PRELIMINARY NOTICE, AND CALL FOR MEETING. NEW ENGLAND COTTON MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION, 53 STATE STREET, ROOM 1043, BOSTON, March 10, 1892. DEAR SIR: The Board of Government has initiated a new policy for the Association meeting to be held at the close of next April. It is to dispense with the formal papers heretofore provided, and to limit the proceedings to informal discussion of topical questions by members only. To this end they have selected a list of subjects of interest to mill managers; and have, in each case, assigned a member to open briefly the discussion, in order to call out remarks upon it from the members at large. They earnestly hope for your co-operation in the matter; believing that new interest will be aroused by this method, and the meetings made more attractive. The topics chosen, and the names of the members who will briefly introduce them, are as follows: — 1. The benefits derived from the licker-in and shell-feed system to cotton cards. — Mr. E. W. THOMAS, Lowell, Mass. 2. Is the production of a mill increased or diminished by stopping for Saturday half-holidays? - Mr. F. M. MESSENGER, No. Grosvenor Dale, Conn. 3. What is the best policy to pursue in manufacturing concerns having large quantities of similar machinery; whether to have one overseer over a large amount of work, or to distribute it among two or three overseers?- Mr. CHARLES D. MCDUFFIE, Manchester, N. H. 4. What has been the result of experience in bringing the power from engines or water-wheels into the mill; at the end, or in the centre, in mills of not less than 350 feet in length? - Mr. JOHN KILBURN, Lowell, Mass. 5. The use of single or double boss rolls on spinning frames; from which can be derived the most benefit?- Mr. WILLIAM J. KENT, New Bedford, Mass. 6. Tests of spindle oils. Mr. A. M. GOODALE, Waltham, Mass. 7. The life of incandescent lamps. - Mr. W. S. SOUTHWORTH, Lowell, Mass. 8. Picking, as applied to the English system of carding. Mr. ROBERT MCARTHUR, Biddeford, Me. 9. What is the best design for line-shafting, transmitting over fifty horse-power, permitting stopping and starting on any floor, without interfering with the motor or with other shafting? - Mr. STEPHEN GREENE, Boston, Mass. This preliminary notice is issued by direction of the Board, in order that the members may take part, with more interest, in the discussion. AMBROSE EASTMAN, Secretary. NEW ENGLAND COTTON MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION, BOSTON, April 11, 1892. DEAR SIR:- The stated Annual Meeting of the Association will be held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boylston Street, Boston, on Wednesday, April 27, 1892, at 10 o'clock A.M., for the choice of officers for the ensuing year, and the transaction of other appropriate business. Upon the conclusion of the business of the meeting the topics announced in the circular issued under date of March 10 ulto., will be taken up in their order; and the Board confidently hopes that the members at large will actively participate in their discussion. By order of the Board of Government, AMBROSE EASTMAN, Secretary. |