Show RAILROAD MEN CONFER Crowd of Prominent Officials at a 1 llceting In Chicago Chicago March II Kailroad presidents presi-dents managers superintendents and 1 engineers from every Important transportation trans-portation line In the country gathered at Steinway hall today to attend the first annual meeting of the American Railway and Maintenance of Way association as-sociation organised a year ago at Buf falo The session will close tomorrow evening with a banquet President T F Wallls called the gathering to order at 10 oclock and 1 read his annual address Secretary Frltch reported that the membership of the association was rapidly Increas I ing and added that more than HOOOO miles of railroad were represented at I present The Ion standing committees submitted reports outlining courses for study and Investigation during tho coming year The afternoon session was devoted to tin discussion of prac I tical railroad problems I |