—Splendid work has been done on the new cut-off of the
Pennsylvania by the Columbia Contracting Company. The
line was laid out and the construction is now under the direction
of George C. Clark, who for several years has been in active
charge of the extraordinary improvements of the Pennsylvania in
the Pittsburg . district. Mr. Clark was in charge of the big im
provements at Irwin and Latimer, at Stewart station and the
Union depot. He is one of the active Pittsburg 'alumni of "State."
—Ralph L. MacDonald, '95, superintendent of the Buffalo and
Niagara Falls Electric Light and Power Company, was present
at the meeting of the Electrical Engineering Society, May 5. He
gave a very interesting account of the equipment of the power
plants at the Falls and of the plans for the new plants soon to be
erected.
—J. E. Isenberg, 'O2, who was employed by the Cambria Steel
Company, is now with the Stanley G. Flagg & Co., of No. 424
North 19th street, Philadelphia. He has charge of a new labora
tory for the analysis of iron and steel for this firm.
—W. F. Plank, 'O2, is chemist with the United Gas Improve
ment Company, Broad and Arch streets, Philadelphia.
—Walter M. Camp, '9l, is another graduate of this institution
who is meeting with remarkable success in his work as a civil
engineer. He not only stands high as a practical engineer, but is
also editor of the Railway and Engineering Review, of Chicago.
His latest production is a book on railroad construction, which
deals in detail with all phases of the subject.