The Washington herald., 1908-05-12
Come from All Parts of COun-
try to Convention.
IN SESSION At ARLINGTON
Twenty-seVenth Annual Meeting
Opens with Address by Commits
siOner MaefarIand-Senato New
lands Also Addresses Gathering.
Reception Held I'm Hotel ParIors.


ton was formally opened last night in
the assembly hall of the Arlington Hotel,
with delegates and guests from every
section Of the United States in attend
ance.
The meeting was called to order by G.
Layton. of the Geological Survey. who
introduced Henry B. f. Mcfarland pres
ideRt OF the Board of Commissioners of
the District who made the address Of
welcome. He prefaced his remarks with
a few timely anecdotes, and spoke highly
of the splendid system Of waterworks
in the District.
Vice President Fairbanks was scheduled
to speak. but could not be present, and
Senator Francis G. Newlands, of Nevada,
occupied his time.
Senator New.ands confined his remarks
to the wonderful advantages to which
water afforded, and predicted that in a
few years the waterways of the country
would be so connected that II would be
possible 10 go from any portion of the
country TO any other by water.
George II. Felix, president of the asso-
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half of the organization. and paid a
high tribute TO the Capital City and the
men who governed it.
Following the meeting a reception was
held in the parlors Of the hotel where
President Felix and Senator Newlands re-
ceived the guests and their friends.
In the Receiving Line.
The ladies In the receiving line were
Mesdames George H. Felix. Arthur Davis.
A. z. Johnson. o. II Tittman, NJ o.
Leighton, NJ H. Darton, Murray Forbes
S. F. Longley, John T. Hoyt. John F.
Hayford, d. S. CARL, Philip Carlin, Fred
A. Smith, Constantine Faller. Robert f.
Iuigan, oscar B. Mullen w. S. Parks,
Charles D. Bettes, II. T. Keeler, A. T.
Prentice. Lawrence T. Simpson. A. II.
McAlpine. and Mrs Blanch West They
were assisted by Misses Augusta Magru-
der, Minnie Carroll, Marie jenkins, Fran
ces Youngblood Latham, CosdOn, and
Ryan.
After the guests had been received. light
refreshments were served.
During the interim the chairs had been
removed from the hail. and it was pre-
pared for a ball, which opened at 10
O'Clock. with more than 600 persons on the
floor. Music for dancing was furnished
BY a portion OF the Marine Band.
The routine work Of the association viii
start this morning.
List of Arrivals Grows.
While the vanguard of the guests and
delegates began 20 arrive Sunday. It was
not until yesterday that the general in-
hux began and from early In the morn
ing until late at night, Secretary J. ~
Divln, with a large corps Of assistants
was busy registering the arrivals.
a parlor on the lower floor OF the
Arlington was set aside for this purpose.
and when il was closed last night, 1t
was estimated that more than 1000 en-
gineers and others interested in water
supplies and appliances had been regis
tered,
AS a preliminary TO the regular busl-
ness session. which will open at 3 o'clock
this morning at the Arlington. the COM
mittees on finance and publication, and
the executive committee held executive
sessions In the hotel yesterday afternoon
for the purpose of formulating their re-
spective reports, which viii be submitted
TO the general body later.
The purpose Of the meetings is TO dis
cuss the means and methods OF lettering
the water supplies Of cities and towns.
and TO investigate the latest and most
recent contrivances and appliances nee
essary TO the work.
Three large rooms on the ground floor
exhibit purposes, and manufacturers from
every section of the country have on ex-
hibition there contrivances and appliances
Of every description. of interest solely to
those engaged in the work
The nrst business session Will open this
morning at o'clock. in the assembly
room Of the hotel. The first business
taken up will be the election Of new
members. This will be followed by an
address by President George H. Felix. of
Reading. Pa. Following this. the reports
Of the various standing and special COM
mIttees viii be heard. after which an ad-
journment will be taken until 3 O'Clock
when the report Of the committee on
uniform annual reports will be heard l.
J. Powers, chief statistician of the Cen
sus Bureau. will read a paper entitled
water works financial schedule" After
this there will be a general discussion Of
the paper, following which Nicholas s.
Hnl, jr, viii read a Discussion of the
probable errors due to apparatus and
gauges used in commercial test of met
ers." while r. ]. Thomas will read pa
per on THE practical workings OF de-
teetor meters.
This Evenings Session.
At the evening session, which will be-
gin at o'clock. r A Barbour, J. N.
Chester, W. P. Mason, and George T.
Whitney will read papers entitled respect
Ivsly: Pumping water by producer gas
plant" High duty versus low duty
pumping machinery from the operators
standpoint" Copenhagen waterworks,
and ''The necessity Of laying water mains
with the view of future cleaning" After
a discussion of these papers, an adjourn
ment will be taken until Wednesday
morning. The convention will last until
and three sessions will be held
each day.
Aside from the business Of the meeting,
the visitors will be shown plenty of d.
version in the way of amusements.
This afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, the dele
gates with their lives and all attending
The convention, will be received by Presi-
lent Roosevelt. Tonight the ladies' COM
mittee, Of which Mrs. Johnson is the
head, viii escort the visiting ladies' to
the Congressional library, special cars
having been chartered for the trip. To-
afternoon, there will be an ex-
,Grsion down the Potomac. the boat leav-
ng the Seventh street wharf promptly at
30
Programme for CHESTS.
An artillery drill at Fort Myer and
visit to Arlington Cemetery Will be the
of Friday afternoon, and Fri
lay evening there viii be a theater party.
In addition, Mrs, Johnson has arranged
In especial programme for ladies', includ-
ng:
Formal and informal teas, luneheons,
IND receptions, sightseeing automobile