The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-17
WHEELING, w. VA, MONDAY, MARCHl7, 1890.
IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE
Preparing 10 Entertain tho British Masters
In This Country-A scsAion Mt Plttsburgh.


In This Country-A ScsAion Mt PlttAburgh
New YohK, March 1O.-A score o
prominent mining, mechanical and ciyi
engineers, with Mr.. Andrew Carnegie a,
Chairman, met yesterday in tho parlen
Of the Engineers Club to take counsel
together as to the best ways and mcahf
OF entertaining tho members Of the Iron
and Steel Institute OF Great Britain In
October next. The visit Is to DO by
invitation OF the American Institute Of
Mining Engineers, supported by the
American societies civil engineers.
mechanical engineers, mining engineers
and electrical engineers. "r
There are nearly 250 members OF the
Iron and Steel Institute Of Great Britain
who will come 10 America, Among them
some OF the most prominent iron mas.
ters and engineers ia Great. Britain,
while invitations have been sent 10
kindred societies in Germany and
Franco. Little had been decided as to
the programme In this country until
yesterdays meeting. lT Tl
Prof. A. W. Raymond, Secretary OF
tho American Institute Of Mechanical
Engineers, reported that by writing and
cabling TO London he had learned that
the British visitors were to include fifty
ladies', that they intended to sail for
New York on September 20, and remain
In America a month. Prof. Raymond
had written to the institute officers in
London proposing that there should DO
u two days joint international session,
at which three papers should be read
by the visitors representatives and
three by the Americans.
Beside the international session the
British Institute might have a separate
session for discussion OF interesting
topics and the American Institute Of
Mining Engineers might also have its
annual meeting. This plan was accept
able to the English Institute and to the
meeting to-day, and 1t was adopted.
1t was decided after an hours debate
that the sessions Of tho British Institute
and OF the American Institute Of Mining
Engineers shall be held in New York,
while tho sessions of tue International
Congress shall be held in Pittsburgh.
The debate was caused by the desire OF
the Pittsburgh delegates to entertain the
visitors, but the tcheme fell through,
largely because the members OF the
council present believed that the visitors
would desire to see New York and get
rested after their journey.
Five or six long trains will be required
to pull tho visitors around in the States,
as the visitors and the Americans will |
number about 1000. Mr.. Carnegie said |
it was his notiou that the plan followed |
would be similar to that used by the |
Pan-American Congress. On the assem-
bling Of the visitors in New York, ex-
Mayor Abraham s. Hewitt, President Of
the American 1nstitute OF Mining Engi-
neers, would make the address OF well
come.
After the sessions in New York and
Pittsburgh, there will be excursions to
Lake Superior. to Niagara Falls and 10
the Southern States. There were score
Of invitations reported to-day by Secre-
tary kinchoif. There will be receptions
both in New York and Pittsburgh and !
probably in other Western cities.
In the papers and topics to be dis
cussed, Mr.. Carnegie said the tariff will |
be excluded, but very impol taut paper
on trusts will be read by one Of the six
visiting engineers.