Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-25
ENGINEERS PLAN
NEW LICENSE LAW
Measure to Provide for Examin-
ing Board to Be Appoint
ed by the Governor
MANY VISIT THE EXHIBITION
President PySter Delivers Annual
y Address and Also Suggests
Educational Committee
MANY VISIT THE EXHIBITION

Delegates to the state convention OF
the National Association of Stationary
engineers held their first business ses-
sion In the red room of the Angelus
hotel yesterday morning, with M. Pys-
ter, state president, in the chair. The
morning was devoted to organization,
the reports of committees and to the
presidents address, the most tmpor-
tant matter to come up being a com
mittee report on the proposed state
license law, this subject being made
special order of business for tomorrow
morning.
Today delegates and their families
will enjoy an outing, the official pro-
gram calling for trip over the balloon
route with stops at all of the beach
cities and a visit to the plant of the
Pacific Light and Power company. To-
night theater parties at the various
playhouses will provide entertainment.
Tomorrow the delegates will thresh
out the license law matter, and will de-
eide lust what measure the association
will ask the legislature to pass. The
law will provide for the appointment
by the governor of a state examining
board, and for a license fee, probably
Of S5 a year in the first instance and 81
yearly for renewals. 1t probably will
include within it's provisions all en-
gineers, excepting marine and locomo-
tive engineers, though an exception is
likely to be made in the case of owners
of threshing machines who may wish
to operate them themselves.
LICENSE TO WORK
If the proposed law is passed by the
legislature, a public register will be
kept of all licensed engineers, and no
man not licensed will be permitted to
work The law was drawn by COM
mittee made up of one member from
each of the local associations, of which
there are two in san Francisco and
one each in Los Angeles, San Jose,
Santa Barbara, Fresno and Stockton.
1t seems to be regarded with general
favor, though the provision covering
apprentices may be amended.
Both Santa Barbara and San Fran
cisco, where the convention was held
last year, are aspirants for the 1911
gathering, with the chances favoring
the selection of the Bay City. The
choice will be made Friday, when the
convention also will elect state officers.
No contests of Importance are expect
ed. H. w. Noethig of San Frencisco
probably will be chosen president; w.
T. w. Curl of Los Angeles, secretary,
and Charles Knights of San Francisco.
treasurer. 1t is generally conceded that
the vice presidency will go to a Los
Angeles man-perhaps John Topham.
CLOSING BANQUET
The convention will come to close
with banquet in the Hamburger cafe
Saturday evening, at which Fred j.
Fischer will officiate as POSTMASTER
addresses being programmed by William
Mulholland, chief engineer OF the OW-
ems river aqueduct; II. ID. Saville OF
San Francisco; James G.. Warren, Los
Angeles; w. p. Butcher. city attorney
of Santa. Barbara; A. b. Cass, presi-
dent of the Home Telephone company;
r r. Pearson, superintendent of the
Southern California Edison company;
John Traynor, San Francisco; j. N.
Pyster, John Topham and w. E. Cham-
berlain, the last named representing
the Hamburger company
In his annual address yesterday Pres
ident Pyster recommended that the ad-
ucational committee of the state aSso-
citation hereafter consist of one MEM
her from each of the local associations,
the work to be carried on under each
members personal supervision in his
own district. He recommended the
adoption by the association of a state
license law, for submission to the iesls-
lature, and urged that special consld-
Grafton be given to the standardizing
of machinery, to save trouble in case
The exhibit in the Hamburger build
ing was we'll patronized yesterday, sew
era1 thousand visitors thronging its
foors in the morning, afternoon and
evening. Band concerts are given there
twice daily, in the afternoon and even
ing,