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one machine keep 600 sq. ft. of cargo dock active. In the case of heavy merchan- 
dise, such as burlap, barrels of oil, rocks, logs, etc., a second machine is used to load 
the trailet with its crane. Ona hurry-up order for cotton recently given at 9 A. M. 
the foreman had 48 bales alongside the lighter from half a mile away at 9.25 and 
three hundred bales were on board at 11.30. ‘This illustrates how quickly the 
system can be put in motion, and how effectively it acts. 
From logs kept by the operators of the four battery truck cranes used by the 
Bush Terminal Co. it has been found that the average distance hauled is goo feet 
and the maximum three-fourths of a mile. Packages are delivered at the rate of 
three a minute and at a cost of one-third cent per package or 3 cents per ton. 
About 900 tons, representing nearly 8,000 packages, are handled per week by 
each machine. ‘The tractive effort is equal to that of a five-ton locomotive on rails 
and its lifting capacity is nominally one ton, but this is frequently exceeded. A 
battery truck crane with a liberal number of trailers, say twelve, constitutes a 
transporting system good for one or one million packages to be transported one 
hundred or five thousand feet without an elaborate system of management, and 
with very low first and maintenance costs. 
THE PRESIDENT :—Is there any further discussion upon this paper? 
On your behalf, I will extend to Mr. Harding our sincere thanks for the courtesy 
he has shown in presenting this paper to us, and we will be very glad to hear from 
him again in the future. 
There are one or two matters of business that should be taken up at this moment. 
They will not take long, and I will ask the Secretary to read the reports of the Com- 
mittees appointed by the counsel. 
SECRETARY Dante, H. Cox:—The Council at its last meeting took up the 
question of amending the method of election of officers to the Society, and these 
are the suggested amendments recommended by the Council. 
Section 1, Article IV, under the head of officers, now reads as follows: ‘The 
officers of the Society shall consist of a President, Past Presidents, twelve Vice- 
Presidents, twenty-four Members of Council and a Secretary and Treasurer.” 
It is recommended that this Section be altered by introducing after the words 
“Past Presidents” the words “Honorary Vice-Presidents.”’ 
Section 4, Article IV, now reads as follows: “‘The term of office of the Vice- 
President shall be six years. Prior to the Annual Meeting in 1906 the Executive 
Committee shall by lot divide the present list of Vice-Presidents into six classes, 
so that the term of two of their number shall expire at the end of 1906 and two others 
at the end of 1907, and so on to the year 1911. “The Vice-Presidents to fill the 
vacancies occurring each year in any class shall be elected by the Council from their 
own membership. Retiring Vice-Presidents shall be eligible for re-election.” 
All of the first two sentences are to be stricken out and the following substi- 
tuted: “The term of office of the Vice-Presidents shall be three years. The Vice- 
