St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-12
AFTER A sTUDIoUs MEETING,
KALISPELL AN
Mark the Extremes of Res|Sence of
the Cosmopolitan Initiates of
Last Night.

A number OF the older members Of
the Northwest Railway club recall with
little effort how. a few years ago. the
in a small stuffy room in the union
depot, with perhaps a dozen men pres
ent, representing the mechanical de-
partments Of some Of the local rail-
roads. 1t was to these few older MEM
bers that the regular monthly meeting
at the Ryan last night appealed most
strongly as completing a contrast be-
tween the past and the present.
Nearly hundred brainy men, skilled
in their various branches, met together
to hear and discuss papers and brief
talks on matters concerning the con-
struction and operation of the railroad.
With them everything was for adj
vancement and progress resultant from
an interchange of ideas on pertinent
topics. Master Mechanic G. D. Brooke,
Of the st. Paul &, Duluth, presided,
while T. A. Foque, assistant mechan-
ical superintendent Of the 500 line,
acted as secretary. Not a few guests
were present, including ]. N. Barr. SUI
perintendent of motive power Of the
81. raul lOdQ, lIOHl NliiW duhSC, dilO q
member of the Western Railway club,
of Chicago, and in the assemblage were
several members from out Of the city,
one especially. George E. Molleson. of
the Tyler Tube and Pipe company,
having come all the way from New
York to attend. Others were William
Mcintosh, Of the Northwestern at WI
mona; S. L. Bean, Of the Northern Pa
cific at Brainerd, and George Bigelow
and George Royal Jr., Of Chicago.
Mr.. Barr, of Milwaukee, was intro
duced and furnished most interest
ing talk, the substance Of which was to
the effect that much good would result
from the closer union Of the transporta-
ton and mechanical departments. Get
the superintendent in the Railway
club" he said, exchange ideas with
them, and as result we will be able
to spend money cutting down grades
instead Of increasing the hauling ca
pacity of engines at an expense which
is always with u.s." He urged the
club to even more vigorous work IN the
direction of improving its members and
issued a pressing invitation to them to
allow the Western club to extend to
them its Inequalities. After certain
amount Of routine business had been
disposed Of including the election OF
nine new members, the club discussed
a paper read at the December meeting
by Mechanical Engineer H. H. Vaughn,
of the Great Northern, on the Hauling
Capacity of Locomotives"
Mr.. Vaughn opened the discussion,
which was entered by E. A. Williams,
mechanical superintendent of the 500;
William Mcintosh, master mechanic Of
the Chicago Great Western; ]. j. Ellis.
master mechanic of the Omaha; J. O..
Pattee, superintendent of motive power
of the Great Northern; Tracy Lyon,
master mechanic Of the Chicago Great
Western, ard others.
The paper was exhaustively dis
cussed, and in substance pointed out
how railroads today figured not how
many loads or cars could be given
to an engine of known capacity, but
estimated the weight Of the train. The
other papers were listened to intently
by the railroad men and will be open
for discussion at a subsequent gather
ing. They were read by F. B. Farmer.
of the Westinghouse Air Brake COM
pany, whose subject was 1.-The Superin-
tendent of the Air Brake" and by 8.
F. Forbes, general storekeeper of the
Great Northern, who dilated on 'The
Economy Of Uniformity in Railway
Methods and Equipment"
The Northwest Railway club, with
the nine new members added to the
roster last night, now boasts a member
ship of over 200 members, and is stead
lily becoming more and more factor
in railroad matters in the Northwest.
The new men elected last night are as
follows: w. c. Smith, civil engineer,
Brainerd & Northern Minnesota rail-
road Brainerd; Ellis Woolman, railway
supplies, Minneapolis; P. K. Sullivan,
travelling engineer and air brake in
spector, Omaha road, st. Paul; ]. r.
Van Cleve, master mechanic, Great
Northern, Kalispell; H. W. Edwards.
engineer maintenance of way, Great
Northern, Spokane; G. c. Ford division
Superintendent, Chicago Great Western,
Oelwein, To-; Sylvester Hogan, Cleve-
land City Forge and Iron company,
Cleveland; George L. Weiss, general
manager Butler Draw Bar Attach
ment company, Cleveland; A. ]. Sche-
vers, of the McConway-Farley company,
and L. c. Noble, of the French Spring
oounanv both Of PjttSburV