Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-03
MINING ENGINEERS.
ANNUAL MEETING IN SESSION AT
COSMOS CLUB.
About One Hundred Members of In
stitute Present-Business
Transacted.

! The American Institute of Mining Engi-
| neers, which is being participated in by
| many of the most famous ore experts and
| mine workers of this country held the sec
| ond session of it's Washington meeting In
| the rooms of the Cosmos Club this fore
| noon. There was a careful discussion of
| a paper by the president, James Gayley of
| New York city, on The Application Of
| Dry-Air Blast to the Manufacture of Iron,'
which aroused considerable debate In the
| United States and Germany when presented
| for the first time In 1904. Mr.. Gayley gave
| additional data this morning and answered
| scores OF questions put by many interested
| members Of the organization.
| There are about 100 members of the in
stitute In the city, and they are for the
| most part from the eastern states. A west
| ern meeting will be held in the near flu
| ture, and for that reason a number of the
| great mining experts Of that region have
| not come east. At least half of those pres
ent In this city are accompanied by ladies'
| ana When the party goes down the Potomac
| TO indian Head tomorrow afternoon to wit
| ness an exhibition at the government works
the number will doubtless exceed $50 per-
| sons.
| On account of the great importance Of
| the IRON manufacturing industry all over
| the world and especially in this country
| ana Germany much interest is manifest in
opinions on this work expressed by such
| AiANiA as pii. bdyley. Inc DuDilSned pro-
| ceedlngs of the present meeting of the in
| sttute Will in all probability be carefully
| stud1ed and commented upon by scientists
! ana particularly ore specialists in many To-
| cantles Accurate accounts of results OBJ
| tanned through certain operations in
| wrought iron and steel manufacture were
given by Mr.. Gayley and also the theo-
| ret!cal side of the questions involved The
| great OBJECT of such institutes as this is to
| bring about better and more economic
method of working metals
Now at Cosmos Club.
Mr. Gayley's paper was discussed bv Prof
James F. Kemp of Columbia University
| New York city, and Mr.. S. T. Croxton. A
paper was also read by J. E. johnson, jr.,
| OF Longdale, Va, entitled Notes on the
Phys1cal Action of the Blast Furnace"
which followed the general lines of Mr.
Gayley's presentation.
The institute changed it's meeting place
from the banquet hall of the Arlington Ho-
| tel, where the session was opened this
morning, to the Cosmos Club. Hereafter
unless there is notice to the contrary, the
sessions scheduled to be held at the Ar
| l1ngton will be at the club
IhlS afternoon the members went to the
national Museum lecture hall where they
are listening to an address of welcome by
Or. Richard Rathbun, in charge of the mu-
scum, ana a!so to number of papers. Prof.
George T. Merrill, curator of the museum
is expected to give a statement on the divi-
sion of applied geology of the institution
The sessions Of the institute will continue
through Friday of this week. and different
subjects will be taken up each day. To-
morrow at l pm. the members and their
guests will assemble at the Arlington.
where the headquarters Of the local COM
mittee are located, and from there they will
go to the boat which will convey them to
Indian Head. A luncheon will be served
on the way down, and at Marshall Hail.
| on the return trip there will be plnnked-
Mi yax sct,
| local committee is quite departure from
the custom of previous occasions 1t Is on
account of the efforts of the members Of
the finance committee In raising money that
| it was made possible
Arrangements have been made by J. M
boutwell,, secretary of the local committee.
| by which the members of the institute NAV
| present their official badges at the railway
appliance exhibit on the White Lot and be
admitted without further Identification
National Officers.
The national officers of the institute are
James Gayley, president; r. w. Raymond,
secretary; Frank Lyman, treasurer, and the
| following vice presidents of the council, of
which Mr.. Gayley is also president: George
| w. Maynard, New York city; Julian Ken
| nedy, Pttsburg, Pa; Charles D. Walcott.
| director of the United States geological sur
| Vey, this city; William P Blake Tucson
Ariz.; Thomas F. Cole, Duluth, Mimi, and
Irving A. Stearns, Wilkesbarre, Pa
Inc local honorary committee, composed
| OF scientists OF the government departments
who are interested in the work of the insti-
! tute and others, is follows: c. D. Wal
| colt. chairman United States geological
| survey; Frederick I. Allen, commissioner of
| patents; DR.. Frank Baker, superintendent
| of National Geological Park; Charles A.
| Bell, president American Security and
Trust Company; Engineer Commissioner
| John Biddle, Admiral c. M. Chester, super
| intendent United States naval observatory;
drnir
Dewey, Col. Clarence r. Edwards William
| c. Fox, Charles c. Glover, Gen. A. w.
| Greedy, Bernard A. Green. Gen. G. H. Har-
| ries, Secretary E. A. Hitchcock, Command
| er H. NJ. Hodges, Prof. w. H. Holmes, Prof.
S. P. Langley. Gen. Alexander Mackenzie,
| Admiral N. E. Mason, William NJ. Mere
d!th, Secretary V; H. MetcaH. Willis L.
| Moore, Secretary Paul Morton. F. H. New
ell, s. N. D. North, Capt. z. c. Pendeton,
Clifford Pinchot, Herbert Putnam, Admiral
Charles A: Rae. Richard Rathbun, w. T.
| liam H. Taft, o. H. Tittman, B. H. Warner,
George Westinghouse. Milton Whitney DR..
Harvey w. Wiley and Secretary James Will
son.
ranging for the present meeting has fallen
are S. F. Emmons, chairman of the local
general committee, and ]. NJ. Boutwell,, sec
rotary subcommittee have aided in the work
under the following chairmen: Finance
Thomas M. Chatard; program, c. Willard
Hayes; entertainment, David T. Day; hotels,
and meetings, George Otis Smith; badges,
Walter Harvey Weed; printing, Frederick
p. Dewey.
The opening session of the institute was
held in the Arlington last evening. Chair
| man Emmons of the local committee on ar
rangements called the meeting to order
and, after extending the hospitality Of the
committee to the visiting members. intro
duced Commissioner Macfarland, who well
coined them on behalf of the District gov
eminent. President Gayley responded to
both addresses, thanking Mr.. Emmons and
the Commissioner for the courtesy.
During the evening two biographical no.
tices were read, one of Sir Lowthian Bell,
the metallurgist, and the other of Thomas
M. Drown Of Lehigh University, both hon.
orary members of the institute. After the
reading of the sketches an informal social
reunion was held.
BANDITS WORE EVENING DRESS.