Abstract :
The 27th Annual Meeting of the Institute was held in the Auditorium of the Engineers´ Building, 33 West 39th Street, on Tuesday, May 17, 1910. Mr. Calvert Townley, in the absence of President Stillwell, called the meeting to order at 8:15 o´clock promptly, and announced that the President had requested him to preside at the meeting, by reason of his absence on the Pacific coast in connection with the recent Institute meeting in San Francisco. After the appointment of a proxy committee, consisting of Messrs. H. W. Buck H. H. Barnes, Jr., and W. G. Carlton, the Chairman called for the presentation of the Directors Annual Report; which was read in abstract by the Secretary. [Report in full at end of Section II.]