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Membership. 135 municipalities (annual dues, $10 to $50, proportioned to the size 

 of the city.) 



Publications. 



Proceedings of the 2d-6th annual convention . . . 1898-1902. New 

 York, later Des Moines, Iowa, 1898-1902. 8. 



Proceedings of ist convention not published. 



Proceedings of the 7th annual convention, 1903, in Bulletin [v. i], no. 9 



(Nov. 1903) ; of the 8th annual convention in Bulletin, v. 2, nos. 2 and 3 



(Oct. and Nov., 1904). 



BULLETIN . . . v. [i]-3- New York, later Des Moines, Iowa, 1898- 

 1905. 8. m. 



The numbers forming v. i issued irregularly, various sizes. 



Regular monthly publication began with v. 2, no. i (Sept., 1904). v. 2 in 



4 nos ; v. 3 in 6 nos. 

 Price: $i per annum. 



Master Car Builders' Association. 



Address. Secretary: Jos. W. Taylor, 390 Old Colony Building, Chi- 

 cago, 111. 



History. Organized at Altoona, Pa., Sept. 18, 1867, as the Master Car- 

 Builders' Association of the United States of America, several informal 

 meetings having been held previously, the ist at West Albany in July 

 1864. Name changed in June 1871 to United American Railway Master 

 Car-Builders' Association ; present name adopted in 1872. 



Ref.: History and early reports . . . New York, 1885. Report of the pro- 

 ceedings of the 23d annual convention . . . 1889, p. 14-17- 



Object. To advance knowledge concerning the construction, repair, and service of 

 railroad cars by discussion in convention, investigations, and reports of the experi- 

 ence of its members; to provide an organization through which the members and 

 the companies they represent may agree upon such joint action as may be required 

 to bring about uniformity and interchangeability in the parts of railroad cars, to 

 improve their construction, and to adjust the mutual interest growing out of their 

 interchangeability and repair. 



Meetings. Annually in June, place and date to be determined by the Executive Com- 

 mittee. 



Membership. 600, classed as active, representative, and life members (annual dues, 

 as assessed, not to exceed $8; in practice the assessment has never exceeded $5). 

 Active membership open to persons holding the position of superintendent of car 

 department, master car builder, mechanical engineer, foreman of a railroad car 

 shop, or similar position. Representative membership open to persons having 

 practical knowledge of car construction and having a written appointment from the 

 President, General Manager, or General Superintendent of any railroad company. 

 The constitution provides also for a class of associate members, open to civil engi- 

 neers or other persons having such knowledge of science or practical experience in 

 matters pertaining to the construction of cars as would be of special value to the 

 association or to the railroad companies. 



