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^^^»sfei^bi^l Courtesy, New York Edison Co. GEOKQB WASHINGTON BRIDGE CONNECTTINO WASHINGTON«* HEIOHTS WITH TOP OF T H E PALISADES OF T H E HUDSON ON J B B S E T SHOHE TMs bridge serves as one of fche inain coxmectioxis of t h e Island of Manhattan witb the mainland. F r o m its roadway beautiful visfeas» both u p a n d down t h e Hu.dson, a r e always to b e seen.
Some New York Meeting Details P L A N S for t h e entertainment of memfbers o f t h e AMOBRICAJST
CHEMICAL« SOCIETY a n d their guests at T h e Aoierican Ciiemical Industries Tercentenary (89th meeting o f the SOCIETY) during the week of April 22 have progressed fco the point wtiere all m a y be assured that this will be, not o n l y the iargest a n d most memorable meeting ever faeid b y the SOCIE"J?Y, b u t a l s o the world's Iargest gathering of ehemists. Divisional programs (seheduled t o begio. on MConday^i aire being developed to provide many important anci interesting paipers before each group. T h e programs of genezral infcerestriiiclude the award of the Nichols Medal by t h e Ne^w York S e e t i o a of the SOCIETY t o Father J. A. Nieuwland, of N otre D a m e University, for his work on aeetylene derivatives oa Tuesday e v e n i n g , addresses b y leaders in t h e profession and inidustry of ehem-Istry a t the general meeting on Wednesday af ternoon an.d by outs~tanding figures in our national life at the banquet Wednesday e v e n i n g . The entertainment program, with a ü the facilities of t h e metropolis on call, will itself b e memorahle im p r o v i d i n g even. the most blase" of the SOCIETY'S members with rare treafcs avaüable nowhere eJse in t h e world. The pla,i>t Visits, seheduled for this meeting as parts of divisional prograoas, will offer a d iversity of insight into the many ramifieatlons of eltemical imdustry possible oniy in this riehly varied industria*! area. HOTELS
Headquarters will b e in t h e Pennsylvania Hotel, whiebt. can b e reached b y incoming visitors directly from the t e r m i n a l s of a l l
FRANCIS P . GABVAN
A, Wm HIXSON
b u t three of t h e prineipal railway lines without requiring t h e use of even a taxicab. T h e other three official hotels» t h e Hotel N e w Yorker (whieb will bouse the Division of R u b b e r Chemistry meetings), t h e Governor Clinton H o t e l (where the Division of P a i n t a n d Varnish Chemistry will m e e t ) , a n d t h e McAlpin Hotel, a r e all within two blocks of headquarters and communicate witn it t h r o u g h underpasses. Ample aeeommodations a r e available in these f our hotels t o care for even a n unexpectedly large meeting. I n addition, there a r e hundreds oi o t h e r hotels within easy reach, in which the Hotel Committee will be glad t o place a n y preferring them. I t is necessary t h a t reservations f o r t h e meeting b e m a d e a s early as possible t o insure securing j u s t what each member d e sires. Preferred space i n all hotels, consisting of suites of roonas, is available t o parties of two, three, or more a t little advance o v e r miriimum r a t e s . T h e Hotel Uomrnittee urges t h a t y o u m a k e a r r a n g e m e n t s directly with t h e hotel of your choiee b u t offers i t s help in solvimg special problems ( W . W . Winship, Chairmaxi, 58 Seheneetady Ave., Brooklyn, N . y".). THANSPOETATION
Transportation from railway terminals to official hotels is greatly simplified b y t h e fact t h a t t h e Pennsylvania Station (terminal of t h e Pennsylvania, Lehigh Valley, and Long Island Railroads) is just across t h e street from three of the official hotels arid only a block from t h e fourth. T h e H u d s o n Tunnels, connecting with the E r i e a n d D . L . & W . Railroads in N e w Jersey,
L. W . B A S S
CHAIRMEN O F I M P O B T A N T C O M M I T T B I S , N B W Y O R K M E E T I N G
D. P . MORGAN
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chemistry in America. T h e come w i t h i n a b l o c k of ^ ^ ^ 1 ^ library of the A M E R I C A N headquarters, and passengers CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Consolion the Baltimore & Ohio are dated with that of The Chemb r o u g h t directly from the ists' Club, will have on exhibitrainside to official hotels. tion many historical volumes The Grand Central Station, from its collection. Trips will terrninus of the New York be arranged to.points of hisCentral and t h e New Haven torical interest in connection Railroads, is only a short with early chemical industry d i s t a n c e away (one mile). in the City of New York. Passengers over the Reading DIVISION OF INDTJSTRIAI. and the Central Railroad of AND ENGINEERING C H E M I S New Jersey can eonveniently TRY. Trips are scheduled t o reach official hotels by taxi t h e R u p p e r t Brewery o n frorn the 23rd St. ferry staTuesday, and to Carrier Engitions of these roads after an neering Corp., makers of airinspiring view of the Skyline conditioning equipment, Colof New York from the deck gate-Palmolive-Peet, and t h e of the ferryboat. ~W. WlNSHTP NEWMAN American Cyanamid Co. in Visitors b y a u t o m o b i l e New Jersey on Friday. will find traffic in the city too MORE COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN DIVISION OF MEDICINAL c o n g e s t e d for comfortable C H E M I S T R Y . Plans have driving during most of the been made to visit the laboratories of the Rockefeller Institute day, but all official hotels have special arrangements for parking on Monday or Tuesday afternoon and to visit the plants of E . cars of guests. Parking on streets is permitted for limited periods R. Squibb & Sons and Merck
