELECTRIC
South Dakota State College cele
brates a Hobo Day. Both men and wo
men resembled hobos this year, the
j men “by sapping their life blood to
grow beards," and the women by giv
ing the bobbing shearers a week lay
off.
This generation is wearing more
glasses than ever “but it is not look
ing into the bottoms of as many.”