New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-02
DISCUSSIONS OF MINING ENGINEERS.

AMERICAN AND FOREIGN INSTRUCTION. COMPARtD-
IEcEru u Ar EDIAED coorER's Rouse
The American Institute of Mining Engineers
met Wednesday morning at the school o Mines Of CO.
lumbia COcge Papers were read Oh the Manufacture
OF Zero Manganese by ". r. Ward, the "GOdcIlch
salt Deposit OF Canada" 10y DI T. stcTy Hunt. "Tras
IN Eastern America" by Prof Fraser, and the Items
of Cost in the Manufacture of Besscmer Rails by MI
Barnes animated debate took place on the report OF
the International Committee Oh the nomenclature u
Iron aud stcel, which finally approved and recon-
meuaed to the members In the evening the lnst-
tute with tine American Society of Civil Engineers
and discussed the desraDlity Of INTRODUCING the metlca
system Of weights and measures into the United states
The discussion vas pleasant and informal and brought
out about an equal number OF supporters and opponents
OF the system
AT the session yesterday morning was decided hatlt
be decision OF Che council to hold OF not to hot
the MAY meeting Of the institute, indsmuch as arrange
ucts are pending make to Lake superior
duInS the summer Hereafter. where members PIE
pairing papers do not the metric system duplicate
computations i'll that system TO be appended TO the
uot,rs heforr they are printed. c. Bartlett rca pa
Der on American Stuucnts OF Mining ana MelIurgy III
Germany" which reviewed the comparative advantages
0f foreign and American schools mines. MI Bartlett
said thai entrance the Mining Academy at jrcburg
WAS easy, high standard OF preliminary STUDY was
not required. There no compulsory attendance al
the lectures and many Of the students from America be
came cacess and disspated. slight notice was gNentO
American hydraulic and Othcf luillihg hdchueI3' Inc
German schools superior to the American occdus.
they were distncvey and solely schools OF mlngg ana
uriIlurev no other branches being taught and there
being no fancy Of study but the CHIEF reason
because the schools and the mines III tng
uclghborhood were open practical school
the student, who could make tour among inel ana
lave everything fully explained to him. American
schools were purely theoretical and speculative Com
petition kept the MINES closed to the student ffoI'
J. f. CLAYTON followed with paper on the Atdlintd
District OF Idaho" ana G. VI. ROkcr with paper On
Lake Superior Orc-drtssng Machinery" No session
was held in afternoon, the members dispensing ahout
the cy aud visiting various engineering works. ndm
Der visited the East River Bridge and Inspected tic
cabc-mah Ing machinery.
Edwald Cooper rendered reception to the members
OF lie institute last evening at his residence, NO. Lex
ingtulavc., and invited The 1oloUlng gentlemen 10 meet
them Gen Alex H. Webb President OF the College OF
N.w-York: Chancellor Howard Crosby of the University
of the Cit, of NewYOrk Gen. Newton, G,u Barnard,
Cen Abbot Gen. Wright, ana other engineer ana ord
nance officers stationed at NcNIOlk and West Point;
members OF the American Society Of Civil Engineers
Faculties of Colu bIa College ana stevens ln~ltule OF
Technology IlobOken, and leading members OF the med
zeal profession MI Cooper received lis guests assisted
by MIS-. Cooper and Miss Cooper