The times., 1899-05-11
ENGINEERS ENTERTAINED.
The First Days Business Inter.
spersed With Pleasure.


The first formal session of the thirty
ninth annual convention of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers was called
to order at 10:30 O'Clock yesterday morning
in the banquet hall of the Arlington Hotel,
and the members and their friends were
kept busy throughout the day and evening
in carrying out an elaborately arranged
programme of business. and sightseeing.
! Additional members continued to arrive
throughout the day, and at a late hour
last night the total number of visitors was
given as considerably over 500, and it is
expected that at least 800 more will arrive
before the session closes on Friday.
The first business taken up by the So
ciety at its morning session was the sub
mission of the report OF the finance COM
mittee by Secretary Hutton. The receipts
since the last statement have been
S24, 4,526.1S, all of which except s3.4l4.97
has been disbursed to meet the regular
expenses OF the society.
A proposition was submitted to the So
ciety from Mayer Tafel, of Cincinnati, re-
questing on behalf of the League OF Com
mercial Bodies of that city that the next
meeting be held there The invitation was
referred to the board of managers. A
report from the committee in charge Of
preparing a code for the testing of steam
boilers presented few amendments to
the code adopted in 1855. The purpose Of
the revision was to embrace improved ap-
paratus in testing methods.
lengthy report. of the meetings OF the
junior committee OF the society for the
season of 1899 was submitted by F. L.
rockingham. Technical papers relating
TO mechanical research were presented by
j. B. Stanwood, r. S. Hale, +. l.. Emory,
and Gus c. Henning.
At z o'clock in Ihp afternoon tho Eyep-
utive Mansion was visited and the party
was shown through the building by Co onel
! Bingham, who presented the regrets OF
| President Mckinley at not being able TO
I meet the society. group picture was
taken from the south front OF the State,
War. and Navy Building, the members OF
| the society being arranged on the steps.
! The remainder of the afternoon was spent
in individual sightseeing. and at 8 o'c'ocl
in the evening another session was held
! at the Arlington, at which professional
| papers were presented as follows:
| F. L. Emory on The Relation Between Ini
! tial Tension and Power Transmitted by a Belt"
c. l.. Newcomb on Experiments on variOu
! Types OF Fire Hydrants.'
g. W. Bssell, on Experiences with Deep Vel
| Pumping Rods
A. f Magic, on Pipe Flanges and thei
Bolts
George T. Henderson, on Manufacture of Ca
! Wheels"
Each paper received more or less dis
cussion, after which many of the members
went TO the Washington Monument. which
was illuminated for the occasion, and
( viewed the city by night. Col. Bingham
| was the pilot of the party on this expe-
! dition also. and explained the interesting
features of the monument and points OF
| interest in the city.
The programme for today includes a
business and professional session in the
morning, a trip to the Navy Yard in the
afternoon, and a reception in the even
ing rendered TO the society by Mrs. George
Westinghouse at her residence. 1900 Twen-
I tieth Street northwest. The session viii
close on Friday.