70 REPORTS OF INVESTIGATIONS AND PROJECTS. 



Division 3. — Mining. 



The collection of material in this division, under the charge of Mr. Edward 

 W. Parker, is approaching completion. There has been completed under him 

 chapters on — 



Anthracite Coal, by H. H. Stock, Scranton, Pennsylvania. 



Bituminous Coal, by Prof. W. S. Landis, Lehigh University. 



Manganese and Chrome, by Prof. W. S. Landis, Lehigh University. 



Petroleum and Natural Gas, by Dr. G. P. Grimsley, Morgantovim, West Virginia. 



Cement and Gypsum, by E. C. Eckel, U. S. Geological Survey. 



Prof. Walter R. Crane, Columbia University, New York, in charge of 

 precious-metal mining, has completed the history, geological distribution, and 

 geological occurrence and production portions of his work. 



Mr. Walter Renton Ingalls has completed a work on lead and zinc, and 

 has published in the Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engi- 

 neers a "Chronology of lead mining," credit being given for the aid received 

 from the Institution. 



Division 4. — Manufactures. 



This division perhaps calls for the largest amount of work of any in the 

 list. Dr. Victor S. Clark took charge at a rather late date, and this has pre- 

 vented any matter being printed as yet, though much has been collected, and 

 Dr. Clark proposes to immediately begin the preparation of the final volumes. 

 His assistants are working industriously and making satisfactory progress. 



Division 5. — Transportation. 



Prof. B. H. Meyer, in charge of this important division, reports that Alton 

 D. Adams has completed a series of nine papers covering various kinds of 

 pools under the general title of "Railway pooling," and the tenth and final 

 paper is nearly comipleted. These papers will be printed soon. 



Mr. A. L. Bishop, treating of "The State works of Pennsylvania," will pub- 

 lish his complete work during the coming year. A part of this monograph 

 has already been published in the Yale Review for February, 1907, under the 

 title "Corrupt practices connected v/ith the building of the State works of 

 Pennsylvania." The first chapter on "The Granger movement," has been 

 written by Solon J. Buck. 



Prof. F. A. Cleveland has practically completed one volume of "The his- 

 tory of railway finance." 



Dr. U. B. Phillips' "History of transportation in the southern cotton belt 

 to 1861" is being published by the Macmillan Company for the Columbia 

 University Press. A second volume will deal with "Virginia and East 

 Tennessee." The following paper has already been published, in addition to 

 those previously reported : "An American state-owned railroad — the Western 

 and Atlantic." (Yale Review, November, 1906.) 



