Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-10-29 | Page 3 | "Motive Power" Theme for Much Discussion

MOTIVE POWER THEME I FOR MUCH DISCUSSION 1 Members of Manufacturers Association Association tion Enjoy Three Interesting Addresses at Meeting I Motive Power In Factories was the general subject discussed dl at the meeting of the Manufacturers association of or Utah held last night at the chamber of ot commerce The members m listened to three papers on various phases of OC the subject one on Steam by b Professor E H Beckstrand of the University of Utah I Ithe the he second on Electricity by A AT J McMullen of too the Utah Light Railway I company compan and the third on Gas Gns by J T JE JB I E B Clark superintendent of the Utah Gas Coke company I Professor ProCessor Beckstrand who was the first to o speak said the us of heat generated from rom water was known many centuries l lago I ago but it was only In the seventeenth I century that the experiments began led ed to th the steam stearn engine en lne He mentioned I the he fact that of OC the power of the he world of today Is produced by th steam engine 1 Mr McMullen spoke of ot the advantage of the use of electric motors motor In factories and of the Increase In tn the ute ue u e of ci electric power He told of ot the various modes of I applying the power Mr fr Clark spoke of ot the growth of oc the I gas business in respect re t to the furnishing i of oC light heat and power told of the in introduction I of many appliances in which gas is used and discussed gas as a power I producer telling of oC the improvements ments brought about Ip in gas 8 engines I I