New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-15
SCIENCE AND SOCIABILITy
MECHANICAL ENGINEERS TO MEET
PROFESSIONAL PAPERS AND SOCIAL, q ,rus,,
A TRIs I'd SAN FRAyc1sco-pREpARna

TO RECEIVE FOREIGN ENGINEERS
Only a few years ago the profession OF m,,s..,-,
| engineering was practically unknown and es,,.'-.
| unrccognized In this country. Tie able men ~
genious even then adorned this branch OF eneins.-.
| were rather looked upon the educated nem1s,'s
useful trade, species Of cultured mechanics :,
day the Society OF Mechanical Engineers the mos, =.
and progressive OF the sisterhOod OF en1,.,F
associations, has 300 members on It's rolls 80.
a clubhouse situated few doors from Fifthave 4, 20
heart OF the city, purchased at a cost Of sGO0Oo :.
combines the vIgor OF youth with the sOidItv a, -
| turity.
In the light OF vested Interests, II in no othe, a,
society Is more essentially New York institution ~
any OF its sisters. Every autumn the member c,,.
In It's spacious home at No. IL West Thirty-frst,, .
| hold the sessions Of the annual meeting One.
month throughout the winter the house is open.s q
receptions and social functions Of various kind, Az
every day from 10 a TO 10 p m. its well se,es,
library of engineering books and periodicals Is open .
NewYork people and 10 the stranger within her a..
And the society has prospered under this policy !,
metropolitan lOCalizati0n growing from q memb.,xl
Of 199 In $780, the year Of its foundation 20 the u.
ent membership of 1900, while the mechanical a,
gincer, his professional status Acknowledged ana a,
sured, holds himself an equality with his .p.
brethren OF the civil ngncering and minngengr,c
Ing profession and is little inclined paronl,s Ma
have also made New-York their headquarters but s,,
are not richly housed their mechanical bretr.,
while the Institute OF Mining Engineers worries so,
without local habitation, its penaes being set uph
the ofice of its perennial secretary, DR.. r. w. Rc
mond and Its official shrine travelling back and fra
throughout the land. like the ark Of the covenant
The mechanical engineers meeting this fall viii N
held Throughout the week beginning to morrow m
session will be opened tomorrow evening at the .,
cietys house, with address by the president Rotss
W. Hunt, OF Chicago, whose subject will be American
Rolling Mil Practice He will probably treat morn
particularly OF the rairolIlng mill a part Of Pes
plants his experience lies largely in that class
Of work After the address supper will be served at
members will have chance 10 seek out old acQuant
ances and make ones.
ON Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock the business
session OF the society will be held and much interest
Is felt over the action to be taken upon proposed
raising of the dues and initiation fee The exensys
character OF the society's publications has made he
present dues OF $40 year Inadequate, and the cOund
has asked for authority TO make slight increae.
In the afternoon, visiting members may visit various
establishments, which will be thrown open to then
throughout the city, while the old-timers who have
everything and know 1t all are invited TO cone
and smoke and swap professional fsh-stOries at ne
clubhouse.
Tuesday evening, Thursday morning. and Friday
morning will be given up to the reading Of professional
papers, when various gentlemen will elaborate ne
subjects selected for discussion, as follows: A.
Nagle Experiments to Determine the Rate Of Rise %
Fall OF Mercurial Thermometer Under Different Con-
ditions'; Test Of Indiana Block Coal at the cEtssc
West Side Pumping Station Limitation Of steam
Engine Economy" Charles T. Main, The Value d
Water Power samuel McElroy, a" The Brooklyn Pump
ing Engine OF 1860" W. z. Crane "The Idiosyncasa
of Chimney Draft II. C. Spauding, Electric Pova
Distribution" william Kent 4" Influence Of the steam
Jackets of the Pawtucket Pumping Engne.p J.
Wendell Cole, A Combination Of Iron and Oak Pave
mentr De Volson Wood, Test of Pusometer.s
The steamer Laura VI. Starin will take the society
over to the Brooklyn Navy Yard Wednesday morning
that is, if there is any part of the Navy outside
Gillian waters by that tme and to the shops OF the
DE La vergne Refrgerang Company
In the evening theatre party will be given BY
the New-York members to the visiting guests with
their families at Palmets Theatre. Tickets for the
American Institute Fair will be provided for thos
who would prefer to use the evening in this way.
Thursday evening there will be public reception u
the Lenox Lyceum, with music, dancing and refresh
ments.
While this vigorous young society Of the work
bench and the forge has its home and friends in New.
York is yet coextensive with the Nation Ia sympathy
and scope. The spring meetings are held at various
places throughout the country and thus, AT Intervals
the members of every geographical section are gsdden
by the visit of their professional friends. Next Nay
it will strike for the far West The regular sprnS
meeting will be held in san Francisco, in the early
part OF the month.
The plan in general is to travel by special Pullman
seepers and dningcars the Pennsylvania Raurosi
lines from Newlork TO Chicago, picking up menOe"
on the way; thence by the Milwaukee and 81 Paul
Denver; Denver and Rio Grande TO san Francisco
with stop at Pixies Peak, Manitod and salt Lake NV
After the meeting, to journey north 10 Portland va
the Yosemite and return by the Northern Pacific KAI
road via Yellowstone Park. The party will haze ie
own exclusive cars over tho entire trip, and De E1n
on its timetable. The time required VIII be soo
four weeks for the above trip which Of course can
extended If the party direct IL. The cost ioF 'H
journey-includng railroad fares, sleepers ana dinhF
car service and transportation in cities traveiso-
will not exceed $500 each for the thirty days aosen1s
and may be reduced II sufficient number accept i~
does not include the hotel bill at san Francisco aufs
the Convention nor where any stops may be maas N
other cities. one hundred and fifty persons nave 80
nihcd their intention of taking this trip, ana ~
returns are not all in yet.
In the summer of 1850 party OF nearly i0n
hundred American engineers, half OF whom ~ee
the mechanical persuasion, travelled through khsiNf-
Germany and France, with the Paris ExpcouOn
their ultimate object. Memories o. the cofdAi wy
lions given by the sister societies of all these eOu'
sui lNEoD Warmly III inc engineering
with desire TO recipr0eate IN aooi
and fitting manner In 1898 the NVua
of the American society OF Mechanical Engineers M
invited the Society of Civil Engineers, The "'u'"
OF Mining Engineers and the Electrical Ensihec'
cooperate in selecting commission tO CONSIST OF -
members from each of the four societies, WIZ
extend formal invitation 10 the foreign enshee"
may desire To visit the Worlds Fair at Chicago y"
in u body aud accept the hospitality Of the AHeN>
brethren OF the procession. .,.,, 0!
The first meeting Ot the American S S1.easL.
Mechanical Engineers was held at No 30 fnnssssf
February Is, 1880 upon call signed by riiymsl
r. IA. ThuIston, FOfsssOr sweet and AeAahoel r.
Uolley of blessed memory. About forty members "a
sponded and Mr.. noley was elected chara-1s
- y. Weber secretary. The meeting Tor Pess yeg
organization was held in April Of the sans
~ stevens Institute Since that time regular ca
twice year bave been held sometimes ~ in ssI Le
Bost0n sometimes rs far West Chicago " III IT,, ia
Office OF the society a. No. ID Cortlanits. ID
necessity for mOsa room caused successive ies limo
No. aou brCaawny, No. 81 MadisonaNe. a.u srstsL
To the present house at No. II West Jury xS.9Sers