The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-21
"CUSSING , IS PASSE
AS a Qualification for Successful
- Railroading, It Is No
J. Longer Effective.
This Point Made in an Address Be-
fore Railway Bridge and
! Building Sup'ts.= "

Representatives of the construction de-
partments rofh most oft the big railway
systems Of the United States were present
when the National Association of Railway
Superintendent of Bridges and Buildings
was called to order at the West hotel
this morning. = 49,
Mayor D. P. Jones, welcomed the dele
gates: and their ladies in behalf of the
city. He spoke of the, important part
which railways play in3the commercial de-
velopment Of the world to-day, remind
ing them, that the Wond erful strides of
civilization in the United States had been
made possible largely through the agency
of railroads which bring the renotest
parts Of the country SIN close touch with
each other. The construction Of roads
had been made possible only by the solv-
ing Of great engineering problems by
members of that profession. Minneapolis,
by reason of it's position as eastern term
inal Of the two great northern systems of
transcontinental roads,, was peculiarly in
terested, in, railway development:
Wallace C. Nye,,. the Commercial
club convention comnaittee. told the Wis
itors of the entertainment in store for
them ,.-
j. H. Cummings, Of the Long Island
| road, Long Island, City, l.. l., responded
for the association. He spoke of the re-
fining influences that surround railroad
men as compared with the rough and
ready life which they led not many years
ago. Instead Of making saloons their
headquarters now, train crews go mostly
to railroad reading rooms and branches
of the Y. M. C. A. It was no longer the
man who could "swear the longest and
loudest," that was considered the best
railroader.
The business Of the mornings session
consisted Of the reading of reports and
the appointment of committees. w. A.
! McGonagle, Of Duluth, Mimi, read an in
teresting paper on Auxiliary Coaling
Stations; Best Designs, Capacity and
| Method Of Handling"
The new members admitted are: Gilbert
c. Macy, assistant engineer, Great West
ern road; r. V. Stanley of the North
Western road; e. P. Ashby, Lehigh Val
| ley; A.. O. Cunningham, Wabash, ST..
| Louis; w. c. Wagtener, Illinois Central;
G. c. Pigford Mobile & Bay Shore, Coden,
Ala; Louis wager, Northern Pacific, Min
| neapolis; F. Ingalls,, Jamestown, N. D.,
Northern Pacific; John Schwartz, "Oma-
ha,' Emerson; Neb.; A. Amos, $780,
Minneapolis; George A. Mitchell, Grand
| Trunk, Durand, Mich; A. F. Miller, Penn
sylvania line, Chicago; D. c. Zook, Penn
sylvania ,line,, Fort Wayne, Ind; G. W.
Solos, Pittsburg & Lake. Erie; L. P.
Destlite, Great Western, Des Moines,
Iowa; T. o. Walker Nashville, Chatta-
| nooga & St. Louis, Paducah, KY
Following is a list Of the delegates: w.
e. Alexander, Bangor & Aroostook, Houl-
ton, Me-; Cyrus P. Austin, B. & M, Bos-
ton; John P. CAVITY, B. & M, Medford,
Mass; H. D. cleveland, Pittsburg, Bes-
semeRa&s Lake Erie. Greenville, Pa; James
H. Cumnin, Long Island railway Long
Island, L. l.; w. s. Danes Wabash, Peru,
Ind; H. w. Fletcher, Allegheny, Pa: A,
f.. k1llam, Intercolontal railway, None
ton, N. B.; c.. M. Large, Erie & Pitts
burg, Jamestown, Pa; Thomas S. Leake,
Illinois Central, Chicago; j. 8. Leonard
Southern railway, Atlanta, Ca; G.. A.
Lichty, North Western, Boone, Iowa; J.
W. Lovett, Southern: Atlanta, Ca; G. F.
Loweth, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
lChicago; Aaron 8. Markley, Chicago &
Eastern, Danville, ILL.,; w. A. McGon-
agles Duluth & Iron Range, Duluth, Mimi.
Arthur Montztheimer, North Western
milwaukee,; w: M; Noon. Duluth, South
Shore & Atlantic, Marquette, Mich; Sam
uel F. Patterson, Boston & Maine, Con
cord, N. H.. B. F. Pickering, Boston B
Name Sahbornville,e NJ H. George F.
Powers, c., L. s. &, E., Joliet, Ill; R
:: H.: Reid, l.. s. & M. s., Cleveland; H
Rtttengheuse, Northwestern, Kaukauna
Wis; M: Riner, North Western. Bara.
boo, Wis.,; F. E. schall, Lehigh, South
Bethlehem, Pa; j. B.. Sheldon New York
New Haven & Hartford, Providence, r. I.
G. w. Smith,, American Bridge company
Chicago; James Stannard, Wabash, Mo.
berry, No.. Joseph M. Staten, Chesapeake
& Ohio, Richm ond, Va; H. o. Thorne
J Burlington & Quincy, Beardstown, Ill
w. Thompson, Pittsburg, Fort Wayne &
Chicago railway, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Tomorrow the visitors will enjoy !;
4 trolley ride to nearby points Of interes
4 and the -four mills In the evening the,
will form a theater party at the Metro
politan. The big government dam, nov
! in course of construction, between thu
two: cities, will be closely inspected
Thursday evening the delegates will g
to Duluth, from whence they will visit tn
iron range country Friday and Saturday.
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