REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE MASTER CAR BUILDERS' ASSOCIATION HELD AT OLD POINT COMFORT, VA. JUNE 8, 9, 10 AND 11, 1897. CHICAGO, ILL.: PRINTED BY THE HENRY O. SHEPARD COMPANY, 212 AND 214 MONROE STREET. 1897. RGBK M423 1897 LED and Jicly 30, 1925 list from LIST Howard Elliott MAR 1 1 1985 Conventions have been held at the following places on the dates, with presiding officers, as given. A general convention preparatory to organization was held at Springfield, Mass., on May 15, 1867, when John Mulligan was Chair man. Convention. First.. Second. Third. Fourth. Fifth. Sixth Seventh Eighth. Ninth. Tenth. Eleventh Twelfth Thirteenth. Fourteenth Fifteenth Sixteenth.. Adjourned, on Reorganization... Seventeenth. Eighteenth. Nineteenth.. Twentieth Twenty-first. Twenty-second Twenty-third. Twenty-fourth President. I. W. Van Houten.. .I. W. Van Houten. .I. W. Van Houten. .I. W. Van Houten.. F. D. Adams M. C. Andrews... M. C. Andrews.. .I. W. Van Houten.. Leander Garey.... Leander Garey. ..Leander Garey ..Leander Garey. . Leander Garey. Leander Garey. Leander Garey. .Leander Garey Leander Garey.... .Leander Garey.. ..Leander Garey. . Leander Garey. .B. K. Verbryck.. B. K. Verbryck.. William McWood William Mc Wood William McWood .1867, Altoona, Pa. 1878, Niagara Falls, N. Y. 1883, Chicago, Ill. 1884, Saratoga, N. Y. 1885, Old Point Comfort, Va. .1886, Niagara Falls, N. Y. 1887, Minneapolis, Minn. .1888, Alexandria Bay, N. Y. .1889, Saratoga, N. Y. 1890, Old Point Comfort, Va. 1891, Cape May, N. J. 1892, Saratoga, N. Y. 1893, Lakewood, N. Y. .1894, Saratoga, N. Y. 1895, Alexandria Bay, N. Y. 1896, Saratoga, N. Y. .1897, Old Point Comfort, Va. OFFICERS FOR 1897-8. PRESIDENT. S. A. CRONE, New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, New York. VICE-PRESIDENTS. E. D. BRONNER, Michigan Central Railroad, Detroit, Mich. C. A. SCHROYER, Chicago & North-Western Railway, Chicago, Ill. J. T. CHAMBERLAIN, Boston & Maine Railroad, Boston, Mass. TREASURER. G. W. DEMAREST, Northern Central Railway, Baltimore, Md. EXECUTIVE MEMBERS. *G. W. RHODES, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Aurora, Ill. †W. S. MORRIS, Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Richmond, Va. †SAMUEL HIGGINS, Lehigh Valley Railroad, Bethlehem, Pa. †C. M. MENDENHALL, Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad, Philadelphia, Pa. SECRETARY. JOHN W. CLOUD, 974 Rookery, Chicago, Ill. *Term of office expires June, 1898. †Term of office expires June, 1899. STANDING COMMITTEES. ON ARBITRATION. G. W. RHODES, Chairman. JOHN MACKENZIE, M. M. MARTIN, G. L. POTTER, ON SUPERVISION OF STANDARDS AND RECOMMENDED PRACTICE OF THE ASSOCIATION. ON STANDARD WHEEL AND TRACK GAUGES. To confer with American Railway Association. ON PRICES IN MASTER CAR BUILDERS' RULES. To report what changes may be desirable. J. N. BARR, Chairman. SUBJECTS AND COMMITTEES FOR 1898. 1.-Rust from Salt-Water Drippings. Best method of preventing injury to track and trucks by salt- S. HIGGINS, Chairman. A. M. WAITT, THOS. KIRBY. |