Mechanical Contracting & Plumbing January-December 1912 . ue in any way the report or thework of your committee on standardiza-tion, but on the contrary, it is intendedto accentuate and bring into sharp re-lief the immensity of the undertakingand the thoroughness with which it hasbeen accomplished. There are men in attendance at thisconvention who were present at our17th annual convention held in thisroom on June 13th, to 15th, 1905, andthey will recall to their minds the factthat when the subject of standardiza-tion was disscussed, there was not a dis-senting voice raised, nor any suggestionm
Mechanical Contracting & Plumbing January-December 1912 . ue in any way the report or thework of your committee on standardiza-tion, but on the contrary, it is intendedto accentuate and bring into sharp re-lief the immensity of the undertakingand the thoroughness with which it hasbeen accomplished. There are men in attendance at thisconvention who were present at our17th annual convention held in thisroom on June 13th, to 15th, 1905, andthey will recall to their minds the factthat when the subject of standardiza-tion was disscussed, there was not a dis-senting voice raised, nor any suggestionmade in opposition to the adoption ofthe motion which provided for the ap-pointment of a committee to take up thework of standardizing several articlesfound necessary to standardize, andthereby relieve the craft of a burdenthat had been carried for a long timepast. As a result of the action taken at theconvention held in 1905, a committee ofthree was appointed, and after consid-erable preliminary work, the committeecalled together a number of manufactur-. A group of delegates at the Twenty-fourth Annual Convention of the National Association of Master Steam and Hot Water Fitters, Atlantic City, June 10, 11, 12 and 13. 8 PLUM B E R AND S T E A M F 1 T T E R ers for a conference, which was held atthe rooms of the American Society ofMechanical Engineers, at 12 West 31ststreet, New York City, on October 26,1905. Mr. Arthur C. Walworth, of Bos-ton, presided, and Mr. Henry B. Gomb-ers acted as secretary of the meeting, atwhich were present or represented anumber of manufacturers — some ofwhom, strange to say, are now under theimpression that they have not had suf-ficient time in which to take up the mat-ter of agreeing upon a standard forflanged fittings and flanges. Right here, let us make plain thatprior to the conference with the manu-facturers, on October 26, 1905, our com-mittee had made special efforts to ob-tain the best ideas of the leading mast-er steam fitters and contract
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