New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-09
THE RAILWAY CONGRESS.
Technical Subjects Considered By
the Various Sections.

Washington, May S.-Delegates to the Inter
national Railway Congress finding it diff
cult to meet their social engagements and
maintain the programme Of two sessions a day,
as originally planned. Receptions at the Ger
man and French embassies to-day, with trips
to the Treasury and War, State and Navy
buildings, interfered with the afternoon session.
The five sections OF the congress met and de-
voted three of the morning hours to the discus
sion of problems. No variation from the sec
ton work Will take place until Thursday after
noon, when a general meeting of the congress
will be held, at which the conclusions reached
by the various sections will be presented for
approval The programme tomorrow includes
an inspection Of the new union passenger sta
ton being erected here, and dinner by the
American Railway Association at the New Will
lard Hotel In the evening.
Sections and met Jointly to consider light
ing, heating and ventilation Of trains. Sec
ton L continued discussion Of kinds Of woods
and processes of preservation for crossties. Sec
ton 4 considered the slow freight rate prob
lem and Section direct financial cooperation
by the State and by localities Interested in the
development Of light railways
The discussions in Sections 2 and were
based on papers prepared by Charles B. Dudley,
chemist Of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
stock superintendent of Hungarian state rail-
ways. As to lighting, Mr. Dudley said that
since the last railway congress there had been
little change in America. Heating is generally
accomplished by means of steam from the loco
motives. Ventilation has been carefully studied
and various systems are in use. The conclu-
sions Of Mr.. Banovits are that electric lighting
Is worthy of special consideration as being the
best; as to heating. steam and hot water, and
as to ventilation. the combination Of roof and
pipe ventilators
Section decided on Friday that light rail-
ways We're to be encouraged as aids to main
lines. Two papers were before it to-day on the
subject Of direct financial cooperation by the
state and localities for light railways One was
Roads and Counsellor of State Of France, and
the other by z. A. Ziffer, civil engineer and
chairman of the Lemberg- Czarnowitz-J ASSAY
Railway The first paper showed that financial
aid to light railways has been granted either by
the state or local authorities in France, Bel
GUM, Prussia, Ireland and Great Britain Tho
second paper, dealing with all other countries
on the Continent reached the conclusion that
ways and in most instances the state munic-
ipality directs their operation. Both papers In
dictate profit to the state through cooperation
in light railways.
sideration, Clifford PinChot, chief of the United
States Bureau of Forestry, said that the
nual consumption in this country for steam rail-
roads alone was 110O00O00 ties.
In Section the conclusion was reached re-
garding wages and express parcels that the
system In vogue in each country seemed to meet
the needs of that country, and no changes vera
recommended. Sir Charles Owens, general man
ager of the London and Southwestern Railway,
Of England, criticised the methods of baggage
handling in this country.