# Railroad Gazette/Volume 38/Number 5/Appliance Exhibition

Washington Railway Appliance Exhibition.
Applications for membership and for exhibit spaces in the American Railway Appliance Exhibition, to be held in Washington, D. C., May 3 to 14, in connection with the International Railway Congress, are now invited, and assignments of space will be in the order of receiving checks. Exhibitors proposing to erect their own booths, pavilions or exhibit structures will have access to the grounds. The building to be erected by the committee is expected to be ready for exhibits by April 15. As the time is very short it is earnestly requested that all interested give this matter immediate attention.
Following are the rules for the government of members and exhibitors:
1. All manufacturers of and dealers in American railway appliances, material and supplies, are entitled to membership in the exhibition, upon the payment of a membership fee of $50. Only members are entitled to occupy space as exhibitors, but membership is not confined to those who propose to make exhibits.
2. Members are entitled to attend and participate in all ceremonies, functions and entertainments that may be arranged by the committee; to have their names printed in an official pamphlet, stating the nature of their business and where located.
3. The committee will erect a large building for the housing of the smaller and lighter exhibits, similar to those displayed on the verandas during the mechanical conventions held annually in June. Spaces therein will be 10 ft. in depth and 5 ft. in width, or the multiples thereof. A charge of 50 cents per sq. ft. will be made for space occupied in this building.
4. Exhibits to be operated by power, excessive in weight or requiring large space, will necessarily have to be installed outside of the exhibition building erected by the committee, and the booths, pavilions, or other structures in connection therewith will be erected by the exhibitors at their own expense. A charge of 10 cents per sq. ft. will be made for ground so occupied.
5. A temporary track will be laid on B street, fronting the exhibition grounds, for the display of cars. The charge to be made per car will be announced at an early day.
6. No excavations for foundations can be made, but all exhibit structures must rest upon foundations that may be laid upon the surface of the ground.
7. Before any application for exhibit space shall be considered application for membership must be made accompanied by check for $50, the membership fee, and by check for the amount of space desired. All checks to be drawn to the order of Chas. A. Moore, Treasurer.
8. The committee shall not be held liable for any loss or damage by fire, flood or other casualty, or by theft. The committee will arrange for such safeguarding of the exhibits as will prove adequate during the continuance of the exhibition. As the exhibition is not an incorporated body, and the service of the committee and its officials is purely a voluntary and gratuitous one in the interest of our great industry, its members, of course, will not be expected to assume any personal liabilities in connection therewith.
9. All structures erected must be approved by the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds before erection can be begun; hence exhibitors proposing to erect their own exhibit structures must submit plans at the earliest possible date to the Director of Exhibits for such approval. As a general suggestion in regard thereto, such booths or exhibit structures should be of tasteful design, about 12 ft. in height from the platform at the eaves, if covered, and of sufficient slope from the ridge pole to permit of proper drainage.
10. The Director of Exhibits shall approve of the size, design and location of all advertising signs.
11. Exhibitors erecting their own structures must remove such structures and exhibits from the grounds prior to May 25, 1905, as that is the date fixed by the Act of Congress when the right to use said grounds for exhibition purposes will expire.
12. Steam and electric power will be placed at a central point, exhibitors to make their own connections and pay for the power used.