The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-09-18
WILL
 MEET SEPT.2 25
 IN SPRINGFIELD
Bridgeport Members of American Society of Mechanical Engineers to Attend Big Region al Meeting.

Plans for the big regional meeting ical Engineers, which will be held in Springfield, Mass. September 25. 2s gineers from all over New England, are announced from the ~ationa1 Headquarters of the society in New York City.
 This meeting it is stated. wild be one of the biggest engineering gath erings ever held in New England. It aynchnorizes with the formation of the new local section of the society in Springfield. The Sringfield section will be another link in the society's network of local branches in practi- country. Notable addresses on en- gtneering, economic, social and indus trial problems will be delivered
 A big feature of the meeting will interconnected power plants of New. England and the problem of ind ls- trial power plants. The Engineering the Springfield Chamber of Com merce are cooperating in the ar engagements.
 all the society's local sections in Mas sachusetts, including Boston and Worcester. One of the largest delega- tions will come from Providence, R. l., where the society maintains one of the most active of its local sec uons. The Connecticut state section will send delegations from Hartford. Bridgeport. New Haven, Waterbury, Meriden and New Britain.
 The New Haven delegation will be headed by Prof. L. P. Breckenridge of Yale University and the Worcester delegagtion by Dr. Ira. N. Hollis. pres ident of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Representatives od en- gfneering will come from other edu- cattonal institutions, including liar ward and Brown.
 One of the familiar faces which will be missing will be that of Calvin l W. Rice. for many years secretary Of
 Janeiro the envoy of American
 engineering at the International En-
 gineering Congress and who shortly I will embark on a tour of South Amer 1 ican countries in the interest of Pan American unity. Several national l figures in engineering also will attend, | among them Dean Dexter S Kin1ban l of Cornell, president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. and vice president of the Federated Amer
 ican Engineering Societies
 l According to the announcement,
 the first session of the three-day
 meeting will open at 10 o'clock on
 Monday, September 25, and will be a.
 forum on power. F.. c. Pratt. vice
 the General Electric Company of
 opening address on engineering and
 Source of Power for Reliable Indus
 trial Plant Operation" will be given l by R. A. Packard of Park Place
 Ludlow, Mass, who Is superintendent Of power and shop for the Ludlow
 Ma nufa curing Associates. Others
 will join in the discussion on Opera
 tions of Inter-Conected Power Sys- 1 tems.''
 The afternoon session, the an- | nouncement states, wiu be in session 1 on paper with George B. lliamSon of 30 Firglade avenue. Springfield, as chairman. Among the speakers of
 the afternoon will be Dr. R. E. Rind- l fuss of H1o1yoke, secretary of the Amer
 jean Writing Paper Company. and
 Gol; A. B oa5hI Franklin of the strathmore
 Mass. Two excursions have been ar
 ranged for the afternoon, one to Wor- l onoco to see the Strathmore paper mill in operation, followed by dinner
 at the Strathmore Inn, and the other | to Chicopee Falls to the Fisk Rubber l Company's plant, with dinner in the
 company dining hall. ~.. Tuesday, September 25, the en- | gineers will hold simultaneous ses-
 sions in the morning on textiles and | tools, the announcement states c. Mass. president of the Berkshire Cot | ton Manufacturing Company. is ar ranging the forum on textiles. D. W. Co1vin of 342 Sherman avenue, New
 Haven. Conn. and Carl J. Oxford of l1456 Brush street, Detroit, Mich, will | lead the discussion on tools. Excur- l sdons planned for the day will include inspection trips through plants in Holyoke and colleges nearby. A dfn- ner at Mt. Tom closes the activities of the day.
 Wednesday, September 27, the las,
 day of the meeting, viii be taken up with trips by automobile to the hydro electric plants of the Conn necticut