CCCXXX. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ERIE MEETING (XIXth) OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS. May 14th to 17th, 1889. LOCAL COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS:-F. A. Scheffler, F. H. Ball, H. R. Barnhurst, J. K. Hallock, W. Hardwicke, J. S. Miller, George Selden, L. G. Skinner, H. F. Watson, Wm. Wilkin. FIRST DAY, TUESDAY, MAY 14TH. THE opening session of the XIXth Convention of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers was called to order at eight o'clock in the evening of Tuesday, May 14th, by President Henry R. Towne of the Society. The sessions were held in the rooms of the Board of Trade of Erie. Mr. F. A. Scheffler of the Local Committee of Arrangements introduced Mr. Charles S. Clark, Mayor of Erie, who welcomed the Society to his city on behalf of the citizens. President Towne briefly responded for the Society. Mr. Horace See, of Philadelphia, Pa., then presented his Annual Address, which it had been impossible for him to deliver at the usual time at the opening of the annual meeting at Scranton. It is published, for this reason, as one of the papers of this meeting. At its close, a social reunion was held in the Board of Trade rooms, presided over by the ladies of Erie. SECOND DAY, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15TH. The second session was called to order at ten o'clock in the morning. The Secretary's register showed the following members in attendance during the sessions of the Convention : Ashworth, Daniel.. Ball, Frank H Barnes, A. T....... Baugh, S. A.... Bole, W. A.. Bray, Chas. W. Burns, A. L... Clark, Walter L Cloud, Jno. W. Cooper, Jno. H Creelman, Wm. J Davis, E. F. C.. Denton, James E.. Dick, John.. Doran, W. S.. Dutton, C. Seymour Fawcett, Ezra Field, C. J. Firestone, J. F. Gilmore, Robt. J.. Gilkerson, J. A. Gobeille, Jos. Leon. Hallock, J. K. Hardwicke, Wm .Pittsburgh, Pa. .. Erie, Pa. Boston, Mass. Detroit, Mich. . Providence, R. I. Erie, Pa. .New York city. .Meadville, Pa. Manchester, N. H. Baldwinsville, N. Y. McKeesport, Pa. Manchester, N. H. .Salem, O. .New York city. . Cleveland, O. Moore, Enos L Morgan, Thos. R., Jr............ Morse, Chas. M.......... Nason, Carleton W.. Parker, Chas. H.. See, Horace.. Sharp, Joel Skinner, L. G. Smith, C. M. W. Smith, Geo. H. Spangler, H. W. Sprague, W. W. Suplee, H. H.. Swasey, Ambrose Towne, Henry R. (President). Trautwein, Alfred P... Watson, H. F.. Watts, Geo. W Webb, J. Burkitt West, Thos. D.... . Portsmouth, O. .New York city. .Cambridgeport, Mass .Providence, R. I. ..Elmira, N. Y. Cincinnati, O. ..Chicago, Ill. Trenton, N. J. . Waltham, Mass. .Erie, Pa. .Philadelphia, Pa .Salem, Mass. .Erie, Pa. .Erie, Pa. Providence, R. I. . Philadelphia, Pa. .Hoboken, N. J. .Erie, Pa. .Philadelphia, Pa. Hoboken, N. J. .Cleveland, O. .Providence, R. I. Wilkin, W. M Wood, De Volson Woodbury, C. J. H. The first business was the New York city. Erie, Pa. .Hoboken, N. J. .Boston, Mass. REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. The Council would present its semi-annual report to the Society as follows: There have been four losses by death since the last report at the Scranton meeting (Vol. X., p. 5): |