The Washington herald., 1907-10-15
GAS MEN ARE COMING
Five Hundred Will Attend
Institute at New Willard.
CALLED TO ORDER TOMORROW
President Walton Clark VIII Iatro-
duce Commissioner Macfaraand,
who VIII Make Address OF We'll
eome-Response VIII Be Made by
Capt. William z. Mckay.

About 800 members will be in attendance
at the opening OF the second annual meet
ing Of the American Gas Institute, which
will take place at the New Willard Ho-
tel tomorrow morning st 10 o'clock, to
continue daily until Friday afternoon.
Walton Clark, OF Philadelphia. presi-
Gent Of the institute. viii call the meet
ing 10 order and will introduce Commits
sioner Macfarland. who will make an
address of welcome, 70 which Capt
William <. Mckay will respond. This
is to be followed by the presidents ad-
dress. the report of the board OF direc-
tors, the report OF the trustees OF the
Gas Educational Fund" address by
Charles II. Dickey. on Obligations I'm
posed by the possession of a franchise. -
and report of the nominating COM
mittee.
The afternoon session will be called at
o'clock and is to last until 4:S0 o'clock.
The first number on the programme IN
the afternoon is an address by DR.. A. c.
Humphreys. on Depreciation. to be fol-
lowed by a communication from the New
England Association by their committee
on uniform accounting and depreciation:
report Of public policy committee. by
z. G. Cowdery. chairman; report of
committee on making Of rates and addi-
tional system Of costs, by w H Gardi-
ner, Jr., chairman.
The programme Cor Thursday morning
is as follows: Report of committee on
method Of taking candle power, by W.
H. Gartley. chairman; paper by w. 4.
Beahr on Instruction for Operating Re
Operative Benches report OF board OF
revision OF the question box on Manu-
facture Of Gas" by J. D. Shattuck.
chairman: report OF committee on eco
nomic balance between Calorinc value and
candle power, by T. d. Miller, chairman
Thursday afternoons programme is as
follows: Report Of committee on eiec-
trolysis by a. G. Glasgow, chairman:
lecture by Prof. A, F, Ganz on "Elee-
trolysis; report Of committee on pipe
standards by Walton Forstall. chairman;
report Of food committee on Bureau OF
Information by W. II. Gartley. chair
man.
Tentative arrangements have been made
for an excursion for the ladies of the
party, about 80 OF them. for a trolley
ride 10 Great Falls Thursday morning at
$50 o'clock. the party 20 leave the New
Willard at that time. The return trip
viii be completed about clock. There
will be a banquet for the gentlemen Of
the association AZ the New Willard Thurs
day evening at 10 o'clock
The following rogramme has been
mapped out for Friday the last day Of
the meeting: "Air-blast Gas Appliances. 90
compiled by MessTs. W X EaveEson. S.
Tuliy Wilson. and ". II Allen: report OF
committee on uniformity of meters, by c.
II. Dickey, chairman; reports on a
meters: Results from Philadelphia. Kan
sas City. No. and Kansas City. Kans.
Experiences with Dipping Meters.
For the afternoon, VI. r. Bump. editor
will speak on the Wrinkle Department q"
The remainder Of the session is reserved
for papers and reports not taken up in
regular order according to the pro-
gramme. Then new business and ad-
journment,
The officers Of the institute are:
Walton Clark. Philadelphia. president: Charles r.
PritehaTd. Lynn. Mass. first Tioe president. Henry
L. Doherty. New York second vice president; Thos.
Give Jones' Delaware Ohio treasurer; James ".
Dunbar, New Albany Ind, secretary.
DiFeetors-Benjamin W. Perkins Altoona Ia.
John Williamson. Chicago; William H. Bradley.
New York. Thomas D. Miller. New Orleans; VILLAIN
A. Wood. Boston; Walter b. Cline. Los Angeles.
Cal: Frederick H. shelton. Philadelphia; James T.
Lynn. Detroit. Mich; Henry u. Whitcomb ir..
Newark y. J.: Leonard L. Kellogg. Sioux City,
Iowa. and Frederick w. Stone, Ashtabula. Ohio.
Committee Of rrangemeuts-Charies II. Diekey,
Baltimore Nd: Fred r. Persons, Toledo. Ohio
John d. MeIlheuny. Philadelphia Arthur G. Glas-
gov. London. England; Daniel r. Russell. St
Louis Paul Thompson. Philadelphia and William
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