Caption: Dedication - Transportation Building Dedication Addresses
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and engineering buildings, to be erected for the purpose of furthering and promoting the work now being conducted for the study and development of the business of transportation and the education of men to enter the service of the railroad industry." * With that approval and with that encouragement, the University asked the Legislature at the session preceding this one for an appropriation for this purpose. In presenting the matter to the Legislature we had at that time the very active and loyal support of all the railroad men whom we had here at that time and many others whoir they enlisted. It is a great pleasure to acknowledge the large share that the railroad men of Chicago and the vicinity in general have had in bringing to so successful an issue the process which was entered into two years ago. On our program for the morning we have several topics, the first of which concerns the modern problems of the steam railroad, the electric railroad and of the manufacturers. We are to have the pleasure of hearing in the first topic, "Modern Problems of the Steam Railroad," Mr. B. A. Worthington, President of the Chicago & Alton Railroad. MR. WORTHINGTOH* of the University, Mr. Chairman and Guests and Students Aside from the pleasure which it gives me to come down here and say a few words to you upon the subject which has been assigned to me, I want to say that * For Proceedings of Conference of Nov. 9, 1910, see University of Illinois Bulletin, Vol. 8, No. 13, dated Nov* 28 XVlv «
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