The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-01-12
THE IRON ROQFERS
Association Meeting Here a Very
Successful One.
THE BANQUET At THE NLURE
fast Night Was Brilllsnt and Enjoy,
able Afair--The business Meeting In
the Afternoon, oHlcOrs for tho Pres,
ent Year Elected--The Delegates
WIN Visit tho Iron Industries To-
day

The seventh annual meeting Of the
National Iron Roofing Association con-
vened in the Mcclure Hopse parlors
yesterday afternoon. This meeting is
one Of the most successful in the history
OF the association, an unusually large
number Of delegates being present from
all parts Of the country Even snow
bound Minneapolis is represented at
the meeting,
The delegates in attendance number
twenty.one, and the iron roofing firms
represented fourteen, The delegates
arc E. O. Langenbaeh, Of the Berger
Manufacturing Company, CsptoRiJ, N.
Eller, OF 5, n. Eller & Co., Canton 7.
O, Snyder and Harry Ball, Of the Can
ton Steel Roofing Company, Cantoni
B. +. Powers, f. o. Powers and 6. +.
Needham, OF the Garry Iron and Steel
Roofing Company, ClcYolandi James
Hicks and ]. G. Battelle, OF the Oincin-
natl Corrugating Company, piqua, o.;
X, ]. Hyndmau, Of the W. g, Hynd.
man Company, Cincinnati; Q. N. Com
ner, OF Charles N. Conner, Ioulsyille;
Charles Aidrich, OF the American Roof
ing Company, ST. Louis; +. i. Codding,
OF E. L. Souther & Co.,, st. Louis; NJ, II,
Crittenden, of NJ. II. Crittenden & Son,
Minneapolis; E. @. Ewing and Alex,
Glass, of the Wheeling Corrugating
Company, Wheeling; w. A. List, OF w.
A. List & Co., Wheeling; W. i. Graham
and ]. j. Holloway, Of the Standard
Iron Company, Wheeling.
The business session OF the meeting
took place yesterday afternoon in the
Mcclure parlors, Considerable routine
business was transacted, much not OF
interest to the general public. The ex.
ecutive, guage and freight committees
made their reports, as we'll Us the off.
GERS OF the association. The session
was taken up largely with discussion Of
matters Of interest in the iron roofing
business.
were;
Vile.
Vice President, James Hicks, of Pi5
qua, Ohio.
Secretary and Treasurer, R. ], Hynd-
man, OF Cincinnati.
II was decided to hold the next semi
annual meeting at PiQua next July, and
the annual meeting AZ ST. Louis. in jan
uary, 1894.
This session concluded the business
part of the present meeting, and during
the remainder OF their stay the visiting
delegates will be entertained by the
local members. imdv ~.
Last night banquet was rendered
the visitors by the several local iron
concerns at the Mcclure house.l
To-day will be occupied with visiting
the rolling mills and other points OF
interest in the city. A special train
will be run over the Terminal road for
this purpose.
THE BANQUET. fsr
The banquet rendered the visiting
delegates to the meeting, at the Mcclure
House was a brilliant and enjoyable &C.
casion.
The menu was as follows:
Little Mock CLANS.
Celery, Pickles Olives,
Consomme Royal.
Solera Admirable Sherry.
Turkey, Stuffed with Chestnuts Gram
berry Sauce ~
baked swcetbreads In Cream Gravy.
French Peas
Benedlctine Punch.
MRllard Duck, with Jelly.
Asparagus on Toast.
Chicken salad ssiied wnl ESe''0' Salad
Metropolitan Cream.
Chateau LarOsO Caret
ROc SSfsIas Gn SssP'' BrI6 S Cheese.
Coffee Cigars.
Speeches were made by several gen.
tlemen. Hon. n. Z. Whitaker vel
coined the visitors on behalf OF Wheel
ing and the local iron men, and said
that the presence OF the delegates hero
had been enjoyed by the people
and hoped the visitors would have as
kindly remembrance Of Wheeling
and her people.
Mr.. Charles Addrlch of st. Louis re-
sponded on behalf OF the visitors in o
neat speech which was enthusiastically
received. lie said the business inter-
ests were at the dawn OF q new era in
business life in which bear ye one
another's burdens" would DO observed.
Concluding he said the delegates would
bear AWAY with them grateful ren1nm.
berence Of their visit TO Wheeling.
Mr.. ]. G. Battelle, Of Piqua, the retir.
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