Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-12
REMARKS ON THEREOF.
JOLLY IRON MANUFACTURERS GATHER
AROUND TIE BOARD AT THE MLURB.
The Seventh Annual Meeting Of the National Iron
and Roofing AssociadOn-The New officers
Elec!ed-The Banquet and Some Of
the Post PrandialS.

strange as 1t may seem, were being
made on the roof. 1t was pretty
risky night to be out on the roof, to be
sure, aud it mi yht be we'll TO state RICH.
here that il was rot the persons, but
the subjects, that were on The Roof.
Even the snOw-aakes tumbled. The
subject OF "iron roofing" was being ais
cussed amid a gathering OF congenlaI
souls gathered around the feStal board
at this popular hosiery.
IL was the occasion Of the seventh
annual meeting Of the National Iron
aud Roofing Association, aud the meet
ing was held ia this city at the invita-
ton Of the Etna Iron and Steel Com
pany, Whitaker Iron Company, Wheel
Ing Iron and Steel Company, Standard
Iron Company. w. A. List & Co. and
the Wheeling Corrugating Company.
The committee In charge Of the affair
consisted of MeSsrs. w. A. List, Il. G.
Ewing and James o. Holloway. The
meeting was called to order with Presi-
dent j. G.. Battelle In the chair. The
roll call showed the following mem
bers present, representing fourteen
firms, and twO-thirds OF the entire rep
reSCntatiOn:-
Berger Manufacturing Co., Canton,O.
Z. c. Langenbach.
Canton Steel Roofing Co., Canton, o.,
7. {. Snyder aud Harry Ball.
J. II. Eller, Canton, o., j. ii. Eller.
Cambridge Roofing Co., Cambridge, o.,
S. w. Nicholson and &. w. Cowgirl.
Cincinnati Corrugating Co., PIQua,O.,
Jas Hicks and j. u. Battelie.
w. G. Hyndman 81 Co., Cincinnati, o.,
r. j. Hyudman.
NJ. Ii. Crittenden & Son, Minneapolis,
Mimi, NJ. Il. Crittenden.
ChaS. Ii. Conner, Louisville, KY, e.
II. Conner.
Mo. I. R. & Corr. Co., St, Louis, Mo-,
Chas. Aldrich.
L. Z. Sousher & Bro, ST. Louis, Mo-,
T. +. Codding.
Garry I. r. & Corr. Co., Cleveland, o.,
G. Z. Needham, b. f. Powers and e. G.
Powers.
W. A. List & Co., Wheeling, w. A.
List.
Wheeling Corrugating Co., Wheeling,
Z. C. Ewing and Alex. Glass.
Standard Iron Co., Bridgeport, o., w.
T. Graham and j. J. Holloway.
Letters of regret were read from Jas.
A. Miller & Bro, Of Chicago, Porter
Iron Roofing Co., OF Cincinnati, and the
Heberling Roofing Co., of Havana, Ill
The morning session was taken up IN
the presentation of the various commit
tee reports. Mr.. c. H. Conner, of CO.
lumbus, chairman of the executive COM
mittee, made an excellent report; also
Chairman Chas. Aldrich, Of st. Louis,
Of the freight committee. L. Z. Sny-
der, chairman OF the committee on
gauges for sheet iron, showed that good
work had been done by his committee.
This is a very important committee In
the association this year, as they have
for the past year been in conference
with committees from the Amalgamated
Iron ana Steel and the Sheet Steel AS
sociat1ons, and the three committees
will to-day meet with committee Of
Congress at Washington, d. c., to es-
tablsh a system Of standard gauges Tor
sheet iron and sheet steel.
The afternoon session was taken up
IN Il u ll ulSGuSGlOu VI tAO AAANbhcNAo ~
doing business and the question Of
prices of goods. The following officers
were erected for the ensuing year:
President-C. Ii. Conner.
Vice President-JameS Hicks.
Secretary and Treasurer-R. j. Hynd-
man.
The meeting was marked by large
attendance and manifestation Of much
interest. Great credit is due the local
committee for the admirable manner in
which they conducted all the arrange
mentS. The next semi-annual meeting
will be held in PiQua, Ohio, next July,
and the annual meeting in st. Louis,
Mo-, next January.
At 10 o'clock last evening the mem
bers of the Association, together. with a
number of invited friends, gathered
around the festal board in a sumptuous
and well arranged banquet. The tables
were arranged in the form OF cross,
and were beautifully bedecked with
vines, leaves and cut flowers. The fol-
lowing menu was discussed
MENU.