The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-12-28
FOURTH EDITION
ENarNEERs' BANQUET.
Wilmington Mon OF the Throttle Valve
Entertain their Virginia Brethren.
A Feast of Reason and a Fiowof
Soui-siusie and Speeches In

Entertain thcir virginia brethren.
A Feast of Reason and a Ftowof
soul--siusic and Speeches In
Eden Hnil-supper at
Wills.
Yesterday afternoon and last night
were red letter occasions for the Loco
motive, Engineers of Diamond State
Division. No. $40 and q delegation OF
about fifty members OF Seaboard d.
vision, No. 1851 OF the same order from
Portsmouth, Va.
There were present also several engi-
neers from several Divisions in Phlla-
dolphin, Camden, N. j., Chester, Pa.
Reading. Ia, and Baltimore, Md. The
reception was held In Eden Hall and
was a very pleasant impronptu affair.
The visitors from Norfolk arrived in
this city about noon and were met at
the depot by committee of arrange
ments consisting of S. q. Fisher. W.
II. RedmlIe, W, p. Kirk, II. Il. Sher-
wood, +. ID. Mount, J. z. Trueman,
James Gordon, james Ingle, G. NJ.
Barr, ID. S. Reader, w. P. Morgan and
w. j. Rudolph, who escorted them to
| the Hotel Willis, where they regis
tered and dined. After dinner they
were escorted to Eden Hall, where
| they received an enthusiastic reeep
ton from two hundred railroad mer
assembled.
1t is doubtful II ever q more swarth
| Ter. strong, intellectual body OF work
| ing men ever assembled in Whining
! ton. These were the brave men inureC
to railroad life who carry in thei
hands the lives of hundreds of thou
sands of travellers, men with large
hearts in them. ever ready to rlsl
their own lives where 1t would result
In saving the life Of passenger.
s. A. Macnlister, Esq. received th'
visitors In an appropriate speech
which was responded to by Colonel W
L. Lockwood, of Lock Erie, Pa; w. B
Roberts, Baltimore, Md; J. l. Welton
Portsmouth,. Va, and l.. A. Manahan
on the part of the visitors. j. ID. Phil
| lips and j. z. Morgan, of this city, alst
made brief addresses.
| A very enjoyable program had beer
arranged and was carried through a,
| follows:
nnSt "ia,,rej aud tho itosc '" i'o'o''
| Mrs. s. A.Macallister, Robert Walters
Recitation. Locomotive Engine"
Solo.................. Robert Walter
Violin solo, "Angei serenadc,"
Miss Jean Macallistc
Recitation, Settlers Story"
| Miss Mabel weltoI
It was o'clock in the evening wheI
the literary program ended and an ad
journment was effected until z O'Clock
Mrs. s. G. Fisher played the plano ae
compartments for all the musical So
lections.
After the rendering OF the program
Colonel Lockwood announced that tn
locomotive, Robert &. Shaw whicl
had been designed TO avoid the mani
FEST impe,fectlons OF the locomotiv
engine, was at the b. x o. Delawar
avenue station in this city, where h
would be pleased to have as man
members OF Brotherhood OF Locomo
tive Engineers and their wives TO In
! speot il. A large number accepted tn
invitation. ---
At Z o'clock tho assembly room a
Eden Hall WAS again full with an az
preclatlve audience of engineers an
their wives to hear Colonel Lockwood
address on Echoes From the Loco
: motive Cab, Round House and Raj
and Safo High Speed Travel"
The address was profusely Illus
trated by means of apowerful stereoT
tieon. showing theintricate machiner
of a locomotive, portraits of leadin
mo chlnlsts and railroad men. A larR
number OF pictures illustrated the Ash
tabGla bridge accident, going to sho'
that the bridge was actually beate
J down by the Irregular driving wheel
of the locomotives. Col. Lockwood
took issue with the construction G
driving wheels and said they were nc
made according to the correct prime
pies of mechanics.
Interspersed wtthFthe lecture WEI
several recitationsss-and songs SUM
The delivery of the lecture occupie
about two hours and twenty minutes
. Never was an audience more deeply il
, terested. About 0.15 O'Clock the Ell
tire company proceeded to the Hot
Willis, where plates were laid and
grand banquet spread for $50 guest
The banquet was enjoyed In con
iparative silence, owing to 1t being SUI
day evening. At the close, when cii
airs were served, three short improml
tn addresses were made by L. l.. We
con of Portsmouth, Va, W. p. Morgan
chairman of the reception COMMITTEE
and Colonel W. Il, Lockwood.
The following were amongst th
visitors from distances:
Peyton Tunstall, James Walker. NJ
and Mrs. James L. Bowen. William
| MHAJOn. 1IluTl0S 1t. NeltOn, James
Welton, Miss Name Welton, J. ]. Ley
ton, ]. J. Human, ]. NJ. Rlttenhous
. j. N. Cook, w. l.. Stambaek and W.
Brown, OF Portsmouth. Va; II.
Whitehorn, j, Merser, @. l. L
lington, of Norfolk, Va; NJ
md Mrs. j. S. Atkisson, of Suffoll
Va.,;C. W. Bowen, AZa p. Trader Jot
W. Carroll, Mr.. and Mrs. $. A. Brow
Cape Charles, Va; Nelson Keeter, Berl
10y, Va, W. q. Roberts, Baltimo ore, Nc
W. G. White. Cumberland, Md; NJ
and Mrs. Charles Harris, Parsons, VI
W. $, Fortiner and Master Albert Fo
timer, Camden, N. j.; W. Il. Lockwood
Glen Lock, Pa; Mr.. and Mrs. Georl
- NJ. Barr and Mr.. ana Mis-. John
II Clark, Delmar.
il The Virginia guests loft this city 4
:. their homes over tho Delaware ia
road at midnight last night
IS Wedding at YorkIyn,
2 Professor Phillips of Worceste
y Mass, and Name, daughter OF Isra
Duthum nf NOrkIpn lfnlistiana hi,