Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-02
GROWTH OF A YEAR.
Second Annual Meeting of the Amer.
ican Boiler Makers ASsocia-
tion, Which Was
ORGANIZED In THE IRON CITY.
The Objects of the Society as Succinctly
Stated by Secretary DOuthett,
of Allegheny.
NECESSITY FOR STATE LEGISLATION.
One Of the Great Troubles is the Lack of Uniformity in
ORGANIZED In THE IRON CITY.
NECESSITY FOR STATE LEGISLATION.
One Of the Great Troubles is the Lack of Uniformity in
the Various Laws.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE prspArcu.l

NEW YORK, July About go boiler
makers met in the convention room of the
Park Avenue Hotel this morning and
opened the second annual convention of the
American Boiler Manufacturers Associa-
ton. The convention will last three days
and all sorts of matters tending to the i'm
provement of boiler making and boiler
makers will be discussed. Among the
guests who attended as representatives. of
the Navy and Treasury Departments were:
Edward A. Magee, Chief Engineer of the
United States Navy; James A. Dumont,
United States Supervising Inspector Gen
eral of Steamboats,, and Supervising In
spectors George H. Starbuck and Alex.
McMasters.
The officers of this association, which was
founded year ago in Pittsburg for the i'm
provements of boiler-making, are: Presi-
dent, james Lappan, of Pittsburg; Secre-
tary, A. T. Douthett, Allegheny; Treasurer,
R. Hammond, Buffalo; Vice-Presidents,
Philip Rohan, st. Louis, George Marshall,
Dayton, and Christopher Cunningham,
Brooklyn.
OBJECTS OF tt SOCIETY.
dent Lappan, who briefly welcomed the
members and described the objects of the
association. The Secretary, Mr.. Douthett,
read an address, which was much applauded,
and in which he said that the membership OF
the association now included l2S of the leading
American boiler manufacturers. The purposes
OF the association were thus stated by Mr..
Douthett who was its founder: To establish
such standard for materials and workmanship
as viii insure uniform excellence OF con-
struction of all American boilers, and thus
secure safety to the lives and property of all
communities where boilers are used, and to pro-
cure the passage of laws making the manu-
facture, sale or use of inferior materials crimi-
nal otfenses; to concert such measures and
take such action as shall be for the interest and
advantage of its members especially: to pro-
cure 2nd furnish to its members statistics of
the trade, domestic anG foreign and to take
such action as shall from time 10 time be
deemed advisable regarding the regulation of
prices and production.
Referring to the second object, MIR. Douthett
suggested the formation by the members of
the association of the American Boiler Manu-
facturers' Insurance Company. the minutes of
the last meeting were read, together with
letter from the Vice President of the United
States, Levi P. Morton, regretting his inability
TO be present. and letters from the Secretaries
OF the Treasury and Navy announcing the ap-
pointment Of delegates to attend the meeting.
OBJECTED TO REPORT.
A report of the Committee on Manheads and
Manholes was read but was objected to by W.
H. Raynal, one of the members of the COM
mittee, on the ground that the report was
signed by only two of the members, Messrs.
Wangler and Shanks. and that other members
were not consulted. On motion the commit
tee was discharged and a new committee ap-
pointed on the same subject consisting of
Messrs. Raynal Mitchell and Matthews, who
were directed to consult with the government
delegates present and to make a report at this
meeting.
The next order of business taken up was the
report of the Committee on Uniformity in
State Inspection Laws. and the Chairman of
the committee, I. ]. Bovegrove, being absent,
an informal report was made by the Second
Vice President of the association, George
Marshall, who said that he had written to the
Secretary of every State on this subject. and
discovered that only three States had State in
spection laws. The need of an efficient inspec-
tion of steam boilers in each State was imper-
Rtive, but it was not less important that the
laws should be uniform throughout the coun-
try. Therefore the ASSOCIATION should adopt
resolutions recommending a uniform system of
boiler inspection to all the States and this sys-
tenn should agree as nearly as possible with the
national laws governing the inspection of
marine boilers