ca. 1875-1917. NYC. "J. F. Skerrett." General Manager (and later Vice President) of the Nicholas Power Co. Prior to becoming general manager in 1913, he had worked for several years as chief of the Bureau of Electricity of the N.Y. City Dept of Water, Gas and Electricity. W. H. Meadowcroft thanks him for information sent to Edison in 1915. E1562AH. Obituary in The Dramatic Mirror, in Bio Files - Obits & bios. Note: Erroneously appears in TAEM database as "Skerrett, J S" Changed by tej on 10-21-3013 as per Lewis Smiler.