New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-28

Two meetings Of the Institute are held each
year-the spring meeting in London. the fall meet
ing in such place as the council may select. The
present is the sixth foreign meeting, the five pre-
cedng having been held. two at Paris. one at
Liese Belgium: ore in Dusseldorf, Germany, and
one at Vienna.
Membership is accorded to persons who are actu-
ally engaged in works where iron and steel is
produced and 10 persons of scientific attainment,
in metallurgy. or who are specially connected with
the application of iron and steel. The initiation
fee is two guineas and the annual dues the same
amount. The president is elected for two years
and is assisted by nine vice presidents and coun
Gil Of fifteen members, each of these two bodies
being divided into three equal sets Of members,
whose terms Of service are for three years, one
set going ont each wear, so that two-thirts ma
jorty of experienced officers is always assured.
In a nation of ironworkers surh as Great Britain
the institution has absorbed many of the weathicst
and most famous citizens. while the admission of
foreign members has given it a cosmopolitan
character and worldwide fame. Alexander l..
JIolley the idol Of American engineers was prom
inent member of the Institute and contributed
many valuable papers 10 it's proceedings. Amer
lean inventions and methods in ironwOrlSing have
always received prompt attention and careful dis
cuSsion and investigation at the hands OF the In
stitute and much of the interest manifested by
the members in the present meeting and the large
attendance, due t. the fact that il will enable
the English ronrlast-rS u Sc" with their own eyes
some of those bold Yankee innovations on eStab-
lishcd practice with which they are already fa-
miar through the eyes of others and the reports
of engineering journals.
Preparations for tine entertainment Of the WIS.,
itors have been made upon the most liberal scale
nv the ironwOrkcrs of this country. Secretary
Kirchof Of the General Committee. has worked
himself half 10 death over the details of trans
portation instruction and amusement for the for
cigncrs. His desk at No. 66 Duane-st. has been
piled high for weeks with communications OF
inquiry and suggestion. \ round sum has been
contributed for transportation and incidental cX-
pensrs, a number Of the lar2er iron mills sub
scribing 81 900 ?pccc. and many wealthy MEM
hers of the various committees contributing hcav-
uy,while every member of the various American en-
gineering societies has had opportunity Of giving 20
the good work. if 50 disposed. Many of the visitors
took part in the entertainment Of the American
engineers who made the round of European sight
seeing last wear and incidentally viewed the Paris
Exposition. Consequently. gratitude for favors
received, added 10 u desire that the fair fame
OF American hospitality shall not suffer. is in
citing the various committees 10 do their utmost
At the annual dinner o: the Institute which
Is to bc eaten at Dclmonico'S on Thursday evening
OCtoIHr The tickets will be sold ut the customary
Grure Of =? sterling. but the feast viii
COS; much more than the equivalent $40 plat"
The difference being paid ont Of the entertainment
fund.
The council which is expected (" arrive on the
Scrvia to-day. a!oEI with a delegation Of ! 80 mem
bcrs. will take up its abode At the Park ANcnu'
Hotel. The Bureau Of Information at the same
place is already IN good working order. dispensing
data Of all kinds to visitors whose knowledge OF
American geography is limited and who might
otherwise wander down the Mississippi Valley OF
fall OIL the Pacific SLOPE i'll their early morning
walks.
Beside the general comiaitcr. there are local
committees all along the ling to Chicago, and
hack Oh both the Southern and Canadian eNcur'
sion routes, working up their plans for the en-
Nehtenment and enjoyment of the institute mem
bers during the few days or hours in which they
will be the guests of the local iron men.
Among the offers Of entertainment from pri-
vate persons accepted by the committee is one
from Erastus Wiman, which will be OF peculiar
interest to his fcllow.subjects OF the Queen. Mr.
Wiman, who keeps q fathcrly eye on all the in'
dustries of Canada, does not intend permitting
the Englishmen to 60 away with the idea that the
mines Of Sudbury and other mineral dlsulc N
produce everything Of value in Canada On III
day, October -, he proposes to entertain those
Clifton House, Niagara Falls. giving them char
acteristic Canadian dinner Nenison from ; irao
Ing Lake. enormous potatoes from Manltopa
weiehjng five or six pounds apiece; ducks and
other game from Tongue Point. on Lake Erie
grapes from tho section of Italy on N,aga ,i'
peninsula, retl-chceked apples from Nova Sco,i'
and all the tempting yiands TINT Canadian agri
culture can produce will be laid before the hungry
travellers for comparison with the roast Deef ano
rlum pudding Of Old England. -,