want to run counter to their wishes. If the gentleman who made the last amendment will simply make one change, I think those who didn't vote for Asheville will adopt this proposition, that the matter be referred to the Board of Direction without instructions, that it is the unanimous wish of this meeting assembled. (Laughter and applause.) THE PRESIDENT.-The motion is upon Mr. Croes' amendment that this matter of the holding of the Annual Convention be referred to the Board of Direction, with the statement that it is the sense of this meeting that it shall be held in Asheville. Those who are in favor of that amendment will signify it by saying "aye." The "ayes" having voted, the Chair announced the motion carried. MR. WILSON.-Don't the "noes " get a chance? When the "noes understand that these are instructions to the Board of Direction they will all vote on it. THE PRESIDENT.-If the Chair failed to call the "noes" he was in error, and I now call for the " "noes on Mr. Croes' amendment that it be referred to the Board of Direction, with the statement that it is the sense of this meeting that it be held at Asheville. I will have to ask those in favor to stand up and be counted. MR. WILSON.-I think there are a number who don't understand this. THE PRESIDENT.-If amended it will stand as amended to be acted on then by the meeting as counted. A rising vote being taken, it was announced 70 in favor and 14 against. THE PRESIDENT.-The motion now stands as amended by Mr. Croes' motion, and is before the house. The motion was put to vote and carried. THE SECRETARY. --I am directed by the Board of Direction to report that the Board recommends that the Special Committee on Analysis of Iron and Steel, sub-committee of the American Society of Civil Engineers, of the International Committee on Standards for the Analysis of Iron and Steel, of which Professor J. W. Langley is Chairman, be discharged. A motion to the above effect, being duly seconded, was carried, and the President declared the Committee discharged. THE SECRETARY.-The Board recommends that the Special Com. mittee on Units of Measurements be discharged. Special Committee on Analysis of Iron and Steel Discharged. Special Committee on Units of The motion, being duly seconded, was carried, and the President Measurement Discharged. announced the Committee discharged. MR. WILLIAMS.-I want to call attention to one little omission which it seems to me should be corrected, reviewing the proceeding on this question of referring the matter to the Board of Direction. We have amended the motion, but we have not yet adopted the motion as amended. THE PRESIDENT.-I think we did do that. THE SECRETARY.-The railroad representative here who has viséd the certificates tells me that if the members of the Society should go in bunches of ten or fifteen, or even five, to the station to get their tickets on the certificate plan for the return, they probably would lose several trains before they could purchase them, and that therefore it is necessary for them to attend to the purchase of return tickets as early as possible on the day of departure, and that the best places to handle that business are the uptown ticket offices in the neighborhood of the Treasury Department. A MEMBER.-Must that be on the day of departure? THE SECRETARY. -Unless you leave early in the morning. EXCURSIONS AND ENTERTAINMENTS DURING THE THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL CONVENTION. The arrangements for the Convention were in the hands of the following Committees: By the courtesy of the Pennsylvania Railroad a special train was made up for members of the Society and their guests, to run from New York to Washington. This train left Jersey City at 1.14 P. M. on Monday, May 19th, made stops at Newark, Trenton, Philadelphia and Baltimore, and arrived in Washington at 6.10 P. M. The Pennsylvania Railroad made a special rate of a single fare for the trip to Washington and return. By arrangement with the Trunk Line Passenger Association, a rate of one and one-third fare was secured for all who attended the Convention. In the afternoon of Tuesday, May 20th, through the courtesy of the Washington Railway and Electric Company, a large party of members and guests made an excursion to Cabin John Bridge, the return trip being made by way of Chevy Chase. The illustrated talks, descriptive of various engineering features in Washington and vicinity, delivered by several of the local members, during the evening of Tuesday, May 20th, formed one of the most interesting and instructive features of the Convention. On Wednesday, May 21st, at 9.45 A. M., the members of the Society were received at the White House by the President of the United States. During the afternoon of Wednesday, May 21st, a large party of members and guests visited the Washington Navy Yard, where every opportunity for inspecting the gun factory, towing tank and apparatus for testing ship models was furnished. During the visit a jacket was shrunk on a 12-in. gun. On Thursday, May 22d, a party of about 600 members and guests visited the Washington Barracks and witnessed an exhibition of pontoon bridge building by the Engineers' School and Battalion. Immediately thereafter the party boarded the Steamer Macalester and sailed down the Potomac to Fort Washington, where the operation of the 10-in. guns on disappearing carriages was described, and a gun fired. Again taking the steamer, the party proceeded to Marshall Hall, where a planked-shad dinner was served. After dinner, Mt. Vernon was visited. After inspecting the house and grounds, the party listened to an interesting address on George Washington as a Surveyor and Civil Engineer, by Herbert M. Wilson, M. Am. Soc. C. E. The party reached Washington at 5.30 p. M. In the evening, commencing at 9.30 P. M., an informal dance in the ballroom of the Willard was enjoyed by a large number. On Friday, May 23d, parties were conducted by the local members to a number of points of engineering and general interest. among them being the Capitol, Library of Congress, Washington Monument, National Museum, Geological Survey, Coast Survey, War Department, National Cemetery, etc. Upon the invitation of the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art a reception was held at the Gallery in the evening from 8 to 11. THE ATTENDANCE AT THE THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL CONVENTION. The following 343 members were in attendance: Abbott, F. V......Washington, D. C. Aiken, W. A............... Allen, C. H.. Allen, Henry C.. Allen, James P. Washington, D. C. Pittsburg, Pa. New York City ..Syracuse, N. Y. Charleston, S. C. .... Allen, Kenneth.... ..Baltimore, Md. Carll, David S..... Washington, D. C. Pittsburg, Pa. Aus, Gunwald............. .Albany, N. Y. Brooklyn, N. Y. .New York City Babb, C. C.... Bacon, J. W.... Baldwin, F. H.. Barnsley, George Bassett, G. B Bates, Onward.. Belknap, W. E. Washington, D. C. ...Danbury, Conn. Bayonne, N. J. T....Oakmont, Pa. .Buffalo, N. Y. Chicago, Ill. New York City Benzenberg, G. H... Milwaukee, Wis. .New York City Brooklyn, N. Y. Bolton, Channing M... .....Rio, Va. Bouscaren, G.. . Cincinnati, Ohio Braine, L. F. Newark, N. J. Breithaupt, W. H., Berlin, Ont., Canada Brendlinger, P. F...... Narberth, Pa. Bryson, Andrew.. Reading, Pa. Buchholz, C. W....... New York City Burr, Edward..... Washington, D. C. Corthell, A. B..... .New York City Craighill, William P., .New Bedford, Mass. Dunham, H. F....... New York City. Dunn, E. C......................... Alexandria, Va. Easby, M. Ward....Philadelphia, Pa. Ellis, John W......Woonsocket, R. I. Endicott, Mordecai T., Washington, D. C. Engle, R. L.... .... Cincinnati, Ohio Fendall, B. T Baltimore, Md. Fiebeger, G. J. . West Point, N. Y. Fisher, Edwin A... Rochester, N. Y. Fitch, C. H.. Washington, D. C. Flad, Edward. .... St. Louis, Mo. Flynn, Benjamin H..Columbus, Ohio Folwell, A. Prescott ...Easton, Pa. Francis, Charles.... Davenport, Iowa Freeman, Frank L.. Washington, D. C. Frey hold, Felix... Washington, D. C. Frink, E. A... . Baltimore, Md. Fuller, George W.....New York City Fuller, William B... Paterson, N. J. Furber, W. C....... Philadelphia, Pa. Hanna, John H... Washington, D. C. Harrod, B. M.. ..... New Orleans, La. Cohoes, N. Y. Wilmington, Del. Haupt, L. M....... Philadelphia, Pa. Hayes, Edward. Hayford, J. F. Washington, D. C. Hazen, Allen... .New York City Hazlehurst, J. N. ..... Mobile, Ala. Hendricks, V. K.. Indianapolis, Ind. Hering, Rudolph...... New York City Herschel, Clemens... New York City Hickok, H. A.. Hider, Arthur.. Hildenbrand, W. Hill, E. A..... Hodgdon, Frank W... Honens, Fred W. Horton, Horace E.. Horton, Theodore.... New York City Hovey, O. E.... .Pencoyd, Pa. Howe, Horace J.. ...New York City Howell, D. J... ... Washington, D. C. Hughes, W. M .... Chicago, Ill. Humphreys, Richard L. .Newark, N. J. Greenville, Miss. .New York City Washington, D. C. Boston, Mass. Sterling, Ill. ...Chicago, Ill. Philadelphia, Pa. Hunt, Charles Warren. New York City Hunt, Conway B.. Washington, D. C. Hunt, Robert W....... Chicago, Ill. . Baltimore, Md. Hutton, N. H.. Hyde, Charles G... Philadelphia, Pa. Griggs, Julian.......Columbus, Ohio Ingalls, O. L....Washington, D. C. Guthrie, Edward B....Buffalo, N. Y. Hankinson, A. W. ....New York City Judson, W. V.... Washington, D. C. |