Show company official passes at home the hie death of ila baul lit N nunn of f ali alit e te lelli iride power ol 01 at t h hla is home in ill sau sall diego cal friday of last week c list cist it pall of sorrow over oer the of ficiala of the company lind and many a i of the designer of hlll first successful alter alternating tinting cur nut t electric power system will lila ills pausing passing mr nunn was TO 70 years lulls of age at the time of his 1119 mr mi nunn bunn began ills his career as a teacher later turning his interests to the electrical field in connection with etli Lili lie ile was a prominent bu shifts and industrial figure lit in the state and was dint dent of the telluride motor compi company pany iii of provo together with hold ing ihn lila ills office alti the power win eow pany pan jiu 1110 maintained salt lake city allt its as ills legal address although lie had spent pent most of ills his time in ill california during the past several years ile he was hom burn in medina ohio july juli dl 31 1860 aud and moved to ride colorado in 1890 and joined ills borther boit lier who ho vas interested in the business j it was while working in ill that location that he wid ind ills brother designed and in stalled stil liAl the first commercial power system estem using high voltage oatt ol tt alternating current until that lint time little low voltage direct cur rent nut type of electric current was in ili use and the cumbersome and oath costly wiring wiling anade it impractical for foi long distance from tills this beginning grew the telluride bower r company compani in 1895 it a site sill for a power plant w is as chosen lit in provo pro canyon can on and there the first electric plant in was completed by the corn coni pin pany lit in 1897 for three years tills this was the most powerful high voltage system stem in the world Foll this hii i the compisi comp iii s system was extended through colorado utah montana and idalio idaho and it at one time thue include id i d plants at most of the to lo now forming the backbone of tin the utah rower and light corn com pally pit in ili 1003 paul N nunn went to magirl Nia gira rails falls N Y where he designed and engineered the huge electric plant of the ontario power compa ii until 1910 at tile the same time occupying the position of chief engineer of the telluride power company lie ile became pres continued on last page company official passes at home continued from page I 1 ident odthe of alic telluride company on the death of ills brother in 1028 1925 properties propel bics tics of the alic telluride powei e r company now include electric elec plants lii anepete nn an pete sevier willard lard beaver garfield and plute plate coun it alea much of the nunn brothers bio theis ju iu terest remained in ili education and in ili 1003 cheli hon the olmsted Olm stel plant was built fit at the mouth th of lot provo akpu canyon it included class rooms looms lavIl and living quarters tills this beginning grew the telluride association founded in 1011 1911 to give ghe training in ili engineering to silt ted students under a scholar ship plan tills this association operated ansti atutes at various times at the olm ohn lead plant tile bliss and aad bolso boise idalgo plants of the telluride corn com pany and the nearer deaver plant of tile the deaver river power company it now operates an ail educational distl aution tit at deer springs cal i and 11 home for foi students at cornell uni ver hersity sity ithaca N T Y sir mr nunn was a iffe mamber of the american Ameil can society of civil en gi ginders gine eis american Ameil can institute of electrical and american Ameil can of mechanical engineers lie was tins a scottish Scot tigh ih rite maion be ing a member of colorado coasts tory tor no 1 and of oriental lodge no 0 o 87 den vet colo and of den ver MI lodges of knights templar and nobles of hie file mystic shrine he Is listed in ili I 1 chos lio b who in amerlia america and chos who in engineering surviving uio live ills his widow and a foster daughter mrs airs J V haell ton both of din dail alega ills his only child helen it 1 nunn born bom in tel hirlee tit in 1 died when lien sig 1 years uld old funeral services and bullit were cie lold bield in ili sin san diego monday |