Excerpt from Report of the Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Master Car-Builders' Association: Held in Saratoga, N. Y., June 10th, 11th and 12th, 1884 Sec. 1. The objects of this Association shall be the advancement of knowl edge concerning the construction, repair and service of railroad cars, by dis eussions in common, investigations and reports of the experience of its mem bers to provide an organization through which the members, and the compa nies they represent, may agree upon such joint action as may be required to bring about uniformity and interchangeability in the parts of railroad cars, to improve their construction and to adjust the mutual interests growing out of their interchange and repair. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.