New-York tribune., 1912-08-26
IF[SAV|NC THEIR THEME
roujneers to Discuss Safety in
Modern Transportation.
,esSIONS IN NEW YORK
oo;lway Wrecks and Fires to
claim Attention of Testing
Association.
rFrom The Tribune Bureau.

washington, Aug. 25.-Scientists and
.-,ineers OF worldwide reputation who
- indirectly responsible for the safety of
-nions Of people will meet i'm New York
!. sep.embcr TO discuss and present
.,1tions for the serious problems that
,sy. arisen in engineering in the last few
1,rx later coming To Washington To be
,,lcoued by the President. The technical
merits. who will include representatives
{ the various foreign governments. are
..nbers of the international Association
or Testing Materials.
With the remarkable industrial develop
,u.nt throughout the world but more es-
.eeialy in the United States, and the
r.at competition for the worlds mar
,,ts have come modern methods of meet
,,g the new conditions, and these have
,.,posed the problems on the engineers.
THO trains that haul the products are big
,sr and heavier than ever, requiring
ssayier and more powerful locomotives to
All than. The heavier trains demand
,,,op<sr bridges and rails. The breaking
!, s,eel rails. with the consequent heavy
= NJ life. on railroads in the United
states within the last year has added
,npetus to the associations attempt TO
I.yIse safe rail. and the question will
: discussed in several papers.
rheso engineers are the men who de-
,.-,,ipe what Is known in engineering as
.,hs factor of safety" which means that
-, steel columns in a skysCraper have
-,ae,ent strength 10 withstand the stress
:, ,hs winds or the loads placed on tile
49,. or that the great bridge spanning
wssissippi has the strength to carry
-, n in safety the ponderous freight
,-,, or the swiftly moving express train
18th its human cargo.
IN. waste Of property by FIRE in the
,,;,ad States each year, amounting 10
mare than seo0. ZOO 900. and the loss OF sew
,,.l thousand human lives through these
s-es will provide a channel for discus
sor of the construction Of buildings from
-.,srisls that have fire-resisting quail
les.
Tho sessions OF the association IN Ne"
yo,k will continue through SATURDAY
ssptember Z, ard on Sunday the mem
,,rs start I'm a specially equipped ho''I
train for Washington, where they VIII De
,.csived bv the President and where they
ain visit the government testing labora-
,s5es The same train will take the mem
.s-s 10 Pittsburgh. where they Will wit
ness demonstrations at the experiment
station of the Bureau OF Mines ana VIII
uSt the great coal mines. steer ahu
snent mills and the electrical factories.
rs members will then 40 to Buffalo ana
yssara Falls. and from there back 10
|S,w York over the Lehigh Valley RAN
Ssd. after inspecting the Bethlehem
ssei Company's plant.
he executive committee OF the Amer
an Society for Testing Materials. when
Is charge of the congress, is composed
the following men:
Eenrv NJ Howe. Bedford Hills. n y
-tsidrnt. Robert W. I.eslcS. Phllaq' !
,ss yjce-president: II. F. !. Porter; New
i@t secretary: Edgar Marburg, PhllH p
Lrhja chairman of finance commute;
FSF Scbnitt. New York, chairman o.
orTrittee ON papers: +. II. Clark, BaItl-
-ora chairman OF committee on tralS-
,ortstion- Richard l.. Humphrey, PhiiH-
si,bia chairman of committee or ~
,,-rost{o,7. Rudolf Herring, New NolH'
,so1rr,sr NJ New York committee Joseph
Holmes Washington. chairman ~
|T.sbino-on committee. and koDerl W
Int Chicago. chairman or recepl' ~
sonmittee.