38 HANDBOOK OF LEARNED SOCIETIES 



Meetings. Annually in Chicago, 111., on the third Tuesday of March, usually 3 days 



in duration. 

 Membership. 465 active (entrance fee, $10; annual dues, $10) ; I honorary (limited 



to 10). 



Publications. 

 BULLETIN, no. 1-76, Nov. 1900- June 1906. [Chicago, 1900-06]. 8. 



Price: 5oc. a number. 



PROCEEDINGS of the ist-6th annual convention, v. 1-6 [Chicago], 

 1900-05. 8. 



Price: $2, $2.50, and $3, respectively, for paper, cloth, or half-morocco bound 



volumes. 



Distribution. Exchange with technical papers, magazines, etc. On sale by the 

 Secretary. 



American Railway Master Mechanics' Association. 

 Address. Secretary: J. W. Taylor, 390 Old Colony Building, Chicago, 111. 

 History. Founded in 1868; incorporated in 1891. 



Object. Advancement of knowledge concerning the principles, construction, repair, 

 and service of the rolling stock of railroads. 



Meetings. Annually in June, at time and place selected by a joint committee of this 

 association and the Master Car Builders' Association. 



Membership. Active membership open to those above the rank of general foreman, 

 having charge of the design, construction, or repair of railway rolling stock; gen- 

 eral foremen, if their names are presented by their superior officers; two repre- 

 sentatives from each locomotive and car-building works. Associate membership 

 (limited to 20) open to civil and mechanical engineers or other persons having 

 such a knowledge of science or practical experience in matters pertaining to the 

 construction of rolling stock as would be of special value to the association or 

 railroad companies. Annual dues not to exceed $5. 



Publications. 



Report of the proceedings of the [ist]~38th annual convention . . . 

 1868-1905. [*. <?., v. I-XXXVIIIj. Chicago, [etc.], 1870-1905. 8. 



no. 1-2 published together in 1873 under the title : Constitution and bylaws 



. . . and proceedings . . . but with cover title like the following. 

 n - 3~7 9-13, have title : . . . Annual report, 

 no. 1-2, 5-19 pub. in Cincinnati; no. 23-24 in Newark; no. 25-29 in New York. 



Index of the Proceedings, v. I-XXXIII, inclusive. Comp. by G. L,. 

 Fowler. Chicago, 1901. 8. 



Note. The association maintains 4 scholarships at the Stevens Institute of Tech- 

 nology, Hoboken, N. J., awarded on examination. Candidates must be sons of 

 members or of deceased members of the association ; or, if there is not a sufficient 

 number of such applicants, railroad employees or sons of railroad employees. 



