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ia | ' MARINE REVIEW. [November 21, NAVAL ARCHITECTS-MARINE ENGINEERS. A MEMORABLE MEETING OF THIS DISTINGUISHED SOCIETY HAS JUST BEEN CLOSED IN NEW YORK--IT REFLECTS THE GROWING MARITIME IMPORTANCE OF THE NATION--MEMBERSHIP OVER 800. Undoubtedly the best evidence of the growing maritime importance , of the nation is to be found in the constant and healthful growth of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, whose ninth annual meeting was held in New York on Thursday and Friday last, the 14th and 15th. Ever since it was organized this society has added to its member- ship at the rate of about 100 per annum. This year 105 new names were enrolled in the following order: Members, twenty-seven; associates, fifty- six; juniors, twenty-two. This gives the society a total membership at the present time of 860. The membership numbered 755 at the opening session of Thursday morning, the new appointments being duly made by the council. The report of the secre- tary-treasurer, Washington L. 'Capps, revealed the fact that the society has resources amounting to $15,462.64, against which there is no liability. The sessions were, as usual, held in |the auditorium of the Mechanical | Engineers' building, No. 12 West | Thirty-first street, a courtesy which -|has invariably been extended to the society by the Mechanical Engineers, Secretary-Treasurer Washington L. Capps stated that in the absence of the president of the society, Mr. Clement A. Griscom of Philadelphia, it would be necessary to elect a tem- porary chairman. Upon motion of |Mr. E. Platt Stratton, Mr. Steven- son Taylor was unanimously elected dress was most felicitous and happy. He said: "On account of the unavoidable absence abroad of our president, you will be deprived of the pleasure of having his annual address, but the society has been briefly informed of its present condition through the re- port of the secretary-treasuter. While the society has made very large gains in membership, as is shown by the report of the secretary-treasurer, it has had the misfortune to lose by death some of its most distinguishe members, among them being one of its vice-presidents, the late Rear Admiral Bunce. Through the liberality of a member of the council a prize was offered for the best paper on the 'Theoretical and Practical Methods of Balancing Marine Engines.' A committee of the council, composed of Messrs. J. E. Denton, Stevenson Taylor and Lewis Nixon, was appointed to examine the papers submitted in competition and recom- mend the paper entitled to the prize. Two of the papers submitted were of such surpassing excellence that the committee unanimously recom- mended to the council that the paper which did not win the original prize be awarded a special prize donated by' the society. The committee's recommendations met with the unanimous approval of the council, which has awarded a special prize of $50 to the paper entitled 'Let Truth be Our Guide,' the first prize being awarded to the paper having as its motto 'Labor Omnia Vincet.' The society is to be congratulated in having presented to it papers of such universal merit as the ones to which prizes have been awarded and the council unanimously decided that the execu- tive committee be given authority to offer prizes during the next year, the subject to be selected by the executive committee and the amount of the prize or prizes to be limited to $200. The meeting is now open for the reading and discussion of papers." It is probably unnecessary to note that the committee when it made its decision was unaware of the authorship of the papers. When it was subsequently announced that the author of the prize winning paper, "Labor Omnia Vincet," was Naval Constructor D. W. Taylor, and that of the paper "Let Truth be Our Guide,' to which a special prize was given, was Rear Admiral George Wallace Melville, chief of the bureau of steam engineering, the applause was general. These papers were in- disputably the feature of the meetings. All of the officers of the past year were re-elected. Rear Admiral T-. . Bowles, chief constructor of the navy, was added to the list of vice-presi- dents in place of Rear Admiral Bunce, deceased. Mr. H. Taylor Gause resigned from the council, which with the elevation of Rear Admiral Bowles, left two vacancies in that body. These were filled by the appoint- ments of Naval Constructor D. W. Taylor and Mr. Ira M. Hollis, pro- fessor of engineering at Harvard University, so that the list of officers is as follows: NAVAL CONSTRUCTOR D. W. TAYLOR. LIST OF OFFICERS FOR ENSUING YEAR. President, Clement A. Griscom. Vice-presidents--Charles H. Cramp, Philip Hichborn, Charles H. Loring, George W. Melville, George W. Quintard, Irving M. Scott, tae L. Fernald, Francis T. Bowles, William T. Sampson and Edwin A. tevens. Members and associate members of the council--William F. Durand, French E. Chadwick, Nathaniel G. Herreshoff, William H. Jacques, John C. Kafer, Frank B. King, Frank E. Kirby, Jacob W. Miller, Washington L. Capps, Edward Farmer, Lewis Nixon, Harrington Putnam, W. I. Babcock, Horace See, E. Platt Stratton, Stevenson Taylor, George E. Weed, James E. Denton, Walter M. McFarland, George W. Dickie, Cecil H. Peabody, D. W. Taylor and Ira M. Hollis. Executive Committee--Francis T. Bowles, Stevenson Taylor, Har- rington Putnam, Lewis Nixon, Edwin A. Stevens, Clement A. Griscom and Washington L. Capps, ex-officio. : Secretary and Treasurer--Washington L. Capps, U. S. N., 12 West Thirty-first street, New York. to this office. His impromptu ad-- At the instigation of Rear Admiral Bowles, chief constructor of the navy, the following resolution was adopted: oe "Resolved, that the council be requested to revise the constitution with view of increasing the revenue of the society by increase of dues and entrance fees and also to secure by revision such change in the method of election of officers and other matters which may appear to be for the ad- vancement of the society; such revision when made to be submitted for the consideration and vote of each member and associate; the result of such vote to be submitted at the next council meeting for action with the recommendation of the council." ; In explanation of this resolution Admiral Bowles said that the society was now in its tenth year and that for the first time in its existence its expenses were more than the receipts. He added also that the executive work of the society had been done by a few unselfish and devoted souls, who, while no less devoted now, had assumed other duties with their increasing years and did not have the time to devote to the society. He recommended that a permanent professional secretary be employed. LIST OF MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE. The list of members and others in attendance at the several sessions for the reading of papers and at the banquet included the following: D. Almy, George H. Barriss, Capt. Wright, Rear Admiral P. C. Asserson, L. Katzenstein, Horace See, Col. Petroff, 'Chief Engineer Marz- kevitch, Assistant Naval Constructor J. W. Powell, Assistant Naval Con- structor Williams, George N. Gardiner, Warren E. Hill, William A. Dakson, Prof. C. C. Thomas, F. Merriam Wheeler, Fred A. Humewell, D. G. Moore, Theodore Lucas, Albert Leitch, William R. C. Wood, Parker H. Kemble, Lieut. L. H. Chandler, 'Capt. H. S. Ross, Prof. James E. Denton, O. B. Keller, Charles D. Mosher, Mark Forgusson, P. J. Donnelly, John S. Hyde, J. 'C. McGuire, Prot. A. J. MacLean, W. D. Forbes, .Capt. H. S. Ross, Naval Constructor J, H. Linnard, Prof. C. H. Peabody, Capt. J. M. Miller, Prof. William F. Durand, Andrew Fletcher, Andrew Fletcher, Jr., F. M. Leavitt, H. M. Jock, B. F. O'Connor, W. M. McFarland, Stevenson Taylor, J. C: Kafer, W. I. Babcock, Naval Con- structor D. W. Taylor, Naval Constructor Robert Strocker, 'Capt. Von Rebeur Paschwitz of the German navy, Miers 'Coryell, E. Platt Stratton, Naval Constructor Washington L. Capps, Assistant Naval Constructor W. G. Groesbeck, Assistant Naval Constructor Robert C. P. Wetherbee, Commodore de Faramond of the French navy, F. B. King, Rear Admiral John Lowe, Chief Engineer Ayres, Chief Engineer Magee, F. L. Du Bosque, Sinclair Stuart, Naval Constructor Lawrence Spear, William H. Deming, Charles B. Rowland, Thomas F. Rowland, Jr., Charles H. Cramp, C. S. Smith, Nicholas Cushing, F. P. Palen, E. B. Shock, L. E. Eckart, Hi, EB. Grieshaber, S. S. Jordan, W. P. Stephens, Mason S. Chase, Rear Admiral FE. 1. Bowles, James Young, Prof. A: .H. Sabin, J. Brauckle, Prof. D. Jacobus, Lieut. A. P. Niblock, Donald Stuart, Wil- liam F, Palmer, James Swan, P. Leventhal, Carl T. Holmes, Col. E. A. Stevens, Harvey D, Goulder, George L. Norton, Frederick Hepburn, Capt. B. F. Wood, Naval Constructor William L. Mintonye, George H. Waters, George Crouse 'Cook, John Loyd, H. A. Magoun, Joseph Barre, William Gardner, Charles H. Buckeley, J. A. Horgan, William Rewlend W. H. Fletcher, W. H. Bailey, Naval Constructor Lloyd Bankson, Naval Constructor John Hanscom, H. E. Bancker, John Nolan, F. P. Lewis, J. R. Andrews, H. P. Elwell, F. O. Wellington, John Fritz, F. C. White- house, A. A. Thresher, J. W. Kellogg, Charles Wood, Oberlin Smith, R. Hummel, H. Thomas, L. H..McMirtrie, H. C. Guile, John Platt and A. P. Robinson. NEW MEMBERS, ASSOCIATES AND JUNIORS. The list of new members, associates and juniors, and the advancement in membership are as follows: Members---Roland Allwork, inspecting engineer, Panama line, 24 State street, New York; John Millington Blankenship, assistant superin- tendent Merchants and Miners Transporta- tion Co., Baltimore; Jacob Brauchli, in- specting draughtsman, office of superin- tending engineer, United States navy, Newport News, Va.; William L. Cathcart, adjunct professor, mechanical engineering, Columbia university. New York; William B. Collison, first-class draughtsman, navy vard, New York; B. B. Crowninshield, naval architect, 31 State street, Boston; R. E. Hall, secretary, New York Steam Fitting Co.,.187 Elm street, New York; Urban Harvey, second assistant engineer, revenue cutter service, Washington, D. C.; V. L. Legarda, naval architect; Union Iron Works, San Francisco; W. S. Leland, in- structor in naval architecture, Massachu- setts Institute Technology, Boston; Philip Leventhal, designing engineer and chief draughtsman, Gardner & Cox, 1 Broadway, New York; P. H. McGiehan, draughts- man, navy yard, New York; S.H. Moore, , RBEAR-ADMIRAL United States local inspector of boilers, 2. ' GEO. W. MELVILLE. River st., Chicago; J. B. Rowen, in charge of mold loft, Wm. Cramp & Sons' ship yard, Philadelphia; Yasnichi Sugi- tani, ship yard manager, Mitsu Bishi Dock Yards & Engine Works, Nagasaki, Japan; P. A. Talbot, chief hull draughtsman, Wm. R. Trigg Co., Richmond; Frank Van Vleck, assistant superintendent engineer, United States army transport service, 836 New Montgomery street, San Francisco; Harry Wheeler, superintendent, Atlas Steamship Co., Pier 44, North river, New York; Nagakato Yamamoto, chief dratightsman, Mitsu Bishi Dock Yards & Engine Works, Nagasaki, Japan; S. S. Caskey Harlan & Hollingsworth Co., Wilmington, Del.; Samuel D. B. Brown,