AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ANNUAL MEETING. New York City, May I6th, 1893. The meeting was called to order at 4.20 p. M. by the President, Mr. Frank J. Sprague, who announced that the first business would be the appointment of tellers to count the ballots for officers. The President:—I will appoint Messrs. T. C. Martin and George A. Hamilton, tellers, and they will proceed at once to the counting of the ballots which are in the possession of the Secretary. Mr. Thomas D. Lockwood : —In view of the fact that the procedure of election is a new one upon this occasion, and also that the rule governing our procedure is rather long and easily forgotten, I suggest that the Secretary be instructed to read the new rule before the tellers proceed to their work, or, as an alternative, that a copy of the rule be given to the tellers that they may refer to the same while proceeding with their work. I will make that as a motion. [The motion was seconded.] Mr. Phelps:—I hope Mr. Lockwood will be content with having a copy of the rule given to the tellers. The President:—It is hardly necessary to put the motion. A copy of the rule will be handed to the tellers. Mr. James Hamblet:—In view of the great work which will be required of the tellers, I would make a motion, if it is in order, that the number of tellers be increased to five in order to facilitate the work. The President:—The rule states that there shall be only two tellers. The Secretary :—I should say it would be perfectly in order for those tellers to have clerks to assist them. Mr. Iiamhi.et:—I was not aware of that rule. I merely made the suggestion in view of the great work entailed. The Secretary:—I have the ballots here with a list of the membership corrected to the first of May, and in order to facilitate this work, the ballots have been arranged in packages which are numbered from one up—about fifteen packages in all. The ballots will be found in alphabetical order to correspond with the list. The ballots are at the disposal of the tellers. The President :—The tellers will at once assume their duties. The Secretary :—I would like to suggest, in the first place, that the tellers are to count the ballots in the meeting room and we shall have to pass on the point whether the place they are going to is the meeting room or not. They have disappeared from view. Mr. Phei.p8 :—Let us call them back. The President :—I appoint Mr. Phelps a committee of one to recall the tellers for instructions. [Mr. Phelps went after the tellers, who returned.] The President:—I take it that the front room might be used by the tellers. [The tellers proceeded with the counting of the ballots in the front room.] The Secretary:—I have the report of the Council and the Treasurer printed. Mk. Phelps :—Are these reports to be read? Or are they to be considered as read? It has been the invariable custom, on financial reports being presented, to appoint a committee, usually of two, to audit the Treasurer's report, and I hope that that procedure will be taken to-day. The Secretary read the following reports: Report Of Council For Thf. Year Ending April 30TH, 1893. In compliance with the requirements of the Rules, the Council submits to the Annual Meeting a report of the work of the Institute during the past year. Ten meetings of the Council have been held at which the average attendance has been 8, the highest number present at a meeting having been 14, and the lowest 5. which was at the June meeting held in Chicago. At the meeting held May 17th, i8cj2, upon recommendation of a Special Committee, Lord Kelvin, Dr. Werner von Siemens, and Cyrus W. Field were elected to honorary membership. In accordance with the announcement at the last Annual Meeting, the oth General Meeting of the Institute was held at Chicago on June 6th, 7th and 8th. The meeting was very fully attended, especially by Western members, while the Eastern States were also well represented. The general result was entirely satisfactory. Eight other meetings have been held in Now York City. At these various meetings 30 papers and reports were read and discussed, and have since been printed and distributed to the members. The volume of the Transactions for 1802 contained 858 pages and was one-third larger than that of the previous year. In response to an inquiry made by direction of Council, the authorities in charge of the World's Columbian Exposition assigned two rooms in the Electricity Building to be occupied during the World's Fair season as the headquarters of the Institute. A special committee was appointed to make arrangements for its proper equipment, and prepare a plan for raising the necessary funds for that purpose. Satisfactory progress has been made and it is hoped that the result will be beneficial to the Institute. In pursuance of its general policy toward assisting in the preparation for the World's Electrical Congress of 1893, the General Committee of the Institute and its Sub-Committee on a Provisional Programme have been actively engaged during the year, and their work, which has been published through the Transactions and the electrical press, has elicited much favorable comment. An important change has been made in the plan of issuing the TransacTions, by which the various papers and discussions are now published at an earlier date than was possible under the previous arrangement. In order to provide for the extra expense involved, suitable advertisements are accepted for publication, and there is every reason to believe that the plan will be found so satisfactory as to justify its continuation hereafter. The revenue from advertisements will cover more than the additional cost. Inquiries having been made by many members regarding the issuance of a badge and certificate of membership, the Council has from time to time considered designs for official acceptance. Designs have recently been approved, and arrangements for their supply are now being carried out. The total membership of the Institute at the close of last year's report was as follows: Ton! 615 Honorary Members elected during the past year 3 Associate Members elected 98 Restored to membership 1 Making a total of 717 The following have resigned during the year: WM. LEE CHURCH, A. F. MASON. C. J. BRINER, WM. M. SHEEHAN, WM. C. BF.NBOW, D. H. B\TES, ALDEN M. YOUNG, J. NORMAN BULKLEY, ADOLPH G. GREENBERG. Total 9. Our )o«s by death has been unusually large, the list being as follows: CHARLES M. DAVIS, EDW. T. MIDDLETON, CYRUS W. FIELD, GEORGE J. SPENCER, DR. WERNER VON SIEMENS, DR. NORVIN GREEN. Total 9. Election* cancelled by reason of failure to qualify 6 Dropped from list for non-payment of dues 20 Loss of membership. Deducting the lo«s of membership as stated leaves a remainder of 673 (a net gain Honorary Members 3 Members 206 Associate Members 464 '7 ■ Since the report of membership was closed, two additional deaths have occurred—Grosvenor Porter Lowrey, Esq., and James Bowstead Williams, M.D. SECRETARY'S BALANCE SHEET. For The Year Ending April 30TH, 181,3. Dr. Cr. To balance from 189a $ 25 56 By Cash to Treasurer $7,552 67 Sundry receipts 45 55 Entrance fees 480 00 Life Members 300 00 Past dues 245 82 Current dues ... 5,297 13 Advance dues 80 17 Electrotypes sold 51683 Typewriting and stenograph' 139 58 Transactions sold 364 87 Subscriptions to Transactions 142 00 Received for binding 3850 Secretary's Balance on hand 2334 $7,576 or $7.576 OI DISBURSEMENTS DURING THE YEAR. The Treasurer has disbursed upon warrants drawn by the Secretary for bills approved by Council and Finance Committee, the amount of $7,707.30, classified as follows: Stenography and typewriting % 428 90 Stationery and miscellaneous printing 426 6b Postage 26595 Messenger service 82 34 Salary account 1.844 43 Engraving and electrotyping 689 84 Meeting expenses 386 20 Rent 66000 Printing Transactions ... 2,650 27 Binding 113 83 Office fittings 20 00 "expenses 138 94 This amount should be credited with the following items: Electrotypes sold $ 516 83 Collected for stenography and typewriting 13958 Received for binding 38 50 Sundry receipts 45 55 $740 46 740 46 Showing the net expenses of the year to have been $6,966 84 And the net receipts for fees, dues, sales and subscriptions of Transactions.. 6,809 99 Showing an excess of net expenses over net receipts for the year of 156 85 The outstanding current bills against the Institute April 30th, were 617 45 Amount of uncollected accounts outside of membership 250 06 Due from members 710 80 Balance of genera! fund in Treasury 90 90 Secretary's balance May 1st, 1893 .. .. 23 34 Judging from past experience, about half the dues in arrears will be paid during the year. Respectfully submitted by direction of Council, RALPH W. POPE, Secretary. New York, May i, 1893. American Institute Of Electrical Engineers. Balance from previous year $ 245 53 Received from Secretary, May i, 1893, to May 1, 1893 7.552 67 $7,798 ao Cr. Payments, from May 1, 1892, to April 30, 1893, on warrants from Secretary, Nos. 353 to 428 inclusive $7,707 30 Balance to new account 9090 $7.79$ 20 Balance on hand, General Fund, May 1, 1893 $ 90 90 BUILDING FUND. Balance as per last report, plus interest at 3 per cent, from July Respectfully submitted, GEO. M. PHELPS, Treasurer The President :—While the reports are being distributed I will make this anuouncement. Dr. Pupin, of Columbia College, whose paper was on the list to be read first at to-morrow afternoon's session, wishes to read it at Columbia College where he can have the advantage, both for himself and the members of the Institute, of conducting certain experimental work in illustration of the facts stated in the paper. It has been decided that perhaps the best way to accommodate both Dr. Pupin and the InstiTute members generally, is to change the order of the papers so that Dr. Pupin's paper will be the last read to-morrow afternoon. The first papers will be read and disposed of and the Institute will then adjourn to meet at four o'clock at the lecture room at Columbia College. The opportunity of listening to this lecture illustrated by the experiments which will be conducted by Dr. Pupin will more than offset any disadvantages connected with the transfer of the place of meeting. The Secretary:—The following Associate Members were elected at the regular meeting of Council this afternoon: Name. Address. Endorsed by Barbour, Fred. Fiske Manager, Power and Mining De- O. T. Crosby. partment, Pacific District, Gen- Louis Bell. etal Electric Co., 15 First St , F. A. C. Perrine. San Francisco, Cal. Barth-bartoshevitch, A. Mechanical and Electrical En- Albert Schmid. gineer, Westinghouse Electric F. S. Smith. and Mfg. Co.. 160 Arch St., Henry Floy. St., Allegheny City, Pa. |