The Washington times., 1904-06-01
American and Canadian
Officials in Conference
Over Arrangements.
MEETS HERE MAY NEXT
Stuyvesant Fish Presides
Over Toddy's Meeting.
Itinerary Discussed.

a score Of the leading railroad Off
Gals Of the United States and Canada
held long meeting at the New viii
lard today. considering plans for the
qu-nquennial session of the Interna-
tional Railway Congress in Washington
in May 1905.
The officials in attendance were the
twelve members Of the executive com
M ttee of the American section, four of
them holding the dual position of men,
Der OF committee aad chairman of the
local reception committee of the city
in which they live The remaining
eigh' delegates in attendance were the
committee chairmen in that number OK
other leading cities Of the country.
Presidents Friend Presides.
Stvyvesant Fish, president Of the ILL.,
HOis central Railroad, who was Presi
don't Roosevelts host on the famous.
but unsuccessful. bear hunt in the Mis-
s.sSippi canebrake in the fall of 1902.
presided over today's meeting He is
chairman of the executive committee OF
the American section, In consequence OF
which he IS taking a leading part in
the arrangement of plans for the great
meeting here next spring.
Mr.. Fish's prominence IN the railroad
world and the fact that he is chairman
Of the American Railway Association.
tie national organization of the trans.
portatiOn companies. readily attracted
tie iptercst of all the other great rail
WY system heads. and all are working
Il sether to make next years interna-
Ii nal meeting the greatest in the his
toiy of the international organization.
First Time in America
The incentive for organizing the rail-
way heads OF the world was TO secure q
permanent scientific association for the
purpose Of considering the best methods
Of constructing. operating, and main
tairing railroads, 10 secure the inter
change Of information obtained from the
Investigations entered upon by separate
companies and 70 learn the practice OF
all the railways of the world"
The, first session of what Is now tho
international association was held at
Brussels in 1876. to celebrate the fftieth
anniversary Of the opening Of the POL
gian railways. when a COMMITTEES was
named TO form a permanent orI-;iniza-
ton. The second meeting was in Milan
Italy. in 1887. when the Organization was
formally completed.
The Paris Exposition Of 1889 was made
the occasion of the third assembling
Of the railway men OF the world and in
1882 they met at St. Petersburg. IN 1895
at London and in 1900 at Paris. rhe
London attendance was 500 delegates.
Paris attracted 800. and the Washington
meeting I'm 1906 is expected to exceed the
last by as great an Increase
Many notable names in the world OF
finance and industry are included in the
-,
American section. The twelve members
are:
For Local Entertainments.
stuyvesant Fish. president Illinois
Central Railroad; George w Stevens.
president Chesapeake and Ohio: /. G.
Waldo. general manager Cincinnati
Hamilton and Dayton Railway; Theo-
dore y. Ely. chief OF motive power
Pennsylvania Railroad; G. l. Potter
third vice president Baltimore and Ohio;
. w. II. Baldwin. Jr, president Long ISL
and Railroad. r. H Wilbur, general
manager Lehigh Valley; L. +. Johnson
president Norfolk and Western Rail
way; w. G. Brown, third vice president
New York Central and Hudson River
Railroad; T.. T. d. Myers, president
Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac
Railroad. L. r. Loree. president Rock
| Island system: A. w Sullivan. assistant
second vice president Illinois Central
Railroad.
When the international delegates come
TO Washington next May a trip will be
taken TO Pittsburg, Chicago, St. Louis
and other industrial centers of the
United States. To arrange plans for
such local visits an entertainment com
mittce Of twelve has been named Four
OF these men are members OF the execu-
tive committee, while the other eight are
Theodore voorhees,, first vice president
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad:
Charles w. Goodyear. second vice pres,
ident Buffalo and SusQuehanna Rail
road. Charles NJ. Hays, second vice
president and general manager OF the
assistant 20 the president of the Penn
sylvania Railroad. Joseph Ramsey ir
president Wabash Railroad; Fairfax
Harmon. assistant treasurer Southern
Railway. w. II. Marshall, general man
ager Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
Railroad.
LucIus TuttIe, a member Of this com
mittee and president Of the Boston and
Maine Railroad, was prevented from ar
tending the meeting and was represent
ed by Frank Barr. third vice president
and general manager Of the same road.
Local Dates Fixed.
At this afternoons session. ways anS
means were discussed at length and
May was decided upon as the day for
registration of delegates. Ii was deter
mined 10 hold sessions daily until Nav
-, which was fixed as the date OF ad-
journment The itinerary Cf the tour
of America was talked over with view
to familiaTiZing the local reception chair
men with the purposes Of the visits 10
the various cities
Announcement was made that the ses
sion next May will be attended by dele
gates appointed by the United States
and all the other governments OF Tho
civilized world. nearly every one of
which has already indicated, through
some high official. its support of the
purposes Of the International Railway
Congress.