The times., 1899-05-09
ENGINEERS OF MANY
CITIES GATHER HERE
Semi-Annual Meeting of the
American Society.
An Interesting Programme of En-
tertainment Arranged.
Excursions Planned to Many Points
of Interest-The First Session
This Evening.


| semi meeting of the American So
ciety of Mechanical Engineers will be held
this evening in the new Corcoran Gallery
of Art at $50 o'clock. An informal re-
ception will be rendered the visiting lnen-
bers of the society by the local committee
Col. T. A. Bingham, of the United States
Engineer Corps, Superintendent of Pubiic
Buildings and Grounds in the District of
Columbia, will formally welcome the Wis
itors and discuss the construction of the
Washington monument. His speech Will
be followed by general discussion OF the
topic, which will be participated in by
the different engineers. This will COM
plete the programme for the evening
The subsequent meetings will be held in
the Arlington Hotel assembly room, which
is also the headquarters Tor the conyen-
ton.
The American Society of Mechanical En-
| gineers is composed of about 1900 men-
/ bers, 600 of whom are now in Washington.
! The society has for the past fifteen years
! held semi-annual meetings. The autumn
session is held in New York and the spring
meeting at various cities Rear Admiral
| George W. Melville, President of the So
| ciety, is also chairman of the local COM
1 mittee. and il is through his efforts that
| Washington was selected as this years
| meeting place. The interest which has
/ been centered in the Capital through the
war and the many mechanical features of
| the Washington navy yard, which at the
present time are Of especial interest to
| the engineers, greatly Influenced the se!ec-
! ton. The local members, who, beside the
( president. are Charles E. Foster William
Hardness, Herman Hollerith, Arthur E.
9 fr,hs F,lt A-i,
field Mcfarland, George l.. Morton, Harold
p. Norton. Charles e. Rommell, George r.
Simpson, William Baily Upton. Anthony
! Victorin. and William Wallace. have
! pledged themselves TO give a fitting re-
ception to tile visiting members. The
/ Arlington Hotel now entertains about three
/ hundred engineers, the greater number of
whom arrived in Washington yesterday.
The members have a practice OF forming
] parties from adjacent cities and travelling
! TO the place of convention in body. This
| has been found to make the trips more
\ enjoyable.
The Congressional Limited which ar
rived at the Pennsylvania station last
night at S:35 O'Clock from New York
| brought about seventy-fve members and
/ their wives and daughters from points in
/ the New England States. The party was
| met at the station by the local committee.
which had prepared an appropriate recep-
l tion. The visitors travelled in three parlor
cars and one observation coach, which
were attached to the regular train. Din
ner was served en- route, but many MEM
bers of the society could not be accommo-
dated in the dining car and arrived in
1 Washington hungry. A dinner was served
| at the hotel for these unfortunates. The
entire party was driven direct to the Ar
| lngton in special coaches provided by the
committee. Among those who are quar-
\ tered at the hotel are Prof. F. r. Hutton,
! Secretary Of the society and professor of
mechanical engineering, Columbia Uni
versity, New York city; Mrs. Hutton; Mr..
William H. Wiley, Treasurer Of the So
ciety; Ira H. Woolson and wife, New York
| city; Jesse NJ. Smith and wife. New York
city; Charles Wiley. New York city;
| Charles Wallace Hunt and wife. New York
| city; James Hartness. Springfield, Vt;
| William E. Quimby. New York city; Gus
C. Henning and wife: New York city;
Charles II. Morgan and wife, Worcester,
Mass; Francis w. Hoadiey and wife, AS
sistant Secretary, A. S. N. E., New York
city; Charles r. Pratt and wife, Bloomfield,
n. j.; f. 7. Ellithorpe, New York city. F.
| A. Scheffier and wife, Bloomfield, n. j.;
| Henry C. Meyer .ir., New York city; Fran
els II. Richards and wife, New York City;
George NJ Bond. Hartford. Conn; Fred
erick Macintosh, Schenectady, n. Y;
/ ward Lent, New York City; W. e. Firth,
Philadelphia, Pa; W. S. Rogers. Boston,
Mass; George II. Smith, wife and daugh-
ter, Providence, r. l.; F. H. Laforge and
wife. Waterbury, Conn; Charles II. Nicoll
Newark, n. j.; Frank Mossberg, Pau
tucket, r. l.; Louis Cassier and wife, ed
itor "Cassier's Magazine" New York City
and London; William R. Roney. New York
City; r. w. Boenig. Laurel Hill. L. l.;
". f. Barnes and wife. Rockford, III; E.
II. Parks, Providence. r. l.; George Rich
mond and wife. New York City; Paul II.
Grimm, Glenn Cove. n. Y; S. NJ. Pitman,
Providence. r. l.; Fred A. Waldron. STAN
ford, Conn: James Mcbride and wife,
Brooklyn, n. Y; Thomas r. Almond and
wife, Brooklyn, n. Y; F. H. Stillman and
wife. New York City; Mr.. and Mrs. Spiers.
Mr.. H. B. Johnson, and Horace Waltham.
The board of officers forming the council
for the society is composed of the follow
ing:
President, George W. Melville; vice presidents.
Charles NJ. Jarvis, John @. Kafcr, Walter S.
Russell, +. ID. Meier, George r. Stetson, and
u. H. Warren: managers, II. s. HaiHes, Gus. c..
Herning, A. Wells Robinson, George Richmond.
James b. Stanwood. Henry II. Suplee, Edgar @.
FELTON,, A. NJ. Goodale, and r.. Ii. SOule past
presidents. r. II. Thurston, E. D. Leavitt. John
f.. Sweet, Coleman Sellers, Horace See, Henry II.
TOwne 0berlin Smith, Robert w. Hunt, Charles
H. Loring, Charles T. Billings. John Fritz, Wor-
i .
treasurer, William II. Wiley; secretary, +. II.
Hutton.
This morning the visitors will devote
their time to sight seeing. Arrangements
have been made by the local committee
whereby special facilities will be afforded
them in visiting the public departments,
museums, private art gallerys, and other
points of interest in the city. The priv
ilege of the Army and Navy and the Cos
mos Club houses have been extended 10
the engineers during their visit.
Wednesday morning at the Arlington
: Hotel, beginning at 1890 O'Clock. the fol-
lowing professional papers will be taken
up: Standards for Direct-Connected Gen
Grating Sets" Boiler and Furnace Eli
ciencies;" TEST of a Steam Separator, b"
. and Investigations of Boiler Explosions -
II was the intention of President McKin-
ley to tender the visitors a reception ut the
White House Wednesday afternoon, had
he been in the city.
: Wednesday evening the following topics
, will be discussed: Relation Between In
itial Tension and Power Transmitted by q
Belt" Experiments on Various Types OF
Fire Hydrants;" Experiences With Deep
Well Pumping Rods Pipe Flanges and
,, Their Bolts,'' and the Manufacture of CaI
Wheels
| Thursday morning papers will be reai
as follows: Equipment of Tall ofIict
Buildings in New York City, The Cen.
/ trail Heating Plant of the University o
, Wisconsin, THE Power Plant OF a Uni
versity.'' The Plunger Elevator"
Thursday afternoon at 2:30 O'Clock tn
members will assemble at the Washington
| Navy Yard to visit the gun shops, tria
| tank for ship models and the ordnanc,