The Bulletin contains also all reports
prepared for the various Sessions of the Congress and minutes of the
discussions. It was a great gathering that the late King Edward (then
Prince of Wales) opened on June the 26th, 1895, when the Congress was in
London. The scene was the Imperial Institute, and the meetings lasted
till July the 9th. From all parts of the globe delegates came. All was
not dull routine for British hospitality abounded and the companies vied
with each other in worthy entertainments, and Her Majesty the Queen saw
fit to signalise the occasion by giving a garden party in its honour.
Mr. W. M. Acworth, the well-known writer on railway economics, and a keen
but friendly critic of railway affairs, was appointed Secretary to the
English Section of the Congress, and to him fell the principal work
connected with the Session. His scholarly and linguistic attainments and
his varied travels, fitted him well for the task. My eldest son, then a
youth of 18, just entered the railway service, had the good fortune to be
selected as one of Mr. Acworth's assistants. He had not long finished
his education in France, and spoke the language fluently, which, of
course, was a recommendation.
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