The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-23
NARROW GAUGES,
Convention at the Lookout House.
Proceedings Of the First Days Session.

The Narrow-gauge Railroad Convention
met at 1920 o'clock this morning at the
Lookout House.
The delegates left their headquarters at
the Burnet House shortly after 10 a. M.
The attendance was an immensely large
one
The following communications speak for
themselves:
Rooms Y. M. M. L. ASSOCIATION.
Major Byrne, Secretary Of National Narrow-gauge
Convention:
DEAR SIR-Please announce to the Con-
vention an invitation TO the members to
use our Reading-rooms and Library while
they are here, and oblige,
Yours respectfully,
j. M. NEWTON, Librarian.
HEADQUARTERS NATIONAL NARRow-GAUGE
RAILWAY CONVENTION,
CINCINNATI, Oct. %, 1878.
Delegates, as they arrive, are requested to
report and register at the office of the Con-
vention, Room No. H. Burnet House, from
which place tickets and badges will be dis
tributed. JOHN BYRNE
Secretary Convention.
The follow ing were the gentlemen to
serve on the Reception Committees at the
various hotels:
Burnet House-Messrs Charles H. Kel
logg and George Hafer of the Chamber Of
Commerce; John A. Wilson. of the Board
of Transportation, and e. T. Goshorn of
the Board of Trade.
Gibson House-A. A. Golfer, of the
Chamber of Commerce George Wilken and
Geo. c. Ware, of the Board of Transporta-
ton, and Col. L. M. Dayton, of the Board
of Trade.
Grand Hotel-Messrs. W. J. Lippincott,
of the Chamber of Commerce; E. Y. Cher
ry, of the Board of Trade, and Charles
Wells and M. johnson, of the Board of
Transportation.
Hotel Emery-Messrs. J. Stacy Hill, of
the Chamber of Commerce; H. J. Snyder,
of the Board of Transportation P. Eckert
| and P Hartman, of the Board of Trade.
Among the distinguished who will at
tend the Convention are the following:
e. Hubert, Chairman, B., S. & 0. B.
Railway, Bedford, Ind S. N. Yeoman,
Ind, Delphia & Chicago Railroad, Monti-
cello, Ind. H. G. Brooks, Brooks Locomo-
tive Works Dunkirk, N. Y; H. N. Sprague,
Porter, Bell & Co., Pittsburg; H. M. Benja-
min, Milwaukee Il Dubuque Railroad, Mil
waukee; j. D. Yeomans & John Cragie,
contractors, Buffalo, N. Y; w. O. Rock
wood, indianapolis Rolling Mill Co., In
dianapolis John Scott Bedford, B. & Mad.
Railroad, Brownstown, Ind; John A. Rol-
ater, Dayton q Southeastern Railroad, Gin
cinnati; B. J. Clifford, Rantout, Ill. Eugene
Davis Clinton, ILL.,; Emmett Kent, do; w.
L. Rankins, Transfer Apparatus, Paris, KY;
David Allen and s. Irons, Miami Valley
Railroad, Lebanon, O.; w. G. Mobley. Par
ker & Kansas City Railroad, Parker City,
Pa; c. F. Cott, Hall Manufacturing Com
pany, Grand Rapids, Mich. L. L. Briggs,
do. A. H. Johnson Arkansas Central Rail-
road; ]. H. Jones' Rising Sun, Ind. S. NJ.
Manifold, P. B. Railway Joseph Craven,
R. B. & NJ. Railroad. Indiana; w. w. Mil
ler, Cincinnati, J. & 0. Railroad, Rising
Sun, Ind; Willard A. Smith, Railway Re-
view, Chicago; ]. F. Johnson, Corsicana & P.
Railroad, Texas B. N. Robinson, O. & NJ,
Cincinnati; F. w. Cummings, Baldwin Lo-
comotive Works, Philadelphia; Paul T.
Mohr, Chamber of Commerce, city; A. N.
Dukes, Penn, Ind; John Lee, Ind, d. &
Chicago Railroad; Allen Wood, Brasher &
Hammond Railroad; Capt. Gore Cincinnati
& Lafayette Railroad; d. A. Peters, Cincin-
natl & Hamilton Railroad, city; E. H. Tai
bott and H. R. Hobart, Railway Age, Chi
cago, and others.