New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-18
ENGINEERS IN SESSION.
SECOND DAY OF THEIR BIG MEETING.
OFFICERS ELECTED, PAPERS READ AND PLACES O
INTEREST VISITED.

OFFICERS ELECTED, PAPERS READ AND PLACES OF
INTEREST VISITED.
The second DAYS session Of the American Society
Of Mechanical Engineers was held at the clnohouse
No. IL West Thirty 6rstst.. yesterday. numoer
OF nonresident members of the society who arrived IN
the morning swclled the number present to upwaru
of 300 making this meeting the largest ever held by
the society," President Hunt called the meeting 70
order shortly after 10 O'Clock. The morning session
was devoted to the business ID the society II had
been intended In case time permitted to take up three
professional papers by A. F. Maggie, entitled Expen
ments 10 Determine the Rate Of Rise or Fall OF
Mcrcurial Thermometer Under Different Conditions, y
Gcs of Indiane Black Coal at the Chicago west eae
Pumping station and Examinations OF steam h'hsiho
Economy but all the morning session being taken up
by business Of the society," the consideration of these
papers was deferred to another session.
The first business brought before the society was
the reports of various committees the only report OF
general interest being that Of the Committee on Testing
Materials which recommended that the society send
representative TO the conference to establish inter-
national tests for materials which Will be held at
Vienna next September. This question Of uniform
tests Is considered an important by engineers and
the suggestion Of the committee will be adopted.
The place OF holding the next meeting OF the society
was next discussed. This question was left 70 the
decision OF ell the members Of the society and those
who were not present at the meeting voted by letter
The vote resulted in large majority for San Francisco
and the next meeting Of the society VIII be held IN
that city next May. The secretary then announced the
result OF the election Of officers for the coming year as
follows:
President Commander Charles II. Loring, U. s. N ;
treasurer Charles II. Wiley, OF York. secretary
r. R. Hutton, OF NewYork; ice-presdents. G. l..
Allen, of Worcester, Mass; Irving NJ scott OF san
Francisco, and z. F. G. Adams, on Richmohd' nan'
ayers, James NJ Dodge, Of Philadelphia Robert For
syth of Chicago and Jesse NJ. Smith, of Detroit
The afternoon was left without definite assignment,
but excursion parties made up to visit various
points Of interest in and about the city, whie those
who did not care to brave the storm without spent
the afternoon socially In the smoking room and library
OF the sOciety's house.
At halfpast O'Clock the members met again. u'i-
wearied by their afternoons sightseeing and listened
IN the reading OF professional papers, as follows
The Value of Water Power by Charles T. MAN, and
aThe Brooklyn Pumping Engine of 1907 by samuel
McEroy Various topics OF engineering were discussed
nv the members after which the meeting auJourheu
until 10 O'Clock this morning.
Among the new arrivals from out OF town registered
Yesterday morning William ii. Thorne, OF Phhi-
delphla Charles S. Bailey, Of Washington william H.
stratton. OF Providence; John J. Hopes OF spring
Acid Onto. Richard H. Rice Of Providence Arthur
Deardsley. of swarthmore, PENN; W. s. Rogers OF
Troy Charles r. Main, Of Troy; George E Whitehead
of Troy Gaetano LAURA, Of Boston; Charles E. hyde
Of Bath Me-; George G. Fryer, OF SYRACUSE .. H.
pttern. OF Akron, Ohio; Edward p. Bates, OF syria
cuse; Charles S. Beach, Of Bennington, Vt Barton
Crkshank, Of Princeton; E. j. Murphy, OF Haruoru ,
Leslie Moulthrop, of New-Haven; George NJ. Bond OF
Hartford: Alexander C. Humphrtes, OF Pmiade pha
w r. ward of Portchester; Chief Engineer alexander
henderson. q. s. n. OF Boston; George A. Tobey. OF
Newark; ". " Bird, Of Cambridge; Gardner y:
Georse Schumann of Reading; Baxter G. Whiting, OF
winchendon Mass B. H. Warren OF a stamford q;
Tanntnn Mass: A. F. Rowland, OF Ney-Haven, ana
Engineer W. II. Allerdce, of the Navy Department.
Washington.