Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-04

him for the city OF Philadelphia and used
on the streets of that city in 1904 1t was
mile and a half to the Schuylkill river,
where 1t was loaded on a ferry boat and
by an attachment to the stern of the boat
propelled the same for a distance of six
teen miles down the river. Mr.. Fish read
number of references from foreign au-
thorfties as to the value of the railroads
In the United States and the part they had
played in the development of the country
He also produced many statistical tables
showing the advances that had been made.
In closing his address he said:
1t cannot be doubted that the reports to
De submitted at this session and the dis
cussion of them will be marked by the
same thoroughness which has attended the
former sessions of the congress. 1t Is to
De hoped that the delegates will take ad-
vantage of the excursions that have been
carefully laid out for them In this neigh
borhood during the sessions of the con-
gress. and that the foreign delegates will
take either the short or long tour by rail
after adjournment. and I trust It will be
found that the arrangements made with re-
gard to these matters shall give to the
foreign delegates an opportunity of seeing
with their own eyes what there is of in
terest and value in connection with Ameri-
can railroads and industry. The delegates
can rest assured that we shall do our best
TO make their visit profitable, pleasant and
agreeable.
4 have only one other duty to perform.
and that Is to ask the delegates present
or the various sections are to be held. and
there to elect their presidents and thus or
ganiZe for carrying on the business of this
congress-
Repeated in French.
An interpreter then read a resume of Mr.
F1shs address in French, for the benefit of
those of that nationality and others who do
not understand English. At the conclusion
Of the reading Mr.. Fish announced that
Messrs. Cassatt and Hartman had been
selected honorary vice presidents; Mr. Weis-
senbruch, general secretary of the perman-
ent commission, secretary of the congress-
and MIR. w. F. Allen, secretary of the
american section associate secretary When
these details of organization had been COM
pleted Mr.. Fish announced that the con-
sress would now divide itself in sections and
proceed with the business laid out for it,
Inc presiding officers for the five sections
as selected by the permanent commission
were then announced as follows:
First section, way and works-Mr Stuy-
vesant Fish.
Second section. motive power and rolling
stock-Mr. Theodore M Ely
Third section, operation-Mr George III
Armita ge.
Fourth section general-M. Peysont.
Fifth section, light railways-Mr Ernest
Gerard.
The general section was then adjourned
to permit the sections to meet and organ
1Ze The first section meets at the Ebbitt
House the second and third at the New
wizard, the fourth at the Raleigh and the
fifth in the hearing room at the interstate
commerce commission This afternoon at .
o o'clock the delegates and guests of the spe-
c1al committee boarded special street cars
at the corner of 14th street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue and Were conveyed to the 18th
street wharf, where they boarded the
steamer Manchester, and will spend the aft
ernoon at Mount Vernon