UNITED STATES l6l 



Western Railway Club. 



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



Taylor. 



History. Organized Apr. 16, 1884; incorporated Mar., 1897. 

 Object. Advancement of knowledge concerning the construction, repair, and service 



of rolling stock. 



Meetings. Monthly, 3d Tuesday, June-Aug. excepted. 

 Membership. 1,400 (annual assessments). 



Publications. 



OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS . . . v. 1-18, Sept, i888-May 1906. Chicago, 

 111., 1889-1906. 16 & 8. 



m., June-Aug. excepted. v. 1-6, no. 2, have title: Proceedings . . . Prior 



to Sept., 1888, the proceedings were published in various railway journals. 

 Price: $2 a year; single numbers, 25c. 

 Catalogue of the David L. Barnes library, Sept I, 1897. Chicago, 



1897. 8. 

 Distribution. No exchange. On sale by the Secretary. 



Western Society of Engineers. 



Address. 1737 Monadnock Block, Chicago, 111. Secretary and Librarian : 

 J. H. Warder. 



History. Organized in 1869 as the Civil Engineers Club of the North- 

 west; incorporated under present name in 1880, its membership being 

 opened to engineers interested in all lines of professional work. Mem- 

 ber of the Association of Engineering Societies, 1881-95. 



Object. Advancement of the science of engineering and of the best interests of the 

 profession. 



Meetings. Regular meetings, ist Wednesday of each month, except Jan., July, and 

 Aug. ; extra meetings, 3d Wednesday of each month, except July and Aug. ; annual 

 meeting on ist Tuesday following the ist day of Jan. 



Membership. 654 active and 70 associates (entrance fee, $12.50; annual dues: 

 $12.50 for members resident within 50 miles of Chicago, $8.50 for non-residents) ; 

 99 juniors (entrance fee, $5; annual dues, $5); i honorary. 



Publications. 



Proceedings . . . v. 1-6, i87O/76-June, 1881. Chicago, 1876-81. 

 12 &8. 



v. 1-2 have title Papers ; v. 3-4, Papers and proceedings. 

 Prices: v. 4-6, $i each; v. 1-3 o. p. 



From 1881 to 1895 the papers and proceedings were published in the Journal 

 of the Association of engineering societies (v. supra}, the proceedings 

 (i5ist-337th meetings) being issued also separately with announcements of 

 meetings, and occasional papers. 



