submit such corrections in writing to the convention as he may desire for its action, at any time during the session of this convention.

J. W. Craig I desire further, Mr. President, to take up the matter of the proceedings of the Denver meeting, to ascertain if possible what action, if any, was taken on the report of the Committee on Standard Frogs, and refer to the minutes of the proceedings of that meeting from page 87 to 89, and page 113 and 114. Now I desire to know what action was taken on the report of that Committee.

The President Mr. Craig was President of the Denver meeting, and he ought to know what disposition was made of that report. This matter came up at the Washington meeting.

J. W. Craig -I beg to differ with the chair. My office expired by limitation. When he assumed the chair the report was in the hands of the President and Secretary. I was a private in the rear ranks at that time. The report in the first place was not presented at Denver, and there was nothing done in regard to that report at the Denver meeting, and how what appears got into the proceedings I don't know.

James Sloan I think probably the reporter has it yet.

J. W. Craig I cannot say as to that. I do not know. We must dispose of the matter, because we can not afford to be left on the record as ignoring a communication from the President of the Superintendents' Association.

not done anything very serious by delaying it; still we must dispose of it.

J. M. Meade Will the Secretary read the names of that Committee?

The Secretary read the names of the Committee as follows:

P. Nolan, Chairman; D. H. Lovell, O. F. Jordan, R. Caffrey.

The President-I will state for the benefit of Mr. Meade

that only one member of that Committee is present, and that is Mr. O. F. Jordan.

J. M. Meade I would like to have Mr. Jordan make a statement to the convention as to what was done with that report.

Mr. Jordan What meeting do you refer to?

The President-The Denver meeting. What disposition was made of the report of the Committee on Standard Frogs?

Mr. Jordan I do not know as I know exactly what was done with it.

D. Elliott Mr. President, if I understand the matter right, the Committee made a report in regard to the letter of the Association of Superintendents. And that report was to a certain extent adopted at our Denver meeting; but there has been no acknowledgement of the communication by the Secretary of our Association. I would therefore move that the present officials of this Association acknowledge the same to the Superintendents' Association, stating what action was taken at the Denver meeting on their letter to us, and also explaining how the failure to acknowledge the receipt of their communication heretofore occurred, and that the matter shall receive attention at the carliest practicable time.

Carried unanimously.

The President - Does this dispose of all the matter at the Denver meeting?

J. W. Craig--It is all I have to say about it.

Thereupon the report of the proceedings of the Denver meeting was approved, subject to such amendments as the convention may make upon motion or request of individual members.

The President-The next thing in order is the reading of the names of the new applicants for membership.

Thereupon the Secretary read the names of applicants. All of whom were, on motion, received as members of the Association.

The President-The next thing in order is correspondence. There being none, the chair will state that the Executive Committee met in Pittsburgh, Pa., on May 26th, 1890, and chose the following subjects for discussion, and appointed committees for each as follows:

TRACK JOINTS.

R. Black, R. M. Manhattan E. R. R. (Chairman).......

John Doyle, D., L. & N.

No. 71 Broadway, New York, N. Y.

B. Murtaugh, Central R. R. of New Jersey..
W. H. Stearns, C. & N. W. R. R.

C. E. Marvin, C. R. R. & B. Co...

NUT LOCKS, TRACK BOLTS AND SPIKES.

. Detroit, Mich.

Jersey City, N. J. . Oak Park, Ill.

Savannah, Ga.

George W. Bishop, R. M. Fitchburg R. R. (Chairman)........ Athol, Mass.

BEST METHOD OF INSTRUCTING SECTION LABORERS, ETC.

R. Caffrey, Lehigh Valley R. R. (Chairman)..........

O. F. Jordan, M. C. R. R.

Pat. Nolan, N. O. & T. R. R.

William Riley, C. & A. R. R.

J. W. Craig, C. & S. R. R.

White Haven, Pa. St. Thomas, Ontario. Birmingham, Ala.

. Bloomington, Iil. Charleston, S. C.

TO PROCURE PLANS AND CUTS FOR INTER-LOCKING DEVICES.

John Wynn, St. L. Bridge Co., (Chairman) Union Depot...St. Louis, Mo. R. Black, R. M. Manhattan E. R. R., 71 Broadway... .New York, N. Y. George W. Offutt, Long Island R. R... . . . . . . Long Island City, N. Y.

The President-The order of business now will be the reports of the various committees. The first in order is the report of Committee of Track Joints. Is the Committee ready to report?

R. Black, Chairman-Our report is not quite ready, and we would ask further time, Granted,

The President--The next thing in order is the report of the Committee on Nut Locks, Track Bolts and Spikes. Is the Committee ready to report?

Geo. W. Bishop, Chairman-The Committee would like further time.

Mr. Craig How much further time do you want?

Mr. Bishop-We will do the best we can to have our report ready to submit between three and four o'clock this afternoon.

On motion of Mr. Doyle, the Committee was granted the further time asked.

The President-The next thing in order is the report of the Committee on The Best Methods for Preserving CrossTies.

The Chairman of this Committee not being present, the report was passed.

The President-The next thing in order will be the report of the Committee on the Best Method of Instructing Section Laborers, etc.

The Committee asked for further time, and on motion of Mr. Doyle it was granted until 3 p. m.

The President-The next thing in order will be the report of the Committee appointed to procure Plans and Cuts for Inter-locking Devices now in use.

John Wynn, Chairman-Mr. President, I have been somewhat disappointed in getting my blue prints of specifications. Probably I may get them later. But I think Mr. Black, who is also on the Committee, is present, and I understand is prepared to go ahead and dispose of some things.

R. Black—Mr. President, I have blue prints of the differ ent machines in my room, and I will this afternoon see Mr. Wynn and turn them over to him with a full report of the same. I would like to further state, in relation to the Committee on New Joints, the reason we were not ready this morning with a full report, was that there were some new joints that had not yet arrived, and we were desirous of giving each and every new joint due consideration, and con

cluded to wait until this afternoon before acting on them. I will further state if the Committee on Joints will meet me in my room at 2 p. m., at the Hotel Wayne, we will finish up the business in short order.

The President-Can the gentleman state at about what time the Committee will be ready to report?

Mr. Black-It will be four o'clock before we will be ready to make the report, provided the Committee will be ready to meet me at 2 p, m.

H. W. Reed offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That a Committee of five be appointed by the President to consider a revision of the Constitution and By-Laws of this Association, and to report at this convention.

In speaking to the resolution, Mr. Reed said: Mr. President, my object in offering this resolution is that it has been suggested that it would be advisable to have permanent committees appointed on various subjects which may be considered by our Association. If we propose to keep in the line of progress we must make our inquiries more exhaustive and our investigations more thorough. There are also other points which have been suggested by different members in conversation with me, which could very profitably be considered by this Committee. I therefore offer this resolution.

The resolution was seconded.

The Secretary-Mr. President, I believe that matter came up last year, and comes up this year as unfinished business. Mr. Reed—Then I would move a suspension of the rules for the purpose of introducing this resolution. Seconded. A rising vote was taken, and resulted in 19 votes for and 21 against.

The motion to suspend the rules was therefore lost.

On motion, the Secretary was directed to have printed, for circulation among the members, a sufficient number of copies showing the various committees and the subjects assigned for discussion.

On motion of Mr. Doyle, the convention took a recess until 2 p. m.