Whitcomb Wells, sales manager for C.H. Sprague & Son, Co., was the guest speaker at the fall meeting of the Northern New England Section of The American Society of Naval Engineers. The dinner meeting, held at the commissioned officers club, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, was attended by 40 members and guests.
Mr. Wells discussed the future of coal as a fuel in New England and described the Sprague Marine Terminal facilities for handling oil, coal, and other bulk products. In New England today the cost of bituminous coal is approximately half that of the residual oils used for fuel in power plants, paper mills, and other large users of steam.
The fall meeting of the ASNE-Northern New England Section heard a paper delivered by Whitcomb Wells, sales manager for C.H. Sprague & Son, Co. (center). He was introduced by Norman Berge, vice chairman (left) and Philip Johnson, chairman.