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13 Lb. rllLH W SWAIN, EDITOR NOVEMBER 1940 ESTABLISHED IN 1 B B Go See For Yourself Tf amt bmcinbehinc bditod needed to bo re* * toioded of the need to travel hit publisher would soon supply the necessary urge. The old* timers in this office wilt never forget the wise sayings oi the late James II McGrow, Sr. "I want editor* to make expense accounts.*1--also, "A | good editor wears out his shoes faster than the seat of his pants.** Now naturally Mr McGraw didn't try to keep track of whot each editor was doing on field trips. He merely lived by his conviction that no iaduitria] or engineering magazine can do a real job for hs readers unless the editors keep inside of what't going on. He knew that can't be done just by letters, useful as they are. Like "Kilroy,** you have to be there in person. To o lesser degree this same thinking appllea to power engineers. Every few week* the am* bitiouj engineer should drop in on some nearby plant. And once or twico a year he ought to foam far afield--say, to some major power show f engineering meeting, and take in o few, plant* Inspection tripe on the side. pniart top management will see the need for a. ollow the time, and maybe help finance 1 c ,rlp* os a soond investment. a^ 's brought to mind by a letter from Appleton of the Hydro Electric System of the City of Winnipeg, Canada. Years ogo Mr Appleton visited a large steam power plant burn* ing pulverised coal. The eight mills were lined up in a long dingy row. Two attendants walked bock and forth along the aisle behind the mills. To save steps, one of the men hooked a little flag to the shaft of each star feed. When a flag stopped waving he hopped. Now Mr Appleton had just installed one of the largest polvericed*fud plants in the West. He adopted the flog idea with Improvement*-- hooked centrifugal switches to his own star feeds, wiring them up to the no*vo1tage releases of tho main starting oil switches. Later he ex* tended the idea to provide safety interlocks for the entire coabpreparation system. Appleton says that this fimplc idea, picked up on one-trip,* bos saved the full time of one man--in all, mony thousands of dollars over e period of years. Tho least costly experience is what you borrow from the other fellow. This line of thought brings.us right-to the doorsteps of Grand Central Palace,' New York, where the National Exhibition of Power and Mechanical Engineering will open on November 29. You must wait .24 months for another equally good-chance to see what's new. in power-service equipment. Why not pack your bags ond head for New York and hew ideas? Win . u , N<*mb*r 9S0