The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-02
PROMINENT MEN
TO APPEAR HERE
!. WITH ENGINEERS
Elaborate Program Ready
For Convention This
" Month

The one hundred and thirtieth meet
ing of the American Institute of Mining
end Metalurgical Engineers, composed
of the foremost men of that profession
in America, will be held in Birming-
ham three days, beginning October IL.
The meeting will bring to Birmingham
enduring benefits, it is believed, for the.
reason that most Of the members are
engineers whose clients are among the
largest concerns in this country and
oftentimes seeking plant locations.
The institute is one of the most i'm
portant and influential bodies of of in
dustrial men that has selected Birming-
ham as a meeting place since the Amer
lean Iron and Steel Institute came. here
several years ago. This meeting brought
about the Acknowledgement from the
most reluctant that Birmingham was
the successor to Pittsburg in indus
trial progress.
The meeting will be interesting also
from the fact that England is sending
Sir William Ellis, president of the Brit
ish Steel Institute, to repay visit to
England by prominent members of the
American associa ton. There will also
be present Charles McCrea, minister of
mines for the Dominion of Canada;
John McLeigh, director of mines of
Canada, and J. V. W. Reynders, also of
Canada.
Program Ready
~ The official program for the meet
;ngs which has been in process of COM
pilation for tie past several months
was released Wednesday for publica-
ton. The visitors will be welcomed by
George Gordan Crawford, president of
the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad
company, who will also act as chair
man of the first technical session to be
held at the Tutwiler hotel. This meet
ing will last all day and up to 10
o'clock Monday night, after which the
principal activity of the visitors will
be an inspection of this district and its
industrial operations.
The technical papers will include the
following: Goal Washing Practice in
Alabama Henry s. Geismer. consult
ing engineer, Keiser- Geismer Engineer
ing company. "By-Product Cooking in
1Alabams." Frank w. Miller, manager
hy-prOduct plant, Sloss-Sheffield Steel
and Iron company. Alabama Coal
Mining Practices" Milton H. =. Flies,
vice-president DeBardeleben Coal cor
poration.
Reading Of Papers
Discussion of papers on metallurgy
Blast Furnace Practice in Alabama"
Howard Il. Mussey. superintendent of
furnaces, Woodward Iron company.
The Alabama Steel Industry" James
Bowron, chairman of the board of d.
rectors of the Gulf States Steel COM
pany. Production of Ferro Phos-
phorus in the Electric Furnace" Theo-
dore Swami, president Federal Phos-
phorus company. Manufacture of
Cast Iron Pipe in the South" Richard
Moldenke, consulting metallurgist,
Watching. N. J. Effect of Sulphur in
Blast Furnace Practice" L. L. Joseph,
acting superintendent, Mining Expert
ment Station, Minneapolis, MINI.
Geology Of Birmingham Iron Ores"
DIR. p. F. Burchard, economic geologist,
d. q. Iron Ore Mining Methods in
superintendent Southern Experiment
Station, Birmingham, Ala, United
States Bureau of Mines. Roof Sup
ports in Red Ore Mines of Birmingham
District" w. r.. Crane. superintendent
Southern Experiment Station, Birming-
nam, Ala, United States Bureau of
Mines. Geology and Utilization of
Tennessee Phosphate Rock" X. w.
Smith, assistant geologist, State Ge0log-
ical Survey, Nashville, Tenn.
Committees Named
The Birmingham committees in
charge of plans include George G.
Crawford, H. G. Ryding, James L. Da-
yidson, Frank H. Crockard, James /.
Brierton, Charles I. Fairbairne,
Charles A. rMoffett, John w. Mcqueen,
Frank Nelson, Jr., ]. W. Porter, Err
skine Ramsay, Lindley c. Morton, e.
+. Linthicum and Thomas d. Temple.
The entertainment committee is COM
posed of: Frank II. Crockart. ]. War
ner Shook. Morris w. Bush, Theo.
Swami, Charles T. Fairbairne and
Hugh Morrow.
Railroad transportation A. W.
Carey, c. A. Bryan and H. e. Parker.
Automobiles Karl Landgrebe, G. B.
Davis, L. e. Geohegan, A. H. Witt, z.
&. Morris, George w. Corners.
Hotels: 5. L. Yerkes, William ].
Penhallegan, c. e. Abbott, Priestley
Toulman, Percy Cowan and j. e. Fries.
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