Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-10-17
ENGINEERSW WELCOME
PREPARATIONS BEING MAZE TO EN-
TERRAIN THE AMERICAN SOCIETY.
The Mayor to Greet and the Governor TO
Receive Them-Outline of the
Four Days Programme.

The annual meeting OF the American
Society OF Mechanical Engineers will be
held in this city in November.
The body will meet on the 11th OF that
month and will be in session for four
days. There is every indication OF a full
attendance OF the members.
Our people ere anxious that the dele
gates shall be favorably impressed with
Richmond, and to that end will receive
them Hospitality and endeayor to de-
monstrate TO them the great and nume-
rous advantages that this city possesses
over others both for home life and busl-
dess enterprises.
In order that their stay among us may
be made as agreeable as possible citi-
Zens' committee and a committee from
the Chamber OF Commerce have been
appointed to assist the resident mem
bers Of the society in arranging suita-
BILE programme and making prepara-
tions for the engineers coming.
THE COMMITTEES CONFER.
It was to talk these matters over that
the committees and Richmond members
held conference in the rooms of the
Chamber OF Commerce yesterday after
noon at o'clock.
Hon. j. Taylor Ellyson presided over
the meeting and there were present be-
sides him Colonel John b. Purcell,
Messrs. thomas \. Carter. Il. ID. Cren-
shaw, II. +. Holmes, Edward Ingle,
Meriwether Jones, f.. L. ID. Myers,
Jr., George l.. Street, and ). W. Travers,
Of the Chambers Committee ; Mr.. Will
liam X. Trigg, of the Citizens Commit
tee, and Captain William b. Brooks,
United States navy Messrs. Il. i. g..
I Davis, Peter Greenwood, Carl j. Mellin,
and David Shirrell, resident members OF
the society.
OUTLINE or THE PROGRAMME.
Mr.. Davis. on behalf OF the local COM
mittee of the society, reported this as an
outline OF the programme for the enter
/ tainment of the visiting delegates SO lar
as il has been possible to arrange 1T:
For Tuesday afternoon, November
/ 11th. an address of welcome by his
Honor the Mayor of the city, and at
night a reception by his Excellency, the
( Governor of the Commonwealth.
On Wednesday afternoon about l
o'clock trip down the riyer as far as
| Dutch Gap.
On Thursday afternoon visit TO the
/ Tredegar Works, the Richmond Loco
motive and Machine Works, and such
other manufacturing establishments and
factories as may be most interesting and
drive through the principal streets and
to the most interesting points about the
city.
On Friday, the last day, trip to New
port News, uia the Chesapeake and Ono,
and thence to the navy-yard. Old Point
Comfort, OF Norfolk. as the visitors may
prefer, the steamers of the Atlantic and
Danville having been rendered Tor the
use of the delegates
/ The rest OF the time while in Rich
mond. it is supposed, will be occupied
principally by the meeting OF the so
/ ciety, but the whole programme is sub
iect. Mr.. Davis said, TO future moditlca'
ton as circumstances might require.
| TO RAISE FUNDS.
! DIR. Thomas n. Carter moved that d
committee be appointed by the Char to
collect sufficient funds for the suitable
reception and entertainment OF the So
ciety under the auspices OF the Chamber,
and that said committee be requested to
report to meeting on Thursday next.
Messrs. Meriwether Jones and >. W.
Travers. in seconding the motion of Mr..
Carter, urged the propriety OF our cltl'
zens and business men giving this DIS
| tinctive entertainment as an evidence ol
/ their appreciation of the importance ol
such meeting in our midst, apart IRON
such courtesies as the resident members
of the society would as matter OF
course extend the visiting engineers.
The motion was unanimously carried,
and the Chair appointed upon this com
mittee Messrs. S. W. Travers, John L.
Anderson, l.. d. Crenshaw, Jr., Arthur
B. Clarke, Meriwether Jones, Levin
Joynes, George l.. Street, and W. H.
Trigg.
| BENEFITS To ACCRUE.
MIR. Peter Greenwood then made
most interesting and encouraging state
ment of the benefits that we may hope
to derive from the visit of such body
TO Richmond, which, he said, has sui
ficiently progressed in the manufacture
/ of metal to command the appreciation OF
mechanical engineers, who have 1t IL
their power if 'avorably impressed to dc
much in influencing the investment
of capital in the development OF our me
chanical resources of every description
There being no further business before
the committees, the meeting then adj
lourned.
TRANSACTIONS IN REALTY.