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Publications Sheet Metal Worker Published by Edwin A. Scott Publishing Company 45 West 45th Street, New York 19, N. Y. Subscription rates--S3.00 per year, U. S., Canada and Pan Amer. Foreign $4.00. Advertising rates on request. THE January 1948 issue of Sheet Metal Worker was its 74th Anniversary and Directory'Number. It is the oldest publication in its field and is of vital importance to men interested in sheet metal work-- air conditioning--warm-air heating and ventilation. Founded in 1874 and published to 1909 by David Williams Company; 1909 to 1920 by United Publishers Corp.; since 1920 by, the Edwin A. Scott Publishing Co. Subscribers are mainly, merchandising contractors purchasing practically all products and equipment which they fabricate, erect or install. Manufacturers, jobbers and distributors also subscribe. The market has three main divisions: (1) Equipment for resale in connection with erection or instal lation work. (2) Materials for fabrication. (3) Shop equipment and supplies. Circulation: Sheet Metal Worker is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations and the Associated Business Papers. Sheet Metal Worker also publishes books on heating, ventilating, sheet metal work, air conditioning, etc. The Annual Issue published in January, contains a comprehensive and valuable Directory Section. Plumbing and Heating Journal Scott-Choate Publishing Co., Inc., Publisher 45 West 45th Street, New York 19, N. Y. Subscription rates--S3.00 per year, V. S., Canada and Pan Amer. Foreign $4-00. Advertising rates on request. PLUMBING and Heating Journal is edited to furnish a well-rounded, efficient service to the men engaged in the plumbing, heating, ventilating and air con ditioning fields. It covers both the technical and busi ness phases of their work. It gives free technical service through a staff of practical engineers; expert merchandising assistance, and its technical and business articles are by men of recognized competence. THE JOURNAL editorial department draws its news from scores of trained correspondents located at strategic points throughout the country. This combination of the technical, business, news and other aspects of the industry enables THE JOURNAL to achieve a finely balanced magazine that gives the reader the type of information he wants and needs, in brief, compact form. A department "With the Water Systems," informs the trade of the latest developments in the rural plumb ing field and its increasing potentialities for the plumbing --heating contractor, especially with the recent exten sions of rural electric lines throughout the country. 1278 ENGINEERS OF HUMAN COMFORT The Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning Engineer through his work and research- brings to our homes, our offices and our factories, in both summer and winter, that climate best suited to our comfort and health, and he creates for our industries those atmospheric conditions which improve quality of product and speed production. He is truly an Engineer of Human Comfort and a public benefactor. It was in 1894 that a small group of nationally known engineers, educators, and manufacturers organized the A.S.H.V.E. for the express purpose of improving the art through the interchange of ideas and stimulation of scientific research and invention. In 1894, it was agreed that the great art of heating and ventilating deserved and required recognition as an essential, distinctive and highly specialized division of modern engineering. These men realized the basic importance of heating and ventilating as the primary element in the well-being of civilized mankind, living and working mostly indoors. These keen, alert, .progressive men knew that the methods and equipment of their day could be improved even beyond their own vision if all the personalities striving for such improvement could be welded into one organized cooperative group, imbued with the same ideals and set toward the. same goal. So they formed themselves into the nucleus of such an organization and called it The American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers. That the Charter Members had great faith in their enterprise is evident, although little did they dream that progress would be so rapid in their profession. During, the intervening years since that little group of 75 pioneers unfurled the banner of The American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers--6065 of the real leaders of thought and action in heating, ventilating, and air conditioning have gathered about that standard and carried it proudly before them far along the way of real accomplishment. They may be identified among engineering groups by the distinctive emblem which was adopted by the Charter Members. The record of the Society's accomplishments is a long and brilliant one, yet it must embrace but a small part of the real achievement which the Society has inspired both among its members and the many non-members whose work it has influenced. Re warding the efforts of its founders, who gave unstintingly of their time and means, the Society has been tremendously effective in the advancement of the Art and Industry through its manifold activities. FOUNDING OF THE A. S. H. V. E. The organization of a Society of heating and ventilating engineers was first talked of by Hugh J. Barron and L. H. Hart in the early summer of 1894. On August 2, 1894, a group of 15 men met at the office of Heating and Ventilation, 146 World Bldg., New York, and a committee of 5 was chosen to effect an organization. The first meeting was called at 3.-00 P.M., September 10, 1894, at the Broadway Central Hotel and temporary officers were elected: F. P. Smith, Chairman; and L. H. Hart, Clerk. The roll call showed that 75 persons had become Charter Members. It was voted that the name of the organization should be The American Society, of Heating and Ventilating Engineers and a Constitution and By-Laws were adopted. The following were elected to hold office until the 1st Annual Meeting, January 22-24, 1895: President, E. P. Bates, Syracuse, N. Y.; First Vice-President, W. M. Mackay, New York, N. Y.; Second Vice-President, W. F. Wolfe, Boston, Mass.; Third VicePresident, Chas. S. Onderdonk, Philadelphia, Pa.; Treasurer, Judson A. Goodrich, New York, N. Y.; Secretary, L. H. Hart, New York, N. Y.; Board of Managers, E. P. Smith, H. J. Barron, A. A. Cary, New York; James A. Harding, Vineyard Haven, Mass.; Henry Adams, Washington, D. C.; Council on Membership, Chas. W. Newton, Balti more, Md.; R. C. Carpenter, Ithaca, N. Y.; Albert A. Cryer, New York; F. W. Foster, Boston; U. G. Scollay, Brooklyn, N. Y. 1279