MR. KEPPELMAN: Mr. President, I move the adoption of the report of the Committee on Nominations. THE PRESIDENT: I think the proper way would be to incorporate in that authority for the Secretary to cast the ballot. MR. D. MCDONALD: I arise, Mr. President, to move that the report be accepted, and that the Secretary cast the ballot. THE PRESIDENT: The Secretary is one of the nominees. Make it that the Chairman of the Committee shall cast the ballot. MR. KEPPELMAN: Mr. President, I will incorporate that in the motion. Motion seconded. THE PRESIDENT: Gentlemen, it is moved and seconded that the report be accepted, and that the Chairman of the Committee be authorized to cast the ballot of the Institute for the election of these officers. Are there any remarks? If not, all in favor of the motion as stated will signify it by saying "Aye." The motion is unanimously carried. It is unnecessary to call for contrary minds. Mr. Pratt, will you cast the ballot for the gentlemen named? MR. PRATT: Mr. President and Gentlemen: In accordance with the instructions given me, I hereby cast the ballot of the American Gas Institute for the officers and directors for the ensuing year as read in the report of the Committee. It is hardly necessary to read them again; I will do so if it is your desire. If it is not your wish, then I cast the ballot of the Institute for the officers and directors as read. Loud calls for a speech from Mr. Clark. MR. WALTON CLARK: Mr. President and Gentlemen: I am truly very much embarrassed. You have given me an honor that I feel deeply. Perhaps I do not appreciate it, but, I assure you I feel it very deeply. I do appreciate the responsibility you have placed upon me, and which it is, indeed, an honor for any man to be called upon to bear. It is my hope that my words and actions in this position will meet with the approval of you, my personal friends, and my professional brethren and peers. If a If a man in any line of work has not the approval of those who know his job, who know what he has done and is doing at his job, then he is not a success. I want that success which will be indicated by your approval of the way I bear the responsibility you have put upon me. There is nothing nearer my heart than to do the work of this position so that you who know the work shall say that, within my ability, I have done well. I will make every effort during the year to meet your hope, and to satisfy my own ambition, which as I have just repeatedly said, can be satisfied only by your approval. THE PRESIDENT : I am sure we would be glad to hear from Mr. Prichard. MR. PRICHARD: Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Institute: I want to assure you that I appreciate the honor which you have bestowed upon me, and I thank you for it. For many years I served on a board of directors presided over by an old gentleman, who was a philosopher and an orator. When we elected him, as we did from year to year, it was his unvarying practice to rise from his chair and say: "Gentlemen, I appreciate the honor, I thank you for it." It seems to me that there are no words in the English language, if spoken from the heart, which expresses the thought any better. I appreciate the honor and thank you for it. Call for Mr. Doherty. THE PRESIDENT: I think that Mr. Doherty is not here. Is Mr. Shattuck in the room? Will you read your report now, Mr. Shattuck? We are ahead of the program, but if you are ready we would be glad to have you make it now. MR. SHATTUCK: Mr. President, this paper is a compilation of a lot of formulas. I do not think it would be very interesting to read it, and I would suggest that I do not read it. There have been no radical changes in high pressure distribution within the last year. Several elaborate tests have been made to try and prove out the best formula to use. At St. Louis the tests all indicated that the Cox computor was perfectly safe to use. The actual results of the tests showed that the large sizes of pipe followed very closely the results of the computor, but that the delivery of the smaller pipes was in excess of the results obtained by the computor. I think, Mr. President, that is all I can say. (Mr. Shattuck's report can be found on pages 415 to 419 down to Article 4 on Pumping Gas.) MR. WALTON FORSTALL: Mr. President, I move that a vote of thanks be tendered to Mr. Shattuck for his work. Motion seconded. THE PRESIDENT: Gentlemen, it is moved and seconded that a vote of thanks be tendered to Mr. Shattuck for his report. All those in favor of the motion will signify by saying "Aye." Contrary minds, "No." It is carried. I omitted to state one thing, gentlemen. I would, therefore, say that the ballot of the Institute was cast for the gentlemen named in the report of the Committee on Nominations, and they are declared elected. Do you wish to take up any more business before the noon recess? If not, a motion to adjourn is in order. On motion, duly seconded and passed, the convention adjourned to 2 P. M. SECOND DAY—AFTERNOON SESSION. Convention called to order at 2 P. M., President B. W. Perkins in the chair. THE PRESIDENT: Gentlemen, if you will come to order, Mr. Kellogg has a matter which he wishes to present. MR. KELLOGG: Mr. President and Gentlemen-The Iowa District Gas Association held a meeting yesterday and appointed. this committee, and authorized them to frame an application to become affiliated with the American Gas Institute, in accordance with Section 49. Of course, we do not expect this meeting of the Institute to take formal action, but we would like to put in the application, or to set it in motion, so that we may know as early as possible what will be required of us. The Iowa District Gas Association covers the states of Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota. Our constitution is similar to the American Gas Light Association. We have not solicited membership outside of that territory, and we practically have not solicited any membership except among those engaged in the business. We would like to have this put in motion, so that we may organize the work along lines which will be in harmony with the American Gas Institute. The application is as follows: American Gas Institute: GENTLEMEN-The Iowa District Gas Association desires to become affiliated with the American Gas Institute as provided in Article 49 of the constitution, and formal application is hereby made. IOWA DISTRICT GAS ASSOCIATION. L. L. KELLOGG, JANSEN HAINES, GEORGE MCLEAN, Committee. THE PRESIDENT: Gentlemen, I think that that would go properly directly to the Governing Board, and if that is the sense of the meeting we will refer it to that Board, and it will be taken note of. Your formal application, Mr. Kellogg, I think, should be filed. I think, with the consent of the meeting, we will consider that referred directly according to our new by-laws. MR. WALTON FORSTALL: Mr. President, if this is the proper opportunity, I have some results of tests of "A" meters that I would like to present, so as to get it into the record. I will not read the paper. It simply gives the results of some tests which have been made, and I call attention to them, and ask for permission that they be printed in the proceedings. THE PRESIDENT: By the consent of the meeting, we will have these incorporated in the minutes, provided there is no objection. DES MOINES, Iowa. RESULT OF TESTS OF "A" METERS, JANUARY, 1906, TO September, 1906. Number of "A" meters in service. Number of "A" meters removed and tested 283 67 Cease to record.. Will not pass gas.. PERCENTAGE. Error 1% fast or 12% slow or under Error between 4% and 1% fast or 12% slow Error over 4% (1) (1) 61% 12% 24% 2.37% 2.16% .21% 2.00% PHILADELPHIA GAS WORKS. RESULT OF TESTS OF "A" METERS, OCTOBER, 1905, TO SEPTEMBER, 1906. Number of "A" meters in service . . . . Number of "A" meters removed and tested Error between 4% and 1% fast or 12% slow |