Abstract :
The American Institute of Mining Engineers will hold a meeting in the Canal Zone, Panama, in November, 1910. The steamer Prinz August Wilhelm of the Hamburg-American Steamship Company, accommodating about 150 passengers, has been engaged for the trip, and will sail with the party from New York on October 21, returning to New York about November 15, 1910. The cost of the round trip, including berth in stateroom, meals on steamer, railroad transportation, meals and accommodations at the Hotel Tivoli in the Canal Zone, will be $200 for each member or guest. This rate can be obtained only by those who secure accommodations prior to September 15, after which date an additional charge of $50 per capita must be made. The dates of payments necessary to secure a reservation are $100 not later than September 15, and $100 on October 1. Stops will be made at Havana, Kingston, Colon, Port Limon, and a call at Fortune Island. About 136 persons have made reservations, but there is still room for more in the party, and the members of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers are cordially invited to participate in this meeting. As the first week in November belongs to the rainy season, and it may rain hard for brief periods during the visit, members who attend should be provided with water-proof coats and high water-proof foot covering suitable for tramping in mud and water. Thus provided they need not fear the terrors of the rainy season, and they will have an opportunity to see how American engineers deal with such unfavorable climatic conditions. This trip will be of unusual interest to engineers owing to the rapid progress of the work on the canal. The details of the visits and excursions while on the Isthmus and the time and place of the technical sessions of the Institute have not yet been completed. The management of the trip is in the hands of Dr. Joseph Struthers, Assistant Secretary of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, 29 West 39th Street, New York City, t- whom remittances and communications should be addressed.
