The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-31
STATIONARY !
ENGINEERS \ |:
National Association Begins a
Four Days convention il
This City Tuesday.
!, sPLEN N DID b BOD 7 o MEN 4
They Come From Every Section.
of the Land echan-
ica1 Exhibit. #s

$ The National Association OF stationary
Engineers viii meet for the second time
sgouth ofi Masor, and Dlxonrs line at the
sBijou Theatre, IN this city. Tor four days
beginning Tuesday. The delegations from
the va rious parts OF the country will a RI
rive IN Richmond on NJ Monday next n by
special 4 trains the largest OF which VIII
come from and will be addsa ~
Shy delegat Il ions Wh ich VII assemble N
& Cincinnati \ to await the arr Wal 4 Of the
SChithgo special, which arrives at Cinctn-
natl to might at g. O'Clock. The combined
delegations Win arrive over he Chesa-.
speake and Ohio Railroad at 80 F. M.
tomorrow. This delegation VIII " De pre- Pre-
sceded, however, by the Empire Stat Dony.
which viii arrive tomorrow mo rning, fol
lowed by the New Eng land 8 d tion.S
which Will reacll here to :o5 1A.5 M Dei..
eeations and members outside of special
train service will arTiye AZ before sundoWn 'o1E
Tomorrow. y 81 s5s w -
The convention in this city will be rep
3resentatiyei OF an orgariz ization that con-
yened for the first time In N New = YorkE city.
a nd has since its inception. advocated the
elevation Of the stationary enc gineert
through the medium of educa tion This
elevation has not been soIg mt through
passive channels. but ra ther by wa y of4 a
3con,ple etc system OF tematics education
varied from year TO year as the e.igenTi
gcfe.s tof the situation might demand
Conventions have been held In the fol-
lowing cities: New York, .C Chicag' D en- -
cinnati. St Louis. Boston, NJ lUauke ls' ee. De
troit, baltimore, Omaha "A tlanta, Cleve-s
land ST. paul. Buffalo. Columbus. Pitts
burg. Evansville. OF these ties y CIV
York IA ltimore Boston,, Milwaukee and
Chicago have lad It tWt Ice. ,s5ig
Call for Good Men.
s About the time esoft the formation Of the
National Asso iation of tionary EnEi-
sneers. the Initiative movement OF when
/ ca me from Providence, r. =. IL became
easily discernible to the leading sta ton
. ~ engineers of the country that recent
Enforcement and Innovation along the
siine r,ff development of electric Mt. COM
nressed mir and general power g Y utliilles
Sden,a ndeds III class of men OF a callDre
sufficient to meet the needs OF , ne liI!les,
as demonstrated blythe Inventor = ana COM
Smercal promoter the latter. o. W.lien my
ination OF his protege's fondest d ga ms.
That the convention's work has been
thoroughly carried out. with an eye 70
detail. a Is hest proven When lt ma " pc Pc
!truthfully said that the very tloWeri o. E
tho 3onerating force Of steam engineering
may be found in the delegates y no VIII
.congregatel at this tlme. IN q
I,rhe membership Of this body embraces
men whose earning capacity varies as from Or
SIS 600 q year to str1lggles " nose mo
income Is. $40 a week. ,,
The N. a, s. z. has Installed into 4 the he
minds OF It's members, one cardinal prln'
chile. being the insistence OF knowing as
much as possible about steam engineer.
ing and its allied branches, both from
theoretical. as well ms practical stand
points; the blending Of both combining
to make tho ideal engineer III 4.
Connected with the convention, and
located in the drill hall Of the Richmond
Arrnory. will be "a n .ex Of tsmechan n!ca!
r mia nces and supplies to the number