Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-Of-Way Association (Volume 1) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900. Excerpt: ... PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association. The meeting was called to order at 10:30 a. m. by the President, Mr. J. F. Wallace. "Gentlemen: --I am much pleased to have the honor to call to order the First Annual Meeting' of the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association, and you will therefore pardon my embarrassment. This hall is very difficult to speak in, particularly for the class of men that are in it to-day, and I hope you will all be as quiet as possible, and that during the actual speaking, either of the chairmen or of the various committeemen, that there will be no going-in or going-out, as the intervals between the different reports will give opportunity for that purpose. "Before we open up formally and commence the regular order of the meeting, I wish to announce that the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, through the kindness of Mr. J. M. Barr, has tendered us a train that will leave the Dearborn-Street Station this afternoon at 2:30, to take us on a trip to Joliet and show us the Drainage Canal and the Controlling Works at that point, and the various other industries at Joliet, including the rail-rolling process, and that lunch will be served upon that train immediately upon leaving the station, so that if you are detained here with our work, you may all know that you can get luncheon on the train. If any of you have your ladies with you, and desire to take them with you upon that excursion, you may do so and will be welcome. "One peculiarity about our Constitution that I notice in looking over the order of procedure, is that the President of the Association is required to deliver an address at this time, and the Constitution also implies that the mem...