The evening times., 1899-05-09
ENGINEERS TO Be
WARMLY WELCOMED
Opening Reception at the Cor
coran Art Gallery.
Six Hundred Members Of the Society
in Town.
Colonel bingham to Explain the Me.
chanics of the Washington
Monument.

About 600 members of the American So
ciety Of Mechanical Engineers, from all
sections of the United States, have assem-
bled in Washington to Intend the thirty
ninth meeting of the association, which
will begin tonight with a reception at the
new Corcoran Gallery of Art, and last
until Friday afternoon. There was no
programme arranged for the entertainment
of the visitors today by the local reception
committee, and the time was devoted by
small groups of members to the inspection
of the various public buildings.
AS early as Monday the engineers, al
most invariably accompanied by their
wives, sons, and daughters began to ar
rive in the city. AS is the custom among
the members of the society. those who live
in adjacent cities, make the trip to WASH
ington in a body. Yesterday about eighty
engineers reached the Capital over the
Pennsylvania Railroad from New York, by
the Congressional limited.
The headquarters OF the society is 10
Gated at the Arlington Hotel, where the
regular meetings will be held. Conse-
Quently, the greater number OF the VS.
itors are guests at that hostelry. The del
cSdteS VINO arrived tuIS mOTuiuS dic D. W.
Paul, of Kittainny, Pa; p. kirkevaag,
Youngstone, Ohio; Chester B. Allree. Alle-
gheny, Pa; William Gleason, Rochester,
N. Y; W. D. Hoxie, New York; Ward 5.
Jacobs, Hartford, Conn: William II. los
ter, New York; F. R. Low, New YORK;
George w. Jones, New York; Hosea Web
ster. New York: Charles o. Heggen, Mas
sillon, Ohio; Ambrose Swasey, Cleveland;
o. S. McClelland, Pittsburg; Charles A
Baner. Springfield, Ohio; H. S. B. Lane.
Cincinnati. and J. B. Stanwood, st. Louis.
The society meets twice year-fn the
autumn at New York and during the spring
in different cities. The organization is
composed of professional men interested in
art and sciences connected with engineer
ing, mechanical construction, and design.
They, therefore. select the place of the an
nual meeting in accord with its probable
points of interest. At the present time,
when thoughts Of engineers are turned to
the mechanism of war, Washington affords
the best opportunity for study, owing to
the amount of work being done in this
line, and the practical demonstrations at
the big gun shops in the Washington navy
yard.
The opening session this evening will be
held at the Corcoran Gallery Of Art. at
the corner Of Seventeenth Street and New
York Avenue. 1t is not often that this
beautiful building is thrown open for the
reception OF body OF visitors, but,
through the courtesy of the Board OF
Trustees, the vast halls have been placed
at the disposal of the society.
Frank B. King, the well-known naval
architect, assisted by A. H. Raynal and
W. E. Schosnborn, have the reception di-
rectly in ai.rge. The visiting members
will be received by Rear Admiral Melville,
of the United States Navy, and Mrs.
George Westinghouse. at the top Of the
first stairway, leading to the upper gal
cries. The full Marine Band will be In at
tendance from $50 until the reception
ends, about midnight.
Following the general handshaking and
the renewal Of old acquaintance. Col. Theo-
dore A. Bingham, OF the United States En-
gineer Corps, military aide to President
Mckinley, and Superintendent Of Public
Buildings and Grounds for the District of
Columbia, will welcome the members to
the Capital. Colonel Bingham will also
describe to the engineers the mechanical
work of the Washington MONUMENT, tell
ing of its electric light. ventilating and
elevator machinery. There has been no
arrangement for seating the guests during
his speech, and Colonel Bingham will talk
from the stairway. 1t was not thought ad-
visable in consequence of the thousand of
visitors to place chairs in the halls, as the
space would be too limited, and they would
interfere with the inspection of the sta
tuary and paintings, which will follow the
receptiOn.