New-York tribune., 1912-03-22
ll|L CONFERENCE HALTS
.,s.Committee Of Six to Con-
''' slider Whole Subject.
,uAIT CALL OF CHAIRMAN
.;on Wakes Warm, but Ends
gu Juormoniously, All Anxious
% Co. operate for Safety.

ALI day session the Joint COM |
A" - railroad mon and steel manu- |
pile ,nroiutad iu February 70 try TO |
i'',a upon the composition and ways Of
dso'l ,,o,urins steel rails TO eliminate as
nsnu, ,ossble the danger Of breakage. !
far ,s the chief defect Of the present !
SaN" odiourned subject 10 the call of the
Ta.s an,,r,sr. without having arrived at So
ton Of the problem
Isl'" touowirc statement of what had
,.ra at the conference was given out
s'r .isl Willard. president of the Balt-
Ohio Railroad who presided. rep
mps ling the railway companies, and ex-
w. Flbe-t n. Gary chairman Of the
JuSsa 49, states Stel Corporation. represent
!, the steel manufacturers:
.,,,np of the Joint committee here
b'eocrnointed hy the railroad companies
icg% ,uarufactUrcrs at the meeting h'id
tne nSr ni, 15 Gas i'm session during the en-
y. dsy. 4 fu.i and FRANK 1lScn nssloh ol
tfe u'aosstiors relating 10 the character and
ne - oualitieS Of rails was had and tho
opiniOns oi 'NI'''
Crta, oue.uors of mill practice in manu-
Iae rails and usage OF the rails in
faetHlilt5, t,ero discussed. and il was con-
tisesSS ,bat improvements can and ought 10
ceoeu a. AZ by bOfn sides. Every reasonable
= ~, ,"iU will promptly be made in this direc-
iion -. fs,ts were gathered together
I.,I,cb benefit win be derived as the
sha ~ The meeting. Before adjournment
l,-.,b.comrlitfcC OF SIX was appolulG''
ts;s,ing of three representatives OF lhs
cshsssS cshhssaS comranieS and three representa-
lsIpos the rranufa ~turCrs, 10 consider the
n,.aI. suhiect matter and report their con
Ehgss Eeus and recommendations at future
dDs.ing of the general committee, 10 ne
sslisd by the chairman.
>, Gas said that the membership OF the
:, comr,itt,e referred 10 had not been
su,,.,v decided upon and the names
..1S not he announced for day or two.
y. ,s rnders TODD that the railroad men at
-. .orference. all Of whom were members
:, the executive committee Of the Amer
49,, railway Association, which had held
rrsllminarv meeting on "Wednesday To
.,ssss the rail situation. submitted figures
sbov that bad mill work VAS respon-
,sls tor s. per cent Of the accidents caused
,...,oken rails that have occurred on rail-
-, an oyer the country in the last few
..o,,bs the most recent being the wreck
= re twentieth Century Limited about a
,.st ago. According to the railroad mems
s.,,os % per cent Of the breakages was
=. 70 flaws o. per cent TO piped metal
ptper cent to soft metal 1l2 per cent to
hs,tlsness and only j. per cent TO un-
Known causes
In replv 10 these figures the rail manu-
,,.,rrers. il is said. pointed out that the
ans we're manufactured according 10 the
s,scjfcatiors furnished by the railroads and
,b,i thew were willing TO make any kind
~ ,ajl that the railroads might demand,
rmided the latter were prepared TO pay
mo,e for the improved rail than they were
rev paving for the standard BeSsemer
nn the price Of which has remained un-
e,sprsd az SOS ton for many years.
The meeting. it was reported, became
odte heated at times, the railroad men
ea7terdng that Il was not the specihca-
inns hut lack of care in manufacture that
were responsible for the large Increase IN
IA. number Of broken rails in the last few
ysarz. while the rail manufacturers held
hst the high carbon content in the rall
demanded ny the railroads vas responsive
tos much Of the damage, as 1t mace the
rfs go brittle that they were liable 10
break under sudden shock. Both sides
6n,py cooled down. however, and the meet
ind ended tremendously, with both groups
dstermjnei 10 aid each other in every
possible way 10 obtain rail that would be
ziisfactcry 40 all concerned.
The morniug session was held al the
osces of the American Railway Associa-
tion. At No. 20 yesey street, but tho quar-
ters there were rather Cramped and after
luncheor the committee adjourned 10 the
Railroad club. in the Hudson Terminal
Bdlding
Among the railroad men present at the
meeting we're Daniel Willard, president OF
n. Baltimore & Ohio; II. L. Nudge, presi-
dent Of The Rock Island julius Kruttschnitt.
e-president and director Of maintenance
CT the Hartman lines. l.. q. Loree, presl-
dent Of the Delaware & Hudson: W. g..
Beslor, vice president and general manager
Of the Central Railroad Of Now Jersey, and
stuvesart Fish, former president of the
Illinois Central and of tho American Rail
vsy Association. Tho steel manufacturers
we're represented among others by Chair
man Gary and President Farrell Of III"
United states Steel Cooperation, and Presi-
dents Burlington Of the Illinois steel Com
pany Clarke Of the Lackawanna steel
ersnpany. FELTON, Of the Pennsylvania steel
Company. Price Of the Cambria Steel Com
pany, Crawford Of the Tennessee Coal. Iron
and Railroad Company and Wood Of the
Maryland Steel Company. Charles N.
schwab, president Of the Bethlehem steel
4-fv 10
ecmmittee. was unable 20 be present.