Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-25
NEW ASSOCIATION
TRANSPORTATION AND CAR AC-
COUNTING OFFICERS.
ORGANIZATION Formed and Got Down to
Real Observation-Disclosures Re
ceived by President

The President received the members OF
the new Association of Transportation ana
Car Accounting officers today at noon.
The delegates to the convention OF the as
ISOLATION now meeting here adjourned their
meeting at II 80 O'Clock in order that they
might be on time to pay their respects TO
the President promptly at noon. They as
sembled in the lobby of the Ebbitt House.
where the associa ton is meeting, and
marched in body to the White House.
After ~the reception by the President the
delegates were photographed on the steps
of the Treasury building and returned to
the Ebbitt where luncheon was served. AT
2:3O this afternoon they reassembled for the
final meeting of the convention.
The initial meeting of the association was
held yesterday afternoon, beginning az o
o'clock In the large parlor OF the EpDitt.
The meeting was the result Of the morning
meetings of the Railway transportation
Association and the international Assoc.a-
ton of Car Accountants and Car Service
Officers when resolutions were adopted
consolidating the two organizations.
Work Of Organization.
The meeting yesterday afternoon was de-
voted principally to the work of organiza-
ton. constitution was presented and
adopted, officers were elected, committees
selected and bylaws agreed to.
The officers selected are as folloWs'
President, T. F. Brennan. general car agent
of the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittspurs
railway; first vice president, H. L. hunter
of Minneapolis, superintendent OF car ser
vice of the 500 line; second vice president
D. E. Spangler of Roanoke, superintendent
of TRANSPORTATION of the Norfolk and west
ern; secretary, G. P. Conard of the OHclal
Railway Equipment Register, "a PARK
place, New York city; treasurer, r. M.
Luce of Chicago auditor of car mileage OF
the Chicago and Northwestern.
The following committees were CHOSEN:
Executive-The three executive officers OF
the association and M. B. Chase OF the Del
eware. Lackawanna and Western; @. w.
Taylor of the Chicago and Alton; THOMAS
L. Cole of the Lehigh Valley; A. D. Bet
hard of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas; J.
N. Scale superintendent of transportation
of the Southern railway and H. G. Sleight
of the Vandalia.
Per diem-Atchison, Topeka and Sante
Fe, Baltimore and Ohio, Cincinnati, Hamfl-
ton and Dayton, Erie, New York, Chicago
and st. Louis, and Pennsylvania.
Car service-Jersey Central, Hooking
Valley Illinois Central, International and
Great Northern, Missouri Pacific, and
Northern Pacific.
Office methods and accounting-Burling-
ton, st. Paul, Grand Trunk, Pennsylvania
Quebec Central, and st. Louis and San
Francisco.
Business Today
The actual business of the meeting was
begun with the meeting this morning. All
of the committee reports from the two
extinct associations were referred to the
new organization for action. The reports
were received and were referred with q
single exception to the proper committees
of the new association.
The single exception noted in the COM
mittee reports was the cause Of consider
able discussion and was not settled until
this afternoon. This was contained in
the report of the committee on discussion
of the International Association of Car
Accountants and car service officers. This
committee was formed for the purpose of
placing before the association subjects
for discussion which would be of interest
to each member of the organization, In
order that an expression of opinion from
each might be obtained. The matter
which created the discussion at the meet
ing this morning was question seven Of
the committees report, which asked what
means should be adopted to induce mem
bers OF the association to use the stand
ard blanks and recommendations sug-
gested by the American Railway Associa-
ton. This matter came up in the usual
form and was about to be referred to a
committee for report when Mr.. LINER of
the Hooking Valley railroad suggested
that the best way to settle the matter
would be to discuss 1t at once and settle
1t. No committee could express the per-
sonal opinions of the members of the as
ISOLATION, and 1T was desired that this
matter be settled at once The discussion
brought out the fact that the use of two
of the blanks referred to was obligatory
those for penalty and junction reports
Some trouble has been experienced by
the various members of the organization in
properly placing cars on the records. by
reason of the similarity of initials of some
or the roads, and 1t was suggested that If
the junction cards were used properly such
trouble would be averted
The discussion embraced several practical
points of railroading which were rather
outside the subject matter and some OBJ
lection was made to It's continuance The
matter was finally settled by roll call of
the members of the association, each mem.
Der voting whether or not he would accent
the recommendations and adopt the blanks.
yes or no. The roll call was interrupted by
the recess to attend the Presidents recep-
ton at the White House, but was continued
on the reassembling of the meeting this
afternoon and majority OF the members
voted to adopt the blanks and accept the
recommendations.
The committee on arrangements announc-
ed that the delegates to the convention and
their wives will be the guests on an ex-
cursion to Mt. Vernon tomorrow morning
Trains will leave the station at Pennsylva-
MIA avenue and 1874 street at o clock, re-
turning by noon. At 2 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon the delegates will leave on spe-
cial trains for Baltimore, Nd, to view the
fire ruins They will return to Washing
ton at o'clock. Friday will be devoted to
sight seeing