Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-19
A|LWAY CONGRESS
Program of Seventh Inter-
national Gathering.
WASHINGTON SESSION
THE CONVENTION DIVIDED INTO
THREE SECTIONS.
Permanent Commission Charged With
Keeping the Business Up to Date
Order of Exercises.
WASHINGTON SESSION

The program for the seventh international
| railway congress has been prepared and
| corrected and is about ready for ISSUE The
| work of the congress is performed by FIVE
sections, which are, to all intents and pur-
| poses. five separate and distinct organiza-
| tons, each having its own officers.
At the preceding congresses it has been
| the custom for the entire body to meet at
the opening and closing session and the
| sections to meet each day in the morning
and the afternoon for the discussion of the
subjects prepared for them. The five sec
tons are: Section 1. way and works; Sec
| ton 2, motive power and rolling stock; Sec
! ton B. operation; section 4, general; section
| g. light railways
In the interval between congresses the
body Is governed and IT'S affairs conducted
by forty-eight especially selected members
known as the permanent commission. This
commission is divided into three sections,
one of which Is replaced at each session
and the sessions are held every five years.
The permanent commission has Office
force of considerable extent that Is charg-
ed with the task of keeping the business OF
the congress up to date and which has
charge of the records of all the congresses.
The programs for the sessions Of the con-
crosses are determined upon by the perma-
nent commission and the subjects to be dis
cussed are decided upon many weeks in
advance.
When the subjects to be discussed are de-
cfded upon the commission assigns a sub
ject to member of the congress, who is
thereby given the title of reporter on that
subject. 1t Is his duty to gather all the
material he can possibly get and prepare
as complete paper as Is possible on this
particular subject. The subjects are dis
tributed among the countries represented
In the congress as equally possible.
Chosen In Advance.
The reporter is chosen sometimes a year
in advance of the meeting of the congress
so that he can have all the time necessary
for the preparation, of his address When
the congress meets he presents his report
to the section to which it belongs. and after
1t has been discussed In the section the re-
port and the ideas Of the members of the
various sections thereon are presented to
the whole congress at a subsequent meet
ing. Consequently the program for the
present congress was decided upon months
ago, and some of the reports that are to be
made have already been published In the
monthly bulletin that is issued under the
auspices of the congress. However, the
arrangement of the program has only just
been decided upon and is published hero
with:
Way and Works.
Wooden sleepers or crossties.-A. Study
of the selection of kinds Of wood and of the
processes of preservation of railway sleep
ers or ties. Reporters: America, Mr.. J. w
Kendrick. third vice president Atchison, To-
peka and Santa F'e railway, Chicago, ILL.,:
other countries Mr.. Hausser, chief engineer
of maintenance of way of the Southern rail-
way of France, 81 Boulevard Haussmann,
Paris.
B. Study of the causes of the deterfora-
ton of wooden sleepers or crossties in trop-
ical climates and of the methods for pre-
venting such deterioration. Reporter: All
rfrin NJ T II of
railway construction in India. Office Of the
secretary of public works, Calcutta.
Rails for lines with fast trains.-Cross
sections of heavier rails, manufacture and
inspection, best metal to use for rails and
tires, nickel alloys, rail joints, improve
ments in suspended joints, experiments
with supported joints. experiments with
a view to reducing the number of joints,
on double-track lines and on steep grad
tents. Reporters: America, Mr.. P. H. Dud-
ley, inspecting engineer New York Central
and Hudson River railroad, New York city;
Germany, Netherlands. Roumania, Russia,
Denmark Sweden, Norway and SwitZer-
land, Mr.. j. w. Post. principal engineer of
way and works to the company for work
ing the Netherlands state railways Utrecht
Other countries, Mr.. Van Bogaert, chief en-
gineer to the Belgian state railways (on
leave), director of the Society for the Sur
vey of Railways in China, Montague du
Pare, "a Brussels.
Improved rail crossings (frogs).-Improve-
| ments in rail crossings spring frogs, NOV
able point frogs and crossings and continu-
Gus rail crossings in which the gap at the
throat of the frog Is done away with, which
shall satisfy all the requirements of modern
traffic and stand heavy locomotives being
run over 1T at high speed without any shock
Reporter: All countries, Mr.. G. w. Buch-
holZ consulting engineer Erie railroad, 81
Cortlandt street, New York city.
Concrete and imbedded metaI-The use of
concrete strengthened by the use of imbed-
ded metal in railway works. Comparison,
from the point of view Of cost, of bridges
of concrete, strengthened by the use of i'm
bedded metal, with those of metal. Re-
porters: America, Mr.. ]. F. Wallace, chief
building, Washington, D. c.; Russia,
Mr.. Serge Kareischa, councillor of state,
professor of the School of Ways of Com
munication. assistant inspector of imperial
trains and president of the bureau of con-
sulting engineers Of maintenance of way,
Zagorodny prosp., No. 70, Log. A. st. Peters
burg; other countries, Mr.. w. Asst royal
councillor, civil engineer of the Nord EN-
pereur Ferdinand railroad of Austria, so
Nordbahn strasse Vienna.
Locomotives and Rolling Stock.
Locomotives of great power.-Increase in
the power of locomotives by the adoption
of high pressures and of the compound
principle. Improvements in construction
from this point of view. Use Of nickel steel
Reporters: America, Mr.. ]. E. Muhlfeld
general superintendent of motive power
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, Baltimore
Md; other countries. Mr. Edouard Savage
chief consulting engineer of the Western
railway of France, Ia rue Eugene Flachat
Paris.
Pooling comprehensive use of two or
more crews. Advantages and disadvantages
of the practice and the result Of such COM
mon use with respect to the efficiency and
the care of the locomotive. Reporters:
United States, Mr.. G. w. Rhodes general
superintendent Wyoming district, Chicago
Burlington and Quincy railway, Alliance
Nebr.; Belgium, United Kingdom and COL
onies, Netherlands, Denmark Sweden. Nor
way and Russia, Mr.. Hubert, director of
the Belgian state railways. II rue de Lou
vain, Brussels; other countries, Mr. Boell,
chief engineer of mines, chief engineer of
rolling stock and motive power of the state
railways of France. 1875 Boulevard Raspan
Paris.
Automatic couplers-Advantage and dis
advantages of automatic couplers. I'M
provements effected In their construction
Their use in conjunction with other coup
lings. Reporters: America, Mr. A. W.
Gibbs general superintendent of motive
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