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SECTION.  DIVISION.  BOOK. 

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P  RO  C  E  ED  I N  GS 


OF   THE 


American   Society 


Civil  Engineers. 


(INSTITUTED   1S52.) 


VOL.     V 
JANUARY    TO     DECEMBER,    1879. 


NEW  YORK : 

PUBLISHED     BY    THE     S  O  C  I  E  I'  Y. 


6176 

1879. 


'^     1. 


Entered  according  ijto   Act  of  Congress,   by  the   Americam    Society   of    Civil  Engineers,   in 
the  office  of  the   Librarian  of   Congress,  in  Washington, 


Note. — This  Sofciety   is    not  responsible,  as  a  body,   for  the   facts  and    opinions    advanced   in 

any  of  its  pubUcations. 


PAST   0]?'FICERS 

OF   THE 

AMEBIC  AN  SOCIETY  OF  CIVIL  ENGINEEES. 

PRESIDENTS. 

James  Laukie,  November  5,  1852,  to  jSTovember  6,  ISG^- 
James  P.  Kikkwood,  November  6,  1867,  to  August  5,  1868. 
William  J.  McAlpine,  August  5,  1868,  to  November  3,  1869. 
Alfred  W.  Craven,  November  3,  1869,  to  November  1,  1871. 
Horatio  Allen,  November  1,  1871,  to  November  5,  1873. 
Julius  W.  Adams,  November  a,  1873,  to  November  3,  1875. 
George  S.  Greene,  November  3,  1875,  to  November  7,  1877. 
E.  S.  CiiESBRouGH,  November  7,  1877,  to  November  6,  1878. 
W.  MiLNOR  Roberts.  November  6,  1878,  to  November  5,  1879. 
Albert  Fink,  November  5,  1879. 

VICE- PR  ESI  DENTS. 

Edward  Gardiner,  November  5,  1852,  to  November  2,  1853. 
Charles  \V.  Copeland,  November  5,  1832,  to  November  3,  1869. 
Alfred  W.  Cr.wen,  November  2,  1853,  to  November  6,  1867. 
Julius  W.  Adams,  November  6,  1867,  to  November  5,  1873. 
James  B.  Francis,  November  3,  1869,  to  November  2,  1870. 
Thomas  C  Clarke,  November  2,  1870,  to  November  1,  1871. 
Jacob  M.  Clark,  November  1,  1871,  to  November  5,  1873. 
W.  MiLNOR  Roberts,  November  5,  1873,  to  November  1,  1876. 
Theodore  G.  Ellis,  November  5,  1873,  to  November  7,  1877. 
A.  L.  Holley,  November  1,  1876,  to  November  7,  1877. 
Albert  Fink,  November  7,  1877,  to  November  5,  1879. 
W.  MiLNOR  Roberts,  November  7,  1877,  to  November  6,  1878. 
James  B.  FRANCis,November  6,  1878. 
Octave  Chanute,  November  5,  1879. 

SECRETARIES. 

Robert  B.  Gorsuch,  November  5,  1852,  to  November  2,  1853. 
Edward  Gardiner,  November  2,  1853,' to  December  1,  1854. 
James  0.  Morse,  December  1,  1854,  to  November  3,  1869. 
Thomas  C.  Meyer,  November  3,  1869,  to  Januaiy  5,  1870. 
Alfred  P.  Boller,  Januaix^,  1870,  to  November  1,  1871. 
Gabrjel  Leverich,  November  1,  1871,  to  November  7,  1877- 
John  Bogart,  November  7,  1877. 


33^15^ 


TREASURERS. 

Robert  B.  Gorsucii,  November  5,  1852,  to  November  2,  1853. 
Edward  Gardiner,  November  2,  1853,  to  December  1,  1854. 
James  0.  Morse,  December  1.  1854,  to  November  3,  18*75. 
John  BoGART,  November  3,  1875,  to  November  7,  1877- 
J.  James  R.  Croes,  November  7,  1877. 

» 
DIRECTORS. 

W.  H.  MoRELL,  year  beginning  November,  1852. 

W.  H.  Sidell,       "  "  "  1852. 

Julius  W.  Adams,  years    "  "  1852,1875. 

James  P.  Kirkwood,  "      "  "  1852,  to  Nov.  1867. 

Alfred  W.  Craven,  "       "  "  1852,  1867,  1868,  1871  and  1872. 

"William  J.  McAlpine,  years  beginning  November,  1853,  to  Nov.,  1867,  and  Nov., 

1869. 
William  H.  Talcott,         "  ■*  "  1853,  to  Nov.  1868. 

James  O.  Morse,  "  •'  "  1853,  to  Nov.  1867,  and  Nov., 

1876. 
J.  W.  Pratt,  "  "  '  1853. 

1.  C.  Chesbrough,  '•  ••  ••  1854,  to  Nov.,  1867. 

James  K.  Ford,  '•  "  "  1867,  1868. 

George  S.  Greene,  ■•  '•  "  1867,1868,1870,1872,1874, 

1876,  1877,  1878. 
John  F.  Ward,  "  "  "  1867,    1868,  1869,  1870,  1871. 

E.  S.  Chesbrough,  "  "  "  1869. 
Thomas  Prosser,                "             "                 "  1869. 
Jacob  M.  Clark.                 "             "                 "             1869,  1870. 
Thomas  F.  Rowland,         "             "                 •'  1870,  1871,  1872. 
Charles  Macdonald,          "             "                 "  1870,1873,  1874. 
Alfred  P.  Boller,             "             "                 "  1871. 
William  E.  WoRTHijN,      "             "                 "             1871. 

John  Bogart,  "  "  "  1872,  1873,  1874. 

F.  CoLLiNGWooD,  "  "  "  1872,  1873,  1874,  1875. 
De  V0L8ON  Wood,              "             "                 "  1873. 

Octave  Chanute,  "  "  "  1873,  1874,  1875. 

A.  L.  HoLLEY,  "  "  "  1875. 

Q.  A.    GiLLMORE,  "  "  "  1875. 

W.  MiLNOR  Roberts,  "  "  "  1876. 

J.  James  R.  Croes,  "  "  "  1876. 

William  H.  Paine,  "  "  "  1876,1877,1878,1879. 

M.  N.  Forney,  "  "  "  1870. 

Joseph  P.  Davis,  "  "  "  1877. 

C.  Shaler  Smith,  "  "  "  1877. 

C.  Vandervoort  Smith,  "  "  "  1877,  1878,  1879 

Thomas  C.  Clarke,  "  "  "  1878. 

Theodore  G.  Ellis,  "  "  "  1878. 

Charles  Hermany,  "  "  "  1879. 

Edgar  B.  Van  Winkle,  "  *'  "  1879. 

Gouvkrneur  K.  Warren,"  "   '  "  1879. 


INDEX. 


ADAM, 

Adams,  Julius  W. — On  Committee,  5. 
Additions    to    Library    and    Museum. 
(See  Library.) 

—  To  List  of  Members.     (See  List.) 
Address  of  Members,  clianges  in.     (See 

(List.) 

Advance  Coi)ies  of  Papers,  31,  86. 

Alexander,  B.  S  — Paper  by,  5. 

Allen,  Charles  Alisert. — Admitted  as 
Member,  29,  39. 

Allen,  James  P. — Admitted  as  Junior, 
4,  12. 

Allen,  Theodore. — Discussion  by,  4i. 

Amendments  to  By-Laws.  (See  By- 
Laws.) 

—  to  Constitution.     (See  Constitution.) 
Andrews,  E.  R. — Discussion  bv,  46,  74, 

79. 

Announcements.— 1],  17,  25,  38,  57,  63, 
70,  102. — Advance  Copies  of 
Papers,  38,  57,  63,  70.— Complete 
Sets  of  Transactions,  103. — Contri- 
bution of  Papers,  103. — Discussion 
of  Papers,  18,  27,  38,  57,  63,  70, 
102. — Eleventh  Annual  Conven- 
tion, 11,  17,  25. — Illustrations  of 
Papers,  103.— Metric  System,  11, 
18,  27,  38,  57,  63,  70,  103.— Society 
House,  11,  18,  27,  38,  57,  63,  71, 
103. — Surveys  of  Public  Lands,  11. 
— Title  Page  and  Contents, Vol.  Vll. 
of  Transactions,  18. — Title  Page 
and  Index,  Vol.  IV  of  Proceedings, 
18. — Transmission  of  Letter  Bal- 
lots, lo3. — Twenty-seventh  Annual 
Meeting,  70,  102. 

Annual  Certificate  Filed,  15. 

Annual  Meeting,  79,  81,  84.  (See  Min- 
utes.) 

Annual  Report  of  Board  of  Direction. 
(See  Board.) 

Anslev,  George  D.— Discussion  by, 
46. 

Appleton,  N. — Discussion  by,  105. 

Arrears  of  Dues,  14,  15,  85. 

Awards  for  Best  Papers,  32. 

Ballots  for  Amendments  to  By-Laws,  1. 

—  For  Amendments  to  Constitution,  1. 

—  For  Appointment  of  Committees,  73. 

—  For  Members,  4,   13,  29,  52,  59,  65, 

73,   81,   105. 
Barnard,    J.    G. — Discussion   by,  5. — 
Paper  by,  5. 


BELL. 

Bell,  James  E. — Admitted  as  Mem 
ber,  4,  19. — Death  Announced.  40, 
52. — Committee  Appointed  to  Pre- 
pare Memoir,  52. — Memoir,  98. 

Bland,  John  C. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 29,  63. 

Board  of  Direction. — Report,  80,  82. 
(See  Minutes.) 

Bog  art,  John. — Discussion  by,  31.— 
Elected  Secretary  and  Librarian, 
81. — On  Committee,  4. — Paper  by, 
146. — Secretary  of  Convention,  41, 
43. 

Boller,  Alfred  P. — Discussion  by,  65. 
— On  Committee,  4. 

Boxtecou,  Daniel. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 81,  103. 

Books  on  Engineering  and  Technology, 
List  of.— 7,   15,   22,  52,  67. 

BouscARE>f,  G. — Discussion  by,   45,  46. 

BowDiTf'ii,  E.  W. — Discussion  by,  46. 
—  Resolution  by,  31. 

Bradley,  William  II. — Admitted  as 
^Member,  4. 

Brazil,  its  Railways  and  Water  Com- 
munications, by  W.  MiLNOR  Rob- 
erts, 47,  52. 

Bridge,  Glasgow  Steel;  Specifications 
for,  by  W.  Soo«>  Smith,  45. 

—  New  York  and  Brooklj'n  ;  Progress 

of  Work  upon,  by  F.  Colling- 
wooD,  45. 

Bridges,  the  Use  of  Steel  for,  by  Theo- 
dore Cooper, 65.  t 

Bruner,  Daniel  P.  —  Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 13,  19. 

Brush,  Charles  B. — Discussion  bJ^  45, 
46. 

Brush,  C.  F. — Paper  by,  45. 

Burden,  James  A. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 39,  52. 

Burr,  James  D. — Paper  by,  47,  74. 

By-Laws,  Amendments  adopted,  in  re- 
lation to  meetings  and  conventions, 
2. — Special  Committees  on  Engi- 
neering Subjects,  2. 

—  Codification  adopted,  1. 

Cadastral    Maps    in    Ohio,    by    II.    F. 

Walling,  47. 
Campbell,  Allan. — On  Committee,  5. 
Campbell,  John  C. — Discussion  by,  105. 
Canfield,  Edward. — Admitted  as  Mem 

ber,  105,  113. 


VI 


CEMENTS. 

Cements,  Experiments  with  Appliances 
for  Testing  Cements,  by  Alfred 
Noble,  45. 

—  Uniform    System  for   Tests  of. — 31, 

73,  84. 
Centennial  Commission  of  the  Society, 

80. 
CiiANUTE.  0. — Discussion  by,  4,  5,  31, 

82,    65,    79,    105. — Elected     Vice- 
President,  81. — On  Committee,  44, 

106.— Presides   at  Meeting,  105.— 

Report   by,  34. — Resolution  by,  5, 

31,  32. 
Chesbrough,  E.   S. — Discussion  by,  46. 

—Makes  Report,  81.— On  Board  of 

Censors,  74. 
Chester,  Stephen. — Paper  by,  4. 
Clarke,  Thomas  C. — I)iscussion  by,  52, 

65,  105.— Presides  at  Meeting,  21, 

29,  52,  65. 
Cleeman,     Thomas    M.— Admitted     as 

Member,  73,  78. 
Cohen,  M. — On  Committee,  3. 
CoLcuRN,  Warren. — Death  announced, 

72,  73. — Cemmittee   appointed    to 

prepare  Memoir,  73. 
CoLLiNGWOOD,  F. — Discussion  by,  6;  45, 

47,  65.— Motion  by,  32.— Paper  by, 

45,  47. 
Committee  on  Finance,  31,  38,  80,  106, 

108. 

—  Guaging  of  Streams,  80,  109. 

—  Library,  33,  80,  9-1,   106. 

—  Local,  at  Eleventh   Annual  Conven- 

tion, 48.  w 

—  Methods  of  Nominations,  80,  87. 

—  Nominations,  46,  75. 

—  Paris    Exhibit    of  American    Engi- 

neering, 31,  80. 
-T-  Q.uarters  for  the  Society,  80. 

—  Reseaith,  32. 

—  Tests  of  American  Iron,  Steel,  and 

Other  Metals,  30,  82,  36. 

—  Uniform  Accounts    and    Returns  of 

Railway  Corporations,  SO,  S3. 

Committees,  Special,  on  Engineering 
Subjects  ;  By-Lfvw  as  to,  2. 

CoMi'TON,  Alfred  G. — Discussion  bj',  4. 

Coney  Island  Pier.     (See  Pier.) 

Constitution,  Amendments  adopted,  in 
relation  to  Qualifications  for  ilem- 
bership.  Honorary  Membership, 
Propositions  for  Membership, 
Metliod  of  Amendment,  Dues,  1. 

—  Amendments    proposed,    as    to    Life 

M(!mbers,  Methods  of  Amendment, 
74,  81. 

—  Codification  adopted,  1. 
Construction  and  Maintenance  of  Roads, 

by  Edward  P.  North,  13,  46,  74. 


CONVENTION. 

Convention,  Eleventh  Annual,  4,  41,83 
(See  Minutes.) 

—  Twelfth  Annual,  80. 
Convention,  B\'-Law  as  to,  2. 
Cooper,  Peter. — Discussion  by,  105. 
Cooper,  Theodore. — -Discussion  by,  4, 

5,  31,  52,  65.  79,  105. — Resolution 
by,  5,  13.— Paper  by,  65.— Teller, 
80. 

Cornell,  George  B. — Admitted  as 
Junior,  59,  63. 

Coryell,  Martin. — Presides  at  Meet- 
ing, 3. 

Cotton,  Joseph  P. —Discussion  by,  32. 

Craven,  Alfred  W.  —  Deatli  an- 
nounced, 51,  12. — Committee  to 
prepare  Memoir,  5. 

Croes,  J.  James  R. — Discussion  by,  5, 
74.— Elected  Treasurer,  81.— 
Makes  Report,  80,  90,  108,  112.— 
On  Committee,  106. 

CuNNiNGH.\M,  D.  W. — Discussion  by, 
45. 

Cunningham,  James  H. — Admitted  as 
Member,  59,  71. 

Davis,  Joseph  P.- -On  Committee,  46. 

Death  of  Members,  86.     (See  List.) 

De  Funiak,  Fred. — Report  by,  34 

Dempster,  Alexander. — Admitted  as 
Member,  81,  103. 

DoRSF.Y,  Edward  Bates. — Admilted  as 
Member,  29,  39. 

Dresser,  George  W. — Deputy  Secre- 
tary of  Convention,  43. — Discus- 
sion by,  4,  5,  21,  32,  45.— Teller, 
80. 

Dues,  Amendment  to  Constitution  re- 
ferring to,  2. 

—  Arrears.     (See  Arrears.) 
Dynamite,  Notes  on  Gelatine,  by  J.   H. 

Strildinger,  4. 

Edge,  George  W. — Death  announced, 
114. 

Egleston,  Thomas. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 4,  11. — Discussion  by,  46. 

Election  of  Officers,  81. 

Electric  Light,  Description  of,  by  C.  F. 
Brush,  45. 

Engineering,  Questions  Involved 

in  the  Development  of,  by  Stephen 
Chester,  4. 

Elliot,  Charles  D. — Discussion  by,  31. 

Ellis,  Theodore  G. — Address  bj^  42. 
— Discussion  by,  47. — Makes  Re- 
port, SO. — Presides  at  Meeting,  30, 
41. 

Emery,  Charles  E. — Discussion  by, 
4,    21,    32,    45,  47,  65,  74,   105.— 


VII 


EMONTS. 

Ou  Comniittee,  33,  52. — Paper  by, 
30,  45. 

Emonts,  W.  a.  G. — Paper  by,  5. 

Erie  Canal,  Engineering'  Problems  in- 
volved in  its  proposed  Improve- 
ment by  Deepening  the  Channel 
one  foot,  by  E.  Swket,  Jr..  45. 

Evans.  Walton  VV. — Discussion  by, 
103. 

Excursions  at  Eleventh  Annual  Con- 
vention, 48. 

Finance,  Committee  on,  31,  38,  80,  106, 
lii8. 

FixK.  Albert. — Discussion  by,  105. — 
Elected  President  of  the  Society, 
81.— Presides  at  Meeting,  1'.),  105. 

Finney,  Frederick  N. — Admitted  as 
Member,  65,  71. 

Fiscal  year,  81,  84. 

FisuER,  Charles  II. — Discussion  by, 
45.     ■        . 

Flad,  Henry. — Discussion  by,  46. 

Flagg,  J  Foster. — Discussion  by,  31, 
32,  45,  74,   79. 

Flexure  and  Transverse  Resistance  of 
Beams,  by  Charles  E.  Emery,  45. 

Flow  of  Water.     (See  Water.) 

Force, C  G.  Jr. — Paper  by,  45. — Discus- 
sion by,  45. — On  Committee,  48. 

Ford,  Arthur  L. — Discussion  by,   105. 

Fox,  CiiiRLES  Douglas. — Discussion 
by,  46. 

Francis,  James  B. — Elected  Vice-Presi- 
dent, 81. 

Gauging  of  Streams,  Report  of  Com- 
mittee, 80,  109. 

Gordon,  Alexander. — Admitted  as 
Associate,  4,  19. 

Gottlieb,  AnaAiiAM. — Discussion  by, 
45. 

Gi'aphic  Railwiy  Accounts,  by  Charles 
Latimer,  45. 

Greene,  George  S. — Discussion  by,  5. 
— Makes  report,  109. — Presides  at 
meeting,  5,  13. — On  Committee,  3. 

Greene,  George  S.,  Jr. — Discussion 
by,  4,  5. 

Griffen,  John. — On  Committee,  4. 

Hardee,  Thomas  S. — On  Committee,  46. 

Harlow,  James  H. — Discussion  l^y,  45. 

Harris,  Henrique. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 103,  113. 

H^SLETT,  Sullivan. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 29,  39. 

Haswell,  Charles  IT. — Discussion  by, 
4. — Presides  at  Meeting,  05. 

G. — Death      an- 


il E  RING. 

uounced,  4. — Committee  Appointed 
to  Prepare  Memoir,  4. 

Hering,  R. — Discussion  by,  46,  47,  63. 

Hekmany,  Charlf;s. — Elected  Director. 
81. 

Hersciiel,  Clemens. — Discussion  by,  46. 

Hilgari),  Julius  E. — Discussion  by,  46, 
47. 

Hill,  A.  B. — Discussion  by,  46. 

Hill,  John  W. — Discussion  by.  47. 

House  of  the  Society.  (See  Announce- 
ments.) 

Inter-Oceaaic  Canal  Projects,  by  A.  G, 

Menooal,  105. 
Illustrations  of  Papers,  103. 

John,  Irvin. — Admitted  as  Member,  73. 

Katte,  Walter. — Presides  at  Meeting, 

79. — Discussion  by,  79. 
Keeker,  Thomas  C. — On  Committee,  46. 
Kelley,  F.  M. — Discussion  by,  105. 
Kennedy,  John. — On   Committee,  44. — 

Pajier  by,  47. — Discussion  by,  46. 
Kent,  William  — Discussion  by,  45. 
KiNGSLEY,  M.  W. — On  Committee,  48. 

Latimer,  Charles. — Discussion  by,  31, 

32,  45,  46,  47.— On  Committee,  48. 

— Paper    bJ^    45. — Resolution    by, 
,    31. 
Lavoinne,  F. — Discussion  by,  46. 
Lawson,  L.  M. — Admitted  as  Associate, 

105,  113. 
Leiinartz,  Frederick  W. —  Admitted  as 

Member,  59,  78. 
Library  and  Museum. — Additions  to,  9, 

23,    54,    68,    76,     inO  — Statement 

and  increase,  84. 
Library  Committee,  33,  80,  91,  106.  _ 
Library — Consultation    and  circulation 

of  books  of  the,  32,  80,  84,  91. 
Light-Houses,  by  J.  G.  Barnard  and  B. 

S.  Alexander,  5. 
List   of  Members.— Additions,   11,    19, 

28,    39,.   63,    71,    78,     103,     113. 
,—  Changes    and   Corrections,     12,    19, 

28,    40,    64,    71,    78,    lo4,    113. 

—  Death,  12,  40,  64,  72,  78,  Ktl,  113. 

—  Resignations,  72,  104. 

List  of  New  Books  dn  Engineering  and 
Teclinology.     (See  Books.) 

Long,  T.  J.— Discussion  by,  79,  105. 

Loomis,  Horace. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 81,  113. 

Macdonald,  Charles. — Discussion  by, 
5,  31,  45,  65,  105. — On  Committee, 
3  —Paper  by,  45.  —  Presides  at 
Meeting,  3,  13. 


VIII. 


McALPINE. 

McAlpine,  William  J. — Discussion   by, 

4. — Presidus  at  Meeting,  4. 
McCoMB,  D.  E. — Discussion  by,  46. 
McKee,  Charles  H. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber 29,  113. 
McKeown.  Thomas  — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 105,  113. 
Meetings. — By-Law   as   to.    2. — State- 
ment of,  83. — General,  31. 
Meic4S.     Montgomery.  —  Admitted     as 

Member,  4,  39. 
Members. — Additions    to.     (See    List.) 
Ballots  for.  (See  Ballots.)   Changes 
of   Address,     (See  List  )     I  'eaths. 
(See  List.)    Number,  82.     Resigna- 
tions.    (See  List.) 
Membersliip. — Propositions    for,    2. — 
Qualifications    for,     1. — Statenit-nt 
and  increase,  82. 
Memoirs  of  Deceased  Members. — 'Sam- 
uel  J.   Reeves,   93. — Franklin  A. 
Stratton,  96. — James  E.  Bell,  98. 
Menocal,  a.  G — Discussion  by,  105. — 

Paper  liy,  105. 
Merrill,  Wiliiam  E. — On   Committee, 

44. — Resolution  by,  46. 
Merriavether,  M. — Discussion  by,  46, 
Metcalf,  William. — Discussion  by,  31, 

45. 
Metric  System.  (See  Announcements.) 
Minutes  of  Eleventh  Annual  Conven- 
tion, Cleveland,  June  IVtli,  18'79, 
41 ;  called  to  order  by  John  Bog  art, 
Secretary;  chair  taken  by  Past 
Vice-President  Theodore  C  Ellis  ; 
address  hj  Hon.  R.  R.  Herrick, 
Mayor  of  Cleveland,  41  ;  reply  by 
Chairman  Theodore  G.  Ellis,  42; 
Charles  Paine  chosen  Permanent 
Chairman ;  John  Bogart  chosen 
Secretary ;  George  W.  Dresser 
chosen  Deputy  Secretary  ;  address 
of  Chairman  Charles  Paine  ;  record 
of  members  and  guests  in  attend- 
ance ;  committee  to  determine 
order  of  papers  and  .  discussions  ; 
invitation  from  Union  Club,  44; 
"Engineering  Problems  involved 
in  the  proposed  Deepening  of  the 
Erie  Canal,"  by  E.  Sweet,  Jr., 
read  and  discussed  by  C.  H.  Fisher, 
Theodore  Allen,  William  Wat- 
son G.  Bouscaren  ;  "  Experiments 
with  appliances  for  Testing  Ce- 
ments," by  Alfred  Noble,  read 
and  discussed  by  D.  J.  Whittemore, 
F.  Collingm'ood,  "W.  Sooy  Smith, 
D.  W.  Cunningham,  J.  H.  Harlow, 
C.  Latimer,  F.  (,>.  Norto.n,  F. 
Rinecker,  45. 


.MINUTES. 

Second  Session,  June  I1t\i. — "  The 
Electric  Light,"  by  C.  F.  Brush, 
read;  "Design  and  Construction 
Table  for  Egg-shaped  Sewers,"  by 
C.  G.  Force,  Jr.,  read;  "Graphic 
Railway  Accounts,"  by  Charles 
Latimer,  presented ;  "  The  Con- 
struction of  the  Ocean  Pier  at  Coney 
Island,"  by  Charles  McDonald, 
read  and  discussed  by  C.  Shaler 
Smith,  J.  Whitelaw.  G.W. Dresser, 
C.  B.  Brush;  "Specifications  for 
Glasgow  Steel  Bridge,"  by  W.  Sooy 
Smith,  read  and  discussed  by  W. 
H.  Paine.  G  Bouscaren,  A.  (jOtt- 
LiEB.  W.  Kent,  Charles  Macdonald, 
W.  Metcalk,   C.  G.  Force,  Jr.,  F. 

COLLINGWOOD,  45. 

•  Tiiird  Session,  June  18th. — Order  as 
to  discussions  and  limit  of  time ; 
"  Flexure  and  Transverse  Resist- 
ance of  Beams,"  by  Charles  E. 
Emery,  read  and  discussed  by  W. 
Kent;  "Progress  of  Work  on  New 
York  and  Brooklyn  Bridge,"  by  F. 
CoLLiNGWooD,  read;  "Theoretical 
Resistance  of  Railway  Trains," 
discussed  by  J.  F.  Flagg,  S.  Whin- 
ery,  W.  H.  Searles,  45;  "The 
Construction  and  Maintenance  of 
Roads,"  discussed  by  0.  B.  Brush, 
C.   Shaler   Smith,    G.   Bouscaren, 

E.  B.  Van  AVinkle,   F.   Lavoinne, 

F.  Rinecker,  Charles  Douglass 
Fox,  46. 

-  Fourth  Session,  June  18th. — Business 

meeting  held  (see  Minutes) ;  Nom- 
inating Committee  appointed ;  ac- 
tion taken  as  to  public  documents, 
46. 

-  Fifth  Session,  June  19th.—"  The  Con- 

struction and  Maintenance  of 
Roads,"  discussed  b\'  D.  E.  Mc- 
CoMB,  E.  R.  Andrews,  C.  Shaler 
Smith,  G.  Bouscaren,  G.  D.  Ans- 
LEY,  E.  S.  Chesbrough,  a.  B.  Hill. 
J.  E.  Hilgard,  H.  Flad,  M.  Merri- 
wETiiER,  B.  F.  Morse,  Edward  P, 
North  ;  "  Permanent  Way  of  Rail- 
ways in  Great  Britain  and  Ireland, 
with  special  reference  to  the  use  of 
Timber,  preserved  and  unpre- 
served,"  by  John  Bogart,  discussed 
by  E.  R.  Andrews,  C.  Latimer,  E. 
Sweet,  Jr.,  "W.  Watson,  T.  Egles- 
TON,  Charles  Paine,  John  Kennedy, 
E  W.  BowDiTcii;  appointment  of 
Committee  on  Preservation  of  Tim- 
ber recommended  ;  "  Brick  Arches 
for  Large  Sewers,"  discussed  by  C. 


IX 


MINUTES. 

Hersohel,  R.  Hering,  46;  "Distri- 
bution of  Rainfall  October,  1869," 
by  James  B.  Francis,  discussed  by 
W.  RoToii ;  "  Comparison  of  Stand- 
ard Measures,"  by  A.  S.  C.  Wur- 
TELE,  discussed  by  J.  E.  IIilgard, 
T.  G.  Ellis,  C.  Latimer  ;  "  ( -usliion- 
injj  the  reciprocating  parts  of  Steam 
Enoines,"discussed  by  C.  E.  Emery, 
J.  W.  Hill  ;  "  The  use  of  Com- 
pressed Air  in  Tubular  Founda- 
tions," by  D.  Mc.N  Stai'ffer,  dis- 
cussed by  F.  CoLLiNGWooD  ;  "The 
Flow  of  Water  in  Small  Channels," 
discussed  by  C.  H.  Swan,  R.  Ber- 
ing ;  "  The  Improvement  of  the  St. 
Lawrence  River, "by  John  Kennedy, 
read;  "Brazil,  its  Railway  and 
Water  Communications,"  by  W. 
Milnor  Roberts;  "  The  South  Pass 
Jetties,"  by  Max  E.  Schmidt,  with 
discussion  "by  H.  D.  Wiiitcomr  ; 
"  The  Construction  of  the  Railroad 
over  the  Raton  Mountains,"  by 
James  D.  Burr;  "The  Flow  of 
Water  in  Rivers,"  by  D\<:  Volson 
Wood  ;  "  Stability  of  Stone  Struc- 
tures," by  W.  H.  Searles;  "Wind 
Pressure,"  by  F.  Collingwood  ; 
"  Cadastral  Maps  in  Ohio,"  by  H. 
F.  Walling  ;  "  The  Submarine 
Telephone"  by  C.  W.  Raymond, 
presented ;  Resolutions  of  thanks 
adopted,  47  ;  Convention  adjourned; 
Arrangements  by  and  members  of 
Local  Committee ;  General  pro- 
gramme for  each  day,  48 ;  E.xcur- 
sions  and  visits  to  various  locali- 
ties, 51. 
Minutes  of  Meetings  of  Board  of  Direc- 
tion, 1.5,  32,  74,  106. 

—  January    3d,     1879,    Proposals     con- 

sidered; annual  certificate  filed: 
appropriations  made,  15. 

—  February    5tli,    1879,  Proposals  cou- 

siderecl:  financial  business  trans- 
acted,  15. 

—  March    6th,     1879,   Proposals     con- 

sidered; appropriations  made,  15. 

—  April  2d,  1879,  Proposals  considered; 

financial  business  transacted;  ac- 
tion taken  as  to  publications,  15. 

—  April  30th,  1879,   Proposals  consid- 

ered ;  action  token  as  to  arrears  of 
dues  :  resolution  adopted  as  to  pub- 
lications ;  appropriations  made,  15. 

—  May    31st,   1S79,    Proposals    consid- 

ered ;  arrangements  for  convention 
made;  api)ropriations  made,  32. 

—  June  30th,    1879,   Proposals    consid- 


MINUTES. 

ered ;  members  designated  to  at- 
tend turbine  tests;  conditions  of 
award  of  Norman  Medal  changed; 
approiu'iations  made,  33. 

—  August   4th,    1879,     Proposals   con- 

sidered, 74. 

—  September  2d,   1879,  Proposals   con- 

sidered ;  censors  to  award  Norman 
Medal  appointed :  resolutions  as 
to  appointment  of  committees  or- 
dered to  letter  hallot;  financial 
business  transacted,  74. 

—  October   1st,    1879,    Proposals     con- 

sidered; action  taken  as  to  ex- 
change of  publications  :  as  to  pub- 
lications not  credited ;  annual  re- 
port considered ;  report  of  Nomi- 
nating Committee  received  and 
ballot  ordered  prepared ;  appro- 
priations made,  74. 

—  October  31  at,   1879,   Proposals    con- 

sidered ;  annual  report  perfected, 
106. 

—  November  11th,  1879,  Standing  Com- 

mittees on  Finance  and  Library 
appointed ;  proposals  considered  ; 
issue  of  circular  ordered ;  action 
taken  as  to  members  in  arrears, 
106. 

— December  5th,  1879,  Proposals  con- 
sidered :  issue  of  circular  ordered  ; 
appropriations  made,  106. 

Minutes  of  Meetings  of  the  Society,  1, 
13,  21,  29,  52,  59,  65,  73,  79, 105. 

—  January  3d,  1879,  Death   of  Samuel 

J.  Reeves.  M.  A.  S.  C.  E.,  an- 
nounced and  committee  appointed 
to  |)repare  memoir ;  i-esult  of  ballot 
for  amendments  to  Constitution  and 
By-Laws;  address  by  W.  Milnor 
Roberts,  President  A.  S.  C.  E.,  and 
resolutions  adopted  on  his  depar- 
ture for  Brazil,  1. 

—  January  15th,  1879,  "  Exi)eriments  on 

the  Resistances  of  Rolling  Stock," 
by  A.  M.  Wellington,  read  and 
discussed,  3. 

February    5th,  1879,  Result  of  ballet 

to  determine  place  of  Eleventh 
Annual  Conventi(m ;  Cleveland  to 
be  the  place  ;  ballots  for  member- 
ship canvassed :  "  Engineering 
Questions  Involved  in  the  Devel- 
opment of  Electric  Lighting,"  by 
STEriiEN  Chester,  read  and  dis 
cussed,  3. 

—  February  19th,  1879,  "  Notes  on  Gela- 

tine Dynamite,"  by  Julius  H. 
Striedinger,  read  and  discussed, 
4. 


X 


MINUTES. 

-March  5tli,  1879,  Dealb  of  Rohert  G. 
Hatfield,  M.  A.  S.  C.  E.,  an- 
nounced, and  committee  a]>pointed 
to  prepare  Memoir ;  ballots  for 
membership  canvassed  ;  "  Incline 
Planes  Crossin<^  the  Allegheny 
Mountains,"  by  Moncure  Robinson', 
jead  and  discussed;  "  High  Explo- 
sives," discussed,  4. 

-March  19th,  187n,  "Parabolic  Arches 
for  Masonry,"  by  W;  A.  G. 
Emonts,  read  and  discussed,  5. 

-April  2d.  187vt,  Death  of  Alfred  W. 
Cravk.v,  Past  President  A.  S.  C.  E., 
amionnced  and  committee  ap- 
pointed to  prepare  Memoir ; 
•■  Minot's  Ledge  Lighthouse,"  by 
B.  S.  Alexander,  read  and  dis- 
cussed; a  discussion  b}"  J.  G.  Bar- 
nard, upon  "  The  Fall  of  the  West- 
ern Arched  Approach  to  South 
Street  Bridge,  Philadelphia,"  read 
and  discussed  ;  reporting  abstracts 
of  papers  considered  ;  suggestions 
for  consideration  at  Convention 
presented,   5. 

-April  16th,  1879,  "  The  Construction 
and  Maintenance  of  Roads,"  by 
Edward  P.  North,  read,  13. 

-  May   7lh,  1879,  Ballots  for  member- 

ship canvassed;  suggestions  for 
consideration  at  Convention, 
adopted,  13. 

-  May  21st,  1879,  "  The  Loss  of  Water 

in  Flowing  in  Open  Earth  Chan- 
nels, by  J.  James  R.  Croes,  vend 
and  d'scu.^sed,  21. 

-June  4th,  1879,  Ballots  for  member- 
ship canvassed  ;  action  taken  as  to 
tests  of  turbines  at  Holyolce ; 
"  Proposed  Connected  Girder,''  by 
Charles  E.  Emery,  presented  and 
discussed.  29. 

-June  18th,  1879,  Business  meeting  at 
convention;  Committee  on  Uniform 
Accounts  and  Returns  of  Railroad 
Corporations  reported  and  was 
discharged  ;  Committee  on  Tests  of  • 
American  Iron,  Steel  and  other 
Metals  reported,  and  was  continued; 
Standing  Committee  on  Finance 
reported ;  Committee  on  Exhibit 
at  Paris  reported  ;  resolution  as  to 
preservation  of  timber  referred; 
resolution  as  to  unilorm  system  for 
tests  of  cement  referred ;  resolu- 
tion as  to  holding  meeting  in  va- 
rious cities,  in  addition  to  the  con- 
vention, lost;  resolution  as  to  is- 
sue of    advance  copies    of  papers 


MINUTES. 

and  as  to  obtaining  professional  in- 
formation, carried;  resolution  as 
to  research  committee  carried ; 
resolution  as  to  inviting  papers  on 
engineering  subjects  carried;  reso- 
lution as  to  a  system  to  award 
special  recognition  for  the  best 
paper-i  contributed  each  year  car- 
ried; resolution  as  to  consultation 
of  books  of  library  carried ;  reso- 
lution as  to  printing  papers  and  re- 
ports cari'ied,  30. 
July  2d, 1879,  Ballots  for  membership 
canvassed  ;  death  of  James  E.  Bell, 
M.  A.  S.  C.  E.,  announced  and  com- 
mittee aiipointcd  to  prepare 
Memoir  ;  action  taken  as  to  tests  of 
turbines  at  Holyoke;  "Brazil,"  its 
Railway  and  Water  Communica- 
tions,'.' by  W.  Milnor  Roberts, 
read  and  discussed,  52. 
•July  16th,  1879,  »' The  Flow  of 
Water  in  Rivers,"  by  De  Volson 
Wood,  read  and  discussed,  52. 
August  6tli,  1879,  Ballots  for  mem- 
bership canvassed;  death  of 
Franklin  A.   Stratton,    M.  A.  S. 

C.  E.,  announced  and  committee 
appointed  to  prepare  Memoir; 
"  The  South  Pass  Jetties,"  by  Max 
E.  Schmidt,  read  and  discussed,  59. 

September  3d,  1879,  Ballots  for 
membership  canvassed ;  "  The 
Stability  of  Stone  Structures,"  by 
William  H.  Searles,  read  and  dis- 
cussed, 65. 

September  1  7th,  1879,  "  The  Use  of 
Steel  for  Bridges,"  by  Theodore 
Cooper,  read  and  discussed,  65, 
■  October  1st,  1879,  Ballots  for  mem- 
bership canvassed;  ballots  on  reso- 
lution  for    appointment    of   Com- 

•  mittee  on  Preservation  of  Timber 
and  of  Committee  on  a  Uniform  Sys 
tem  for  Tests  of  Cement,  canvassed, 
and  both  adopted;  death  of  Warren 
CoLBiiRN,  M.  A.  S.  C.  E.,  announced 
and  committee  appointed  to  pre- 
pare Memoir;  proposed  amendment 
to  the  Constitution  submitted ; 
discussion  on  "  Construction  and 
Maintenance  of  Roads,"  continued  ; 
"  The  Construction  of  the  Atchison, 
Topeka  and  Santa  Fe  Railroad  over 
tiie  Raton    Mountains,"    by   James 

D.  Burr,  read  and  discussed,  73. 
October  15th,    1879,   discussion    on 

"  The   South     Pass    Jetties,"   con- 
tinued, 79. 
■November  5th,  1870,  (See  Minutes  of 


XI 


MINUTES. 

Twenty-seventh  Annual  Meeting.) 

—  November  19th,  IS'/O,  "  Inter-oceanic 

Canal  Projects,"  by  A.  G.  Menocal, 
read  and  discussed,  105. 

—  December  3d.  ISYD,  Awards  of  Nor- 

man Medal  and  Norman  Book  Prize 
announced ;  ballots  for  member- 
siiip  canvassed ;  discussion  on 
Inter-oceanic  Canal  Projects,"  con- 
tinued, 105. 

—  December  PZth,   18*79,  Discussion  on 

"  Inter-Oceauic  Canal  Projects," 
continued,  105. 
Minutes  of  Twenty-seventh  Annual 
Meeting,  November  5th,  1879;  19. 
—Attendance,  79.— Tellers  for  Bal- 
lot ;  Annual  Report  of  Board  of 
Direction  ;  Annual  Report  of 
Treasurer ;  Annual  Report  of  Fi- 
nance Committee  ;  Report  of  Li- 
brary Committee  on  Consultation 
of  Books  ;  Report  of  Committee  on 
Gauging  of  Streams ;  Place  for 
Next  Convention  Considered ;  Re- 
port of  Committee  on  Exhibit  at 
Paris  presented  and  Committee  dis- 
charged ;  Report  of  Centennial 
Commission  of  the  Society  pre- 
sented and  Commission  discharged : 
Report  of  Committee  on  Method  of 
Nofiiinations  ;  Report  of  Conmiit- 
tee  on  Quarters  for  the  Society, 
SO. — Officers  for  Ensuing  Year 
Elected  ;  Amendments  to  Consti- 
tution Considered ;  Ballots  for 
Membership  canvassed  ;  Proposed 
change  in  date  of  Annual  Meeting 
and  in  termination  of  Society  j'ear 
considered ;  Thanks  to  Officers  ; 
Report  of  Board  of  Censors  to 
award  Norman  Medal,  81. 

MiTrnELL,  Henry. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 113. 

MoRisoN,  George  S. — Discussion  by,  4. 

Morse,  B.  F. — Discussion  by,  46. — On 
Committee,  48. 

New  Books  on  Engineering  and  Tech- 
nology.    (See  Books.) 

Newell,  J. — On  Committee,  18. 

Nichols,  Aurin  B. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber,  115. 

Noble,  Alfred, — Discussion  by,  45. — 
Paper  by,  45. 

Nominating  Committee,  46,  47. 

Nominations,  Committee  on  Metliod  of, 
80,  87. 

Norman  Book  Prize  Awarded,  105,  112. 

Norman,  George  .H — Reference  to,  33, 
85. 


NORMAN. 

Norman  Medal. — Conditions  of  award, 
33,  56,  59,  66,  75,  85.— Board  of 
Censors  to  award  appointed,  74. — 
Makes  report,  81,  86,  112. — award- 
ed, 105,  112. 

North,  Edward  P. — Award  of  Norman 
Medal  to,  l''i5, 112.— Discussion  by, 
4,  46,  52,  74,  79,  105.— Paper  by, 
13.— Report  by.  31. 

Norton,  F.  0. — Admitted  as  Fellow, 
29,  30. — Discussion  bj^  45. 

Ocean  Pier  at  Coney  Island.  (See 
Pier.) 

Osgood,  Josifrn  O. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 4,  12. 

Owen,  James. — Discussion  bj',  21. 

Paine,  .Charles. — Address  by,  43. — 
Discussion  by,  46. — On  IJoard  of 
Censors,  74. — On  Committee,  46, 
48. — Permanent  Chairman  of  Con- 
vention, 43. 

Paine,  William  H. — Discussion  by,  45, 
105. — Elected  Director,  «1. — Makes 
report,  31,  38,  109.— On  Commit- 
tee, 106. — Presides  at  meeting,  3, 
73. 

Papers  invited,  32,  60,  86. — Advance 
copies,  31,  86. 

Parabolic  Arches  for  Masonrj',  by  W. 
A.  G.  Emonts,  5. 

Paris  Exhibit  of  American  Engineering, 
31,  80. 

Permanent  Quarters  for  the  Society, 
Comii-ittee  on,  80. 

Pier. — The  construction  of  the  Ocean 
Pier  at  Conej^  Island,  bj^  Charles 
Macdonald,  45. 

Post,  J.  C. — Discussion  by.  74. 

Preservation  of  Timber.     (See  Timber.) 

Professional  information  through  Secre- 
tary, 32. 

Propositions  for  Membership,  amend- 
ment as  to,  1. 

Prout,  Henry  G. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 65,  71. 

Public  Documents,  46. 

Putna.m,  J.   W. — Discussion  by,  79. 

Qualifications  for  membership,  amend- 
ment as  to,  1. 

Raton     Mountains,    construction      and 

operation  of  l,he  Railroad  over,  by 

James  D.  Burr,  47,  74. 
Raymond,  Charles  Ward. — Papier   by, 

47. 
Reeves,  Samuel  J. — Death  announced, 

1. — Committee  to  prepare  memoir, 

1,  4.— Memoir,  93. 


XII 


RENO, 

Reno,  James  H. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 81,  103. 

Report  of  Board  of  Direction,  80,  82. 

— Treasurer,  80,  106. 

Rei)orts  made,  list  of,  83. 

Reports  of  Committees.  (See  Commit- 
tees.) 

Rejjorts  of  Papers  and  Discussions,  5, 
14,  15,  31,  32. 

Resignation  of  Members.     (See'List.) 

Resistances  of  Rolling  Stock;  by  A.  M. 
AVellington,  3. 

Richardson,  Henry  B. — Admitted  as 
Member,  13,  28. 

Rinecker,  F.  —  Discussion  bj',  45,  46. 

Roads,  the  Construction  and  Mainten- 
ance of,  by  Edward  P.  North,  13, 
46,  74. 

Roberts,  Percival,  Jr. — ^^Admitted  as 
Associate,  13,  28. 

Roberts,  W.  Milnor. — Address  by,  3, 
6. — Paper  by,  47,  52. — Presides  at 
meetings,  1. — Resolutions  as  to 
.     departure  for  Brazil,  3. 

Robinson,  Monclre. — Paper  by,  4. 

Rockwell,  Samuel. —  Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 113. 

Rolling  Stock.     (See  Resistances.) 

RoTCH,  W. — Discussion  by,  47. 

SciiMtDT,  Max  E. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 13,  28. — Award  of  Norman 
Book  Prize  to,  105,  112.— Discus- 
sion by,  105. — Paper  by,  47,  59. 

Schuyler,  John. — Resignation   of,   104. 

SooviLL,  E.  Tracy. — On  Committee,  48. 

ScowDEM,  T.  R. — On  Committee,  48. 

Searles,  William  H. — Discussion  by, 
4,  21,  31,  45,  65.  -Paper  by,  17, 
65. 

Sewers. — Design  and  construction  table 
for  egg-shaped  sewers,  by  C.  G. 
Force,  Jr. ,'45. 

SiiELBouRNE,  S.  F. — Discussion  bj-, 
105, 

Sheldon,  S.— -On  Committee,  48. 

Shinn,  William  P. — Suggestion  by,  31. 
— Report  by,  34. 

Smedley,  Samuel  L. — Discussion  by, 
32. 

Smith,  Hamilton,  Jr. — Admitted  as 
Member,  4. 

Smith,  C.  Siialer. — Discussion  by,  32, 
45,  46. — On  Board  of  Censors,  74. 

S>nTH,  C.  Vandervoort. — Elected  Di- 
rector, 81. — Makes  report,  109. — 
On  Committee,  106. 

Smith,  W.  Sooy. — Discussion  by,  45  — 
Report  by,  30,  37. — Resolution  by, 
31. — Speciticati'jns  by,  45. 


SOCIETY. 

Society  management,  suggestions  as  to, 
6,  14,  22,  31. 

South  Pass  Jetties,  by  Max  E.  Schmidt, 
47,  59,  79. 

Stability  of  Stone  Structures,  by  Wil- 
liam H.  Searles,  47,  65. 

Standard  Measures,  by  A.  S.  C.  Wur- 
TELE,  47. 

Stauffer,  D.  McN. — Paper  by,  47. 

Steele,  J.  Dutton. — Resignation  of, 
72. 

Stevens,   S. — Discussion  by,  105. 

Striedinger,  Julius  H. — Paper  by,  4. 
— Discussion  by,  4,  21. 

St.  Lawrence  River,  the  Improvement 
of,  by  John  Kennedy,  47. 

Stratton,  Franklin  A. — Death  an- 
nounced, 59,  64. — Committee  ap- 
pointed to  prepare  Memoir,  59. — 
Memoir,  96. 

SiROBEL,  Charles  L. — Admitted  as 
Member,   105,  113. 

Strong,  Charles  H. — On  Committee, 
48. 

Submarine  Telephone,  bj^  Charles 
Ward  Raymond,  47. 

Swan,  Charles  H. — Discussion  by,  47. 

Sweet,  C.  A. — Discussion  by,  106. 

Sweet,  E.  Jv. — Discussion  by,  45,  46. 
— Paper  by,  45. 

Tasker,  Charles  A. — Death  announced, 
78. 

Test  of  Amei'ican  Iron,  Steel  and  other 
Metals,  Committee  on,  30,  32,  36. 

Tests  of  Cement.     (See  Cement.) 

Thompson,  Wm.  G.  M. — Admitted  as 
Member,  39,  52. 

Timber,  preservation  of,  31,  46,  73,  84. 

TiTLow,  J.  Milton. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 59,  71. 

Topics  on  which  original  papers  are  in 
vited,  60,  86. 

Torrey',  D. — Discussion  bj".  65. 

Transactions,  complete  sets  ol.  (See 
Announcements.) 

Treasurer's  report,  80,  106. 

Turbine  tests,  29,  33,  52. 

Uniform  Accounts  and  Returns  of  Rail- 
road Corporations,  Committee  on, 
30,  33. 

Van  Winkle,  E.  B. — Discussion  by, 
46,  74.— Elected  Director,  81.— On 
Committee,  106. 

Vinton,  Francis  L. — Death  announced, 

78. 

Walling,  H.  F.— Paper  by,  47. 
Ward,  John  F. — Discussion  by,  52. 


XllI 

WARD.  WHITMAN. 

AVard,  L.  B. — Discussion  by.  21.  Whitman,  T.  J. — On  Committee,  46. 

Waruen,  G.  K. — Elected  Director,  81.  Wiiittkmore,  I).  .J,— Discussion  by,  45, 

— On  C'ominittee,  10(5.  65. 

Water. — The    flow  of  water  in  rivers,  Wditte.v,  N.  H. — Comrnunicatious  from 

by  Db  Volson  Wood,  47,  52.  29. 

—  The  loss  of  water  in  flowing  in  open  Williams,     Norman      A. — Death      an- 

earth    channels,    by    J.  James    R.  nounced,  104. 

Croes,  21.  W^ind  Pressure,  by  F.  Collingwood,  47. 

Watson,  William. — Discussion   bj^  45,  Wood,  De  Volson. — Paper  by,  47,  52. 

46.  WoRTHEN,  William  E. — Discussion  by, 
AVelch,    Asiibel. — Discussion  by,   4. —  21,  105. --On    Committee,  4,  5,  33, 

Presides  at  meeting,  4.  52. —  Presides  at  meeting,  52,  59. 

Wellington,  A.  M. — Paper  by,  8.  AVurtele,  A.  S.  C. — Paper  by,  47. 
AVhinery,  S. — Discussion  by,  45. 

AVhitcomb,  H.  D. —  Discussion  by,  47.  Yardlev,  Edmlnd. — Discussion  by,  4, 
Whitelaw,  John. — Discussion   by,    45.  52,  74. 

On  Committee,  47. 


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(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 

Januaby  3d,  1879. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  the  President,  W. 
Milnor  Roberts,  in  the  chair. 

The  death  of  Samuel  J.  Reeves,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E. ,  was  announced, 
and  the  President  was  authorized  to  appoint  a  committee  to  prepare  a 
memoir. 

The  result  of  the  canvass  of  the  ballots  for  proposed  Amendments  to 
the  Constitution  and  By-Laws,  was  as  follows  : 

Upon  the  Codification  of  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws,  as  printed 
in  Proceedings,  Vol.  IV.,  page  95  (July,  1878),  there  were  74  Ayes  and  9 
Nays.     This  codification  was  thereiipon  declared  adopted. 

Upon  the  Amendment  (marked  K)  to  Article  XVIII.  of  the  Constitu- 
tion, as  printed  in  Proceedings,  Vol.  IV. ,  page  106,  there  were  81  Ayes 
and  5  Nays.     This  amendment  was  thereupon  declared  adopted. 


Upon  the  Amendment  (marked  L)  to  Article  XVII.  of  the  Constitu- 
tion, as  i^rinted  in  Proceedings,  Vol.  IV.,  page  107,  there  were  78  Ayes 
and  7  Nays.     This  amendment  was  thereupon  declared  adoj^ted. 

Upon  the  Amendment  (marked  N)  to  Article  XXIII.  of  the  Constitu- 
tion, as  printed  in  Proceedings,  Vol.  IV.,  page  108,  there  were  64  Ayea 
and  21  Nays.     This  amendment  was  thereupon  declared  adopted. 

Upon  the  Amendment  (marked  O)  to  article  XXXII.  of  the  Consti- 
tution, as  printed  in  Proceedings,  Vol.  IV.,  page  108,  there  were  79  Ayes 
and  7  Nays.     This  amendment  was  thereupon  declared  adopted. 

Upon  the  Amendment  (marked  P),  a  new  Article  of  the  Constitution, 
as  printed  in  Proceedings,  Vol.  IV. ,  page  108,  there  were  71  Ayes  and 
15  Nays.     This  amendment  was  thereupon  declared  adojDted. 

Upon  the  Amendment  (marked  E)  to  Section  1  of  the  By-Laws,  as 
printed  in  Proceedings,  Vol.  IV. ,  page  108,  there  were  80  Ayes  and  5 
Nays.     This  amendment  was  thereupon  declared  adopted. 

Upon  the  Amendment  (marked  S)  to  Section  23  of  the  By-Laws,  as 
printed  in  Proceedings,  Vol.  IV.,  page  109,  there  were  80  Ayes  and  6 
Nays.     This  amendment  was  thereupon  declared  ado^sted. 

Uj)on  the  other  projiosed  Amendments  to  the  Constitution  and  By- 
Laws,  as  printed  in  Proceedings,  Vol.  IV. ,  pages  105,  106,  107  and  109^ 
the  vote  was  as  follows: 

Upon  proposed  Amendment  to  Article  V.  of  the  Constitution  (marked 
B.)  5  Ayes,  81  Nays. 

Upon  proposed  Amendment  to  Article  V.  of  Constitutien  (marked  C), 
0  Ayes,  85  Nays. 

Upon  proposed  Amendment  to  Article  V.  of  Constitution  (marked  D,),. 
•1  Ayes,  82  Nays. 

Upon  jaroposed  Amendment  to  Article  VI.  of  Constitution  (marked 
E.),  5  Ayes,  81  Nays. 

Upon  proposed  Amendment  to  Article  VI.  of  Constitution  (marked 
F.),  4  Ayes,  82  Nays. 

Upon  proposed  Amendment  to  Article  VI.  of  Constitution  (marked 
G.),  1  Aye,  84  Nays. 

Upon  proposed  Amendment  to  Article  VII.  of  Constitution  (marked 
H.),  3  Ayes,  82  Nays. 

Upon  proposed  Amendment  to  Article  IX.  of  Constitution  (marked 
I.),  9  Ayes,  76  Nays. 

Upon  i^roposed  Amendment  to  Article  X.  of  Constitution  (marked 
J,),  12  Ayes,  75  Nays. 

Upon  proposed  Amendment  to  Article  XIX.  of  Constitution  (marked 
M.),  11  Ayes,  74  Nays. 

Upon  proposed  Amendment  to  Section  24  of  By-Laws  (marked  T.),  16 
Ayes,  69  Nays. 

Whereupon  these  proposed  amendments  (B,  C,  D,  E,  F,  G,  H,  I,  J^ 
M,  and  T),  were  declared  not  adopted. 


An  address  was  then  made  by  the  President,  alluding  to  his  ap- 
proaching visit  to  Brazil.* 

.On  motion,  the  chair  was  taken  by  Martin  Coryell.  The  following 
resolution  was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  a  committee  of  three  be  appointed  to  draw  up  resolu- 
tions in  reference  to  the  departure  of  the  President. 

Messrs.  Charles  Macdonald,  Mendes  Cohen  and  J.  J.  R.  Croes,  were 
appointed  such  committee. 

The  committee  presented  the  following  Preamble  and  Resolution, 
which  were  imanimously  adopted  : 

"  Whereas,  The  President  of  this  Society,  Col.  W.  Milnor  Roberts,  has  announced  his  in- 
tention of  withdrawing  from  the  active  administration  of  the  duties  of  his  position,  in  conse- 
quence of  having  entered  upon  a  service  of  great  honor  and  trust  under  the  Government  of 
Brazil,  be  it, 

"Resolved,  That  we  desire  to  place  on  record  at  this  time,  our  sense  of  Col.  Roberts'  ser- 
vices to  the  profession  during  his  long  career  as  an  Engineer. 

"  Beginning  at  the  age  of  sixteen  on  the  Union  Canal  of  Pennsylvania,  he  was  intimately 
associated  with  the  development  of  the  most  prominent  canals  of  the  country. 

"  He  became  identified  with  the  railway  system  at  its  first  inception,  and  his  name  has  been 
connected  with  many  of  the  important  railways  of  the  United  States  ;  notably  with  the  Alle- 
gheny Portage,  the  Harrisburgh  and  Lancaster,  now  part  of  the  main  line  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Railroad,  the  Bellefontaine  and  Indiana,  the  Iron  Mountain  of  Missouri,  several  railroads  in 
Iowa,  and  the  great  Northern  Pacific  Railroad,  of  which  he  still  remains  Chief  Engineer. 

"  His  abilities  as  a  Hydraulic  Engineer  have  been  recognized  in  his  appointment  by  the 
Government  to  the  charge  of  the  Ohio  River  Improvement,  and  as  one  of  the  Commissioners  to 
advise  in  regard  to  the  regulation  of  the  mouths  of  the  Mississippi  River,  in  the  execution  of 
which  duty  he  visited  Europe  with  the  Commission,  and  examined  the  principal  works  of  river 
improvement  there. 

"  He  has  also  been  engaged  as  Consulting  Engineer  upon  many  important  questions  per- 
taining to  the  water  supply  of  several  of  our  principal  cities. 

"  During  his  long  connection  with  the  direction  of  the  Society,  Col.  Roberts'  active  inter- 
est in  its  affairs  has  been  of  great  advantage,  and  his  wise  counsel  has  materially  aided  his 
colleagues  in  the  settlement  of  many  difficult  questions,  and  the  furtherance  of  the  objects  of 
the  associatinn. 

"  While  his  absence  will  be  seriously  felt  by  them,  they  are  reconciled  thereto  by  the  con- 
viction that  it  will  inure  to  the  benefit  not  only  of  himself  and  the  enlightened  government 
which  has  employed  him,  but  of  the  profession  of  which  he  is  an  honored  member." 

The  President  resumed  the  chair.  The  reading  of  the  paper  an- 
nounced for  this  evening  was  j)ostponed  until  the  next  meeting. 

January  15th,  1879. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Charles  Macdonald 
in  the  chair. 

A  paper  presented  at  the  Annual  Meeting  with  the  report  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  Resistances  of  Trains,  being  a  report  of  experiments  upon  the 
resistances  of  rolling  stock,  made  by  A.  M.  Wellington,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  Charles  Paine,  was  read  and  discussed. 

February  5th,  1879. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  William  H.  Paine 
in  the  chair. 

*  See  page  6. 


The  ballots  to  determine  the  place  for  the  Eleventh  Annual  Conven- 
tion were  canvassed,  and  the  result  announced,  as  follows: 

For  St.  Louis 73  votes 

For  Cleveland 82     " 

For  San  Francisco 1     " 

In  accordance  with  this  vote  it  was  determined  that  the  Eleventh 
Annual  Convention  should  be  held  at  Cleveland. 

The  ballots  for  membership  were  canvassed  and  the  following  candi- 
dates were  declared  elected  as  members :  William  H.  Bradley,  of  Boston, 
Mass.,  and  Hamilton  Smith,  jr.,  of  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

A  paper  entitled  "Engineering  Questions  Involved  in  the  Develop- 
ment of  Electric  Lighting,"  by  Stephen  Chester,  was  read  by  the  author, 
and  discussed  by  Messrs.  Chester,  Dresser,  Haswell,  Morison,  Searles  and 
Yardley. 

February  19th,  1879. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Past-President 
William  J.  McAli^ine  in  the  chair. 

A  paper  by  Julius  H.  Striedinger,  entitled  "  Notes  on  Gelatine  Dyna- 
mite," was  read,  and  discussed  by  Messrs.  Chanute,  Cooper,  Emery,  Geo. 
S.  Greene,  jr.,  Haswell,  Wm.  J.  McAlpine  and  Yardley. 

March  5th,  1879.  —  The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.  ,  Ashbel  Welch  in  the 
chair. 

The  death  of  Kobert  G.  Hatfield,  member  American  Society  Civil 
Engineers,  was  announced,  and  William  E.  Worthen,  James  O.  Morse 
and  John  Bogart  were  apijointed  a  committee  to  prepare  a  memoir  of  Mr. 
Hatfield. 

The  appointment  of  John  Griffen  and  Alfred  P.  Boiler  was  announced, 
as  a  committee  to  prejiare  a  memoir  of  the  late  Samuel  J.  Reeves. 

The  ballot  for  membership  was  canvassed,  and  the  following  candi- 
dates declared  elected: — As  Members:  James  E.  Bell,  of  Cincinnati,  O., 
Thomas  Egleston,  of  New  York,  Montgomery  Meigs,  of  Washington,  D. 
C,  and  JoseiDh  O.  Osgood  (elected  Junior  May  3d,  1876),  of  Canon  City, 
Col. 

As  Associate:  Alexander  Gofdon,  of  Cincinnati,  O. 

As  Junior:  James  P.  Allen,  of  Charleston,  S.  C. 

A  communication  from  Moncure  Robinson,  and  a  report  made  by  him 
in  the  year  1829  embracing  the  original  recommendation  for  the  plan  of 
crossing  the  Allegheny  Mountains  by  inclined  jalanes,  were  read,  and  dis- 
cussed by  Messrs.  Comj)ton,  Emery,  Haswell,  North,  Searles  and  Welch. 

Additional  exijeriments  with  dynamite  were  described  by  Charles  H. 
Haswell,  and  the  subject  of  high  explosives  was  discussed  by  Messrs. 
North  and  Striedinger. 


March  19th,  1879.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Past  President  George 
S.  Greene  in  the  chair. 

A  paper  by  W.  A.  G.  Emonts,  entitled  "Parabolic  Arches  for 
Masonry,"  was  read  and  discussed. 

An  informal  discussion  followed  upon  the  general  policy  of  the 
Society. 

April  2d,  1879.  —The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m..  Past  President  George 
S.  Greene  in  the  chair. 

The  death  of  Alfred  W.  Craven,  Past  President  Amexican  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers,  was  announced,  and  the  following  committee  was  ap- 
pointed to  prepare  a  memoir  of  Mr.  Craven:  George  S.  Greene,  William 
E.  Worthen,  Julius  W.  Adams  and  Allan  Campbell. 

Gen.  J.  G.  Barnard,  then  read  a  paper  on  the  construction  of  the 
Miuot's  Ledge  Light  House,  including  with  it  a  memoir  on  the  subject 
by  the  late  Gen.  B.  S.  Alexander. 

Gen.  J.  G.  Barnard  also  presented  an  account  of  the  settlement  of  Fort 
Livingston,  Fla.,  and  referred  to  the  probable  cause  of  settlement  of 
Pier  2  of  South  Street  Bridge,  Philadelphia. 

George  W.  Dresser  gave  an  account  of  the  foundations  of  a  large  hos- 
pital in  New  York  City. 

Francis  CoUingwood  gave  an  account  of  the  method  of  providing  for 
special  cases  in  the  foundations  of  the  piers  of  the  New  York  and  Brooklyn 
Bridge. 

The  following  resolution  was  offered  by  Theodore  Cooper: 

Resolved,  That  an  invitation  be  extended  to  the  editoi's  of  Engineer- 
ing journals  to  attend  our  meetings;  and  that  all  reasonable  facilities  be 
given  them  to  I'eport  such  abstracts  of  the  papers  and  discussions  as  they 
may  desire  to  publish. 

The  question  was  discussed  by  Messrs.  Chanute,  Cooper,  Croes, 
Dresser,  G.  S.  Greene,  G.  S.  Greene,  Jr. ,  and  Macdonald. 

The  following  rule,  adojated  by  the  Board  of  Direction,  was  read  for 
the  information  of  the  Society  : 

'•That  business  proceedings  are  not  to  be  reported  for  the  jDublic 
press.  Notices  of  meetings  held,  and  of  the  papers  read  and  discussion 
thereon,  may  be  reported.  Abstracts,  giving  the  general  tenor  of  the 
paj^ers,  &g.  ,  may  be  published  in  advance  of  the  issue  of  '  Transactions  ' 
if  approved  by  the  Secretary." 

The  resolution  offered  by  Mr.  Cooper  was  then  withdrawn  by  him, 
and  on  motion  of  Mr.  O.  Chanute,  it  was  referred  to  the  Board  of 
Direction. 

Mr.  Chanute  gave  notice  that  at  the  next  meeting  of  the  Society  he 
would  offer  the  following  preamble  and  resolution  : 

Whereas,  Every  possible  effort  should  be  made  to  increase  the  sphere 
of  usefulness  of  the  Society  and  to  enlarge  its  membership  as  well  as  to 
promote  active  intercourse  between  all  its  members,  therefore,  be  it 


Resolved,  That  the  following  suggestions  and  such  others  as  may  be 
submitted,  be  printed  and  distributed  among  the  members,  with  the 
request  that  they  shall  favor  the  Secretary  as  soon  as  possible  with  their 
opinions,  as  well  as  with  such  other  suggestions  as  they  may  wish  to 
offer,  so  that  action  upon  the  same  may  be  taken  at  the  next  convention. 

Suggestions. 

1st.  That  jjrovision  be  made  for  the  holding  of  more  than  a  single 
convention  in  each  year  for  jDrofessional  intercourse.  > 

2d.  That  papers  be  annually  invited  from  members  upon  subjects 
of  general  interest,  to  be  specified  by  the  Board  of  Direction. 

3d.  That  a  system  be  established  to  award  special  recognition  for  the 
best  papers  conti'ibuted  each  year. 

4th.  That  jaresent  members  be  encouraged  to  propose  worthy  per- 
sons for  new  members,  associates  and  fellows. 

5tli.  That  to  i^romote  the  discussion  of  papers,  advance  copies  be 
issued  to  such  members  as  may  be  specially  qualified  to  take  part  in  the 
same. 

6th.  That  members  be  encouraged  to  make  use  of  the  facilities  of 
the  Society  in  New  York,  for  obtaining  professional  information. 


NOTES    AND    MEMORANDA. 


REPORTS  OF  MEETINGS. 


Address   made   by  President  W.  Milnor  But  two  months   have    passed    since   the 

Roberts,  at  the  meeting  of  the  Society.  Jauu-  members  of  the  Society  did  me  the  honor  to 

ary  3, 1879*  elect  me  their  President  for  the  present  year, 

The  members  present  are   already  aware  and  it  would  have  been  a  great  gratification 

that  I  have  accepted  a  position  as  engineer  in  to  me  to. have  continued  to  iireside  in  that 

the  service  of  the  Brazilian  Government;  an  honorable  position   during  the   entire   year, 

appointment  unsolicited  on  my  part,  and  made  Last  year  our  worthy  President,  E.  S.  Ches- 

without  my  knowledge,  upon  the  nomination  brough,  of  Chicago,  being  prevented  by  his 

of  our  fellow  member,  Capt.  Eads,  to  whom  professional  engagements  from  attendance  at 

the  Emperor,  Dom  Pedro  the  Second,  had  ad-  the  Society's  rooms  in   this    city,   devolved 

dresfed  an  autograph  letter,  requesting  him  most  of   the   duties   upon  myself  as  Senior 

to  nominate  an  experienced  engineer  to  take  Vice-President,   during  most  of    the  season, 

the  direction  of  the  Improvement  of  the  San  Now  it  falls  to  my  lot,  in  consequence  of  my 

Francisco  River.     At  the   suggestion  of  Mr.  new  engagement,  to  ask  the  Senior  Vice-Presi- 

Borges,  the  Brazilian  Mmister,  the  appoint-  dent  to  fulfill  the  duties  which  properly  belong 

ment  was  afterwards  made  more  general,  re-  to  the  President,  and,  doubtless,  he  will  do 

quiring  me  to  act  as  engineer  upon  any  of  the  them  well. 

public  improvements  the  Goverunent  might  Those  who  are  familiar  with  the  working  of 

desire.     The   engagement  is  for  three  years  the  Board  of  Direction  (and  Trustees)  of  the 

from  the  beginning  of  January  of  this  year.  Society  are  aware  that  by  far  the  greater  part 

1879.  of  the  labor  naturally  and  necessarily  devolves 

*  See  Minutes,  p.  3. 


upon  the  Secretary  and  the  Treasurer,  under 
the  instructions  and  supervision,  it  is  true,  of 
the  Board  of  Directon.  To  the  faithful  and 
intelligent  action  of  these  oiBcers  much  of 
the  past  success  and  present  prosperity  of  the 
Society  are  due,  and  I  am  quite  sure  that  the 
same  solicitude  for  the  best  interests  of  our 
members,  as  a  body,  will  be  maintained  here- 
after by  those  gentlemen. 

The  field  upon  which  I  am  about  to  engage 
in  South  America,  though  upon  the  same 
hemisphere,  can  only  be  conveniently  ap- 
proached from  the  United  Slates  by  water, 
and  over  five  thousand  miles  of  ocean  inter- 
vene between  New  York  and  Rio  Janeiro,  the 
capital  city  ot  Brazil,  requiring  about  twenty 
days'  steaming,  or  twenty-two  days,  including 
the  usual  stops  at  St.  Thomas,  Para,  Peruam- 
buco  and  Babia.  Besides  this  direct  monthly 
steamship  communication,  there  is  regular 
steam  communication  between  the  two  coun- 
tries via  England,  France,  Germany,  etc., 
while  much  of  the  commerce  between  the 
United  States  and  Brazil  is  still  carried  by  sail- 
ing vessels. 

This  is  not  my  first  visit  to  Brazil  ;  I  spent 
seven  years  in  that  country — -between  1858 
and  1805 — as  senior  partner  of  the  company 
who  built  the  2d  sectiou  of  the  "  Dom  Pedro 
Segunda  Railway,"  at  the  time  deemed  to  be 
one  of  the  most  difficult  works  ever  projected. 
Greater  works  have  since  been  coustucted  in 
Eui'ope  and  on  the  west  coast  of  South  Amer- 
ica, but  the  undertaking  of  the  Brazilian 
railroads,  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago, 
exhibited  great  foresight  as  well  as  most 
liberal  enterprise  on  the  part  of  the  Govern- 
ment. With  an  enlightened  and  energetic 
Emperor,  devoted  to  the  maintenance  of  an 
admirable  written  Constitution,  and  ably  sup- 


ported by  a  Parliament  and  Council  composed 
of  educated  gentlemen,  the  future  of  Brazil 
should  be  very  great.  In  1865,  before  leaving 
that  country,  I  had  the  honor  to  take  part  in 
calling  public  attention  to  the  importance  of  a 
direct  steamship  line  between  Brazil  and  the 
United  States,  which  was  soon  after  estab- 
lished, sustained  in  part  by  subsidies  from 
both  governments.  After  running  some  years 
that  line  was  withdrawn.  Recently  another 
line  has  been  put  on,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped 
that  the  Government  and  people  of  the  United 
States  will  encourage  more  frequent  inter- 
course between  the  two  countries,  to  their 
mutual  advantage. 

Being  so  far  away,  I  shall  miss  the  profes- 
sional and  social  gatherings  of  our  members, 
and  for  a  time  I  will  have  to  content  myself 
with  the  reading  of  the  published  Transac- 
tions and  Proceedings.  I  trust,  however,  that 
thej'  will  lose  none  of  their  interest  in  con- 
sequence of  the  distance  they  must  traverse. 
Though  absent  in  body,  I  will  be  present  with 
you  in  spirit  ;  and,  should  there  be  time  and 
opportunity,  I  may  be  able  to  contribute  an 
occasional  paper  i-elating  to  South  Amor'ca, 
which  may  have  interest  for  members  in 
North  America. 

Ours  is  the;  "  American  "  Society  of  Civil 
Engineers.  Itknows  no  "North,"  no  "South," 
save  as  amicable,  continental  designations. 

I  cannot  but  feel  sad  at  parting  for  several 
years  with  so  many  associates  and  personal 
friends  who  have  been  so  uniformly  kind,  but 
soon  this  feeling  will  give  place  to  pleasurable 
recollections,  which  I  shall  carry  with  me 
wherever  I  go. 

I  bid  you  one  and  all  an  affectionate  adieu. 
May  God  bless  you  all. 


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ADDITIONS   TO 

LIBRARY    AND     MUSEUM. 


From     Administration    des     Fonts    et 
Chausees,  Paris  : 
Aanales,  January,  1879. 

From    American    Institute    of   Mining 
Engineers,  Thomas  M.  Drown,  Secre- 
tary, Easton.  Pa.: 
Transactions,  Vol.  VI.   May  1877,  to  February, 
1878. 

From  Geo.   D.  Ansley,  City  Surveyor, 
Montreal,  Canada  : 
Report  of  the  City  Surveyor  of  Montreal,  for 
1878. 

From  Argentine  Scientific  Society,  Don 
Felix    Amoretti,    Secretary,    Buenos 
Ayres  : 
Annals    ot    the    Society.      December,    1878. 
January,  1879. 

From  Austrian  Society  of  Engineers  and 
Architects,  Vienna,  Austria  ; 
Zeitschrilt.     Dr.   Wilhelm   Fiuter,   Kedaktor. 
Part  XII.     1878.     Part  I.     1879. 

From   Board  of  Water  Commissioners, 
Biittalo,  N.  Y  : 
Tenth  Annual  Report  of   Buffalo  City  Water 
Works.     Buffalo.     1879. 

From  Robert  Briggs,  Philadelphia  : 
Machines  for  making  Ice,    using    Sulphurous 
Acid  or  Ammonia  in  the  process.     Robert 
Briggs.     Philadelphia.     1870, 

From  W.  E  C.  Coxe,  Philadelphia  : 
Eeport  of  'he  President  and  Managers  of  the 
Philadelphia    and     Reading    Railroad    Co. 
Philadelpliia.     1879. 

From  J.  James  R.  Croes,  New  York  : 
Annual  Report  of  the  Newark,  N.  J.,  Aciuediict 
Board,  for  the  year  ending   November  30th, 
1878.     Newark'.     1878, 
One  Photograph  "  Mattrass  Revetment,"    on 
the  upper  Missouri  River  in  1878,  in  charge 
of  S.  H.  Yonge,  Asst.  U.  S.  Civil  Engineer. 
From   Joseph  P.  Davis,  City  Engineer, 
Boston  : 
Annual  Report  of  the  City  Engineer  of  Bos- 
ton, lor  1878. 

From  Fred,  do  Funiak,  Louisville,  Ky. : 
Annual    Report   of  the  Louisville  and  Nash- 
ville Railroad  Co.      June  30th,  1878. 
Cost   of  road  repairs  for  six  months,  ending 
December  31,    1878.     Lou.  and  Nash.,  and 
South  and  North  Ala.  Railroads. 
Itemized  statement   of  car   repairs,   and  ex- 
penses lor   six  months,  ending  December 


31,  1878.     Lou.  and  Nash,  and  South   and 
North  Ala.  Railroads. 

From  Franklin  Institute,  Philadelphia: 
Journal  of  the  Institute  for  January  and  Feb- 
ruary, 1879.     Philadelphia.     1879. 

From  F.  U.  Farquhar,  Rock  Island,  111.: 
Annual  Report  of  tbe  Railroad  Conjmissiouers 
of  Minnesota,  for  1875.     J.  J.  Randall.     St. 
Paul.     187fi. 
Second  Annual  Report  of  the  Geological  and 
Natural  History  Survey  of  Minnesota.     St. 
Paul.     1874. 
Report  of  the  Canal  Commissioners  of  Minne- 
sota, t(  r  1875.     St.  Paul.     1876. 
Second  Annual  Report  of  the  State  Fish  Com- 
missioners ot   Minnesota.     St.  Paul.     1876. 
Statistics   of  Minnesota,  for  1871,  1872,  1873 

and  1874. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Regents  of  the 
University  of  Minnesota.      1872   and  1874. 
First,    Second,     Fourth,     Fifth,     Sixth    and 
Seventh   Annual  Reports  of  the  St.   Paul, 
Minn.,  Chamber  of  Commerce. 
Peat    for    Domestic  Fuel.      S.   F.   Peckham. 
Minneapolis.     1874. 

From    Hon.    A.     A.    Haggett,    Lowell, 
Mass. : 
Sixth   Annual  Report  of    the    Lowell    Water 
Board.     Lowell.     1S79. 

From  Hon.  Abram  S.  Hewitt,  New  York; 
Our  National  Inheritence.  and  bow  to  enjoy  it. 
Abraham   S.    Hewitt.      Washington.      1879. 
(Copies  for  distribution.) 

From  General  A.  A.  Humphreys,  Chief 
of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,   Washington, 
D.  C. : 
Cost  of  Lake  Survey.     Gen.  C.  B.  Comstock. 

(2  conies.) 
Estima'tes  for  continuing  the  improvement  of 
tbe  White  and  St.  Francis  Rivers,  the  I'An- 
quilla  River,   and    tbe    Buffalo    Shoals    in 
White  River.     Maj.  W.  H.  H.  Benyaurd.     (2 
copies.) 
Information  in  relation  to  tbe  progress  and 
present  status  of  the  work  on  tbe  canal  and 
locks   at    tbe    Cascades    of    tbe    Columbia 
River.     Maj.  G.  L.  Gillesine.     (2  copies.) 
Information  of  the   result  of  the  survey  of 
Portage  Lake,  Michigan.     Col.  S.  M.  Mans- 
field.    (2  copies.) 
Information  in  relation  to  the  improvement 
of  the  sanitary  condition  of   Washington, 
and    deepening     the     river     channel.      S. 
Thayer  Abert.     (2  copies.) 


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Information  as  to  the  results  of  examination 
of  Wolt  River,  from  Lake  Paygau  to  Red 
River,  WiBconsin.  Col.  J).  C,  Houston. 
(2  copies  ) 

A  report  upon  the  examination  of  Apalachi- 
cola  River  and  Bay.  Capt.  A.  N.  Dumrell. 
(2  copies.) 

Report  upon  the  harbor  of  Buvlingtou  and 
Rush  Chute,  Iowa.  Col.  F.  U.  Farquhar. 
(2  copies.) 

The  Report  upon  the  Chesapeake  and  Delaware 
Ship  Canal.   Col.  W.  P.  Craighill.    (2  copies.) 

Repoi  ts  upon  the  results  of  examinations  of 
the  Chickasaha,  Pascagoulaaud  Flint  Rivers. 
(2  copies.) 

Iteport  in  relation  to  removal  of  the  wreck  of 
the  schooner  Addie  Walton,  from  Delaware 
Bay.     Gen.  J.  N.  Macomb.     (2  copies.) 

Report  upon  the  harbor  at  the  Delaware 
Breakwater.  Gen.  A.  A.  Humphreys.  (2 
copies.) 

Reports  upon  proposed  improvements  in  the 
Delaware,  at  or  near  Schooner  Ledge.  Gen. 
J.  N.  Macomb.     (2  copies.) 

Report  on  improvemeut  of  Illinois  River  and 
Illinois  and  Michigan  Canal.  Capt.  G.  J. 
Lydecker.     (2  copies.) 

Report  on  survey  of  the  Kankakee  River. 
Maj.  J.  A.  Smith,     (2  copies.) 

Report  upon  Kansas  and  Arkansas  Rivers. 
Maj.  C.  K.  Suter.     (2  copies  ) 

Eeport  upon  surveys  of  Long  Island  Coast. 
Gen.  John  Newton.     (2  copies.) 

Report  iu  relation  to  the  amount  of  appro- 
priation necassary  to  complete  the  break- 
water and  piers  at  the  harbor, of  Michigan 
City,  lud.     Maj.  J.  A.  Smith.     (2  copies.) 

.Preliii.iuary  Report  ou  the  survey  of  the  Mis- 
souri River,  from  its  mouth  to  Sioux  City, 
Iowa.     Maj.  C.  R.  Suter      (2  copies.) 

Report  upon  survey  of  Missouri  River  at 
Saint  Charles,  Mo.  Maj.  C.  R.  Suter.  (2 
copies.) 

Report  of  surveys  of  North  Landing  River, 
Onaucock  Harbor  and  Nottaway  River,  Va., 
and  Pedee,  Trent,  Neuse.  Chowan  and  Tar 
Rivers  in  North  Carolina.  Capt.  C.  B. 
Philips.     (2  copies.) 

A  Report  upon  the  examination  of  the  flats  of 
the  Potomac  River.  Col.  T.  Lincoln  Casey. 
(2  copies.) 

Reports  uijon  the  Harbors  of  San  Luis  Obispo, 
Santa  Barbara  and  San  Buenaventura,  and 
Humboldt  River.     (2  copies.) 

A  Report  upon  an  examination  of  the  Savan- 
nah River  above  Augusta,  Ga.  Gen.  Q.  A. 
Gillmore.    (2  copies.) 

Results  of  an  examination  made  of  the  Mis- 
soui'i  River  at  and  near  its  junction  with  the 
Kansas  River,  and  the  estimated  cost  of  its 
improvemeut.    Maj.  C.  R.  Suter.    (2  copies.) 

The  Work  upon  Hoaid's  Rocks,  Blonongahela 
River.     Col.  Wm.  E.  Merrill.     (2  copies.) 
From  Institution  of   Civil    Engineers, 
publications  edited  by  James  Forrest, 
Secretary,  London,  as  follows  : 

Abstracts  of  Papers  in  Foreign  Transactions 
and  Periodicals.  Vol.  LV.  Session  1878-9. 
Part  1. 

Engineering  Progress  in  Foreign  Countries. 
Vernon-Harcourt,  Clark,  Bauerman  and 
Higgs. 

Harbor  and  Dock  Works; 

(L)  The  Avoumouth  Dock.   '  J.  Mackensie. 
(2.)  The  River  Lagan  and  Harbor  of  Belfast. 
Thomas  R.  Sulmoud. 


(3.)  Whitehaven   Harbor.      John.    E.    Wil- 
liams. 
On  the  Heating  and  Ventilating  Apparatus  of 
the  Glasgow  University.     W.  W.  Phipson. 
From  the  Institution  of  Mechanical  En- 
gineers, Walter  R.  Browne,  Secretary, 
London  : 
Proceedings  of  the  Institute,  July  28th  and 
29th, 1868. 

From  yVm.  Ripley  Nichols,  Boston  : 
Chemical  Examinations  of  Sewer  Air.    Prof. 
Wm.  Ripley  Nichols,  Boston.     1879. 
From  Edward  P.  North.  New  York  ; 
Official  Catalogue  of  the  United   States   Ex- 
hibitors at  the  Paris  Universal  Exposition. 
London,  1878. 

From  the  North  of  England  Institute  of 

Mining    and   Mechanical   Engineers, 

Theo.Wood  Running,  Secretary,  New- 

castle-on-Tyne,  England  : 

Transactions  of  the  Institute,  December,  1878. 

From  Ernest  Pontzen.  Paris  ; 
Maison  Speciale  pour  I'application  de  la  pres- 
sion  Hydraulique   a    toute    iudustrie.     H. 
Thomasset.     Paris,  1878. 

From    W.    N.    Radenhurst,  Rochester, 
N.  Y.  : 
Report  of  State  Engineer  for  1878.     Horatio 
Seymour,  Jr.     Albany.  1879. 

From  John  Reid,  Paterson,  N.  J.  : 
Two  Photographs,  Iron  Work   Construction, 
Seventh  Kegimeut  Armory,  New  York  City, 
C.  W.  Clinton,  Architect. 

From   the   Publishers,   Revue  General 
des  Chemins  de  fer.     Edgar  Moujean, 
Secretary,  Paris  : 
RevueGeneral des  Chemins  defer.  December, 
1878. 

From  William  Rotch,  Fall  River,  Mass.: 
Fifth    Annual    Report    of    Watuppa     Water 
Board.     Fall  River.     1879. 

From  the  Royal  United  Service  Institu- 
tion,   Capt.     B.   Burgess,    Secretary, 
London : 
Journal  of  the  Institution,  No.  XCVIII,  "Vol. 
XII. 

From  John  Russell,  San  Francisco: 
Municipal  Reports  of  San  Francisco.     1877-8. 
From  Wm.  B.  Sherman,  New  Bedford, 
Mass. ; 
Ninth  Annual  Report  of  the  Acushnet  Water 
Board.     New  Bedford.     1878. 

From    Societe    des  Ingenieurs    Civils, 
Paris: 
Memoires.     September  and  October,  1878. 

From  R.  H.  Thurston,  Hoboken,  N.  J.: 
Address  before  the  American  As.--ociation  for 

the  Advancement  of  Science,  at  the  meeting 

held  in  St.  Louis,   Auaust,  1878.     Prof.  R. 

H.  Thurston.    Salem,  Mass.     1878. 
Friction   and   its    Laws,   as    determined    by 

recent  experimeiit.    Prof.  R.  H.  Thurston. 

Salem  Mass.    1878. 
New   determinations   of    the    coefficients    of 

Friction  of  Lubricated  Journals,  and  on  the 

law   governing   such   friction.     Prof.  R.  H. 

Thurston.     Philadelphia.     1878. 

From  George  E.  Waring,  Jr.,  Newport, 
R.  I.; 
Irvingtou  Sanitary  Survey.     An  examination 

as  to  local  causes  of  fcver  and  ague  on  the 


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east  bank  of  the  Hudson  River  from  Dobb's 
Ferry  ti>  Tarrytowu,  with  recom'iiendations 
for  improvement.  Geo.  E.  Waring,  Jr. 
New  York.     1879. 

From  Joseph  M.  Wilson,  Philadelphia: 

Notes  on  the  Internal  Improvements  of  Penn- 
sylvania, and  Reminiscences  of  the  first 
railroad  over  the  Allegheny  Mountains. 
W.  Hasell  Wilson  and  Solomon  W.  Roberts. 
Philadelphia.  1879. 
From  Wilson  Brothers  &  Co.,  Philadelphia: 

Two   plates  of  Bridi>e  "^ver  Pennsylvania  R. 
E.  at  Belmont  Avenue,  Philadelphiii. 

Two  plaes  of  Bridge  over  Pennsylvania   R. 
R.  at  Fortieth  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Two   plates   of  Bridge  over  Pennsylvania  R. 
R.  at  Forty-first  Street,  Philadelphia. 

Two  plates  of  Span  No.  1  of  the  Morrisville 


Bridge,  New  York  Division,  Pennsylvania 
R.R. 

Two  plates  of  Suspension  Bridge  (Ordish's 
System)  over  the  Pennsylvania  R.  R.,  Forty- 
first  Street,  Fliladelphia. 

Two  plates  of  Jersey  City  Station,  Pennsyl- 
vania R.  R. 

Two  plates  of  Passenger  Station,  Baltimore 
and  Potomac  R.  R. 

Two  plates  of  West  Philadelphia  Station, 
Pennsylvania  R.  R. 

From  F.  Leypoldt,  New  York: 
The  American  Catal'igne,  Vol.  1,  Authors  and  ' 

Titles.     Part  2.     Edwards— Lennox. 
The  Library  Journal,  Nos.  1  and  2,  Vol.  IV. 
The     Library    Journal,    Index    to    Vol.    Ill, 

March.  1878.  December,  1878. 
The  Title  slip  Regisiry,  Vol.  I,  Nos.  1  and  2. 


ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


The  Eleventh  Annual  Convention  of  the 
Society  will  be  held  at  Cleveland,  June 
17th,  1879.  Announcement  as  to  the  details 
of  programme  and  proceedings  will  be  issued 
in  a  short  time. 

Copies  of  the  Speech  made  in  Congress  by 
Hon.  Abram  S.  Hewitt  upon  the  subject  of 
the  Public  Lands  and  their  Surveys  have  been 
kindly  sent  to  the  Society  by  the  author  and 
mailed  to  the  members. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted  at  the 
Ninth  Annual  Convention  of  the  Society,  and 
ordered  printed  regularly  in  the  Society  pub- 
lications: 

Whereas,  the  metric  system  of  weights  and 
measures  is  now  extensively  used  abroad, 
and  whereas  it  is  desirable  that  the  relation 
of  the  units  of  differing  systems  be  made 
familiir  to  all  by  comparison: 


Resolved,  That  members  be  requested,  in 
papers  hereafter  pi-esented  to  the  Society,  to 
write,  in  parenthesis,  weights  or  dimensions 
by  the  metric  system,  in  connection  with 
those  of  the  system  in  general  use. 

The  House  of  the  Society  is  at  104  East 
Twentieth  street,  one  door  from  Fourth 
avenue,  and  near  the  southwest  corner  of 
Gramercy  Park.  It  is  open  from  nine  o'clock 
A.M.  to  five  o'clock  p.m.  each  business  day, 
except  Saturday,  when  it  is  closed  at  three 
o'clock  p.  M. 

The  Library  and  Conversation  Rooms  will 
also,  for  the  present,  be  open  every  Thursday 
evening,  from  71^  to  10  p.  m.  Members  are 
invited  to  avail  themselves  of  the  oppor- 
tunities afforded  on  Thursday  evenings  both 
for  consultation  of  books  and  periodicals  and 
for  conversation . 


LIST     OF     MEMBERS, 


Egleston,  Thomas. 


Date  of  Election. 


ADDITION'S. 
MExMBERS. 

.  Professor  of  Mineralogy  and  Metallurgy, 
School  of  Mines,  Columbia  College, 
35  West  Washington  Square,  New 
York March  5th,  1879. 


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Date  of  Election. 
Osgood,  Joseph  O (Elected  Junior  May  3d,  1876),  Division 

Engineer  Pueblo  and  Arkansas  Valley 

Railroad,  Canon  City,  Colorado March  5th,  1879. 

JUNIOR. 

Allen,  James  P Civil  Assistant  Engineer  U.  S.  Corps  of 

Engineers,    care    of  Maj.  F.  U.  Far- 

quhar,    Rock  Island,   111 March  5th,  1879. 


CHANGES   AND   CORRECTIONS. 
MEMBERS. 

AucHiNCLOSS,  William  S.  200  West  Logan  Square,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Clarke,  Thomas   C 71  Broadvi^ay,  Room  72,  New  York. 

Fink,  Rudolph General  Manager,  Memphis  and  Little  Rock  Railroad, 

Little  Rock,  Ark. 

Flint,  Edward  A 11  Tremont  Bank  Building,  Boston,  Mass. 

Nichols,  Othniel  F.   . .  .Box  229,  Westerly,  Rhode  Island. 

Roberts,  W.  Milnor.  . .  .Care  of  O.  C.  James,  Caixa   N.  721,  Rio   de   Janeiro, 

Brazil. 
Smith,  Hamilton,  Jr.  ..  .Civil  and  Mechanical  Engineer,  Room  24,  320  Sansom 

St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
Van  Burex,  JohnD.,  jr.  .  10  West  Thirtieth  st..  New  York. 

JUNIOR. 

Staats,  Robert  P 169  West  Twelfth  st.,  New  York. 


deceased. 


Craven,  Alfred  W President  of  the  Society  from  Novem- 
ber 3,  1869,  to  November  i,  1871..  .March  27th,  1879. 


mrncan   jJimtq  4  Urn  triQmm, 


PROcEEDiisras. 


Vol.  V. — February,    1879. 

[Up  to  May  15th,  1879.] 


MINUTES    OJb^    MEETINGS 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 

April  16th,  1879. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.  Past  President 
George  S.  Greene,  in  the  chair. 

A  paper,  entitled  "The  Construction  and  Maintenance  of  Roads," 
by  Edward  P.  North,  was  read  by  the  author. 

The  discussion  of  the  i^aper  was  postponed  to  a  future  meeting. 

May  7th,  1879.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.  Mr.  Charles  Macdonald 
in  the  chair. 

The  ballot  for  membership  was  canvassed,  and  the  following  candi- 
dates declared  elected  :  —  As  Members — Daniel  P.  Bruner  (elected 
Junior,  September  6th,  1876),  Harrisburg,  Pa.;  Thomas  G.  Dabney, 
United  States  Engineer  in  charge  of  Harbor  Works,  Vicksburgh,  Miss. ; 
Henry  B.  Richardson,  Assistant  State  Engineer,  Louisiana  Board  of 
State  Engineers,  St.  Joseph,  La. ;  Max  E.  Schmidt,  Chief  Assistant  En- 
gineer South  Pass  Jetty  Works,  Port  Eads,  La.  As  Associate — Percival 
Roberts,  Jr.,  Pencoyd  Iron  Works,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

On  motion  of  Theodore  Cooper,  the  minutes  of  the  meeting  of 
the  Society  of  April  2d  (Vol.  V,  p.  5,  seventh  line  from  bottom),  were 
amended  by  inserting  as  follows  :  ' '  Mr.  Cooper  withdrew  the  motion,  as 
he  considered  the  expression  of  the  members  during  the  discussion  was 
sufficiently  expressive  without  bringing  the  result  to  a  vote;  and  not 
being  aware  of  the  action  of  the  Board  of  Direction  until  after  the  reso- 


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hitiou  had  been  oifered,  he  did  not  wish  to  develox^  by  a  vote  an  expi'es- 
siou  of  the  opinion  of  the  meeting  in  opposition  to  the  action  of  the 
Board." 

The'  action  of  the  Board  of  Direction  in  reference  to  notices  of  arrears 
of  dues  and  as  to  publication  of  Proceedings  and  Transactions  was  re- 
ported.   (See   Minutes  of   Board   of   Direction   of   April  30th,    below.) 

The  following  preamble  and  resohitiou  were  then  discussed  and 
passed  : 

Whereas,  Every  possible  effort  should  be  made  to  increase  the  sphere 
of  usefulness  of  the  Society,  and  to  enlarge  its  membership  as  well  as  to 
promote  active  intercourse  between  all  its  members,  therefore,  be  it 

Resolved,  That  the  following  suggestions  and  such  others  as  may  be 
submitted,  be  printed  and  distributed  among  the  members,  with  the 
request  that  they  shall  favor  the  Secretary  as  soon  as  possible  with  their 
opinions,  as  well  as  with  such  other  suggestions  as  they  may  wish  to 
offer,  so  that  action  upon  the  same  may  be  taken  at  the  next  convention. 

Suggestions. 

1st.  That  provision  be  made  for  the  holding,  in  addition  to  the  an- 
nual convention,  a  number  of  general  meetings  in  various  cities  in  each 
year,  for  professional  intercourse. 

2d.  That  papers  be  annually  invited  from  members  or  other  persons 
upon  subjects  of  general  engineering  interest,  to  be  specified  by  the 
Board  of  Direction. 

3d.  That  a  system  be  established  to  award  special  recognition  for  the 
best  papers  contributed  each  year. 

4th.  That  present  members  be  encouraged  to  proi^ose  worthy  persons 
for  new  members,  associates,  and  fellows. 

5th.  That  to  promote  the  discussion  of  papers,  advance  copies  be 
issued  to  such  members  or  other  persons  as  may  be  specially  qualified  to 
take  part  in  the  same,  or  to  members  applying  for  them  in  order  to  take 
part  in  the  discussion. 

6th.  That  members  be  encouraged  to  make  use  of  the  facilities  of  the 
Society  in  New  York  for  obtaining  professional  information. 

7th.  That  tliL-  Juibrary  Committee  be  requested  to  report  whether 
some  plan  may  not  be  adopted  to  enable  members  living  away  from  New 
York  to  consult  the  books  of  the  Library,  under  proper  regulations  to 
ensure  their  return  and  to  prevent  injury. 

8th.  That  suggestions  be  invited  from  members  as  to  the  feasibility 
of  adopting  some  plan  of  affiliation  with  local  engineers'  clubs  in  other 
cities. 

9th.  That  the  desirability  be  discussed  of  appointing  Research  Com- 
mittees, whose  diities  shall  be  to  collect  the  results  of  existing  experi- 
ments oh  any  siabject,  and  to  suggest  what  further  experiments  are 
necessary,  and  also  to  collate  such  professional  papers  as  may  have  been 
published  elsewhere. 


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OF  THE  BOAED  OF  DIEEOTION. 

Januaky  3d,  1879. — Applications  for  membership  were  considered. 
The  filing  of  the  annual  certificate  reipiired  by  statute  was  reported  by 
the  Secretary.     Approi^riations  were  made. 

Ffbettaky  5th,  1879. — Applications  for  membership  Avere  considered, 
and  financial  business  transacted. 

Makch  6th,  1879. — -Applications  for  membership  were  considered. 
Approisriations  were  made. 

April  2d,  1879. — Applications  for  membership  were  considered. 
Financial  business  was  transacted.  A  resolution  was  adopted  as  to 
publications  of  Transactions  and  Proceedings  (printed  in  Minutes  of 
the  Society  for  April  2d,  1879,  Proceedings,  Vol.  V,  page  5). 

Apeiij  30th,  1879. — Applications  for  membership  were  considered. 
The  Treasurer  reported  the  number  of  members  in  arrears  for  dues,  and 
the  amount  owing  to  the  Society  by  its  members.  The  following  reso- 
lution was  passed  : 

Eesolved,  That  the  Secretary  be  directed  to  notify  all  members  in 
arrears  that  unless  the  dues  for  the  current  Society  year,  beginning 
November  6th,  1»78,  are  paid  before  November  5th,  1879,  they  will  cease 
to  be  members. 

Also,  that  members  who  are  in  arrears  for  more  than  the  dues  for  the 
current  year,  be  notified  that  their  dues  for  years  i)revious  to  the  current 
year  are  still  to  be  paid,  and  that  payment  of  the  same  will  be  required, 
unless  good  reason  to  the  contrary,  in  compliance  with  the  provisions  of 
Article  XXXII,  of  the  Constitution,  be  assigned  before  November  5th, 
1879. 

The  resolution  referred  to  the  Board  at  the  meeting  of  the  Society  of 
April  2d,  and  the  former  action  of  the  Board  on  the  subject  of  publica- 
tion of  the  Transactions  and  Proceedings,  were  considered,  and  the  fol- 
lowing resolution  was  adopted  : 

That  business  proceedings  are  not  to  be  reported  for  the  public 
press.  Abstracts  of  the  papers  read  and  discussions  thereon,  giving  the 
general  tenor  of  the  paj^ers,  etc. ,  may  be  jiublished. 

Appropriations  were  made. 


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ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


The  Eleventh  Annual  Convention  of 
the  Society  will  he  held  at  Cleveland,  begin- 
ning Tuesday,  June  17th,  1879. 

Sessions  for  the  consideration  of  profes- 
sional subjects,  and  one  for  the  transaction 
of  business  will  be  held. 

The  details  of  the  programme  will  be  an- 
nounced as  soon  as  determined  by  the  local 
committee. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  topics  to  be  con- 
sidered with  reference  to  papers  published 
in  Transactions  during  the  preceding  year: 

American  Engineering  at    International 

EXHIBITIOhS. 

CLXXIV.  American  Engineering  as  illus- 
trated at  the  Paris  Exposition  of  1878. 
George  S.  Morison,  Edward  P.  North  and 
John  Bogart. 

Bridges. 
Discussion  of  Paper  CXL.    The  De- 
termination of  Stresses  in  the   Eye-Bar 
Head.     De  Volson  Wood.     Vol.  VII,  page 
189. 

Discussion   of   Papers    CXLIV    and 

CXLIX.  Relative  Quantities  of  Material 
in  Bridges  of  different  kinds,  of  varioun 
heights.  V/illiam  H.  Searles.  Vol.  VII, 
page  192. 

Cements. 

Discussion    on    Cements.      Don    J. 

Whittemore.    Vol.  VII,  page  274. 

Discussion  on  Cements  and  Strength 

of  Bricks.  F.  CoUingwood.  Vol.  VII, 
page  2S0. 

FODNDATIONS. 

CLXXII.  The  use  of  Compressed  Air  in 
Tubular  Foundations,  and  its  application 
at  South  Street  Bridge,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
D.  McN.  Stauffer. 

Hydeaulics. 

CLX.  Oq  the  Cause  of  the  Maximum 
Velocity  of  Water  flowing  in  Open  Chan- 
nels being  below  the  Surface.  James  B. 
Francis. 

CLXI.  The  Flow  of  Water  in  Pipes  under 
Pressure .     Charles  G.  Darrach. 


the 


Discussion     on    the    Cause     i>f 

Maximum  Velocity  of  Water  flowing  in 
Open  Channels  being  below  the  Surface, 
and  also  on  the  Flow  of  Water  in  Pipe  s 
under  Pres-ure.  Theo.  G.  Ellis,  C.  E. 
Emery,  Clemens  Herschel,  De  Volson 
Wood  and  JoLn  T.  Fanning.  Vol.  VII., 
page  122. 
CLX  V II.  Distribution  of  Rain-fall  during 
the  great  storm  of  October  3d  and  4th, 
]8i')9.  James  B.  Francis. 
CLXVIII.  The  Gauging  of  Streams.  Clemens 

Herschel. 
CLXXV.  The  Flow  of  Water  in  Small  Chan- 
nels, alter  Ganguillet  and  Kutter,  with 
Kutter's  Diagiam  modified,  and  Graphical 
Tables  with  special  reference  to  Sewer 
Calculations.     R.  Hering. 

Masonry. 

CLXX.  Brick  Arches  for  Large  Sewers. 
R.  Hering. 

Discussion  on  Brick   Arches  for  Large 

Sewers.  E.  S.  Chesbrougli,  W.  Milnor 
Roberts,  R.  Hering  and  F.  CoUingwood. 
Vol.  VII.,  page  258. 

CLXXI.  Fall  of  Western  Arched  Approach 
to  South  Street  Bridge,  Philadelphia,  Pa 
D.  McN.  Staufler. 

Discussion  on  Nomenclature  of  Build- 
ing Stones  and  Stone  Masonry.  J.  Poster 
Flagg.  J.  J.  R.  Croes,  J.  P.  Davis,  F.  Col- 
lingwood,  J.  Veazie  and  E.  P.  North.  Vol. 
VII.,  page  284. 
Metals. 

CLXIII.  On  a  newly  discovered  relation 
between  the  Tenacity  of  Metals  and  their 
resistance  to  Torsion.  Robert  H. 
Thurston. 

CLXIV.      Observations    on    the      Stresses ' 
developed   in   Metallic  Bars   by  Applied 
Forces.    Theodore  Cooper. 
Preservation  of  Timber. 

CLXXVI.  The  Permanent  Way  of  Rail- 
ways in  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  with 
special  reference  to  the  use  of  Timber, 
preserved  and  unpreserved.  Compiled 
from  information  received  from  Engineers 


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in    charge    of     those     railways.      Joliu 
Bogart. 
Railroads. 

CLIX.  On  the  Theoretical  Resistance  of 
Railroad  Curves,     S.  Whinery. 

Discussion  on  the  Resistance  of  Rail- 
road Curves.  O.  Chanute,  Chas.  E. 
Emery,  E.  Yardley,  E.  P.  North.  C.  L. 
McAliDine,  F.  Colliugwood  and  Wm.  H. 
Paine.     Vol.  VII,  page  97. 

OLXVI.  Reminiscences  and  Experiences 
of  Early  Engineering  Operations  on  Rail- 
roads, with  especial  reference  to  Steep 
Inclines.     W.  Milnor  Roberts. 

Discussions    on    Inclined    Planes    for 

Railroads.      O.  Chanute  and  William  H. 
Paine.     Vol.  VII.,  page  216. 

RiVEBS  AND  HaKBOB.S. 

CLXII.  The  South  Pass  Jetties.  Descrip- 
tive and  Incidental  Notes  and  Memoranda. 
E.  L.  Corthell. 

Discussions  on  the  South  Pass  Jetties. 

Charles  W.    Howell,   E.    L.   Corthell,   C. 
Shaler  Smith,  J.  Foster  Flagg.     Vol.  VII, 
page  159. 
CLXIX.    The  Dangers  threatening  the  Nav- 
igation of  the   Mississippi  River  and  the 
Reclamation  of  its  Alluvial  Lands.     B.  M. 
Harrod. 
Steam  Engines. 
CLXV.    Cushioning  the  Reciprocating  Parts 
of  Steam  Engines.     John  W.  Hill. 

Discussion  on  Steam  Engine  Economy, 

J.  Foster  Flagg  and   E.   D.  Leavitt,  Jr. 
Vol   VII,  page  194. 
Submarine  Telephony. 
CLXXIII.     Submarine  Telephoning.     Chas. 

Ward  Raymond. 
In  addition  to  the  above   papers,  it  is  ex- 
pected that  the  following  subjects  will  be  pre- 
sented by  papers  printed  previous  to  the  date 
of  the  Convention,  or  read  at  its  meeting: 
Engineering  Questions  involved  in  the  Dev- 
elopment of  Electric  Lighting.     Stephen 
Chester. 
Gelatine   Dynamite   and  High  Explosives. 

Ju'ius  H.  Striedinger. 
Lighthouse  Construction.     J.  G.  Barn  rd. 
Memoir    upon    the    Construction    of    the 

Mlnots  Ledge  Light.     B.  S.  Alexander. 
The    Construction    and     Maintenance     of 

Roads.     Edward  P.  North. 
The  Resistances  of  Railway  Rolling  Stock. 

A.  M.  Wellington. 
The    Railroad  Crossing    of  the  Allegheny 

Mountain.     Moncure  Robmson. 
Notes    on     Early     Railroad     Engineering. 
Ashbel  Welch. 


Remarks  on  the  Causes  of  Fall  of  the 
Western  Arched  Approach  to  South  Street 
Bridge,  Philadelphia,  Pa.     J,  G.  Barnard. 

Parabolic  Arches  in  Masonry.  W.  A.  G. 
Emonts. 

Notes  on  the  Foundations  of  Piers  of  the 
East  River  Bridge.     F.  Collingwood. 

Experiments  with  Cements  and  appliances 
for  testing.     Alfred  Noble. 

Comparison  of  Standard  Measures,  English, 
French  and  United  States.  Arthur  S.  C. 
Wurlele. 

The  Construction  of  Concrete  Blocks  at  the 
end  of  the  South  Pass  Jetties.  Max  E. 
Schmidt. 

Notes  as  to  construction  and  operation  of 
the  Railroad  over  the  Raton  Mountains, 
Col.,  and  the  construction  and  perform- 
ance of  the  Locomotives  thereon.  James 
D.  Burr. 

Design  and  Construction  Tables  for  Egg- 
shaped  Sewers.    Cyrus  G.  Force,  Jr. 

Members  of  the  Society  are  earnestly  re- 
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ordered  printed  regularly  in  the  Society  pub- 
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Wnereas,  the  metric  system  of  weights  and 
measures  is  now  extensively  used  abroad, 
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LIST      OF      MEMBERS. 


ADDITIONS. 
MEMBERS. 


Date  of  Election. 

Bell,  James  E Superintendent  City  Water  Works,  Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio Marcli  5th,  1879. 

Bruner,  Daniel  P (Elected  Junior,    September  6th,    1876) 

13  Nortli  Third  street,   Harrisburg, 

Pa May    7th,  1879. 


Gordon,  Alexander. 


associate. 
General    Manager    Niles    Tool    Works, 

Hamilton,   Ohio March  5th,  1879. 


CHANGES    and   CORRECTIONS. 

members. 
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Brush,  Charles  B 13  Newark  street,  Hoboken,  N.  J. 

Buck,  L.  L Engineer  Suspension  Bridge,  Niagara  Co.,  N.  Y. 

Chester,  Stephen    5   and  7  Dey  street.  New  York. 

Durham,  C.  Wheeler.    .109  Dearborn  street,  Chicago,  111. 

Gardner,  G.  Clinton  .  .  .  Manager  Troy,  Greenfield  and  Hoosac  Tunnel  Railroad, 

Greenfield,  Mass. 
Grant,  William  H Chief  Engineer  New  York  City  and  Northern  Railroad 

and  Yonkers  Rapid  Transit  Railway,  3  Broad  street, 

New  York. 


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Hall,  G.  Thomas Division  Engineer  Metropolitan  Elevated   Railroad,    71 

Broadway,  New  York. 

Harris,  Rukeri'  L Consulting  Engineer,  Boston,  Hoosac  Tunnel  and  West- 
ern Railroad,  North  Adams,  Mass. 

Meriwether,  Niles Memphis,  Tenn. 

NicoLLS,  William  J.,. . .  .Editor  Railway  Record,  5  Post  Office  avenue,  Baltimore, 
Md. 

Parkhurst,  H.  W . .  .Topeka,  Kansas. 

Pettit,  Henry 209  South  Third  street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Sears,  Alfred  T Ingeneiro     de^    Estado,      Peru,    Chimbote,     Peru,     via 

Panama. 

Sedgwick,  Thomas  S Washington,  D.  C. 

Turner,  Edmund Engineer,  Logansport,  Crawfordsville  and  Southwestern 

Railroad,  Crawfordsville,  Ind. 

W.alling,  Henry  F Marietta,  Ohio. 

ASSOCIATES. 

Brevoort,  Henry  L 206  Broadway,  New  York. 

Ford,  Arthur  L Civil  Engineer,  Corinto,  Nicaragua. 

juniors. 

Bland,  John  C (Jffice  Supervising  Architect,  Treasury  Building,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. 

Hayes,  Edmund 52  Wall  street.  New  York. 

Horton,  Sanford Division   Engineer,    Atchison,    Topeka,    and    Santa   Fe 

Railroad,  Wichita,  Kansas. 

Kennedy,  James  C Engineer's  Office,  Water  works,  Ottawa,  Canada. 

Macy,  Arthur Kings  Mountain  Mine,  Kings  Mountain,  N.  C. 

fellow. 
Taylor,  William  J Chester,  N.  J. 


^nuMlcan   %mdu  of  toil  f  nsincDrfi. 


PROCEEDINaS, 


Vol.  V. — March,  April,  May,    1879. 


MINUTES    OF    MEETINGS 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 

May  21st,  1879.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.  Thomas  C.  Clarke  in 
the  chair. 

A  paper  by  J.  James  B.  Croes,  entitled  "  The  Loss  of  Water  in  Flow- 
ing in  Open  Earth  Channels,  Avas  read  by  the  aiithor,  and  discussed  by 
Messrs.  Dresser,  Emery,  Owen,  Searles,  Striedinger,  L.  B.  Ward  and 
Worthen. 

Note. — At  the  meeting  of  the  Society  of  May  7tli,  1879,  the  following 
preamble  and  resolutions  were  passed  : 

Members  of  the  Society  are  requested  to  favor  the  Secretary  with 
their  opinions  on  the  subjects  referred  to,  and  with  such  other  sugges- 
tions as  they  may  wish  to  offer,  sending  the  same  in  time  for  presentation 
at  the  Convention  at  Cleveland  on  June  17tli,  next. 

Whereas,  Every  possible  effort  should  be  made  to  increase  the  sphere 
of  usefulness  of  the  Society,  and  to  enlarge  its  membership  as  well  as  to 
promote  active  intercourse  between  all  its  members,  therefore,  be  it 

Besolved,  That  the  following  suggestions  and  such  others  as  may  be 
submitted,  be  printed  and  distributed  among  the  members,  with  the 
request  that  they  shall  favor  the  Secretary  as  soon  as  possible  with  their 


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opinions,  as  well  as  with  such  other  suggestions  as  they  may  wish  to 
offer,  so  that  action  upon  the  same  may  be  taken  at  the  next  convention. 


STjGCtESTIONS. 

1st.  That  i^rovision  be  made  for  the  holding,  in  addition  to  the  an- 
nual convention,  a  number  of  general  meetings  in  various  cities  in  each 
year,  for  ])rofessional  intercourse. 

2d.  That  papers  be  annually  invited  from  members  or  other  i)er.sons 
upon  subjects  of  general  engineering  interest,  to  be  specified  by  the 
Board  of  Direction. 

3d.  That  a  system  be  established  to  award  special  recognition  for  the 
best  papers  contributed  each  year. 

4th.  That  jjresent  members  l)e  encoui'aged  to  propose  worthy  persons 
for  new  members,  associates,  and  fellows. 

5th.  That  to  promote  the  discussion  of  papers,  advance  copies  be 
issued  to  such  members  or  other  jaersons  as  may  be  specially  qualitied  to 
take  i^art  in  the  same,  or  to  members  applying  for  them  in  order  to  take 
part  in  the  discussion. 

6tli.  That  members  be  encouraged  to  make  use  of  the  facilities  of  the 
Society  in  New  York  for  obtaining  professional  information. 

7tli.  That  the  Library  Committee  be  requested  to  report  whether 
some  plan  may  not  be  adopted  to  enable  members  living  away  from  New 
York  to  consult  the  books  of  the  Lil)rary,  under  proper  regulations  to 
ensure  their  return  and  to  prevent  injury. 

8th.  That  suggestions  be  invited  from  members  as  to  the  feasibility 
of  adopting  some  plan  of  affiliation  with  local  engineers'  clubs  in  other 
cities. 

9th.  That  the  desirability  l)e  discussed  of  appointing  Research  Com- 
mittees, whose  diities  shall  be  to  collect  the  results  of  existing  experi- 
ments on  any  subject,  and  to  suggest  what  further  experiments  are 
necessary,  and  also  to  collate  such  professional  papers  as  may  have  been 
pubHslied  elsewhere. 


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ADDITIONS   TO 

JLIBRARY     AND     MUSEUM. 


From    Administration    des     Ponts    et 
Chausees,  Paris: 
Annales.     March,  1879. 

From   American    Chemical   Society,  P. 
Cassamajor,  Secretary,  New  York: 
Journal  of  the  Society,  Vol.  1,  Nos.  1-3. 

From   American   Ins'itute   Mining  En- 
gineers, Thomas  M.  Drown,  Secretary, 
Easton,  Pa.: 
Proceedings  of  the  Baltimore  Meeting,    Feb- 
ruary, 1m79. 
The  Bradford  Oil  District   of  Pennsylvania. 

Chas.  A.  Ashburner. 
The    Water    Supply   at    the    Bessemer    Steel 
Works  of  the  Edgar  Thomson    Steel  Com- 
pany, Limited.     P.  Barnes. 
The   Lake  Superior  Copper   Rocks  in  Penn- 
sylvania.    J.  F.  Blandy. 
The  Great  Blast  at  Glendon.    EUifj  Clarke,  Jr. 


An  Iiuijroved  System  of  Cornish  Pitwork. 
Ellsworth  Daggett. 

Note  on  the  determination  of  Silicon  in  Pig 
Iron  and  Steel.     Dr.  T.  M.  Drown. 

Indicator  Cards  from  a  Water-pressure  Blow- 
ing Engine,  with  a  note  on  a  proposed  im- 
provement in  such  engines.  Frank  Firm- 
stone. 

The  manufacture  of  Soda  by  the  Ammonia 
process.     O.  J.  Heinrit'h. 

The  Pernlot  Furnace.     A.  L.  Holley,  LL.D, 

The  United  States  Testing  Machine  at  Water- 
town  Arsenal.     A.  L   H  )lley.  LL.D. 

The  Coal  and  Iron  of  the  Hocking  Valley, 
Ohio.     T,  Sterry  Hunt.  LL.D. 

A  Method  of  Rollmg  Steel  or  Iron  Eye  Bars. 
Charles  .Macdonahl. 

On  the  Classification  of  Original  Rocks. 
Thoxnas  Macfarlane. 

Phosphorus  in  Coal.    A.  S.  McCreath. 


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A  Catalogue  of  Official  Reports  upon  Geo- 
logical Surveys  of  the  United  States  and 
Territories  and  of  British  North  America. 
F.  Prime,  Jr. 

From  Argentine  Scientific  Society,  Don 
Felix     Amoreti,     Secretary,    Buenos 
Ayres: 
Annals    of    the    Society.    March  and  April, 
1«79. 

From    Association  of  Civil    Engineers, 
Portugal: 
Transactions.     September,  October,   Novem- 
ber and  December,  1878;  January  and  Feb- 
ruary, 1879. 

From  Wm.  S.  Barbour,  City  Engineer, 
Cambridge,  Mass. : 
Annual  Report  ot  City  Engineer  for  1878. 
Fouiteeuih  Annual  Ke]iortof  the  Cambridge, 

Mass.,  Water  Board.  1878. 
The   Mayors    Address  aud    Annual    Reports 
made  to    the    City  Council  of  Cambridge, 
Mass. 

From  Walter  A.  Barlow,  London  : 
Patentees'  Jourual  of  Dates.    Vol   II,   No.  7, 
1879.     W.  A.  Barlow,  Proprietor. 

From  H.  Bartels,  Berlin: 
Betriel)s-Eiurichtuugen    auf  Amerikanischen 
Eiseub.thuen     1.  Bahuhofsaiilagen  uud  Sig- 
nale.     H.  Bartels,  Berlin,  1879. 

From  Mellen  Chamberlain,  Boston: 
Bulletin  of  the  Bostou  Public  Library,  April, 
1878.     Melleu  Chamberlain,  Librarian. 

From  Frederick  Brooks,  Boston: 
Report   of    the   Standing  Committee   of   the 
Boston    Society   ot   Civil  Engineers  on  the 
Metric  System  of  Weights   and    Measures, 
presented  March  19th,  1879.     (5  copies.) 

From  Hon.  Allan   Campbell,  Commis- 
sioner   Department    Public    Works, 
New  York: 
Report  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works, 
quarter  ending  December  31,  1878. 

From    Civil    Engineers'    Club    of    the 
Northwest,    L.  P.  Morehouse,    Secre- 
tary, Cliicago: 
The  Glasgow  Bridge  Superstructure.     Chas. 

Siioy  Smith. 
Blasting   under  water  in    Rivers  with  rapid 
currents.     F.  W.  Farquhar. 

Fi'om  Eliot  C.  Clarke,  Boston: 
Common  Defects  in  House  Draius.     Eliot  C. 
Clarke.     Boston,  1879. 

From  H.  Wadsworth  Clarke,  Syracuse, 
N.  Y.: 

Annual  Report  of  the  Superintendent  of  the 
Onondaga  Salt  Springs.  A.  C.  Powell.  Al- 
bany, 1879. 

Journal  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  of  the 
County  of  Onondaga  for  1878. 

Report  "n  thi>  Management  and  Affairs  of  the 
Insane  Asylum  of  the  Onondaga  County 
Poorhouse.     ('2  copies.) 

From  J.  James  R   Croes,  New  York: 
Annual  R.  port  of  the  State  Geologist  of  New 

Jersey  lor  1876. 
Report  of  Water  Commissioners  of  the  City  of 

Elizabeth,  N.  J.,  for  1868. 

From  George  W.  Dresser,  N.  Y.: 
The  Electric  Light.     A  paper  read  before  the 
Society  of  G.is  Lighting,  December  12, 1878. 
Eugene  Vauderpool.     (2  copies.) 


From   Charles    D.    Elliot,    Somerville 
Mass. : 
Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Harbor  Com- 
missioners for  1878. 

From  Charles  E.  Billin.  Secretary  En- 
gineers' Club  of  Philadelphia: 
Proceedings  ot  the  Club.     Vol.  I.  No.  2. 

From  Sanford  Fleming,  Ottowa.  Can.: 
Report  made  to  the  Minister  of  Public  Works 
of  (;;an  ida  in  reference  to  the  Canadian  Pa- 
cific  Railway.     Ottowa,  1879. 

From  Franklin  Institute,  Philadelphia: 
Journal  of  the  Institute.     April  and   May, 
1879. 

From  George  H.  Frost,  Editor  Engineer- 
ing News,  New  York: 
number's  Water  Supply  of  Cities  and  Towns. 

Part  8. 
Proceedings  Engineer's  Club  of   the  North- 
west: 

1.  Pier  Constructions  ot  Recent  Date.    G. 
A.  M.  Liljencrantz. 

2.  Anchor  Ice  as   afl'ecting  public  Water 
Supply.     John  A.  Cole. 

From  Fred,  de  Funiak,  Louisville,  Ky. : 
Cost  of  Road  Repairs  on  LcutisviUe  and  Nash- 
ville  and  Soutb  and  North  Alabama  Kail- 
roads,  for  nine  months  ending  March  31st, 
1879. 

From  James  T.  Gardner,  Albany: 
Report  of  New  York  State  Survey  for  1878. 

From   Institution   of  Civil   Engineers, 
James  Forrest,  Secretary,  Lonaon: 
Minutes  of  Proci  ediugs.     Vol.  LV. 

Publications  edited  by  James  Forrest, 
Secretary,  as  follows: 
(1.)  The    Geelong    Water  Supply.       Edward 

Dobson. 
(2.)  The   Sandhurst  Water   Supply.      Joseph 

Brady. 
Discussions   on  the  Geelong  and  Sandhurst 

Water  Supplies. 
Railway  Bridge  over  the  River  Tyne,  at  Wylam, 

Northumberland.     William  G    1  aws. 
On  the  Best  methods  of  Railway  Construction 
for    the    developm-^nt   of    New    Countries. 
Robert  C.  Patterson. 
Railway  Work  in  Japan.     W.  P.  Potter. 
Metliod  of   Blasting  Rock  for  the    Lyttleton 
Harbor  Works,   Canterbury,  New  Zea  and. 
George  Thornton. 

From  the  Institution  of  Mechanical  En- 
gineers, Walter  R.  Browne,  Secretary. 
London: 
Proceedings.     January,  1879. 

From  the  Imperial  Teclmic  Society,  St. 
Petersburg,  Russia: 
Notes  of  tbe  Imperial  Techuic  Society.     Part 
xn.     1878.     (Russian.) 

From    the    Iron    and    Steel    Institute. 
London: 
Journal  of  the  Institute,     No.  2.     1878. 

From  John  Kennedy,  Montreal,  Canada: 
Annual  Report  of  the  Harbor  Commissioners 
of  Montreal  for  1878. 

From  Geo.  A.  Kimball,  City  Engineer, 
Somerville,  Mass. : 
Annual  Reports.  City  of   Somerville,   Mass., 

1878. 
First  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Health 

of  Somerville.  Mass. 
Fifth  Annual  Report  of  the  City  Engineer  of 
Somerville,  Mass.,  1878. 


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From  J.  F.  Klein,  D.  E.,  Ph'laclelphia: 
T.  —  T„ 
Concerning   — 


—  or    the    Limit    of    effi- 


ciency of  Heat  Engines.     J.  F.  Klein,  Pliila- 
delphia,  18  ?9. 

From  State  Board  of  Health  of  Massa- 
chusetts. Charles  F.    Folsom,  M.  D., 
Secretary: 
Tenth  Annual  Report  of  the  State  Board  of 
Health.     January,  1879. 

From  E.  E.  Mlddleton,  London: 
Impeachment  of  Modern  Astronomy.     E.  E. 
Mlddleton.     London,  1879. 

From  George  S.  Morison,  New  York  : 
Annual  Keport  of  the  Eastern  Railroad  Com- 
pany, 1877-78.     Boston,  1873. 

From  Edward  P.  North,  New  York  : 
Report  of  the  President  and  Directors  of  the 
Northern  Pacific  Railroad.    September  25th, 
1878. 

From  the  North  of  England  Institute  of 

Mining   and    Mechanical    Eiigineers. 

Theo.    Wood    Bunning.      Secretary. 

Newcastle-on-Tyue.  England  : 

Transactions  of  the  Institute,  February  and 

March,  1879. 

From  Charles   Paine,  Cleveland,  Ohio  : 
Ninth  Annual  Report  of  the  Lake  Shore  and 
Michigan  Southern  Railroad  for  1878. 

From  Wm.  H.  Paine,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.: 
Specifications  for  the  Steel  and  Iron  Work  of 
the  Suspended   Superstructure  of  the  East 
River  Bridge. 

From    Francis    Rinecker,    Wvierzburg, 
Germany  : 
Der    Logarithmische      Rechenschieber    und 
Seine  piactische  Anwendung.     F.  Riuecker. 
Wiirzlnirg,  1879. 
Die  Hydrometrische  Waage  in  ihrem  Principe, 
Weseu  uud   Gebrauch.     Franz   J.  V.  Czer- 
weuka.     Vienna   1878. 

From  the  Publishers  Revue  General  des 
Cbeniius  de    ler.      Edgar    Monjean, 
Secretary,  Paris  : 
Revu°  General  des  Chemins  de  fer.     January 
and  February,  1879. 

From  ■•  axonian  Society  Engineers  and 
Architects,  Leipzic  : 
Transactions  of  the  So  iety.     Part  II.  1878. 

From  Hon.  Horatio  Seymour.  Jr..  State 
Engineer  and  Surveyor.  Albany; 


Annual  Report  of  the  New  York  State  Canals 
for  1878. 

From  John  C.  Trautwine,  Philadelphia: 

Aide  Memoire  portatif  a  I'usage  des  officiers 
dii  Genie.  Vols.  I  and  11.  J.  Laisue. 
Paris,  If  61. 

A  treatise  on  Internal  Navigation.  Report  of 
Albert  Galatin  on  Roads  and  Canals.  Ball- 
stem  Siia.  N.  Y.,  1817. 

Bree's  Railway  Practice.     London,  1847. 

Bree's  lUilwa'y  Practice.  Plates.  Vols.  I,  II, 
and  III. 

Bridging  the  Hudson.  Testimony  taken  be- 
fore the  Senate  Committee  in  the  matter  of 
bridging  the  Hudson  River  at  Albany,  Feb- 
ruary 29th,  1856. 

The  Miscellaneous  papers  of  John  Smeaton, 
C.  E.,  F.  R.  S.     London,  1814. 

Reports  of  the  late  John  Smeaton.  C.  E.,  F.  R. 
S.     Vols.  I,  II  and  III.     London,  1812. 

Report  of  the  Department  of  Mines  of  Nova 
Scotia  for  1878. 

Reports  of  the  Pennsylvania  (^'entral  Railroad. 
Two  volumes.  Volume  I,  1848-1855.  Volume 
II.  18.")6  1860. 

Traite  Elemeutaire  des  Chemins  de  fer.  Vols. 
1  and  II.     Aug.  Perdonnet.     Pai  is,  1860. 

From  Edgar  B.  Van  Winkle,  New  York  : 
Conditions  of  Proposals  for  constructing 
Sewers  and  their  Appurtenances  in  Third 
avenue  from  Southern  Boulevard  to  13.5th 
street  ;  and  in  135th  street  and  134th  street, 
from  Third  avenue  to  Summits  east  of 
Willis  avenue,  with  branches  in  Lincoln, 
Alexander  and  Willis  avenues. 
Conditions  of  Proposals  for  Constructing 
Sewers  and  Appurtenances  in  140lh  street, 
from  Alexander  avenue  to  Brook  aveiiiie, 
with  branches  in  Alexander  and  Willis 
avenues. 
Proposals  lor  regulating  and  grading  Third 
avenue  in  23d  Ward,  and  for  additional 
work  in  said  avenue  between  147th  street 
and  Harlem  River. 

From  D.  Van  Nostrand,  New  York: 
Van  Nostraud's  Engineering  Magazine.     May 
and  June,  1879. 

From  F.  Leypoldt,  New  York: 
The  Library  Journal.     No.  3.    Vol.  IV. 
From  Prof.  Wm.  Watson,  Bovton  ; 
Reports  upon  the  Public  Works  of  Italy  by  the 
Minister  of  Public  Woiks.     4  folio  volumes 
with  full  plates. 


ANNOUNCEMl^NTS. 


The  Eleventh  Annual  Convention  of 
the  Society  will  he  held  at  Cleveland,  begin- 
ning Tuesday,  June  17th,  1879. 

Sessions  for  the  consideration  of  profes- 
sional subjects,  and  one  for  the  transaction 
of  business  will  be  held. 

The  details  of  the  programme  will  be  an- 
nounced as  soon  as  determined  by  the  local 
committee. 


The  following  is  a  list  of  topics  to  be  con- 
sidered with  reference  to  xiapers  published 
in  Transactions  during  the  ijreceding  year: 

American  Engineering  at  International 
exhibitio^s. 
CLXXIV.  American  Engineering  as  illus- 
trated at  the  Paris  Exposition  of  1878. 
George  S.  Morison,  Edward  P.  North  and 
John  Bogart. 


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Bridges. 

Discussion  of  Paper  CXL.  The  De- 
termination of  Stresses  in  the  Eye-Bar 
Head.  De  Volson  Wood.  Vol.  VII,  page 
189. 

Discussion   of   Papers    CXLIV    and 

CXLIX.  Relative  Quantities  of  Material 
in  Bridges  of  different  kinds,  of  variouft 
heights.  William  H.  Searles.  Vol.  VII, 
page  192. 

Cements. 

Discussion    on    Cements.     Don    J. 

Whittemore.    Vol.  VII,  page  274. 

Discussion  on  Cements  and  Strength 

of    Bricks.    F.    Collingwood.     Vol.   VII, 
page  280. 
Foundations. 

CLXXII.     The   use   of  Compressed   Air  in 
Tubular  Foundations,  and  its  applit'ation 
at  Soutti  Street  Bridge,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
D.  McN.  Stauffer. 
Hydraulics. 

CLX.  Oa  the  Cause  of  the  Maximum 
Velocity  of  Water  flowing  in  Open  Clian- 
nels  being  below  the  Surface.  James  B. 
Francis. 

CLXI.  The  Flow  of  Water  in  Pipes  under 
Pressure.     Charles  G.  Darrach. 

Discussion     on    the    Cause     of    the 

Maximum  Velocity  of  Water  flowing  in 
Open  Channels  being  below  the  Surface, 
and  also  on  the  Flow  of  Water  in  Pipe  s 
under  Pressure.  Theo.  G.  Ellis,  C.  E. 
Emery,  Clemens  Herschel,  De  Volson 
Wood  and  Jobn  T.  Fanning,  Vol.  VII., 
page  122. 

CLX  \  II.  Distribution  of  Rain-fall  during 
the  great  storm  of  October  3d  and  4th, 
18IJ9.     James  B.  Francis. 

CLXVIII.  The  Gauging  of  Streams.  Clemens 
Herschel. 

CLXXV.  The  Flow  of  Water  in  Small  Chan- 
nels, alter  Ganguillet  and  Kutter,  with 
Kutter's  Diagram  modified,  and  Graphical 
Tables  with  sjjecial  reference  to  Sewer 
Calou  ations.     R.  iteWug. 

Masonry. 

CLXX.  Brick  Arches  for  Large  Sewers. 
R.  Hering. 

Discussion  on  Brick   Arches  for  Large 

Sewers.  E.  S.  Chesbrough,  W.  Milnor 
Roberts,  R.  Hering  and  F.  Collingwood. 
Vol.  VII.,  page  258. 

CLXXI.  Fall  of  Western  Arched  Approach 
to  South  Street  Bridge,  Philadelphia,  Pa 
D.  McN.  Stauffer. 

Discussion  on  Nomenclature  of  Build- 
ing Stones  and  Stone  Masonry.     J.  Foster 


Flagg,  J.  J.  R.  Croes,  J.  P.  Davis,  F.  Col- 
lingwood, J.  Veazie  and  E.  P.  North.  Vol. 
VII.,  page  284. 

Metals. 
CLXIII.     On  a  newly  di.'covered  relation 
between  the  Tenacity  of  Metals  and  their 
resistance      to     Torsion.       Robert      H. 
Thurston. 
CLXIV.      Observations    on    the     Stresses 
developed   in   Metallic  Bars  by  Applied 
Forces.    Theodore  Cooper. 
Preservation  of  Timber. 
CLXXVI.      The   Permanent  Way   of    Rail- 
ways in  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  with 
special  reference  to  the  use  of  Timber, 
preserved  and   uupreserved.      Compiled 
from  information  received  from  Engineers 
in    charge     of     those     railways.      John 
Bogart. 
Railroads. 
CLIX.    On  the  Theoretical  Resistance  of 

Railroad  Curves.     S.  Whinery. 
Discussion  on  the  Resistance  of  Rail- 
road   Curves.        O.    Chauute,    Chas.     E. 
Emery,  E.  Yardley,   E.   P.   North,  C.  L. 
McAlpine,    F.    Collingwood  and  Wm.  H. 
*     Paine.     Vol.  VII,  page  97. 
CLXVI.      Reminiscences  and   Experiences 
of  Early  Engineering  Operations  on  Rail- 
roads, with  especial  reference   to   Steep 
Inclines.     W.  Milnor  Roberts. 

Discussions    on    Inclined    Planes    for 

Railroads.     O.  Chanute  and  William  H. 
Paine.    Vol.  VII.,  page  216. 
Rivers  and  Harbors. 
CLXII.    The   South  Pass  Jetties.     Descrip- 
tive and  Incidental  Notes  and  Memoranda. 
E.  L.  Corthell. 

Discussions  on  the  South  Pass  Jetties. 

Charles  W.  Howell,  E.  L.  Corthell,  C. 
Shaler  Smith,  J.  Foster  Flagg.  Vol.  VII, 
page  159. 
CLXIX.  The  Dangers  threatening  the  Nav- 
igation of  the  Mississippi  River  and  the 
Reclamation  of  its  Alluvial  Lands.  B.  M. 
Harrod. 

Steam  Engines. 
CLXV.    Cushioning  the  Reciprocating  Parts 
of  Steam  Engines.     John  W.  Hill. 

Discussion  on  Steam  Engine  Economy, 

J.  Foster  Flagg  and  E.   D.  Leavitt,  Jr. 
Vol.  VII,  page  194. 
Submarine  Telephony. 
CLXXIII.     Submarine  Telephoning.    Chas. 

Ward  Raymond. 
In  addition  to  the  above   papers,  it  is  ex- 
pected that  the  following  subjects  will  be  pre- 


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sented  by  papers  printed  previous  to  the  date 
of  the  Couveution,  or  read  at  its  meeting: 

Engineering  Questions  involved  in  the  Dev- 
elopment of  Electric  Lighting.  Stephen 
Chester. 

Gelatine  Dynamite  and  High  Explosives. 
Jn'ins  H.  Striedinger. 

Lighthouse  Construction.     J.  G.  Barnard. 

Memoir  upon  the  Construction  of  the 
Minots  Ledge  Light.     B.  S.  Alexander. 

The  Construction  and  Maintenance  of 
Roads.     Edward  P.  North. 

The  Resistances  of  Railway  Rolling  Stock. 
A.  M.  Wellington. 

The  Railroad  Crossing  of  the  Allegheny 
Mountain.     Moncure  Robinson. 

Notes  on  Early  Railroad  Engineering. 
Ashbel  Welch. 

Remarks  on  the  Causes  of  Fall  of  the 
Western  Arched  Approach  to  South  Street 
Bridge,  Philadelphia,  Pa.     J.  G.  Barnard. 

Parabolic  Arches  in  Masonry.  W.  A.  G. 
Emonts. 

Notes  on  the  Foundations  of  Piers  of  the 
East  River  Bridge.     F.  CoUingwood. 

Experiments  with  Cements  and  appliances 
for  testing.     Alfred  Noble. 

Comparison  of  Standard  Measures,  English, 
French  and  United  States.  Arthur  S.  C. 
Wurtele. 

The  South  Pass  Jetties  ;  the  consolidation 
and  durability  of  the  works,  with  descrip- 
tion of  the  Concrete  Blocks  and  other 
constructions  of  the  i^ast  year.  Max  E. 
Schmidt. 

Notes  as  to  construction  and  operation  of 
the  Railroad  over  the  Raton  Mountains, 
Col.,  and  the  construction  and  perform- 
ance of  the  Locomotives  thereon.  James 
D.  Burr. 

Design  and  Construction  Tables  for  Egg- 
shaped  Sewers.     Cyrus  G.  Force,  Jr. 

Traction  Experiments  to  Determine  the 
Resistance  of  Vessels  in  narrow  Channels 
or  Canals.     E.  Sweet,  Jr. 

Wind  Pressure.     F.  CoUingwood. 

Flexure  and  Transverse  Resistance  of 
Beams.     C.  E.  Emery. 

Stability  of  Stone  Piers.     Wm.  H.  Searles. 

Cadastral  Maps  in  Ohio.     H.  F.  Walling. 

Telford  Pavements.     James  Owen. 

A  number  of  members  have  already  signi- 
fied their  intention  of  taking  jiart  in  discus- 
sions of  the  papers. 

Members  of  the  Society  are  earnestly  re- 
quested to  furnish  information  or  memoranda 
upon  any  of  the  subjects  referred  to.  They 
are  also  invited  and  expected  to  take  part  in 
the  discussions  either  in  person  or  by  sending 
to  the  Secretary  notes  for  presentation. 


In  either  case,  it  wil  assist  the  Committee 
in  arranging  the  details  for  sessions  of  the 
Convention,  if  Members  expecting  to  take  part 
in  the  discussions  will  notify  the  Secretary  at 
once  to  that  effect. 

Excursions  upon  the  Lake  and  by  rail  from 
Cleveland  are  contemplated,  and  the  arrange- 
ments for  them  are  in  progress. 

The  Secretary  is  instructed  to  stale  that  it 
is  permissible  that  Members  of  the  Society 
should  be  accompanied  by  their  families. 

Invitation  to  visit  Pittsburg  and  the  Govern- 
ment Works  for  the  improvement  of  the  river 
at  that  place  (Davis  Island  Dam),  has  been  ex- 
tended by  James  H.  Harlow,  Member  of  the 
Society. 

Please  notify  the  Secretary  whether  you 
will  visit  Pittsburg,  and  whether  you  will 
present  a  paper  or  take  part  in  the  discussions 
at  Cleveland. 

Under  the  rule  adopted  by  the  Society  in 
reference  to  invitations  to  Conventions,  the 
members  of  the  Boston  Society  of  Civil  Engi. 
neers,  of  the  Engineers' Club  of  the  Northwest, 
of  the  Engineers'  Club  of  St.  Louis,  of  the 
Engineers'  Club  of  Philadelphia,  and  of  the 
American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers;  also, 
the  Editors  of  Professional  Journals  exchang- 
ing with  this  Society  have  bpen  iuvited  to 
attend  the  Convention  and  the  excursions 
connected  therewith. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted  at  the 
Ninth  Annual  Convention  of  the  Society,  and 
ordered  printed  regularly  in  the  Society  pub- 
lications: 

Whereas,  the  metric  system  of  weights  and 
measures  is  now  extensively  used  abroad, 
and  whereas  it  is  desirable  that  the  relation 
of  the  units  of  differing  systems  be  made 
famili  ir  to  all  by  comparison: 

Resolved,  That  members  be  requested,  in 
papers  hereafter  presented  to  the  Society,  to 
write,  in  parenthesis,  weights  or  dimensions 
by  the  metric  system,  in  connection  with 
those  of  the  system  in  general  use. 

The  House  of  the  Society  is  at  104  East 
Twentieth  street,  one  door  from  Fourth 
avenue,  and  near  the  southwest  corner  of 
Gramercy  Park.  It  is  open  from  nine  o'clock 
A.M.  to  five  o'clock  P.M.  each  business  day, 
except  Saturday,  when  it  is  closed  at  three 
o'clock  p.  M. 

The  Library  and  Conversation  Rooms  will 
also,  for  the  present,  be  open  every  Thursday 
evening,  from  7}-^  to  10  p.  M.  Members  are 
invited  to  avail  themselves  of  the  oppor- 
tunities afforded  on  Thursday  evenings  both 
for  consultation  of  books  and  periodicals,  and 
for  conversation. 


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LIST      OF      MEMBERS, 


ADDITIONS. 
MEMBERS. 


Date  of  Elecllon. 

Richardson,   Henry   B  ...  Assistant   State    Engineer,    St.  Joseph, 

La , May    7th,  1879. 

Schmidt,  Max  O.  E Chief  Assistant  Engineer,  South   Pass 

Jetties,  Port  Eads,  La "  " 


associate. 
Roberts,  Percival,  Jr.  . .  .265  South  Fourth  street,  Philadelphia, 

Pa May  7th,    1879. 


changes  and  corrections. 
members. 

Cisneros,  Francis  J 311  West  Thirty-third  street.  New  York. 

Sites,  Wii.M(JN  W.  C Architect  and  Civil  Engineer,  8  Oakland  avenue,  Jersey 

City,  N.  J. 
Spielman,  Arthur   13  Newark  street,  Hoboken,  N.  J. 

junior. 

Tasker,  Charles  A Care  of  John  H.  Dailey,  Cincinnati  -Southern  Railway 

Office,  80  West  Third  street,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

FELLOW. 

Courtwricht,  Milton..  . .  19  Courtlandt  street,  New  York. 


d  d  /if        ^(^ 


PROCEEDIISraS. 


Vol.  V. — June,    1879. 


MINUTES    Oh'    MEETINGS 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 

June  4th,  1879. —The  Society  met  at  8  p.m.  Thomas  C.  Chirke  iu 
the  chair. 

Ballots  for  admission  to  membership  were  canvassed,  and  the  follow- 
ing were  declared  elected  as  members  : 

Charles  Albert  Allen  of  Worcester,  Mass. ;  John  Carlisle  Bland  (elected 
Junior,  May  5th,  1875,)  of  Philadelphia,  Pa.  ;  Edward  Bates  Dorsey  of 
San  Francisco,  Cal.  ;  Sullivan  Haslett  of  Brooklyn,  N.Y.  ;  and  Charles 
Heme  McKee  of  Albany,  N.Y.  Also  as  Fellow,  Frederick  Oakford 
Norton  of  New  York. 

A  communication  was  presented  from  N.  H.  Whitten,  Member  of  the 
Society,  aecc  mpanying  a  communication  from  the  Holyoke  Water 
Power  Company,  and  from  the  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Holyoke,  inviting 
this  Society  to  designate  an  Engineer  to  attend  a  trial  of  Turbines  at 
Holyoke,  Mass.'-^ 

*  The  City  Government  of  Holyoke  realizing  the  importance  of  the  following  proposition, 
join  with  the  Water  Power  Company  in  inviting  the  Locks  and  Canals  Company  of  Lowell, 
Mass.,  to  send  Mr.  Francis  as  Engineer,  thfe  City  of  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  to  send  an  Engineer 
familiar  with  the  pumping  of  water  for  that  city,  the  Rational  Millers'  Association  to  send  an 
Engineer  familiar  with  milling  matters,  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Eugiueers  to  send  an 
Engineer  as  reisresentative  of  that  Society,  and  the  representatives  of  the  owners  of  the 
turbines  furnished  for  trial  to  select  an  Engineer  to  care  for  the  interests  of  turbine  builders, 
the  five  to  be  guests  of  the  city  during  the  trial,  to  have  full  charge  of  the  tests  and  at  the 
close  to  report  the  results  in  accordance  with  the  proposition  of  the  Water  Power  Company  to 
4he  Mayor  of  this  city  in  order  that  the  said  report  may  be  officially  isromulgated. 

J.  E.  DELAXEY,  Citi/  Clerk. 
Approved. 

WM.  WHITING,  Mayor. 


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_  On  Motion,  the  following  resolution  was  adopted  :  Eesolved  that- 
this  Society  accepts  the  invitation  of  the  Holyoke  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany and  the  city  authorities  of  Holyoke,  Mass.,  to  send  a  representative 
to  attend  the  proposed  tests  of  turbines,  and  that  the  Board  of  Direction 
be  requested  to  designate  a  member  of  the  Society  for  that  purpose. 

A  description  of  a  proposed  connected  girder  was  presented  by  Charles- 
-bi.  Emery,  and  the  subject  discussed. 

June  18th,  1879. -Regular  meeting  of  the  Society,  held  during  the 
Convention  at  Cleveland. 

The  Society  met  at  SJ  p.  m.     Director  Theodore  G.  EUis  in  the  chair. 

The  Committee  on  Uniform  Accounts  and  Eeturns  of  Railroad  Com- 
panies presented  a  report*  which  was  read  by  the  Secretary,  and  on 
motion  the  report  was  accepted  and  the  committee  discharged 

The  Committee  on  Tests  of  American  Iron,  Steel  and  other  Metals, 
presented  a  report  f  which  was  read  by  its  Chairman,  W.  Sooy  Smith. 

On  motion  the  report  was  accepted  and  adopted. 

Holyoke,  Mass.,  May  17,  1879. 
To  the  Secretary  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers, 

„  New  York  City  : 

Deah  Sir: 

tion  nf  vn      A      ^^  ^"'^""^  °^  '^'  '""'''"'  °^  ^"^^"'^^  ^  ^^'■^'^y  cordially  invite  tbe  co-opera- 
tiou  of  jour  Association  in  accordance  with  the  above. 

WM.  WHITING,  Afayor. 

HOLYOKE  WATER  POWER  COMPANY. 

Notice  to  Turbine  Builders  and  Manufacturers. 

The  practice  of  testing  turbines,  so  common  the  past  ten  years,  has  undoubtedly  done 
much  towards  bringing  the  best  into  use;  but  there  has  been  one  serious  defect  in  the  system- 
that  IS,  the  practice  has  generally  been  confined  to  the  trial  of  small  wheels,  owing  to  the' 
great  expense  that  would  be  caused  by  the  tests  of  large  sizes.  As  it  is  a  matter  of  vast 
importance  that  the  best  turbine  plans  should  be  established  beyond  chance  for  doubt  this 
company  contemplate  providing  means  for  a  thorough  competitive  test  of  the  various  kinds  of 
turbmes  that  may  be  oliere.l  lor  trial,  and  to  invite  Water  Power  Companies.  Cities  that  pump 
their  water  supply,  and  all  others  interested  in  the  matter,  to  take  part  in  it.  The  require- 
ments will  be,  that  the  wheels  shall  be  ready  for  test  when  delivered  at  the  Holyoke  Testin- 
Flume,  and  that  each  builder  shall  superintend  the  setting  of  his  wheel  ;  the  setting  and 
testing  to  be  done  at  the  expense  of  the  Water  Power  Company.  Capacity  of  each  wheel  to  be 
sufficient  to  discharge  about  5  000  cubic  feet  of  water  per  u,inute,  under  18  feet  head  tach 
wheel  will  be  thoroughly  tested  from  half  to  whole  gate,  and  if  deemed  best,  under  at  least 
two  different  heads  ;  also  under  several  feet  of  back  water.  At  the  conclusion  of  the  trial  a 
full  report  will  be  made  of  the  results  obtained  and  of  the  workmanship,  and  probable  dura- 
bility of  each  kind  of  wheel  tried.  Turbine  builders  of  this  or  any  other  country  are  invited 
to  furnish  wheels,  and  those  proposing  to  do  so,  should  give  notice  of  such  intention  as  sooi^ 
as  possible. 

Test  to  commence  first  day  of  September  next. 

„  ,  WM.  A.  CHASE,  jtffent. 

Holyoke,  Mass.,  April  10,  1879. 

*  See  page  33.        t  See  page  36. 


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W.  Sooy  Smith  moved  that  the  Committee  be  discharged  and  that  a 
that  a  new  committee  of  seven  be  appointed  for  the  same  dnty,  which 
motion  was  lost. 

The  committee  was  coiatiniied  as  now  composed. 

The  Committee  on  Finance  then  made  a  report  through  the  chair- 
man, William  H.  Paine,  which  on  motion  was  accepted. 

The  Committee  on  the  Exhibit  of  the  Society  at  the  Paris  Exposition 
made  a  report  of  progress  through  E.  P.  North,  which  was  on  motion 
accepted. 

The  following  resolution  Avas  presented  (by  letter)  by  Ernest  W. 
Bowditch,  and  was,  under  By-law  23,  referred  to  the  Board  of  Direction 
for  issue  of  letter  Ijallot  : 

Resolved,  that  a  standing  committee  of  seven,  representing  different 
sections  of  the  country,  lie  appointed  from  the  American  Society  of  Civil 
Engineers,  who  shall  examine  into  the  entire  subject  of  the  preservation 
of  timber  and  report  to  the  Society  from  time  to  time,  and  who  shall 
collect  such  samples  and  data  as  they  may  be  able,  to  aid  in  determining 
the  relative  values  of  the  different  woods,  bothi:)reserved  and  unpreserved, 
in  ordinary  use  in  various  parts  of  the  country. 

The  following  resolution  was  offered  by  Charles  Latimer,  and  was, 
with  a  recommendation  for  its  adoption,  under  By-law  23,  referred  to  the 
Board  of  Direction  for  issue  of  letter  ballot  : 

Resolved,  that  a  committee  of  seven  members  of  the  Society  be  ap- 
pointed by  the  Board  of  Direction  to  devise  and  report  a  uniform  system 
for  tests  of  cement. 

The  suggestions  referred  to  the  Convention  at  the  meeting  of  May 
7th,  1879,  (see  Proceedings,  Vol.  V.,  page  21,)  were  then  taken  up  and 
read. 

The  following  additional  suggestion  was  j^resented,  by  letter,  from 
William  P.  Shinn  :— That  the  papers  and  reports  of  committees  on  jiro- 
fessional  subjects  should  be  allowed  to  be  printed  by  any  or  all  of  the 
technical  journals  that  think  proper  to  publish  them. 

The  following  resolution  Avas  offered  by  O.  Chanute  : 

Resolved,  that  it  is  the  sense  of  this  meeting  that  the  Board  of  Direc- 
tion should  take  immediate  steps  to  provide  for  the  holding  in  various 
cities  of  three  general  meetings  in  each  year  in  addition  to  the  general 
Convention,  for  purjioses  of  professional  intercourse. 

The  resolution  was  discussed  by  Messrs.  Flagg,  Bogart,  Searles, 
Cooper,  Latimer,  Macdonald,  Metcalf,  Elliot  and  Chanute. 

It  was  moved  by  O.  Chanute  to  strike  out  the  word  "three"  and 
instead  thereof  to  insert  " one  or  more." 

The  amendment  was  lost. 

The  original  motion  was  lost. 

The  following  resolution  was  offered  by  O.  Chanute  : — Resolved,  that 
the  Board  of  Direction  he  requested  to  issue  advance  copies  of  papers  to 


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such  members  or  otlier  persons  as  may  be  specially  qualified  to  take  part 
m  the  discussion  of  the  same.  That  members  should  be  encourao-ed  to 
make  use  of  the  facilities  of  the  Society  in  New  York  for  obtaining  pro- 
fessional information,  so  far  as  the  same  may  be  secured  without  entailing 
onerous  labor  or  expense  upon  the  Secretary. 

The  resolution  was  discussed  by  Messrs.  Eotch,  Chanute,  Fla-g-  and 
Smedley. 

The  resolution  was  adopted. 

The  following  resolution  was  offered  by  O.  Chanute  :-That  a  Research 
Committee  of  five  be  appointed  by  the  Board  of  Direction,.if  authorized 
by  letter  ballot,  whose  duties  shall  be  to  collect  and  publish  annually  the 
results  of  existing  experiments  upon  any  subject;  to  suggest  what 
further  experiments  are  necessary,  and  also  to  collate  such  i^rofessional 
papers  as  may  have  been  published  elsewhere. 

This  resolution  was  adopted. 

On  motion  the  following,  being  the  second  suggestion  of  May  7th 
was  adopted  as  a  resolution  :-That  papers  be  annually  invited  from  mem- 
bers or  other  persons  upon  subjects  of  general  engineering  interest,  to  be 
specified  by  the  Board  of  Direction. 

On  motion  the  following  resolution,  based  upon  the  third  suggestion 
of  May  7th,  was  adopted  :-Resolved,  that  the  Board  of  Direction  be 
requested  to  submit,  in  the  usual  manner,  a  system  to  award  special 
recognition  for  the  best  papers  contributed  each  year. 

On  motion  the  following,  being  the  seventh  suggestion  of  May  7th 
was  adopted  :  ->         > 

That  the  Library  Committee  be  requested  to  report  whether  some 
.  plan  may  not  be  adopted  to  enable  members  living  away  from  New  York 
io  consult  the  books  of  the  Library,  under  proper  regulations  to  ensure 
their  return  and  to  prevent  injury. 

The  following  resolution  was"  off-ered  :-That  the  papers  and  reports 
of  committees  on  professional  subjects  shaU  be  allowed  to  be  printed  in 
anj  or  all  journals  that  think  proper  to  publish  them. 

This  resolution  was  discussed  by  Messrs.  Dresser,  Flaog  Cotton 
Emery,  Latimer  and  C.  Shaler  Smith. 

The  resolution  was  adopted. 

On  motion  of  F.  Collingwood,  the  Committee  on  Tests  of  American 
Iron,  Steel  and  other  Metals  were  thanked  for  the  work  it  has  done. 

The  Society  then  adjourned. 


OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION. 

May  31st,  1879.— Applications  for  membership  were  considered 
Arrangements  for  the  approaching  Convention  were  perfected ;  appro- 
priations were  made,  and  general  business  transacted. 


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June  30th,  1879.— Applications  for  membership  were  consiclercd. 
In  accordance  with  the  resolution  adopted  by  the  Society  (see  page  00), 
requesting  the  Board  of  Direction  to  designate  a  member  of  the  Society 
to  attend  the  proposed  test  of  turbines  at  Holyoke,  Mass.,  the  Board 
designated  William  E.  AYorthen  as  such  member,  and  in  case  of  his 
declination  or  inability  to  serve,  the  Board  designated  Charles  E.  Emery 
as  an  alternate.  The  Library  Committee  made  a  report  in  reference  to 
the  conditions  of  award  of  the  Norman  Medal,  which  was  accepted  and 
forwarded  to  George  H.  Norman  for  his  consideration.  Appropriations 
were  made. 


REPORTS    OF    COMMITTEES. 

PRESliNTED    AT    THE    TeNTII    AnNUAL  CONVENTION. 


Eepokt  of  the  Committee  on  Unieoem  Accounts  and  Eeturns  of 
PtAiLEOAD  Companies. 


To  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  : 

Your  Committee  on  "Uniform  Accounts 
and  Returns  of  Railroad  Companies"  beg 
leave  to  report  that,  in  addition  to  the  influ- 
ence which  the  members  of  your  Committee 
have  been  able  to  exert  in  the  furtherance  of 
the  object  of  their  appointment,  the  matter  of 
uniform  accounts  and  returns  has  been  very 
strongly  advocated  by  Mr.  C.  F.  Adams,  Jr., 
Railway  Commissioner  of  Massachusetts,  and 
that,  in  consequence  of  our  united  efforts,  a 
meeting  of  the  Railway  Commissioners  of 
several  States  was  called  to  be  held  at  Colum- 
bus, Ohio,  on  November  12th,  1878,  at  which 
meeting  it  was  the  intention  of  the  Chairman 
of  your  Committee  to  have  been  present,  but 
by  some  mistake  he  was  advised  that  the 
meeting  would  be  held  on  the  14th,  which 
mistake  was  not  corrected  until  the  day  of  the 
meeting.  At  that  meeting  a  committee  was 
appointed,  with  instructions  to  solicit  the  co- 
operation of  six  parties  named  as  experts  in 
railroad  accounts,  one  of  whom  was  the  chair- 
man of  your  Committee. 

This  General  Committee  of  Commissioners 
and  Experts  was  called  together  and  held  a 
meeting  at  the  St.  Nicholas  Hotel,  New  York, 
on  April  2-tth,  1879,  where  the  following  sub- 
jects were  discussed  : 

1st.  The  general  principles  upon  which 
accounts  should  be  required  to  be  kept  by 
railroad  companies. 


2d.  The  form  of  returns  to  be  required  to 
be  made  by  railroad  companies  to  the  State 
authorities. 

The  Chairman  of  your  Committee  attended 
this  meeting  and  took  active  part  in  its  dis- 
cussions, as  the  result  of  which  certain  gen- 
eral rules  were  adopted  to  govern  the  keeping 
of  accounts,  and  a  form  of  returns  was  agreed 
upon,  with  the  exception  of  the  heads  under 
which  expense  should  be  classified,  which 
was  left  for  further  consideration  by  the  Com- 
mittee, at  a  meeting  to  be  held  June  10th. 
The  rules  and  forms  of  returns,  so  far  as 
adopted  by  the  Committee,  are  appended 
hereto. 

The  Chairman  of  your  Committee  was  in- 
vited to  attend  the  meeting  on  June  lOth,  but 
regrets  to  say  that  by  reason  of  ill  health  he 
was  unable  to  do  so.  He  is  advised,  however, 
by  the  Secretary  of  the  meeting,  that  the 
rules  as  agreed  upon  by  the  Committee  at  the 
meeting  of  April  2-tth  were  adopted,  and  a 
form  for  division  of  expense  accounts  was 
agreed  upon  and  adopted,  which  form  is  also 
appended  hereto.  It  only  remains,  therefore, 
for  the  Commissioners  of  the  several  States 
to  procure  such  legislation  as  will  enable 
them  to  adopt  the  agreed  forms,  when  uni- 
form accounts  and  returns  will  have  been  ac- 
complished so  far  as  the  States  are  concerned 
which  have  railroad  retvirns. 
Opposition  may   be  expected    from    some 


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ailroad  companies  to  the  requirements  of  the 
rules  adopted  by  the  Commissioners,  biit  ex- 
perience in  Massachusetts  indicates  that  such 
opposition  will  gradually  yield,  and  the  rail- 
road companies  will  find  it  to  be  an  advan- 
tage in  the  end. 
Kespectfully  submitted. 

Wm.  p.  Shinn,        1 

O.  Chanute,  {  Commillee. 

Feed,  de  Funiak,  ) 


APPENDIX. 

Rules,  etc. 
A  meeting  of  the  Committee  of  Railroad 
Commissioners  and  Railroad  Accountants 
on  "Uniform  System  of  Accounts  and  Re- 
turns," appointed  at  the  General  Convention 
of  Railroad  Commissioners  in  November  last, 
was  held  at  the  St.  Nicholas  Hotel,  New  York 
City,  Thursday,  April  24,  1879,  as  per  call  of 
the  Chairman,  Mr.  Woodruff  of  Connecticut. 
There  were  present  of  the  Committee  : 
Mes.srs.  Woodruff  of  Connecticut,  Carter  of 
Virginia,  Turner  of  Wisconsin,  Railroad 
Commissioners ;  Messrs.  Leland  of  Ohio, 
Shinn  of  Pennsylvania,  Wilbur  of  Boston, 
Railroad  Accountants  ;  and  J.  H.  Goodspeed, 
Secretary ;  also,  by  invitation,  Gen.  F.  A. 
Walker,  Railroad  Commissioner  of  Connec- 
ticut, and  Mr.  George  E.  Towne,  Accountant, 
of  Boston. 

On  a  general  discussion  of  the  matter  be- 
fore the  Committee,  it  was  unanimously 
voted, — 

"  That  it  is  the  sentiment  of  the  Committee 
that  the  system  of  accounts  and  returns 
should  include  a  showing  in  detail  of  the  an- 
nual operation." 

The  following  general  rules,  in  regard  to 
the  manner  of  keeping  accounts  from  which 
the  returns  are  to  be  made,  were  discus.=ed 
and  adopted  : 

I. 

All  liabilities  (including  interest  accrued  on 
funded  debt)  shall  be  entered  upon  the  books 
in  the  month  when  they  are  incurred  with- 
out reference  to  date  of  payment. 

n. 

Expenses  shall  be  charged  each  month  with 
such  supplies,  materials,  kc,  as  have  been 
used  during  that  month,  without  reference  to 
the  time  when  they  were  purchased  or  jsaid 
for. 

m. 

No  expenditure  shall  be  charged  to  prop- 
erty accounts,  except  it  be  for  actual  increase 


in  construction,  equipments  or  other  prop- 
erty, unless  it  is  made  on  old  work  in  such  a 
way  as  to  clearly  increase  the  value  of  the 
property  over  and  above  the  cost  of  renewing 
the  original  structures,  &c. 

In  such  cases,  only  the  amount  of  iL- 
creased  cost  shall  be  charged,  and  the  amount 
allowed  on  account  of  the  old  work  shall  be 
stated. 

IV. 

Mileage  of  passenger  and  freight  trains 
shall  include  only  the  miles  shown  to  be  run 
by  distances  between  stations  ;  allowances 
made  to  passenger  or  freight  trains  for 
switching,  and  all  mileage  of  switching  en- 
gines computed  on  a  basis  of  ten  miles  per 
hour  for  the  time  of  actual  service,  shall  be 
stated  separately. 

V. 

Season  ticket  passengers  shall  be  computed 
on  the  basis  of  twelve  (12)  passengers  per 
week  for  the  time  of  each  ticket. 

VI. 

Local  traffic  should  include  all  passengers 
carried  on  local  tickets,  and  all  freight  carried 
at  local  tariff  or  special  local  rates. 

All  other  traflBc  shall  be  considered  through. 


The  form  of  retui'n  upon  which  the  reports 
are  to  be  made  to  the  Commissioners  was 
taken  up  and  decided  upon,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  the  division  of  operating  expenses. 

A  form  of  division  of  operating  expenses 
was  submitted  by  Mr.  Towne,  and  the  Secre- 
tary was  instructed  to  send  copies  of  the 
same,  together  with  the  rules  and  form 
adopted,  to  the  different  members  of  the  Com- 
mittee, asking  them  to  take  it  under  con- 
sideration for  discussion  and  final  decision  at 
the  next  meeting  of  the  Committee,  to  be  held 
at  the  time  of  the  General  Convention  of  Rail- 
road Commissioners  in  June  next. 

The  form  of  return  as  adopted  by  the  Com- 
mittee is  as  follows: 

GENERAL  EXHIBIT. 

Total  income 

Total  exiiense 

Net  income 

Interest  on  funded  debt 

"        "  unfunded  debt 

Rentals 

Balance  applicable  to  dividends 

Dividends  declared  (per  cent.) 

Balance  for  the  year 


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■Balance  (profit  and  loss)  last  year 

(Add  or  deduct  various   entries  made 

during  tlie  year  not  included  above 

(specifying  same.) 
Balance  (profit  and  loss)  carried  forward 

to  next  year 

•Charges  and  Credits  to  Property  during 
THE  Year. 

Construction  and  equipment  (specifying 
same) 

Other  charges  (specifying  same) 

Total  charges 

Property  sold  or  reduced  in  value  (speci- 
fying same) 

Net  addition  (or  reduction)  for  the  year  . . 

Analysis  of  Earnings  and  Expenses. 

Earnings  : 
;From  local  passengers 

Through  

Express  and  extra  baggage 

Mails 

Other  sources,  passenger  department . . 
Total  earnings  passenger  department 

Local  freight 

Through  freight 

Other  sources,  freight  department 

Total  earnings,  freight  department 

'Total  transportation  earumgs 

Rents  from  use  of  road 

Income  from  other  sources  (specifying 
same) 

Total  income  from  all  sources. . . . 

Expenses. 
(See  form  submitted.) 
assets  and  liabilities. 
Assets : 

•Construction  account ; 

Equipment         "         

(Locomotives,  No.         ) 

(Parlor  and  sleeping  cars,  No.        ) 

(Passenger  cars.  No.        ) 

(Baggage  and  mail  cars.  No.         ) 

(Freight  cars.  No.        ) 

(Other  cars,  No.        ) 

Other  investments  (specifying  same) 

Cash  items  : 

Cash 

Bills  receivable 

Due  from  agents  and  companies 

-Other  assets  ; 

Materials  and  supplies  


Sinking  funds 

Debit  balances 

Total  assets ; 

Liabilities : 

Capital  stock  (as  specified  below) 

Funded  debt  (as  detailed  below) 

Unfundi'd  debt,  as  follows  : 

Int<M«st  unpaid 

Dividends  unpaid 

Notes  i^ayable 

Vouchers  and  accounts 

Other  liabilities 

Profit  and  loss  or  income  accounts 

Total  liabilities 

present  or  contingent  liabilities  not  in- 
cluded IN  BALANCE  SHEET. 

Bonds  guaranteed  by  this  comijany  or  a 

lien  on  its  road  (specifying  same) 

Overdue  interest  on  same 

Other  liabilities  (specifying  same) 

mileage,  traffic,  etc. 

Mileage  passenger  trains 

Freight  "      .... 

Switching  "      

Other  "      

Total  train  mileage 

Miles  run  by  passenger,  mail,  and  baggage 

cars  (north  or  east) 

Miles  run  by  passenger,  mail,  and  baggage 

cars  (south  or  west) 

Miles  run  by  freight  cars  (north  or  east) . . 
"  '•  "         "    (south  or  west).. 

Number  of  season  ticket  passengers 

Number  of  local  passengers    (including 

season) 

Number  of  through  passengers 

Total  number  of  passengers  carried 

Mileage  of  local  passengers  (north  or  east) 

"  "  "  (south  or  west) 

Mileage  of  through  passengers  (north  or 

east) 

Mileage  of  through  passengers  (south  or 

west) 

Total  passenger  mileage 

Number  tons  local  freight  carried 

"  "    through  "  "      

Total  tons  freight  carried  .... 

Mileage  of  local  tonnage  (north  or  east). .. 
"  "         "       (south  or  west)  .. 


y() 


Mileage  of  through  tonnage  (north  or  east) 
■    "  "  "        (south  or  west) 

Total  freight  mileage 

Average  weight  of  passenger  trains 

'•        number    of    cars    in    passenger 
trains 

Average  weight  of  freight  trains 

"        number  of  cars  in  train 

"  "  persons  employed. .. . 

Length  of  road,  branches,  sidings,  &c. . . . 

Names  of  officers  and  directors 

Corporate  name  of  company 

OPKEATING   EXPENSES. 

Salaries  general  officers  and  clerks 

Law  expenses 

Insurance 

Stationery  and  printing 

Outside  agencies  and  advertising 

Contingencies 

Repairs  bridges  (including  culverts  and 

cattle  guards 

Repairs  buildings 

"        fences,  road  crossings,  and  signs 
Renewal  rails 


Renewal  ties 

Repairs  roadway  and  track 

"        locomotives 

Fuel  "  

Water  supply 

Oil  and  waste 

Locomotive  service 

Repairs  passenger  cars 

Passenger  train  service 

"  "     supplies 

Mileage  passenger  cars 

Repairs  freight  cars 

Freight  train  service 

'•  "     supplies 

Mileage  freight  cars 

Telegraph    expenses     (maintenance     and 

operating) 

Damage  and  loss  freight  and  baggage 

"  "  property  and  cattle 

Personal  injuries 

Agents  and  station  service 

Station  supplies 

Total  operating  expenses  .... 
I'axes 

Total  operating  expenses  and 
taxes 


Report  of  Committee  on  Tests  of  American  Iron  and  Steel. 


To  the  Anurican  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  : 

Your  Committee  on  Tests  of  American  Iron 
and  Steel  begs  leave  to  submit  the  following 
report :  At  the  Annual  Convention  of  the 
Society,  held  at  the  City  of  Chicago  seven 
years,  ago,  your  Committee  on  Tests  was 
created.  By  frequent  reports,  and  by  papers 
read  before  the  Society,  you  have  been  kept 
fully  advised  of  the  efforts  made  by  the  com- 
mittee to  procure  from  Congress  the  neces- 
sary aiJiJropriations  lor  carrying  on  the  work 
of  the  United  States  Testing  Board.  You 
have  also  been  informed  of  the  scheme  of  in- 
vestigations devised  by  the  Board,  and  the 
progress  made  in  such  investigations.  Two 
appropriations  have  been  obtained,  amount- 
ing in  the  aggregate  to  ninety-four  thousand 
three  hundred  and  ninety-six  dollars  and 
ninety-eight  cents — the  odd  dollars  and  cents 
accruing  by  the  addition  of  an  unexpended 
balance  to  a  round  sum.  The  act  making  the 
last  appropriation  provides  that  when  the 
money  has  been  expended  the  Board  shall 
cease  to  exist,  and  that  the  testing  machine 
built  under  the  direction  of  the  Board,  and 
for  its  use,  shall  be  turned  over  to  the  Secre- 


tary of  War.  As  you  are  aware,  the  machine 
was  but  recently  completed.  By  directions 
given  the  Board  at  the  time  of  its  organiza- 
tion, this  machine  has  been  erected  at  the 
Watertowu  Arsenal,  situated  at  Watertown, 
Massachusetts.  As  soon  as  it  is  turned  ovf  r 
to  the  Secretary  of  War  it  drops  into  the  pos- 
session of  the  United  States  Ordnance  De- 
partment, subject  to  this  further  provision  of 
the  act  referred  to,  that  parties  desiring  to 
have  tests  made  can  do  so  by  paying  for  the 
same  The  money  will  all  be  expended  be- 
fore the  end  of  the  present  fiscal  year,  which 
closes  June  30th,  inst.  At  the  end  of  this 
month,  then,  the  machine  will  be  turned  over- 
and  the  Unit<;d  States  Testing  Board  will  cease 
to  exist.  For  seven  years  your  committee  has, 
importvmed  Congress  for  the  necessary  ap- 
propriations, with  such  measure  of  success, 
as  has  been  reported  to  you.  For  four  years 
the  Board  has  labored  under  many  difficulties 
to  plan  and  carry  forward  the  work  confided 
to  it.  A  plan  of  investigation,  which  has  re- 
ceived the  hearty  approval  of  this  Society  and 
of  eminent  engineers  throughout  the  world, 
has  been  arranged.    Such  investigations  as. 


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■could  be  economically  and  effectively  carried 
on  without  the  use  of  the  long  delayed  ma- 
chine, have  been  faithfully  prosecuted  by 
some  of  the  sub-committees  of  the  Board, 
and  as  a  foretaste  of  the  valuable  results  an- 
i  cipated  by  us  all  from  the  labors  of  the  United 
States  Testing  Board  reports  have  recently 
beeu  made  by  these  committees,  which  will  - 
at  once  become  standard  authority  on  the 
subjects  treated.  Our  Society,  the  Testing 
Board,  and  the  country  at  large,  have  com- 
pensation for  the  long  delay  in  the  completion 
of  the  testing  machine,  in  its  unprecedented 
excellence,  now  that  it  is  done.  The  labors  of 
the  Board,  but  just  begun,  have  yielded 
beneSts  worth  many  times  the  gross  amounts 
of  the  money  appropriated,  and  our  Govern- 
ment has  for  future  use  by  far  the  best  test- 
ing machine  in  the  world. 

From  time  to  time,  during  the  last  seven 
years,  your  committee  has  performed  the  dis- 
tasteful duties  which  devolve  upon  the  "  third 
house"  at  Washington,  not  corruptly,  but 
honestly  and  earnestly  commending  a  most 
worthy  object  to  the  attention  and  support  of 
he  Government.  In  the  performance  of  this 
work  its  members  have  willingly  spent  large 
sums  of  money  in  necessary  expenses  and 
much  valuable  time,  glad  of  the  opportunity 
to  make  this  contribution  to  so  important  a 
branch  of  scientific  inquiry.  Many  members 
of  the  Society,  and  some  of  the  manufacturers 
of  iron  and  steel,  besides  numerous  scientific 
societies  and  institutions  of  learning,  have 
aided  the  committee  with  their  valuable  in- 
fluence. To  all  these  your  committee  desire 
to  return  sincere  thanks.  And  we  desire  to 
ask  that  you  will  overlo  k  or  forgive  the  short- 
comings which  have  occurred  in  our  efforts 
to  perform  the  duties  assigned  to  us. 

Engineers  throughout  our  country  realize 
the  urgent  need  of  the  knowledge  which  the 
tests  proposed  were  designed  to  procure. 
Ths  country  at  large  realizes  it  and  fully  ap- 
proves the  appropriation  of  the  public  money 
for  this  beneficent  jiurpose. 

Approprlatons  have  been  obtained;  the 
necessary  machinery  has  beeu  provided;  the 
Board  seemed  well  selected;  the  work  was 
auspiciously  begun,  when  a  bolt  shot  from  a 
sky  that  was  already  lowering  when  we  held 
our  convention  in  New  Orleans,  two  years 
ago,  struck  the  United  States  Testing  Board, 
the  ijet  child  of  our  Society,  dead. 

If  you  cannot  weep  over  its  fall,  picture  to 
yourselves  the  tragedies  which  result  from 
the  ignorance  which  it  was  created  to  remove. 


and  think  of  the  symmetry,  strength  and 
perfection  of  the  structures  which  American 
engineers  would  have  given  to  the  world, 
aided  by  the  knowledge  which  this  effort  was 
designed  to  procure. 

Who,  we  ask  the  "  American  Society  of  Civil 
Engineers,"  are  the  rightful  owners  of  the 
testing  machine  and  other  apijliances  pro- 
cured with  the  people's  money  for  the  use 
of  the  United  States  Testing  Board  ?  If  the 
people,  then  let  it  be  retained  in  the  service 
of  the  people  to  promote  the  common  inter- 
ests of  the  country  and  not  be  turned  over  to 
any  single  bureau  or  department  of  the  Gov- 
ernment specially  skilled  only  in  a  partic- 
ular line  of  inquiry. 

The  knowledge  we  so  much  desire  and  so 
sorely  need,  can  only  be  obtained  by  a  mixed 
Board  of  experts  independent  of  the  control 
of  any  particular  govermental  department, 
except  so  far  as  the  honest  expenditure  of 
the  money  appropriated  is  concerned. 

Now,  what  will  our  Society,  with  its  mem- 
bership of  six  hundred,  distributed  in  every 
State  and  Territory  of  the  United  States,  do 
in  this  matter  ?  Have  we  the  necessary  power 
and  Influence  to  induce  the  Government  to 
right  the  grievous  wrong  that  it  has  done  us  ? 
Or  are  we  a  mutual  admiration  society  which 
meets  ijeriodically  to  air  flue  spun  theories,  in 
utter  unconsciousness  of  the  density  of  the 
ignorance  that  envelops  us  ?  If  these  ques- 
tions are  couched  in  language  lacking  grace  or 
courtesy,  the  S'>ciety  is  asked  to  pardon  the 
want,  and  to  remember  that  the  threatened 
failure  of  an  effort  earnestly  prosecuted  for 
seven  years,  is  likely  to  provoke  strong  lan- 
guage 

Your  committee  respectfully  recommends 
that  anew  committee  be  appointed,  the  Chair- 
man of  which  should  reside  at  or  near  Wash- 
ington, and  that  a  ten  times  more  vigorous 
effort  than  any  yet  made  by  the  Society  be 
put  forth  to  recover  what  has  been  lost  by 
inattention.  As  engineers,  and  as  a  society, 
we  owe  it  to  the  Committee  and  Board  who 
have  labored  so  long  without  pay,  to  procure 
the  means  and  to  make  the  tes-ts.  We  owe  it 
to  our  country  and  to  the  world,  since  the 
work  had  been  so  auspiciously  begun,  to  see 
to  it  that  it  shall  not  be  permitted  to  fail  un- 
til the  knowledge  we  so  much  need,  and 
which  is  now  just  within  our  grasp,  has  been 
secured  and  thoroughly  digested  and  pre- 
pared for  common  use. 

WM.  SOOY  SMITH, 
Ckairman  of  Committee  on  Tests. 


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Eepoet  op  the  Finance  Committee. 


Presented  vekbally  by  William  H.  Paine,  Chaikman. 


I  did  not  expect  to  make  a  report  this  even- 
ing, but  being  acquainted  with  the  finances 
of  the  Society,  I  will  make  a  statement  as  I 
think  it  due  to  you  that  a  report  should  be 
made. 

I  will  state  that  the  Finance  Committee  on 
their  organization  took  up  all  the  papers  of 
every  character  representing  the  expenses  of 
last  year,  and  audited  them  most  carefully 
and  fully,  and  found  them  correct  ;  further, 
that  with  the  assistance  of  the  Secretary  and 
Treasurer,  the  Finance  Account  is  now  in 
such  a  shape  that  the  auditing  for  the  present 
year  is  very  simple.  I  will  further  state  that 
the  Committee  has  made  it  a  jjoint  to  meet 
regularly  and  audit  the  bills  and  to  keep 
them  in  such  a  manner  that  they  can  be  fully 
understood  at  all  times ;  this  could  only  be 
done  by  the  full  co-operation  of  the  Secretary 
and  Treasurer. 

I  will  state  that  the  bills  which  were  out- 
standing, of  which  mention  has  been  made  at 
previous  meetings,  the  number  and  amounts 
of  which  were  unknown,  have  been  obtained 
through  the  course  of  procedure  of  asking 
every  person  who  receipted  a  bill  to  sign  the 
bill  in  full.  We  think  that  all  bills  are  now  in, 
so  that  the  Society  is  out  of  debt,  which  condi- 
tion I  think  we  have  reason  to  congratulate 
this  Society  upon.  Furthermore,  the  state  of 
our  Finances  has  been  such  that  the  publi- 
cations of  the  Society  were  far  in  the  back- 
ground ;    at  one  time,  nearly  or  quite  ten 


months  ;  at  the  commencement  of  this  year, 
I  think,  about  five  months  ;  so  that  we  have 
been  obliged  to  work  very  carefully,  and  to 
husband  expenses  and  proceed  with  caution, 
requiring  a  great  deal  of  energy  and  watch- 
fulness on  the  part  of  those  who  were  en- 
trusted with  this  matter;  and  I  now  congratu- 
late the  Society  upon  the  fact  that  just  before 
the  Secretary  started  for  this  meeting,  he 
mailed  the  last  copies  for  the  last  mouth,  so 
that  we  are  up  to  date  with  our  publications, 
which  is,  I  think,  a  fact  worthy  of  congratula- 
tion. It  is  a  matter,  too,  which  interests  those 
more  particularly  who  are  not  residents  of 
New  York,  who  are  not  pi'esent  at  the  meet- 
ings of  the  Society.  Those  who  are  near  can 
understand  what  is  going  on.  The  Finance 
Committee  have  felt,  as  well  as  the  officers, 
that  it  was  of  the  utmost  importance  that  the 
member  farthest  distant  should  get  the  fullest 
information  of  the  proceedings  as  promptly 
as  possible,  so  as  to  make  this  Society  national 
in  its  character,  instead  ot  a  Society  simply 
belonging  to  the  City  of  New  York. 

I  might  go  on  with  other  matters,  but  think 
I  have  said  enough.  It  has  only  been  by  the 
most  industrious  labor  on  the  part  of  the 
Secretary  and  the  Library  Committee,  whom 
you  will  perceive  have  bad  double  and  more 
work  to  do,  that  we  have  been  enabled  to 
reach  this  result.  I  hope  you  will  receive  this 
verbal  report,  and  I  will  not  occupy  your  time 
longer. 


ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


At  the  Meeting  of  the  Society  to  be  held 
A.ugust  6th,  a  paper  by  Max  E.  Schmidt, 
member  of  the  Society,  will  be  presented, 
Bubject,  '•  The  South  Pass  Jetties,  Notes  on 
the  construction  and  durability  of  the  works, 
with  a  description  of  the  concrete  blocks  and 
other  constructions  of  the  last  year."  This 
paper  will  be  put  in  print  and  will  1  e  dis- 
cussed at  the  meeting  of  the  Society  to  be  held 
October  15th,  1879.     Advance   copies   of  the 


paper  will  be  sent  to  persons  who  will  contri- 
bute discussion. 

At  the  meeting  of  September  3d,  a  paper  by 
William  H.  Searles,  member  of  the  Society, 
subject,  "  The  Stability  of  Stone  Structures," 
will  be  read  and  discussed.  Advance  copies 
of  this  paper  will  be  sent  to  persons  who  de- 
sire to  discuss  the  subject. 

At  the  meeting  of  September  17th,  a  paper 
by  James  D.  Burr,   member  of  the   Society, 


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subject,  "  The  Construction  of  the  A.  T.  hud 
S.  F.  R.  R.,  over  the  Raton  Mountains,"  will 
be  read  and  discussed.  Advance  copies  of 
this  paper  will  be  sent  to  persons  who  desire 
to  discuss  the  subject. 

At  the  meeting  of  October  1st,  the  paper 
No.  CLXXX  (Transactions  May  1879),  on  the 
Construction  and  Maintenance  of  Roads,  by 
Edward  P.  North,  member  of  the  Society,  and 
the  discussions  presented  on  the  same  at  the 
Convention  at  Cleveland  will  be  considered 
and  further  discussed.  Advance  copies  of 
these  discussions  will  be  furnished  to  iiersons 
desiring  to  discuss  the  subject. 

Discussion  on  each  of  these  subjects  is 
especially  invited.  The  Secretary  will  for- 
ward the  advance  copies  to  those  who  inform 
bim  of  their  desire  to  discuss.  The  discus- 
sions may  be  presented  verbally  or  sent  to  the 
Secretary,  who  will  read  them  lor  the  authors. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted  at  the 
Ninth  Annual  Convention  of  the  Society,  and 
ordered  printed  regularly  in  the  Society  pub- 
lications : 


Whereas,  the  metric  system  of  weights  and 
measures  is  now  extensively  used  abroad, 
and  whereas  it  is  desirable  that  the  relation 
of  the  units  of  differing  systems  be  made 
familiir  to  all  by  comparison: 

Resolved,  That  members  be  requested,  in 
papers  hereafter  presented  to  the  Society,  to 
write,  in  parenthesis,  weights  or  dimensions 
by  the  metric  system,  in  connection  with 
those  of  the  system  in  general  use. 

The  House  of  the  Society  is  at  101  East 
Twentieth  street,  one  door  from  Fourth, 
avenue,  and  near  the  southwest  corner  of 
Gramercy  Park.  It  is  open  from  nine  o'clock 
A.M.  to  five  o'clock  P.M.  each  business  day, 
except  'Saturday,  when  it  is  closed  at  three 
o'clock  p.  M. 

The  Library  and  Conversation  Rooms  will 
also,  for  the  iireseut,  be  open  every  Thursday 
evening,  from  1^4  to  10  p.m.  Members  are 
invited  to  avail  themselves  of  the  oppor- 
tunities, afforded  on  Thursday  evenings  both 
for  consultation  of  books  and  periodicals,  ;ind. 
lor  conversation. 


LIST      OF      MEMBERS. 


ADDITIONS. 


MEMBERS. 

Date  of  Election. 

Allen,  Charles  A City  Engineer,  Worcester,  Mass June  4th,  1S79. 

Burden,  James  A Burden  Iron  Works,  Troy,  N.  Y July  2d,  " 

DoRSEY,  Edward  B 261  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York June  4th,  " 

Haslett,  Sullivan 115  Clinton  st.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y "  "  " 

Meigs,  Montgomery U.  S.  Civil  Eng.,  Rock  Island,  111. ..  March  5th,    " 

Thompson,  Wm.  G.  M Engineer  in  charge  Welland  Canal 

Enlargement,  Welland  Canal,  On- 
tario,  Canada ; July  2d,  " 


fellow. 
Norton,  Frederick  O 90  Broadway,  New  York 


June   4th, 


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CHANGES   AND   CORRECTIONS. 
MEMBERS. 

Endicott,  M.  T U.  S.  Navy  Yard,  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

Kennedy,  William  H Principal   Asst.    Engineer,  Oregon  Pacific   Railroad, 

Walla  Walla,  Washington  Territory. 

Kinsley,  Thomas  P 508  Franklin  ave.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Low,  GoRHAM  p.,  Jr Asst.    Engineer   Missouri  River  Bridge,  Plattsmouth, 

Nebraska. 

Miller,  Reuben Crescent  Steel  Works,  81  Wood  St.,  Pittsljurgh,  Pa. 

Opdyke,  Stacy  B.,  Jr Engineer  New   Haven   and   Northampton,  Co.,   2?! 

Chapel  St.,  New  Haven,  Conn. 
Smedley,  Samuel  L Chief  Engineer  and  Surveyor  of  Philadelphia,  East 

Entrance  City  Hall,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Thatcher,  Edwin Keystone  Bridge  Co.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 


Tasker,  Ch.arles  a Asst.  Engineer,  New  York  and  Wood  Haven  Railroad, 

Wood  Haven,  Long  Island,  N.  Y. 


dece.ased. 

Bell,  Ja.mes  E Elected  Member  March  5th,  1S79.     Died   June  8th, 

1879. 


Iniericau  %mk  of  '^/uit   |^ngineerB 


r^ROCEEDINOS. 


Vol.  V,    July,    1879. 
MINUTES     OF    MEETINGS 

(Abstract of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


ELEVENTH  ANNUAL  CONVENTION   OF  THE  SOCIETY. 

FiEST  Session. — The  Eleventh  Annual  Convention  was  held  at  Cleve- 
land, Ohio,  beginning  Tuesday  June  17th,  1879.  The  Society  met  in  the 
Council  Chamber  of  the  City  which  had  been  kindly  offered  for  the  pur- 
pose. The  Secretary,  John  Bogart,  called  the  Convention  to  order  at 
10  A.  M.  The  chair  was  taken  by  Director  and  Past  Vice-President, 
Theodore  G.  EUis.  The  Hon.  R.  R.  Herrick,  Mayor  of  the  City,  then 
addressed  the  Convention  as  follows  : 

Gentlemen, — This  is,  as  I  am  informed,  the  Eleventh  Annual  Convention  of  the 
American  Association  of  Civil  Engineers.  I  understand  that  there  are  represen- 
tatives here  from  several  countries  of  the  American  continent. 

You  have  assembled  from  these  different  sections  for  one  of  the  grandest  pur- 
poses for  which  it  is  possible  for  men  to  meet  together,  and  so  intent  upon  the 
single  object  on  which  your  thoughts  are  bent,  you  forget  the  difference  of 
nationality,  the  difference  of  location  and  all  tli«  other  differences  which  might 
tend  to  estrange  one  from  the  other  and  join  hands,  hearts  and  minds  in  the  work 
of  advancing  that  science  and  art  whose  function  it  is  to  utilize  the  forces  and 
material  of  nature  and  cause  them  to  subserve  the  general  good. 

You  are  to  be  congratulated  upon  choosing  this  city  at  this  season  of  the  year 
as  the  place  of  holding  your  convention.  We  possess  broad  streets  and  avenues, 
the  beauties  of  some  of  which  have  a  world-wide  reputation.  The  charming  effect 
of  the  combination  of  art  with  nature  is  here  observed.     The  abundance  of  trees. 


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some  of  which  are  relics  of  the  "  forest  primeval,"  and  whose  refreshing-  shade  is 
now  most  grateful,  has  given  us  the  name  of  the  "  Foi'est  Citj'."  "We  have  also 
our  parks  therein  are  seen  on  a  somewhat  limited  scale  the  product  of  one  branch 
of  engineering  art,  the  efforts  of  your  brethren  in  the  craft  to  imitate  nature. 
Upon  our  northern  boundary  we  have  an  inland  sea  from  off  whose  bosom  fresh 
breezes  almost  continually  blow  "  To  fan  our  people  cool"  and  on  whose  water  sail 
many  ships  which  bring  to  us  much  of  our  prosperitj'. 

To  our'Citj',  gentlemen,  with  all  her  attractions  and  her  generous  hospitality, 
of  which  I  believe  you  will  receive  ample  proof  before  your  departure,  you  are 
most  welcome. 

Cleveland  delights  to  receive  within  her  boundaries  such  men  as  you.  She  is 
pleased  to  do  honor  to  the  students  and  practical  demonstrators  of  that  science 
which  is  doing  more  to  develop  the  material  resources  of  our  country  than  all  else 
besides.  Your  profession  and  the  aims  and  objects  of  your  gathering  insures  for 
you  a  most  cordial  greeting.  We  are  fully  aware  of  the  relation  which  your 
profession  sustains  to  the  general  development  of  our  country.  We  know  the 
vast  scope  wl^ich  it  comjarehends  and  realize  the  debt  of  gratitude  we  owe  to  your 
predecessors  and  yourselves  for  our  present  advanced  state  of  prosperity.  AVe 
appreciate  the  great  progress  of  the  jiast  sixty  j'ears,  and  know  that  the  profession 
of  engineering  was  the  chief  instrumentality  in  its  accomplishment.  Within  that 
time  it  has  covered  our  oceans,  lakes  and  rivers  with  independent  steamships,  which 
ask  no  favors  of  the  uncertain  winds,  but  plow  the  waters,  "  pursuing  the  even 
tenor  of  their  way"  regardless  of  the  quarter  from  which  it  blows.  It  has  ditched 
the  surface  of  the  land  for  thousands  of  miles,  thereby  making  canals  for  the  safe 
and  convenient  transportation  of  merchandise.  It  has  netted  our  country  with 
railroads,  arteries  through  which  the  life-blood  of  the  nation  continually  flows. 
It  has  spanned  our  rivers  and  valleys  with  majestic  viaducts  and  bridges.  It  has 
delved  to  the  center  of  the  earth  and  brought  out  the  minerals  which  constitute 
the  chief  source  of  our  wealth.  It  has  tunnelled  mountains  and  elevated  valleys 
that  the  highway  of  trade  might  be  made  easy.  It  has  constructed  breakwaters 
and  embankments,  aqueducts,  light-houses,  docks,  dams  and  sewers.  All  improve- 
ments small  and  great,  incident  to  the  growth  of  cities.  States  and  nations  are  the 
products  of  its  labors.  As  we  traverse  with  ease  and  safety  the  viaduct  that  spans 
the  valley,  which  lies  between  two  sections  of  our  own  city,  we  appreciate  the 
triumjA  of  the  engineering  art  and  the  skill  and  ability  of  our  own  townsmen. 
Strong.  Morse  and  Miller,  who  have  proven  themselves  "Masters  of  the  situa- 
tion." We  gladly  welcome  their  brethren  in  convention  here  assembled,  and  trust 
their  sojourn  with  us  may  be  both  j^leasant  and  profitable.  It  affords  me  jsleasure 
in  the  name  and  behalf  of  the  citizens  of  Cleveland  to  tender  to  you  the  freedom 
-of  the  city. 

Tlie  Chairmau,  Gen.  T.  G.  Ellis,  responded  as  follows  : 

Mr.  Mayor — In  the  name  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  allow  me 
to  return  to  you  our  sincere  thanks  for  this  cordial  reception.  The  courtesies  ex- 
tended to  us  by  the  members  of  the  Society  residing  in  Cleveland,  and  by  others 
of  your  citizens,  as  shown  in  the  progamme  arranged  by  the  local  committee,  are, 
let  me  assure  you,  highly  ajij^reciated.     We  shall  return  to  our  homes  with  our 


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hearts  filled  with  pleasure  by  the  kindness  of  our  welcome,  and  our  minds  stored 
with  knowledge  by  what  we  have  seen. 

Again  let  me  thank  you  for  our  cordial  welcome  to  your  beautiful  city. 

Charles  Paine,  of  Cleveland,  was  then  chosen  as  Permanent  Chair- 
man of  the  Convention,  and,  on  taking  the  chair,  referred  to  the  fact 
that  while  there  were  sixty  civil  engineers  in  Cleveland,  that  number 
represented  only  a  fraction  of  the  engineering  talent  concentrated  there, 
it  being  in  fact  a  city  of  mechanical  engineers.  All  these  members  of 
our  profession  welcomed  the  Convention  to  the  city  with  great  enthu- 
siasm, and  had  been  so  kind  in  the  tender  of  invitations  to  visit  the 
many  points  of  engineering  interest  that  the  Committee  had  been  much 
embarrassed  in  arranging  the  details  for  the  few  days  at  its  disposal. 

After  referring  to  the  geological  position  of  the  city  and  the  pro- 
gramme prepared  for  excursions,  he  called  the  Convention  to  order  to 
proceed  to  business. 

John  Bogart  was  then  chosen  to  act  as  Secretary  of  the  Convention, 
and  George  W.  Dresser  as  De^juty  Secretary. 

The  roll  was  then  called,  and  the  folloAving  members  and  guests  were 
found  in  attendance.* 

Members  of  the  Society.  — E.  E.  Andrews,  Boston  ;  James  Archbald, 
Scranton,  Pa. ;  Theodore  Allen,  St.  Louis  ;  Geo.  D.  Ansley,  Montreal  ; 
W.  H.  Bradley,  F.  fJrooks,  Boston;  John  W.  Bacon,  Danbury,  Conn. ;  H. 
D.  Blunden,  John  Bogart,  New  York;  C.  B.  Brush,  Hoboken,  N.  J. ;  C.  E. 
Broadhead,  Hickory  Kun,  Pa. ;  E.  N.  Beebout,  Canton,  Ohio  ;  G.  Bous- 
caren,  Cincinnati ;  W.  R.  Relknap,  Louisville  ;  D.  W.  Cunningham, 
Grantville,  Mass. ;  J.  P.  Cotton,  Newport,  R.  I. ;  O.  Chanute,  F.  Col- 
lingwood,  Theodore  Cooper,  New  York  ;  W.  B.  Coffin,  Elmira,  N.  Y. ; 
M.  Coryell,  Lambertville,  N.  J.  ;  E.  S.  Chesbrough,  Chicago  ;  C. 
Constable,  Rockwood,  Tenn. ;  George  W.  Dresser,  New  York  ;  Charles 
Davis,  Alleghany  City,  Pa. ;  C.  Wheeler  Durham,  Chicago  ;  Fred.-  de 
Funiak,  Louisville,  Ky. ;  S.  C.  Ellis,  Boston;  C.  D.  Elliott,  Somerville, 
Mass.  ;  Tlieo.  G.  Ellis,  Hartford,  Conn.;  Thomas  Egleston,  C.  E. 
Emery,  NeAV  York  ;  H.  Earnshaw,  Cincinnati ;  John  E.  Earley,  Flor- 
ence, Ala. ;  E.  A.  Flint,  Boston  ;  C.  E.  Fowler,  New  Haven,  Conn. ;  Clark 
Fisher,  Trenton,  N.  J. ;  Charles  H.  Fisher,  Albany,  N.  Y. ;  J.  F.  Flagg, 
MeadA-ille,  Pa.;  C.  G.  Force,  Jr.,  Cleveland,  Ohio  ;  H.  Fladd,  St.  Louis; 
B.  Godwin,  New  York ;  F.  Graff,  Philadelphia,  A.  Gottlieb,  Pittsburgh, 
Pa.  ;  J.  M.  Goodwin,  Sharpsville,  Pa.  ;  Alex.  Gordon,  Hamilton,  O. ; 
A.  B.  Hill,  NeAV  Haven,  Conn. ;  R.  Hering,  Philalelphia  ;  J.  E.  Hilgard, 
"Washington,  D.  C.  ;  J.  W.  Hill,  Cincinnati ;  J.  H.  Harlow,  Pittsburgh, 
Pa.  ;  T.  S.  Hardee,  B.  M.  Harrod,  New  Orleans,  La.  ;  W.  E.  KeUey, 
New  Brunswick,  N.  J.  ;  M.  W.  Kingsley,  Cleveland  ;  John  Kennedy, 
Montreal ;  T.  C.  Keefer,  Ottawa,  Canada ;  D.  J.  Lucas,  Corry,  Pa.  ; 
Charles  Latimer,  Cleveland,  O.  ;  T.  D.  Lovett,  Winton  Place,   O. ;  W, 

*  This  list  includes  those  who  arrived  at  the  Convention  later. 


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H.  Lotz,  Chicago  ;  Charles  Macdonald,  Geo.  S.  Morison,  Chas.  H. 
Myers,  New  York  ;  D.  N.  Melviu,  New  Springville,  Staten  Island, 
N.    Y.  ;  J.  R.  Maxwell,  Newark,   Del.  ;  D.  E.    McComb,  Washington, 

D.  C.  ;  N.  M.  McDowell,  Alleghany  City,  Pa.  ;  Wm.  Metcalf,  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa. ;  C.  S.  Maurice,  Athens,  Pa.  ;  B.  F.  Morse,  Cleveland,  O. ; 
W.  E.  Merrill,  Cincinnati ;  W.  F.  Merrill,  Peoria,  111.  ;  John  Mac- 
Leod, Louisville,  Ky.  ;  E.  P.  North,  F.  O.  Norton,  New  York  ;  W.  J. 
Nicolls,  Baltimore ;  R.  M.  Newman,  Jackson,  Mich.  ;  Alfred  Noble, 
Detroit,  Mich. ;  G.  B.  Nicholson,  Cincinnati  ;  W.  H.  Paine,  New  York  ; 
Charles  Paine,  Cleveland,  O. ;  P.  A.  Peterson,  Montreal ;  Wm.  Rotch, 
Fall  River,  Mass. ;  Thomas  Rodd,  Pitt.sburgh,  Pa. ;  R.  L.  Read,  Cincin- 
nati ;  H.  B.  Richardson,  New  Orleans  ;  W.  H.  Searles,  New  Y^ork  ;  E. 
Sweet,  Jr.,  Albany,  N.  Y. ;  S.  L.  Smedley,  Philadelphia;  F.  Slataper, 
Pittsburgh,  Pa.  ;  T.  R.  Scowden,  S.  Sheldon,  C.  H.  Strong,  Cleveland, 
O.  ;  H.  E.  Stevens,  St.  Paul,  Minn. ;  C.  Shaler  Smith,  St.  Louis  ;  W. 
Sooy  Smith,  Maywood,  111. ;  E.  N.  K.  Talcott,  Morgan  Park,  111.  ;  E.  B. 
Van  Winkle,  New  York  ;  F.  O.  Whitney,  Boston  ;  J.  Whitney,  Cam- 
bridge, Mass. ;  W.  H.  Wiley,  W.  E.  Worthen,  New  York  ;  J.  Whitelaw, 
Cleveland,  O. ;  H.  F.  Walling,  Marietta,  O. ;  F.  C.  Weir,  Cincinnati  ;  D. 
J.  Whittemore,  Milwaukee,  Wis.  ;  T.  J.  Whitman,  St.  Loi;is  ;  S. 
Whinery,  Wheeler,  Ala. 

Visiting  Engineers. — E.  C.  Appleton,  Geo.  H.  Crafts,  T.  W.  Davis, 
H.  L.  Eaton,  F.  L.  Fuller,  F.  A.  May,  William  Watson,  Boston  ;  E.  S. 
Davis,  Lowell,  Mass.  ;*  H.  Constable,  L.  M.  Haupt,  L.  C.  Madeira,  Phi- 
ladelphia ;t  Geo.  H.  Frost,  New  York  ;  A.  Wolcott,  Chicago  ;J  N.  P. 
Bowler,  C.  F.  Brush,  Cleveland,  O. ;  H.  R.  Bradbury,  London,  England; 
H.  M.  Claflen,  J.  D.  Crehore,  Cleveland,  O.;  D.  Le  Roy  Dresser,  New 
York  ;  Jorgen  Dahl,  Christiana,  Norway  ;    G.  Geuder,  Cleveland,  O. ;  C. 

E.  Greene,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. ;  F.  Hind,  Watertown,  N.  Y. ;  J.  F.  Holla- 
way,  Cleveland,  O. ;  Wm.  Kent,  Pittsbiirgh,  Pa. ;  J.  N.  Knapp,  Cleve- 
land, O. ;  Thos.  B.  Lee,  Newark,  N.  J. ;    M.  D.  Leggett,  Cleveland,  O. ; 

F.  A.  Mahan,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. ;  A.  G.  Mordecai,  Cleveland,  O. ;  A.  Meri- 
wether, M.  Meriwether,  Memphis,  Tenn. ;  M.  W.  Niven,  Hoboken,  N.  J. ; 
A.  H.  Porter,  M.  E.  Rawson,  W.  P.  Rice,  Cleveland,  O. ;  E.  A.  Rudiger, 
St.  Marys,  O. ;  E.  H.  Talbott,  Chicago  ;  J.  WainAvright,  A.  M.  Welling- 
ton, M.  C.  Younglove,  Cleveland,  O. 

On  motion,  the  following  Committee  was  appointed  to  determine  the 
order  of  presentation  of  jiapers  and  of  discussions  :  O.  Chanute,  of  New 
York,  W.  E.  Merrill,  of  Cincinatti,  John  Kennedy,  of  Montreal. 

A  communication  was  presented  from  the  Union  Club  of  Cleveland, 
tendering  a  reception  on  the  evening  of  June  19th.  On  motion,  this  in- 
vitation was  accex^ted. 

*  Members  Bostou  Society  Civil  Engineers, 
t  Members  Engineers  Club  of  Philadelphia, 
t  Members  Engineers  Club  of  the  Northwest 


A  paper  by  E.  Sweet,  Jr. ,  subject  :  ' '  The  Engineering  problems  in- 
Tolved  in  tl^e  proposed  improvement  of  the  Erie  Canal,  by  increasing 
the  depth  of  its  channel  one  foot;"  was  read  by  the  author,  and  discussed 
by  C.  H.  Fisher,  Theodore  Allen,  William  Watson,  Gr.  Boiiscaren  and 
the  author. 

A  paper  by  Alfred  Noble,  subject:  "Experiments  with  appliances 
for  testing  cement,"  was  read  by  the  author,  and  the  subject  was  dis- 
cussed by  D.  J.  Whittemore,  F.  Collingwood,  W.  Sooy  Smith,  D.  W. 
Cunningham,  J.  H.  Harlow,  C.  Latimer,  F.  O.  Norton,  A.  Noble,  and,  by 
letter,  F.  Rinecker. 

Second  Session. — The  Convention  resumed  its  session  at  8  p.  m. 
Professor  C.  F.  Brush  made  au  address  upon  the  electric  light,  which 
was  illustrated  by  the  stereopticon. 

A  paper,  by  0.  G.  Force,  Jr.,  subject:  "Design  and  Construction 
Table  for  Egg-shaped  sewers,"  Avas  read  by  the  author,  and  illustrated 
by  the  Stereopticon. 

A  graphic  chart,  systematically  showing  the  accounts  of  a  railway, 
was  presented,  illustrated  by  the  Stereopticon  and  explained  by  Charles 
Latimer. 

A  i^aper,  by  Charles  Macdonald,  subject :  "The  Construction  of  the 
Ocean  Pier  at  Couey  Island,"  was  presented,  illustrated  by  the  Stereop- 
ticon, and  read  by  the  author.  It  Avas  discussed  by  C.  Shaler  Smith, 
J.  WhitelaAV,  G.  W.  Dresser,  C.  B.  Brush,  and  the  author. 

The  specifications  for  the  GlasgOAv  Steel  Bridge  Avere  then  read  by 
the  author,  W.  Sooy  Smith,  and  discussed  by  W.  H.  Paine,  G.  Bous- 
caren,  A.  Gottlieb,  Wm.  Kent,  C.  Macdonald,  W.  Metcalf,  C.  G.  Force, 
F.  CoUingAvood,  and  the  author. 

Third  Session. — The  Convention  resumed  its  session  at  10  a.  m., 
Wednesday,  June  IStli. 

The  Committee  to  determine  the  order  of  presentation  of  papers  and 
of  discussions,  submitted  the  folloAving  resolutions,  Avhich  Avere  adopted  : 
Resolved,  that  in  order  to  expedite  business,  each  speaker  be  limited 
to  ten  minutes,  unless  by  consent  of  the  Convention. 

Resoh-ed,  that  discussions  on  published  papers  shall  take  precedence 
of  new  papers,  so  far  as  practicable. 

A  paper  by  Charles  E.  Emery,  subject:  "Flexure  and  Transverse 
Resistance  of  Beams,"  Avas  read  by  the  author,  and  discussed  by  William 
Kent. 

A  paper,  by  F.  Collingwood,  describing  the  progress  of  the  work  on 
the  New  York  and  Brooklyn  Bridge,  was  read  by  the  author. 

A  discussion  of  the  published  papers  on  the  subject  of  the  relative 
quantities  of  material  in  Bridges  of  different  kinds  of  various  heights, 
was  presented  by  Charles  E.  Emery. 

The  published  papers  on  the  subject  of  the  theoretical  resistance  of 
railroad  curves,  were  discussed  by  J.  F.  Flagg,  S.  Whinery,  and  W.  H. 
Seaiies* 


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The  piiblislied  paper  by  Edward  P.  North,  siibject :  "  The  Construc- 
tion and  Maintenance  of  Eoads,"  was  discussed  by  Chafles  B.  Brush, 
C.  Shaler  Smith,  G.  Bouscaren,  E.  B.  Van  Winkle,  and  by  letters,  F. 
Lavoiune,  of  Auxerre,  France  ;  F.  Einecker,  of  Wurzburg,  Germany  ; 
and  Charles  Douglas  Fox,  of  London,  England. 

FoxjETH  Session.— The  regular  meeting  of  the  Society  was  held 
Wednesday  evening,  June  18th  (see  page  30  ante).  At  the  close  of  the 
regular  meeting  the  Convention  resumed  its  se^ion  and  proceeded  to 
the  business  prescribed  by  Section  24  of  the  By-Laws  :  "At  the  An- 
nual Convention  a  Nominating  Committee  of  five  members,  not  oificers 
of  the  Society,  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Convention." 

Nominations  were  made,  and  a  ballot  being  taken,  the  following 
members  were  appointed  by  the  Convention  as  the  Nominating  Com- 
mittee : 

Thomas  S.  Hardee,  of  New  Orleans,  I^a.  ;  Thomas  C.  Keefer,  of  Ot- 
tawa, Canada  ;  Charles  Paine,  of  Cleveland,  Ohio  ;  Thomas  J.  Whit- 
man of  St.  Louis,  Mo. ;  Joseph  P.  Davis,  of  Boston,  Mass. 

On  motion  of  W.  E.  Merrill,  the  following  resolution  was  adopted  : 

Eesolved,  that  the  President  of  the  Society  be  requested  to  establish 
such  relations  with  the  authorities  at  Washington,  who  print  public 
documuents  as  will  enable  the  members  of  this  Society  to  procure 
engineering  documents  on  the  best  terms. 

Fifth  Session. — The  Convention  resumed  its  session  at  10  a.  m., 
Thursday,  June  19tli. 

The  discussion  of  the  published  paper  on  the  construction  and  main- 
tenance of  roads  was  resumed  and  continued  by  D.  E.  McComb,  E.  E. 
Andrews,  C.  Shaler  Smith,  G.  Bouscaren,  G.  D.  Ansley,  E.  S.  Ches- 
brough,  A.  B.  Hill,  J.  E.  Hilgard,  H.  Flad,  M.  Merriwether,  B.  F. 
Morse  and  the  author,  E.  P.  North. 

The  published  paper  by  John  Bogart,  subject,  "  The  permanent 
■way  of  railways  in  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  with  s^secial  reference  to 
the  use  of  timber  preserved  and  unpreserved,"  was  discussed  in  a  paper 
read  by  E.  E.  Andrews,  and  the  subject  further  discussed  by  C.  Lat- 
mer,  E.  Sweet,  Jr.,  Wm.  Watson,  T.  Egleston,  C.  Paine,  J.  Kennedy 
and,  by  letter,  E.  W.  Bowditch. 

On  motion,  it  was 

Eesolved,  that  the  Convention  recommend  tlie  appointment  of  a 
Standing  Committee  on  the  Preservation  of  Timber.  (See  Proceedings, 
page  31  ante.) 

A  discussion  of  the  published  papers  on  the  subject,  "Brick  Arches 
for  Large  Sewers,"  was  presented  in  a  letter  from  C.  Herschel,  and  the 
subject  further  discussed  by  E.  Hering. 


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The  published  paper  by  James  B.  Francis,  subject,  "  The  distribu- 
tion of  rain  fall  during  the  great  storm  of  October,  1869,"  was  dis- 
cussed by  W.  Rotch. 

The  subject  of  a  comparison  of  Standard  Measures,  English,  French 
and  United  States  was  presented  by  abstracts  from  a  i^aper  by  A.  S.  C. 
Wurtele  and  discussed  by  J.  E.  Hilgard,  T.  G.  Ellis  and  C.  Latimer. 

The  published  paper  by  John  W.  Hill,  subject,  "Cushioning  the 
reciprocating  parts  of  Steam  Engines,"  was  discussed  by  C.  E.  Emery 
and  the  author,  J.  W.  Hill. 

The  published  paper  by  D.  McN.  Stauffer,  subject,  "The  use  of 
compressed  air  in  Tubular  foundations  and  its  "application  at  South 
Street  Bridge,  Philadelphia,"  was  discussed  by  F.  Collingwood. 

The  published  papers  by  R.  Hering,  subject,  "  The  Flow  of  Water 
in  Small  Channels,  after  Ganguillet  and  Kutter,"  was  discussed  in  a 
paper,  sent  with  a  letter,  by  C.  H.  Swan,  and  further  discussed  by  E. 
Hering. 

A  paper  by  John  Kennedy,  subject,  "  The  Improvement  of  the  St. 
Lawrence  Paver,"  was  read  by  the  author. 

The  following  unpublished  i^apers  were  presented  during  the  Con- 
vention, but  not  read  on  account  of  the  want  of  time  after  the  conclu- 
sion of  the  discussions  on  published  papers  : 

Brazil,  its  Railways  and  Water  Comrdimications,  W,  Milnor  Roberts. 

The  South  Pass  Jetties — the  consolidation  and  durability  of  the  works, 
with  description  of  the  Concrete  Blocks  and  other  constructions  of  the 
past  year.     Max  E.  Schmidt. 

Discussion  on  the  South  Pass  Jetties.     H.  D.  Whitcomb. 

Notes  as  to  Construction  and  Operation  of  the  Railroad  over  the 
Raton  Mountains,  Col.,  and  the  Construction  and  Performance  of  the 
Locomotives  thereon.     James  D.  Burr. 

The  Flow  of  Water  in  Rivers.     De  Volson  Wood. 

Stability  of  Stone  Structures.     Wm.  H.  Searles. 

Wind  Pressure.     F.  Collingwood. 

Cadastral  Maps  in  Ohio.     H.  F.  Walling. 

Additional  notes  on  the  Submarine  Telephone.     Chas.  W.  Raymond. 

The  following  resolutions  were  adopted  : 

Resolved,  that  the  Convention  desires  to  express  its  hearty  appre- 
ciation of  and  thanks  for  the  great  kindness,  attention  and  forethought 
of  the  Local  Committee  in  making  preparations  and  carrying  out  the 
many  details  of  arrangements  for  this  Convention. 

Resolved,  that  the  warmest  thanks  of  this  Convention  be  tendered  to 
the  Mayor  and  other  authorities  of  the  City  of  Cleveland,  to  its  citizens 
and  to  the  city  press,  as  well  as  to  the  various  manufacturing  and  other 
establishments  which  we  have  visited,  for  their  kind  attentions  and  hos- 
pitality, which  have  made  this  Convention  one  of  the  plesantest  and 
most  successful  which  the  Society  has  ever  held. 


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Resolved,  that  the  thanks  of  the  Convention  be  extended  to  Mr. 
Charles  Paine  for  the  able  and  courteous  manner  in  which  he  has  pre- 
sided over  its  deliberations. 

Resolved,  that  the  thanks  of  the  Convention  be  extended  to  the 
Managers  of  Railways  and  other  lines  of  Transportation  who  have 
extended  facilities  for  enabling  the  members  to  visit  the  Convention  and 
return  to  their  homes. 

Resolved,  that  the  thanks  of  the  Convention  are  extended  to  the 
Committee  which  has  so  well  discharged  its  duties  in  preparing  and 
presenting  the  report  regarding  the  Paris  Exposition  and  our  exhibits 
there. 

Adjourned. 


Very  complete  arrangements  were  made  by  the  Lopal  Committee  for 
the  time  occupied  in  the  regular  sessions  above  reported.  The  visits  to 
the  many  points  of  engineering  interest  in  Cleveland  and  its  immediate 
vicinity  were  so  managed  as  to  give  to  the  members  of  the  Society  and 
their  guests  quite  as  full  information  in  regard  to  the  many  industrial 
and  mechanical  works  of  the  city  as  the  time  allowed.  The  excursions 
after  the  close  of  the  Convention  were  also  of  great  interest,  and  were 
fully  enjoyed. 

The  members  of  the  Cleveland  Local  Committee  were  :  Charles 
Paine,  Chairman  ;  S.  Sheldon,  Charles  H.  Strong,  T.  R.  Scowden, 
John  Whitelaw,  E.  T.  Scovill,  Charles  Latimer,  B.  F.  Morse,  J.  Newell, 
M.  W.  Kingsley  ;  C.  G.  Force,  Jr.,  Sec'y  and  Treas. 

The  general  programme  for  each  day  was  printed  in  pocket  form, 
with  a  monogram  of  the  Society  on  the  cover.  It  was  distributed  to 
members  and  guests,  and  was  as  follows : 

AMERICAX   SOCIETY  OF  CiViL  ENGINEERS. 


ELEVENTH    ANNUAL    CONVENTIOX. 


The  headquarters  of  tlie  Society  will  be  at  the  Forest  City  House,  Monu- 
mental Park.  The  Meetin<>-s  of  the  Society  will  be  held  in  the  City  Council 
Chamber,  City  Hall,  on  Superior  Street,  East  of  the  Park,  three  minutes'  walk 
from  the  Society  headquarters.  Take  the  elevator  in  the  main  entrance,  City 
Hall.  By  the  courtesy  of  the  City  Council  tlie  Council  Chamber  is  placed  at  the 
disposal  of  the  Society. 

The  Local  Committee  on  Convention  request  each  member  and  invited  guest 
to  call  at  the  rooms  of  the  Committee  at  headquarters  immediately  on  arrival. 

The  members  are  requested,  as  soon  as  possible  after  their  arrival,  to  signify 
to  the  Secretary  which  of  the  Excursions  he  proposes  to  join,  and  whether  accom- 
panied by  ladies. 


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Ladies  accompanying  Members  and  Guests  are  invited  to  join  all  the  Excur- 
sions, except  on  Wednesday  afternoon. 

Tuesday,  June  17. 

Convention  will  be  called  to  order  at  10  a.  m.  Hon.  R.  R.  Herrick,  Mayor  of 
Cleveland,  will  welcome  the  Society  in  behalf  of  the  citizens  of  Cleveland.  Ses- 
sion.    Adjournment.     Dinner. 

In  the  afternoon,  leaving  the  hotel  at  2  o'clock,  an  excursion  in  charge  of  Mr. 
B.  F.  Morse,  City  Civil  Engineer,  will  be  made  to  the  Cleveland  Viaduct;  thence 
to  the  Reservoir  and  Pumping  Works  of  the  Cleveland  Water  Works ;  at  this 
point  the  party  will  be  in  charge  of  Mr.  John  Whitelaw,  Chief  Engineer  of  the 
"Water  Works  Department.  Returning,  will  visit  the  Telegraph  Supply  Com- 
pany's Works,  Nos.  145  and  147  St.  Clair  street.  Here  the  party  will  be  in 
charge  of  Hon.  M.  D.  Leggett,  President  of  the  Company,  assisted  by  Professor 
Charles  T.  Brush,  the  inventor  of  the  Brush  Electric  Lamp  and  the  Brush 
Dynamo-Electric  Machine.  Prof.  Brush  will  have  a  machine  taken  apart  and  one 
in  operation,  and  will  explain  the  working  of  his  apparatus. 

The  excursion  will  end  with  a  drive  to  the  Union  Steel  Screw  Company's 
Works,  by  the  way  of  Euclid  avenue.  Here  the  party  will  be  in  charge  of  Mr. 
J.  A.  Bidwell,  Superintendent  of  the  Works.  Returning,  will  visit  the  private 
grounds  of  J.  H.  Wade,  Esq.,  owner  of  Euclid  and  Case  avenues,  thence  by  the 
way  of  Prospect  street  to  the  hotel. 

At  7:45  p.  m.,  the  regular  Society  Meeting,  to  which  the  public  is  invited. 
The  acting  President  of  the  Society  will  deliver  an  address,  giving  a  summary  of 
Engineering  progress  during  the  preceding  years. 

WEDNESDAY,    JUNE    18. 

Mr.  Charles  H.  Strong,  Manager  of  (lie  Bay. 

The  Convention  will  be  called  to  order  at  10  a.  m.  Session.  Adjournment — 
Dinner.' 

In  the  afternoon  there  will  be  an  excursion  to  some  of  the  manufacturing 
<>stablishments  of  the  city,  byway  of  the  Cleveland  &  Pittsburg  and  Atlantic  tfe 
Great  Western  Railroads.  Special  train  will  leave  the  Union  Passenger  Depot  at 
2  P.M.,  arriving  at  the  Otis  Iron  and  Steel  Company's  Works  at  2:05.  Here  the 
party  will  be  in  charge  of  Hon.  Charles  A.  Otis,  President  of  the  Otis  Iron  and 
Steel  Company.  Leaving  at  2:25,  will  arrive  at  the  St.  Clair  Street  Crossing  2:28; 
from  here  Mr.  H.  M.  Claflin,  President  of  the  Cleveland  Bridge  and  Car  Works, 
will  escort  the  party  to  the  works  ot  that  company ;  thence  in  charge  of  Mr.  Zenas 
King,  President  of  the  King  Iron  Bridge  and  Manufacturing  Company,  to  the 
works  of  this  company,  making  a  short  stop  at  the  Novelty  Iron  Works,  Thomas 
R.  Reeves,  President.  Leave  St.  Clair  Street  Crossing  at  3  ;  arrive  at  the  Cleveland 
Rolling  Mill  Co.'s  Works  at  3:20.  Here  the  party  will  be  in  charge  of  Mr.  Henry 
Chisholm,  President  of  the  company,  assisted  by  Mr.  Willson  Chisholm,  Superin- 
tendent of  the  Newburgh  Works.  Thence  by  way  of  the  A.  &  G.  W.  R.  R., 
special  train,  leaving  at  4:35,  will  arrive  at  the  works  of  the  Standard  Oil  Co.  at 
4:50.     Here  the  party  will  be  met  by  Mr.  A.  M.  McGregor,  Superintendent  of  the 


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Manufacturing  Department  of  the  Standnrd  Oil  Co.,  assisted  by  Mr.  W.  P.  Cowen, 
Superintendent  of  the  eomjjany's  worlis  at  Cleveland. 

Leaving  the  Standard  Oil  Co.'s  Works  at  6:00,  will  arrive  at  the  Union  Pas- 
senger Depot  at  6:30,  and  at  the  hotel  at  6:50. 

By  the  courtesy  of  the  officers  of  the  C  &  P.  and  the  A.  <fe  G.  W.  R.  R's, 
special  trains  will  be  run  for  the  accommodation  of  the  excursion  party. 

The  locomotive  whistle  will  be  sounded  five  minutes  before  leaving  each  stop- 
ping point. 

During  the  stay  at  the  varions  points  the  movements  of  the  partj'  will  be 
directed  by  the  Manager  of  the  Day,  giving  his  signal  with  a  policeman's  whistle. 

By  invitation  of  Miss  Sarah  E.  Fitch,  President  of  the  Women's  Christian 
Association,  an  opportunity  will  be  given  the  ladies  to  visit  some  of  the  benevo- 
lent institutions  of  the  city.     Carriages  will  be  in  waiting  at  the  hotel  at  2:30 

Session  and  busijiess  meeting  at  7:45  p.  m. 

THURSD.W,    JUNE    19. 

There  will  be  a  social  meeting  of  the  Society  at  10  a  m.,  at  the  Citj^  Council 
Chamber. 

Two  excursions  have  been  provided  for  this  afternoon. 

Excursion  on  the  lake.     Jo/m  Whitelaw,  manager. 

By  the  courtesy  of  Captain  L.  A.  Pierce,  agent  of  the  Michigan  Central  R.  R. 
Line  of  Steamers,  there  will  be  an  excursion  on  the  steamer  City  of  Detroit,  Cap- 
tain William  McKay.  Invitations  have  been  extended  to  members  of  the  profes- 
sion and  others  to  join  this  excursion  accompanied  by  ladies. 

Members  joining  this  excursion  will  leave  the  hotel  at  1:45  p.  m.  in  carriages, 
arriving  at  wharf  No.  23  East  River  street  1:55.  The  boat  leaves  at  2  p.  m.,  return- 
ing at  5  p.  M.  On  the  way  out  the  steamer  will  sail  around  the  Water  Works 
Crib,  aiid  if  the  weather  is  favorable  an  opportunity  will  be  given  by  those  who 
wish  to  land  and  examine  the  work. 

Excursion  to  Berea  and  Amherst  Stone  Quarries.      Charles  Paine,  maiiager. 

Those  who  wish  to  visit  these  stone  Quarries  will  leave  the  hotel  at  2 p.  m., 
and  the  Union  Depot  at  2:15  p.  m.,  thence  by  way  of  the  C.  C.  C.  &  I.  Railway; 
will  arrive  at  Berea  at  2:45  p.  m.,  change  to  ()i)en  cars  and  go  into  the  Beiea  Quar- 
ries, under  the  guidance  of  Mr.  Frank  Ford,  Chief  Engineer,  C.  C.  C.  <fe  L  Rail- 
way. Returning  to  Berea  Station  at  3:45  p.  m.,  take  excursion  coaches  and  pro- 
ceed to  Amherst  Quarries.  Returning  by  way  of  L.' S.  &  M.  S.  R.  R.,  will  leave 
Amherst  at  6  p.  m.,  and  arrive  at  the  Union  Depot  at  7  p.  m. 

By  the  courtesy  of  the  officers  of  the  C.  C.  C.  &  L  and  the  L.  S.  &  M.  S.  R.  R., 
a  special  train  will  be  run  for  the  accommodation  of  the  party. 

reception. 
The  Union  Club  of  Cleveland,  S.  L.  Mather,  President,  has  tendered  a  recep- 
tion to  the  Society  and  its  invited  guests,  at  the  Club  House,  No,  417  Euclid 
avenue,  nbout  five  minutes'  walk  from  the  headcjuarters,  Tiiursday  evening,  June 
19,  commencing  at  8  o'clock.  Those  wishing  to  ride  can  take  the  Prospect  street 
cars  in  front  of  the  b.otel  direct  to  the  entrance  on  Euclid  avenue. 


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FRIDAY,    JUNE    20. 

Charles^  Latimer,  Mavngev  of  the  Day. 

On  this  day  an  excursion  will  be  made  to  the  Mahoning  Valley  coal  fields. 
The  party  will  ^leave  the  hotel  in  carriages  at  7:40  a.  m.,  and  the  Atlantic  &  Great 
Western  depot  at  8  a.  m.  ;  arrive  at  Leavittsburgh  at  9:20  a.  m.  ;  here  a  car  hoist 
and  transfer  may  be  witnessed.  Leave  Leavittsburgh  at  9:40  a.  m.  ;  arrive  at 
Vienna  Junction  at  10:15  a.  m.,  and  arrive  at  Church  Hill  coal  mines  at  10:25  a.  m. 
Here  the  party  will  be  in  charge  of  Mr.  John  Tod,  President  of  the  Coal  Company 
of  Tod,  Morris  &  Co.  Leave  Church  Hill  at  11:25  a.  m.  ;  arrive  at  Youngstown 
at  11:45  a.  m.  ;  headquarters  at  the  Tod  House.  The  citizens  of  Youngstown  have 
provided  dinners  for  the  party  and  carriages  for  drives  to  points  of  interest  in 
Youngstown  and  vicinity  during  the  afternoon. 

During  the  stay  in  Youngstown  Mr.  Robert  McCurdy  and  Mr.  Chauncy  .An- 
drews will  direct  the  movements  of  the  party.  Returning,  will  leave  Youngs- 
town at  4:50  p.  m.     Arrive  at  Cleveland  at  7:15  p.  m. 

The  excursion  train  will  be  under  the  direction  of  J.  M.  Ferris,  Superintendent 
of  the  M.  D.  of  the  A.  &G.  W.  R.  R.- 

BHADFORD    OIL    DISTRICT. 

Members  not  desiring  to  go  into  the  Mahoning  Valley  Coal  Fields  may  take 
the  7:10  a.  m.  express  on  the  A.  &  G.  W.  R.  R.,  arriving  at  Bradford  at  5:15  p.  m. 
Leaving  Bradford  at  2:20  p.  m.  on  the  next  day,  can  connect  with  tlie  main  line 
going  east  at  3  p.  m.  For  the  west  leave  Bradford  at  10  a.  m.  and  make  close  con- 
nections, or  at  4  p.  M.  and  connect  with  the  main  line  at  11:39  p.  m. 

XIAGARA     FALLS. 

Arrangements  have  been  made,  by  which  eastern  members  and  others  wishing 
to  visit  th"  ^alls,  may  leave  Cleveland  on  any  of  the  regular  trains,  connecting  at 
Buffa!  ■  l'..r  iNiao-ara  Falls. 


A  large  party  left  Cleveland,  as  arraDged  V^y  tlie  above  programme, 
for  the  Mahoning  Valley  Coal  Fields,  where  a  descent  was  made  into  the 
Great  Church  Hill  Mine.  Youngstown  was  then  visited,  and  industrial 
Avorks  of  much  engineering  interest  examined.  The  Society  and  its 
guests  were  hospitably  entertained  by  a  committee  of  the  citizens  of 
Youngstown.     A  number  of  the  party  then  visited  Niagara  Falls. 

Another  party  visited  the  Oil  District  at  Bradford,  Pa. ,  where,  under 
the  kind  guidance  of  Mr.  Charles  Newell,  the  operations  of  drilling  and 
tubing  oil  wells,  pumping  oil,  endeavoring  to  recover  tools  lost  in  the 
wells,  etc.,  were  inspected.  The  use  of  natural  gas  for  heating  and 
cooking  was  also  observed. 

On  Monday  morning,  June  16th  (the  day  previous  to  the  Convention), 
a  large  number  of  the  members  of  the  Society  and  their  guests,  en  route 
for  Cleveland,  arrived  at  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  Here  they  were  met  by  the 
members  resident  in  that  city,  and  first  visited  the  Avorks  at  Davis  Island, 
where  a  lock  and  system  of  movable  dams  is  in  course  of  construction 


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by  the  United  States  Goverument.  The  operations  in  progress  and  the 
plans  for  completion  were  explained  bj  Lieut.  F.  A.  Mahan,  United 
States  Engineers,  and  James  H.  Harlow,  member  of  the  Society. 

The  Edgar  Thomson  Steel  Works  were  also  visited,  and  the  details  of 
the  works,  which  were  in  full  progress,  were  inspected. 

The  new  engines  at  the  pump  houses  of  the  City  Water  Works  of 
Pittsburgh,  were  also  examined. 


July  2d,  1879.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.  William  E.  Worthen  in 
the  chair. 

Ballots  for  admission  to  membership  were  canvassed,  and  the  following 
were  declared  elected  as  members  :  James  A.  Burden,  of  Troy,  N.  Y., 
and  William  G.  M.  Thomson,  of  Welland,  Ontario,  Canada. 

The  death,  on  Sunday,  June  8th,  1879,  at  Cincinnati,  of  James  E. 
Bell,  member  of  the  Society,  Avas  announced,  and  the  President  was 
authorized  to  apjioint  a  committee  to  j^repare  a  memoir  of  the  deceased. 
The  Board  of  Direction  re^jorted  the  designation  of  William  E. 
Worthen  to  attend  the  tests  of  turbines,  in  accordance  with  the  resolu- 
tion of  the  Society  of  June  1th,  1879.  In  case  of  inability  to  serve  by 
Mr.  Worthen,  the  designation  of  Charles  E.  Emery,  as  an  alternate,  was 
announced. 

A  Paper  by  W.  Milnor  Roberts,  on  the  subject  of  Brazil,  its  Railway 
and  Water  Communications,  was  read  by  the  Secretary,  and  discussed 
by  members  present. 

July  ICth,  1879.  —The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.  Thomas  C.  Clarke  in 
the  chair. 

A  Paper  by  De  Volson  Wood,  subject,  "The  Flow  of  Water  in 
Rivers,"  was  read  by  the  Secretary,  and  discussed  by  Messrs.  Clarke, 
Cooper,  North,  J.  F.  Ward,  and  Yardley. 


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don.    Crosby  Lockwood.    3s.  6d. 


Thames  River,  Prevention  of  Floods.  Re- 
port and  evidence.  British  Govmt.  Pub. 
Is.  6d. 

Tramways.  Report  and  Evidence.  British 
Govmt.  Pub.    2s.  Id. 

War.  Course  of  Instruction  in  elements  of 
Art  and  Science  ot  War,  for  use  of  cadets  in 
U.  S.  Military  Academy.  J.  B.  Wheeler, 
Prof.  Mil.  Acad.  New  York.  8vo,  ilius. 
Van  Nostrand.     $1.75. 

War  Department.  History  of  War  Depart- 
ment U.  S. ;  with  biographical  sketches  of 
Secretaries.  L.  D.  Ingersoll.  Washington. 
8vo.     F.  B.  Mohun.     $3.50. 

Water.  House  Sanitation,  Water  Supply,  and 
Domestic  Filtration.  Some  Remarks  on 
the  Internal  Water  Supply  of  Dwellings, 
and  the  Best  Means  to  be  adopted  for  the 
removal  of  the  contaminations  which  re- 
sult from  its  storage  in  tanks  and  cisterns. 
With  description  of  the  Self-supplying 
aerated  (oxidising)  filter,  and  sketch  of 
Dwelling.  J.  B.  Denton.  London.  8vo. 
Spons.    6d. 

Weight  Calculator.  Being  a  series  of  tables 
exhibiting  at  one  reference  the  exact  value 
of  any  Weight  from  1  lb.  to  15  tons,  at  300 
progressive  rates,  from  1  penny  to  168  shil- 
lings per  cwt.,  and  containing  186,000  di- 
rect answers,  which,  with  their  combina- 
tions consisting  of  a  single  addition  (mostly 
to  be  performed  at  sight),  will  afiord  an 
aggregate  of  10,266,000  answers :  the  whole 
being  calculated  and  designed  to  ensure 
correctness  and  promote  dispatch.  By  Hen- 
ry Harben,  accountant,  Sheffield,  author 
of  "  The  Discount  Guide."  Third  edition. 
London.  Royal  8vo.  Crosby  Lockwood. 
(Announcement.) 

Weights  and  Measures  Act,  1878  (41  and  42 
Vict.,  Chap.  49)  ;  including  a  practical  sum- 
mary of  the  Act,  with  Notes  and  Cases,  to- 
gether with  the  memorandum  prefixed  to 
the  Act,  kc. ;  also  the  Bread  Act,  1836,  so 
far  as  it  relates  to  Weights  and  Measures. 
Slade  Butler.  12aio.  London.  Shaw  <£• 
Sons.    4s. 


ADDITIONS  TO 


LIBRARY     ANDMLTSEUM. 


From  American   Chemical  Society,  P. 
Cassamajor,  Secretary,  New  York  : 
Journal  of  the  Society,  Vol.  I,  Nos.  3  and  4. 

From  American  Iron  and  Steel  Associa- 
tion,   James    M.    Swank,    Secretary, 
Philadelphia  : 
Annual  Report  of  the  Secretary  for  1878. 
Proceedings  ot'  the  Convention  of  Iron  and 
Steel    Manufacturers    and    Iron    Ore    Pro- 
ducers at  Pittsburgh,  Tuesday,   May  6th, 
1879. 

From  Administration  des  Ponts  et  Chau- 
sees,  Paris  : 
Annales,  April,  1879. 

From  Edward  R.  Andrews,  Boston: 
Chimney     Construction.      R.    M.    Bancroft, 
London. 

From    Argentine     Scientific     Society. 
Don  Felix  Amoretti,  Secretary,  Buenos 
Ayres : 
Anales.    May,  1879. 


From  O.  Chanute,  New  York: 
General  Specifications  for  Iron  Bridges,  N.Y., 
L.  E.   &   W.  R.  R.  Co.      O.  Chanute,   Chief 
Engineer.     (Copies  for  distribution.) 
From  J.  James  R.  Croes,  New  York: 
Report  on  Additional  Water  Supply  for  the 
City  of  Newark,  N.  J.     By  J.  J.  R.  Croes  & 
Geo.  W.  Howell.     Blarch  6th,  1879. 

From  Joseph  P.  Davis,  City  Engineer, 
Boston: 
Fifteenth  Annual  Report  Of  the  Overseers  of 
the  Poor  of  the  City  of  Boston  for  1878-9. 
From  J.  W.  Davis,  New  York: 
A  new  Centre  of  Gravity  Formula  of  general 
appilicability. 

From  Dyckerlioff  and  Sohne,  Berlin : 
Verhaudluugen    der    General   Versammlung 
des  Vereins  deutsches'  Cement-Fabrikaten. 
Feb.  3d,  4th  and  5th,  1879. 

From  Eiigineers'  Club  of  Philadelphia: 
Proceedings  of  the  Club.    Vol.  I,  No.  3. 


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From  Franklin  Institute,  Philadelphia: 

Journal  of  the  Institute.   June  and  July,  1879. 

From  Gen.  George  S.  Greene,  New  York: 

Supplementary  Report  of  the  Committee  on 

Water  Supply  of    Brookliue,    Mass.,   with 

letter  of  Gen.  George  S.  Greene. 

From  James  H.  Harlow,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. : 
Eight  Photogra])hs,  showing  work  on  Davis 
Island  Dam,  Ohio  Kiver,  Pittsburgh. 

From  William  Haywood,  London,  Eng- 
land: 
Reports  in  reference  to  various  Asphalte  and 
Wooden  pavements  in  the  City  of  London 
for  1873,  1874  and  1877. 
Report  on  the  Accidents  to  Horses  on  Carriage- 
way pavements.     By  Wm.  Haywood. 
Report  on   Experimental  Carriageway  Pave- 
ments in  Moorgate  street,  London.   By  Wm. 
Haywood. 
Reports  of  the  Works  executed  by  the  Com- 
missioners of  Sewers  of  London,  from  1871 
to  1877  inclusive. 

From  J.  E.  Hilgard,  Washington,  D.C. : 
Communication  from  the  Secretary  of  State 
in  response  to  a  resolution  of  the  House  of 
Representatives,  in  relation  to  the  Conven- 
tion for  establishing  an  International 
Bureau  of  Weights  and  Measures. 
Reports  in  reference  to  the  adoption  of  the 
Metric  System. 

From  Gen.  A.  A.  Humphreys.  Chief  of 

Engineers,  U.S.A.,  Washington,  D.C: 

Report  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers,  U.S.A.,  for 

1878.     (In  three  parts.) 
Report  of  the  results  of  examination  of  Caney 
Fork  River,  and  of  Obey's  River,  Tennessee, 
and  of  a  survey  of  the  Cumbei'laud  Kiver, 
Kentucky.     Capt.  W.  R.  King.     (2  copies.) 
A    Communication    from    the    Commanding 
General,   Department  of  the  Missouri,   in- 
closing  a  report  of  Explorations    in    and 
about  Pagosa  Springs,  Colorado.     Lieut.  C. 
A.  H.  McCauley.     (2  copies  ) 
Report  upon  United  States  Geographical  Sur- 
veys west  of  the  lOUth  Meridian.     Vol.  VI. 
Botany.     Lieut.  George  M.  Wheeler. 
A  Letter  of  the  Acting  Chief  of  Engineers,  in 
relation  to  the  conditions  and  estimates  for 
the  improvement  of  the  harbor  and  river  of 
Au  Sable,  on  the  western    shore  of  Lake 
Huron.     Gen.  H.  G.  Wright.     (2  copies.) 
Information  in  relation  to  the  effect  produced 
by  the  dike  across  the  East  Harbor  In  et, 
at  Provincetown,  Mass.,  ui^ou  the  deposit 
of  sand  in  Cape  Cod  Harbor,  at  the  mouth 
of  said  inlet.  Gen.  H.  G.Wright.    (2  copies.) 
From   Institution  of    Civil  Engineers, 
James  Forrest,  Secretary,  London  : 
Minutes    of    Proceedings  of    the    Institute. 

Volume  LVI. 
Abstracts  and  papers  in  Foreign  Transactions 

and  Periodicals. 
Technical  report    of    the    German    Railway 

Union.     Walter  R.  Browne. 
Irrigation  in  Ceylon.     Henry  Byrne. 
The   St.  Gothard  Tunnel.      {Second  paper.) 

Daniel  K.  Clark. 
The  construction  of  Heavy  Ordnance.    James 

A.  Lougridge. 
The  foundations  of  the  New  Capitol  at  Albany, 

N.  Y.     W.  J.  McAlpiue. 
Movable  Bridges.    James  Price. 
On  the  mapi^ing  of  a  district  with  reference 
to  a  Central  Meridian.    F.  P.  Washington. 
From  Institution  of  Mechanical  Engi- 
neers, Walter  R.  Browne,  Secretary, 
London  : 
Proceedings  of  the  Institute,  April,  1879. 


From  John  T.  Lansing,  Albany,  N.  Y. : 
Articles  of  Association  of  the  New  York  and 

Honduras  Company. 
The  Rosario  Mining  Company  of  Honduras, 

Central  America. 

From  Charles  Latimer,  Cleveland,  O.: 
Proceedings  of  the  Road  Masters  meeting  of 
the  Atlantic  and  Great  Western  Railway  held 
at  Meadville,  Pa.,  Nov.  14,  1878. 

From  New  York  Meteorological  Observ- 
atory, Daniel  Draper,  Central  Park, 
New  York  : 
Abstract  of  registers  New  Y'ork  Meteorolog- 
ical  Observatory   for  Januaiy,    February, 
March  and  April,  1879. 

From  Minister  of  Public  Works,  Ver- 
sailles, France  : 
Ports  Maritimes  de  la  France,  Part  III. 

From  Ernest  Pontzen,  Paris,  France  : 
Memoire  sur  uu  Nouveau  Belier  Aspirateur 
de  M.  de  Caligny  pouvant  tirer  I'eau  de 
toutes  les  profondeurs.  M.  O.  Chemin. 
Paris,  1879. 
Renseisfuements  economiques  sur  I'emploi 
des  Locomotives  a  air  comprime  pour  la 
traction  des  Tramways  et  des  Chemius  de 
fer  souterrains . 

From  New  York   Produce   Exchange, 
James     L.     Flint,     Secretary,     New 
York: 
Annual  Report  of  the  New  York  Produce  Ex- 
change for  1878. 

From  the  Publishers,  Revue  Generale 
des  Chemins  de  fer,  Edgar  Monjean, 
Secretary,  Paris,  France: 
Revue  Generales  des  Chemins  de  fer,  March 
and  April,  1869. 

From   Society  of  Engineers,   Perry  F. 
Nursey,  Secretary,  London,  England: 
Transactions  of  the  Society  for  1878. 

From  Stevens  Institute  of  Technology,- 
Hobokeu,  N.  J.: 

Anniial  Announcement  of  the  Institute  for 
1879.     (Several  Copies.) 

From  U.  S.  Light  House  Board,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C: 

List  of  Beacons,  Buoys,  Stakes  and  other  Day 
Marks  in  the  Eig.ith  Light  House  District, 
Corrected  to  July  1st,  1879.     (2  Copies  ) 

List  of  Towers,  Beacon^,  Buoys,  Stakes  and 
other  Day  Marks  in  the  Fourth  Light  House 
District. 

From  U.  S.  Naval  Observatory,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C: 

A  Catalogue  of  1,9G3  Stars  reduced  to  the  be- 
ginning of  the  year  1850.  together  with  a 
Catalogue  of  290  Double  Stars  from  obser- 
vations made  at  Santiago,  Chili,  in  1850, 
'51.  '52.     B.  F.  Sands. 

Investigation  of  Corrections  to  Hansen's  Ta- 
bles of  the  Moon,  with  tables  for  their  ap- 
plication.    S.  Newcomb. 

On  the  Right  Ascensions  of  the  Equatorial 
Fundamental  Stars.     S.  Newcomb. 

Report  ot  the  Commission  on  site  for  Naval 
Observatory. 

Report  on  the  Difference  of  Longitude  be- 
tween Washington  and  Ogden,  Utah.  J.  R. 
Eastman. 

Report  on  the  Difference  of  Longitude  be- 
tween Washington  and  Detroit,  Mich.;  Car- 
lin,  Nevada,  and  Austin,  Nevada.  J.  E. 
Eastman. 

Report  on  the  Difference  of  Longitude  be- 
tween Washington  and  St.  Louis.  Wm. 
Harkness. 


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The  Uranian  and  Neptuauian  Systems  inves-  ^  description  of  tlie   BiUerica   and    Bedford 

tigated    with    the    26-inch    Equatorial.     S.  2-feet  gauae  Eailroad. 

Nevvcomb.  ipijg  American  Catalogue,  Vol.  1,  Authors  and 
From    Robert    Van    Bureu,  Brooklyn,  Ti"es.     Part  3,  Lenoir.     Robbie, 
jj  Y  ■  The  Library  Jouruel.     Vol.  IV,  No.  6. 
Annual  Eepirt  of  the  Board  of  City  Works  of  New   Mode  of  Making  Foundations  and  An- 
Brooklyn  for  1878.  chormg  Piles  in  unstable  bottoms  or  quick- 
sands.    Charles  Poutez,  Patentt  e. 
From    H.    D.     Whitcomb.    Richmond,  Reports  of  the  Departments  of  the   Govern- 
Va.;  ment  of  the  City  of  Cleveland  for  year  end- 
Annual  Report  of  the  James  River  Improve-  ing  December  31,  1877. 


THE   NORMAN   MEDAL. 

The  following  rules  have  been  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Direction, 
with  the  approval  of  the  donor  of  the  Medal  Fund,  George  H.  Norman, 
Member  and  Fellow  of  the  Society  : 

CODE  OF  EULES 

FCK   THE 

Award  of  the  Normal   Medal. 

I. — Competition  for  the  Normin  Medal  of  the  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers  shall  be  restricted  to  Members  of  the  Society. 

II. — There  shall  be  one  gold  medal,  and  only  one,  struck  for  each  and 
every  fiscal  year  of  the  Society,  and  awarded  as  hereinafter  provided. 
The  dies  therefor  shall  be  with  the  Superintendent  of  the  United  States 
Mint  at  Philadelphia,  in  trust  exclusively  for  the  above  purpose.  Such 
medal  shall  be  of  a  cost  equal  to  the  annual  interest  received  upon 
$1,000.00  of  the  Consolidated  Stock  of  the  City  of  New  York,  Certificate 
No.  179-,  of  the  additional  new  Croton  Aqueduct  Stock  of  the  City  of 
New  York,  authorized  by  an  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New 
York,  Chap.  230,  passed  April  15th,  1870,  dated  November  17th,  1873, 
now  held  in  trust  by  the  Treasurer  of  this  Society,  and  so  held  solely  for 
this  purpose,  and  shall  be  executed  upon  his  order. 

III. — All  original  papers  presented  to  the  Society  by  members  of  any 
class,  during  the  year  for  which  the  medal  is  awarded,  shall  be  open  to 
the  awards,  provided  that  such  papers  shall  not  have  been  previously 
contributed  in  whole  or  in  part  to  any  other  association,  nor  have 
appeared  in  print  prior  to  their  publication  by  the  Society,  nor  have 
been  presented  to  the  Society  in  any  previous  year. 

rV. — The  Board  of  Censors  to  award  the  Medal  shall  consist  of  three 
members  of  the  Society,  to  be  designated  by  the  Board  of  Direction. 
The  Secretary  of  the  Society  shall  act  as  Secretary  to  the  Board  of 
Censors. 


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Y.  — The  medal  shall  be  awarded  to  such  paper  as  the  said  Board  shall 
'  Judge  to  be  worthy  of  special  commendation  for  its  merits  as  a  contribu- 
tion to  Engineering  Science,  not  merely  relatively  as  compared  with 
others  presented  during  the  same  year,  but  as  exhibiting  the  science, 
talent,  or  industry  displayed  in  the  consideration  of  the  subject  treated 
of,  and  for  the  good  Avhich  may  be  expected  to  result  from  the  discus- 
sion and  the  inquiry. 

VI.— In  case  no  paper  presented  during  the  year  shall  be  deemed  of 
sufficient  value  to  receive  an  award,  the  amount  of  the  interest  of  the 
fund  for  that  year  shall  be  expended  by  the  Board  of  Direction  in  the 
purchase  of  books,  to  be  offered  as  a  premium  for  the  second  best  paper 
in  the  next  year  in  which  more  than  one  paper  of  sufficient  value  may 
be  presented. 

VII.— The  medal  year  shall  terminate  on  the  first  day  of  August,  and 
the  award  shall  be  announced  at  the  Annual  Meeting  in  November. 

^^11-— The  Treasurer  of  this  Society  shall  cause  the  medal  to  be 
prepared  and  delivered  to,  or  deposited  to  the  order  of,  the  successful 
competitor,  within  two  mouths  after  the  Annual  Meeting  at  which  the 
same  shall  have  been  awarded. 


ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


At  the  Heeling  of  the  Society  to  be  held 
August  6th,  a  paper  by  Max  E.  Schmidt, 
member  of  the  Society,  will  be  presented, 
subject,  '■  The  South  Pass  Jetties,  Notes  on 
the  construction  and  durability  of  the  works, 
with  a  description  of  the  concrete  blocks  and 
other  constructions  of  the  last  year."  This 
paper  will  be  put  in  print  and  will  be  dis- 
cussed at  the  meeting  of  the  Society  to  be  held 
October  15th,'  1879.  Advance  copies  of  the 
paper  will  be  sent  to  persons  who  will  contri- 
bute discussion. 

At  the  meeting  of  September  3d,  a  paper  by 
William  H.  Searles,  member  of  the  Society, 
subject,  "  The  Stability  of  Stone  Structures," 
will  be   read   and    discussed. 

At  the  meeting  of  September  17th,  a  paper 
by  James  B.  Burr,  member  of  the  Society, 
subject,  "The  Construction  of  the  A.  T.  and 
S.  F.  R.  R,,  over  the  Raton  Mountains,"  will 
be  read  and  discussed.  At  the  same  meeting 
a  paper  by  Theodore  Cooper,  Member  of  the 
Society,  subject,  "The  use  of  Steel  for 
Bridges,"  will  be  read  and  discussed.    Ad- 


vance  copies  of  these  papers  will  be  sent  to 
persons  who  desire  to  discuss  the  subject. 

At  the  meeting  ot  October  1st,  the  pajier 
No.  CLXXX  (Transactions  May  1879),  on  the 
Construction  and  Maintenance  of  Roads,  by 
Edward  P.  North,  member  of  the  Society,  and 
the  discussions  presented  ou  the  same  at  the 
Convention  at  Cleveland  will  be  considered 
and  further  discussed.  Advance  copies  of 
these  discussions  will  be  furnished  to  persons 
desiring  to  discuss  the  subject. 

Discussion  ou  each  of  these  subjects  is 
especially  invited.  The  Secretary  will  for- 
ward the  advance  copies  to  those  who  inform 
him  of  their  desire  to  discuss.  The  discus- 
sions may  be  presented  verbally  or  sent  to  the 
Secretary,  who  will  read  them  lor  the  authors. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted  at  the 
Ninth  Annual  Convention  of  the  Society,  and 
ordered  printed  regularly  in  the  Society  pub- 
lications: 

Whereas,  the  metric  system  of  weights  and 
measures    is  now  extensively  used  abroad, 


and  whereas  it  is  desirable  that  the  relation 
of  the  units  of  differing  systems  be  made 
familur  to  all  by  comparison: 

Resolved,  That  members  be  requested,  in 
papers  hereafter  presented  to  the  Society,  to 
write,  in  parenthesis,  weights  or  dimensions 
by  the  metric  system,  in  connection  with 
those  of  the  system  in  general  use. 

The  House  of  the  Society  is  at  104  East 
Twentieth  street,  one  door  from  Fourth 
avenue,  and  near  the    southwest  corner  of 


Gramercy  Park.  It  is  open  from  nine  o'clock 
A.M.  to  five  o'clock  P.M.  each  business  day, 
except  Saturday,  when  it  is  closed  at  three 
o'clock  p.  M. 

The  Library  and  Conversation  Rooms  will 
also,  for  the  present,  be  open  every  Thursday 
evening,  from  T^i  to  10  p.  M.  Members  are 
invited  to  avail  themselves  of  the  oppor- 
tunities, afforded  on  Thursday  evenings  both 
for  consultation  of  books  and  periodicals,  and 
for  conversation. 


j^merican  %mi\)  4  |;uil    fngiuMB. 


PROCEEOINaS. 


Vol.  V,    August,    1879. 


MINUTES     OF    MEETINGS 

(Abstractor  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  memljers.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 

August  6th,  1879. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  William  E.  Wortlien 
in  the  cliair.  Ballots  fov  admission  to  membership  were  canvassed,  and 
the  following  were  declared  elected  :  As  Members,  James  H.  Cnnning- 
ham,  of  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin  ;  Frederick  H.  Lehnartz,  of  Portland, 
Oregon  ;  and  John  M.  Titlow,  of  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania ;  and  as 
Junior,  George  B.  Cornell,  of  New  York. 

The  death  on  July  17th,  1879,  at  Philadelphia,  of  Frankhn  A.  Strat- 
ton.  Member  of  the  Society,  was  announced,  and  the  President  was 
authorized  to  appoint  a  committee  to  prepare  a  memoir  of  the  deceased. 

The  pajier  by  Max  E.  Schmidt,  subject:  "The  South  Pass  Jetties," 
which  was  presented  at  the  Convention  at  Cleveland,  was  read  by  the 
Secretary  and  discussed. 


THE    NORMAN    MEDAL. 

The  following  rules  have  been  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Direction, 
with  the  approval  of  the  donor  of  the  Medal  Fund,  George  H.  Norman, 
Member  and  Fellow  of  the  Society: 

CODE  OF  RULES 

FOR  THE 
AWAED  OF  THE  NOEMAN  MeDAL. 

I.— Competition  for  the  Norman  Medal  of  the  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers  shall  be  restricted  to  Members  of  the  Society. 

II. — There  shall  be  one  gold  medal,  and  only  one,  struck  for  each  and 
every  fiscal  year  of  the  Society,   and  awarded  as  hereinafter  provided. 


GO 

The  dies  tliei-efor  sliall  be  witli  the  Superintenilent  of  the  United  States 
Mint  at  Philadelphia,  in  trust  exclusively  for  the  aljove  jjurpose.  Such 
medal  shall  be  of  a  cost  equal  to  the  annual  interest  received  upon 
81,000.00  of  the  Consolidated  Stock  of  the  City  of  New  York,  Certificate 
No.  179,  of  the  additional  new  Croton  Aqueduct  Stock  of  the  City  of 
New  York,  authorized  by  an  act  of  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New 
York,  Chap.  230,  passed  April  15th,  1870,  dated  November  17th,  1873, 
now  held  in  trust  by  the  Treasurer  of  this  Society,  and  so  held  solely  for 
this  jjurpose,  and  shall  be  executed  upon  his  order. 

III. — All  original  papers  presented  to  the  Society  by  members  of  any 
class,  during  the  year  for  which  the  medal  is  awarded,  shall  be  open  to 
the  awards,  jDrovided  that  such  papers  shall  not  have  been  previously 
contributed  in  whole  or  in  part  to  any  other  association,  nor  have 
appeared  in  jjrint  prior  to  their  publication  by  the  Society,  nor  have 
been  presented  to  the  Society  in  any  previous  year. 

IV. — The  Board  of  Censors  to  award  the  Medal  shall  consist  of  three 
members  of  the  Society,  to  be  designated  by  the  Board  of  Direction. 
The  Secretary  of  the  Society  shall  act  as  Secretary  to  the  Board  of 
Censors. 

V. — The  medal  shall  be  awarded  to  such  paper  as  the  said  Board  shall 
judge  to  be  worthy  of  sj^ecial  commendation  for  its  merits  as  a  contribu- 
tion to  Engineering  Science,  not  merely  relatively  as  compared  Avith 
others  presented  during  the  same  year,  but  as  exhibiting  the  science, 
talent,  or  industry  displayed  in  the  consideration  of  the  subject  treated 
of,  and  for  the  good  which  may  be  exiiected  to  result  from  the  discus- 
sion and  the  inquiry. 

VI.  ^ — In  case  no  paper  presented  during  the  year  shall  be  deemed  of 
sufficient  value  to  receive  an  award,  the  amount  of  the  interest  of  the 
fund  for  that  year  shall  be  expended  by  the  Board  of  Direction  in  the 
purchase  of  books,  to  be  offered  as  a  premium  for  the  second  best  jDaper 
in  the  next  year  in  which  more  than  one  paper  of  sufficient  value  may 
be  presented. 

VII. — The  medal  year  shall  terminate  on  the  first  day  of  August,  and 
the  award  shall  be  announced  at  the  Annual  Meeting  in  November. 

VIII. — The  Treasurer  of  this  Society  shall  ^cause  the  medal  to  be 
prepared  and  delivered  to,  or  deposited  to  the  order  of,  the  successful 
competitor,  within  two  months  after  the  Annual  Meeting  at  which  the 
same  shall  have  been  awarded. 


LIST  OF  TOPICS 

ON   WHICH    OBIGINAIi   PAPERS   ABE   IN\^TED. 

The  Board  of  Direction  submit  the  following  list  of  topics,  on  which 
original  j^apers,  illustrating  the  experience  of  the  writers,  are  requested: 

1. — Topographical  Surveys,  and  the  laying  out  of  Towns  and  the 
most  economical  divisions  of  property. 


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2. — Instruments  and  methods  of  exact  measurement  for  land  surveys. 

3. — Trigonometrical  and  Astronomical  surveys. 

4.— Systems  of  roadmakiup,-  and  maintenance  suitable  for  (a)  large 
towns  and  heavy  traffic  ;    (b)  Surburl)an  districts  ;    (c)  Rural  districts. 

5. — The  sustaining  power  of  diiierent  kinds  of  soils  and  the  con- 
ditions which  produce  failure  of  foundations  by  settlement. 

6. — The  weight  which  can  be  supported  by  different  classes  of 
masonry. 

7. — The  preservation  of  masonry  structures. 

8. — The  manufacture  of  cements  and  methods  of  testing  their  strength. 

9. — The  proportions  of  cementing  and  inert  materials  in  mortars. 

10. — Xlie  preservation  of  timber  used  in  construction. 

11. — The  strength,  durability  and  characteristics  of  various  timbers. 

12 — The  manufacture  of  iron  and  steel  in  America.  Combinations  of 
materials,  methods  emjiloyed  and  plant  used 

13 — Thei^roperties  and  laws  of  cast  iron,  wrought  iron,  steel  and  other 
metals  used  in  construction. 

14. — The  effect  of  constant  or  long  continued  vibration  on  metals  used 
in  construction. 

15. — The  design,  generally,  of  iron  bridges  of  large  span. 

16. — The  construction  and  operation  of  drawbridges  of  large  span. 

17. — Testing  machines  and  experiments  on  the  strength  of  materials 
and  structures. 

18. — Appliances  and  methods  of  rock  boring  and  blasting. 

19. — Sub-aqueous  tunnels.     Their  design  and  construction. 

20. — The  flow  of  water  in  channels  of  various  kinds,  and  the  modes  of 
determining  the  discharge  l>y  experiment.  Also  the  discharge  over  weirs 
and  through  orifices. 

21. — The  loss  of  water  in  floAving  in  open  channels. 

22.— The  relations  of  rainfall,  character  of  soil,  and  flow  of  streams  ; 
effect  of  wooded  and  of  cleared  and  cultivated  land  on  the  flow  of 
streams. 

23. — The  sources  and  systems  of  water  supply  for  towns,  including 
storage  of  surface  water,  open  wells,  tube  wells,  gathering  galleries,  and 
ground  Avater  obtained  from  different  geological  strata. 

24. — Systems  of  Avater  supply  suitable  for  small  communities,  whether 
separately  or  co-operatively. 

25. — The  detection  and  prevention  of  w^aste  of  water  in  towns. 

26. — The  design,  construction,  and  cost  of  operation  of  pumping 
engines,  and  mode  of  computing  duty. 

27. — The  history  of  the  manufacture  of  cast  iron  water  pipes  in 
America. 

28. — The  strength  and  dimensions  of  cast  iron  pipe  and  of  wrought 
iron  pipe  for  Avater  supply.     Forms  of  joints  for  Avater  pipe. 

29. — Durability  and  cost  of  Avater  pipe  of  cast  iron,  Avrought  iron  and 
cement,  wood,  and  other  materials. 


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30. — The  design  and  construction  of  eartli  embankments  and  masonry 
dams  for  reservoirs. 

31. — The  construction,  dimensions,  and  operation  of  navigable  canals. 

32. — Methods  of  overcoming  differences  of  level  in  canals. 

33.^ — The  improvement  and  training  of  rivers. 

34. — The  construction  of  harbors  of  refuge. 

35. — The  construction  of  wharves,  piers  and  docks. 

36. — The  construction  of  fire-proof  buildings. 

37. — The  warming  and  ventilation  of  buildings. 

38. — House  di'ainage. 

39. — The  sewerage  of  towns  and  the  disposal  of  sewage. 

40. — The  form,  matei'ial  and  dimensions  of  sewers. 

41. — The  economical  location  of  railroad  lines. 

42.— The  construction  and  maintenance  of  the  permanent  way  on 
railroads. 

43. — The  form,  manufacture  and  life  of  rails. 

44. — The  form  and  material  of  railway  wheels. 

45.— The  heating  and  lighting  of  railroad  cars. 

46.  —  The  prevention  of  accidents  at  railroad  crossings  and  intersec- 
tions. 

47. — Rapid  transit  in  large  cities. 

48. — The  prevention  of  noise  from  hea^'y  railroad  trains  moving  at 
high  speed. 

49. — Safe  substitutes  for  animal  power  on  suriace  railways. 

50. — The  relative  economy  of  the  several  kinds  of  fuel  iised  in  loco- 
motive engines. 

51.— The  operation  of  freight  and  passenger  traffic  on  railroads,  and 
the  conditions  of  economy  in  the  same. 

52.  —  The  arrangement  of  terminal  stations  on  trunk  lines  of  rail- 
roads. 

53. — The  manufacture,  distribution,  measur3ment  and  use  of  ilhimin- 
ating  gas. 

54. — Electricity  as  applied  to  lighting  and  to  motive  power. 

55. — The  modern  construction  of  water  wheels  and  engines. 

56. — The  engineering  questions  involved  in  the  .location  and  manage- 
ment of  large  Industrial  Exhibitions. 

57. — Manufacture,  strength  and  durability  of  earthenware  pipe. 

58. — The  relations  of  Engineers  to  Employers  and  to  contractors. 

59. — The  Status  and  Compensation  of  Experts. 

60. — Engineering  and  Mechanical  Law. 


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ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


At  tbe  Meeting  of  the  Society  to  be  held 
September  3d,  a  paper  by  William  H.  Searles, 
member  of  the  Society,  eiibiect,  "  The  Sta- 
bility of  Stone  Structures,"  will  be  read  and 
discussed.  Advanced  cojiies  of  this  paper  will 
be  sent  to  persons  who  desire  to  discuss  the 
subject. 

At  the  meeting  of  September  17th,  a  paper 
by  James  D.  Burr,  member  of  the  Society, 
subject,  "  The  Construction  of  the  A.  T.  and 
S.  F.  R.  R,,  over  the  Katon  Mountains,"  will 
be  read  and  discussed.  At  the  same  meeting 
a  paper  by  Theodore  Cooper,  Member  of  the 
Society,  subject,  "The  use  of  Steel  for 
Bi'idges,"  will  be  read  aud  discussed.  Ad- 
vance copies  of  these  papers  will  be  sent  to 
loersons  who  desire  to  discuss  the  subject. 

At  the  meeting  ot  October  1st,  the  paper 
No.  CLXXX  (Transactions  May  1879),  on  the 
Construction  and  Maintenance  of  Roads,  by 
Edward  P.  North,  member  of  the  Society,  and 
the  discussions  presented  on  the  same  at  the 
Convention  at  Cleveland  will  be  considered 
and  further  discussed.  Advance  copies  of 
these  discussions  will  be  furnished  to  persons 
desiring  to  discuss  the  subject. 

At  the  meeting  of  October  15th,  the  paper 
by  Max  E.  Schmidt,  subject,  "The  South 
Pass  Jetties,"  published  in  the  current  num- 
ber of  the  Transactions,  will  be  discussed. 

Discussion  on  each  of  these  subjects  is 
especially  invited.  The  Secretary  will  for- 
ward the  advance  copies  to  those  who  inform 


him  of  their  desire  to  discuss.  The  dis- 
cussions may  be  presented  verbally  or  sent 
to  the  Secretary,  who  will  read  them  for  the 
authors. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted  at  the 
Ninth  Annual  Convention  of  the  Society,  and 
ordered  printed  regularly  in  the  Society  pub- 
lications: 

Whereas,  the  metric  system  of  weights  and 
measui-es  is  now  extensively  used  abroad, 
and  whereas  it  is  desirable  that  the  relation 
of  the  units  of  differing  systems  be  made 
familiir  to  all  by  comparison: 

Resolved,  That  members  be  requested,  in 
papers  hereafter  presented  to  the  Society,  to 
write,  in  parenthesis,  weights  or  dimensioua 
by  the  metric  system,  in  connection  with 
those  of  the  system  in  general  use. 

The  House  of  the  Society  is  at  104  East 
Twentieth  street,  one  door  from  Fourth 
avenue,  and  near  the  southwest  corner  of 
Gramercy  Park.  It  is  open  from  nine  o'clock 
A.M.  to  five  o'clock  P.M.  each  business  day, 
except  Saturday,  when  it  is  closed  at  three 
o'clock  p.  M. 

The  Library  and  Conversation  Rooms  will 
also,  for  the  present,  be  open  every  Thursday 
evening,  from  73^  to  10  p.  M.  Members  are 
invited  to  avail  themselves  of  the  oppor- 
tunities, afforded  on  Thursday  evenings  both 
for  consultation  of  books  and  periodicals,  and' 
for  conversation . 


LIST      OF      MEMBERS. 


ADDITIONS. 
MEMBER. 


Bland,  John  C  . 


Date  ot  Eleclion. 
(Elected  Junior  May  5th,  1875),  Office 
of  Supervising  Architect,   Treasury 
Department,  Washington,  D.  C...       June  4th,  1S79. 


Cornell,  George  B  . 


JUNIOR. 

Ass't  Engineer  East  Side  Line  Met. 
Elev.  R.  R.,  141  Centre  St.,  New 
York August  6th,  1879.. 


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CHANGES   AND   CORRECTIONS. 
MEMBERS. 

Chittenden,  Samuel  H.  .U.  S.  Ass't  i-'ngineer,  Olio,  St.  Clair  Co.,  Alabama. 
IMarsland,  Edward New  York  ('.as  Light  Co.,   Cor.   Twenty-first  St.  and 

Avenue  A,  Xew  York. 

Nichols,  O.  F 202  Academy  St.,  Trenton,  X.  J. 

NicOLLS.  William  J Supervisor  Long  Island  Raikoad,  Jamaica,  Long  Island, 

N.  Y. 
Pearsons,  Galen  W Kansas  City,  Kansas. 


JUNIORS. 

Haines,  Caspar  W Supervisor  Sub-Division    i,   Pittsburg,    Fori  \Yayne   and 

Chicago  Railroad,  Eastern  Division,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

Horton,  Sanford Engineer  Department,  Atchison,  Topeka  and  Santa  F6 

Railroad,  Topeka,  Kansas. 


DECEASED. 

Stratton,  Franklin  A.  .Elected  Member  May  3d,  1S76.     Died  July  17th,  1879. 


l^ROCE  Eoi^as. 


Vol.  V,    September,    1879. 
MINUTES     OF    ISIEETINCtS. 

(Abstractor  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF   THE   SOCIETY. 

September  3d,  1879. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.m.  Charles  H.  Haswell 
hi  the  chah".  Ballots  were  canvassed,  and  the  following  declared  elected 
as  Members  :  Frederick  N.  Finney  of  Milwaukee,  Wis.  ;  John  Thomas 
Lansing  of  Albany,  N.Y.,  and  Henry  G.  Front  (elected  Associate  Novem- 
ber 6th,  1872,)  of  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

A  pajjer  by  "William  H.  Searles,  subject,  "The  Stability  of  Stone 
Structures,"  was  read  by  the  author.  Advance  copies  of  this  paper 
having  been  issued,  discussions  were  presented  through  the  Secretary 
from  O.  Chanute,  Theodore  Cooper,  D.  J.  Whittemore,  F.  Collingwood 
and  E.  Hering.  The  subject  Avas  also  discussed  by  Charles  E.  Emery, 
Charles  Macdonald  and  the  author. 

September  17th,  1879. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.  Thomas  C. 
Clarke  in  the  chair.  The  j)aper  by  Theodore  Cooper  on  the  "Use  of 
Steel  for  Bridges  "  was  read  by  the  Secretary  and  discussed  by  T.  C. 
Clarke,  A.  P.  Boiler,  C.  Macdonald,  O.  Chanute  and  D.  Torrey.  The 
discussion  of  the  paper  by  James  D.  Burr  on  the  "Construction  of  the 
Railroad  over  the  Raton  Mountains"  was  postponed  till  the  next 
meeting-. 


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THE    .\ORMAX    MEDAL 

The  following  rules  liave  been  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Direction, 
with  the  approval  of  the  donor  of  the  Medal  Fund,  George  H.  Norman, 
Member  and  Fellow  of  the  Society : 

CODE  OF  EULES 

FOR  THE 
AWAKD   OF   THE   NOEJIAN   MeDAL. 

I. — Competition  for  the  Xbrman  Medal  of  the  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers  shall  be  restricted  to  Members  of  the  Society. 

II. — There  shall  be  one  gold  medal,  and  only  one,  struck  for  each  and 
every  fiscal  year  of  the  Society,  and  awarded  as  hereinafter  larovided. 
The  dies  therefor  shall  be  with  the  Superintendent  of  the  United  States 
Mint  at  Philadelphia,  in  trnst  exclusively  for  the  above  purpose.  Such 
medal  shall  be  of  a  cost  equal  to  the  annual  interest  received  upon 
$1,000.00  of  the  Consolidated  Stock  of  the  City  of  New  York,  Certificate 
No.  179,  of  the  additional  new  Croton  Aqueduct  Stock  of  the  City  of 
New  York,  authorized  by  an  act  of  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New 
York,  Chap.  230,  passed  April  15th,  1870,  dated  November  17th,  1873, 
now  held  in  trust  by  the  Treasurer  of  this  Society,  and  so  held  solely  for 
this  purpose,  and  shall  be  executed  upon  his  order. 

III. — All  original  papers  jd resented  to  the  Society  by  members  of  any 
class,  during  the  year  for  which  the  medal  is  awarded,  shall  be  open  to 
the  awards,  provided  that  such  papers  shall  not  have  been  previously 
contributed  in  whole  or  in  part  to  any  other  association,  nor  have 
api^eared  in  print  prior  to  their  publication  by  the  Society,  nor  have 
been  j)resented  to  the  Society  in  any  previous  year. 

IV. — The  Board  of  Censors  to  aAvard  the  Medal  shall  consist  of  three 
members  of  the  Society,  to  be  designated  by  the  Board  of  Direction. 
The  Secretary  of  the  Society  shall  act  as  Secretary  to  the  Board  of 
Censors. 

V.  — The  medal  shall  be  awarded  to  such  paper  as  the  said  Board  shall 
judge  to  be  worthy  of  special  commendation  for  its  merits  as  a  contribu- 
tion to  Engineering  Science,  not  merely  relatively  as  compared  with 
others  presented  during  the  same  year,  but  as  exhibiting  the  science, 
talent,  or  industry  displayed  in  the  consideration  of  the  subject  treated 
of,  and  for  the  good  which  may  be  expected  to  result  from  the  discus- 
sion and  the  inquiry. 

VI. — In  case  no  paper  presented  during  the  year  shall  be  deemed  of 
sufficient  value  to  receive  an  award,  the  amount  of  the  interest  of  the 
fund  for  that  year  shall  be  expended  by  the  Board  of  Direction  in  the 
purchase  of  books,  to  be  ottered  as  a  premium  for  the  second  best  paper 
in  the  next  year  in  which  more  than  one  paper  of  sufficient  value  may 
be  jDresented. 


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VII.— The  medal  year  shall  terminate  on  the  first  day  of  August,  and 
the  award  shall  be  announced  at  the  Annual  Meeting  in  November. 

VIII. — The  Treasurer  of  this  Society  shall  cause  the  medal  to  be 
prepared  and  delivered  to,  or  deposited  to  the  order  of,  the  successful 
competitor,  within  two  months  after  the  Annual  Meeting  at  which  the 
same  shall  have  been  awarded. 


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Army.  Report  of  the  Russian  Army  and  its 
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Attache  to  the  American  Legation  at  St. 
Petersburg.  Accompanied  by  a  military 
atlas.  New  York.  Appletons.  (Announce- 
ment.) 

Art.  The  Industrial  Arts  in  Spain.  By  Juan 
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Saukey,  Lieut.  R.  E.  Spons.  London. 
(Announcement.) 

Cables.  Strength  of  Wrought-iron  and  Chain 
Cables.  Government  experiments  by  Com- 
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Svo.     New  York.     Wilen.    (Announcement.) 

Car-builder's  Dictionary,  by  a  committee  of 
Master  Car-builders'  Association.  Illus- 
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Chemistry,  Laboratory  teaching.  C.  Blox- 
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List  of  new    and    important  books  on 

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Dictionary  of  Engineering  :  Supplement  to 
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Diurnal  Observations  by  M.  Ogie  Tarbot- 
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System  and  our  Leading  Lines  :  A  Com- 
prehensive Analysis  of  Ilailway  Property, 
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Sewerage  Systeiu.  4to.  Discussion,  fcap. 
Brayley  and  Bradley  (Wrexham).  Spans. 
London.     Is. 

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ADDITIONS   TO 

LIBRARY     AND     MUSEU  M. 


From     Administration     des    Fonts    et 
Chausees,  Paris: 
Annales.  May.  June  and  July,  1879. 
List  of  Members  Pouts  et  Chausees. 

From  American  Academy  of  Arts  and 
Sciences,  Boston: 
Proceedings  from  May  1878  to  May  1879. 

From  American   Chemical  Society,   P. 
Cassamajor,  Secretary,  New  York: 
Proceedings   of  the   Society.   Vol.   1.   Nos.  4 
and  6. 

From   American    Institute    of    Mining 
Engineers,  Prof.  Thomas  M.  Drown, 
Secretary,  Easton,  Pa. : 
The  Tessie  Gas  Producer.     A.  L.  HoUey. 
On  some  curious  phenomena    in    making  a 
Test  of  Bessemer  Steel.     Wm.  Kent. 


Accidents  in  the  Comstock  Mines  and  their 
relation  to  deep  mining.     John  A.  Church. 

On  the  use  of  determining  Slag  densities  in 
Smelting.     Thomas  Macfarlane. 

The  .\ntimony  deposits  of  Arkansas.  Charles 
E.  Wait. 

Discussion  of  Charles  B.  Dudley's  paper  on 
Steel  Rails,  read  at  the  Lake  George  Meeting, 
October,  1877.  By  R.  W.  Hunt,  W.  R.  Jones, 
T.  Egleston,  A.  L.  Holley,  W.  Metcalf.  Wm. 
Kent,  D.  Torrey,  H.  M.  Howe,  C.  E.  Stafford, 
R.  W.  Raymond,  W.  E.  C.  Coxe.  A.  S. 
McCreath  and  Wra.  P.  Shinn. 

Note  on  the  Wear  of  Iron  Rails.    W.  E.C.  Coxe. 

On  an  apparatus  for  Testing  the  resistance  of 
metals  to  repeated  shocks.     Wm.  Kent. 

Pittsburgh — Its  resources  and  surroundings. 
Wm.  P.  Shinn. 


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Proceedings  of  the  Pittsburgh  Meeting,  May 

13,  1879. 
Regenerative  Stoves,  a  sketch  of  their  history 
and  notes  on  their  use.     John  M.  Hartman. 
Sketches  of  the  New  Mining  District  at   Sui- 

hvau,  :\Iaiue.     C.  W.  Kempton. 
The  working  of  the  three  Hearths  at  the  Cedar 
Point  Furnace,  Port  Henry,  N.  Y.    T.  F. 
Witherbee. 

From  George  D.  Ansley,  City  Surveyor, 
Montreal : 
Our  Health  and  our  Diseases  ;  condition  of 
Montreal  in  a  Sanitary  point  of  view.    F.  P. 
Mackelau,  Montreal. 

From  Argentine  Scientific  Society.  Don 
Felix    Amorette,    Secretary,  Buenos 
Ayres  : 
Aunales,  June  and  July,  1879. 

From  Board  of  Water  Commissioners, 
Toronto.  Canada: 
Annual  Reports  of  the  Board  for  1875,  1876, 
1877  and  1878. 

From  Boston  Public  Library,  Boston: 
Twen*y-seveuth    Annual  Eeport    of    Boston 
Public  Library. 

From  Hon.  Allan  Campbell,  New  York: 
Eeport  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works, 
quarter  ending  March  31,  1879. 

From  E,  S.  Chesbrough,  Chicago: 
Third  Annual   Report  Department  of  Public 
Works  of  Chicago. 

From    Civil    Engineers'    Club   of    the 
Northwest.    L.  P.  Morehouse,  Secre- 
tary, Chicago: 
Proceedings  of  the  Club. 
Metric  System. 

Memorial  of  William  H.  Clarke. 
Superstructure  of  the  Glasgow  Bridge. 
Proposed  Constitution  and  By-Laws  by  Com- 
mittee on  Reorganization. 

From  Prof.  John  Collet,    Indianapolis, 

Ind.: 

Eighth.  Ninth  and  Tenth  Annual  Report  of 

the  Geological    Survey  of    Indiana,    made 

during   the  years  1876-77-78.      E.  T.  Cox, 

Indianapolis,  1879, 

From  Joseph  P.  Davis,  City  Engineer, 
Boston : 
Third   Annual  Report  of  the   Boston  Water 
Works. 

From   Ma.j.   Geor^je  W.  Dresser,   Secre- 
tary of  Society  of  Gas  Lighting,  New 
Yoili: 
Transactions  of  the  Society  for  1877. 

From   Essayons  C  ub,   Corps  of  Engi- 
neers. U.  S.  A  ,  W.  M.  Black,  Secretary. 
Willetts  Point,  N.  Y. : 
Papers  read  before  the  Club  during  the  win- 
ter 1878-79.  as  follows  :  XLV,  Useful  Tables 
lor  finding   Specific    Gravity.      Lieut. -Col- 
Heger.     XLVI — Notes  on   the  use  of  Loga. 
rithms.     H.  S.  Palfrey.     XLVII— Testing  of 
medium    and    high    tensioii   fuses.      Gen. 
Abbot. 

From  Desmond  Fitzgerald,  Brookline, 
Mass. : 
Third   Anntial  Eeport  of  the  Boston  Water 
Works. 

From  Charles  E.  Fowler,  City  Surveyor, 
Harlford,  Conn.: 
Annual  Reports  of  the  Street  Department  of 
the  Citv  of  New  Haven,  for  1876,  1877,  and 
1878, 


From  the  Imperial  College  of  Engineer- 
ing, Henry  Dyer,   Principal,    Tokio, 
Japan: 
Reports  of  the  Principal  and  Professors  from 
1873  to  1877. 

From  the  Imperial  and  Royal  Legation 
of  Austria: 
Beitrjige  zur  Beleuchtung  der  allegemein  Ver- 
hjiltnisse  der  Oesterreichischen  Eisenbah- 
nen. 

From    the  Imperial  Technic   Society, 
Prof.  Paul  Panayeff,  Director,  Mos- 
cow, Russia: 
Notes  of  the  Society.    Part  6  (Russian). 

From  the  Institution  of  Civil  Engineers, 
James  Forrest,  Secretary,  London : 
Minutes  of  Proceeding.     Vol.  LVII. 
List  of  Members  of  the  Institution,  July  2, 

1879. 
Abstracts  of  papers  in  foreign  Transactions 
and  Periodicals.     Vol.  LVII.     Session  1878- 
79.     Part  3. 
Excerpt  from  Minutes  of  Proceedings.  Edited 
by  James  Forrest,  as  follows  : 
Dioptric   Apparatus   in   Lighthouses    for 

the  Electric  Light.     James  T.  Cliance. 
The  Electric  Light  applied  to  Lighthouse 

11  uminatiou.     James  N.  Douglas. 
Descrii)tion  of  Several  Bridges  erected  in 

Switzerland.     Jules  Gaudard. 
Description   of    Machinery  for  the   pro-  . 
duction  aud  transmission  in  the  larger 
Factories  of  East  Lancashire  and  West 
Yorkshire.     George  W.  Sutcliffe. 
Strength  and  elasticity  of  Materials.  Wm. 

J.  Millar. 
Dock  Gates.     Adam  F.  Blandy. 
The  Improvement  of  the  Bar  of  Dublin 
Harbor  by   Artificial  Scour.     John   P. 
Griffiths. 
A  Search  for  the  Optimum   System    of 

Wheel  Teeth.     Edward  Sang. 
Street    Carriageway  Pavements.     George 

F.  Deacon. 
Wood  as  a  Paving  Material  under  Heavy 

Traffic.     Osbert  H.  Ilowartli 
Discussion  on  the  two  foregoing  subjects. 
Experiments  on  the  Filtration  of  Water. 
George  Higgins. 

From  the  Iron  and  Steel  Institute,  J.  S. 
Jeans,  Secretary,  London: 
Journal  of  the  Institute,     No.  1.     1879. 

From  Henry  F.  Kane,  C.  E.,  New  York: 
Address  to  the  Members  of  the  New  York  Ex- 
change, by  Henry  F.  Kane,  On  the  Prac- 
ticability of  permanently  maintaining  sev- 
eral feet  increased  depth  over  the  Sandy 
H'lok  Bar,  and  otherwise  improving  the 
Channel, 

From  Charles  Latimer,  Cleveland,  O.: 
The  French  Metric  System,  or  the  Battle  of 
the  Standards.     (Several  copies.) 

From  Hon.  R.  C.McCormick,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C. : 
Our  Success  at  Paris  in  1878.     E.  C   McCor- 
mick.     New  York,  1879. 

From  W.  H.  McFadden.  Philadelphia: 
Annual  Report  of  the  Chief  Engmeer  of  the 
Water  Department  of  the  City  of  Philadel- 
phia for  1878. 

From  Midland  Institute  of  Mining, 
Civil  and  Mechanical  Engineers, 
Joseph  Mitchell,  Secretary,  Barnsley, 
England  : 


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Transactions.  November,  1878.  February, 
March,  May  and  July,  1879.  Vol.  VI,  Part 
XLVI. 

From  New  York  Meteorological  Obser- 
vatory, Daniel  Draper,  Director,  New 
York: 
Abstracts  of  Registers    from  Self-Recording 
Instruments.     Juue  and  July,  1879. 

From  North  of  England  Institute  Min- 
ing and  Mechanical  Engineers,  Theo. 
Wood  Bunning,  Secretary,  Newcastle- 
on-Tyne,  England  : 
Transactions.     April,  May  and  June,  1879. 

From  the  Publishers  Revue   Generate 
fies  C'hemins  de  fer,  Edgar  Monjean, 
Secretary.     Paris  : 
Revue  Generale  des  Chemins  de  fer.  Mav  and 
June,  1879. 

From    Philadelphia  and  Reading   Coal 
and  Iron  Co.     Philadelphia  : 
Diagram  and  Tables  showing  the  Annual  Pro- 
duction of  Anthracite  Coal  in  Pennsylvania 
since  1820,  and  the  amount  produced  from 
each  region. 

From  Royal  United  Service  Institution, 

Capt.  B.  Burgess,  Secretary,  London  : 

Appendix  to  Vol.  XXII  of  the  Journal  of  the 

Institution. 
Vol.  XXIII,  Journal  of   the  Institution,     No. 
C.     Extra  number. 

From  Society  des  Ingenieurs  Civils,  M. 
Mallet,  Secretary,  Paris  : 
Memoires  de  la  Society.     November  and  De- 
cember, 1878.     January,   February,  March 
and  April,  187'J. 

From  R.  H.  Thurston,  Hoboken,  N.  J.  : 
Friction  and  Lubrication.    Prof.  R.  H.  Thurs- 
ton.    New  York,  1879. 
Mechanical   and  Physical   Properties  of   the 
Copper-Tin  Alloys.     Prof.  R.  H.  Thurston. 
Washington,  1879. 

From  United  States  Light  House  Board, 
Washington,  D.  C: 
List  of  Beacons,  Buoys.  Monuments  and  other 
Day  Marks  in  the  First  Light  House  Dis- 
trict, corrected  to  July  1,  1879. 


From  Jerome  B.  Ward,  Newark,  N.J.  : 

Report  on  Additional  Water  Supply  for  the 
City  of  Newark,  N.  J.  By  J.  James  K.  Croes- 
and  George  W.  Howell.  March  6th,  1879. 
(Several  copies.) 

From  Hon.  A.  A.  Wagstaff,  New  York  : 

Annual  Report  of  the  Superintendent  of  Pub- 
lic Works,  State  of  New  York,  for  1878.  B. 
S.  W.  Clark. 

Annual  Financial  Report  of  the  Auditor  of 
the  Canal  Department  of  the  State  of  New 
York  for  1878.     G.  W.  Schuyler. 

Second  Annual  Report  of  the  Superintendent 
of  State  Prisons  of  the  State  of  New  York. 
Louis  D.  Pilsbury. 

Report  of  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of 
Pilots,  December  31st,  1878. 

Communication  from  the  Superintendent  of 
State  Prisons  relative  to  the  Contract  Sys- 
tem in  the  State  Prisons.     L.  D.  Pilsbury. 

Communication  from  the  Acting  Chief  of  En- 
gineers, U.  S.  A.,  relative  to  the  Pier  and 
Bulkhead  Lines  of  New  Y'ork  Harbor.  Gen. 
H.  G.  Wright. 

A  Proposed  New  City  Park  for  the  extreme 
Eastern  portion  of  New  York.  Wm.  J. 
Fryer,  Jr. 

The  Necessity  to  Commerce  of  Cheap  Water 
Comniunication  between  the  West  and  East. 
An  Address  to  the  Farmers  of  Ohio.  Indiana 
and  Illinois. 

From  Gen.  H.  G   Wright,  Chief  of  En- 
gineers, U.  S.  A..   Washington,  D.  C: 

Reports  upon  the  Specimens  obtained  from 
Borings  made  in  1874  between  the  Missis- 
sippi River  and  Lake  Borgne,  at  the  site 
proposed  for  an  outlet  for  flood  water. 
Prof.  Eugene  W.  Hilgard  and  Dr.  F.  V. 
Hopkins. 

On  the  Use  of  the  Barometer  on  Surveys  and 
Reconnaissances.  Lieut.  Col.  R.  S.  Wil- 
liamson. 

Eleventh  Report  iipon   the  Improvement  of 

the  South  Pass  of  the    Mississippi   River. 

Capt.  M.  R.  Brown.  (Copies  for  distribution.) 

From  A.  F.  Wrotnowski,   New  Orleans  : 

Topographical  and  Drainage  Map  of  New  Or- 
leans and  Surroundings. 


ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


At  the  meeting  of  the  Society  of  October  1st, 
the  paper  by  James  D.  Burr,  member  of  the 
Society,  subject,  "The  Construction  of  the 
Railroad  over  the  Raton  Mountains,"  will  be 
read  and  discussed. 

At  the  meeting  ol  October  1st,  the  paper 
No.  CLXXX  (Transactions  May  1879),  on  the 
Construction  and  Maintenance  of  Roads,  by 
Edward  P.  North,  member  of  the  Society,  and 
the  discussions  presented  on  the  same  at  the 
Convention  at  Cleveland  will  also  be  con- 
sidered and  further  discussed.  Advance 
copies  of  these  discussions  will  be  furnished 
to  persons  desiring  to  discuss  the  subject. 

At  the  meeting  of  October  15ih,  the , paper 
by  Max  E.  Schmidt,  subject,  "The  South 
Pass  Jetties,"  published  in  the  current  num- 
ber of  the  Transactions,  will  be  discussed. 


Discussion  on  each  of  these  subjects  is 
especially  invited.  The  Secretary  will  for- 
ward the  advance  coijies  to  those  whi'  inform 
him  of  their  desire  to  discuss.  The  dis- 
cussions may  be  laresented  verbally  or  sent 
to  the  Secretary,  who  will  read  them  lor  the 
authors. 

The  Twenty-seventh  annual  meeting  of  the 
Society  will  be  held  at  its  rooms  in  Now  York, 
on  November  5th,  1879,  at  10  .\.m. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted  at  the 
Ninth  Annual  Convention  of  the  Society,  and 
ordered  printed  regularly  in  the  Society  pub- 
lications: 

Whereas,  the  metric  system  of  weights  and 
measures  is  now  extensively  used  abroad, 
and  whereas  it  is  desirable  that  the    relation 


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of  the  imits  of  differing  systems  be  made 
familur  to  all  by  comparison: 

Resolved,  That  members  be  requested,  in 
papers  hereafter  presented  to  the  Society,  to 
write,  in  parenthesis,  weights  or  dimensions 
by  the  metric  system,  in  connection  with 
those  of  the  system  in  general  use. 

The  House  of  the  Society  is  at  104  East 
Twentieth  street,  one  door  from  Fourth 
aveniie,  and  near  the    southwest  corner  of 


Gramercy  Park.  It  is  open  from  nine  o'clock 
A.M.  to  five  o'clock  P.M.  each  business  day, 
except  Saturday,  when  it  is  closed  at  three 
o'clock  p.  M. 

The  Library  and  Conversation  Rooms  will 
also,  for  the  present,  be  open  every  Thursday 
evening,  from  7)a  to  10  p.  M.  Members  are 
invited  to  avail  themselves  of  the  oppor- 
tunities, afforded  on  Thursday  evenings  both 
for  consultation  of  books  and  periodicals,  and 
for  conversation. 


LIST      OF      MEMBERS, 


ADDITIONS. 

MEMBERS. 

Diite  ot  Klection. 

Cunningham,  James  H.  .  .  Engineer  and  Proprietor,  Milwaukee 
Bridge  and  Iron  Works,  Milwaukee, 
Wis August  6,  1879. 

Finney,  Frederick  N.... General    Manager,    Wisconsin    Central 

Railroad,  Milwaukee,  Wis   Sept.      3,      " 

Prout,  Henry  G (Elected   Associate,  Nov.  6,    1872),    12 

Barclay  street,  New  York "         "     " 

TiTLOW,  John  M Ass't  Engineer,  Department  of  Surveys, 

E.  Entrance,   City  Hall,  Philadelphia, 

Pa August  6,     " 


changes   and   CORRECTIONS. 

MEMBERS. 

Allen,  C.  Frank Engineers'  office.  New  Mexico  &  Southern  Pacific  Rail- 
road, Las  Vegas,  New  Mexico. 

MoRSS,  Foster Engineer  Shenandoah  Valley  Railroad,  Berry ville,  Va„ 

Whitney,  Joseph  ....... .Cambridgeport,  Mass. 

junior. 
Lucas,  D.  Jones Box  405,  Lewiston,  Maine. 


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RESIGNATION. 

Steele,  J.  Button September  5th,   1S79. 


CoLBURN,  Warren, 


DEATH. 

.Elected  Member,  March  i8th,   1868.     Died  September 
i6th,    1879. 


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I^ROOEEDINOS. 


Vol.  V,    October,    1879. 
MINUTES     OF     MEETINaS, 

(Abstractof  such  as  may  be  of  seueral  interest  to  members.) 


OF   THE   SOCIETY. 

OcTOBEK  1st,  1879. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  William  H.  Paine  in 
the  chair.  Ballots  were  canvassed,  and  Thomas  M.  Cleemau,  of  Pliila- 
deliahia,  Pa.,  and  Irvin  John,  of  New  York,  were  declared  elected  mem- 
bers. The  vote  was  canvassed  on  resolutions  submitted  to  letter  ballot, 
with  the  following  result  : 

On  the 'resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  a  standing  committee  of  seven,  representing  different  sections  of  the 
country,  be  appointed  from  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  who  shall  examine  into 
the  entire  subject  of  the  preservation  of  timber,  and  report  to  the  Society  from  time  to  time, 
and  who  shall  collect  such  samples  and  data  as  they  may  be  able,  to  aid  in  determining  the 
relative  values  of  the  different  woods,  both  preserved  and  unpreserved,  in  ordinary  use  in 
various  parts  of  the  country. 

There  were  149  yeas  and  7  noes. 

This  resolution  was  thereupon  declared  adopted. 

On  the  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  a  committee  of  seven  members  of  the  Society  be  appointed  by  the  Board 
of  Direction  to  devise  and  report  a  uniform  system  for  tests  of  cement. 

There  were  147  yeas  and  9  noes. 

This  resolution  was  thereupon  declared  adopted. 

The  death,  on  September  16th,  1879,  of  Warren  Colburn,  member  of 
the  Society,  was  announced,  and  the  Chairman  was  authorized  to  ap- 
point a  committee  to  prepare  a  memoir  of  the  deceased. 


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The  following  ameudmeiits  to  the  Constitution  were  submitted  : 
Amendment  to  Article  XXII.,  proposed  by  William  E.  Worthen,  L. 
B.  Ward,  Charles  Macdonald,  J.  J.  E.  Croes,  and  Stevenson  Towle  : 

At  the  end  of  Article  XXII.  insprt :  "  On  and  after  the  ttfth  day  of  November,  1879,  Past 
Presidents  of  the  Society  shall  be  Life  Members,  entitled  to  all  the  privileges  of  members 
without  the  payment  of  Annual  Dues. 

Amendment  to  Article  XXXIII.,  proposed  by  William  P.  Shinn, 
William  Metcalf,  Reuben  Miller,  C.  Vandervoort  Smith,  and  William  H. 
Paine  : 

To  amend  Article  XXXIII.  so  that  the  amended  article  shall  read  as 
follows  : 

Article  XXXIII.— Proposed  amendments  to  this  Constitution  must  be  submitted  in 
writing,  signed  by  not  less  than  Bve  members,  on  or  before  the  first  Wednesday  in  October, 
and  then  sent  by  letter  to  the  several  members  of  the  Society,  at  least  twenty-five  days 
previous  to  the  Annual  Meeting.  Such  amendments  shall  be  in  order  for  discussion  and 
amendment  at  such  Annual  Meeting,  and  ivith  such  amendments  thereto  as  may  have,  been  appmved 
by  a  majority  vote  of  the  Annual  Meeting,  shall  be  voted  upon  by  letter  ballot,  the  vote  to  be 
counted  at  the  first  regular  meeting  in  February.  An  affirmative  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all 
ballots  cast  shall  be  necessary  to  secure  the  adoption  of  any  amendment. 

The  words  in  italics  constitute  the  proposed  amendment  ;  otherwise 
the  article  is  unaltered. 

These  amendments  will  be  in  order  for  discussion  at  the  Annual 
Meeting,  and  afterwards  wall  be  voted  upon  by  letter  ballot. 

The  discussion  on  the  paper  by  Edward  P.  North  on  "Construction 
and  Maintenance  of  Roads"  was  resumed  and  participated  in  by  E.  B. 
Van  Winkle,  J.  J.  R.  Croes,  E.  R.  Andrews,  E.  Yardley,  J.  C.  Post,  and 
E.  P.  North. 

A  paper  by  James  D.  Burr,  subject  "  The  Construction  of  the  Atchi- 
son, Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  Railroad  over  the  Raton  Mountains,  and  the 
performance  of  Locomotives  on  its  steep  grades,"  was  read  by  the  Secre- 
tary and  discussed  by  J.  Foster  Flagg  (by  letter),  E.  Yardley,  C.  E. 
Emery,  aud  E.  P.  North. 


OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION. 

August  -Ith,  1879.— Applications  for  membership  were  considered. 

September  2d,  1879.— Applications  for  memliership  were  considered. 
The  Board  of  Censors  to  award  the  Norman  TMedal  for  the  present  year 
were  appointed  as  follows  :  E.  S.  Chesbrough,  Charles  Paine,  and  C. 
Shaler  Smith.  Resolutions  for  appointment  of  standing  committees 
were  considered  and  ordered  to  be  submitted  to  vote  by  letter  ballot. 
Financial  matters  and  arrears  due  from  members  were  considered,  and 
appropriations  were  made. 

October  1st,  1879.— Applications  for  membership  were  considered. 
The  distribution  and  exchange  of  publications  were  acted  upon.     The 


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pnblioation  of  a  Society  pnper  in  a  journal,  without  giving  credit  to  the 
Society,  was  brought  up,  and  action  taken,  Preparation  was  made  for 
the  Annual  Eeport  of  the  Board.  The  report  of  the  Nominating  Com- 
mittee was  received,  and  it  was  ordered  that  a  ballot  should  be  prepared 
and  issued  in  accordance  Avith  the  By-Laws.     Appropriations  were  made. 


THE    NORMAN    MEDAL. 

The  following  rules  have  been  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Direction, 
with  the  approval  of  the  donor  of  the  Medal  Fund,  George  H.  Noi-man, 
Member  and  Fellow  of  the  Society : 

CODE  OF  RULES 

FOR  THE 

Award  of  the  Norman  Medal. 

I. — Comiaetition  for  the  Norman  Medal  of  the  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers  shall  be  restricted  to  Members  of  the  Society. 

II. — There  shall  be  one  gold  medal,  and  only  one,  struck  for  each  and 
every  fiscal  year  of  the  Society,  and  awarded  as  hereinafter  provided. 
The  dies  therefor  shall  be  with  the  Sui:)erintendent  of  the  United  States 
Mint  at  Philadeli)hia,  in  trust  exclusively  for  the  above  purijose.  Such 
medal  shall  be  of  a  cost  equal  to  the  annual  interest  received  upon 
.$1,000  00  of  the  Consolidated  Stock  of  the  City  of  New  York,  Certificate 
No.  179,  of  tlie  additional  new  Croton  Aqueduct  Stock  of  the  City  of 
New  York,  authorized  by  an  act  of  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New 
York,  Chap.  230,  passed  April  15th,  1870,  dated  November  17th,  1873, 
now  held  in  trust  by  the  Treasurer  of  this  Society,  and  so  held  solely  for 
this  purpose,  and  shall  be  executed  upon  his  order. 

III. — All  original  papers  presented  to  the  Society  by  members  of  any 
class,  during  the  year  for  which  the  medal  is  awarded,  shall  be  open  to 
the  awards,  provided  that  such  papers  shall  not  have  been  previously 
contributed  in  whole  or  in  part  to  any  other  association,  nor  have 
ajjpeared  in  print  prior  to  their  publication  by  the  Society,  nor  have 
been  presented  to  the  Society  in  any  previous  year. 

IV. — The  Board  of  Censors  to  award  the  Medal  shall  consist  of  three 
members  of  the  Society,  to  be  designated  by  the  Board  of  Direction. 
The  Secretary  of  the  Society  shall  act  as  Secretary  to  the  Board  of 
Censors. 

V. — The  medal  shall  be  awarded  to  such  paper  as  the  said  Board  shall 
judge  to  be  worthy  of  special  commendation  for  its  merits  as  a  contribu- 
tion to  Engineering  Science,  not  merely  relatively  as  compared  with 
others  presented  during  the  same  year,  but  as  exhibiting  the  science, 
talent,  or  industry  displayed  in  the  consideration  of  the  subject  treated 


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of,  and  for  the  good  which  may  be  expected  to  result  from  the  discus- 
sion and  the  inquiry. 

VI,— In  case  no  paper  presented  during  the  year  shall  be  deemed  of 
sufficient  value  to  receive  an  award,  the  amount  of  the  interest  of  the 
fund  for  that  year  shall  be  expended  by  the  Board  of  Direction  in  the 
purchase  of  books,  to  be  offered  as  a  premium  for  the  second  best  paper 
in  the  next  year  in  which  more  than  one  paper  of  sufficient  value  may 
be  presented. 

VII.  —The  medal  year  shall  terminate  on  the  first  day  of  August,  and 
the  award  shall  be  announced  at  the  Annual  Meeting  in  November. 

VIII.— The  Treasurer  of  this  Society  shall  cause  the  medal  to  be 
prepared  and  delivered  to,  or  deposited  to  the  order  of,  the  successful 
competitor,  within  two  months  after  the  Annual  Meeting  at  which  the 
same  shall  have  been  awarded. 


ADDITIONS  TO 


LIBRARY     AND     MUSEUM. 


From    Administration    des    Fonts   et 
Cbausees,  Paris  : 
Annales.     August,  1879. 

From   American   Chemical   Society,  P. 
Cassamajor,  Secretary.  New  York  : 
Journal  of  the  Society.    Vol.  1.     No.  7. 

From  Argentine  Scientific  Society,  Don 
Felix     Amoretti,    Secretary,   Buenos 
Ay  res: 
Anales.    August.  1879. 

From  Hon.  Allan  Campbell,  New  York: 

Report  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works  of 

the  City  of  New  York,  for  the  quarter  ending 

June  30,   1879,   with   special   report  on  the 

subject  of  Water  Supply. 

From  O.  Chanute,  New  York  : 
Blue  and  white  Tracings  of  Sample  Test  Bars. 
Kecords  of  Tests,   Iron  and  Steel,  N.  Y.  L. 
E.  and  W.  R.  R.     (Several  copies.) 

From  Theodore  Cooper,  New  York: 

Repurt  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Interoceanic 

Canal  Congress,   held  at   Paris,  May,  1879, 

and   instructions  given  to   Uaniel   Ammen 

and  Civil  Engineer  A.  G.  Menocal,  U.S.  N. 

From    Department    of     the    Interior, 
Washington,  D.  C: 
Report  of  the  Commissioner  of  Education  for 
the  year  1877.     (Two  copies.) 

From  Charles  E.  Fowler,  New  Haven, 
Conn. ; 
City  Year  Book  of  New  Haven,  containing 
List  of  officers,  messages  of  the  Mayor, 
Reports  of  Departments,  Public  Documents 
and  Miscellaneous  papers  from  1876  to 
1878. 

From  George  H.  Frost,  New  York: 
A  comprehensive  Treatise  on  the  Water  Sup- 
ply of  Cities  and  Towns.     William   Hum- 
ber. 


From  E.  T.  Hall,  New  York: 
Bulletin   of  the   American  Geograijhical  So- 
ciety.    No.  -t.     1878. 

From   Julius   E.   Hilgard,  Assistant  in 
charge  United   States  Coast  Survey, 
Washington,  D.  C: 
Report  on  Interoceanic  Canals  and  Railroads 
between  the   Atlantic   and   Pacific  Oceans. 
Charles  H.  Davis. 
Methods  and  results— secular  change  of  Mag- 
netic Declination  in  the  United   States  and 
at  some  foreign  stations.     Third  edition. 
From  the  Institute  for  the  advancement 
of  Technical  Education,  London, 
Programme  of   Technological    Examinations 
for  1880. 

From  the  Institution  of  Civil  Engineers, 
James  Forrest,  Secretary,  London  : 
Charter,  By-Laws  and  Regulations,  and  List 
of  Members.  Institution  of  Civil  Engineers, 
August  2d,  1879. 
Minutes  of  Proceedings.     Vol.  LVIII. 
Abstracts  of  Papers  in  foreign   Transactions 

and  Periodicals.     Vol.  LVIII. 
Session  1878-79.     Part  i. 

Ex'jerpt  from  Minutes  of  Proceedings.  Edited 

by  James  Forrest,  as  follows : 

Description  of  a  New  Balance  Bridge  over 

the  Royal  Canal  at  Dublin.     Biudon  B. 

Stoney. 

On    Keeping    Irrigation  Canals    clear  ot 

Silt.     R.  B.  Buckley. 
On  the  Street  and  Footwalk  Pavements  of 
Montreal,  Canada,  from  the  year  1842  to 
1878.     Percival  W.  St.  George. 
The  Travelirg  of  Sea  Beaches.     George 
U.  Kinahan. 

From   the    Institution   of    Mechanical 
Engineers,  W.  R.  Browne,  Secretary, 
London  : 
Proceedings  of  the  Institute.    June,  1879. 


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From  M.  Fero  tie  Lesseps,  Paris,  France : 

Prcceetliugs  of  the  International  Congress  on 

tbe  Inter-oceanic  Canal,  held  at  Paris,  May 

15th  to  May  29th,  1879  (Fren.h). 

The  reality  of  a  Ship  Canal  acro.ss  the  Isthmus 

of  Panama.  Lucien  de  Puydt  (French). 
International  Company  of  the  Columbian 
Ship  Canal,  founded  in  Paris,  March  9th, 
1864.  Organized  for  the  purpose  of  cutting 
a  Ship  C.inal  on  a  level  without  Locks  or 
Tunnels,  across  the  Isthmus  of  Darien. 

From  G.  A.  M.  Liljencrautz,  Chicago: 
America's  Climate.  Graphical  illustrations 
of  the  Daily  Variationsof  Temperature  for 
one  year,  from  July  1,  1878,  to  June  30, 
1879.  Sheets  1  and  2.  G.  A.  M.  Lilieucrantz, 
C.  E. 

From  E.  P.  Lull,  Commander  U.  S.  N., 
Washington,  D.  C: 
Reports  of  Explorations  and  Surveys  for  the 
.location  of  a  Ship  Canal  between  the  At- 
lantic and   Pacific  Oceans,   through   Nica- 
ragua.    1S72-73. 

From   the  National    Board   of  Health 
Washington,  I).  C: 
Schedules  of  Questions  for  a  Sanitary  Survey 
of  a  City  or  Town. 

From  Simon  Newcomb,  Supt.  American 
Ephemeris    and    Nautical    Almanac, 
Washington,  D.  C. : 
Astronoiiiical  Papers,  prepared  for  the  use  of 
the  American  Ephemeris  and  Nautical  Al- 
manac.   Vol.  I.,  Part  I.     Tables  of  Eclipses. 

From  New  York  Meteorological  Observa- 
tory, Department  Public  Parks,  Daniel 
Draper,  Direttor,  New  York  : 
Abstracts   of   Registers  from   Self-Recording 
Instruments.     August,  1879. 

From  Charles  Paine,  Cleveland,  Ohio  : 
Proceedings  of  Civil  Engineers  of  the  North- 
west.    August  5th,  1879. 
Letter  objecting  to  the  proposed  Constitution 
of  Civil  Engineers'  Club  of  the  Northwest. 
From  Ernest  Pontzeu,  Paris,  France  : 
Le  Verre  Trempe. 

From  the  Royal  Technical  High  school, 
Hanover.  Germany  : 
Prdspectus  for  1879-80  (German). 

From  W.  H.  Schock,   Engineer-in-Chief 
U.  S.  N.  Bureau  of  Steam  Engineer- 
ing, Washington,  D.  C: 
Annual  Report  of  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of 

Steam  Engineering 
Report  on  tha  Herreshoff  Boiler,  submitted  to 

the  Navy  Department  January  12th,  1878. 
Report  of   the  Board   to  recommend  a  Stan- 
dard  Gauge   for   Bolts,    Nuts,    and    Screw 

Threads  for  the  United  States  Navy.     May, 

1878. 
Speed  Co-eiiicients  of  Screws  of  Vessels  in  the 

United  States  Navy. 
Power  Co-efficients  of  Engines  of  Vessels  in 

the  United  States  Navy. 
Report  on  the  two  kinds  of  Coal  submitted  by 

the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Railroad  Co. 
Iron  Manufacturers  in  Great  Britain.     Prof. 

R.  H.  Thur-ston. 
Report  on  the  Ashcroft  Furnace  Doors  and 

Grate  Bars. 
Report  on  the  Murphy  Grate  Bar. 
Report  on  D.  C.  Green's  System  of  Ventilation. 
Report  on    Safety  Valve   Tests   made   at  the 

United   States   Navy   Yard,  Washington,  D. 

C,  September,  li^75. 


From  Societe  des  Ingenieurs  Civils,  M. 
Mallet,  Secretary,  Paris,  !•' ranee  : 
Memoires  de  la  Societe.    May  and  June,  1879. 
From  United  States  Light  House  Board, 
Washington,  D.  C. : 
List   of  Towers.  Beacons.   Buoys,  Stakes  and 
other    Day   Marks    in    the    Seventh    Light 
House  District.     Corrected  to  July  1,  1879. 
(Two  copies  ) 

From  E  B.  Van  Winkle.  Topographical 
Engineer,  Department  Public  Parks, 
New  York  : 
Conditions    of     proposals     for    Constructing 
Sewer  and  Appurtenances  in  1.34th  Street, 
from   410  feet    East  of    Willis    Avenue    to 
BrnoK    Avenue,    with    Branch    in    Brown 
Place. 
Conditions    of    proposals    for    Consti'ucting 
Sewer   and  Appurtenances  in   1 41st  Street, 
from  Alexander  Avenue  to  Brook  Avenue, 
with  Branches  in   Alexander  Avenue  and 
Willis  Avenue. 
Form  of  agreement  in  Triplicate  for  the  Con- 
struction of  Drains  on  and  for  the    Lauds 
bounded  by   George   Street   on  the  north. 
Union  Avenue  and  White's  Lane  ou  the  east, 
Delmonico  and  Concord   .\venue8  on    the 
west,  and  thence  southerly  to  Long  Island 
Sound,  in  the  23d  Ward  of  the  City  of  New 
York. 

From    George  E.    Waring,    Jr.,    New- 
port, E.  I. 
Excremental    Diseases:  Their  causation   and 
their    prevention     by     Hygienic     means. 
George  E.  Waring,  Jr. 

From  A.  R.  Whitney,  New  York: 
Two  framed  Photographs  of  the  Third  Avenne 
Elevated  Railroad. 

From  tbe  World's  Fair  Committee  for 
1883,  W.  H.  C.  Price,  Secretary,  New 
York : 
The  World's  FairComraittee  for  the  proposed 
World's  Fair  in  the  City  of  New  York  for 
1883. 
Address  of  the  Committee  to  the  people  of 
the  United  States. 

From  Geu.  H.  G.  Wright,  Chief  of  En- 
gineers, U.  S.  A.,  Washington,  D.  C: 
Official  Army  Register  for  1879. 

From  othei  sources; 
The  American  Catalogue,  Vol.  1,  Authors  and 

Titles:  Part 4.     Robbie— Z. 
On  the  Molecular  Changes  produced  in  Iron 
by  variations  of  temijerature.     Prof.  R.  H. 
Thurston. 
New  York  Ore  Separator  Company. 
The  Manufacture  of  Steel.     M.  L.  Gruner. 
Railway  Gauges',   from  the  London  Times  of 

January  17th,  1873. 
Proceedings   of  the   National   Narrow  Gauge 
Railway  Convention,  held  at  St.  Louis,  Mo., 
June  19th,  1872. 
A  letter  to  the  Ht.  Hon.  H.  C.  E.  Childers,  M. 

P.,  on  Railway  Gauges.     W.  W.  Evans. 
A  letter  on  the  Railway  Gauge  question,  by  B. 
H.  Latrobe,    with    extracts    from    English 
Eegineers'  rf^ports  to  the  British  Govern- 
ment on  Railway  Gauges,  published   by  W 
W.  Evans. 
The  Street  Railroads  of  the  City  of  New  York. 
Railway   Rolling  Stock  and  discussion  by  W. 

R.  Browne  and  W.  A.  Adams. 
Time    Tables,  London.  Chatham   and   Dover 

Railway,  August,  1878. 
Time  Tables  of  London    and    Northwestern 
and  other  railways  in  connection,  January, 
1879, 


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LIST      OP      MEMBERS, 


ADDITIONS, 
MEMBERS. 


Date  of  Election. 

Ci.EEMANN,  Thomas  M 340  South  Twenty-first  street,  Phil- 
adelphia, Pa October  1st,  1879. 

Lehnartz,  Frederick  W.  .  .United  States  Engineer's  Office,  Cas- 
cade Locks,  Owasco  Co.,  Oregon .  August  6,  1879. 


changes  and  corrections. 


MEMBERS. 

BiLLiN,  Charles  E Pencoyd  L-on  Works,  265  South  Fourth  street,  Phila- 
delphia, T'a. 

Falconnet,  E.  F Chief  Engineer,  Ovvensboro  and   Nashville  Railroad, 

Nashville,  Tenn. 

FUNIAK,  Fred.  DE General  Manager  Louisville  and  Nashville  Rail- 
road, Louisville,  Ky. 

James,  John  C    Chief  Engineer  Northwestern  Grand  Trunk  Railroad, 

Battle  Creek,  Mich. 

Nichols,  O.  F 25  Wall  street,  Trenton,  N.  J. 

Pontzen,  Ernest 4  Rue  de  Castellane,  Paris,  France. 

Stauffer,  D.  Mc.  N 129  South  Thirteenth  street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Stephens,  Clinton  F Resident  Engineer,   Texas  and  St.   Louis   Railroad, 

Texarkana,  Ark. 

Vardlev,  Edmund 104  East  20th  Street,  New  York. 

associate. 
Harris,  Charles  M 83  Cedar  street.  New  York. 

junior. 
Francis,  Henry  N City  Hall,  Providence,  R.  I. 

deaths. 
Vinton,  Francis  L Elected  Member  August  5th,   1868.      Died  October 

6th,  1879. 
Tasker,  Charles  A Elected  Junior,  November  4th,  1S74.     Died  October 

4th,  1879. 


^mmcm  locidg  of  mm\    jw^mm. 


PROCEEDiisras. 


Vol.  V,    November,    1879. 
MINUTES     OF     MEETINGS 

(Abstractof  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF   THE   SOCIETY. 

October  15th,  1879. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Walter  Katte  in 
the  chair.  The  pajier  by  Max  E.  Schmidt,  subject  "The  South  Pass 
Jetties,"  published  in  Transactions  for  August,  1879,  was  discussed  by 
J.  Foster  Flagg  (by  letter),  and  by  Messrs.  E.  E.  Andrews,  O.  Chanute, 
T.  Cooper,  W.  Katte,  T.  J.  Long,  E.  P.  North  and  J.  W.  Putnam. 

November  5th,  1879. — The  Twenty-se\^nth  Annxtal  Meeting  of 
THE  Society. — The  Society  met  at  10  a.  m.  ,  Vice  President  Albert  Fink 
in  the  chair.     The  following  members  were  present : 

Messrs.  Edward  E.  Andrews,  George  S.  Baxter,  John  Bogart,  Eobert 
Briggs,  O.  Chanute,  E.  S.  Chesbrough,  Thomas  C.  Clarke,  F.  Colliug- 
wood.  Theodore  Cooper,  Martin  Coryell,  J.  J.  E.  Croes,  AVilson  Crosby, 
D.  W.  Cunningham,  E.  B.  Dorsey,  G.  W.  Dresser,  Theodore  G.  Ellis, 
Charles  E.  Emery,  Albert  Fink,  Clark  Fisher,  Edward  A.  Flint,  A. 
Gordon,  Bryant  Godwin,  G.  Thomas  Hall,  Sullivan  Haslett,  A.  L. 
Holley,  William   E.   Kelley,    George   O.    Knapp,   Charles  Latimer,  G. 


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Leverich,  W.  W.  Maclay,  Edward  Marsland,  Charles  C.  Martin,  Charles 
L.  McAlpine,  D.  N.  Melvin,  William  Metcalf,  W.  A.  Nichols,  Edward  P. 
North,  E.  O.  Norton,  William  H.  Paine,  Franklin  C.  Prindle.  C.  Van- 
dervoort  Smith,  George  C.  Tingley,  E.  B.  Van  Winkle,  W.  W.  WHson, 
De  Volson  Wood,  WHliam  E.  Worthen  and  W.  W.  Wright. 

George  W.  Dresser  and  Theodore  Cooper  were  appointed  Tellers  of 
the  ballots  for  officers. 

The  Annual  Eeport  of  the  Board  of  Direction  was  then  presented, 
read  by  the  Secretary,  and  on  motion  w-as  accepted. 

The  Annual  Eeport  of  the  Treasurer  was  presented,  read  and 
accepted. 

The  Annual  Kejiort  of  the  Finance  Committee  was  presented,  read  and 
accepted. 

The  Eeport  of  the  Library  Committee  on  the  subject  referred  to  it  at 
the  last  Convention,  namely,  whether  some  plan  may  not  be  adopted  to 
enable  meml)ers  living  away  from  New  York  to  consult  the  books  of  the 
Library,  under  proper  regulations  to  ensure  their  return  and  to  prevent 
injury,  was  then  presented,  read  and  accepted. 

A  report  from  the  Committee  on  Gauging  of  Streams  was  then  read, 
accepted,  and  the  Committee  continued. 

The  Secretary  presented  a  statement  of  the  answers  to  the  circular 
requesting  suggestions  as  to  the  time  and  place  for  the  next  Annual 
Convention.  After  discussion,  it  was  resolved  that  there  should  be 
issued  to  the  Society  a  circular  giving  an  abstract  of  the  suggestions 
made  on  the  subject,  and  that  the  determination  of  the  i^lace  for  the 
Convention  should  be  submitted  to  letter  ballot,  restricting  the  vote  to 
the  three  cities  already  suggested  by  the  largest  number  of  members, 
namely,  St.  Louis,  Washington  and  San  Francisco. 

The  Eeport  of  the  Committee  on  the  Exhibit  of  American  Engineer- 
ing at  the  Paris  Exposition  was  then  presented,  read  by  Edward  P. 
North,  accej)ted,  and  the  Commission  discharged. 

A  report  from  the  Centennial  Commission  of  the  Society  was  then 
presented  by  the  Chairman,  Theodore  G.  Ellis,  to  the  effect  that  the 
Commission  had  been  continued  from  year  to  year,  in  the  hope  that  the 
Chairmen  of  the  Sub-Committees,  on  various  divisions  of  Engineering 
Exhibits  would  prepare  reports.  Only  two,  however,  had  been  jire- 
sented,  those  on  Lighthouses  and  on  Elvers  and  Harbors,  and  as  there 
■was  no  probability  of  further  reports,  the  Commission  asked  to  be  dis- 
charged.    The  report  was  accej^ted  and  the  Commission  discharged. 

The  Committee  on  Method  of  Nominations  then  presented  a  verbal 
report  through  the  Chairman,  J.  J.  E.  Croes.  On  motion,  it  was 
resolved  that  the  Committee  be  continued,  and  that  the  former  report 
made  by  it  be  printed  and  sent  to  the  members  of  the  Society  for  dis- 
cussion and  suggestion. 

The  Committee  on  Quarters  for  the  Society  presented  a  report,  which 
was,  on  motion,  accepted,  the  Committee  continued,  and  instructed  to 


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report,  as  soon  as  practicable,  by  letter  to  the  Society,  Avliat  was  con- 
sidered a  feasible  plan  for  procuring  a  suitable  building  to  belong  to  the 
Society. 

The  tellers  of  the  ballots  for  officers  then  reported  the  canvass  of  the 
■votes,  and  the  following  named  members  were  declared  elected  officers 
of  the  Society  for  the  ensuing  year  :  President,  Albert  Fink  ;  Vice- 
Presidents,  James  B.  Francis  and  Octave  Chanute  ;  Secretary  and  Libra- 
rian, John  Bogart ;  Treasurer,  J.  James  R.  Croes  ;  Directors,  William 
H.  Paine,  C.  Vandervoort  Smith,  Charles  Hermauy,  Edgar  B.  Van 
Winkle  and  Gouverneur  K.  Warren. 

The  following  proposed  Amendment  to  Article  XXII.  of  the  Consti- 
tution was  considered  : 

At  the  end  of  Article  XXII,  insert:  "On  and  after  the  fifth  day  of  November,  1879.  Pas 
Presidents  of  the  Society  shall  be  Life  Members,  entitled  to  all  the  privileges  of  members 
■without  the  payment  of  Annual  Dues." 

After  discussion,  it  was  resolved  that  this  i^roposed  amendment  be 
submitted  to  letter  ballot  without  comment. 

The  following  proposed  Amendment  to  Article  XXXIII.  of  the  Con- 
stitution was  considered  : 

To  a  uend  Artic'e  XXXIII,  so  that  the  amended  article  shall  read  as  follows  : 
iRTiCLE  XXXIII. — Proposed  amendments  to  this  Constitution  must  be  submitted  in 
-writing,  signed  by  not  le=s  than  five  Members  '^n  or  before  the  first  Wednesday  in  October, 
^Qd  then  sent  by  letter  to  the  several  Members  of  the  Society,  at  least  twenty-five  days  pre- 
vious t  >  the  Annual  Meeting.  Such  amendment  shall  be  in  order  for  discussion  and  amend 
vienl  at  such  Annual  Meeting,  and  with  such,  aniindinfnts  thereto  as  may  have  been  approved  by  a 
■majority  vote  of  the  Annual  Meeting,  shall  be  voted  upon  by  letter  ballot,  the  vote  to  be 
counted  at  the  first  regular  meeting  in  February.  .\ny  affirmative  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all 
ballots  cast  shall  be  necessary  to  secure  the  adoption  of  any  amendment. 

The  words  in  italics  constitute  the  proposed  amendment;  otherwise 
the  article  is  unaltered. 

After  discussion,  it  was  resolved  that  the  i^roposed  amendment  bo 
iipproved  by  this  meeting. 

The  result  of  the  canvass  of  the  ballots  for  membership  was  then 
announced,  and  the  following  candidates  were  declared  elected  members: 
Daniel  Bontecou  of  New  York,  Alexander  Dempster  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa., 
Horace  Loomis  of  New  York,  and  James  Hart  Reno  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

The  suggestion  made  in  the  report  of  the  Board  of  Direction  as  to 
the  advisability  of  changing  the  day  of  the  Annual  Meeting  and  the  date 
of  termination  of  the  Society  year  was  discussed,  and  the  Secretary  was 
requested  to  present  the  subject  for  discussion  at  the  next  Convention. 

On  motion,  the  thanks  of  the  Society  were  presented  to  the  officers 
for  the  i^ast  Society  year. 

The  Board  of  Censors  to  award  the  Norman  Medal  and  Book  Prize 
then  presented  its  report  through  E.  S.  Chesbrongh. 


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THE 

ANNUAL  EEPOUT  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION, 

FOR  THE  YEAR  ENDING  NOVEMBER  5,   1879. 
Presented  and  Accepted  at  the  Annual  Meeting  of  that  date. 


The  Board  of  Direction  presents  the  following  Report  for  the  fprm  from 
November  Gth,  1878,  to  November  5th,  1879  : 

On  November  Gth,  1878,  the  membership  in  the  Society  was — 

Honorary  Members,  resident,      2  ;  non-resident,     4  ;  Total 6 

Corresponding  Members "  3        "     S 

Members,   resident 120  "  334         "     454 

Associates,        "       4  "  13        "     17 

Juniors,  "       8  "  49        "     57      528 

Making 134  403  537 

Fellows,    67 — of  whom   10   Members  and   1   Honorary  Member    are    included    above, 

leaving 56- 

Total  connected  with  the  Society  November  Gth,  1878 593 

At  the  present  time  the  membership  is  — 

Honorary  members,  resident,      2;   non-resident,       4  ;  total G- 

Corresponding  Members ... .  "  3      •'     ^ 

Members,  resident 119  "  345      "     i64 

Associates,        "       5  "  13      "     18 

Juniors  "       8  "  4G       "     i>i      536 

Making 134  411  545 

Fellows,   67 — of   whom    10   members  and   1   Honorary   Member  are    included  above, 

leaving 5G. 

Total  connected  w  ith  the  Society  November  5th,  1879 ^^^ 

The  increase  during  the  year  has  been — 

Members  admitted — , 28- 

Associates  admitted 2 

Juniors  admitted * 

Fellows  admitted 1 


Total  increase -^^ 

The  decrease  during  the  year  has  been — 

Members  died 8;    resigned 10 

Associates    "   —  "        —    Transferred  to  Members. 1 

Juniors        "  1  "         —  "  ''  5 

Fellows        "   1  "        —  "  "         

Total  died 10;   resigned 10;   transferred 6 

On  November  Gth,  1878,  there  were,  as  stated  in  the  last  annual  report,  G 
proposals  pending  ;  44  proposals  have  been  received  during  the  year  ;  31  can- 
didates have  been  elected  members,  of  whom  5  were  transferred  from  Juniors. 


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and  1  from  Associates  ;  2  candidates  have  been  elected  as  Associates,  and  3 
candidates  have  been  elected  as  Juniors  ;  28  persons  have  qualified  during 
the  year  as  Members,  2  as  Associates,  3  as  Juniors,  and  1  as  Fellow  ;  3  candi- 
dates elected  as  Members  during  the  year  have  not  yet  qualified  ;  there  are  13 
proposals  now  pending. 

23  meetings  of  the  Society  were  held  during  the  year,  one  of  which  was 
the  Eleventh  Annual  Convention  ;  all  the  sessions  of  the  Convention,  includ- 
ing the  business  meeting,  being  counted  as  one  meeting  of  the  Society.  Meet- 
ings have  been  held  on  the  first  and  third  Wednesdays  of  each  month,  except 
the  third  Wednesday  of  Augtist.  13  meetings  of  the  Board  of  Direction  have 
been  held  during  the  year. 

The  Eleventh  Annual  Convention  was  held  at  Cleveland,  Ohio,  June  17th, 
18th,  and  19th,  1879.  During  this  time  and  after  the  close  of  the  Convention, 
many  works  of  engineering  interest  were  visited  both  in  Cleveland  and  its 
immediate  vicinity,  and  also  at  Leavittsburgh,  at  the  Mahoning  Valley  coal- 
fields, at  Youngstown,  Pittsburgh,  the  Davis  Island  dam,  the  Edgar  Thomson 
Steel  Works,  the  Bradford  oil  district,  and  at  Niagara  Falls.  Full  reports  of 
the  Convention  have  been  published  in  the  Proceedings. 

The  answers  to  a  circular  issued  to  the  Society,  requesting  suggestions  as 
to  the  place  and  time  for  the  next  convention  will  be  submitted  at  this 
meeting. 

Reports  made  during  the  year  have  been  as  follows  : 

By  the  Board  of  Direction.— The  AnnuarReport  for  the  year  ;  also  a  report  as  to  the  publica- 
tion of  papers,  a  report  as  to  arrears  of  dues  from  members,  and  a  report  as  to  designation 
of  engineers  to  attend  turbine  tests  at  Holyolje. 

By  the  Finance  Committee. — ,2  reports. 

By  the  Library  Committee.— A  report,  embodying  the  changed  rules  for  the  award  of  the  Nor- 
man Medal. 

By  the  Treasurer.— His  annual  report,  and  also  frequent  financial  statements  to  the  Board. 

By  the  Secretary. — Monthly  Reports  to  the  Board. 

By  the  Centennial  Commission  of  the  Society. — 1  repor  . 

By  the  Committee  on  Exhibit  at  Paris. — 2  reports. 

By  the  Committee  on  Tests  of  American  Iron.  Steel,  and  Other  Metals.— 2  reports. 

By  the  Committee  on  Gauging  of  Streams. — 1  report. 

By  the  Committee  on  Quarters  for  the  Society. — 1  report. 

By  the  Committee  on  Uniform  System  of  Railroad  Accounts.— 2  reports. 

By  the  Committee  on  the  Resistances  of  Railway  Trains. — 1  report. 

By  the  Committee  on  Method  of  Nominations. — 1  report. 

The  Treasurer's  Eeport  and  the  Report  of  the  Finance  Committee  will  be 
submitted  at  this  meeting. 

At  the  last  annual  meeting,  the  Committee  on  Resistances  of  Railway 
Trains  made  a  final  report,  and  asked  to  be  discharged,  which  was  done. 

At  the  last  convention  the  Committee  on  Uniform  Accounts  and  Returns  of 
Railroad  Companies  made  a  final  report,  and  asked  to  be  discharged,  which 
was  done. 

The  other  committees  referred  to  in  the  last  report  ot  the  Board  are  still 
existing,  and  reports  will  be  expected  from  them  at  the  present  annual 
meeting.  These  are  the  Centennial  Commission  of  the  Society;  the  Commit- 
tee on  Tests  of  American  Iron,  Steeh  and  Other  Metals;  on  Gauging  of  Streams; 
on  Quarters  for  the  Society;  on  Methods  of  Nominations;  and  on  the  Exhibi- 
tion at  Paris. 


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Eesolutions  were  offered  at  the  last  Animal  Convention  for  the  appoint- 
ment of  a  Committee  on  the  Preservation  of  Timber,  and  a  Committee  on  a 
Uniform  System  for  Tests  of  Cement. 

These  resohitions  have  been  submitted  to  letter  ballot,  and  approved. 
The  Board  is  now  in  correspondence  with  members  in  reference  to  the  i>ev- 
sons  to  serve  on  these  committees. 

At  the  Anniial  Convention  the  following  resolution  was  adopted: 

"  Thut  the  Library  Committee  be  requested  to  report  whether  some  plan  may  not  be 
adopted  to  enable  members  living  away  from  New  York  to  consult  the  books  of  the  library, 
under  proper  regulations  to  insure  their  return,  and  to  prevent  injury." 

The  Library  Committee  will  report  on  this  subject  at  this  meeting. 

A  list  of  the  papers  and  discussions  pnblished  d^^ring  the  year,  also  of 
those  presented  in  addition  to  those  published,  and  also  of  the  contents  of 
Proceedings,  will  be  given  in  an  Appendix. 

The  library  has  been  increased  during  the  year  by  the  following  ad- 
ditions : 

Number  of  Books,  bound 7S 

"                  "       unbound 102 

Pamphlets 387 

"             Maps '.) 

PJans l:, 

"             Photographs 30 

"             Drawings,  Specifications,  Models  and  Specimens 38 

These  do  not  include  the  magazines  and  papers  contributed  to  the  Societj' 
by  publishers  or  received  in  exchange  for  the  Transactions,  a  list  of  which  is 
given  in  an  appendix. 

The  present  state  of  the  Library  is  about  as  follows  : 

Books  and  Pamphlets 8  054 

IMauuscripts 95 

JMaps,  Plans,  Drawings,  Charts,  Photographs  and  Engravings 1.906 

Models  and  Specimens 218 

At  the  last  Annual  Meeting  a  codification  of  the  Constitution  and  By- 
Laws,  together  with  a  number  of  proposed  amendments  were  discussed. 
These  were  afterwards  submitted  to  a  letter  ballot  of  the  Society  and  the 
Constitution  and  By-Laws,  as  finally  ado2ited,  have  been  printed  in  pamphlet 
form. 

Two  amendments  have  been  submitted  for  debate  at  the  ijresent  Annual 
Meeting,  one  relating  to  the  Past  Presidents  of  the  Societj%  and  the  other 
relating  to  the  method  of  amending  the  Constitiition. 

In  this  connection,  it  has  been  suggested  by  a  number  of  members,  that 
the  date  of  the  Annual  Meeting  is  particularly  inconvenient,  coming,  as  it 
does,  the  day  after  the  date  of  the  elections  in  quite  a  number  of  States. 
The  Secretary  has  been  informed  by  several  members  that  their  attendance  at 
that  day  would  be  inconvenient,  and  in  some  cases,  impracticable,  and  a 
change  in  the  date  of  the  Annual  meeting  might  be  discussed,  and  a  more 
desirable  day  suggested. 

The  Board  suggests  that  the  fiscal  year  shall  end  on  December  31st ;  that 
the  Annual  Meeting,  election  of  officers  and  reception  of  reports  be  held  on 


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the  3d  Wednesday  of  January,  and  that  the  term  of  office  shouUT  begin  on 
the  day  of  election. 

In  the  last  Annual  Report  the  Board  called  attention  to  the  large  number 
of  members  in  arrears  for  their  dues.  In  its  judgment  the  interests  of  the 
Society  demanded  that  measures  should  betaken  to  determine  whether  th& 
dereliction  was  due  to  inability  to  pay  or  to  indifference,  and  if  the  latter  wufi 
the  cause,  that  the  connection  of  the  delinquents  with  the  Society  should 
cease.  In  accordance  with  these  views,  the  Board,  on  April  30th,  in  com- 
pliance with  the  provisions  of  the  Constitution,  passed  the  following  resolu- 
tion : 

"  Besolved,  That  the  Secretary  be  directed  to  notify  all  members  in  arrears 
"  that  unless  the  dues  for  the  cvirrent  Society  year,  beginning  November  Gth, 
"  1878,  are  paid  before  November  5th,  1879,  they  will  cease  to  be  members. 

'•Also,  that  members  who  are  in  arreai's  for  more  than  the  dues  for  the 
"  current  year,  be  notified  that  their  dues  for  years  previous  to  the  current 
"  year  are  still  to  be  paid,  and  that  payment  of  the  same  will  be  reqiiired, 
"  unless  good  reason  to  the  contrary,  in  compliance  with  the  provisions  of 
"  Article  XXXII  of  the  Constitution,  be  assigned  before  November  5th,  1879." 

In  accordance  with  this  action,  there  were  sent,  on  May  1,  1878,  to  each 
member  whose  dues  were  not  then  paid,  a  copy  of  the  above  resolution,  the 
formal  notice  (Form  C)  prescribed  by  the  Constitiition  for  i;se  in  case  of  non- 
payment of  dues  and  a  cojjy  of  the  Articles  of  the  Constitution  relating  to 
this  subject. 

Since  that  time  a  number  of  members  have  paid  their  di;es  in  full  ;  others 
have  jDaid  the  dues  for  the  past  year  only,  thus  retaining  their  membership 
under  the  resolution  quoted  above;  others  have  written  in  reply  expressing 
their  intention  or  desire  to  pay  as  soon  as  possible,  and  a  large  number  have 
made  no  response  whatever. 

The  necessity  of  preparing  this  rejjort  previoias  to  the  Annual  Meeting  and 
the  probability  that  a  number  of  members  may  give  attention  to  this  matter  at 
the  time  of  the  meeting,  prevents  the  Board  from  giving  a  final  statement  on 
the  subject.  After  this  meeting  a  full  statement  will  be  prepared  and  pre- 
sented in  a  future  report.  It  is  apparent,  however,  that  there  will  be  quite  a 
number  of  members  whose  names  have  been  on  the  roll  of  the  Society  for 
some  time  past,  whose  membership  will  cease. 

While  the  Board  regrets  the  apparent  decrease  in  membership,  caused  by 
this  action,  it  feels  that  it  is  necessary  to  the  prosperity  of  the  Society  that 
it  should  be  distinctly  understood  that  membership  of  the  Society  carries 
with  it  the  obligation  to  contribute  to  its  support,  and  that  members  cannot 
be  carried  on  its  rolls  unless  they  bear  their  burdens  equally  with  their 
fellows. 

The  subject  of  the  conditions  of  award  for  the  Norman  Medal  has  Ijeen 
carefully  considered  by  the  Library  Committee  and  by  the  Board  and  the 
donor  of  the  medal,  Mr.  George  H.  Norman,  member  and  Fellow  of  the 
Society,  has  been  fully  consulted. 

No  paper  was  presented  in  competition  for  the  medal  either  the  last  or  the 
present  year,  and  it  was  felt  to  be  for  the  best  interests  of  the  Society  and 
due  also  to  the  donor  of  the  medal  that  a  different  plan  for  its  award  should 
be  adopted. 


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AVitli  his  fiill  concurrence  the  code  of  rules  for  this  award  has  been  mod- 
ified, and  competition  is  now  extended  to  all  papers  conforming  to  the  rules, 
presented  to  the  Society  during  each  year.  The  modified  niles  have  been 
published  for  several  months  with  the  Proceedings.  The  Board  of  Censors  to 
award  the  medal  for  this  year,  Messrs.  E.  S.  Chesbrough,  Charles  Paine  and 
C.  Shaler  Smith  are  expected  to  report  at  this  meeting. 

The  Board  has  issued  a  list  of  topics  upon  which  original  jiapers,  illus- 
trating the  experience  of  the  writers,  are  requested.  The  attention  of  mem- 
bers of  the  Society  is  called  to  the  great  desirability  of  the  presentation  of 
papers  by  them  upon  subjects  of  engineering  interest.  Discussions  of  the 
papers  presented  are  also  in  many  cases  essential  to  a  full  development  of 
professional  information  on  the  subjects  of  those  papers.  Early  information 
is  now  given,  by  notification  to  the  members,  of  the  papers  to  be  read  at 
each  meeting  and  advance  copies  are  sent  to  svich  members  as  are  designated 
by  the  authors  of  the  jjapers  as  specially  qualified  to  take  part  in  the  discus- 
sions, and  also  to  other  members  who  desire  such  advance  copies.  The 
result  of  this  practice  has  been  not  only  to  secure  more  extended  discussion, 
but  also  to  have  the  paper  and  its  discussions  presented  at  the  same  time,  the 
Secretary  reading  the  discussions  sent  him  by  persons  not  able  to  be  present. 

The  Transactions  of  the  Society  are  now  issued  up  to  date,  the  Number 
for  October,  1879,  having  been  sent  out  some  time  since.  At  the  time  of  the 
last  Annual  Eeport  one  year  ago,  the  Transactions  were  much  behind.  The 
reasons,  altogether  financial,  for  that  state  of  things  were  explained  in  that 
Report.  It  has  been  found  possible  during  the  imst  year  to  publish  not  only 
the  twelve  monthly  Numbers,  but  enough  in  addition  to  bring  the  issues  to 
date  in  their  regular  sequence.  This  has  added  considerably  to  the  labor  of 
editing  and  supervising  the  publications,  but  it  is  the  belief  of  the  Board 
that  with  the  systematic  and  business-like  management  of  the  financial 
affairs  of  the  Societj'  now  in  operation  the  futiire  issues  of  its  publications 
can  be  regularly  made. 

In  but  one  previous  year  of  its  history  has  the  Society  lost  so  many  of  its 
members  by  death.  The  decease  of  eight  members,  one  Junior  and  one 
Fellow,  is  announced,  as  follows  : 

Alfred  W.  Craven,  Past-President  and  one  of  the  original  incorjjorators  of 
the  Society,  November  5th,  1852,  died  March  27,  1879. 

Eobert  G.  Hatfield,  elected  Member  December  4,  1867,  who  died  Feb- 
ruary 15,  1879. 

Warren  Colburn,  elected  Member  March  18,  1868,  who  died  September 
16,  1879. 

Samuel  J.  Reeves,  elected  Member  April  15,  1868,  who  died  December  15, 
1878. 

Francis  L.  Vinton,  elected  Member  August  5,  1868,  who  died  October  6, 
1879. 

Norman  A.  Williams,  elected  Member  February  17,  1869,  who  died  Oc- 
tober 12,  1879. 

Franklin  A.  Stratton.  elected  Member  May  3,  1876,  who  died  July  17, 
1879. 

James  E.  Bell,  elected  Member  March  5,  1879,  who  died  June  8,  1879. 

Charles  A.  Tasker,  elected  Junior  November  4,  1874,  who  died  October  4^ 
1879. 


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Thomas  T.  Tasker,  Jr.,  elected   Fellow  January  7,  1873,  who  died  August 
19,  1877. 

Memoirs  of  each  are  in  i^reparation  and  will  be  published  directly. 
Eespectfully  submitted, 

JOHN  BOGAIIT, 

Secretary. 


REPORTS    OF    COMMITTEES 

PRESENTED  AT  THE  ANNUAL  MEETING,  NOVEMBER  5th,  1879. 


On  Methods  op  Noiunation  fok  Officeks. 


The  following  report  was  first  presented  at 
the  Annual  ISIeeting,  November  ?6th,  1878. 
The'Committee  also  at  the  Annual  Meeting, 
November  5th,  1879,  made  a  verbal  report. 
It  was  then  resolved  that  the  Committee  be 
continued,  the  report  printed  and  issued  to 
the  Society  for  discussion  and  suggestion. 
Keport. 

The  Committee  appointed  at  the  regiilar 
meeting  held  during  the  Annual  Convention, 
in  June,  1878,  to  examine  the  methods  of 
nominations  for  oiQcers  practiced  by  various 
societies  and  clubs,  and  to  report  a  by-law 
embodying  such  features  of  the  same  as  may 
seem  best  adapted  to  the  use  of  this  Society, 
respectfully  report  that  they  have  performed 
the  duty  assigned  them,  and  they  present  the 
following  synopsis  of  the  usages  of  ten  asso- 
ciations, and  also  a  plan  proposed  by  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Society.  The  existing  by-law  of 
the  Society  is  aj^pended  for  comparison. 
The  Institution  of  Civil  Engineers,  London  : 

17  Honorary  Members,  1 148  Members,  1  200 
Associate  Members,  622  Associates. 

President,  4  Vice-Presidents,  and  12  mem- 
bers and  3  associates  form  the  Council.  (20  in 
all.) 

Council  elected  annually. 

President  shall  not  serve  more  than  2  con- 
secutive years,  and  then  is  not  eligible  for  3 
years. 

Senior  Vice-President  to  be  nominated  for 
President  unless  he  gives  notice  of  intention 
to  decline. 

At  the  general  meeting  on  the  Tuesday  be- 
fore the  Annual  Meeting,  the  Council  present 
a  list  of  persons  whom  they  nominate  as  suit- 
able for  offices.  The  list  shall  contain  the 
names  of  23  members  and  6  associates. 


The  names  presented  (except  for  President 
and  Vice-Presidents)  shall  be  arranged  alpha- 
betically. 

In  voting  tliis  ballot,  members  may  erase  and 
substitute  names,  but  the  total  number  of 
names  left  must  not  exceed  the  number  to  be 
elected. 

At  the  Annual  meeting,  the  meeting  chooses 
2  scrutineers.  The  ballot  is  Ijept  open  for  1 
hour. 

The  treasurer,  secretary  and  other  execu- 
tive officers  are  appointed  annually  by  the 
Council. 

The  Society  of  Engineers,  London  : 

372  members. 

The  officers  elected  at  the  General  Meeting 
in  December. 

The  year  of  office  begins  on  January  1st. 

Council  consists  of — President,  3  Vice-Presi- 
dents, 8  members.  1  Honorary  Secretary  and 
Treasurer  elected  at  the  Annual  Meeting. 
Also  6  Past  Presidents  who  retire  by  seniority. 

Blembers  of  Council  are  eligible  for  re-elec- 
tion. 

The  Council  prepare  a  balloting  list  of  pro- 
posed new  Council  and  officers  which  shall 
be  sent  to  each  member  who  has  paid  his  sub- 
scription for  the  current  year,  at  least  fourteen 
clear  days  before  the  date  of  the  annual  meet- 
ing. 

Any  member  offering  himself  or  proposing 
other  members  for  election  on  the  council 
must  give  in  his  or  their  names  to  the  coun- 
cil on  or  before  the  first  ordinary  meeting  in 
November.  Such  names  shall  be  appended 
to  the  list  proposed  by  council. 

Members  may  erase  and  substitute. 

At  the  annual  meeting  the  President  ap- 
points 2  scrutineers. 


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In  case  of  a  tie,  election  to  be  decided  by 
lot. 

North  of  England  Institule  of  Mininc/  and 
Mechanical  Engineers. 

i  classes  of  members — Original.  750  ;  or. 
dinary,  17;  associate,  12;  honorary,  24;  tutal, 
803  members  :  students,  151. 

Officers  other  than  Secretary  and  Treasurer 
are  elected  from  the  original,  ordinary  and 
associate  members,  and  consist  of  a  President- 
six  Vice-Presidents  and  eighteen  Councillors, 
who  with  the  Treasurer  and  Secretary  consti- 
tute the  council. 

The  President,  Vice-Presidents  and  Coun- 
cillors are  elected  at  the  Annual  Meeting  in 
August,  and  are  eligible  for  re-election,  with 
the  exception  of  any  President  or  Vice-Presi- 
dent who  shall  have  held  office  for  three  im" 
mediately  preceding  years,  and  such  six  conn 
cillors  as  may  have  attended  the  fewest  coun" 
cil  meetings  during  the  past  year. 

The  Treasurer  and  the  Secretary  are  appoint- 
ed by  the  Council  and  are  removable  by  the 
Council  subject  to  appeal  to  a  general  meet, 
ing. 

Each  member  is  at  liberty  to  nominate  in 
writing,  and  send  to  the  Secretary  not  less 
than  eight  days  prior  to  the  ordinary  general 
meeting  in  June,  a  list  duly  signed  of  mem- 
bers suitable  to  till  the  offices— for  the  ensu- 
ing year. 

The  Council  prepares  a  list  of  the  persons 
FO  nominated,  together  with  the  names  of  the 
officers  for  the  current  year  eligible  for  re- 
election, and  of  such  other  membei  s  as  they 
may  deem  siiitable.  Such  list  must  comprise 
at  least  30  names.  The  list  so  prepared  is 
submitted  to  the  June  meeting,  and  is  the 
balloting  list  for  August. 

A  copy  of  this  list  is  posted  to  each  mem- 
ber who  may  erase  and  substitute  names,  but 
names  left  must  not  exceed  number  to  be 
elected. 

The  Chairman  of  the  Annual  Meeting  ap- 
points 4  scrutineers  who  receive  the  balloting 
papers,  and  after  scrutiny  destroy  the  same, 
and  sign  and  hand  to  the  Chairman  a  list  of 
the  elected  officers. 

Balloting  papers  may  be  sent  by  mail  to 
Secretary  or  Chairman. 

All  Past  Presidents  are  ex-offtcio  members 
of  Council,  and  Vice-Presidents  who  retire 
shall  be  ex-officio  members  for  the  following 
year. 

Institution  of  Civil  Engineers  of  Ireland. 
148  members. 

Officers  :  President,  two  Vice-Presidents, 
Honorary  Secretary,  and  eight  other  mem- 
bers, who  constitute  the  Council. 


The  President  is  not  eligible  for  more  thau 
two  years,  and  on  vacating  becomes  an  ex- 
officio  member  of  Council.  One  Vice-Presi- 
dent and  two  members  of  Council  retire 
each  year,  but  are  re-eligible  after  one  year. 

Two  members  of  Council  are  elected  from 
the  Associates.  At  the  ordinary  general 
meeting  in  December,  the  Council  present  a 
list  of  persons  whom  they  nominate.  Mem- 
bers may  erase  and  substitute,  leaving,  how- 
ever, twelve  names.  Lists  containing  more 
or  less  than  twelve  names  to  be  rejected. 

The  meeting  chooses  two  Scrutineers. 

American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers. 

734  members. 

Nominations  may  be  sent  in  writing  to  the 
Secretary,  accompanied  with  the  names  of 
the  proposers,  at  any  time  not  less  than 
thirty  days  before  the  Annual  Meeting,  Two 
weeks  before  said  meeting,  the  Secretary 
mails  to  every  member  the  list  of  all  nomi- 
nations received.  Voters  may  substitute, 
but  the  number  of  names  voted  shall  not 
exceed  number  of  officers  to  be  elected. 

At  the  Annual  Meeting,  three  Scrutineers, 
appointed  by  presiding  officer. 

Persons  who  have  received  the  greatest 
number  of  votes  are  elected. 

Union  League  Club,  New  York. 

Annual  Meeting  held  in  January.  Poils 
for  election  opened  at  6:30  p.  m.,  and  open. 
three  hours. 

At  monthly  meeting  in  December,  a  com- 
mittee of  seven,  appointed  by  the  Club  at 
large,  who  shall  reijort  list  of  candidates. 

Four  inspectors  and  canvassers  of  election 
appointed  by  Club. 

lYcTO    York   Club. 

At  Annual  Meeting  the  Club  ballots  for  of- 
ficers. The  presiding  officer  appoints  three 
inpectors. 

Candidates  receiving  the  highest  number 
of  votes  are  elected. 

Century  Club  of  Neiu  York. 

600  members. 

The    officers    are    chosen   at .  eacli -AamuT 
Meeting  by  ballot.     There  are  no  provisions 
in  the  constitution  and  By-Laws  for  nomina- 
tions, or  for  insiiectors  of  election. 
Harvard  College  Plan. 

Five  Ovei  seers  elected  each  year. 

A  nominating  committee  of  seven  is  elected 
by  the  electors  at  a  public  meeting.  This 
committee  makes  up  a  list  of  twenty  eligible 
persons  and  sends  this  to  each  voter.  The 
voter  fills  out  his  ballot  with  six  names,  but  is 
not  confined  to  those  suggested  by  the  com- 
mittee. 


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The  ten  names  having  the  greatest  number 
of  votes  are  then  submitted  to  the  Annnal 
Meeting  as  candidates.  Each  voter  must 
erase  five  names,  leaving  five  voted  for. 

The  nominations  are  thus  made  by  letter 
ballot,  but  the  election  is  by  personal  ballot. 

The  New  England  Society,  of  Orange,  N.  J. 

102  members. 

Board  of  officers  consists  of  a  President, 
two  Vice-Presidents,  six  Counsellors,  a  Secre- 
tary and  Treasurer,  elected  annually.  Elec- 
tions conducted  on  the  Hare  System.  At 
least  one  month  before  Annual  Meeting,  the 
Secretary  must  furnish  each  member  with 
five  blank  forms  for  nominations.  These 
ballots  to  be  filled  out  and  returned  to  Secre- 
tary within  ten  days,  and  opened  as  received 
and  counted  by  a  committee,  of  whom  the 
Secretary  shall  be  one.  The  committee's  re- 
port to  the  Annual  Bleeting  to  be  final. 
E.  Yardley's  Plan. 

Board  of  Direction  to  consist  of  eight. 
Nominating  committee  to  present  twelve 
names. 

Members  to  erase  or  substitute.  Each 
member  to  have  eight  votes  which  he  may 
assign  all  to  one  man,  or  divide  as  he 
pleases.  The  eight  names  having  largest 
number  of  votes  to  be  elected.  The  Board 
then  to  choose  from  their  own  number  Presi- 
dent and  Vice-Presidents. 

The  Board  to  elect  Secretary  and  Treasurer 
not  of  their  number,  who  shall  hold  office 
during  good  behavior  or  until  election  of 
successor. 

Term  of  office  to  begin  on  January  1st  fol- 
lowing election. 

American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers. 

600  members. 

Present  By  Law. 

At  the  Annual  Convention  a  nominating 
committee  of  five  members,  not  officers 
of  the  Society,  shall  be  appointed  by  the 
Convention.  This  committee  shall  present 
to  the  Board  of  Direction,  on  or  before 
the  first  day  of  October,  the  names  of 
the  i5ersons  selected  by  Ihem  as  candidates 
for  officers.  Of  these,  at  least  one  Vice- 
President,  three  Directors,  the  Secretary  and 
the  Treasurer,  shall  be  resident  members. 
The  Board  of  Direction  shall  thereupon  cause 
such  list  to  be  posted  in  the  rooms  of  the 
Society  and  shall  issue  at  least  twenty  days 
before  the  Annual  Meeting  a  letter  ballot 
containing  the  names  thus  ijroposed. 

Any  five  members,  not  officers  of  the  So- 
ciety, may  present  to  the  Board  of  Direc- 
tion, on  or  before  October  Is*,  a  list  of  names 


proposed  by  them  for  officers,  which  list  or 
lists  shall  also  be  issued  for  ballot. 

No  member  of  any  nommating  committee 
shall  be  presented  by  such  committee  as  a 
candidate  for  office. 


It  will  be  seen  that,  in  these  eleven  schemes 
of  nomination,  there  are  four  distinct  methods 
of  selection. 

I. — No  previous  nominations  are  provided 
for,  but  the  election  is  supposed  to  be  left  to 
the  discretion  of  members  voting,  as  in  the 
New  York  Club,  the  Century  Club,  and  the 
New  England  Society  of  Orange.  In  practice, 
a  nominating  committee  is  appointed  in  the 
two  first  named  organizations. 

II. — The  officers  of  the  Society  prepare  a 
list  of  candidates,  the  number  of  the  same 
being  greater  than  the  number  to  be  elected, 
as  iu  the  Institution  of  Civil  Engineers  and 
the  Institution  of  Civil  Engineers  of  Ireland. 

III. — Nominations  are  sent  in  by  individual 
members,  and  a  list  of  such,  with  additional 
names  proposed  by  the  officers,  is  sent  out 
for  ballot,  as  in  the  Society  of  Engineers 
(Loudon),  the  North  of  England  Institute  of 
Mining  and  Mechanical  Engineers,  and  tho 
American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers. 

IV. — A  nominating  committee  is  elected  by 
the  members  at  a  general  meeting,  which 
committee  proposes  a  list  of  candidates  to  be 
voted  for,  as  iu  the  American  Society  of  Civil 
Engineers,  the  Harvard  College  Board  of  Over- 
seers, and  the  Union  League  Club.  This 
feature  is  also  retained  in  Mr.  Yardley's  plan. 

The  first  method  named  was  practiced  by 
this  Society  i^revious  to  the  annual  meeting  of 
1877.  The  objection  to  it  was  that  it  placed 
the  selection  of  officers  entirely  in  the  hands 
of  the  small  proportion  of  members  who  at- 
tend the  annual  meeting,  and  the  greater  part 
of  these  being  resident  members,  the  Society 
at  large  had  little  voice  in  the  election.  A  great 
deal  of  unnecessary  time  was  consumed  in 
the  election,  owing  to  the  scattering  nature  of 
the  vote.  Usually  several  more  ballots  were 
taken  than  there  were  officers  to  be  elected. 

If  efficiency  and  interest  in  ^Society  affairs 
was  the  sole  thing  to  be  looked  at  iu  the  selec- 
tion of  officers,  the  second  plan  would  un- 
doubtedly be  the  most  effective,  for  the  actual 
officers  of  the  Society  know  best  which  of  the 
members  display  an  intelligent  interest  in  its 
affairs.  The  plan  is  open,  however,  to  the 
objection  that  it  might  tend  to  make  the  board 
a  close  corporation,  and  keep  the  same  set  in 
office  all  the  time. 

The  third  plan  is  open  to  serious  objections 
in  the  case  of  this  Society.    Either  members 


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will  neRlect  to  send  nominations,  leaving  the 
board  to  make  up  the  list,  as  in  the  second 
lalan,  or  else  a  large  number  of  nominations 
will  be  presented,  most  of  them  representing 
the  personal  preference  of  a  single  member. 
No  judicious  selection  could  be  made  from 
such  a  list  by  the  mass  of  members  who  are 
widely  scattered  and  who  really  know  little 
about  the  business  of  the  Society  or  the  per- 
sonal character  of  its  officers. 

The  fourth  plan  appears  to  be  the  fairest 
and  best,  and  when  submitted  to  the  Annual 
Convention  in  1877  was  approved  by  a  unani- 
mous vote.  The  few  objections  which  have 
been  made  are  to  its  mode  of  application.  It 
has  been  urged  that  sufficient  liberty  of  choice 
is  not  left  to  the  members,  and  that,  there- 
fore, the  plan  is  not  as  democratic  as  it  should 
be.  By  the  Harvard  plan,  the  selection  of 
candidates  is  certainly  made  in  a  more  demo- 
cratic manner,  but  involving  as  it  does,  prac- 
tically, two  ballots  on  the  iiart  of  all  the 
members,  it  is  believed  to  be  too  cumbrous 
and  unwieldy  for  the  use  of  this  Society.  It 
must  be  borne  in  mind  also  that  the.  dices 
of  this  Society  are  not  merely  honorary  posi- 
tions, but  that  the  officers  are  the  trustees  of 
the  xjroperty  of  the  Society  and  the  directors 
of  its  policy.  By  the  law  under  which  it  is 
incorporated,  a  majority  of  the  trustees  con- 
stitute a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  busi- 
ness, and  they  must,  therefore,  be  so  situated 
as  to  be  able  to  attend  the  meetings  of  the 
board.  The  experiment  of  having  a  number 
of  the  trustees  residents  of  remote  districts, 
which  was  tried  during  the  past  year,  has  not 
been  a  success,  as  three  members  of  the  board 
have  not  attended  a  single  meeting  nor  made 
any  inquiries  as  to  the  action  of  their  col- 
leagues. 

The  committee,  in  deference  to  the  opinion 
which  is  widely  entertained,  that  mors  lati- 
tude should  be  given  to  the  representation  of 
the  preferences  of  the  members  at  large  in 
the  formation  of  the  list  for  candidates,  sub- 
mit to  the  Society*  the  subjoined  by-law,  as  a 
substitute  for  that  which  was  adopted  at  the 
Annual  Convention  in  New  Orleans  in  1877. 
KeBpectfully, 

J.  J.  K.  Croes, 

Chairman. 
November  G,  1878. 

By-Law. 

1.  Before  the  annual  convention  each  year, 

the  Board  of  Direi:tinn  shall  make  a  territorial 

apportionment  of  the  members  of  the  Society 

(including   also  Associates  and  Juniors)  into 


seven  districts,  each  containing,  as  nearly 
as  practicable,  the  same  number  of  mem- 
bers, and  shall  present  the  same  at  the 
convention.  The  convention  shall  select  a 
mamber  from  each  of  said  districts  to  serve 
on  the  Nominating  Committee.  The  Chair- 
man of  said  comiuittee  shall  be  the  member 
representing  the  district  in  which  the  place 
of  business  of  the  Society  i«  situated. 

2.  Before  the  first  day  of  August  next  en- 
suing, each  member  of  said  committee  shall 
send  to  the  Chairman  a  list  of  persons  pro- 
posed by  him  for  officers,  giving  one  name  for 
each  officer  to  be  elected.  The  Chairman 
shall  thereupon  send  a  full  list  of  the  names 
proposed  to  each  member  of  the  committee, 
who  shall  return  said  list  to  the  Chairman, 
having  first  erased  therefrom  all  names  in 
excess  of  double  the  officers  to  be  elected, 
except  that  only  one  name  shall  be  left  for 
President. 

The  Chairman  shall  prepare  from  the  re- 
turned lists  a  balloting  list,  comprising  the 
one  name  for  President,  three  names  for  Vice- 
Presidents,  the  two  names  for  Secretary,  the 
two  names  for  Treasurer,  and  the  ten  names 
for  Directors  T>-hich  appear  on  the  greatest 
number  of  lists. 

The  balloting  list  thus  prepared  shall  be 
pi-esented  to  the  Board  of  Direction  on  or 
before  the  third  Wednesday  in  Septem- 
ber, and  shall  be  sent  by  them  to  each 
member  of  the  Society  before  the  first  day  of 
October. 

Each  membpr  entitled  to  vote  at  the  annual 
election  may  erase  any  names  on  said  list  and 
substitute  others,  but  no  ballot  shall  contain, 
when  presented  to  the  Society,  more  than 
one  name  for  each  officer  to  be  elected. 

The  ballots  shall  be  received  by  the  Secre- 
tary in  accordance  with  the  rules  established 
by  the  Board  of  Direction  for  letter  ballots, 
and  all  ballots  received  before  twelve  o'clock 
of  the  day  of  the  annual  meeting  shall  be 
lilaced  in  the  hands  of  three  tellers,  appointed 
by  the  Presiding  Officer,  and  by  them  can- 
vassed, and  the  result  certified  to  in  writing 
and  presented  to  the  Chairman,  who  shall  de- 
clare it  to  the  Society.  The  person  having  the 
greatest  number  of  votes  for  each  office  shall 
be  declared  elected.  In  case  of  a  tie,  the 
choice  between  the  two  candidates  to  be  made 
by  ballot  of  the  members  present. 

No  member  of  the  Society  who  is  in  arrears 
for  dues  for  either  any  previous  or  the  cnir- 
rent  year,  shall  be  eligible  for  office  or  for  a 
position  on  the  Nominating  Committee. 


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On  the  Circulation  of  teih  Books  op  the  Libkary. 


The  following  report  was  presented  by  the 
Xibrary  Committee  to  the  Board  of  Direction, 
-adopted  by  the  Board,  submitted  at  the 
annual  meeting,  November  5th,  J879,  and 
-accepted  : 

To  the  Board  of  Direction  of  the  American  So- 
ciety of  CiviL  Engineers : 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Society  held  during 
the  Annual  Convention  in  Cleveland,  on  June 
18th,  the  Library  Committee  was  requested 
to  report  whether  some  plan  may  not  be 
adopted  to  enable  members  living  away  from 
New  York  to  consult  the  books  of  the  library, 
Tinder  pioper  regulations  to  insure  their  re- 
turn and  to  prevent  injury. 

The  question  here  presented  is  by  ■  no 
means  a  new  one  to  the  members  or  officers 
•of  the  Society,  having  been  discussed  at  con- 
:siderable  length  between  July  2d,  1873,  and 
1st  November,  1876.  On  the  last  named  date 
the  Board  of  Direction,  in  their  Annual  Re- 
port (Vol.  2.  p.  146),  said  : 

"  The  use  of  a  library  of  the  Society  wil 
be  restricted  to  resident  members  and 
those  non-residents  who  occasionally  visit 
New  York,  unless  means  be  taken,  under  ne- 
•cessary  restrictions,  to  send  works  to  those 
■who  desire  it,  or  here  to  make  examinations 
•for  them.  That  by  some  such  plan  it  is  feas- 
ible to  render  a  library  of  this  character  of 
.great  value  to  members  remote  from  the  cen- 
tres of  literary  and  professional  kuowledtte, 
is  ijelieved,  and  full  consideration  of  the  mat- 
ter by  the  Society,  with  a  view  to  elaborate 
such  a  plan,  is  recommended." 

This  recommendation  was  not  favorably 
•considered  by  the  annual  meeting,  and  no  ac- 
tion was  taken  upon  it.. 

The  reason  lor  this  indifference  was,  doubt- 
less, that  at  the  preceding  annual  convention, 
held  in  Philadelphia  in  June,  1876,  the  Com- 
mittee on  the  Establishment  of  an  Engineer- 
ing Library  and  Museum,  which  was  appoint- 
ed in  1873,  reported  (Vol.  2,  p.  82)  that  they 
had  taken  no  action  since  the  previous  con- 
veution,  and  were  discharged. 

In  addition,  the  Committee  on  the  Policy  of 
the  Society,  appointed  in  June,  1875,  which 
made  a  careful  and  valuable  report  at  the  an- 
nual meeting  in  November,  1875  (Vol.  1,  p. 
318).  had  not  in  their  report  considered  the 
possibility  of  such  a  dissemination  of  the 
library;  while  they  had  urged  that  the  rooms 
should  be  kept  open  at  all  times  to  give  mem- 
bers the  opportunity  to  consult  professional 
literature. 


The  committee  above  mentioned,  on  "Es- 
tablishment of  an  Engineering  Library," 
while  sugf^esting  the  possibility  of  a  circu- 
lating system,  were  not  agreed  as  to  Its  ad- 
visability. The  Chairman,  Mr.  Leverich,  said 
(Vol.  1,  p.  226),  "  In  these  times  of  cheaij  and 
rapid  exjiressage,  duplicate  volumes  may  be 
loaned  to  a  non-resident  member,  and  at  small 
risk  and  cost  sent  to  him,  no  matter  how  re- 
mote his  residence  is;  while  another  mem- 
ber, Mr.  C.  Hermany,  held  that  "this  plan 
would  not  do,  for  the  reason  that  nine  out  of 
every  ten  books  sent  out  would  never  find 
their  way  back  to  the  library  "  (p.  228). 

Although  the  question  of  circulation  of  the 
library  would  thus  seem  to  have  been  ad- 
versely decided,  after  much  discussion,  the 
Library  Committee  have  felt  it  their  duty  to 
carefully  consider  it  again  in  compliance  with 
the  desire  of  those  of  the  older  members  who 
have  forgotten  the  previous  discussions,  and 
the  new  members  who  are  unacquainted  with 
them,  and  earnestly  hoping  that  some  means 
might  be  devised  to  make  the  store  of  pro- 
fessional information  in  the  library  of  the 
greatest  possible  value  to  all  the  members  of 
the  Society. 

The  conclusion  the  committee  have  reached 
is  that  it  is  impracticable  and  inexpedient  to 
al-ow  volumes  to  be  taken  from  the  library, 
In  support  of  this  conclusion,  they  present 
the  following  considerations  : 

The  functions  and  uses  of  a  library  for 
professional  reference  and  study  are  as  differ- 
ent from  those  of  a  library  of  general  litera- 
ture as  are  the  contents  of  one  from  those  of 
the  other. 

The  library  of  the  Society  contains  few 
books  which  can  be  read  continuously  within 
a  hmited  time,  with  profit.  The  student  of  a 
particular  subject  for  practical  use  in  his  pro- 
fession requires  generally  not  one  book  alone 
for  perusal;  and  then,  after  the  lapse  of  sev. 
eral  days,  another,  to  be  in  turn  replaced  by 
another,  but  he  must  have  access  to  a  quan- 
tity of  works  on  the  subject  at  one  time,  so 
that  while  the  matter  is  fresh  in  his  mind  he 
may  collate  and  compare  a  chapter,  perhaps, 
of  one,  a  sentence  in  another,  a  plate  in  a 
third,  and  a  mere  reference  in  others. 
Twenty  or  thirty  books  and  papers  may  have 
to  be  consulted,  and  it  is  not  infrequent  to 
find  among  that  number  only  one  or  two 
v;hich  give  the  exact  information  desired. 

Mere  titles  and  headings  go  for  little  in 
such  a  research.    The  particular  treatment  of 


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a  subject,  or  the  note  sought  cannot  be  sur- 
mised even  from  the  name  of  the  book. 

One  great  practical  objection  to  making  a 
library  of  reference  circulating  is  based  on 
this  fact.  The  matter  treating  of  any  subject 
of  importance  is  scattered  through  so  many 
books  and  technical  journals,  that  in  most 
cases  a  large  number  of  volumes  ■woixld  have 
to  be  sent  to  the  seeker  for  information,  and 
possibly  the  greater  portion  of  them  would 
prove  not  to  contain  exactly  what  he  needed. 
But  he  would  be  at  the  expense  of  their  trans- 
portation, all  the  other  members  of  the 
Society  would  be  deprived  of  their  use  while 
they  were  absent,  and  the  library  would  be 
at  the  risk  of  losing  them,  and  consequently 
of  the  destruction  of  the  value  of  the  sets  to 
which  volumes  belong. 

The  absence  from  the  library  of  even  a  few 
volumes  for  several  days,  or  mere  probably 
weeks,  would  be  of  more  injury  to  the  library 
itself  and  to  the  society  by  creating  dissatis- 
faction than  the  inability  of  distant  members 
to  use  the  books. 

It  is  probable  that  more  real  use  of  the 
library  for  study  is  made  by  non-resident 
members  now  than  by  residents.  Members 
from  a  distance  when  visiting  New  York  take 
advantage  of  that  opportunity  to  look  up  the 
literature  of  the  subject  iu  which  they  are  in- 
terested. If  such  a  visitor  found  that  the 
works  he  desired  to  consult  were  scattered  to 
all  parts  of  the  country,  to  be  absent  for 
several  weeks,  he  would  unquestionably  con- 
clude that  the  library  of  the  Society  was  a  de- 
lusion, and  the  pretended  facilities  it  ofi'ered 
a  humbug. 

The  risk  of  losing  the  volumes  sent  out,  is 
too  great  to  be  taken.  The  books  most  likely 
to  be  needed  are  not  only  valuable  in  them- 
selves, but  they  have  the  additional  value  that 
I'arity  confers,  and  which  is  hardly  to  be 
estimated  in  money.  No  librarian  or  ciScer 
of  the  Societj'  would  feel  warranted,  even  by 
the  most  liberal  grant  of  authority  by  a 
Society  vote,  in  either  fixing  a  price  to  be 
deposited  in  advance  for  the  loan  of,  for  in- 
stance, one  of  the  ten  volumes  of  the  papers 
of  the  Royal  Engineers,  or  in  sending  without 
security  one  of  them  to  Chicago  or  New 
Orleans. 

The  value  of  a  book  to  its  possessor  is  not  to 
be  estimated  by  any  one  else,  and  even  with 
such  a  provision  for  exorbitant  deposits  as 
secxirity,  as  to  be  prohibitory  to  the  majority 
of  the  members,  the  loss  or  mutilation  of  val- 
uable books  would  be  certain.  The  testimony 
of  librarians  on  this  point  is  very  strong,  and 
c  ffers  a  great  mass  of  facts  which   are   aston- 


ishing to  those  not  familiar  with  the  efifects 
of  bibliomania  on  otherwise  respectable  and 
honorable  men. 

The  members  entitled  to  the  use  of  the 
library  number  now  more  than  six  hundred, 
and  they  are  distributed  over  the  whole  area 
of  the  United  States  and  Canada.  The  difft- 
culties  of  enforcing  any  penalties  for  violation 
of  rules  or  breach  of  confidence  would  be  so 
great  as  to  be  practically  insurmountable. 

The  conditions  under  which  many  of  the 
books  in  the  Library  have  been  presented, 
make  it  impossible  to  allow  them  to  be  sent 
out.  After  deducting  such  books  from  the 
list,  and  also  those  which  are  rare  and  diffi- 
cult to  replace,  and  those  which  are  in  the 
character  of  encyclopsedias  and  unfit  for  cir- 
culation, the  number  left  for  circulation 
would  not  be  great,  and  their  character  would 
be  such  that  they  would  not  be  likely  to  be  in 
demand. 

While  the  project  of  making  the  library  a 
cii'culating  one  seems  unadvisable,  it  is  un- 
questionable that  much  may  be  done  in  the 
way  of  making  it  useful  to  all  the  members. 

To  this  end,  the  first  requisite  is  that  mem- 
bers should  know  what  may  be  found  in  the 
Library,  and  for  this  p  urpose  a  printed  cata- 
logtie  is  essential,  to  be  classified  according  to 
subjects.  The  card  system  of  cataloguing  is 
undoubtedly  exceedingly  useful  and  con- 
venient for  Library  use,  but  to  non-resident 
members  it  is  valueless.  For  various  reasons, 
mostly  financial,  no  catalogue  has  yet  been 
made,  but  the  time  has  arrived  when  it  is  a 
necessity,  and  it  should  be  the  first  duty  of 
the  Board  of  Direction  to  have  it  done.  It  is 
the  only  means  by  which  members  can  be  in- 
formed of  the  condition  of  the  Library  and 
of  its  needs.  It  is  desirable  that  we  should 
have  a  very  full  collection  of  American  re- 
jjorts,  and  there  are  doubtless  many  in  the 
possession  of  members  who  would  send  them 
to  fill  vacancies  in  our  lists. 

With  a  catalogue  in  its  possession,  supple- 
mented by  the  monthly  publication  in  the 
"  Proceedings"  of  additions  to  the  Library,  a 
member  could  decide  what  he  wanted  to  look 
at  in  advance  of  a  visit,  and  thus  save  much 
of  his  own  time  and  that  of  the  Librarian. 

The  periodical  literature  of  the  day  is  so 
voluminous  and  so  rich  iri  valuable  matter, 
that  the  Engineer  cannot  keep  up  with  current 
advances  in  science  without  great  cost  and 
labor.  It  would  be  of  immense  advantage  to 
members  of  the  Society  to  have  a  topical  index 
to  the  journals  received  by  the  Society  pub- 
lished monthly  in  the  Proceedings.  The  pre- 
paration of  such  an  index  would  occupy  the 


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whole  time  of  one  man,  and  he  should  be  only  be  furnished  after  several  days  of  carefu 

one  familiar  with  several  languages.  examination  by  an  expert  in  the   branch  in 

It  would  be  out  of  the  power  of  the  Secre-  quired  about,  and  instances  have  occurred  of 

tary  to  attend  to  this  duty  in  addition  to  the  much  dissatisfaction  being  expressed,  because 

business,  the  correspondence,  the  editorial  all  the  information  could  not  be  given  with- 

work,  and  the  necessary  attention  to  mem-  out   expense.    It   may  fairly  be   questioned 

bers  and  others  visiting  the  rooms  of  the  So-  whether  this  class  of  special  research  for  in- 

■ciety.  divlduals  should  be  done  at  the  expense  of 

With  the  aid  of  such  an  index,  distant  mem-  the  Society.  At  the  same  time  those  who  need 

bers   could  generally  procure  copies  of  the  the  information  are   frequently  not  able   or 

special  articles  they  desired  to  see,  at  less  ex-  willing  to  bear  the  cost  alone.   For  such  cases 

peuse  than  would  be  involved  in  correspond-  there  docs   not  seem  to  be  any  relief  except 

ence  and  transportation  of  volumes  from  the  by  the  establishment  of  a  fund  the  interest  of 

Library.  which  should  be    devoted    to    the    purpose. 

It  is  a  question  to  be  carefully  considered  The  means  of  such  establishment  do  not 
whether  the  expense  of  this  work  can  be  now  appear.  ■  It  is  not  advisable  that  the  So- 
undertaken  in  the  present  state  of  the  So-  ciety  should  go  begging  for  money  and  thus 
ciety's  affairs.  lower  its  character  and  standing.    The  day 

The    matter   of    furnishing    to    members  may,    and   probably    will,    come,  when  the 

searches  of  authorities  and  abstracts  or  briefs  money  will  be  offered. 

on  special  subjects  is  wurthy  of  considera-  The  Committee  invite  a  full  and  and  frank 
tion.  Letters  are  sometimes  received  from  discussion  of  these  points  and  ask  for  prac- 
distant  members  asking  for  such  full  and  tioal  suggestions  from  members  of  the  So- 
detailed  information  of  tiiis   kind    as    could  ciety, 


MEMOIRS  OF  DECEASED  MEMBERS. 


SAMUEL  J.  EEEYES,*  Member  A.  S.  C  E. 

Died  Decp:mbee  15th,  1878. 

By  the  death  of  Mr.  Reeves.  American  engineering  has  lost  one  who 
has  contributed  in  no  small  degree  to  the  extraordinary  development  of 
coustrnctive  iron  work  in  America  which  the  last  twenty  years  have 
witnessed.  "While  men  markedly  inferior  in  attainments,  personal 
-characteristics  and  influence  have  been  noticed  far  and  wide  in  the  public 
prints,  it  is  somewhat  astonishing  that  the  career  of  a  man  who  has 
done  so  much  practical  good  for  his  country  as  Mr.  Eeeves  should 
pass  away  Avithout  exciting  even  a  ripple  of  public  comment,  further 
thaa  in  the  immediate  professional  and  business  circles  with  which  he 
was  in  contact.  The  history  of  Mr.  Eeeves'  life  would  be  largely  a 
history  of  iron  making  in  America,  an  industry  in  which  he  was  always 
in  the  van,  impelled  as  much  by  the  ambition  created  by  a  liberal 
education  as  by  the  purely  vulgar  considerations  of  trade. 

Mr.  Eeeves  was  the  son  of  David  Eeeves,  and  was  born  at  Bridgeton, 
N.  J.,  in  1818;  was  educated  at  Lawrenceville  (N.  J.)  Academy,  where 
he  was  prepared  for  Princeton  College,  from  which  institution  he  was 
.graduated  in  1837.  To  this  educational  preparation  for  his  future  career, 
Mr.  Eeeves  added  the  experiences  of  travel,  both  in  this  country  and  in 

*Committee  to  prepare  memoir,  John  Grifl'en,  Alfred  P.  Boiler. 


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Europe.  In  1846  he  married  a  Baltimore  lady,  Miss  Handy,  who  still 
survives  him,  together  with  five  of  the  six  children  which  were  born  to- 
them. 

Mr.  Eeeves  commenced  his  business  life  about  1841  under  his  father  and 
uncle,  proprietors  of  the  Cumberland  Nail  and  Iron  Works,  at  Bridgeton, 
N.  J.  The  father  and  uncle  were  at  the  time,  and  had  been  for  a  long 
period  also  interested  in  a  nail  mill  at  Norristown  and  also  in  the  Phoenix 
Iron  Works,  at  Phcenixville,  Pa.,  which  latter  was  established  in  1790 by 
Benjamin  Longstreth.  In  1827  the  Phoenix  Iron  Works  passed  into  the 
hands  of  Reeves,  Whitaker  &  Co.,  afterwards  (1846)  Reeves,  Buck  &  Co., 
which  firm,  in  the  same  year,  also  became  owners  of  the  Bridgeton- 
Works,  with  which  the  family  connection,  however,  ceased  in  1870.  In 
1855  the  firm  of  Reeves,  Buck  &  Co.  became  the  Phceuix  Iron  Company, 
the  title  still  retained.  At  Phcenixville  the  iron  operations  of  the  Reeves 
family  were  on  a  much  larger  scale  than  those  conducted  at  Bridgeton  or 
Norristown,  where  it  Avas  confined  chiefly  to  the  manufacture  of  nails. 
At  Phcenixville  the  manufacture  of  railroad  iron,  pig  iron  and  merchant 
bars  was  added  to  their  nail  production. 

In  1846— November  16— the  first  rails  were  rolled  at  these  works, 
since  which  time  there  has  been  a  progressive  increase  in  the  iron  shapes 
rolled  at  this  establishment,  until  their  "  list"  of  shapes  has  become  the 
most  comprehensive  of  any  rolling  mill  in  America.  In  1848  Reeves, 
Abbott  &  Co.  erected  a  rolling  mill  and  blast  furnace  at  Safe  Harbor, 
Penn.,  to  roll  rails  for  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company,  of  which, 
enterprise  Mr.  Reeves  Avas  the  virtual  head.  Mr.  Reeves  for  many 
years  and  up  to  his  death  was  a  Director  in  the  Board  of  the  Cambria. 
Iron  Company,  as  his  father  before  him  had  been.  As  President  of  the 
American  Iron  and  Steel  Association,  a  position  filled  by  Mr.  Reeves  for- 
ten  years  preceding  his  death,  he  had  the  unrpialitied  support  and 
confidence  of  its  members. 

From  this  brief  summary,  it  will  readily  be  seen  that  Mr.  Reeves  Avas 
necessarily  an  employer  of  labor  on  a  vast  scale,  Avhich,  to  successfully 
control  and  direct,  required  a  talent  for  organization  and  system  pos- 
sessed by  but  few  men.  At  the  time  of  his  death  the  great  Phoenix 
Iron  Works  employed  over  2,000  men  in  all  its  departments. 

As  might  be  expected  in  a  Pennsylvanian  and  an  iron  master,  Mr. 
Reeves  Avas  a  strong  Protectionist  of  the  Carey  school,  and  he  was  ever- 
ready  to  defend  the  principles  of  that  school  of  political  economy  with 
an  earnestness  bred  of  conviction  and  a  thoroughness  due  to  thoughtful- 
study.  Mr.  Reeves  by  nature  was  extremely  conservative,  and  had  he 
been  simply  the  self  made  man,  self  taught,  Avith  only  the  experience 
of  his  local  surroundings,  Avould  have  been  a  successful  folloAver  in  the- 
improvements  continually  introduced  into  the  manufacture  of  iron, 
instead  of  being  in  the  van.  He  Avould  have  made  rails,  and  good  ones,, 
too,  all  his  life,  and  been  successful  as  a  business  man.     Fortunately ». 


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the  atlvantages  of  a  liberal  education  and  the  opportunities  of  travel 
tempered  his  natural  disposition  and  broadened  his  views,  so  that  as 
always  comes  to  a  naturally  strong  man,  with  a  trained  intellect,  he  was 
ambitious  to  accomplish  something  more  than  the  mere  success  of 
making  money. 

Seconded  by  the  able  assistants  he  called  around  him,  he,  as  rapidly 
as  he  was  able  and  so  soon  as  he  saw  an  opening  for  new  ideas,  intro- 
duced tli8  manufacture  of  specialties  at  PhoenixviUe,  and  in  every  sense 
was  the  pioneer  of  constructive  wrought  iron  work  in  America  The 
double  lipped  wrought  iron  railroad  chair  was  first  made  at  Phoenix- 
viUe by  rolling,  enormous  quantities  of  which  were  used  on  our  railroads 
until  the  pear  head  section^  of  rail  gave  way  to  the  now  universally 
adopted  girder  section  with  a  straight  stem. 

While  it  is  true  the  Trenton  Works  made  the  first  rolled  beam  in  this 
country  (9  inch  in  1853),  the  Phoenix  Works  were  practically  the  first  to 
manufacture  for  the  market  beams  of  varying  sizes  and  sections,  for  many 
years  being  without  a  competitor— until  18G4  they  were  the  only  manu- 
facturers of  large  beams  and  channels  in  America.  One  of  the  boldest 
strides  forward  was  the  manufacture  of  hydraulic  die  forged  eye  bars, 
undertaken  with  a  view  to  supplying  such  bars  for  the  channel  span  of 
the  Steubenville  bridge  about  being  constructed  by  Mr.  Linville  in 
1863.— the  first  of  the  great  spans  with  which  we  have  since  become  so 
familiar. 

Foreseeing  with  an  almost  prophetic  eye  the  great  demand  that  would 
spring  up  for  constructive  iron  work,  Mr.  Eeeves  made  all  his  improve- 
ments tend  towards  the  manufacture  of  "  shapes,"  and  the  designing 
and  construction  of  all  descriptions  of  Avrought  iron  framing.  In  18(32 
the  wrought  iron  column  known  as  the  "Phoenix  Column"  wis  patented 
by  Mr.  Reeves,  and  far  a  long  time  it  was  considered  almost  impossible 
to  build  a  long  span  bridge  without  its  use.  This  patent  was  contested 
on  the  ground  of  infringement  by  Linville  &  Piper,  in  1867,  but  was 
sustained  by  the  judge  on  its  priority  and  principles.  Previous  to  the 
panic  of  '73  Mr.  Eeeves  commenced  the  "new  mill"  at  Phreuixville,  on 
a  scale  second  to  none  in  America,  being  930  feet  long  and  430  feet  wide. 
At  the  time  of  the  panic  it  was  almost  completed,  and  still  awaits  the 
revival  in  the  iron  trade  that  will  warrant  the  additional  product  that 
such  a  mill  is  capable  of  turning  out.  It  was  intended  that  this  mill 
should  be  perfectan  every  proved  modern  appliance  for  manufacturing 
iron  and  steel,  and  no  labor  or  money  was  spared  to  carry  out  this  vieAV. 

It  will  be  seen  from  the  above  rapid  summary  of  the  development  of 
the  Phrenix  Works,  of  which  Mr.  Reeves  was  practically  the  sole 
head,  that  American  engineering  owes  much  to  him,  and  the  Transactions 
of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  form  a  fitting  tablet  to 
place  this  debt  on  record.  But  far  above  all  is  the  legacy  of  character 
Mr.  Reeves  has  left  his  family  and  friends,  and  the  example  of  a  wonder- 


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f  ally  successful  business  career,  untainted  by  trickery  or  any  dislionor- 
able  dealing. 

Mr.  Reeves  was  not  perfect;  he  liad  Lis  peculiarities  of  character  and 
imperfections  of  humanity  like  others;  he  had  his  enemies,  like  every 
other  strong  man;  but  his  heart  was  warm,  his  aspirations  high,  and  an 
irreproachable  integrity  was  his  through  life.  He  was  a  gentleman  in  the 
highest  and  best  sense  of  the  term,  generous  and  sympathetic,  and 
whose  death  is  a  real  bareavement  to  those  with  whom  he  was  associated. 


FRANKLIN  ASA  STRATTON,*  Member  A.  S.  C.  E. 

Died  Jitlt  17th,  1879. 

Franklin  Asa  Stratton  was  born  in  Northfield,  Mass.,  November  30, 
1829.     His  parents  were  Asa  and  Sophia  Stratton,  the  latter  still  living. 

Early  manifesting  a  fondness  for  books  and  study,  he  was  allowed  to 
gratify  his  own  childish  wish  of  attending  school  at  the  age  of  three  and 
a  half  years.  After  finishing  the  common  school  course  he  entered  the 
academy  of  his  native  town.  He  exhibited  an  aptitude  and  decided  taste 
'for  mathematics,  taking  up  and  completing,  unassisted,  the  study  of 
algebra,  that  branch  not  being  included  in  the  school  course. 

He  was  remarkable,  even  in  those  early  years,  as  a  patient  and  inde- 
fatigable student,  not  only  of  text  books,  but  those  embracing  a  wide  and 
varied  range  of  knowledge,  and  for  his  perfect  self-reliance.  These 
qualities  gave  him  high  rank  in  the  boys'  school  at  Brattleboro,  Vt., 
which  he  entered,  after  completing  his  academic  course,  and  which  was 
under  the  charge  of  the  Eev.  Addison  Browne,  who  taught  the  classics 
and  higher  mathematics,  including  civil  engineering.  He  here  excelled 
in  mathematics,  and  mastered  the  difficulties  of  problems  which  had 
puzzled  many  teachers. 

On  leaving  the  school  at  Brattleboro,  Yt.,  he  formed  a  party  of 
engineers  at  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  and  as  a  mark  of  confidence  in  his  ability 
he  was  entrusted  with  the  construction  of  a  short  road  to  Lake  Ontario, 
which  he  completed  to  entire  satisfaction.  As  a  well-deserved  tribute 
to  the  perfect  confidence  placed  in  his  judgment  and  discretion,  it  should 
be  recorded  that  the  work  here  included  not  only  the  engineering  and 
building  of  the  road,  but  the  disbursing  of  the  moneys  invested  in  the 
enterprise,  and  this  at  the  early  age  of  twenty  years. 

From  here  he  went  to  the  Toledo  &  Wabash  Railroad,  and  was 
located  at  Lafayette,  Ind.,  until  the  completion  of  the  road.  Leaving 
Lafayette  he  went  to  Fort  Dodge,  Iowa,  where  he  opened  a  land  office, 
transacting  the  business  connected  with  that  position. 

At  the  time  of  the  massacre  at  Spirit  Lake  in  1857,  he  commanded  a 
company  of  riflemen  in  a  severe  mid-winter  campaign  against  the  Sioux 


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Indians.  At  tlie  outbreak  of  the  Rebellion  he  was  engaged  in  the  study 
of  law,  but  heeding  his  country's  call  and  need,  he  formed  a  company, 
went  to  Washington  and  entered  the  military  service  as  captain  of  Com- 
pany A,  Eleventh  Pennsylvania  Cavalry,  and  was  regularly  promoted, 
to  the  grade  of  major  in  September,  1862,  Lieut. -Colonel,  September, 
1864,  Colonel,  May,  1865,  and  Brevet  Brigadier  General  in  September, 
1866. 

Of  Gen.  Stratton's  military  service,  "Bates'  Martial  Deeds  of  Penn- 
sylvania "  makes  honorable  mention  in  a  biographical  notice. 

"We  find  that  he  was  engaged  in  nearly  thirty  pitched  battles,  beside 
many  skirmishes  and  minor  affairs.  He  was  twice  wounded,  viz.,  on  the 
17th  of  March,  1863,  in  a  sabre  charge  at  Franklin,  in  which  he  displayed 
great  courage  and  skill  ;  and  again  in  a  hand  to  hand  encounter  in  the 
battle  of  October  7th,  1864,  where  he  received  a  sabre  cut  in  the  hand. 

He  particularly  distingiiished  himself  in  the  raid  led  by  Wilson  and 
Ivautz,  five  hundred  miles  inside  of  the  enemy's  lines,  in  which  three 
battles  were  fought  and  thirty  miles  of  the  Danville  Railroad  Avere  de- 
stroyed, he  having  the  lead  in  withdrawing  in  face  of  vastly  superior 
numbers  sent  to  intercept  them. 

In  the  last  campaign  against  Lee,  his  command  had  the  honor  of 
opening  the  final  battle  of  the  war  in  Virginia,  it  having  occiipied  with 
Gen.  Miles'  division  of  infantry  the  famous  Lynchburg  turni^ike,  leading 
out  of  Ajipomattox. 

In  addition  to  constant  service  in  the  saddle,  he  performed  a  great 
deal  of  military  engineering  for  the  government,  making  military  maps 
•of  the  country  before  Petersburg,  for  Gen.  Mansfield,  which  were  of 
great  service  during  the  latter  part  of  the  war. 

Gen.  Stratton  was  married  February  24,  1866,  to  Mrs.  Georgie  E. 
■Griffith,  nee  Keeling,  of  Norfolk,  Va. ,  who  still  survives  him,  and  on  the 
28th  March,  1867,  was  commissioned  a  Civil  Engineer  in  the  naval  ser- 
Tice,  and  ordered  to  duty  as  Civil  Engineer  of  the  Washington  Navy 
Yard,  a  position  formerly  filled  by  Gens.  Rosecvans,  Benham  and  others 
•of  the  United  States  Engineer  Corj^s.  July  9,  1875,  he  was  ordered  to 
League  Island  in  charge  of  the  construction  of  the  important  public 
works  projected  for  a  navy  yard  at  that  iJoint,  and  wdiere  he  was  stationed 
at  the  time  of  his  death. 

In  addition  to  these  arduous  duties,  he  served  as  a  member  of  the 
Boards  of  Civil  Engineers  appointed  by  the  Navy  Department  to  examine 
the  sites  of  the  League  Island,  Mare  Island,  and  New  London  Navy 
Yards,  and  jjrepare  plans  for  their  develojjment  and  permanent  improve- 
ment upon  a  large  scale,  and  was  also  entrusted  with  other  important 
IJvofessional  duties  by  the  government,  all  of  which  were  j^erformed  with 
zeal  and  efficiency. 

While  engaged  at  League  Island  a  severe  storm  visited  that  vicinity, 
in   October,   1878,   which   culminated  in  a  disastrous  flood,  causing  an 


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overflow  of  the  dykes  aud  blowing  down  the  shiphouse,  etc.  During- 
this  crisis  Gen.  Stratton  remained  at  his  post  of  duty  almost  constantly 
for  several  successive  days  and  nights,  personally  directing  repairs  and 
trying  to  avert  further  disaster,  and  animating  his  men  in  the  hurried 
and  imperative  work  of  saving  government  property,  utterly  regardless 
of  personal  discomfort  and  exposure,  being  often  knee  deep  in  mud  and 
water  and  thoroughly  drenched.  A  severe  and  deep  seated  cold  was  con- 
tracted as  a  result  of  this  exposure,  which  culminated  in  an  attack  of 
typhoid  pneumonia,  from  which  he  died,  at  Chestnut  Hill,  near  Phila- 
delphia, on  Thursday  evening,  July  17th,  1879,  in  the  fiftieth  year  of  his 
age, 

Gen.  Stratton  was  remarkably  modest  and  retiring  in  his  character, 
which  also  possessed  that  most  rare,  difficult  and  victorious  element,  a 
patient  spirit— one  that  could  learn  to  labor  and  to  wait  and  abide  its 
time.  Professionally  he  possessed  superior  abilities  as  a  civil  and  me- 
chanical engineer,  and  in  his  death  the  government  has  lost  a  faithful 
and  efficient  officer  ;  the  profession,  a  valued  member,  whose  attain- 
ments and  experience,  combined  with  his  personal  worth  and  estimable 
character,  furnish  an  example  worthy  of  all  notice  ;  and  his  personal 
acquaintances,  a  warm  and  generous  friend. 

His  whole  life  Avas  full  of  work— hard  work,  both  mentally  and 
physically,  and  it  deserves  to  be  written  as  a  golden  honor  to  his  mem- 
ory, that  during  all  these  busy  years  of  varied  and  arduous  service,  away 
from  his  home,  his  love  and  continual  remembrance  of  his  aged  mother 
was  a  noticeable  feature  of  his  excellent  character. 

Eeviewing  the  character  of  Gen.  Stratton,  we  find  it  strikingly  illus- 
trative of  the  trite  but  truthful  adage,  "  the  boy  is  father  of  the 
man ;"  from  the  early  schooldays,  until  the  close  of  his  laborious  and 
eventful  life,  we  see  the  same  masterful  spirib  modestly  asserting  itself, 
persistently  surmounting  difficulties  and  bravely  ignoring  self  in  the  dis- 
charge of  his  duties,  until  the  loyal  soldier,  the  faithful  servant,  the  true 
friend,  and  the  loving  husband,  father,  and  son  falls  at  his  post— with 
the  harness  on— to  be  sincerely  mourned  by  all  who  knew  him. 


JAMES  E.  BELL,*  Member  A.  S.  C.  E. 

Died  June  9th,  1879. 

James  E.  Bell  was  born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  on  the  28th  of  December 
1849.  His  grandfather  was  a  captain  in  the  British  army,  who  came  to 
America  in  1812,  just  before  the  declaration  of  war.  He  first  settled  in 
Lancaster,  Pennsylvania;  but  in  1817  he  removed  to  Cincinnati,  and, 
with  the  exception  of  a  few  years'  residence  at  Kising  Sun,  Indiana,  he 
continued  to  be  a  citizen  of  Cincinnati  until  his  death. 


■  Committee  to  prepare  memoir,  Col.  Wm.  E.  Merrill. 


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Mr.  Bell's  father,  Josej)li  Bell,  Esq.,  lias  loug  resided  in  Cincinnati, 
where  he  is  in  charge  of  an  extensive  foundry  and  machine  shop. 

James  E.  Bell  received  his  early  education  in  the  common  schools  of 
Cincinnati,  and  finished  his  course  at  the  Woodward  High  School  in 
June,  1869.  In  September  of  that  year  he  entered  the  Kensselaer  Poly- 
technic School  at  Troy,  N.  Y. ,  whence  he  was  graduated  in  June,  1873. 
He  Avas  thus  careful  to  prepai'e  himself  by  special  study  in  the  best 
schools,  and  did  not  assume  the  title  of  "engineer"  until  his  diploma 
gave  him  the  right  to  use  it.  The  success  which  at  the  time  of  his  early 
death  had  already  attended  his  efforts  in  his  chosen  profession  was 
largely  due  to  his  excellent  training,  by  means  of  which  he  was  soon  able 
to  erect  a  stable  edifice  of  j^ractice  on  a  broad  foundation  of  the  funda- 
mental principles  of  mechanics  and  engineering. 

Ambitious  to  excel,  and  desirous  of  speedily  acquiring  experience  in 
practical  construction,  he  sought  and  obtained  service,  during  his  vaca- 
tions, as  an  assistant  to  Jno.  C.  Wilson,  C.  E.,  engineer  in  charge  of  the 
erection  of  the  Newport  and  Cincinnati  Railroad  Bi'idge  over  the  Ohio 
river. 

After  leaving  Troy  Mr.  Bell  was  employed  about  three  months  on 
surveys  connected  with  the  location  of  the  Cincinnati  Southern  Railway, 
under  the  direction  of  the  Chief  Engineer,  Mr.  Wm.  A.  Gunn  (Member 
Am.  Soc.  C.  E.).  For  nearly  a  year  longer  he  hadr  charge  of  a  party 
engaged  between  Dayton  and  Springfield,  Ohio,  m  re-surveying  a  route 
for  the  C.  C.  C.  and  I.  R.  R.  (Dayton  Short  Line  or  Bee  Line). 

In  July,  1874,  he  took  service  under  Col.  W.  E.  Merrill,  U.  S.  Engi- 
neers (Member  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.),  and  made  a  survey  of  the  Big  Sandy 
river  from  its  mouth  to  Warfield,  Ky.,  on  the  Tug  Fork,  and  to  Piketon, 
Ivy. ,  on  the  Louisa  Fork.  In  1875,  in  obedience  to  an  Act  of  Congress, 
this  survey  was  extended  up  the  Louisa  Fork  to  the  mouth  of  Dismal 
Creek,  in  Virginia.     This  second  survey  was  also  made  by  Mr.  Bell. 

In  November,  1875,  he  was  assigned  to  duty  at  Hoard's  Rocks,  W. 
Va.,  on  the  Monongahela,  below  Morgantown,  with  orders  to  continr.e 
the  work  of  building  a  masonry  lock  and  dam  at  that  point.  He 
remained  on  this  duty  until  November,  1876,  when  all  work  was  stopped, 
owing  to  the  exhaustion  of  the  appropriation. 

In  June,  1877,  Mr.  Bell  was  put  in  charge  of  the  improvement  of  the 
Little  Kanawha  river,  and  he  remained  on  this  duty  until  work  was 
sto^jped  by  cold  weather.  This  was  his  last  service  under  the  govern- 
ment. His  reports  on  the  Big  Sandy,  and  his  rejjorts  of  operations  on 
the  Monongahela  and  on  the  Little  Kanawha,  will  be  found  in  full  in  the 
Annual  Reports  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers. 

On  the  10th  of  July,  1878,  he  received  from  the  Board  of  Public 
Works  of  the  City  of  Cincinnati  the  appointment  of  Superintendent  of 
the  City  Water  Works.  He  filled  this  important  and  responsible  position 
with  great  acceptance  until  his  death  on  the  9th  of  June,  1879,  at  the 


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■early  age  of  twenty-nine.  He  succumbed  to  an  attack  of  inflammation 
of  the  bowels.  He  left  a  widow,  but  no  children;  having  been  married 
but  little  more  than  a  year. 

He  was  elected  a  member  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers 
on  the  5th  of  March  of  the  present  year,  and  thus  was  numbered  amongst 
us  for  the  very  brief  period  of  three  months. 

Of  a  genial  disposition,  his  business  relations  were  always  pleasant; 
but  his  kindness  of  heart  never  caused  a  relaxation  of  official  vigilance. 
Sternly  honest  himself,  and  animated  by  a  keen  sense  of  duty,  shirking 
contractors  found  no  weak  spots  that  would  excuse  them  from  a  complete 
and  exact  j^erformance  of  their  engagements.  Full  of  zeal  for  his  pro- 
fession, with  the  best  available  training  and  an  increasing  experience, 
and  already  the  incumbent  of  one  of  the  highest  professional  positions 
in  his  native  City,  life  seemed  to  j)resent  for  his  acceptance  the  highest 
honors  of  his  chosen  career.  But  the  destroyer  seized  the  strong  man 
in  the  vigor  of  his  youth,  and  in  a  few  short  days  his  honors  had  faded, 
his  place  had  been  filled  by  another  and  his  memory  alone  was  left  to 
the  friends  that  loved  him  and  had  rejoiced  in  his  early  success. 


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From  Institution  of  Engineers  and  Ship 
builders,  W.  J.  Millar,  Secretary,  Glas- 
gow, Scotland : 
Transactions  of  the  Institute.     Vol.  XXII. 

From  E.    D.  Leavitt,    Jr.,   Cambridge- 
port,  Mass. : 
City  of  Boston;  Improved   Sewerage;  Pump- 
ing Engines. 

From  Hon.  F.  W.  Lincoln,  Boston: 
The  History  of  the  Bunker  Hill  Monumental 
Association  during  the  first  century  of  the 
United  States  of  America.    George  Washing- 
ton Warren.    Boston,  1877. 


Proceedings  of  the  Bunker  Hill  Monumental 
Association  at  the  Fifty-sixth  Annual  Meet- 
ing, June  17th,  1879.  With  Address  of 
Frederick  W.  Lincoln. 

From  Thomas  J.  Long,  New  York : 

Annual  Report  Department  of  Docks  of  New 
York,  made  of  the  year  ending  April  30th, 
1877. 

From  E.  P,  lull,  Commaner  U.  S.  N., 
Washington,  D.  C: 

Reports  of  Explorations  and  Surveys  for  the 
location  of  luteroceanic  Ship  Canals  through 
the  isthmus  of  Panama  and  by  the  Valley  of 
the  River  Napipi,  by  U.S.  Naval  Expeditious, 
1875.  Commander  E.  P.  Lull,  U.  S.  N.,  and 
Lieut.  Frederick  Collins,  U.  S.  N.  Wash- 
ington, 1870. 

From    New  York    Meteorological    Ob- 
servatory, Department  Public  Parks. 
Daniel  Draj^er,  Director,  Central  Park, 
New  York: 
Abstracts    of    Registers   from   Self-recording 
Instruments,  September  and  October,  1879. 
From  North  of  England  Institute  Min- 
ing and  Mechanical  Engineers,  Theo. 
Wood  Running,  Secretary,  Newcastle- 
on-Tyne,  England: 
Transactions,  February,   March,  April,  May, 
June,  August,  1876  ;  May  and  June,  1878  ; 
August,  1879. 

From     Mechanics'    Institute,     S.     H. 
Wheeler,   Cor.  Secretary,   San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal.: 
Reports  of  the   Eleventh,  Twelfth   and  Thir- 
teenth   Industrial    Exhibition    under    the 
auspices  of  the  Mechanics  Institute  of  Sau 
Francisco. 

From  Midland  Institute  of  Jliniug,  Civil 
and    Mechanical    Engineers,    Joseph 
Mitchell,    Secretary,   Barnsley,   Eng- 
land : 
Transactions,  Vol.  VII.    Part  XLVII.   August 
and  September,  1879. 

From  Charles  Paine,  Gen.  Sup't.  L.  S. 
and  M.  S.  R.  R.,  Cleveland,  Ohio  : 
Memorandum  of  Tests  showing  relative  cost 
of  burning  oil  (with  Campbell's  Patent  Oil 
Burner)  and  coal  ;  for  Fuel  in  Stationary 
Engines  at  Cleveland  Engine  shops,  Sept. 
24th  and  25th,  1879. 

From  H.  V.  and  H.  W.  Poor,  New  York : 
Manual  of  the  Raikoads  of  the  United  States 
for  1878-79. 

From  the  Publishers  Revue  Generale 
des  Chemins  de  fer^  Edgar  Monjean, 
Secretary,  Paris: 
Revue   Generale  des  Chemins  de  fer.     July 
and  August,  1879. 

From  the  Royal  United  Service  Institu- 
tion, Capt.  B.  Burgess,  Secretary,  Lon- 
don : 
Vol.  XXIII.    No.  101.    Double  Number.   Jour- 
nal of  the  Institution. 

From  the  Saxonian  Society  of  Engineers 
and  Architects,  Dr.  Kahl,  Secretary, 
Dresden  : 
Transactions.  Part  1, 1858,  containing  descrip- 
tion   of    Viaduct    between   Waldheim   and 
Limmritz.      Part  1,  1879. 
Photograph  and  detail  Drawings  of  Viaduct  m 
Zschopauthale     between     Waldheim    and 
Limmritz. 

From  Societe  des  Ingenieurs  Civils,  M. 
Mallet,  Secretary,  Paris: 
Memoires  de  la  Societtj.  July  and  August,18i9. 


102 


From  Society  of  Gas  Lighting,  George 
W.  Dresser,  Secretary,  New  Yorls: 
The  Waste   of   Energy  iu   the  production  of 
Water  Gas.  Eugene  Vanderpool.    ('2  copies.) 
From  D.  Torrey,  New  York: 
A  sample  of  Iron  clad  Steel  Wire. 

From    J.    Nelson    Tubbs,     Rochester, 
N.  Y. : 
Annual  report  of  Executive  Board  in  charge 
of  Water  Works,  Fire  and  Highway  Depart- 
ments and  Street  Improvements  of  the  City 
of  Rochester  for  1878. 

From   United  States  Centennial  Com- 
mission, Philadelphia,  Pa.: 
"Report  of  the  Director-General  of  the  Centen- 
nial Exhibition,   Philadelphia.  1876,  includ- 
ing Reports  of  Bureaus  of  Administration. 
Vols.  land  II. 
Reports  of  the   President.  Secretary  and  Ex- 
ecutive Committee,  together  with  the  Jour- 
nal of  the  final  session  of  the  IT.  S.  Centen- 
nial Commission.     Philadelphia,  1876. 
Appendix  to  the  reports  of  the  U.  S.  Centen- 
nial Commission  and  Centennial  Board  of 
Finance. 
Grounds  and  Buildings  of  the  Centennial  Ex- 
hibition     Edited  by  Dorsey  Gardner. 
Six  volumes,  containing  Reports  and  Awards 
of  Groups  1  to  36.  and  Group  on  National, 
State  and  other  Collective  Exhibits. 

From  United  States  Light  House  Board, 
Washington,  D.  C. : 
List  of  Towers,  Beacons,  Buoys,  Stakes,  Spin- 
dles  and   other  Day  Marks  in   the   Third 
Light  House  District.    2  copies. 
List  of  Beacons,  Buoys,  Stakes  and  other  Day 
Marks  iu  the  Fifth   Light  House  District. 
Corrected  to  October  1,  1879.     2  copies. 
List  of  Towers,  Beacons,  Buoys,  Stakes  and 
other  Day  Marks  in  the  Sixth  Light  House 
District.     Correcied  to   November  1.  1879. 
2  copies. 

From    Samuel     Webber,    Manchester, 
N  H  : 
Manual  of  Power  for   Machinery,  Shafts  and 
Belts,  with  the  History  of  Cotton  Manufac- 
ture of  the  United  States.     S-imuel  Webber. 
New  York.     1879. 

From  other  sources: 
The  Library  Journal,  Vol.  IV,  Nos.  i,  5,  7,  8, 

9  and  10. 
Annual  Report  of  the  State  Engineer  and 
Surveyor  on  the  Canals  of  the  State  of  Now 
York  for  1878.  H.  Seymour,  Jr. 
Sx>ecial  Report  on  the  Coal  fields  of  Little 
Sequatchee,  with  a  general  description  of 
the  Cumberland  Table  Laud.  J.  B.  Kille- 
brew,  Nashville,  Teun.    1876. 


Exploration  of    the  Colorado    River    of    the 

West  and  its  tributaries.     Explored  in  1869 

1870,  1871  and  1872, 
Key   to   the  Geology  of  the  Globe.     Richard 

Owen,  Nashville,  Teun.     1857. 
Report  on  the  Geology  of  the  eastern  portion 

of  the  Uinta  Mountains.     J.  W.  Powell. 
Mineral  and   Agricultural   Resources   of  the 

northern  portion   of  Tennessee,  along  the 

Cincinnati  Southern  and  Knoxville  &  Ohio 

Railroads.      J.    B.    Killebrew.      Nashville, 

Tenn.     1876. 
The   Mineral   Wealth,  Climate  and    Rainfall 

and  Natural  Resources  of  the  Black  Hills  of 

Dakota.     W.  P.  Jenney,  Washington      1876. 
Report  on  the  Ocoee  and   Hiwassee   Mineral 

District.    J.  B.  Killebrew,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

1876. 
The  Delta  of  the  Mississippi.     C.  G.  Forshey, 

Cambridge.  Mass.     1873. 
History  of  the   Discovery   and   Settlement  of 

the  Valley  of  the   Mississippi.     Vols.  I  and 

II.     John  W.  Mimette,  New  York.     1846. 
Annual  Report  upon  the  Improvement  of  the 

Mississippi  River.     Appendices    to  Annual 

Report  of    Chief    of    Engineers    for    1875, 

18^6  and  1877.     Maj.  C   W.  Howell. 
Annual  Report  upon  the  Improvement  of  the 

South  Pass  of  the  Mississippi  River,  June 

30.  1878.     Capt.   M.  R.  Brown. 
Ninth  Report  upon  the  Improvement  of  the 

South  Pass  of  the  Mississippi  River.     April 

15,  1878.     Capt.  M.  R.  Brown. 
The  Physics  of  the  Gulf  of  Mexico  and  of  its 

chief  affluent,  the  Mississippi  River.    C.  G. 

Forshey.     Salem,  Mass.     1878. 
Lists  of  Elevations,  princii^ally  in  that  portion 

of  the  United  States  west  of  the  Mississippi 

River.   Henry  Gannett.    Washington.    1877. 
Commercial  Freedom  for  the  Mississippi  Val- 
ley.   Capt,  John  Oowdon.   Memphis,  Tenn. 

1877. 
The   World's   Navigation.      The   Problem  of 

River   Mouths.     W.  T.  Stackpole.      Bloom- 

iUgton,  HI.     1879. 
Fresh-Water  Shell  Mounds  of  the  St.  John's 

River,  Florida.     Jeffries  Wyman.     Salem, 

Mass.     1875. 
Tobacco;   Its  Cultnre  in  Tennessee,  with  sta- 
tistics of  its  commercial  importance,  etc. 

J.  B.  Killebrew.     Nashville,  Tenn.     1876. 
Bulletin  of  the  United  States  Entomological 

Commission.    No.  2,     F.  V.  Hayden.     1877. 
Bvilletin  of  the  United  States  Geological  and 

Geogtaphical   Survey  of    the    Territories. 

Vol.  II.,  No.  i.    Vol.  III.,  Nos,  1  and  2.    F. 

V.  Hayden.     1877. 
The  Winds   of  the   Globe;    or,  The  Laws  of 

Atmospheric  Circulation  over  the  surface  of 

the  Earth.     James  H.  Coffin,     Washington. 

1875. 


ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


The  meetings  of  the  Society  during  De- 
cember will  be  on  the  3d  and  17th.  The 
paper  by  A.  G.  Menocal,  on  Interoceanic 
Canal  Projects,  published  in  the  present 
number  of  the  Transactions  (November,  1879) 
■will  be  discussed  at  both  meetings. 


On  the  evening  of  the  Annual  Meeting,  on 
the  5th  of  this  month,  a  reception  and  supper 
took  the  place  of  the  formal  dinner  heretofore 
given  on  similar  occasions.  Those  present 
enjoyed  a  very  pleasant  evening,  and  it  is  un- 
derstood, approved  the  change. 


m: 


Membees  of  the  Society  are  reqiiested  to 
contribute  papers  on  Engineering  subjects, 
giving  results  of  practice,  or  discussing  perti- 
nent theoretical  questions  ;  their  comments 
upon  papers  published  in  Transactions  are 
solicited,  and  they  are  urged  to  contribute 
from  note-books  and  other  records  whatever 
may  bear  upon  the  subjects  considered,  or 
upon  other  practical  topics.  A  list  of  subjects 
relating  to  the  practice  of  engineering  and  its 
connection  with  kindred  art  and  public  affairs, 
on  which  papers  are  desired,  may  be  found  on 
page  GO,  Vol.  Y. 

Illdstratioks  op  Papers  presented  for 
IDublication  should  be  distinctly  drawn,  in 
broad,  sharp  lines,  upon  luhite,  smooth  (not 
"egg"  or  enameled)  paper,  with  perfectly 
(not  glossy,  or  gray)  black  ink,  to  a  scale  twice 
or  thrice  greater  than  the  print  is  to  be, 
which  ia  no  case  should  require  folding  in 
more  than  one  direction  (i.  e.,  the  depth  of 
plate,  as  inserted  in  Transactions,  should  not 
exceed  7  inches).  Shades  are  to  be  produced 
by  variations  in  size  and  spacing  of  black 
lines;  no  brush  work  or  colors  are  admissible. 
Unless  figures  and  letters  can  be  well  put  in, 
Biniply  pencil  them,  leaving  the  engi-aver  to 
insert  them  on  the  plate.  Always  put  a  lineal 
iscale  uijon  each  drawing. 

In  traksmitting  letter  ballots  members 
of  the  Society  are  requested  to  conform  in  all 
respects  with  the  printed  regulations  issued 
with  the  ballots.  These  regulations  are  fre- 
quently not  complied  with.  Ballots  are  re- 
ceived without  the  signature  of  the  member 
on  the  outer  envelope,  with  initials  instead  of 
full  signature,  or  with  other  irregularities. 
"When  laid  before  the  Society  such  irregular 
ballots  are  thrown  out,  and  members  sending 


them  lose  their  votes.  The  regulations 
seem  to  be  as  simple  as  possible  to  secure  a 
fair  secret  ballot. 

Members  who  desire  to  secure  complete 
sets  of  the  Transactions  of  the  Society  are 
requested  to  send  to  the  Secretary  a  list  of 
the  papers  which  are  needed  to  fil!  their  sets. 
Some  of  the  earlier  papers  are  out  of  print. 
If  orders  are  received  for  a  sufficient  number 
to  warrant  the  expense,  a  reprint  will  be  made. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted  at  the 
Ninth  Annual  Convention  of  the  Society,  and 
ordered  printed  regularly  in  the  Society  pub- 
lications: 

Whereas,  the  metric  system  of  weights  and 
measures  is  now  extensively  used  abroad, 
and  whereas  it  is  desirable  that  the  relation 
of  the  units  of  differing  systems  be  made 
familiar  to  all  by  comparison : 

Kesolved,  That  members  be  requested,  in 
papers  hereafter  presented  to  the  Society,  to 
write,  in  parenthesis,  weights  or  dimensions 
by  the  metric  system,  in  connection  with 
those  of  the  system  in  general  use. 

The  House  of  the  Society  is  at  104  East 
Twentieth  street,  one  door  east  from  Fourth 
avenue,  and  near  the  southwest  corner  of 
Gramercy  Park.  It  is  open  from  nine  o'clock 
A.  M.  to  five  o'clock  P.M.  each  busiuess  day, 
except  Saturday,  when  it  is  closed  at  three 
o'clock  p.  M. 

The  Library  and  Conversation  Rooms  will 
also,  for  the  present,  be  open  every  Thursday 
evening,  from  73a  to  10  p-  m.  Members  are 
invited  to  avail  themselves  of  the  oppor- 
tunities afforded  on  Thursday  evenings,  both 
for  consultation  of  books  and  periodicals  and 
lor  conversation . 


LIST      OF      MEMBERS, 


ADDITIONS. 


D:ite  of  KIe<.tion. 
BoNTECOU,  Daniel 466  West  Twenty-tliird  street,  New 

York  City,  N.  Y November  5,  1879. 

Dempster,  Alexander City  Engineer,  Pittsburg,  Pa "  "     " 

Re.\o,  J.-vmes  H County    Engineer,    Court    House, 

Pittsburtr,  Pa "  "     " 


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CHANGES    AND   CORRECTIONS. 


MEMBERS. 

Haven,  William  A Engineer  in  charge  construction  Buffalo  Division  N. 

Y.  L.  E.  &  W.  R.  R.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

McCoMB,  David  E P.  O.  Box  289,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Monroe,  J.  Albert Mississippi  River  Commission,  1351  Washington  ave- 
nue, St.  Louis,  Mo. 

NicOLLS,  William  J Engineer  Long  Island  Railroad,  Jamaica,  Queens- 
Co.,  N.  Y. 

Parkhurst,  Henry  W Chief  Assistant  Engineer,  Plattsmouth  Bridge,  Platts- 

mouth,  Nebraska. 

Schmidt,  Max  E Care  of  U.  S.  Engineers,  Memphis,  Tenn. 

Shinn,  William  P Vice  President  and   General  Manager  Vulcan  Iron 

Works,  221  Oliver  street,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Stanley,  Ira  N 88  Van  Dyke  street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Whitford,  Oscar  F East  Plattsmouth,  Iowa. 


associate. 
Du  Barry,  Edmund  L 621  Penn.  Avenue,  Washington,  D.  C. 

juniors. 

Emonts,  William  A.  G San  JoSe,  Costa  Rica,  via  Panama. 

Horton,  San  FORD Engineer  Department  N.  M.    &   S.    P.   R.   R.,  LaS 

Vegas,  New  Mexico. 

Illsley,  William  A P.  O.  Box  2353,  Leadville,  Colorado. 

Kennedy,  James  C P.  O.  Drawer  33,  Owen  Sound,  Ontario,  Canada. 

Stahlberg,  Albert  J South  Pacific  Coast  Railroad,  foot  of  Market  street, 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Whinery,  Samuel Assistant  Engineer  Elk  River  Shoals,  Wheeler  Sta- 
tion, Lawrence  Co.,  Alabama. 

resignation. 
Schuyler,  John October  18,  1S79. 


death. 

Williams,  Norman  A Elected  Member  February  17,  1869.      Died   October 

I2th,  1879. 


Imerican  locidg  of  :(j;tjH   l^nDtnm^. 


FROOEEDINaS. 


Vol.  V. — December,    1879. 
MINUTES     OF     MEETINGS 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF    THE   SOCIETY. 

NovEMBEE  19th,  1879. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  President  A. 
Fink  in  the  chair.  A  paper,  entitled  "Inter-Oceanic  Canal  Projects,"  by 
A.  G.  Menocal,  Member  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  was  read  by  the  author  and 
discussed  by  Messrs.  Chanute,  T.  C.  Clarke,  Cooi)er,  Emery,  Fink,  Ford, 
and  Menocal. 

J)ecembek  3d,  1879. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President 
Chanute  in  the  chair.  The  awards  of  the  Norman  Medal  and  Book  Prize 
for  the  i)ast  year  were  then  announced  as  follows: 

The  Norman  Medal  to  Edward  P.  North,  Member  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  for 
the  pa^jer,  "  The  Construction  and  Maintenance  of  Roads,"  published  in 
Transactions,  Vol.  VIII.,  No.  CLXXX.  (May,  1879). 

The  Norman  Prize  of  Books  to  Max  E.  Schmidt,  Member  Am.  Soc. 
C.  E.,  for  the  pajier,  "T/ce  South  Pass  Je//ies,"  published  in  Transactions, 
Vol.  VIII.,  No.  CLXXXIII.  (August,  1879). 

Ballots  for  admission  to  membership  were  canvassed,  and  the  follow- 
ing were  declared  elected  as  Members:  Edward  Canfield,  of  Buffalo,  N.Y. ; 
Henrique  Harris,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. ;  Thomas  McKeown,  of  Hamilton, 
Ont.,  Canada;  Charles  L.  Strobe],  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  Elected  as  Asso- 
ciate :    L.  M.  Lawson,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

The  discussion  on  the  subject  of  Inter-Oceanic  Canal  Projects  was 
resumed  and  continued  by  Messrs.  J.  C.  Campbell,  Chanute,  Emery,  F. 
M.  Kelley,  Macdonald,  Menocal,  North,  W.  H.  Paine,  Shelborne  and 
Worthen. 

December  17th,  1879.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President 
Chanute  in  the  chair.  The  discussion  on  the  subject  of  Interoceanic 
Canal  Projects  was  resumed.  Papers  were  laresented,  through  the 
Secretary,  by  Messrs.  Evans,  F.  M.  Kelley,  M.  E.  Schmidt  and  C.  A. 
Sweet,  and  the  discussion  was  continued  by  Messrs.  Long,  Menocal, 
Appleton,  Shelbourne,  S.  Stevens,  and  Peter  Cooper. 


lOG 

OF   THE  BOAED   OF   DIRECTION. 

October  31st,  1879. — Ai)plications  for  membersliip  were  considered. 
The  Annual  ReiDort  was  i^erfected. 

NovEMBEK  11th,  1879.— The  following  committees  were  appointed: 
On  Finance — "William  H.  Paine,  C.  Vandervoort  Smith,  G.  K.  Warren. 
On  Library— J.  J.  E.  Croes,  E.  B.  Van  Winkle,  O.  Chanute. 

Api^lications  for  membership  were  considered.  The  issue  of  a  circular 
was  authorized  in  reference  to  a  record  of  members  desiring  engage- 
ments.    Action  was  taken  as  to  members  in  arrears  for  dues. 

December  5th,  1879. — Applications  for  membership  were  considered. 
The  Secretary  was  directed  to  issue  copies  of  forms  for  apjalications,  with 
a  circular.     Api^ropriations  were  made. 


EEPOET     OF     THE     TEEASUEEK 

For  the  Year  Ending  November  5tu,  IS'ZO. 


PrcKcitlrd  and  Accepted  at  the  Tmentij-Hcocnth  Annnal  Mcetivg. 


Receipts. 


Balance  on  hand  November  6th,  1878 $749  61 

Entrance  fees 800  00 

Fellowship  subscription, 150  00 

Current  dues — from  82  Resident  Members f!2  000  00 

Do.  from  214  Non-resident  Members S  062  50 

Do.  from  3  Resident  Associates 45  00 

Do.  from  8  Nou-resident  Associates   75  00 

Do.  from  7  Resident  Juniors 82  50 

Do.  from  34  Non-resident  Juniors 340  00 

5  605  00 

Past  dues — from  11  Resident  Members $350  00 

Do.         from  37  Non-resident  Members 725  00 

Do.         from  1  Resident  Associate 30  00 

Do.         from  1  Non-resident  Associate 30  00 

Do.        from  4  Non-resident  Juniors 40  12  • 

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Dues  for  year  beginning  Nov.  5th,  18  79  : 

From  22  Residont  Members |550  00 

From  83  Non-resident  Members 1  245  29 

From  1  Resident  Associate 7  00 

From  3  Non-resident  Associates 30  00 

From  1  Resident  Junior 15  00 

From  12  Non-resident  Juniors 120  00 

|1   907  29 

Sales  of  Publications 566  28 

Certificates  of  Membership 49  00 

Advertisements 503  65 

From  former  Secretary — Balance 65  00 

Miscellaneous 29  00 

Interest  on  Fellowship  Fund  Bonds $560  00 

Interest  on  ISorman  Medal  Fund 70  00 

Interest  on  Savings  Bank  Deposit 40  31 

Interest  on  Railroad  Stock 82  80 

753  11 

$12  412  96 


Disbursements. 

Rent $1600  00 

Janitor,  House  Supplies,  Fu«l,  Furniture,  Water  and  Gas 981  23 

Library 1 54  48 

Publications 4  406    71 

Insurance 34^  23 

Postage 545  24 

Salaries 3  000  00 

Stationery  and  Printing 502  91 

Annual  Meeting  and  Convention 235  47 

Certificates  of  Membership 58  20 

Other  expenditures 157  12 

Transferred  to  Savings  Bank  Deposit 40  31 

Balance  on  hand 697  06 

$12  412  96 


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The  funds  of  the  Society  are  as  follows,  par  values  being  staled  : 
Fellowsliip  Fund : 

79  Subscriptions  to  Nov.  6th,  IS^S ifS  000  00 

Accumulated  interest  to  Nov.  6th,  1878 886   12 

Received  during  past  year  1  Subscription 150  00 

"  "         "       "      Interest  on  bonds 560  00 

"  "         "       "      Interest  from  Savings  Bank        40  31 


9  636  43 
Expended  from  fund  during  year  for  publications 710  00 

8  926  43 

Present  condition  :  80  Subscriptions $8  150  00 

Accumulated  interest....      776  43 


926  43 


The  Fellowship  Fund  is  invested  as  follows : 

8  Bonds  Jersey  City  Water  Loan $8  000  00 

Deposit  ir  Seamen's  Bank  for  Savings 926  43 

Norman  Medal  Fund : 

1  Certificate  Croton  Aqueduct  Stock,  New  York  City 1  000  00 

General  Investment: 

10  Shares  New  York  Central  and  Hudson  River  R.  R. 

Stock lOOo  00 

1  Consolidated  Certificate  New  York  Central  and  Hud- 
son River  R.  R.  Stock 35  00 

1  035  00 


J,  J.  R.  CROES, 

Treasurer, 


REPORTS   OF   COMMITTEES. 


Eepokt  or  THE  Committee  on  Finance. 

Presented  akd  Accepted  at  the  Twenty-Seventh  Annual  Meeting. 

The   Committee    on    Finance    respectfully  6th,    1878,     to    Nov.   5th,   1879,    as    reported 

presents  the   following  report  for  the   year       is $11663  45 

ending  November  5th,  1879:  Balance  on  hand  Nov.,  1878 749  51 

The  balance  of  funds  on  hand,  as  reported  

Nov.  6th,  1878,  was  Total.. $12  412  96 

Qg^glj $      749  51       Disbursements 11715  90 

Invested  funds 10  92112       Balance  on  hand 697  06 

Invested  funds 10  96143 

Total $11770  63  

The  amount  of  cash  received  trom   Nov.  Total $11658  49 


109 


Por  the  full  details  from  which  the  forego- 
ing hns  beeu  condeused,  you  are  respectfully 
referred  to  the  Treasurer's  Report. 

One  year  since  we  were  congratulated  upon 
emerging  from  debt,  to  accomplish  which  it 
was  necessary  to  economize,  and  curtail  ex- 
penses in  every  possible  direction,  and  thus 
the  publication  of  our  transactions  remained 
sadly  behind. 

During  the  past  year  these  have  been 
brought  up  to  date  without  involving  us 
again  in  debt,  so  that  the  expenses  of  a  year 
and  a  half  of  publishing  has  been  borne  dur- 
ing the  past  year,  and  we  think  it  proper  to 
remind  the  Society  of  the   vast  amount  of 


extra  labor  which  has  been  done  by  the 
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  who  have  had  the 
principal  labor  of  editing,  publishing,  and 
distributing  so  many  columns  in  addition  to 
the  usual  number  in  the  same  space  of  time. 
We  have  found  the  accounts  systematically 
and  carefully  kept,  and  so  conveniently  ar- 
ranged that  the  labor  of  examination  is 
greatly  facilitated,  with  very  little  danger  of 
errors  occurring  or  escaping  notice. 

Very  respectfully  submitted. 


W.  H.  Paine,  ] 

C.  v.  Smith, 
George  S.  Gbeene,  ] 


Committee. 


Report  of  CoM»nTTEE   on  the  Gauging   of  Streams. 

Presented  at  the  Annual  Meeting,  Nov.  5th,  1879. 


The  Committee  have  not  yet  been  able  to 
secure  the  desired  co-operation  of  observers 
in  communicating  to  the  Society  the  results 
of  continuous  measurements  of  rainfall  and 
flow  of  streams.  There  are,  without  doubt, 
many  systematic  observations  made  of  the 
height  of  water  in  storage  reservoirs  and 
ponds  used  for  city  water  supply  and  manu- 
facturing purposes.  With  the  aid  of  a  few 
measurements  giving  the  form  and  length  of 
over-falls  of  dams,  and  the  dimensions  of 
pipes,  gates,  conduits,  and  race-ways,  these 
notes  could  be  made  available  for  the  iufoi  ma- 
tion  desired.  The  Committee  again  call  the 
attention  of  members  to  desirability  of  col- 
lecting and  forwarding  all  possible  statistics 
on  this  subject,  to  be  collated  and  put  in  use- 
ful shape.  If  the  observers  are  unable,  from 
want  of  time  or  other  reasons,  to  reduce  the 
notes,  the  original  observations,  if  preserved 
in  the  Society,  would  furnish  a  mass  of  infor- 
mation which  could  be  put  into  useful  form 
by  any  one  desirous  of  using  it. 

With  a  view  to  arousing  more  interest  in 
the  matter,  the  Committee  have  prepared 
some  plain,  practical  suggestions  to  observers, 
which  are  offered  for  discussion  and  which  it 
is  proposed  to  issue  to  all  who  are  in  position 
to  secure  records  of  the  kind  desii'ed. 


Ai^art  from  the  question  of  continuous 
records  of  flow,  it  is  very  desirable  to  have 
notes  of  the  maximum  and  minimum  dis- 
charge of  streams  of  known  water-shed.  The 
records  of  this  kind  are  scattered  through  re- 
I>orts  and  professional  journals  which  are  not 
easily  accessible.  Members  are  requested  to 
furnish  any  memoranda  of  this  kind  to  the 
Committee  for  collation  and  publication. 
Notes  of  the  least  flow  and  of  the  dry- weather 
flow  of  streams  are  greatly  needed,  the  term 
"dry-weather  flow"  meaning  the  mean  dis- 
charge during  several  weeks  when  the  stream 
is  at  its  lowest,  and  usually,  though  not 
always,  including  the  period  of  24  or  48  hours 
of  least  discharge. 

There  is  probably  a  certain  ratio  existing 
between  the  area  and  the  least  flow  which  may 
be  expected,  depending  more  on  the  charac  ter 
of  the  water-shed  than  on  either  the  mean  or 
least  recorded  rain-fall. 

We  are  not  in  possessien  of  enough  records 
to  determine  this  ratio  with  any  accuracy. 

Such  notes  as  we  can  obtain  are  presented 
in  the  following  table,  the  publication  of 
which  may  induce  members  of  the  Society 
and  others  to  contribute  additional  memo- 
randa on  the  subject : 


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While  a  knowledge  of  the  probable  least  dis- 
charge is  desirable  in  connection  with  ques- 
tions of  water  supply  and  water  power,  the 
greatest  probable  flood  discharge  of  streams  is 
important  to  be  known  in  connection  with  the 
designing  of  all  structures  over  or  in  flowing 
waters. 

Reliable  notes  on  this  subject  are  also  very 
rare.  Several  efforts  have  been  made  to  de- 
termine formulpe  expressing  the  discharge 
in  terms  of  the  drainage  area,  but  without 
much  success. 

In  the  accompanying  table  a  number  of  ob- 
served maximum  discharges  of  American 
streams  are  arranged  according  to  size  of 
drainage  area.  Several  of  these  are  taken 
from  the  paper  by  J.  H.  Shedd  in  Transac- 
tions A.  S.  C.  E.,  Vol.  IV,  p.  301,  but  with  the 
discharge  given  in  cubic  feet  per  second  per 
square  mile  of  area  instead  of  per  minute  per 
acre.  It  is  believed  that  the  number  of  in- 
stances of  extraordinary  freshets  can  be 
largely  increased  by  contributions  from  mem- 


bers having  such  records  in  their  possession. 

In  remarkable  contrast  with  the  dischar ^es 
in  this  table  is  that  of  the  Seine  in  France,  in 
the  flood  of  March  17,  1876,  which  was  said  to 
be  the  greatest  since  1807,  and  in  which  the 
discharge  was  only  3.48  cubic  feet  per  second 
per  square  mile.  The  drainage  area  is  16  860 
square  miles.  (Annales  des  Fonts  et  Chaus- 
sees.  Vol.  XIII,  p.  435.) 

It  will  bo  observed  that  all  of  the  streams 
above  named  are  in  the  Northern  Atlantic 
States. 

It  is  an  interesting  subject  of  inquiry 
whether  the  same  general  rule  will  apjjly  to 
the  maximum  and  minimum  discharge  of 
streams  in  this  region  and  those  in  the  South- 
ern Atlantic  Slope,  and  those  in  the  Missis- 
sippi Valley  and  on  the  Pacific  Slope.  The 
Committee  request  memoranda  bearing  on 
this  subject. 

3.  James  K.  Ckoes, 
Chairman. 


AWARD  OF  THE  NORMAN  MEDAL  AND  NORMAN  BOOK  PRIZE 
For  the  Year  ending  August  1st,  1879. 


Competition  for  the  Norman  Medal  Las  heretofore  been  restricted  to  papers 
offered  especially  for  that  purpose.  Under  the  new  Code  of  Rules  adopted  by 
the  Board  of  Direction,  with  the  approval  of  the  donor  of  the  Medal  Fund, 
George  H.  Norman,  Member  and  Fellow  of  the  Society,  all  the  original  papers 
presented  to  the  Society  by  members  of  any  class  during  the  year  ending  August 
1st,  1879,  have  been  submitted  to  a  Board  of  Censors,  designated  as  directed  by 
those  rules.  This  Board  for  the  past  year  was  composed  of  the  following  mem- 
bers of  the  Society :  E.  S.  Chesbrough,  Charles  Paine,  C.  Shaler  Smith.  The  Board 
reports  that  the  Norman  Medal  should  be  awarded  to  Edw.^rd  P.  North,  Member 
Am.  Soc.  Civ.  Eng.,  for  the  paper  "  The  Construction  and Mainteiiance  of  Roads" 
The  Norman  Prize  of  Books  to  Max  E.  Schmidt,  Member  Am.  Soc.  Civ.  Eng.,  for 
the  paper  "  The  South  Fass  Jetties."  The  Board  also  reports  that  several  of  the 
other  papers  presented  during  the  year  are  deserving  of  high  praise. 


113 

LIST      OF      MEMBERS 


ADDITIONS. 

MEMBERS. 

Dale  of  Election. 

Canfxeld,  Edward Assistant  Engineer,  N.  Y.,  L.  E.  & 

W.  R.  R.,  Mansion  House,  Buf- 
falo, N.  Y December  3,  1879. 

Harris,  Henrique   Chief  Engineer,  N.  Y.  &  Manhattan 

Beach     Raih'oad,    402     Sackett 

street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y "  "     " 

LooMis,  Horace .  .Assistant  Engineer,  Department  of 

Public  Works,  Room   iij^   City 

Hall,  New  York November  5,  1879. 

McKee,  Charles  H Assistant    Engineer,    Delaware    & 

Hudson     Canal     Co.,    Albany, 

N.  Y June  4,  1879. 

IVIcKeown,  Thomas Chief      Engineer,      Marquette     & 

Mackinaw  R.  R.,  Detroit,  Mich. December  3,  1879. 

Mitchell,  Henry     Chief  of    Physical    Hydrography, 

U.  S.  Coast  Survey,  i  Ellis  street, 

Roxbury  Station,  Boston,  Mass. .    January  7,  iSSo_ 

Nichols,  Aurin  B Engineer  of  Railroads,  Department 

of  the  Interior,  Washington,  D.C.         "       "       " 

RocKWtLL,  Samuel Civil  Engineer,  18  East  Fourteenth 

street.  New  York  City,  N.  Y..  .  "       "       " 

Strobel,  Charles  L > Principal  Assistant, Keystone  Bridge 

Co.,  Pittsburg,  Pa December  3,  1879. 


associate. 
Lawson,  Leonidas  M 92  Broadway,  New  York December  3,  1879. 


CHANGES    AND   CORRECTIONS. 
MEMBERS. 

BiLLiN,  Charles  E 4039  Locust  street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Brown,  Charles  O Tunja,  United  States  of  Colombia. 

Buck,  Leffert  L 1632  Rhode  Island  avenue,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Burden,  James  A 139  F-ifth  avenue,  New  York  City,  N.  V. 


114 

DoRSEY,  Edward  B 6i  Broadway,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Greene,  George  S 94  Chestnut  street,  Boston,  Mass. 

Katte,  Walter Chief  Engineer,  New  York  Elevated  Railroad,  6  Bow- 
ling Green,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Knapp,  Louis  H Deputy   City  Engineer,  410  Franklin  street,  Buffalo, 

N.  Y. 

MacLeod,  John 547  Second  street,  Louisville,  Ky. 

McDowell,  Nathan  M.  .  .  .Alleghany  City,  Pa. 

Osgood,  Josesph  O Division  Engineer,  N.  M.  «&  S.  P.  R.  R.    Care  of  A.  A. 

Robinson,  Esq.,  Chief  Engineer,  Pueblo,  Colorado. 

Richardson,  Henry  B  ..  .Assistant  Engineer,  Board  of  State  Engineers,  St. 
Joseph,  Tensas  Parish,  La. 

Stauffer,  D.  McN Contractor's   Ofifice,  Dorchester   Bay  Tunnel,    Boston, 

Mass. 

Talcott,   Cook Chief  Engineer,  Astoria  c\:  Winnemucca  Railroad,  P.O. 

Box  446,  Portland,  Oregon. 

Wallinc;,  Henry  F Eaton,  Preble  Co.,  Ohio. 


fellow. 
Oilman,  Charles  C President  Hawkeye  Telegraph  Co.,  Eldora,  Iowa 


DEATH. 

Edge,  George  \V Elected  member  March  4th,  1874.     Died  January  ist, 

1880. 


PROCEEDINGS 


American  Society 


Civil  Engineers 


(INSTITUTED  1852.) 


VOL      VI. 
JANUARY    TO    DECEMBER,    1880. 


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NEW  YORK  : 
PUBLISHED     BY    THE    SOCIETY. 


Entered   according  to  Act  of   Congress,   by   the    American    Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  ia 
the  office  of  the  Librarian  of  Congress,  at  Washington. 


Mote. This   Society   is  not   responsible,   as   a  body,   for   the   facts    and   opinions    advanced    in 

any  of  its  publications. 


INDEX. 


ADAMS. 


BAUMANN. 


Adams,  Julius  W. — On  Committee,  2. — 

Paper  by,  1. 
Additions  to  Library  and  Museum,    (See 

Library.) 

—  to  List  of  Members.     (See  list.) 
Allen,  Horatio. — Discussion  by,  10. 
Allen,      Theodore. — Discussion      by, 

50. — On  Committee,  46. 
Amendments   to    By-Laws.     (See   By- 
Laws.) 

—  to  Constitution.     (See  Constitution.) 
Anderson,    Thomas     S. — Admitted    as 

Member,  }8,  31. 

Andrews,  Edward  R. — Discussion  by, 
58. 

Announcements. — 7,  15,  19,  29,  "34,  54, 
61,  63,  77,  85.— Anmial  Meeting, 
85. — Catalogue  of  Library,  77. — 
Committee  on  Gauging  Streams, 
77. — De  Lesseps,  M.,  reception  to, 
15. — Institute  of  Mining  Engineers, 
15.— Metric  System,  7,  15,'  20,  21, 
30,  35,  54,  61,  69,  77.— Nominating 
Committee,  77. — Proposed  Amend- 
ments to  the  Constitution,  77. — 
Society  House,  7,  15,  21,  31,  35,  54, 
61,  63,  77.— Society  Meetings,  61, 
63,  77. — Twelfth  Annual  Conven- 
tion, 7,  15,  19,  29,  34.— Twenty- 
eighth  Annual  Meeting,  85. 

Annual  Address,  45. 

Annual  Meeting,  83,  85,  89,  100,  104.— 
Change  of  date  proposed,  49.  (See 
Minutes  ) 

Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Direct- 
ion.    (See  Board.) 

Arch  at  Cohoes,  by  D.  H.  Van  Auken, 
113. 

Armingto.v,  James  H. — On  Committee, 
2,18. 

Arrears  of  Dues,  34,  58,  69,  108. 

Ballard,  Robert. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 69,  87. 

J3aliot3  for  Amendments  to  Constitution, 
9,  10. 

—  For  Members,  ],  9,  18,  23,  33,  50,  58, 

69,  83,  90. 

—  For  Place  of  Convention,  1. 
Barnard,  John  F. — Admitted  as  Mem- 

ber,  69,  87. 


Baumann,  Edward. — Admitted  as  As- 
sociate, 50,  55. 

Baxter,  George  S. — Discussion  by,  58. 

Belcher,  (teorge  C.  W. — Admitted  as 
Associate,  33,  55. 

Bender,  Charles. — Resignation  of,  82. 

Blaisdell,  Anthony  H. — Admitted  as 
Member,  18,  21. — On  Committee, 
46. 

Blunden,  Henry  D. — Transferred 
Junior  to  Member,  9,  35. 

Board  of  Direction. — Report,  89,  90, 
100,  101.     (See  Minutes.) 

BoGART,  John. — Discussion  by,  18,  42, 
60,  58,  98,  114.— Elected  Secretary 
and  Librarian,  90. — Makes  report, 
42,  100,  109.— On  Committee,  2,  4, 
9. — Reads  Annual  Atldress,  45. — 
Secretary  of  Convention,  37. 

BoLLER,  A.  P. — Discussion  by,  98. 

Books  on  Engineering  and  Technology, 
List  of.— 11,  58. 

BouscAREN,  L.  G.  F. — Elected  Director, 
90.— Paper  by,  69. 

Bridges,  Lyman. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 113,  125. 

Bridges,  The  Use  of  Steel  for,  by  Theo- 
dore Cooper,  90. 

Briggs,  Robert. — Discussion  by,  23, 
45. — On  Committee,  45. 

Brough,  Redmond  J. — Admitted  as 
Member,  69,  87. 

Browne,  J.  Vincent. — Paper  by,  45, 
69. 

Brown,  Robert  N. — Resignation  of,  16. 

Brown,  Thom.vs  E  ,  Jr. — Admitted  as 
Junior,  90,  111. 

Brush,  Ch.\rles  B. — Discussion  by,  42. 
— Paper  b}',  42. 

Building  Fund.— 114. 

Burr,  William  H. — Transferred  Junior 
to  Associate,  33,  55. 

By-Laws,  Amendments  proposed,  49, 
97. 

Campbell,  John  C. — Discussion  by,  18, 
48. — Paper  by,  2. — Presides  at 
Meeting,  48. 

Canals,  Inter-Oceanic.  (See  Inter- 
Oceanic.)  —  Ship  Locks.  (See 
Locks.) 


IV 


CARTWRIGIIT. 

Cartwright,  R. — Discussion  by,  98. 
Catalogue  of  Library,  77,  105. 
Cements,  American,   by  F.  0.  Norton, 
42. 

—  Tensile  Tests  of,  and  an  Appliance  for 

more  Accurate  Determinations,  by 

D.  J.    WlIITTEMORE,  42. 

—  Uniform  System  for  Tests  of,  Com- 

mittee and  Reports,  10,  34,  43,  89, 
90,  110. 
CuANUTE,  0. — Annual  Address  by,  45. — 
Discussion  by,  2,  10,  18,  23,  57,  85, 
98.— Elected  Vice  President,  90.— 
On  Committee,  57,  100. — Presides 
at  Meeting-,  1,  2,  10,  17,  23,  33.  57, 
83,  90. 

Chaphe,  Andrew  J. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 9,  16,  21. 

Chesbrougii,  E.  S. — Discussion  bj',  42, 
50,  113,  114.— On  Committee,  45, 
49. 

Chimbote  Tunnels,  Location  of,  by  0. 
F.  Nichols,  42. 

Civil  Engineers,  Employment  on  Gov- 
ernment Works,  49,  69. 

Clarke,  T.  C. — Censor  to  award  Nor- 
man Medal,  69,  91,  108,— On  Com- 
mittee, 49.  50  —Paper  by,  23,  98. 

CoLBURN,  Warren. — Memoir  of,  4. 

CoLLiNGWooD,  Francis. — Discussion  by, 
48,  98.— Paper  by,  42. 

Columns,  Crippling  Strength  of 
Wrought-lron,  by  C.  L.  Gates,  42. 

—  Experiments   on    Wrought-lron,  by 

G.  Bouscaren,  69. 
Committee  on  Finance,  Report,  44,  89, 
90,  100,  109. 

—  Employment  of.  Civil  Engineers  on 

Government  Works,  49,  69, 

—  Gauging  of  Streams,  43,  77,  98. 

—  Library,  100. 

—  Local,  at  Twelfth    Annual    Conven- 

tion, 45,  46. 

—  Nominations,  45,  77,  100. 

—  Permanent  Quarters,  10. 

—  Preservation  of  Timber,  10,  34,  44. 

—  Tests  of  American   Ii'on,   Steel,  and 

other  Metals,  42,  43. 

—  Uniform    Tests    of    Cement.      (See 

Cements.) 

—  Wind  Pressure,  45. 
Committees,  List  of  Reports  of,  104. 
CoMPTON,  A.  G. — Discussion  by,  98. 
CoMSTOcK.  Cyrus  B. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 69,  87. 


CONSTITUTION. 

Constitution,  Amendments  adopted, 
10.— Amendments  proposed,  9,  77, 
84,  89,  93,  94,  97. 

Convention,  Twelfth  Annual,  1,  7,  15, 
33,  34,  37,  104.     (See  Minutes.) 

—  Thirteenth  Annual,  50,  90,  91. 

Cooper,  Theodore. — Award  of  Norman 
Medal  to,  90. — Discussion  by,  2, 
45,  50,  58.— On  Committee,  45. 

Coryell,  M. — Discussion  by,  42,  57. — 
Paper  by,  45,  57. 

CouvREUx,  A.,  .Ir. — Discussion  by,   17. 

Craven,  Alfred  W. — Memoir  of,  24. 

Croes,  J.  J.  R. — Discussion  by,  49,  50, 
58,  73,  98.— Elected  Treasurer, 
90._Makes  report,  43,  98,  116.- 
On  Committee,  41,  50,  100.— Reso- 
lution by,  50. 

Crosby,  Benjamin  L. — ;Admitted  as 
Junior,  60,  55. 

Crosby,  W.— Discussion  by,  94. 

Crowell,  James  Foster. — Admitted  as 
Member,  113,  125. 

CuRRiE,  Daniel  McN. — Admitted  as 
Member,  33,  54. 

Davis,  J.  P.~Discussion  by,  98,  113, 
114.— Elected  Director,  90.— On 
Committee,  -IrtO. — Presides  at  Meet- 
ing, 50. 

Dauzat,  V. — Discussion  bj%  10. 

Day,  G.  Frederic  P. — Admitted  as  Ju- 
nior. 90,  111. 

Death  of  Members.     (See  List.) 

Dep-rees,  Morris  M.^Admitted  as 
Member,  18,  54. 

Dempster,  A.— Discussion  by,  50. — On 
Committee,  50. 

Dickinson,  P.  P. — On  Committee,  2. 

Dirks,  Justin. — Admitted  as  Honorary 
Member,  54,  58. — Discussion  by, 
10,  17.— Paper  by.  17. 

Dresser,  George  W.  —Amendment  pro- 
posed by,  96  — Discussion  by,  23, 
57,  95,  98.— Paper  by,  33.— Pre- 
sides at  Meeting,  1 . 

Drummond,  John  M. — Aids  in  prepar- 
ing Memoir,  4. 

Dues,  Arrears  of,  54. 

Eads,  James  B. — Address  by,  37. — 
Discussion  by,  42,  45,  50. — On 
Committee,  46. — Permanent  Chair- 
man of  Convention,  37. 

Edge,  George  W. — Deatii  announced, 
and  Committee  to  prepare  Memoir, 
],  108.— Memoir,  18. 


V 


EGLESTON. 

Egleston,  T. — Discussion  by,  94. 

Elastic  Limit  in  Metals,  Variation  due 
to  Orthogonal  Strains,  by  R.  H. 
Thurston,  23. 

Election  of  Officers,  90. 

Emery,  Charles  E. — Discussion  by,  48, 
98. 

Emmet,  Thomas  AoDrs. — Death  an- 
nounced, and  Committee  to  pre- 
pare Memoir,  1,  8,  108. — Memoir, 
2. 

Ericsson',  John. — Admitted  as  Honorary 
Member,  58,  62. 

Errata,  126. 

Field,  George  S. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 23,  31. 

Finance  Committee.     (See  Committee.) 

Finances  of  Society,  108.  (See  Com- 
mittee.)    (See  Treasurer.) 

Fink,  Albert  — On  Committee,  50. — 
Presides  at  Meeting,  18. 

Fiscal  Year.  Change  proposed,  49. 

Flad,  Henry. — On  Committee,  41,  46, 
50. 

Flow  of  Streams,  by  A.  Fteley,  98. 

Ford,  Arthur  L. — Death  announced, 
and  Committee  to  prepare  Memoir, 
56,  57,  108.— Memoir,  75. 

FoRNKY,  M.  N. — Discussion  by,  48,  57. 
— On  Committee,  57. 

Fox,  Stephenson  Waters. — Admitted 
as  Junior,  58,  68. 

Francis,  James  B. — Censor  to  award 
Norman  Medal,  69,  91,  108.— Dis- 
cussion by,  42,  45. — Elected  Presi- 
dent, 90. — Presides  at  Convention, 
37.— Presides  at  Meeting,  49. 

Frazier,  James  L. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 69,  87. 
Freeman,   Claude. — On  Committee,  46. 

Ftelev,  A. — Paper  by,  98. 

Gates,  C.  L. — Paper  by,  42. 

Gauging  of    Streams,  Report  of  Com- 

\iiittee.  43,  77,  98. 
Goodwin,  J.  M. — Discussion  by,  2. 
Graff,  Frederick. — On  Committee,  45. 
Greene,  B.  H. — On  Committee,  49. 
Greene,  G.  S. — Discussion  by,  85. 
Greenwood,  William  H. — Admitted  as 

Member,  18,  31. — Death  announced, 

82,  83,  108. 

Hammond,     Henry    B. — Admitted     as 

Associate,  58,  88. 
Hardee,  Thomas  S. — Death   announced 

and  Committee  to  prepare  Memoir, 

49,  56,  108. 


HARLOW. 

Harlow,  J.  H. — Discussion  by,  42. 

Harrod,  B.  M. — Makes  report,  44,   On 
Committee,  49. 

Haswell,  Charles  H. — Presides  at 
Meeting,  69. 

Hawksiiaw,  Sir  John. — Admitted  as 
Honorary  Member,  124. 

Hayes,  E. — Discussion  by,  113. 

Hayward,  James  A. — Death  announced, 
69,  82,  108. 

Hermany,  Charles. — Censor  to  award 
Norman  Medal,  69,  91,  108. 

Heuer,  William  H. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 18,  31. 

Hilgard,  Julius  E. — Discussion  by,  98. 
— On  Committee,  50. 

Hjortsberg,  Max. — Death  announced 
and  Committee  to  prepare  Memoir, 
49,  56,  108. 

Holley,  a.  L. — On  Committee.  9. 

House  of  the  Society.  (See  Announce- 
ments.) 

Hudson  River  Tunnel,  by  Arthur  Spiel- 
man  and  Charles  B.  Brush,  42. 

Hughes,  William  M. — Admitted  as 
Member,  50,  54. 

HuTTON,  W.  R. — Discussion  by,  42,  50, 
96. 

Institute  of  Mining  Engineers,  15. 
Inter-Oceauic  Canal  Projects,  1,  2,  10, 

17,  18,  23,  83,  85. 

Jackson,  Thomas. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 33. 

Jetties,  Notes  on  South  Pass,  by  Max 
E.  Schmidt,  45. 

Johnson,  Lorenzo  M. — On  Committee, 
46. — Ti'ansferred  Junior  to  Mem- 
ber, 23,  36. 

Katte,  Walter. — Discussion  by,  96. — 
On  Committee,  49. — Presides  at 
Meeting,  9. 

Kelley,  F.  M. — Discussion  by,  2. 

Kellogg,  Charles. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 50,  54. 

Kennedy,  James  C. — Resignation  of, 
111. 

Kinsley,  T.  P. — Discussion  by,  85,  113. 

Knapp,  George  0.— Resignation  of, 
111. 

Knight,  William  B. — Transferred 
Junior  to  Member,  1,  36. 

Leach,    Smith   S. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 58,  82. 
Lesseps,  M.  de. — Discussion  by..  9,  10. 


VI 


LIBRARY. 

Library  and  Museum. — Additions  to, 
13,  26,  51,  65,  77,  85,  I'iL— Cata- 
logue, 77,  105,121. — Publications 
and  Papers  received  for,  118. — 
Statement  and  Increase,  105. 

Library  Committee.     (See  Committee.) 

Library,  Consultation  and  Circulation 
of  Books  of  the,  lOG. 

Light,  Relative  Efficiency  of  Gas  and 
Electric,  by  G.  W.  Dresser,  o3. 

Light-house  in  Pascagoula  Harbor,  Re- 
newal of  Foundation  and  Transfer 
of,  by  J.  W.  PuTN'AM,  113. 

List  of  Members — Additions  to,  7,  16, 
21,  31,  35,  54.  62,  68,  82,  87,  111, 
124. 

—  Changes   and  Corrections,  8,  16,21, 

31,  36,  55,  62,  68,  82,  88,  111,  125. 

—  Deaths,  8,  16,  32,  56,  82,  108,  125. 

—  Resignations,  16,  82,  88.  112. 

List  of  New  Books  on  Engineering  and 
Technology.     (See  Books.) 

Locks,  Ship  Canal,  Calculated  for 
Operation  by  Steam,  by  Ashbel 
Welch,  45.  • 

Long,  Thomas  J. — Transferred  Junior 
to  Member,  1,  7. 

Macdonald,  Charles. — Discussion  by, 
50,  57.— On  Committee,  41,  50,  57. 
— Paper  by,  18. — Resolution  by, 
49. 

MaoNaughton,  James. — Admitted  as 
Member,  33,  54. 

Malezieux,  Emile. — Admitted  as  Hon- 
orary Member,  124. 

Manley,  Herny. — Admitted  as  Membei-, 
50,  54. 

McMath,  Robert  E.  —  Admitted  as 
Member,  18.  21. — On  Committee, 
46. — Paper  by,  45. 

McNultv.  George,  W. — Admitted  as 
Member,  33,  82. 

Meetings. — Annual.    (See  Annual.) 

—  General,  103,  104. 

—  Omitted  in  Summer  Months,  58. 

—  Statement  of,  103. 

Meier,  Edward  D. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 9,  31. — On  Committee,  46. 

Members,  Additions  to.  (See  List.) 
—Ballots  for.  (See  Ballots.)— 
Changes  of  Address.  (See  List.) 
— Deaths.  (See  List.) —  Engage- 
ments for,  107. — Number  of,  It'l. 
— Professional  Record  of,  10,  107. 
— Resignations  of.    (See  List.) 

Membership,  Method  of  Balloting  for, 


MEMOIRS. 

and  Election  to.  49,  58,  70.— State- 
ment and  Increase  of,  101. 

Memoirs  of  Deceased  Members.  2,  4, 
18,  24,  75. — Thomas  Addls  Emmett, 
2. — Warrkn  Colburn,  4. — George 
W.  Edge,  18.— A.  W.  Craven,  24. 
— Arthur  L.  Ford,  75. 

Memphis,  The  Sewerage  of,  by  F.  S. 
Odell,  98. 

Menooal,  a.  G.— Paper  by,  83,  85. 

Merrill,  William  E. — On  Committee, 
45. 

Metals,  Elastic  Limit,  Variation  due  to 
Orthogonal  Strains  by,  R.  H. 
Thurston,  23. 

Metcalf,  William. — Discussion  by,  58, 
73. 

Metric  System.   (See  Announcements). 

Minutes  of  Meetings  of  Board  of  Direc- 
tion, 10,  34,  58,  69,  100,  114. 

—  January,  7th,  1880,    Proposals  Con- 

sidered, 10. 

—  January  19th,  1880,  Proposals   con- 

sidered ;  action  taken  as  to  Com- 
mittees on  Tests  of  Cement  and  on 
Preservation  of  Timber ;  circular 
to  be  issued  requesting  biographi- 
cal records  of  members ;  circular 
to  be  issued  as  to  professional  in- 
formation to  be  fur  nibbed  to  mem- 
bers ;  financial  business  transacted, 
10. 

—  February    5tli,  1880,   Proposals  con- 

sidered, 10. 

—  February  11th,  18S0,  Proposals  con- 

sidered ;  arrangements  for  special 
meeting  made ;  appropriations 
made,  10. 

—  March    11th,    1880,    Proposals    con- 

sidered; action  taken  as  to  Com- 
mittees on  Preservation  of  Timber 
and  on  Tests  of  Cements,  34. 

—  April  5lh,  1880.  Proposals  considered: 

action  taken  as  to  lease  of  house  ; 
action  taken  as  to  members  in  ar- 
rears ;  programme  for  12th  Annual 
Convention  considered,  34- 

—  April  7th,    18S0,  Proposals  consid- 

ered, 34. 

—  May  6th,  1880,  Proposals  considered; 

appropriations  made  ;  action  taken 
as  to  members  in  arrears,  34. 

—  June  9th,  1880,  Proposals  considered; 

action  taken  as  to  members  in  ar- 
rears ;  appropriations  made,  58. 

—  July    1 3th,  1880,    Proposals    consid- 

ered, 58. 


VII 


MINUTES. 

—  August    3d.     1880,     Proposals   con- 

sidered ;  action  taken  as  to  arrears 
of  dues;  appropriations  made; 
Board  of  Censors  to  award  Norman 
medal  appointed,  69. 

—  October    1st,     1880,     Arrangements 

made  for  annual  meeting;  action 
taken  on  report  of  Nominating 
Committee;  appropriations  made, 
100. 

—  November  1st,  1880,  Proposals  con- 

sidered ;  Secretary's  report  re- 
ceived and  annual  report  perfected, 
100. 

—  November  Ki^li,  1880,  Board  organ- 

ized ;  Standing  Committees  ap- 
pointed; proposals  considered; 
appropriations  made,  100. 

—  December  8th,  1880,  proposals  con- 

sidered ;  provision  for  permanent 
quarters  discussed,  114. 

—  December    22d,  1880,  Mode  of  issu- 

ing ballots  determined ;  action 
taken  as  to  proposed  fund  for  per- 
manent quarters,  114. 

—  December     '29tli,     1880,    Proposals 

considered;  action  taken  as  to 
fund  for  permanent  quarters ;  reso- 
lutions adopted,  and  form  of  circu 
lar  determined,  114. 
Minutes  of  meetings  of  the  Society,  1,  2, 
9,  10,  n,  18,  23,  33,  48,  57,  69,  83, 
89.  113. 

—  .Tanuary  'Zth,    1880,  Ballot  for    mem- 

bership canvassed  ;  ballot  for  place 
of  Twelfth  Annual  Convention 
canvassed  ;  St.  Louis  adopted ; 
discussion  on  Inter-oceanic  Canal 
projects,  continued,  1. 

—  January  14,  1880,  Deaths  of  George 

W.  Edge,  and  T.  A.  Emmett  an- 
nounced ;  discussion  on  Infer- 
oceanic  Canal  projects  continued,  1. 

—  January    21st.    1880,    Discussion    on 

Inter-oceanic  Canal  projects  con- 
tinued, 2. 

—  February  4th,  1880,  Death   of  John 

C.  Thompson  announced ;  commit- 
tee appointed  to  arrange  for  ad- 
dress bj'  M.  DE  Lesseps  ;  ballots 
for  membership  canvassed ;  bal- 
lots for  amendments  to  Constitu- 
tion canvassed — one  adopted,  one 
not  adopted  ;  report  of  Committee 
on  Quarters  presented  9. 

—  February     20th,    1880,   Meeting   at 

Theatre  of  Union  League  Club ;  dis- 
cussion on  Inter-oceanic  Canal  pro- 


MINUTES. 

jects  by  M.  de  Lesseps  and  others, 
'lO. 

-  March  3d,  1880,  Discussion  on  Inter- 

oceanic  Canal  projects  continued  ; 
ballots  for  membership  canvassed, 
17. 
-March  I7th,  1880,  Discussion  on 
Inter-oceanic  Canal  projects,  con- 
tinued, 18. 

-  April  7th,  18S0,  Ballots  for  member- 

bership  canvassed;  discussion  on 
Inter-oceanic  Canal  projects  con- 
tinued ;  "  Variation  due  to  ortho- 
gonal strains  in  the  elastic  limit  ot 
metals"  by  R.  H.  Thurston,  read 
and  discussed,  23. 
-April  21st,  1880,  Death  of  I.  M. 
St.  John  announced ;  arrange- 
ments for  Convention  ;  notes  on  ex- 
periments on  the  relative  efficiency 
of  gas  and  the  electric  light  by 
George  W.  Dresser,  read  and  dis- 
cussed,  33. 

-  May  5th,   1880,   Ballots  for  member- 

ship canvassed  ;  rooms  to  be  here- 
after open  on  evening?  of  Wednes- 
day instead  of  Thursday  of  each 
week,  33. 
-May  19th,  1880,  "  Suggestions  and 
notes  in  regard  to  a  new  decimal 
system  of  weights  and  measures," 
by  T.  S.  Sedgwick,  read  and  dis- 
cussed, 48. 

-  May  26th,   1 880.  Business    meeting 

at  Convention ;  suggestions  for 
change  of  date  of  annual  meeting 
and  close  of  fiscal  year  dis- 
cussed ;  deaths  of  Thomas  S.  Har- 
dee and  of  Max  H-jortsberg  an- 
nounced, and  committees  to  pre- 
pare memoirs  appointed  ;  rules  for 
nomination  and  election  to  mem- 
bership discussed ;  resolution  in 
reference  to  employment  of  Civil 
Engineers  upon  public  works  of- 
fered, discussed,  amended,  adopted 
and  committee  appointed,  49  ; 
places  for  13th  Annual  Convention 
suggested,  .^0. 

-June  2d,  1880,  Ballots  for  member- 
ship canvassed.  50. 

-June  16th,  1880,  Death  of  Arthur  L. 
Ford  announced  and  committee 
appointed  to  prepare  memoir; 
"Cheap  Transportation  versus 
Rapid  Transit  and  Delivery,"  by 
M.  Coryell  read  and  discussed,  57. 

-July  7th,  1880,  Rules  for  nomination 


YIII 


MINUTES. 

and  election  to  membership  dis- 
cussed, 57 ;  election  of  John  Erics- 
son, Justin  Dirks  and  Baron  vox 
Wkber  as  honorary  members  an- 
nounced ;  ballots  for  membership 
canvassed,  58. 

— September  1,  1880,  Death  of  James  A. 
Hayward  announced  ;  "  Harbor 
Improvements  of  Quebec"  by  J. 
Vincent  Browne  read ;  "  The 
Strength  of  Wrought  Iron  Col- 
ums  "  by  G.  Bouscaren  read  ;  com- 
mittee on  employment  of  civil  en- 
gineers on  government  work  asked 
extension  of  time  ;  ballots  for  mem- 
bership canvassed,  69. 

— September  15th,  1880,  Death  of  Wil- 
liam H.  Greenwood  announced ; 
discussion  on  inter-oceanic  canals 
continued,  83. 

—  October  6th,  18S0,  Ballots  for  mem- 

bership canvassed ;  arrangements 
for  annual  meeting  made,  83  ;  pro- 
posed amendment  to  Constitution 
submitted,  84 ;  letter  in  reference 
to  report  of  United  States  Board  to 
test  metals  read ;  Inter-oceanic 
canal  discussion  continued,  85. 

—  October  20,  1880,  Wind  pressure  dis- 

cussed, 89. 
— N"ovember  3d,   17th,   18th,  1880,  An- 
nual Meeting  (see  minutes  of,)  89. 

—  December  1st,  1880,  Ballots  for  mem- 

liership  canvassed;  "Renewal  of 
Foundation  and  Transfer  of  Light- 
house in  Pascagoula  Harbor "  by 
J.  W.  Putnam  read  and  discussed, 
113. 

—December  15th,  1880,  "  Wind  Strains 
in  Bridges "  by  C.  Shaler  Smith 
read  ;  description  of  arch  center- 
ing presented,  1 1 3. 

Minutes  of  Twelfth  Annual  Convention, 
37;  St.  Louis,  May  25th,  1880; 
called  to  order  by  John  Bogart, 
Secretary ;  chair  taken  by  Vice- 
President  James  B.  Francis  ;  James 
B.  Eads  elected  Chairman  of  Con- 
vention ;  William  P.  Shinn,  Vice- 
Chairman ;  Address  by  James  B. 
Eads,  37. — Address  by  Hon.  Henry 
OvERSTOLZ,  Mayor  of  St.  Louis,  38. 
— List  of  members  and  guests,  40  ; 
Committee  on  arrangement  of  pa- 
pers and  discussions,  41  ;  Pro- 
gramme of  excursions  and  local 
invitations  ;  '"  The  Hudson  River 
Tunnel  "  by  Arthur  Si'ielman  and 


MINUTES. 

Charles  B.  Brush  read  and  dis- 
cussed ;  "  Location  of  the  Chimbote 
Tunnels"  by  0.  F.  Nichols  read, 
42;  Second  Session,  9  a.m., May  26th; 
"  Tensile  Tests  of  Cements,  and  Ap- 
pliances for  more  Accurate  Deter- 
minations" by  D.  J.  Whittemore 
read  and  discussed ;  "  American 
Cements "  by  F.  O.  Norton  read 
and  discussed;  "Waterproof  Cov- 
erings" by  F.  CoLLiNGWooD  read; 
"  Web  Strains  in  Simple  Trusses" 
by  E.  Sweet,  Jr.,  read  ;  "  The 
Crip23ling  Strength  of  Wrought 
Iron  Columns"  by  C.  L.  Gates 
read ;  report  for  Committee  on 
Tests  of  Iron  and  Steel  referred  to 
and  discussed,  42  ;  Report  of  Com- 
mittee on  Gauging  of  Streams ;  Re- 
port of  Committee  oa  Tests  of  Ce- 
ments; Committees  continued;  Re- 
port of  Finance  Committee,  43 ; 
Report  of  Committee  on  Preserva- 
tion of  Timber,  44 ;  Nominating 
committee  appointed,  45 ;  Third 
Session,  8  p.  m.  May  26th ;  Annual 
address  read ;  Business  meeting 
held  (see  minutes),  45 ;  Fourth 
Session,  9  a.  m.,  May  28th;  "Ship 
Canal  Locks  Calculated  for 
Operation  by  Steam "  by  Ashbel 
Welch  read  ;  "  Practical  Conse- 
quences of  the  Variation  of  the 
Wet  Section  of  Rivers  "  by  R.  E. 
McMath  read;  "Notes  on  the 
South  Pass  Jetties"  by  Max  E. 
Schmidt  read  and  discussed ; 
"  Cheap  Transportation  versus 
Rapid  Transit  and  Delivery  "  by  M. 
Coryell  presented ;  "  Wind  Pres- 
sure against  Bridges  "  by  Ashbel 
Welch  read  and  discussed ;  Com- 
mittee as  to  Wind  Pressures  ap- 
pointed ;  "  Improvement  of  the 
Harbor  of  Quebec  "  by  J.  Vincent 
Browne  presented ;  resolution  of 
thanks,  45  ;  Convention  adjourned; 
Arrangements  by,  and  members  of 
Local  Committee ;  General  pro- 
gramme for  each  day  ;  Excursions 
and  visits  to  various  localities,  46. 
Minutes  of  Twenty-eighth  Annual 
Meeting,  November  3d,  1880;  An- 
nual report  of  Board  of  Direction 
presented,  ordered  printed  and 
submitted  at  adjourned  meeting ; 
Tellers  for  ballot  appointed;  Annual 
reports  of  Treasurer  and  Finance 


IX 


MINUTES. 

Committee  presented ;  Report  of 
Committee  on  Uniform  System  of 
Tests  of  Cement  presented ; 
Amendment  to  Constitution  consid- 
ered. 89  ;  Suggestions  for  place  of 
Thirteenth  Annual  Convention  pre- 
sented ;  recess  taken  to  8  r.  m.; 
ballots  for  membership  canvassed  ; 
ballots  for  officers  canvassed  and  re- 
■  suit  announced ;  adjourned  to  No- 
vember 17th,  90. 
— November  I7th,  1880,  Arrangements 
for  meeting  announced ;  Annual 
report  of  Board  of  Direction  ac- 
cepted ;  Reports  of  Treasurer  and 
Finance  Committee  accepted  ;  Com- 
mittee on  Tests  of  Cement  contin- 
ued ;  Report  of  Board  of  Censors 
to  award  Norman  Medal  presented; 
Medal  awarded  to  Theodore  Coop- 
er, 90 ;  Suggestions  for  place  of 
Thirteenth  Annual  Convention  pre- 
sented, discussed  and  letter  ballot 
ordered  to  determine  place,  91  ; 
Proposed  amendments  to  Constitu- 
tion discussed,  93  ;  8.30  p.  m.,  pro- 
posed amendments  to  Constitution 
■tliscussed  and  amended  ;  Amend- 
ment to  By-Laws  proposed,  97 ; 
ordered  issued  with  arguments  for 
and  against;  Report  of  Committee 
on  Gauging  Streams  presented  and 
<liscussed  ;  Paper  on  How  of  streams 
by  A.  Fteley  read  and  discussed ; 
"The  Sewerage  of  Memphis"  by 
F.  S.  Odell  read  and  discussed  ; 
Adjournment  of  meeting ;  Pro- 
gramme of  excursions  and  enter- 
tainments connected  with  Annual 
Meeting,  98  ;  Attendance  at  Annu- 
al Meeting,  100. 

Mitchell,  Henry. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 1. 

Morisox,  George  S. — Discussion  by, 
lis.— Plattsmouth  Bridge,  48. 

MooREi  Charles  E. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 1,  16. 

Moore,  Robert. — Discussion  b}',  50. — 
On  Committee,  46. 

Morse,  Henry  G. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 23,  54. 

Neilson,  Charles. —  Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 1,31. 

JS^ew  Books  on  Engineering  and  Tech- 
nology.    (See  Books.) 


NEWTON. 

Newton,  Isaac. — Admitted  as  Member, 
18,  21. 

Nichols,  Aurin  B. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 1. 

Nichols,  0.  F. — Paper  by,  42. 

Norman  Medal,  Award,  90. — Board  of 
Censors  to  award.  69,  90. — Code  of 
Rules  for  its  Award,  60,  64,  81. 

North,  E.  P.— Appointed  Teller,  89.— 
Discussion  by,  2,  57,  58. 

Norton,  F.  O. — Paper  by,  42. 

NoyES,  Ellis  B. — Admitted  as  Junior, 
58,  68. 

OcKER.soN,  John  A. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 58,  68. 

Odell,  F.  S. — Paper  by,  98. 

OvERSTOLz,  Henry. — Address  at  Con- 
vention, 38. 

Paune,  William  H.— Elected  Director, 
90._Makes  Report,  43,  109.— On 
Committee,  100. — Presides  at  Meet- 
ing, 89,  90. 

Palmer,  Francis  Ingram. — Admitted  as 
Member,  113,  125. 

Pegram,  George  H. — Admitted  as  Jun- 
ior, 23,  36. 

Permanent  Quarters  for  the  Society, 
Action  Taken,  114  — Committee  on, 
10,  106. 

Philbrick,  E.  S. — Discussion  by,  98. 

Plattsmouth,  Excursion  to  and  Bridge 
at,  48. 

Pope,  Willard  S. — On  Committee,  49. 

Preservation  of  Timber.  (See  Tim- 
ber.) 

Prindle,  F.  C. — Discussion  by,  18. 

Professional  Information  through  Secre- 
tary, 10,  106. 

Publications  and  Papers  received  for 
Library,  118. 

Putnam,  Joseph  W. —  Admitted  as  Asso- 
ciate, 18,  31.— Paper  by,  113. 

Quebec,  The  Improvements  of  the  Har- 
bor of,  by  J.  V.  Browne,  45,  69. 

Radenhurst,  William  N. — Transferred 
Junior  to  Member,  68. 

Records  of  Members,  10,  107. 

Report,  of  Board  of  Direction,  Annual, 
89,  90,  IGO,  101.— Appendix  to, 
118. 

—  Of  Treasurer,  89,  90,  116. 

Reports  of  Committees.  (See  Com- 
mittees.) 


REPORTS. 

Reports  made,  List  of,  lOi. 

Resignation  of  Members.     (See  List.) 

Reuscuel,  William. — Admitted  as  Jun- 
ior, 50.  68. 

Richards,  Joseph  R. — Admitted  as  As- 
sociate, Y,  9. 

Richardson,  Henry  B.— On  Committee, 
49. 

Rivers,  Practical  Consequences  of  Va- 
riation of  the  Wet  Section  of,  by 
Robert  E.  McMath,  4.5. 

Robinson,  Albert  A.  —  Admitted  as 
Member,  33,  54. 

Rockwell,  Samuel. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, L 

Ross,  William  B. — Resignation  of,  88. 

Schmidt,  Max  E. — Discussion  by,  42, 
— Paper  by,  45. 

Sedgwick,  T.  S. — Paper  by,  48. 

Sewerage  of  Memphis,  by  F.  S.  Odell, 
98. 

Seymour,  Horatio,  Jr. —  Transferred 
Associate  to  Member,  23,  36. 

Shailer,  Robert  A  — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 18,  36. 

Shelbourne,  S.  F. — Discussion  by,  S3. 

SmcKLE,  F. — On  Committee,  46. 

Shinn,  "W.  p.— Discussion  by,  42,  43, 
49,  70,  94.— On  Committee,  46.— 
Vice-Chairman  of  Convention,  3Y. 

Simpson,  George  Hume. — Admitted  as 
Member,  83,  IIL 

Slataper,  F. — Discussion  by,  94. 

Smedley,  S.  L. — Discussion  by,  98. 

Smith,  Charles  A. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 23,  55. 

Smith,  C.  Shaler. — Discussion  by,  45, 
49,  50,  72.— On  Committee,  45,  46. 
—Paper  by,  113. 

Smith,  C.  Vandervoort. — Elected  Di- 
rector, 90.— On  Committee,  100. 

South  Pass  Jetties.     (See  Jetties.) 

Spielmann,  Arthur. — Paper  by,  42. 

Stanton,  Robert  B. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 69,  88. 

Steam  Engines,  Discussion  on  Cushion- 
ing the  Reciprocating  Parts  of,  by 
Charles  E.  Emery  and  J.  W.  Hill, 
111,  115. 

St.  John,  Isaac  Monroe. — Death  an- 
nounced, and  Committee  to  prepare 
Memoir,  32,  33,  108. 

St.  Louis,  Bridge  at,  48. — Convention  at, 
1,  7,  15,  33,  34,  37. — Engineers 
Club  of,  45. 

Strains,   Variation   due  to  Orthogonal 


STRANG. 

Strains    in  the    Elastic    Limit    of 
Metals,  by  R.  H.  Thurston,  23. 

—  Web  Strains  in  Simple  Trusses,  by 

E.  Sweet,  Jr.,  42. 

Strang,  S.  A. — Discussion  by,  67. 
Sweet,  Charles  A. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 18,  21. 
Sweet,  E.  Jr. — Paper  b}',  42. 

Tests  of  Cement.     (See  Ceqient.)    • 
Tests  of  Iron,  Steel  and  Other  Metals, 

Committee   on.     (See  Committee.) 

United  States  Board  for,  85. 
Thompson,  John  C. — Death  annoiinced, 

and  Committee  to  prepare  Memoir, 

9,  16,  108. 
Thurston,  R.  H. — Communication  from, 

85.— Paper  by,  23. 
Timber,  Committee  on  Preser\ation  of. 

(See  Committee.) 
Tintorer,  Jose  Giberga. — Admitted  as 

Member,  33,  55. 
Transactions,  108. 
Transportation,    Cheap,    versus    Rapid 

Transit  and  Delivery,  by  M.  Cor- 
yell, 45,  57. 
Treasurer,  Annual  Report,  89,  90,  116. 
Trusses,  Web-Strains  in  Simple,  by  E. 

Sweet,  Jr.,  42. 
Tunnel,  Chimbote,   Location  of,   by  0. 

F.  Nichols,  42. 

—  Hudson    River,    The,     by   Arthur 

Spielmann  and  C.  B.  Brush,  42. 

Van    Auken,    D.    IL — Description    of 

Centering,  by,  113. 
Van  Brocklin,  Martin. —  Admitted  as 

Member,  1,  21. 
Vance,    Hart, — Admitted  as   Member, 

58,  88. 
Vandfrpool,  E. — On  Committee,  2,  18. 
Van    Horne,    John    G. — Admitted    as 

Member,  7,  9.— Appointed  Teller, 

89. 

Watte,  Christopher  C. — Admitted  as 
Member,  18,  31. 

Walker, William  Williams. — Admitted 
as  Member,  83,  111. 

Ward,  Charles  D. — Discussion  by,  2. 

Ward,  L.  B. — Discussion  by,  85. 

Waterproof  Coverings,  by  F.  Colling- 
wooD,  42. 

Weber,  Max  Maria,  Baron  Von. — Ad- 
mitted as  Honorary  Member,  54, 
58. — Discussion  by,  57. 

Weights  and  Measures,  Suggestions 
and    Notes    in    regard    to    a   new 


XI 


WEIR. 

Decimal  S^'stem  of,  by  T.  S.  Sedq- 
•      WICK,  48. 

Weir,  Charles  G. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 33,  55. 

Welch,  Ashbel. — Discussion  by,  2,  10, 
17,  18,  42,  58,  83,  98,  113.— 
Elected  Vice-President,  90.— On 
Committee,  100. — Paper  by,  45. — 
Presides  at  Meetina,-,  57,  96,  113 
114. 

WELLMA>f,  D.  W.— On  Committee,  46. 

Wheaton,  Edward.— Admitted  as  As- 
sociate, 9,  16. 

WniTELAW,  JoH\. — Discussion  by,  50. 

Whitman,  T.  J.— On  Committee,  46. 

Whittemore,  D.  J. — Discussion  by,  42. 
— Elected  Director,  90.— Paper  bj^ 
42.— Report  by,  43,  110. 


WIND. 

Wind   Pressure,    Against    Bridges,    by 
AsHBEL  Welch,  45. 
—  Discussion  of,  89. 

Wind  Strains  in  Bridges,  by  C.  Siialer 
Smith,  113. 

Worthed,   W.    E. — Discussion  by,  98, 
113. — Presides  at  Meeting,  113. 

WoRTHixGTON,    Henry   R. — Death    an- 
nounced, 125. 

Wright,    Horatio     G. — Admitted     as 
Honorary  Member,  16,  18. 

Wyse,  L.  K  B.— Discussion  by,  23. 


Yardley,  Edmund. — Discussion  bv,  48 
58.  ^ 

Yonge,  Samuel  H. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 33,  55. 


Vol.  VI.— January,    1880. 
MINUTES     OF    MEETINGS 

(Abstractof  such  as  may  be  of  geueral  interest  to  members.) 


OF    THE   SOCIETY. 

January  7th,  1880. -The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President 
Chanute  in  tlie  chair.  Ballots  for  admission  to  membership  were  can- 
vassed, and  the  following  were  declared  elected  Members:  WilHam  B. 
Knight  (elected  Junior  January  6,  1875),  Kansas  City,  Mo.;  Thomas  J." 
Long  (elected  Junior  November  3,  1875),  New  York  City;  Henry  Mitchell^ 
U.  S.  Coast  Survey;  Charles  E.  Moore,  Fayetteville,  Vt.;  Charles  Neil- 
son,  New  York;  Aurin  B.  Nichols,  Washington,  D.  C. ;  Samuel  Eockwell 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y. ;  Martin  Van  Brocklin,  New  York. 

The  ballots  for  determining  the  place  of  the  Twelfth  Annual  Con- 
vention were  canvassed,  Avitli  the  following  result: 

For  St.  Louis r-  <        . 

,,    ti      -o         ■  ^^  votes. 

San  IranciKco i~       ,, 

iO  " 

' '    Washington .^.       ,  ^ 

Whereupon  it  was  determined  that  the  Convention  should  be  held  at 
St.  Louis. 

A  paper  in  continuation  of  the  discussion  on  Inter-Oceanic  Canal 
Projects  was  then  read  by  Julius  W.  Adams,  Past  President  of  the 
Society. 

January  14th,  1880. -The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  George  W 
Dresser  in  the  chair.  The  deaths  on  January  1st,  1880,  of  George  W. 
Edge,  Member  of  the  Society,  and  on  January  12th,  1880,  of  Thomas 
Addis  Emmet,  Member  and  one  of  the  Founders  of  the  Society  were 
announced,  and  Committees  to  prepare  memoirs  for  publication  were 
appomted,  as   follows  :    To   prepare   a  memoir   of    George   W    Ed-e 


Messrs.  Armington,  Vanderpool  and  the  Secretary  ;  to  prepare  a  memoir 
of  Thomas  A.  Emmet,  Messrs.   Julius  W.  Adams,  P.  P.  Du^kmson  and 

*^'^The  disTiission  upon  the  subject  of  Inter-Oceanic  Canal  Projects  was 
continued  by  Ashbel  Welch,  Charles  D.  Ward  and  F.  M.  Kelley,  and  by 
a  Daper  by  John  C.  Campbell,  presented  through  the  Secretary. 

January  21st,  1880. -The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President 
Chanute  in  the  chair.  The  discussion  upon  the  subject  of  Inter-Oceanic 
Canal  Projects  was  continued  by  E.  P.  North,  T.  Cooper,  J.  M.  Goodwin 
(through  the  Secretary)  and  O.  Chanute. 


MEMOIRS  OF  DECEASED  MEMBERS. 


THOMAS  AUDIS  EMMET,*  Member   A.  S..C.  E. 

Died  Jaxxaky  12th,  1880. 
Thomas  Addis  Emmet  was  born  in  the  city  of  New  York,  June  4th, 
1818,  the  son  of  Eobert  Emmet,  and  grandson  of  Thomas  Addis  Emmet. 
He  was  educated  principally  at  the  school  of  the  Rev.  William  Powell, 
and  was  there  prepared  for  Columbia  College,  which  he  entered  m  the 
year  1834  He  remained  at  college  only  one  year,  his  inclination  being 
for  a  more  active  life.  In  1835  or  1836,  having  decided  on  the  profession 
of  Civil  Engineer,  he  was  appointed  to  a  position  on  the  first  surveys 
that  were  made  by  the  Erie  Railroad  at  Deposit,  Delaware  County,  New 
York  He  was  afterwards  transferred,  in  the  same  employment  to 
Tappan,  New  York,  where  he  remained  until  1840.  He  then  took  a 
position  with  Major  McNeil  in  the  construction  of  a  railroad  m  South 
Carolina,  between  Columbia  and  Charleston,  and  remained  here  one 
year  when  he  returned  to  New  York  and  was  appointed  to  the  State 
Survey  of  the  head  waters  of  the  Hudson  River,  where  he  continued  until 
they  were  completed. 

Between  1843  and  1851  he  was  engaged  upon  the  construction  of  the 
Erie  and  Hudson  River  Railroads.  His  next  employment  was  m  Penn- 
sylvania, on  some  of  the  coal  roads,  and  he  was  the  Chief  Engmeer  of  the 
dattawissa  Railroad,  which  was  completed  under  his  charge.  He  was 
next  in  charge  of  a  division  of  the  Erie  Railroad,  and  after  its  completion 
retired  for  a  period  from  the  profession,  and  was  elected  the  President  of 
an  insurance  company  in  the  city  of  New  York.  After  two  years  experi- 
ence of  an  inactive  life  in  the  City,  he  resigned  this  position  and  returned 
to  his  profession,  which  he  found  more  congenial  to  his  tastes  and  habits. 
From  that  time  he  was  principally  employed  on^the  Eri^Railroad.^ 

.r^o^~it;7t^^r;par7^emoIr;^Ii.^^rAdam8  P.  P.  Dickinson.  John  Bogart. 


had  charge  of  the  construction  of  the  line  from  Paterson  to  Hoboken, 
and  also  of  the  Niagara  River  branch,  and  was  for  several  years  on  the 
Delaware  Division,  where  twenty  years  before  he  had  commenced  his 
professional  career. 

After  leaving  the  Erie  Railroad  he  was  appointed  an  assistant  in  the 
Croton  Aqueduct  Department.  This  was  about  the  year  1870.  He  from 
that  time  resided  at  Carmel,  in  Putnam  County,  New  York,  and  was  in 
charge  of  the  reservoir,  and  various  sources  of  water  supply  in  that 
section.  He  superintended  the  construction  of  the  large  reservoir  lately 
completed  at  Brewsters,  in  Putnam  County,  and  various  other  works 
connected  with  it.  Latterly  he  had  been  principally  emploved  nearer 
the  city  on  examinations  for  further  water  supply,  and  on  surveys  for  a 
new  aqueduct,  but  he  still  retained  his  superintendence  of  the  Putnam 
County  works,  and  was  there  .ugaged  with  his  duties  at  the  time  of  his 
death. 

Up  to  a  very  recent  period  he  had  enjoyed  very  robust  health,  pro- 
moted, no  doubt,  by  his  active  out-of-door  life.  On  January  1st  he  had 
an  alarming  attack  of  difTiculty  of  respiration,  but  he  had  apparently 
entirely  recovered  from  it,  and  actively  continued  in  the  discharge  of  his 
duties.  On  the  12th  of  January  he  went  to  Carmel,  seemingly  well  in- 
tending to  return  on  the  following  day.  He  was  occupied  all  day.  After 
he  had  retired  for  the  night  he  was  attacked  with  the  same  symptoms  of 
difhculty  of  breathing.  He  had  prompt  assistance,  which  was  of  no 
avail.  He  died  m  twenty  minutes  after  he  was  attacked,  having  retained 
his  consciousness  to  within  a  few  minutes  of  his  death. 

His  professional  life  covered  a  period  of  nearly  forty-five  years  He 
loved  and  took  pride  in  its  practice,  and  highly  prized  the  intimacies 
and  friendships  he  contracted  in  the  course  of  it.  He  filled  his  various 
positions  conscientiously,  justly  and  honestly.  It  was  not  in  his  nature 
to  do  otherwise.  He  was  unassuming  and  unobtrusive  ;  free  from  false 
pretense;  unselfish  and  generous;  rigidly  upright  and  just  in  all  his  deal- 
ings; manly  and  courageous  in  all  his  thought  and  actions,  and  his 
friendships  were  sincere,  lasting,  and  to  be  depended  on 

He  never  married,  and  through  boyhood  and  manhood  his  ties  to  his 
km  were  of  the  tenderest  character.  With  them  he  passed  all  his  leisure 
time   and  found  among  them  his  recreation  and  happiness 

]\Ir  Emmet  was  one  of  the  twelve  who,  on  November  5th,  1S52  met 
a  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Department  in  the  City  of  New  York  and  founded 
us  Society^  His  membership  has  continued  without  interruption  since 
that  date.  During  the  twenty-seven  years  of  the  existence  of  the  Society 
his  interest  in  it  has  always  been  sustained.  Very  few  of  the  men  to  whom 
the  Society  owes  its  origin  are  left  with  us,  and  this  loss  of  one  of  them 
prompts  he  reflection  that  they  laid  its  foundation  well  and  skillfully 
^ssentially  the  same  to-day  in  its  objects,  its  aims  and  its  laws,  with  sucli 
Changes  only  as  have  been  made  necessary  by  its  growth  and  enlarged 


area  of  membership,  tlie  Hociety  may  well  make  record  of  the  proven 
wisdom  and  forethought  of  its  early  members,  and  acknowledge  the 
debt  it  owes  to  the  founders  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers. 


WARREN    COLBURN,*  Member  A.  S.  C.  E. 

Died  Septembeb  15th,  1879. 

Wavren  Colburn  (elected  member  of  the  Society  March  18th,  1868), 
was  born  in  the  Town  of  Waltham,  Massachusetts,  on  the  18th  day  of 
August  1824  He  was  the  eldest  son  of  Warren  Colburn,  the  famous 
mathematician  and  author  of  a  series  of  arithmetics  and  other  more 
advanced  mathematical  works.  At  an  early  age  he  was  sent  to  the  public 
schools  in  the' City  'of  Lowell,  where  he  evinced  an  unusual  aptitude 
for  learning,  particularly  in  mathematics,  his  apprehension  of  that 
science  seeming  almost  preternatural.  At  the  age  of  thirteen  l^e  entered 
the  celebrated  preparatory  school  of  the  late  Dr.  Muhlenberg,  at  Flush- 
ing Long  Island,  where  he  pursued  his  studies  assiduously  for  a  series 
of  years  and  received  an  admirable  intellectual  training,  making  for  him- 
self an  excellent  record  for  scholarship.  While  at  this  school  he  attained 
such  proficiency  in  mathematics  that  it  appears  to  have  been  the  pastime 
of  his  leisure  hours  to  compose  mathematical  problems,  many  of  which 
were  so  highly  esteemed  for  their  originality  that  a  leading  scientific 
journal  published  them  as  productions  of  an  intellect  of  rare  mathe- 
matical promise. 

Mr  Colburn's  first  business  employment  after  leaving  school  was  in 
the  capacity  of  an  actuary  of  an  insurance  company,  engaged  more  par- 
cularly  in  the  preparation  of  insurance  computations  and  mathematically 
tabulated  scales.  But  the  impulse  of  his  mind  towards  Civil  Engineer- 
ing was  so  predominant  that  he  soon  relinquished  this  position  for  a 
subordinate  one  in  an  engineering  party  on  the  Fitchburg  Eailway.  With 
his  superior  mathematical  attainments,  ready  apprehension  and  natural 
o-enius  for  Civil  Engineering,  he  soon  acquired  a  practical  mastery  of  the 
rudimentary  principles  of  that  profession.  Upon  concluding  his  engage- 
ment with  that  line,  he  was  appointed  Assistant  Engineer  of  the  Cheshire 
Railwav  the  duties  of  which  office  he  most  efficiently  and  satisfactorily 
discharged  up  to  the  period  of   the  completion  of  that  work,  m  the  year 

Mr  Colburn  was  then,  and  when  he  had  barely  attained  his  twenty- 
fifth  year,  appointed  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Ashuelot  Railway,  certainly 
a  flattering  testimonial  to  his  professional  proficiency  and  enterprise^ 
He  remained  in  the  personal  supervision  of  the^gineenng  otjhis  road 

'^'Tcoim^iUeTtolii^e^re'n^emMr^^J^^  Secretary.,      The  Secretary  desires  to 

.cknowle^re  the  kincLL  of  John   N.  Prummoud,  Esq..   of  Toledo,  O..   ,vho,  though  not  a 
Ltrhlof  this  society,  has  with  great  care  collected  the  materials  for  this  meoiou-. 


until  it  was  finislied  and  ready  for  operating,  and  the  solidity  and 
thoroughness  of  its  construction  well  attests  the  skill  and  sound  engi- 
neering judgment  exercised  in  its  i^rosecution. 

x\t  the  beginning  of  the  year  1851  Mr.  Oolburn  was  appointed  Chief 
Engineer  of  the  Rochester,  Lockport  &  Niagara  Falls  Railway,  in- 
cluding the  Lockport  &  Buffalo  Railway.  His  supervision  of  the  con- 
struction of  these  roads  continued  until  both  were  finished,  and  his  man- 
agement of  all  departments  of  the  work  was  characterized  by  marked 
energy,  skill,  tact  and  business  ability.  Ui3on  the  opening  of  these  roads 
for  traffic  he  was  ajjpointed  General  Manager,  and  performed  the  duties  of 
that  office  until  both  were  merged  by  consolidation  into  the  New  Yoi*k 
Central  Railway. 

In  the  year  1853  Mr.  Colburn  was  elected  to  the  office  of  Chief  Engi- 
neer of  the  Lake  Erie,  Wabash  it  St.  Louis  Railway  (commonly  known 
as  the  Wabash  Line).  He  entered  upon  the  duties  of  the  surveying, 
locating  and  construction  of  this  extended  line  of  railway  during  the 
month  of  May  of  that  year,  and  accomplished  its  completion  late  in  the 
aiitumn  of  1856.  The  difficulties  attending  the  building  of  this  great 
road,  with  its  extensive  bridging  and  other  formidable  and  expensive 
artificial  structures,  as  well  as  those  arising  from  sharp  conflicting  inter- 
ests as  to  its  location,  he  met  and  most  successfully  surmounted,  his  vipe 
professional  experience  and  discreet  judgment  seeming  all-sufficient  for 
the  solution  of  eveiy  problem,  the  reconciling  of  all  differences,  and  the 
encompassing  of  the  wisest  and  most  judicious  results.  On  the  opening 
of  this  line  he  was  appointed  Vice-President  and  General  Manager,  and 
during  the  eleven  ensuing  years  he  continued  to  fill  those  positions  in  a 
manner  acceptable  to  the  company  and  with'the  confidence  and  esteem  of 
all  with  whom  he  had  business  intercourse. 

After  his  withdrawal  from  the  last-named  line  Mr.  Colburn  was  made 
Chief  Engineer  of  the  Decatur  &  East  St.  Louis  Railway.  He  supervised 
the  surveys,  location,  construction  and  equipment  of  this  railway,  and 
that  liaving  been  accompished,  he  delivered  it  over  to  the  Wabash  Line, 
which  absorbed  it  by  consolidation. 

Mr.  Colburn  was  also  elected  President  of  the  La  Fayette,  Blooming- 
ton  &  Mississippi  Railway,  and  supervised  its  engineering  and  construc- 
tion until  it  was  completed,  when  it  became  leased  to  the  Wabash  Line. 

At  this  juncture  Mr.  Colbtirn,  after  a  long  and  ardiious  professional 
experience  extending  over  a  period  of  nearly  thirty  years,  permanently 
withdraw  from  all  direct  personal  participation  in  railway  construction 
and  management — thus  concluding  a  career  of  public  official  life  that 
was  eminently  useful  and  successful,  distinguished  for  a  thoroughly 
scientific  and  practical  mastery  of  his  profession,  and  inflexible  adherence 
to  the  highest  principles  of  manly  firmness  and  honor. 

In  the  year  1871  Mr.  Colburn  visited  Euroiie,  and  prolonged  his 
sojourn  there  through  a  period  of   more  than  two  years.     Soon  after  his 


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return  he  accepted  a  temporary  position  as  Commissioner  for  the  joint 
Trunk  Lines,  but  his  connection  with  railway  affairs  thereafter  was 
almost  exchasively  of  an  advisory.and  consulting  <^^--;^-' ^  ,^™^J^^ 
^hich  he,  of  course,  brought  the  advantages  of  npe  professional  skill  and 
thoroughly  matured  practical  experience.  During  the  later  yeais  of  his 
life,  he  was  often  selected  by  the  courts  to  act  as  a  commissioner  and 
arbitrator  in  controversies  between  railway  companies  involving  q^jestions 
of  construction  and  engineering,  and  it  has  been  particularly  ^ohc^-^_^ 
that  his  conclusions  in  such  cases  have  been  so  clear,  accurate,  ^^P^^^^^^ 
and  convincing,  that  they  have  been  accepted  by  contestants  and  made 
the  iudament  of  the  court.  . 

Till"  far  reference  has  been  made  almost  exclusively  to  those  points 
of  Mr  Colburn's  character,  which  were  more  directly  open  to  public  and 
general  observation.  Before  concluding,  it  seems  but  proper  that  some 
brief  expression  should  be  given  to  the  feelings  with  which  his  memory 
.as  chel-ished  by  his  associates  and  those  who  were  favored  by  his  friend- 

'^'^In  intellectual  power  and  quality  Mr.  Colburn  was  not  only  an  un- 
common man,  but  an  uncommon  style  of  a  man.  He  was  an  original 
thinker,  an  extensive  reader,  gifted  with  a  prodigious  "^^7^T>  and  an 
acute  faculty  for  discrimination  and  analysis.  His  power  of  abstiact  on 
and  concentration  of  thought  was  such,  that  the  processes  oi^^^^^^ 
towards  results  seem  to  have  had  the  quickness  of  intuition  His  knowl- 
edge of  his  profession  unquestionably  was  extensive,  practical  and  pi o- 
ound,  the  result,  no  doubt,  of  a  well-directed  early  training  and  assiduous 
shidy  and  reflection.  It  was  due  to  this  fact  that  in  questions  of  Civi 
Engineering  his  opinions  were  so  generally  esteemed  and  accepted  as  ot 

the  hiehest  authoritv.  , .  .    ,         ,    n  e 

Mr  Colburn  was  a  man  of  genuine  integrity  and  disinterestedness  of 
character  free  from  ambition,  and  without  a  trace  of  an  unworthy  aim 
or  an  ungenerous  purpose.  He  never  sought  praise  or  preferment,  but 
:  ther  recoiled  fJm  everything  calculated  to  bring  him  into  prominence 
or  secure  personal  influence  or  reward.  While  he  was  firm  m  his  own 
conv  ctions,  he  was  generously  tolerant  towards  those  of  others.  Although 
Lmewhat  predisposed  to  be  reserved  and  reticent  m  manner,  he  was  in 
reality  genial  and  courteous,  approachable  and  sympathetic. 

In  person  Mr.  Colburn  was  healthful  and  vigorous  to  an  unusual 
degree-tall,  broad-shouldered,  muscular,  and  of  imposing  P^e^^^^^- 
tith  finelv-cut  features,  a  keen,  clear,  bright  eye,  -^^  ^  ^^^  ^ ^^^^  ^  ^ti 
ful  animaiion,  intelligence  and  intensity  of  purpose,  ^^^^f  ^^^  Pjf 
twenty  or  more  years  he  had  made  his  permanent  home  at  Toledo,  Ohio 
He  died  at  Saratoga  Springs  on  the  15th  day  of  September  last  m  the 
mellow  ripeness  of  a  well-rounded  life,  and  the  tender  appreciation  of  a 
wide  circle  of  loving  friends  will  cherish  and  preserve  his  memory- 


ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


The  Twelfth  Annual  Convention  of  the  So- 
ciety will  bo  held  at  St.  Louis.  The  time  will 
be  the  latter  part  of  May.  The  particular  date 
•will  soon  be  announced, 

The  following  resolutions  were  adopted  at 
the  Ninth  Annual  Convention  of  the  Society, 
and  ordered  printed  regularly  in  the  Society 
publications  : 

Whereas,  the  metric  system  of  weights  and 
measures  is  now  extensively  used  abroad, 
and  whereas  it  is  desirable  that  the  relation 
of  the  units  of  the  differing  systems  be  made 
familiar  to  all  by  comparison  : 

Eesolved,  That  members  be  requested,  in 
papers  hereafter  presented  to  the  Society,  to 
write,  in  parenthesis,  weights  or  dimensions 


by  the  metric    system,   in    connection  with 
those  of  the  system  in  general  use. 

The  House  of  the  Society  is  at  104  East 
Twentieth  street,  one  door  east  from  Fourth 
avenue,  and  near  the  southwest  corner  of 
Gramercy  Park.  It  is  open  from  nine  o'clok 
A.M.,  to  five  o'clock  P.M.  each  business  day, 
except  Saturday,  when  it  is  closed  at  three 
o'clock  P.M^ 

The  Library  and  Conversation  Rooms  will 
also,  for  the  present,  be  open  every  Thursday 
evening,  from  1)^  to  10  p.m.  Members  are 
invited  to  avail  themselves  of  the  oppor- 
tunities afforded  on  Thursday  evenings,  both 
for  consultation  of  books  and  periodicals  and 
for  conversation. 


LIST      OF      MEMBERS 


ADDITIONS. 


MEMBERS. 


Long,  Thomas  J. 


Date  of  Election. 


Van  Horne,  John  G. 


.(Elected  Junior,  Jan.  6,  1875),  As- 
sistant Engineer,  Department  of 
Doclvs,    26   West   6ot]i    St.,  New 

Yor]<  City,  N.  Y January    7,     iSSo. 

Assistant  Engineer,  Metropolitan 
Elevated  Railroad,  437  Communi- 
paw  Ave.,  Jersey  City,  N.  J February  4,   18S0. 


ASSOCIATE. 


Richards,  Joseph  R 46  Court  St.,  Boston,  Mass February  4,    i 


8S0. 


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CHANGES    AND   CORRECTIONS. 


Constable,  Casimir Constableville,  Lewis  Co.,  N.  Y. 

Pearsons,  Galen  W. Oceanus  P.  O.  (Rockaway  Beach),  Queens  Co.,  N.  Y. 

Sears,  Alfred  F Portland,  Oregon. 


JUNIOR. 

»  Lucas,  D.  Jones 233  South  4th  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


E.MMET  Thomas  Addis   ....  Elected  Member  November  5,   1852.     Died  January 

12,  1880. 


^wmimx  mtkto  o|  :(|;iiH   injinM^^ 


PROCEEDI^aS. 


Vol.  VI.— February,    1880. 
MINUTES     OF     MEETINaS 

(Abstractor  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF   THE   SOCIETY. 

Febkuaby  4th,  1880. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Mr.  Walter  Katte 
iu  the  chair. 

The  death  of  John  C.  Thompson,  Member  of  the  Society  was  an- 
nounced, and  A.  L.  Holley  and  John  Bogart  were  appointed  a  com- 
mittee to  prejiare  a  memoir  for  publication. 

The  approaching  visit  to  New  York  of  M.  de  Lesseps,  and  the 
engineers'  accompanying  him,  was  announced,  and  a  committee  was 
ajjpointed  to  make  arrangements  for  a  j^roper  reception  of  these  gentle- 
men, and  for  their  participation  in  discussion  at  a  meeting  of  the 
Society. 

Ballots  for  admission  to  membership  were  canvassed,  and  the  follow- 
ing were  declared  elected  :  As  Members,  Henry  D.  Blunden  (elected 
Junior  January  5,  1876),  of  New  York,  Andrew  J.  Ohaphe,  of  St.  Louis, 
Mo.,  Edward  D.  Meier,  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  John  G.  Yan  Home,  of  Jersey 
City,  N.  J.;  as  Associates,  Joseph  E.  Richards,  of  Boston,  Mass., 
Edward  Wheaton,  of  Providence,  R.  I. 

Ballots  on  proposed  amendments  to  the  Constitution  were  canvassed, 
with  the  following  result  : 

On  proposed  amendment  to  Article  XXII: 

At  the  end  of  Article  XXII,  insert:  On  and  after  the  fifth  day  of  November,  1879,  Past 
Presidents  of  the  Society  shall  be  Life  Members,  entitled  to  all  the  privileges  of  members 
without  the  payment  of  Dues. 

There  were 92  ayes. 

5.3  noes . 

This  projiosed  amendment  not  having  received  an  affirmative  vote  of 
two-third  of  all  ballots  cast  was  declared  lost. 
On  proposed  amendment  to  Article  XXXIII: 

To  amend  Article  XXXIII.  so  that   the  amended  article  shall  read  as  follows  : 


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.Vkticle  XXXIII. — Proposed  amendments  to  this  Constitution  must  be  submitted  in 
writing,  signed  by  not  le^s  than  five  Members,  on  or  before  the  first  Wednesday  in  October, 
and  then  sent  by  letter  to  the  several  Members  of  the  Society,  at  least  twenty-five  days  pre- 
vious to  the  Annual  Meeting.  Such  amendments  shall  be  in  order  for  discussion  and  amend- 
ment at  such  Annual  Meeting,  and  with  such  amendments  thereto  as  may  have  been  approved  by  a 
majority  vote  of  the  Annual  Meeting,  shall  be  voted  upon  by  letter  ballot,  the  vote  to  be 
counted  at  the  first  regular  meeting  in  February.  An  affirmative  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all 
ballots  cast  shall  be  neoessai-y  to  secure  the  adoption  of  any  amendment. 

(The  words  in  italics  constitute  the  amendment ;  otherwise  the  Arti- 
cle is  unaltered. ) 

There  were 128  ayes. 

"     17  noes. 

This  amendment  having  received  an  aifirmative  vote  of  two-thirds  of 
all  ballots  cast  was  declared  adopted. 

A  report  was  presented  from  the  Committee  on  Permanent  Quarters. 
The  report  was  received,  the  committee  discharged,  and  the  subject 
referred  to  a  committee  consisting  of  the  President,  Secretary  and 
Standing  Committee  on  Finance. 

Febeuary  2r)TH,  1880. — The  Society  met  at  7-J-  p.  m.,  at  the  Theatre  of 
the  Union  League  Club  in  New  York,  Vice-President  Chanute  in  the 
chair. 

M.  Ferdinand  de  Lessejjs  spoke,  in  French,  in  continuation  of  the  dis- 
cussion upon  "  Inter-Oceanic  Canal  Projects."  His  remarks  were  trans- 
lated by  Mr.  N.  Appleton.  Mr.  J.  Dirks,  C.  E.,  of  Amsterdam,  Holland, 
followed,  discussing  engineering  questions  connected  with  the  proposed 
construction  of  a  canal  at  the'Isthmus  of  Panama.  Mr.  V.  Dauzats,  C. 
E.,  of  France,  gave  details  of  the  depth  of  ciitting  at  various  points  on 
the  line  at  sea  level,  the  lengths  of  the  different  excavations,  the  depth 
of  soil,  etc.  The  discussion  was  continued  by  Messrs.  O.  Chanute, 
Horatio  Allen,  Ashbel  Welch,  Cyrus  Butler,  J.  Dirks,  V.  Dauzats 
and  F.  de  Lesseps. 


OF  THE  BOAED  OF  DIRECTION. 

Jantjaky  7th,  1880. — Applications  were  considered. 

Jajstuaky  19th,  1880.  —  Applications  were  considered.  The  Secretary 
was  directed  to  correspond  Avith  members  of  the  Society  in  reference  to 
their  serving  upon  the  Committees  on  Tests  of  Cements  and  on  Preser- 
vation of  Timber.  The  issue  of  a  circular  was  directed  requesting  mem- 
bers to  furnish  biographical  records.  The  issue  of  a  circular  as  to 
professional  information  to  be  furnished  to  members  was  authorized. 
Financial  business  was  transacted. 

Febeuaky  5th,  1880. — Applications  were  considered. 

Febrtjaey  11th,  1880. — Action  was  taken  as  to  a  meeting  to  be  held  at 
the  Theatre  of  the  Union  League  Club.  A23plications  were  considered. 
Appropriations  were  passed. 


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LIST  OF  NEW  BOOKS  ON 

KNGINEERNG    AND    TECHNOLOGY. 


Alloys  ;  Copper-Tin  Alloys.  Keport  on  a  Pre- 
liniiuary  Invpstigatiou  of  the  Properties  of 
Copper-Tiu  Alloys,  made  under  tue  direc- 
tion of  the  Committee  on  Metallic  Alloys  ; 
U.  S.  Board  to  test  Iron,  Steel  and  other 
Metals  :  Robert  H.  Tliurston,  Chairman. 
Washington.  Gavernment  Printing  Office. 
187!).     $2  50.' 

Army  ;  Guide  for  Regimental  Courts  Martial. 
Horaiio  C,  King.  24mo.  New  York.  Van 
A'ostrand.     $0.75. 

The  Russian  Army  and  its  Campaigns 

in  Turkey  in  1877-78.  Lieut.  F.  V.  Greene, 
U.  S.  A.  8vo.  Atlas.  New  York.  Apple- 
ions.     .$  i;  1)0. 

Artisan's  Year  Book,  and  Engineer  and  Build- 
ing Trades  Almanack.  1880.  Po.st  8vo. 
Loudon.     Heiiwnrid. 

Baggage  Car  Traffic  ;  illustrating  Customs 
and  necc.-^sary  Rules  and  Regulations  of  the 
Baggage  Department  and  Parcel  Traffic  in 
the  U.  S.  and  Europe.  Marshall  M.  Kirk- 
man.  New  York.  12mo.  Jiailrnad  Gazette. 
.S2.0I). 

Bridges  ;  Handy  Book  for  thp  Calculation  of 
Strains  in  Girders  and  similar  Structures. 
3d  Ed.  Wm.  A.  Humbor.  London.  8vo. 
Crusby  Lock  wood.     7s.  (id. 

Iron  Bridges  and  Roofs,  Elementary 

Theory  and  Calculaticins.  August  Ritter, 
Ph.D.  Trans,  trom  the  German.  8d  Ed. 
By  H.  R  Sankey.  fc02  engs.  Svo,  395  pp. 
E.  (t;  F.  N.  Spnn.     S6.00. 

• Trusses    and    .Arches    by   Graphical 

Methods.  Part  III.  Arches  in  Wood,  Iron 
and  Stuue,  for  Koofs,  Bridges  and  Wall 
Openings;  Arched  Ribs  and  Braced  Arches; 
Stresses  from  Wind  and  Changes  of  Tem- 
perature ;  Stiffened  Suspension  Bridges. 
Charles  E.  Greene,  A.  M.,  Professor  of  Civil 
Engineering  in  University  of  Michigan. 
1  Vol.,  8V(>.     New  Y'ork.     Wilei/.     $2.rM. 

Catalogue  of  Scientific  Serials  of  all  Countries, 
inch  Transactions  of  Learned  Societies  in 
the  Natural,  Physical  and  Mathematical 
Sciences,  1G33-1.S7G.  (Library  of  Harvard 
Univ.,  special  publications, 1.)  Svo.  (Applied 
Sciences  not  included  )  S.  H.  Scudder. 
Cambridge  Librar;/.     $4.00. 

Cables  ;  Experiments  on  the  Strength  of 
Wrought  Iron  and  of  Chain  Cables  ;  Report 
of  the  Committees  of  the  United  States 
Board  appointed  to  test  Iron,  Steel  and 
other  Metals,  on  Chain  Cables,  Malleable 
Iron,  Reheiiting  and  Rerolliug  Wrought 
Iron  ;  including  Miscellaneous  Investiga- 
tions into  tne  Physical  and  Chemical  Prop- 
erties of  Kolled  Wrought  Iron.  By  Com- 
mander L  A.  Beardslee.  U.  S.N..  Member  of 
the  Boai'd  and  Chairman  of  the  Committees, 
Revised  and  abridge- 1  by  William  Kent,  M. 
E.,  formerly  Assistant  to  the  Committee  ou 
Alloys  of  the  United  Stales  Board'.  With 
Heliotype  Plate,  showing  Fractures.  8vo. 
New  York,      )Vile)/.     $2.0(1. 

CatskUl  Mountains,  Map  of.  New  York.  Scrib- 
Tiers.     $0  75. 

Civil  Service  in  Great  Britain.  A  History  of 
Abuses  and  Reforms,  and  their  Bearing 
upon  American  Politics.  By  Dorman  B. 
Eaton.     Svo.     New  York.     Harpers.     $2.50. 


College  Fraternities  ;  a  Descriptive  Analysis^ 
of  the  Society  System  in  the  Colleges  ot  the 
United  States,  with  a  detailed  account  of 
each  Fraternity.  William  Raymond  Baird. 
12nio.     Pbiladelphia.     Lippincott.      $1.50. 

Concrete  ;  Practical  Treatise  on  Natural  and 
Artificial  Concrete.  Henry  Beid.  New  ed., 
illus     Svo.     E.  (£  F  iV.  .s>o?tj.-.    $6.00. 

Decimal  System.  A  Manual  for  the  use  of 
Jewellers,  Pawnbrokers  Silversmiths,  &c., 
with  Examples  of  Decimal  Calculations, 
Table  of  Value  of  Gold  ;  a  Nomenclature 
for  the  New  Troy  Bullion  Weights,  and 
the  Application  to  the  System  of  Diamond 
Weights,  uith  Tables  of  any  Weigbts  of 
Diamonds,  from  -0001  oz.  to  10  ozs  ,  and 
£1  to  £10  a  carat,  W.J.Abbott.  London.' 
12mo.     Muxu-etl.     3s.  6d. 

Dictionary  of  Engineering.  Supplement  to 
Spons.  Division  I.  (To  be  completed  iu 
tliree  Divisions  )  Ed.  by  Ernest  Spon. 
Roy.  8vo,  illus.  Upons,  New  York.  (Sub- 
scription.)    $5.00.  * 

Electricity  and  Magnetism,  a  Physical  Treatise 
on.  J.  E.  H.  Gordon.  London.  Illus. 
Low,  Marston  it  Vo.     (Announcement.) 

Electricity  as  a  Motive  Power.  W.  E.  Ayr- 
tuuu.     Sheffield.     Spojis. 

Electric  Signals.  With  an  Explanation  of  the 
Principles  on  which  they  are  Constructed, 
and  full  Instructions  for  their  Fixing  and 
Maintenance,  Edward  Patterson.  London. 
Svo,     Spops.     6d. 

Electric  Transmission  of  Power  ;  its  present 
Position  and  Advantages.  Paget  Higgs,  Cr. 
Svo.     New  York.     E.  d:  F.  N.'Spon.     $1.20. 

Electrical  Researches  of  the  Hon,  Henry 
Cavendish,  F.  R.  S  Wiilten  between  i77'l 
and  1781.  Edited  from  the  Original  Manu- 
scripts in  the  possession  of  the  DuUe  of 
Devonshire,  K.  G.,  by  J.  Clerk  Maxwell, 
F.  R.  S.  Demy  8vo,  cloth,  with  numerous 
Diagrams,   Cam'n-idqe  University  Press.   18s. 

Field  Book  for  Engineers,  IVIiners,  Surveyors 
and  Contractors,  W.  Davis  HaskoU.  4th 
Ed.,  eul.  illus.  Loudon.  Lockwood.  (An- 
nouncement.) 
.Gas-consumers  Guide,  hand-book  of  iuhtruc- 
tion  on  proper  management  and  economi- 
cal use  of  gas;  with  descriijtion  of  uas- 
meters,  and  directions  for  ascertaining  the 
consumption  by  meter;  on  ventilation,  etc. 
Boston.    10  mo.,  Alex.  Moore.     $0.50, 

Gazetteer,  The  Imperial — .  A  General  Dic- 
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the  World.  Edited  by  W.  G.  Blackie.  With 
a  supplement  bringing  the  information 
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nearly  800  Engravings.  Two  large  Vols., 
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Edinbugh.     Blakie  di  Sons.     .£4  15s. 

Geology;  The  Utica  slate  and  related  forma- 
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morphoses of  triarthrus  Recki,  [Printed  in 
advance  ol  V,  10.  Transactions  Albany  In- 
stitute, June,  1879,  C,  D.  Wolcott,  Albany, 
Svo.    Mansell      $0.50. 


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Bealth;  The  habitation  iu  relation  to  health. 
F.  S.  B.  Francois  tie  Chaimiont,  M.  D. 
Prof.  in'Arniy  Med  School,  Netly.  London. 
8vo.     Hoc.  Prom.  Ch.  Knowledge.     Is. 

.Public    Health    Reports    and    Papers. 

Vol.  IV.  Presented  at  the  meetings  ot  the 
American  Public  Health  Association  in  the 
years  1877--78.  Boston.  8vo.  Houghton, 
Osgood  <£■  Co. 

Heat;  The  mechanical  theory  of  heat.  R. 
Clansius.  Traus,  by  Walter  R.  Browne. 
Loudon.     Cr.  8vo.  '  AlacMiUan.     10s.  6d. 

Solar  Light  and  Heat.     Z.  Allen,  New 

York.     8V0.     Applelons.     $1.50. 

Hydraulic  Engineering.  G.  R.  Burnell.  New 
ed.  rev.  and  enl  by  D.  K.  Clark.  (Weales 
Series.)  Loudon.  Crosby,  Lockwood  <£  Co. 
(Annouuoemeut.) 

Ice  Making  Machines.  Ledoux,  M.  Ice- 
making  machiues:  Theory  of  action  of  va- 
rious forms  of  cold-prnduciug  or  so-called 
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From    Administration    des     Ponts     et 
CUausees,  Paris: 
Annales   October  and  November,  1879. 

i'rom   American    Chemical  Society,    P. 
(  assamajor.  Secretary,  New  York: 
Proceedings  of  the  Society.     Vol.  1,  No.  10. 

From   American    Institute    of    Mining 
Engineers,  Thomas  M.  Drown,  Secre- 
tary, Easton,  Pa. : 
Transactions,  Vol.  I.  to  VII.,    inclusive. 

From  American  Iron  and  Steel  Associa- 
tion,    James     \1.    Swank,    Secretary, 
1  hiladelphia.  Pa.: 
The   Cause   of  our  National  Prosperity.     An 
address  to  Congress  by  the  American  Iron 
and  Si  eel  Association. 
The    Wearing    Qualities    of    American   Steel 
Rails. 

From  Argentine  Scientific  Society,  Don 
Eduardo  Aguirre,  Secretary,   Buenos 
Ay  res: 
Annals  ot  the  Society,  October,  November  and 
December,  1879. 

From   Hon.   Allan  Campbell,  Commis- 
sioner,   Dept.    Public    Works,     New 
York : 
Report  ot  the  Department  for  the  quarter  end- 
ing Sept.  30.  Ih79. 

From   Thos.   Lincoln  Casey,    Lt.    Col. 
Corps  of  Engineers,   U.  si.  A.,   Wash- 
ington, D.  C: 
Ret  ort  ot  the  Joint  Commission   created  to 
direct  and  supervise  the  completion  of  the 
Washington  Monument.     (2  copies.) 
Letter   from    VV.    W.   Corcoran,    Chairman  of 
Joint  Commission  for  the  completion  of  the 
Washington  Monument,  showmg  the  extent 
and   progress  made  in   the   work   and    the 
amount  of  money  expended. 
Annual  Report  of  Lieut.   Col.  Thos.  Lincoln 
Casey,  di-tailiug  the  work  done  toward  the 
completion  of  the  Washington   Monument 
during  the  year  ending  November  30, 1879, 
tofjether  with  statement  of  moneys  expend- 
ed  upon  the  same,  and  two  sheets  of  trac- 
ings, &o. 

From    Civil    Engineers'    Club    of    the 
Northwest,    L.  P.  Morehouse,   Secre- 
tary, Chicago: 
Proceediugs      Vol.  IV. 

From  Clarke,  Reeves  &  Co.,  New  York; 
Two  framed    Photographs    of    Metropolitan 
Elevattd  Railroad  at  Eightli   Avenue,  New 
•     York  City. 


From  the  Department  of  the  Interior, 
Washington,  D.  C: 
Annual  Report  of  the  Auditor  of  Railroad  Ac- 
counts  made   to   the   Secretary   of  the  In- 
terior, for  the  year  ending  June  30,  1879. 
From  A.  J.  Du  Bois,  New  Haven,  Conn.  :^ 
Upon  a  New  Theory  of  the  Retaining   Wall. 
A.  J.  Du  Bois,  Ph.  D.     Philadelphia.     1879. 
From  J.  Lawrence  Smith,  Louisville: 
Intei'-Oceanic  Canal.  Practicability  of  the  Dif- 
ferent Routes  and   Questionable   Nature  of 
the  interest  of  the  United  States  in  a  C<inal. 
J.     Lawrence     Smith,     Louisville,       1879. 
(Copies  for  distribution.) 

From  Bryant  Godwin,  New  York: 
Proceedings   of   the    Special    Committee    on 
Railroads  appointed   under  a  Resolution  of 
the  Assembly  to  investigate  alleged  abuses 
iu  the  management   of  railroads    chartered 
by  the  State  of  New  York.     Eleven  parts. 
From    Julius   E.    Hilgard,   Assistant  in 
charge.   United   states  Coast  Survey, 
Washington,  D.  C: 
Methods  and  Hesults;  on  a  chart  of  the  Mag- 
netic   Declination    in    the    United    States. 
(Copies  for  distribution.) 
Methods  and  Results;  Standards  of  Measure 
of  the  United  States  compared  with  those  of 
Great  Britain  and  France.     (Copies  for  dis- 
tribution.) 

From     Institution   of  Civil   Engineers, 
James  Forrest,  Secretary,  London: 
Excerpt  from  Minutes  of  Proceedings.  Edited 

by  James  Forre»t. 
Report  of  Proceedings  at  the  Annual  General 

Mertiug,  held  December  23,  1879. 
Cushing's   Reversible     Level.      Edward      H. 

Courtney. 
La    Corbiere    Lighthouse,    Jersey.       Imbrie 

Bell. 
Experiments  on  the  Resistance   to  Horizontal 
Stress   of  Timber  Piling.     John  W.  Sande- 
min. 
Brief  account  of  the  Woosung  Railway.    Rich- 
ard O.  Rapier. 

From   Institution   of    Mechanical    En- 
gineers.   Walter    R.   Browne,    Secre- 
tary, London: 
Proceediugs.       Glasgow     meeting,      August, 

1879. 
First  Report  of  Prof.  W.  C.  Unwin  to  the  Sub- 
committee of  the  Institute  on  the  form  of 
Riveted  Joints.     (2  copies.) 

From     MM.     E     Lavoinue      and      E. 
Pontzeu,  Paris : 


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Xes    Chemins    de   fer  en   Ameriqne.       One 
volume  Text  and  two  atlases  of  plates. 

FroDi     McGill     University.    Henry    T. 
Bovey,   Dean   of  the   Faculty  of  Ap- 
plied Science,  Montreal,  Canada: 
Annual   Calendar    and  Examination  Papers, 
1879-80. 

From    Midland    Institute    of    Mining, 
Civil     and     Mechanical      Engineers, 
Joseph  Mitchell,  Secretarj',  Barnsley, 
England: 
Transactions.     October  and  November,  1879. 
From   Prof.    Simon     Newcomb,    Supt. 
American     Ephemeris,    Washington, 
D.  C. : 
The  American  Ephemeris  and  Nautical  Alma- 
nac for  1882. 

From  New  York  Meteorological   Obser  ■ 

vatory,    Department    Public     Parks, 

Daniel     Draper,     Director,      Central 

Park,  New  York: 

Abstract  from    Self-Recording    Instruments. 

November,  1879. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Director  for  year  ending 
Dec.  31,  1878. 

From   Joseph    Nimmo,    Jr.,    Chief    of 
Bureau    of    Statistics,     Washington, 
D.  C: 
Annual  Report  of  the  Chief  of  Bureau  ol  Stat- 
istics  on   the   Foreit^u    Commerce    of    the 
United  States  fur  the  year  ending  June  30, 
1879. 

From   North   of  England   Institute    of 

Mining  and    Mechanical   Engineers, 

Theo.     Wood     Bunning,     Secretary, 

Ne\vca.stle-on-Tyne,  England : 

List  of  Members.  Rules,  Barometer  Readings, 

Index,  Vol.  XXVItl.,  &c. 
Transactions.     Septemlier  and  October,  1879. 
From   Charles  I  aine.  Gen.  Supt.  L.  S, 
and  M.  S.  R.  R.,  Cleveland,  Ohio  : 
Seventh  Annual  Report  of  the  Commissioner 
of  Railroads  ot   the  State  of  Michigan,  for 
the   year   ending  Dec.    31,  1878.     Lansing, 
1879. 
Thirty-second  Report  of  the  Ohio  State  Board 
of  Agriculture,  with  an  aVjstract  of  the  rro- 
ceedings  (  f  the  County  Agricultural  Societies 
to  the   General  Assembly  of  Ohio,  for  the 
year  1877:     Columbus,  1878. 
Michigan  Railroads.     Comparative  Summary 
from   returns   for  1877  ard    1878,  showing 
percentages  of  increase  and  decrease. 

From   the   Publishers  Revue  Generale 
des  Chemins  de  fer,  Edgar  [Monjean, 
Secretary,  Paris  : 
Revue  Generale  des  Chemins  de  fer.     Septem- 
ber and  October,  1879. 

From   Charles    Ward    Raymond,    New 
York  : 
Four  Photographs  of  the  Metropolitan   Ele- 
vated Railroad  at  110th  St.  and  Eighth  Ave., 
New  York  City. 

From    Francis    Rinecker,   Wuei'zburg, 
Germany  : 
Oeconomie   im  Briicken-Maurwerk.     F.   Ein- 
ecker. 

From  Royal  United  Service  Institution, 
Capt.  B.  Burgess,  Secretary,  London: 
Journal  of  the  Institution.     Vol.  XXIII.     No. 
ClI. 

From  Thomas  C.  Rnggles,  New  York  : 
Annual  Address  of  the  President  of  the  New 


York  Produce  Exchange,  with  accompanying 
Documents,  May  27,  1879. 

From   Thomas   S.   Sedgwick,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C: 
The   Compressed   Asphalt    Block  Pavement. 
Its  Uses.  Merits,  and  mode  of  Manufacture. 
(3  Copies. ) 

From  Societe  des  Ingenleurs  Civils,  M. 
Mallett.  Secretary,  Paris  : 
Memoires    de    la  Societe.      September    and 
October,  1879. 

From  St.  Louis  Public  School   Library, 

Fred.     M.    Crunden,    Librarian,    St. 

Louis  : 

Bulletin  of  the  Library.     List  of  Additions. 

January  to  June,  and  July  to  August,  1879. 

From  Joseph  W.  Turtle,  Newark,  N.  J. : 

Congressional  Directory,  Forty-sixth  Congress 

(Second   Session).     Corrected  to  December 

6,  1879.  » 

From  United  States  Light  House  Board, 
Washington,  D.  C: 
List  of  Beacons,  Buoys,  Stakes,  Spindles,  and 
all  other  Day  Marks  in   the   Second  Light 
House  District.     Corrected  to  July  1,  1879. 
(2  Copies.) 
List  ol  Beacons,  Buoys,  Stakes  and  other  Day 
Marks  in  the  Eighth  Light  House  District. 
Corrected  to  December  31,  1879.    (2  Copies). 
List  of  Beacons,  Buoys,  Stakes.  Spindles,  and 
other    Day    Marks  in    the    Twelfth    Light 
House  District.     Corrected  to  December  31, 
1879.     (2  Copies.) 

F^rom  United  States  Naval  Observatory, 
WashinHtou,  U.  C. : 
Narrative   of    the    Second    Artie    Expedition 
made   by   Charles    F.    Hall.     Prof.     J.    E. 
Nourse,  U.  S.  N.     Washington,  1879. 

From  Welton  and  Bonnett,  Waterbury, 
Conn.  : 
Thirteenth   Report  of   the    Board   of    Water 
Commissioners  of  the  City  of  Waterbury, 
Conn.,  Ijec.  31,  1879. 

From  John  Wiley  &  Sons,  New  York  : 
Experiments  on   the    Strength    of   Wrought 
Iron  and  of  Cha  n  Cables.     Commander  L. 
A.    Beardslee,   U.   S.   N.     Edited   by  Wm. 
Kent. 

From    Gen.   G.    K.   Warren,   Corps   of 

Engineers,  U.  S.  A  ,  Newport.  R.  I.: 

Report  on  Bridging  the  Mississippi  between 

St.   Paul,  Minn.,  and  St.  Louis,  Mo.     Gen. 

G.  K.  Warren.     Washington,  1878.     (Copies 

for  distribution.) 

From  Gen.  Horatio  G.  Wright,  Chief  of 
Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  Washington, 
D.  C. : 

Report  of  Board  of  Engineers  in  relation  to 
bridge  over  Detroit  River,  &c. 

Reports  of  Survey  of  Chattahoochee,  Etowah 
and  Duck  Rivers.     Maj.  W.  R   King. 

Reports  of  Surveys  of  i  owlitz  River,  Wash- 
ington Territory  and  Umpqua  River  and 
Ahsea  Harbor  and  Bar,  Oregon ;  also  a  Survey 
of  Bar  at  mouth  of  Columbia  River.  Maj. 
G.  L.  Gillespie. 

Report  ef  Survey  of  Cuivre  River  Missouri. 
Capt.  A.  Mackenzie. 

Special  Reijort  touching  progress  made  in 
building  north  wing  edifice  for  use  of  the 
Department  of  State,  War  and  the  Navy,  &c. 
Lt.-Col.  Thos.  Lincoln  Casey. 

Reports  of  Moose-a-bec  Bar,  Cathance  River 
Jonesport,  Me.,  and  of  the  outlet  of  Lake 


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Winnepesaukee,  New  Hiimpsbire.  Col. 
(ieorge  Thorn. 

Eeports  relatiuo;  to  a  harbor  of  refuge  at  en- 
trance to  Portage  Lake  and  Lake  Superior 
Ship  Canal  and  Bayfield  and  Ashland 
Harbors.  Wisconsin,  and  Manistique  Kiver, 
Mich.     Maj.  H.  M.  Robert. 

Keport  of  Survey  of  Falls  on  Red  River,  la., 
and  of  Black  River.  Ark.,  and  ot  Tchula 
Lake  and  Yallabusha  River,  Miss.  Maj. 
W.  H.  H.  Benyaurd. 

Kejjort  giving  an  account  of  the  construction 
of  a  sluiceway  at  the  Falls  of  St.  Anthony, 
Minn.,  and  urging  the  importance  of  im- 
mediate i-epairs  to  the  apron  built  by  the 
Gi)verumeut  of  the  United  States  for  the 
pi'eservatiou  of  the  Falls.     Capt.  C.  J.  Allen. 

Kecommendatious  for  a  special  appropriation 
for  the  improvement  of  theTenessee  River. 
Maj.  W.  R.  King.     (2  Copies.) 

Report  of    Survey  to   estimate   the   damage 


done  to  the  Town  of  Venice,  111.,  by  reason 
of  the  Government  improvements  on  ther 
Mississippi  River.     Col.  J.  H.  Simpson. 

Letter  Irom  W.  W.  Corcoran,  Chairman  of 
Joint  Commission  for  the  completion  of 
the  Washington  Monument,  showing  the 
extent  and  progress  made  in  the  work,  and 
the  amount  of  moneys  expended.  (Several 
copies.) 

Surveys  of  Waukegan  Harbor,  HI.,  and  Oconto 
and  Wolf  Rivers,  Wisconsin.     Maj.   D.   C. 
Houston.     (2  copies.) 
From  other  sources  : 

The  Interoceanic  Canal.  Count  Ferdinand  de 
Lesseps.  North  American  Review  for 
January,  1880. 

The  Library  Journal,  Vol.  IV.,  Nos  11  and 
12. 

Annual  Report  of  the  State  Engineer  and 
Surveyor  on  the  Canals  of  the  State  of  New 
York  for  1877. 


ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


The  Twelfth  Annual  Convention  of  the  So- 
ciety will  be  held  at  St.  Louis  during  the  week 
beginning  May  24th,  1880.  The  local  com- 
mittee at  St.  Louis  is  already  engaged  in 
preparation,  and  is  in  correspondence  with 
the  Secretary  as  to  the  details,  which  will  be 
announced  by  circular  to  the  members  of  the 
Society. 

After  the  meeting  of  the  Society  of  Febru- 
ary 26th,  at  which  M.  de  Lesseps  and  the 
engineers  accompanying  him  took  part  in  the 
discussions  on  the  subject  of  Inter-Oceanic 
Canal  Projects,  a  reception  was  given  to 
these  gentlemen  by  subscribing  members. 
This  reception  was  in  the  hall  attached  to  the 
Theatre  of  the  Union  League  Club  and  gave 
a  pleasant  opportunity  to  the  members  pres- 
ent and  their  Iriends  of  personally  meeting 
M.  de  Lesseps  and  his  associates,  who  had 
just  returned  from  the  Isthmus  of  Panama. 
All  these  gentlemen  were  present,  including 
Mr.  J.  Dirks,  Engineer  of  the  Waterstaat  of 
Holland,  and  of  the  canal  from  Amsterdam  to 
the  sea,  Mr.  V.  Dauzats,  Engineer  of  the  Suez 
Caual,  Mr.  Edmond  Boutan,  Engineer  of  the 
Corps  of  Mines,  Lieut.-Com.  L.  N.  B.  Wyse, 
Mr.  A.  Couvreux/fe,  and  others. 

The  American  Institute  of  Mining  Engi- 
neers held  its  Annual  Meeting  on  February 


17th,  1880,  at  the  House  of  the  American  So- 
ciety of  Civil  Engineers  in  New  York. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted  at 
the  Ninth  Annual  Convention  of  the  Society, 
and  ordered  printed  regularly  in  the  Society 
publications  : 

Whereas,  the  metric  system  of  weights  and 
measures  is  no.v  extensively  used  abroad, 
and  whereas  it  is  desirable  that  the  relation 
of  the  units  of  differing  systems  be  made 
familiar  to  all  by  comparison : 

Resolved,  That  members  be  requested,  in 
papers  hereafter  presented  to  the  Society,  to 
Ntite,  in  parenthesis,  weights  or  dimensions 
by  the  metric  system,  in  connection  with 
those  of  the  system  in  general  use. 

The  House  of  the  Society  is  at  104  East 
Twentieth  street,  one  door  east  from  Fourth 
avenue,  and  near  the  southwest  corner  of 
Graraercy  Park.  It  is  open  from  nine  o'clock 
A.M.  to  five  o'clock  P.M.  each  business  day, 
except  Saturday,  when  it  is  closed  at  three 
o'clock  P.M. 

The  Library  and  Conversation  Rooms  will 
also,  lor  the  present,  be  open  every  Thursday 
evening,  from  732  to  10  p.m.  Members  are 
invited  to  avail  themselves  of  the  oppor- 
tunities afforded  on  Thursday  evenings,  both 
for  consultation  of  books  and  periodicals  and 
for  conversation. 


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LIST      OF      MEMBERS. 


ADDITIONS. 
HONORARY    MEMBERS. 


Date  of  Election. 

Wright,  Horatio  G Chief  of  Engineers,   Brig,  and  Bv't 

Maj.-Gen'l  U.  S.  A.,  Washington, 

j)_  C March  3,  1880. 

members. 

Chaphe,  Andrew   J Chief  Mechanical  Engineer  St.  Louis 

Water  Works,  St.  Louis,  Mo February  4,   1880.. 

MoORE,  Charles  E 6  Kellogg  Street,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. . .    January  7,  1880. 

associate. 
Wheaton,  Edward Naragansett  Hotel,  Providence,  R.  I.  February  4,  1880, 


changes  and  corrections, 
members.  . 

JUDSON  John  A (Frank  B.  Porter  &  Co.)  Bellevue  Ave.,  Newport,  R.  L 

RiNECKER,  Francis Civil  Engineer,  Rieneck,  Bavaria. 

ScoviLL,  E.  Tracy Ass't    Engineer    Northern     Pacific    Railroad,    Walla 

Walla,  Washington  Territory. 

Stephens,  Clinton  F Chief  Engineer  Texas  and  St.  Louis  Railroad,  Te.xar- 

kana.  Ark. 
Warfield,  Albert  G.,Jr.  .508  Second  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

junior. 

Cornell,  George  B Ass't  Engineer  Brooklyn  Elevated  Railroad,  31  Fulton 

St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


resignation. 
Brown   Robert  N Elected  member  Dec.  i,  1852.  Resigned  Feb.  21,  1S80. 


DE.'VTH. 

Thompson,  John  C Elected  member  May  18,  1870.     Died  Jan.  17,  iS 


Jmerkait   nmid  of  |;tiil   l^'n^mm 


FROOEEDINQS 


Vol.  VI.— March,    I 


MINUTES     OF    MEETINGS, 

{Abstractor  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF   THE   SOCIETY. 

March  3d,  1880. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.  Vice-President 
Ohanute  in  the  chair.  The  discussion  upon  the  subject  of  Inter-Oceanic 
Canal  j^rojects  was  I'esumed. 

M.  J.  Dirks,  Engineer  of  the  Waterstaat,  of  Holland,  read  a  paper 
in  reference  to  the  prices  fixed  by  the  Paris  Congress  for  various  kinds 
of  work  on  the  proijosed  canal  at  Panama,  giving  reasons  why  they  were 
not  considered  too  low.  He  also,  in  answer  to  questions,  presented 
details  of  the  results  of  examinations  made  on  the  line  of  the  proposed 
canal  by  the  Engineers  recently  returned  from  the  Isthmus. 

M.  A.  Couvreux  fils,  gave  an  interesting  account  of  the  various  steps 
in  the  conduct  of  the  enterprise  by  M.  de  Lesseps  and  others  for  secur- 
ing full  information  as  to  the  proposed  canal,  including  the  preliminary 
operations  in  France,  and  the  subsequent  work  on  the  Isthmus,  giving 
detailed  information  as  to  the  organization  of  the  parties  making  the 
survey  and  of  their  work  on  the  line  between  the  two  oceans. 

Mr.  Ashbel  Welch  presented  considerations  as  to  the  question  of  the 
relative  economy  of  a  canal  with  or  without  locks. 


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The  appointment  as  Honorary  Member  of  the  Society  of  General  H. 
G.  Wright,  Chief  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  Army,  was  announced. 

Ballots  for  admission  to  membership  were  canvassed,  and  the  follow- 
ing were  declared  elected  :  as  Members,  Thomas  S.  Anderson,  Green- 
ville, Miss. ;  Anthony  H.  Blaisdell,  St.  Louis,  Mo. ;  Morris  M.  Defrees, 
Indianapolis,  Ind. ;  William  H.  Greenwood,  Denver,  Col. ;  William  H. 
Heuer,  Captain  Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A. ,  Key  West,  Fla. ;  Robt.  E. 
McMath,  St.  Louis,  Mo. ;  Isaac  Newton,  New  York  ;  Robert  A.  Shailer, 
Wilmington,  Del. ;  Charles  A.  Sweet,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. ;  Christopher  C. 
Waite,  Zanesville,  O.  As  Associate,  Joseph  W.  Putnam,  New  Orleans, 
La. 

Maech  17th,  1880.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.     President  Fink  in 

the  chair. 

Mr.  Charles  Macuonald  presented  a  paper  in  continuation  of  the  dis- 
cussion on  Inter-Oceanic  Canal  Projects,  and  the  subject  was  further 
discussed  by  Messrs.  Welch,  Chanute,  J.  C.  Campbell,  Prindle  and 
Bogart, 


MEMOIRS  OF  DECEASED  MEMBERS. 


UEORGE  W.  EDGE,*  Member  A.  S.  C.  E. 

Died  Janx'aey  J^st,  1880. 

Mr.  Edge  was  born  in  Jersey  City,  New  Jersey,  February  22d,  1811, 
and  died  January  1st,  1880.  His  parents  were  Isaac  and  Frances  Edge, 
who  settled  in  Jersey  City  in  the  year  1804. 

Mr.  Edge  became  a  member  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engi- 
neers June  11th,  1874. 

Early  in  life  Mr.  Edge  studied  and  became  an  expert  in  the  science 
of  chemistry,  which  afterwards,  in  his  business  as  a  gas  engineer,  was 
of  great  service  to  him.  In  the  year  1852  he  was  waited  upon  by  parties 
owning  the  gas  works  in  Jersey  City,  and  asked  to  become  their  manager 
and  engineer.  After  many  misgivings  as  to  his  ability  to  manage  a  gas 
works,  he  accepted  the  proposal  and  entered  upon  the  duties,  which 
only  ceased  with  his  life. 

When  Mr. Edge  commenced  his  labors  as  a  gas  engineer,  clay  retorts 
were  not  used  in  this  country,  the  retorts  being  of  cast-iron  set  in 
benches  of  threes,  and  supported  on  bars  of  cast-iron,  in  some  cases 
extending  entirely  across  the  bench,  in  other  settings  the  bearing  bars 
extended  from  a  brick  pier  carried  up  to  the  necessary  height,  and  were 

*  Committee  to  prepare  memoir,  Eugene  Vanderpool,  James  H.  Armington. 


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placed  under  one  retort  only.  Plates  of  cast-iron  were  used  to  protect 
the  batteries  of  the  retorts  from  the  heat,  and  the  whole  arrangement  of 
the  bench  was  in  a  crude  state.  The  works  were  found  entirely  out  of 
order,  and  the  supply  of  gas  to  the  cousiimers  was  very  irregular.  This 
state  of  affairs  was  very  unpleasant  to  Mr.  Edge  and  not  profitable  to 
the  company.  Mr.  Edge's  ingenious  mind  soon  devised  a  plan  of  relief 
from  this  condition,  and  as  soon  as  the  necessary  material  could  be  pro- 
cured he  energetically  had  carried  out  alterations  and  improvements 
which  prevented  any  future  difficulty  in  the  supjily  of  gas  to  the  con- 
sumers. At  the  same  time  the  improvements  were  a  source  of  much 
profit  to  the  company.  During  the  time  that  Mr.  Edge  Avas  engaged  as 
a  manager  of  gas  wor^  his  mind  was  constantly  occupied  with  plans  for 
the  improvement  of  tlie  apparatus  used,  and  for  a  more  perfect  system 
for  the  economical  production  and  distribution  of  gas. 

The  results  of  his  stiidy  he  practically  applied,  and  it  is  not  too 
much  to  say  that  many  gas  engineers  in  this  country  have  been 
instructed  by  advising  with  him.  It  is  certain  that  many  companies, 
both  in  this  country  and  abroad,  have  profited  by  the  use  of  apparatus 
designed  and  improved  by  him. 

Mr.  Edge  was  always  ready  to  impart  his  knowledge  to  others,  and 
it  seemed  to  give  him  much  pleasure  to  meet  with  those  of  his  profes- 
sion, and  to  speak  and  advise  in  reference  to  the  theory  and  practice  of 
the  manufacture  of  gas. 

Mr.  Edge's  modest  estimate  of  his  abilities,  as  evinced  by  his  dif- 
fidence in  accepting  the  position  of  the  engineer  of  the  Jersey  City  Gas 
Company,  and  of  other  positions  that  were  forced  upon  him,  was  a 
characteristic  trait  of  the  man,  fully  recognized  by  his  friends.  He  was 
a  man  of  marked  ability,  but  extremely  modest  in  claiming  recognition 
for  his  inventions  and  services. 

Mr.  Edge  was  not  only  widely  known  as  a  gas  engineer,  but  was 
known  at  home,  in  Jersey  City,  as  a  leading  man,  a  good  citizen,  a  warm 
friend,  and  wise  counsellor.  He  has  left  an  enviable  reputation  as  a 
consolation  for  his  relatives  and  friends. 


ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


The  Twelfth  Annual  Convention  of  the  The  followiug  is  a  list  of  topics  to  be  con- 
Society  will  be  held  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  begin-  sidered  with  reference  to  papers  published  in 
ning  Taesday,  May  25th,  1880.  Transactions  during  the  preceding  year  : 

Sessions  for  the   consideration   of    profes-  CLXXV.     (Jan.  1879.)    The  Flow  of  Water  in 

sional  subjects,  and  one  for  the  transaction  of  small  Channels,   after  Ganguillet  and  Kut- 

business,  will  be  held.  ter,  with   Kutter's  Diagi-am  modified,  and 

The  details  of  the  programme  will  be  an-  Graphical  Tables    ivith  special  reference  to 

nounced  as  soon  as  determined  by  the  local  Sewer  Calculations.— E.  Bering, 

committee.  CLXXVI.    (Jan.)    The    permanent    Way   of 


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Railways  in  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  with 
especial  referenoe  to  the  use  of  Timber, 
Preserved  and  Unpreserved,  Compiled  from 
information    received  from     Engineers   in 
charge  of  those  Railways.— John  Bogart. 
CLXXVII.     (Feb.)    Experiments  on    the   Re- 
sistances of  Rolling  Stock.    Made  under  the 
direction  of  Charles  Paine.— A.  M.  Welling- 
ton. 
CLXXVIII.     (March.)  Light-house  Engineer- 
ing as  displayed  at  the  Centennial  Exhibi- 
tion.—John  G.  Barnard. 
CLXXIX.     (April.)     Minot's     Ledge      Light- 
house.— B.  S.  Alexander. 
CLXXX.    (May.)    The  Construction  and  Main- 
tenance of  Roads —Edward  P.  Kortli. 
CLXXXI.     (June.)     Flexure   and    Transverse 

Resistance  of  Beams.— Charles  E.  Emery. 
CLXXXII.     (July.)    On  the  Flow  of  Water  In 

Rivers. — De  Volson  Wood. 
CLXXXIII.  (Aug.)  The  South  Pass  Jetties. 
Notes  on  the  Consolidation  and  Durability 
of  the  Works,  with  a  description  of  the  Con- 
crete Blocks  and  other  Constructions  of  the 
last  year. — Max  E.  Schmidt. 
CLXXXIV.     (Sepl.)    The  Ocean  Pier  at  Coney 

Island.— Charles  Macdonald. 
CLXXXV.     (Sept.)    Stability  of  Stone  Struc- 
tures.—William  H.  Searles. 
CLXXXVI.     (Oct.)    The     Use     of     Steel    for 

Bridges. — Theodore  Cooper. 
CLXXXVII.  (Oct.)  The  Construction  of  the 
Atchison,  Topeka  and  Santa  Fe  Railroad 
over  the  Raton  Mountains,  and  the  Per- 
formance of  Locomotives  on  its  Steep 
Grades.— James  D.  Burr. 
CLXXXVIII.      (Nov.)      Inter-Oceanic     Canal 

Projects. — A.  G.  Menocal. 
January,  February,  March,  1880.  —  Inter- 
Oceanic  Canal  Projects,  by  Walton  W.  Evans, 
Frederick  M.  Kelley,  Charles  A.  Sweet,  John 
C.  Campbell,  Charles  D.  Ward,  Nathan  Ap- 
pleton,  S.  F.  Shelbourne,  Max  E.  Schmidt, 
Thomas  J.  Long,  Edward  P.  North,  Ashbel 
Welch,  Julius  W.  Adams,  F.  de  Lesseps,  J. 
Dirks,  V.  Dauzats. 

Also  papers  in  continuation  of  the  discus- 
sion on  luter-Oceanic  Canal  Projects,  by  A. 
Couvreux^is,  Charles  Macdonald,  and  others, 
will  be  printed  before  the  date  of  the  Con- 
vention. 

CLXXXIX.  (March.)  Engineering  Problems 
Involved  in  the  Proposed  Improvement  of 
the  Erie  Canal,  by  Increasing  the  Depth  of 
its  Channel  One  Foot.  By  ji.  Sweet,  Jr. 
The  following  papers  also  will  be  printed 
and  ready  for  distribution  before  the  time  of 
the  Convention  : 


Note  on  Kutter's  Diagram.     By  Charles  H. 

Swan. 
The  New  York  and  Brooklyn  Bridge   Ap- 
proaches   and    Superstructure.       By   F. 
Collingwood. 
Experiments   with   Apparatus    for  Testing 
Cements,  by  Alfred  Noble,  with  discussion 
on  testing  cement  by  F.  Collingwood,  D. 
W.  Cunningham,  C.  Latimer,  F.O.  Norton, 
F   Rinecker,  W.  Sooy  Smith,  D.  J.  Whitte- 
more. 
Design   and  Construction    Table    for  Egg- 
shaped  Sewers.     By  C.  G.  Force. 
The    Preservation    of   Timber.     By  J.    W. 

Putnam. 
On  the  Variation  due  to  Orthogonal  Strains 
in  the  Elastic  Limit  in  Metals,  and  on  its 
Practical  Value  and  more  important  appli- 
cations.    By  R.  H.  Thurstoa. 
Members  of  the   Society   are   earnestly  re- 
quested to  furnish  information  or  memoranda 
upon  any  of  the  subjects  referred  to.     They 
are  also  invited  and  expected  to  take  part  in 
the  discussions,  either  in  person  or  by  send- 
ing to  the  Secretary  notes  for  presentation.  In 
either  case  it  will  assist  the  committee  in  ar- 
ranging the  details  for  sessions  of  the  Con- 
vention, if  members  expecting  to  take  part  in 
the   discussions  will  notify  the   Secretary  at 
once  to  that  efl'ect. 

Excursions  by  river  and  by  rail  from  St. 
Louis  are  contemplated,  and  the  arrange- 
ments for  them  are  in  progress.  The  Secre- 
tary is  instructed  to  state  that  it  is  permissible 
that  members  of  the  Society  should  be  accom- 
panied by  their  families. 

Under  the  rule  adopted  by  the  Society  in 
referenoe  to  invitations  to  Conventions,  the 
members  of  other  engineering  organizations; 
also  the  editors  of  professional  journals  ex- 
changing with  this  Society  will  be  invited  to 
attend  the  Convention  and  the  Excursions 
connected  therewith. 

The  details  of  arrangements  are  now  being 
perfected,  and  will  soon  be  announced. 

Please  notify  the  Secretary  whether  you 
will  attend  the  Convention,  and  whether  you 
will  present  a  paper  or  take  part  in  special  dis- 
cussions. 

The  following  resolutions  were  adopted  at 
the  Ninth  Annual  Convention  of  the  Society, 
and  ordered  printed  regularly  in  the  Society 
publications  : 

Whereas,  the  metric  system  of  weights  and 
measures  is  no.v  extensively  used  abroad, 
and  whereas  it  is  desirable  that  the  relation 
of  the  units  of  the  differing  systems  be  made 
familiar  to  all  by  comparison : 


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Eesolvecl,  That  members  be  requested,  in  except  Satiu'day,  wben  it  is  closed  at  three 

papers  hereafter  presented  to  the  Society,  to  o'clock  p.m. 
write,  in  parenthesis,  weights  or  dimensions 

by  the   metric    system,   in    counection   with  The  Library  and  Conversation  Rooms  will 

tliose  of  the  system  in  general  nse.  also,  for  the  present,  be  open  every  Thursday 

The   House  of  the  Society   is  at   104   East  ew.ning,  from  7}^  to  10  p.m.      Members  are 

Twentieth  street,  one  door  east  from  Fourth  invited   to  avail    themselves    of   the    oppor- 

avenue,   and  near   tbe  southwest  corner    of  tuuities  afforded  on  Thursday  evenings,  both 

Gramercy  Park.     It  is  open  from  nine  o'clock  for  consultation  of  books  and  periodicals  and 

A.M.  to  five  o'clock  P.M.   each  business   day,  for  conversation. 


LIST      OF      MEMBERS. 


ADDITIONS. 
MEMBERS. 


Dale  of  Election. 

Blaisdell,  Anthony  H..  .  .U.  S.  Assistant  Engineer,  1351  Wash- 
ington. Avenue,  St.  Louis,  Mo. .  .  .March  3,  1880. 

CiiAriiE,  Andrew    J.    Chief  Mechanical    Engineer,  Water 

Works,  St.  Louis,  Mo February  4,    1880. 

McMath,  Robert  E U.  S.  Assistant  Engineer,  404  Mar- 
ket St.,  St.  Louis,  Mo March  3,  18S0. 

Newton,  Isaac Engineer,    Kemble   Coal    and    Iron 

Co.,  P.  O.    Box    157,  iNew    York 

City,  N.  Y March  3,  1880. 

Sweet,  Charles  A   Syracuse,  N.  Y "  " 

Van  Brocklin,  Martin Chief  Engineer,  Tehuantepec  Rail- 
road, Coatzacoalcos,  Mexico January  7,  1880. 


changes  and  corrections. 

members. 

Harrod,  Benjamin  M Member  Mississippi  River  Commission,  New  Orleans, 

La. 

Hayward,  James  A U.  S.  Engineer's  Office,  Box  900,  Galveston,  Texas. 

Menocal,  Aniceto  G Civil  Engineer,  U.  S.  N!,  Managua,  Nicaragua. 

Pettit,  Robert  E Principal  Ass't  Engineer,  Penna.  Railroad,  Altoona,  Pa, 


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CHANGES    AND   CORRECTIONS. 
MEMBERS. 

Rice,  Edward  C Chief  Engineer,  Louisville,  New  Albany  and  St.  Louis 

Railway,  3649  Baker  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Rockwell,  Samuel Boreel  Building,  115  Broadway,  Room  84,  New  York 

City,  N.  Y. 

RoTCH,  William New  Bedford,  Mass. 

associate.    - 
Ford,  Arthur  L Care  Panama  RR.  Co.,  37  Wdl  St.,  N.  Y.  City,  N.  Y. 


^inericHn  .pcicfg  of  :(j;uil   l^njiniJi^rn. 


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PROOEEDINaS. 


Vol.  VI.— April,    1880. 


MINUTES     (JF     MEETINQS 

(Abstract of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF    THE   SOCIETY. 

April  7th,  1880. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.  Vice  President 
Channte  in  the  chair.  B  illots  for  admission  to  membership  were  can- 
vassed and  the  following  declared  elected  :  as  Members,  George  S.  Field, 
of  New  York  ;  Lorenzo  M.  Johnson  (elected  Junior,  March  3d,  1875),  of 
St.  Louis,  Mo. ;  Henry  G.  Morse,  of  Youngstown,  O. ;  Horatio  Seymour, 
Jr.  (elected  Associate,  Jan.  8th,  1873),  of  Albany,  N.  Y'". ;  Charles  A, 
Smith,  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.— as  Junior,  George  H.  Pegram,  of  St. 
Louis,  Mo. 

A  discussion  on  the  subject  of  Inter-Oceanic  Canal  projects  by  T.  C. 
Clarke  was,  in  the  absence  of  the  author,  read  by  the  Secretary.  A 
letter  on  the  same  subject  from  Lt. -Commander  L.  N.  B.  Wyse  was  also 
read,  and  discussion  followed  by  Geo.  W.  Dresser  and  O.  Chanute. 

A  paper  on  the  Variation  due  to  Orthogonal  Strains  in  the  Elastic 
Limit  in  Metals,  and  on  its  Practical  Value  and  more  important  a^iplica- 
tions,  by  R.  H.  Thurston,  was,  in  the  absence  of  the  author,  read  by  the 
Secretary  and  discussed  by  Robert  Briggs. 


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MEMOIRS  OF  DECEASED  MEMBERS. 

ALFRED  WINGIATE  CRAVEN,  Past  President,  A.  S.  C.  E. 

Died  Makch  27th,  1879. 

Alfred  Wingate  Craven,  the  second  son  of  Tunis  Craven,  was  born  at 
the  Washington,  D.  C,  Navy-yard,  October  20th,  1810.  The  family  had 
been  long  connected  with  the  navy.  His  grandfather.  Commodore 
Tingey,  was  then  in  charge  of  this  yard,  and  later  his  elder  brother,  the 
present  Admiral  T.  T.  Craven,  and.  younger  brother,  Capt.  T.  A,  M. 
Craven,  who  Avent  down  in  command  of  the  "  Tecumseh  "  at  the  battle  of 
Mobile  Bay,  adopted  the  naval  profession.  By  the  regulations  of  the 
service  the  family  was  transferred  to  the  navy-yard  at  Portsmouth, 
N.  H.,  and  Alfred  was  sent  to  school  at  Exeter  and  Berwick,  and  when 
about  thirteen  years  old  was  entered  at  Yale  College.  His  connection 
with  the  college  was  severed  after  about  one  year,  and  he  was  then 
entered  at  Columbia  College,  and  there  graduated. 

After  leaving  college  he  studied  law,  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  and 
opened  an  office  in  the  City  of  New  York.  This  profession  he  soon  left 
for  the  more  congenial  out-door  life  of  the  Civil  Engineer. 

From  December,  1835,  till  about  the  same  date  of  the  following  year 
he  was  engaged  in  the  surveys  and  construction  of  the  Mad  Eiver  Eail- 
road  in  Ohio.  From  Ohio  he  went  to  South  Carolina,  and  was  engaged 
three  years  on  the  Louisville,  Cincinnati  &  Charleston  Railroad,  on  sur- 
veys and  construction,  having  sole  charge  of  the  first  division  of  that 
road  from  its  commencement  to  its  completion. 

He  then  became  an  assistant  of  Major  G.  W.  Whistler  on  the  Boston 
&  Albany  Eaih'oad,  and  was  transferred  thence  to  the  post  of  First  As- 
sistant on  the  Central  Division  of  the  Erie  Eailway,  where  he  continued 
till  the  work  was  suspended  in  1842. 

He  was  next  engaged  on  the  Mohawk  &  Hudson  Railroad  as  First 
Assistant  and  afterwards  as  Chief  Engineer  in  the  change  of  location  and 
removal  of  the  inclined  planes  at  Schenectady  and  Albany,  which  posi- 
tion he  left  in  consequence  of  his  refusal  to  assent  to  management  which 
he  considered  inconsistent  with  i^rofessional  honor. 

He  next  took  charge  of  the  construction  of  the  wharves,  docks  and 
basins  of  the  Beading  Eailroad  on  the  Delaware  Eiver.  From  there  he 
was  transferred  to  the  position  of  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Schuylkill  Val- 
ley Eailroad,  to  which  was  soon  after  added  the  duties  of  the  same 
position  of  the  Mine  Hill  Navigation  &  Eailroad  Company,  both  of  which 
he  completed  and  took  charge  of,  till  the  health  of  his  family  necessitated 
a  removal  to  a  mnre  southerly  climate,  when  he  resigned  and  took  charge 
of  the  work  on  the  Camden  Branch  in  South  Carolina.  Having  finished 
this  work,  he  was  offered  tiie  charge  of  the  Columbia  ct  Charlotte  Eail- 


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road,  but  declined,  returned  to  the  City  of  New  York,  and  received 
the  appointment  of  Chief  Engineer  and  Commissioner  of  the  Croton 
Aqueduct  Department,  July  17,  1849.  His  experience  in  construction 
enabled  him  to  bring  into  practice  in  this  department  a  system  of  hydrau- 
lic constructions  which  have  become  models  of  this  kind  of  work  for  the 
profession.  Mr.  Craven  brought  to  his  new  position  a  wonderful 
physique,  an  intimate  understanding  of  men,  great  executive  ability  and 
uncompromising  honesty.  Daring  his  administration  of  this  office  the 
water  service  was  much  extended,  the  large  receiving  reservoir  in  the 
Central  Park  was  built,  surveys  of  the  w^ater-shed  of  the  Croton  were 
made,  the  large  catch-basin  at  Boyd's  Corner  commenced,  and  the  in- 
troduction of  the  large  main  and  the  pumping  engine  at  High  Bridge 
were  contracted  for.  The  sewers  were  transferred  to  the  Croton  Depart- 
ment, and  the  present  system  of  sewers  inaugurated.  Eeservoirs  on 
Blackwell  and  Ward's  Island  were  built,  with  pipe-services  from  the  city. 
He  continued  in  the  duties  of  this  office,  under  varied  political  organiza- 
tions, with  credit  to  himself  and  to  the  benefit  of  the  city,  till  May  1st, 
1868,  when  he  resigned,  and  with  his  family  made  an  extended  tour 
through  Europe. 

While  occupying  the  position  of  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Croton  De- 
partment it  may  be  said  that  there  was  hardly  any  important  scheme  for 
the  supply  of  water  to  cities  and  towns  in  which  his  advice  was  not 
asked,  either  officially  or  by  his  engineer  friends  in  charge  of  the  works, 
and  the  latter  were  under  many  obligations  to  him  for  the  prompt  and 
extended  replies  which  he  gave  them.  He  was  the  Consulting  Engineer 
of  the  Brooklyn  Water-works,  made  a  report  on  water- works  for  the  City 
of  Augusta,  Ga.,  reported  on  and  constructed  water- works  at  Savannah, 
Ga.,  was  Consulting  Engineer  for  the  construction  of  a  quarantine  hos- 
pital. Advisory  Engineer  to  the  Department  of  Public  Charities  and 
Correction,  to  the  Fire  Department,  Eifle  Eange  Association  and 
Yacht  Club;  in  fact,  with  regard  to  anything  of  public  interest  in  the 
city,  his  advice  was  always  asked,  and  his  influence  considered  of  the 
utmost  importance.  His  resignation  was  regretted  as  "  a  loss  to  the  city 
of  one  of  the  most  capable,  upright  and  useful  public  officers  ever  con- 
nected with  any  department  of  the  city  government." 

On  his  return  from  Europe  Mr.  Craven  opened  an  office  in  this  city 
as  a  Consulting  Engineer,  and  became  one  of  the  Commissioners  on  the 
Fourth  Avenue  Eailroad  Improvement,  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Syracuse 
Water-works,  Consulting  Engineer  of  the  Newark  and  Brooklyn  Water- 
works and  the  Gilbert  Elevated  Eailroad. 

Failing  in  health,  he  went  to  England  in  April,  1878,  where  his 
disease  was  further  developed,  and  he  died  at  Ohiswick,  of  cerebral  soft- 
ening, March  27th,  1879. 

Few  men  in  this  country  have  occupied  a  larger  si3ace  in  the  engi- 
neering profession,  and  very  few  have  contributed  so  much  to  give  char- 


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acter  and  standing  to  it  as  a  profession.  He  was  identified  witli  t  le  very 
first  efforts  to  form  an  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  and  attended 
a  meeting  of  Engineers  in  Angusta,  Ga.,  by  whom  a  call  was  made  or 
a  convention  at  Baltimore,  Feb.  13,  1839,  to  form  an  Engineer  Society 
He  was  among  the  first  to  form  the  present  American  Society  of  UvU 
Engineers,  in  1852,  and  at  the  reorganization  in  1868  became  one  of  is 
Directors,  and  was  President  of  the  Society  from  November,   1869,  till 

November,  1871. 

To  conclude,  a  very  fair  estimate  of  the  character  ot  Mr  Craven  may 
be  drawn  from  an  extract  of  a  communication  of  his  to  the  New  York 
Tribune,  on  an  attempt  by  the  Common  Council  to  have  some  se^^r 
work  paid  for,  which  the  Croton  Department  would  not  accept,  as  tlie 
contract  had  not  been  complied  Avith: 

«' As  Chief  Engineer  and  one  of  the  heads  of  this  Department,  I  am 
placed  here  in  charge  of  certain  interests  of  the  property  holders  and 
people  generally  of  this  city.  If  by  any  illegal  or  corrupt  act  injustice 
be  clone  to  them  in  any  matter  in  the  most  remote  degree  connected  with 
this  Department,  I  deem  it  due  to  them  and  myself  not  o  be  content 
with  the  mere  requisition  of  the  law,  but  to  perform  my  full  duty  in  t he 
protection  of  their  rights  and  in  the  preservation  of  the  integrity  of  the 
Department  on  which  they  rely;  and  I  ,\o  ^o  with  a  full  sense  of  my  re- 
sponsibilUies,  persoKnlly  ami  officialhj."  _ 

The  key-note  of  his  character  was  his  outspoken  convictions  with 
a  full  sense  of  his  personal  and  official  obligations.  Hohlmg  what  is 
<leemed  by  many  a  political  office,  and  almost  always  in  party  affiliations 
opposed  to  the  dominant  party  in  the  city,  he  secured  their  esteem  aiid 
maintained  his  position  and  the  integrity  and  character  of  his  De- 
partment. Among  his  old  friends  he  was  designated  as  the  Bayard 
of  the  Engineer  profession." 


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1879. 

From  United  States  Naval  Observatory, 
Washington,  D.  C: 


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Catalogue  of  the  United  Stales  Naval  Ob- 
servatory. Part  1.  Astronomical  Biblo- 
graphy.  Prof.  Edward  S.  Holden.  Wasli- 
lutoii,  1879. 

From  Gen.  G.  K.  Warren,  Newport,  R. 

Report  upon  Bridging  the  Navigable  Waters 
of  the  United  States,  being  Appendix  X  of 
the  Annual  Report  of  the  Chief  of  Engi- 
neers for  LS79  Gen.  G.  K.  Warren.  Wash- 
ington, 1879.     (2  copies.) 

From  W.  W.  Wilson,  Yonkers,  N.  Y. : 

Seventh  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Water 
Commissionors  of  the  City  of  Yonkers,  N. 
Y.     (3  copies.) 

From  Gen.  Horatio  G.  Wright,  Chief  of 
Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  Washington,  D. 
C  : 

Official  Army  Register  for  January,  1880. 

The  Improvement  of  the  Allegheny  River, 
Pennsylvania.  Col.  Wm.  E.  Merrill.  (2 
copies.) 

Information  in  regard  to  the  Appropriation 
for  the  Improvement  of  the  Allegheny 
River,  from  Pittsburg  to  the  mouth  of 
French  Creek.     Col.  Wm.  E.  Merrill. 

Report  in  relation  to  the  survey  of  the  Ar- 
kansas River,  near  Pine  Bluff,  with  esti- 
mates of  cost  of  improving  the  same. 
Maj.  C.  R.  Suter.     (2  copies.) 

A  report  of  a  survey  with  a  view  to  the  con- 
struction of  a  ship  canal  to  connect  the 
waters  of  Delaware  and  Chesapeake  Bays. 
Maj.  W.  P.  Craighill.     (2  copies.) 

Report  of  survey  of  Delaware  River  at  Ches- 
ter and  Marcus  Heok,  Pa.,  with  accompany- 
ing recommendations  touching  the  con- 
struction of  an  ice-harbor  at  that  point. 
Col.  J.  N.  Macomb.     (2  copies  ) 

Improvement  of  Rocky  River  Harbor,  Ohio. 
Maj.  J.  M   Wilson,     (2  copies.) 

Papers  relative  to  the  payment  of  first  in- 
stallment of  compensation  to  Mr.  James  B. 
Eads,  for  maintenance  of  channel  at  South 
Pass,  Mississippi  River,  for  quarter  ending 
October  30,  1879. 


Report  relative  to  the  improvement  in  Har- 
lem River,  New  York,  and  making  certain 
recommendations.  Gen.  John  Newton.  (2 
copies.) 

Copy  of  letter  inclosing  draft  of  proposed  act 
for  the  operation,  maintenance  and  repair 
of  locks  and  dams  on  Great  Kanawka 
River.     Maj.  W.  P.  Craighill.     (2  copies.) 

Report  in  regard  to  the  superintendence,  &c., 
of  the  Louisville  and  Portland  Canal.  Gen. 
G.  Weitzel.     (2  copies.) 

Senate  resolution  of  January  7,  1880,  regard- 
ing the  condition  of  the  Missouri  River, 
between  Omaha  and  Plattsu.  outh,  Neb.,  and 
inclosing  a  report  on  same  from  the  Chief 
of  Engineers.     (2  cojjies.) 

Report  of  surveys  of  the  Mississippi  River 
at  Hannibal,  Mo.,  and  memorial  of  the  City 
Council,  with  accompanying  reports.  Capt. 
A.  Mackenzie.     (2  copies.) 

Correspondence  in  relation  to  the  construc- 
tion of  a  bridge  across  the  Ohio  River  at 
Beaver,  Pa.,  by  the  Pittsburg  and  Lake 
Erie  Railroad  Company.  Col.  Wm.  E.  Mer- 
rill.    (2  copies.) 

Report  of  survey  of  Pataluma  Creek,  Cali- 
fornia.    Col.  Geo.  H.  Mendell.      (2  copies.) 

The  improvement  of  the  harbor  at  Peters- 
burg, Va.    Maj.  W.  P.  Craighill.     (2  copies.) 

Senate  resolution,  December  3,  1879,  relating 
to  improvement  of  Taunton  River,  Mass., 
with  estimates  of  cost  of  same.  Gen.  G. 
K.  Warren.     (2  copies.) 

Report  of  a  resurvey  of  the  outlet  to  Wolf 
Lake,  Indiana.  Capt.  G.  J.  Lydecker.  (2 
copies.) 

Report  of  the  Surveyor-General  of  Wyoming 
tor  the  year  1879.     Edward  C.  David. 
From  other  sources: 

Annual  report  of  Railroad  Commissioners  of 
Massachusetts  for  1879. 

The  Library  Journal.     Vol.  V.,  Nos.  1  and  2. 

Zvveite  Abhandlung  iiber  die  Wasser- 
zunachme  in  den  Quellen,  Flusaen  und 
Stromen  bei '  Steigerung  der  Hochwasser 
in  den  Oulturliiudern.  Gustav  Ritter  vou 
Wex.     Vienna,  1079. 


ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


The  Twelfth  Annual  Convention  of  the 
■Society  will  be  held  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  begin- 
ning Tuesday,  May  25th,  1880. 

Sessions  for  the  consideration  of  profes- 
sional subjects,  and  one  for  the  transaction  of 
business,  will  be  held. 

The  details  of  the  programme  will  be  an- 
nounced as  soon  as  determined  by  the  local 
committee. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  topics  to   be  con- 
sidered with  reference  to  papers  published  in 
Transactions  during  the  preceding  year  : 
CLXXV.     {Jan.  1879.)     The  Flow  of  Water  in 

small  Channels,   after  Ganguillet  and  Kut- 

ter,  with  Kutter's  Diagram  modified,  and 


Graphical  Tables  (vith  special  reference  to 
Sewer  Calculations. — R.  Hering. 

CLXXVI.  (Jan.)  The  permanent  Way  of 
Railways  in  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  with 
especial  reference  to  the  use  of  Timber, 
Preserved  and  Unpreserved,  Compiled  from 
information  received  from  Engineers  in 
charge  of  those  Railways.— John  Bogart. 

CLXXVII.  {Feb.)  Experiments  on  the  Re- 
sistances of  Rolling  Stock.  Made  under  the 
direction  of  Charles  Paine.— A.  M.  Welling- 
ton. 

CLXXVIII.  (March.)  Light-house  Engineer- 
ing as  displayed  at  the  Centennial  Exhibi- 
tion.—John  G.  Barnard. 


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CLXXIX.  {April.)  Minot's  Ledge  Light- 
house.— B.  S.  Alexander. 

CLXXX.  (May.)  The  Construction  and  Main- 
tenance of  Koads. — Edward  P.  North. 

CLXXXI.  (June.)  Flexure  and  Transverse 
Resistance  of  Beams. — Charles  E.  Emery. 

CLXXXII.  (July.)  On  the  Flow  of  Water  in 
Rivers. — DeVolson  Wood. 

CLXXXIII.  (Aug.)  The  South  Pass  Jetties. 
Notes  on  the  Consolidation  and  Durability 
of  the  Works,  with  a  description  of  the  Con- 
crete Blocks  and  other  Constructions  of  the 
last  year. — Max  E.  Schmidt. 

CLXXXIV.  (Sept.)  The  Ocean  Pier  at  Coney 
Island. — Charles  Macdonald. 

CLXXXV.  (Sept.)  Stability  of  Stone  Struc- 
tures.—William  H.  Searles. 

CLXXXVI.  (Oct.)  The  Use  of  Steel  for 
Bridges. — Theodore  Cooper. 

CLXXXVIL  (Oct.)  The  Construction  of  the 
Atchison,  Topeka  and  Santa  Fe  Railroad 
over  the  Raton  Mountains,  and  the  Per- 
formance of  Locomotives  on  its  Steep 
Grades. — James  D.  Burr. 

CLXXXVIII.  (Nov.)  Inter-Oceanic  Canal 
Projects.— A.  G.  Menoeal. 

January,  February,  March,  1880.  —  Inter- 
Oceanic  Canal  Projects,  by  Walton  W.  Evans, 
Frederick  M.  Kelley,  Charles  A.  Sweet,  John 
C.  Campbell,  Charles  D.  Ward,  Nathan  Ap- 
pletou,  S.  F.  Shelbourne,  Max  E.  Schmidt, 
Thomas  J.  Long,  Edward  P.  North,  Ashbel 
Welch.  Juliiis  W.  Adams,  F.  de  Lesseps,  J. 
Dirk.s,  V.  Dauzats. 

Also  papers  in  continuation  of  the  discus- 
sion on  Inter-Oceanic  Canal  Projects,  by  A. 

Couvreux  fils,    Charles     Macdonald,    T.    C. 

Clarke,  W.  E.   Merrill,   and    others,  will  be 

15rinted  before  the  date  of  the  Convention. 

CLXXXIX.    (March.)    Engineering  Problems 
Involved  in  the  Proposed  Improvement  of 
the  Erie  Canal,  by  Increasing  the  Depth  of 
its  Channel  One  Foot.    By  E.  Sweet,  Jr. 
The  following  papers  also  will  be  printed 

and  ready  for  distribution  before  the  time  of 

the  Convention  : 
Note  on  Kutter's  Diagram.     By  Charles  H. 

Swan. 
The  New  York  and  Brooklyn  Bridge  Ap- 
proaches and  Superstructure.  By  F. 
Collingwood. 
Experiments  with  Apparatus  for  Testing 
Cements,  by  Alfred  Noble,  with  discussion 
on  testing  cement,  by  F.  Collingwood,  D. 
W.  Cunningham,  C.  Latimer,  F.  O.  Norton, 


F.  Rinecker,  W.  Sooy  Smith,  D.  J.  Whitte- 
more. 

Design  and  Construction  Table  for  Egg- 
shaped  Sewers.     By  C.  G.  Force. 

The  Preservation  of  Timber.  By  J.  W. 
Putnam. 

On  the  Variation  due  to  Orthogonal  Strains 
in  the  Elastic  Limit  in  Metals,  and  on  its 
Practical  Value  and  more  important  appli- 
cations.    By  R.  H.  Thurston. 

Members  of  the  Society  are  earnestly  re- 
quested to  furnish  information  or  memoranda 
upon  any  of  the  subjects  referred  to.  They 
are  also  invited  and  expected  to  take  part  in 
the  discussions,  either  in  person  or  by  send- 
ing to  the  Secretary  notes  for  presentation.  In 
either  case  it  will  assist  the  committee  in  ar- 
ranging the  details  for  sessions  of  the  Con- 
vention, if  members  expecting  to  take  part  in 
the  discussions  will  notify  the  Secretary  at 
once  to  that  effect. 

Excursions  by  river  and  by  rail  from  St. 
Louis  are  contemplated,  and  the  arrange- 
ments for  them  are  in  progress.  The  Secre- 
tary is  instructed  to  state  that  it  is  permissible 
that  members  of  the  Society  should  be  accom- 
panied by  their  families. 

Under  the  rule  adopted  by  the  Society  in 
reference  to  invitations  to  Conventions,  the 
members  of  other  engineering  orgauizatious; 
also  the  editors  of  professional  journals  ex- 
changing with  this  Society  will  be  invited  to 
attend  the  Convention  and  the  Excursions 
connected  therewith. 

The  details  of  arrangements  are  now  being 
perfected,  and  will  soon  be  announced. 

You  are  invited  to  attend  the  Convention 
and  take  part  in  the  discussions  and  excur- 
sions. 

Please  notify  the  Secretary  whether  you 
will  attend,  and  whether  you  will  present  a 
paper  or  take  part  in  special  discussions. 

The  following  resolutions  were  adopted  at 
the  Ninth  Annual  Convention  of  the  Society, 
and  ordered  printed  regularly  in  the  Society 
publications  : 

Whereas,  the  metric  system  of  weights  and 
measures  is  now  extensively  used  abroad, 
and  whereas  it  is  desirable  that  the  relation 
of  the  units  of  the  differing  systems  be  made 
familiar  to  all  by  comparison : 

Resolved,  That  members  be  requested,  in 
papers  hereafter  presented  to  the  Society,  to 
write,  in  parenthesis,  weights  or  dimensions 
by  the  metric  system,  in  connection  with 
those  of  the  system  in  general  use. 


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The  House  of  the  Society  is  at  104  East  The  Library  and  Conversation  Rooms  wUl 

Twentieth  street,  one  door  east  from  Fourth  also,  tor  the  present,  be  open  every  Thursday 

avenue,   and  near   the  southwest  corner    of  evening,  from  Ifi  to  10  p.m.      Members  are 

Gramcrcy  Park.    It  is  open  from  nine  o'clock  invited  to  avail    themselves    of  the    oppor- 

A.M.  to  five  o'clock  P.M.   each  business   day,  tunities  afforded  on  Thursday  evenings,  both 

except  Saturday,  when  it  is  closed  at  three  for  consultation  of  books  and  periodicals  and 

o'clock  P.M.  for  conversation. 


LIST      OF      MEMBERS. 


ADDITIONS. 

MEMBERS. 


Date  of  Election. 

Anderson,  Thomas  S Chief    Engineer,   Board   Mississippi 

River  Commission,  Greenville,  Miss.  .  .March  3,  1880. 

Field,  George  S Manager  Central  Bridge  Co.,  52  Wall 

Street,  New  York April  7,  1880. 

Greenwood,  William  H.  .Civil  Engineer,  Canon  City,  Colorado. . .  .March3,  1880. 

Heuek,  William  H .Captain  of  Engineers,   U.  S.  A.,  37 

Union  St.,  New  Orleans,  La March  3,  1880. 

Meier,  Edward  D Meier  Iron  Co.,  St.  Louis,  Mo February  4,  1880. 

Neilson,  Charles Engineer  in  charge  Fuel  Department, 

N.  Y.  L.  E.  &  W.  RR.,  New  York.  .January  7,  1880. 

Waite,  Christoi'HER  C.  .  ..Chief  Engineer  and  Superintendent 
Muskingum  Valley  RR.,  Zanes- 
ville,  O March  3,  1880, 

associate. 

Putnam,  Joseph  W Sup' t  Bridges  New  Orleans  and  Mobile 

Railroad,  Box  2734,  New  Orleans,  I^a .  .  March  3,  i88a. 


CHANGES   AND   CORRECTIONS. 
MEMBERS. 

ANDERSON,  Adna Engineer-in-Chief,  Northern  Pacific  Railroad,  St.  Paul, 

Minn. 
Burr,  James  D Ass't  Engineer,  P.  and  A.  V.  and  N.  M.  and  S.  P.  R.R., 

Topeka,  Kansas. 
Cogswell,  William  B 108  Willow  St.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 


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CHANGES   AND   CORRECTIONS. 
MEMBERS. 

Early,  John  E Division  Engineer,   Atchison,    Topeka   and   Santa   Fe 

Railroad,  Pueblo,  Colorado. 

Katte,  Walter Chief  Engineer,  New  York  Elevated  Railroad,  7  Broad- 
way, New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Kinsley,  Thomas  P Sup't  National  Construction  Co.,  East  Long  Branch,  N.J. 

Monroe,  J.  Albert Providence,  R.  I. 

Sedgwick,  Thomas  S Assistant  U.  S.  Engineer,  Galveston,  Texas. 

associate. 
Wheaton,  Edward Westfield,  Clark  Co.,  111. 


death. 
St.  John,  Isaac  Munr'oe.  .Elected  member,  July  14,  1871.     Died  April  7,  iJ 


^wmkmx  |ocieii)  of  |;iiil   pjin^^rs. 


PROOEEDIISraS. 


Vol.  VI.— May,    1880. 
»   ♦   ^ 

MINUTES     OF    MEETINGS 

(Abstractof  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF   THE   SOCIETY. 

April  21st,  1880.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.  Vice-President  Cbanute 
iu  the  chair. 

The  death  of  I.  M.  St.  John,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E.,  was  announced, 
and  the  appointment  of  a  committee  to  prepare  a  memoir  for  publication 
was  directed. 

Arrangements  for  the  aijproaching  Convention  were  read. 

Notes  of  experiments  upon  the  relative  efficiency  of  gas  and  the 
electric  light  were  presented  by  George  W.  Dresser,  and  discussed  by 
members  present. 

May  5th,  1880. — The  Society  met  8  p.  m.  Vice-President  Chanute  in 
the  chair. 

Ballots  for  admission  to  membership  were  canvassed,  and  the 
following  candidates  declared  elected :  As  Members— Daniel  McN.  Currie, 
of  St.  Louis,  Mo.  ;  Joseph  Tintorer  Giberga,  of  Barcelona,  Spain  ; 
Thomas  Jackson,  of  Fort  Wayne,  lud. ;  James  MacNaughton,  of  Albany, 
N.  Y.;  George  W.'McNulty,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.;  Albert  A.  Eobinson,  of 
Pueblo,  Col. ;  Charles  G.  Weir,  of  New  York  City,  N.  Y. ;  Samuel  H. 
Yonge,  of  St.  Charles,  Mo.  As  Associates— George  C.  W.  Belcher,  of  St. 
Louis,  Mo. ;  William  H.  Burr  (elected  Junior,  June  3,  1871),  of  Troy, 
N.  Y. 

The  Committee  on  recei^tion  of  M.  de  Lesseps,  and  the  engineers 
accompanying  him,  made  a  final  report. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted: 

That  for  the  present  the  Society  rooms  be  open  on  each  Wednesday  evening  instead 
of  Thursday  evening  as  heretofore,  and  that  during  the  cool  weather  the  rooms  be  also 
opened  each  Saturday  evening. 


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OF  THE  BOAKD  OF  DIPvECTION. 

Makgh  11th,  1880. — Applications  were  considered.  Communications 
in  reference  to  the  Committees  on  Preservation  of  Timber  and  on  Test- 
ing of  Cements  were  acted  upon. 

ApRiii  5th,  1880. — Applications  were  considered.  Action  was  taken 
as  to  a  continuance  of  the  lease  of  the  Society  House.  The  Secretary 
was  instructed  to  notify  members  in  arrears  for  dues,  and  request  pay- 
ment. The  programme  for  the  Twelfth  Annual  Convention  was  con- 
sidered. 

Apkil  7th,  1880. — Applications  were  considered. 
May  6th,  1880. — ^Applications  were  considered.     Appropriations  were"" 
made.     Action  as  to  dues  from  members  in  arrears  was  directed. 


ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


The  Twelfth  Annual  Convention  of  the 
Society  will  be  held  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  begin- 
ning Tuesday,  May  25th,  1880. 

Sessions  for  the  consideration  of  profes- 
sional subjects,  and  one  for  the  transaction  of 
business,  will  be  held. 

The  details  of  the  programme  will  be  an- 
nounced as  soon  as  determined  by  the  local 
committee . 

The  following  is  a  list  of  topics  to  be  con- 
sidered with  reference  to  papers  published  in 
Transactions  during  the  preceding  year  : 
CLXXV.    (Jan.  1879.)    The  Flow  of  Water  in 
small  Channels,  after  Ganguillet  and  Kut- 
ter,  with  Kutter's  Diagram  modified,  and 
Graphical  Tables  (vith  special  reference  to 
Sewer  Calculations. — R.  Heriug. 
CLXXVI.     (Jan.)    The    permanent    Way   of 
Railways  in  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  with 
especial  reference  to  the  use   of  Timber, 
Preserved  and  Uupreserved,  Compiled  from 
information    received  from     Engineers   in 
charge  of  those  Railways.— John  Bogart. 
CLXXVII.     (Feb.)    Experiments  on    the   Re- 
sistances of  Rolling  Stock.   Made  under  the 
direction  of  Charles  Paine. — A.  M.  Welling- 
ton. 
CLXXVIII.     (March.)  Light-house  Engineer- 
ing as  displayed  at  the  Centennial  Exhibi- 
tion.— John  G.  Barnard. 
CLXXIS.     (April.)    Miuot's     Ledge      Light- 
house.— B.  S.  Alexander. 
CLXXX.    (May.)    The  Construction  and  Main- 
tenance of  Roads. — Edward  P.  North. 
CLXXXI.     (June.)    Flexure   and    Transverse 
Resistance  of  Beams.— Charles  E.  Emery. 


CLXXXII.  (July.)  On  the  Flow  of  Water  in 
Rivers. — De  Volson  Wood. 

CLXXXIII.  (Aug.)  The  South  Pass  Jetties. 
Notes  on  the  Consolidation  and  Durability 
of  the  Works,  with  a  description  of  the  Con- 
crete Blocks  and  other  Constructions  of  the 
last  year. — Max  E.  Schmidt. 

CLXXXrV.  (Sept.)  The  Ocean  Pier  at  Coney 
Island. — Charles  Macdonald. 

CLXXXV.  (Sept.)  Stability  of  Stone  Struc- 
tures.— William  H.  Searles. 

CLXXXVI.     (Oct.)    The     Use     of    Steel    for 

Bridges. — Theodore  Cooper. 

*  CLXXXVII.     (Oct.)    The  Construction  of  the 

Atchison,   Topeka  and   Santa  Fe    Railroad 

over  the  Raton  Mountains,  and  the  Per- 

.  formance  of  Locomotives  on  its  Steep 
Grades. — James  D.  Burr. 

CLXXXVIII.  (Nov.)  Inter-Oceanic  Canal 
Projects. — A.  G.  Menocal. 

January,  February,  March,  1880.  —  Inter- 
Oceanic  Canal  Projects,  by  Walton  W.  Evans, 
Frederick  M.  Kelley,  Charles  A.  Sweet,  John 
C.  Campbell,  Charles  D.  Ward,  Nathan  Ap- 
pleton,  S.  F.  Shelbourne,  Max  E.  Schmidt, 
Thomas  J.  Long,  Edward  P.  North,  Ashbel 
Welch,  Julius  W.  Adams,  F.  de  Lesseps,  J. 
Dirks,  V.  Dauzats. 

Also  papers  in  continuation  of  the  discus- 
sion on  Inter-Oceanic  Canal  Projects,  by  A, 

Couvreux  fds,    Charles     Macdonald,    T.    C^ 

Clarke,    and   others,  will    beprinted  before 

the  date  of  the  Convention. 

CLXXXIX.  (March.)  Engineering  Problems 
Involved  in  the  Proposed  Improvement  of 


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the  Erie  Canal,  by  Increasing  the  Depth  of 
its  Channel  One  Foot.    By  E.  Sweet,  Jr. 
The   following  papers  also  will  be  printed 
and  ready  for  distribution  before  the  time  of 
the  Convention  : 
Note  on  Kutter's  Diagram.    By  Charles  H. 

Swan. 
The  New  York  and  Brooklyn  Bridge  Ap- 
proaches  and   Superstructure.       By  F. 
CoUingwood. 
Experiments  with  Apparatus    for  Testing 
Cements,  by  Alfred  Noble,  with  discussion 
on  testing  cement,  by  F.  CoUingwood,  D. 
W.  Cunningham,  C.  Latimer,  F.  O.  Norton, 
F.  Rinecker,  W.  Sooy  Smith,  D.  J.  Whitte- 
more. 
Design  and  Construction   Table   for  Egg- 
shaped  Sewers.    By  C.  G.  Force. 
The    Preservation    of   Timber.     By  J.   W. 

Putnam. 
On  the  Variation  due  to  Orthogonal  Strains 
in  the  Elastic  Limit  in  Metals,  and  ou  its 
Practical  Value  and  more  important  api^li- 
catious.     By  R.  H.  Thurston. 
Members  of  the  Society   are   earnestly  re- 
quested to  furnish  information  or  memoranda 
U150U  any  of  the  subjects  referred  to.     They 
are  also  invited  and  expected  to  take  part  in 
the  discussions,  either  in  person  or  by  send- 
ing to  the  Secretary  notes  for  presentation.  In 
either  case  it  will  assist  the  committee  in  ar- 
ranging the  details   for   sessions  of  the  Con- 
vention, if  members  expecting  to  take  part  in 
the   discussions  will   notify  the   Secretary  at 
once  to  that  effect. 

Excursions  by  river  and  by  rail  from  St. 
Louis  are  contemplated,  and  the  arrange 
ments  for  them  are  in  progress.  The  Secre- 
tary is  instructed  to  state  that  it  is  permissible 
that  members  of  the  Society  should  be  accom- 
panied by  their  families. 

Under  the  rule  adopted  by  the  Society  in 
reference  to  invitations  to  Conventions,  the 
members  of  other  engineering  organizations; 


also  the  editors  of  professional  journals  ex- 
changing with  this  Society  will  be  invited  to 
attend  the  Convention  and  the  Excursions 
connected  therewith. 

The  details  of  arrangements  are  now  being 
perfected,  and  will  soon  be  announced. 

You  are  invited  to  attend  the  Convention 
and  take  part  in  the  discussions  and  excur- 
sions. 

Please  notify  the  Secretary  whether  you 
will  attend,  and  whether  you  will  present  a 
pajjer  or  take  part  in  special  discussions. 

The  following  resolutions  were  adopted  at 
the  Ninth  Annual  Convention  of  the  Society, 
and  ordered  printed  regularly  in  the  Society 
publications  : 

Whereas,  the  metric  system  of  weights  and 
measures  is  no^v  extensively  used  abroad, 
and  whereas  it  is  desirable  that  the  relation 
of  the  units  of  the  differing  systems  be  made 
familiar  to  all  by  comparison : 

Eesolved,  That  members  be  requested,  in 
papers  hereafter  presented  to  the  Society,  to 
srite,  in  parenthesis,  weights  or  dimensions 
by  the  metric  system,  in  connection  with 
those  of  the  system  in  general  use. 

The  House  of  the  Society  is  at  104  Esst 
Twentieth  street,  one  door  east  from  Fourth 
avenue,  and  near  the  southwest  corner  of 
Grammercy  Park.  It  is  open  from  nine  o'clock 
A.M.  to  five  o'olock  r.M.  each  business  day, 
excei)t  Saturday,  when   it  is  closed  at  three 

o'clock  P.M. 

The  Library  and  Conversation  Rooms  will 
also,  for  the  present,  be  open  every  Wednes- 
day evening  from  1}^,  to  10  P.  M.,  and  during 
the  cooler  months  every  Saturday  evening, 
also  for  the  same  hours.  The  rooms  will  not 
for  the  present  be  open  on  Thursday  evenings, 
Members  are  invited  to  avail  themselves  of 
the  opportunities  afforded  on  these  evenings, 
both  for  consultation  of  books  and  periodicals 
and  for  conversation. 


LIST      OF      MEMBERS. 


Blunden,  Henry  D. 


ADDITIONS, 

MEMBERS. 

Date  of  Election, 

.1.  (Elected  Junior,  January  5th,  1876), 

Ass't  Engineer  N.  Y.,  L.  E.  and 

W.  RR.,  187  West  St.,  New  York 

City,  N.  Y February  4,  1880. 


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Johnson,  Lorenzo  M (Elected    Junior,   March   30!,    1875), 

General  Manager  Cairo  and  St. 
Louis  RR.,  520  Walnut  'St.,  St. 
Louis.  Mo April  7,  1880. 

Knight,  Whxiam  B (Elected  Junior,  January  6ih,  1S75), 

P.  O.  Box  L.,  Kansas  City,  Mo.  .January  7,  1880. 

Seymour,  Horatio,  Jr (Elected     Associate,    January     8th, 

1873),  State  Engineer,  and  Sur- 
veyor, Albany,  N.  Y April  7,  18S0. 

Shailer,  Robert   A Assistant     Engineer    Edgmoor  Iron 

L-on  Co.,  Wilmington,  Del March  3,  ibSo. 

JUNIOR. 

Pegr.\m,  George  H 213  Washington  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  April  7,  1880. 


CHANGES   .AND   CORRECTIONS. 
MEMBERS. 

Blaisuell,  Anthony  H. ..  .W^estern    Boat   Building   Co.,   South  St.  Louis,   Mo. 

Dresser,  George  W 35  University  Place,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Emery,  Charles  E 16  Cortlandt  St.,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Golay,  Philip Paducah,  Ky . 

Grant,  William  H 71  Broadway,  Room  88,  New  York  City,  N.  V. 

Harris,  Robert  L Austin,  Texas. 

Hembule,  Edward Engineer,   Delaware  Bridge  Company,  Major   Block, 

Chicago,  111. 
Herschel,   Clemens Hydraulic  Engineer,  Holyoke  Water  Power  Company, 

Holyoke,  Mass. 
Morris,  M.\rsh.all Engineer   and   Superintendent   Road  Dep't,  L.  N.  A. 

and  C.  RR.,  Louisville,  Ky. 

Newman,  Robert  M Lansing,  Mich. 

Nicholson,  George  B Division   Engineer,   Cin.,  South.  RR.,    134  Vine   St., 

Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
Whitford,  Oscar  F Jamestown,  Boulder  Co.,  Colorado. 

junior. 

Cl.ark,  Ira  E Davisville,  Yolo  Co.,  Cal. 

Staats,  Robert  P N.  Y.,  L.  E.  and   W.  RR.,  office  187   West  St.,  New 

York  City,  N.  Y. 

fellow. 
Norton,  Frederick  O....45   Coal  and  Iron  Exchange,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 


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FROCEET)I:^^as. 


Vol.  VI.— June,    1880. 
►   ♦   ^ 

MINUTES     OF    MEETINQS. 

(Abstract of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


TWELFTH  ANNUAL  CONVENTION  OF  THE  SOCIETY. 
Held  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  May  25,  26,  28,  1880. 

May  25th. — The  Twelfth  Annual  Convention  was  held  in  the  City  of 
St.  Louis,  in  the  Hall  of  the  Washington  University.  The  Convention 
was  called  to  order  on  Tuesday,  May  25,  1880,  at  10  a.  m.,  by  John 
Bogart,  Secretary  of  the  Society.  The  chair  was  taken  temporarily  by 
Vice-President  James  B.  Francis. 

On  the  nomination  of  the  local  committee,  James  B.  Eads,  of  St. 
Louis,  was  elected  Chairman  of  the  Convention.  William  P.  Shinn,  of 
St.  Louis,  was  elected  Vice- Chairman. 

On  taking  the  chair,  Mr.  Eads  said  :  Gentlemen  of  the  Convention, 
I  feel  profoundly  grateful  for  this  evidence  of  your  regard.  To  be  called 
upon  to  preside  over  the  deliberations  of  the  Society  of  Civil  Engineers, 
numbering,  as  it  does,  among  its  members  many  of  the  most  eminent 
engineers  in  the  world,  men  whose  originality  of  conception,  boldness 


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of  design  and  high  scientific  attainments  have  added  so  much  lustre  to 
the  profession  at  home  and  abroad,  should  certainly  fill  the  ambition  of 
any  member  of  the  Society.  I,  therefore,  repeat  to  you,  that  I  feel 
deeply  sensible  of  the  high  honor  which  you  have  conferred  upon  me. 
As  the  profession  of  a  civil  engineer  does  not  involve  a  knowledge  of 
parliamentary  rules,  I  shall  have  to  ask  your  forbearance  if  I  commit 
any  errors  in  that  particular,  and  as  engineers  are  not  expected  to  be 
orators,  I  shall  proceed  at  once  to  the  order  of  business.  We  have  an 
orator  ^jreseut  who  will  address  the  Convention,  the  Hon.  Henry  Over- 
stolz,  Mayor  of  St.  Louis.  I  will  appoint  Col.  J.  B.  Moulton  and  Mr.  L. 
M.  Johnson  to  escort  Mayor  Overstolz  to  the  platform. 

As  Mayor  Overstolz  came  upon  the  platform,  the  Chairman  said  :  I 
take  special  pleasure  in  introducing  my  personal  friend,  the  Hon.  Henry 
Overstolz,  whose  statesmanship,  good  judgment  and  careful  administra- 
tion of  our  city  affairs  have  done  so  much  to  advance  the  jDrosperity  of 
our  city. 

Mayor  Overstolz  said  :  Mr.  President  and  Gentlemen  of  the  Con- 
vention, Captain  Eads,  in  his  short  address,  has  paid  me  a  compli- 
ment which  I  think  you  will  say  I  do  not  deserve,  the  compliment  of 
being  an  orator.  It  is  one  of  my  weaknesses  that  I  cannot  make  public 
.speeches .     I  have,  therefore,  written  my  address,  and  I  will  read  it. 

Mayor  Overstolz  then  read  the  following  address: 

ADDRESS    OP   WELCOME   BY   MAYOK   OVEKSTOLZ. 

Mr.  President  and  Gentlemen  of  the  Convention  :  The  government 
and  people  of  the  City  of  St.  Louis  most  cordially  welcome  you  on  this 
occasion,  and  gladly  extend  to  you  the  freedom  and  hospitality  of  the 
city.  This  is,  I  believe,  the  Twelfth  Annual  Convention  of  the  American 
Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  and  while  we  trust  that  its  results  may  be 
equal  in  harmony  and  importance  with  any  of  the  former  meetings,  we 
further  hope  that  you  may  carry  away  from  St.  Louis  some  adequate 
impression  of  its  commercial  wealth  and  influence,  and  of  the  warm 
sympathetic  interest  with  which  all  of  our  people  regard  the  objects  and 
spirit  of  your  Society. 

Gentlemen,  you  meet  to-day  in  the  great  inland  city  of  the  continent. 
One  whose  history  and  development,  and  that  of  the  magnificent  regions 
surrounding  it,  constitute  one  of  the  most  marvelous  chapters  in  the 
record  of  American  civiUzation.  Within  the  space  of  almost  half  a  cen- 
tury a  mighty  jieople  and  a  metropolis,  the  commercial  influence  of 
which  is  felt  throughout  the  globe,  have  been  created.  The  time  is  not 
yet  beyond  the  memory  of  living  men  when  St.  Louis  was  but  a  river 
village,  and  the  Valley  of  the  Mississippi  was  almost  in  a  state  of  nature. 
This  swift  transformation  scene,  this  "miracle-play"  of  history  is  full 
of  solemn  significance  and  beauty,  but  chiefly  does  it  illustrate  the  irre- 


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sistable  power  of  human  energy  wlien  guided  by  the  improved  instru- 
ments and  princij^les  of  modern  knowledge. 

I  allude  to  these  things,  gentlemen,  not  from  any  spirit  of  enthusiasm 
for  the  city  of  my  home,  but  because  there  are  facts  connected  with  the 
rapid  advance  of  8t.  Louis  that  have  educated  our  people  to  appreciate 
properly,  and  to  respect  profoundly,  the  glorious  profession  of  which 
this  Convention  is  at  once  the  exponent  and  representative.  The  natural 
advantages  of  location,  the  settlement  and  cultivation  of  the  vast  agricul- 
tural lands  stretching  out  on  all  sides  of  ;is  might  ultimately  have  made 
St.  Louis  an  important  city,  but  only  by  a  slow  process,  stretching 
through  many  ages.  In  the  olden  times,  in  the  gray  and  flickering 
dawn  of  civilization,  cities  and  their  commercial  influence  were  slow  of 
growth,  and  progress  could  only  be  accelerated  by  making  them  the 
seat  of  imperial  power.  It  is  only  in  modern  times  that  it  became  jdos- 
sible  to  compress  civic  growth  within  the  limits  of  a  century  or  less. 

This  possibility  is  almost  wholly  the  product  and  fruit  of  the  science 
of  civil  engineering,  and  to  this  science  the  rapid  progress  of  St.  Louis 
must  be  largely  attributed.  It  was  the  steamboat  that  first  stimulated 
into  activity  the  sluggish  life  of  the  river  trading  jjost  ;  it  was  the  rail- 
road that  broke  down  the  barriers  of  distance,  and,  pouring  in  popu- 
lation and  wealth,  started  our  foundries  and  factories,  and  carried  the 
l^roducts  of  our  industries  to  the  shores  of  the  Eastern  and  Western 
oceans,  and  it  was  the  telegraph  that  made  the  daily  diffusion  of  our 
commercial  data  possible,  and  so  rendered  jjossible  the  establishment  of 
a  controlling  Western  market  here.  Improvements  in  machinery  stimu- 
lated all  branches  of  manufacture  ;  the  building  of  our  magnificent 
bridge  made  a  railroad  highway  across  the  Mississij^pi  and  gave  us  indis- 
pensable commercial  facilities  ;  and  lastly,  the  jetties  have  brushed  away 
the  obstructions  at  the  mouth  of  the  Mississippi,  and  made  a  broad  and 
deep  highway  to  the  ocean  for  the  shijis  that  carry  our  cereals  to  all 
quarters  of  the  world. 

These  things,  these  great  achievements,  are  the  work  of  civil  engineer- 
ing, and  of  sciences  connected  therewith.  It  is  the  men  of  this  profes- 
sion that  practically  apply  science  to  the  forwarding  of  human  industry, 
and  this  profession  has  undoubtedly  accomplished  more  for  the  material 
advancement  of  this  country  than  any  I  know  of. 

The  facts  alluded  to  have  taught  the  citizens  of  St.  Louis  the  benefits 
tlowing  from  this  profession.  They  realize  all  it  has  done  for  the  city 
in  its  trade,  manufactures,  waterworks,  ancl  general  improvements. 
Hence,  it  is  evident,  gentlemen,  you  are  among  friends  and  aelmirers, 
and  this  feeling  should  assist  the  enjoyment  of  your  visit. 

The  President  of  our  Board  of  Improvement  and  the  Chief  Engineer 
of  our  Waterworks  are,  I  believe,  members  of  your  Society,  also  our 
distinguished  citizen,  James  B.  Eaels,  whose  bold  and  original  genius 


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lias  done  so  much  for  this  city,  in  the  j^'reat  steel  arch  bridge  over  our 
river,  and  for  the  country  generally,  in  the  successful  execution  of  the 
jetties.  To  a  former  member  of  your  Society,  the  late  Mr.  Kirkwood, 
this  city  is  indebted  for  the  original  design  of  our  Waterworks  system. 

In  a  city  that  owes  so  much  to  civil  engineers,  there  must  be  many 
objects  worthy  the  attention  and  inspection  of  the  members  of  this  Con- 
vention. The  bridge,  the  waterworks,  the  iron  furnaces,  and  many 
other  features  of  interest  will,  I  think,  j^rove  worthy  of  a  visit.  I  trust 
you  will  also  have  time  to  see  our  parks  and  public  institutions,  and  so 
far  as  possible,  I  will  gladly  co-operate  in  any  arrangement  for  your 
entertainment. 

In  welcoming  this  Convention,  I  express  the  sentiments  of  all  our 
people,  and  I  beg  to  assure  you  that  your  proceedings  will  be  regarded 
■j\'ith  the  deepest  interest  and  resj)ect  by  all  classes. 

The  following  members  and  guests  were  in  attendance  at  the  Con- 
vention : 

Members  or  the  Society — E.    E.    Andrews,   New  York;    Wm.    S. 
Auchincloss,  Philadelphia;  Theodore  Allen,  St.  Louis;  James  P.  Allen, 
Eock  Island,  111. ;  John  B.  Atkinson,  Earlington,  Ky. ;  E.  W.  Bowditch, 
Fred'k  Brooks,  Boston;  H.  Bissell,  Salem,  Mass.;  John  W.  Bacon,  Dan- 
bury,    Conn.;  H.    D.    Blunden,    John   Bogart,    New  York;    Charles  B. 
Brush,  Hoboken,  N.  J.;  Charles  E.  Billin,  Eobert  Briggs,  Philadelphia. 
Arthur   Beardsley,  Swarthmore,    Pa.;  G.  Bouscaren,  Cincinnati;   A.  H. 
Blaisdell,    St.   Louis  ;    Edward    Baumann,    Chicago  ;    James    D.  Burr, 
Topeka,  Kansas;  O.   E.   Gushing,    Lowell,   Mass.;  Theodore  Cooper,  J. 
James  E.  Croes,  New  York;  Wm.  B.  Cogswell,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. ;  Martin 
Coryell,  Lambertville,  N.  J. ;  D.  N.  Currie,  A.  J.  Chaphe,  St.  Louis;  E.  S. 
Chesbrough,    Chicago;    J.    H.    Cunningham,    Milwaukee;     Charles  G. 
Darrach, Philadelphia;  Alexander  Dempster,  Pittsburgh;  Edwin  A.Doane, 
Meadville,    Pa.;  M.    M.    Defrees,   Indianapolis;    James  Dun,  James  B. 
Eads,   St.    Louis;    Geo.  D.    Emerson,    Eolla,    Mo.;    James  B.    Francis, 
Lowell,  Mass.;  Clark  Fisher,  Trenton,  N.  J.;  C.   G.    Force,  Jr.,  Cleve- 
land, O.;    Henry  Flad,    St.  Louis;    B,    Godwin,   New  York;    Frederick 
Graff,  Phihidelphia;  P.  Golay,  Cincinnati;  .  A  V.  Gude,  Louisville,  Ky.; 
Albert  B.  Hill,  New  Haven,  Conn.;  Wm.  E.   Hutton,  Baltimore  ;  James 
H.  Harlow,    Pittsburgh;  Edward   Hemberle,   Chicago;  F.    B.    Howard, 
Detroit;  B.  M.  Harrod,  New  Orleans;  L.  M.  Johnson,  St.  Louis;  Louis 
H.  Knapp,  Buffalo;  Wm.  B.  Knight,  Kansas  City,  Mo. ;  E.  D.  Leavitt,  Jr., 
Cambridgeport,    Mass.;    D.    Jones    Lucas,    Philadelphia;    Thomas   D. 
Lovett,  Cincinnati;  Wm.  H.  Lotz,  Chicago;  E.  C.  Lewis,  Nashville,  Tenn. ; 
diaries   Macdonald,   Arthur    Macy,    New    York;    D.    N.    Melvin,    New 
Springville,  N.  Y. ;  James  MacNaughton,    Albany;    Henry   G.    Morris, 
Philadelphia;  Mansfield   Merriman,    Bethlehem,    Pa.;    C.    S.    Maurice, 
Athens,  Pa. ;  Henry  G.   Morse,  Youngstowc,    O. ;  Eobert  E.    McMatli, 
E.  D.  Meier,  Eobert  Moore,  St.  Louis;  M.  Meigs,  Eock  Island,  111.;  W. 


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H.  McClintock,  Fair  Grounds,  Ky, ;  Joliu  McLeod,  Marshall  Morris, 
Louisville;  F.  O.  Xortou,  New  York;  George  B.  Nicholson,  Cincinnati; 
Joseph  O.  Osgood,  Milton,  Mass. ;  E.  Prince,  Quincy,  111. ;  George  H. 
Pegram,  St.  Louis;  Joseph  R.  Richards,  Boston;  Percival  Roberts,  Jr., 
Philadelphia;  E.  C.  Rice,  St.  Louis;  Henry  B.  Richardson,  St.  Joseph, 
La.;  C.  L.  Strobel,  Pittsburgh;  S.  Sheldon,  Cleveland;  Robert  A. 
Shailer,  Wm.  P.  Shiun,  Charles  A.  Smith,  C.  Shaler  Smith,  St.  Louis; 
Max  E.  Schmidt.  Memphis,  Tenn. ;  Marshall  M.  Tidd,  Boston;  Cook 
Talcott,  Newark,  N.  J. ;  E.  N.  Kirk  Taleott,  Morgan  Park,  111. ;  John  G. 
Yau  Home,  Jersey  City,  K  J.;  Frank  O.  Whitney,  Boston;  W.  H. 
Wiley,  W.  E.  Worthen,  New  York;  Charles  D.  Ward,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. ; 
Ashbel  Welch,  Lambertville,  N.  J.;  John  Whitelaw,  Cleveland;  D.  W- 
Wellman,  Thomas  J.  Whitman,  St.  Louis;  Don  J.  Whittemore,  Milwau- 
kee; George  Y.  Wisner,  Detroit;  S.  Whinery,  Wheeler,  Ala.;  Samuel  H. 
Y'onge,  St.  Charles,  Mo. 

Visiting  Engineers.— J.  Y.  McClintock,  W.  Ripley  Nichols,  E.  B, 
Noyes,  Boston;  A.  F.  Noyes,  Newton,  Ma.«s.  ;*  Howard  Constable', 
Harold  A.  Freeman,  L.  C.  Madeira,  Howard  Murphy,  T.  Roney  Wil- 
liamson, Philadelphia;!  W.  Marshall  Rees,  Memphis,  Tenn. ; J  Edward 
Adams,  Pittsburgh;  J.  A.  Coulter,  Greenburg,  Pa.;  F.  W.  Gordon. 
Karl  Van  Wagner,  Pittsburgh,  Pa..|  R.  Chauvenet,  John  W.  Conlogue, 
Claude  Freeman,  Carl  Gayler,  James  W.  Hill.  H.  S.  Hopkins,  Jacob 
Johann,  Richard  Klemm,  J.  H.  Maclind,  John  H.  Maxon,  Julius  Moul- 
ton,  Charles  Pfeiffer,  Frank  H.  Pond,  Wm.  B.  Potter,  A.  Ranschenback. 
P.  W.  Schaumleffel,  Fred.  Schickle,  Thad.  S.  Smith,  A.  A.  Talmage, 
Wm.  Taussig,  B.  Warren,  Wm.  Wise,  C.  M.  Woodward,  St.  Louis;|| 
Charles  J.  Bates,  E.  L.  Bremerman,  E.  C.  Carter,  St.  Louis;  M.  Cowles, 
Chicago;  Howard  Fleming,  George  H.  Frost,^  New  York;  John  C.  Gault, 
Allen  C.  Glasgow,  George  B.  Hopkins,  St.  Louis;  Wm.  W.  Jefiferis, 
Westchester,  Pa. ;  R.  Ralston  Jones,1  Keokuk,  la. ;  Thos.  B.  Lee,  New- 
ark, N.  J.;  Thos.  McKissock,  St.  Louis;  H.  S.  Morse,  Indianapolis;  J. 
H.  Morley,  C.  P.  Morrison,  J.  B.  Moulton,  J.  A.  Ockerson,  St.  Louis; 
L.  S.  01mstead,1[  Jacksonville,  111. ;  Hon.  Henry  Overstolz,  St.  Louis; 
George  C.  Prussing,  Chicago;  J.  R.  Rees,  St.  Louis;  W.  H.  Sears, 
Eau  Claire,  Wis. ;  C.  H.  Sherman,  Charles  W.  Stearns,  A.  W.  Loper, 
St.  Louis;  Joseph  D.  Weeks,  New  York;  John  W.  Weston,TI  Chicago; 
W^m.  Woodyard,  New  Y'ork. 

The  Chairman  then  announced  the  committee  on  the  details  for  the 
proceedings  of  the  Convention,  order  of  papers,  discussions,  etc.,  viz.: 
Henry  Flad,  J.  J.  R.  Croes,  and  Charles  Macdonald. 

*  Members  Boston  Society  of  Civil  Engineers. 

t  Members  Engineers'  Chib  of  Philadelphia. 

t  Member  American  Institute,  Mining  Engineers. 

§  Members  Engineers'  Society,  Western  Pennsylvania. 

II  Members  Engineers'  Club  of  St.  Louis. 

11  Memb  ers  Civil  Eugiueere'  Club  of  the  Northwest. 


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The  Secretary  annouuced  the  progi-amme  of  excursions,  invitations 
to  points  of  interest,  etc.,  as  arranged  by  the  local  committee,  at  St. 
Lotiis. 

A  paper,  subject,  "  The  Hudson  Kiver  Tunnel,"  by  Arthur  Spiel- 
mann  and  Charles  B.  Brush,  Members,  A.  S.  C.  E.,  was  then  read  by 
Charles  B.  Brush,  and  discussed  by  E.  S.  Chesbrough,  James  B.  Eads, 
James  B.  Francis,  Ashbel  Welch,  and  Charles  B.  Brush. 

A  jjaper,  subject,  "Location  of  the  Chimbote  Tunnels,  Peru,  1874- 
5,"  by  O.  F.  Nichols,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E.,  was  read  by  J.  J.  E.  Croes  ; 
the  Convention  then  adjourned. 

May  26th. — The  Convention  resumed  its  session  at  9  a.  m. 
A  paper,  subject,  •"  Tensile  Tests  of  Cement  and  an  Appliance  for 
more  accurate  Determinations,"  by  D.  J.  Whittemore,  Member  A.  S.  C. 
E.,  was  then  read  by  the  author,  and  discussed  by  M.  Coryell,  James- 
B.  Eads,  James  B.  Francis,  William  P.  Shinn,^  Ashbel  Welch  and  D.  J. 
Whittemore. 

A  paper,  subject,  "American  Cements,"  by  F.  O.  Norton,  Fellow  A. 
S.  C.  E.,  was  then  read  by  the  Secretary,  and  discussed  by  John  Bogart, 
E.  S.  Chesbrough,  James  B.  Francis,  J.  H.  Harlow,  W.  E.  Hutton,  Max 
E.  Schmidt  and  D.  J.  Whittemore. 

A  paper,  subject,  "Waterproof  Coverings,"  by  F.  CoUingwood, 
Member  A.  S.  C.  E.,  was  then  read  by  the  Secretary, 

A  paper,  subject,  "Web  Strains  in  Simple  Trusses,"  by  E.  Sweet,. 
Jr. ,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E. ,  was  then  read  by  the  Secretary. 

A  paper,  subject,  "  On  the  Crippling  Strength  of  Wrought-Iron 
Columns,"  by  C.  L.  Gates,  Junior,  A.  S.  C.  E.,  was  read  by  the  Sec- 
retary. 

Eeports  of  committees  being  called  for,  and  that  from  the  Committee 
on  Tests  of  American  Iron  and  Steel  being  in  order,  John  Bogart,  Sec- 
retary, said  : 

The  Chairman  of  that  committee.  Gen.  W.  Sooy  Smith,  is  now  in 
Europe.  As  Secretary  of  the  Society,  I  have  sent  to  each  member  of  the 
committee  a  note,  saying  that  it  would  be  called  upon  for  a  report  at 
this  Convention,  but  the  Secretary  has  received  no  report,  and  if  no 
member  of  the  committee  is  present  or  has  a  report  ready,  I  think 
proper  that  I  should  say  that  Gen.  Smith,  just  before  sailing,  informed 
me  that  his  efforts,  or  the  efforts  of  the  committee  in  regard  to  the  con- 
tinuance of  the  board  for  the  testing  of  American  Iron,  Steel  and  other 
metals  before  Congress,  had  not,  so  far,  been  successful,  and  that  there 
was  danger  that  the  resiilts  of  so  enormous  amount  of  labor  by  that  Com- 
mittee would  be  lost.  I  think  that  is  about  what  the  Chairman  of  that 
committee  would  say  if  he  were  here,  but  of  course  it  is  not  so  forcibly 
presented,  nor  in  so  vigorous  a  manner  as  Gen.  Smith  would  put  the 
case. 


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William  P.  Shinn  :— Gentlemen  of  the  Convention,  I  will  take  this 
occasion,  as  a  manufacturer  of  steel,  to  say  to  the  members  that  I  regard 
the  work  of  this  committee  as  one  of  the  very  greatest  importance  to 
American  engineering.  All  of  us  who  have  had  occasion  to  work  with 
iron  and  steel  know  that  we  have  been  working  with  material  about 
which  we  knew  very  little.  If  we  have  discovered,  from  time  to  time, 
various  phenomena  in  their  use  and  action  under  strain,  we  could  not 
tell  whether  these  phenomena  were  subject  to  any  law,  because  Ave  had 
not  made  sufficient  tests  to  define  any  law.  We  have  been  endeavoring 
to  use  a  material  manufactured  in  this  country  from  raw  materials  found 
in  this  country,  upon  formula  established  with  regard  to  material  manu- 
factured in  another  country  out  of  raw  materials  found  in  that  country, 
and  it  needs  no  argument  to  show  how  absurd  the  effort  was,  and  how 
unwise  it  was  to  expect  any  good  results.  From  which  I  repeat,  there- 
fore, it  is  of  the  utmost  importance  to  this  Society  that  every  member  of 
it  should  use  whatever  influence  he  may  have  with  members  of  Congress 
and  the  public  to  bring  about  a  restoration  of  this  board  for  testing 
American  iron  and  steel.  As  far  as  I  can  see,  it  is  only  by  that  means 
that  we  shall  arrive  within  any  reasonable  time  at  the  laws  which  govern 
the  manufacture  and  use  of  iron  and  steel  in  this  country. 

The  Vice-Chairman  called  for  a  report  of  the  Committee  on  "  Gauging- 
of  Streams." 

J.  J.  E.  Croes  (chairman  of  the  committee), — "  The  Committee  on 
Gauging  of  Streams "  has  no  written  report  to  make.  The  chairman 
can  only  state  that  some  one  hundred  letters  or  more  have  been  written 
to  members  of  the  Society  in  various  parts  of  the  country  during  the  past 
year  asking  for  the  gauging  of  streams,  specially  for  the  flood  water  dis- 
charge of  streams  in  places  where  there  were  reports  of  very  heavy  rains 
and  freshets.  Some  ten  replies  have  been  received,  but  in  none  was 
there  any  information  given. 

The  Vice-Chairman  next  called  for  a  report  from  the  special  com- 
mittee on  a  "  Uniform  System  of  Tests  of  Cements." 

Mr.  D.  J.  Whittemoke  (chairman  of  the  committee).— When  I  was 
notified  that  I  was  appointed  chairman  of  that  committee,  I  wrote  the 
other  members  of  the  committee  and  gave  topics  which  I  thought  proper 
for  us  to  consider  in  devising  a  uniform  system  of  tests,  but  have  had 
hardly  time  yet  to  receive  their  answers,  and  therefore  am  able  to  report 
only  progress. 

The  Vice-Chairman. — I  think  it  best  to  announce  that  all  these  special 
standing  committees  will  be  continued  unless  a  motion  is  made  for  their 
discharge. 

The  Secretary  then  read  the  report  of  the  Finance  Committee,  as 
follows  : 


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The  Finance  Committee  would  respectfully'  report  : 

That  on  entering  upon  their  term  of  office  they  carefully  compared 
the  accounts  of  the  Secretary  and  Treasurer  for  the  preceding  year,  in- 
cluding the  books  and  vouchers,  and  found  them  correct  and  correspond- 
ing with  the  annual  reports  of  those  officers  for  that  year,  to  which 
reports  your  committee  would  refer  for  a  hill  and  complete  statement  of 
all  the  receipts  and  expenditures,  together  with  the  assets  and  liabilities 
of  the  Society  at  the  commencement  of  the  present  fiscal  year. 

During  that  portion  of  the  present  year  already  passed,  a  larger 
expenditure  than  usual  has  been  made  for  printing  circulars  and  notices, 
and  postage  on  the  same  ;  also  in  putting  the  library  in  better  order  and 
making  catalogues  of  the  books. 

This  has  been  done  in  the  carrying  out  of  those  ideas  which  have  had 
for  their  object  the  increasing  of  the  usefulness  and  advancing  the 
interests  of  the  Society.  The  wisdom  of  this  is  already  manifested  by  a 
larger  increase  of  membership  and  more  general  interest. 

The  delinquency  which  still  continues  in  regard  to  the  i^ayment  of 
dues  may  Avell  claim  thoughtful  attention,  as  by  this  delinquency  our 
.finances  have  been  all  along  seriously  embarrassed,  and  we  have  been 
prevented  from  doing  many  things  which  would  have  added  to  our  pros- 
perity. It  is  hoped  that  the  dawn  of  better  times  now  upon  us  will  show 
that  it  was  not  a  lack  of  interest  and  want  of  a  disposition  to  pay  that 
has  kept  so  large  a  list  of  debtors  upon  our  books. 

While  circumstances  have  in  the  past,  and  still  do  render  it  necessary 
to  be  very  economical  and  prudent  in  our  expenditures,  we  feel  it  our 
duty  to  congratulate  the  Society  upon  its  present  increasingly  prosjierous 
financial  condition. 

Your  committee  feel  that  it  is  a  matter  of  great  importance  to  our 
future  prosiierity  that  suitable  permanent  quarters  be  obtained  for  the 
Society  at  as  early  a  time  as  they  can  be  secured,  without  embarrassment 
to  our  finances,  and  hope  the  movement  already  inaugurated  may,  in  its 
present,  or  some  modified  form,  result  in  placing  us  in  possession  of  a 
suitalile  building  at  an  early  date. 

In  conclusion,  we  would  congratulate  the  Society  upon  the  fact,  that 
financially,  and  in  every  other  respect,  this  Society  is  now  more  prosper- 
ous than  at  any  previous  time  in  its  history. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

W.  H.  Paike. 
Chairman  of  Finance  Committee. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  filed. 

The  Yice-Chairman  then  called  for  the  report  of  the  Committee  on 
the  Preservation  of  Timber. 

B.  M.  Hakeod  (chairman  of  the  committee). — I  can  only  report  that 
the  committee  has  met,  an  organization  has  been  effected,  and  the  com- 
mittee intends  to  continue  its  meetings  during  the  sitting  of  the  Conven- 
tion.    "We,  therefore,  simply  report  progress. 


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The  appointment  of  a  Nominating  Committee  was  then  considered, 
and  after  discussion,  it  was  determined  to  choose  the  committee  from 
nominations  made  representing  the  resident  members  at  New  York,  the 
Atlantic  States,  the  Lakes  and  Ohio  Valley,  the  Northwest  and  the 
Southwest. 

The  following  members  of  the  Society  were  appointed  as  a  Nom- 
inating Committee  : 

Theodore  Cooper,  of  New  York;  Frederick  Graff,  of  Philadelphia; 
William  E.  Merrill,  of  Cincinnati;  E.  S.  Chesbrough,  of  Chicago;  C. 
Shaler  Smith,  of  St.  Louis. 

The  Convention  then  adjourned. 

May  26th. — The  Convention  met  at  8  p.  m. 

The  Annual  Address  prepared  by  O.  Chanute,  Vice-President  of  the 
Society,  was  read  by  the  Secretary. 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  address,  it  was,  on  motion,  resolved,  that 
the  thanks  of  the  Convention  be  tendered  to  Vice-President  Chanute. 

The  Convention  then  adjourned. 

May  28th. — The  Convention  met  at  9  a.  m. 

A  paper,  subject,  "Ship  Canal  Locks,  Calculated  for  Operation  by 
Steam,"  by  Ashbel  Welch,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E.,  was  read  by  the  author. 

A  paper,  subject,  "Practical  Consequences  of  Variation  of  the  Wet 
Section  of  Rivers  under  General  and  Special  Conditions,"  by  Robert  E. 
McMatli,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E. ,  was  read  by  the  author. 

A  paper,  subject,  "Notes  on  the  South  Pass  Jetties,"  by  Max  E. 
Schmidt,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E.,  was  then  read  by  the  Secretary,  and 
additional  remarks  on  the  subject  were  made  by  James  B.  Eads. 

A  paper,  subject,  "Cheap  Transportation  versus  Rapid  Transit  and 
Delivery,"  by  M.  Coryell,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E.,  was  then  presented. 

A  paper,  subject,  "Wind  Pressure  against  Bridges,"  by  Ashbel 
Welch,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E.,  was  tlien  read  by  the  author,  and  discussed 
by  Robert  Briggs,  Theodore  Cooper,  James  B.  Eads,  James  B.  Francis 
and  C.  Shaler  Smith. 

On  motion,  it  was  resolved,  that  a  committee  be  apjiointed  to  corre- 
spond with  Gen.  A.  J.'Myers,  Chief  Signal  Officer,  U.  S.  A.,  on  the  sub- 
ject of  experiments  upon  wind  pressures,  and  Messrs.  C.  Shaler  Smith, 
Theodore  Cooper  and  Robert  Bi'iggs  were  appointed  as  such  committee. 

A  paper,  subject,  "The  Improvements  of  the  Harbor  of  Quebec,"  by 
J.  Vincent  Browne,  C.  E.,  was  presented  by  the  Secretary. 

Resohitions  of  thanks  were  jiassed  to  the  Local  Committee  at  St. 
Louis,   to   the   members  of  the   Engineers'  Club    of  St.  Louis,    to  the 

Note. — FFor  the  proceedings  at  the  business  meetiug  of  the  Society,  see  report,  page  49 
seq.] 


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various  organizations,  clubs,  firms  and  individuals  who  had  so  largely 
extended  courtesies  to  the  Society,  to  the  Western  Union  Telegraph 
Company  for  the  use  of  its  lines  for  social  and  domestic  telegrams,  and 
to  the  officers  of  the  various  railway  corporations  over  whose  lines  the 
members  had  traveled  en  roide  to  the  Convention. 
The  Convention  adjourned  sine  die. 

The  arrangements  made  by  the  Local  Committee  for  excursions  and 
visits  to  places  of  interest,  and  for  the  comfort  and  entertaiment  of  the 
visitors  to  the  Convention  were  very  complete.  The  Local  Committee 
was  composed  of  members  of  the  Society,  and  of  the  Engineers'  Club  of 
St.  Louis,  appointed  at  a  joint  meeting,  and  was  as  follows  :  Theodore 
Allen,  A.  H.  Blaisdell,  James  B.  Eads,  Henry  Flad,  Claude  Freeman, 
L.  M.  Johnson,  Eobert  E.  McMath,  E.  D.  Meier,  Robert  Moore,  Fred. 
Shickle,  W.  P.  Shinn,  C.  Shaler  Smith,  D.  W.  Wellmann,  Thomas  J. 
Whitmah. 

These  gentlemen  were  assisted  by  the  other  members  of  the  Special 

Committees  for  each  day. 

The  programme  was  illustrated,  and  handsomely  printed.  Its  details, 
apart  from  the  sessions  of  the  Convention,  are  as  follows: 


AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF  CIVIL  ENGINEERS. 

Twelfth  Annual  Convention-St.  Louis,  May  25,  20,  27,  and  28tli   1880. 

The  headquarters  of  the  Society  during  the  Convention  will  be  at  the 
Linden  Hotel.     The  Secretary's  office  will  be  in  Parlor  22. 

The  meetings  of  the  Convention  will  be  held  in  the  Washington  University, 
on  the  southwest  corner  of  Washington  avenue  and  Seventeenth  street. 

From  Linden  Hotel  take  yehow  cars  on  Washington  avenue. 

Members  of  the  Society  and  guests  of  the  Convention  will  please  report  to 
the  Secretary's  office  at  the  hotel  immediately  upon  arrival. 

The  following  named  railways  have  kindly  placed  specal  trains  at  the 
disposal  of  the  Convention  for  the  excursions  indicated  in  the  programme: 
The  Missouri  Pacific  Railway  ;  the  Wabash,  St.  Louis  &  Pacific  R^^i/way  ;  the 
St.  Louis,  Iron  Mountain  &  Southern  Railway  ;  the  St.  Louis,  A.  ct  T.  H.  K. 
R   Co   •  the  E   St.  L.  &  C.  R.  W.  and  the  Union  Transit  Co. 

'  The  various  manufacturing  establishments  named  in  the  programme  extend 
invitations  to  the  Convention  to  visit  and  inspect  their  works. 

The  St.  Louis  Club  also  extends  its  hospitalities  to  members  of  the  Con- 
vention. ,  ,     .„ 
Special  committees  for  each  day  are  designated  m  the  programme,  and  will 

be  recognized  by  red  ro.settes.  ' 

Members  of  the  Society,  and  guests  of  the  Convention,  will  be  provided 

with  special  badges.  .      , 

Tuesday,  May  25th. -The  Convention   wUl   assemble  at  the   ^^ashmgton 


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University  at  9:30  a.  m.  ;  adjourn  at  12  m.  ;  lunch  at  hotel  ;  leave  Union  Depot 
at  1:30,  bj'  Wabash,  St.  Louis  &  Pacific  Eailway,  and  arrive  at  St.  Charles  at 
2:15  p.  M.  ;  inspect  St.  Charles  Bridge  ;  leave  St.  Charles  at  2:45  p.  m.,  and  re- 
turn bj'  steamboat  ;  arrive  at  the  St.  Louis  AVater  Works  at  5:45  p.  m.  ;  leave 
Water  Works  at  C:30  and  land  at  the  Bridge  at  7  p.  m. 

Special  Committee  for  the  day. — C.  Shaler  Smith,  John  C.  Gault,  Thos.  J. 
Whitman,  A.  J.  Chaphe,  Thos.  McKissock. 

Wednesday,  May  26th,  St.  Louis  Engineers'  Chib  Day. — At  1  p.  m.  take 
steamer  Elon  G.  Smith,  at  foot  of  Washington  avenue  ;  lunch  on  the  boat  ; 
arrive  at  Vulcan  Steel  Works  at  2  p.  m.  ;  visit  Vulcan  Steel  Works,  Western 
Iron  Boat  Building  Co.,  Jupiter  Furnace  and  Missouri  Zinc  Works  until  3:45; 
at  this  point  the  excursion  will  divide  into  two  parties  ;  party  No.  1  will  take 
MissoTiri  Pacilic  liailroad  at  3:45  and  go  uia  Kirkwood  to  Cheltenham,  arriving 
at  4:45  ;  there  visit  St.  Louis  Smelting  Works  and  Laclede  Fire  Brick  Works 
and  leave  at  5:45,  arriving  at  Union  Depot  at  6  p.  m. 

Special  Committee. — Fred.  Shickle,  J.  H.  Maxon,  A.  A.  Talmage. 

Part}'  No.  2  will  leave  the  Zinc  Works  at  3:45  and  cross  the  river  on  the 
steamer  Elan  G.  Smith  to  the  Meier  Iron  Works  ;  at  4:30  leave  Meier  Iron 
AVorks  by  East  St.  Louis  &  Carondelet  Kaihvay,  and  go  to  National  Stock 
Yards. 

Special  Committee. — B.  Warren,  Chas.  Pfeiffer,  Wm.  Taussig,  Claude  Free- 
man, Jno.  W.  Conlogue. 

Thursday,  May  27th. — Excursion  to  Iron  Mountain,  Pilot  Knob  and  Crystal 
City.  Leave  Levee  and  Washington  avenue  at  7:30  a.  m.  on  the  St.  Louis, 
Iron  Mountain  &,  Southern  Railway  ;  arrive  at  Iron  Mountain  at  10:45  a.  m.  ; 
leave  Iron  Mountain  at  11:45  a.  m.  ;  visit  Pilot  Knob  12  to  1:20  p.  m.  ;  arrive  at 
Arcadia  at  1:30  p.  m.  Dinner.  Leave  Arcadia  at  2:10  p.  m.  ;  arrive  at  Crystal 
City  at  4:30  p.  m.  ;  leave  Crystal  City  at  6  p.  m.  ;  arrive  at  Washington  avenue 
at  7 :30  p.  m. 

Special  Committee. — E.  D.  Meier,  A.  W.  Soper,  |L.  M.  Johnson,  W.  P. 
Shinn,  J.  H.  Morley. 

Friday,  May  28th. — In  the  afternoon,  carriages  will  be  at  the  disposal  of 
members  to  visit  such  jDlaces  as  they  may  desire,  such  as  Shaw's  Garden,  Fair 
Grounds,  Merchants'  Exchange,  Cotton  Compress  Works,  American  Wine 
Co.'s  Cellars,  National  Stone  Block  Co.'s  Works,  Wood  Preserving  Works, 
&c.,  &c. 

Special  Committee.  — Chas.  A.  Smith,  Theodore  Allen,  A.  H.  Blaisdell. 

Subscription  Dinner  at  Masonic  Hall  at  7:30  p.  m. 

The  Committee  in  charge  of  the  Carriage  Excursion  of  Friday  the  2Sth, 
would  suggest  to  such  members  and  invited  guests  of  the  Society  as  have  no 
individual  preferences,  that  visits  may  be  made  to  the  places  named  below  by 
parties  as  follows  : 

No.  1. — Excursion  by  steamer  A.  A.  Humphreys,  through  the  kindness  of 
Capt.  Oswald  H.  Ernst,  U.  S.  Engineers,  at  2:30  (not  3h  p.  m.),  from  near  the 
foot  of  Washington  avenue,  to  the  Horsetail  Dyke,  where  may  be  seen  the 
latest  practice  in  the  improvement  of  Silt  Bearing  Rivers. 

Committee.— Capt.  0.  H.  Ernst,  D.  M.  Currie. 

No.  2.— Carriage  Excursion  at  2h  30m  p.  m.,  to  Pipe  Foundry  and  general 


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iron  works  of  Shiekle,  Harrison  &  Co.,  The  Harrison  Wire  Works,  Lafaj-ette 
Park,  Compton  Hill  Reservoir,  Shaw's  Garden,  Western  (W.  J.  Lemp's) 
Brewery. 

Committee.— Chas.  A.  Smith,  M.  L.  Hoi  man. 

No.  3. — Carriage  Excursion  at  2h  30m  to  the  Levee,  inspecting  one  or  more 
Typical  Western  River  Steamboats,  Peper  and  St.  Louis  Cotton  Compress 
Companies,  The  St.  Louis  Cotton  Mill,  Anhei;ser  Busch  Brewery. 

Committee. — Theodore  Allen,  J.  W.  Meier. 

No.  4.— Carriage  Exciirsion  at  2h  30m  to  The  St.  Louis  Lead  &  Oil  Works, 
The  Works  for  the  Preservation  of  Timber,  The  Laclede  Rolling  Mill,  The  St. 
Louis  Fair  Grounds,  The  American  Wine  Co. 

Committee.— A.  H.  Blaisdell,  P.  W.  Schaumleffel. 

Persons  desiring  to  go  to  places  other  than  above,  please  inform  the  Com- 
mittee for  Friday. 

A  pamphlet,  with  descriptions  of  matters  of  engineering  interest,  the 
l^arks,  public  works,  &c.  of  the  city,  together  with  a  map,  was  prepared 
and  presented  to  the  Convention. 

Special  facilities  were  provided  by  the  officers  of  the  St.  Lonis  Bridge 
for  an  examination  of  that  work  by  visitors  to  the  Convention  during 
their  stay  in  St.  Louis. 

On  Saturday,  May  29th,  a  number  of  those  who  had  attended  the 
Convention,  left  St.  Louis  and  proceeded  via  Kansas  City  to  Platts- 
mouth,  Neb.,  by  invitation  of  Geo.  S.  Morisou,  Member  of  the  Society, 
who  is  erecting  at  that  point  a  bridge  os^er  the  Missouri  river.  Oppor- 
tunity was  afforded  for  a  fall  examination  of  this  structure,  one  sj^an  of 
which,  400  feet  in  length,  had  just  been  erected. 

Both  in  going  to  the  Convention,  on  the  trip  to  Plattsmouth  and 
Omaha,  and  on  the  return  to  their  homes,  the  attendants  uiion  the  Con- 
vention were  afforded  by  the  railway  companies  special  accommodations  in 
travelling,  and  also  were  given  opportunities  for  examining  the  works  of 
engineering  interest  on  the  various  lines.  These  courtesies  were  so  ex- 
tended that  a  general  acknowledgement  of  them,  as  expressing  the  hearty 
appreciation  by  the  Society  of  these  attentions,  seems  more  appropriate 
than  to  attempt  to  publish  a  detailed  list  of  all  those  from  whom  such 
attentions  were  received. 


MINUTES  OF  MEETINGS  OF  THE  SOCIETY. 

May  19th,  1880.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.  John  C.  Campbell  in 
the  chair.  A  i^aper  by  T.  S.  Sedgwick,  Member  of  the  Society,  subject: 
"Suggestions  and  Notes  in  regard  to  a  New  Decimal  System  of  Weights 
and  Measures,"  was  read  by  the  Secretary,  and  discussed  by  Messrs. 
CoUingwood,  J.  C.  Campbell,  Emery,  Forney  and  Yardley. 


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May  2(3th,  IhSO. — [Meeting  of  the  Society  held  during  the  12lh  Annual 
Convention  at  St.  Louis.^  The  Society  met  at  9:30  p.  m.  Vice-President 
James  B.  Francis  in  the  chair. 

Tlie  Secretary,  in  accordance  with  the  direction  of  the  last  Annual 
Meeting,  j)  resented  for  discussion  the  following  suggestions  made  in  the 
last  report  of  the  Board  of  Direction  : 

"  It  has  been  suggested  by  a  number  of  members,  that  the  date  of  the  Annital  Meeting  is 
particularly  inconvenient,  coming,  as  it  does,  the  day  after  the  date  of  the  elections  in  quite  a 
number  of  States.  The  Secretary  has  been  informed  by  several  members  that  their  attendance 
at  that  day  would  be  inconvenient,  and,  in  some  cases,  impracticable,  and  a  change  in  the  date 
of  the  Annual  Meeting  might  be  discussed,  and  a  more  desirable  day  suggested. 

The  Board  suggests  that  the  fiscal  year  shall  end  on  December  31st  ;  that  the  Annual  Meet, 
ing,  election  of  officers  and  reception  of  reports  be  held  on  the  3d  Wednesday  of  January,  and 
that  the  term  of  office  should  begin  on  tlie  day  of  election. 

These  suggestions  were  discussed. 

The  death  of  Thomas  S.  Hardee,  -  Member  A.  S.  C.  E.,  of  New 
Orleans,  La.,  which  occurred  May  21st,  1880,  was  announced,  and 
Messrs.  B.  M.  Harrod,  B.  H.  Greene  and  Henry  B.  Richardson  were  ap- 
pointed a  committee  to  prepare  a  memoir  for  publication  in  the  Pro- 
ceedings. 

The  death  of  Max  Hjortsberg,  Member  A.   S.  C.  E.,  of  Chicago,  HI. 
which  occurred  May  16th,  1880,  was  announced,  and  Messrs.  W.  Katte, 
E.  S.  Chesbrough,  T.  C.  Clarke  and  Willard  S.  Pope  were  appointed  a 
committee  to  prepare  a  memoir  for  publication  in  the  Proceedings. 

The  provisions  of  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  regarding  nomina- 
tions, balloting  and  elections  to  membership  in  the  Society,  were  dis- 
cussed by  William  P.  Shinn,  C.  Shaler  Smith,  and  J.  J.  R.  Croes. 

The  following  preamble  and  resolution  were  offered  by  Charles  Mac- 
donald  : 

Whereas,  It  is  contrary  to  the  spirit  of  a  ReiDublican  form  of  Govern- 
ment to  constitute  and  educate  at  the  public  expense,  a  privileged  class 
of  engineers  in  military  service,  to  whom  alone  are  entrusted  the  design 
and  supervision  of  works  of  public  improvements,  to  the  exclusion  and 
prejudice  of  engineers  in  the  civil  service,  whose  education  has  not  been 
a  tax  on  the  public  treasury,  who  have  proved  themselves  perfectly  com- 
petent to  execute  works  of  the  greatest  magnitude  in  the  best  and  most 
economical  manner  ;  and 

Whereas,  The  United  States  has  adopted  a  policy  of  entrusting  the 
design  and  execution  of  works  constructed  at  the  expense  and  for  the 
benefit  of  the  general  i^ublic  to  engineers  of  the  United  States  army ; 
therefore,  be  it 

Resolved,  That  we  hereby  make  an  earnest  protest  against  the  in- 
justice thus  being  done  to  us  as  members  of  a  profession  ujjon  whom 
so  largely  depends  the  material  progress  of  our  country  ;  further,  that  a 
committee  of  seven  members  of  this  Society  be  apiiointed,  with  power  to 
act  in  the  premises,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  memorialize  Congress  for 
the  correction  of  this  great  wrong. 


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After  discussion  by  Charles  Macdonald,  J.  J.  R.  Croes,  Theodore 
Allen,  James  B.  Eads,  E.  S.  Chesbrough,  Theodore  Cooper  and  .Alex- 
ander DemiDster,  the  following  substitute  was  offered  by  J.  J.  R.  Croes  : 

Resolved,  That  a  committee  of  seven  be  appointed  to  preiiare  a 
memorial  to  Congress  asking  that  Civil  Engineers  may  be  placed  in  full 
charge  of  the  works  of  public  improvement  carried  on  at  Government 
expense  ;  such  memorial  to  be  submitted  to  the  Society  and  voted  on  by 
letter  ballot,  on  the  first  Wednesday  in  November. 

This  substitute  was  accepted  by  Charles  Macdonald,  the  mover  of  the 
original  resolution. 

After  discussion  by  Theodore  Allen,  J.  J.  R.  Crees,  Charles  Mac- 
donald, James  B.  Eads,  Robert  Moore,  William  R.  Hutton,  John 
Bogart,  John  Whitelaw,  C.  Shaler  Smith,  and  E.  S.  Chesbrough,  the 
resolution  was  adopted. 

Under  the  provisions  of  this  resolution,  the  following  committee  was 
appointed  :  Charles  Macdonald,  J.J.  R.  Croes,  Albert  Fink,  Thomas  C. 
Clarke,  Alexander  Dempster,  Henry  Flad,  Julius  E.  Hilgard. 

Suggestions  as  to  the  place  for  the  next  (13th)  Annual  Convention, 
were  made  by  various  members,  as  follows  :  St.  Paul,  Minn. ;  Milwaukee, 
Wis. ;  Washington,  D.  C. ;  Richmond,  Ya. 

June  2d,  1880. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.  Joseph  P.  Davis  in  the 
chair.  Ballots  Avere  canvassed,  and  the  following  candidates  declared 
elected  :  As  Members — William  M.  Hughes,  of  Cincinnati,  O.,  Charles 
Kellogg,  of  Athens,  Pa. ;  Henry  Manley,  of  Boston,  Mass.  As  Associate — 
Edward  Baumann,  of  Chicago,  111.  As  Juniors — Benjamin  L.  Crosby,  of 
Plattsmouth,  Neb. ;  William  Renschel,  of  Cleveland,  O. 


ADDITIONS   TO 


LIBRARY    AND     MUSEUM. 


From     AdiiuDistratiou     iles    Pouts    et 
C'haussees,  Piiris: 
IJst  of  Members  for  1880. 
Amjuls.    February  aud  March,  1880. 

From   Americau   Chemioal  Society,   P. 
CasKamajor,  Secretary ,  New  York: 
Journal  of  tlie  Society.     Vol.  1.     No.  12. 

From  Americau  lustitute  of  Mining 
Euaiueers,  Dr.  Thomas  M.  Drown, 
Secretary,  Eastou,  Pa.: 

Proceedings  of  tbo  Annual  Meeting  held  iu 
New  York.     February,  1880. 

Blast  Furuace  Working.     Julian  Kennedy. 

Notes  on  Battery  aud  Copper-Plate  Amalga- 
mation.    Kobert  H.  Richards. 

Notes  on  the  Blast  Furuace.    J.  M.  Hartman. 

The  Successful  Manufacturer  of  Pressed  Fuel 
at  Port  Uiohmond.  Philadelphia,  Pa.  K.  F. 
Loiseau. 

The  Claiborne  Group  and  its  remarkable  fos- 
sils.    Prof.  P.  H.  Mell,  Jr. 

The  Heat  of  the  Comstock  Lode.  J.  A. 
Church. 

The  North  Staffordshire  Coal  and  Iron  Dis- 
trict.    \Vm.  H.  Merritt. 

The  Mineral  Resources  of  Southwestern  Vir- 
s,'iuia.     C.  R.  Boyd. 

The  Puddling  Process— Past  aud  Present. 
Percival  Roberts,  Jr. 

Notes  on  the  Siemens  Direct  Process.  A  L 
Holley,  LL.D. 

From  American  Iron  and  Steel  Associa, 
tion.      James   M.   Swank,  Secretary- 
Philadelphia,  Pa. : 
Directory  to  the  Irou  and  Steel  Works  of  the 
United  States.      Corrected    to    March    15, 
1880. 

From  Argentine  Scienttfic  Society,  Don 
Edwardo  Aguirre,  Buenos  Ayres: 
Aualos.     February,  1880. 

From    Wm.    S.    Barbour,   Cambridge, 
Mass. : 
Mayor's  Ad>h'eRs  and  Annual  Reports  made  to 
the  City  aud  Council  of  Cambridge  for  1879. 
Anuual  Report  of  the  City  Engineer  of  Cam- 
bridge, for  year  ending  Nov-.  \iO,  1879. 
Fifteenth   .innual   Report  of  the  Cambridge 

Water  Board,  lor  1879. 
The  peiiticm  of  the  Mayor  of  Cambridge  for 
Annexation  of  a  part  of  Belmont.     Hearing 
before  the  Committee  on  Towns. 

From   Boston   Public    Library,  Mellen 
Chaniberlain.   Librarian  Boston: 
Bulletin  for  April,  1880. 

From   Boston   Society    of    Civil    Engi- 
neers, George  S.  Rice,  Secretary,  Bos- 
ton: 
Proceedings.     March,  1880. 
Main  Drainage  Works  at   Boston.      Eliot  C. 
Clarke. 


From  Bureau  of   Education,  Washing 
ton,  D.  C. : 
Circulars  of  Information  of  the  Bureau.    Nov. 
1.  1880.     College  Libraries  as  aids  to  instruc- 
tion. 

From  Wm.  H.  Burr,  Troy,  N.  Y. : 
Papers  read  before   the   Pi   Eta  Scientific  So- 
ciety.     Rensselaer    Polytechnic    Institute. 
1679-80. 

From   Hon.   Allan   Campbell,  Commis- 
sioner   Depaitment    Public    Works, 
New  York: 
Report  of  the  Department  for  Quarter  ending 
Dec.  31,  1879.     A  review  lor  the  year  1879. 

From  Francis  Collingwood,  New  Y''ork: 

Photograph  view  of  Two  Arches  ue.\t  in  rear 
of  Anchorage,  New  Y^ork  Approach  East 
River  Bridge,  3,3  ■  aud  34'  span.  Keystone 
8'  high.  Extreme  height  of  masonry,  74' 
above  ground.     Built.  1878. 

View  down  Frankfort  Street  from  Elevated  R. 
R.  Height  nearest  cap,  62'.  Size  of  cap, 
1() '  X  5  ■  V  2  • .     Built.  1878  to  1880. 

Cliff  Street  Arch,  New  York  approach  East 
River  Bridge,  Span,  51'. 8".  Clear  height, 
42'.     Built,  1879. 

Photograph  one-half  of  one  of  the  abutments 
at  Vandewater  Street,  showing  lightning 
Arches.  Built,  1879.  New  York  approach 
East  River  Bridge. 

Photograph  Skew-Arch  on  CherryStreet  front, 
and  view  through  one  of  the  anchorage  tun- 
nels. Built,  1878.  New  York  approach 
East  River  Bridge. 

Photograph  showing  Band  of  Brick  Work  iu 
Arches,  &c.  New  York  approach  East  River 
Bridge. 

From  George  W.  Dresser,  Editor,  Amer- 
ican Gas-Light  Journal,  New  York : 
Report  of  Proceedings  of  the  Annual  Meeting 
of  the  American  Gas- Light  Association. held 
at  Cincinnati,  Oct.  17,  1877,  and  at  New  York 
City,  Oct.  15,  1878. 

From  Capt.  James  B.  Eads,  St.  Louis, 

Mo.: 

Address  of  Mr.   James  B.   Eads   before   the 

House   Select  Committee  on   Inter-Oceanic 

Canals,  March  9,  1880,  in  reply  to  Count  F. 

de  Lesseps. 

From  Albert  H.  Emery,  New  Y'ork: 
Message   from   the   President  of  the   United 
States  transmitting  papers  in  the  case  of  A. 
H.  Etaery. 

From  Engineers'  Society  of  Western 
Pennsylvania,  James  H.  Harlow, 
Secretary,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.: 

The  Alleghany  River.     Thomas  P.  Roberts. 

The  Metric  System.     William  Kent. 

The  Tay  Bridge.     A.  Gottlieb. 


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From  James  T.  Gardner,  Albany,  N.  Y. : 
■Special  report  of  New  York  Survey  on  the 
Preservation  of  the  Sceueryof  Niagara  Falls, 
aud  Fourth  Annual  Report  on  the  Triangu- 
latiou  of  the  State.  James  T,  Gardner, 
Albany.  1880. 

From  Charles  O.  Gleim,  Cologne,  Ger- 
many : 
Zeitsohrift   fur  Bankunde.      Parts  I,  II,  III 
and  IV.     1879. 

From    Samuel    BI.    Gray,    Providence, 
R.  I.: 
Aunual  Report  of  the  City  Engineer  of  Prov- 
idence. 
Fourth  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Water 
Commissioners  of  the  City  of  Providence. 
From  Wm.   Ham   Hall,  San   Francisco, 
Cal. : 
Report  of  the  State  Engineer  of  California  for 

1879.  Wm.  H.  Hall. 

From   Institution   of    Civil  Engineers, 
James  Forest,  Secretary,  Loudon: 
The  Thames  Steam  Ferry  between  Wapping 

and  Kotherhithe.     Frederic  E.  Duckham. 
Tunnel    Outlets    from     Storage    Reservoirs. 
Charles  J.  Wood. 

From   Institution   of  Mechanical  Engi- 
neers, Walter   R.   Browne,  Secretary, 
London : 
Transactions.    January,  1880. 

From  David  Kirkaldy,  London: 
Letter  from  David  Kirkaldy  to  the  Members 
of  the  Research  Committee   of  the   Institu- 
tion of  Mechanical  Engineers.     January  28, 

1880.  (Coi)ie8  lor  distribution.) 

Letter  from  David  Kirkaldy  to  the  President, 
Council  aud  Members  of  the  Institution  of 
Mechanical  Engineers.  April  8,  1880. 
(Copies  for  distribution.) 

From  Louis  H.  Knapp,  Buft'alo,  N.  Y.  : 
Map  showing  Territory  to   be  drained  by  the 
Ferry  aud  Bird  Ave.  Receiving  Sewer.   Buf- 
falo, N.  Y. : 

From  ilassachusetts  Institute  of  Tech- 
nology, BoFton: 
Fifteenth  Aunual  Catalogue  of  the  Institute. 
1879-80. 

From   Midland  Institute,  Mining,  Civil 
aud  Mechanical  Engineers,  Barnsley, 
Euglaud: 
Transactions.      December,   1879.      February 
and  March,  1880. 

From  Prof.  Mansfield  Merriman,  Beth- 
lehem, Pa.: 
Register  of  the  Lehigh  University  for  1879- 
80. 

From  Minister   of  Public  Instruction, 
Paris : 
Catalogue  of  the  Ministry  of  Pubiic  Instruc- 
tion.    Universal  Exposition  at  Paris,  1878. 
Parts  1,  2  and  3.     (French.) 
Part  1.     Catalogue  of  Library  of  Corps  of 
Instructors. 
Part  2.   Section  1.     Theses.     Publications 
of  the  Ministry.     Subscriptions.     Aca- 
demic Library.     Books  and  Archives. 
Part  2.     Section   11.      Scientific  Voyages 
and  Missions.   Exhibits  as  to  Theatrical 
Representation. 
Part  3.     Section  I.     Advanced  Education. 
Part  3.    Section  II.     Elementary  Educa- 
tion. 
Belgian    Section.       Paris    Exposition,    1878. 
Official  Catalogue  of  the  Works  of  Art  and 


Products    of    Industry     and   Agriculture. 
(French.) 

From  Prof.  W.  Ripley  Nichols,  Boston  : 
Sanitary  condiiion  of  Schoolhouses.     Boston, 
Mass.    Prof.  W.  Ripley  Nichols. 

From  North  of  England  Institute  Min- 
ing and  :Mechauical  Engineers,  Theo. 
Wood  Buuuiug,  Secretary,  Newcastle- 
on-Tyne,  England; 
Transactions.      November    and     December, 
1879. 

From   Charles   Paine,   Gen.  Sup't  L.  S. 
and  M.  S.  R.  R.,  Cleveland,  Ohio: 
Twelfth  Annual  Report,  Cleveland,  Columbus, 
(  inciunati  and   Indianapolis  Railway  Com- 
pany.    Cleveland,  1880. 
Tenth  Annual    Report  Lake  Shore  and  Mich- 
igan Southern  Railroad.     Cleveland,  1880. 
Annual   Report    Minneapolis  and  St.   Louis 
Railway  Company.    Minneaiiolis,  1880. 
From  Steven  C.  Pierson,  W.  Moriden, 
Conn.: 
Annual  Reports  of  the  several  departments  of 
the  City  of  Meriden,  for  the  years  1878  and 
1879. 
Second  Annual  Report  of  the  State  Board  of 
Health  of  Massachusetts  for  the  fiscal   year 
ending  November  30,  1878. 

From  Ernest  Pontzeu,  Paris: 
Les    Chemins  de   fer    devant  le   Parlement. 
L'exploitation  par  I'etat  et  par  I'industrie 
privee.     M.  Emile  Level.     Paris,  1880. 
Die    Alternativ- Trassen     der     Arlbug-Bahn. 
Wilhelm  von  Nordling.     Vienna,  1879. 

From  Publishers    Revue  Generale  des 
Chemins     de     fer,    Edgar   Monjean, 
Secretary,  Paris: 
,  Revue  Generale  des  Chemins  de  fu.  January, 
■1880. 

From  Moncure  Robinson,  Philadelphia, 
Pa.: 
Obituary  Notice  of  Mitchel  Chevalier.     Mon- 
cure Robinson. 

From  School  of  Mines,  Columbia  Col- 
lege, New  York: 
School   of  Mines   Quarterly.     Vol.    I.,  No.  4. 
May,  1880. 

From    Sidney    F.    Shelbourne,     New 
York: 
A  Comparative  View  of  the  Panama  aud  San 
Bias  Routes  for  an  Interoceanic  Canal.     S. 
F.  Shelbourne.     (4  copies.] 
San  Bias  Route,  Interoceanic  Ship  Canal.     S. 
F.  Shelbourne.     (3  copies.) 

From  Societie  des  lugenieurs  Civils.  M. 
Mallet,  Secretary,  Paris: 
Memoirs.     January  and  February,  1880. 

From   Spielmaun  and  Brush,  Hoboken, 
N.  J.: 
Scientific  American  and  Supplement  of  May  8,' 
1889.     Containing  an   account  of  the  Pro- 
gress of  Work  on  Hudson  River  Tunnel. 

From  United  States  Association  of  Char- 
coal Iron  Workers,  John  Birkinbine, 
Secretary,  Harrisburg,  Pa. : 
Journal    of   the    Association,     No.   1,   April, 
1880. 

From  United  States  Naval  Observatory, 
Washington,  D.  C. : 
A  Subject- Index  to  the  Publications  of  the  U. 
S.  Naval   Observatory,   1845-1875.     Edward 
S.  Holden. 


From   Gen.  Horatio  G.  Wright,  Chief 
of  Jhiyiueers,  Washiugton,  D.  C. : 

Annual  Report  on  the  Improvement  of  the 
South  Pass  of  Mississippi  Kiver,  June  30, 
1879.  Capt.  M.  K.  Browne.  (Copies  for 
distribution.) 
Eeport  of  Survey  of  Month  of  Red  River, 
La.,  with  maps.  Maj.  W.  H.  H.  Benyaurd. 
(2  copies.) 
Report  of  Survey  of  Mississippi  River,  near 
Lake  Concordia,  La.,  and  Cowpen  Bend, 
Miss.,  looking  to  the  protection  of  the  har- 
bors of  Natchez  and  Vidalia.  Maj.  W.  H. 
H.  Benyaurd.     (2  copies.) 

Letter  from  Chief  of  Engineers  covering 
copy  of  report  from  Ma.j.  S.  M.  Mansfield, 
of  the  result  of  are-survey  of  Trinity  River, 
Tex.,  from  its  mouth  to  the  bridge  of  the 
Great  North- rn  Railroad,  made  in  accord- 
ance with  the  River  and  Harbor  Act  of 
March  3,  187i).     (2  copies.) 

Letter  from  the  Chief  of  Engineers  in  rela- 
tion to  the  bills  now  before  Congress  to 
confirm  the  survey  of  the  Pueblo  of  San 
Francisco,  suggesting  certain  amendmeuts. 
(2  copies.) 

Report  in  regard  to  the  Improvement  of  San- 
\lu8ky  River,  below  Fremont.  Ohio,  giving 
estimate  of  cost  of  same.  Maj.  J.  M.  Wil- 
son.    (2  copies.) 

Communication  from  Chief  Engineers  rela- 
tive to  a  bill  entitled  "  A  Bill  to  confirm  the 
survey  of  the  Pueblo  of  San  Francisco." 
(2  copies.) 

Report  of  Survey  of  I)an  River  from  Clarks- 
ville  to  Danville,  Va.  S.  Thayer  Abert.  (2 
copies.) 

A  copy  of  Report  upon  Survey  of  Mobile 
Harbor,  Alabama.  Capt.  A.  N.  Dami-ell. 
(2  copies.) 

A  Report  upon  Survey  of  the  harbor  of  Mo- 
bile.    Capt.  A.  N.  Damrell.     (2  copies.) 

Copies  of  Reports  of  Pamunkey  and  Archer's 
Hope  Rivers,  Va.,  of  Lockwood's  Folly  and 
Waccammaw  Rivers,  North  Carolina;  and 
of  Pee  Dee  River,  South  Carolina.  Capt. 
C.  B.  Philips.     (2  copies.) 

Copy  of  Report  of  Surveys  of  York  River  and 
of  Lynn  Haven,  Link  Horn  and  Broad 
Bays,  Virginia.  Capt.  C.  B.  Philips.  (2 
copies.) 

Report  of  Survey  of  Kankakee  River,  in  In- 
diana and  Illinois.  Maj.  J.  A.  Smith.  (2 
copies.) 

Report  of  Survey  of  Green  River  and  its 
tributaries.  Muddy  and  Barren  rivers,  Ken- 
tucky.    Col.  Wm.  E.  Merrill.     (2  copies.) 

Papers  relative  to  the  payment  of  first  install- 
ment of  compensation  to  Mr.  James  B. 
Eads  for  maintenance,  of  channel  at  South 
Pass,  Jlississippi  River,  October  30,  1879. 
(Copies  f(ir  distribution.) 

Report  of  the  Board  of  Engineers  on  the  Im- 


provement   of    the    Wisconsin    River.     (3 
copies.) 

Report  of  Committee,  on  Railways  and  Canals 
(H.  R.)  to  obolish  all  tolls,  on  the  Louisville 
and  Portland  Canal.     (2  copies.) 

Information  relative  to  the  Improvement  of 
the  Harbor  at  Grand  HaveE,  Mich.  Maj. 
F.  Hanwood.     (2  copies.) 

Report  of  Examinations  and  Surveys  made 
in  compliance  with  River  and  Harbor  Act, 
of  Naticoke  River,  Delaware  and  Maryland ; 

Broad  Creek,  Northeast  River,  Tuckahoe 
Creek,  Slaughter  Creek  and  Cabin  Creek, 
Maryland,  andChincoteague  Inlet,  Virginia. 
Maj.  W.  P.  Craighill.     (2  copies.) 

Report  upon  the  Improvement  of  Alton  Har- 
bor, together  with  a  map  of  the  Mississippi 
River  in  that  vicinity.  Col.  J.  H.  Simpson. 
(2  copies.) 

Report  of  an  Examination  and  Survey  of 
Gasconade  River,  from  its  mouth  to  Vienna, 
in  Marie's  Co.,  Missouri.  Maj.  C.  II.  Suter. 
(2  copies.) 

A  Report  of  the  Survey  of  the  Connecticut 
River  below  Hartford,  Conn.  Gen.  G.  K. 
Warren,     (2  cojiies,)    ; 

Report  in  relation  to  Inland  Water  Routes 
from  Norfolk,  Va.,  to  the  Atlantic  Ocean, 
south  of  Cape  Hatteras,  &c.  Capt.  C.  B. 
Philips.     (2  copies.) 

Report  of  the  Survey  of  AUegheney  River 
from  French  Creek  to  Olean,  N.  Y.  Col 
Wm.  E.  Merrill.     (2  copies.) 

From  De  Volson  Wood,  Hoboken,  N.  J.: 

Quarternions.  Prof.  De  Volson  Wood.  Vol. 
III.,  No.  3.     May,  1880. 

From  Frank  W.  Whitlock.  W.  Newton, 
Mass. : 

Canal  do  Nicaragua.  Expose  de  la  Question. 
M.  Felix  Belly.     Paris.    1859. 

From     Lucien     N.    B.    Wysc,     Paris, 
France : 

Raj^ports   sur  les   Etudes  de  la  Commission 
Internationale    d'exploration    de    I'lsthme 
American.     L.  N.  H.  Wyse,  Armand  Reclus, 
P.  Sosa.     Paris,  1879. 
From  other  sources : 

The  American  Catalogue.  Author  and  Title 
Entries  of  Books  in  print  and  for  sale  (in- 
cluding reprints  and  importations)  July  1, 
1876.     Lynd  E.  Jones.     New  York.    1880. 

Library  Journal.     Vol.  V.,  Nos.  3  and  4. 

Bernard  Quaritch's  letter  to  General  Starring. 

Jan.  14,  1880. 
Report  of  Special    Committee    of   Board    of 
■Trade   of  San    Francisco    on    Interoceanic 
Canal      San  Francisco.     1880. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Engineer  and  Manager 

Toronto  Water  Works,  for  1879. 
L'Etat  et  les  Chemins  de  fer  en   Angleterre. 
Lettre  addresse  Commission  des  jinnals  da 
Fonts  el  Cliaussees  par  Ch.  de  Franqueville. 


ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


The  following  resolutions  were  adopted  at  Twentieth  street,  one  door  east  from  Fourth 

the  Ninth  Annual  Convention  of  the  Society,  avenue,   and  near  the   southwest  corner  of 

and  ordered  printed  regularly  in  the  Society  Grammercy  Park.  It  is  open  from  nine  o'clock 

publications  :  a.m.  to  five  o'clock   p.m.  each   business  day, 

Whereas,  the  metric  system  of  weights  and  except  Saturday,  when   it  is  closed  at  three 

measures   is  now  extensively  used   abroad,  o'clock  p.m. 

and  whereas  it  is  desirable  that  the  relation  The  Library  and   Conversation  Rooms,  will 

of  the  units  of  the  differing  systems  be  made  also,  for  the  present,  be  open  every  Wednes- 

familiar  to  all  by  comparison :  day  evening  from  ly^,  to  10  P.  M.,  and  during 

the  cooler  months  every   Saturday  evening. 

Resolved,  That  members  be  requested,  in  ^^^^  ^^^  ,j^g  ^^^^  ^^^^^^^    ^j^^  ^^^^^^  ^j^  ^^^ 

papers  hereafter  presented  to  the  Society,  to  ^^^  ^^^  ^ve^^ut  be  open  on  Thursday  evenings, 

yrite,  in  parenthesis,  weights  or  dimensions  ^^^^^,^,,^  ^re  invited  to   avail  themselves  of 

by  the  metric    system,   in    connection   with  ^^^  opportunities  afforded  on  these  evenings, 

those  of  the  system  in  general  use.  ^^^1^  ^^^  consultation  of  books  and  periodicals 

The  House  of   the   Society  is   at  104  East  and  for  conversation. 


LIST    OF    MEMBERS. 


ADDITIONS. 
HONORARY    MEMBERS. 

Date  of  Election. 

Dirks,  Ju.stin Chief  Engineer  "  Waterstaat  "  and  the 

Canal  from  Amsterdam  to  the  Sea, 

Amsterdam,  Holland June  2,  i88o. 

Weber,  Max  Maria,  Baron  Von.  .Imperial   Councillor,    15erlin, 

Germany June  2,  iSSo. 


Currie,  David  McN Assistant  U.  S.  Engineer,   404  Market 

St.,  St.  Louis,  Mo May  5,  1880. 

Defrees,  Morris  M 29  Court  House,  Indianapolis,  Ind.. .  .May  5,  1880. 

Hughes,  Wiu.iam  M.  ..  .Assistant    City   Engineer,    Cincinnati, 

Ohio June  2,  18S0. 

Kellogg,  Charles (Kellogg  &  Maurice),  Athens,  Bradford 

Co.,  Pa June  2,  1880. 

MacNaughton,  James . . .  Albany,   N.  V May  5,  1880. 

Manlev,    Henry T. Assistant  City  Engineer,  Boston,  Mass. June  2,  1880. 

Morse,   Henry  G Morse  Bridge  Co.,  Youngstown,  Ohio.  April  7,  1880. 

Robinson,  Albert  A.  . .  .Chief  Engineer  Atchinson,  Topeka  and 

Santa  Fe  Railroad,  Pueblo,  Col May  5,  iSSo. 


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Smith,  Charles  A Washington  University,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  April  7,  18S0. 

TlNTORER,  Jose  Giberga. Union  7  pr.,   Barcelona,  Spain May  5,  1880. 

WEn<,  Charles  G Assistant  U.  S.  Engineer,  24  East  Tenth 

St.,  New  York  City,  N.  Y May  5,  1880. 

YoNtiE,  Samuel  H Assistant  U.S.  Engineer,   P.  O.   Box 

26,  St.   Charles,  Mo May  5,  1880. 

ASSOCIATES. 

Baumann,  Edward Architect,     59      Metropolitan     Block, 

Chicago,  111 June  2,  1880. 

Belcher,  Gkokce  W.  C,  .Belcher  Sugar  Refining  Co.,  St.  Louis, 

Mo May  5,  1 880. 

Burr,  William  H (Elected  Junior,  June  3,  1874),  Renns- 

selaer    Polytechnic    Institute,    Troy, 

N.  Y May  5,  1880. 

JUNIOR. 

Crosby,  Beniamin  L Assistant  Engineer, Plattsmouth  Bridge, 

Plattsmouth,  Neb June  2,  1880. 


changes  and  corrections, 
members. 

Allen,  C.  Frank Engineers'  Office  A.',  T.  and  S.  F.  RR.,  Pucl.Io,  Col- 
orado. 

AuCHiNCLOSS,  William  S.209  Church  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Baxter,  George  S 209  East  Eighteenth  St.,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Belknap,  Morris  S Corner  Eighth  and  Oak  Sts.,  Louisville,  Ky. 

Davis,  Joseph  P Room  23,  Western  Union  Building,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Durham,  C.  Wheeler.  . .  154  Michigan  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

Earley,  John  E Locating  Engineer,  A.  and  P.  RR.,  Albuquerque,  N.  M. 

Greenwood,  William  II.  Care  of  Santiago  Lohse,  4  Calle  de  vSan  Manuel,  City  of 
Mexico,  Mexico. 

Katte,   Walter Chief  Engineer    Midland   Improvement   Co.,    20  Nassau 

St.,  Room  5,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Low,  GoRiiAM  P.,  Jr Care  of  St.  Paul  Union  Depot  Co.,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Marsland,  Edward Sing  Sing,  N.  Y. 

Newton,  William  H 490  Webster  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

Noble,  Alfred Sault  Ste.  Marie,  Mich. 

Osgood,  Joseph  O Milton,  Mass. 

Rotch,  William Jamaica  Plain,  Mass. 

Sedgwick,  Thomas  S.  . .  .Rockport,  Aransas  Co.,  Texas. 

Shreve,  Samuel  H 31  East  Thirty-first  St.,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Striedinger,  Julius  H.  .85  East  Tenth  St.,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Unthank,  a.  W Tucson,  Arizona. 

Walling,  Henry  F 98  Trowbridge  St.,  Cambridge,  Mass. 

Warfield,  Albert G.,  Jr. Oakdale,  Florence  P.  O.,  Howard  Co.,  Md, 


)6 


JUNIOR. 

Reevp:s,  David 410  Walnut  St.,  riiiladelphia,  Ta. 


DECEASED. 

Hardee,  Thomas  S New  Orleans,  I-a.  (Elected  Member  April  4,  1877)  ;  died 

May  21,  1880. 
IIjORTSREKG,  Max Chicago,  111.  (Elected  Member  November  22,  1872)  ;  died 

May  16,  1880. 
Ford,  Arthur  L Panama,   C.  A.  (Elected  Associate  November  6,  1872)  ; 

died  May  30,  1880. 


American  ^ocieb  o|  |;ml   Iniginem. 


PROCEEDINOS. 


Vol.  VI.— July,    1880. 
»  ♦   ^ 

MINUTES     OF     MEETINQS 

(Abstractof  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  inembers.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 

June  16th,  1880.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.  Vice-President  Chan- 
ute  in  the  Chair. 

The  death  of  Arthur  L.  Ford,  Associate  A.  S.  C.  E.,  which  occurred 
at  Panama,  May  30th,  1880,  was  announced,  and  Messrs.  M.  N.  Forney, 
O.  C!hanute  and  Charles  Macdonald  were  appointed  a  committee  to  pre- 
pare a  memoir  for  publication. 

A  paper  by  Martin  Coryell,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E.,  subject  "Cheap 
Transportation  versus  Eapid  Transit  and  Delivery,"  was  read  by  the 
author,  and  discussed  by  Messrs.  Chanute,  Coryell,  Dresser,  Forney, 
Macdonald,  North,  Strang  and  von  Weber. 

July  7th,  1880.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.  Ashbel  Welch  in  the 
Chair. 

The  provisions  of  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  regarding  nomina- 
tions, balloting  and  elections  to  meml)ership  in  the  Society,  together 
with  suggested   modifications   of   these   provisions,  were  discussed  by 


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William  Metcalf  (by  letter),  and  by  Messrs.  Andrews,  Baxter,  Bogart, 
Cooper,  Croes,  North,  Welch  and  Yardley. 

The  election  to  Honorary  Membership  and  the  acceptance  of  their 
election  by  John  Ericsson,  of  New  York,  Justin  Dirks,  of  Amsterdam, 
Holland,  and  M.  M.  Baron  von  Weber,  of  Berlin,  Germany,  was 
announced. 

Ballots  were  canvassed,  and  the  following  candidates  declared  elected: 
As  Members — Smith  S.  Leach,  Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  St.  Louis, 
Mo. ;  John  A.  Ockerson,  St.  Louis,  Mo. ;  William  N.  Radenhurst  (elected 
Junior  July  7th,  1.S75),  Rochester,  N.  Y. ;  Hart  Vance,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
As  Associate — Henry  B.  Hammond,  New  York.  As  Juniors— Stephenson 
Waters  Fox,  St.  Louis,  Mo. ;  Ellis  B.  Noyes,  Boston,  Mass. 

OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION. 

June  9th,  1880. — Aijplications  Avere  considered.  Action  was  taken 
as  to  Members  in  arrears.     Approi^riations  were  made. 

July  13th,  1880.  —Applications  were  considered.  Under  the  provis- 
ions of  Section  1  of  the  By-Laws  the  further  meetings  of  the  Society 
during  the  months  of  July  and  August  were  directed  to  be  susj^ended. 
The  rooms  of  the  Society  will  be  open  during  these  months  each  Wed- 
nesday evening  from  7 :30  to  10  o'clock. 


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Indianapolis,  Ind.      8vo.  lUus.   Yohn  Bros.  Baird  de  Co.     $1.00. 
$4.00, 

Steam   Ent,'ine  :    Corliss   Engino    and   Allied  Water  Analysis  for  Sanitary  Purposes.     With 

Steam    Motors,   working  with    or    without  Hints  for  tlie  Interpretation  of  Results.     E. 

Automatic  Expansion-gear  ;    including   the  Faukland.       l'hilad?lphia.      l'2mo.       lUus. 

most  approved  Designs  of   all   Countries,  ,  I'resley  Blakiston.     $1.00. 
with  .special  reference  to  the  Steam  Engines 

of   the   Paris   International    Exhibition    of  Water  and  Gas  Works.     Remarks  on  the  Ra- 

1878.     Translated   from  the  German  of  W.  tings    of.      Josepli   Quick,     Jr.      London. 

H..Uhland,  by  A.  Tolhausen,  C.  E.     In  two  8vo.    Illus.     Spous.  New  York.  $1.00 
vols.     4to,   and   Atlas  of  about   60    Photo- 

lithogi'aphed   Drawings.      London.     Spou.<!,  Wire  Gauge  :  Birmingham  Wire  Gauge.     Cor- 

New  York.    $32. Ou.  I'ect  values  of  the  Birmingham  Wire  Gauge 

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tions,  by  F.  W.  Bacon.     New  York.     12nio.  „,.,„,.„               „ 

Illus.     Van  Noslrand.     $1.00.  -—;  English  Wire   Gauge  :   With   des- 

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Steel  :  Its    History,    Manufacture   and   TTses  London.     8vo.     Spous,  Nexv  York.     $100. 
J.   S.   Jeans,   Sec.  Iron   and   Steel    lust,  of 

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Illus.     Spous,  i\ew  lurk.     $14.50.  Society  of  Telegraph  Engineers  on  the  Birm- 

Tin verse     Tables  :     Traverse     Tables     com-  ingham    Wires   Gauge,    by   C.    V.    Walker  ; 

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Degree  of  Angle,  up  to  100  of  Distance,  for  Birmingham  Gauge.      And  on  the  Birming- 

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Gurdon.     Loudon.     Folio,     GriJJin.     308.  dou.     8vo.  pp.  39.    Spou.     Is. 


THE    NORMAN    MEDAL. 


CODE  OF  KULES   FOR  ITS  AWARD. 

I.— Competitioii  for  the  Norman  Medal  of  the  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers  shall  be  restricted  to  Members  of  the  Society. 

II. — There  shall  be  one  gold  medal,  and  only  one,  struck  for  each 
and  every  fiscal  year  of  the  Society,  and  awarded  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided. The  dies  therefor  shall  be  with  the  Superintendent  of  the 
United  States  Mint  at  Philadelphia,  in  trust  exclusively  for  the  above 
purpose.  Such  medal  shall  be  of  a  cost  equal  to  the  annual  interest 
received  ujion  $1  000  of  the  Consolidated  Stock  of  the  City  of  New 
York,  Certificate  No.  179,  of  the  additional  new  Croton  Aqueduct  Stock 
of  the  City  of  New  York,  authorized  by  an  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  Chap.  230,  jaassed  April  15th,  1870,  dated  November 
17th,  1873,  now  held  in  trust  by  the  Treasurer  of  this  Society,  and  so 
held  solely  for  this  purpose,  and  shall  be  executed  upon  his  order. 

III. — All  original  })apers  presented  to  the  Society  by  members  of  any 
class,  during  the  year  for  which  the  medal  is  awarded,  shall  be  oijen  to 
the  awards,  provided  that  such  paj^ei's  shall  not  have  been  previously 
contributed  in  whole  or  in  part  to  any  other  association,  nor  have 
appeared  in  print  prior  to  their  publication  by  the  Society,  nor  have  been 
presented  to  the  Society  in  any  previous  year. 

IV. — The  Board  of  Censors  to  award  the  Medal  shall  consist  of  three 


61 

members  of  the  Society,  to  be  desiguated  by  the  Boanl  of  Direction. 
The  Secretary  of  the  Society  shall  act  as  Secretary  to  the  Board  of 
Censors. 

v.— The  medal  shall  be  awarded  to  such  paper  as  the  said  Board  shall 
judge  to  be  worthy  of  special  commendation  for  its  merits  as  a  contribu- 
tion to  Engineering  Science,  not  merely  relatively  as  compared  with 
others  presented  during  the  same  year,  but  as  exhibiting  the  science, 
talent  or  industry  displayed  in  the  consideration  of  the  subject  treated 
of,  and  for  the  good  which  may  be  expected  to  result  from  the  discussion 
and  the  inquiry. 

^I-— 111  ti'i-se  no  paper  presented  during  the  year  shall  be  deemed  of 
sufficient  value  to  receive  an  award,  the  amount  of  the  interest  of  the 
fund  for  that  year  shall  be  expended  by  the  Board  of  Direction  in  the 
purchase  of  ^books,  to  be  offered  as  a  premium  for  the  second  best  paper 
in  the  next  year  in  which  more  than  one  paper  of  sufficient  value  may  be 
presented. 

VII- —The  medal  year  shall  terminate  on  the  first  day  of  August,  and 
the  award  shall  be  announced  at  the  Annual  JNIeeting  in  November. 

VIII- —The  Treasurer  of  this  Society  shall  cause  the  medal  to  be 
prepared  and  delivered  to,  or  deposited  to  the  order  of,  the  successful 
competitor,  within  two  months  after  the  Annual  Meeting  at  which  the 
same  shall  have  been  awarded. 


ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


The  next  regular  meeting  of  the  Society  will  Eesolvecl,  That  members  be  requested,  in 

be  held  Wednesday,  September  7th,  1880,  at  papers   hereafter  presented  to  the  Society,  to 

8  P.  M.     A  paper  by  J.  Vincent  Browne,  C.  E.,  ^rite,  in  parenthesis,  weights  or  dimensions 

on    the    Harbor    Improvements    of    Quebec,  by  the  metric    system,   in    connection   with 

Canada,  will  be  read  and  discussed.  those  of  the  system  in  general  use. 

During  July  and  August  the  Society  rooms  The  House  of   the   Society  is   at  104  East 

will  be  open  as  usuid  during  the  day,  and  also  Twentieth  street,  one  door  east  from  Fourth 

on  each  Wednesday  evening  from  T}i  to    10  avenue,   and  near   the   southwest  corner  of 

°  "'°cl^-  Grammercy  Park.  It  is  open  from  nine  o'clock 

The  following  resolutions  were  adopted  at  ''''^-  *°  ^""^  °'°^°''^  ^•'^-  ^""^  lousiness  day. 

the  Ninth  Annual  Convention  of  the  Society,  ^^"""^^  Saturday,  when    it  is  closed  at  three 

and  ordered  printed  regularly  in  the  Society  °''"°''''  ''•'^• 

publications  :  The  Library  and  Conversation  Rooms  will 

also,  for  the  present,  be  open  every  Wed7ies- 

Whereas,  the  metric  system  of  weights  and  day  evening  from   T'^',  to  10  p.  m.     Members 

measures   is   now    extensively   used   abroad,  are  invited  to  avail  themselves  of  the  oppor- 

and  whereas  it  is  desirable  that  the  relation  tunities  afforded  on  Wednesday  evenings  both 

of  the  units  of  the  differing  systems  be  made  for  consultation  of  books  and  periodicals  and 

familiar  to  all  by  comparison :  for  conversation. 


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LIST    OF    MEMBERS. 

ADDITIONS. 
HONORARY  MEMBERS. 

Date  of  Election. 
Ericsson,  John 36  Beach  St.,  New  York  City,  N.  Y.  .October  2,  1879. 


CHANGES    AND   CORRECTIONS. 

Cogswell,  William  B 41  McBride  St.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

CoPELAND,  George  M 24  Park  Place,  Room  17,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Harding,  Henry. Care  of  Richmoncl  and  Southwestern  Railway,  Pcaris- 

burg,  Giles  Co.,  Va. 

Moore,  Charles  E Care  of  Crane  Bros.  Mfg.  Co.,  Chicago,  111. 

NicoLLS,  William  J General  Office  Long  Island  Railroad,  Long  Island  City, 

N.  Y. 
RoTCH,  William Consulting  Engineer  and  Purchasing  Agent,  Mexican 

Central    Railway    Company,  87    Milk    St.,  Boston, 

Mass. 
Seymour,  Charles Chief    Engineer    Lookout    Mountain   Railroad    (from 

Chatanooga,  Tenn.,  to   Rome,    Ga.),   Chatanooga, 

Tenn. 
Stearns,  Frederick  P Ass't  Engineer  Improved  Sewerage  Works,  Atlantic, 

Mass. 


^nierican    mtki^  of  :^;tiil    |nflinem 


(f    . 


PROOEEOIN^aS. 


Vol.  VI. — August,    I 


ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


The  next  regular  meeting  of  the  Society  will 
be  held  Wednesday,  September  7th,  1880,  at 
8  p.  M.  A  paper  bj  J.  Vincent  Browne,  C.  E., 
on  the  Harbor  Improvements  of  Quebec, 
Canada,  will  be  read  and  discussed. 

During  July  and  August  the  Society  rooms 
will  be  open  as  usual  during  the  day,  and  also 
on  each  Wednesday  evening  from  7}j  to  10 
o'clock. 

The  following  resolutions  were  adopted  at 
the  Ninth  Annual  Convention  of  the  Society, 
and  ordered  printed  regularly  in  the  Society 
publications  : 

Whereas,  the  metric  system  of  weights  and 
measures  is  now  extensively  used  abroad, 
and  whereas  it  is  desirable  that  the  relation 
of  the  units  of  the  differing  systems  be  made 
familiar  to  all  by  comparison : 
4 


Resolved,  That  members  be  requested,  in 
papers  hereafter  iiresented  to  the  Society,  to 
ivrite,  in  parenthesis,  weights  or  dimensions 
by  the  metric  system,  in  connection  with 
those  of  the  system  in  general  use. 

The  House  of  the  Society  is  at  104  East 
Twentieth  street,  one  door  east  from  Fourth 
avenue,  and  near  the  southwest  corner  of 
Grammercy  Park.  It  is  open  from  nine  o'clock 
A.M.  to  five  o'clock  P.M.  each  business  day, 
except  Saturday,  when  it  is  closed  at  three 
o'clock  P.M.   * 

The  Library  and  Conversation  Rooms  will 
also,  for  the  present,  be  ojien  every  Wednes- 
day evening  from  l}i,  to  10  p.  m.  Members 
are  invited  to  avail  themselves  of  the  oppor- 
tunities afforded  on  Wednesday  evenings  both 
for  consultation  of  books  and  periodicals  and 
for  conversation. 


04 
THE    NORMAN    MEDAL. 

CODE  OF  EULES   FOR  ITS  AWAED. 

I.— Competition  for  the  Norman  Medal  of  the  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers  shall  be  restricted  to  Members  of  the  Society. 

II. — There  shall  be  one  gold  medal,  and  only  one,  struck  for  each 
and  every  fiscal  year  of  the  Society,  and  awarded  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided. The  dies  therefor  shall  be  with  the  Superintendent  of  the 
United  States  Mint  at  Philadelphia,  in  trust  exclusively  for  the  above 
purpose.  Such  medal  shall  be  of  a  cost  equal  to  the  annual  interest 
received  upon  $1  000  of  the  Consolidated  Stock  of  the  City  of  New 
York,  Certificate  No.  179,  of  the  additic>nal  new  Croton  Aqueduct  Stock 
of  the  City  of  New  York,  authorized  by  an  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  Chap.  230,  passed  April  15th,  1870,  dated  November 
17th,  1873,  now  held  in  trust  by  the  Treasurer  of  this  Society,  and  so 
held  solely  for  this  purpose,  and  shall  be  executed  upon  his  order. 

III.— All  original  papers  presented  to  the  Society  by  members  of  any 
class,  during  the  year  for  which  the  medal  is  awarded,  shall  be  open  to 
the  awards,  provided  that  such  papers  shall  not  have  been  previously 
contributed  in  whole  or  in  part  to  any  other  association,  nor  have 
appeared  in  print  prior  to  their  publication  l)y  the  Society,  nor  have  been 
presented  to  the  Society  in  any  previous  year. 

IV. — The  Board  of  Censors  to  award  the  Medal  shall  consist  of  three 
members  of  the  Society,  to  be  designated  by  the  Board  of  Direction. 
The  Secretary  of  the  Society  shall  act  as  Secretary  to  the  Board  of 
Censors. 

V. — The  medal  shall  be  awarded  to  such  paper  as  the  said  Board  shall 
judge  to  be  worthy  of  sjDCcial  commendation  for  its  merits  as  a  contribu- 
tion to  Engineering  Science,  not  merely  relatively  as  compared  with 
others  presented  during  the  same  year,  but  as  exhibiting  the  science, 
talent  or  industry  disjjlayed  in  the  consideration  of  the  subject  treated 
of,  and  for  the  good  which  may  be  expected  to  result  from  the  discussion 
and  the  inquiry. 

VI. — In  case  no  paper  presented  during  the  year  shall  be  deemed  of 
sufficient  value  to  receive  an  award,  the  amount  of  the  interest  of  the 
fund  for  that  year  shall  be  expended  by  the  Board  of  Direction  in  the 
purchase  of  books,  to  be  offered  as  a  premium  for  the  second  best  paper 
in  the  next  year  in  which  more  than  one  paper  of  sufficient  value  may  be 
presented. 

VII. — The  medal  year  shall  terminate  on  the  first  day  of  August,  and 
the  award  shall  be  announced  at  the  Annual  Meeting  in  November. 

VIII. — The  Treasurer  of  this  Society  shall  cause  the  medal  to  be 
prepared  and  delivered  to,  or  deposited  to  the  order  of,  the  successful 
competitor,  within  two  months  after  the  Annual  Meeting  at  which  the 
same  shall  have  been  awarded. 


65 

ADDITIONS  TO 

LIBRARY     AND     MUSEUM. 


From    Aclmiuistration    des    Pouts     et 
Chansees,  Paris: 
Annaes.     April  and  May,  1880. 

From  American  Chemical    Society,   P. 
Cassamajor,  Secretary,  New  York: 
Journal  of  the  Society.      Vol.  II.,  Nos.  1,  2, 
and  3. 

From  American  Institute  of  Architects, 
H.  M.  Congdon,  Secretary,  New 
York;  i 

Proceedings  of  Thirteenth  Annual  Conven- 
tion, held  in  New  York,  November  19th  and 
20th,  1879. 

From  American  Iron  and  Steel  Associa- 
tion,   .James    M.    Swank,    Secretary, 
Philadelphia; 
Annual  Report  of  the  Secretary  for  1879. 

From    C.    A.    Angstrom,      Stockholm, 
Sweden: 
Handbok  for  Berakuing  och  Byggnad  af  Tur- 
blner    och    Turbin-Pumpar.       Stockholm, 
1880. 

From  Argentine  Scientific  Society,  Don 
Eduardo  Aguirre,   Secretary,  Buenos 
Ay  res: 
Anales.     February,  April  and  May,  1880. 

From  Charles  E.  Bilhn,  Philadelphia: 
On  the  Grothard  Railroad.      Charles   E.  Billin 
(5  coisies.) 

From  Boston    Society    of  Civil  Engi- 
neers,   Fred'k     Brooks,     Librarian, 
Boston: 
Proceedings.     April,  1880. 

From  G.  Bouscaren,  Cincinnati,  Ohio: 
Report  on  the  progress  of  work  and  cost  of 
completing  and  maintaining  the  Cincin- 
nati Southern  Railway.  G.  Bouscaren, 
Cincinnati,  1880.  (Copies  for  distribu- 
tion.) 

From  Robert  Briggs,  Philadelphia: 

The  Decimal  Gauge.  Robert  Briggs.  Phila- 
delphia, 1880. 

From  Francis  Colliugwood,  New  York : 

Specifications  for  Steel  Wire  Ropes  for  the 
Over-Floor  Stays  and  Storm  Cables  of  the 
East  River   Suspension  Bridge.     1880. 

Specifications  for  Steel  Suspenders,  Connect- 
ing Rods,  Stirrups  and  Pius  for  the  East 
River  Suspension  Bridge.     1880. 

Specifications  for  the  Construction  of  a 
Bridge  on  the  Hue  of  the  East  River 
Bridge  across  Franklin  Square,  in  ihe  City 
of  New  York.  June,  1880.  (Several 
copies.) 

From  Commissioners  of  Second  Geo- 
logical Survey  of  Pennsylvania.  Wm. 
A.  Ingham,  Secretary.     Philadelphia: 
Report  of  Progress  in   Indiana  County.     W, 

G.  Piatt.  Harrisburg,  1878. 
The  Geology  of  Lawrence  County.  A  special 
Report  on  the  Correlation  of  the  Coal 
Measures  in  Western  Pennsylvania  and 
Eastern  Ohio.  I.  C.  White.  Harrisburg, 
1878.  ° 

The  Geology  of  Mercer  County.  I.  C.  White, 
Harrisburg,  1880. 


The  Permian  or  Upper  Carboniferous  Flora 
of  West  Virginia  and  Southwestern  Penn- 
sylvania. Wm.  M.  Fontaine  and  I.  C. 
White.     Harrisburg,  1880. 

From     Joseph    P.     Cotton,     Newport, 
R.  I.: 
Lithograph  Map   of  the   Battlefield  of    Five 
Forks. 

Prom  J.  James  R-  Croes,  New  York: 
A  Table   of  general   information  concerning 
the  Water  Works  of  the  Uuited  States  and 
Canadas.     C.  G.  Hildreth,  l.ockport,  1878. 
From   Dyckerhott'  and  Sohue,  Amijeu- 
burg,  Germany: 
Proceedings   of  the   General    Convention  of 
the  German    Society  of    Cement   Manufac- 
turers and  the  Sessions  of   the  Society  of 
Manufacturers   of    Bricks,    Hollow    Ware, 
Lime  and  Cement,  February  5th,    6th  and 
7th,  1880.     (German.) 

From  Capt.  James  B.  Eads,  St.  Louis: 
The   preliminary   report  of    the   Mississippi 
River  Commission. 

From   Engineer  Department,  U.  S.  A., 
Washington,  D.  C. : 
Report    upon    the    Blasting    Operations    at 
Lime  Point,   Cal.,   in   1868  and  1869.     Col. 
George  H.  Mendell. 

From  M.  N.  Forney,  New  York: 
Improved  Tank  Locomotives.     M.  N.  Forney. 

From  Hiram  F.  Hills,  Boston; 
Experiments  upon   Piezometer   used  in  Hy- 
draulic    Investigations.      Hiram  F.  Hills, 
Boston,  1878. 

From  Institution  of  Civil    Engineers, 
.James  Forrest,  Secretary,  London : 
Minutes  of  Proceedings.     Vol.  LIX. 
Abstracts    of    papers   published    in  Foreign 
Transactions  and  Periodicals        Vol.   LX. 
Session  1879-80.     Part  II. 
Excerpt  Minutes  of  Proceedings.     Edited  by 
the  Secretary,  as  follows : 

The  use  of  Asphalt  and  Mineral  Bitumen 
in  Engineering.     William  H.  Delano. 

Bridge  over  tha  Monougahela  River  at 
Port  Perry,  Pa.     Joseph  M.  Wilson. 

Fire  Hydrants,  with  description  of  one 
in  use  at  Halifax,  N.  S.  Edward  H.  Keat- 
ing. 

Fixed  and  Movable  Weirs.    L.  F.  Vernon 
Harcourt. 
Movable  Dams  in  Indian  Weirs.      Robert 

B.  Buckley. 

Dredging  operations  on  the  Danube  be- 
tween Pressburg  and  Gonyo,  in  Hungary. 
Murray  Jackson. 

The  River  Nile.    Benjamin  Baker. 

Iron  and  Steel  at  Low  Temperature. 
John  J.  Webster. 

The  Theory  of  Modern  American  Sus- 
pension Bridges.     Celeste  Clericetti. 

The  regulation  of  the  Waters  of  the  Jura. 

C.  de  Gralfenried. 

New  Zealand  Light-houses.  John 
Blackett. 

From  L.  J.  Le  Coute,  Oakland,  Cal.: 


66 


Eeport  of  the  State  Engineer  of    California 
for  1879.     William  Ham  Hall. 

From   Wm.  H.  McFadden,  Chief  Engi- 
neer     Water      Department,      Phila- 
delphia: 
Annual  Report  of  the   Water  Department  of 
Philadelphia  for  1879. 

From  McGill  College  and  University, 
Montreal ; 
Annual  Calendar.     Session  1880-81. 

From    Simon   Newcomb,  Superintend- 
ent American  Ephemeris,   Washing- 
ton, D.  C: 
A  Transformation  of  Hansen's  Lunar  Theory 
compared  with  the   Theory   of  Delaunay. 
Simon  Newcomb.    Washington,  1880. 

From  Gen.  John  Newton,  Corps  of  En- 
gineers U.  S.  A.,  New  York: 
Annual  Report  on  the  removal   of  obstruc- 
tions  at  Hell   Gate.     Gen.   John    Newton. 
Washington,  1877. 

From    New    York    Meteorological   Ob- 
servatory,   Daniel   Draper,    Director, 
Central  Park,  New  York: 
Abstracts  from   Self-Recordiug  Instruments. 
April  and  May,  1880. 

From  Edward  P.  North,  New  York: 
Reports  of  the    Executive    Committee     and 
Treasurer  of   the   New  York  Bridge  Com- 
pany, Brooklyn,  1872. 
Report    of    Chief  Engineer    of    East     River 
Bridge  on  Prices  of  Materials  and  estimated 
cost  of  the  Structure.     June  28,  1S72. 
Pneumatic  Tower  Foundation    of    the    East 
River    Suspension     Bridge.       New    York, 
1872. 
Report  of  Board  of  Consulting  Engineers  ap- 
pointed to  recommend  a  plan   for  the  New 
Y'ork   and    Long  Island    Bridge  across  the 
East  River  at  Blackwell's  Island. 
Memoir  of  the  Iron  Bridge  over  the  Missouri 
Kiver  at  St.  Joseph,  Mo.  Built  in  1871-2-3. 
A  method  of  constructing  Bridge    Piers  and 
the    substructure   of    Wharves    or     other 
Harbor  Works.      S.   B.    Cushing.       Provi- 
dence, R.  I.,  1870. 
Calculation  of  Strain  on  Members  of  Girders 
continuous  over  Supports.     Prof.  Charles 
A.  Smith.     St  Louis,  1873. 
The  effects  of  High  Atmospheric  pressure,  in- 
cluding the  Caisson  Disease.     A.  H.  Smith, 
M.  D.     Brooklyn.  1873. 
Bullion      Its  production  and  use.     Compiled 
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LIST      OF      MEMBERS 


ADDITIONS. 


MEMBER. 

Date  of  Election. 
OCKERSON,  John  A U.  S.  Assistant   Engineer,  2828  Wash- 
ington Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo T^ily  7>  1S80. 


JUNIORS. 

Fox,  S.  Waters. U.  S.  Assistant  Engineer,  135 1  Wash- 
ington Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo July  7,  18S0. 

NoYES,  Ellis  B U.    S.    Naval    Station,    New    London, 

Conn July  7.  1S80. 

Reuschel,  William Assistant   Engineer,  Cleveland    Bridge 

and  Car  Works,  Cleveland,  Ohio.  .June  2,  1880. 


CHANGES    AND   CORRECTIONS. 


Nicholson,  George  B  ...Chief  Ass't.  Engineer  Knoxville  and   Cincinnati  South- 
ern Railway,   Knoxville,  Tenn. 

Pearsons,  Galen  W Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Schmidt,  Max  E U.  S.  Ass't.  Engineer,  404  Market  St.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Stephens,  Clinton  F.  . .  .Chief  Engineer  Texas  and  St.  Louis  Railway,  Tyler,  Tex. 
Walling,  Henry  F U.  S.  Coast  and  Geodetic  Survey,  Washington,  D.  C. 


juniors. 


Glaskin,  Edwin  E 52  Queen  Victoria  St.,  London,  England. 

Horton'  Sani-ord Engineer  Dep't.  N.  M.  and  S.  P.R.  R.,  Silver  City,  N.  M. 


I^KOCEEDIISraS. 


Vol.  VI. — September,    1880. 


MINUTES     OF     MEETINGS. 

(Abstractof  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 

September  1st,  1880. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.  Charles  H.  Has- 
Tvell  in  the  Chair. 

The  death  of  James  A.  Hay  ward,  Member  A.  8.  C.  E.,  waS'  an- 
nounced. 

A  paper  by  J.  Vincent  Browne,  C.  E.,  on  the  "Quebec  Harbor  Im- 
provements," and  a  paj^er  by  L.  G.  F.  Bouscaren,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E., 
on  "Experiments  on  Wrought  Iron  Columns,"  were  read. 

The  Committee  on  a  Memorial  to  Congress  respecting  the  employ- 
ment of  Civil  Engineers  on  National  Public  Works,  asked  through  the 
Chairman,  C.  Macdonald,  for  an  extension  of  the  time  for  i^reparing  the 
memorial,  which  was  granted,  and  the  date  for  the  ballot  on  the  memorial 
was  fixed  at  January  5th,   1881. 

Ballots  were  canvassed,  and  the  following  candidates  were  declared 
elected  :  As  Members — Eobert  Ballard,  of  Queensland,  Australia  ;  John 
F.  Barnard,  of  St.  Joseph,  Mo. ;  Eedmond  J.  Brough,  of  Toronto, 
Canada  ;  Cyrus  B.  Coaastock,  U.  S.  Army,  Detroit,  Mich.  ;  James  L. 
Frazier,  of  Morehead,  Ky. ;  Robert  B.  Stanton,  of  Madisonville,  O. 

OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION. 

August  3d,  1880.  —  Applications  for  membershi^D  were  considered. 
The  Secretary  and  Treasurer  presented  list  of  members  in  arrears  for 
dues,  and  Form  C  was  ordered  to  be  sent  to  all  such.  Appropriations 
■were  made.  Leave  of  absf-nce  was  granted  to  the  Secretary  for  six  weeks, 
and  the  Treasurer  was  requested  to  act  as  Secretary,  pro  tern.  James  B. 
Francis,  Thomas  C.  Clarke  and  Charles  Hermany  were  appointed 
Censors  to  award  the  Norman  Medal. 


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DISCUSSION, 

At  tlie  regular  meeting  held  duriug  the   Annual  Convention  Maj 
26th,  1880  (page  49,  Proceedings,  July,  1880),  on 

THE  MODE  OF  ELECTING  MEMBERS. 

W.  P.  Shinn.— The  fourth  article  of  the  Constitution,  provides  thafl 
civil,  military,  geological,  mining  and  mechanical  engineers,  architects 
and  other  persons  who  by  profession  are  interested  in  the  advancement 
of  science,  shall  be  eligible  for  admission  in  their  appropriate  class. 
There  are  other  sections  which  provide  what  the  particular  requirements 
are  of  eligibility  to  the  position  of  member  and  of  associate,  respect- 
ively ;  and  there  is  another  section  that  provides  that  ballots  shall  be 
taken  to  decide  whether  or  not  the  persons  who  are  recommended  as  mem- 
bers of  this  Society  shall  be  allowed  to  become  members,  and  I  take  it, 
that  under  our  Constitution,  it  is  a  right  that  belongs  to  every  engineer 
described  in  this  section  to  become  a  member  of  this  Society  in  his 
appropriate  class,  if  he  comes  within  the  description  of  tliis  section,  and  of 
the  other  sections  which  describe  the  qualification  for  each  class.  Some- 
two  years  ago  I  recommended  to  the  membership  of  this  Society  a 
gentleman  who  has  been  for  about  thirty  years  a  member  of  this  profes- 
sion, who  has  practiced  in  the  various  branches  of  the  profession,  but 
principally  in  the  coustruction  and  management  of  railroads,  during 
nearly  the  whole  of  that  thirty  years,  and  who  has  attained  the  position 
of  general  manager  of  a  company  controlling  nearly  a  thousand  miles  of 
railroad  ;  the  application  of  that  gentleman  was  brought  before  the 
Board  of  Direction,  was  considered  by  them,  was  approved  by  them,  and 
his  name  was  sent  out  to  be  balloted  for.  At  that  time  our  Constitution 
provided  that  three  negative  votes  should  exclude,  and  the  gentleman 
received  precisely  three  negative  votes  ;  they  thought  possibly  there 
was  some  mistake,  and  a  second  ballot  was  had  upon  the  same  applica- 
tion, with  the  same  result,  there  were  precisely  three  negative  votes. 
Recently,  within  the  past  two  months,  the  name  of  this  same  gentleman 
has  been  again  presented,  and  again  balloted  for,  but  the  change  in  our 
Constitution  having  made  it  necessary  for  five  negative  votes  to  exclude, 
I  understand  there  were  six,  and  this  gentleman  was  excluded  from  mem- 
bership by  sis  negative  votes.  Now,  of  course,  every  member  of  this 
Society  has  a  right  to  cast  a  negative  vote,  and  I  take  it  that  that  right 
applies  to  negative  votes  cast  for  professional  considerations,  and  not  for 
social  or  merely  unfriendly  reasons  ;  I  do  not  know  the  names  of  the 
members  who  cast  negative  votes  in  the  case,  and  I  do  not  want  to  know 
them  ;  I  am  told  that  the  names  are  known,  or  are  believed  to  be  known, 
but  I  have  no  desire  to  know  them;  but  it  has  appeared  to  me,  and  it  has 
appeared  to  some  other  members  of  the  Society  with  whom  I  have  con- 
versed upon  the  subject,  and,  indeed,  my  attention  was  called  to  the 


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matter  by  other  members,  that  the  reasons  for  the  exclusion  of  that 
gentleman  from  membership  wei'e  not  professional  reasons, 
that  to-day  he  is  as  fully  entitled  to  membership  of  this  Society  as  I  am, 
and  I  know  of  no  reason  why  he  should  not  be  a  member  of  this  Society; 
I  know  of  no  reason  that  comes  within  the  prohibitions  of  our  Constitu- 
tion, and  if,  as  has  been  thought,  and  indeed,  alleged,  that  one  or  all  of 
those  negative  votes  were  cast  for  social  and  personal  reasons,  an  injustice 
has  been  done.  First,  to  the  gentleman  against  whom  the  ballot  was 
cast ;  second,  to  the  members  of  this  Society  who  recommended  that 
gentleman  ;  and  third,  and  worst  of  all,  to  the  Society  itself.  This 
Society  cannot  afford  to  stand  on  so  narrow  a  basis  that  any  social  or 
personal  reasons  can  keep  out  of  it  any  man  whose  professional  attain- 
ments entitle  him  to  membershiii.  There  are  in  every  city  of  any  size 
social  clubs,  and  a  gentleman  has  a  perfect  right  to  black-ball  an  appli- 
cant for  social  reasons  ;  if  he  don't  see  proper  to  associate  with  the  ap- 
plicant it  is  his  right  to  black-ball  him  ;  to  say  that  he  does  not  wish  to 
meet  him  at  the  club  ;  but  I  take  it,  Mr.  President,  this  is  no  such 
place,  and  that  no  member  in  this  Society  has  any  right  to  cast  a  nega- 
tive vote  against  any  applicant  for  any  reasons  of  that  character.  Now,  my 
object  in  calling  attention  to  this  matter  was  not  to  find  fault  with  those 
gentlemen  who  cast  those  negative  votes,  far  otherwise  ;  what  I  wished 
to  do  was,,  to  call  the  attention  of  .the  Society  to  the  fact  that  the  votes 
cast  against  this  applicant  have  indicated  that  our  present  mode  of  elec- 
tion is  not  satisfactory  ;  that  it  is  not  going  to  answer  for  the  future 
welfare  of  the  Society.  Probably  the  best  point  that  can  be  taken  against 
it  is  this,  that  at  present  there  is  nobody  responsible  for  any  one  who  is 
an  applicant  failing  to  become  a  member  of  this  Society.  The  Board  of 
Direction  have  tried,  before  the  names  of  the  applicants  are  brought  up 
for  ballot,  to  canvass  the  subject,  to  make  such  inquiries  as  they  think 
proper,  and  if  any  member  choose  to  write  them,  and  state  reasons  why 
a  person  known  to  him  to  be  an  applicant  should  not  become  a  member, 
the  Board  will  undoubtedly  take  it  into  consideration,  and  after  the  Board 
has  passed  on  the  subject,  and  has  decided,  as  far  as  they  knoAV,  that 
an  ajaplicant  is  eligible,  and  is  a  proper  person  to  be  balloted  for,  then,  if 
that  i^erson  does  not  become  a  member,  there  is  nobody  responsible  ; 
the  parties  who  say  he  shall  not  become  a  member  are  anouymous  ;  you 
cannot  put  your  finger  on  them  ;  you  cannot  find  out  in  any  regular  way 
what  their  reasons  are,  and  as  our  Constitution  now  stands,  you  have  no 
right  to  ask,  and  I  submit,  that  that  is  not  a  safe  founda- 
tion for  us  to  rest  upon.  I  propose,  therefore,  between  this  and  the 
time  of  the  next  annual  meeting,  within  the  proper  time,  as  required  by 
the  Constitution,  to  submit  an  amendment  to  the  Constitution  which 
shall  provide  in  substance,  that  applications  for  membership  shall  go  be- 
fore the  Board  of  Direction,  and  that  a  circular  shall  be  issued  by  the 
Secretary,  stating  that  at  a  certain  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Direction,  at 


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least  thirty  days  ahead,  the  application  will  be  considered  by  the  Board  ; 
that  the  Board  at  that  meeting  shall  decide  whether  or  not  that  applicant 
shall  become  a  member  ;  then  all  will  know  who  is  responsible  if  a 
proper  man  is  rejected,  while  every  member  of  the  Society  will  have  an 
opportunity  to  give  the  Board,  through  any  of  its  members,  any  reasons 
of  a  professional  nature  which  exist  against  the  applicant  becoming  a 
member. 

I  would  suggest,  as  one  of  the  possibilities  under  the  present  state 
of  our  Constitution  in  regard  to  an  election,  that  it  is  within  the  power 
of  any  five  members  of  this  Society  now  to  say  that  this  Society  shall 
not  have  any  more  members  ;  I  do  not  wish  to  say,  or  even  to  intimate, 
that  there  are  any  five  members  who  would  combine  for  that  purpose, 
but  I  simply  say  it  is  in  the  i30wer  of  any  five,  not  only  in  their  power, 
but,  as  far  as  the  forms  of  our  Constitution  are  concerned,,  it  would 
seem  to  be  their  right,  although  I  claim  that  that  is  not  the  fact  ;  that 
on  the  other  hand,  I  believe  an  applicant,  if  he  is  eligible,  and  has  the 
proper  qualifications  professionally,  has  a  right  to  be  a  member 
of  this  Society.  I  wish  to  bring  the  subject  before  this  large-  Conven- 
tion, in  order  that  when  the  amendment  to  the  Constitution  is  presented, 
that  members  will  all  understand  its  bearing  ;  that  it  is  not  brought  up 
now  with  any  reference  to  the  particular  person  who  has  thrice  been  re- 
jected by  the  Society  ;  that  case  is  the  test  that  has  called  attention  to 
the  subject,  and,  as  I  believe  myself,  as  well  as  some  other  members 
with  w^hom  I  have  conversed,  we  are  not  on  the  right  path  ;  we  must  re-, 
trace  our  steps. 

I  will   say  right   here   that  I    urged   most  strongly  the    adoption-. 
of  the   present  mode   of  balloting  for  applicants,  but  I  have  repented. 
I  believe  it  was  a  mistake,  and  I  propose  to  signify  my  repentance  by 
oflfering  the  amendment  to  the  Constitution  I  refer  to. 

C.  Shaler  SinTH. — I   would  state   in  relation   to   what    Mr.    ghinn 
has  so  well  stated,  the  evil  has  been  larger  probably,  and  of  a  greater , 
extent,  than  perhaps  we  are  aware  of  ;  I  have  in  my  hand  a  letter  from 
a  member  in  New  York  who,  in  speaking  of  questions  to  be  brought  up 
before  this  meeting,   states  :    "  Then  another  question  which  should  be. 
discussed  is  the  matter  of  admission  of  members  ;  it  is  well  known  that , 
a  clique  has  been  formed  to  prevent  the  admission  of  members,  to  black- j 
ball  certain   prominent   members   well  worthy  of    admission  into   the  ^ 
Society,   because  of  personal  antipathy,  etc."      This  comes  from  New. 
York  ;  I  learn  to-day  also  from  a  member  from  Cincinnati,  that  a  similar  ^ 
case   has   occurred   there,    where   a   man   thoroughly  well   knoAvn  and 
thoroughly  fit  for  admission  to  the  Society,  has  been  black-balled  in  a 
similar  manner. 

Like  Mr.  Shinn,  I  was  one  of  those  who  strongly  advocated  the 
present  mode,  but  I  think  the  best  method  of  correcting  the  present  evil 
is  this,  no  man  having  a  desire  to  black-ball  a  member  of  this  Society 


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should  be  afraid  to  acknowledge  that  fact,  and  over  his  own  signature 
give  his  reasons  therefor.  I  think  the  Constitution  should  take  this 
shape  ;  allow  the  ballot  to  stand  as  it  is,  and  provide  in  the  amendment 
to  the  Constitution  that  members  desiring  to  l:)lack-ball  shall,  over  their 
own  signature,  give  their  reasons  for  so  doing  ;  and  then,  that  the  Board 
of  Direction  shall  correspond  with  those  members,  and  ascertain  the 
facts  or  data  that  they  have  to  give  in  investigating  the  qtiestion,  and  if, 
in  their  own  opinion,  the  charges  are  not  sustain^-d,  that  the  black-balls 
be  thrown  out,  and  considered  as  a  vote  not  cast ;  I  believe  that  will  give 
US  a  solution  of  the  question,  and  enable  the  Board  of  Direction  to  get  at 
the  root  of  the  question,  and  find  whether  the  charges  which  may  be 
made  against  any  member  are  made  in  good  faith. 

J.  J.  R.  Ckoes.  — Before  the  discussion  goes  any  further,  it  may  be  as 
well  to  correct  a  misapprehension  under  which  the  gentleman  who  has 
just  spoken  seems  to  labor.  He  states  that  the  letter  from  which  he 
read  was  received  from  New  York  ;  in  that  letter  it  is  stated  :  "  It  is  well 
known  that  a  clique  had  been  formed  to  prevent  the  election  of  certain 
prominent  engineers."  I  have  been  in  communication  with  a  great 
many  members,  and  I  hear  a  great  deal  that  goes  on  in  the  Society,  and 
I  have  never  heard  anything  of  such  a  thing  except  in  connection  with 
the  two  members  who  were  black-balled,  or  for  whom  negative  votes 
werc^  cast  in  the  April  or  March  meeting.  I  think  there  have  been  no 
candidates  black-balled  for  more  than  two  years,  with  the  exception  of 
those  two,  and  one  other  case,  and  that  other  one  I  have  heard  no  more 
about.  I  know  there  were  five  negative  votes,  and  the  matter  dropped; 
but  I  do  not  believe  there  is  any  clique  formed  to  prevent  the  admission 
of  certain  men  at  all,  and  I  would  want  better  evidence  than  a  letter  of 
that  kind  to  convince  me  of  it ;  I  do  not  believe  the  members  of  the 
Society  would  form  such  cliques.  As  Mr.  Shinn  has  stated,  one  gentle- 
man was  rejected  twice,  two  years  together,  and  the  manner  of  electing 
was  changed  then— and  it  was  his  rejection  that  caused  that  change— and 
when  he  was  nominated  again  he  got  six  black-balls.  Now,  if  the  Board 
of  Direction  should  reject  any  member,is  the  Board  of  Direction  to  be 
changed  because  they  find  persons  objectionable  ?  The  fact  is,  that 
there  has  been  a  large  number  of  members  voted  for  and  elected,  I  think 
over  one  hundred  within  three  years,  and  only  three  have  been  rejected, 
and-I  do  not  think  that  looks  very  much  as  if  there  was  any  clique  formed. 

I  do  not  want  to  be  understood  as  opposing  any  change  in  the  mode 
of  election  ;  it  is  very  probable  that  some  better  mode  than  the  present 
one  might  be  devised.  I  only  doubt  the  correctness  of  the  assertion  that 
well  known  combinations  have  been  formed  to  prevent  the  election  of 
members.     I  do  not  believe  that  to  be  the  case. 

William  METCAI.F.*— It  seems  to  me  that  the  "  black-ball "  feature 
in  elections  for  members  should  not  be  abolished.     If  the  Society  is  to 

*  By  letter,  June  24,  1880. 


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retain  a  professional  character,  it  will  be  necessary  to  throw  sonae  safe- 
guard around  the  question  of  admission  to  membership;  and,  on  the  other 
hand,  if  the  Society  is  to  be  national  in  character,  which  I  suppose  we 
all  wish  it  to  remain,  it  is  equally  clear  that  any  person  of  good  character 
who  shall  have  attained  sufficient  standing  in  his  profession  to  meet  the 
requirements  of  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws,  has  then  a  right  to  be- 
come a  member,  upon  appUcation  in  due  form.  The  Society  should  be 
able  to  protect  itself  against  the  admission  of  persons  of  insufficient  ex- 
l^erience,  or  of  bad  character,  such  as  dishonesty,  imfaithfulness,  unpro- 
fessional conduct  of  any  kind,  or  gross  immorality  of  any  sort,  that 
might  bring  discredit  upon  the  profession,  or  be  seriously  repugnant  to 
the  idea  of  personal  association  to  decent  members. 

On  the  other  hand,  it  is  belittling  to  the  Society  when  any  members 
use  the  negative  vote  to  exclude  an  eligible  candidate  from  any  motives 
of  personal  spite  or  sjileen,  and  some  of  us  are  compelled  to  believe  that 
such  mean  use  has  been  made  of  a  power  which  was  only  intended  as  a 
professional  safeguard. 

I  would  suggest  as  a  remedy,  that  one  negative  vote  should  be  suffi- 
cient to  exclude  when  accompanied  by  a  written  statement  of  the  reasons 
for  such  a  vote,  and  indicating  the  means  by  which  the  Board  of  Direc- 
tion could  verify  such  statement.  The  statement,  of  course,  would  require 
no  signature,  coming  as  it  would  under  cover  with  a  letter  ballot. 

The  course  of  the  Board  of  Direction  should  then  be  as  follows  : 

First. — It  should  be  obligatory  upon  the  Board  to  ascertain  whether 
the  charges  were  true  or  not. 

Second.  — It  should  be  discretionary  with  the  Board  to  decide  whether 
the  charges  were  proven,  and,  if  jiroven,  whether  they  were  sufficient  to 
justify  exclusion  under  the  laws  of  the  society. 

Third. — All  .such  statements,  examinations  and  decisions  should  be 
inviolably  secret.  It  is  certainly  no  function  of  the  society  to  announce 
to  the  world  its  own  sanctity,  or  the  want  of  virtue  in  others. 

Fourth. — No  negative  vote  unaccompanied  by  a  statement  of  the  rea- 
sons for  such  vote,  should  be  counted  against  a  candidate,  unless  a  ma- 
jority of  all  the  votes  cast  should  be  negative;  in  ease  of  such  serious 
opposition,  we,  as  good  Americans,  ought  to  siibmit  to  the  will  of  the 
majority. 

I  have  not  put  these  suggestions  in  the  shape  of  formal  resolutions, 
because  I  do  not  know  just  how  the  question  stands  before  the  Society; 
but  I  wish  you  would  lay  them  before  the  Society  in  some  shape  as  a  dis- 
cussion of  the  question. 

I  believe  we  ouglit  to  guard  the  matter  of  membershiji  carefully,  and 
I  think  we  ought  to  be  able  to  trust  our  Board  of  Direction,  and  to  in- 
vest them  with  authority  to  see  that  a  wise  provision  of  our  laws  is  not 
abused  for  the  gratification  of  personal  ill  feelings,  in  which  the  mem- 
bers as  a  whole  can  have  no  jjossible  interest. 


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MEMOIRS  OF  DECEASED  MEMBERS. 


ARTHUR  LIVERMORE  FORD,*  Assoc.  Member,  A.  S.  C.  E. 

Died  May  30th,  1880. 

Arthur  Livermore  Ford  was  born  at  Plymouth,  New  Hampshire,  on 
January  4th,  1851.  Mr.  Ford's  professional  work  ended  too  soon  and 
too  abruptly  to  leave  many  evidences  of  the  skill  and  judgment  of  which 
those  who  knew  him  best  believed  him  to  be  capable.  His  preparation 
for  practical  work  was  unusually  elaborate.  Wliile  a  boy  he  had  formed 
the  habit  of  close  application  to  study,  which  he  always  retained.  His 
memory  was  a  rare  one,  enabling  him  to  repeat,  verbatim,  half  a  dozen 
pages  of  a  book,  after  having  read  them  rapidly  twice,  and  a  year  after- 
ward he  would  remember  them  with  substantial  accuracy.  He  worked 
earnestly  and  continuously  to  make  this  faculty  of  service  by  mastering 
the  principal  modern  languages,  and  acquiring  a  thorough  knowledge  of 
their  engineering  and  general  literature.  The  retentive  quality  of  his 
memory  made  his  acquisitions  as  lasting  as  they  were  rapid.  He  was  a 
good  chemist,  geologist  and  mineralogist,  and  his  manliness  and  frank- 
ness not  only  prevented  his  ever  claiming  more  knowledge  than  he  jjos- 
sessed,  but  always  led  him  to  give  the  limits  of  his  information  at  once. 
With  great  zeal  for  general  cultiire,  he  was  too  earnest  to  be  a  dilletante; 
a  man  of  enthusiasm  and  imagination,  he,  nevertheless,  maintained  an 
admirable  poise  and  acted  deliberately. 

After  completing,  in  1870,  the  "special  course"  at  Columbia  College 
School  of  Mines — the  institution  at  that  time  having  no  regular  civil 
engineering  course — he  spent  the  summer  and  fall  of  that  year  as  min- 
eralogist in  Professor  Hay  den's  geological  survey  of  Wyoming  Territory. 
In  1871  he  was  assistant  to  Professor  Egleston,  at  the  Hchool  of  Mines, 
making  the  drawings  for  his  work  on  Crystallography. 

From  1871  to  1877  he  was  successively  employed  as  transit-man  on  a 
Brooklyn  townshij?  survey;  assistant  engineer  on  the  hydrograijhic  sur- 
vey of  Passaic  river,  under  Mr.  Walter  Brinkerhoff,  assistant  to  General 
Newton;  assistant  engineer  in  charge  of  party  on  topographic  survey  of 
Long  Island  City,  under  Mr.  George  S.  Greene,  Jr. ;  transit-man  on  the 
Saddle  River  Eailroad  Survey,  itnder  Mr.  E.  P.  North  ;  on  surveys 
under  Mr.  M.  J.  Becker,  Chief  Engineer,  Pittsburgh,  Cincinnati  and  St. 
Louis  Eailway;  assistant  in  charge  of  surveys  for  30  miles  of  the 
Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Canal  Extension,  under  Col.  Wm.  E.  Merrill ; 
engineer  in  chiu-ge  of  construction  of  15  miles  of  the  Lake  Shore  branch 
of  the  Eome,  Watertown  and  Ogdensburg  Eailroad,  and  of  a  portion  of 
the  road  through  the  City  of  Oswego;   and  assistant  engineer  in  charge 


*  Committee  to  prepare  memoir,  M.  N.  Foruey,  O.  Clianute,  C.  MacDouald. 


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of  bnilding  crib-work  for  Little  Sodus  Harbor  Breakwater,  under  Major 
W.  McFarlaud.  In  November,  1877,  Mr.  Ford  went  to  Cuba  and  l)uilt 
the  Zaza  (narrow  gauge)  Railroad,  and  afterward  spent  some  time  in 
Havana  on  various  engineering  and  architectural  works. 

It  was  here  that  he  conceived  the  idea  of  devoting  himself  especially 
to  Spanish- American  engineering  work,  a  field  for  which  his  extraordinary 
facility  in  using  the  language  and  ready  adaj^tability  eminently  fitted 
him.  His  subsequent  experience,  in  1879,  as  an  engineer  on  the  location 
and  construction  of  the  Nicaraguan  Government  railroad  confirmed  him 
in  his  determination,  and  those  who  knew  him  believed  that  Avith  his 
singular  tact,  persistent  energy  and  rugged  health  he  had  a  career  of 
unusual  promise  before  him. 

In  March  of  th3  present  year  he  sailed  for  Aspinwall  to  reconstruct 
the  foundation  of  the  Chagres  River  Bridge  of  the  Panama  Railroad, 
which  had  been  destroyed  by  the  floods  last  fall.  He  had  nearly  finished 
this  work,  and  had  so  far  completed  negotiations  for  a  considerable  con- 
tract in  one  of  the  South  American  countx'ies  that  he  exjiected  to  go 
there  as  soon  as  he  could  leave  the  bridge,  when  he  was  attacked  by  the 
fever  prevailing  at  Aspinwall.  His  last  act,  when  he  knew  death  was 
inevitable  —that  of  writing  a  letter  to  his  father,  expressing  wishes  to  be 
carried  out — was  done  with  characteristic  coolness  and  orderliness. 

Mr.  Ford's  tastes  and  manners  were  such  as  are  usually  ascribed  to 
"gentlemen  of  the  old  school. "  He  was  absolutely  pure.  He  had  the 
utmost  abhorrence  for  every  form  of  wrong  or  dishonesty.  It  seemed 
that  no  disguise  could  make  such  things  alluring  to  him.  Unusually 
ready  in  conversation,  aided  by  his  wit  and  unerring  memory,  he  ex- 
pressed himself  with  force,  and  yet  always  with  such  tact  and  modesty 
that  he  made  few  enemies.  He  had  many  friends,  and  these  by  no  means 
limited  to  those  of  his  own  age.  Few  young  men  had  more  or  warmer 
friends  than  he  among  older  men. 

His  death  is  still  so  recent,  and  was  so  shockingly  sudden,  that  those 
who  loved  him  most  can  now  hardly  think  of  it  with  composure;  and  yet 
they  find  a  singular  comfort  in  recalling  the  loveable  qualities  which  will 
make  him  live  forever  in  their  memories. 


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ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


The  next  regular  meeting  of  the  Society  will 
be  held  on  Wednesday,  September  15th,  at  8 
p.  M.  Discussion  will  be  had  of  papers  pre- 
viously read. 

A  regular  meeting  of  the  Society  will  be 
held  on  Wednesday,  October  6,  1880,  at  8  p.  M. 
Proposed  amendments  to  the  Constitution 
must  be  submitted  in  writing,  signed  by  not 
less  than  five  members,  at  or  before  this 
meeting,  in  order  to  be  acted  upon  this  year. 
The  Nominating  Committee  will  present,  on 
or  before  the  first  day  of  October,  the  names 
of  the  persons  selected  by  them  as  candidates 
for  officers  for  the  year  beginning  November 
3d,  1880,  to  be  voted  for  on  November  3d. 

It  is  provided  by  the  5th  section  of  the  2-tth 
By-Law,  that  in  addition,  any  five  members 
may  present  to  the  Board  of  Direction,  on  or 
before  October  1st,  a  hst  of  names  proposed 
by  them  for  officers,  which  list  shall  also  be 
issued  for  ballot. 

The  Committee  on  Gauging  of  Streams  re- 
quests measurements  of  flood  discharge  of 
streams,  and  also  of  discharge  In  periods  of 
great  dryness.  It  is  very  desirable  that  state- 
ments of  the  drainage  area  auo  ve  the  point  of 
measurement  should  accompany  such  data. 

A  classified  catalogue  of  the  Library  of  the 
Society  is  in  course  of  preparation,  and  the 
first  part,  comprising  titles  relating  to  Eail- 
roads,  is  now  in  the  printer's  hands,  and  will 
be  issued  about  October  Ist.  It  is  hoped  that 
the  publication  of  this  catalogue  will  result  in 
large  additions  to  the  Library,  especially  of 
reports  of  companies  of  which  partial  files  are 
now  in  our  possession. 


Lieut.  Commander  Gorringe,  U.  S.  N., 
has  promised  to  lay  before  the  Society  an  ac- 
count of  the  methods  employed  in  the  re- 
moval of  the  Al«»xandrian  Obelisk  to  this 
country,  as  soon  as  his  engagements  will  per- 
mit. Due  notice  will  be  given  of  the  date  of 
the  presentation  of  his  remarks. 

The  following  resolutions  were  adopted  at 
the  Ninth  Annual  Convention  of  the  Society, 
and  ordered  printed  regularly  in  the  Society 
publications  : 

Whereas,  the  metric  system  of  weights  and 
measures  is  now  extensively  used  abroad, 
and  whereas  it  is  desirable  that  the  relation 
of  the  units  of  the  dilXering  systems  be  made 
familiar  to  all  by  comparison : 

Eesolved,  That  members  be  requested,  in 
papers  hereafter  presented  to  the  Society,  to 
^rite,  in  parenthesis,  weights  or  dimensions 
by  the  metric  system,  in  connection  with 
those  of  the  system  in  general  use. 

The  House  of  the  Society  is  at  104  East 
Twentieth  street,  one  door  east  from  Fourth 
avenue,  and  near  the  southwest  corner  of  ' 
Grammercy  Park.  It  is  open  from  nine  o'clock 
A.M.  to  five  o'clock  P.M.  each  baisiness  day, 
except  Saturday,  when  it  is  closed  at  three 
o'clock  P.M. 

The  Library  and  Conversation  Eooms. will 
also,  for  the  present,  be  open  every  Wednes- 
day evening  from  7>^  to  10  p.  m.  Members 
are  invited  to  avail  themselves  of  the  oppor- 
tunities afforded  on  Wednesday  evenings  both 
for  consultation  of  books  and  periodicals  and 
for  conversation. 


ADDITIONS   TO 

LIBRARY     AND     MUSEUM. 


From    Administration    des    Ponts     et 
Chausees,  Paris: 
Annaler,.     June  and  July,  1880. 

From   American  Academy  of  Arts   and 
Sciences,  Washington,  D.  C: 
Proceedings.     Vol.  VIL      New  Series.     Part 
II.     December,  1879.  to  May,  1880. 

From  American  Gas-Light  Association, 
Wm.   Henry   White,    Secretary,   New 
York  : 
Report  of  Proceedings  of  the  Annual   Meet- 
ings held  in  Cincinnati,  Oct.  17,  1877,  and  in 
New  York  City,  Oct.  15,  1878. 


From  American  Iron  and  Steel  Associa- 
tion,   James    M.    Swank,    Secretary, 
Philadelphia: 
Tracts  issued  by  the  Association,  as  follows  : 
Our  Foreign  Commerce. 
A  Tariff  is  not  a  Tax.     Giles  B.  Stebbins. 
Free  Trade  and  Protection.      Hon.  John 
Welsh. 

Short  Essays  on   Protection.      David  H. 
Mason. 
Who  are  Benefited  by  Protection  ? 
What  Protection  has  done  fur  the  United 
States.     Hon.  Thomas  H.  Dudley. 
The   "Barbarism     of   Protection."      An 


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open  letter  to   Joha   Bright.     Augustus  T. 
Freed. 
Who  is  Augustus  Mongredien  ? 

From   Boston   Public    Library,   Mellen 
Chamberlain,  Librarian,  Boston  : 
Twenty-eighth  Annual  Report  of  the  Library. 
Bulletin  of  the  Library.     July,  1880. 

From  Robert  Briggs,  Philadelphia: 
Report  on  the  Plaus  for  Warming  and   Venti- 
lating the  Bridgeport  (Conu.)  School  House. 
Rob't  Briggs.     (6  copies.) 

From   Hon.    Allan   Campbell,  Commis- 
sioner of  Public  Works,  New  York  : 
Report  of  the   Department  of  Public  Works, 
Quarter  ending  March  31,  1880. 

From  Bureau  of  Statistics  and  Geology 
ot  Indiana,  John  Collet,  Chief,  Indian- 
apolis : 
First  Annual   Report  of  the   Department   of 
Statistics  and  Geology  of  the  State  of  Indi- 
ana. 

From  Frank  Doherty,  Columbus,  Ohio: 
Tenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Trustees   of  the 
Water  Works  of  Columbus. 

From  Engineers'  Club  of  Philadelphia, 
Howard     Murphy,     Cor.     Secretary, 
Philadelphia  : 
Proceedings.     Vol.  1.  No.  5. 

From    Engineers'    Society  of    Western 
Pennsylvania,      James    H.     Harlow, 
Secretary,  Pittsburg  : 
Use  of  Steel  in  Construction.     Albert  F.  Hill, 
C.  E. 

From  Charles   E.  Fowler,  New   Haven, 
Conn. : 
Annual  Reports  of  the  Street  Department  of 
New  Haven  for  ls79. 

From  Albert  F.  Hill,  New  York  : 
Use  of  Steel  in  Construction.     Albert  F.  Hill, 
C.  E. 

From   Institution   of   Civil    Engineers, 
James  Forrest,  Secretary.  London: 
Minutes  of  Proceedings.     Vol.  LX. 
The    Main    Drainage    of    Torquay.      George 

Chatterton . 
The  Purification  of  Gas.     Harry  E.  Jones. 
The  Chile  Vein  Gold  Works,  South   America. 

George  Attwood. 
Explosive  Agents  applied  to  Industrial  Pur- 
poses.    Fredt^ric  A.  Abel,  C.  B.  F.  R.  S. 
Cleopatra's  Needle.     Benjamin  Baker. 
Note  on  a  New  Snow  Plow,     John  Newman. 
The   Caledonian    Railway    Viaduct  over    the 
River    Clyde    at    Glasgow.      Benjamin    H. 
Blyth. 
The  Calder  Viaduct   on  Wishaw  Line  of  the 

Caledonian  Railway.     David  M.  Westland 
Note  on  the  Sao  Francisco  River,  Brazil.     W. 

Miluor  Roberts. 
The    Removal    of    Sunken    Rocks    in    Brest 

Harbor.     H.  WiUotte. 
Abington  Sewerage.     Charles  F.  Gower. 
The    Temnograph.      Alexander    M.     Rymer 

•Jones. 
Rural  Water  Supply.    Thomas  S.  Stooke. 

From  Baltasar  Muuoz  Lumbier,  Mexico: 
Los  Aerolitas  de  Chihuahua.     Baltasar  Munoz 
Lumbier,  Mexico,  1880. 

From    New    York    Meteorological   Ob- 
servatory,   Daniel    Draper,    Director, 
Central  Park,  New  York: 
Abstracts   of    Registers  from  Self-Recgrding 
Instruments.    June  and  July,  1880. 


From  Wm.  Ripley  Nichols,  Boston: 
Papers  on  Water  Supply.     Prof.  Wm.  Ripley 
Nichols.     Boston,  1880. 

From  Edward  P.  North,  Nev?  York : 
Remonstrance    against    the    removal  of   the 

Murray  Hill  Reservoir.     New  York,  1880. 
Seven  I  h  Annual  Report  of  the  Water  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Village  of  Saratoga  Springs. 
Saratoga  Springs,  1880. 
Twefth  Annual  Report  Nassau  Water  Depart- 
ment.    Brooklyn,  1872. 

From  Henry  V.  Poor,  New  York  : 
Manual  of  the  Railroads  of  the  United  States 
for  1880.     Henry  V.  Poor. 

From  Ernest  Pontzen,  Paris  : 
Chemin  de  fer  de  I'Arlberg.      M.  E.  Pontzen, 
Paris,  1880. 

From  Publishers  Revue   Generale   des 
Chemins     de     fer,    Edgar    Monjean, 
Secretary,  Paris  : 
Revue  Generale   des  Chemins  de  fer.     May, 

1880. 

From  Col.  W.   Milnor  Roberts,   Rio  de 
Janeiro,  Brazil  : 
Abstract  of  the  report  of  the  Hydraulic  Com- 
mission of  Brazil  upon  the  examinations  of 
the     Siio    Francisco    River.        W.    Milnor 
Roberts,  New  York,  1880. 

From  Royal  Technical  School,  Hanover, 

Germany  : 

Catalogue  of  the  School,  1880-81.     (German.) 

From  Royal  United  Service  Institution, 

Capt.  B.  Burgess,  Secretary,  London: 

Journal  of  the  Institution.     Vol.  XXIV.     No. 

105. 
Contents  Vol.  XXIII. 
Proceedings  49th  Anniversary  Meeting. 

From   George    P.   Rowell   &   Co.,  New 
York  : 
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1880. 

From   Hon.    Horatio  Seymottr,  Jr.,  Al- 
bany, N.  1'  : 
Annual  Report  of  the  State  Engineer  and  Sur- 
veyor ou  the  Canals  of  the   State  of  New 
York  for  1880. 

From   Societe    des    lugenieurs    Civils, 
M  Mallet,  Secretary,  Paris  : 
Memoires.     May  and  June,  18^0. 

From  State  Board  of  Health  of  Massa- 
chusetts,   Charles   F.  Folsom,  M.  D., 
Secretary,  Boston  : 
Eleventh  Report  of  the  State  Board  of  Health. 
Index   Vols.    I-XI.     F.   H.   Brown,    M.  D., 
Boston,  187a. 

From  John  C.  Trautwine,  Philadelphia:  ' 
The    Civil   Engineers'  Pocket    Book.      J.    C, 
Trautwine,  Philadelphia.  1880. 

Fr'im     J.     Nelson    Tubbs,    Rochester, 
N.  Y.: 
Annual   Report  of  the  Executive  Board  and 
Water  Works  and  Fire   Board,     Rochester, 
N.  Y.,  1880. 

From  United  States  Coast  Survey,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C: 
Report  of  U.  S.  Coast  Survey  for  1876.    Wash- 
ington, 1879. 

From  United  States  Light-house  Board, 
WaRhingtou,  D.  C. : 
List  of  Beacons,    Buoys,  Towers  and  other 
Day-Marks,   in  the   Fifth  Light-house   Dis- 
trict.    Corrected  to  May  1, 1880. 


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From   Capt.  George  M.  Wheeler,  Corps 
of  Engineers,    U.  S.  A.,  Washington, 
D.  C: 
Five  Volumes.      Geographical  Surveys   West 

of  the  lUOth  Meridian. 
Volume    II.      Astronomy     and    Barometric 

Hypsometry. 
Volume  III.     Geology. 
Volume  IV.     Paleontology. 
Volume  V.     Zoology. 
Volume  VI.     Botany. 

From  Engineer  Department,  U.  S  A., 
Gen.  Horatio  G.  Wright,  Chief  of 
Engineers,  Washington,  D.  C. : 

A  Report  from  the  Chief  of  Engineers  urging 
the  necessity  for  completion  of  the 
office  work  connected  with  the  surveys  of 
the  100th  Meridian,  under  charge  of  Capt. 
George  M.  Wheeler,  and  recommending  an 
appropriation  therefor. 

A  Letter  from  the  Chief  of  Engineers  covering 
copy  of  report  from  Maj.  F.  Harwood,  upon 
a  resurvfcy  of  the  Bar  at  the  mouth  of  Bell 
River,  Micb.,  made  in  compliance  with  law. 

A  Letter  from  the  Chief  of  Engineers  and  ac- 
companying report  of  Maj.  F.  Harwood, 
upon  the  resurvey  of  Clinton  Run,  Mich. 

A  copy  of  a  Report  of  the  results  of  a  Survey 
of  the  Illinois  Kiver.     Maj.  G.  J.  Lydecker. 

A  Telegram  from  Gen.  Q.  ^.  Gillmore,  Presi- 
dent of  the  Mississippi  River  Commission, 
recommending  that  the  estimate  heretofore 
submitted  for  surveys  and  expenses  of  the 
Commission  be  increased. 

Papers  showing  maintenance  of  the  Channel 
at  the  South  Pass  Jetties,  Mississippi  River, 
for  quarter  ending  May  9,  1880. 

A  Letter  from  the  Chief  of  Engineers  submit- 
ting copy  of  report  of  Gen.  John  Newton, 
"  in  relation  to  the  port  and  harbor  of  New 
York,  and  the  waters  near  the  same." 

A  Letter  from  the  Chief  of  Engineers  covering 
copy  of  report  of  Gen.  Q.  A.  Gillmore,  and 
accompanying  map,  upon  an  examination  of 
Port  Royal  River,  Beauiort,  8.  C. 

Report  of  the  results  of  an  examination  made 
of  the  Peninsula  of  Florida,  with  a  view  to 
the  constructinn  of  a  Ship  Canal  from  St. 
Mary's  River  to  the  Gulf  of  Mexico.  Gen. 
Q.  A.  Gillmore. 

A  Letter  from  the  Chief  of  Engineers  covering 
copy  of  report  of  Col.  C.  S.  Stewart  upon  an 
examination  of  Trinidad  Harbor,  Cal., 
made  in  comijliance  with  law. 

Specifications  for  dredging  in  Tubee  Chan- 
nel,  Maine.     Gen.  Geo.  Thom. 

Specifications  lor  the  excavation  of  Sunken 
Ledge  at  the  Gut,  opposite  Bath,  Me.  Gen. 
Geo.  Thom. 

Specifications  for  furnishing  Rubble  Stone 
for  the  Breakwater  at  Richmond's  Island, 
Maine.     Gen.  Geo.  Thom, 

Specifications  for  the  removal  of  Sunken 
Ledge  and  furnishing  Rubble  Stone  in 
Portsmouth  Harbor,  N.  H.  Gen.  Geo. 
Thom. 

Specifications  for  the  Dredging  in  Lake  Win- 
nipiseogee,  N.  H.     Gen.  Geo.  Thom. 

Proposals  for  River  and  Harbor  Improve- 
ments in  Maine.  New  Hampshire  and  Mas- 
sachusetts.    Gen.  Geo.  Thom. 

Specifications  for  the  Dredging  in  Boston 
Harbor,  Massachusetts.      Gen.  Geo.  Thom. 

Specifications  for  the  Dredging  of  Plymouth 
Harbor,  Mass.     Gen.  Geo.  Thom. 

Specifications  for  Excavation  in  Taunton 
River,  Mass.     Gen.  G.  K..  Warren. 


Specifications  for  Excavation  in  Block  Island 
Harbor,  R.  I.     Gen.  G.  K.  Warren. 

Specifications  lor  Excavation  in  Providence 
River,  R   I.     Gen.  G.  K.  Warren. 

Specifications  for  Excavation  in  Connecticut 
River.  Conn.     Gen.  G.  K.  Warren. 

Specifications  for  Rip-Rap  Granite  for  Jetties 
at  mouth  ol  Connecticut  River,  Conn. 
Gen.  G.K.  Warren. 

Specifications  for  Excavation  in  Little  Narra- 
gausett  Bay,  Rhode  Island  aud  Connecticut. 
Gen.  G.  K.  Warren. 

Specifications  relating  to  the  Deepening  of  the 
Channel  leading  to  the  Port  of  Havre  de 
Grace.  Md.     Maj.  W.  P.  Craighill. 

Advertisement,  Instructions,  Specifications, 
Proposals  and  Bidder's  Bonds  for  improving 
Calumet  Harbor,  111.     Maj.  G.  J.  Lydecker. 

Advertisement,  Instructions,  Specifications, 
Proposals  and  Bidder's  Bonds  for  improv- 
ing Chicago  Harbor,  111.  Maj.  G.  J.  Ly- 
decker. 

Specifications  relating  to  the  Construction  of 
Jetties  at  Sullivan's  Island,  S.  C.  Gen.  Q. 
A.  Gillmore. 

Advertisement,  Instructions,  Specifications 
and  Proposals  for  improving  "  The  Nar- 
uows"  of  Sabine  River,  Texas.  Maj.  S.  M. 
Mansfield. 

From  Gen.  William  W.  Wright,  Phila- 
delphia: 

Report  on  the  Survey  of  the  Alleghany  Valley 
Railroad.  W.  Milnor  Roberts.  Pittsburgh, 
1853. 

Reports  of  Superintendent  and  Engineer  of 
the  Alleghany  Portage  Railroad  tor  year 
ending  November  3U,  1858. 

Third  Report  of  the  Alleghany  Railroad  aud 
coal  Co.     Philadelphia,  1855. 

Report  of  the  President,  Directors  aud  Chief 
Engineer  of  the  Alabama  and  Tennessee 
River  Railroad  at  the  Second  Annual  Meet- 
ing 1  t  the  Stockholders,  November  18, 
1851. 

Report  of  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Bellefon- 
taine  and  Indiana  Railroad  Co.  W.  Milnor 
Roberts.     Siduey,  Ohio,  1851. 

Second  Semi-Annual  Report  of  Pittsburgh, 
Fort  Wayne  and  Chicago  Railroad.  Pitts- 
burgh, 1859. 

Fir.st  Report  of  the  Fort  Wayne,  Lacon  and 
Platte  Valley  Air  Line  RaiU-oad  Co.  Novem- 
ber 10,  1853. 

Documents  of  Controversy  between  Canal 
Commissioners  of  Pennsylvania  and  the 
Harrisburg  aud  Lancaster  and  Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad  Co.     Philadelphia,  1852. 

Second  Annual  Report  of  the  Lancaster,  Le- 
banon and  Pine  Grove  Railroad  Co.  Phila- 
delphia, 1854. 

Ninth  Annual  Report  of  the  Little  Miami 
Railroad  Co.  for  1851. 
•  Report  of  the  Chief  Engineer  upon  Survey, 
Location  and  probable  Cost  of  the  North- 
east and  Southwest  Alabama  Railroad.  E. 
D.  Sanford.     Tuscaloosa,  Ala..  1855. 

First  Annual  Report  of  the  Marietta  and  Cin- 
cinnati Railroad  Co.     Philadelphia,  1851. 

First  Annual  Report  of  the  Chief  Engineer  of 
the  Memphis  and  Charleston  Railroad. 
Charles  F.  M.  Garnett.     Huntsville,  1851. 

Third  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Stockholders  of 
the  Memphis  and  Charleston  Railroad  Co., 
with  Reports  of  Directors,  Chief  Engineer 
and  Superintendents.     Huntsville,  1853. 

Fifth,  Seventh  and  Ninth  Annual  Reports  of 


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the  Mempbis  and  Charleston  Railroad  Co. 
Memphis,  18.55,  1857  and  1859. 

Exhibit  of  the  Affairs  of  the  Memphis  and 
Charleston  Railroad  Co.     Memphis,  1854. 

Summary  of  Proceedings  of  the  Convention 
of  the  Stockholders  of  the  Memphis  and 
Charleston  Railroad  Co.,  held  at  Tuscum- 
bia,  Ala.,  April  3.  1854. 

A  compilation  of  the  Acts  of  the  Lef^slatures 
of  Tennessee.  Alabama  and  Mississippi,  in 
relation  to  the  Memphis  and  Charleston 
and  La  Grange  and  Memphis  Railroad  Cos, 
Memphis,  1852. 

Seventh  Annual  Report  of  the  Nashville  and 
Chattanooga  Railroad  Co.     Nashville,  1855. 

Report  in  regard  to  the  Western  Extension  of 
the  New  York  and  Erie  Railroad;  New 
York,  1856. 

Report  of  the  Chi  3f  Engineer  of  the  Norria- 
town  and  Freemansburg  Railroad  Co.  L. 
E.' Corson.     Norristown,  1853. 

Map  of  the  North  Pennsylvania  Railroad  and 
its  connections.     185::{. 

North  Pennsylvania  Railroad  to  connect  Phil- 
adelphia with  North  Pennsylvania,  Western 
New  York,  the  Lakes  and  Canada  West. 
Philadelphia,  ln53. 

Second  Report  of  the  North  Western  Railroad 
Co.     Philadelphia,  1855. 

Second  Report  of  the  Ohio  and  Pennsylvania 
Railroad  Co.  Solomon  W.  Roberts.  Phila- 
delphia, 1850. 

Sixth  .Annual  Report  of  the  Ohio  and  Penn- 
sylvania Railroad  Co.     January  24,  1854. 

Exhibit  explanatory  of  the  seven  per  cent, 
special  mortgage  convertible  Bridge  Bonds 
of  the  Ohio  and  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Co. 
Philadelphia,  1H56. 

Report  on  the  Ohio  and  Indiana  and  Fort 
Wayne  and  Chicago  Railroad,  March  5, 
1855.     W.  H.  Wilson. 

Report  of  the  Philadelphia  and  Reading  Rail- 
road Co.     Januai-y  14.  185(5. 

Report  of  the  Superintendent  of  the  Philadel- 
phia and  Columbia  Railroad.  November  30, 
1854. 

Organization  for  conducting  the  business  of 
the  Pennsylvania  Railroad.  Philadelphia, 
1852. 

By-Laws  and  Charter  of  the  Pensylvania  Rail- 
road Co.,  and  its  Supplements.  Philadel- 
phia, 1853. 

Charter  and  Supplements  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Railroad  Co.,  with  By-Laws  of  the  Board  of 
Directors.     Philadelphia,  1859. 

First  Annual  Report  of  the  Chief  Engineer  of 
the  Penasylvania  Railroad  Co.  J.  Edgar 
Thompson,     i  hiladelpLiia,  1848. 

First,  Third,  Fourth,  Fifth,  Sixth.  Seventh, 
Eighth,  Ninth  and  Thirteentli  Annual  Re- 
ports of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Co.  for 
1847,  1849,  1850,  1852,  1853,  1854,  1855,  1856 
and  1860. 

Report  of  H.  Haupt,  Chief  Engineer  Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad  Co.,  with  a  communication 
from  the  President  of  the  Ohio  and  Penn- 
sylvania Railroad  Co.  ou  the  expediency  of 
aiding  the  Ohio  and  Indiana  and  the  Fort 
Wayne  and  Chicago  Railroad  Cos.  to  com- 
plete their  roads.     Philadelphia,  1854. 

Reasons  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Penn- 
sylvania Railroad  Co  for  declining  to  offer 
to  purchase  the  main  Line  of  the  State 
Works.     Philadelphia,  1854. 

Robert  Wightiiiau  versus  Pennsylvania  Rail- 
road Co.     1854. 

Will  the  Interests  of  Pennsylvania  be  ad- 
vanced or  the  Revenue  increased  by  contin- 


uing the  tonnage  tax  upon  the  Peunaylva- 
nia  Railroad'? 

Is  a  Tax  upon  the  through  tonnage  Constitu« 
tional  ? 

Laws  relating  to  the  Pittsburgh  and  Connells- 
ville  Railroad  Co.     Pittsburgh.  1853. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Pittsburgh  and  Con- 
nellsville  Itailroad  Co.  for  1853. 

Second  Annual  Report  of  the  Pittsburgh  and 
Steubenville  Railroad  Co.  Pittsburgh, 
1853. 

Proceedings  of  the  Stockholders  of  the  South 
Carolina  Railroad  Co.  and  of  the  S.)Uth- 
weatern  Railroad  Bank,  at  their  Annual 
Meetings,  Feb.  10,  11  and  12,  1852,  Feb.  8 
and  9,  1853,  and  Feb.  14  and  15,  1854. 

Proceedings  of  the  Southern  Railroad  Con- 
vention.    Savannah.  1855. 

By-Laws  of  Board  of  Managers  of  the  Sun- 
bury  and  Erie  Railroad  Co.  Philadelphia, 
1852. 

Report  of  the  President  and  Board  of  Mana- 
gers of  the  Sunbury  and  Erie  Railroad  Co. 
Feb.  14,  1853. 

Report  of  the  final  location  of  the  Southern 
Railroad  from  Brandon,  Miss.,  to  the  Ala- 
bama Line,  in  the  direction  of  Charleston 
and  Savannah.  H.  Haupt.  Philadelphia, 
1853. 

Semi-Annual  Report  of  the  South  Carolina 
Caual  and  Railroad  Co.     January  18, 1840. 

Report  of  Survey  for  the  Tyrone,  Clearfield 
and  Erie  Railroad.  James  E.  Montgomery. 
Clearfield,  1854. 

Proceedings  of  the  Stockholders  of  the  Wil- 
mington and  Blan.  Railroad  Co.  January 
•24,  1855. 

Report  of  the  Superintendent  and  Treasurer 
of  the  Western  and  Atlantic  Railroad  to  His 
Excellency  Herschel  Y.  Johnson.  Sept.  30, 
1855. 

Report  of  a  Survey  of  a  Line  of  Railroad  be- 
tween the  City  of  Cordova  and  some  other 
point  ou  th»;  River  Parana,  Argentine  Con- 
federation. Allan  Campbell.  London, 
1857. 

On  the  Railway  Connections  of  Philadelphia, 
with  the  Central  West.  Letters  of  Prof. 
Edward  D.  Mansfield  of  Cincinnati  to  Job 
R.  Tyson,  Esq.,  LL.D.,  of  Philadelphia. 
Philadelphia,  1853. 

Letter  on  the  Improvement  of  the  Alabama, 
and  Mobile  River  to  Johh  J.  Walker,  Esq., 
President  Mobile   Chamber  of  Commerce. 

.   Albert  Stein.     Mobile,  18.56. 

First  Annual  Report  of  the  Clearfield  Coal  and 
Lumber  Co.     Philadelphia,  1856. 

Constitutional  Liberty.  M.  Le  Comte  de 
Montalembe"t.     Loudon,  1855. 

The  Geodesy  of  Britain;  or,  the  Ordnance 
Survey  of  England,  Scotland  and  Ireland. 
Adelos.     Loudon,  1859. 

Address  on  the  Life  and  Character  of  Hum- 
boldt. Alfred  Stille,  M.  D.  Philadelphia, 
1859. 

Fourteenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Monouga- 

.   hela  Navigation  Co.     Pittsburgh,  1854. 

Au  Act  to  incorporate  the  Ohio  River  Im- 
provement Co.     Philadelphia,  1855. 

Cost,  Revenue  and  Expenditure  of  the  Public 
Works  of  Pennsylvania.      Harrisburg,  1854. 

European  and  Asiatic  Intercourse  via  British 
Columbia  by  means  of  a  Main  Through 
Trunk  Railway  from  the  Atlantic  to  the 
Pacific.     London,  1858. 

Alleghany  Bituminous  Coal.     L.  Pusey,  1856. 


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THE    NORMAN    MEDAL. 


CODE  OF  RULES  FOR  ITS  AWARD. 

I.— Competitiou  for  the  Norman  Medal  of  the  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers  shall  be  restricted  to  Members  of  the  Society. 

II.— There  shall  be  one  gold  medal,  and  only  one,  struck  for  each 
and  every  fiscal  year  of  the  Society,  and  awarded  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided. The  dies  therefor  shall  be  with  the  Superintendent  of  the 
United  States  Mint  at  Philadelphia,  in  trust  exclusively  for  the  above 
purpose.  Such  medal  shall  be  of  a  cost  equal  to  the  annual  interest 
received  upon  $1  000  of  the  Consolidated  Stock  of  the  City  of  New 
York,  Certificate  No.  179,  of  the  additional  new  Croton  Aqueduct  Stock 
of  the  City  of  New  York,  authorized  by  an  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  Chap.  230,  passed  April  15th,  1870,  dated  November 
17th,  1873,  now  held  in  trust  by  the  Treasurer  of  this  Society,  and  so 
held  solely  for  this  purpose,  and  shall  be  executed  upon  his  order. 

Ill-  —All  original  papers  presented  to  the  Society  by  members  of  any 
class,  during  the  year  for  which  the  medal  is  awarded,  shall  be  open  to 
the  awards,  provided  that  such  papers  shall  not  have  been  previously 
contributed  in  whole  or  in  part  to  any  other  association,  nor  have 
appeared  in  print  prior  to  their  publication  by  the  Society,  nor  have  been 
presented  to  the  Society  in  any  previous  year. 

IV.— The  Board  of  Censors  to  award  the  Medal  shall  consist  of  three 
members  of  the  Society,  to  be  designated  by  the  Board  of  Direction. 
The  Secretary  of  the  Society  shall  act  as  Secretary  to  the  Board  of 
Censors. 

v.— The  medal  shall  be  awarded  to  such  paper  as  the  said  Board  shall 
judge  to  be  worthy  of  special  commendation  for  its  merits  as  a  contribu- 
tion to  Engineering  Science,  not  merely  relatively  as  compared  with 
others  presented  during  the  same  year,  but  as  exhibiting  the  science, 
talent  or  industry  displayed  in  the  consideration  of  the  subject  treated 
of,  and  for  the  good  which  may  be  expected  to  result  from  the  discussion 
and  the  inquiry. 

VI-— In  case  no  paper  presented  during  the  year  shall  be  deemed  of 
sufiicient  value  to  receive  an  award,  the  amount  of  the  interest  of  the 
fund  for  that  year  shall  be  expended  by  the  Board  of  Direction  in  the 
purchase  of  books,  to  be  offered  as  a  premium  for  the  second  best  paper 
in  the  next  year  in  which  more  than  one  paper  of  suiiicient  value  may  be 
presented. 

VII.— The  medal  year  shall  terminate  on  the  first  day  of  iVugust,  and 
the  award  shall  be  announced  at  the  Annual  Meeting  in  November. 

VIII.— The  Treasurer  of  this  Society  shall  cause  the  medal  to  be 
prepared  and  delivered  to,  or  deposited  to  the  order  of,  the  successful 
competitor,  within  two  months  after  the  Annual  Meeting  at  which  the 
same  shall  have  been  awarded. 


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LIST      OF      MEMBERS 


ADDITIONS. 


Date  of  Election. 
Leach,  Smith  S U.  S.  Ass't.  Engineer,  2828  Washington 

Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo July  7,  18S0. 

McNultYj'George  W.  . .  .Ass't.  Engineer,  East  River  Bridge,  21 

Water  St.,  Brool<lyn,  N.  Y May  5,  iSSo. 


CHANGES    AND   CORRECTIONS. 

Burr,  James  D (Lantry  &  Burr),  Topeka,  Kansas. 

Earlev,  John  E Locating  Engineer,  R.  G.  M.  &  P.  RR.,  Pueljlb,  Col. 

Fink,  Rudolph Gen.  Manager  Selma,  Rome  &  Dalton  Railroad,  Selma, 

Ala. 
Rockwell,  Samuel P.  ().  Box  J.,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

RESIGNATION. 

Bender,  Charles August  11,  iSSo. 

deaths. 

Havward,  James  A Elected  Member,  September  5,  1877.      Died  August  13, 

1880. 
Greenwood,  William  H  Elected  Member,  March  3,  18S0.     Died  August  29,  1880. 


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I^KOOEEDINaS. 


Vol.  VI.— October,    1880. 


MINUTES     OF    MEETINQS. 

(Abstractof  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 

September  15th,  1880.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President 
Chanute  in  the  chair. 

The  death  of  William  H.  Greenwood,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E.,  was  an- 
nounced. 

A  discussion  on  Inter-Oceauic  Canals,  by  A.  G.  Menocal,  Member  A. 
S.  C.  E.,  was  read,  and  the  discussion  was  continued  by  Messrs.  Shel- 
bourne  and  Welch. 

October  6th,  1880.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President 
Chanute  in  the  chair. 

Ballots  were  canvassed,  and  George  Hume  Simpson,  of  Terre  Haute, 
Ind.,  and  William  Williams  Walker,  of  Hannibal,  Mo.,  were  declared 
elected  as  Members. 

A  communication  from  the  Board  of  Direction,  suggesting  arrange- 
ments for  the  approaching  Annual  Meeting,  was  read,  and  the  sugges- 
tions formally  approved.  These  are  as  follows:  That  as  the  day 
of  the  Annual  Mepting,  November  3d,  is  the  day  after  the  National 
election,  it  will  not  be  convenient  for  non-resident  members  to  attend. 
It  is  suggested,  therefore,  that  the  following  arrangements  be  made: 

The  Annual  Meeting  to  be  called  to  order  at  10  a.  m.,  November  3d; 
Tellers  appointed  to  canvass  the  votes  for  officers,  Eeport  of  the  Board 
of  Direction  presented  and  ordered  printed,  and  a  recess  taken  until 
8  p.  M. 

In  the  evening  the  report  of  the  Tellers  of  the  votes  to  be  presented, 
and  a  recess  to  be  taken  until  November  17th,  at  10  a.  m. 

The  Annual  Meeting  to  be  resumed  at  10  a.  m.  ,  November  17th,  as  a 
business  meeting  for  discussion  on  reports,  constitutional  amendments 
and  other  business.     In  the  evening  at  eight,  a  publie  meeting  for  pro- 


84 

fessional  discussion  only  with  special  paper  on  a  subject  to  be  an- 
nounced. The  evening  meeting  to  be  followed  by  a  collation.  On 
November  18th,  the  resident  members  to  arrange  for  either  an  excursion 
to  points  of  interest  or  a  discussion  on  some  professional  subject;  the 
arrangements  to  larovide  also  for  the  evening  of  this  day. 

The  following  proposed  amendments  to  the  constitution  were  regu- 
larly submitted.  These  amendments  will  be  in  order  for  discussion  and 
amendment  at  the  Annual  Meeting,  and  will  afterwards  be  voted  ujion  by 
letter  ballot: 

As  TO  Election  of  Honoeary  Members. 

Proposed  amendment  to  Article  XXIII. 

Strike  out  the  words,  "  and  the  Past  Presidents  of  the  Society,''  and 
insert  "  such  Past  Presidents  of  the  Society  as  shall  be  at  the  time  mem- 
bers of  the  Society  and  resident  in  the  United  States." 

As  TO  Time  of  Annual  Meeting,  etc. 
Proposed  amendment  to  Article  XXII. 
For  "  first  Wednesday  in  November,"  read   "  first  day  of  January." 

Proposed  Amendment  to  Article  XXX. 

The  Article  to  read: 

The  Annual  Meeting  for  the  election  of  officers  and  hearing  the 
Annual  Reports  shall  be  held  on  the  third  "Wednesday  of  January.  The 
Board  of  Direction  shall  lay  before  the  meeting  a  report  of  the  state  of 
the  Society,  together  with  a  statement  of  the  Treasurer,  verified  by  the 
Committee  on  Finance,  of  the  funds  of  the  Society,  and  the  receipts  and 
payments  during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  of  December  preceding. 

Proposed  Amendment  to  Article  XXXI. 

The  Article  to  read: 

The  annual  contributions  shall  become  due  for  the  ensuing  year  on  the 
first  day  of  January,  and  shall  be  payable  in  advance.  It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  Secretary  to  notify  each,  member  of  the  amount  due  for  the 
ensuing  year  at  the  time  of  giving  notice  of  the  Annual  Meeting.  Mem- 
bers in  arrears  for  the  dues  of  the  current  year  shall  not  be  allowed  to 
vote  at  the  Annual  Meeting. 

Proposed  Amendment  to  Article  V. 
After  the  words   "Annual  Meeting  of  the  Society,"  strike  out  the 
words,  "and  shall  hold  their  offices  until  others  are  elected,"  and  insert, 
"  The  term   of  office  shall  begin  at  the  close  of  the  Annual  Meeting, 
and  continue  for  one  year,  or  until  other  officers  are  elected." 


85 


A  letter  from  Professor  E.  H.  Thurston,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E.,  Secre. 
tary  of  the  late  United  States  Board  to  test  iron,  steel  and  other 
metals,  was  read.    [See  Announcements  below.] 

A  paper  by  A.  G.  Menocal,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E.,  giving  additiona 
information  obtaiuei-l  by  recent  surveys  in  Nicauragua,  was  read  by  the 
Secretary,  and  discussed  by  Messrs.  Chanute,  G.  S.  Greene,  T.  P.  Kins- 
ley and  L.  B.  Ward. 


ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


The  Annual  BIeeting  will  be  held  Wednes- 
day, November  3d,  1H80,  at  10  a.  m.  As  ar- 
ranged at  the  meetiug  of  October  6th  (see 
miuutes  ou  page  83  preceding),  a  recess 
will  be  taken  to  November  17th,  when  the 
Annual  Meeting  will  be  resumed,  in  order  to 
give  members  unable  to  attend  on  the  former 
date  an  opportunity  to  be  present.  The  arrange- 
ments for  the  meeting  will  be  made  by  the 
members  resident  in  New  York,  and  will  ex- 
tend over  the  days  and  evenings  both  of  No- 
vember 17th  and  November  18th. 

The  Second  Report  of  the  late  United 
States  Board  to  test  Ikon,  Steel  and 
Other  Metals  will  soon  be  issued.  The  fol- 
lowing letter  is  published  for  the  information 
of  members: 


Stevens  Institute  of  Technology. 
Department  of  Engineering. 

HoBOKEN,  Sept.  Ist,  1880. 
John  Bogart.  Esq., 

Sec.  Am.  Society  of  Civil  Engineers, 

New  York  City : 
Dear  Sir,— The  second  report  of  the  late 
"  United  States  Board,  appointed  to  test  iron 
steel  and  other  metals,"  is  now  going  through 
the  press,  and  will  probably  be  ready  at  the 
meeting  of  Congress,  or  somewhat  later  in 
the  vviuter. 

Members  of  the  Society  wishing  copies 
should  apply  to  members  of  Congress  at 
once. 

The  whole  edition  of  the  first  report  was 
tiiken  up  before  many  members  of  our  Soci- 
ety had  learned  that  it  was  published. 

It  is  probable  that  a  properly  directed  eS'ort 
might  secure  its  re-publication. 
Very  truly  yourw, 

E.  H.  THURSTON, 
Sec.  late  Board,  <6c. 


ADDITIONS   TO 


LIBRARY     AND     MUSEUM. 


From    Administration    des    Fonts     et 
Chaussees,  Paris: 
Annales.    August,  1880. 

From  American  Chemical  Society.    P. 
Oassamajor,  Secretary,  New  York  : 
Proceedings.    July,  1880. 

From  American  Society  of  Mechanical 
Engineers.  New  York: 
List  of  Officers,  Members  and  Rules.    Organ- 
ized April  7,  1880. 

From  Edward  R.  Andrews,  New  York: 
Creosoting  Timber.     Preserved  Crossties.     A 
reprint    from    the    Railroad   Gazette.     Vol. 
Xn.  No.  21.    (Copies  lor  distribution,) 

From  Argentine  Scientific  Society,  Don 
Eduardo  Aguirie,  Secretary,  Buenos 
Ayres: 
Anales.    July  and  August,  1880. 


From  E.  W.  Bowditch,  Boston; 
Paper  on  the  Drainage  of  Summer  Hotels  and 
Country    Boarding    Houses.     E.   W.   Bow- 
ditch,  Boston,  1880. 

From  Robert  Briggs,  Philadelphia: 
The  Absolute  Economy  of  Electric  Lighting. 
Robert    Briggs.      Philadelphia,    1880.       (5 
copies.) 

From  Bureau   of  Education,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C. : 
Proceedings   of  the  Department  of  Superin- 
tendence of  the   National   Education  Asso- 
ciation at  its  meeting  at  Washington,  D.  C, 
Feb.  18-20,  1880. 
Circulars  issued  bv  the  Bureau,  as  follows: 
Legal  Rights  of  Children. 
Progrpss  of  Western  Education  in  China 

and  Siam. 
The  Inaiau  School  at  Carlisle  Barrack. 
Vacation  Colonies  for  Sickly  School  Chil- 
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From  O.  Channte,  New  York: 
Argiimeut   before    the   Committee   on    Com- 
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the    Keagan    Bill    tor   reyiilaiion  of  Inter- 
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R.  Blauchard.     New  York,  1880. 

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1880. 

From    Prof.    George    H.    Cook.     New 
Brunswick,  N.  J.: 
Fifteenth   Annual   Report  of  Rutger's  Scien- 
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Annual  Report  of  the  State  Geologist  of  New 
Jersey  for  1879.    George  H.  Cook.    Tren- 
ton, 1879. 

From  J.  James  R.  Croes,  New  York: 

The  be.«t  site  for  the  International  Exhiljition 

of  1883.     J.  J.  R.  Croes,     New  York,  1880. 

From  James  B.  Eads.  St.  Louis: 

Inter-Oceanic  Ship  Railway.  Address  of  Capt. 
James  B.  Eads  before  the  San  Francisco 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  Aug.  11,  188(1. 

From  Engineer  Department,  XJ.  S.  A. 
Gen.  Horatio  G.  Wright,  Chief  of 
Engineers,  Washington,  D.  C: 

Annual  Report  of  Chief  of  Engineers  for 
1879.     Parts  I.,  II  and  III. 

Improvemeut  of  Harbors  at  Washington  and 
Georgetown,  D.  C.     S.  Thayer  Abert. 

Proposals  for  Building  Lock  N.  G,  Great  Ka- 
nawha River,  W.  Va.  Maj.  Wm.  P.  Craig- 
hill. 

Specifications  for  furnishing  Piles  at  Horse- 
tail Bar.     Capt.  O.  H.  Ernst. 

Specifications,  &c..  for  Improvement  of  the 
Osage  River  between  Osage  City  and  Tus- 
cumbia.  Mo.     Capt.  O.  H.  Ernst. 

Specifications  relating  to  the  Improvement  of 
St.  -lohus  River,  Florida.  Gen.  Q.  A.  GiU- 
more. 

Specifications  for  Improvement  of  Inside 
Passage  between  Ft-ruaudina  and  St.  Johns 
River,  Florida.     Gen.  Q.  A.  Gillmore. 

Specifications  for  Improvement  of  the  en- 
trance to  Cumberland  Sound  between 
Georgia  and  Florida,     Gen.  Q.  A.  Gillmore. 

Specifications  tor  improvement  of  the  Har- 
bor at  Brunswick,  Ga.  Gen.  Q.  A.  Gill- 
more. 

Specifications  for  improving  Volussla  Bar, 
Florula     Gen.  Q.  A.  Gillmore. 

Specificatious  for  U.  S.  Haibor  Improvement, 
Grand  Haven,  Mich.     Maj.F.  Harwood. 

Specifications  for  Improvement  Portage  Lake, 
Michigan.     Maj.  F.  Harwood. 

Specifications  tor  Harbor  Improvement  of 
Muskegon,  Mich.     Maj  F.  Harwood. 

Specifications  for  Harbor  Improvement,  Lud- 
ington,  Mich.     Maj.  F.  Harwood. 

Specifications  for  River  Improvement,  An 
Sable,  Mich.    Maj.  F.  Harwood. 

Specifications  for  Harbor  Improvement  of 
Chorlevoix,  Mich.     Maj.  F.  Harwood. 

Specifications  for  Improvement  of  harbor  of 
Cheboygan,  Mich.     Maj.  F.  Harwood. 

Specifications  tor  Harbor  Improvement,  Sebe- 
waing,  Mich.     Maj.  F.  Harwood. 

Specifications  for  Improvement  of  Schuylkill 
River,  Pa.     Col.  J.  N.  Macomb. 


Specifications  for  Construction  of  Piers  ii 
Marcus  Hook  Harbor.     Col..  J,  N.  Macomb.| 

Specifications  for  Improvement  of  Delaware 
River  between  Camden  and  Philadelphia.] 
Col.  J.  W    Macomb. 

Specifications  for  Improvement  of  Delaware" 
River  at  Miffliu  Bay.     Col.  J.  W.  Macouib. 

Specifications  for  Improvement  of  Mispillion 
Creek,  Delaware,     Col.  J.  N.  Macomb. 

Specifications  of  Improvement  of  Delaware 
River  near  Bordentown,  N,  J.  Col.  J.  N. 
Macomo. 

Specifications  for  Improvement  of  Duck 
Creek.  Delaware.     Col.  J.  N.  Macomb. 

Specifications  for  Improvement  of  Wilming- 
ton Harbor,  Delaware.     Col  J  N.  Macomb. 

Specifications  for  U.  S.  Ii-on  Landing  Pier 
near  Lewes,  Delaware.  Material  for  Fen- 
der System.     Col.  J.  N.  Macomb. 

Specifications  fur  Removal  of  Wrecks  in  Dela- 
ware Bay  and  Delaware  BreakAater  Har- 
bor.    Col.  J.  N.  Macomb. 

Specifications  for  Improvement  of  Cohansey 
Creek,  N.  J.     Col.  J.  N.  Macomb. 

Specifications  for  improvement  of  Schooner 
Ledge,  Delaware  River.  Col.  J.  N.  Ma- 
comb. 

Spec.fications  for  Improving  the  Channel  at 
the  Mouth  of  Salem  River,  N.  J,  Col.  J.  N. 
Blacomb. 

Advertisement,  Specifications  and  Proposals 
for  Dredging  iu  the  Mississippi  River  near 
Keithsbva-g,  111.     Capt.  A.  Mackenzie. 

Specifications,  &c.,  for  Constructing  Dams 
and  Shore  Protections  of  Brush  and  Stone 
at  Bar  one  mile  above  Winona,  Minn. 
Capt.  A.  Mackenzie. 

Specifications,  &o.,  for  constructing  Dams  and 
Shore  Protections  of  Brush  and  Stone  near 
Alexandria,  Mo.     Capt  A.  Mackenzie. 

Specifications  for  Dredging  in  the  Harbor  of 
Kock  Island,  111.     Capt.  .\.  Mackenzie. 

Specifications  for  Constructing  a  Dam  and 
Shore  Proiection  of  Brush  and  Stone  near 
Red  Wing,  Minn.     Capt.  A.  Mackenzie. 

Specifications  for  Constructing  a  Dam  of  Stone 
at  Denmark  Island,  opposite  Mundy's  Land- 
ing. Mo.     Capt.  A.  Mackenzie. 

Specifications  for  Constructing  Dams  and 
Shore  Protections  of  Brush  and  Stone  at 
Bar  above  Gregory's  Landing,  Mo.  Capt. 
A.  Mackenzie. 

Specifications  for  Constructing  Dams  and 
Shore  Protections  of  Brush  and  Stone  at 
Westport  Chute,  near  Falmuth,  Mo.  Capt. 
A.  Mackenzie. 

Specifications  for  Constructing  Dams  and 
Shore  Protections  of  Brush,  Stone  and 
Gravel,  near  Hannibal,  Mo,  Capt.  A.  Mac- 
kenzie. 

Specification  for  improvement  of  Newton 
Creek,  New  York.     Gen.  John  Newton. 

Proposals  for  Dredging  Currituck  Sound,  N. 
C.     Capt.  Chas.  B.  Philips. 

Proposals  for  Dredging  Harbor  at  Norfolk, 
Va.     Capt.  Chas.  B.  Phillips. 

Specifications  for  improvement  of  St.  Marys 
River,  Mich.     Gen.  G.  Weitzel. 

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Springs,  Creeks,  and  Rivers,  contemporane- 
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in  cultivated  countries.  By  Sir  Gustav  Wex. 
Translated  by  Gen.  G.  Weitzel.  Washing- 
ington,  1880. 

Specifications  for  Dredging  in  Quincy  Harbor, 
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by  the  Secretary  of   State  June  30,    1873. 

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Meuse.  M.  Martial  Hans,     Brussels,  1880. 
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Mr.  Rnthery  upon  circumstances  attending 

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Dec.  28,  1879. 


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LIST      OF      MEMBERS 


ADDITIONS. 

MEMBER. 

Date  of  Election. 

Ballard,  Robert Engineer  Northern  Divisions  Queens- 
land Railways,  Rockhampton, 
Queensland,    Australia Sept.  x,  i88o. 

Barnard,  John  F Gen.  Supt.  Kansas  City,  St.  Jo.seph  and 

Council  Bluffs  R.  R.,  St.  Joseph, 
Mo " 

Brough,  Redmond  J.  ..  .Engineer    and    Supt.    Water     Works, 

Toronto,  Canada "         " 

CoMSTOCK,  Cyrus  B Maj.   Corps  of  Engineers,   Bvt.    Brig. 

Gen.  U.  S.  A.,  Detroit,  Mich.  ... 

Frazier,  James  L Res.    Eng.   Elizabethtown,  Lexington, 

and  Big  Sandy  R.  R.,  Morehead, 

Ky "       " 


Stanton,  Robert  B. 
Vance,  Hart 


..Engineer's  office,  Union]  Pacific  Rail- 
road, Denver,  Col Sept.  i,  i5 

..U.  S.  Ass't  Engineer,  1,351  Washing- 
ton ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo July  7,  18I 


Hammond,  Henry  B. 


associate. 


.  Pres.  Indianapolis,  Decatur  and  Spring- 
field R.  R..  120  Broadway,  New 
York,  N.  Y July  7,  1880. 


changes  and  corrections. 

members. 

Doane,  Edward  A Chief  Engineer  Meadville  Railroad,   Box  1,715,  Mead- 

ville,  Pa. 

Hasell,  Bentley  D Pier  27,  N.  R.,  P.  O.  Box  2,605,  ^^^w  York,  N.  Y. 

Kinsley,  Thomas   P  .  . .  .231  Broadway,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Michaelis,  Otho  E Capt.   Ordinance  Corps,    U.S.  A.,   Frankford  Arsenal, 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Moore,  Charles  E Care  of  Sweet  Mfg.  Co.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Sears,  Alfred  F Chief  Engr.  Oregonian  Railway  Co.  (Limited),  Port- 
land, Oregon. 

Searles,   William   H...Newburg,  N.  Y. 

Ward,  Charles   D.,    ..U.  S.  Engineer's  office,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Weir,  Frederick  C Burnet  House,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 


juniors. 

Crosby,  Benjamin  L Nemaha  City,  Neb. 

HoRTON,  Sanford Engineer  Dept.  Southern  Pacific  R.  R.,  Mescilla,  N.  M. 


resignation. 
Ross,  William  B Junior Sept.  23,  1880.        * 


pmkmx  mkb  of  iiml   |^nc(in^^r3. 


p^ROCEEDiisras. 


Vol.  VI.— November,    1880. 


MINUTES     OF     MEETINaS. 

(Abstractof  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 

October  20th,  1880.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.     William  H.  Paine 
in  the  chair. 

The  subject  of  wind  pressures  was  discussed  by  members  present. 


THE  TWENTY-EIGHTH  ANNUAL  MEETING  OF 
THE  SOCIETY, 

November  3d,  17th  and  18th,  1880. 

NovEMBEK  3d,  1880.— The  Society  met  at  10  a.  m.  William  H.  Paine 
in  the  chair. 

The  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Direction  was  presented,  ordered 
printed  and  submitted  to  the  adjourned  meeting  on  November  17th. 

Edward  P.  North  and  John  G.  Van  Home,  Members  A.  S.  0.  E., 
were  appointed  tellers  of  the  ballots  to  be  canvassed  this  day. 

The  Annual  Reports  of  the  Treasurer  and  of  the  Finance  Committee 
I  were  presented,  and  their  consideration  postponed. 

The  Report  of  the  Committee  on  a  Uniform  System  of  Tests  of 
Cement  was  presented,  and  its  consideration  postponed. 

On  motion,  the  proposed  amendment  to  Article  XXXI.  of  the  Con- 
stitution, as  printed  on  page  84,  Proceedings,  Vol.  VI.  (October,  1880), 
was  amended  by  omitting  the  last  clause,  it  being  explained  that  the 


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clause  was  inserted  by  a  clerical   error.     Tlie  amendment,  as  now  pro- 
posed, is  as  follows  : 

Proposed  Amendment  to  Article  XXXI.     The  Article  to  read  : 

The  annual  contributions  shall  become  due  for  the  ensuing  year  on  the  first  day  of  Janu- 
ary, and  shall  be  payable  in  advance.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  to  notify  each 
member  of  the  amount  due  for  the  ensuing  year,  at  the  time  of  giving  notice  of  the  Annual 
Meeting. 

The  consideration  of  all  the  proposed  amendments  was  then  post- 
poned to  November  17th. 

The  Eeport  of  the  Canvass  of  Suggestions  as  to  place  and  time  for 
the  Thirteenth  Annual  Convention  was  presented,  and  its  consideration 
also  postponed. 

A  recess  was  taken  until  8  p.  m. 

November  3d,  8  p.  m.— The  Annual  Meeting  was  resumed.  Vice- 
President  Chanute  in  the  chair. 

The  report  of  the  canvass  of  ballots  for  membership  was  made,  and 
the  following  were  declared  elected  Juniors  of  the  Society:  Thomas  Ellis 
Brown,  of  New  York,  and  G.  Frederick  P.  Day,  of  Fitchburg,  Mass. 

The  report  of  the  canvass  of  ballots  for  officers  was  presented,  and 
the  following  members  were  declared  elected  officers  of  the  Society  for 
the  ensuing  year  : 

President— James  B.  Francis. 

Vice-Presidents— Octave  Chanute,  Ashbel  Welch. 

Secretary  and  Librarian— John  Bogart. 
[  Treasurer— J.  James  E.  Croes. 

Directors— William  H.  Paine,  C.  Vandervoort  Smith,  Joseph  P. 
Dayis,  G.  Bouscaren,  D.  J.  Whittemore. 

The  Annual  Meeting  was  then  adjourned  to  meet  on  Wednesday, 
November  17th,  at  10  a.  m. 

November  17th,  1880.— The  Annual  Meeting,  adjourned  from  Novem- 
ber 3d,  was  resumed  at  10  a.  m.     William  H.  Paine  in  the  chair. 

The  Secretary  announced  the  details  of  the  proposed  arrangements, 
for  this  and  the  following  day,  as  shown  by  the  printed  programme. 

The  Annual  Eeport  of  the  Board  of  Direction  was  then  presented  in 
printed  slips  and  accepted.  The  Eeports  of  the  Treasurer  and  of  the 
Finance  Committee  were  also  presented  and  accepted.  The  Eeport  of 
the  Committee  on  a  Uniform  System  for  Tests  of  Cements  was  read, 
placed  on  file,  and  the  Committee  continued. 

The  Eeport  of  the  Board  of  Censors  to  award  the  Norman  Medal  wasi 
read,  as  follows  . 

"We,  the  Board  of  Censors  appointed  to  award  the  Norman  Medal 
for  the  year  1880,  do  award  the  same  to  Theodore  Cooper,  Member  A.  S. 


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C.    E.,   author   of    Paper   No.    CLXXXVI.,     "The   Use   of   Steel    for 
Bridges." 

James  B.  Francis. 

Chas.  Hermany. 

Thos.  C.  Clarke. 

The  Eeport  of  the  Canvass  of  Suggestions  as  to  place  for  the  next 
Annual  Convention  was .  read.  These  are  answers  to  a  circular  issued 
requesting  such  suggestions.     96  answers  were  received,  as  follows: 

San  Francisco  was  suggested  by 32 


Washington 
New  York 
Long  Branch 
St.  Paul 
Niagara 
Buffalo 
Richmond 


" 24 

" 8 

" 4 

" 4 

" 3 

" 3 

" 3 

Ithaca  (Cornell  University)  was  suggested  by 2 

Baltimore  was  suggested  by 2 

Minneapolis  was  suggested  by 2 

Cincinnati       "            "           " 2 

Alexandria  Bay  was  suggested  by 1 


Lake  Superior 

Troy 

Chicago 

Providence 

Saratoga 

Montreal 


The  subject  of  a  recommendation  by  this  meeting  as  to  the  place  for 
the  next  Convention  was  discussed,  and  the  following  suggestions  and 
remarks  as  to  the  places  named  were  made  by  members  present,  or  read 
by  the  Secretary  from  the  answers  to  the  circulars  issued  on  this 
subject. 

As  to  San  Francisco,  it  was  stated  that  holding  the  Convention  there, 
and  the  trip  across  the  continent,  would  excite  a  more  extended  interest 
in  the  Society  ;  that  excellent  opportunity  to  examine  the  minei'al  re- 
sources and  mining  operations  would  be  afforded  ;  that  the  Pacific  Coast 
contains  some  of  the  most  peculiar  engineering  works  in  this  country  ; 
that  San  Francisco  itself  is  one  of  the  most  interesting  cities  of  this  con- 
tinent ;  that  while  the  time  occupied  might  be  longer  than  usual  it 
would  be  well  occupied,  and  that  to  many  members,  such  an  excursion 
would  be  the  only  opportunity  for  a  visit  to  the  Pacific  ;  that  engineers 
will  probably  be  able  to  alford  such  a  trip  better  than  for  years  past ; 
that  the  Society  being  National,  should  take  a  comprehensive  view  of 


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the  situation  ;  that  the  desire  to  hold  a  Convention  at  San  Francisco  has 
been  growing  and  has  found  expression  frequently  during  several  years 
past ;  that,  probably,  satisfactory  arrangements  could  be  made  as  to  the 
cost  of  the  trip  to  members. 

On  the  other  hand,  it  was  stated  that  it  was  understood  that  while 
the  members  of  the  Society  now  residing  in  Cahfornia  would  be  glad  to 
have  a  Convention  held  in  San  Francisco,  yet  it  was  considered  that  a 
year  or  two  later  than  the  present  would  be  more  desirable,  because  the 
Southern  railway  connections  would  then  be  completed,  and  it  was  alsa 
hoped  that  the  membership  of  the  Society  on  the  Pacific  coast  would 
be  considerably  increased  in  the  meanwhile.  It  was  also  said  that  there 
were  the  great  objections  of  the  expense  of  a  trip  to  San  Francisco, 
and  the  time,  little  less  than  a  month,  that  would  necessarily  be  required, 
and  that  both  these  considerations  of  cost  and  time  would  probably  pre- 
vent the  attendance  of  many  members. 

On  motion  it  was  determined  that  San  Francisco  be  not  recommended 
as  the  place  for  the  next  Convention. 

As  to  Washington,  it  was  urged  that  the  National  Capital  possesses 
many  objects  of  interest  to  the  engineer  ;  that  a  Convention  there  would 
aid  in  obtaining  National  recognition  of  the  Society  ;  that  it  is  con- 
venient of  access  for  many  members  ;  that  it  has  great  local  conveniences 
for  convention  purposes  ;  that  the  conventions  should  alternate  between 
the  East  and  West  or  the  North  and  South  ;  that  Congress  should  be 
urged  to  re-establish  the  work  of  the  commission  for  testing  iron  and  steel. 

On  the  other  hand,  it  was  stated  that  the  regular  session  of  Congress- 
terminated  this  year  on  the  4th  of  March,  and  that  there  was  no  proba- 
bility of  a  session  being  held  there  this  spring  or  summer  ;  that  it  was 
not  desirable  that  the  Convention  should  be  held  at  Washington  at  a- 
time  when  Congress  was  not  in  session. 

On  motion  it  was  determined  that  Washington  be  not  recommended 
as  the  place  for  the  next  Convention. 

As  to  St.  Paul,  it  was  stated  that  members  resident  in  the  northwest 
were  desirous  of  having  the  Society  visit  that  part  of  the  country,  but  that 
considering  the  location  of  the  last  two  conventions  it  would  probably 
not  be  best  to  go  to  St.  Paul  at  this  time,  and  that  a  special  invitation, 
would  probably  be  extended  to  the  Society  for  some  future  year. 

As  to  Ithaca,  N.  Y. ,  an  invitation  was  read  from  Prof.  Fuertes,  Mem- 
ber A.  S.  C.  E.,  suggesting  that  at  Cornell  University  the  problems  of 
technical  and  higher  education  are  being  solved  under  auspices  and  with 
tendencies  entirely  American  ;  that  it  is  the  only  American  university 
where  all  courses  of  study  are  placed  on  an  equal  footing  ;  that  there  is 
ready  access  to  many  interesting  places  in  Central  New  York,  and  that 
the  faculty  of  the  university  would  welcome  the  Society.  It  was,  how- 
ever, suggested  that  there  was  a  question  as  to  the  extent  of  the  hotel 
accommodations. 


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As  to  Troy,  it  was  suggested  that  it  was  easy  of  access  from  all  sec- 
tions ;  that  many  members  of  the  Society  who  began  their  professional 
life  there  will  be  glad  to  visit  that  city  ;  that  a  Convention  has  never 
been  held  in  the  northern  part  of  the  State  of  New  York  ;  that  many 
places  and  works  of  interest  could  be  visited  ;  large  steel  works,  paper 
manufactories,  &c.,  are  in  the  vicinity. 

As  to  Providence,  it  was  said  that  there  were  excellent  hotels  and  many 
points  of  engineering  interest ;  that  it  is  a  great  railroad  center,  only  one 
hour  from  Boston  and  close  to  Newport  and  many  pleasure  resorts  on 
Narragansett  Bay  ;  and  that  also  there  are  in  it  and  its  neighborhood  many 
great  manufactories. 

Another  suggestion  was  made  that  it  might  be  best  for  the  Society  to 
hold  a  Convention  at  some  watering  place  or  summer  resort ;  that  such 
a  place  could  be  selected  where  good  accommodations  could  be  secured 
at  reasonable  rates,  and  which  should  be  accessible  and  intei'esting  ;  that 
a  meeting  could  thus  be  held  without  local  invitation  and  thus  avoid  the 
imposition  of  a  large  tax  for  entertainment  upon  the  local  membership ; 
that  at  least  one  experiment  of  this  kind  might  be  desirable. 

After  the  discussion  it  was  on  motion  determined  that  a  letter  ballot 
be  issued,  and  that  this  Annual  Meeting  recommend  as  the  place  for  the 
next  Convention  one  of  these  three  points,  Niagara  Falls,  the  Thousand 
Islands  or  Montreal. 

The  proposed  amendments  to  the  Constitution  were  then  discussed. 

It  was  recommended  that  the  following  amendments  be  adopted. 

Proposed  Amendment  to  Article  XXIII. 

strike  out  the  worda  "  and  the  Past  Presidents  of  the  Society,"  and  Insert  '■  such  Past 
Presidents  of  the  Society  as  shall  be  at  the  time  Members  of  the  Society  and  resident  in  the 
United  States." 

Proposed  Amendment  to  Article  XXII. 

For  "  first  Wednesday  in  November,"  read  "  first  day  of  January." 

ProiDosed  Amendment  to  Article  XXX.     The  Article  to  read  : 

The  Annual  Meeting  for  the  election  of  officers  and  hearing  the  Annual  Reports,  shall  be 
held  on  the  third  Wednesday  in  January.  The  Board  of  Direction  shall  lay  before  the  meeting 
a  report  of  the  state  of  the  Society,  together  with  a  statement  by  the  Treasurer,  verified  by  the 
Committee  on  Finance,  of  the  funds  of  the  Society,  and  the  I'eceipts  and  payments  during  the 
year  ending  on  the  31st  of  December  preceding. 

Proposed  Amendment  to  Article  XXXI.     The  Article  to  read  : 

The  annual  contributions  shall  become  due  for  the  ensuing  year  on  the  first  day  of  January, 
and  shall  be  payable  in  advance.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  to  notify  each  member 
of  the  amount  due  for  the  ensuing  year,  at  the  time  of  giving  notice  of  the  Annual  Meeting. 

Proposed  Amendment  to  Article  V. 

After  the  words  "  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Society,"  strike  out  the  words  "and  shall  hold 
their  offices  until  others  are  elected,"  and  insert  "  The  term  of  office  shall  begin  at  the  close  of 
the  Annual  Meeting  and  continue  for  one  year  or  until  other  officers  are  elected." 


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The  following  proposed  Amendment  was  then  discussed.  Article 
XIX  to  read  : 

Proposals  for  admission  to  tbe  Society,  endorsed  by  five  members  as  provided  in  preced- 
ing Article,  shall  be  submitted  to  the  Board  of  Direction  at  its  next  meeting.  If  the  applicant 
is  deemed  eligible  by  the  Board  of  Direction,  letter  ballots  shall  be  issued  and  these  ballota 
shall  be  canvassed  by  the  Board  of  Direction  not  less  than  twenty-five  days  after  the  date  of 
mailing  the  ballots.  A  member  voting  in  the  negative  on  any  application,  to  give  with  the 
ballot  a  itritten  statement  of  his  reasons  for  such  negative  vote,  which  statement  he  may  sign 
or  not  as  he  chooses,  but  if  not  signed  he  must  indicate  means  by  which  his  statement  can  be 
verified  ;  the  Board  of  Direction  will  then  consider  the  reasons  given,  and  if  they  are  good  and 
sufficient,  and  if  they  are  deemed  to  be  well  founded,  the  negative  vote  will  be  counted  and 
five  or  more  negative  votes  will  exclude  the  applicant. 

Members  of  the  Board  of  Direction  may  change  their  votes  to  the  negative  for  the  reasons 
shown,  after  the  reasons  for  giving  such  vote  have  been  held  sufficient ;  but  such  negative 
vote  shall  be  given  openly  in  the  meeting  of  the  Board. 

In  case  of  the  non-election  of  any  person  balloted  for,  no  notice  shall  be  taken  thereof  in 
the  Society  minutes. 

Letters  favorable  to  this  or  a  similar  amendment  were  read  from 
Messrs.  W.  P.  Shinn,  F.  Slataper  and  T.  Egleston. 

Mr.  W.  Crosby  presented  l>y  letter  the  following  :  "  I  am  oj^posed  to 
the  proi^osed  amendment  for  the  following  reasons  : 

1st.  It  destroys  the  secrecy  of  the  ballot  which  was  to  take  the  place  ^ 
of  the  black  ball  and  be  equally  secret. 

2d.  It  substitutes  the  judgment  of  the  Board  of  Direction  for  that  of 
the  individual  voting,  and,  in  so  doing,  takes  from  the  members  nearly 
the  last  right  left  them  in  the  managing  of  the  Society's  affairs,  except 
that  of  paying  dues. 

3d.  It  calls  upon  the  Board  of  Direction  to  reverse  a  decision  already 
made  by  it ;  a  much  more  trying  thing  to  do,  than  to  come  to  a  just  deci- 
sion m  the  first  instance. 

In  support  of  these  reasons  I  advance  as  follows  : 
Secrecy  is  desirable  because — 

1st.  It  might  often  be  a  great  injury  to  a  candidate  to  relate,  even  to 
a  limited  circle,  facts  known  to  be  against  him,  unless  it  is  considered 
that,  like  a  woman's  secret,  which  is  better  kept  the  more  possess  it;  five 
members  added  to  the  whole  number  in  the  Board  of  Direction,  can 
better  keep  those  facts  to  themselves  than  could  the  same  five  members 
without  the  assistance  of  the  Board. 

2d.  The  secrecy  of  the  ballot  is  desirable  even  when  the  unworthinesa 
of  the  candidate  is  known  to  many,  because  most  men,  not  ambitious  of 
martyrdom,  do  not  wish  to  be  known  as  opposing  the  admission  of  any 
one,  whatever  their  feelings  may  be,  but  prefer  to  let  the  responsibility 
be  a  little  indefinite. 

The  ijroposed  plan  gives  to  a  bare  majority  of  a  quorum  of  the  Board 
of  Direction,  four  persons,  the  power  to  override  the  wishes  of  a  great 
number,  or  even  of  all  of  the  members  outside  of  that  quorum,  and  to 
admit  to  membership  any  man,however  objectionable,  that  small  majority 
may  see  fit. 


Since  there  is  practically  no  way  of  getting  rid  of  an  obnoxious  mem- 
ber, so  long  as  he  pays  his  dues,  if  we  would  preserve  a  high  standard, 
too  great  care  cannot  be  exercised  in  the  admission,  and  therefore  mem- 
bers should  be  free  to  vote  effectively  in  this  matter,  and  this  seems  an 
undesirable  bestowal  of  power,  particularly  when  there  is  such  a  diver- 
sity of  opinion  as  to  the  conditions  that  candidates  should  fulfill,  some 
persons  who  have  been  very  much  in  the  Board  of  Direction,  being  much 
less  strict  in  that  than  many  members  outside  of  that  Board." 
The  following  discussion  then  took  place  : 

George  W.  Dresser. — I  desire  to  offer  an  amendment  to  this  pro- 
posed amendment  to  the  Constitution.  It  seems  to  me  that  this  point 
can  be  made  against  this  amendment  as  proposed.  The  members  may, 
or  may  not  send  in,  in  writing,  signed  or  unsigned,  their  reasons  for  their 
negative  vote.  If  they  do,  the  Board  can  have  that  information  to  act 
upon,  and,  of  course,  the  votes  of  the  Board  will  be  sufficient  to  defeat  the 
election  of  the  man.  The  common  course  of  the  thing  would  be  that  the 
members  would  say,  I  don't  care  to  write  out  my  reasons,  but  I  will  sim- 
ply vote  against  that  man,  and  get  four  others  to  do  so,  and  we  will  de- 
feat his  election.  The  simplest  way  to  rectify  this  matter  is  to  put  the 
responsibility  of  a  recommendation  for  election,  not  for  ballot,  but  for 
election,  upon  the  Board  of  Direction.  They  are  in  a  position  to  enquire 
and  obtain  whatever  information  may  be  necessary  for  them  to  form  a 
judgment,  and  if  the  matter  is  so  adjusted  that  their  recommendation  is 
for  election,  they  will  take  very  great  care  to  inquire  and  inform  them- 
selves about  each  proposed  candidate  and  not  give  a  negative  recommen- 
dation but  a  positive  one.  If  they  simply  do  not  know  anything  either 
for  or  against  the  man,  they  will  post  themselves,  and  for  that  reason  I 
would  suggest  the  propriety  of  placing  the  responsibility  uiaon  the 
Board,  who  are  bound  to  see  that  no  detriment  shall  come  to  the  Society, 
and  in  that  light  there  is  nothing  more  imi^ortant  for  them  to  consider 
than  the  admission  of  members.  The  second  point  I  would  like  to  make 
is  this  :  that  the  affirmative  votes  count  for  nothing,  and  it  is  only  the 
negative  votes  that  throw  the  man  out.  It  is  simply  within  the  power 
of  any  five  members  to  prevent  the  admission  of  a  single  member  to  the 
society  by  simply  striking  their  pen  through  the  word  yes  on  the  ballot 
as  sent  out.  Therefore  I  would  require  that  there  shall  be  more  than 
five  members  necessary  to  reject  a  candidate  for  membership  of  this 
Society  after  a  recommendation  of  the  Board  of  Direction  for  election 
has  been  made. 

To  bring  this  to  a  point,  I  would  recommend  that  in  the  fourth  line 
of  the  present  amendment,  as  printed,  the  words  "  deemed  eligible  "  be 
stricken  out,  and  the  words  "recommended  for  election  "  be  inserted  in 
their  place,  so  that  clause  would  read  :  "  If  the  applicant  is  recommended 
for  election  by  the  Board  of  Direction,  letter  ballots,"  &c.  That  leaves 
the  letter  ballot  as  it  stands  in  the  proposed  amendment,  and  that  change 


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being  made,  leaves  the  rest  of  the  proijosed  amendment  useless,  and  I 
would  scratch  out  all  that  follows,  beginning  with  "  a  member  voting  in 
the  negative,"  &c.,  and  would  insert  there:  "  An  affirmative  vote  of  at 
least  four-fifths  of  all  the  votes  cast  shall  be  necessary  for  an  election." 
This  places  the  matter  upon  the  same  basis  as  the  Institution  of  Civil 
Engineers  in  England.  They  require  four-fifths  of  the  votes  cast  to  elect 
a  member,  and  I  think  the  success  of  that  institution  is  sufficient  guaran- 
tee for  us  to  adopt  the  same  rule. 

It  seems  to  me  that  this  will  place  the  matter  in  a  very  simple  form  ; 
that  it  will  eradicate  the  difficulty  that  we  have  been  laboring  under,  and 
it  will  put  the  matter  where  no  man  can  assume  to  say  to  us  that  we 
manage  the  alfairs  of  a  professional  Society  as  though  it  were  a  social 
club. 

The  great  objection  to  the  present  system  is  apparent,  I  think,  to 
every  one.  It  is  well  known  to  many  members  of  the  Society  that  gentle- 
men of  high  standing,  and  occupying  high  positions — men  who  are  a 
credit  and  an  honor  to  the  profession,  and  would  be  men  of  influence  and 
importttnce  to  us  as  a  body  if  they  were  members  of  the  Society — have 
been  rejected  as  members  by  barely  five  votes,  and  that  this  thing  may 
be  done  again.  Any  man  who  occupies  a  high  position  must  find  it 
necessary  at  times  to  bring  some  of  the  younger  members  up  with  a 
round  turn  occasionally.  It  may  have  been,  i^erhaps,  without  any  inten- 
tion of  being  unkind,  but  it  must  work  a  hardship  to  these  younger 
gentlemen.  But  finally  this  man  who  has  done  this  thing  comes  up 
as  an  applicant  for  membership.  This  young  man  meets  one  or  two  of 
his  friends  :  ' '  Here  we  have  got  him  ;  we  can  sock  it  to  him  now  ;  we 
will  make  him  smart."  That  is  the  way  the  thing  works  practically. 
Shall  we  ask  all  who  want  to  join  to  submit  themselves  to  the  risk  of  any 
such  treatment  V  It  seems  to  me  that  an  affirmative  vote  of  four-fifths 
ought  to  be  ample,  and  I  would  move  this  amendment,  sir,  to  the  amend- 
ment. 

This  was  seconded. 

W.  R.  HuTTON. — As  I  understand  the  amendment,  as  printed,  only 
those  votes  can  be  counted  which  are  sustained  by  the  objection. 

The  Secret AKY. — That  is  not  as  suggested  by  Mr.  Dresser. 

Mr.  Katte. — I  think  there  is  a  radical  defect  in  this  amendment  as 
printed.  I  don't  see  how  it  will  be  proper  for  the  Board  to  change  any 
vote.  If  a  man  votes  no,  where  does  the  Board  of  Direction  derive  the 
power  to  throw  that  ballot  out  ? 

I  think  we  must  change  that  proposition  entirely.  Otherwise  I 
think  the  amendment  is  a  very  good  one,  indeed.  The  four-fifths  rnle 
in  London  has  been  found  to  work  well  for  a  long  time.  There  can 
hardly  be  any  doubt  that  our  present  rule  has  done  us  a  great  deal  of 
injury.  This  whole  discussion  has  arisen  from  a  case  in  point.  We 
have  undoubtedly  lost  a  very  valuable  member — a  gentleman  who  stands 


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high  in  the  jDrofession  and  in  the  estimation  of  his  friends.     Now,  I  think 
that  when  a  gentleman  of  that  character  is  rejected  by  this  Society  by 
five  negative  votes  it  is  nearly  approaching  a  scandal  upon  this  Society. 
For  that  reason  I  concur  in  the  amendment  offered  by  Mr.  Dresser. 
The  meeting  was  then  adjoiirned  to  8:30  p.  m. 

November  17th,  8:30  p.  m. — The  session  of  the  Annual  Meeting  was 
resumed,  Vice-President  Ashbel  Welch  in  the  chair. 

Mr.  Welch. — Gentlemen,  I  take  this  occasion  to  thank  the  Society 
for  the  unexpected  honor  done  to  me  by  electing  me  to  one  of  its  high 
places. 

The  consideration  of  the  amendment  jiroposed  to  Article  XIX  of  the 
Constitution  was  continued. 

The  annual  meeting  then,  by  vote,  adopted  the  following  amend- 
ment to  the  proposed  amendment  to  Article  XIX  of  the  Constitution 
and  recommended  its  passage  as  thus  amended.     Article  XIX  to  read  : 

Proposals  for  admission  to  the  Society,  endorsed  by  five  members  as  provided  in  the  pre. 
ceding  Article,  shall  be  submitted  to  the  Board  of  Direction  at  its  next  meeting.  If  the  appli- 
cant is  recommended  for  election  by  the  Board  ot  Direction,  letter  ballots  shall  be  issued  and 
these  ballots  shall  be  canvassed  by  the  Board  of  Direction  not  less  than  twenty-five  days  after 
the  date  of  mailing  the  ballots. 

An  affirmative  vote  of  at  least  four-fifths  of  all  the  votes  cast  shall  be  necessary  for  an 
election. 

In  case  of  the  non-election  of  any  person  balloted  for,  no  notice  shall  be  taken  thereof  in 
the  Society  minutes. 

The  following  proposed  Amendment  to  the  By-Laws  was  then 
brought  up.  Proposed  by  F.  Collingwood,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E.,  and 
seconded  by  G.  Leverich,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E. 

An  amendment  to  the  By-Laws,  to  take  the  place  of  Section  24. 

Section  24.  Any  member  entitled  to  vote  for  officers  of  the  Society,  may,  before  the 
third  Wednesday  of  November,  in  any  year,  nominate  such  officers  for  the  ensuing  year,  by 
presenting  the  names  of  such  nominees  in  writing  over  his  own  signature,  in  a  sealed  envel- 
ope, addressed  to  the  Board  of  Direction,  and  endorsed, ' '  Nominations  for  Officers." 

The  Board  of  Direction  or  those  of  its  members  present  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board,  to  be 
held  on  said  third  Wednesday  of  November,  for  this  purpose,  shall  prepare  a  list  in  alphabet- 
ical order,  under  the  title  of  each  office,  of  all  the  persons  thus  nominated  and  eligible  to  the 
respective  offices,  together  with  the  class  of  membership  of  each  as  to  whether  resident  or 
non-resident. 

Within  one  week  thereafter,  the  Secretary  shall  mail  such  list,  with  a  copy  of  this  sec" 
tion,  to  all  members  of  whatever  class. 

Members  qualified  to  vote  for  officers  may  do  so  by  striking  from  or  adding  to  this  list, 
and  return  the  same  as  their  ballots,  but  each  ballot  shall  contain  not  more  than  one  name  for 
President,  one  for  Secretary,  one  for  Treasurer,  and  one  for  Li  rarian,  two  names  for  Vice- 
President  and  five  names  for  Directors.  Of  these,  one  Vice-President,  the  Secretary,  the 
Treasurer,  the  Librarian  and  three  Directors  must  be  resident  members. 

The  vote  shall  be  by  letter,  in  like  manner  as  prescribed  for  admission  to  membership, 
and  be  canvassed  at  the  Annual  Meeting  next  succeeding.  The  presiding  officer  shall  appoint 
three  or  more  tellers  for  the  canvass,  who  shall  reject  all  ballots  not  in  conformity  with  the 
Constitution  and  By-Laws,  and  report  the  result  in  full  to  the  meeting  in  writing,  such  report 
to  be  preserved  by  the  Secretary  for  reference. 

The  nominee  for  any  office  receiving  the  greatest  number  of  legal  ballots  shall  be  de- 
clared elected  to  that  office. 


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If,  in  any  case,  in  consequence  of  two  or  more  nominees  receiving  an  eqi\al  number  of 
Totes,  there  is  no  election  of  a  particular  officer,  the  members  present,  who  are  entitled  to 
vote,  shall  elect  such  officer  by  plurality  ballot,  from  those  nominees  receiving  the  highest 
number  ef  votes. 

On  motion  it  was  determiued  that  the  letter  ballot  on  this  proposed 
amendment  to  the  Bv-Laws  be  issued  with  a  brief  statement  of  the  argu- 
ment for  and  against  the  change  proposed,  such  arguments  to  be  pre- 
pared by  the  proposers  and  by  any  opposer  there  may  be  to  it. 

The  Committee  on  Gauging  Streams  then  presented  a  report 
through  J.  J.  R.  Oroes,  chairman,  including  certain  tables  and  document* 
furnished  by  A.  Fteley,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E. 

The  report  was  discussed  by  Messrs  A.  Welch,  J.  P.  Davis,  F.  Col- 
lingwood,  C.  E.  Emery,  G.  W.  Dresser,  S.  L.  Smedley,  J.  E.  Hilgard, 
T.  C.  Clarke,  A.  G-.  Compton,  O.  Chanute  and  J.  J.  E.  Croes. 

A  paper  by  Mr.  Frederick  S.  Odell,  C.  E. ,  describing  the  sewerage 
recently  put  in  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  was  then  read  and  discussed  by 
Messrs.  E.  S.  Philbrick,  F.  Collingwood,  J.  J.  R.  Croes,  A.  P.  Boiler, 
G.  W.  Dresser,  R.  Cartwright,  S.  L.  Smedley,  W.  E.  Worthen  and  J. 
Bogart. 

The  Annual  Meeting  then  adjourned. 


In  addition  to  the  meetings,  the  record  of  which  is  above  given,^ 
visits  and  excursions  were  made  to  the  points  named  in  the  programme 
arranged  by  the  resident  members  for  this  occasion.  This  programme, 
which  was  carried  out  as  printed,  was  as  follows  : 


AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF  CIVIL  ENGINEERS. 

Twenty-Eighth  Annual  Meeting, 
New  Yoek,  No\^mber  17th  and  18th,  1880. 


The  Annual  Meeting  adjourned  from  November  3d,  will  be  resumed 
on  Wednesday.  November  17th. 

The  following  arrangements  have  been  made  for  that  and  the  suc- 
ceeding day  : 

Wednesday,  November  17th. 

10  A.  M. — Annual  meeting  at  Society  House,  No.  104- East  20th  street. 
Business  Meeting. — Reading  of  Annual  Reports,  Discussion  on  Reports, 
and  on  proposed  Amendments  to  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws,  and 
other  business.     Meeting  to  adjourn  at  12.30  p.  m. 

1  p.  M. — Meet  at  the  Engineer's  Office  of  the  New  York  and  Brook- 
lyn Bridge,  corner  of  Pearl  and  Cherry  streets.  New  York — (Franklin 
Square  station  of  East-side  Elevated  Railroads.)  Lunch  will  be  served 
at  1  o'clock.  The  plans  and  structure  of  the  bridge  will  then  be  exam- 
ined, under  the  guidance  of  the  engineers  in  charge. 


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3  p.  M. — Those  -who  do  not  desire  to  spend  the  rest  of  the  afternoon 
in  the  examination  of  the  bridge,  will  elect  one  of  the  following  ex- 
cursions, each  of  which  will  be  in  charge  of  resident  members  : 

(a.)  a  steamer  will  leave  the  Bridge  Pier  at  3  p.  m. ,  and  passing 
down  the  East  River  and  around  the  Battery,  the  party  will  inspect  the 
terminal  arrangements  of  railroads  at  Jersey  City,  and  proceed  to  the 
Elevator  of  the  Erie  Railway,  and  afterwards  the  works  of  the  Hudson 
River  Tunnel. 

(b.  )  A  party  in  company  with  resident  members  will  visit  the  build- 
ings of  the  Western  Union  Telegraph  Company,  the  Equitable  Life  In- 
surance Co.,  and  the  exhibition  of  the  electric  light. 

(c.)  Those  who  desire  to  make  more  detailed  examinations  of  the 
Bridge,  will  have  facilities  for  doing  so  during  the  rest  of  the  afternoon. 

8.  p.  M. — Meeting  at  Society  House. 

Thursday,  November  18th. 

10  A.  M. — A  special  train  will  leave  on  the  up-town  track  of  the  Ele- 
vated Railroad  at  Ninth  street  and  Third  avenue,  at  10  a.  m.,  shai'p  ;  pro- 
ceed to  and  inspect  shops  at  99th  street  and  Third  avenue.  Leave  shops 
at  10. 50,  arrive  at  terminus,  129th  street  and  Tliird  avenue,  at  11.  Pro- 
ceed on  foot  to  termius  |of  Second  Avenue  Elevated  Railroad  at  127th 
street  and  Second  avenue,  and  leave  there  at  11.15;  pass  over  Second 
Avenue  Railroad  to  the  Battery.  Leave  the  Battery  at  12;  inspect  ar- 
rangements for  dispatching  trains  at  Rector  street,  and  proceed  via  Sixth 
and  Eighth  Avenue  Elevated  Railroads  to  125th  street  and  Eighth 
avenue. 

1  p.  M. — Visit  and  inspection  of  the  apparatus  of  the  Prall  System  for 
Heating  and  Cooking  by  Hot  "Water,  at  125th  street  and  Eighth  avenue. 
Lunch  will  be  served  at  the  same  place. 

After  lunch  the  members  will  visit  either  of  the  following  jDoints  of 
interest,  the  parties  for  each  will  be  conducted  by  resident  members  : 

The  Armory  of  the  Seventh  Regiment. 

The  pumping  station,  reservoirs  and  aqueduct  of  the  Croton  Water 
Department. 

Some  of  the  illuminating  gas  works  of  the  city. 

The  Egyptian  Obflisk,  its  proposed  site,  and  the  Central  Park. 

The  excursions  may  be  joined  at  any  of  the  points  mentioned  above. 
The  presentation  of  a  member's  ticket  will  be  required,  which  may  be 
obtained  from  the  Secretary  of  the  Society. 

8  p  M. — A  reception  will  be  given  by  the  resident  members  at 
Pinard's,  No.  6  East  15th  street  ;  to  be  followed  by  a  supper.  Special 
tickets  for  this  will  be  required,  which  may  be  obtained  from  the 
Secretary  of  the  Society. 

P.  S. — A  visit  to  the  Fair  of  the  American  Institute  may  be  made  at 


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any  time.     Members  desiring  to  make  this  visit  will  be  supplied  with 
tickets  by  the  Secretary. 

The  members  of  the  Society  present  dviring  the  meeting  were  as  fol- 
lows : 

Edward  R.  Andrews,  John  W.  Bacon,  George  S.  Baxter,  H.  D.  Blun- 
den,  John  Bogart,  A.  P.  Boiler,  D.  Bontecou,  T.  E.  Browne,  Robt. 
Cartwright,  O.  Chanute,  T.  C.  Clarke,  F.  Oollingwood,  A.  G.  Compton, 
G.  B.  Cornell,  M.  Coryell,  J.  J.  R.  Croes,  D.  W.  Cunningham,  J.  H.  Cun- 
ningham, Joseph  P.  Davis,  P.  P.  Dickinson,  E.  B.  Dorsey,  George  W. 
Dresser,  T.  Egleston,  S.  Clarence  Ellis,  Theo.  G.  Ellis,  C.  E.  Emery, 
Albert  Fink,  Clark  Fisher,  R.  Fletcher,  M.  N.  Forney,  B.  Godwin,  Geo, 
S.  Greene,  Jr.,  M.  S.  Greenough,  G.  Thomas  Hall,  Wm.  G.  Hamilton, 
S.  Haslett,  Charles  H.  Haswell,  Clemens  Herschel,  J.  E.  Hilgard,  W.  R. 
Hiitton,  Walter  Katte,  William  E.  Kelley,  Thomas  P.  Kinsley,  E.  D. 
Leavitt,  Jr.,  G.  Leverich,  Thomas  J.  Long,  Charles  Macdonald,  Wm. 
W.  Maclay,  C.  S.  Maurice,  Arthur  Macy,  C.  C.  Martin,  C.  L.  McAlpine, 
G.  W.  McNulty,  A.  G.  Menocal,  C.  H.  Myers,  Chas.  Neilson,  Geo.  B. 
Nicholson,  F.  O.  Norton,  E.  B.  Noyes,  Wm.  H.  Paine,  E.  S.  Philbrick, 
F.  C.  Prindle,  Jos.  R.  Richards,  S.  H.  Shreve,  S.  L.  Smedley,  C.  V. 
Smith,  T.  Guilford  Smith,  R.  P.  Staats,  Cook  Talcott,  Geo.  C.  Tingley, 
S.  Towle,  J.  G.  Van  Home,  E.  Vanderpool,  E.  B.  Van  Winkle,  W.  W. 
Walker,  C.  G.  Weir,  A.  Welch,  H.  M.  Wightman,  Wm.  H.  Wiley  and 
Wm.  E.  Worthen.  ' 


OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION. 

October  1st,  1880. — Ai-rangements  for  the  Annual  Meeting  were 
considered,  and  a  recommendation  adopted  that  such  meeting  be  ad- 
journed on  November  3d  and  continued  on  November  17th  and  18th. 
The  report  of  the  Nominating  Committee  was  received,  and  action  was 
taken  thereon  as  provided  by  the  By-Laws.  Appropriations  were 
made. 

November  1st,  1880. — Applications  w^ere  considered.  The  Secretary 
presented  his  Annual  Report  to  the  Board.  The  Annual  Report  of  the 
Board  of  Direction  was  perfected. 

November  10th,  1880. — The  Board  of  Direction  for  the  year  begin- 
ning November  3d,  1880,  met  and  organized.  The  following  Standing 
Committees  were  appointed : 

( William  H.  Paine, 
On  Finance,  -|  C.  Vandervoort  Smith, 
(  Joseph  P.  Davis. 

ij.  James  R.  Croes, 
O.  Clianute, 
Ashbel  Welch. 
Applications  were  considered.     Appropriations  were  made. 


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ANNUAL  REPOET 

OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION  FOR  THE  YEAR  ENDING, 
NOVEMBER  3,  1880. 


Presented  and  accepted  at  the  Annual  Meeting  of  tliat  date. 


4 

Total. 

6 

3 

"     . 

S 

347 

"     . 

...463 

13 

a 

...18 

46 

a 

...54 

535 

The  Board  of  Direction  presents  the   following  report  for  the  term 
from  November  5,  1879,  to  November  3,  1880  : 

On  November  5,  1879,  the  membership  in  the  Society  was 

Honorary  members,  resident,  2  Non-resident. 
Corresponding  members...  " 

Members,  resident 116  " 

Associates        "        5  " 

Juniors  "       8  " 

Making,  resident 131     Non-resident...   413  

Total 544 

Fellows,   66   of   whom  10  members  and  1  Honorary  Member  are 

included  above,  leaving 55 

Total  connected  with  the  Society  November  5,  1879 599 

At  the  present  time  the  membership  is  : 
Honorary  members,  resident 3     Non-resident 9     Total...   12 


Corresponding  members 

Members,  resident 114 

Associates,       "      6 

Juniors.  "       6 


....  3 
....359 
....  14 
....  42 


473 

20 

48 


541 

Making,  resident 129     Non-resident.  ..  .427  — - 

Total • 556 

Fellows  66  of  whom    10  members  and  1  honorary  member  are  in- 
eluded  above,  leaving <^<^ 


Total  connected  with  the  Society  November  3,  1880 611 


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The  additions  during  the  past  year  to  the  several  classes  of  Society 
membership  have  been  : 

Honorary  members 6 

Members  qualified 58 

Associates  qualified 8 

Juniors  qualified 5 

Total  additions  to  the  several  classes  of  membership 77 

The  decrease  during  the  year  in  the  several  classes  of  membership 
has  been  : 

Members.  .Died,  8. .  .Eesigned 3 11 

Associates .  Died,  1 . . .  Resigned 0      Transferred  to  member  ....  1       2 

Junior.  .  ..Died,  0.  ..Resigned 1  |  Tr-ferred  to  --'-.. -6  | 

Totals . .  .Deaths,  9 . .  .Resignations,    4     Transfers 7     20 

There  has  also  been  a  decrease  during  the  year  of  the  following  num- 
bers whose  membership  has  ceased  under  the  provisions  of  Article 
XXVII  of  the  Constitution: 

Members,  37 Associates,  4 Juniors,  4 Total,  45 

There  has  thus  been  an  addition  of  77  to  the  various  classes  of  mem- 
bership, and  a  loss  by  deaths,  resignations  and  transfers  of  20,  making 
the  actual  net  additions  during  the  year  57  in  number. 

The  loss  of  45  members  for  non-j^ayment  of  dues  makes  the  apparent 
increase  for  the  year  only  twelve.  It  is,  however,  proper  to  state  that 
this  loss  is  entirely  of  those  who  have  contributed  nothing  to  the  Society 
for  a  number  of  years,  and  the  continuance  of  whose  names  upon  the  list 
of  members  has  been  in  many  cases  a  mere  formality. 

The  addition  of  77,  or,  not  counting  the  seven  transfers  from  one  class 
to  another,  the  actual  addition  of  70  new  members  to  the  Society,  is  a 
gratifying  increase  over  the  number  of  yearly  additions,  and  has  not  been 
equalled  for  many  past  years  of  its  history,  in  fact  not  since  the  period 
of  its  general  reorganization.  It  is  the  belief  of  this  Board  that  the  rate  of 
increase  may  easily  be  made  greater  by  a  very  moderate  amount  of  per- 
sonal effort  on  the  part  of  present  members.  A  suggestion  to  this  effect 
was  issued  in  a  circular  note  sent  to  members  during  the  past  year,  from 
which  the  following  is  quoted  :  "  The  American  Society  of  Civil  Engi- 
neers now  contains  nearly  six  hundred  mt-mbers.  In  order  to  iucrease 
its  usefulness,  while  maintaining  its  high  standard  of  requirements,  it  de- 
sires to  draw  to  itself  a  larger  proportion  of  those  engaged  in  engineering 
and  kindred  pursuits,  who  ai'e  estimated  to  number  about  8  000  in  this 
country.  It  is  suggested  that  you  may  be  able  to  proijose  the  names  of 
worthy  persons  for  New  Members,  Associates,  Juniors  and  Fellows." 
Each  addition  to  the  list  of  members  actually  increases  in  a  large  ratio 


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the  benefit  of  the  Society  to  each  individual,  and  enlarges  its  opportuni- 
ties as  regards  the  profession  of  engineering. 

A  number  of  aj^plications  for  membership  has  been  received  from 
engineers  residing  beyond  the  limits  of  the  Utiited  States,  and  an  in- 
creasing interest  in  the  Society  has  been  manifested  in  various  ways,  both 
in  this  country  and  elsewhere. 

Since  the  last  rejjort  of  this  Board  there  has  been  added  to  the  list  of 
honoraiy  members  of  the  Society  the  names  of  six  distinguished  engineers, 
each  one  of  whom  has  been,  in  the  opinion  of  the  members  of  the  Board, 
and  of  the  past  presidents  of  the  Society,  a  gentleman  of  acknowledged 
eminence  in  some  branch  of  engineering,  as  specified  in  our  constitution. 
Two  of  these  are  resident  in  the  United  States,  General  H.  G.  Wright, 
the  Chief  of  Engineers  of  the  United  States  Army,  and  Mr.  John  Ericsson, 
the  distinguished  man  who,  during  half  a  century,  has  made  so  many 
additions  to  the  theory  and  practice  of  civil  and  mechanical  engineering. 
The  four  other  honorary  members  added  during  the  year.  Sir  John 
Hawkshaw,  Baron  M.  M.  Von  Weber,  Mr.  E.  Malezieux,  and  Mr.  Justin 
Dirks  are  representative  engineers  of  England,  Germany,  France  and 
Holland. 

On  November  5,  1879,  there  were,  as  stated  in  the  last  annual  report, 
13  proposals  pending  ;  65  proposals  have  been  received  during  the  year  ; 
58  caodidates  have  been  elected  members,  of  whom  5  were  transferred 
from  Juniors  and  1  from  Associate  ;  8  candidates  have  been  elected  As- 
sociates, of  whom  1  was  transferred  from  Junior  ;  5  candidates  have  been 
elected  Juniors. 

58  persons  have,  during  the  year,  qualified  as  Members,  of  whom 
1  was  elected  last  year  ;  8  have  qualified  as  Associates  ;  5  have  qualified 
as  Juniors  ;  1  candidate  elected  during  the  year  as  Member  has  not  yet 
qualified  ;  there  are  are  4  proposals  now  pending. 

Twenty-four  meetings  of  the  Society  were  held  during  the  year,  one 
of  which  was  the  Twelfth  Annual  Convention,  all  the  sessions  of  the 
Convention,  including  the  business  meeting,  being  counted  as  one  meet- 
ing of  the  Society.  Meetings  have  been  held  on  the  first  and  third 
Wednesdays  of  each  month,  except  that  there  were  no  meetings  in 
August,  and  but  one  in  July.  Three  meetings  of  the  Society  were  held 
in  January  and  three  in  February. 

Sixteen  meetings  of  the  Board  of  Direction  have  been  held  during  the 
year. 

One  of  the  Society  meetings  in  February  was  held  at  the  Theatre 
of  the  Union  League  Club  on  the  occasion  of  the  discussion  on  the  sub- 
ject of  Inter-Oceanic  Canals.  At  this  meetings  M.  de  Lesseps  presented 
his  views  and  was  followed  by  Messrs.  Dirks,  Dauzat,  and  other 
engineers.  The  experiment  of  holding  public  meetings  on  the  occasion 
of  the  discussion  of  subjects  of  general  public  interest  proved  in  this  in- 
stance very  successful,  and  it  is  hoped  that  opijortunities  for  meetings  of 


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such  a  character  will  frequently  occur  and  be  taken  advantage  of.  A. 
healthy  renewal  of  interest  in  the  society  may  result  both  on  the  part  of 
its  members  and  of  the  public  generally. 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Society  in  May  last  it  was  determined  that  the 
library  and  conversation  rooms  at  the  Society  House  should  thereafter  be 
open  each  Wednesday  evening  instead  of  Thursday  evening.  This 
change  has  proved  very  acceptable.  Members  now  find  the  rooms 
lighted,  and  either  a  formal  meeting  of  the  Society  or  an  opportunity  for 
conversation  and  the  consultation  of  books,  papers,  and  periodicals 
on  the  evenings  of  every  Wednesday  of  the  year. 

The  Twelfth  Annual  Convention  was  held  at  St.  Loixis,  Mo.  May 
25th,  26th,  27th,  and  28th,  1880. 

Fully  detailed  reports  have  been  published  in  our  Proceedings,  of 
that  Convention,  of  the  excursions  and  entertainments  connected  with 
it,  and  of  the  great  hospitality  given  the  Society  and  its  guests  by  citi- 
zens of  St.  Louis,  both  members  of  the  Society  and  many  others  inter- 
ested in  its  work.  The  great  advantage  to  the  Society,  and  to  the  pro- 
fession of  engineering,  from  such  meetings  of  engineers,  from  all  parts 
of  the  country,  is  more  and  more  evident  with  each  annual  convention. 

In  the  arrangements  for  the  present  Annual  Meeting,  suggested  by 
this  Board,  and  approved  at  the  meeting  of  the  Society  of  October  6th, 
it  has  been  the  purpose  to  provide  for  the  more  convenient  attendance  of 
non-resident  members,  and  for  more  perfected  arrangements  for  their 
entertainment  than  has  been  attempted  generally  on  the  occasion  of 
annual  meetings.  These  having  occurred  heretofore  on  the  first 
Wednesday  in  November,  a  date  which  has  been  found  inconvenient  for 
many  members,  and  each  annual  meeting  continuing  but  one  day,  and 
that  being  necessarily  largely  devoted  to  business  discussions,  there  has 
not  been  develojjed  such  an  interest  in  the  meetings  as  to  attract  many 
members  to  them.  The  proposed  adjournment  of  this  meeting  to  the 
middle  of  the  month,  and  the  arrangements  in  progress  under  charge 
of  a  committee  to  make  the  meeting  attractive,  will,  it  is  believed,  add 
to  the  interest  heretofore  attaching  to  these  occasions,  and,  it  is  hoped, 
will  increase  the  attendance  upon  them  in  the  fixture. 

The  answers  to  a  circular  issued  to  the  Society,  requesting  sugges- 
tions as  to  the  place  and  time  for  the  next  convention,  will  be  submitted 
at  this  meeting. 

Reports  made  during  the  year  have  been  as  follows  : 

By  the  Board  of  Direction.     The  Annual  Report  for  the  year. 

By  the  Finance  Committee.     2  reports. 

By  the  Library  Committee.     A  report  on  the  Circulation  of  the  Books  of  the  Library. 

By  the  Treasurer.     His  annual  report,  and  also  frequent  statements  to  the  Board. 

By  the  Secretary.     Monthly  reports  to  the  Board. 

By  the  Committee  on  Tests  of  American  Iron,  Steel,  and  other  Metals.     1  report. 

By  the  Comm  ttee  on  Gauging  of  Streams.     2  reports. 

By  the  Committee  on  Methods  of  Nominations.     1  report. 


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By  the  Committee  on  Uniform  System  of  Tests  of  Cement.     1  report. 

By  the  Committee  on  Preservation  of  Timber.    1  report. 

The  Treasurer's  Report  and  the  Eeport  of  the  Finance  Committee  will  be  submitted  at 
this  meeting. 

By  the  Committee  on  Paris  Exhibit.    1  report,  and  the  committee  discharged. 

By  the  Centennial  Commission.     1  report,  and  the  committee  discharged. 

By  the  Committee  on  Permanent  Quarters  for  the  Society.  1  report,  the  committee 
discharged,  and  a  new  committee  appointed. 

Keports  will  be  expected  at  this  meeting  from  the  Committees  on 
Tests  of  Iron  and  Steel  ;  on  Gauging  of  Streams  ;  on  a  Uniform  System 
of  Tests  of  Cement ;  on  Experiments  on  Wind  Pressures,  and  on  the 
Preservation  of  Timber. 

The  Library  has  been  increased  during  the  year  by  the  following  ad- 
ditions : 

Number  of  books  bound 93 

"           "             ixnbound 187 

' '            i>amphlets 404 

"            maps  and  plans 70 

' '             photographs 18 

"  drawings,    specifications,      models     and 

specimens 72 

These  do  not  include  magazines  and  papers  contributed  to  the  Society 
by  publishers,  or  received  in  exchange  for  the  Ti'ansactions,  a  list  of 
which  is  given  in  an  ai^pendix  to  this  report. 

The  present  state  of  the  Library  is  about  as  follows  : 

Books  and  pamphlets 8,738 

Manuscripts 105 

Maps,    plans,    drawings,    charts,    photographs    and 

engravings 2,114 

Models  and  sijecimeus 230 

Previous  to  this  year,  the  funds  of  the  Society  were  not  in  such  a 
condition  as  to  Avarrant,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Board,  any  greater 
expenditure  upon  the  Library,  than  was  requisite  to  its  proper  pres- 
ervation and  arrangement.  With  the  establishment  of  a  financial 
management,  which  now  gives  the  Board  a  fair  assurance  of  the 
income  to  be  depended  upon  for  a  current  year,  it  has  been  possible 
to  push  forward  the  work  of  making  and  printing  a  library  catalogue, 
which  shall  give  to  our  members  information  of  what  the  library  eon- 
tains.  As  suggested  in  the  Report  of  the  Library  Committee,  presented 
and  accepted  at  the  annual  meeting  one  year  ago  (printed  in  Proceedings 
for  November,  1879),  such  a  catalogue  will  be  of  value  for  mem- 
bers desiring  to  consult  books  on  special  subjects,  and  also  will,  by 
showing  what  the  library  lacks,  be  serviceable  in  securing  additions  to- 


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wards  perfecting  its  collection.  The  railroad  section  has  been  com- 
pletely arranged,  catalogued,  and  the  catalogue  printed.  The  very 
large  amount  of  labor  and  care  and  time  absohitely  necessary  in  perfect- 
ing the  proofs,  is  almost  inconceivable  to  those  who  have  not  had 
similar  work  to  do.  The  final  revision,  however,  is  now  in  j)ress,  the 
catalogue  of  other  sections  of  the  library  are  also  being  perfected,  and 
during  the  coming  year  it  is  hoped  may  be  completed  and  issued. 

The  attention  of  members  is  asked  to  the  fact  that  they  can  render 
im^Dortant  assistance  in  making  the  library  more  complete  by  forwarding 
such  books,  reports  and  pamphlets  as  they  are  willing  to  give  to  the 
Society,  and  by  making  suggestions  concerning  books  to  be  added  and 
the  management  of  the  library. 

As  also  suggested  in  the  report  of  the  Library  Committee  referred  to 
above,  the  Board,  at  the  beginniug  of  the  present  year,  authorized  the 
Secretary  to  arrange  for  such  use  of  the  library  as  might  be  laossible  by 
the  members  of  the  Society  who  could  not  personally  consult  its  volumes. 
A  circular  note  was  consequently  issued  to  the  following  i3urr)ort  : 

"  In  order  that  members,  more  particularly  non-residents,  may  better 
avail  themselves  of  the  facilities  of  the  Society  in  New  York,  the  Secre- 
tary is  authorized  by  the  Board  of  Direction  to  state,  that  he  will  assist 
in  jjrocuring  such  profesional  information  as  may  be  asked  for. 

If  members  will  address  him  concerning  data  I'equired  by  them,  refer- 
ence to  engineering  books  or  works,  the  elucidation  of  particular  sub- 
jects, or  other  information  which  they  may  desire,  he  will  consult  the 
library  of  the  Society,  or  members  who  are  exi^erts  upon  the  subject  -pve- 
sented,  and  endeavor  to  furnish  the  information  desired,  or  to  indicate 
where  it  is  to  be  found. 

So  far  as  practicable  such  services  will  be  rendered  gratuitously. 
When  however  they  involve  expense  for  copying  drawings  or  extracts 
from  books  and  j^apers,  or  the  surrender  of  considerable  time  by  the 
Secretary  or  the  members  whom  he  may  consult,  a  charge  will  be  made 
therefor,  but  in  such  cases  an  approximate  estimate  of  the  cost  will  be 
submitted  to  the  member  applying  for  the  information,  and  his  instruc- 
tions asked  for  before  incurring  the  expense." 

The  Secretary  has  been  able,  in  the  way  thus  arranged,  to  give  to  a 
number  of  members  j)rofessional  information  from  the  sources  indicated. 

The  subject  of  a  provision  of  more  permanent  quarters  for  the  Society 
than  the  present  house,  which  is  rented  from  year  to  year,  was,  at  the 
meeting  of  the  Society  in  February  last,  referred  to  a  committee  consist- 
ing of  the  President,  Secretary  and  Standing  Committee  on  Finance. 
This  committee  issued  a  circular  suggesting  a  subscription  to  a  loan 
secured  by  bonds  which  it  was  thought  might  enable  the  Society  to 
secure  a  suitable  house  by  purchase  and  pay  for  the  iJrojDerty  during  a 
term  of  years.  A  number  of  replies  were  received  but  the  result  was  not 
such  as  to  warrant  the  j)urchase  of  a  house  at  that  time.     The  considera- 


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tion  of  this  matter  will,  do;ibtIess,  be  resumed  during  the  ensuing  year, 
and  should  receive  earnest  attention. 

The  following  note  addressed  by  the  Secretary  in  February  of  the 
present  year  to  all  members  of  the  Society,  explains  itself  : 

' '  The  records  of  the  Society  are  very  incomplete  as  regards  the  profes- 
sional life  of  its  members.  Except  in  recent  cases  the  applications  for 
membership  give  but  meagre  details  of  the  Engineering  Works  of  the 
applicants,  and  in  few  instances  has  sufficient  additional  information 
been  furnished  to  keep  up  a  proper  record. 

I  am  requested  therefore,  by  the  Board  of  Direction,  to  ask  you  to 
transmit  a  condensed  statement  of  your  professional  life,  including  the 
character  of  the  works  upon  which  you  have  been  engaged,  giving  dates 
and  full  titles  of  the  organizations  under  which  they  were  prosecuted. 
Please  add  also  your  full  name  and  the  date  and  place  of  birth.  These 
statements  are  asked  for  the  purpose  of  perfecting  the  records  of  the 
Society,  and  furnishing  hereafter  information  concerning  the  lives  and 
works  of  American  Engineers." 

The  Board  regrets  that  the  replies  to  this  note  have  been  but  few,  and 
it  desires  to  impress  upon  all  the  members  the  importance  of  completing 
this  record  which  can,  of  course,  only  be  perfected  by  the  individual 
replies  of  each  member  of  the  Society. 

Applications  for  the  recommendation  of  engineers  to  fdl  various  posi- 
tions have  been  occasionally  made  to  the  Secretary  and  other  officers  of 
the  Society,  and  the  subject  of  some  systematic  provision  for  an  official 
attention  to  such  applications  was  considered  by  the  Board  early  during 
the  current  year.  It  was  determined  to  authorize  the  Secretary  to  keep 
a  record  of  the  members  of  the  Society,  who  may  inform  him  that  they 
are  open  to  new  engagements,  together  with  a  statement  (furnished  by 
such  members)  of  their  previous  engagements  and  experience,  and  of 
the  positions  and  compensations  desired.  To  any  person  desiring  the 
services  of  an  engineer  the  record  of  those  who  would  be  apt  to  fill  the 
requirement  is  to  be  sent.  The  intervention  of  the  Secretary  is  intended 
only  to  put  into  communication  employers  and  members  desiring  en- 
gagements.    No  charge  is  made  and  no  responsibility  is  assumed. 

Circulars  to  this  effect  were  issued  to  members  of  the  Society  and  to 
a  number  of  managers  of  public  works.  There  are  now  on  the  record  the 
statements  of  several  members  desiring  engagements,  and  quite  a  num- 
ber of  applications  for  the  records  have  been  received  from  persons 
desiring  the  services  of  engineers.  Several  important  appointments 
have  resulted  from  the  correspondence  inaugurated  by  this  means  but 
to  be  entirely  successful  there  should  be  a  much  greater  number  of 
members'  names  and  statements  put  on  record.  The  Secretary  can  only 
send  those  which  are  formally  presented. 

A  number  of  proposed  amendments  to  the  Constitution  and  By-laws 
have  been  submitted  for  debate  at  the  present  Annual  Meeting.  These 
have  been  already  issued  to  members  of  the  Society. 


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The  Board  of  Censors  to  award  the  Norman  Medal  for  the  past  year, 
Messrs.  James  B.  Francis,  Thomas  C.  Clarke  and  Charles  Hermany,  are 
expected  to  report  at  this  meeting. 

The  financial  affairs  of  the  Society  are  in  excellent  condition,  as  will 
be  seen  from  the  reports  of  the  Treasurer  and  of  the  Finance  Committe. 
The  general  business  measures  referred  to  in  the  last  Annual  Report  of 
the  Board  of  Direction  have  been  carried  out  with  gratifying  results. 
These  measures  include  the  action  then  determined  upon  with  reference 
to  arrears  of  dues.  There  had  been  carried  upon  the  register  of  the 
Society  for  a  number  of  years  the  names  of  persons  who  contributed 
nothing  to  its  support,  and  who  have  during  the  past  year  permitted 
their  names  to  be  dropped  from  the  rolls.  This  reduces,  apparently,  the 
increase  of  membership  to  a  small  figure,  although  there  have  been  actu- 
ally 77  members  qnalitied  in  the  various  classes  of  membership  during 
the  year.  There  is  not  the  slightest  doubt  felt  by  the  Board  of  Direction 
that  these  business  methods  in  reference  to  the  financial  conduct  of  the 
Society  will  continue  to  be  of  the  greatest  value  in  its  future  progress. 

The  Transactions  of  the  Society  have  been  regularly  issued  monthly 
during  the  past  year.  An  appeal  is  earnestly  made  to  the  members  to  con- 
tribute papers,  discussions  or  even  brief  notes  upon  practical  engineering 
works  which  come  under  their  observation.  It  is  much  desired  to  in- 
clude in  the  Transactions  of  this  Society  records  of  the  progress  of  engi- 
neering in  America.  The  past  volumes  are  becoming  valuable  books  of 
reference,  and  if  the  members  of  the  Society  will  co-operate  with  the 
otficers  in  this  respect  the  worth  of  the  Transactions  will  be  greatly 
increased. 

The  loss  to  the  Society  by  the  death  of  eight  Members  and  one  Asso- 
ciate during  the  year  has  been  as  follows  : 

Thomas  A.  Emmet,  elected  Member  November  5,  1852,  who  died 
January  12,  1880. 

John  0.  Thompson,  elected  Member  May  18,  1870,  who  died  January 
17,  1880. 

I.  M.  St.  John,  elected  Member  July  14,  1871,  who  died  April  7,  1880. 

Max  Hjortsberg,  elected  Member  November  22,  1872,  who  died  May 
16,  1880. 

George  W.  Edge,  elected  Member  March  4,  1874,  who  died  January  1, 
1880. 

Thomas  S.  Hardee,  elected  Member  April  4,  1877,  who  died  May  21, 
1880. 

James  A.  Hayward,  elected  Member  September  5,  1877,  who  died 
August  13,  1880. 

William  H.  Greenwood,  elected  Member  March  3,  1880,  who  died 
August  30,  1880. 

Arthur  L.  Ford,  elected  Associate  November  6,  1872,  who  died  May 
30,  1880. 


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In  all  nine,  of  wliom  memoirs  have  been  publisbed  or  are  in  prepa- 
ration. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

John  Bogart, 

Secretary. 


EEPORT  OF  THE  FINANCE  COMMITTEE. 

Presented  at  the  Annual  Meeting, 

NOVEMBEK   3d,    1880. 

To  the  President  and  Directors  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers : 

Gentlemen, — The  Finance  Committee  would  respectfully  report  that 
on  entering  upon  tlieir  duties  they  carefully  examined  and  compared  the 
accounts  of  the  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  including  all  of  the  entries  and 
vouchers  for  the  year  ending  November  5tli,  1879,  and  found  them  cor- 
rect and  corresponding  with  the  annual  rejDorts  of  these  officers. 

The  committee  also  examined  the  assets  of  the  Society,  personally 
inspecting  all  securities  held  by  the  Treasurer,  and  found  them  as  re- 
ported. 

During  the  year  just  closed  the  committee  has  audited  all  bills  pre- 
sented, and  has  in  no  instance  allowed  any  expenditure  to  exceed  the 
appropriations  made  by  the  Board  of  Direction  for  such  objects. 

That  while  the  expenditures  for  the  j)rinting  of  circulars  and  postage 
upon  the  same,  together  with  the  costs  of  the  arranging  and  catalogueing 
of  the  librai'y,  now  in  progress,  have  been  unusually  large,  the  amounts 
so  expended  were,  in  our  opinion,  wisely  appropriated,  as  the  results 
have  been  to  widen  our  field  of  usefulness,  increase  our  membership  and 
replenish  our  ti'easury. 

There  has  been  a  large  and  valuable  accession  to  our  list  of  members 
during  the  past  year,  which  is  not  ajjparent  from  the  fact  that  there  has 
also  been  dropped  from  the  rolls  the  names  of  many  .delinquents,  who 
have  been  an  incubus  upon  our  progress,  and  served  to  misrejDresent 
our  real  strength  ;  the  actual  number  admitted  to  active  membership 
exceeds  that  of  any  former  years  since  the  years  in  which  the  Society  was 
reorganized. 

The  income  of  the  Society  has  more  largely  exceeded  its  expendi- 
tures than  in  any  former  year. 

The  books  of  the  Secretary  and  Treasurer  have  been  so  systematically 
and  intelligibly  kept,  and  so  promptly  posted  up  to  date,  that  the  verifi- 
cation of  the  accounts  of  the  year  just  closed  is  already  accomialished, 
and  the  committee  can  endorse  the  reports  of  these  officers  as  correct, 
and  would  respectfully  refer  the  members  to  these  reports  for  all  the 


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items   and  amounts  of  income,  expenditures,  assets  and  debts  of  tlie 
Society. 

And,  in  conclusion,  would  congratulate  the  officers  and  members 
upon  tlie  fact  tliat  this  past  has  been  the  most  prosperous  year  of  the 
existence  of  this  organization,  and  that  we  have  evidently  entered  upon 
an  era  of  increasing  prosperity. 

Tery  respectfully  submitted, 

W.  H.  Paine, 
Chrm.  Finance  Com. 


REPOPtT    OF     THE    COMMITTEE     ON    A    UNIFORM 
SYSTEM  FOR  TESTS  OF  CEMENTS. 

Presented  at  the  Annual  Meeting, 
noatembek  3,  1880. 

To  Ihe  American  Society  of  Giinl  Engineers  : 

The  committee  appointed  by  your  Society  to  devise  a  uniform  system 
for  testing  cements,  report  progress  as  follows,  viz.  : 

Soon  after  being  notified  of  their  appointment  the  Chairman  of  said 
committee  addressed  a  communication  to  each  member,  suggesting  topics 
for  consideration  relating  to  the  duty  expected  of  them. 

There  has  been  received  by  the  Chairman  of  said  committee  valuable 
papers  relating  to  the  testing  of  cement,  from  the  following  parties:  J. 
B.  White  &  Sons,  London,  England;  translations  of  the  German  official 
regulations  for  uniformly  delivering  and  testing  cement,  from  F.  W. 
Lehnartz,  member  of  the  Society;  also  the  same  in  German  from  Charles 
O.  Gleim,  corresponding  member  of  the  Society  at  Cologne,  the  receipt 
of  which  contributions  has  been  duly  acknowledged.  There  has  also 
been  received  by  the  Chairman,  from  an  unknown  source,  a  copy  of  the 
papers  upon  Portland  Cement,  by  John  Grant,  M.  I.  C.  E. ;  Maj.  Gen. 
H.  Y.  D.  Scott,  C.  B.  E.  E. ,  Assoc.  Inst.  C.  E. ;  and  Gilbert  E.  Eedgrave, 
Assoc.  Inst.  C.  E. ;  and  E.  A.  Bernays,  M.  Inst.  C.  E.,  entitled:  I.— "The 
laanufacture  and  testing  of  Portland  Cement;"  II.— "Portland  Cement 
Concrete,  and  some  of  its  applications;"  III.— "Portland  Cement;  its 
nature,  tests,  and  uses;"  being  papers  read  before  and  published  by  the 
Institution  of  Civil  Engineers,  London,  England. 

All  of  these  papers  have  an  important  bearing  upon  the  subject  in 
hand,  and  will  undoubtedly  aid  us  in  formulating  a  uniform  system  of 
tests. 

It  is  the  intention  of  the  committee  to  commence  an  interchange  of 
views  upon  the  subject  during  the  coming  winter  months,  during  which 


Ill 

time  the  pajjers  referred  to  will  be  laid  before  tlie  members  of  the  com- 
mittee for  their  cousideration,  aud  they  will  endeavor  to  complete  their 
duty  on  or  before  the  date  of  the  next  annual  convention  of  the 
Society. 

We  would  sugf^cst  that  the  Society  endeavor  to  procure  for  such  of 
the  committee  as  have  not  received  them  copies  of  the  publication  of  the 
Institution  of  Civil  Engineers  last  referred  to  above. 
KespectfulJy  sxibmitted, 

D.  J.  Whittemoke,   Chairman. 


LIST      OF      MEMBERS. 


ADDITIONS, 

MEMBERS. 


Date  of  Election. 

Simpson,  George  H City  Engineer,  Terra  Haute,  Tnd Oct.  6,  1880. 

Walker,  William  W Gen.  Supt.  St.  Louis,  Hannibal  and  Keo- 
kuk U.R.,  Hannibal,  Mo 


JUNIORS. 

Brown,  Thomas  E.,  Jr.  .  .  ,  Asst.  Engineer  Manhattan  Railway  Co., 
337  W.  Thirty-fourth  Street,  New 
York  City,  N.  Y Nov.  3,  iSSo. 

Day,  G.  Frederic  P Asst.  Engineer  Fitchburg  R.R.,  Fitch- 
burg,  Mass "         " 


changes  and  corrections. 

members. 

Allen,  C.  Frank Engineer's  Office  A.  T.  &  S.  F.  R.R.,  Las  Vegas,  N.  M. 

Canfield,  Edward New  ^York,  Lake  Erie  and  Western  R.  R.  Co.,  Buffalo, 

N.  Y. 
DoANe,  Edwin  A Chief  Engineer,  Rome,  Watertown  and  Ogdensburg  R.R., 

Lewiston,  N.  Y. 
Duncklee,  John  B loio  Mass.  Ave.,  Washington,  D.  C. 


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Fink,  Rudolph Ferro  Carril  Mexico  Central,  Ciudad  de  Mexico,  Repub- 

lie  of  Mexico. 

Haslett,  Sullivan 5  Cortland  St.,  Room  77,  New  York  City. 

Hill,  John  W Glenn  Building,  Room    21,   Cor  5th  and  Race  Streets' 

Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

MoRSS.  Foster Chief  Engineer  Shenandoah   Valley  R.R.,  Hagerstown, 

Md. 

Osgood,  Joseph  O Chief  Engineer   California  Southern  R.R.,  San  Diego, 

Cal. 

Richards,  Charles  B  .  .  .Supt.  Southwark  Foundry  and  Machine  Co.,  430  Wash- 
ington Ave.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Richardson,  Henry  B.  .  .Chief  State  Engineer,  New  Orleans,  La. 

Shinn,  William  P Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Wellman,  David  W 1351  Washington  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 


Juniors. 

Haines,  Caspar  W Cheltenham,  Montgomery  Co.,  Pa. 

Pegram,  George  H Edgmoor  Iron  Co.,  Wilmington,  Del. 


resignations. 

Kennedy,  James  C Junior Nov.  i,  1880. 

Knapp,  George  O "     Oct.  23, 1880. 


mkm  locidg  of  :(j;tiil   f  nigmm^^ 


PROOEEDINOS. 


Vol.  VI.— December,    1880. 


MINUTES     OF    MEETINQS. 

(Abstractor  such  as  may  be  of  general  iuterest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 

December  1st,  1880. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.  William  E. 
Worthen  in  the  Chair. 

Ballots  were  canvassed,  ^and  Lyman  Bridges,  of  San  Francisco,  Cal. ; 
James  Foster  Crowell,  of  Elizabeth  City,  N.  C,  and  Francis  Ingram 
Palmer,  of  New  York,  were  declared  elected  Members. 

A  paper  by  J.  W.  Putnam,  Associate  A.  S.  C.  E.,  on  the  "Eenewal 
of  Foundation,  and  the  Transfer  of  a  Lighthouse  in  Pascagoulas  Har- 
bor," was  read  by  the  Secretary  and  discussed  by  Messrs.  J.  P.  Davis, 
Kinsley,  Morison  and  Worthen. 

Samples  of  piles  destroyed  by  the  teredo,  and  of  others  protected 
by  creosote,  were  presented  and  examined. 

December  15th,  1880.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.  Vice-President 
Welch  in  the  Chair. 

A  paper  by  C.  Shaler  Smith,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E.,  on  "Wind  Strains 
in  Bridges,"  was  read  by  the  Secretary,  and  discussed  by  Messrs.  T.  C. 
Clarke,  Hayes  and  Welch. 

A  photograph  and  description  of  an  arch  erected  at  Cohoes,  N.Y., 
with  centering  posts  founded  on  cast  iron  pots  filled  with  sand,  was  pre- 
sented by  D.  H.  Van  Auken,  C.  E.,  through  W.  E.  Worthen,  Member 


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A.  S.  C.  E.,  and  was  discussed  by  Messrs.  Bogart,   T.   C.  Clarke,  J.  P. 
Davis  and  Welch. 

OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION. 

December  8th,  1880. — Applications  for  membership  were  considered. 

The  question  of  a  provision  for  more  permanent  quarters  for  the  So- 
ciety was  discussed. 

December  22d,  1880.— The  mode  of  issuing  ballots  for  proposed 
amendments  to  the  Constitution  was  considered  and  determined. 

Action  was  taken  upon  the  subject  of  a  proposed  fund  for  securing 
more  permanent  quarters  for  the  Society. 

December  29th,  1880.— Applications  were  considered.  The  follow- 
ing resolution  was  adopted:  Whei^eas,  The  Society  has  now  outgrown 
its  house  accommodations  and  cannot  well  secure  adequate  quarters 
unless  the  same  be  specially  planned  for  its  needs,  therefore  Resolved, 
that  in  order  to  secure  a  more  permanent  home  for  the  Society,  the 
Board  of  Direction  will  inaugurate  tlie  collection  of  a  Building  Fund, 
and  the  Secretary  be  instructed  to  issue  a  circular  in  the  name  of  the 
Board  to  members  and  to  other  jDersons  interested  in  the  advancement 
of  engineering,  asking  for  contributions  to  such  fund. 

Resolved,  That  all  such  contributions  shall  be  duly  acknowledged  by 
printing  lists  of  the  same  from  time  to  time,  in  the  proceedings  of  the 
Society. 

Resolved,  That  the  names  of  all  those  persons  who  may  subscribe  $100 
or  more  shall  regularly  be  printed  to  accompany  future  lists  of  members 
of  the  Society,  under  the  head  of  "  Subscribers  to  the  Building  Fund," 
and  they  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  regularly,  for  life,  one  copy  of  the 
Transactions  of  the  Society  for  each  .$100  subscribed  by  them  ;  such 
copy  to  be  in  addition  to  those  which  they  may  be  entitled  to  as  Mem- 
bers or  Fellows. 

The  form  of  circular  to  be  issued  under  the  above  resolutions  was 
then  considered,  and  adopted  as  follows  : 

January  1st,  1881. 

The  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  has  comj)letely  outgrown 
its  ijresent  house  accommodations,  and  its  usefulness  is  impeded  by  want 
of  adequate  lodgings.  It  needs  a  more  permanent  home,  pro^jerly  ar- 
ranged for  its  use,  where  the  business  of  the  Society  and  that  of  non- 
resident members  on  a  visit  to  New  York  can  be  carried  on.  This 
should  comprise  in  addition  to  offices,  writing  and  consultation  rooms, 
a  lecture  room  in  which  meetings  will  be  held,  and  especially  a  library, 
where  its  9,000  volumes  and  pamphlets  of  engineering  literature,  its 
models,  drawings,  maps  and  pictures,  can  be  conveniently  arranged  for 
referejice,  be  reasonably  secure  against  fire,  and  have  jirovision  for  con- 
stant enlargement. 


115 

A  few  members  of  the  Society,  appreciating  these  needs,  have  taken 
steps  to  organize  a  building  association.  They  have  subscribed  part  of 
the  money  required,  have  begun  negotiations  for  some  lots  in  desirable 
locations  in  New  York  City,  and  [have  proposed  to  the  Society  that  it 
shall  join  them  in  erecting  a  building,  of  which  the  lower  story  should  be 
devoted  to  the  uses  of  the  Society,  and  the  upper  floors  be  finished  into 
jDrivate  apartments  or  flats  for  the  members  of  the  building  association. 
Whatever  may  be  the  outcome  of  this  plan — and  the  Board  of  Direc- 
tion will  only  commit  itself  to  it,  if  upon  due  examination  it  is  found  to 
answer  every  needful  requirement  of  security  and  convenience — the  flrst 
requisite  step  to  provide  for  the  necessities  of  the  Society  is  to  raise  an 
adequate  sum  of  money. 

The  Society  now  owns  a  Fellowship  Fund  of  some  $9,000  ;  but  this 
is  a  trust  specifically  pledged  to  the  publication  of  the  Transactions  of 
the  Society,  and  cannot  be  diverted  to  other  purposes.  The  Board  of 
Direction,  therefore,  proposes  to  collect  a  Building  Fund,  which  it  de- 
sires to  reach  .$25,000  or  $30,000,  for  the  purpose  of  securing  a  more 
permanent  home  for  the  Society  upon  the  most  desirable  basis.  This 
Fund  to  be  placed  in  a  special  trust,  under  proper  security,  until  enough 
is  collected,  and  plans  are  decided  upon. 

A  contribution  to  this  fund  will  be  gratefully  accepted  from  you  ;  it 
is  hoped  that  every  member  of  the  Society  will  give  something  according 
to  his  means. 

To  provide  for  such  other  voluntary  contributions  as  may  be  off"ered, 
a  copy  of  this  circular  will  also  be  sent  to  engineers  who  are  not  members 
of  the  Society,  to  the  Managers  of  Public  Works,  and  to  other  gentle- 
men interested  in  the  advancement  of  engineering,  in  the  hope  that  they 
will  avail  themselves  of  this  method  of  becoming  connected  with  the 
Society,  by  enrolling  their  names  upon  its  books.  By  a  resolution  of 
the  Board  of  Direction,  all  contributions  to  the  Building  Fund  are  to  be 
acknowledged  from  time  to  time,  by  printing  lists  of  the  same  in  the 
monthly  laroceedings  of  the  Society,  and  in  addition  to  this,  the  names 
of  all  those  who  may  subscribe  $100  or  more  are  to  be  regularly  enrolled 
and  published  in  future  lists  of  the  Society,  under  the  head  of  Subscribers 
to  the  Building  Fund,  and  they  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  one  copy  of 
the  monthly  publications  comprising  all  papers  and  transactions  of  the 
Society,  regularly,  for  life,  for  each  $100  subscribed  by  them,  such 
copies  to  be  in  addition  to  those  which  they  may  be  already  entitled  to, 
if  they  are  Members  or  Fellows. 

As  negotiations  are  pending,  it  is  important  that  we  should  know 
soon  what  can  be  done.  Will  you  be  good  enough,  therefore,  to  answer 
at  once  on  the  enclosed  blank,  by  filling  in  the  amount  which  you  are 
willing  to  contribute,  payable  one-half  the  1st  of  March,  and  one-half 
the  1st  of  July,  1881,  and  return  the  same  in  the  envelope  addressed  to 
the  Secretary. 


116 

"We  specially  request  an  answer  from  every  member,  even  from  those 
■who  are  not  in  position  to  subscribe  at  present,  so  that  the  Board  of 
Direction  may  know  how  much  can  be  raised. 

The  Boabd  of  Dikection. 

James  B.  Fkancis, 

President. 

O.  Chanute,        I 
AsHBEii  Welch,  j 

Vice-Presidents. 
John  Bogakt, 

Secretary, 
J.  James  R.  Ceoes, 

Treasurer. 

WHiLiAM  H.  Pabste,  "1 

C.  Vandervookt  Smith, 
Joseph  P.  Davis,  V 

G.    BOXJSCAEEN,  I 

D.  J.  Whittemoee,  J 

Directors. 


REPOET    OF    THE    TREASURER 

Fob  the  Year  Ending  Nos^ember  3d,  1880. 


Presented  at  the  Twenty -eigUli.  Annual  Meeting. 


Keceipts. 

Balance  on  hand  November  5th,  1879 $697  06 

Entrance  fees 1  850  00 

Current  dues — from  88  Eesident  Members $2  151  28 

2G2  Non-resident  Members 3  697  43 

5  Eesident  Associates 67  50 

13  Non-resident  Associates 120  00 

2  Eesident  Juniors 30  00 

33  Non-resident  Juniors 300  20 

6  366  41 


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Past  dues— from  8  Kesident  Members $350  00 

"  "18  Non-resident  Members 440  00 

"  "     1  Kesident  Junior 15  00 

"  "     2  Non-resident  Juniors 30  00 

$835  00 

Dues  for  year  beginning  Nov.  3d,  1880  : 

From  25  Resident  Members $625  00 

"     99  Non-resident  members .     1  461  13 

' '    3  Non-resident  Associates 30  00 

"     13  Non-resident  Juniors 130  00 

2  246  13 

Sales  of  Publications 299  80 

Certificates  of  Membership 82  50 

Miscellaneous 8  00 

Interest  on  Fellowship  Fund  Bonds $560  00 

Norman  Medal  Fund 105  00 

"  Savings  Bank  Deposit 37  40 

Eailroad  Stock.. 82  80 

785  20 


$13  170  10 


DiSBXmSEMENTS. 

Eent $1  600  00 

Janitor,  House  Sui^plies,  Fuel,  Furniture,  Water  and  Gas 955  88 

Library 385  53 

Publications ; 2  364  06 

Insurance 47  12 

Postage 649  14 

Salaries 3  000  00 

Stationery  and  Printing 558  77 

Annual  Meeting  and  Convention 150  65 

Certificates  of  Membership 55  10 

Other  expenditures 132  26 

Transferred  to  Savings  Bank  Deposit 37  40 

Norman  Medal 65  80 

Balance  on  hand 3  168  39 

$13  170  10 


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The  funds  of  the  Society  are  as  follows,  par  values  being  stated  : 
Fellowship  Fund  : 

80  Subscriptions $8  150  00 

Accumulated  interest,  Nov.  5,  1879 77G  43 

Interest  received  during  past  year 597  40 

S9  523  83 
Expended  from  fund  during  year  for  publications .         5G0  00 

$8  963  83 

Present  condition  :  80  Subscriptions $8  150  00 

Accumulated  interest        813  83 

$8  963  83 

The  Fellowship  Fund  is  invested  as  follows  : 

8  Bonds  Jersey  City  Water  Loan $8  000  00 

Deposit  in  Seamen's  Bank  for  Savings 963  83 

Norman  Medal  Fund  : 

1  Certificate  Croton  Aqueduct  Stock,  New  York  City 1  000  00 

General  Investment : 

10  Shares  New  York  Central  and  Hudson  River  E. 

E.  Stock 1  000  00 

1  Consolidated   Certificate  New  York  Central  and 

Hudson  Eiver  E.  E.  Stock 35  00 

1  035  00 

J.  JAMES  E.  CEOES, 

Treasurer. 


LIST    OF   PUBLICATIONS    AND   PAPERS   EECEIVED   FOR 

LIBRARY. 

Appendix  to  Annual  Report  of  Board  of  Direction, 

November  3d,  1880. 

The  following  papers  are  contributed  to  the  Society,  or  are  received 
in  exchange  for  Transactions. 

American  Architect  and  Building  News Weekly Boston. 

American  Engineer Monthly Chicago. 

American  Gas  Light  Journal Semi-Monthly New  York. 

American  Machinist Weekly 


119 

Annales  des  Travaux  Publics Monthly Paris. 

Army  and  Navy  Journal Weekly New  York. 

Builder "       London. 

Building  and  Engineering  News "      " 

Bulletin  American  Iron  and  Steel  Association Semi-Muntbly Pliiladelphia. 

Bulletin  du  Canal  Interoceanique Semi-monthly Paris 

Commissioner  of  Patents  Journal Semi- Weekly London. 

Deutsolie  Bauzeituug Weekly Berlin. 

Engineer "       London. 

Engineering.     •'       " 

Engineering  and  Mining  Journal "       New  York. 

Engineering  News "       " 

Iron "       London. 

Iron  Age "      New  York. 

Journal  of  Artillery  and  Military  Engineering Monthly Vienna. 

"        of  Society  of  Arts Weekly London. 

Manufacturer  and  Builder Monthly New  York. 

Manufacturer  and  Iron  World Weekly Pittsburgh. 

Monthly  Record  of  Scientific  Literature Monthly New  York. 

National  Car  Builder "       " 

Railroad  Gazette Weekly " 

Railway  Age "      Chicago. 

Railway  Reporter Monthly Pittsburgh. 

Railway  Review Weekly Chicago, 

Railway  World "      Philadelphia. 

Repertorium  der  Technischen  Literatnr Leipsig. 

Revue  Generale  des  Chemins  de  Fer Monthly Parij. 

Sanitary  Engineer Semi-Monthly New  York. 

Scientific  American Weekly " 

Tehnic  Tidskrift Monthly Stockholm. 

Telegraph  Journal  and  Electric  Review Semi-Monthly London. 

The  Locomotive Monthly Hartford. 

Universal  Engineer Weekly London 

Van  Nostrand's  Magazine Monthly New  York. 

Zeitschrift  fur  Baukunde Quarterly Munich. 

The  following  are  subscribed  for  : 

American  Bookseller Semi-Monthly New  York. 

American  Catalogue "  " 

American  Library  Journal Monthly " 

Bookseller : " London. 

Publishers'  Weekly Weekly New  York, 

U.  S.  OfBcial  Postal  Guide Monthly Boston. 

The  Society  has  received  during  the  year,  in  exchange  for  the 
"Transactions"  official  ijublications  of  the  following  associations  iu 
many  instances  for  preceding  years  : 

Aeronautical  Society  of  Great  Britain London. 

Academy  of  Sciences Washiuston. 

American  Chemical  Society New  York. 

American  Gas  Light  Association 

American  Institute  of  Architects 

American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers Easton. 

American  Iron  and  Steel  Association Philadelphia. 

Annales  des  Ponts  et  Chausees Pans. 

Argentine  Scientific  Society Buenos  Ayres. 

Association  of  Civil  Engineers Lisbon . 


120 

Austrian  Society  of  Engineers  and  Architects  (Two  Publications) Vienna. 

Boston  Public  Library Boston. 

Boston  Society  of  Civil  Engineers " 

Civil  Engineers'  Club  of  Cleveland Cleveland. 

Die  Administration  der  "  Mittheilungen  " Vienna. 

Engineers"  Club  of  Philadelphia  . .    Philadelphia. 

Engineers'  Club  of  St.  Louis St.  Louis. 

Engineer  Department,  U.  S.  A Washington. 

Engineers  Society,  Western  Pennsylvania Pittsburgh. 

Essayons'  Club,  Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A Willetts  Point. 

Franklin  Institute,  Journal Philadelphia. 

Imperial  School Moscow. 

Imperial  Technic  Society  of  Russia St.  Petersburg. 

Imperial  University Tokio. 

Institution  of  Civil  Engineers Loudon. 

"  "  of  Ireland Dublin. 

* '         of  Engineers  and  Shipbuilders  of  Scotland  Glasgow. 

"  of  Mechanical  Engineers London. 

Iron  aud  Steel  Institute " 

Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology Boston. 

McGill  University,  Department  of  Science Montreal. 

Mechanics'  Institute San  Francisco. 

Midland  Institute  Mining,  Civil  and  Mechanical  Engineers  Barnsley. 

New  York  Meteorological  Observatory New  York. 

North  of  England  Institute  of  Mining  and  Mechanical  Engineers Newcastle-on-Tyne. 

Pi  Eta  Scientific  Society Troy. 

Eoyal  United  Service  Institution - London. 

School  of  Mines,  Columbia  College New  York. 

Smithsonian  Institution Washington. 

Society  of  Arts London. 

Society  of  Civil  Engineers Paris. 

Society  of  Engineers London. 

Society  of  Engineers  and  Architects  of  Hungary Budapest. 

"  "  •'  of  Saxony Dresden. 

<i  <<  •<  Hannover. 

Stevens  Institute  of  Technology Hoboken. 

Swedish  Society  of  Engineers Stockholm. 

Thayer  Scientific  School,  Dartmouth  College Hanover. 

Thomasson  Civil  Engineering  College,  Indian  Engineering Eoorkee. 

United  States  Coast  Survey Washington. 

"  Light  House  Board " 

Naval  Institute Annapolis. 

Naval  Observatory Washington. 

"  Ordnance  Department " 

University  of  Michigan Ann  Arbor. 

Western  Society  of  Engineers Chicago. 


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ADDITIONS  TO 

LIBRARY     AND     MUSEUM. 


From    Administration    des    Fonts     et 
Chauasees,  Paris: 
Annales.     September  and  October,  1880. 

From    Aeronautical    Society    of   Great 
Britain,  Maidenstone  Hill,  Loudon: 
Fourteenth  Annual    Report    of    the    Society. 
London,  1880. 

From  American  Institute  of  Mining  En- 
gineers,  Thomas  M.   Drown,    Secre- 
tary, Easton,  Pa. : 
Proceedings   of  the  Lake   Superior  Meeting. 

August,  1880. 
Supplement   1  to  a  Catalogvie  of  Official    Re- 
ports on   Geological  Surveys  of  the  United 
States    and    British     North    America.     J. 
Prime,  Jr. 
Removing  .Scaffolds  in  Blast  Furnaces.     J.  P. 

Witherow. 
The  Silver  Sandstone  District  of  Utah.  Charles 

M.  Roker. 
A  short  blast  at  the  Warwick  Furnace.     John 

Birkinbine. 
The  Mineral  Resources  of  Wisconsin.     R.  D. 

Irving. 
On  the  Self- Fluxing  Properties  of  Chateaugay 
Blagnetite,   from   Clinton   Co.,   N.    Y..   and 
its  treatment  in   the  Blast  Furnace.  James 
P.  Kimball. 
Some  Copper  deposits  of  Carroll  Co.,Md.  Per- 

sifor  Frazier. 
The  determination  of  Silicon   and   Titanium 
in   Pig  Iron  and  Steel.     Thomas  M.  Drown 
and  P.  W.  Shimer. 
A  comparison   of  certain   forms  of  Posts  for 

Steel  Melting  Furnace.     P.  Barnes. 
Notes   on   two  Scaffolds   at   the   Cedar  Point 

Furnace.     T.  F.  Witherbee. 
A  Flux  for  rolling  Mill  Cinder  and   Silicious 
Iron    Ores  in  the   Blast  Furnace.      James 
P.  Kimball. 
The  manufacture  of  Charcoal  in  Kilns.     Dr. 

Thomis  Egleston. 
A  Glossary  of  Mining  and  Metallurgical  terms. 

Dr.  R.  W.  Raymond. 
The   Mica  Veins  of  North   Carolina.     W.  C. 

Kerr. 
Remarks  on  a  Gold  Specimen  from  California. 

Geo.  W.  Maynard. 
The  losses  in  Copper  Dressing  at  Lake   Supe- 
rior.    A.  S.  Munroe. 
The  Gold  Graves  of  North  Carolina.     Their 
structure  and  origin.     W    C.  Kerr. 

From  Argentine  Scientific  Society,  Don 
Eduardo  E.  Clerice,  Secretary,  Buenos 
Ayres : 
Anal  PS.    September,  October  and  November, 
1880. 

From  M.  Leon  Aucoc,  Paris: 
Les  Tarifs  des  Chemius  de  fer  et  I'autoritS  de 
I'Etat.     M.  L6on  Aucoc,  Par:s   1880. 

From   Prof.  Arthur  Beardsley,  Bethle- 
hem. Pa.: 
Register  of  the  Lehigh  University  for  1879-80. 

FroTM  Boston  Public  L'brary,  Boston: 
Bulletin  of  the  Library.    Vol.  IV.     No.  8. 

From  Boston  Society  of  Civil  Engineers, 
S.  E.  Tinkham,  Secretary,  Boston: 


Proceedings.  September,  October  and  No- 
vember, 1880. 

From  Bureau   of  Steam    Engineering, 
U.  S  N.,  Washington,  D.  c;.: 

Report  on  Experiments  in  Boiler  Bracing. 

Report  of  a  Board  of  U.  S.  Naval  Engineers 
on  the  Herreshoff  Boiler  and  System  of  Ma- 
chinery for  Steam  Yachts  and  Steam 
Launches. 

Instructions  to  Commanding  and  Engineer 
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Annual  Report  of  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of 
Steam  Engineering  for  1879. 

From  Hon.  Allan  Campbell,  New  Y^ork: 
Reports  of  Denartmeut  of  Public  Works,  City 

of  New  York,  for  1878  and  1879. 
Report  of  Department  of  Public  Works   City 

of  New  York,  lor  the  Quarter  ending  June 

30,  1880. 

From  John  C.  Campbell,  New  York: 
Opinion  of  the  Court  of  Appeals.  On  appeal 
John  G.  Campbell  from  an  order  of  the  Su- 
preme Court,  denying  his  application  for  a 
reversal  of  the  proceedings  ol  the  Commis- 
sioner of  Public  Works  in  removing  him 
from  office  of  Chief  Engineer,  Croton  Aque- 
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From  Eliot  C.  Clarke,  Boston: 
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From  H.  WadswortU   Clarke,  Syracuse, 

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the  State  of  New  York   on   the   Resurvey  of 

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From  M.  A.   Durand-Claye,  Paris: 
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From  Commissioners    Second  Geologi- 
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Catalogue  of  the  Geological  Museum.  Part 
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From  E.  L.  Corthell,  New  York: 
A  History  of  the  Jetties  at  the  Mouth  of  the 
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From  Jos.  P.  Cotton,  Newport,  R.  I. : 
Report  otthe  Committee  on  Streets  and  High- 
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From  M.  A.  Couvreux  fils,  Paris. 
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From  M.  A.  V.  Dauzats,  Paris: 

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Rapport  sur  le  Memoirs   de   M.    le  Dr.  Com- 
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From  E.  B.  Dorsey,  New  York: 

The  "  Prall  "  System  of  Supplying  Heat  and 
Power    to    Cities  by  means  ot  Superheated 
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Safe  and  Rapid  Mode  of  Tunneliug  the  Hud- 
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List  of  Members.     November,  1880. 
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From  Engineer  Department,  U.  S.  A. 
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Copy  of  the  report  of  George  Davidson,  Ass't 
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A  lecture  on  the  Improvement  of  the  Danube 
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Specifications  for  improving  Tangipahoa 
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Specifications  for  improving  Vermillion  River, 
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Specifications  for  dredging  Portland  Harbor, 
Me.     Gen.  Geo.  Thom. 

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Except  Proceedings.     Inst.  C.  E.     Vol.  LX. 
Part  n.     (Several  Copies.) 

From   Charles  E.  Fowler,  New  Haven, 
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City  year  Book  of  the  City  of  New  Haven   for 
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From  Charles  O.  Gleim,  Cologne,  Ger- 
many: 
Zeitschrilt  fur  Baukunde.     Vol.  III.     Part  i. 

From  Prof  Julius   E.   Hilgard,    U.  S. 
Coast  Survey,  Washington,  D.  C: 
Methods  and   Resutls    American    Standards 
of  length.     (Copies  for  distribution.) 

From  Hungarian  Society  of  Engineers, 
Buda  pest: 
Transactions.     September,  October,  1880. 

From  Institution  of  Civil  Engineers, 
James  Forrest,  Secretary.  London: 

Minutes  of  Proceedings.     Vol.  LXII. 

Abstracts  of  Papers  in  Foreign  Transactions 
and  Periodicals.  Vol.  LXII.  Session  1879- 
80.     Part  4 

Portland  Cement  :  I  Nature,  Tests  and 
Uses.     John  Grant. 

Portland  Cement  Cone  ■  te  and  some  applica- 
tions.    Edwin  A.  Be  •   ays. 

The  Manufacture  and  Testing  of  Portland 
Cement.  Mij.  Gen.  H.  Y.  D.  Scott  and  Gil- 
bert R.  Redgrave. 

Earthwork  Slips  on  the  Leeds  and  Westerly 
Branch  Railway.     Harrold   Copperthwait. . 

Earthwork  Slips  in  the  Cuttings  and  Embank- 
ments of  various  Railways,  with  their 
causes  and  modes  of  treatment.  John  B. 
Squire. 

Earthwork  Slips  on  the  Castle  Eden  and 
Stockton  Railway.     Henry  M.  Whitely. 

Notes  on  the  principal  systems  of  Electric 
Light  in  use  in  England  and  in  the  United 
States.     K.  W.  Hedges. 

Small  Motive  Power.     Henry  S.  H.  Shaw. 

Light  Draught  Steel  P.  S  "  Terranora  "  for 
O  ean  and  River  Navigation.  John  A. 
Thompson . 


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From  Institution  of  Civil  Engineers  of 
Ireland.  John  Chaloner  Smith,  Sec- 
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Transactions.     Vol.  XII. 

From  Institutions  of  Engineers  and 
Shipbuilders.  Glasgow,  Scotland: 

Transactions.     Vol.  XXIII. 

From  A.  G.  Menocal,  C.  E.  U.  S.  N., 
■Washington,  D.  C. : 

Nicaragua  Ship  Canal.  Report  of  the  Exe- 
cutive Committee  to  the  Members  of  the 
Provisional  Society. 

From  Midland  Institute  Mining,  Civil 
and  Mechanical  Engineers,  Barusley, 
England: 

Transactions.  Vol.  VII.  Part  L.  April,  May, 
July  and  .\ugust  1880. 

From  Minister  of  Public  Works,  Paris: 

Ports  Maritimes  de  la  France.  Part  IV.  with 
25  Lithographs. 

From  George  T.  Neally : 

Brief  description  of  a  system  of  Tables  for 
computing  Earthwork,  occurring  in  regu- 
lar Piismoids  on  Railways.  Also  a  set  of 
auxiliary  Tables  for  constructing  the  same. 
Geo.  T.  Neally. 

From  Isaac  Newton,  New  York. 

The  American  Booksellers  Guide.  Vol.  VI. 
No.  5.     New  York  1874. 

Catalogue  of  a  large  collection  of  books, 
mostly  illustrated.  Also  the  best  edition 
of  American  and  English  Authors. 

Catalogue  of  Scientitic,  Naval  and  Military 
Books.     New  York,  1875. 

Catalogue  of  the  valuable  importations  of 
Scriljner,  Welford  and  Armstrong,  com- 
prising works  in  History,  Biography, 
Poetry,  Science.  Art,  &c.     New  York,  1876. 

Catalogue  of  Books  sold  by  Hurd  &  Hough- 
ton.    New  York,  ISfJS. 

Catalogue  of  Standard  English  Books  in  va- 
rious departments  of  Literature. 

The  American  Bibliopolist.  A  literary  Regis- 
ter and  Repository  of  Notes  and  Queries, 
Shakesperian,  &c.    Vol.  VII.     No.  7.     1875. 

Catalogue  of  the  Collective  Exposition  at  the 
Centennial  Exhibition  at  Philadelphia,  of 
the  Netherlands  Booksellers'  Association. 

Supplement  to  Catalogue  of  Books  publshed 
by  Macmillan  &  Co. 

Catalogue  of  Books  i^ublished  by  Tickner  & 
Fields. 

J.  B.  Peterson  &  Bros.  Library  of  Sterling 
Novels. 

Descriptive  list  of  English  Newspapers,  Maga- 
zines and  Periodicals  supplied  by  August 
Brentano's  Literary  Emporium. 

Catalogue  of  Books  in  the  various  depart- 
ments of  Literature,  prepared  by  G.  Rout- 
ledge  k  Sous. 

OflBcial  Catalogue  of  the  Natural  and  Indus- 
trial products  of  New  South  Wales,  Phila- 
delphia Exhibition,  1876. 

Swedish  Catalogue,  Philadelphia  Exhibition, 
1876,     I.  Statistics.     II.   Exhibits. 

Official  Catalogue,  Philadelphia  Exhibition, 
1876.  Japanese  Sections  and  descriptive 
note  on  Industry  and  Agriciilture  In  Japan. 

Russian  Catalogue,  Philadelphia  Exhibition, 
1876.     Collection  of  the  Ministry  of  War. 

Catalogue  British  Section,  Philadelphia  Exhi- 
bition, 1876. 

Catalogue  German  Section,  Philadelphia  Ex- 
hibition, 1876. 

Catalogue  Brazilian  Section,  Philadelphia"  Ex" 
hibition,  1876. 


Machinery  Hall,  Models  of  Ships  exhibited 
by  the  Rio  de  Janeiro  Navy  Yard. 

Special  Catalogue  of  the  Netherland  Section, 
Philadelphia  Exhibition,  1876. 

Catalogue  of  the  Argentine  Republic.  Phila- 
delphia Exhibition,  1876. 

Journal  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  United 
States  Centennial  Committee  at  Philadel- 
phia, 1876.     Seventh  session. 

Journal  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  United 
States  Centennial  Commission.  May, 
1873. 

Official  Catalogue,  Department  of  Machinery. 
Philadelphia  Exhibition,  1876. 

Official  Catalogue,  Department  of  Agriculture 
and  Horticulture.  Philadelphia  Exhibition, 
1876. 

Official  Catalogue,  Main  Building.  Philadel- 
phia Exhibition,  1876.     Part  II. 

I.  Department  of  Mining  and  Metallurgy 

II.  Department  of  Manufactures. 

III.  Education  and  Science. 

Official  Catalogue,  Department  of  Art.  4th 
ed.     Philadelphia  Exhibition,  1876. 

Official  Catalogue  of  Exhibits.  Victoria,  Aus- 
tralia.     Philadelphia  Exhibition,  1876. 

Notes  in  regard  to  some  Textile  Plants  of 
Brazil  at  Philadelphia  Exhibition,  1876. 

Report  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  on 
Finance.      Washington,  1875. 

The  Century  Memorial  Notices.     1875. 

A  letter  on  Currency. 

Pacific  Mail.  A  review  of  the  Report  of  the 
President. 

Report  relative  to  the  Survey  for  the  Improve- 
meut  of  Harlem  River,  New  York.  Gen. 
John  Newton.     Washington,  1875. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy 
on  the  Operation  of  the  Department.  Wash- 
ington, 1875. 

Prnceediugs  of  a  Public  Meeting,  held  at  West 
Side  Hall,  New  York,  Dec,  1st,  1871. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Treas- 
ury for  1876. 

U.  S.  District  Court,  Southern  District  of  New 
York.  Daniel  Brown  et  al.  versus  The  Brig 
•'Annie  Lindley,"  her  tackle.  &c.  New 
York,  1875. 

Chemins  de  fer  de  la  Province  de  St.  Paul. 
Donuees  Techniques  et  Statisques.  M.  J. 
Ewkank.     Rio  de  Janeiro,  1875- 

Notes  on  the  relation  between  Aesthetics  and 
Economy  in  construction. 

Description  of  a  method  of  Transmitting 
Power  by  Means  of  Wire  Ropes.  W.  A. 
Roebling.     New  York,  1869. 

Metaline,  Machinery  withoiit  Lubricants. 

Guide  de  la  Tour  de  Loudres.    J.  Hewitt. 

Sketches  of  the  Tower  of  London  as  a  For- 
tress, a  Prison  and  a  Palace.     Loudon,  1857. 

The  Shimoneski  affair.  A  chapter  of  Japanese 
History. 

The  Japanese  or  Shimoneski  Indemnity. 

Japanese  Indemnity  Fund.  David  Murray. 
New  Brunswick,  1875. 

From   New   York  Meteorological  Obser- 
vatory, Daniel  Drainer,  Director,  Cen- 
tral Park,  New  York  : 
Abstracts   of   Registers  from    Self-Recording 
Instruments,    August,  September,  October 
and  November,  1880. 

From   Aurin   B.  Nichols,  Washington, 
D.  C: 
Report  of  Board  convened  to  determine  on  a 
Standard  for  Construction   of    the   Pacific 
Railroad.     Washington,  1866. 


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Circular  of  Instructions  for   the  Examination 
of  Railroads.     Washington,  1871. 

From  Edward  P.  North,  New  York: 
Report  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works  of 

the  City  of    New  York  for  quarter   ending 

June  30,  1878. 
Report  of  the  Committee   on     Sites  of    the 

World's  Fair  Committee.     New  York,  1880. 

From  Thomas  M.  North,  New  York: 
Charter,  Reports,  &c.,   of  the  Hudson  River 
Railroad.     New  York,  1853. 

From  North  of  England  Institute,  Min  - 

ingand  Mechanical  Engineers,  Theo. 

Wood  Running,  Secretary,  Newcastle- 

on-Tyne,  England: 

Transactions.      Vol.  XXIX.      1879-80.      June 

and  August,  1880. 

From   Publisher  Revue   Generale    das 
Chemius  de  Fer,  Paris: 
Revue  Generale   des  Cbemins   de  fer,  June, 
July,  August  and  September,  1880. 

From  Royal  United  Service  Institution, 
London: 
Journal  of  the  Institution.    Vol.  XXIV.     No. 
7. 

From  the  School  of  Mines,  Columbia 
College,  New  York: 
The  School  of  Mines  Quarterly.    Vol.  II.    No. 
1. 

From  Hou.  Horatio  Seymour,  Jr.,  State 
Engineer  and  Surveyor,   Albany,  N. 
Y.; 
Annual  Report  of  the  State  Engineer  and  Sur- 
veyor on  the  Railroads  of  the  State  for  1879. 
From  Wm.  F.  Shuuk,  New  Y'ork: 
The  Field   Engineer.     Wm.  F.  Shuuk.     New 
York,  1880. 

From  J.  E.  Simpson  &  Co.,  Baltimore, 
Md.: 
Album   of  Photographs,   with  description   of 
Baltimore  Dry  Dock  Company's  Property. 
From    Societe    des   Ingenieurs   Civils, 
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LIST      OF      MEMBERS 


ADDITIONS. 

HONORARY   MEMBERS. 

Date  of  Election. 
Hawkshaw,  Sir  John..  .  .33     Great      George      Street,     London, 

England Nov.  3,  1880. 

Malezieux,  Emile, Inspector   General    Fonts   et   Chaiissees, 

Paris,  France "         " 


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MEMBERS. 

Bridges,  Lyman Chief  Engineer  California  Central  Rail- 
way, 702  Market  St.,  San  Francisco, 
Cal Dec.  i,  1880. 

Crovvell,  J.  Foster Chief  Engineer  Elizabeth  City  and  Nor- 
folk Railway,  Elizabeth  City,  N.  C.       "         <« 

Palmer,  Francis  J 68  Wall  St.,  N.  Y.  City , <«        <« 


CHANGES    AND   CORRECTIONS. 

MEMBERS. 


Dickinson,  P.  P 237  Broadway,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Frazier,  James  L Alabama   Great   Southern    Railroad   Co.,  Chattanooga, 

Tenn. 

Fteley,  a Chief  Asst.  City  Engineer,  Boston,  Mass. 

GoLAY,  Philip '. . .  .307  Court  St.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

Kinsley,  Thomas  P 72  Myrtle  Ave.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Low,  GoRHAM  P.,  Jr Engineer's  Office  New  York  and  New  England  Railroad, 

Boston,  Mass. 

Newman,  Robert  M Cheboygan,  Mich. 

Nichols,  AURIN  B Gen.   Man.  Reynoldsville  Mining  and  Mfg.  Co.,   Rey 

noldsville.  Pa. 
NicoLLS,  William  J Chief  Engineer  Danville,  Mocksville  and  Southwestern 

R.  R.,  Leaksville,  N.  C. 
Parkhurst,   Henry  W...  .  ist  Asst.  Engineer  Bismarck  Bridge,  Bismarck,  Dakota. 

Posr,  Levi  W Care  of  Wilkins,  Post  &  Co.,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Striedinger,  Julius  H..  .Chief  Engineer  Magdalena  River  Improvement,  Ban-an- 

quilla,  U.  S.  of  Colombia. 
Sweet,  Elnathan,  Jr New  York,  Ontario  and  Western  Railway,  West  Point, 

N.  Y, 


juniors. 


Crosby,  Benjamin  L P.  O.  Box,  194,  Nebraska  Ci.y,  Neb. 

Lucas,  D.  Jones Div.  Engineer,  Philadelphia  and  Long  Branch  Railroad, 

Toms  River,  N.  J. 
Stahlberg,  Albert  J....  Asst.   Engineer    Oregonian    Pacific  Railway  (Limited), 

Portland,  Oregon. 


126 

Death. 

WoRTHiNGTON,  Henry  R .  Elected  Member  January  5,  1876.     Died  December  17, 

1880. 


EEKATA. 

Proceedings,  Vol.  VI.,  page  96.     November,  1880. 

12th  line  from  bottom,  for  "  objection,"  read  "Direction,"  so  as  to 
read  "only  those  votes  can  be  counted  which  are  sustained  by  the 
Dii'ection. " 


C^i 


PROCEEDINGS 


American  Society 


Civil  Engineers 


(INSTITUTED  1852.) 


VOL.    VII. 
JANUARY  TO    DECEMBER,    1881. 


NEW  YORK : 

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Entered  according   to  Act  of   Congress,  by  the  Amehican  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  in 
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HoTE.-This  Society  is  not  responsible,  as  a  body,  for  the  facts  and  opinions  advanced 
in  any  of  its  publications. 


INDEX. 


ABBOTT. 

Abbott,     Arthur    V.— Admitted     as 

Junior,  1,  2. 
Adams,    Julius   W.  — Discussion     by 
121.  •'' 

Additions   to   Library   and  Museum. 

(See  Library.) 
—  to  List  of  Members.     (See  List.) 
Address   of  Members,    Changes   and 

Corrections  of.     (SeeList.) 
Aldrich,     Trttman  H.— Admitted    as 

Member,   17,  19. 
Allaire,     William    M.— Admitted  as 

Junior,  7,  73. 
Alloys,  Copper-Tin-Zinc,  Strength 
and  Ductility  of,  by  K.  H.  Thurs- 
ton, 39. 
Announcements,  2,  6,  11,  15.— Con- 
stitution and  By-Laws,  6.— House 
of  the  Society,  2,  11.  15.— List  of 
Members,    6.— Metric   System,  2, 

11,  _  15.  — Society    Meetings,    2. 

Thirteenth    Annual    Convention 
6,  11,  15. 
Annual   Address  by  President  James 

B.  Francis,  31. 
Archer,  William.— Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 7,  11. 
Attwood,   William  H.— Admitted  as 

Member,   19,  85. 
AucHiNCLoss,  W.  S.— Paper  by,  8. 
Averaging  Machine,  8. 

Baldwin,  Ward.— Admitted  as  Jun- 
ior, 7,  12. 

Ballots  for  Members,  1,  3  7  13  19 
61,  75  .     ,      .      , 

Barnes,  Oliver  W.— Admitted  as 
Member,  75.  79. 

Beaudry,  J.  L.— Address  at  Conven- 
tion, 24. 

Bentley,  Henry  A.— Admitted  as 
Member,  7,  11. 

Blackwell,  Ch.arles.— Admitted  as 
Member,  87,  110. 

Bland,  George  P.— Transferred  to 
Member,  17,  19. 

Blickensderfer,  Jacob.— Admitted  as 
Member,  61,  73. 

Blickensderfer,  Robert  —Admitted 
as  Member,  61,  85. 


BOGAKT. 

BoGART,  John.— Discussion  by,  20,40, 
72,  96.— On    Committee,    40,  114* 
—Opens  Thirteenth  Annual'Conl 
vention,    23.  — Proj^oses    Amend- 
ment to   By-Laws,  96.— Proposes 
Amendment  to  Constitution,  96. 
—Report  by,  103. 
BoLLER.    Alfred  P.— Discussion   bv 
32,    40,    67,    68,    69,    70,    72. -On 
Committee,  40. ^Proposes  Amend- 
ment to  Constitution,  96. 
BoNZANO,  A.— Paper  by,  39,  113. 
Bouscaren,  G.— Discussion  by,  7,  113. 
—Proposes  Amendment  to  Con- 
stitution, 62. 
Boyd,  Ch.\rles  R.— Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 13,  17. 
Bradbury,    Henry    R.— Admitted    a.s 

As.sociate,  75,  79. 
Breckenridge,  Cabell.— Admitted  as 

Member,  61,  73. 
Bridge,    The   re-enforcement    of    the 
anchorage   and    the    renewal    of 
the    suspended    structure   of  the 
Niagara  Railway  Bridge,  by  L.  L. 
Buck,  31,  32. 
Bridge,  The  Victoria,  43. 
Briggs,  a.  D.— Death  announced,  7. 
Brittain,  Alfred.— Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 95,  119. 
Bronzes,  The  Strongest  of  the  Bronzes, 

by  R.  H.  Thurston,   1. 
Brooks,  F.— Discussion  by,  40. 
Buck,  L.  L.— Paper  by,  31, 
Building   Fund,  5,   13,   14,  19   20   72 

81,  114,  122. 
Burr,    William    H.  — Discussion    bv 
114.  ^' 

Butts,  Edward.— Admitted  as  Junior 

13,  17. 
By-£aws,  Amendment  proijosed,  96. 

Canadian  Canals,  45. 

Canadian  Railways,  48. 

Canadian  Watervvays,  44. 

Canals  of  Canada,  45. 

Canal,  Rideau,  51. 

Cartwright,      Henry.  —  Death      an  - 

nounced,  112,  114. 
CAS.SATT,  A.  J.  — On  Committee,  32. 


IV 


CEMENTS. 

■Cements,  Uniform    system    for    tests 

of;  Committee  and  Keports,  62. 
Chanute,  O.— Discussion   by,    8,    14, 
96._On    Committee,    40,— Paper 
by,  32. — Proposes  Amendment  to 
By-Laws,  96. — Proposes   Amend- 
ment  to   Constitution,    96. — Pre- 
sides at  meeting,  3,  7,  13. 
Chesbeotjgh,    E.    S. — Discussion    by, 
14,  32,  62.— On  Committee,  114.— 
Presides  at  Meeting,  113. 
Civil  Engineers,  Engagement  on  Gov- 
ernment Works,  32. 
Clarke,  Eliot  C. — Discussion  by,  40. 
Clarke,  Eeeves  &  Co. — Paper  by,  39, 

113. 
Clarke,  Thomas   C. — Discussion   by, 
113.— Make  report,  32. —On  Com- 
mittee, 40.— Paper  by,   39,  113. 
Coffin,  Amory. — Discussion  by,  3. 
CoLLiNGWooD,  F. — Discussion  by,  67, 
69.— On    Committee,    40.— Paper 
by,  14. — Proposes  Amendment  to 
Constitution,  96. 
Columns,  Experiments  upon  Phcenix. 

(See  Experiments.) 
Committee   on   Engagement   of  Civil 
Engineers      upon      Government 
Works,  32. 

—  on  Finance,  Kejiort,  102. 

—  on  -Gauging     of    Streams.       (See 

Gauging.) 

—  on  Nominations,  39. 

—  on   Preservation  of  Timber.     (See 

Timber.) 

—  on  Standard  Time.     (See  Time.) 

—  on   Tests  of  American   Iron,  Steel 

and  other  metals.     (See  Iron.) 

—  on  Uniform    System   for    Tests   of 

Cements.     (See  Cements.) 

Comparative  Economy  of  Light  and 
Heavy  Rails,     (See  Rails. ) 

Constitution,  Amendments  adopted, 
4.— Proposed,  61,  95,  114.— Re- 
jected, 5. 

Convention,  Thirteenth  Annual,  3, 
13,  14,  22,  23.— Business  Meeting 
at,  62.— Invitations  to,  22.— Pro- 
gramme, 41.     (See  Minutes.) 

Cooper,  Theodore. — Discussion  by, 
96,  113,  114.— Receives  Norman 
Medal,  75. 

Ceoes,  J.  James  R.— Discussion  by, 
40,  70.— Makes  report,  32,  71.— 
Resolution  by,  39. 

DA\^s,  Joseph  P.— Discussion  by,  8, 
20,  62,  96,  121.— Presides  at  Meet- 
ing,   19. — Proposes    Amendment 


DAWSON. 

to  Constitution,  96.  —  Proposes 
Amendment  to  By-Laws,  96. — 
Report  by,  102. 

Dawson,  Principal. — Address  at  Con- 
vention, 28. 

Death  of  Members.     (See  List.) 

DeFuniak,  F.— Proposes  Amendment 
to  Constitution,  62. 

Doane,  Walter  A.  —  Admitted  as 
Member,  87,  94. 

Dues,  Annual,  Proposed  Compound- 
ing by  One  Payment,  22,  102, 
114. 

for  November   and    December, 

1881,  114. 

EcKART,  William  R.— Admitted  as 
Member,  1,  2. 

Economy  of  Light  and  Heavy  Rails. 
(See  Rails.) 

EoLESTON,  T.— Discussion  by,  68,  71, 
72.— On  Committee,  32.  40. 

Elevated  Railroad.     (See  Railroad.) 

Ellis,  Theodore  G.— Address  by,  37. 
—Discussion  by,  40,  72.  —  On 
Committee,  32,  40. 

Ellis,  N.  W.— Admitted  as  Member, 
3,  6. 

Ely,  Theodore  N. -Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 7,  11. 

Emery,  Charles  E.— Discussion  by, 
7,  113,  121. 

Engle,  Robert  L,— Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 87,  110. 

Experiments  upon  Phoenix  Columns, 
by  Clarke,  Reeves  &  Co.,  39,  113. 

Fargo, William  G. --Death  announced, 
86,  87. 

Fellowship  Fund,  22,  72,  114. 

Ferguson,  John  W.— Admitted  as 
Junior,  1,  2. 

Ferry,  Charles  A.— Admitted  as 
Junior,  17,  19. 

Field,  George  S.— Proposes  Amend- 
ment to  the  Constitution,  96. 

Finance  Committee,  Report  on  Com- 
pounding Dues,  102. 

Flagg,  J.  Foster.— Discussion  by,  40. 

Fleming,  Sandford.— On  Committee, 
32.— Paper  by,  31. 

Fletcher,  Robert. — Discussion  by,  7. 

Fowler,  Charles  E.— Discussion  by, 
40. 

Fox,  Charles  Douglas.— Discussion 
by,  7. 

Francis,  James  B.— Annual  Address, 
by,  31. — Discussion  by,  68,  69, 
70.— On  Committee,  40.— Presides 
at  Meeting,  3,  8,  62. 


FUND. 

Fund,  Building,  5,  13,  14,  19  20  72 
81,  114,  122.  '      ' 

—  Fellowship,  22,  72,  114. 

Gates,  C.  L.— Discussion  by,  114. 

Gauging  of  Streams,  Committee  and 
Keports,  71. 

Gl.\skin,  E.  E.— Transferred  to  Mem- 
ber, lU,  79.— Discussion  by,  96. 

Goad,  Charles  L.— Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 87.  110. 

GoEEiNGE,  Heney  H.— Admitted  as 
Associate,  13,  73.— Paper  by,  8.  — 
Presents  Specimens  from  Obelisk, 
8. 

Gottlieb,  A.— Discussion  by,  7. 

Grand  Trunk  Kailway,  31,  39. 

Geeene,  GeoegeS.— Presides  at  Meet- 
ing, 14,  19. 

Geeenwood,  William  H.— Memoir  of 
89. 

Geiefen,  John.— Paper  by,  39,  113. 

Haddock,  Aeba  R.— Admitted  as 
Associate,  17,  19. 

Haight,  Stephen  S.— Admitted  as 
Member,  61,  73. 

Hall,    G.    Thomas. — Paper   by,  14. 

Death  announced,  74.  87. — Mem- 
oir of,  97. 

H.iEEis,  William  P.— Admitted  as 
Member,  61.  73. 

Haswell,  Chaeles  H.  —  Proposes 
Amendment  to  Constitution,  96. 

Haywaed,  James  A.  —Memoir  of,  88. 

Hendele,  John  S.— Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 87,  94. 

Henshaw,  M.— Address  at  Conven- 
tion, 26. 

Heeing,  R.— Paper  by,  39. 

HiDEE,  Aethur.— Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 87,  94. 

HiLGAED,  J.  E.— On  Committe,  32. 

HoLBBooK,  Feancis  N.— Admitted  as 
Junior,  7,  12. 

House  of  the  Society,  13,  14,  19,  20. 

HuTTON,  William  R.— Di.scussion  by, 
40,  62.— Paper  by,  121. 

Iron,  Steel,  and  other  Metals,  Tests 
of  ;  Committees  and  Reports,  40, 
64,  71. — Discussion  uj^on,  67. 

Johnston,  Robert  E.— Discussion  bv 
7.  ■" 

JuDSON,  William  P.— Admitted  as 
Member,   87,  94. 

Katte,  Waltee.— Proposes  Amend- 
ment  to  Constitution,  96. 


KEEPER. 

Keefee,  Thomas  C— Presides  over 
Thirteenth  Annual  Convention, 
23. 

Keith,  George  T.— Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 19,  110. 

Kennedy,  John,  — On  Committee,  39. 

Knapp,  L.  H.— Discussion  by,  40. 

Lane,  Moses.— On  Committee,  39. 

Latimer,  Chaeles.— Discussion  by 
69,  70,  72.— Motion  by,  71.— Pa- 
per by,  40. 

Lesage,  Louis.— Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 87. 

Lewis,  Sidney  F.— Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 17,  19. 

Library.— Additions  to,  8,  15,  76,  83 
91,  101,  116,  127.-Contributions 
for,  114. 

Light,  Alexander  L.— Admitted  as 
Member,  87. 

List  of  Members.  — Additions  to,  2,  6, 

II,  17,  73,  79,  86,  94,  110,  119. 

—  Changes  and   Corrections   of  Ad- 

dress,  2,  6,    12,  18,  73,  79,  86,  94, 

III,  119. 

—  Deaths,  74,  79,  86,  112. 

—  Resignations,  6. 

Macdonald,  Chaeles.— Discussion  by, 
62,  121.— Makes  report,  32.— 
Presides  at  Meeting,  114. 

MacLeod,  John.— On  Committee,   39. 

Masonry,  Repairs  of,  by  0.  Chanute, 
32. 

May,  William  A.— Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber. 75,  85. 

Mc Alpine,  Chaeles  L.  — Paper  bv  20 
62.  F        J.      . 

McKenzie,  Theodore  H.— Admitted 
as  Member,  87,  94. 

McLain,  Louis  Randolph.— Admitted 
as  Member,  3. 

Members.— Additions  to.  (See  List.) 
—Ballots  for.  (See  Ballots.)— 
Changes  of  Address.  (See  List. ) 
—Deaths.  (See  List.)— Resigna- 
tions.    (See  List.) 

Memoirs  of  Deceased  Members,  88 
89,  91,  97,  122,  124.— James  A. 
Hayward,  88.— William  Heney 
Greenwood,  89.— Charles  A. 
Tasker,  91.— George  Thomas 
Hall,  97. — Andrew  Kloman,  122. 
— Henry  Carteight,  124. 

Meeeill,  William  E.  —  Proposes 
Amendment  to  Constitution,  62. 

Mereiman,  Mansfield.  —Discussion 
by,  114. 


VI 


METALS. 

Metals  —Tests  of  Iron,  Steel  and 
other  Metals.     (See  Iron, ) 

Metcalf,  William.— On  Committee, 
40. 

Metric  Measures  in  Papers  Written 
for  the  Society,  2,  11,  15,  71. 

Minutes  of  Meetings  of  the  Board 
of  Direction,  5,  14,  20,  72,  87, 
114,  121. 

_  February  2d,  1881,  Proposals  con- 
sidered; action  taken  as  to  Build- 
ing Fund,  5. 

~  February  25th,  1881,  Proposals  con- 
sidered; arrangements  made  for 
Annual  Convention:  action  taken 
us  to  Building  Fund;  appropria- 
tions made,  14, 

—  March    23d,   1881,    Proposals   con- 

sidered; arrangements  made  for 
Annual  Convention;  appropria- 
tions made,  14. 

—  April   5th,  1881,  Proposals  consid- 

ered; Trustees  and  method  of 
investment  of  Building  Fund 
determined;  action  taken  as  to 
new  House  for  Society,  14. 

—  April  23d,  1881,  Proposals  consid- 

ered; action  taken  as  to  purchase 
of  new  House  for  Society,  14. 

—  May    7th.   1881,  Proposals   consid- 

ered; Building  Fund  collections 
reported;  circulars  issued  as  to 
new  House  for  Society,  and  as  to 
collection  of  Building  Fund; 
action  taken  as  to  execution  of 
papers,  etc.,  on  purchase  of  new 
House  for  Society;  financial  busi- 
ness transacted;  compounding 
of  dues  considered,  20 
_  May  23d,  1881,  arrangements  con- 
sidered for  Annual  Convention,, 
22. 

—  May  25th,  1881,  arrangements  made 

and  resolutions  as  to  invitations 
adopted  for  Thirteenth  Annual 
Convention;  action  taken  as  to 
investment  of  the  Fellowship 
Fund:  Proposals  considered;  ap- 
propriations made,  22. 

—  June   8th,  1881,  Proposals   consid- 

ered; action  taken  as  to  Building 
Fund  and  as  to  Fellowship  Fund, 
72. 

—  August   9th,    1881,    Proposals  con- 

sidered; appropriations  made,  87. 

—  September    6th,    1881,     Proposals 

considered,  87. 
-■  October  4th,  1881,  Amendments  to 
the   Constitution    and    By-Laws 


MINUTES. 

were  considered;  the  amount  of 
dues  for  months  of  November 
and  December,  1881,  determined; 
Censors  for  Awarding  the  Nor- 
man Medal  appointed;  a  circular 
soliciting  Subscriptions  to  the 
Building  Fund,  and  also  one 
soliciting  Contributions  to  the 
Library  were  ordered,  114. 

—  October  12th,  1881,  Proposals  con- 

sidered; report  on  compounding 
dues  received,  114. 

—  November  2d,  1881,  financial  busi- 

ness transacted;  investment  of 
Fellowship  Fund  directed;  ap- 
propriations made,  114. 

—  December     7th,     1881,     Proposals 

considered;  arrangements  for 
Annual  meeting  made,  121. 

Minutes  of  Meetings  of  the  Society, 
1,  3,  7,  13,  19,  61,  75,  87,  95,  113, 
121. 

-.  January  5th,  1881,  Ballot  for  Mem- 
bership canvassed;  "The  Strong- 
est of  the  Bronzes;  a  newly 
discovered  Alloy  of  Maximum 
■Strength,"  by  K.  H.  Thukston 
read  and  discussed;  death  of 
Henky  R.  Woethington  an- 
nounced, 1. 

—  Januarv  19th,  1881,  The  Crippling 

Strength  of  Wrought  Iron  Col- 
umns; also  Inter  Oceanic  Transit 
discussed,  3. 

—  February  2d,  1881,  Ballot  for  Mem- 

bership canvassed;  Ballot  can- 
vassed determining  Montreal  as 
place  for  Thirteenth  Annual  Con- 
vention; Ballots  for  proposed 
Amendments  to  the  Constitution 
canvassed,  3. 

—  February  16th,  1881,  Wind  Strains 

upon  Bridges  discussed,  7. 

—  March  2d,  1881,  Ballots   for   Mem- 

bership canvassed;  death  of  A.  D. 
Bbiggs  announced;  specimens 
from  Egyptian  Obelisk  presented 
by  H.  H.  Gokeinge;  "  Exponent 
of  the  Principle  of  Moments," 
by  AV.  S.  AucHiNCLoss,  read; 
Wind  Strains  in  Bridges  dis- 
cussed, 7. 

—  March    15th,   1881,    "The   removal 

of  the  Obelisk  from  its  site  m 
Alexandria,  Egypt,  to  its  present 
site  in  the  Central  Park,  New 
York  City,"  by  Heney  H.  Gob- 
bing e,  read,  8. 

—  April  6th,  1881,  Ballots   for   Mem- 


VII 


MINUTES. 

liership  canvassed;  arrangements 
for  Annual  Convention  an- 
nounced; purchase  of  premises 
No.  127  East  Twenty  third  street 
authorized;  advanced  sub.'jcrip- 
tions  to  purchase  made;  "An 
Examination  into  the  Method  of 
Determining  Wind  Pressures," 
by  F.  CoLLiNGMooD,  read  and 
discussed,  13. 

—  April   20th,  1881,  "The   Construc- 

tion of  the  Second  Avenue  Line 
of  the  Metropolitan  Elevated 
Railroad  of  New  York,"  by  G. 
Thomas  Hall,  read,  14. 

—  May  4th,  1881,  Ballots  for  Member- 

ship canvassed;  purchase  of 
property  No.  127  East  Twenty- 
third  street  announced;  Sub- 
scriptions to  Building   Fund,  19. 

—  May    18th,    1881,    "Quicksand    in 

Excavation,"  by  Charles  L. 
McAlpine,  read  and  discussed; 
death  of  Baeon  von  Weber 
announced,  19. 

—  June    1st,  1881,  Ballots   for   Mem- 

bership canvassed ;  proposed 
Amendment  to  Constitution  pre- 
sented; "Quicksand  in  Excava- 
tion" discu.ssed,  61. 

—  June  17th,  1881,  Business  Meeting 

at    Thirteenth    Annual    Conven"^ 
tion;     Report   ot    Committee   on 
a  Uniform    Method    for   Tests  of 
Cements  received,  and    the   com- 
mittee continued    62;  Committee 
on   the   Preservation   of    Timber 
reported    progress,  and  was  con- 
tinued;   Committee   on   Tests   of 
Iron    and     Steel     made     rei)ort, 
which  was  accepted  and  the  com- 
mittee   discharged,     64;     Special 
Committee  appointed  to  examine 
further   into   the   subject,  and  to 
report  a  recommendation  to  the 
Board  of  Direction,  which   shall 
take  such  action    as   it   sees   fit; 
Committee    on    the    Gauging  of 
Streams   made    report,    and    was 
continued;     standing    resolution 
rescinded  requesting  dimensions 
in  metric  measures" to  be  includ- 
ed   in    papers    written     for    the 
Society,  71. 
-July  etii,   1881,  Ballots   for   Mem- 
bership       canvassed;        Norman 
Medal     presented    to    Theodore 
Cooper,  75. 

—  September   7th,    1881,    Ballots    for 


MINUTES. 

Membership  canvassed;  death  of 
William  Milnor  Roberts,  of  G. 
Thomas  Hall,  of  James  H.  Reno, 
and  of  William  G.  Fargo,  an- 
nounced; "Shaft  Sinking  under 
Difficulties  at  Dorchester  Bay 
Tunnel,  Boston,  Mass.,"  by  D. 
McN.  Stauffer,  presented,  87. 

—  September  21st,  1881,  "Shaft  Sink- 

ing under  Difficulties  at  Dorches- 
ter Bay  Tunnel,  Boston,  Mass.," 
by  D.  McN.  Stauffer,  read  and 
discussed,  95. 

—  October  5th,  1881,  Ballots  for  Mem- 

bership canvassed ;  proposed 
Amendments  to  the  Constitution 
and  B^-Laws  presented;  Shaft 
Sinking  under  Difficulties  at  Dor- 
chester Bay  Tunnel,  Boston, 
Mass.,  discussed;  the  Points  of 
Reference  for  Strains  discussed 
95. 

—  October    19th.   1881,    Experiments 

upon  Phoenix  Columns  dis- 
cussed, 113. 

—  November   2d,   1881,    Communica- 

tion  received  from  Engineers' 
Club  Rio  de  Janeiro,  Brazil,  ex- 
pressing sympathy  for  the  death 
ot  Past  President  Roberts;  also 
album  of  Brazilian  Railroad 
Photographs;  committee  appoint- 
ed to  make  reply;  Experiments 
on   Phcenix   Columns   discussed, 

—  November    16th,     1881,     death    of 

Henry  Cartwright  announced; 
Protection  against  Slips  in  Clav 
Slopes,  the  Lateral  Thrust  o'f 
Earthwork,  Supplying  Steam 
Heat  and  Power  to  Cities,  dis- 
cussed,   114. 

—  December  7th,  1881,  arrangements 

made  for  Annual  Meeting;  Quick- 
sand in  Excavation  discussed,  121 

—  December   21st,  1881,  a  note   upon 

the  "Recent  Railroad  Crossing 
Case  at  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  with  refer- 
ence to  the  hydraulic  questions 
brought  forward,"  by  William  R, 
Hutton,  was  read  and  discussed. 

Minutes  of  Thirteenth  Annual  Con- 
•  vention,  23;  Montreal,  Canada, 
June  15th,  1881;  met  at  Molson 
Hall,  AicGill  University,  10  a.  m.  ; 
called  to  order  l)y  John  Bogabt,' 
Secretary  of  the  Society;  Thoma.s 
C.   Keefer   elected   Chairman  of 


YIll 


MINUTES. 

the   Convention,  23;   address   by 
Hon.    J.    L.    Beaudky,    Mayor   of 
Montreal,    2-4:    address    by    Mr. 
Henshaw,  President  of  the  Board 
of    Trade,    26;    address    by    Mr. 
Thomas   White,    Member   of  the 
Dominion     Parliament;     address 
by    Mr.    Mitchell,    President    of 
the   Corn   Exchange,  27;  address 
by  Principal   Dawson   of  McGill 
University,  28;    address  by  Vice- 
President    AsHBEL    Welch,     30; 
"The     Re-enforcement     of     the 
Anchorage   and   the   Renewal   of 
the   Suspended   Structure  of  the 
Niagara  Railway  Bridge,"  by  L. 
L.  Buck,  read;    "Uniform  Stand- 
ard   Time    for    Railways,    Tele- 
graphs and  Civil  Purposes  Gen- 
erally," by    Sandeokd    Fleming, 
read;    Drive   Through   Mountain 
Park,  and  Garden  Party ;  Evening 
Session,    June    loth,    invitations 
received ;  annual  address  read  by 
President  James  B.   Francis,  31; 
committee  appointed  on  Standard 
Time;   "Repairs  of  Masonry,"  by 
0.     Chanute,     read;     Report     of 
Committee     on     Engagement    of 
Civil     Engineers    upon    Govern- 
ment Works  presented,  and  com- 
mittee discharged,  32:  June  16th, 
visit  to  Ottawa,  Canada,  34;  June 
17th,  "Comparative   Economy  of 
Light    and     Heavy     Rails,"     by 
AsHBEL    Welch,    read;    Business 
Meeting,    38;    Nominating    Com- 
mittee  appointed;   excursion   on 
harbor;  visit  to  Victoria  Bridge; 
visit  to  works  of  the  Grand  Trunk 
Railway ;  visit  to  City  Waterworks ; 
Reception  in  evening.— June  18; 
Resolution  of  thanks   for  court- 
esies; "Experiments  upon  Phce- 
nix      Columns,"      by       Clakke, 
Reeves  &  Co..  read  and  discussed; 
"  The  Strength  and   Ductility  of 
the   Copper-Tin-Zinc  Alloys,"  by 
R.  H.  Thdeston,  read;  "Systems 
of    Sewerage,"    by     R.    Hering, 
read;  Sewerage    discussed,    39.— 
Weights     and     Measures;      The 
British    Inch,"    by    C.    Latimer, 
read   and   discussed;    Committee 
on   Tests   of  Iron  and  Steel,  an- 
nounced;    Committee     to    Draft 
Replies  to  Addresses  announced; 
Adjournment.— Visits  to  Niagara 
Falls   and   to  Toronto,  40.— Pro- 


MINUTES. 

gramme  of  Convention,  41.— Pro- 
gramme of  Visit  to  Ottawa,  49.— 
Exhibit  by  Fire  Brigade  at  Mon- 
treal; Visit  to  Quebec;  Attend- 
ance at  Convention,  60. 

Mitchell,  M.— Address  at  Conven- 
tion, 27. 

Moments.  — Exponent  of  the  Principle 
of    Moments,  by  W.    S.    Auchin- 

CLOSS,   8. 

Montreal,  Canada,  Annual  Conven- 
tion at.     ^See  Convention.) 

—  Description  of  City  of,  42. 

Muneoe,  Henry  S.— Admitted  as 
Member  19,  73. 

Murdoch,  Gilbert.— Admitted  as 
Member,  87,  94. 

Niagara  Falls,  Visit  to,  40. 

Niagara     Suspension     Bridge.      (See 

Bridge.) 
Nominations,  Committee  on,  39. 
Norman   Medal,  Board  of  Censors  to 

Award,  114.— Code  of  Rules  for 

Award  of,  100,  115,  126. 

Obelisk,  The  Removal  from  Alexan- 
dria, Egypt,  to  the  Central  Park, 
New   York  City,    by    Henry    H. 

GORKINGE,   8. 

Ottawa,  Canada,  Visit  to  Ottawa  dur- 
ing Convention,  34,  49.— Descrip- 
tion of,  51.— Sewerage  of,  54.— 
Water  Works  of,  54. 

Paine,  Charles.— On  Committee,  32. 
—Proposes  Amendment  to  Con- 
stitution,  96. 

Paine,  William  H.— Discussion  by, 
96.— Presides  at  Meeting,  87.— 
Proposes  Amendment  to  By- 
Laws,  96.— Proposes  Amendment, 
to  Constitution,  96.— Report  by, 
96,  102.  . 

Parent,  Etienne  Henry.— Admitted 
as  Member,  87,  110. 

Peterson,  P.  A.— Discussion  by,  40. 

PoETScH  Chaeles  J.— Admitted  as  As- 
sociate, 17,  19. 

Pope,  Wellard  S.— Discussion  by,  7. 

Preservation  of  Timber.  (.See  Tim- 
ber.) 

Quebec,  Canada,  Visit  to,  60. 
Quicksand  in  Excavation,  by  ChableS- 
L.  McAlpint:,  20,  62,  121. 

Railroad  Crossing  Case  at  Elmira,  N. 
y.,  A  note   with  reference   to  the- 


IX 


EAILEOADS. 

Hydraulic  Questions  brought  for- 
ward,    by    WlLLLiM     E.      HUTTON, 

121. 

Eailroad,  Elevated,  The  construc- 
tion of  the  Second  Avenue  Line 
of  the  Metropolitan  Elevated 
Eailroad,  of  New  York,  by  G. 
Thomas  Hall,  14. 

Eails,  Comparative  Economy  of 
Light  and  Heavy  Eails,  by 
AsHBEL  Welch,  38. 

Eailways  of  Canada,  48. 

Eayiniond,  C.  W. — Disciassion  by,  20. 

Eead,  Eobeet  L. — Proposes  Amend- 
ment to  the  Constitution,  62. 

Eeece,  Benjamin. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 7,  11. 

Eeeves,  David. — Paper  by,  39,  113. 

Eeno,  James  H. — Death  announced, 
86,  87. 

Eepairs  of  Masoniy,  by  O.  Chanute, 
32. 

Eeports  of  Committees.  (See  Com- 
mittees.) 

Eesignation  of  Members.     (See  List.) 

Eio  de  Janeiro,  Engineers'  Club  of, 
113. 

EoBEETs,  WnxiAM  MiLNOE. — Death  an- 
nounced, 80,  87. 

Sandeeson,  James  G. — Admitted  as 
Member,  75,  79. 

Savage,6Albekt  C. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber' 19. 

Sewerage,  Discussion  on,  40. 

Sewerage,  Systems  of,  by  E.  Heeing, 
39. 

Shaft  Sinking  under  difficulties  at 
Dorchester  Bay  Tunnel,  Boston, 
Mass.,  by  D.  McN.    Staotfee,  87, 

95,  96. 

Shinn,  William  P. — Presides  at  Meet- 
ing, 1. 

Skilton,  Geoege  S. — Admitted  as 
Member,  87,  110, 

Smith,  Chaeles  A. — Discussion  by,  7. 

Smith,  C.  Shalee. — Proposes  Amend- 
ment to  Constitution,  62. 

Smith,  C.  Vandervooet.  — Proposes 
Amendment  to  By-Laws,  96. — 
Proposes  Amendment  to  Consti- 
tution, 96.— Eeportby,  102. 

Smith,  William  Soot. — Discussion  by, 
62, —Makes  Eeport,  G4. 

Standard  Time.     (See  Time.) 

Stauffee,  D.  McN.— Paper  by,  87,  95, 

96.  ^ 

Steel,  Tests  of  Iron,  Steel,  and  other 
metals.     (See  Iron.) 


STEWAET. 

Stewaet,  Huntee. — Admitted  as  Jun- 
ior, 61,  86. 

Streams,  Gauging  of  (See  Gaug- 
ing-) 

Stkiedingee.  J.  H. — Discussion  by, 
62, 

Steobel,  Chaeles  L. — Discussion  by, 
114. 

Symington,  William  N. — Admitted  as 
Member,  19,  73. 

Taskee,  Chaeles  A. — Memoir  of,  91. 
Tests  of  Cement.     (See  Cement.) 

—  Iron,     Steel    and     other    metals. 

(See  Iron.) 
Thomas,     Joseph    E. — Admitted     as 

Member,  95,  110. 
Thukston,  E.  H.— Paper  by,  1,  39. 
Timber,  Preservation  of.    Committee 

and  Eei^orts,  64. 
Time,     Uniform     Stanard   Time,    by 

Sandfoed  Fleming,  31. 

—  Standard,  Committe  on,  32. 
Toronto,  Canada,  Visit  to,  40. 
ToucEY,  J.  M. — On  Committee,  32. 

Waddell,  John  A.  L. — Admitted  as 
Member,  95,  110. 

Walkee,  John  S. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 1,  2. 

Waeeen,  G.  K. — Eesignation  of,  6. 

Webee,  Max  JVTaeia,  Baeon  von. — 
Death  announced,  20,  74. 

Weights  and  Measures,  The  British 
Inch,  by  Chaeles  Latimee,  40. 

Welch,  Ashbel. — Address  at  Conven- 
tion, 30. — Discussion  by,  8,  40, 
62,  121  .—On  Committee,  40,114.— 
Paper  bv,  39. — Presides  at  Meet- 
ing, 7,  ^61,  75,  95,  113,  121.— 
Proposes  Amendment  to  Consti- 
tution, 96. 

Wellington,  Abthue  M. — Admitted 
as  Member,  19,  85. 

Whittemoee,  Don  J. — Discussion  by, 
7,  114.— Makes  Eeport,  62. 

Whineey,  Samuel. — Transferred  to 
Member,  19,  73. 

White,  Thomas. — Address  at  Conven- 
tion, 27. 

Wildee,  Feancis  M. — Admitted  as 
Member,  1.  73. 

Wilson,  Joseph  M. — Discussion  by,  7. 

Wind  Pressures,  An  Examination  into 
the   Methods  of  Determining,  by 

F.  COLLINGWOOD,    14. 

Wind  Strains  in  Bridges,  Discussed, 
7,  8. 


WIMMEE. 

Wjmmeb,     Sebastian. — Admitted      as 

(  -.    Member,  7,  11. 

"Wood,  De  Volson. —Discussion  by, 
113. 

WoKTHEN,  William  E.— Discussion  by, 
14,  20, 121.— On  Committee,  39,  40. 
—Presides  at  Meeting,  95.— Pro- 
poses Amendment  to  Constitu- 
tion, 96. 


WOETHINGTON. 

WoKTHiNGTON,  Heney  E. — Death  an- 
nounced, 1 

WBOTNO^YSKI  A.  F.— On  Committee, 
39. — Proposes  Amendment  to 
Constitution,  9G. 

Wuetele,  a.  S.  C— Discussion  by, 
114, 

Yakdley,  Edmund.  — Discussion  by, 
121. 


J^ni^ricHn  locidi)  of  :(j;ml   l^^njinem. 

Vol.  VII.— January,    1881. 


MINUTES     OF    MEETINGS 

(Abstract  of  such  as  maybe  of  general  interest  to  memljers.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


Januaky  5th,  1881.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  William  P.  Shiun  in 
the  chair.  Ballots  were  cauvassed,  and  the  following  candidates  de- 
clared elected:  As  Members  —  William  Eobert  Eckart,  San  Francisco, 
Oal.  ;  John  Simpson  Walker,  Wheeler,  Ala.  ;  Francis  Milton  Wilder, 
Binghamton,  N.  Y.  As  Juniors— Arthur  Yaughan  Abbott,  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y. ;  John  William  Ferguson,  Rutherford,  New  Jersey. 

A  paper,  subject  "  The  Strongest  of  the  Bronzes  ;  A  Newly  Discovered 
Alloy  of  Maximum  Strength."  by  R.  H.  Thurston,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E., 
was  read  by  the  author,  illustrated  by  models  and  by  samples  of 
bronzes,  and  discussed  by  Messrs.  Forney,  HoUey,  Shinu,  Tliurston  and 
Worthen. 

The  death,  on  December  17, 1880,  of  Henry  R.  Worthington,  Member 
A.  S.  C  E.,  was  announced,  and  a  committee  appointed  to  prepare  a 
memoir  for  publication  in  the  Proceedings. 


ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


At  the  Meeting  of  the  Society  to  be  held 
Wednesclay,  February  16,  1881,  at  8  P.  m.,  the 
discussion  will  take  place  of  the  paper  on 
"Wind  Pressure  upon  Bridges,"  by  C.  Shaler 
Smith,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E.  Advance  proofs 
of  this  paper  have  been  prepared  and  fur- 
nished to  members  who  might  desire  to  par- 
ticipate in  the  discussion. 

The  following  resolutions  were  adopted  af 
the  Ninth  Annual  Convention  of  the  Society, 
and  ordered  printed  regularly  in  the  Society 
publications  : 

Whereas,  the  metric  system  of  weights  and 
measures  is  no.v  extensively  used  abroad, 
and  whereas  it  is  desirable  that  the  relation 
of  the  units  of  the  differing  systems  be  made 
familiar  to  all  by  comparison : 

Resolved,  That  members   be    requested,  in 


papers  hereafter  iiresented  to  the  Society,  to 
write,  in  parenthesis,  weights  or  dimensions 
by  the  metric  system,  in  connection  with 
those  of  the  system  in  general  use. 

The  House  of  the  Society  is  at  104  East 
Twentieth  street,  one  door  east  from  Fourth 
avenue,  and  near  the  southwest  corner  of 
Gramercy  Park,  It  is  open  from  nine  o'clock 
A.M.  to  five  o'clock  P.M.  each  business  day, 
except  Saturday,  when  it  is  closed  at  three 
o'clock  P.M. 

The  Library  and  Conversation  Rooms  will 
also,  for  the  present,  be  open  every  Wednes- 
day evening  from  l}i  to  10  p.  m.  Members 
are  invited  to  avail  themselves  of  the  oppor- 
tunities afforded  on  Wednesday  evenings  both 
for  consultation  of  books  and  periodicals  and 
for  conversation. 


LIST      OF      M  EMBERS 


ADDITIONS. 
MEMBERS. 


EcKART,  William  R  . 
Walker,  John  S  . . .  . 


.P.  O.  Box  1587,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
.  Huntsville,  Ala 


Date  of  Election. 
January  5,  1881, 


Abbott,  Arthur  V. 
Ferguson,  John  W  . 


JUNIORS. 

.21  Water  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y January  5,  1881. 

.  Ass't.  Engineer  New  York,  Lake  Erie  & 

Western  Railway,  Rutherford,  N.  J.     "  " 


CHANGES    AND   CORRECTIONS. 
MEMBERS. 

Buck,  L.  L 124  Bedford  Ave.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

GuNNELL,  William  C    .  .   6o.o  20th  St.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Johnson,  L.  M Assistant  to  President  Piillman's  Palace  Car  Co.,  Chicago, 

111. 
Masten,  C.  S Chief  Engineer  St.  Louis,  Jerseyville  &  Springfield,  R.  R., 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Nicholson,  George  B..    .Chief  Ass't.  Engineer  Knoxville  &  Cincinnalti  Southern 

Railway,  Covington,  Ky. 


J[merican  mcki^  of  :(j,iiiil  Jnriineeri 

V  J  •J  J 


I^JROCEEDIjNGS. 


Vol.  VII.— February,   1881. 


MINUTES    OF    MEETINOS 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 

JA^■CAEY  19th,  18S1. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice  President 
CJlianute  in  the  Chair. 

A  discussion  by  Amory  Coffin,  Member  A.  S.  0.  E.,  on  the  paper  by 
C.  L.  Gates,  Junior  A.  S.  C.  E.,  was  read  by  the  Secretary. 

■She  subject  of  Inter-Oceanic  Transit  was  discussed  by  members 
present. 

Febeuary  2d,  1881. —The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  President  James 
B.  Francis  in  the  Chair. 

Ballots  for  membership  were  canvassed,  and  the  folloAving  candidates 
declared  elected  as  Members  :  Nathaniel  Webster  Ellis,  of  Manchester, 
New  Hampshire,  and  Louis  Eandolph  McLain,  of  Buchanan,  Yirgiuiu. 

The  vote  for  determining  the  place  for  the  Thirteenth  Annual  Con- 
vention was  canvassed,  with  the  following  result  : 

Montreal  received 7G  votes. 

Niagara  Falls  received 4,5      ■  • 

The  Thousand  Islands  received 39      " 

Other  places  received 5      " 

The  City  of  Montreal  was  thereupon  determined  as  the  place,  and  it 
was  referred  to  the  Board  of  Direction  to  determine  the  time,  and  to 
make  arrangements  for  the  Thirteenth  Annual  Convention  of  the  Society. 
These  will  be  announced  at  as  early  a  date  as  possible. 


Ballots  for  tbe  proposed  Amendments  to  the  Constitution  were  can- 
vassed, with  the  following  results  : 

Upon  the  proposed  Amendment  to  Article  V  (see  Proceedings,  Vol. 
VI,  pages  84  and  93),  there  were — 

In  the  Affirmative 157  votes. 

In  the  Negative 4: 

This  Amendment  was  thereupon  declared  adopted.  The  amended 
Article  is  as  follows  : 

Article  V.— The  officers  of  the  Society  shall  consist  of  a  President,  two  Vice-Presidents, 
a  Secretary,  Treasurer,  Librarian,  and  five  Directors,  who  shall  be  elected  by  written  ballot, 
by  a  majority  of  votes,  at  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Society.  The  term  of  office  shall  begin 
at  the  close  of  the  Annual  Meeting,  and  continue  for  one  year,  or  until  other  officers  are 
elected.  Any  vacancy  occasioned,  by  resignation  or  otherwise,  may  be  filled  at  the  next 
monthly  meeting  after  notice  of  said  vacancy. 

Upon  the  proposed  Amendment  to  Article  XXII   (see  Proceedings, 
Vol.  VI,  pages  84  and  93),  there  Avere— 

In  the  Affirmative 156  votes. 

In  the  Negative 5 

This  Amendment  was  thereupon  declared  adopted.      The  amended 
Article  is  as  follows  : 

Article  XXII.— The  amount  of  entrance  fee  to  be  paid,  as  well  as  the  annual  dues  or 
assessments  for  the  support  of  the  Society,  shall  be  determined  from  time  to  time,  at  some 
regular  meeting  of  the  Society,  provided  that  notice  of  intended  action  thereon  shall  have 
been  given  at  a  previous  regular  meeting.  No  alteration  in  the  amount  of  said  fees  or  assess- 
ments  shall  apply  to  the  fiscal  year  during  which  it  is  made,  but  shall  take  effect  on  and  after 
the  first  day  in  January  next  succeeding  the  day  of  the  date  of  said  alteration.  Members 
who  become  Residents  or  Non- Residents  by  removal  into  or  beyond  the  limits  prescribed  in 
Article  XXI,  shall  be  subject  to  assessments  in  the  class  in  which  they  were  on  the  day  of 
the  Annual  Meeting,  as  may  appear  upon  the  records  of  the  Society  or  by  written  notice  to  the 
Secretary. 

Upon  the  proposed  Amendment  to  Article  XXIII  (see  Proceedings, 
Vol.  VI,  pages  84  and  93),  there  were— 

In  the  Affirmative 139  votes. 

In  the  Negative 18 

This  Amendment  was  thereupon  declared  adopted.      The   amended 
>  Article  is  as  follows  : 

\RTicLE  XXIII.-Honorary  Members,  not  exceeding  twenty  in  number,  in  all,  may  be 
appointed  by  a  unanimous  vote  of  the  Board  of  Direction  and  such  Past  Presidents  of  the 
Society  as  shall  be  at  the  time  Members  ol  the  Society  and  resident  in  the  United  States.  A 
person  to  be  eligible  as  an  Honorary  Member  shall  be  a  gentleman  of  acknowledged  eminence 
in  some  branch  of  engineering.  Honorary  Members  shall  be  subject  to  no  fees  or  assess- 
ments, and  shall  not  be  entitled  to  vote. 

Upon  the  proposed  Amendment  to  Article  XXX  (see  Proceedings, 
Vol.  VI.,  pages  84  and  93),  there  were— 

In  the  Affirmative 156  vote.«. 

In  the  Negative 5 


This  Amendment  was  thereupon  declared  adopted.  The  amended 
Article  is  as  follows  : 

Article  XXX.— The  Aunual  Meeting  for  the  election  of  officers  and  hearing  the  Annual 
Keports  shall  be  held  on  the  third  Wednesday  in  January.  The  Board  of  Direction  shall  lay 
before  the  meeting  a  report  of  the  state  of  the  Society,  together  with  a  statement  by  the 
Treasurer,  verified  by  the  Committee  on  Finance,  of  the  funds  of  the  Society,  and  the  receipts 
and  payments  during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  of  December  preceding. 

Upon  the  proposed  Amendment  to  Article  XXXI  (see  Proceedings, 
Vol.  VI,  pages  84,  90  and  93),  there  were— 

In  the  Affirmative 15G  votes. 

In  the  Negative 5       " 

This  Amendment  was  thereupon  declared  adopted.  The  amended 
Article  is  as  follows  : 

Article  XXXI.— The  annual  contributions  shall  become  due  for  the  ensuing  year  on  the 
first  day  of  January,  and  shall  be  payable  in  advance.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  to 
notify  each  Member  of  the  amount  due  for  the  ensuing  year,  at  the  time  of  giving  notice  of 
the  Annual  Meeting. 

Upon  the  proposed  Amendment  to  Article  XIX  (see  Proceedings,  Vol. 
VI,  pages  94  and  97)  there  were— 

For  the  Amendment  as  originally  proposed  and  as  printed,  page  94, 
Proceedings,  Vol.  VI,  32  votes. 

For  the  proposed  Amendment  as  amended  at  the  Annual  Meeting 
and  as  printed,  page  97,  Proceedings,  Vol.  VI,  67  votes. 

That  neither  Amendment  be  adopted,  leaving  the  Article  as  at  present, 
59  votes. 

These  proposed  Amendments  not  having  received  an  affirmative  vote 
of  two-thirds  of  all  ballots  cast,  were  declared  not  adopted. 

Ballots  were  canvassed  upon  the  proposed  Amendment  to  take  the 
place  of  Section  24  of  the  By-Laws  as  printed,  page  97,  Proceedings,  Vol. 
VI,  with  the  following  result — 

In  the  Affirmative 32  votes. 

In  the  Negative 113      «< 

This  proposed  Amendment,  not  having  received  two-thirds  of  all  the 
votes  cast,  was  declared  not  adopted. 

The  Board  of  Direction  was  requested  to  consider  and  report  what 
action  the  Society  should  take  in  reference  to  the  proposed  International 
Exhibition  in  New  York  in  1883. 

OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION. 

Febkuakx  2d,  1881.— Applications  were  considered.  Action  was 
taken  in  reference  to  the  proposed  collection  of  a  building  fund. 


ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


A  list  of  the  additions  to  membership  in 
the  Society,  together  with  the  corrected  ad- 
dresses of  all  Members  whose  addresa  is 
different  from  that  given  in  the  Catalogue  of 
July,  1880.  is  issued  with  this  number  of  the 
Proceedings.  This  list  is  corrected  to  date, 
and  is  arranged  so  that  it  makes,  in  connec- 
tion with  the  Catalogue  of  July,  1880,  a  com- 
plete list  of  the  Members  of  all  classes,  with 
their  addresses. 

All  Articles  of  the  Constitution  which  have 
been  amended  since  the  issue  in  January, 
1879,  of  the  printed  copy  of  the  Constitution 


and  By-Laws^have  been  issued  to  the  Mem- 
bers of  the  Society  upon  a  slip,  which  can  be 
pasted  in  the  printed  copies,  thus  making 
those  copies,  with  the  addition  of  the  slip, 
correct  records  of  the  present  Laws  of  the 
Society. 

The  Thirteenth  Annual  Convention  of  the 
Society  will,  as  determined  by  the  letter  ballot 
canvassed  February  2,  1881,  be  held  at  Mont- 
real, Canada.  The  Board  of  Direction  has 
been  requested  to  determine  the  time,  and 
to  make  arrangements  for  the  Convention. 
These  will  be  announced  as  soon  as  possible. 


LIST    OF    MEMBERS 

ADDITION. 
MEMBER. 


Ellis,  N.  W. 


Date  of  Election. 
.52  Wall  Street,  New  York  City,  N.  Y Feb  2,  iSSi. 


CHANGES    AND   CORRECTIONS. 
MEMBERS. 

Moore,  Charles  E Ass't.  Engineer,  St.  Louis,  Jersey ville  and  Springfield  R. 

R.,  Jerseyville,  111. 
Rice,  E.  C Chief  Engineer  Louisville,   New  Albany  and  St.  Louis 

Railway,  3649  Pine  Street,  St.  I-ouis,  Mo. 
Weeks,  Harvey  R Div.  Engineer  Cincinnati  Southern  Railway,  Butlerville, 

Ind. 


Crosby,  B.  L. 


JUNIOR. 

.40  Cedar  Street,  Ro.xbury,  Mass. 


Warren,  G.  K. 


Resignation. 
.Member..  - 


.Dec,  4,  1880. 


Imericmt   mtkt^  of  fcit    pginem. 


FKOCEEDIlS^aS. 


Vol.  VII.— March,    1881 


MINUTES     OF    MEETINGS 

(Abstract  of  such  as  maybe  of  general  iuterest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


Febktjaky  16th,  1881. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President 
Chanute  in  tlie  Chair.  The  paj)er  uj)on  Wind  Strains  in  Bridges,  by  C. 
Shaler  Smith,  Member 'A.  S.  0.  E.,  which  was  read  December  15th, 
1880,  was  discussed  by  Charles  E.  Emery  and,  by  letter,  by  Messrs. 
Charles  Douglas  Fox,  Robert  E.  Johnston,  G.  Bouscaren,  Eobert 
Fletcher,  A.  Gottlieb,  W.  S.  Pope,  Charles  A.  Smith,  Don.  J.  Whit- 
temore  and  Joseph  M.  Wilson. 

Maech  2d,  1881. — The  Society  met  at  8  i*.  m.,  Vice-President 
Welch  in  the  Chair.  Ballots  were  canvassed,  and  the  following  candi- 
dates declared  elected:  As  Members,  William  Archer,  Cincinnati,  O.  ; 
Henry  Adamson  Bentley,  Newport,  R.  I.  ;  Theodore  Newel  Ely,  Altoona, 
Pa.  ;  Benjamin  Keece,  Toledo,  O.  ;  Sebastian  Wimmer,  New  York  City, 
N.  Y.  As  Juniors,  William  Miller  Allaire,  New  York  City,  N.  Y.  ;  Ward 
Baldwin,  Cincinnati,  O.  ;  Francis  Newberry  Holbrook,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y, 

The  death  of  A.  D.  Briggs,  Fellow  of  the  Society^  was  announced, 
and  a  committee  appointed  to  prepare  a  memoir  for  publication  in  the 
proceedings. 


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Specimens  of  stone  cut  from  tlie  Obelisk  recently  erected  in  the 
Central  Park,  New  York,  and  of  the  stone  of  the  steps,  of  the  white 
mortar,  of  the  yellow  cement,  a  piece  of  one  of  the  steel  clamps,  of  the 
lead,  and  of  the  copper  dowels  connected  with  the  copper  crabs  used 
in  Egypt  in  connection  with  the  Obelisk,  were  presented  to  the  Society 
by  Lt.  Commander  Gorringe.  U.  S.  N.,  and  the  thanks  of  the  Society 
tendered  to  him  for  these  additions  to  its  museum. 

A  paper  by  W.  S.  Auchincloss,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E.  Subject:  "Ex- 
ponent of  the  Principle  of  Moments,"  was  read  by  the  author,  and  an 
Averaging  Machine  described  in  the  paper  was  practically  exhibited. 

The  discussion  on  the  subject  of  Wind  Strains  in  Bridges,  was  con- 
tinued by  Messrs.  O.  Chanute,  Joseph  P.  Davis  and  Ashbel  Welch. 

Makch  15th,  ISSl.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.  President  James 
B.  Francis  in  the  Chair.  A  paper  by  Lt.  Commander  Gorringe,  U.  S. 
N.,  on  "The  removal  of  the  Obelisk  from  its  Site  in  Alexandria, 
Egypt,  to  its  present  Site  in  the  Central  Park,  New  York  City,"  was 
read  by  the  author  and  illustrated  by  special  drawings. 


ADDITIONS  TO 


LIB-RAKY     AND     MUSEUM. 


From    Administration    des    Pouts     et 
Chaussees,  Paris: 
Annates.     November  and  December,  1880. 

From  American  Institute  of  Mining  En- 
gineers,  Thomas   M.   Drown,   Secre- 
tary, Easton,  Pa. : 
Transactions.     Vol.  VIII.     May,  1879   to  Feb- 
ruary, 1880. 
List  of  Officers  and  Members,  and  Rules  of  the 

Institute,  November,  1880. 
The  Wearing  Power  of  Steel  Rails  in  relation 
to  their  Chemical  Composition  and   Physi- 
cal Properties.   Charles  B.  Dudley.   Easton. 
1881. 
The  American  Bloomary  process  for  making 
Iron  direct  from  the  Ore.     Thomas  Egles- 
ton. 
The  Chemical  Reactions  in  the  Bessemer  pro- 
cess ;    the   charge  containing   but  a  small 
percentage  of  Mansauese.  Charles  F.  King, 
The  cost  ol  Milling  Silver  Ores  in  Utah  and 

Nevada.    R,  P.  Eothwell. 
On  Rail  Specifications  and  Rail  Inspection  in 
Europe.     C.  P.  Saudberg. 

From  Argentine  Scientific  Society,  Don 
Eduardo  E.  Clerice,  Secretary,  Buenos 
Ayres: 
Anales.    December,  1880. 

From  Boston  Society  of  Civil  Engineers, 
S.  E.  Tinkham,  Secretary,  Boston: 
Proceedings.     December,  1880. 
Additional    Width    of    Gauge     on     Railroad 
Curves.     Thomas  Doane. 

From  Henry  T.  Bovey,  Montreal,  Can- 
ada : 
Crib  work  i  a  Canada.     Henry  T.  Bovey.    Lon- 
don, 1880. 


From   Buruham.    Parry   &   Williams  & 
Co,,  Philadelphia  : 
Illustrated  Catalogue,  of  Baldwin  Locomotive 
Works.     Philadelphia,  1881. 

.  From  Bureau  of  Steam    Engineering, 
Washington,  D.  C, : 
Report  of  the  Board  to  recommend  a  Standard 
Gauge   for  Bolts,  Nuts  and  Screw-threads 
for  the  U,  S.  Navy.     May,  1880. 

From  Hon.  Allan  Campbell,  Comptroller, 
New  York: 
Report  of  the   Department  of  Public  Works, 
Quarter  ending  September  30,  1880. 

From  H.  Wadsworth  Clarke,  Syracuse, 
N.  Y. 
Proceedings  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  of 
the  County  of  Onondaga,  N.  Y.  for  1880. 

From   Justin   Dirks,   Amsterdam,  Hol- 
land : 
De  Rotterdamsche  Waterweg.    Justin  Dirks, 
Amsterdam,  1881. 

From  Engineer  Department,  U.    S.    A. 
Gen.    H.  G.  Wright,   Chief  of  Engi- 
neers, Washington,  D.  C. : 
Advertisement    for    Removing    Obstructions 

from  Red  River,  La. 
Specifications    for    building  an  Iron    Stern- 
wheel  Snag  Boat.     Maj.  W.  H,  H.  Benyaurd. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Engineer  in  charge  of 
the  Comiiletion  of  the   Washington   Monu- 
ment.    Col.  Thos   Lincoln  Casey. 
The   Harbor  at  Baltimore.    Col.  W.  P.  Craig- 

hill. 
Specifications    for   Improvement    of    Mobile 
Harbor,  Ala.     Capt.  A.  N.  Damrell. 


The  Impvovemeut  of  Winton  Point,  111. 
Capt.  O.  H.  Ernst. 

Specifications  for  Improving  the  Lower  Willa- 
mette and  Columbia  Rivers.  Maj.  G.  I/. 
Gillespie. 

Specifications  for  Improving  the  Upper  Co- 
lumbia and  Saake  Kivera.  Maj.  G.  L.  Gil- 
lespie. 

Specifications  for  Improving  lower  Clearwater 
River  near  Lewiston,  Idaho,  Maj.  G.  L. 
Gillespie. 

Specifications  for  Improving  Volusia  Bar, 
Florida.     Gen,  Q   A.  Gillmore. 

Specifications  for  Imyrovement  of  Savannah 
Harbor  and  River,  Georgia.  Gen.  Q.  A. 
Gillmore. 

Specifications  for  Improvement  of  Harbor  at 
Brunswick,  Ga.     Gen.  Q.  A.  Gillmore. 

Specifications  for  Improving  Harbor  at  Wau- 
kegau.  111.     Maj.  D.  C.  Houston. 

The  damages  cause  i  by  the  Improvement  of 
Fox  and  Wisconsin  Rivers.  Maj.  D.  C. 
Houston. 

Report  of  Survev  of  the  Calcasieu  River,  La. 
Capt.  C.  W.  Howell. 

Specifications  for  continuing  Improvement  of 
Pearl  River,  Miss.,  from  Jackson  to  Carth- 
age.    Capt.  C.  W.  Howell. 

Specifications  for  Improving  Bayou  Teche,  La. 
Capt.  C.  W.  Howell. 

Specifications  for  Improving  Amite  River,  La. 
Capt.  C.  W.  Howell. 

Specifications  for  Improving  Pearl  River,  be- 
low Jackson,  Miss.  Capt.  C.  W.  Howell. 

Specifications  for  Improvement  of  Schujlkill, 
River,  Pa.     Col.  J,  N.  Macomb. 

Specifications  for  Improvement  of  Susque- 
hanna River  above  Richard  Island,  Pa. 
Col. J,  N.  Macomb. 

Reports  of  .Surveys  on  the  Mississippi  River 
at  Andalusia,  111  ,  and  Louisiana,  Mo.  Capt. 
A.  Mackenzie. 

Specifications  for  furnishing  Material  for  the 
Improvement  of  Galveston  Harbor.  Maj. 
S.  .\I.  Mansfield. 

Specifications  for  Improvement  Petaluma 
Creek,  Cal.     Col   Geo.  H.  Mendell. 

Specifications  for  Improvement  of  Oakland 
Harbor,  Cal.     Col.  Geo.  H.  Mendell. 

A  Report  of  the  Survey  of  the  Youghiogheny 
River.     Col.  Wm.  E.Merrill. 

Specifications  for  Ohio  River  Improvement. 
Col.  Wm.  E.  Merrill. 

Reports  of  Surveys  of  the  Sumpawaums  In- 
let, Patchogue  River,  and  waterway  con- 
necting Jamaica  Bay  with  Cornell's  Land- 
ing.    Gen.  John  Newton. 

Specifications  for  Improvement  of  Raritan 
River,  New  Jersey.     Gen.  John  Newton. 

Specifications  for  Improving  Buttermilk 
Channel,  New  York  Harbor.  Gen.  John 
Newton . 

Report  of  Survey  for  a  harbor  at  Kewau- 
nee, Va.     Maj.  H.  M.  Robert. 

Report  mi  the  Maintenance  of  the  Des  Moines 
Rapids  Canal     Capt.  A.Stickney. 

Specifications  for  Rubble  Stone  in  Rockland 
Harbor,  Me.     Gen.  Geo.  Thom. 

Specifications  for  Dredging  Exeter  Harbor,  N. 
H      Gen.  Geo.  Thom. 

Reports  of  Surveys  of  Wareham  Harbor  and 
Potowamut  River.     Gen.G.  K.  Warren. 

Reporter  Work  on  Connecticut  River.  Gen. 
G.  K.  Warren. 

Specifications  tor  Excavating  Material  and 
Constructing  Pier  Revetment,  at  the  St. 
Mary's  Falls  Canal,  Mich.     Maj .  G.  Weitzel. 


Specifications    for    Removing   Shoals  in  aiid 

around  the  Harbor  of  Refuge  at  Sand  Beach, 

Mich,     Maj.  G.  Weitzel. 
Specifii-atious    for     Fairport    Harbor,    Ohio. 

Maj.  Jolm  M.  Wilson. 
The    Preliminary   Report  of  the   Mississippi 

River  Commission. 

From    Engineers'    Society  of  Western 
Pennsylvania,  Jas.  H.  Harlow,  Secre- 
tary, Pittsburgh  : 
Annual  Reports.     January,  1881. 
Discussion    on   The   Basic    Dephosphorizing 
Process.     What  is  it,  and  what  may  be  ex- 
pected from  it. 
Dam  of  the  Montaubry  Reservoir.'   Lieut.  F. 
A.  Mahan. 

From  Theo's.  French,  Auditor  Railroad 
Accounts,  Washington: 
Annual  Reports  for  1878,  1879,  and  1880. 

From   Fred,    de    Funiak,    Gen.    Man. 
Louisville  and  Nashville  B.  R.    Louis- 
ville: 
Annual  Report  year  ending  June  30,  1880. 

From  Charles  O.  Glelm,  Cologne,  Ger- 
many: 
Das   teehniche  Vereinswesen  des  Auslandes 
und  die   daraus  zu   ziehende  Nutzanwcu- 
duuglilrdie.  Deutschen  Verhiiltnisse.  Gus- 
tav  Meyerand  C.  O.  Gleim.     Berlin.  1880. 

From  Robert  B.  Gorsuch,  Mexico: 
The  Mexican  Southern  Railway,  to  be  con- 
structed under  a  Charter  from  the  Mexican 
Government,  through  the  States  of  Vera 
Cruz  and  Oaxaca.  Robert  B.  Gorsuch. 
New  York,  1881.  (Copies  for  diHriliulion.) 
The  Republic  of  Mexico  and  Railroads.  A 
brief  review  of  her  past  history  and  present 
condition.  Robert  B.  Gorsuch.  New  York, 
1881.     [Copies  for  distribution.) 

From  E.  J.  Habich.  Lima,  Peru: 
Anales  de  Constructioues  Civiles  y  de  Minas 

del  Peru.     Tomo  1.     Lima,  18S0 
Etudes    Cinematiques.      M.    E.    J.    Habich. 
Paris,  1879. 

From    Institution   of  Civil   Engineers, 
James  Forrest.  Secretary,  London: 
Annual  Report  of  the  Council  for  1880. 
Report  at  the   Annual  General  Meeting  held 

December  21,  1880. 
Address     of    James    Abernethy,     President. 

January  11,  1881. 
Dredging  and  other  Plant  employed   at    the 
Quebec  Harbor  Works.     St.  George  J.  Bos- 
well. 
The  Monte  Penna  Wire  Ropeway.     William  P. 

Churchward. 
Sandy    Island    Lighthouse,     Antigua,     West 

Indies.     L.  A.  E.  Mackinnon. 
The  Co-Efficient  of  Friction  of  Air  Flowing  in 

Long  Pipes.     William  C.  Unwm. 
The     River    Weaver   Navigation.      John    W. 

Sanderman. 
Machinery  for  Steel-\raking  by  the  Bessemer 
and    the    Siemens    Processes.      Benjamin 
Walker. 

From    Institution     Mechanical     Engi- 
neers, Walter  R.  Browne,   Secretary, 
London : 
Proceedings.   August,  1880.    Barrow  Meeting 
From    the    Iron   and    Steel    Institute, 
London: 
Journal  of  the  Institute.    No.  2.    1880. 


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From  Hon.  Edward  Learned,  New  York: 
The  Tebuantepec  Inter-Ocean  Railroad.  Alex. 
D.  Anderson. 

From  Lyceum  of  Natural  History,  Al- 
bert K.  Leeds,   Cor.  Secretary,  New 
York: 
Index  and  Contents.    Annals  of  the  Lyceum 
Vol.  XI.  No.  13.    New  York,  1876. 

From  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Tech- 
nology, Boston: 
Abstract  of    Proceedings  of   the    Society   of 

Arts  for  1879-80. 
Sixteenth  Annual  Catalogue  of   the  Officers 
and  Students  of  the  Institute  1880-81. 

From    Miles     Meriwether,    Memphi,*, 

Tenn. : 

Biennial  Report  of   President  of  Fire   and 

Police  Commissioners  of  Taxing  District, 

Memphis,    Tenn.     December  1,   1880.     (2 

Copies.) 

From  Midland  Institute   Mining,  Civil 
and  Mechanical  Engineers,  Barnsley, 
England: 
Transactions,    September,    October  and  No- 
vember, 1880. 

From  George  S.  Morison,  New  York: 
Forty-sixth  Aiinual  Report  of  Eastern  Rail- 
road Co.     Boston,  1880. 
Detailed  plans,  &c.     Plattsmouth  Bridge,  Ne- 
braska.    Geo.  S.  Morison,  Chief  Engineer. 

From  New  York  Academy  of  Sciences, 
New  York: 
Annals.    September,  1879,  March  and  April, 
1880. 

From  Edward  P.  North,  New  York: 
Hackney    Carriages,      Tables    of    Distances 
within  a  circle  of  four  miles  radius  from 
Charing  Cross,  London.     1878. 

From  North  of  England  Institute,  Min- 
ing and  Mechanical  Engiuetrs,  Theo. 
Wood  Bunniug,  Secretary,  Newcastlc- 
on-Tyne,  England:  ' 

Transaction?.    September,  October  and  No- 
vember, 18S0. 

From  W.  C.  Oastler,  New  York: 
Hints  about  Roadways  and  Steam  Road-Roll- 
ing.    W.  C.  Oastler,   New  York.     1881.     3d 
Edition. 

From  P.  A.  Peterson,  Montreal,  Canada: 
Report  to  Quebec,  Montreal,  Ottawa  and  Oc- 
cidental Railway  Commissioners  on  the 
propriety  of  changing  the  Terrebonne  loca- 
tion of  "the  North  Shore  Railway,  between 
the  Western  Edge  of  the  "  Grand  Savane  " 
and  Montreal,  back  to  the  original  or  Bout 
de  I'Isle  route.  P.  A.  Peterson.  Quebec. 
1880. 

From  Edward  S.  Philbrick,  Boston : 
American  Sanitary  Engineering.    E.  S.  Phil- 
brick.     New  York,  1881. 

From  Pi  Eta  Scientific  Society,   Troy, 
N.  Y.: 
Papers  read  before  the    Society  as  follows: 
Vol.  IL.  No.  1. 
Notes  on  Railroading.     A.  L.  WaddeU. 
Theory  of  the  Masonry  Arch.    Wm.  H. 

Burr. 
Braced  Iron  Piers.  Thomas  M.  Cleemann, 


From  Edward  Prince,  Quincy,  111.: 
Sny  Island  Levee.  A  History  of  Legislation) 
relating  to  it,  and  a  Criticism  of  the  Systen* 
of  Engineering  adopted.  Were  the  Leveea- 
properly  and  scientifically  constructed  ?  E. 
Prince.     1880. 

From  F.  C.  Prindle,  U.  S.  Navy  Yardi 
N.  Y.  : 

Annual  Reports  of  Engineer  in  charge  of 
Construction  Washington  Monument,  years- 
ending  November  30,  1879  and  1880.  Col. 
Thos.  Lincoln  Ca.sey, 

Report  of  Commission  showing  extent  audi 
progress  made  iu  the  work  for  the  comple- 
tion of  Wushiugtou  Monument,  and  the 
amount  of  money  expended. 

From  Publishers  Revue  Generale  de» 
Chemius  de  fer.    Paris. 
Revue  Generale  des  Chemins  de  fer.    October 
and  November,  1880. 

From  I.  W.  Raymond,  San  Francisco: 
San  Francisco  System  of  Wire  Rope  Street 
Railroads. 

From  Col.  W.  Milnor  Roberts,  Rio  dft 
Janeiro,  Brazil: 
Report  of  Hydraulic  Commission  to  examine 
Sao   Francisco  River  1879-80.     W.   Milnor 
Roberts,  Chief  Engineer,  Rio  de  Janeiro. 
1880. 

From  Hon.  Horatio  Seymour,  Jr.,  Stat© 

Engineer  and  Surveyor,  Albany,  N, 

Y.: 

Report  on  Prosperity  of  New  York  Canala. 

Horatio   Seymour.     Albany,  1881.     (Several 

copies.) 

From  T.  Guilford  Smith,  Buffalo,  N.Y.: 
Statement  of  the  present  condition  of  Phila- 
delphia and  Reading  Railroad  and  Phila, 
and  Read.  Coal  and  Iron  Co.  with  plans  for 
their  further  financial  reorganization. 
Franklin  B  Gowen,  1880. 

From    Societe  des    Ingenlerus    Civils 
Paris : 
Memoires.     October,  November  and  Decem- 
ber, 1880, 

From  St.  Louis  Public  School  Library, 
St.  Louis: 
Bulletin.    No.  11.     September-October,  1880. 

From    Americus    Symmes,    Louisville, 
Ky.: 
The  Symmes  Theory  of  Concentric  Spheres. 
John  C.  Symmes.    Louis\ille,  1878. 

From    United    Statss     Association    of 
Charcoal  Iron  Workers,  John  Birkin- 
bine  Secretary,  Harrisburg,  Pa. :     * 
Journal  of  the   Association.     Vol.  II,   No.  1. 
January,  1881. 

From  United  States  Light  House  Board, 
Washington,  D.  C: 
Annual  Report  of  the  Light  House  Board  for 

year  ending,  Juno  30,  1880. 
List  of  Beacons,   Buoys,  Towers  and   other 
Day  Marks  in  the  Eighth  Light  House  Dis- 
trict, corrected  to  December  31,  1880. 

From   United    States   Naval    Institute, 
Annapolis,  Md.: 
Proceedings.     Vol.  VI.     No.  13. 


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From  V>.  H.  Van  Auken,  Cohoes,  N.  Y. : 

Photograph    and    Description    of    Centering 

Arch  over  New  Canal  through   Ontario  St., 

Cohoes,  N.  Y.     D.  H.   Van  Auken,  C.  E. 

1880. 

From  A.  F.  Wrotnowski,  New  Orleans: 
Report  of  the  Louisiana  Land  Reclamation 
Company.     Columbus  H.   Allen.     New  Or- 
leans, 1880, 

From  other  sources : 
Proceedings  of  the  meeting  to  draw  up  Ar- 


ticles of  Association  between  sundry  Engi- 
neering Societies  and  Clubs  for  the  purposa 
of  securing  a  Joint  Publication  of  Proceed- 
ings, held  at  Chicago,  December  4,  1880. 

Reference  Catalogue  of  Current  Literature. 
New  York,  1880. 

Annual  Report  of  Columbia  Oil  Co.  Pitts- 
burgh, 1880. 

The  Library  Journal.  Vol.  V.  Nos.  11-12. 
Vol.  VI.  No.  1. 


ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


The  Thirteenth  Anniial  Convention  of  the 
Society  will  be  held  at  Montreal,  Canada,  on 
.  June  1.5th,  1881.  The  Board  of  Direction  has 
been  requested  to  make  arrangements  for  the 
Convention.  These  are  in  progress  and  will 
be  announced  as  soon  as  possible. 

The  following  resolutions  were  adopted  at 
the  Ninth  Annual  Convention  of  the  Society, 
and  ordered  printed  regularly  in  the  Society 
publications  : 

Whereas,  the  metric  system  of  weights  and 
measures  is  now  extensively  used  abroad, 
and  whereas  it  is  desirable  that  the  relation 
of  the  units  of  the  differing  systems  be  made 
familiar  to  all  by  comparison : 

Resolved,  That  members  be  requested,  in 
papers  hereafter  presented  to  the  Society,  to 


write,  in  parenthesis,  weights  or  dimensions 
by  the  metric  system,  in  connection  with 
those  of  the  system  in  general  use. 

The  House  of  the  Society  is  at  104  East 
Twentieth  street,  one  door  east  from  Fourth 
avenue,  and  near  the  southwest  corner  of 
Gramercy  Park.  It  is  open  from  nine  o'clock 
A.M.  to  five  o'clock  P.M.  each  business  day, 
except  Saturday,  when  it  is  closed  at  three 
o'clock  P.M. 

The  Library  and  Conversation  Rooms  will 
also,  for  the  present,  be  open  every  Wednes- 
day evening  from  7J^  to  10  p.  M.  Members 
are  invited  to  avail  themselves  of  the  oppor- 
tunities afforded  on  Wedqesday  evenings  both 
for  consultation  of  books  and  periodicals  and 
for  conversation. 


LIST      OF      MEMBERS, 


ADDITIONS. 

MEMBERS. 

Date  of  Election. 

Archer,  William Engineer   Marietta  &  Cincinnati  R.  R. 

Cincinnati,  Ohio March  2,    i88i 

Benti.ey,  Henry  A Newport,  R.  I "  " 

Ely,  Theodore  N Superintendent  Motive  Power  Department 

P.  R.  R.,  Altoona,  Pa 

Reece,  Benjamin Engineer  M.  S.  Division  L.  S.   &  M.   S. 

Railway,  Toledo,  Ohio "  "  , 

Wimmer,  Sebastian Chief  Engineer  New  York  City  &  North- 
ern R.  R.,  Room  56,  Dre.xel  Build- 
ing, New  York "  " 


12- 

JUNIORS. 

Date  of  Election. 

Baldwin,  Ward Assistant   Engineer  Cincinnati  Soitlhern 

Railway,  Cincinnati,  Ohio March  2,      l88l 

HoLBROOK,  Francis  N...Care  J.  P.  Holbrook,   P.  O.   Box    1624, 

New  York "  " 


changes  and  corrections. 

Billin,  Charles  E Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Chittenden,  S.  H Sup't  Lake  Valley  Mining  Co.,  Lake  Valley,  N.  M. 

Greene,  Benjamin  H Chief  Engineer  New  Orleans  Pacific  R.R.,  Shreveport.La. 

Harlow,  James  H Engineer  Monongahela  Navigation  Co.,  81  Wood  Street, 

Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

John,  Irvin Fleming  Building,  Room  6,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

McClintock,  W.  H Assistant  Engineer  Louisville  &  Nashville  R.  R.,  Bowl- 
ing Green,  Ky. 

NicoLLS,  William  J General  Manager  Snowshoe  Coal  Co.,  Bellefonte,  Pa. 

Post,  James  C Captain  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  Newburgh,  N.  Y. 

Stephens,  Clinton  F....  Chief  Engineer  Texas  &  St.   Louis  Railway,  Corsicana, 

Texas. 

WiSN£R,  Geo.  Y 2828  Washington  avenue,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

WuRTELE,  A.  S.  C New  York  Central  &  Hudson  River  Railroad,  19  Jay 

street,  Albany,  N.  Y. 


Junior. 
Whitney,  Samuel New  Orleans  &  North  Eastern  R.  R.,  Meridian,  Miss. 


Im^rican   locidg  of  |;mt   |^n()in^er3. 


FROCEEOIISraS. 


Vol.  VII.— April,    1881. 


MINUTES     OF     MEETINaS. 

(Abstract  of  such  as  maybe  of  geueral  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


April  Gth,  1881.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m,  Vice-President 
Chamite  in  the  Chair. 

Ballots  were  canvassed  and  the  following  candidates  declared  elected  ; 
As  Member,  Charles  Rufus  Boyd  of  Wytheville,  Va. ;— As  Associate, 
Henry  H.  Gorringe,  of  New  York  ;— As  Junior,  Edward  Butts,  of  Kansas 
City,  Mo. 

The  Secretary  reported  that  the  date  of  the  next  Annual  Convention 
was  fixed  as  June  15th,  and  that  arrangements  were  in  progress  as  to  the 
proceedings  at  that  date  at  Montreal. 

The  Board  of  Direction  reported  the  results  of  their  action  in  refer- 
ence to  securing  more  permanent  quarters,  and  brought  to  the  notice  of 
the  Society  the  house  No.  127  East  Twenty-third  street,  New  York. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted:  That  the  Board  of  Direction 
be  authorized  to  purchase  the  property  No.  127  East  Twenty-third  street, 
at  a  price  not  exceeding  thirty  thousand  dollars. 

In  order  to  secure  this  proi:)erty  a  payment  of  §5,000  was  required. 
The  subscription  to  the  Building  Fund  did  not  yet  amount  to  $10,000, 
and  under  the  terms  could  not  be  immediately  called  in.  The  following 
named  ten  members  of  the  Society  advanced  the  sum  of  five  hundred 
dollars  each,  to  be  repaid  from  subscriptions  ;  James  B.  Francis,  O. 
Chanute,  Ashbel  Welch,  E.  S.  Chesbrough,  William  E.  Worthen,  Wal- 
ter Katte,  Charles  Macdouakl,  L.  B.  Ward,  A  L.  Holley,  Eckley  B. 
Coxe. 


14 

A  paper  by  F.  Collingwood,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E.,  on  "  An  Examina- 
tion into  the  Methods  of  Determining  Wind  Pressures,"  was  read  by  the 
author  and  discussed  by  Messrs.  Chanute,  Chesbrougli  and  Worthen. 

April  20th,  1881. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.  Past  President 
Greene  in  the  Chair. 

A  paper  by  G.  Thomas  Hall,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E.  Subject;  "The 
Construction  of  the  Second  Avenue  Line  of  the  Metropolitan  Elevated 
Railroad  of  New  York,"  was  read  by  the  Secretary  and  discussed  by 
Members  present. 

or   THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION. 

February  25th,  1881. — Applications  were  considered.  The  Secre- 
tary was  directed  to  make  preliminary  arrangements  for  the  next  Annual 
Convention.  A  form  for  an  additional  circular  in  reference  to  the  col- 
lection of  a  Building  Fund  was  determined  upon  and  its  issue  ordered. 
Approi3riations  were  made. 

March  23d,  1881. — Applications  were  considered.  Arrangements  for 
the  approaching  Annual  Convention  were  discussed.  Appropriations 
were  made. 

April  5th,  1881. — Applications  were  considered.  Arrangements  for 
the  Convention  were  made.     The  following  resolutions  were  adojjted: 

Resolved,  That  Messrs.  W.  H.  Paine,  C.  Vandervoort  Smith  and 
Joseph  P.  Davis,  be  instructed  to  act  as  Trustees  for  the  Building  Fund, 
with  instructions  to  collect  the  same  from  the  subscribers  and  to  deposit 
the  proceeds  in  some  trust  company  or  savings  bank  offering  due  se- 
curity, so  that  the  signatures  of  at  least  two  of  the  Trustees  or  their 
successors  shall  be  required  to  draw  out  the  funds. 

Resolved,  That  the  Building  Fund  shall  only  be  invested  uj^on  an 
order  signed  by  a  majority  of  the  whole  Board  of  Direction. 

The  Secretary  reported  as  to  a  number  of  houses  examined  by  him, 
giving  location,  size  and  price.  A  committee  was  appointed  to  further 
examine  houses  suitable  for  purchase  and  to  present  the  subject  at  the 
next  meeting  of  the  Society . 

April  23d,  1881. — Applications  were  considered.  Resolutions  were 
adopted  as  advised  by  the  Counsel  of  the  Board  in  reference  to  the 
purchase  of  the  property  No.  127  East  Twenty-third  street,  New  York, 
and  as  to  the  execution  of  a  bond  and  mortgage  on  the  same  by  the 
designated  officers  of  the  Society. 

Arrangements  were  made  as  to  the  occupation  of  the  new  Society 
House. 


15 

ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


The  Thirteenth  Annual  Convention  of  the  Society  will  be  held  at  Montreal, 
Canada,  June  IStii,  1881,  Arrangements  are  in  progress  to  have  such  of  the 
Members  as  desire  to  do  so,  meet  at  Niagara  Falls  on  Saturday,  June  11th,  and 
examine  the  new  suspended  structure  of  the  railroad  suspension  bridge,  and  the 
re-enforcement  of  its  anchorage.  A  paper  on  this  subject  will  be  presented  at 
the  Convention  by  L.  L.  Buck,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E.,  the  Engineer  in  charge  of 
the  work. 

After  spending  Sunday  at  Niagara,  the  party  will  proceed  to  Toronto,  and 
after  a  short  stay  at  that  city,  will  go  to  Montreal  by  a  steamer,  on  Lake 
Ontario,  i)assing  on  Tuesday  the  Thousand  Islands  and  the  Rapids  of  the  St, 
Lawrence,  and  arriving  at  Montreal  the  evening  before  the  day  of  the  opening  of 
the  Convention. 

The  arrangements  at  Montreal  are  in  charge  of  a  Committee,  and  will  be  duly 
announced. 

Members  who  cannot  make  the  trip  by  way  of  Niagara  and  Toronto  can  go 
directly  to  Montreal,  and  should  arrive  there  by  June  loth. 


Possession  of  the  newly  purchased  House  of  the  Society  has  been  obtained 
during  the  last  week  of  April.  Its  location  is  No.  12Y  East  23d  street.  It  is 
near  Madison  Square,  the  great  hotels,  and  the  stations  of  the  Elevated  Rail- 
roads, and  has  a  number  of  lines  of  surface  street  railroads  in  the  immediate 
vicinity. 

The  House  of  the  Society  will,  as  heretofore,  be  open  from  nine  o'clock  a.  m. 

to  five  o'clock  p.  m.  each  business  day  except  Saturday,  when  it  is  closed  at  three 

o'clock  p.  M. 

The  Library  and  Conversation  Rooms  will  also,  for  the  present,  be  open  every 

Wednesday  evening  from  7^  to  10  p.  m.     Members  are   invited  to  avail  themselves 

of  the  opportunities  afforded  on  Wednesday  evenings  for  consultation   of  books 

and  periodicals,  and  also  for  conversation. 

The  following  resolutions  were  adopted  at        of  the  units  of  the  differing  systems  be  made 

the  Ninth  Annual  Convention  of  the  Society,        familiar  to  all  by  comparison: 

and  ordered  printed  regularly  in  the  Society  „,,,„,    ^  ,  ,  i   •,    ■ 

c         ,.  ./  TSesoZuec?,  That  members  be   requested,  m 

papers  hereafter  presented  to  the  Society,  to 

Wiereas.  the  metric  system  of  weights  and       write,  in  parenthesis,  weights  or  dimensions 

measures  is  nov   extensively  used   abroad,        by  the  metric    system,  in    connection  with 

and  whereas  it  is  desirable  that  the  relation        those  of  the  system  in  general  use. 


ADDITIONS   TO 

LIBRARY     AND     MUSEUM. 


From    Administration    des    Fonts     et  President'slnaugural  Address  at  First  Anuyal 

Chaussees,  Paris:  Meeting    American  Society  Mechanical  En- 

Annales.     January,  1881.  gineers!     R.  H.  Thurston,  New  York. 

An  Adaption  of  Bessemer  Plant  to   the  Basic 

From  American  Society  Mechanical  En-  Process.     A.  L.  HoUey,  New  York, 

giueers,  'I'homas  Whiteside  Rae,  Sec-  The  Field  cf  Mechanical  Engineering.     A.  L. 

retary,  New  York:  HoUey,  New  York. 

Proceedings.     1st  Annual  Meeting  American  High  Ratios  of  Expansion  and  Distribution  of 

Society  Mechanical  Engineers.     New  York,  Unequal  Pressure  in  Single  and  Compound 

November  4  and  .5,  1880.  Engines.     J.  C.  Hoadley. 


16 


The  Metric  System  ;  is  it  wise  to  introduce 
into  our  Machine  Shops.     Coleman  Sellers. 

Friction  as  a  Factor  in  Motive  Power  Ex- 
penses.    Prof.  John  E.  Sweet. 

From  Argentine  Scientific  Society,  Don 
Eduardo  E.  Clerice,  Secretary,  Buenos 
Ayres : 
Annales.     January,  1881. 
La  Vida  y  Costumbres  de  los  Termitos. 

From  Appleby  Brothers,  London: 
Appley's  Handbook  of  Machinery. 
Section  1.  Prime  Movers. 

"        2.  Hoisting  Machinery. 
"        3.  Pumping  Machinery. 

From  Capt.  Doiii^las  Galton,  London: 

Tlie  Effect  of  Brakes  on  Railway  Trains.  1st 
Paper.     Uounlas  Galton. 

EfJect  of  Brakes  ou  Railway  Trains.  2d 
Paper.     Douglas  Galton. 

Efl'ect  of  Brakes  upon  Railway  Trains.  Doug- 
las Galton. 

Recent  Brake  E.'cperiments  iipon  the  Lyon.s 
Railway.     M.  George  Marie   London. 

Memorandum  on  Brake  Experiments  made 
on  the  North  Eastern  Railway  Co.,  at  York, 
on  July  14  and  1.5,  1879,  upon  a  train  fitted 
with  the  Westiughouse  Automatic  Brake. 
Douglas  Galton. 

Reports  on  Brake  Experiments  made  at  Gis- 
burn  on  the  Lancashire  and  Yorkshire  Rail- 
way, July  14  and  15,  1880.     Douglas  Galton. 

From  J.  M.  Goodwin,  Cleveland: 
The  Panama  Shij)   Canal    and    Inter-oceanic 
Railway  Projects.     J.  M.  Goodwin.     Cleve- 
land, 1880. 

From    R.    Gordon,     Henzada,    British 
Burmah: 
Report,on  the  Irrawaddy  River. 

fart  1.  Hydrography  ot  the  Irrawaddy. 
Part  2.  Hydrology  of  the  Irrawaddy. 
Part  3.  Hydraulics  of  the  Irrawaddy. 
Part  4.  The    Hydraulic    Works    connected 
with  Nawoon  River.  ll.Gordon.   Rangoon, 
1880. 

From    Charles   A.    Ashburner,    Phila- 
delphia: 
The  Geology  of  McKean  County  and  its  con- 
nection  with   that  of    Cameron,    Elk    and 
Forrest.     Charles    A.   Ashburner,    Harris- 
burgh,  1880. 
Maps  and  Charts   of    McKean    Co.,   Peuna. 
Charles  A.  Ashburner.    Harrisburgh,  1880. 

From  William  S.  Barbour,  Cambridge, 
Mass. : 
Mayor's  Address  and  Annual  Reports  of  City 

of  Cambridge,  Mass.     Cambridge,  1881. 
Annual   Report    City    Engineer    Cambridge, 

November  3,  1880.     Cambridge,  1881. 
Sixteenth  Annual   Report   Cambridge  Water 
Board.     Cambridge,  18S1. 

From  Board  of  Supervisors,    John  A. 
Eussel,  Clerk,  San  Francisco,  Cal. : 
Municipal  Reports  of  San  Francisco  for  year 
ending  June  30,  1880. 

From  Boston  Society  of  Civil  Engineers. 
S.  E.  Tinkham,  Secretary,  Boston: 
Proceedings  January  and  February,  1881. 
Railroad  Signals.     Geo.  W.  Blodgett. 
Report  on  Metric  System. 
Fall  River  Bridge.     E.  N.  Winslow. 


From  H.  W.  Clarke,  Syracuse,  N.  Y.: 
Report  of  Commissioners   of  New  York  and 
Penusylvania  Boundary    Line   to   the   Re-  > 
gents  of  the  University  of  the  State  of  New 
York.     Albany,  1881. 
Report  of  the  Regents  of   the  University  of 
the  State  of  New  York  on  Resurvey  of  the 
Boundary  line,  New  York  and  Pennsylvania. 
Albany,  1880. 

From  A.  Durand-Claye,  Paris,  France: 
Conferences  sur  I'Assaiuissement  Municipal. 

Ecole  des  Pontt  et  Chaussees,  1871,  1875.  A. 

Durand-Claye,  Paris. 
Sur  les  temprietur  des  eaux  sunterraines  de 

Paris  pendant  les  Mois  de  Decembre,  1879. 

A.  Durand-Claye.    Paris,  1879. 
Enqueto  sur  les   Stations  Agronomiques.    A. 

Durand-Claye.     Paris,  1878. 
Communication     sur     Tassainissement     des 

Villes.     A.  Durand-Claye.    Paris,  1880. 
Mcmoire  sur  le  Dessechement  du  lac  Funcino. 

A.  Durand-Claye.     Paris,  1878. 
Etat  de   la  Question  des   Eaux  d'Egout   en 

France  et  al  'Etranger.    A.  Durand-Claye. 

Nancy.  1877. 
Situation  de  la  Question  des  Eaux  d'Egout  et 

de  leur  emploi   Agricole   en   France    et    a 

I'Etranger.     A.  Durand-Claye.     Paris,  1873. 

From  M.  Coryell,  Lambertville,  N.  J. : 
Fourth  Annual  Report  of  Lambertville  Water 
Co.    Lambertville,  1877. 

From  James  B.  Fads,  St.  Louis: 
The   Isthmus   Ship  Railway,  North  American 
Review.  March,  1881.  James  B.  Eads.   1881. 

From  John  W.  Hill,  Cincinnati: 
Report  of  the   Expert  on  the  Test  Trials  of 
Automatic  Cut-off   Steam   Engines  at    the 
First  Millers  International  Exhibition,  Cin- 
cinnati, June,  188U. 

From  W.  R.  Hntton,  Baltimore: 
Three  Photographs  showing  Lock  and  Dam 
of  Kanawha  River  Improvement. 

From  Institution  of  Civil  Engineers, 
James  Forrest,  Secretary,  London: 

Abstract  of  Papers  in  Foreign  Transactions 
and  Periodicals.     Session  1880-81.     Parti. 

New  Zealand  and  Ceylon  Government  Rail- 
ways. James  P.  Maxwell  and  James  R.Mosse. 

The  Dififei-ent  modes  of  erecting  Iron  Bridges. 
Theopbilus  Seyrig. 

Ultimate  Working  Strength  of  Materials.  Dr. 
J.  Weyrauck. 

From  Institution  Mechanical  Engineer, 
Walter   R.  Browne,   Secretary,  Lon- 
don: 
Proceedings.     October,  1880. 
Index,  Contents  and  List  of  Members,  Insti- 
tution of  Mechanical  Engineers  for  1880. 
On  Implements  and  Machinery  for  Cultivat- 
ing  Land  by  Horse  Power.     W.  R.  Buns- 
fould. 
On  recent  improvements  in   the   Machinery 
for    Repariug    and    Spinning    Cotton.    Eli 
Spencer. 

From  W.  S.  Johnston,  Chester,  Pa. : 
Memoir  of  Edwin  Ferry  Johnson,   Civil    Eq- 
gineer.    Philadelphia,  1880. 

From  Louis  H.  Knapp,  Bufi'alo,  N.  Y. : 
Specifications    for    the    Intercepting    Sewer, 
City  of  Buffalo. 


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From  Charles  Neilson,  New  York: 
Drawings  accompanyiug  the  report  of  Capt. 
TurnbuU  on  Surveys   and   Construction  of 
Alexandria  Aqueduct,  July  2,  1838.     Wash- 
ington, 1838. 

From  PubUshers  Eevue  Generale  des 
Chemins    de    fer.     Edgar    Monjean, 
Secretary,  Paris: 
Eevue  Generale  des  Chemins  de  fer.    Decem- 
ber, 1880. 

From  Royal  United  Service  Institution, 
Capt.  B   Burgess,  Secretary,  London: 
Journal  of  the  Institution.     Vol.  XXIV      No. 
CVIIX. 

From  William  F.  Shunk,  New  York: 
Gilbert  Elevated  Eaihvay  ;  a  .collection  of 
facts  in  reply  to  the  pamphlet  "  The  opin- 
ions of  Two  Eminent  Civil  Engineers  "  on 
Eapid  Transit.  Wm.  F.  Shunk,  Mew  York, 
1877. 

From    Societe  des    Ingenieurs    Civil. 
Paris : 
Memoires,    December,    1880,    and    January, 
1881. 

From  St.  Louis  Public  School  Library: 
Bulletin  No.  12.     November  and   December. 
1880. 

From    United     States    Coast    Survey, 
Washington: 
Annual  Eeport  United  States   Coast  and  Geo- 
detic Survey,  1877.     Washington,  1880. 

From  U.  S.  Naval  Observatory,  Eear 
Admiral  John  A.  Eogers,  Supt., 
Washington: 


Reports  on  the  Total  Solar  Eclipses  of  July 
29,  1878,  and  January  11.  1880.  Washing- 
ton, 1880. 

From  William  Watson,  Boston: 
A  report  to  the  American  Social  Science  Asso- 
ciation on  Protection  of  Life  from   Casual- 
ties  in   the   use    of    Machinery.      William 
Watson.     Boston,  1879. 

From  Welton  and  Bonnett,  Waterbury, 
Ct.: 
Fourteenth  Eeport  of   the  Board  of  Water 
Commissioners  of  the   City  of  Waterbury. 
W^aterbury,  1881. 

From  H.  M.  Wightman,  Boston : 
Annual  Eeport  of  the  City  Engineer   of  Bos- 
ton for  the  year  1880     (2  Copies.) 

From  other  sources: 

The  Library  Journal.     Vol.  VI.     No,  12. 

The  Architectural  Employment  of  Terracotta. 
A  Eeprint  from  The  Builder,  August  U  and 
11,  1880.     New  York.  1881. 

Length  of  Tracks  of  Railroads  owned,  leased, 
operated,  and  controlled  by  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Eoilroad  Co.     December  31.  1880. 

Twelfth  Annual  Eeport  of  the  Board  of  Rail- 
road Commissioners  of  Massachusetts. 
Boston,  1881. 

Narrative  of  the  Second  Artie  Expedition 
made  by  Charles  F.  Hall.  Prof.  J.  E. 
Nourse.     Washington,  1879. 

Narrative  of  the  North  Polar  Expedition  U. 
S.  Ship  Polaris,  Capt.  Charles  F.  Hall,  Com- 
uiauding.  C.  H.  Davis,  U.  S.  N.  Washing- 
ton, 1876. 


LIST      OF      MEMBERS 


ADDITIONS. 

MEMBERS. 

Date  of  Election. 
Aldrich,  Truman  H.  . .  .jNIontevallo  Coal  Mines,  Montevallo,  Ala. .  .May   4,    1881 

Bland,  George  P (Elected    Junior,    April    7th,    1875,)  3214 

Woodland  Ave.,  W.  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Boyd,  Charles  R Wytheville,  Va April  6,  1881 

Lewis,  Sidney  F Ass't.  State  Engineer,  289  Royal  St.,  New 

Orleans,  La May   4,    1S81 


associate. 


Haddock,  Area  R 410  E.  14th  St.,  New  York  City,  N.  Y.  .  .  .May   4,    1881 

juniors. 
Butts,  Edward Ass't.  Engineer    Kansas   Pacific   Railway, 

Erie,  Col April  6,  i88i 

Perry,  Charles  A Ass't.  City   Engineer,    18  City  Hall,  New 

Haven,  Conn May   4,    1881 

POETSCH,  Charles  J. . . .   Ass't.  City  Engineer,  Milwaukee,  Wis "  « 


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CHANGES   AND   CORRECTIONS. 


MEMBERS. 

Guilds,  James  E Gen.    Supt.    New   York,    Ontario   and  Western   R.  R., 

Middletown,  N.  Y. 

Clarke,  Thomas  C 49  William  St.,  Room  58,  New  York  Gity,  N.  Y. 

GoGSWELL,  William  B.  ..109  Willow  St.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

CoRTHKLL,  E.  L North  Egremont,  Mass. 

Falconnet,  Eugene    F.  .Pres.  and  Engineer  N.  cS;  T.R.  R.,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

Force,  Gyrus  G.,  Jr Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Glover,  O.  L Engineer  Iquique  R.  R.,  Iquique,  Peru,  S.  A. 

Harding,  George  E 40  Exchange  Place,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Harding,  Henry P.  O.  Box  280,  Salem,  Mass. 

Hughes,  William  M Engineer  Bridges  N.  Y.  G.  &  St.  L.  Rwy.,  32  Board  of 

Trade,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Kinsley,  Thomas  P Horseheads,  Chemung,  Co.,  N.  Y. 

Leverich,  Gabriel Engineers'  Office  East  River  Bridge,  279  Front  St.,  New 

York  Gity,  N.  Y. 

McLain,  Louis  R Res.  Eng.  Rope  Ferry  Bridge,  Lorraine,  Va. 

Meier,  Edward  1) 214  Pine  St.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Schmidt,  Max  E Care  James  Harrington,  Tampico,  Mexico. 

Sedgwick,  Thomas  S 1009  O  St.,  N.  W.  Washington,  D.  C. 

SiCKELS,  T.  E 90  Broadway,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Sites,  Wilmon  W.  G Chief  Engineer  Board  Public  Works,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

TowLE,    Stevenson Engineer  in  charge  of  Sewers,   25  Chambers  St.,  New 

York  City,  N.  Y. 

Wilson,  Henry  W 435  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Wilson,  John  A 435  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Wilson,  Joseph  M 435  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Wimmer,  Sebastian 71  Broadway,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

associates. 

Harris,  Charles  M 67  Wilham  St.,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Lawson,  L.  M 102  Broadway,  New  York  Gity,  N.  Y. 

Juniors. 

Crosby,  B.  L Ass't.  Engr.  Bismarck  Bridge,  Bismarck,  Dak. 

Lucas,  D.  Jones Lock  Box  33,  Lebanon,  Pa. 

Staats,  Robert  P 39  W.  12th  St.,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

fellows. 
Gourtwright,  Milton.   .55  Broadway,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 
Gurnee,  W.  S.- 35  Nassau  St.,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 


I 


Im^rkmt  Socidg  of  ^^id  Ign^mm. 


PHOOEEDINGS. 


Vol.  VII.— May,    1881. 
MINUTES     OF    MEETINaS 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


May  4th,  1881. — The  Society  met  for  the  first  time  in  its  newly  pur- 
chased house,  at  8  p.  m.     Past  President  Greene,  in  the  chair. 

Ballots  were  canvassed,  and  the  following  candidates  declared  elected: 
As  Members — Truman  H.  Aldrich,  of  Montevallo,  Ala. ;  William  H.  At- 
wood,  of  Jersey  City,  N.  J. ;  George  P.  Bland  (elected  Junior  April  7, 
1875),  Philadelphia  ;  E.  E.  Glaskin  (elected  Junior  April  5,  1876),  Lon- 
don, Eug. ;  George  T.  Keith,  of  Olean,  N.  Y. ;  Sidney  F.  Lewis,  of  New 
Orleans,  La. ;  Henry  S.  Munroe,  of  New  York  ;  Albert  C.  Savage,  of 
Belle  Plain,  Texas  ;  William  N.  Symington,  of  New  York  ;  Arthur  M. 
Wellington,  of  Laredo,  Mexico  ;  Samuel  Whinery  (elected  Junior  April 
1,  1874),  Meridian,  Miss.  As  Associate — Arba  Read  Haddock,  of  New 
York.  As  Juniors— Charles  A.  Ferry,  of  New  Haven,  Ct. ;  Charles  J. 
Poetsch,  of  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

The  Secretai-y  reported  that  the  property  No.  127  East  Twenty- 
third  street.  New  York,  had  been  i^urchased  at  the  price  of  .^30,000  ;  that 
$5,000  cash  had  been  paid,  and  a  mortgage  executed  for  the  balance, 
$25,000,  for  five  years,  at  5  per  cent,  per  annum,  with  a  provision  for  the 
payment  of  any  portion  of  this  amount  at  any  time  in  sums  not  less  than 
$1,000.  Also  that  the  subscriptions  now  amount  to  .?10,100,  and  that  a 
circular  had  been  prepared  calling  for  their  payment. 

May  18th,  1881.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.  Director  Joseph  P. 
Davis,  in  the  chair. 


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The  Secretary  announced  the  death,  on  April  18th,  1881,  of  Max 
Maria,  Baron  Von  Weber,  Honorary  Member  of  this  Society,  and  the 
President  was  authorized  to  appoint  a  committee  to  prepare  a  memoir 
for  publication. 

A  paper  by  Charles  L.  McAlpine,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E.,  subject, 
"  Quicksand  in  Excavation,"  was  read  by  the  author,  and  discussed  by 
Messrs.  Bogart,  Joseph  P.  Davis,  Raymond,  Torrey,  and  Worthen. 

OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION. 

May  7,  1881.— Applications  were  considered.  The  Treasurer  re- 
ported the  collection  of  over  ^5,000  of  the  Building  Fund  subscriptions, 
and  was  authorized  to  repay  that  amount  to  the  members  of  the  Society 
who  had  advanced  the  same  for  the  first  payment  on  the  purchase  of  the 
property.  The  thanks  of  the  Board  were  ordered  transmitted  to  these 
gentlemen. 

The  Trustees  of  the  Building  Fund  reported  arrangements  made  for 
the  deposit  of  its  proceeds  in  a  trust  company. 

The  Secretary  reported  the  preparation  of  the  following  circular,  the 
issue  of  which  was  approved  : 

May  5,  1881. 

Sik: 

I  am  instructed  to  acquaint  you  with  the  fact  that  the  property 

No.  127  East  T-r-enty-Thied  Street,  New  Yoek, 

has  been  purchased  by  the  American  Society  op  Croh  Engineeks,  and 
that  during  the  past  week  the  Society  has  taken  possession,  and  will 
hereafter  occupy  the  house  at  that  location. 

You  have  been  informed,  by  previous  circulars,  of  the  establishment 
of  a  BriLDiNCr  Fund,  and  of  the  provision  that  subscriptions  to  that  fund 
would  be  binding"  when  $10,000  should  be  subscribed.  During  the 
month  of  March,  many  houses  were  visited  and  examined  by  the  Board 
of  Direction  and  the  Committee  entrusted  with  that  duty  ;  and  at  the 
meeting  of  the  Society  of  April  6th,  a  report  was  made  of  the  result  of 
these  examinations.  It  was  then  decided  to  purchase  this  house.  To 
secure  the  property  a  payment  of  $5,000  was  necessary.  The  subscrip- 
tions to  the  Building  Fund,  at  that  time,  did  not  amount  to  $10,000, 
and,  therefore,  could  not  be  called  in.  A  prompt  decision  on  the  sub- 
ject was  necessary,  because  the  lease  of  the  house  then  occupied  in 
Twentieth  Street  expired  on  May  1st,  and  had  either  to  be  renewed  or 
given  up  at  once.  Ten  members  of  the  Society  directly  advanced  $500 
each.  The  title  of  the  property  was  thoroughly  examined  and  the  pur- 
chase completed,  by  the  payment  of  $5,000  on  April  26th.  The  price  of 
the  property  is  $30,000,  and  on  the  remaining  sum  of  $25,000  interest  is 


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now  running  at  5  per  cent.  Since  the  purchase,  subscriptions  have  been 
received,  so  that  the  total  subscription  is  now  $10,600.  These  will  be 
directly  called  in,  and  the  advance  made  by  members  repaid  to  them. 
The  amount  remaining  due  on  the  property  will  be  reduced  as  subscrip- 
tions are  paid,  a  provision  allowing  this  being  incorporated  in  the 
mortgage. 

The  house  is  twenty-five  feet  wide,  about  sixty  feet  deep,  with  a  lot  in 
the  rear  forty  feet  deep.  The  house  is  excellently  built,  with  Oliio  stone 
front  and  brick  sides  and  rear.  It  is  four  stories  high,  with  basement 
and  cellar.  It  afifords  at  once  much  more  convenient  accommodations 
than  the  Society  has  heretofore  possessed  for  its  library,  its  meetings, 
and  for  the  general  uses  of  members  and  visitors.  The  location  and  con- 
struction of  the  house  are  such  as,  in  the  opinion  of  careful  judges  of 
real  estate,  will  assure  its  security  as  an  investment  and  a  probable  ad- 
vance in  value. 

This  decided  action  of  purchasing  a  house  has  been  largely  determined 
upon,  in  accordance  with  the  advice  and  suggestions  of  many  members 
of  the  Society  to  the  effect  that,  in  order  to  secure  a  Building  Fund, 
some  decided  action  was  imi^erative. 

The  subscriptions  have  varied  in  amounts  from  small  sums  up  to  one 
of  $2,500,  which  latter  has  been  made  by  one  member.  Quite  a  number 
of  subscriptions  have  been  made  by  persons  not  members  of  the  Society, 
to  whom  the  suggestion  of  aiding  in  the  establishment  of  this  Fund  has 
been  made  by  members.  One  member  has  already  forwarded  sixteen 
subscriptions  of  $100  each.  All  subscriptions  will  be  acknowledged  and 
published  as  provided  for  in  the  circular  of  January  1st,  1881. 

To  reduce  the  interest  account,  and  to  enable  the  Society  to  devote 
its  funds  more  entirely  to  its  publications,  and  other  suitable  purposes, 
additional  subscriptions  are  desired,  and  you  are  requested,  as  in  previous 
circulars,  to  bring  the  subject  to  the  attention  of  persons  interested  in 
Engineering,  and  who  might  probably  be  very  willing  to  become  sub- 
scribers to  the  Building  Fund,  and  receive  the  Transactions  of  the 
Society,  if  the  subject  was  presented  to  them. 

EespectfuUy, 

John  Bogakt, 

Secretary  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

The  Secretary  also  reported  the  preparation  of  the  following  circular, 
the  issue  of  which  was  authorized  : 

American  Society  of  Civuj  Engineers, 
127  East  Twenty-third  Street, 

,  ,  New  York, 188  . 

Mr 

^ij^*— Under  the  provisions  of  the  circular  issued  on  March  1st,  1881, 
the  subscriptions  to  the  Building  Fund  of  this  Society  become  binding 
when  $10,000  shall  be  subscribed. 


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The  subscriptions  now  amount  to  .^10,600.  You  are  therefore  re- 
quested to  forward  the  amount  subscribed  by  you,  either  in  two  instal- 
ments or  in  one  payment,  as  may  be  convenient.  If  made  m  two  mstal- 
ments  the  first  half  should  be  sent  directly,  addressed  to  the  Secretary, 
in  draft  or  money  orders  made  payable  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  American 
Society  of  Civil  Engineers  ;  the  second  half  to  be  paid  at  your  con- 
venience on  or  before  July  1st,  1881. 

The  amount  subscribed  by  you  was  -S 

Respectfully, 

John  Bogaet, 

Secretary  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

The  Secretary  reported  in  full  the  transactions  connected  with  the 
purchase  of  the  property  No.  127  East  Twenty-third  street,  including 
the  report  as  to  title  by  the  legal  advisers  of  the  Board,  and  the  execution 
of  the  requisite  papers  by  the  designated  officers  of  the  Society,  The 
Board  approved  the  action  thus  taken. 

Action  was  taken  as  to  bank  deposits  and  checks.  •  The  Finance 
Committee  was  requested  to  consider  the  question  of  a  proper  sum  for 
compounding  the  annual  dues  now  payable  by  members  ot  the  Society 
by  the  payment  of  such  sum  for  constituting  a  life  membership.  Ap- 
propriations were  made. 

May  23d,  1881. -Arrangements  for  the  13th  Annual  Convention  were 

considered. 

Mat  25th,  1881.— Arrangements  for  the  13th  Annual  Convention  were 
made      The  following  was  adopted  as  to  invitations  to  the  Convention  : 

Eesolved  That  invitations  be  extended  to  the  families  of  members  ; 
that  the  Committee  on  Convention  be  empowered  to  invite  individuals 
eminent  in  the  profession,  aud  editors  of  professional  papers,  and  that 
the  local  comnlittee  at  Montreal  be  requested  to  extend  invitations  at 

their  discretion.  .      . 

Resolved  That  the  Committee  on  Convention  be  requested  to  mvite 
to  the  Convention  the  officers  of  Engineers'  Societies,  of  the  American 
Institute  of  Mining  Engineers,  and  of  the  American  Society  of  Me- 
chanical Engineers.  ,     »  xi     -p  n        i ;« 

Action  was  taken  in  reference  to  the  investment  of  the  Fellowship 
Fund.     Applications  were  considered.     Appropriations  were  made. 


inuTican  |oiidu  of  Mil    Incjinm^, 


FROOEEDIIsTGS. 


Vol.  Vll.— June,    I 


MINUTES     OF     MEETINQS 

(Abstract  of  such  as  maybe  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


THIETEENTH    ANNUAL    CONVENTION    OF     THE    AMERICAN 
SOCIETY  OF  CIVIL  ENGINEERS. 

Held  in  the  City  of  Montreal  on  the  15th,  16th,  17th,  and  18th  of 

J^TNE,    1881. 

FiEST  Se.ssion — Reception. 

Ou  the  morning  of  Wednesday,  the  15th,  the  Convention  assembled 
in  Molson  Hall,  McGill  University. 

Mr.  John  Bogaet,  the  Secretary  of  the  Society,  called  the  meeting  to 
order,  and  said  : 

I  am  requested  to  open  the  Thirteenth  Annual  Convention  of  the 
American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  and  to  say  that  we  will  be  wel- 
comed to  the  City  of  Montreal  by  His  Worship  the  Mayor  of  the  City. 
Previous  to  that,  however,  in  accordance  with  the  law  of  the  Society,  a 
Chairman  of  the  Convention  is  to  be  elected  from  among  members,  not 
officers,  of  the  Society  ;  and  in  accordance  with  the  custom,  the  local 
committee  at  Montreal  have  nominated  as  CUiairman  Mr.  Thomas  C. 
Keefek,  and  I  now  have  much  pleasure  in.  presenting  that  nomination 
to  the  Convention. 

The  nomination  was  unanimously  ratified,  and  Mr.  Keefer  took  the 
Chair. 


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The  Chairman. — It  is  proper,  gentlemen,  that  the  first  words  of  wel- 
come should  be  siJoken  to  you.  by  the  only  gentleman  who  is  authorized 
to  speak  for  the  whole  of  the  citizens  of  Montreal.  I  regret  to  say  that 
his  Worship  the  Mayor,  who  has  come  here  with  great  difficulty,  is  un- 
able, through  illness,  to  perform  that  duty  himself,  but  he  has  brought 
a  substitute  who  will  assure  you  of  a  hearty  welcome  to  the  city  over 
which  he  prbsides. 

Mayor  Beaudet. — Mr.  President  and  gentlemen  of  the  American 
Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  allow  me  to  congratulate  you  upon  your 
presence  in  the  City  of  Montreal,  and  to  welcome  you  and  oflfer  you  the 
freedom  of  the  city.  I  regret  that  I  am  unable  to  read  the  address 
which  expresses  so  truly  the  sentiments  I  euteitain  in  regard  to  your 
visit.  It  will  be  read  to  you  by  my  son-in-law,  who  is  also  the  city 
attorney  of  Montreal.     I  beg  to  introduce  to  you  Mr.  Koy. 

Mr.  Roy  read  the  following  address  : 

Address  of  the  Hon.  J.  L.  Beaudry,  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Montreal, 
TO  the  President  and  Members  of  the  American  Society  or  Civid 
Engineers,  in  Convention  assembled  at  the  Wm.  Molson  Hall  op 
McGiLL  Univeesity,  on  Wednesday,  the  15th  of  June,  1881. 

Mr.  President  and  Members  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  : 

I  have  the  honor,  in  the  name  of  our  citizens,  to  welcome  you  and  to 
oflfer  you  the  freedom  of  this  our  City  of  Montreal.  I  believe  it  is  the 
custom  of  your  Society  to  hold  a  convention  annually  in  some  of  the 
principal  cities  of  the  continent,  and  this  is,  I  believe,  your  thirteenth, 
and  the  first  one  held  outside  of  the  limits  of  United  States  territory. 
I  was  about  to  say,  your  own  country,  as  was  recently  remarked  by  one 
of  our  city  newspapers  in  commenting  upon  your  expected  visit,  but  I 
will  not  make  use  of  that  phrase  myself,  because  I  think  that,  as  en- 
gineers, men  who  are  intimately  identified  with  all  the  great  enterprises 
which  unite  not  only  territories,  but  continents,  in  the  great  march  of 
civilization  and  progress,  it  should  not  be  said  that  you  ar-  not  in  your 
own  country,  merely  because  you  have  crossed  the  line  which  divides  two 
distinct  political  governments.  I  am  sure  that  the  American  engineer 
never  feels  out  of  his  country  in  pursuing  the  objects  of  his  noble 
profession  ;  at  all  events,  he  need  not  feel  so,  while  he  is  in  this  Canada 
of  ours;  the  lines  that  mark  difierences  in  political  institutions  are 
obliterated  in  these  pursuits  ;  besides,  are  not  the  arms  of  your  Society 
extended  open  to  your  professional  brethren  on  this  side  of  the  line, 
and  have  we  not,  as  citizens  of  Canada  .and  in  this  city,  men  who  are 
members  of  your  honorable  body,  and  to  whom  the  privileges  and 
honors  of  your  institution  are  extended  as  fully  and  as  freely  as  to  those 
who  live  under  the  American  flag.  Your  brethren  here,  I  am  very  cer- 
tain, do  not  look  upon  you  as  strangers  out  of  your  own  country,  but 


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they  are,  as  you  are  yourselves,  all  members  of  one  body  tliat  knows  no 
difference  in  creed  or  nationality  ;  and  the  Montreal  members  must  feel 
gratified  in  being  the  cause,  as  I  liave  no  doubt  they  are,  of  the  honor 
of  this  distinguished  visit  to  our  city.  In  connection  with  this  visit, 
my  attention  has  been  particularly  drawn  to  the  importance  of  your 
Society  as  an  institution,  and  I  have  to  offer  you  my  humble  congratula- 
tions on  the  aims  and  objects  for  which  it  exists.  I  have  glanced  over 
the  subjects  which  claim  your  thought  and  study,  and  the  manner  in 
which,  in  your  discussions,  those  subjects  are  treated,  shows  me  how  you 
probe  and  burrow  for  the  truths  of  i^ractical  life,  and  prompts  me  to 
increase,  if  that  were  possible,  my  admiration  for  the  noble  profession 
of  civil  engineering  ;  that  i^rofession  whose  object,  it  has  been  truth- 
fully said,  is  the  imj^rovement  of  everything  it  touches  for  the  use, 
economy  and  convenience  of  man.  It  is  to  your  profession,  Mr.  President 
and  gentlemen,  that  we  are  indebted  for  the  great  highways  of  commerce 
that  stretch  far  and  wide  over  the  continent  from  the  Atlantic  to  the 
Pacific  ;  that  has  shortened  the  once  almost  trackless  ocean  between 
two  great  commercial  worlds  to  a  mere  bagatelle  of  a  trip  ;  that  lirings 
those  magnificent  ships  to  our  harbors  ;  that  has  laid  hold  of  the  light- 
ning and  used  it  to  link  the  whole  civilized  world  in  instantaneous  com- 
munication ;  that  pierces  our  mountains  to  let  the  iron  horse  go  through, 
and  that  bridges  our  rivers  so  that  even  our  gretit  St.  Lawrence  offers 
no  obstacle  to  the  transportation  of  our  merchandise  and  our  products 
at  all  seasons  of  the  year.  And  I  am  aware  that,  in  the  intelligent  as- 
semblage which  I  have  now  the  privilege  of  addressing,  there  are  men 
who  have  done  these  things,  and  who  are  capable  of  doing  and  will  do  still 
greater  than  have  yet  been  done  ;  minds  which  have  conceived  and 
carried  to  successful  completion  many  of  those  bold  projects,  in  the  in- 
terests of  commerce,  which  have  astonished  the  world  and  won  the 
admiration  and  gratitude  of  their  fellow-citizens,  and  have  brought 
honor  to  their  country.  It  is  to  your  profession  also  that  we  are  in- 
debted for  many  of  the  conveniences,  comforts  and  even  luxuries  of 
daily  life  ;  usefulness  to  your  fellow-men,  is  your  great  aim,  and  many 
of  you  have  placed  your  naines  high  uji  on  the  roll  of  fame,  both  in 
this  and  the  mother  country,  for  your  achievements  in  your  art.  It  is, 
therefore,  an  honor  to  our  city  that,  by  an  almost  unanimous  vote,  you 
have  selected  her  as  the  place  for  this  meeting. 

With  regard  to  what  we  have  to  offer  for  your  entertainment,  I  regret 
that  we  have  not  vei-y  much  to  show  of  that  which  is  most  interesting 
to  you.  The  Victoria  bridge  and  the  workshops  of  the  Grand  Trunk 
Railway  Company  are  worthy  of  your  inspection  ;  the  harbor  also  may 
present  a  feature  of  interest  to  you  ;  and,  on  behalf  of  the  city  works, 
there  are  the  Water  Works  and  the  Mount  Royal  Park. 

In  conclusion,  Mr.  President  and  gentlemen,  let  me  say  that,  although 
our  city  lies  far  north,  the  hearts  of  our  peojile  are  warm,  and,  on  behalf 


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of  the  citizens,  accept  my  best  wishes  for  your  enjoyment  here,  and 
for  the  success  of  your  meeting.  And  I  hope  that  this  will  not  be  your 
last  convention  here  ;  I  also  hope,  on  behalf  of  our  Canadian  engineers 
who  are  not  members,  that  they  will  take  advantage  of  the  privileges  your 
iostitution  offers  to  them,  and  that  the  Canadian  membership  will  aug- 
ment, for  we  cannot  shut  our  eyes  to  the  fact  that  un  ion  of  men,  par- 
ticularly in  such  noble  pursuits  as  those  of  your  calling,  must  tend 
largely  to  cement  the  friendly  feeling  which  exists  generally  between  the 
inhabitants  of  both  sides  of  the  line  which  separates  our  governments. 
Again,  Mr.  President  and  gentlemen,  let  me  heartily  welcome  you  and 
tender  you  the  freedom  of  the  city. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be, 

J.    S.    BEAtDEY. 

'  Mayor. 
The  Chairman  then  introduced 
Mr.  Henshaw,  President  of  the  Montreal  Board  of  Trade,  who  said  : 

When  I  had  the  honor  of  an  invitation  to  meet  this  distinguished 
body,  I  had  no  idea  that  I  was  to  be  other  than  a  silent  spectator,  and  a 
very  pleased  one,  of  the  proceedings  of  to-day.  Had  I  imagined  I 
should  be  called  upon  for  anything  in  the  way  of  a  speech,  I  should  have 
followed  the  example  of  our  worthy  Mayor,  and  made  some  little  prepara- 
tion for  it.  Occupying,  as  I  do,  the  position  of  President  of  the  Mon- 
treal Board  of  Trade,  I  cannot  do  less,  certainly,  than  to  welcome  most 
heartily  to  this  city  so  distinguished  a  body  of  gentlemen  as  have  favored 
us  with  their  presence.  I  have  occasionally  heard  it  remarked  :  "What 
practical  good  does  a  visit,  such  as  this,  do  to  a  place  ?"  I  felt  a  pity  for 
those  who  proposed  such  a  question.  For  my  part,  I  think  the  peculiar 
circumstances  under  which  a  visit  of  this  kind  is  made,  ought  to  be  wel- 
comed by  the  city  wuth  the  greatest  pleasure  possible.  The  Civil  Engi- 
neers are  a  class  of  men  who  are  closely  identified  with  the  commercial 
interests  of  the  whole  world.  They  are  naturally  interested  in,  and 
competent  to  speak  upon,  railway  lines,  canals,  and,  in  fact,  every 
channel  of  intercourse  between  the  west  and  the  ocean  through  which 
commerce  must  pass,  and,  I  think,  under  the  circumstances,  Montreal 
has  been  very  highly  honored  by  the  presence  of  these  gentlemen.  I 
hope  that  the  merchants  of  Montreal,  and  the  citizens'  generally,  will  ex- 
tend to  them  during  their  stay  all  the  attentions  they  possibly  can.  We 
are  particularly  favored,  also,  by  the  presence  of  a  large  number  of 
ladies  who  accompany  the  members  of  the  society,  and  I  trust  they  will 
receive  such  impressions  of  the  city  that  we  shall  have  the  pleasure  of 
seeing  them  again.  In  the  name  of  the  Board  of  Trade  of  Montreal, 
gentlemen,  I  offer  you  our  warmest  welcome. 

The  Chairman. — I  now  introduce  to  you  another  member  of  the 
Board  of  Trade,  Avho  is  also  a  member  of  the  Dominion  Parliament,  Mr. 
Thomas  White. 


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Mr.  White. — I  confess,  Mr.  Chairman,  tbat  I  am  very  much  sur- 
prised, indeed,  at  this  summons,  for,  although  a  member  of  the  Council 
of  the  Board  of  Trade,  in  the  presence  of  our  President,  I  think  no  one 
else  should  speak  in  their  name.  I  cannot,  however,  do  otherwise,  as  a 
citizen  of  Montreal,  than  very  cordially  to  express  my  own  gratification  at 
the  presence  of  so  distinguished  a  body  in  our  city,  and  to  extend  to  you 
the  heartiest  possible  welcome  on  the  part  of  the  citizens  of  Montreal. 
There  is,  perhaps,  no  city  on  the  continent  more  interested  in  works  to 
which  your  minds  are  specially  directed,  than  is  this  City  of  Montreal  at 
the  jjresent  time.  The  charts  on  each  side  of  this  room  indicate  some  of 
the  works  upon  Avhich  the  success  and  prosperity  of  Montreal  depend, 
and  upon  the  successful  carrying  out  of  these  works,  I  believe,  will  very 
largely  depend  the  future  of  our  city.  I  sincerely  trust,  gentlemen  of 
the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  that  your  stay  in  Montreal  will 
be  not  only  a  pleasant  one,  but  a  profitable  one  in  affording  you  an  op- 
portunity of  seeing  those  works  upon  which  the  city  has  so  far  depended 
for  its  i^rosperity  in  the  past,  and  those  works  which  we  are  now  entering 
upon.  There  is  no  class  of  men,  no  department  of  industry,  or  intel- 
lectual labor,  upon  which  the  fiiture  of  the  country,  and  even  of  this 
whole  continent,  so  largely  depends  as  iipon  the  profession  represented 
here  to-day.  If  to-day  we  have  railways  extending  over  every  j)art  of 
this  vast  continent,  we  owe  it  to  the  skill,  to  the  foresight,  to  the  in- 
domitable industry  of  the  dejiartment  of  civil  engiiieering.  If  to-day  we 
have  great  water  highways  which  afibrd  means  of  communication  for  the 
traffic  and  business  of  the  country,  we  owe  it  to  that  same  department  of 
labor.  I  sincerely  congratulate  the  City  of  Montreal  that  it  has  been 
selected  for  the  place  of  meeting  of  so  distinguished  a  body  of  gentlemen. 
I  have  the  honor  again,  gentlemen,  to  Avelcome  you  most  heartily  on  be- 
half of  the  city,  and  to  express  my  earnest  hope  that  your  visit  here  will 
be  one  Avhich,  when  looking  back  upon  it  in  the  future,  you  will  have 
no  reason  to  regret. 

Mr.  Mitchell,  President  of  the  Montreal  Corn  Exchange,  said  : 
When  I  came  here  I  hardly  exi:)ected  to  be  called  uj)on  to  speak,  but  I 
am  glad  to  say  that  I  heartily  concur  in  what  has  been  said  by  my 
friends  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  in  Avelcoming  the  distinguished  visitors 
we  have  with  us.  I  wish  the  society  that  has  so  kindly  favored  us  with 
this  visit,  every  enjoyment  during  their  stay  here.  I  am  sure  that  the 
association  for  which  I  speak  welcomes  them  most  heartily  to  Montreal, 
and  unites  Avith  me  in  wishing  them  every  enjoyment  while  sojourning 
in  our  city. 

Tlie  Chaieaian. — It  is  now  my  pleasant  duty  to  present  to  you  a 
gentleman  who  requires  no  introduction  from  me,  a  gentleman  whose 
reputation  is  trans-Atlantic  as  well  as  cis- Atlantic,  Principal  Dawson,  the 
distinguished  geologist,  who  is  the  President  of  this  University,  and  to 
whom  we  are  indebted  for  the  use  of  the  hall  in  which  we  are  assembled. 


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Pkincipaij  Dawson. — I  do  not  know  that  it  is  necessary  for  me  to  add 
•words  of  welcome  to  those  that  have  already  been  spoken,  but  I  may  say 
•one  word  on  behalf  of  the  University  which  I  represent  here.  I  must 
say  that  it  gives  us  very  great  pleasure,  and  we  regard  it  as  a  very  high 
honor,  to  be  able  to  entertain  within  our  walls  the  distinguished  Sgciety 
which  meets  here  to-day.  McGill  University,  in  some  resj^ects,  perhaps> 
has  a  claim  on  the  profession  of  civil  engineering  because  it  was  the  first 
university  in  this  Dominion  to  recognize  that  profession  as  a  learned 
profession,  and  to  establish  a  professorship  and  a  course  of  study  in  con- 
nection with  this  branch  of  knowledge.  We  did  it  as  far  back  as  1856, 
and  for  the  last  twenty  yeai's  nearly,  our  young  men  have  been  going  out 
more  or  less  prejoared  for  active  duty  on  the  public  works  of  this  country 
and  its  engineering  enterprises. 

That  our  action  in  this  respect  has  been  a  wise  one,  is  borne  out  by 
the  growth  of  our  engineering  department,  now  united  with  the  other 
professions  of  mechanical  and  mining  engineering  in  our  faculty  of  ap- 
plied science,  and  by  the  public  supjaort  which  the  effort  has  secured. 
The  work  of  the  engineer,  based  on  scientific  princij)les,  and  carrying  out 
those  great  enterprises  of  construction,  almost  of  creation,  is  undoubtedly 
one  of  the  highest  connected  with  the  material  advancement  of  nations. 
The  engineer  is,  in  triith,  at  once  the  missionary  and  the  pioneer  of  ma- 
terial civilization  in  its  extension  into  new  fields,  and  as  was  very  well 
stated  in  the  address  of  the  Mayor,  he  is  the  organizer  of  the  means 
whereby  the  larger  and  denser  communities  of  men  can  exist  with  com- 
fort, can  be  supplied  with  the  necessaries  and  luxuries  of  life,  and  can 
hold  communication  with  each  other.  Without  the  structures  which  he 
plans,  rears  and  maintains,  the  fabric  of  our  modern  civilization  would 
fall  asunder,  and  its  political,  social  and  commercial  arrangements  would 
disapijear  like  a  dream.  We  do  well,  therefore,  to  welcome  you  as 
representatives  of  this  great  and  honorable  profession,  and  of  the  science 
and  culture  which  its  achievements  represent,  and  to  throw  oj^en  to  you 
whatever  we  have  in  books,  collections  or  other  objects  of  interest. 

Not  being  an  engineer,  I  cannot  refer  to  those  works  in  which  you 
are  professionally  interested,  but  as  a  geologist,  I  may  introduce  you 
to  the  ancient  and  venerable  foundations  on  which  our  city  stands,  and 
which  may  afford  a  field  for  the  exercise  of  the  profession  of  civil 
engineering.  The  lower  Silurian  Limestone  of  the  Trenton  age,  which 
underlies  a  great  part  of  the  Island  of  Montreal,  though  originally  a  con- 
geries of  organic  fragments  of  shells  and  corals,  has  nevertheless  attained 
to  the  hardness  and  density  of  marble,  and  is  our  chief  material  of  con- 
struction, along  with  its  companion  beds,  the  Chazy  and  Black  River 
limestones.  That  is  our  great  substratum  here  in  Montreal,  and  consti- 
tutes the  material  for  our  great  works  of  construction,  and  that  out  of 
which  all  our  best  buildings  are  built.  These  limestones  may  well  be 
seen  in  the  extensive  quarries   near  the  city.     The    next   formation  in 


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ascending  order  is  the  thick  and  soft  Utica  shale,  dipping  gently  to  the 
south  towards  the   country  from  which   you  come.     Though  soft   and 
comparatively  useless,  it   has  nevertheless  permitted  our  noble  river  to 
excavate  that  channel  which  you  see  represented  on  the  wall,  because 
rivers,  like  engineers,  select  the  softest  material  for  their  work,  and  one 
which   they  can   most   easily  excavate.     That   Utica   shale,  also,  is   the 
material  in  Avhieh  our  engineers  expect  to  build  this  tunnel  which  you 
see  represented  on  the  wall,  and  which  is  to  bind  us,  along  with  the 
Victoria  Bridge,  to  the  south  shore  of  the  St.  Lawrence.     We  are  also 
indebted  to   that   Utica  shale,  crumbling  and   soft,   for  much   of  the 
fertility  of  the  soil  south  of  the  river,  from   which  much  of  the  food 
supply  of  this  city  is  derived.     Then  we  have  here  to  the  north  of  us 
that  mass  of  rock.  Mount  Royal,  not  great  as  a  mountain,  but  great  in 
relation  to  Montreal,  a  mass  of  igneous  rock   of  Dioritic  and   Syenitic 
character,  which,  in  old  times  has  burst  up  through  this  Trenton  lime- 
stone and  Utica  shale,  and  now  lifts  it  head  above  our  city.     It  affords 
the  beautiful  ground  for  our  Mountain  Park,  and  serves  also  the  more 
homely  use  of  supplying  material  to  macadamize  our  otherwise  bad  and 
dusty  streets.     Dr.  Hunt  and  Dr.  Harrington  have  worked  out  much  of 
the  chemical  and  microscopic  characters  of  this  great  and  varied  mass. 
In  regard  to  that  mountain,  I  am   reminded   by  the   chairman   that  we 
should  value  it  more  than  we  do  at  present  if  we  could  calculate  how 
much  it  would  have  cost  to  put  it  there.     Associated  with  the  mountain 
in  origin  is  the  patch  of  volcanic  breccia  on  St.  Helen's  Island,  a  rem- 
nant  of  the  ancient  cone  of  the  Montreal  volcano,  and  which,  by  its 
being  associated  with  the  fossils  of  the  Upper  Silurian  age,  fixes  the  age 
of  the   chief  erujotions   of  our  mountain.     Lastly,    in  the   much  later 
Ledea  clays  and  Saxicava  sands  of  the  Pleistocene  age,  overlaying  the 
older  formations,  we  have   the   materials   of  our   durable,  if  not  very 
beautiful,  red  bricks  ;  and  in  them  the  geologist  can  collect  abundant 
specimens  of  marine  shells,  identical  in  species  with  those  now  living  in 
the  northern  part  of  the  Gulf  of  St.  Lawrence,  and  indicating  the  sub- 
mergence of  our  country  under  the  cold  waters  of  the  Arctic  sea  in  that 
age  known  as  the  Glacial  period,  and  in  which  the  imagination  of  certain 
extreme  theorists  would  have  us  believe  that  our  continent  was  covered 
with  a  mantle  of  solid  ice.     Montreal  now  profits  by  all  these  prejiara- 
tions  of  past  geologic   ages,  and,  having   passed  out  of  its  Glacial  age, 
can  now  welcome  you  to  a  summer  clime,  a  rich  vegetation,  and  the  hos- 
pitality of  a  growing,  if  not  yet  great  city.     In  conclusion,  allow  me  to 
say,  that  the  University,  in  offering  the  use  of  its  hall  to  this  society, 
also  offers  you  all  the  conveniences  and  arrangements  in  connection  with 
it ;  the  library  and  the  museum   rooms   will   be  entirely  at  your  service 
during  your  sojourn  here,  for  we  wish  to  do  everything  in  our  power  to 
make  it  both  pleasant  and  useful  to  you. 


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Vice-President  Welch,  at   the   request  of  the  President  of  the  >^o-^ 
ciety,  responded  on  behalf  of  the  Society  as  follows  :  ^H 

Mr.  Chairman,— The  worthy  Mayor  used  one  expression  which 
runs  against  all  my  former  conceptions.  He  spoke  of  the  American 
Society  of  Civil  Engineers  in  Montreal  being  out  of  their  own  country. 
Why,  I  thought  Canada  was  in  America!  It  does  not  make  any  dif- 
ference whether  some  members  of  the  society  acknowledge  as  their 
Chief  Magistrate  the  illustrious  man  who  lives  in  the  White  House 
at  Washington,  while  other  members  acknowledge  as  their  sovereign 
that  glorious  woman  whom  we  all  love— not  because  she  is  Queen 
of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland  and  Canada— not  because  she  is  Empress 
of  India— not  because  she  rules  over  one-quarter  of  the  human  race,  and 
that  the  best  quarter— but  because  she  realizes  and  exemplifies  this 
sentiment  : 

"  The  rank  is  but  the  guinea's  stamp, 

The  man's  (or  woman)  the  gowil,  for  a'  that." 

We  -feel  that  she's  the  "gowd."  I  say  it  does  not  make  any  differ- 
ence which  of  the  two  we  acknowledge  as  our  Chief  Magistrate,  we  are 
all  Americans,  and  in  the  simplicity  of  my  heart  I  thought  the  American 
Society  of  Civil  Engineers  embraced  Canada  as  a  matter  of  necessity. 
But,  Mr.  Chairman,  this  welcome,  and  one  or  two  other  welcomes  to 
Canada  that  I  have  witnessed,  remind  me  of  a  great  contrast.  In  1812 
some  Americans  came  over  to  a  small  place  then  called  Little  York,  now 
the  magnificent  city  of  Toronto.  Well,  we  were  welcomed  on  that 
occasion  by  bayonets,  bullets  and  grape  shot,  and  we  returned  what 
they  gave.  Now,  we  have  just  heard  these  warm  words  of  welcome, 
w^ords  used,  I  doubt  not,  in  all  sincerity,  judging  from  our  own  feelings, 
because  we  attribute  the  same  feelings  to  our  fellow-citizens— I 
mean  our  friends— of  the  City  of  Montreal.  We  have  heard  of  the 
great  material  benefits  civil  engineers  have  conferred  upon  this  city— 
upon  every  part  of  the  continent,  and  upon  mankind.  But  that  is  not 
the  highest  object  attained  by  the  civil  engineer.  He  has  made  the 
bonds  that  unite  the  North  and  South  of  the  United  States.  Those 
bonds  have  healed  the  dissensions  and  mitigated  the  hostility  that 
unfortunately  existed  at  one  time  between  those  two  sections.  I  believe 
that  the  railroads  connecting  North  and  South  have  done  more  than  any 
other  cause,  except  religion,  to  harmonize  those  sections  of  our  common 
country.  And  so  it  is  with  other  countries.  Canada  and  the  United' 
States  are  now  practically  one  people,  though  under  different  govern- 
ments. That  engineer  has  a  very  inadequate  conception  of  his  mission 
who  considers  that  material  good,  commercial  good,  is  the  highest  end 
of  his  profession.  The  real  and  highest  result  accomplished  by  the 
engineer  is  by  the  works  he  constructs,  the  railways,  the  telegraphs  and 


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the   steamships   by  whicli   he  unites   the   distant  regions  of  the  whole 
■world,  to  assimilate,  to  civilize  and  to  Christianize  the  human  race. 

The  reception  being  ended,  the  Convention  proceeded  to  the  busi- 
ness of  the  dav. 


The  Secretary  made  an  announcement  concerning  the  entertain* 
menta  provided  by  the  Local  Committee. 

A  paper  by  L.  L.  Buck,  M.  A.  S.  C.  E.,  subject,  "The  Re-enforce- 
ment of  the  Anchorage  and  the  Renewal  of  the  Suspended  Structure  of 
the  Niagara  Railway  Bridge,"  was,  in  the  absence  of  the  author,  read  by 
the  Secretary. 

The  Secretary  announced  that  the  Department  of  Railways  and 
Canals  at  Ottawa  had  sent  to  Montreal,  for  the  use  of  the  members  of 
the  Convention,  100  copies  of  the  last  report  of  the  Chief  Engineer,  con- 
taining illustrutions  of  Canada's  public  works  ;  also,  railway  maps  ;  and, 
through  Colonel  Denis,  of  the  Department  of  the  Interior,  100  maps  of 
those  portions  of  the  Northwest  Territory  opened  up  by  the  Canadian 
Pacific  Railway. 

Mr.  Sanford  Fleming,  M.  A.  S.  C.  E.,  then  read  a  paper,  subject, 
"Uniform  Standard  Time  for  Railways,  Telegraphs  and  Civil  Purposes 
Generally.  ' 

A  recess  was  then  taken,  during  which  occurred  the  drive  to  the 
Mountain  Park  and  the  garden  party  at  the  residence  of  Mrs.  Redpath. 

Evening  Session,  June  15th.— On  the  Convention  reassembling  at  8 

p.  M., 

The  Chairman  read  a  letter  from  the  Managing  Director  of  the 
Grand  Trunk  Railway,  offering  a  special  train  for  the  conveyance  of  the 
members  to  Quebec  ;  also,  a  letter  from  the  Art  Association  of  Montreal, 
extending  an  invitation  to  the  Society  to  visit  the  Art  Gallery  ;  also, 
from  the  Secretary  of  the  Mechanics'  Institute  of  Montreal,  inviting 
the  Society  to  visit  the  library  and  reading-room  ;  also,  a  telegram 
from  Mr.  Collingwood  Schrieber,  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Intercolonial 
Railwaj',  offering  free  passage  to  members  of  the  Convention  wishing  to 
visit  the  Maritime  Provinces. 

The  Secretary  made  several  announcements  regarding  the  local  pro- 
gramme, and  stated  that  he  had  received  a  telegram  from  Mr.  Benjamin 
Rhodes,  Engineer  in  charge  oi  the  upper  Suspension  Bridge  at  Niagara 
Falls,  tendering  an  invitation  to  the  Society  to  hold  its  next  Conven- 
tion at  that  place. 

The  President,  James  B.  Francis,  then  read  the  Annual  xiddress,  which 
will  be  printed  in  the  Transactions. 

On  the  suggestion  of  the  Secretary,  the  Convention  then  proceeded 
to  the  consideration  of  Mr.  Fleming's  paper  on  "Standard  Time  for 
Railways  and  Telegraphs." 


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On  motion,  the  following  committee  was  appointed,  Avith  power  to 
add  to  their  number,  to  whom  the  paper  presented  by  Mr.  Sanford 
Fleming  was  referred  for  consideration  and  report :  Sanford  Fleming,  of 
Ottawa,  Canada  ;  Charles  Paine,  of  Cleveland,  Ohio  ;  A.  J.  Cassatt,  of 
Philadelphia,  Pa.  ;  J.  M.  Toucey,  of  New  York,  N.  Y.  ;  J.  E.  Hilgard, 
of  Washington,  D.  C.  ;  T.  Egleston,  of  New  York,  N.  Y.  ;  T.  G.  Ellis, 
of  Hartford,  Conn. 

The  paper  on  the  Keenforcement  of  the  Anchorage  and  the  Eenewal 
of  the  Suspended  Structure  of  the  Niagara  Railroad  Bridge,  by  L.  L. 
Buck,  was  then  discussed  by  Messrs.  A.  P.  Boiler  and  E.  S.  Chesbrough, 

A 'paper  by  O.  Chanute,  Vice-President  of  the  Society,  subject. 
"  Eepairs  of  Masonry,"  was,  in  the  absence  of  the  author,  read  by  the 
Secretary,  and  discussed  by  members  present. 

Mr.  J.  J.  R.  Croes,  for  the  Committee  on  the  Engagement  of  Civil 
Engineers  upon  Government  Works,  presented  the  following  report : 
To  the  American  Socie/i/  of  Civil  Engineers,  N'ew  York,  June  14,  1881: 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Society,  held  during  the  Twelfth  Annual  Con- 
vention, at  St.  Louis,  the  following  resolution  was  adopted  : 

"  Resolved,  That  a  committee  of  seven  be  appointed  to  prepare  a 
memorial  to  Congress,  asking  that  Civil  Engineers  may  be  placed  in  full 
charge  of  the  works  of  public  improvement  carried  on  at  Government 
expense,  such  memorial  to  be  submitted  to  the  Society,  and  voted  on  by 
letter  ballot  on  the  first  Wednesday  in  November." 

The  committee  appointed  under  the  provisions  of  the  above  resolu- 
tion beg  leave  to  submit  the  following  report  : 

It  will  be  observed  that  the  resolution  under  wdiich  this  Committee 
was  appointed  specifies  that  the  form  of  memorial  reported  by  the 
Committee  shall  be  submitted  to  the  Society  for  letter  ballot.  This 
would  seem  to  imply  that  the  Society  as  a  body  shall  be  asked  to  accept 
the  memorial,  and  present  the  same  to  Congress. 

Your-  Committee,  after  maturely  considering  the  subject,  have 
thought  it  advisable  to  suggest  that  it  may  be  inexpedient  for  the  Society 
to  place  itself  in  the  position  of  advocating  before  Congress  the  claims 
of  a  certain  class  of  its  membership,  in  seeming  conflict  with  any  other 
class  whose  interest  may  be  in  a  different  direction. 

Your  Committee  have  not  lost  sight  of  the  fact  that  a  large  majority 
of  the  members  of  the  Society  are  engineers  practicing  in  civil^  life. 
Nevertheless,  it  must  be  borne  in  mind  that  some  of  our  most  prominent 
colleagues  are,  or  have  been,  military  engineers  in  the  sense  referred  to 
in  the  memorial,  and  it  may  very  well  be  questioned  whether  the 
Society,  as  a  body,  should  commit  itself  to  a  line  of  action  which  might 
be  construed  as  in  the  least  inimical  to  the  professional  interests  of  any 
of  its  members. 

The  objects  for  which  the  Society  was  instituted  are  clearly  defined 
in  Articles  II  and  III  of  the  Constitution,  which  read  : 


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"Art.  ir.  Its  object  sliall  be  :  Tbe  pvofessional  improvement  of  its 
members,  the  encouragement  of  social  intercourse  among  men  of  prac- 
tical science,  the  advancement  of  engineering  in  its  several  branches, 
and  the  establishment  of  a  central  point  of  reference  and  union  for  its 
members. 

"Abt.  in.  Among  the  means  to  be  employed  for  attaining  these 
ends  shall  be  periodical  meetings  for  the  reading  of  professional  papers, 
and  the  discussion  of  scientific  subjects  ;  the  foundation  of  a  library  ; 
the  collection  of  maps,  drawings  and  models  ;  and  the  publication  of 
such  parts  of  the  proceedings  as  may  be  deemed  expedient." 

From  all  of  which  it  would  appear  that,  while  the  professional  im- 
provement of  its  members  is  to  be  considered  as  a  prime  motive,  there 
should  never  be  the  least  appearance  of  an  attempt  at  discrimination  in 
favor  of  a  particular  class  of  membership  to  the  detriment  of  others. 

Your  Committee  have  acted  upon  this  view  in  preparing  the  memo- 
rial. 

It  is  intended  to  be  an  expression  of  opinion  of  such  civil  engineers 
as  may  sign  and  present  it  to  Congress  in  furtherance  of  their  own 
interests,  and  the  Society  may  with  propriety  decline  to  consider  the 
subject  further. 

The  Committee  respectfully  request  that  they  be  discharged. 

Chakles  Macdonald, 
J.  J.  B.  Oboes, 
T.  C.  Clakke. 

[Form  of  Memorial.] 
To  tlie  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States  : 

Your  petitioners,  citizens  of  the  United  States,  and  civil  engineers  by 
profession,  beg  leave  to  call  your  attention  to  the  fact,  that  the  civil 
engineering  works  now  carried  on  by  the  General  Government,  such  as 
the  improvement  of  harbors  and  rivers,  explorations  and  surveys  for  the 
extension  of  agriculture  and  commerce,  etc.,  although  they  employ  in 
positions  of  responsibility  and  trust  a  large  number  of  civilians,  are 
superintended,  with  one  or  two  exceptions,  exclusively  by  officers  of 
the  Corjjs  of   Engineers  of  the  Army. 

The  number  of  such  ^vorks  is  greater  than  the  number  of  experienced 
officers  who  can  be  detailed  to  take  charge  of  them,  in  addition  to  their 
other  duties  in  the  construction  and  maintenance  of  our  national 
defenses. 

Consequently,  most  of  these  works  are  practically  in  the  hands  of 
civilians,  although  occupying  subordinate  positions,  and  many  of  the 
most  experienced  civil  engineers  in  the  country,  who  are  well  fitted  by 
skill  and  education  to  take  principal  charge,  are  unwilling  to  accept  such 
positions,  where  neither  adequate  emolument  nor  reputation  can  be 
h  )ped  for. 


Your  petitioners  therefore  pray  that  sucli  legislation  may  be  had  as 
shall  admit  of  the  direct  employment  of  civil  engineers  iipdn  Govern- 
ment works  in  such  positions  as  they  may  he  competent  to  occupy,  and 
shall  put  the  civil  and  military  engineers  of  the  United  States  upon  a 
common  footing  in  regard  to  the  execution  of  national  public  works  not 
of  a  military  charac<-er. 

On  motion,  the  report  of  the  Committee  was  accepted  and  the  Com- 
mittee discharged. 

The  Convention  then  took  a  recess. 

VISIT  TO  OTTAWA. 

June  16.— In  the  morning  the  members  of  the  Convention  embarked 
on  a  special  train  of  the  Q.,  M.,  O.  &  O.  R.E.,  placed  at  their  service  by 
the  Local  Government  of  the  Province  of  Quebec,  and  proceeded  to 
Ottawa,  the  Capital  of  the  Dominion,  distant  115  miles  from  Montreal. 
At  Ottawa  they  were  received  at  the  railway  station  by  Sir  Leonard 
Tilley,  Finance  Minister  of  the  Dominion,  the  Hon.  Mr.  Caron,  Min- 
ister of  Militia,  and  by  a  local  Reception  Committee,  whose  names  are 
given  hereinafter.  The  party  having  visited  the  Chaudiere  Falls,  and 
inspected  the  extensive  saw  mills  situated  there,  made  the  descent  of  the 
timber  slides  upon  cribs  of  squared  timber  which  had  been  prepared 
for  this  purpose,  and  then  drove  to  the  Union  House,  where  they 
were  entertained  with  a  collation.  The  following  letters  were  received 
by  the  Secretary  of  the  Committee. 

From  Sir  H.  L.  Langevin,  Minister  of  Public  Works  for  the  Domin- 
ion of  Canada : 

W.  B.  Smellie, 

C.  E.,  Otlaiva: 
Mx  Dear  Mk.  Smellte,— I  would  have  been  very  happy  to  avail  my- 
self of  the  kind  invitation  from  the  Reception  Committee,  thereby  show- 
ing my  appreciation  of  the  visit  to  Ottawa  of  the  body  of  American 
engineers  ;  but,  unfortunately,  I  had  previously  made  an  engagement 
which  it  is  impossible  for  me  to  cancel.  I  am  convinced  that  these  gen- 
tlemen will  receive  at  your  hands  every  attention  to  which  they  are 
entitled  and  so  honorably  deserve,  and  that  they  will  carry  back  with 
them  a  good  and  memorable  souvenir  in  favor  of  our  Canadian  Capital. 
Yours  very  truly. 

Hector  L.  Langevin. 

From  the  Hon.  D.  L.  Macpherson,  Speaker  of  the  Dominion  Senate: 
Mr.  ]Macpherson  regrets  that  a  previous  engagement  will  prevent  his 

having  the  pleasure  of  assisthig  at  the  reception  of  the  American  Society 

of  Civil  Engineers  this  afternoon. 
Ottawa,  16th  June,  1881. 


From  the  Hou.  J.  A.  Mousseau,  President  of  the  Council  of  the 
Domiuiou: 

Ottawa,  June  16th,  1881. 
W.  B.  Smellie,  Esq., 

Engineer,  0/tawn  : 
Mv  Deak  Sir,— It  is  only  this  morning  that  I  had  the  honor  to 
receive  your  invitation  to  attend  the  reception  of  the  American  Associa- 
tion of  Civil  Engineers,  at  1  o'clock  p.  m.  to-day.  I  am  sorry  previous 
engagements  make  it  impossible  for  me  to  shake  hands  with  the  Ameri- 
can and  Canadian  Engineers,  who  in  this  time  of  railways  and  canals, 
are  the  true  pioneers  of  civilization,  because  they  foster  progress,'  pros- 
perity, and  international  intercourse  amongst  the  various  nations  in  the 
world. 

Most  truly  yours, 

J.  A.  Mousseau. 

Mr.  C.  H.  Mackintosh,  Mayor  of  Ottawa,  presided  at  the  collation. 
The  first  toast  proposed  and  honored  was  that  of  "The  Queen."  The 
next  toast  was  that  of  "  The  President  of  the  United  States." 

The  Hon.  J.  Q.  Smith,  Consul-General  of  the  United  States  in  Can- 
ada, in  response,  said  :  "Mr.  Mayor,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen— A  few 
minutes  before  we  came  into  this  room  it  was  intimated  to  me  that  there 
would  be  a  toast  to  the  President  of  the  United  States  to  which  I  would 
be  expected  to  respond.  I  expressed  the  opinion  to  the  gentleman  who 
conveyed  that  intimation,  that  it  was  an  improper  time  to  make  speeches, 
and  he  replied,  "  The  shorter  the  better."  I  shall,  therefore,  say  just  as 
few  words  as  I  consistently  can  in  grateful  acknowledgment  of  the 
toast  to  the  President  of  the  United  States.  I  apprehend  there  is  a  sort 
of  double  duty  about  it.  In  the  first  place,  I  have  to  thank  the  people 
of  Canada,  and  particularly  the  people  of  Ottawa,  on  behalf  of  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States,  for  receiving  the  American  Society  of  Civil 
Engineers  so  kindly  ;  and  in  the  second  place,  as  a  temporary  resident 
of  Canada,  I  have  to  congratulate  the  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  upon 
the  heartiness  of  their  reception  in  Canada.  When  I  first  came  to  Can- 
ada I  was  asked  almost  every  other  day  what  the  people  of  the  United 
States  thought  of  Canada.  Well,  I  think  Canadians  are  finding  out 
pretty  well  what  the  people  of  the  United  States  think  of  them  by 
these  frequent  visits  of  distinguished  societies  from  the  United  States 
to  Canada.  I  am  very  sure,  gentlemen,  that  the  people  of  the  United 
States  who  visit  Canada  will  carry  back  with  them  a  very  vivid  im- 
pression of  the  kindness  and  hospitality  of  the  people  of  Canada.  I 
thank  you  for  the  compliment  you  have  paid  the  President  of  the 
United  States. 

The  toast  to  the  Governor-General  and  the  Princess  Louise  having 
been  honored, 


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The  Matok.— I  have  reason  to  regret  that  some  more  eloquent 
tongue,  some  more  intellestual  mind  was  not  chosen  on  this  occasion  to 
propose  the  important  toast  that  I  am  about  to  propose.  I  feel  myself 
inadequate  to  the  occasion,  and  for  this  reason  I  asked  Mr.  Bogart  to 
announce  to  you  that  we  were  in  a  great  hurry.  The  tokens  of  honor, 
ladies  and  gentlemen,  the  resjject  with  which  your  profession  has  been 
received  are  proof  positive  that  we  are  on  the  march  of  civilization,  that 
we  are  making  progress.  Men  are  coming  to  recognize  all  professions  as 
honorable  in  proportion  as  they  depend  ujDon  the  exercise  of  high  human 
intelligence.  We  know  what  you  have  accomplished  on  the  other  side 
of  the  border,  and  you  know  what  we  are  accomplishing  in  our  younger 
and  less  developed  country.  I  can  assure  you,  gentlemen,  that  Canadians 
are  proud  of  our  civil  engineers  who  are  among  us,  and  who  are  your 
hosts  to-day.  We  are  proud  of  Mr.  Fleming,  who,  on  the  Canadian 
Pacific,  and  on  the  Intercolonial,  has  proved  himself  a  competent  and 
able  engineer.  We  have  here,  ladies  and  gentlemen,  Mr.  Keefer,  whose 
name,  like  Mr.  Francis'  name  in  the  United  States,  is  a  household  word 
in  Canada.  We  have  here  Mr.  Walter  Shanley,  and  you  who  know  what 
the  Hoosac  Tunnel  is  can  form  some  idea  of  Mr.  Shanley's  engineering 
capacities.  We  know  you  to  be  an  able  class  of  engineers.  We  know 
you  as  hydraulic  engineers,  we  know  you  as  mechanical  engineers,  and 
as  civil  engineers,  but  it  has  remained  for  you  to  learn  to-day  that  we 
have  a  class  of  engineers  that  I  don't  think  you  can  surpass,  and  that  is 
our  "  Crib  Engineers."*  Latlies  and  gentlemen,  I  have  always  heard 
that  the  associations  from  the  other  side  of  the  line,  when  they  come  to 
Canada,  always  behave  very  well,  and  I  have  always  observed  that  when 
they  get  that  credit  they  always  have  their  wives  and  sisters  with  them. 
The  present  occasion  abundantly  bears  out  the  rule,  and  I  congratulate 
you  ui^on  it.  I  can  only  hope  that  this  visit  to  the  Capital  of  Canada 
will  be  iJroductive  of  a  continuance  of  that  harmony  that  already  exists 
between  the  two  nations.  I  can  only  hope  that  we  may  all  be  able  to 
sing  "Yankee  Doodle" — though  my  friend.  President  Francis,  says  he 
does  not  like  it  as  well  as  the  "  Old  Suwanee  River"  song — in  the  words 
of  somebody  whom  I  once  heard  sing  it  : 

"  Now  let  us  strive  these  bonds  to  knit, 
And  in  the  work  he  handy, 
That  we  may  blend  '  God  save  the  Queen ' 
With  '  Yankee  Doodle  Dandy.'  " 

Now,  gentlemen,  I  only  hope  those  days  will  come,  and  that  harmony, 
peace  and  good-will  will  always  exist  between  the  two  nations.  We  are 
all  jointly  interested  in  solving  the  problem  of  national  progress  on  this 
side  of  the  Atlantic,  and  I  believe  that  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic  now 


*  Referring  to  the  ciibs  of  square  timber  which  had  been  floated  down  the  slides  at  the 
Chaudiere  Mills. 


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exists  the  greatest  confederation  of  freemen  that  ever  existed  under 
tlie  sun.  I,  therefore,  hidies  and  gentlemen,  without  any  further  com- 
ment, beg  to  propose  the  toast  of  "The  President  and  members  of  the 
American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,"  coupled  with  this  I  will  call 
upon  General  Ellis  and  Mr.  Bogart  to  respond. 

Geneeal  T.  G.  Ellis. — Since  you  have  called  upon  me  to  respond 
for  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  I  will  say  that  when  Mon- 
treal was  proposed  last  year  as  the  place  of  meeting  for  our  Convention, 
it  was  with  a  great  deal  of  doubt  that  I  acquiesced  in  going  to  a  foreign 
country.     I  was  a  little  afraid  that  the  invasion  of  a  Society  like  this  into 
a  foreign  country  might  be  regarded  in  a  little  diflerent  light  from  what 
we  intended.     But  when  we  arrived  at  Montreal  and  met  with  such  a 
kind  reception,  when  we  were  carried  around  the  mountain  to  see  that 
delightful  view,  and  were  received  so  hospitably  by  all  whom  Ave  met, 
my  doubts  entirely  vanished.     I  began  to  feel  that  we  were  all  Ameri- 
cans ;    that  the  people  of  the  United  States  and  the  people  of  Canada 
were  in  sympathy  with  each  other  ;    that  though  they  might  be  under 
different  governments  they  were  really  all  Americans.     We  are  all  on  the 
same  side  of  the  water,  and  we  assimilate  and  associate  together  as  one 
people.     And  when  I  came  up  here  to  Ottawa  and  saw  the  beautiful 
scenery  along  the  railroad,  and  observed  the  extensive  lumber  manufac- 
ture, I  thought  then  also  that  we  were  all  Americans.     I  see  here  the 
same  spirit  of  enterprise  and  development  that  I   see  in    the  United 
States.      And  when  I  visited   the    Chaudiere   Mills   and  witnessed    that 
hydraulic  experiment  in  rafting  lumber  down  the  slides,  I  thought  that 
in  some  respects,  at  least,  the  engineers  of  Canada  were  greatly  in  ad- 
vance of  the  engineers  of  the  United  States.     Previous  to  seeing  that  ex- 
periment I  do  not  think  there  was  an  engineer  in  our  Society  who  would 
have  volunteered  to  carry  those  rafts  safely  down  those  rapids,  but  I  think 
now  we  could  all  do  it.     We  have  learned  something.     And,  gentlemen, 
let  me  sfiy  in  conclusion  that   whenever  any  engineer  or  any  resident  of 
Canada,  any  person  bearing  the  devices  that  we  see  around  this  hall,  any 
person  who  calls  himself  a  Canadian,  shall  come  to  the  United  States, 
we  shall  receive  him  with  as  warm  hearts   and  as  open  arms  as  you  have 
received  us  here  to-day. 

Me.  J.  BoGAET  then  made  a  few  remarks. 

The  Mayoe. —Prior  to  leaving  for  Parliament  Hill  the  corporation 
of  Ottawa  desires  to  present  to  your  diffident  President  and  the  diffident 
members  of  your  Association  a  short  address,  which  I  will  now  read  : 

Mayor's  Office,  ) 

Ottawa,  June  16,  1881.  J 

To  the  President  mid  Members  of  the  Americaii  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  : 

Gentlemen,— On  behalf  of  the  corporation  we  welcome  you  to  the 
Capital  of  the  Dominion,  and   only  regret  that  the  pressure  of  your  en- 


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gagements  precludes  the  possibility  oi  a  more  tangible  manifestation  of 
regard  and  appreciation. 

The  splendid  engineering  triumphs  achieved  by  you  and  those  you 
represent  throughout  the  United  States  ;  the  record  of  active,  indomita- 
ble zeal  and  intellectual  exertion,  productive  of  such  wonderful  progress 
is  stamped  upon  every  page  of  your  country's  history,  whilst  the  practi- 
cal results  will  ever  remain  as  monuments  commemorative  of  the  intelli- 
gence and  civilization  which  mark  the  nineteenth  century. 

Be  assured  that  we  are  not  unmindful  of  what  Canada  owes  to  those 
who  have  set  so  noble  an  example  in  the  field  of  scientific  research,  and 
we  shall  ever  retain  a  kindly  and  generous  sentiment  towards  the  distin- 
guished visitors  present  in  Ottawa  to-day. 

Signed  in  behalf  of  the  corporation. 

C.  H.  Mackintosh, 

Mayor. 

W.  P.  Lett, 

City  Cleric. 

The  Mayor,  after  reading  the  address,  presented  it  to  Mr.  Feancis, 
President  of  the  Society,  who  said  ; 

On  behalf  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  I  beg  to  present 
to  you  their  hearty  thanks  for  your  hospitable  reception.  We  hope  to 
see  any  or  all  of  you  in  the  United  ^tates. 

The  company  then  proceeded  to  inspect  the  Parliament  buildings 
and  the  city  water  works,  after  which  they  re-embarked  for  Montreal 
where  they  arrived  shortly  after  10  o'clock.  ^ 

Friday,  June  17th. — The  Convention  resumed  business  at  10:30  a.  m. 

The  Chairman  suggested  the  propriety  of  appointing  a  committee  to 
draft  an  address  in  reply  to  the  address  presented  to  the  Society  at 
Ottawa  yesterday,  and  which  bore  the  official  seal  of  the  corporation  of 
Ottawa,  and  also  an  address  in  reply  to  that  presented  by  the  Mayor  in 
behalf  of  the  corporation  of  Montreal. 

On  motion,  the  Chairman  was  requested  to  appoint  a  committee  for 
that  purpose. 

The  Secretary  read  a  telegram  from  Atlanta,  Georgia,  inviting  the 
Society  to  take  part  in  the  Exposition  to  be  held  there  during  the  three 
last  months  of  the  jDresent  year. 

On  motion,  the  Secretary  was  instructed  to  acknowledge  the  receipt 
of  the  telegram  and  to  present  the  thanks  of  the  Society  therefor. 

A  paper  by  Ashbel  Welch,  Vice-President  of  the  Society,  subject 
"Comparative  Economy  of  Light  and  Heavy  Ptails,"  was  then  read  by 
the  author. 

A  recess  was  then  taken  during  the  business  meeting  (see  page  G2). 

At  the  close  of  the  business  meeting  the  session  of  the  Convention 


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vrxs  resumed,  and  the  following  Nominating  Committee  was  appointed 
in  accordance  with  section  24  of  the  by-laws: 

Wm.  E.  Worthen,  of  Xew  Nork ;  John  Kennedy,  of  Montreal,  Cana- 
da ;  John  MacLeod,  of  Louisville,  Ky. ;  A.  F.  Wrotnowski,  of  New 
Orleans,  La. ;  M.  Lane,  of  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

A  recess  was  then  taken. 

In  the  afternoon  an  excursion  was  taken  upon  the  river  in  a  steamer 
provided  by  the  Harbor  Commissioners.  After  a  sail  along  the  city 
front,  the  lower  lock  of  the  L^chine  Canal  was  visited  and  the  operation 
witnessed  of  putting  into  position  one  of  the  new  lock  gates  of  the  en- 
larged canal.  The  steamer  then  passed  through  the  canal  to  the  Wel- 
lington basin. 

A  special  train  upon  the  Grand  Trunk  Eailway  was  then  taken,  and 
the  Victoria  Bridge  visited  and  examined  Afterward  the  train  took  the 
party  to  the  extensive  shops  of  the  Grand  Trunk  Eailway.  All  tlie 
mechanical  deiiartments  were  inspected  under  the  escort  of  the  officers 
in  charge,  and  at  the  close  of  the  inspection  the  library  and  reading 
room  for  the  employees  Avere  visited.  Here  a  handsome  collation  was 
jjrovided,  and  addresses  were  made  by  members  of  the  Society  and  by 
officers  of  the  railway.  Music  was  given  by  a  band  formed  of  employees 
of  the  railway. 

The  same  train  then  took  the  party  to  the  pumping  station  of  the 
city  water  works  which  were  examined  in  comiiany  with  the  engineers 
in  charge  of  the  water  service. 

In  the  evening  a  r3cej)tion  was  given  at  the  AYind^^or  Hotel. 

Saturday,  June  18th. — The  Convention  reassembled  at  10:40  a.  m. 

The  Secretary  made  announcements. 

The  following  resolution  offered  by  J.  J.  K.  Croes  was  adopted: — 
That  the  thanks  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  in  Annual 
Convention  assembled,  be  returned  to  the  several  corporations,  com- 
mittees and  individuals  who  have,  by  their  kind  feelings,  courtesies  and 
liberality,  shown  their  interest  in  the  Society  and  contributed  so  largely 
to  the  enjoyment  of  its  members  on  this  occasion,  and  that  the  Secretary 
be  directed  to  communicate  to  each  of  the  same  a  copy  of  this 
resolution. 

A  pai^er  by  Messrs.  T.  C.  Clarke,  John  Griffin,  A.  Bonzano  and  David 
Keeves  (Clarke,  Reeves  <fc  Co.),  subject,  "  Exijeriments  upon  Full  Size 
Phceuix  Columns,"  was  read  by  the  Secretary,  and  discussed  by  A. 
Coffin. 

A  paj^er  by  Eobert  H.  Thurston,  subject,  "On  the  Strength  and 
Ductility  of  the  Cojjper -Tin-Zinc  Alloys,"  was,  in  the  absence  of  the 
author,  read  by  the  Secretary. 

A  paper  on  Systems  of  Sewerage,  by  E.  Hering,  was  read  by  the 
author. 

The  Secbetaet— I  have  here  several  answers  to  a  set  of  questions  on 


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this  subject  which  a  member  of  the  Society,  Mf.  J.  J.  E.  Croes,  pre- 
pared some  time  ago,  and  sent  out  to  some  of  the  members. 

Tlie  Secretary  then  read  answers  to  these  questions  and  discussion 
on  the  subject  which  had  been  received  from  Messrs.  W.  R.  Hutton,  C. 
E.  Fowler,  Eliot  C.  Clarke,  J.  F.  Flagg,  and  Louis  H.  Kuapp. 

The  subject  was  also  discussed  by  Messrs.  C.  E .  Fowler,  A.  Mer- 
riwether,  J.  Bogart,  T.  G.  Ellis,  A.  P.  Boiler,  J.  J.  R.  Croes  and 
P.  A.  Peterson. 

A  paper  on  Weights  and  Measures,  by  C.  Latimer,  was  then  read  by 
the  author,  and  discussed  by  Messrs.  A.  Welch  and  F.  Brooks. 

Vice-President  Welch  announced,  for  the  President,  the  following 
committee  upon  the  subject  of  Tests  of  Iron  and  Steel  :  T.  Egleston,  A. 
P.  Boiler,  T.  C.  Clarke,  F.  Collingwood,  William  Metcalf. 

The  Chairman  announced  the  following  Committee  for  drafting  re- 
plies to  the  addresses  of  the  corporations  of  Montreal  and  Ottawa:  The 
President,  the  Vice-Presidents  and  Secretary  of  the  Society,  and  Messrs. 
Wm.  E.  Worthen  and  T.  G.  Ellis. 

The  Convention  then  adjourned. 


A  large  number  of  the  members  of  the  Society,  en  route  to  the  Con- 
vention at  Montreal,  met  at  Niagara  Falls  on  June  11th,  the  Saturday 
23receding  the  opening  session  of  the  Convention.  During  that  day  they 
fully  examined  the  re-enforcement  of  the  anchorage  and  the  new  sus- 
l^ended  structure  of  the  Niagara  Railway  Suspension  Bridge.  They 
were  accompanied  by  Mi-.  L.  L.  Buck,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E.,  who  was  the 
engineer  in  charge  of  that  work,  and  by  Mr.  W.  G.  Swan,  the  superin- 
tendent of  the  bridge. 

The  roadway  Sui^ension  Bridge  near  the  Falls,  was  also  visited,  and 
the  three  recently  built  suspension  bridges  on  the  Canada  side  connect- 
ing the  islands  above  the  Falls.  These  were  examined  under  the  escort 
of  Mr.  Benjamin  Rhodes,  the  engineer  in  charge  of  their  construction. 
The  new  constructions  of  the  water  power  company  were  also  inspected. 
A  visit  was  made  to  Lewiston,  and  to  the  wreck  of  the  old  Suspension 
Bridge  near  that  place. 

On  Monday  morning  the  party  proceeded  by  the  Great  Western 
Railway  to  Toronto.  At  that  city  they  were  met  by  W.  Gooderham, 
Jr. ,  Esq. ,  under  whose  escort  a  drive  was  taken  through  the  city,  visit- 
ing the  station  of  the  Toronto  &  Nipissing  Railway,  where  the  success- 
ful working  of  the  Haggas  Water  Elevator  for  Locomotives  was  practi- 
cally exhibited.  After  a  drive  through  the  park,  and  the  grounds  of  the 
university,  a  reception  was  given  to  the  members  of  the  Society  and  its 
guests  by  Col.  C.  S.  Gzowski,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E.  The  party  was  wel- 
comed by  Col.  Gzowski  and  family,  and  by  the  Lieutenant-Governor  of 
the  Province  of  Ontario.     Short  addresses  were  made  on  this  occasion. 


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The  journey  from  Toronto  to  Montreal  was  made  by  steamer  on  Lake 
Ontario,  passing  the  Thousand  Islands  and  the  Eapids  of  the  St.  Law- 
rence, and  arriving  at  Montreal  on  Tuesday  afternoon,  June  14th.  A 
delegation  of  the  local  committee  at  Montreal  met  the  steamer  early  on 
that  day  and  returned  with  the  party  so  as  to  assure  every  arrangement 
for  their  reception  at  that  city. 

The  jH-ogramme  of  the  Convention  was  printed  in  a  handsomely 
bound  pocket-size  form,  with  an  appropriately  illustrated  cover.  This 
printed  programme  was  as  follows  : 

AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF  CIVIL  ENGINEERS. 

Thirteenth  Annual  Convention -Montreal,  June  15,  16,  17  and  18, 
1881. 

The  headquarters  of  the  Society  during  the  Convention  will  be  at  the 
Windsor  Hotel.     The  Secretary's  office  will  be  in  Parlor  No.  4. 

The  meetings  of  the  Convention  will  be  held  in  the  William  Molsou 
Hall,  McGill  University. 

Members  of  the  Society  and  guests  of  the  Convention  will  please 
report  at  the  Secretary's  office,  in  the  hotel,  immediately  on  arrival. 

Special  Committees  for  each  day  are  designated  in  the  programme, 
and  will  be  known  by  a  tri-color  badge. 

The  Grand  Trunk  Railway,  and  the  Quebec,  Montreal;  Ottawa  & 
Occidental  Railway,  have  kindly  placed  special  trains  at  the  disposal 
of  the  Convention  for  the  excursions  indicated  in  the  programme. 

Wednesday,  June  15th.  —  Convention  will  be  called  to  order  at  9  30 
A.  M. ;  Hon.  J.  L.  Beaudry  (M.  L.  C),  Mayor  of  Montreal,  will  welcome 
the  Society  on  behalf  of  the  citizens  of  Montreal ;  the  Board  of  Trade 
and  Corn  Exchange  will  assist  in  the  reception  ;  Principal  Dawson 
(McGill  University),  C.  M.  G.,  will  deliver  an  address. 

Adjournment. — Lunch.  In  the  afternoon,  leaving  the  liotel  at  1.45 
o'clock,  an  excursion  in  carriages  will  be  made  to  the  Mountain  Park, 
and  Terrace  Bank,  the  residence  of  Mrs.  Redpath,  who  has  kindly  invited 
the  Society  to  a  garden  party,  from  4  to  G.30  p.  m.  At  8  p.  m.  the  regular 
meeting  will  be  held,  to  which  the  public  are  invited.  The  President  of 
the  Society,  James  B.  Francis,  Esq.,  will  deliver  the  Annual  Address. 

Special  Committee.— *C.  S.  Gzowski,  *G.  D.  Ansley,  Henry  T.  Bovey, 
I F.  R.  Redpath,  *R.  J.  Brough. 

!  Thursday,  June  16th.— Excursion  to  Ottawa.  Leave  the  Mile  End 
Station  of  the  Q.  M.  O.  &  O.  R.  R.  at  9.20  a.  m.,  arriving  at  Ottawa  at 
'1  P.M.;  visit  the  Chaudiere  Falls,  AVater  Works  and  Timber  Slides; 
opportunity  will  be  given  to  descend  the  latter  upon  cribs  ;  dinner  ; 
visit  the  Parliament  Buildings,  Rideau  Canal,  etc.,  returning  from 
Ottawa  at  6.30  p.  m.,  and  reaching  Montreal  at  10  p.  m. 

*  Are  Canadian  membars  of  the  Society. 


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Special  Committee.  — W.  Shanly,  *Samuel  Keefer,  *P.  A.  Peterson, 
*Sandf(>rd  Fleming,  *W.  G.  Thompson. 

Friday,  June  17th.  —  Session,  9-12.  In  the  afternoon,  leave  the  hotel 
at  1.30  and  drive  to  the  Island  "Wharf  for  an  excursion  upon  the  river 
in  a  steamer  which  has  been  kindly  placed  at  the  disi:)osal  of  the  Con- 
vention by  the  Harbor  Commiss'oners.  The  boat  will  return  at  2.30 
P.M.,  when  those  who  were  unable  to  be  present  for  the  first  trip  may 
be  taken  on  board  at  the  lower  lock  of  the  Lachine  Canal,  and  then  pass 
up  the  canal  to  the  Wellington  Bridge  Basin  ;  visit  the  Victoria  Bridge, 
Grand  Trunk  Work-shops  and  the  City  Water  Works  ;  return  to  Bona- 
ventiare  Station  at  6  o'clock. 

Special  Committee. — J.  Page,  *J.  Kennedy,  *E.  P.  Hanuaford,  H. 
Wallis,  L.  Lesage,  E.  H.  Parent. 

Society  reception  at  the  Windsor  at  7.30  p.  m. 

Saturday,  June  18th. — Session,   9-12. 

List  of  illustrations  :  page  2 — Boat  approaching  Rapids  ;  page  4 — 
Victoria  Bridge  ;  page  6 — Port  of  Montreal  (Summer)  ;  page  8— Port  of 
Montreal  (Winter)  ;  page  10 — Ice  Piaihvay  ;  page  12 — Lock,  Lachine 
Canal ;  page  14 — Parliament  Buildings,  Ottawa  ;  page  16— Timber  Slide, 
Ottawa  ;    page    18 — Canadian  Winter  and  Summer  Scenery. 

The  City  of  Montke.\Xi. 

On  the  second  of  October,  1535,  Jacq^ues  Cartier  landed  about  six 
miles  below  the  current  St.  Mary,  and  was  conducted  with  certain  cere- 
monies into  Hochelaga,  now  the  eastern  suburb  of  the  City  of  Montreal. 
After  having  ascended  the  mountain  which  forms  the  beautiful  back- 
ground to  the  present  city,  Cartier  gave  it  the  name  of  "  Mont  Royal  " 
in  honor  of  the  King  of  France,  and,  on  his  return  to  his  native  country, 
recommended  it  as  a  favorable  site  for  a  settlement. 

The  actual  foundation  of  Montreal  may  be  dated  from  the  17th  of 
May,  1642,  when  Maisonneuve  landed.  His  followers  forthwith  fell  on 
their  knees,  and  all  joiaed  their  voices  in  songs  of  thanksgiving  ;  an  altar 
was  erected,  mass  was  celebrated,  and  the  officiating  priest,  under  the 
shadow  of  Mount  Royal,  tlius  addressed  the  pioneers  of  the  present 
city:  "You  are  a  grain  of  mustard  seed  which  .shall  rise  and  grow  until 
its  branches  overshadow  the  land."  In  the  evening,  Maisonaeuve  and 
his  comjDauions  pitched  their  tents,  lighted  their  fires,  stationed  their 
guards,  and  lay  down  to  rest.     Such  was  the  birth-night  of  Montreal. 

Exactly  one  century  later,  the  site  selected  for  the  city  was  conse- 
crated with  due  solemnities,  commended  to  the  "  Queen  of  the  Angels," 
and  called  "Ville-Marie,"  a  name  which  it  retained  for  a  long  joeriod. 
In  1760,  it  was  taken  by  the  English.  In  1704,  the  first  newspaper  in 
Canada  was  ijublished  in  Montreal.  In  1809,  the  first  steam  vessel  made 
a  trip  from  Montreal  to  Quebec;  she  had  berths  for  20  jDassengers.  In 
1836,  the  first  railway  in  Canada  was  ojiened  from  St.  Lambert's,  oppo- 


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site  Montreal,  to  St.  Johns,  and  in  1847,  the  Montreal  &  Lachine  Rail- 
way, the  first  railway  on  the  north  side  of  the  St.  Lawrence,  was  put  in 
operation.  In  June,  1853,  the  Grand  Trunk  Railway  was  opened  to 
Portland.  In  1801,  the  first  water  works  were  erected  in  Montreal  by  a 
company.  The  Avater  was  sujiplied  by  gravitation  through  wooden 
pipes.  In  1819,  they  were  rejjlaced  by  4-inch  iron  pipes.  In  1832,  the 
works  passed  into  the  hands  of  another  company,  and  water  was  pumped 
from  the  river  in  front  of  the  city,  into  a  reservoir  on  Notre  Dame  street. 
In  1849,  a  new  reservoir  was  built  25  feet  higher  in  another  part  of  the  city, 
which  contained  208  000  cubic  feet  of  water.  Referring  to  this  reservoir, 
a  city  newspaper  remarks  at  the  time  :  "  The  great  altitude  of  this  im- 
mense cistern  will  enable  the  committee  to  supply  water  to  the  upper 
stories  of  almost  every  house  in  town."  In  1852,  the  plans  for  the  pres- 
ent mode  of  su^Dijly  by  water  power  were  submitted  and  adopted.  The 
works  have  been  enlarged  with  the  growth  of  the  city,  and  the  pumping 
caiaacity  is  now  24  million  imperial  gallons  per  24  hours— the  daily  con- 
sumption averages  10  millions,  or  74  gallons  per  head  ;  there  are  133 
miles  of  mains,  25  752  houses  supplied,  and  86(3  hydrants.  The  annual 
revenue  from  the  water  suioply  is  ^366  475. 

The  sewerage  has  a  total  length  of  83|  miles. 

The  area  of  Mount  Royal  Park  is  430  acres. 

The  population  of  Montreal  is  about  150  000,  occupying  an  area  of 
3  630  acres  within  the  corporate  limits.  Length  of  streets,  105  miles. 
Assessed  value  of  real  estate,  $66  160  613,  of  which  the  property  of  the 
Government,  churches  and  educational  establishments,  to  the  value  of 
^13  964  050,  is  exempt  from  taxation.  The  total  annual  revenue  of  the 
city  from  all  sources  is  $1  519  817.  The  rate  of  assessment  is  one  per 
cent,  on  real  estate,  and  for  business  taxes  seven  and  a  half  per  cent,  on 
rental  of  premises. 

ViCTOEiA  Bridge. 

First  stone.  No.  1  Pier,  laid  20th  July,  1854. 
First  passenger  train  passed  17th  December,  1859. 
Total  length  of  bridge,  9  184  feet  lineal. 
No.  of  spans,  25  ;  24  of  242  feet  ;  one  of  330;feet. 
Height  from  surface  of  water  to  underside  of  centre  tube,  60  feet. 
Height  from  bed  of  river  to  top  of  centre  tube,  108  feet. 
Greatest  depth  of  water,  22  feet. 
General  rapidity  of  current,  7  miles  an  hour. 
Cubic  feet  of  masonry,  3  000  000. 
Cubic  feet  of  timber  in  temporary  work,  2  250  000. 
Cubic  yards  of  clay  used  in  puddling  dams,  146  000. 
Tons  of  iron  in  tubes,  say  8  250. 
Number  of  rivets,  2  500  000. 

Acres  of  painting  on  tubes,  one  coat,  30  ;  or  for  the  four  coats,  120 
acres. 


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Force  emi^loyed  in  construction  during  summer  of  1858,  the  working 
season  extending  from  the  middle  of  May  to  the  middle  of  November  : 

Steamboats,  6  ;  horse  power,  450  ;  barges,  72 12  000  tons. 

Manned  by 500  sailors. 

In  stone  quarries 450  men. 

On  works,  artisans,  etc 2  090     " 

Total 3  010     " 

Horses,  142  ;  locomolives,  4. 

Total  cost ,$6  300  000 


,  Test  of  Tubes. 

A  train  of  platform  cars,  520  feet  in  length,  and  drawn  by  three 
engines,  extending  over  two  tubes,  was  loaded  almost  to  the  breaking 
limit  of  the  cars,  with  large  blocks  of  stones. 

When  the  train  covered  the  first  tube,  the  deflection  in  the  centre 
amounted  to  I  of  an  inch,  and  the  adjoining  one  to  which  it  was  coui^led, 
was  lifted  in  the  middle  §  of  an  inch.  The  load  then  being  placed  over 
both  tubes,  the  deflection  was  the  same  in  each,  or  i  of  an  inch  in  the 
middle,  and  on  being  entirely  removed,  both  sides  assumed  their  original 
level. 

The  large  centre  span,  entirely  disconnected  from  the  other  tubes,  on 
being  covered  with  the  load  throughoiit  its  entire  length,  deflected  in 
the  centre  1 J  inches,  and  came  back  to  its  previous  level  on  the  load  being 
removed. 


CANADIAN  WATERWAYS. 

The  Valley  of  the  St,  Lawkence. 

This  great  basin  covers  an  area  of  400  000  square  miles,  exclusive  of 
lakes  and  rivers,  which,  including  the  gulf,  have  an  area  of  130  000 
square  miles .  About  70  000  square  miles  belong  to  the  United 
States,  leaving  330  000  to  Canada,  280  000  of  which  is  upon  the  north 
side  of  the  St.  Lawrence,  embracing  not  only  some  of  the  finest  agricul- 
tural and  timbered  lands,  but  also  the  great  northern  hill  region,  or 
Laureutian  system,  the  oldest  known  rock  formation  of  the  globe,  rich 
in  iron,  copper,  lead,  gold,  silver,  jjhosphates,  j)lumbago,  mica,  barytes, 
asbestos,  etc. 

The  great  lakes,  the  largest  and  purest  body  of  fresh  water  in  the 
world,  have  an  area  of  90  000  square  miles,  with  dimensions,  depths, 
and  elevations  above  tide,  as  follows  : 


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Length. 

Breadth. 

Depth. 

Elevation 
above  Sea. 

Area  in 
Sq.  Miles. 

Superior 

Miles. 
460 
330 
260 

250 
ISO 

Miles. 

170* 
90 

110 
CO 
60 

Feet. 
800 

700 
700 
200 
600 

Feet. 

600 
676 
574 
565 
235 

31  500 

Michisi'an 

22  000 

Huron 

21  000 

Erie 

9  000 

Ontario 

6  400 

The  calculated  discharge  from  the  upper  lakes  by  the  Niagara  river 
is  over  twenty  millions  of  cubic  feet  per  minute,  and  as  this  does  not 
rejjresent  more  than  half  the  rain-fall  upon  the  drainage  area  of  their 
basins,  it  is  assumed  that  the  evaporation  is  equivalent  to  the  volume 
discharged  by  the  outlets  to  the  sea. 

The  Lakes  of  the  Pkaieie  Region. 

The  lake  system  of  the  prairie  region  is  low  in  altitude,  covers  an 
area  of  13  000  square  miles,  and  is  as  follows  : 

Winnipeg    area  8  500  square  miles above  sea  650  feet. 

Manitoba "      1900  "  "         670    " 

Winnepegosis "  .   1  936  "  "         692    " 

Cedar  Lake "         312  "  "         688    " 

Dauphin  Lake "        170  "  "         7u0    " 

The  RrvEK  System. 

The  four  principal  rivers  on  the  eastern,  northern  and  western  water- 
sheds of  Canada  are  : 


St.  Lawrence,  length,  1  500  miles,  .drainage  area,  330  000  square  miles. 
Saskatchewan!     ,.         j  .^„^     ,<      _  _       .,  ..       ^^_^^^^^ 

and  JNelson,  ) 
Mackenzie,  "         1  200     "     . .        "  "       440  000 

Fraser,  "  450     "     ..        "  "         30  000 

The  Ottawa,  a  branch  of  the  St.  Lawrence,  is  nearly  600  miles  in 
length. 

Canals  of  Canada. 

The  canals  of  Canada  are  more  remarkable  for  their  breadth  than  for 
their  length.  The  total  length  of  canal  and  river  improvement  embraces 
about  250  miles  upon  the  St.  Lawrence,  Ottawa,  Rideau,  and  Richelieu 
Rivers,  exclusive  of  the  ship  channel  improvement  below  Montreal.  The 
existing  St.  Lawrence  canals  have  a  bottom  width  of  80  to  100  feet, 
surface  width  120  to  150  feet,  with  10  feet  depth  of  water,  the  locks  being 
200  feet  long  by  45  to  50  feet  wide  in  chamber.     The  locks  of  the  Wei- 


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land  Canal  are  150  feet  in  length  by  26  feet  in  width  of  chamber,  depth 
of  water,  10  feet.  Both  these  works  are  now  in  covirse  of  enlargement 
upon  a  uniform  scale  of  locks  270  feet  long  by  45  feet  wide,  in  the  cham 
ber,  with  a  depth  for  vessels  drawing  14  feet.  The  Welland  will  be 
Oldened  with  enlarged  locks,  but  only  12  feet  draught  of  water,  nexl 
month. 

From  the  Atlantic  entrance  of  the  Straits  of  Belle  Isle  via  the  River 
St.  Lawrence  and  lakes,  to  Fond  du  Lac  (head  of  Lake  Superior),  the 
distance  is  2  384  miles.  On  this  route  there  are  the  Lachiue,  Beau- 
harnois,  Cornwall,  Farron's  Point,  Eapide  Plat,  Galops  and  Welland 
Canal,  the  aggregate  length  of  which  is  70i  miles,  and  the  total  lockage 
536^  feet  through  54  locks  up  to  Lake  Erie  ;  also  the  Sault  Ste.  Marie 
Canal,  1  ^  miles  in  length,  wdth  18  feet  lockage,  imiting  Lake  Huron 
and  Lake  Superior. 

The  progress  of  imi^rovements  on  the  St.  Lawrence  is  shown  as 
follows  :  For  the 

Lachine  Canal. 

Boat  Canal. — Formed  last  century  via  River  St.  Pierre  to  Montreal. 
Depth  of  water,  2  J  feet. 

Barge  Canal.  —Commenced  in  1821,  and  completed  in  1825.  Cost> 
$438  404.  Length,  8i  miles;  lockage,  44^  feet;  bottom  width,  28  feet, 
at  water  surface,  48  feet ;  7  locks,  100  feet  long,  20  feet  wide,  with  4^ 
feet  depth  of  water  on  sills. 

Ship  Cano/.— Commenced  in  1843,  and  completed  in  1849.  Cost, 
$2  149  128.  Length,  8^  miles  ;  lockage,  44^  feet ;  bottom  width,  80  feet, 
at  water  surface,  120  feet ;  5  locks,  200  feet  long,  45  feet  wide,  with  » 
feet  of  water  on  sills. 

Enlarged  Ship  Canal. 

Commenced  in  1875.  Probable  cost,  .!?6  500000.  Length,  8i  miles  ; 
lockage,  45  feet.  Summit  level,  Lachine  to  Cote  St.  Paul,  5  J  miles  long, 
mean  Avidth,  150  feet.  Reaches,  downward  to  Montreal,  3  miles  ;  mean 
width,  200  feet ;  intended  deptb,  15  feet ;  5  locks,  each  270  feet  long,  45 
feet  wide  in  the  chamber — three  of  which  have  14.  feet  depth  of  water  on 
the  sills,  and  two  at  the  lower  entrance,  together  with  adjoining  basins 
between  Grand  Trunk  Railway  at  Point  St.  Charles  and  Harbor  of 
Montreal,  are  adapted  to  vessels  of  18  feet  draught. 

Five  swing  bridges  on  piers  of  cut  stone,  having  an  opening  46  feet 
wide  on  each  side  of  centre  for  jjassage  of  vessels,  and  a  waterway,  32 
feet  wide,  on  both  sides  of  canal. 

Lock  walls  throughout,  also  the  basin  and  dock  walls  for  one  mile 
above  lower  terminus,  are  of  cut  stone  laid  in  hydraulic  cement  mortar. 
Thence  upwards  for  half-a-mile  the  dock  walls  are  of  random  coursed 
masonry  laid  in  cement  mortar.  Between  the  third  and  fourth  locks,  a 
distance  of  1^  miles,  the  side  walls  are  of  random  coursed  stone  laid  at 


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right  angles  to  a  face  inclination  of  two-thirds  to  one  ;  summit  level,  for 
Ai  miles,  faced  on  both  sides  with  masonry. 

Entrance  to  Lake  St.  Louis  formed  of  crib-work,  on  which  is  to  be 
built  a  superstructure  of  masonry . 

Dimensions  of  enlarged  canals  on  St.  Lawrence  to  be  uniform  from 
Montreal  to  Lake  Erie. 

Total  cost  of  Canadian  canals,  when  completed,  will  be  about 
855  000  000,  of  which  about  §33  000  000  is  the  cost  of  enlargement  of 
St.  Lawrence,  Welland,  and  Ottawa  Canals,  !?22  000  000  having  been 
expended  on  canals  previous  to  Confederation  in  1867. 

Dkedging  Ship  Channel  below  Montreal. 

After  an  abortive  attemjDt  by  the  Government  to  cut  a  new  channel 
through  the  flats  of  Lake  St.  Peter,  between  the  years  1844-1847,  the 
work  was  undertaken  in  1851  by  the  Harbor  Commissioners  of  Montreal, 
Hon.  John  Young,  Chairman,  in  the  natural  channel .  In  1866,  the  depth 
of  20  feet  was  obtained  where  before  was  only  11  feet  at  low  water.  In 
187.5,  dredging  was  resumed  for  di'aught  of  25  feet  depth  at  low  watei% 
which  result  will  be  attained  next  year.  The  present  depth  is  for  22 
feet  draught  of  water. 

The  points  of  dredging  extend  over  about  one  hundred  miles  of  river, 
commencing  50  miles  above  Quebec,  and  form,  in  their  aggregate  length, 
over  30  miles  of  deepened  channel,  of  which  more  than  one-half  is  at 
one  point — in  Lake  St.  Peter.  The  dredging  embraces  all  varieties  from 
the  silt  of  Lake  St.  Peter,  through  boulders  and  hard-pan  up  to  shale  rock 
at  Cap  La  Roche.  About  6^  millions  cubic  yards  have  been  dredged  since 
1874  out  of  the  estimated  8  000  000  yards  to  be  removed  for  the  25  feet 
channel.  Last  year  806  000  yards  were  removed  from  Lake  St.  Peter  at 
a  cost  of  §31  600,  or  an  average  of  S-iW  cents  per  cubic  yard — covering 
all  charges  except  interest  and  depreciation.  The  minimum  breadth  of 
channel  is  300  feet,  in  which  there  is  now  at  low  water  a  greater  depth 
below  the  original  bottom  than  above  the  same  level;  in  other  Avords, 
when  completed,  Hths  of  the  depth  of  channel  through  Lake  St. 
Peter  will  be  artificial. 

The  effect  of  this  work  on  the  Port  of  Montreal  is  shown  by  the 
following  figures  : 


Yeaks. 

Sea- going 
Vessels 
in  Port. 

™„,  ,              Value  of 
lotal      :    Merchandise 
Tonnage,  i       Exported. 

Value  of 

Merchandise 

Imported. 

Customs 

Duties 

Collected. 

1850 

211 

710 

1 
46  156  4$1  744772  00 
628  271      8U  224  904  ('0 

17  714  780  00 
37  103  869  00 

|;l  00!)  256  80 

1880 

5  232  783  00 

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The  number  of  vessels  in  1880  included  354  steamship?,  their  aggre- 
tonnage  being  ten  times  greater  than  that  of  all  the  vessels  in  1850. 


1850. 

1880. 

Receipts. 

Shipments. 

Keceipts. 

Shipments. 

AVheat,  bushels 

845  277 
51  965 

71  359 

9  637  124 

7  772  549 

2  617  656 

1  191  531 

3&7  176 

443  528 

735  596 

9  084  266 

Indian  Corn,  bushels 

7  622 161 

Peas,                    "      

21  256    .       98  006 

3  677    •          1061 

512    ;            350 

3  081  674 

Oats,                     "      

1  853  829 

Barley,                 ■'       

Rye,                     "      

293  023 
452  847 

Fluur,  barrels 

483  603         182  988 

739  007 

There  are  no  figures  at  hand  to  show  the  shipments  (if  any)  of  butter 
and  cheese  from  Montreal  in  1850.  Some  idea  may  be  formed  of  the 
increase  in  the  trade  in  these  articles  by  comiDaring  the  following  figures 
relaliug  to  the  years  1870  and  1880  : 


SJdpmenis  in  1870. 

Butter..7  7G3  976  lbs..va]ue$l  507  591 
Cheese.  5  633  883  ". .     "  801170 


Butter. 
Cheese. 


Shipments  in  1880. 


,13  983  840  lbs. 

.34  770  180  "  . 


.value  12  882  360 
.      "       3  995  220 


Canadian  Eailwai's. 

There  are  over  7  000  miles  of  track  laid,  and  another  thousand  under 
construction,  besides  over  2  000  miles  of  the  Canadian  Pacific  Kailway, 
under  contract,  on  which  construction  has  not  yet  been  commenced. 

The  total  Canadian  mileage  is  only  exceeded  by  that  of  the  United 
States,  Germany,  Great  Britain,  Russia  and  France.  In  mileage,  in  jsro- 
portion  to  population,  Canada  equals  the  United  States,  which  in  this 
respect  surpasses  every  Euroi^ean  country. 

Of  the  $100  000  000  of  Canadian  capital  invested  in  railways,  over 
$99  000000  are  Government  and  municipal  contributions,  in  the  propor- 
tions of  $74000  000  by  the  Dominion  Government,  $27000  000  by  the 
Provincial  Governments,  and  $8  000  000  by  municiiJalities.  Over 
8100000  000  of  share  capital  is  held  in  England,  and  preference  shares 
and  bonds,  in  nearly  equal  proj^ortions — chiefly  held  in  England — 
supply  the  remainder,  about  $150  000  000,  of  the  total  cost.  • 

Canadian  Pacific  Railway. 

Length  from  Lake  Nipissiug  to  Burrard  Inlet  on  Pacific  coast,  about 
2  600  miles.     From  the  Lake  Nipissing  terminus  to  Montreal,  the  dis- 


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tance  is  340  miles.  The  section  between  Lake  Superior  and  Eed  Kiver, 
406  miles,  will  be  completed  next  year.  127  miles  at  Pacific  coast, 
through  the  canons  of  the  Fraser,  has  been  let  for  ^9  000  000,  and  is  to 
be  completed  in  1885.  The  whole  line  is  to  be  completed  in  1891.  It 
will  open  a  country  which  coatains,  between  the  Eed  Eiver  and  the 
Eocky  Mountains,  over  250  000000  acres  of  arable  and  grazing  lands- 
more  than  half  of  which  is  arable. 

The  proportion  of  those  undeveloped  territories  to  that  of  the  settled 
Provinces,  is  shown  in  the  following  : 

Area  or  the  Dominion  of  Canada. 


Provinces. 


i  Squaek  Miles. 


Ontario    

Quebec 

New  Brunswick '.!...!... 

Nova  Scotia ..*.'.".*.".' 

Pi'ince  Edward  Island ."..." 

Manitoba 

British  Columbia,  including  Vancouver  and  otliei-  Islands 

North-WestK  Teiritory 

Keewatin  District .^] ..........[.[ . 

Islands  in  tiie  Arctic  Ocean ..............[.. 

Islands  in  tlie  Hudson's  Bay 


103  460 

193  355 

27  322 

21731 

2  133 

153  250 

390  344 

1  891  400 

309  077 

311  700 

23  400 


3  427172 


Statement  reconstructed  (to  date)  of  areas  of  the  several  Territories, 
Provinces  and  Districts  comprised  in  the  Dominion  of  Canada. 

J.  S.  Dennis, 

^  ^         „  D.  31.  Int. 

Ottawa,  June  7,  1881. 

Cei'tified,  A.  E. 


On  Thursday,  June  16th,  when  the  special  train  approached  Ottawa, 
a  Eeceptiou  Committee  welcomed  the  Society,  and  distributed  a  special 
programme  for  the  day,  which  was  also  handsomely  printed,  bound  in 
pocket  form,  and  which  read  as  follows : 

Pkogkamme  for  the   Eeception  of  the   American  Society  of   CmL 
Engineers  at  Ottawa,  June  16,  1881. 

PEOGEAMME. 

The  visitors  will  arrive  at  the  station  of  the  Q.  M.  O.  &  O.  E.  E.  at  1 
o'clock  p.  M.  Conveyances  will  take  them  via  Queen  and  Bridge  streets 
to  near  the  Saw  Mills  at  the  Chaudiere,  Falls.     After  inspecting  the 


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Falls,  Mills,  etc.,  the  party  will  drive  across  the  Suspension  Bridge,  as 
far  as  the  Sash  Factory  of  Mr.  E.  B.  Eddy,  in  Hull.  Any  of  the  party 
desirous  of  running  the  slides  will  be  taken  to  near  Mr.  Rochester's 
Saw  Mill  Queen  street,  where  the  cribs  will  be  in  readiness,  and  any  of 
the  visitors  not  desirous  of  descending  the  slides  will  be  driven  down 
Middle  street,  to  near  Messrs.  Bronsons'  Mills,  where  they  can  see  the 
party  descend  the  Slides.  The  entire  party  will  thereafter  assemble  on 
Middle  street,  near  Bronsons'  Mills,  and  be  driven  to  the  Grand  Union 
Hotel,  where  luncheon  will  be  served  at  three  o'clock,  sharp.  At  four 
o'clock  the  party  will  visit  the  Parliament  Buildings,  Library  and 
Grounds,  and  any  desirous  of  visiting  the  residence  of  H.  E.  the 
Governor  General,  will  be  driven  to  Eideau  Hall,  on  making  application 
to  the  Secretary.  The  party  will  assemble  at  the  Grand  Union  Hotel  at 
5:30,  sharp,  when  they  will  be  driven  to  inspect  the  Water  Works,  near 
Pooley's  Bridge,  and  from  thence  to  the  Railway  Station. 

The   following   gentlemen,   subscribers,    have   been   constituted   the 
Reception  Committee,  and  will  be  glad  to   give  all  the  assistance  and 
information  required  to  further  the  enjoyment  of  those  now  visiting  the 
Capital  of  the  Dominion:  Allan  Gilmour,   Esq.,   Ottawa;  Bronsons  & 
Weston,  lumber  manufacturers  ;    Perley  &  Pattee,  lumber  manufactur- 
ers •    J.'li-  Booth,  Esq.,  lumber  merchant ;  John  Rochester,  Esq  ,M.  P., 
lumber  merchant;  Levi  Youug,  Esq.,  lumber  merchant;  E.  B.  Eddy, 
Esq     lumber   merchant;    Gilmour   &   Co.,   lumber   merchants;  David 
Moore   Esq.,  lumber  merchant;  Thos.  McKay  &  Co.,  floiir  merchants; 
Samuel  Keefer,  Esq.,  C.  E.  ;   T.  Trudeau,  Esq.,  C.  E.,  Deputy  Minister 
Riihvays  and  Canals  ;  John  Page,  Esq.,  C.  E.,  Chief  Engineer  Canals; 
G    F.  BaiUarge,  Esq.,  C.  E.,  Dep.  Minister  Public  Works  ;    F.  N.  Gise 
borne   Esq.,  Supt.  of  Telegraph  and  Signal  Service  ;  Col.  Brunei,  C.  E., 
Commissioner  of    Inland  Revenue;    C.    Blackwell,   Esq.,   C.   E.,  Dept. 
R-dlways  and  Canals  ;  Sandford  Fleming,  Esq.,  C.  E.,  C.  M.  G.  ;  Thos. 
c'  Keefer,  Esq.,  C.  E.,  C.  M.  G.  ;   Walter  Shanly,  Esq.,  C.  E.  ;   Frank 
Shanly   Esq->  C.  E.  ;  Thos.  S.  Scott,  Esq.,  Chief  Architect  Public  Works 
Dept      H.  f!  Perley,  Esq.,  Chief  Engineer  Public  Works  Dept.  ;  Col- 
lingwo'od   Schreiber,    Esq.,    Chief   Engineer   Canadian   Pacific;   W.  P. 
\nderson,  Esq.,  Dept.  Marine  and  Fisheries  ;  Col.  Dennis,  Dep.  Minister 
of  Interior;  W.   B.  Smellie,  Esq.,  C.  E.,  Canadian  Pacific  Railway;  F. 
A    Wise,  Esq.,   C.  E.,  Supt.   Rideau  Canal;  C.    H.   Mackintosh,  Esq., 
Mayor  o'f  Ottawa  ;  Lindsay  Russell,  Esq.,  Surveyor  General  ;  Leonard 
G    Bell,  Esq.,  C.  E.,  ;  J.  G.  Macklin,  Esq.,  C.  E.  ;  William  Kingsford, 
Esq     c'  E   •  R.  C.  Douglass,  Esq.,  C.  E.,  Dept.  Railways  and  Canals; 
j'  Tomhnson,  Esq.,  C.  E.,  Dept.  Railways  and  Canals  ;  T.  Ridout,  Esq., 
C   E     Dept  Railwavs  and  Canals;  G.  P.   Brophy,  Esq.,  C.  E.,  Ottawa 
River  Works;   Robert   Surtees,  Esq.,    City  Engineer,    Ottawa;   James 
Goodwin,  Esq.,  Ottawa  ;  William  Davis,  Esq.,  Ottawa  ;  Francis  Clemow, 
Esq.,  Ottawa. 


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The  following  geutleraen,  members  of  the  Executive  Committee,  will 
attend  persouiilly  to  the  requirements  of  the  visitors  :  W.  B.  Smellie,  C. 
E.,  Chairman  of  Committee  ;  C.  H.  Mackintosh,  Esq.,  Mayor  of  Ottawa; 
George  P.  Brophy,  C.  E.  ;  F.  A.  Wise,  C.  E.  ;  H.  F.  Perley,  C.  E.  ;  -J. 
G.  Macklin,  C.  E.  ;  and  Kobert  Surtees,  City  Engineer,  Secretary. 

The  following  is  a  brief  sketch  of  the  princi^Dal  points  of  attraction  in 
the  vicinity  of  the 

City  of  Ottawa. 

In  1S54,  the  population  of  Bytown — now  Ottawa — was  10  000,  and 
from  that  time  its  jarogress  has  been  uninterrupted.  The  great  fire  of 
1870  was  the  means  of  maturing  a  scheme  which  has  resulted  in  the 
present  water  works  system. 

Her  Most  Gracioias  Majesty  Queen  Victoria  decided  upon  the  present 
location  for  the  Parliament  Buildings,  and  they  were  commenced  in 
December,  1859. 

Among  the  improvements  eiTected  since  Confederation  at  the  expen.se 
of  the  city  alone  may  be  mentioned  : 

Five  new  Market  Buildings,  costing $90  000 

Dufferin  Bridge  and  improvement  to  Sappers'  Bridge         90  000 

Pooley's  Bridge  at  the  Chaudiere 18  000 

Bridges  across  Rideau  River  and  Canal 9  000 

New  Iron  Bridge  across  Slide  Channel 45  000 

Main  drainage 295  000 

New  City  Hall  90  000 

Registry  Office 12  000 

Water  Works 1  014  000 

Collegiate  Institute GO  000 

Central  School  Buildings 42  000 

Fire  Stations 5  000 

Making  an  aggregate  expenditure  of $1  770  000 

in  less  than  twelve  years  for  city  public  improvements  alone. 
The  popuhition  at  present  is  over  26  000. 

RiDEAXJ    Caxal. 

This  canal  was  commenced  by  Colonel  By,  R.  E.,  in  1826,  and  con- 
sisted in  utilizing  two  rapid  and  obstructetl  streams— the  Rideau  from 
Ottawa  and  the  Cataraqui  from  Kingston  into  one  continuous  navigable 
channel.  This  object  was  accomplished  by  the  construction  of  47  locks, 
24  dams,  and  24  waste  and  regulating  weirs.  Of  these  locks  33  ascend 
from  Ottawa  and  14  descend  towards  Kingston,  embracing  a  total  lock- 
age of  446J  feet,  of  which  proceeding  southward  there  is  a  rise  of  282|- 
feet  and  164  feet  fall.  The  locks  are  constructed  of  cut  stone  masonry, 
their  dimensions  over  all  being  134  feet,  or  110  feet  clear  by  33  feet  in 


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breadth,  with  a  navigable  depth  throughout  of  5h  feet.  The  length  of 
the  canal  from  Ottawa  to  Kingston  on  Lake  Ontaria,  is  126i  miles.  The 
works  were  constructed  by  the  Imperial  Government,  and  originally  cost 
about  §J:  000  000.  This  canal  is  now  under  the  control  of  the  Dominion 
Government,  and  Mr.  F.  A.  Wise,  Superintending  Engineer. 

The  Paeliament  BurLDiNGS. 

These  buildings  are  generally  known  as  the  Eastern,  Western  and 
Central  Blocks.  The  latter  contains  the  Legislative  Chambers  and  Par- 
liamentary offices  and  Library— the  two  former  the  various  departments 
of  the  Government.  The  three  blocks  form  as  many  sides  of  a  square, 
which  is  open  to  Wellington  street  on  the  south.  The  grounds,  which 
were  naturally  very  rough,  have  been  laid  out  in  walks  and  drives.  A 
noteworthy  adjunct  to  the  grounds  and  surroundings  is  the  "Lovers' 
Walk,"  a  delightful  winding  path,  which  threads  the  edge  of  the  pre- 
cipice surrounding  the  grounds  on  the  river  side  at  an  approximate  dis- 
tance of  half  way  between  its  summit  and  the  Ottawa  river.  The 
general  style  of  architecture  of  the  buildings  is  a  modified  twelfth  cen- 
tury Gothic.  The  principal  material  used  in  the  construction  is  a  hard 
cream  colored  sandstone  from  the  adjoining  Township  of  Nepean. 
The  dressings,  stairs,  gablets,  pinnacles,  &c.,  are  of  Ohio  freestone, 
whilst  a  pletising  variety  is  given  to  the  whole  by  the  relieving  arches  of 
red  Potsdam  sandstone  over  the  window  and  door  openings.  The  roofs 
are  covered  with  slate  of  a  dark  color,  with  bands  of  a  brighter  hue, 
obtained  from  the  State  of  Vermont.  The  marble  was  obtained  from 
Arnprior,  and  other  localities  in  the  Ottawa  Valley,  and  all  the  timber 
used  in  the  construction,  except  the  oak,  came  from  the  Valley  of  the 
Ottawa. 

The  basement  floors  of  the  central  building  are  160  feet  above  the 
low  water  level  of  the  Ottawa  river,  the  Eastern  and  Western  Blocks 
being  respectively  135i  and  142^  feet  above  same  level.  The  central 
building  has  a  frontage  of  472  lin.  feet,  3  stories  in  height.  The  central 
tower  has  an  altitude  of  220  feet,  and  a  superficial  area  of  30  feet 
square. 

The  superficial  area  covered  by  the  buildings  is  as  follows  :  Central 
building,  82  886  sup.  feet  ;  Eastern  Blocks  il  840  sup.  feet ;  Western 
Block,  50  176  sup.  feet ;  or  a  total  area  of  near  175  000  sup.  feet,  or 
4  acres. 

The  Library  is  connected  with  the  central  building.  The  ground 
plan  is  of  circular  shape  in  the  centre,  inscribed  by  a  polygon  lean  to  of 
sixteen  sides  ;  at  each  of  the  sixteen  angles  are  buttresses  carried  up 
solid  to  a  point  above  the  top  of  the  lean  to,  serving  as  bases  for  the 
flying  buttresses,  which  receive  the  thrust  of  the  main  vault.  The  gen- 
eral exterior  view  presents  the  form  of  a  cone  ;  the  roof  is  groined,  with 
ribs  of  stone  filled   in  with  solid  masonry,   and   supported  by  marble 


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columns,  resting  on  corbels  of  the  same  material.  The  groin  is  42  feet 
in  height,  and  the  springing  line  40  feet  over  the  floor.  In  the  centre  of 
the  vaulted  sj^ace  is  an  opening  of  30  feet  in  diameter  ;  the  main  ribs 
being  so  arranged  as  to  touch  its  circumference,  and  continue  in  a  vertical 
plane  between  the  springers  ;  above  this  opening  is  a  groined  lantern  42 
feet  high,  the  top  of  which  is  124  feet  above'the  floor  level. 

The  total  exiaenditure  on  these  buildings  and  grounds  is  over  live 
million  dollars. 

Rtdeau  Hall. 

The  official  residence  of  His  Excellency  the  Governor  General  is 
situated  in  the  Village  of  New  Edinburgh,  a  suburb  of  Ottawa.  It  was 
built  as  a  private  residence  by  the  late  Hon.  Thomas  McKay,  a  man 
early  identified  with  the  chief  interests  of  Bytown.  About  87  acres  of 
.land  are  attached,  and  the  amount  expended  for  this  property  by  the 
Dominion  Government  is  over  .S:^00  000.  The  finest  cricket  ground  in 
the  Dominion  is  located  on  this  domain. 

s 

Suspension  Bridge  (Chaudiere), 

On  the  Union  of  the  Provinces  in  1841  steps  were  taken  to  renew 
the  inter-provincial  communication,  and  in  1842  the  present  structure 
was  commenced,  the  engineer  being  Mr.  Samuel  Keefer.  The  construc- 
tion occupied  over  two  years.  The  bridge  is  2.56  feet  span  ;  width  of 
roadway  23  feet  6  inches. 

The  City  Public  Buildings 

Include  the  City  Hall,  which  is  of  the  modern  style  of  architecture, 
with  a  leaning  to  the  French  style,  and  constructed  of  massive  dressed 
limestone  blocks,  with  cut  stone  trimmings.  It  is  centrally  and  con- 
veniently situated  on  Elgin  street  ;  at  its  northwest  corner  is  a  tower 
rising  175  feet  above  the  pavement,  used  for  the  fire  alarm  offices  ;  the 
internal  arrangements  are  most  commodious  and  complete.  It  con- 
tains the  offices  of  the  several  officials  and  a  public  council  hall,  com- 
mittee rooms,  etc.,  with  all  desirable  modern  appliances.  The  total 
cost  was  over  §90  000. 

The  markets  include  the  old  and  new  By  Ward  Market,  the  Welling- 
ton Ward  Market,  and  two  subsidiary  markets  on  Auglesea  and  Cathcart 
squares. 

The  City  Eegistry  Office,  on  Nicholas  street,  a  substantial  stone 
building  on  the  general  Government  plan,  cost  S12  000. 

The  County  Buildings  comprise  the  Court  House,  Jail  and  Registry 
Office  buildings.  They  are  surrounded  by  a  massive  cut  stone  wall, 
surmounted  by  handsome  wrought-iron  cresting.  They  are  of  a  very 
substantial  character. 


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The  Public  School  Buildings  are  of  substantial  character,  and  cost  as 

follows  : 

Land.         Building. 

Victoria  Ward  (Primary) $5  050  $10  000 

Wellington  Ward  (CentVal) 6  780  24  000 

"      (Primary) 5  460  4  500 

St.  George's  Ward  (Primary) 2  400  10  000 

By  Ward  (Central) 2  100  10  000 

(Primary) 600  3  500 

Ottawa  Ward  (Primary) 600  2  000^ 

Or  a  total  of  nearly  .^90  000  expenditure  on  public  school  buildings 
Avithin  ten  years. 

Churches.— There  are  24  Churches  in  Ottawa,  as  follows  :  1  Baptist, 
1  Congregational,  1  German  Lutheran,  5  Episcopal,  5  Methodist,  5  Pres- 
byterian, and  6  Eoman  Catholic.  Most  of  these  are  very  fine  edifices, 
while  some  of  them  are  exceptionally  so,  particularly  the  Cathedral,  St. 
Patrick's,  St.  Andrew's,  Christ's  Church,  Knox  Church,  the  Baptist, 
and  Dominion  and  Episcopal  Methodist.  Christ  Church  cost  $id  OCO  ; 
Dominion  Methodist,  S!50  000  ;  St.  Andrew's,  $60  000  ;  Knox's  Chuich, 
§52  000  ;  St.  Patrick's,  §40  000  ;  Baptist,  $30  000. 

Sewerage. 

The  principal  outfall  sewer  commences  at  the  west  end  of  the  city. 
It  is  of  egg  shape  pattern,  3  ft.  9  in.  by  3  ft.  ;  brick  ;  runs  easterly 
through  earth  and  rock  alternately  for  1  119  yards,  at  which  point  it 
increases  in  size  to  4  ft.  3  in.  by  3  ft.  4  in.  in  a  distance  of  582  lin.  yards, 
passing  under  the  Kideau  Canal  to  Kideau  street,  at  which  point  it  is 
again  enlarged  to  6  ft.  6  in.  by  4  ft.  4  in.  in  brick  and  stone,  passing 
through  earth  and  rock  excavation  a  distance  of  2  411  yards,  where  it 
discharges  into  the  Ottawa  Kiver  near  the  Eideau  Falls.  The  average 
depth  is  about  20  feet,  the  grades  varying  from  15  to  1-5  per  100,  except 
at  the  discharge,  where  the  grade  is  30  in  100.  The  Chaudiere  outfall 
sewer  is  egg  shape  pattern,  4  ft.  by  2  ft.  8  in.,  870  yards  in  length 
through  solid  rock  ;  average  depth,  16  feet.  The  main  sewers  com- 
menced in  1874  and  completed  in  1877,  at  a  cost  of  $395  000. 

Streets. 

On  the  east  side  of  Canal  the  total  length  of  streets  is  31  miles,  of 
which  81  miles  are  either  paved  or  macadamized.  On  the  west  side  of 
the  Canal  there  are  30  miles  of  streets,  of  which  24  miles  are  improved, 
and  7^  miles  paved  or  macadamized. 

Water  Works. 

The  supply  is  a  water  jjower-pumping  one,  under  the  "direct" 
system,  without  stand-pipe   or  reservoir.     It   difi'ers  from   the  Holly 


system  of  tlie  United  States  in  that  tlie  same  machinery  is  employed  for 
fire  as  well  as  for  ordinary  purposes  ;  the  greater  delivery  required  for 
fires  being  eflected  by  an  increase  of  speed,  or  of  the  number  of  pum^js, 
or  of  both,  without  the  necessity  of  exceeding  the  ordinary  working 
si^eed  of  reciprocal  pumps.  Tlie  works  will  be  best  described  from  the 
source  of  supply  to  the  i^oints  of  delivery  under  the  following  heads  of — 

Isr.  The  Source  of  Supply. 

The  water  is  obtained  from  the  Ottawa  Elver,  above  the  Chaudiere 
Falls,  at  a  point  where  there  is  a  strong  current  flowing  over  a  rocky 
bed.  The  river  for  more  than  one  hundred  miles  above  the  city  is  a 
succession  of  large  deep  lakes,  forming  magnificent  natural  reservoirs, 
from  which  the  water  is  decanted  over  rocky  chutes  until  it  reaches  the 
city  in  the  condition  of  lake  water  aerated  by  the  rapids  above.  The 
difference  between  Ottawa  and  St.  Lawrence  water  as  to  purity,  apart 
from  color,  may  be  inferred  from  the  fact  that  a  single  drop  of  coloring- 
matter  Avill  tinge  a  quantity  of  water  in  which  a  teaspoonful  of  salt 
may  be  dissolved  without  detection  by  the  eye. 

2d.  The  Water  Power.  • 

The  Falls  of  the  Chaudiere  range  from  25  feet  at  high  to  35  feet  at 
low  water,  the  difference  being  due  to  the  fact  of  a  rise  of  two  feet 
below  to  one  foot  above  the  Falls  during  freshets.  The  wide  expanse  of 
Deschenes  Lake,  into  which  no  tributaries  of  importance  are  discharged, 
prevents  a  rapid  rise  above  Ottawa,  while  below,  the  comparatively 
narrow  and  shallow  reach  between  Ottawa  and  Greenville,  receives  some 
half  tlozen  imi^ortant  tributaries,  sending  up  the  flood  level  of  this 
jjortion  of  the  river  fully  20  feet  above  low  water  mark. 

3d.  The    Aqueduct. 

A  canal  2  500  feet  in  length  has  been  cut  through  the  solid  rock , 
20  feet  wide,  with  perpendicular  sides,  to  a  depth  of  about  13  feet  below 
low  water  of  the  head  level.  The  entrance  is  formed  by  two  lines  of 
crib  work,  each  20  feet  wide  and  about  200  feet  long,  placed  60  feet 
apart,  boomed  across  at  the  head,  and.  provided  with  stop  logs,  and 
divided  by  a  central  pier  containing  a  well,  fitted  with  screens,  from 
which  the  pture  water  supply-pipe  for  the  pump  is  fed. 

4th.  Pure  Water  Pipe. 

A  trench  about  three  feet  in  width  and  one  foot  in  depth  is  excavated 
in  the  bottom  of  the  aqueduct,  in  the  bottom  of  which  trench,  at  inter- 
vals of  twelve  feet,  iron  bolts  are  imbedded  in  the  rock,  for  the  purpose 
of  anchoring  the  clean  water  from  the  river,  because  the  aqueduct  at 
l^resent  receives  such  local  drainage  as  may  penetrate  through  the  rock 
in  banks  above  it. 


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The  clean  water  pipe  is  30  inclies  diameter  inside,  and  is  formed  of 
pine  staves  2  inches  thick,  hooped  every  4  feet  with  3  in.  by  |  in.  iron, 
(excejit  for  the  anchorage,  where  the  iron  for  the  hoops  is  3  inches  by  | 
inches  thick),  open  at  the  bottom,  and  secured  with  f  inch  bolts  through 
the  eyes  of  the  anchors.  The  anchor  bolts  are  1  inch  diameter,  with 
strong  head,  containing  the  eye,  sharpened  at  the  points,  let  18  inches 
into  the  rock,  and  secured  by  first  dropping  a  soft  pine  tree  nail,  about 
i  of  an  inch  less  in  diameter  than  the  drill  hole,  into  the  latter,  and  then 
driving  the  eye-bolt  through  the  wood  to  its  position.  Each  bolt  was 
subjected  to  a  lifting  strain  of  2^  tons  after  being  driven,  but  none  could 
be  removed.  The  strain  was  increased  in  one  case  to  test  the  resistance, 
but  the  bolt  broke  without  drawing.  The  lower  end  of  this  pipe  leaves 
the  bottom  of  the  aqueduct  about  70  feet  above  the  forebays,  laasses 
under  the  retaining  walls,  and  goes  to  the  pipe  vault  in  rear  of  the 
jjumps,  this  section,  about  100  feet  in  length,  is  cast-iron,  and  the  por- 
tion within  the  whesl-house  is  provided  with  valves  between  each  set  of 
pumps,  and  is  connected  (below  the  pumps)  with  a  21  inch  pipe  leading 
from  the  aqueduct  in  front  of  the  wheel-house.  The  pumps_  must  have 
water,  and  if  from  any  cause  the  supply  from  the  clean  water  pipe 
should  be  interrupted,  aqueduct  water  can  be  drawn  upon. 

5th.  Pumping  Machineky. 

This  consists  of  three  distinct  sets,  each  cajjable  of  delivering  over 
3  000  000  gallons  in  24  hours,  under  a  pressure  of  150  lbs.  at  the  pumps. 
Each  set  is  capable  of  affording  a  sujjply  for  domestic  purposes  to 
double  the  population  now  receiving  it.  This  large  provision  of  pump- 
ing jDower  is  necessary  in  the  absence  of  a  high  level  storage  and  dis- 
tributing reservoir,  as  well  as  for  the  requirements  of  a  large  fire,  to 
which  Ottawa,  by  reason  of  its  extensive  lumber  yards  and  many  wooden 
buildings,  is  peculiarly  exposed.  The  demands  of  a  great  fire  being 
measiired  by  the  delivery  of  a  given  quantity  in  a  given  time  under  the 
recpiired  jiressure,  can  be  more  readily  and  safely  met  br  large  pumps 
moving  slowly  than  by  smaller  ones  at  a  higher  veloci'y,  as  in  the 
"Holly"  system.  Two  sets  are  sufficient  for  any  emergency;  and 
with  three  sets,  two  can  always  be  ready  for  the  fire  alarm  while  the 
remaining  one  is  being  overhauled.  The  wheel-house  is  the  reservoir 
of  the  Ottawa  Water  Works,  and  it  is  therefore  of  the  first  importance 
that  it  should  be  capable  of  meeting  any  and  every  demand  upon  it ; 
with  water  power  this  can  be  done  in  the  most  perfect  manner,  for, 
unlike  steam,  here  all  the  required  power  is  held  in  reserve  without 
extra  cost.  The  wheels  are  Leffell's  double  turbine,  61  inches  in 
diameter,  seated  at  the  level  of  the  bottom  of  the  aqueduct,  having  their 
discharges  about  12  feet  below  low  water  level  of  forebays,  and  more  than 
20  feet  below  water  level  of  the  Ottawa  river  below  the  ChauJiere  Falls. 


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The  "steps"  are,  therefore,  always  accessible  during  the  highest  known 
floods.  To  utilize  the  whole  fall  at  all  times,  wrought-iron  draft  tubes, 
5  J  feet  diameter,  air  tight,  extend  from  the  bottom  of  the  wheels  to  a 
depth  of  14  feet,  giving  a  total  available  head  and  fall  at  low' water  of 
25  feet,  with  a  clearance  of  5  feet  depth  in  tail  race  below  the  bottom  of 
the  draft  tubes.  The  wheels  are  worked  by  water  pressure  from  the 
mains,  acting  on  a  piston  connected  by  each,  and  jjinion  with  the  gate 
spindle  controlled  by  a  small  globe  or  "  thumb"  valve.  Pumps — The 
pumi3s  are  in  sets  of  three,  driven  by  one  water  wheel,  and  are  cast- 
iron  chests,  having  a  suction  chamber  below  and  a  delivery  one  above 
the  pump  barrels.  The  valves  connecting  each  chamber  consist  of  two 
rows,  four  in  each,  of  rubber  discs  9  inches  in  diameter,  and  1§  inches 
thick,  working  on  a  centre  spindle,  with  brass  seats  and  springs.  The 
plungers  are  19  inches  diameter,  with  a  stroke  of  3  feet  6  inches,  cast 
hollow,  to  "float  "  as  much  as  possible,  and  thus  reduce  the  weight  on 
their  horizontal  bearings.  The  pump  chests  are  connected  with  the 
pedestals  of  the  crank- shaft  by  strong  distance  girders,  bearing  against 
horizontal  thrust  upon  the  foundations.  Each  set  of  machinery,  making 
17  revolutions  of  crank-shaft  per  minute,  will  pump,  allowing  for  loss, 
a  little  over  3  000  000  imperial  gallons  per  24  hours,  so  that  the  diurnal 
capacity  of  each  pump  at  safe  limits  of  speed  may  be  called  1  000  000  of 
imijerial  gallons.  Each  set  is  sufficient  for  the  domestic  wants  of 
50  000  people,  so  that  without  further  outlay  here  or  increased  cost  of 
working  expenses,  a  population  of  100  000  can  be  served  with  one  com- 
plete set  in  reserve.  The  whole  machinery  occupies  a  floor  space  of  about 
48  feet  square,  covered  by  a  fire-proof  ceiling  of  iron  girders,  supporting 
"  Dennet  "  arches  of  brick  overlaid  with  sand. 

A  fire-alarm  gong  is  placed  in  the  machinery  room.  When  an  alarm 
is  struck,  the  pressure,  which  is  ordinarily  about  85  lbs.  at  the  pumps, 
is  at  once  raised  to  110  lbs. 

Height  of  Fountain  Jet  at  Pump  House,  from  triguometrical  meas- 
iirement  : 

2 J  nozzle,    90  lbs.  pressure 192  iin.  feet. 

"'        100      "         "         209 

120     "         "         242 

The  cost  of  the  whole  system  was  as  follows  : 
Water  power,  including  wheel-house  and  foundations, 

aqueduct,  and  all  structures  connected  therewith . .     .'$215  000 

Pumping  machinery,  3  sets ' 90  000 

Distribution,  43  miles,  including  culverts 490  000 

Fire-alarm 7  000 

Engineering 40  000 

Financial,  land  and  general  charges 172  000 

$1  014  000 


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The  works  were  constructed  under  a  Board  of  "Water  Commissioners, 
with  Mr.  Thomas  C.  Keefer,  Chief  Engineer,  but  they  have  for  the  past 
two  years  been  under  the  management  of  the  Corporation  of  the  City  of 
Ottawa  and  their  officers. 

River   Ottawa. 

The  remotest  sources  of  the  Ottawa  lie  to  the  southeast  of  Hud- 
son's Bay,  near  the  4:9th  parallel  of  N.  latitude.  The  upper  portion 
descends  from  the  northeast  towards  the  southwest  towards  Lake 
Temiscamingue,  a  distance  of  about  300  miles  ;  then  suddenly  turning 
towards  the  southeast,  and  following  this  general  direction  for  about  400 
miles,  it  discharges  into  the  St.  Lawrence  at  the  head  and  foot  of  the 
island  of  Montreal. 

Its  total  length  is  about  700  miles  from  its  principal  outlet  to  the 

village  of  Ste.   Anne,  or  head  of  the  island,   and  it  drains  an  area  of 

about   57  800   sqiiare   miles.      Its   most   important   tributaries    are  the 

Riviere   du   Nord,  Riviere  Rouge,   North  Petite   Nation,    South  Petite 

Nation,  Riviere  du  Lievre,  Gatineau,  Rideau,  Madawaska,  Bonnechere, 

Coulonge,  Black  River,  Petewawa,  Riviere  du  Moine,  Mattawan  and  the 

Montreal  river,  and  of  these  the  largest  is  the  Gatineau,  which  falls  into 

the  Ottawa  from  the  north  about  Ih  miles  below  this  city,  after  a  course 

of   about  400  miles,   and  having  drained  about  9  000    square  miles  of 

territory. 

The  Ottawa  Valley 

was  for  a  considerable  distance  explored  by  the  early  French  voyageurs, 

and  passed  through  by  the  Hudson  Bay  and  Northwest  fur  traders  at  a 

very  early  date,  but  little  or  nothing  was  done  to  promote   its  settlement 

or  open  it  up  to  the  ways  of  civilization  until  the  latter  end  of  the  18th, 

or  the  present  century,  when    a   colony  was  planted  at  Hull,   on  the 

opposite  side  of  the  river,  about  the  year  1800  ;  and  these  early  settlers 

may  be  said  to  have  been  the  pioneer  farmers,  lumberers,  manufacturers, 

and  merchants  of  this  thriving  district  surrounding  the  capital  of  the 

Dominion. 

The  Lumber  Trade. 

The  principal  manufacturing  industry  in  connection  with  the  Ottawa 
Valley  belongs  to  the  production  of  .square  timber  and  sawed  lumber, 
principally  in  white  pine. 

As  many  as  IGO  rafts  of  square  timber  have,  in  prosperous  times, 
been  taken  annually  from  the  Upper  Ottawa  limits  or  timber  berths, 
and  upwards  of  a  million  and  a  half  of  sawlogs.  A  raft  of  square 
timber  may  be  said  to  contain  on  an  average  80  subdivisions  or  cribs, 
equal  to  about  100  000  cubic  feet  in  the  aggregate.  A  crib  of  timber  is 
about  25  feet  in  width  by  the  length  of  the  sticks,  ranging  from  35  to 
80  feet,  and  the  total  output  ranges  from  12  000  000  to  16  000  000  cubic 
feet  annuallv  for  this  district.     To  facilitate  the  descent  of  timber  on 


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the  Ottawa,  the  Government  first  constructed  slides  at  the  various  falls 
on  the  river  abont  forty  years  ago,  and  the  cribs  are  j'assed  through 
thenr  to  escaiJe  the  chutes.  The  principal  slides  on  the  Ottawa  are  at 
this  city,  at  the  Chats,  3(1  miles  above  this  place,  and  at  the  Calumet 
Station,  65  miles  from.  Ottawa. 

The  fall  at  the  Chaudiere  (this  city)  is  upwards  of  30  feet,  which  is 
overcome  by  the  slides  in  less  than  half  a  mile. 

On  the  main  tributaries  the  timber  and  sawlogs  are  passed  through 
what  are  known  as  single  stick  slides  to  escape  the  chutes.  These  slides 
are  about  5  ft.  to  6  ft.  wide  by  3  ft.  or  4  ft.  deep,  and  in  some  instances 
are  upwards  of  half  a  mile  in  length.  At  some  of  these  structures,  such 
as  the  Coulonge  and  Black  Eiver,  the  pieces  of  timber  and  logs  are  shot 
through  with  great  velocity.  Timber  is  guided  through  the  safe  chan- 
nels, and  kept  under  the  control  of  the  raftsmen  in  dangerous  raj^ids  by 
systems  of  piers  and  booms. 

Square  timber  is  exported  from  Quebec  chieHy  to  the  British  and 
other  European  markets. 

At  the  City  of  Ottawa,  City  of  Hull  and  immediate  vicinity,  about 
1  000  000  of  sawlogs  are  cut  up  annually,  producing  about  200  000  000 
feet  B.  M.  of  sawed  lumber,  the  great  bulk  of  which  finds  its  way  to  the 
United  States  markets,  the  remainder  being  sent  to  Europe  in  the  shape 
of  deals,  or  absorbed  by  builders  and  others  for  home  use.  Sawed 
lumber  on  its  way  to  market  from  this  neighborhood  takes  the  water 
route  principally,  although  of  late  years  the  quantities  transported  over 
the  various  systems  of  railway  tajoping  the  Ottawa  Valley  have  been  very 
considerable,  and  likely  to  be  largely  increased  with  additional  improved 
outlets. 

About  29  years  ago  the  Canadian  Government  leased  the  first  install- 
ment of  the  Chaudiere  water  ijrivilege,  and  since  then  sold  all  the 
hydraulic  lots,  about  25  in  number.  With  each  lot  power  equivalent  to 
the  driving  of  10  runs  of  stones  is  guaranteed,  so  that  about  8  000  horse 
power  may  be  said,  through  the  agency  of  the  Chaudiere  Falls,  to  be 
developed  within  the  city  limits.  The  lumber  manufacturing  establish- 
ments at  this  point  are  stocked  with  the  most  improved  modern 
machinery,  and,  taken  in  connection  with  mills  of  a  similar  nature,  and 
the  very  extensive  match  and  pail  factories  at  the  City  of  Hull,  on  the 
opposite  side  of  the  river,  form  a  source  of  attraction  to  scientific 
men  and  practical  mechanics  from  various  quarters  of  the  globe.  The 
various  works  for  facilitating  the  moving  of  lumber  on  the  Ottawa  and 
its  tributaries  are  under  the  control  of  the  Minister  of  Public  Works  for 
the  Dominion  of  Canada. 

Minerals. 

The  Ottawa  A^alley  is  also  rich  in  mineral  productions.  Within  a 
short   distance  of  this   city  there   are  immense  beds  of  iron  ore   and 


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deposits  of  apatite  or  phosphate  and  plumbago  in  abundance.  These,  so 
far  as  they  have  been  worked,  have  proved  to  be  most  excellent  in 
quality,  and  only  await  the  action  of  capitalists  for  development  on  a 
large  scale,  the  more  especially  as  the  system  of  railways  already  con- 
structed, and  those  now  in  progress  and  projected,  cannot  fail  to  give  to 
the  City  of  Ottawa  and  its  environs  a  commanding  jaosition  as  a  distri- 
buting centre. 


On  Saturday,  jjrevious  to  the  session  of  the  Convention,  an  exhibit 
was  made  of  the  high  water  service  of  the  City  of  Montreal  and  of  the 
Avorking  of  its  fire  brigade.  On  the  same  day,  after  the  adjournment  of 
the  Convention,  the  La  Crosse  grounds  were  visited  and  a  game  between 
the  two  prominent  clubs  Avas  witnessed. 

On  Saturday  evening  a  large  number  of  the  party  proceeded,  via  the 
Grand  Trunk  Eailway,  to  Quebec,  staying  at  that  city  until  Monday 
evening. 

Another  party  on  Monday  went  by  steamer  to  Quebec  by  invitation 
of  the  Harbor  Commission  of  Montreal  through  John  Kennedy,  Esq., 
member  A.  S.  C.  E.,  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Commission.  During 
this  trip  down  the  St.  Lawrence  the  interesting  work  of  deepening  the 
channel  by  dredging  was  witnessed  at  a  number  of  points. 

In  conclusion,  it  should  be  stated  that  the  reception  given  to  the 
Society  in  Canada  was  extremely  cordial,  and  that  remarkably  complete 
arrangements  had  been  made  for  the  meetings  at  McGill  University,  for 
travel  on  the  railways  (largely  provided  by  the  courtesy  of  the  Grand 
Trunk  Railway,  the  Quebec,  Montreal,  Ottawa  &  Occidental  Railway, 
and  the  Pullman  Palace  Car  Company),  for  comfort  at  the  hotels  and  for 
visits  by  carriage  and  steamer  to  various  points.  The  Committees  at  Mon- 
treal and  at  Ottawa  perfected  and  successfully  carried  out  these  arrange- 
ments, and  the  fact  that  the  Canadian  members  of  the  Society  were 
greatly  aided  in  their  work  by  a  number  of  gentlemen  who  were  not 
members  renders  this  acknowledgement  peculiarly  appropriate. 


The  following  members  were  in  attendance  at  the  Convention  : 
—James  H.  Armington,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. ;  George  D.  Ansley,  Montreal, 
Canada  ;  E.  W.  Bowditch,  Fred'k  Brooks,  Boston  ;  William  S.  Barbour, 
Cambridgeport,  Mass.;  Henry  A.  Bently,  Newport,  R.  L;  John  W. 
Bacon,  Danbury,  Conn. ;  John  Bogart,  Alfred  P.  Boiler,  D.  Bontecou, 
Henry  R.  Bradbury,  New  York ;  L.  L.  Buck,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. ;  A. 
Bonzano,  Phcenixville,  Pa.;  R.  J.  Brough,  Toronto,  Canada;  Wilson 
Crosby,  Bangor,  Me. ;  E.  L.  Corthell,  North  Egremont,  Mass. ;  Francis 
Colling  wood,  J.  James  R  Croes,  New  York;  C.  Constable,  Constable- 
ville,  N.  Y. ;  C.  L.  Crandall,  Ithaca,  N.  Y. ;  Martin  Coryell,  Lambert- 
ville,  N.  J.;  Amory Coffin,  PhcenixviUe,  Pa.;  E.S.  Chesbrough,  Chicago; 


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E.  C.  Davis,  Northampton,  Mass.;  A.  J.  Du  Bois,  New  Haven,  Conn.; 
Joseph  P.  Davis,  New  York  ;  E.  A.  Doane,  Oswego,  N.  Y. ;  Alex. 
Dempster,  Pittsburgh  ;  S.  Clarence  Ellis,  Boston  ;  Charles  D.  Elliot, 
Somerville,  Mass. ;  Theo.  G.  Ellis,  Hartford,  Conn. ;  Thomas  Egleston, 
New  York  ;  George  D.  Emerson,  Bolla,  Mo.;  Kobert  Fletcher,  Hanover, 
N.  H. ;  James  B.  Francis,  Lowell,  Mass. ;  Charles  A.  Ferry,  Charles  E. 
Fowler,  New  Haven,  Conn. ;  Charles  H.  Fisher,  Albany,  N.  Y. ;  Sanford 
Fleming,  Ottawa,  Canada  ;  Bryant  Godwin,  Now  York  ;  C.  S.  Gzowski, 
Toronto,  Canada;  Albert  B.  Hill,  New  Haven,  Conn.;  Stephen  S. 
Haight,  Bentley  D.  Hasell,  Sullivan  Haslett,  New  York ;  Wm.  P. 
Harris,  Newark,  N.  J. ;  E.  P.  Hannaford,  Montreal,  Canada ;  R.  Hering, 
Philadelphia;  J.  E.  Hilgard,  Washington,  D.  C. ;  George  A.  Kimball, 
Somerville,  Mass  ;  Louis  H.  Kuapp,  Buffalo  ;  John  Kennedy,  Montreal, 
Thomas  C.  Keefer,  Ottawa  ;  Samuel  Keefer,  Brockville,  Canada  ;  E.  D. 
Leavitt,  Jr.,  Cambridgeport,  Mass.;  Charles  Latimer,  Cleveland;  Thomas, 
D.  Lovett,  Cincinnati ;  Wm.  H.  Lotz,  Chicago ;  Sidney  F.  Lewis,  New 
Orleans  ;  Henry  Manley,  Boston  ;  C.  C.  Martin,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.;  Henry 
G.  Morris,  Philadelphia;  Mansfield  Merriman,  Bethlehem,  Pa. ;  C.  S. 
Maurice,  Athens,  Pa.;  A.  G.  Menocal,  Washington,  D.  C. ;  Robert  E. 
McMath,  E.  D.  Meier,  St.  Louis  ;  John  MacLeod,  Louisville  ;  George 
H.  Norman,  Boston  ;  S.  C.  Pierson,  Meriden,  Conn. ;  Henry  G.  Prout, 
New  York  ;  P.  A.  Peterson,  Montreal,  Canada ;  Joseph  R.  Richards, 
Boston  ;  Robert  L.  Read,  Cincinnati ;  D.  McN.  Stauffer,  Boston  ;  T. 
Guilford  Smith,  Buffalo  ;  F.  Slataper,  C.  L.  Strobel,  Pittsburgh  ;  George 
H.  Simpson,  Terre  Haute,  Ind.;  W.  G.  M.  Thompson,  Welland,  Canada; 
John  G.  Van  Home,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. ;  Frank  O.  Whitney,  Henry  M. 
Wightman,  Boston  ;  Wm.  H.  Wiley,  Wm.  E.  Worthen,  New  York  ; 
Charles  D.  Ward,  Lebbeus  B.  Ward,  Jersey  City,  N,  J. ;  Ashbel  Welch, 
Lambertville,  N.  J. ;  H.  F.  Walling,  Washington,  D.  C. ;  Fred.  C.  Weir, 
Cincinnati  ;  A.  F.  Wrotnowski,  New  Orleans. 


MEETINGS  OF  THE  SOCIETY. 

Juke  1st,  1881. — The  Society  met  at  8  r.  m.  Vice-President  Welch 
in  the  chair. 

Ballots  were  canvassed  and  the  following  candidates  declared 
elected  : 

As  Members,  Jacob  Blickensderfer,  of  Omaha,  Neb. ;  Robert  Blick- 
ensderfer,  of  Terminus,  Montana  ;  Cabell  Breckenridge,  of  Chattanooga, 
Teun. ;  Stephen  S.  Haight,  of  West  Farms,  N.  Y. ;  William  P.  Harris,  of 
Newark,  N.  J.— as  Junior,  Hunter  Stewart,  of  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

The  following  amendment  to  the  Constitution  was  presented  and 
read  :  Any  member  or  associate  whose  subscription  is  not  in  arrears  may 
compound  for  future  annual  subscriptions  by  the  payment  of  three 
hundred  dollars,  if  he  is  a  resident,  and  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars, 


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if  he  is  a  non-resident.  But  should  a  non-resident  become  a  resident  he 
shall  i^ay  the  remainder  of  the  composition,  viz. :  one  hundred  and 
fifty  dollars,  or  the  usiial  annual  subscription  during  the  time  of  his 
residence. 

This  amendment  was  signed  by  the  following  named  members  :  G. 
Bouscaren,  AVilliam  E.  Merrill,  Robert  L.  Read,  F.  -de  Funiak,  C.  Shaler 
Smith. 

The  pajDer  by  C.  L.  McAlpine,  read  May  18th,  1881,  was  discussed 
by  Messrs.  Chesbrough,  Wm.  Sooy  Smith,  "Welch,  Macdonald,  Joseph 
P.  Davis,  Striedinger  and  (by  letter)    William  R.  Hutton. 

June  17th,  1881. — Business  meeting  at  Thirteenth  Annual  Conven- 
tion.    The  President,  James  B.  Francis,  in  the  chair. 

The  following  report  of  the  Committee  on  a  Uniform  Method  for 
Tests  of  Cements  was  read  by  the  Secretary  : 

To  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers. 

John  Bogaet,  Secretary: 

The  undersigned.  Chairman  of  the  Committee  ajipoiuted  to  devise  and 
rejjort  a  uniform  method  of  cement  tests  to  your  Society,  desires  to  make 
the  following  report  of  progress  : 

The  Committee  have  had  under  advisement  during  the  past  year  the 
matter  of  forms  of  test  specimens,  and  of  what  kinds  of  tests  should  be 
employed,  and  such  matters  as  are  closely  connected  therewith.  It  is 
found  the  European  practice  generally  embraces  tests  of  mortars  com- 
posed.of  certain  definite  mixtures,  by  weight,  of  cement  and  sand  ;  that 
is  to  say,  one  weight  unit  of  cement  with  one,  two,  three  or  four  units 
weight  of  sand.  No  one  can  question  the  advisability  of  testing  mortars 
containing  the  sand  mixture,  as  in  practice  the  bulk  of  our  mortars  is 
largely  composed  of  sand.  It  has  been  the  desire  of  the  Committee  to  so 
perform  their  duty  that  whatever  system  they  might  recommend  would 
be  one  from  which  the  results  of  different  experimenters  could  be  com- 
pared in  arriving  at  a  correct  opinion  of  quality,  and  that  the  system 
might  be  one  that  in  a  few  years  the  Society  would  not  be  comi^elled  to 
change.  Knowing  that  our  American  hydraulic  cements  vary  in  weight 
of  equal  bulks  20  per  cent,  and  over,  and  that  almost  similar  variation 
exists  in  the  weight  of  equal  bulks  of  sand,  it  is  readily  seen  that  the 
European  practice  of  using  equal  units  of  weight,  regardless  of  bulk,  in 
making  mortar  mixtures,  would  per  se  be  so  indefinite  as  to  preclude 
comparability  of  tests.  The  variability  of  sand  in  weight,  in  fineness 
and  in  sharpness  caused  me  to  hesitate,  in  jDressing  before  the  other 
members  of  the  Committee,  the  advisability  of  making  our  final  report 
until  I  had  an  opportunity  to  make,  at  least,  a  jiartial  examination  of  the 
physical  qualities  of  our  American  sands,  and  to  this  end,  at  about  the 
termination  of  last  year,  I  had  devised  a  scheme  for  making  a  collection 


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of  sands  from  different  sections  of  our  continent,  and,  when  received, 
intended  to  carefully  examine  same  as  to  sharpness,  fineness,  voids  and 
weight  of  equal  bulks,  Szc,  so  as  to  proceed  understandiugly  with  the 
duty  allotted  to  us,  and,  if  possible,  engraft  in  the  system  of  tests  only 
such  safeguards  as  were  found  absolutely  necessary,  as  it  is  the  undoubted 
desire  of  not  only  the  members  of  the  Society,  but  of  your  Committee 
also,  that  any  system  of  tests  should  be  made  as  simple  as  possible  con- 
sistent with  the  end  desired — uniformity.  When  ready  to  commence 
this  inquiry,  severe  domestic  affliction  visited  my  household  which  pre- 
cluded my  devoting  evenings  to  this  study.  For  many  years  previously 
the  greater  share  of  my  evenings  have  been  devoted  to  the  subject  of 
cements,  and  my  other  duties  are  such  that  I  have  no  other  time  to  spare 
for  this  subject.  The  affliction  to  which  I  alluded  still  continues,  and 
may  continue  for  months,  and  until  this  ends  I  can  give  the  subject  very 
little  thought ;  but  when  it  does  end  I  hope  and  intend,  whether  con- 
tinued as  a  member  of  said  Committee  or  not,  to  pursue  the  inquiry,  and 
report  the  results  to  your  Society.  At  present  I  can  only  say  that  my 
knowledge  of  the  subject  is  so  deficient  in  this  and  some  other  particulars 
that  I  do  not  feel  it  advisable  or  safe  to  ask  your  Committee  to  formulate 
a  system  of  cement  tests  such  as  will  be  demanded  and  will  suit  our 
American  products  and  practice. 

With  more  knowledge  and  under  favorable  circumstances,  which  I 
trust  to  secure  during  the  present  year,  I  hope  to  feel  competent  to  aid 
any  Committee  you  may  contiaue  or  appoint  for  the  purpose  in  defining 
a  proper  mode  of  conducting  tests  of  cements. 

Kespectfully  submitted, 

D.  J.  Whittemoke, 

Ckairynan. 

Milwaukee,  June  6,  1881. 

On  motion,  the  report  was  received,  and  the  Committee  continued. 

The  Secretary  read  a  suj^plementary  request  on  the  same  subject,  as 
follows : 

The  Committee  appointed  by  the  Anaericau  Society  of  Civil  Engi- 
neers to  devise  a  uniform  method  of  cement  tests,  desire  to  procure 
from  several  localities  throughout  the  United  States  and  Canadas  speci- 
mens of  sands  ordinarily  used  in  the  fabrication  of  cement  mortars  for 
the  purpose  of  investigating  their  properties  as  to  fineness,  weight, 
voids,  etc. ,  with  a  view  of  recommending  a  practicable  standard  to  be 
used  in  mortar  mixtures  of  sand  and  cement  for  test  purposes. 

Will  you  kindly  select  and  send  the  subscriber  by  express  from  your 
locality,  say,  two  specimens,  one  of  sharp  bank  sand,  if  you  have  any 
ordinarily  iised,  also  one  si^ecimen  of  shore  wa'shed  or  water  worn  sand, 
and  mark  plainly  on  each  package  your  name  and  from  what  locality  the 
sand  is  taken. 


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Please  do  not  send  mucli  less  or  any  more  than  about  one  pint  of 
each  kind  of  sand. 

Yours  very  truly, 

D.  J.  Whittemoke, 
Chairman  of  said  Committee. 

The  Secretary  said  that  the  Committee  on  the  Preservation  of  Timber 
simply  asked  to  report  progress,  stating  that  they  were  collecting  a 
great  many  samples  of  timber  from  various  parts  of  the  country,  and 
Avere  endeavoring  to  put  their  investigations  into  form. 

On  mcrtion,  the  report  of  progress  was  received,  and  the  Committee 
continued. 

The  Secretary  read  the  following  report  of  the  Committee  on  Tests 
of  Iron  and  Steel  : 

To  the  President  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers : 

Sib, — The  Committee  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  on 
Tests  of  Iron  and  Steel,  beg  leave  to  submit  the  following  report : 

As  the  members  of  the  Society  must  be  aware,  the  United  States 
Board  appointed  to  test  American  iron  and  steel  was  legislated  out  of 
existence  just  as  its  labors,  which  promised  to  be  invaluable,  had  fairly 
commenced.  By  far  the  best  testing  machine  in  the  world  had  been 
constructed  and  erected  under  the  direction  of  this  board,  and  with 
funds  ap2Dropriated  for  the  purpose  by  the  Congress  of  the  United 
States,  at  the  urgent  solicitation  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil 
Engineers,  the  American  Institiite  of  Mining  Engineers,  the  American 
Iron  and  Steel  Association,  and  other  scientific  societies  and  institu- 
tions. 

The  scientifis  and  technological  schools  and  colleges  of  the  whole 
country  joined  earnestly  in  recommending  and  urging  these  appropria- 
tions. These  solicitations  and  recommendations  clearly  indicate  the 
general  interest  felt  throughout  the  country  in,  this  effort  to  obtain,  for 
the  use  of  all,  such  accurate  knowledge  of  the  qualities  of  the  iron  and 
steel  used  in  the  United  States  as  would  guide  to  their  safe  employment 
for  all  the  purposes  to  which  they  are  applied  in  the  trades,  arts  and 
industries  of  the  country. 

The  legislation  obtained  and  the  organization  of  the  board  and  the 
investigations  and  experiments  planned  by  it  were  broad  and  compre- 
hensive, and  the  labors  of  the  board  were  auspiciously  begun.  Mean- 
time repeated  efforts  had  been  made  to  subject  the  board  to  the  control 
of  the  Ordnance  Department  of  the  United  States  army.  This,  in  the 
opinion  of  your  Committee,  would  have  resulted  in  injurious  limitations 
on  the  labors  of  the  board,  and  it  would  have  been  unjust  to  the 
engineer  officer  of  the  United  States  Army,  to  the  two  officers  of  the 
United  States  Navy,  and  to  the  three  civil  engineers  who  were  members 
of  the  board. 


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On  the  other  hand,  no  good  could  result  from  such  control,  and  no 
reason  could  hi  discovered  for  the  efforts  made  to  obtain  it,  other  than 
the  desire  of  the  Ordnance  Department  to  secure  to  itself  the  credit  of 
the  investigations  to  be  made  bj  the  board. 

These  facts  have  been  presented  to  the  Society  in  previous  state- 
ments made  to  it  by  your  Committee,  but  they  have  thus  far  failed  to 
arouse  the  Society  to  such  action  as  would  have  prevented  the  hostile 
legislation  in  the  first  instance,  and  which  will  yet,  if  vigorously  taken, 
secure  the  passage  of  a  new  bill  repealing  it,  rehabilitating  the  board, 
and  restoring  the  testing  machine  to  the  uses  for  which  it  was  intended 
and  built. 

Your  Committee  would  therefore  recommend  that  a  memorial  and 
jjetition  to  Congress  be  prepared  and  signed  by  the  officers  of  the 
American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  setting  forth  the  history  of  the 
effort  made  to  secure  a  complete  set  of  tests  of  iron,  steel  and  other 
materials  used  in  construction  in  this  country,  and  praying  that  the 
board  legislated  out  of  existence  shall  be  reaj^pointed,  the  testing 
machine  built  under  its  direction  restored  to  its  possession,  and  that 
additional  approj^riations  be  made  to  enable  the  board  to  complete  its 
labors. 

If  this  recommendation  is  ajjproved  and  carried  into  effect,  your 
Committee  also  recommend  that  every  member  of  the  American  Society 
of  Civil  Engineers  shall  take  an  active  personal  interest  in  obtaining  the 
favorable  action  of  Congress  ujaon  the  petition  proposed,  and  that  the 
Society,  as  such,  shall  ask  the  active  co-operation  in  this  effort  of  all  the 
scientific  societies  and  colleges,  and  of  the  associations  of  tradesmen, 
mechanics,  engineers  and  manufacturers  in  our  country. 

In  response  to  a  request  sent  to  Colonel  T.  T.  S.  Laidley,  U.  S. 
Ordnance,  President  of  the  late  U.  S.  Testing  Board,  he  has  kindly 
furnished  your  Committee  with  the  following  report  of  the  duty  per- 
formed by  the  testing  machine  : 

Watertown  Arsenal,  June  11,  1881, 
Gen.  W.  S.  Smith,  No.  31  East  22d  street,  New  York  : 

Dear  Sir, — In  reply  to  your  inquiry  of  this  date,  I  have  to  say,  that 
since  the  1st  of  July  last,  when  the  funds  became  available,  the  testing 
machine  has  been  constantly  at  work,  about  one-half  of  the  time  for 
private  individuals,  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Co.,  the  New  Y''ork  and 
Brooklyn  Bridge,  Passaic  Rolling  Mill  Co.,  Mr.  Andrew  Kloman,  and 
Mr.  E.  D.  Leavitt,  Jr.,  being  those  who  have  had  most  work  done.  734 
specimens  have  in  all  been  tested. 

The  first  work  was  to  test  the  cylinders  of  cast  iron  prepai'ed  under 
authority  of  the  board  for  testing  iron  and  steel.  The  results  in  brief 
are   given  in  the  annexed  table,  and  establish  the   important  fact  that 


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cast  iron,  such  as  is  used  in  making  guns,  makes  a  stronger  gun  than  a 
similar  one  made  of  cast  and  lined  by  a  wrought  iron  tube. 

Experiments  liave  been  made  on  the  resistances  of  woods,  and  provi- 
sion made  to  extend  them  much,  as  soon  as  the  wood  shall  have  become 
sufficiently  seasoned. 

Arrangements  have  been  made  to  test  a  large  number  of  iron 
columns,  and  this  will  commence  in  a  day  or  two. 

Trials  have  been  made  on  the  transVerse  strength  of  pins  of  various 
sizes  and  lengths,  and  on  sliding  and  rolling  friction. 

Experiments  have  been  made  to  determine  the  effect  of  rerolling  iron 
for  bridge  work.  Quite  a  number  of  tests  of  eye  bars  have  been  made 
to  determine  the  best  method  of  forming  the  eyes,  the  strength  of 
riveted  work  for  boilers,  and  bridges,  wire  rop*e  and  fastenings,  open 
hearth  steel,  stone,  etc.,  etc.  The  experiments  made  for  individuals  will 
not  be  published  ;  those  made  on  Government  account  will  accompany 
the  report  of  the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 

It  is  much  to  be  regretted  that  the  law  was  passed  requiring  the  use 
of  the  machine  to  be  given  to  any  one  who  will  pay  the  actual  expenses, 
for,  as  the  law  now  stands,  such  persons  have  the  precedence. 
Eespectfully  yours, 

T.  T.  S.  Laidley, 
Colonel  of  Ordnance,  Commanding. 


CYLINDER  TESTS. 


Undeb  Initial  Load  of  5  000  lbs.  on 
Piston. 

Ultimate 

Loads. 

DistinstiisUing 
Mark. 

Length  of 
Bore  filled 
with   Wax. 

Snrface  of 

Bore    exposed 

to  Wax. 

,  Volume  of 

Wax, 
cubic  inches. 

Actual  lbs. 

Lbs.  Sq    Inch 

Internal 
Pressure. 

\   1       

Inches. 
10.0C4 

10.371 

10.445 

10.097 

10.010 

10.471 

10.388 

10.385 

Sq.  Inches. 
113.00 

11G.37 

117.03 

112.71 

118.81 

116.57 

115.71 

115.61 

86.23 
89.13 

89.02 
85.62 
84.88 
88.79 
88.09 
87.96 

769.200 
737.600 
792.500 
635.500 
687.900 
660.200 
735.400 
698.100 

83.518 

A.   2   

85.867 

\    3             

92.366 

B  1         

74.935 

go                    

81.120 

J3  3             

77.853 

CI 

C  2             

8G.722 
82.420 

A  Lined  with  thin  copper  -jV  inch  thick. 

B  Lined  with  wrought  iron  0.912  inch  thick. 

C  Lined  with  bronze  0.508  inch  thick. 


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Cyliuders  22  inches  long,   11  inches  diameter.      Diameter  of  bore, 
3.3  inches. 

A  1  and  A  2  were  bored  through,  and  the  breach  end  closed  with  a 
screw. 

T.  T.  S.  Laidley, 

Colonel  of  Ordnance. 
Eesi^ectfullv  submitted, 

Wai.  SooY  Smith, 
Chn.  Com.  on  Tests  of  Iron  and  Steel. 

A.  P.  BoLLEE. — This  commission  was  commenced  as  long  ago  as 
1873  or  74.  I  was  familiar  with  its  constitution  at  the  time,  and  did 
what  share  of  work  I  could  to  get  it  launched  and  into  practical  working 
order.  Since  that  time  we  have  been  much  disappointed  in  the  results 
obtained  by  that  commission,  and  from  the  admissions  of  their  own  re- 
port there  is  evidently  such  a  clashing  of  authority  that  we  cannot  ex- 
pect the  work  to  advance  in  the  direction  or  to  the  extent  that  we  all 
hoped  for.  I  would  move,  therefore,  in  order  to  examine  the  true  con- 
dition of  affairs,  and  without  any  disrespect  to  the  gentlemen  composing 
the  commission,  that  the  report  be  referred  to  the  Board  of  Direction  for 
examination  as  to  its  inferences  and  charges,  and  that  the  committee  be 
discharged  and  thanked  for  the  work  they  have  done  up  to  the  present  time. 
The  result  of  such  action  will  be,  I  think,  getting  at  the  real  facts  of  the 
case,  and  a  reorganization  as  it  were,  of  the  part  our  Society  has  taken  and 
must  take  in  furthering  this  work  ;  for  there  is  no  scheme  that  has  been 
started  for  the  advancement  of  American  engineering,  in  my  judgment, 
comparable  with  the  work  that  was  laid  out  for  the  investigation  of  that 
commission.  It  is  so  far  beyond  the  possibility  of  private  effort  that  we 
must  have  hearty  Government  co-operation  in  it.  No  steps  should  be 
taken  unadvisedly  or  hastily,  and  it  is  for  that  reason  I  move  that  the 
report  be  referred  to  the  Board  of  Direction  for  examination,  or  to  a 
special  committee— I  do  not  care  which— for  examination  into  the 
charges  and  jealousies  therein  contained,  to  report  to  the  Society  for 
future  action,  and  that  the  committee  be  discharged  with  thanks  for  past 
labors.  But  as  it  would  be  better  to  divide  my  motion  into  two  parts,  I 
would  move  first  for  the  acceptance  of  the  report,  and  the  discharge  of 
the  committee  with  thanks. 

Motion  agreed  to. 

A.  P.  BoLLEE.— I  now  move  that  a  special  committee  be  appointed  to 
whom  that  report  shall  be  referred  for  report  at  the  earliest  practicable 
moment,  with  recommendations  as'to  the  future  action  of  the  Society  in 
the  matter. 

F.  Collin GwooD. — To  whom  does  that  report  come  ? 

A.  P.  BoLLEE. — It  was  to  be  a  committee  to  examine  into  the  working 
of  the  commission,  and  into  the  charges  conveyed  in  their  report.    We  are 


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plainly  told  that  the  differences  and  jealousies  between  the  civil  and 
military  departments  have  utterly  blocked  the  useful  working  of  the 
commission,  and  we  will  stand  where  we  are  to  all  eternity  if  we  do  not 
have  that  obstacle  removed  out  of  our  way. 

The  Pbesident. — I  question  whether  that  is  a  proper  motle  of  pro- 
ceeding, whether  it  would  be  altogether  in  order  to  appoint  a  committee' 
to  report  upon  the  action  of  another  committee  just  discharged.     Of 
course,  it  is  just  ns  gentlemen  choose  to  vote. 

T.  Egleston.— It  is  necessary  that  the  bottom  facts  of  this  ease 
should  be  known,  but  it  is  not  necessary  that  the  conduct  of  the  com- 
mittee should  be  scrutinized.  It  is  possil^le,  however,  that  somebody  in 
authority  should  know  exactly  what  the  reasons  are  why  this  commission 
has  failed  of  its  object.  In  view  of  the  greatest  engineering  problem 
that  has  been  started  in  200  years,  and  with  the  prospect  of  our  doing 
for  the  metals  what  has  never  been  done  or  even  thought  of  before,  it 
does  seem  to  be  about  time  this  commission  was  organized  and  at  work. 
Here  is  a  commission  with  a  large  amount  of  money,  with  the  patronage 
of  the  Government  and  the  sympathy  of  its  officers,  with  the  machine 
already  in  hand,  and  "yet  it  has  not  succeeded.  I  think  it  is  desirable 
that  somebody  should  know  the  reason  why;  it  is  not,  I  think,  desirable 
that  if  there  is  any  personal  jealousy,  or  if  there  is  anything  approaching 
to  a  scandal,  it  shoiild  be  made  known  to  the  public.  The  Governing 
Board  of  this  Society  is  quite  competent  to  discuss  any  question  that 
may  come  np,  and  it  therefore  seems  to  me  that  if  a  committee  is  ap- 
pointed to  look  over  this  matter  and  see  what  shall  be  done  in  the 
future,  it  should  report  to  the  Governing  Board  of  this  Society,  and  the 
advice  of  that  Board  should  be  taken.  This  investigation  is  of  great  in- 
terest, not  only  to  engineers,  but  to  all  mankind,  because  it  involves  the 
whole  question  of  factors  of  safety,  and  if  there  is  to  be  any  reorganiza- 
tion, the  action  preliminary  thereto  should  come  from  the  governing 
body  of  this  Society. 

The  President. — I  do  not  question  at  all  the  propriety  of  the  investi- 
gation, but  simply  the  form  of  proceeding  to  arrive  at  it.  The  question 
is  whether  it  should  be  done  by  a  new  committee,  with  full  powers  to 
pursue  the  matter. 

A.  P.  Boller. — It  is  apparently  a  little  diificult  to  get  at.  We  are 
not  prepared  now  to  appoint  a  new  committee  to  prosecute  this  subject. 
A  committee  of  that  character  must  be  selected  with  a  great  deal  of  fore- 
thought, and  a  great  deal  of  examination  into  the  qualifications  of  the 
members,  and  the  time  they  can  give  to  the  matter.  The  obstacles 
wdiich  that  report  tells  us  exist,  must  be  examined  into  in  some  form 
or  shape,  and  I  can  conceive  of  no  other  way  of  doing  it  than  to  refer 
that  report  to  a  committee,  or  to  the  Board  of  Direction— I  do  not  cai'e 
which — for  examination  and  deliberation  as  to  the  further  action  this 
Society  should  take  in  furtherance  of  the  object  of  this  great  commis- 


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sion,  for  no  greater  one  in  the  interests  of  science  has  ever  been  started, 
I  am  willing  to  accept  any  amendment  that  will  get  over  questions  of 
test  or  comi^etency,  for  I  am  deeply  convinced  we  must  do  something 
before  we  separate  this  morning  for  carrying  forward  the  object  of  that 
commission. 

The  Pkesident.— My  objection  was  to  the  appointment  of  a  com- 
mittee to  criticise  the  action  of  a  committee  whose  report  we  had  just 
accepted.  I  question  whether  that  would  be  in  order,  or  is  a  proper 
thing  for  the  Society  to  do.  I  think,  however,  it  would  be  in  order  to 
refer  it  to  the  Board  of  Direction,  with  full  power  to  pursue  the  matter. 

A.  P.  BoLLEE.— I  am  perfectly  willing  that  the  Board  of  Direction 
should  take  it  up,  and  possibly  we  might  profitably  discuss  the  matter  a 
little  more  before  we  pass  a  final  resolution  upon  it.  But  as  I  have 
stated  my  views  on  the  matter,  and  how  I  stand,  I  will  withhold  pressing 
my  motion  until  we  have  heard  further  from  the  members  of  the  Society. 

F.  CoLLiNGWooD.— I  think  we  can  get  over  this  difficulty  by  changing 
the  words  of  the  motion.  It  is  in  the  minds  of  members  about  me,  that 
a  committee  should  be  appointed,  but  there  is  an  objection  to  the  motion 
taking  the  form  of  criticism.  I  think  it  is  not  dellirable  that  we  should 
ask  the  Board  of  Direction  to  undertake  the  matter  because  they  have 
already  a  great  deal  of  work  to  attend  to.  The  committee  should  -be 
composed  of  men  who  have  more  leisure,  and  I  would,  therefore,  suggest 
that  the  motion  be  put  into  this  form  :  That  a  committee  be  appointed 
to  examine  further  into  the  subject,  and  to  report  a  recommendation  to  the 
Board  of  Direction,  who  shall  take  such  action  as  they  see  fit.  I  think 
that  will  meet  the  whole  matter. 

Mr.  BoLLEE. — I  accept  that  as  an  amendment. 

C.  Latimer.— It  seems  to  me  the  appointment  of  another  committee 
to  continue  the  same  subject  is  a  criticism  upon  the  former  committee 
that  has  been  discharged. 

I  am  not  acquainted  with  the  merits  of  the  question  ;  but  it  seems  to 
me  that  I  would  not  like  to  see  another  committee  appointed  to  throw 
discredit  upon  a  committee  that  has  already  done  something  and  to  throw 
discredit  on  their  work.  I  think  it  would  be  better  to  refer  the  matter 
to  the  Board  of  Management  to  decide  on  the  merits  of  the  work,  and 
that  the  committee  should  do  what  may  be  further  necessary  in  order  to 
carry  out  what  the  Board  may  recommend. 

The  President. — I  should  say  it  was  perfectly  in  order  to  criticise  the 
report  of  that  committee  before  it  was  accepted,  but  after  it  has  been  re- 
ceived, I  do  not  think  it  is  in  order  to  criticise  what  they  have  done. 

A.  P.  BoLiiER. — May  I  ask  if  a  new  committee  is  appointed  to  be  ac- 
tive commissioners  in  the  matter,  whether  the  reports  and  past  observa- 
tions on  this  matter  are  not  open  to  examination  and  criticism  ? 
Whether  the  reports  of  the  Board  or  the  reports  of  a  special  committee 
on  any  other  subject  may  not  be  examined,  and  whether  it  is  not  perfectly 


70 

competent  for  us  to  review  the  whole  question,  and  see  where  the  diffi- 
culty lies,  and  if  there  is  difficulty,  to  remove  it  before  there  is  trouble  ? 
It  is  impossible  to  couch  the  motion  in  such  terms  as  to  preclude  all 
criticism.  I  do  not  propose  to  critcise  that  committee.  They  are  all 
gentlemen  whom  I  esteem  very  highly,  and  I  believe  they  have  worked 
to  the  best  of  their  ability  in  the  matter.  But  they  have  evidently  come 
to  a  standstill,  and  now  we  must  find  out  just  where  that  difficulty  lies. 
When  a  matter  of  great  importance  is  up,  I  do  not  believe  in  mincing 
matters.  I  believe  in  going  to  the  root  of  the  difficulty,  and  when  that 
is  found  to  eradicate  it. 

The  President. — It  is  perfectly  in  order  to  refer  the  same  subject  to 
a  new  committee 

A.  P.  BoLLER. — Very  well,  that  is  tlie  j^oint  Mr.  Collingwood  made, 
and  I  accepted  that  as  an  amendment  to  my  motion. 

J.  J.  E.  Ckoes. — There  is  a  certain  mystery  in  all  this  that  we  who 
are  uninitiated  cannot  understand.  We  have  a  report  presented  which 
asks  that  this  Society  do  something.  We  receive  that  report  and  dis- 
charge the  committee.  Then  we  ask  for  a  committee  to  be  appointed  or 
for  the  Board  of  Direction  to  do  something,  but  nobody  seems  to  have  a 
clear  idea  of  what  they  do  want,  or  of  what  the  matter  is.  Why  do  not 
gentlemen  who  have  these  grievances  behind  them  state  whether  they  are 
against  the  Committee  of  the  American  Society  of  Engineers,  or  the 
National  Board,  or  the  Ordnance  Board,  or  Congress,  or  whoever  it 
may  be.  If  they  would  state  who  it  is  they  want  to  hit  so  that  we  can 
find  out  who  they  are,  we  will  be  much  better  satisfied,  and  it  could  be 
done  in  five  words  then. 

A.  P.  Bolder. — I  do  not  know  whether  my  friend,  Mr.  Croes,  took 
a  nap  during  the  reading  of  that  report,  but  I  think  the  report  itself  is 
abundant  cause  for  the  discussion  we  have  had  on  this  subject.  I  have 
no  grievance  against  Congress,  or  against  the  Engineers,  or  against  the 
Ordnance,  or  against  the  Society,  or  against  anyone  else.  I  simjily 
know  that  by  their  own  admission  their  work  has  come  to  a  standstill. 
They  make  certain  charges  in  the  report  which,  divested  of  all  rhetoric 
and  of  all  complimentary  terms,  reveals  a  clashing  between  the  com- 
ponents parts  of  the  Board,  the  one  civil  and  the  dther  military.  Now 
there  may  be  two  sides  to  this  question,  as  there  generally  are  to  all 
questions,  and  I  am  very  anxious  to  get  at  the  secret  and  see  exactly 
what  the  trouble  is.  Unless  we  do  that  our  past  work  is  good  as  far  as  it 
has  gone,  but  it  is  so  far  short  of  what  we  have  been  striving  for  that  it 
is  a  confession  of  failure  to  stop  at  this  point. 

C.  Latimer. — I  would  like  to  know  what  the  members  of  the  com- 
mittee themselves  think  of  the  matter.  It  seems  to  me  that  if  there  is 
anything  kept  back,  any  trouble  in  the  Commission,  they  ought  to  know 
all  about  it,  certainly,  and  if  they  would  only  explain  it  to  us  now,  we 
would  be  much  obliged  to  them.     It  seems  to  me  a  curious  ^jroceed- 


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ing  to  appoint  another  committee  to  examine  into  the  doings  of  a  previ- 
ous one. 

T.  Egleston. — I  do  not  think  there  is  any  ambiguity  or  hinting  in  the 
matter.  If  there  are  words  in  the  English  h^nguage  that  can  state  plain- 
ly what  the  difficulty  is,  I  think  those  words  are  contained  in  the  report. 
The  gist  of  the  whole  matter  is  this  :  I  have  had  occasion  to  use  that 
testing  machine  in  making  some  investigations  recently,  and  I  went  to 
Washington,  to  headquarters,  to  ascertain  what  the  conditions  were  under 
which  I  could  iise  it.  I  found  every  engineer  officer  and  every  govern- 
ment officer  extremely  anxious  that  the  Commission  should  go  on  and 
do  the  work.  I  went  back  to  New  York  and  the  several  members  of 
the  Commission  were  also  extremely  anxious.  I  talked  with 
Col.  Laidley  and  found  that  he  was  extremely  anxious.  In  the  mean- 
time I  have  found  that  certain  members  of  Congress  are  extremely 
anxious  that  the  work  should  be  done.  But  when  you  come  to  look  over 
that  report  you  will  find  the  Chairman  of  the  Committee  states  positively 
that  he  could  not  report  to  the  Ordnance  Department,  and  that  the  Com- 
mittee of  this  Society  preferred  that  the  whole  thing  should  die  without 
a  motion  in  its  behalf,  rather  than  that  they  should  report  to  the  Ord- 
nance Department.     I  think  that  is  the  short  of  it. 

Mr.  Boiler's  motion,  as  amended  by  Mr.  Collingwood,  was  adopted. 

The  President. —The  Chair  will  make  the  appointment  and  announce 
the  names  of  the  committee  hereafter.     (See  page  40. ) 

J.  J.  R.  Ckoes  then  reported  verbally  :  The  Committee  on  the  Gaug- 
ing of  Streams  has  the  honor  to  report  that  a  considerable  correspond- 
ence has  taken  place  with  members  in  various  parts  of  the  country  who 
have  been  asked  to  make  gaugings  of  the  streams  in  their  vicinity,  and 
to  send  them  to  the  Society  for  tabulation.  No  response  has  been  re- 
ceived since  the  meeting  in  last  November.  At  that  time  a  paper  was 
presented  by  Mr.  Fteley,  of  Boston,  on  the  gauging  of  the  Sudbury 
river,  which  paper  was  discussed  to  some  extent,  and  is  now  in  print  and 
will  probably  be  issued  in  the  next  number  of  the  Transactions.  The 
work  of  the  committee  will  be  seen,  to  some  extent,  in  that  paper,  and 
in  the  discussions  upon  it.  Further  papers  on  the  same  subject  have 
been  promised  by  Mr.  Fteley  and  will  be  forthcoming  probably  in  a 
month  or  two.  The  result  of  the  applications  for  gaugings,  sent  to  all 
parts  of  the  country,  has  not  been  so  satisfactory  as  the  committee  would 
desire.  In  very  few  instances  have  any  responses  been  received  at  all, 
and  these  responses  were  to  the  effect  that  the  parties  applied  to  had  not 
measured  any  streams  at  all.  The  committee  ask  to  be  continued. 
On  motion  the  report  was  accepted  and  the  committee  continued. 

The  Seceetaey  asked  if  any  member  of  the  Society  had  any  business 
to  propose. 

C.  Latimer.— There  has  been  heretofore  a  standing  resolution  on  our 


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statutes  that  the  metric  measures  be  put  upon  the  papers  of  this  Society. 
I  move  that  that  resolution  be  rescinded. 

The  President  asks  for  information. 

The  Secretary. — At  the  Ninth  Annual  Convention  of  this  Society  a 
resolution  was  passed  that,  thereafter  in  all  papers  written  for  the  Society, 
members  should  include  in  such  papers  the  dimensions  in  metric 
measure  as  well  as  in  English  feet  and  inches,  and  that  this  resolution 
should  be  published  continuously  in  the  Proceedings  of  the  Society.  It 
has  been  so  published  since  that  Convention, 

T.  G.  Ellis. — I  would  like  to  ask  the  Secretary  whether  any  members 
have  availed  themselves  of  that  resolution  to  put  metric  measures  in  any 
of  their  papers  ? 

The  Secretary. — Two,  I  think,  since  I  have  been  Secretary. 

T.  G.  Ellis. — Is  there  any  other  sucli  standing  resolution  ? 

The  Secretary. — Not  that  I  am  aware  of. 

T.  G.  Ellis. — I  think  under  these  circumstances  it  is  not  necessary  to 
print  it  for  the  benefit  of  two  papers  in  so  many  years.  I  think  if  it 
stands  we  should  add  the  measures  of  other  nations  where  we  have  moi'e 
resident  members  than  we  have  in  the  case  of  France.  For  instance,  in 
Mexico  and  South  America  we  have  more  resident  members  than  we  have 
m  any  other  country  whose  metric  system  we  are  acquainted  with. 

T.  Egleston.- — The  metric  system  is  adopted  in  Mexico. 

C.  L.\TiMER. — That  is  true,  and  Mr.  Wellington  says  it  has  produced 
such  confusion  that  he  does  not  know  where  he  is.  I  have  a  letter  from 
him  to  that  efifect. 

A.  P.  BoLLER. — With  regard  to  the  motion  rescinding  the  resolution 
it  does  not  make  much  difference  except  to  expunge  from  the  record  an 
inojierative  resolution.  There  is  nothing  to  prevent  any  member  putting 
as  many  measurements  into  his  jiaper  as  he  chooses.  The  fact  that  only 
two  papers  have  included  metric  measurements  during  Mr.  Bogart's 
secretaryship  shows  that  members  do  not  regard  this  as  a  compulsory 
resolution,  but  one  tliey  can  disobey  at  their  own  pleasure.  As  long  as 
the  resolution  must  be  a  dead  letter,  and  we  cannot  compsl  members  to 
abide  by  it,  perhaps  we  had  better  expunge  it  from  the  i'eeord. 

Mr.  Latimer's  motion  was  submitted  to  a  vote,  and  adopted  by  28 
foi',  to  9  against. 

The  business  meeting  of  the  Convention  was  then  adjourned. 

OF  THE  BOAED  OF  DIRECTION. 

June  8th,  1881. — Applications  were  considered.  Action  was  taken 
in  regard  to  the  Building  Fund  and  the  Fellowship  Fund. 


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LIST      OF      MEMBERS. 


ADDITIONS. 
MEMBERS. 


Date  of  Election. 

Blickensderfer,  J.\cob.  .Chief  Engineer  Union  Pacific  R.R.,  Omaha, 

Nebraska June    i,    1881 

Breckenridge,  C.A.BELL. .  .Engineer   Alabama  Great  Southern  R.R. 

Chattanooga,  Tenn 

H.viGHT,  Stephen  S West  Farms,  New  York  City,  N.  Y 

H.vrris,  \Vm.  P Supt.    New   York   and   Greenwood    Lalce 

R.  R.,  37  Ailing  St.,  Newark,  N.  J.  .  . 
MuNROE,  Henry  S School  of  Mines,  Columbia  College,  New 

York  City,  N.  Y May   4,    1881 

Symington,  Willi.a,m  N.  .P.  O.  Box  2011,  New  York  City,  N.  Y.  .  .         " 
WiiiNERY,  Samuel (Elected  Junior  April  i,  i874,)Ass't.  Eng'r. 

New  Orleans  and  North  Eastern  R.  R., 

Meridian,  Miss " 

Wilder,  Francis  M Sup't.  M.  P.  Department  N.  Y.  L.  E.  and 

W.  Railway,  Susquehanna  Depot,  Pa.  Jan.    5,    1881 

ASSOCL\TE. 

Gorringe,  Henry  H 32  Waverly  PLace,  New  York  City,  N.  Y.. April  6,  1881 

juniors. 

Allaire,  William   M....358  West    Thirty-second  St.,    New  York 

City,  N.  Y March  2,  1881 


changes  and  corrections. 

members. 


Beckwith,  Arthur 115  Broadway,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Beckwith,  L.  F- 115  Broadway,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

DoANE,  Edwin  A Chief  Engineer  R.  W.  &  O.  R.  R.,  Oswego,  N.  Y. 

Ellis,  N.  W 33  Pine  St.,  Room  19,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Flagg,  J.  Foster Div.   Engineer,   Mexican  National   R.    R.,    Manzanilla, 

Mexico. 

Fuller,  S.  T Chief  Engineer  Texas  Mexican  R.  R.,  Houston,  Texas. 

Golay,  Philip Paducah,  Ky. 

Harris,  Robert  L (Ross  &  Harris,)  San  Antonio,  Texas. 

Neilson,  Charles Sup't.   Delaware  Div.    N.   Y.,   L.   E.  and  W.  Railway, 

Port  Jervis,  N.  Y. 

Walker,  John  S Ass't.  Engineer  Mex. National  Cons.  Co.,  Laredo,  Texas. 

Ward,  Charles  D Windsor  Hotel,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

Ward,  Lebbeus  B Windsor  Hotel,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 


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Juniors. 

Brooks,  Fred'k Office  Mexican  Central  Railway,  Mexico,  Mexico. 

Curtis,  Wendell  R California  Southern  R.  K.,  San  Diego,  Cal. 

Ferguson,  John  W Ass't.  Engineer  N.  V.,  L.  E.  and  W.  Railway,  Hornels- 

ville,  N.  Y. 

fellows. 

Dillon,  Sidney President  Union  Pacific  R.  R.,  78  Broadway,  New  York 

City,  N.  Y. 

Norton,  F.  O 92  Broadway,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Seymour,  M.  T 55  Broadway,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

DEATHS. 

Weber,  M.  M.  Baron  Von., Elected   Honorary  Member  June  2,  1S80.      Died  April 

18,  1881. 
Hall,  G.  Thomas Elected  Associate  October  2,    1872,   and  transferred  to 

Member  September  2,  1874.     Died  June  2,  iSSi. 


^merican  ^ocidg  of  ^p\  Inji 


nfimcm. 


p^nocEEDi  ]s:  as. 


Vol.  VII.— July,   1881 


MINUTES    OF    MEETINaS 


(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 

July  6th,  1881.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Yice-Presiclent  Welch 
in  the  chair.  Ballots  were  canvassed  and  the  following  candidates  de- 
clared elected: — As  Members,  Oliver  Weldon  Barnes,  New  York  City; 
William  Anderson  May,.  Scranton,  Pa. ;  James  Gardner  Sanderson, 
Scranton,  Pa. :  — As  Associate,  Henry  Robert  Bradbury,  New  York  City. 
The  Norman  Medal  for  the  last  year  was  formally  presented  to  Theodore 
Cooper,  M.  A.  S.  C.  E. 


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ADDITIONS  TO 


LIBRABY     AND     MUSEUM. 


From    S    Thayer  Abert,   U.    S.   C.    E. 

Washington,  D.  C: 

Annual  Report  on  Improvement  of  Rivers  and 

Harbors  in  District  of  Columbia,  Maryland, 

Virginia  and   North   Carolina.    S.    Thayer 

Abert. 

From    Administration    des    Pouts     et 
Chaussees,  Pans: 
Annales.     February,  March,  April  and   May, 

1881.     List  of  Members,  1881. 

From  American  Academy  of  Arts   and 
Sciences.     Boston: 
ProceedinKs.     Vol.  VIII.,  New  Series,  Part  I., 

May,  1880  to  February,  1881. 

From  American  Chemical  Society,  New 
York: 
Journal  of  the   Society.   Vol.    II.,    Nos.  8-12, 

August,  December,  1880. 

From  American  Institute  of  Mining  En- 
gineers, Dr.  T.  M.  Drown,  Secretary, 
Eastou,  Pa.: 
Proceedings   of  the  Annual  Meeting  held  in 

Philadelphia,  Kebruary,  1881. 
The   Gold-Bearing   Mispickel   Veins  of  Mar 

mora,  Ontario,  Canada.     R.  P.  Kothwell. 
The  Whopper  Lode,    Gunnison   County,  Col 

orado.  Prof.  Persifor  Frazer. 
Steel  for  Bridges.  J.  W.  Clowd. 
The    advance    in    Mining,  Metallurgical  Art 

Science,   and  Indubtry   since  1875.     W.  P 

Shinn. 
Shocks  on  Railway  Bridges.     J.  'W.  Clowd. 
The  Industrial   School  for  Miners   and  Me 

chanics  at   Orifon,    Luzern   Go.   Pa.     O.  J 

Hemrich. 
Gas  Producers  using  Blast.    F.  H.  Daniels, 
liffect  of  Sewage  on  Iron.     C.  O.   Thompson 
The  Construction  on  Geological  Cross-sections 

H.  Martyu  Chance. 
Ore  Roasting  Furnace.     W.  J.  Taylor. 
Note  on   the  Estimation   in   Speise.      F.   C. 

Blake. 
Method  for  the  Estimation  of  Manganese  in 

Spiegels,  Irons  and  Stee.'s.     S.  A.  Ford. 
Note  on  a  Direct  Process  for  Treating  fine  Iron 

Ores.     W.  E.  C.  Eustis. 
A  Fluxing  Gas  Prod c.cer  for  making  Heating 

Gas.     W.  J.  Taylor. 
The  Amount  of  Manganese  Required  to  remove 

the   Oxygen   from   Iron  after  it  has   been 

blown    in    a   Bessemer   Converter.     S.    A. 

Ford. 
Notes  on  the  Assay  Spitzlutte.      R.  H   Rich- 
ards. 
On   the   Applicability  of  Edison's  System  of 

Electric  Lighting  to  Mines.     O.  A.  Moses. 
A  new  Bottom  for  Bessemer  Converters.     C. 

F.  Manness. 
Auriferous   Slate   Deposits  on  the   Southern 

Mining  Region.     P.  F.  Mell,  Jr. 
Can  the  ikagneti^m  of  I  on  and  Steel  be  used 

to  Determine   their    Physical    Properties  ? 

Wm.  Metcalf. 
On   the   action  of  Common   Salt  and    other 

Crystalline  Salts  in   Wire-Drawing.     C.  O. 

TlKJiiipsoii.  " 

On  Kail  Patterns.     A.  L.  Holley. 

From  American  Iron  and  Steel  Associa- 
tion. James  M.  Swank,  Secretary, 
Philadelphia: 


Preliminary  Report  upon  the  Iron  and  Steel 
Industries  of  the  United  States  in  the  Cen- 
sus vear  1880.  ended  May  31,  1880.  James 
M.  Swank.     Philadelphia,  1881. 

From  Argentine  Sdentific  Society.  Don 
Eduardo  E.  Clerice,  Secretai  y,  Buenos 
Ay  res: 
Annales.     February,  March  and  April,  1881. 
From    Arthur    Beardsley,    Bethlehem, 
Pa.: 
Register  of  the  Lehigh  University,  1880-1881. 

From  Thomas  J.  Bell,  Cincinnati: 
Forty-tirst   Annual   Report  of   the  Water  De- 
partment of  Cincinnati. 

From   Charles  E.  Billin,  Indianapolis, 

Ind.: 

Proceedings  of  the  Convention  of  Engineers 

and  Surveyors  of  the  State  of  l^enusyivania., 

held  at  Ha'rrisbnrg,  Pa.,  Oct.  27th,  2«th  and 

29th,  1881  (Copies  for  distriOufiov). 

From  Boston  .Society  ol  Civil  Engineers. 
S.  E.  Qiukham,  Secretary,  B  .s-t  'n: 
Proceedings,  Apr.l.  1881.     Annual  Meeting  of 

the  Society,  March,  1881. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Government. 
The  Back  Bay  Park.     E.  W.  Howe. 

From  Boston  Public  Library,  Boston  : 
Bulletin  oi  the  Library.     April,  1881,  Vol. IV., 
No.  10. 

Irom  G.  Bouscaren,  Cincinnati: 
Instruction  for  Laying  out  Circular  Curves 
with    Special   Approaches.      G.  Bouscaren. 
(Several  copies). 

From  Lyman  Bridges,  San  Francisco: 
Report  on  the  San  Francisco  and  Ocean  Shore 

Railroad  Co  ,  Calitoruia.     New  York,  1881. 
Report  on  the  California  i  entral  Railway  in 
California  and  Nevada.     New  York,  1881. 
From  L.  L.  Buck,  Brooklyn.  N.  Y. : 
Report  on  the  Renewal  of  Niagara  Suspension 
Bridge.     L.   L.   Buck.     New  York,    1881  (2 
copies). 

From   Bureau  of  Education.  Washing- 
ton. D.  0,: 
Report  of    Commissioner  of   Education    for 

1878. 
Library  Aids.     .Samuel  S   Green. 
Comparative  Statistics  ol  Elementary  Educa- 
tion in  Fifty  Principal  Countr.es. 

From  H.  M.  Chance.  Philadelphia: 

The  Construction  of  Geolo;4icalCroKs-seition8. 

H.  M    Chance,  M.  D.,  P.i.ladelphia,  1881. 

From  M.  A,  Durand-Claye,  Pans: 

Les  Eaux  d'Egout.     A.  Durand  Claye,   Paris, 

1880 
Les   Travaux    d'Assainissement    de    Danzig, 
Berlin,  et  Breslau.     A.  Durand  Claye,  Paris, 
1881. 

From   Wm.   B.  Cogswell,  Syracuse,  N. 
Y.: 
The   Credit  Mobilier  of  America.    Rowland 
Hazard,  Providence,  1881. 

From  John  Collet,  Chief  of  Bureau  of 
Statistics  and  Geology  of  Indiana,  In- 
dianapolis; 
Second    Annual    Report    of    Department    of 
Statistics  and  Geology  of  Indiana. 


From  Jbrgen  Dahl,  Norway,  Swerien  : 

Types  of  Constructiou  ou  the.  Norwegian 
Uailways  of  3  feet  6  incbes  gauge. 

From  Thomas  M.  Drown,  Easton,  Pa.  : 

An  Adilress  at  the  Keopeuiiig  oi  Pardee  Hall, 
Lafayette  College,  1881,  Easton,  Pa. 
From  C   E.  Durkee.  Albany,  N.  Y.  : 

Keport  ou  Itoutes  and  Ei-timates.  Sacketts 
Harbor  aud  Saratoga  Raihoad.  Saratoga 
Springs,  1852. 

The  Adirondack  Railroad  and  Estate.  New 
York,  1873. 

Frnm  Engineers'  Club  of  Philadelphia, 
Howard  Murphy,  Cor.  Secretary,  Phil- 
adelphia : 

Proceeding,  Vol.  II.,  No.  2. 

From  Engineers'  Department,  U.  S.  A. 
Was  .in}>ton,  D.  C.  : 

OflBcial  Army  Register,  January,  1881. 

Lecture  on  the  Progress  ot  the  Works  of 
Completion  of  the  new  Improved  Bed  of 
the  Danube  at  Vienna,  by  Sir  Gustav  von 
Wex.  Translated  by  Gen.  G.  Weitzel,  U. 
S.  A. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers, 
U.  S.  A.  Parts  1.,  IL,  III.,  1880. 

The  Water-jet  as  an  Aid  lo  Engineering  Con- 
struction. L.  Y.  Schermerhoru,  Washing- 
ton. 1^81. 

Contribution  to  the  Theory  of  Blasting  or 
Military  Mining.  H  Holer.  Translated  by 
C.  W.  Raymond.     Wa»hinnton.  1881. 

Specifications  for  Dredging  in  Inner  Harbor 
at  Michigan  City,  Indiana.  Maj.  J.  A. 
Smith. 

Specifications  for  Constructing  Dams  and 
Shore  Protections  of  Brush  and  Sione,  at 
Andalusia.  III.     Capt.  A.  Mackenzie. 

Specifications  for  Dredging  in  the  Galena 
River,  111.     Capt.  A.  Mackenzie. 

Specifications  for  Building  a  Wing-Dam  at 
Glastonbury  Bar.  on  the  Connecticut  River. 
Gen.  G.  K.  Warren. 

Specifications  for  Improvement  of  Rancocas 
River,  N.J.     Col.  J.N.  Macomb. 

Specifications  for  Ri  -Rap  for  Jetties  at  the 
Mouth  uf  Connecticut  River.  Gen.  G.  K. 
Warren . 

Copies  of  Reports  submitting  plans  for  the 
Improvement  of  the  Mouih  of  Columbia 
River.     Colonel  G.  L.  Gillespie. 

A  Report  relative  to  devising  a  system  of 
works  to  prevent  the  turiher  injury  of  the 
navigable  waters  ot  California  from  the 
debris  of  mines  arising  from  hydraulic 
mining.     Col.  G.  H.  Mendell. 

A  copy  of  the  Report  of  ttie  Board  of  En- 
gineers examining  the  several  points  on  the 
Pacific  coast  fur  the  purpose  ot  locating  a 
harbor  of  refuge,  and  espt.'cially  that  re- 
lating to  Port  uiford,  Oregon. 

A  Communication  and  Report  upon  the 
results  obtained  from  the  surveys  and  ex- 
aminations of  the  season  of  1880,  for  the 
establishment  of  Reservoirs  at  the  head- 
waters of  the  Mississippi  River  and  the 
sources  of  certain  streams  in  Wisconsin 
aud  Minnesota,  including  Rock  River,  Wis- 
consin and  Illinois.     Capt  J.  C   Allen. 

The  report  ot  the  Mississippi  River  Commis- 
sion .     I  Copies  fur  liistriOuticn .) 

Specifications,  Advertisement,  Proposals,  and 
Bidder's  Bond  for  Improving  Chicago  Har- 
bor.    Maj.  G.  J.  Lydecker. 

Advertisement.  Ohio  River  Improvement. 
Proposals  for  Iron  Work  at  the  Davis 
Island  Dam.     Col.  Wm.  E.  .Merrill. 


Specifications  for  Dredging  in  Winnepissiogee 

Lake,  New  Hampshire.     Gen.  Geo,  Thom. 
Specifications  for  breaking  up  and  Removing 

Sunken    Ledges  in  Merrimau  River,  Maes. 

Gen,  Geo.  Thom. 
Spfcifications      for      Excavation    of   Sunken 

Ledges  at   the   "  Gut,"  opposite  Bath,  Me. 

Gen.  Geo.  Thom. 
Specification   for   Dredging    and    Building  a 

Rubblest  iiie  Wing-dam  in  Kennelec  River, 

at  and  near  Richmond,  Maine.     Gen.  Geo. 

Thom. 

Specifications  for  the  Construction  of  the 
Breakwater  on  the  Saint  Croix  River,  near 
Calais,  Maine     Gen.  Geo.  Thom. 

Advertisement.  Instructions,  Specifications 
and  Proposals  for  Improving  Harbor  at 
MenomouU  (Mich,  and)  Wis.  Maj.  Henry 
M.  Robert. 

A  Communication  accompanying  copy  of 
Report  upon  the  Survey  ot  the  Reopening 
of  the  Santee  Canal,  South  Carolina.  Gen. 
Q.  A.  Gillmore. 

From   Charles  E.  Fowler,  New  Haven, 
Ct.  : 
City  Year  Book  of  New  Haven.     1880. 
Antiual   Report  of  the   Street   Department  of 

New  Haven'for  1880. 
Public  Parks  :  A  Lecture   by   Simon  E.  Bald- 
win. 

From  Robert  Gordon,  Henzada,  British 
Burmah  : 
Fragment  containing  a  Discussion  of  a  New 
Formula  lor  Flow  of  Water  in  open  Chan- 
nels.    Robert  (iordon.     Milan,  1875, 
On  the  Theory  .'f  the  Flow  of  Water  in  Open 
Channels,  Robert  Gordon.     Rangoon.  1875. 
From  Geo.  S.  Greene,  Jr.,  New  York  : 
Annual  Report  Department  of  Docks,  City  of 
New  York  lor  1880.     (2  copies.) 

From  John  W.  Hill,  Cincinnati  : 
Report  of  the  Expert  on  the  Contract  Trials 
of  the  Gaskill  Compound  Pumping  Engine 
at  the  Evansville  Water  Works.    J.  W.  Hill, 
Cincinnati.  1881. 

From  E  A.  Hill,  New  Haven,  Ct. : 
Annual   Report  of  the   Boston   &  New  York 
Air  Line   Railroad   Company  from  1878  to 
1881.  inclusive. 
Statutes  of  the  State  of  Connecticut  relating 

to  Railroads      Hartford.  1878 
The  Hay  ford    Process    and     Apparatus    for 
Preserving  Timber.    E.  R.  Andrews.   Phila- 
delphia. 1878 

From   Institution   of   Civil   Engineers, 
James  Forrest,  Secretary.  Loudon  : 
Minutes  of  Proceedings     Vol.  LXIII. 

From  M.  E.  Lavoinne.  Paris  : 
The  Purification  of  Memphis.      St.  Germain. 
1881  (French), 

From  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Tech- 
nology, Bot^ton  : 
Sixteenth  Annual  Catalogue  of  the  Institute. 
1881. 

From  A.    G.  Menocal,  C.  E.,  U.  S.  N., 
Washington,  D.  C: 
Transportation  of  .'^hips  on  Railways.     Some 
of  the  difficulties  presented.      S.  L.  Phelps. 
Washingion,  1881. 

From    Dr.    W.    H.    McFadden,    Phila- 
del|  hia  : 
Annual  Report  of  the  Philadelphia  Water  De- 
partment lor  1880.     Philadelphia.  1881. 


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From  Midlancl  Institule  Miuinjj,  Civil, 
aud  Mechauical  Eugineers,  Barn-lej', 
EiJ{,'laud  : 
TransactiDiiB.      December,   1880.     February, 
1881. 

From  Edward  Mitchell,  New  York  : 
Seventh    Auuual  Report  on    the  Progress   of 
ot  the  Tnpographical  Survey  ol  the  Adiron- 
dack   liegiou    ot    New    York.      Verplauck 
Calvin.    Albany,  N.  Y. 

From  Charles  Neilson,  New  York  : 
Effect  <■!  the  Motion  of  .\ir  within  an  Auditor- 
ium upon  its  Acoustic  QiialitieB.  W.  W. 
Jacques. 
The  History  and  Description  of  the  Great 
Westeru  Kailway.  John  C.  Bourne.  Lon- 
don,   1856. 

From  Gen.  John  Newton,  New  York  : 
Keportou  a  tjeueral  scheme  of  Improvements 
lor  the  Harbor  of  Montreal,  by  the  Com- 
mission ot  Eiigiueers.  IVIr.  Robert  B.  Bell, 
Maj.  (ien.  John  Newton,  and  Mr.  Sandlord 
Fleming.     Montreal.    1877. 

From     North    of     England      Institute 
Mining  and    Mechanical    Engineers, 
New  Castle-on-Tyue,  England  : 
Transactions.      December,     1830-  February, 
1881. 

From  Charles  Paine,  Gen.  Supt.  L.  S. 
aud  M.  S.  Railway,  C  evelaud  : 

Eleventh  Auuual  Report  of  the  Lake  Shore 
and  Miihigan  Southern  Railway  Co. 
Cleveland.     1881. 

Special  Report  of  the  Commissioner  of  Rail- 
roads aud  Telegraphs  of  Ohio.  Columbus. 
1881. 

Reports  of  the  Great  Western  Railway  of 
Canada,  from  1870  to  1880,  iuclusive. 

From    the  Pi    Eta    Scientific    Society, 
Troy.  .S.  Y.,  1881  : 
Papers  read  before  the  Society  :  ' 

The  Chamber  of  Bridges,     T.  M.  Cleeman. 
The  Inter  Uceam-  Canal.     W.  E.  Dauchy. 
Bridge  Pin-* — Their  Sizes  and  iSeariugs.     -J. 

A.  L.Waddell. 
Rational  Fractions.     A.  E.  Besosa. 
Note  on  Gordon's  Formula  on  Long  Columns. 

W.  H.  Burr. 
The  nize  of  an  Angle  Block  in  a  Howe  Truss 

Bridge.     T.  M.  Cleeman. 
Discussion  of  Paper  on  "  Braced  iron  Piers." 

VV.  H    Burr. 

Fr  m  Wm .  Rotch,  Boston.  Mass. : 
Annual  Reijort  of  the  Mexican  Central  R'y. 
Co.  (Ld.),  year  ending  December  31,   1880. 
Boston.    1881. 


Report  on  the  Case  of  the  Watuppa  Reservoir 
Co.  vs.  The  City  of  Fall  River.     Wm.  Rotch, 
C.  E.,  December,  1880.     Fall  River.  1881. 
From   Sax'iniau   Society  of  Ent^iueers 
and  Architects,  Li  ipsic  : 
Transactions.    '2ct  half.    1880. 

From    School     of     Mines,     Columbia 
College,  New  York  : 
School  of  Mines  Quarterly.    Vol.  II.,  No.  8. 

From  Hon.  Horatio  Seymour,  Jr..  State 
Engineer  and  Surveyor,  Albany,  New 
York  : 
Prosperity  of  our  Canals.     Horatio  Seymour, 
Jr.     Albany,  1881. 

From  W.  W.  C.  Sites,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. : 
Annual  Report  ot  the  Chief  Enaiueer  of  the 
Department  of  Public  Works  of  Jerse    City, 
N.J.    Jer-ey  City.    1881.    (2  copies.) 

From    Smithsonian  Institution,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. : 
Annual  Report  for  1879. 

From  Society  of   Engineers,  Bartholo- 
mew Reed,  Secretary,  London  : 
Transactions.     1880. 

Erom   Society  des    Ingenieurs    Civils, 
Paris  : 
Memoires,  February,  1881. 

From  Treasury  Department,  Washing- 
ton : 
S  atistical  Abstract  of  the  United  States,  1880. 
Third  Number.  Finance,  Coinage,  Commerce, 
Immigration,  Shipping,  The  Postal  Service, 
Population,     Railroads,    Agriculture,    Coal 
and  Iron,  etc. 

From    United    States    Naval    Institute, 
Annapolis,  Md. : 
Proceedings     Vol.  VI.,  No.  14. 

From  M.  M-  I'rhrm  von  Weber,  Berlin: 
Studie  iiber  die   Wasserstrassen   schwedeus. 
M.  M.  Frhrm  von  Weber.     Berlin.     1880. 

From  Westeru  Society  of  Engineers,  L. 
P  Morehouse,  Secretary,  Chicago: 
Proceedings.     Vol.  V. 

From  Other  Sources  : 

A  List  of  Railroads,  Canals  and  Ferries 
owned,  leased,  operated  aud  controlled  by 
the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Co.  on  December 
31st.  1880 

Arguments  of  Mr.  E.  P.  Wheeler,  before  As- 
sembly Committee  on  Cities,  on  Under- 
ground Telegraph  Wires  in  Cities.  New 
York.  1H81. 

Annual  Report  Department  City  Works  of 
■     Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  for  1880. 

The  Library  Journal,  Vol.  VI.,  No.  14. 


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L  I  S  T     O  F     M  E  M  H  E  R  S  . 

ADDITIONS. 

MEMBERS. 

Date  of  Election. 
Barnes,  Oliver  W 57  Broadway,  New  York  City,  N.  Y July    6,    1881 

Glaskin,  Edwin  E (Elected  Junior  April  5,   1876,)  52  Queen 

Victoria  Street,  London,  England  .  .  .    May   4,    1881 

Sanderson,  J.  Gardner.  .115  Broadway,  Room  80,  New  York  City, 

N.  Y July   6,    1881 

associate. 

Bradbury,  Henry  R Manager  Neuchatel  Asphalte   Co.    (Ld.), 

54  Aster  House,  New  York  City,  N.  Y.  July   6,    1881 


changes  and  corrections. 
t 

members. 
Brown,  Charles  O Civil  Engineer  and  Contractor,  52  &  54  William  Street, 

New  York  City,  N.  Y. 
Buck,  L.  L Central  Railroad  of  New  Jersey,  119  Liberty  Street,  New 

York  City,  N.  Y. 
Chittenden,  Samuel  H..East  River,  Conn. 
Davis,  Charles  E.  L.  B.   Capt.  Corps  of  Engineers  U.  S.  A.,  Sabine  Pass,  Texas. 

Endicott,  M.  T Civil  Engineer  U.  S.  N.,  Navy  Yard,  League  Island,  Pa. 

Flagg,  J.  Foster Div.  Engineer  Mexican  National  R.  R.,  Colima,  Mexico. 

Latcha,  Jacob  A Chief  Engineer  New  York,  Chicago  and  St.  Louis  R.R., 

32  Board  of  Trade,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
North,  Edward  P Chief  Engineer  Sinaloa  and  Durango  R.  R.,   Culiacan, 

Mexico. 

Smith,  Wm.  Sooy Hudson  River  Tunnel,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

Sweet,  Charles  A Mexican  Central  R.  R.,  Durango,  Mexico. 


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Belcher,  George  W.  C.  .2646  Washington  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

JUNIOR. 
Emonts,  William  A.  G. .  .Huntington  Valley,  Bucks  Co.,  Pa. 


DEATH. 

Roberts,  W.  Milnor {Past  President,)  Elected  Member  September  21,  1870. 

Died  July  14,  1881. 


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From  Charles  L.  McAlpine,  New  York  : 

Geological  Keport  for  St.  Clair  Railroad  and 
Coal  Compauy.  J.  P.  Lesley.  New  York. 
1855. 

Annual  Report  of  the  State  Engineer  and  Sur- 
veyor of  the  State  of  New  York.  Albany. 
1851. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Chicago  and  Rock 
Island  Railroad  Company.  New  York. 
1857  and  1859. 

An  Act  to  Incorporate  the  Woodstock  and 
Lake  Erie  Railwaj  and  Harbor  Company. 
Woodstock,  C.  W.     1852. 

Documents  submitted  to  the  Galena  and 
Chicago  Union  Railroad  Compauy  in  rela- 
tion to  the  Leasing  of  the  Chicago,  Fulton 
and  Mississippi  Railroad  Bridge  at  Fulton. 
Chicago.     1858.     (2  copies.) 

Annual  Report  of  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio 
Railroad  Company.  Baltimore.  1859.  (2 
copies.) 

First  Annual  Report  of  the  London  and  Port 
Stanley  Railway  Company.  London,  C.  W. 
1854. 

Articles  of  Agreement  between  the  Corning 
and  Olean  Railroad  Company  and  the  New 
York  and  Erie  Railroad  Company. 

Robert  D.  Sillinian  vs.  The  Hudsorj  River 
Bridge  Company  at  .\lbany  ;  F.  W.  Coleman 
vs.  The  same  Defendant.  In  the  Supreme 
Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  Northern 
District  of  New  York. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Railroad  Corporations 
in  the  State  of  Massachusetts  for  1852. 

Catalogue  of  the  Library  of  the  Young  Men's 
As'sociation  of  Chicago.     Chicago.     1856. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Commissioners  of  the 
Canal  Fund.     Albany.     1848  and  1860. 

Oswego  and  Syracuse  Railroad.  Freight 
Tariff.     Utica.     1852. 

Annual  Meeting  and  Keport  of  the  Great 
Western  Railroad.  Hamilton,  C.  W.  1852 
and  1853. 

Report  of  the  Hannibal  and  St.  Joseph  Rail- 
roaV     Boston.     1859. 

Report  on  Surveys  for  the  Pictou  Branch 
Railway,  with  some  Remarks  on  the  Trunk 
Line.    James  Laurie.     Halifax.     1860. 

Annual  Report  ol  the  Department  of  the  City 
of  Baltimore  lo  the  Mayor  and  the  City  of 
Baltimore.     Baltimore.     1860. 

Report  of  the  Pacific  Railroad.  San  Fran- 
cisco.    1806. 

Report  of  the  New  York  and  Erie  Railroad. 
New  York.     1856. 

A  Memoir  upon  Stephenson's  Silver  Mine. 
J.  M.  Sprague.    Albany.     1858. 

Address  to  the  Government  of  the  United 
States  upon  the  Merits  of  Pirssou's  Patent 
Steam  Condenser.     Washington.     1860. 

Statement  of  the  Trustees  and  the  Scientific 
Council  of  the  Dudley  Observatory.  Al- 
bany.    1858. 

Report  on  the  Position  of  the  Prospect  Hill 
Engine  House.     New  York.     1858. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Water  Com- 
missioners of  the  City  of  Detroit.  Detroit. 
1850  and  1857.     (3  copies.) 

Report  of  the  Water  Board  of  Georgetown,  D. 
C.     Washington,  D.  C.     i860. 


Report  and  Plan  of  Sewerage  of  the  City  of 
Chicago.      Chicago.       1855.      (2  copies.) 

Report  of  the  Engineer  to  the  Commissioners 
of  Sewerage  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn. 
Brooklyn.     1H59. 

Annual  Review  ol  the  Trade  and  Commerce 
of  the  City  of  Chicago.     (  hicago,  111.     1859. 

The  Cleveland  Herald's  First  Annual  State- 
ment of  the  Trade  and  Commerce  of  Cleve- 
land for  1858. 

Report  upon  a  Water  Supply  for  the  City  of 
Baltimore.     Baltimore.     1854. 

Report  of  the  Water  Commissioners  of  the 
City  of  Albany.    Albany.     1850.     (2  copies  ) 

Report  of  the  Engineers  to  the  Commissioners 
of  Drainage  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn.  Brook- 
lyn.    1857. 

Map  of  the  Mississippi  and  Rock  River  Junc- 
tion and  Lyons  Iowa  Central  Railroad. 

Military  Reconnaissance  of  the  Arkansas,  Rio 
del  Norte  and  Rio  Gila.  W.  H.  Emory. 
1847. 

Rates  of  Toll  per  100  pounds  of  the  New  York 
and  Erie  Railroad.     May,  18:)7. 

Plan  of  the  Grand  Junction  Railroad.     1848. 

Map  of  the  various  Channels  for  Conveying 
the  Trade  of  tLie  North-\veir.t.     1852. 
From  Isaac  Newton,  New  York  : 

Proceedings  of  the  Baltimore  Meeting  of  the 
American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers. 
February.  1879. 

The  American  Bloomary  Process  for  Making 
Iron  direct  from  the  Ore.    T.  Egleston. 

New  Determination  of  the  Cueliicieuts  of 
Friction  and  Lubricated  Journals,  and  on 
the  Laws  Governing  such  Friction.  R.  H. 
Thurston. 

Notes  on  the  Result  of  an  Experiment  with  the 
Wheeler  Process  of  Combining  Iron  and 
Steel  in  the  Head  of  a  Rail.     W.  E.  C.  Coxe. 

Experinieutsou  the  Removal  of  (!arbon  Silicon 
and  Phosphorus  from  Pig  Iron  by  Alkaline 
Carbouaies.     T.  M.  Drown. 

The  Mesozoic  Formation  in  Virginia.  O.  J. 
Heinrich. 

Improved  Pipe  and  Tenyere.    J  H.  Hartman. 

The  Wheeler  Process  for  Welding  Iron  and 
Steel  without  the  use  of  Fluxes.  D.  Tor- 
rey. 

The  Chemical  Composition  and  Physical 
Properties  of  Steel  Kails. '  C.  B.  Dudley. 

Thin  Plate.H  of  Metal.     T.  Egleston. 

Does  the  Wearing  Power  i)f  Steel  Rails  in- 
crease with  the  hardness  of  the  Steel.  C. 
B.  Dudley. 

The  Production  of  Charcoal  for  Iron  Works. 
J.  Birkinbine. 

Note  on  a  Deposit  of  Cadmia  in  a  Coke  Fur- 
nace.    H.  Firmstone. 

The  New  River  Coal  Field  of  West  Virginia. 
F.  S.  Morris. 

Au  Improved  Universal  Suspended  Hydraulic 
Lift.     J,  A.  Herrick. 

The  Manufacture  of  Soda  by  the  Amonia 
Process.     O.  J.  Heiuiich. 

The  Jeuks  Corundum  Mine,  Macon  County, 
N.  (!.     R.  W.  Baymond. 

A  Catalogue  of  Official  Reports  upon  Geolog- 
ical Surveys  of  the  U.  S.  and  Territories 
and  of  British  North  America.  F.  Prime,  Jr. 


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Note  on  the  Defreest  Journal-Bearing.     J.  C. 

Piatt,  Jr. 
The   Law   of    Fatigue   and    Refreshment    oi 

Metals.     T.  Egleston. 
The  Tessie  Gas  Producer.     A .  L.  Holley. 
Accidents  in   the  Comstock  Mines,  and   their 

Relation  to  Deep  Mining.  J.  A.  Church. 
On  the  use  of  determining  Slag  Densities  in 

Smelting.     T.  Macfarlaue. 
The  Mechanical   Work  Performed  in  Heating 

the  Blast.     Prof.  P.  W.  Frazier. 
The   Heat   of    the   Cumstock    Mines.      J.   A. 

Church. 
Proceedings  of  the  Meeting  of  the  American 

Inst.   Mining   Engineers,   at  Lake   George 

and  Lake  Champlain. 
On    some  Curious   Phenomena   observed    in 

maliiug  a  Test  of  a  Piece  of  Bessemer  Steel. 

Wm.  Kent. 
Proceedings  of  the  Pittsburgh  Meeting  of  the 

American  Inst.  Mining  Engineers. 
Note  on  the  Wear  of  an  Iron  Rail.    E.  C.  Coxe. 
The  U.   S.   Testing   Machine    at  AVatertown 

Arsenal.     A.  L.  Holley. 
The   Antimony  Deposits  of  Arkansas.     C.  E. 

Wait. 
The  Working  of  Three  Hearths   at  the  Cedar 

f  oint   Furnace,    Port  Henry,   N.  Y.    T.  F. 

Witherbee. 
On  the  Apparatus  for  Testing  the  Resistance 

of  Metals  to  Repeated  Shocks.     Wm.  Kent. 
Pittsburgh— Its     Resources    and    Surround- 
ings.    Wm.  P.  Shinu. 
Sketches  of  the  New  Mining  District  at  Sulli- 
van, Maine.     C.  W.  Kempton. 
Regenerative   Stores— A  Sketeh  on  their  His- 
tory and  Notes  on  their  Use.  J.  M.  Hartman. 
The   Coal   and   Iron   of  the  Hocking  Valley, 

Ohio.     T   S.  Hunt. 
Discussion  of  Dr.  C.  B.  Dudley's   Papers  on 

Steel  Rails,  read  at  the  Lake  George  Meet- 
ing, October,  1877. 
A  New   Method  of  Dredging,    Applicable  to 

siiuie  kind   of   Mining  Operations.     R.   W. 

Raymond. 
The  Nickel  Ores  of  Oreford,  Quebec,  Canada. 

E.  G.  Eustis. 
Notes  upon   the  Drainage   of  a  Flooded  Ore 

pit    at   I'iue    Grove     Furnace,   Pa.       John 

Birkinbine. 
Manganese  Pig.     Dr.  R.  W.  Raymond. 
On  The  Mauufacture  of  Artificial  Fuel  at  Port 

Richmond,   Philadelphia.     E.  F.  Loiseau. 
A  Method  of  Rolling  Steel  or  Iron  Eye  Bars. 

Chas.  Macdonald. 
The  Peruot  Kurnace.     A.  L.  Holley. 
The  Fire-Clays  and  Associated  Plastic  Clays 
Kaolins.  Feldspars   and   Fire   Sands   of  New 

Jersey.     Prof.  J.  G.  Smock. 
The   Economy    Effected   by   the  use  of  Red 

Charcoal.     B.  Fernow. 
Note   upon   the   Cost  of  Construction  of  the 

Converting  Works  at  the  Edgar  Thompson 

Steel    Company    of    Pittsburgh,    Pa.        P. 

Barnes. 
On   the    Use  of    Red   Charcoal  in  the   Blast 

Furnace.     Wm.  Kent. 
A  New  Air  Compressor.     E.  G.  Spilsbury. 
The  Late  Operations  on  the  Mariposa  Estate. 

C   M.  Rolker. 
The  Strength  of  Wrought  Iron  as  Affected  by 

its  Composition   and  by   its  Reduction   in 

Rolling      A.  L.  Holley. 
The  Maiihattau  Salt  Mine,  atCiodrich,  Canada. 

O.  J.  Heiurich. 
Fluxing  Silicious  Iron  Ores.   T.  F.  Witherbee. 


Memorandum  Relating  to  the  Construction 
Account  of  the  Rail  Mill  of  the  Edgar 
Thompson  Steel  Company,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
P.  Barnes. 
.\  New  Method  of  taking  Blast  Furnace  Sec- 
tions. T.  F.  Witherbee. 
Memoranda  showing  the  Percentage  of  the 
Diflereut  Expense  Accounts  in  Mining 
Hematite  Ore  at  the  Manhattan  Mine, 
Sharon  Station,  New  York.     F.  J.  Lewis. 

Improvements  in  the  Appliances  for  Venting 
Molten  Steel  or  Iron  from  a  Casting-Ladle 
or  Shoe.     J.  A.  Herrick. 

New  Steam  Engine  Indicator.     J.  E.  Sweet. 

Phosphorus  in  Coal.     Andrew  S.  McCreath. 

Note  on  the  Determination  of  Silicon  in  Pig 
Iron  and  Steel.     Dr.  T.  M.  Drown. 

Experiments  with  Charcoal,  Coke  and  Anthra- 
c  te,  in  the  Pine  Grove  Furnace,  Pa.  John 
Birkinbine. 

Relation  of  Sulphur  in  Coal  and  Coke.  Dr.  J. 
B.  Kimball. 

On  the  Classification  of  Original  Rocks.  T. 
Macfarlaue. 

Notes  on  the  Zinc  Deposits  of  Southern 
Missouri.     R.  W.  Raymond. 

A  I)irect  Process  of  Copper  Smelting.  H.  M. 
Howe. 

Washing  Phosphoric  Pig  Iron  for  the  Open- 
Hearth  and  PuddliEg  Processes,  at  Krupp'a 
Works,  Essen.     A.  L.  Holley. 

The  Hygiene  of  Mines.     R.  W.  Raymond. 

Proceedings  of  the  Montreal  Meeting,  of  the 
American  Inst.  Mining  Engineers,  Septem- 
ber, 1879 

The  Cost  of  Milling  Silver  Ores  in  Utah  and 
Nevada.     R.  P.  Rothwell. 

Recent  Improvements  in  Concentration  and 
Amalgamation.     J.  E.  Church. 

An  .\utographic  Transmitting  Dynamometer. 
Wm.  Kent. 

Silver  Islet.     T.  MacFarlane. 

The  Humboldt-Pocahontas  Veiu,  Rosita, 
Colon!  do.     R.  N.  Clark. 

The  Great  Blast  at  Glendon.     E.  Clark,  Jr. 

The  Lake  Superior  Copper  Rocks  in  Pennsyl- 
vania.    J.  F.  Blandy. 

The  Bradford  Oil  District  of  Pennsylvania. 
Chs.  A.  Ashburuer. 

An  Improved  System  of  Cornish  Pitwork.  E. 
Dagget. 

.\nnual  Report  of  the  Engineer  and  Surveyor 
of  the  State  of  New  York,  of  the  Railroad 
Corporations. 

Returns  of  the  Railroad  Corporations  in  Mass. 
achusetts.     1866. 

Fourth  and  Fifth  Annual  Reports  of  the 
Board  of  Railroad  Commissioners  of  Mass- 
achusetts. 

Secoud  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Health 
of  the  City  of  New  York. 

Sixteenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce  of  the  State  of  New  York.. 

Public  Papers  of  John  T.  Hoffman,  Governor 
of  New  York. 

Message  of  the  President  of  the  United  States 
and  Accompanying  Documents,  to  the  Two 
Houses  of  Congress,  at  the  Commencement 
of  the  First  Session  of  the  Thirty-eighth 
Congress. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Commissioners  of 
Patents  for  the  Year  1867. 

Statistics  of  Mines  and  Mining  in  the  States 
and  Territories  West  of  the  Rocky  Moun- 
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Historical  View  of  the  Art  of  Electro-Mag- 
netic Telegraphiug  in  connectiou  with  the 
Telegrajsh  Cablo  aud  its  lusulation  by  Gutta 
Percha. 

Argument  of  Franklin  B.  Go  wan,  Esq..  before 
the  Joint  Committee  of  the  Legislature  of 
Pennsylvania. 

Transactions  of  the  American  Philosophical 
Society.     Vol.  XII.     Part  III. 

The  Imperial  Cyolopsedia  of  Machinery. 

The  Woodruff  Scientific  Expedition  Around 
the  World.     1877-9. 

The  Empire  of  Brazil  at  the  Universal  Exhi- 
bition of  1876,  in  Philadelphia. 

Catalogue  of  the  Officers  and  Students  of  Co- 
lumbia College.     1869-1870.     1876-77. 

Catalogue  of  Columbia  College  School  of 
Mines.     1868-G9. 

Catalogue  of  Columbia  Academic  Department. 
1872-73. 

Sixteenth  Annual  Eegister  of  the  Free  Acad- 
emy of  the  City  of  New  York. 

Seventeenth  Annual  Register  oi  the  Free  Acad- 
emy of  the  City  of  New  York. 

Twenty-second  Annual  Register  of  the  College 
of  the  City  of  New  Y'ork. 

Merit  KoU  of  the  New  York  Free  Academy, 
First  Academic  Term. 

Oration  and  Poem  Delivered  Before  the  Asso- 
ciate Alumni  of  the  College  of  the  City  of 
New  York. 

Address  of  the  Associate  Alumni  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees  of  the  College  of  the  City  of 
New  I'ork. 

Historical  Cabinet  of  the  College  of  the  City 
of  New  York. 

Thirty-filth  Annual  Catalogue  of  the  Officers, 
Faculty  and  Students  of  the  University  of 
Notre  Dame,  Indiana. 

Catalogue  of  the  Officers  and  Students  of  La- 
fayette College.     1871-72.     1872-73. 

Annual  Catalogue  of  the  Officers  and  Students 
of  Hamilton  College.     1872-73. 

Charter,  Constitution  aud  By-Laws  of  the 
Lyceum  of  Natural  History  in  the  City  of 
New  York. 

By-Laws  of  the  Lyceum  of  Natural  History  of 
the  City  of  New  York. 

List  of  Officers,  Honorary  Members,  IMeui- 
bers  and  Associates  of  the  American  Chem- 
ical Society. 


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Secretary  of  State  ;  with  accompanying 
documents  in  relation  to  the  proposed  luter- 
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Message  from  the  President  of  the  United 
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March,  1881. 

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LIST      OF      MEMBERS 


ADDITIONS. 

MEMBERS. 

Date  of  Election. 

AxwooD,  William  H Res.  Engineer,  New  York,  Lake  Erie  and 

Western  R.R.,  Jersey  City,  N.  J May   4,  1881 

Blickensderfer,  RoiJERT.Div.  Engineer  Utah  and  Northern  Rail- 
way, Terminus,  Montana .  ..June   I,  18S1 

M.\Y,  William  A Box  173,  Scranton,  Pa July  6,  1881 

Wellington,  Arthi'r  M. Locating  Engineer  Me.\ican  National  Rail- 
road, Mexico,  Mex May   4,  1881 


86 

JUNIOR. 

Stewart,  Hunter 2828  Washington  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo June  i,  1881 


CHANGES    AND   CORRECTIONS. 


MEMBERS. 

Becker,   M.  J Chiel  Engineer  P.,  C.  &  St.  L.  R.R.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

Bruner,  D.  P P.  O.  Box  4,  Allegheney  City,  Pa. 

Chesbrough,  E.  S .Uept.  Public  Works,  31   Chambers  St.,  New  York  City, 

N.  Y. 
Corthkll,  £!.  L Chief  Engineer  N.  Y.,  W.  S.  eS;  15.  R.R.,  20  Nassau  St., 

New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Ellis,  N.  W Box  53,  Manchester,  N.  H. 

Gardner,  G.  Clinton.  ...Gen.  Man.  Mexican  National  R.R.,  47  William  St.,  New 

York  City,  N.  Y. 

Harding,  Henry Maverick  House,  East  Boston,  Mass. 

Harris,  William  P Supt.  N.  Y.  &  G.  L.  R.R.,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

Lehn.artz,  F.  H (Stockder  &  Lehnartz),  Lake  City,  Col. 

Leverich,  G Box  174,  South  Orange,  N.  J. 

McKee,  Charles  H D.  &  H.  C.  Co.  R.R.,  French  Mountain,  N.  Y. 

McLain,  Louis  R .Div.  Engineer  G.  &  P.  R.R.,  Oxford,  Ala. 

Paine,  Charles Gen.  Man.  N.  Y.,  W.  S.  &  B.  R.R.,  20  Nassau  St.,  New 

York  City,  N.  Y. 
Stanton,  Robert  P Div.  Engineer  U.  P.  R.R. ,  Union  Depot,  Denver,  Col. 

associate. 
Harris,  Charles  M Care  Parsons  &  Co.,  42  Pine  St.,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 


juniors. 

Brooks,  Fredk Mexican  Central  Railway,  Tampico,  Mex. 

Butts,  Edward P.  O.  Box  L,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Horton,  Sanford 48  Carroll  St.,  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 

Lucas,  D.  Jones Corry,  Pa. 

Raymond,  Chas.  Ward.  .269  West  Eleventh  St.,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 


deaths. 

Reno,  James  H Elected  Member,  Nov.  5,  1879.     Died  Aug.  5,  1881 

Fargo,  William  G "       Fellow,    May  6,  1870.         "       "     4,1881 


Imalcan  ^oddg  of  ^pA   jn^mm. 


PROOEEDINaS. 


Vol.  VI L— September,    1881, 


MINUTES     OF    MEETINQS, 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


September  7th,  1881. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Director  William 
H.  Paine  in  the  chair.  Ballots  were  canvassed,  and  the  following  candi- 
dates declared  elected : — As  members,  Charles  Blackwell,  Ottawa,  Canada; 
Walter  A.  Doane,  Meadville,  Pa. ;  Robert  L.  Engle,  Cincinnati,  Ohio; 
Charles  Edward  Goad,  Montreal,  Canada  ;  Arthur  Hider,  St.  Louis, 
Mo.;  William  Pierson  Judson,  Oswego,  N.  Y. ;  Louis  Lesage,  Montreal, 
Canada;  Alexander  Ludus  Light,  Quebec,  Canada;  Theodore  H. 
McKenzie,  Southington,  Ct.;  Gilbert  Murdoch,  St.  Johns,  New  Bruns- 
wick, Canada;  Etienne  Henri  Parent,  Montreal,  Canada;  George  Steele 
Skilton,  Mexico,  Mexico.  As  Associate,  John  Strathearn  Hendrie,  Mar- 
quette, Mich. 

The  death  was  announced  of  William  Milnor  Roberts,  Past  President 
of  the  Society,  which  occurred  in  Brazil,  South  America,  July  14th,  1881 ; 
also  the  death  of  G.  Thomas  Hall,  Member  of  the  Society,  which  oc- 
curred in  New  York,  June  2d,  1881  ;  also  the  death  of  James  H.  Reno, 
Member  of  the  Society,  which  occurred  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  August  5th, 
1881;  also  the  death  of  William  G.  Fargo,  Fellow  of  the  Society,  which 
occurred  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  August  4th,  1881.  The  appointment  of  Com- 
mittees to  prepare  in  each  case  a  memoir  for  publication,  was  authorized. 

A  paper  by  D.  McN.  Stauflfer,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E.,  subject,  Shaft 
Sinking  under  difficulties  at  Dorchester  Bay  Tunnel,  Boston,  Mass., was 
jjresented  and  its  discussion  postponed  until  the  next  meeting, 

OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION. 

August  9th,  1881. — Applications  were  considered.  Appropriations 
were  made. 

September  6th,  1881. — Applications  were  considered. 


MEMOIRS  OF  DECEASED  MEMBERS. 


JAMES   A.    HATWAIID,    Member   A.    S.  C.  E. 

Died  August  13th,  1880. 

James  A.  Hay  ward  was  born  in  Dublin,  New  Hami^sliire,  September 
12th,  1849.  He  spent  some  time,  when  quite  young,  at  Antioch  College, 
Ohio,  and  in  1870  graduated  with  honor  as  a  Civil  Engineer  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Michigan.  He  was  engaged  in  map  business  during  a  part  of 
the  time,  from  1870  to  1873,  in  which  latter  year  he  married  Miss  Ida 
Upjohn,  of  Kalamazoo,  Michigan.  His  wife  and  child  died  in  1876. 
In  1873  Mr.  Hayward  entered  the  United  States  service  as  U.  S. 
Assistant  Engineer  on  the  survey  of  Pass  Cavallo,  entrance  to  Matagorda 
Bay  and  Channel  to  Indianola.  In  December,  1873,  he  was  placed  in 
charge  of  the  portion  of  the  survey  for  a  canal  to  connect  the  inland 
waters  along  the  Gulf  of  Mexico  from  the  Mississippi  Eiver  to  the  Eio 
Grande,  extending  from  Donaldsonville  to  Vermillion  Bay,  La. 

After  this  survey  was  completed  and  estimates  made  he  was  employed 
in  the  U.  S.  Engineer  office  in  New  Orleans,  at  various  duties,  and  for 
a  short  time  assisted  in  taking  cross-sections  of  South  Pass,  Mississippi 
River.  He  was  thus  employed  until  March,  1875,  when  he  left  the  ser- 
vice and  returned  to  Michigan.  In  November,  1876,  he  was  placed  in 
charge  of  the  survey  of  a  ship  channel  through  Galveston  Bay  and  was 
afterwards  continued  in  the  government  employ  in  charge  of  the  surveys 
of  Sabine  Pass,  Texas,  and  as  inspector  of  dredging  at  the  mouth  of  the 
Neches  Eiver.  He  was  accidentally  drowned  from  the  schooner  Amadeo,. 
August  12th,  1880,  upon  which  vessel  he  was  making  a  trip  down  the 
west  coast  of  the  Gulf  of  Mexico. 

Mr.  Hayward  leaves  a  widowed  mother  and  a  sister.  His  professional 
life  had  been  confined  to  the  duties  connected  with  the  United  States 
Engineer  service,  and  his  early  death  has  cut  off  a  member  of  the  pro- 
fession who  gave  great  promise  of  enlarged  lasefulness  in  the  future  had 
his  life  been  spared.  Mr.  Hayward  was  devoted  to  his  family,  and  will 
be  remembered  as  a  most  amiable  and  interesting  man.  He  became  a 
member  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  September  5th, 
1877. 


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WILLIAM  HENRY  GREENWOOD,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E. 

Died  Atjgitst  29th,  1880. 

William  Henry  Greenwood  was  born  in  Dublin,  New  Hampshire 
March  27,  1832.  His  family  removed  to  Marlborough,  in  the  same 
state,  in  1834,  and  he  received  his  earlier  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  that  place.  As  a  boy  he  showed  a  great  fondness  for  machinery  and 
seemed  to  have  inherited  from  his  father  considerable  inventive  genius. 
Quite  early  in  life  he  determined  to  become  a  Civil  Engineer  and  entered 
Norwich  University  in  1850,  graduating  in  1852.  Directly  after  his 
graduation  he  was  engaged  upon  the  Central  Military  Tract  Railroad, 
now  the  Chicago,  Burlington  and  Quincy.  He  was  afterwards  connected 
with  what  was  then  known  as  the  American  Central  Railroad  and  con- 
tinued there  until  the  commencement  of  the  late  war. 

He  enlisted  on  the  17th  day  of  January,  1862,  in  the  51st  regiment  of 
Illinois  Volunteers  and  was  commissioned  First  Lieutenant,  to  date  from 
his  enlistment.  He  became  Captain,  May  9th,  1863,  in  the  same  regi- 
ment. Soon  after  the  battle  of  Stone  River  Gen.  Rosencranz  selected 
Captain  Greenwood  to  organize  a  topographical  engineer  service,  and 
directed  him  to  report,  for  better  facilities  for  the  observation  of  the 
country,  to  Gen.  Stanley,  at  that  time  in  command  of  the  Cavahy  of  the 
Army  of  the  Cumberland.  '  As  Lieutenant-Colonel  and  Inspector  he 
continued  with  the  4th  Corps  of  the  Army  of  the  Cumberland  to  the 
close  of  the  war,  and  Gen  Stanley  states  that  no  officer  was  present  and 
l^articipated  in  more  battles,  actions,  affairs  and  skirmishes  than  Colonel 
Greenwood.  He  was  entrusted  with  constant,  difficult  and  delicate 
duties.  He  constructed  a  very  large  amount  of  field  fortifications,  and 
was  especially  known  as  one  of  the  most  indefatigable  and  enterprising 
officers  of  the  corps.  He  was  habitually  careless  as  to  his  own  safety. 
In  1865,  still  in  the  service  of  the  government,  he  rebuilt  the  Gulf  and 
San  Antonia  Railroad  in  Texas,  which  had  been  destroyed.  After  a 
short  visit  to  his  home  he  entered  the  service  of  the  Kansas  Pacific  Rail- 
road, of  which  he  was  appointed  Chief  Engineer  in  1«67,  and  while 
holding  this  position  made  surveys  on  the  32d  and  35th  parallels  to  the 
Pacific  Coast.  Under  his  direction  some  of  the  most  rapid  known  rail- 
road construction  was  accomplished.  Upon  completion  of  this  road  to 
Denver,  in  the  summer  of  1870,  he  resigned  his  position  as  Chief  Engi- 
neer, and  was  soon  afterwards  appointed  General  Manager  of  the  Den- 
ver and  Rio  Grande  Railroad  Comjriany,  and  occupied  that  jjosition  until, 
the  road  was  completed  to  Pueblo  and  Canon  City.  Resigning  this 
position  he  returned  to  the  East  in  December,  1874,  and  spent  all  of  the 
year  1875  in  Vermont.  He  resided  in  Philadelphia  during  the  year  1876, 
and  in  Vermont  in  1877,  engaged  professionally  only  upon  some  minor 


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railroad  operations.  In  May,  1878,  lie  took  charge  of  the  construction  of 
the  railroad  now  operated  by  the  Denver  and  Rio  Grande  Company 
through  the  Grand  Canon  of  the  Arkansas  and  further  west  toward  Lead- 
ville,  to  which  work  he  devoted  very  remarkable  energy  and  ability. 
During  1879  he  was  in  charge  of  the  construction  of  the  Marion  and 
MacPherson  Railroad  in  Kansas.  He  left  New  York  on  the  19th  day  of 
May,  1880,  for  Mexico,  and  arrived  in  the  City  of  Mexico  on  the  last  day 
of  the  month,  where  he  directly  took  charge,  as  Chief  Engineer,  of  the 
surveys  for  the  Mexican  National  Railway  under  the  control  of  Messrs, 
Sullivan  and  Palmer.  Up  to  the  end  of  August  preliminary  lines  had 
been  surveyed  and  location  made  between  the  City  of  Mexico  and  Toluca, 
distant  about  44  miles,  together  with  some  extensions  beyond  that  point. 

On  Sunday,"  August  29th,  1880,  the  camp  of  Colonel  Greenwood  and 
his  party  was  near  Toluca.  He,  with  an  assistant  and  a  servant,  started 
toward  the  City  of  Mexico,  and  had  proceeded  to  within  about  15  miles 
of  that  city  when  the  assistant  and  the  boy  left  the  Colonel  temporarily, 
but  found  upon  following  him  that  he  had  ridden  quite  a  distance  ahead. 
He  was  followed  rapidly,  but  after  crossing  a  deej)  ravine  at  a  small  mill 
at  the  top  of  a  plateau  on  the  Mexican  side,  his  dead  body  was  found 
lying  in  the  trail  with  a  bullet  hole  through  the  left  hand  which  also 
passed  entirely  through  the  body .  He  was  also  wounded  upon  the  right 
wrist  and  slightly  upon  the  head.  His  horse  and  arms  were  missing, 
but  his  watch,  money  and  some  valuable  papers  were  untouched .  The 
murder  of  Colonel  Greenwood  excited  intense  indignation  and  grief  in 
the  City  of  Mexico.  His  funeral  was  very  largely  attended  and  he  was 
buried  at  the  American  cemetery,  in  Mexico. 

Colonel  Greenwood  leaves  a  widow  who  had  been  his  constant  com- 
panion, not  only  at  his  home  in  Vermont,  but  also  in  the  frontier  towns 
where  so  large  a  part  of  his  engineering  life  had  been  spent.  She  went 
with  him  to  Mexico  and  was  there  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

All  the  associates  of  Colonel  Greenwood  for  many  years  past  unite  in 
speaking  of  him  with  a  personal  affection  and  a  regard  for  his  profes- 
sional ability  which  could  only  be  inspired  by  remarkable  characteristics 
both  of  the  man  and  the  engineer.  Removed  at  a  comparative  early  age, 
and  in  the  prime  of  life,  and  in  active  exercise  of  important  engineering 
duties,  he  will  be  remembered  by  those  who  knew  him  as  one  of  the 
finest  examples  of  the  life  and  service  of  the  American  Railroad  Civil 
Engineer.  The  very  activity  and  constancy  of  his  professional  work, 
kept  him  in  the  extreme  advance  and  he  was  therefore,  not  personally, 
known  to  so  many  members  of  the  profession  and  of  the  society  as  if 
more  of  his  time  had  been  spent  in  larger  cities  and  among  other  engi- 
neers. 

He  became  a  member  o'f  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  on 
March  3d,  1880,  and  was  deeply  interested  in  its  objects  and  progress. 


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CHARLES  A,  TASKER,  Junior  Member  A.  S.  C.  E. 

Died  Octobek  4th  1879. 

Cbarles  A.  Tasker  was  a  graduate  of  the  English  High  School,  Bos- 
ton, Mass.,  and  commenced  the  j)ractice  of  Civil  Engineering  in  1869,  at 
South  Boston.  In  1870,  he  was  engaged  upon  the  Quincy,  Missouri  and 
Pacific  Railroad,  and  afterwards  upon  the  Memphis  and  St.  Louis  Rail- 
road. In  1871,  he  became  Assistant  Engineer  on  the  Cairo  and  Fulton 
Railroad,  of  Arkansas,  where  he  i-emained  until  1874  when  he  became 
connected  with  the  Cincinnati  Southern  Railway.  He  Avas  afterwards 
engaged  uiDon  the  extension  of  the  Atchison,  Topeka  and  Santa  Fe  Rail- 
road in  New  Mexico,  where  he  had  charge  of  the  construction  of  bridges, 
etc.  During  the  year  1879  he  was  engaged  in  the  construction  of  the 
New  York  and  Woodhaven  Railroad,  on  Long  Island,  near  New  York  City, 
which  position  he  held  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

Mr.  Tasker  secured  the  siucerest  regard  and  respect  for  his  abilities 
from  the  gentlemen  with  whom  he  was  connected  during  the  construc- 
tion of  this  latter  work,  and  the  editor  regrets  his  inability  to  obtain 
more  detailed  information  with  respect  to  the  life  of  this  deceased  mem- 
ber. 

Mr.  Tasker  joined  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  Novem- 
ber 4th,  1874. 


ADDITIONS   TO 

LIBRAKY     AND     MUSEUM 


From  John  W.  Bacon,  Danbury,  Conn.:  Annual  Reports  of  the  Grand  Rapids  and  In- 

Twenty-Eighth  Annual  Report  of  the  Railroad  diaua    Railroad   Company,   for   1868,    1869, 

Commissioners  of  the  State  of  Connecticut.  1870. 

Ninth  Annual   Report  of    the    Railroad    and  Proceedings  of  the  Ninth  Annual  Meeting  of 

Warehouse    Commission   of   Illinois,   year  the  Delaware   Railroad  Company.     Dover, 

ending  Nov.  30,  1879.  Del.   1861. 

Third  Aunual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Railroad  Report  of  the  New  Jersey  Railroad  and  Trans- 

Commihisiouers   of  Iowa,    for   year   ending  portation    Company.        John   P.    Jackson. 

June  30,  1880.  Newark,  N.  J.     1858. 

Report  of  the  Railroad  Commissioners  of  the  Annual  Report  of  the  Kansas  Pacific  Railway 

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Fifth  and   Sixth  Annual  Reports  of  the  Rail-  Reports  and  Exhibits  of  the  Mobile  and  Ohio 

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years  1879  and  1880  An  Exhibit  of  the  Condition  of  Affairs  of  the 
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Report  of  the  President  and  Directors  of  the  Miluor  Roberts.     Philadelphia.   1866. 

Atlantic   and   Gulf  Railroad  Company,  for  Annual  Report  of  the  Michigan  Southern  and 

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the  Lehigh  Valley  Railroad  Company. 
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1864. 

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Annual  Report  of  the  Louisville,  Cincinnati 
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Explosions  of  Firedamp.  Prof.  Haton  de  la 
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Dredging  on  the  Lower  Danube.  Charles 
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Imperial  Government  Railways  ©f  Japan. 
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and  Twenty-fourth  Wards,  Department  of 
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II.  Report  of  the  Landscape  Architect  and 
the  Civil  and  Topographical  Engineer,  ac- 
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volved in  the  Construction  and  Action  of 
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fendants.    January,  1866. 


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A  Problem  in  Practical  Surveying  :  Demon- 
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several  Coal  Fields  to  the  City  of  New  York. 
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From  D.  Van  Nosfrand,  New  York: 

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Science  Series.     No.  38.     New  York.     1878. 
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Reconnaissances.     New  York  and  London. 

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the  most  Prominent  Truss  Bridges,  and  New 
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LIST    OF    MEMBERS. 

ADDITIONS. 

MEMBERS. 

Date  of  Election. 

DoANE,  Walter  A Chief  Engineer  Meadville  Railway,  Mead- 

ville,  Pa Sept.  7,   1881 

HiDER,   Arthur Assistant  U.  S.  Engineer,  2828  Washington 

Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo " 

JuDSON,  William  P.  . . .   Assistant  U.  S.  Engineer,  Oswego,  N.  Y. .  .  " 

McKenzie,  Theodore  H.. Peck,  Stow  &   Wilcox  Co.,    Southington, 

Conn " 

Murdoch,  Gilbert Chief  Engineer  Water  Works,  St.  Johns, 

New  Brunswick " 

associate. 

Hendrie,  John  S Engineer  Detroit,  Mackinaw  and  Marquette 

Railway,  Marquette,  Mich " 


changes  and  corrections. 

member. 

Field,  George  S Central  Bridge  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

juniors. 

Hayes,  Edmund Central  Bridge  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Perkins,  Charles  P Engineer  Pittsburgh   and   Erie    Division,    Pennsylvania 

R.  R.,  Williamsport,  Pa. 


Imerican  locidg  ot  |;mt   f  nginem 


FIlOOEEOINaS. 


Vol.  VII.— October,    1881, 


MINUTES     OF    MEETINGS, 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


September  '21st,  1H81. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President 
Welch  in  the  chair.  A  paper  by  D.  McN.  Stauffer,  Member  A,  S.  C.  E., 
subject,  Shaft  Sinking  under  difficulties  at  Dorchester  Bay  Tunnel,  Bos- 
ton, Mass. ;  was  read  by  the  author  and  discussed. 

October  5th,  1881. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  William  E.  Worthen 
in  the  chair.  Ballots  were  canvassed  and  the  following  candidates  de- 
clared elected  as  members  :  Alfred  Brittain,  Montreal,  Canada  ;  Joseph 
R.  Thomas,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. ;  John  A.  L.  Waddell,  Council  Bluffs, 
Iowa. 

The  following  proposed  amendments  to  the  Constitution  were  pre- 
sented and  read  : 

Proposed  Amendments  to  Article  XXIV. 

After  the  words  "  Fellowship  Fund  "  at  the  end  of  the  first  line,  in. 


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sert  the  words,  "  Ten  Thousand  Dollars  of  which  shall  be,"  so  as  to  read: 
"  There  shall  be  a  fund  called  the  Fellowship  Fund,  ten  thousand  dol- 
lars of  which  shall  be  devoted  exclusively  to  the  publication  of  the 
papers  read  before  the  Society,"  &c.  &c., 

Also  add  at  the  close  of  the  article,  the  words,  "Fellows  shall  be 
elected  in  the  same  manner  as  Honorary  Members." 

The  above  amendment  is  proposed  by  the  following  named  members 
of  the  Society  :  O.  Chanute,  Ashbel  Welch,  George  S.  Field,  Walter 
Katte,  Charles  Paine,  Alf.  P.  Boiler,  F.  CoUingwood,  W.  H.  Paine,  C.  Y. 
Smith,  Jos.  P.  Davis. 

Proposed  Amendment  to  Article  V. 

Second  line  by  striking  out  the  word  "five  "  and  inserting  the  word 
"ten,"  so  that  it  shall  read  "  ten  Directors." 

The  above  amendment  is  proposed  by  the  following  named  members 
of  the  Society  :  W.  E.  Worthen,  A.  F.  Wrotnowski,  Chas.  H.  Haswell, 
O.  Chanute,  Jos.  P.  Davis. 

Proposed  Amendment  to  Article  XXXIII. 

Strikeout  the  word  "October"  in  the  third  line  and  substitute 
therefore  the  word  "November." 

Also  strike  out  the  word  "February"  in  the  eighth  line  and  sub- 
stitute the  word  "March." 

The  above  amendment  is  recommended  for  adoption  by  the  Board  of 
Direction,  being  consequent  upon  the  change  already  made  in  the  time 
of  the  Annual  Meeting,  and  is  formally  proposed  by  the  following  named 
members  of  the  Society  :  O.  Chanute,  W.  H.  Paine,  C.  V.  Smith, 
Joseph  P.  Davis,  John  Bogart. 

The  following  proposed  amendment  to  the  By-Laws  was  presented 

and  read. 

Section  24,  third  clause,  strike  out  the  word  "  October"  and  substi- 
tute the  word  "November." 

The  above  amendment  is  recommended  for  adoption  by  the  Board  of 
Direction  on  account  of  the  change  already  made  in  the  time  of  the 
Annual  Meeting,  and  is  formally  proposed  by  the  following  named  mem- 
bers of  the  Society  :  O.  Chanute,  W.  H.  Paine,  C.  V.  Smith,  Jos.  P. 
Davis,  John  Bogart. 

The  paper  by  D.  McN.  Stauflfer,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E.,  read  at  the 
previous  meeting,  subject.  Shaft  Sinking  under  difficulties  at  the  Dor- 
chester Bay  Tunnel,  Boston,  Mass. ;  was  discussed  by  Messrs.  Bogart, 
Joseph  P.  Davis,  Glaskin  and  Chanute. 

The  subject  of  the  Point  of  Reference  for  Strains  was  introduced  by 
Theodore  Cooper,  and  discussed  by  Messrs.  Chanute,  Joseph  P.  Davis 
and  W.  H.  Paine. 


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MEMOIRS  OF  DECEASED  MEMBERS. 


GEORGE  THOMAS  HALL,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E., 

Died  June  2d,  1881. 

George  Thomas  Hall  was  born  in  Malta,  Saratoga  County,  New 
York,  Ajjril  6,  1845.  He  became  an  Associate  Member  of  the  American 
Society  of  Civil  Engineers  October,  2d,  1872,  and  a  Member,  September 
2d,  1874. 

At  an  early  age  he  manifested  a  fondness  for  study ;  attended  the  Boy's 
Academy  at  Ballston  Springs,  and  at  the  age  of  17  taught  a  large  school 
of  advanced  pupils.  Two  years  later  he  graduated  from  the  Normal  Col- 
lege at  Albany,  and  after  remaining  the  following  year,  as  a  teacher,  he 
entered  the  sojihomore  class  of  the  Rensselaer  Polytechnic  Institute,  at 
Troy,  New  York,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1868,  taking  the  degree  of 
Civil  Engineer.  Here  he  had  the  reputation  of  an  earnest  and  patient 
student,  and  his  genial  and  companionable  nature  made  him  a  great 
favorite  with  his  fellow  students,  who  honored  him  with  their  choice  of 
class  orator. 

Soon  after  completing  his  professional  education,  which  was  accom- 
plished only  through  the  persevering  effort  of  a  determined  will  in  over- 
coming many  obstacles  of  a  pecuniary  sort,  he  began  service  as  a  transit- 
man  on  the  New  York,  New  Haven  and  Willimantic  Railroad  under 
Gen.  E.  W.  Serrel,  Chief  Engineer,  taking  high  rank  and  performing  sat- 
isfactory service  in  what  was  regarded  as  an  unsually  excellent  corps  on 
that  line. 

From  there  he  went  to  Canada,  holding  a  responsible  position  in  the 
construction  of  180  miles  of  the  North  Shore  Railroad.  Money  failing, 
this  new  enterprise  was  abandoned,  when  he  returned  to  the  States  and 
took  a  position  as  chief  of  corps  on  the  West  Shore  Railroad  under  Gen. 
Stuart. 

We  next  find  him  in  New  York  City  making  the  first  surveys  for  the 
Gilbert  Elevated  Railway,  upon  which  he  was  engaged  for  some  time, 
until  its  further  development  was  suspended. 

Note, — Committee  to  prepare  memoir;  F  C.  Prindle  and  Jolin  Bogart,  Members  A.  S.  C.  E. 
Special  acknowledgement  for  assistance  In  the  preparation  of  this  memoir  is  made  to  Wna. 
F.  Shunk,  Esq.,  C.  E. 


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He  was  soon  after  appointed  State  Division  Engineer  on  the  Cbam- 
plain  Canal  enlargement,  and  located  at  Whitehall,  New  York,  where  he 
remained  for  three  years.  He  performed  the  responsible  duties  and 
trusts  connected  with  this  important  public  work  with  marked  fidelity 
and  ability,  and  was  j)articularly  zealous  and  watchful  in  the  State's 
interests. 

While  here  he  was  elected  Captain  of  the  Separate  Company  of  the 
State  National  Guard  of  Whitehall,  and  served  with  great  acceptance 
in  that  capacity,  proving  himself  a  most  intelligent  and  efficient  as  well 
as  popular  officer,  who  contributed  much  to  the  excellent  discipline  and 
drill  of  his  command. 

His  company  was  called  out  during  the  railroad  riots  of  that  period, 
and  his  command  was  quartered  a  part  of  the  time  in  Troy,  where  he 
rendered  efficient  service  by  the  exercise  of  great  tact  in  the  dispersion  of 
riotous  mobs  without  the  necessity  of  resorting  to  extreme  measures. 
The  excellent  discipline  and  fine  bearing  of  Captain  Hall's  command 
under  these  circumstances  were  noteworthy. 

From  Whitehall  he  returned  to  New  York  as  Division  Engineer  of 
the  Elevated  Railway,  which  position  he  held  until  his  death,  June  2, 
1881. 

Just  prior  to  his  last  sickness  he  was  offered  an  important  position  in 
charge  of  the  construction  of  public  works  under  the  Government,  at  a 
Southern  navy  yard,  but  which  he  declined,  preferring  to  retain  his 
connection  with  the  Elevated  Railway,  in  the  study  and  construction  of 
which  he  was  so  much  interested,  jDrofessionally,  and  with  which  he  had 
been  so  long  and  closely  identified. 

All  of  the  valuable  service  rendered  by  Captain  Hall  in  the  prosecution 
of  this  important  work  will  never  be  generally  known.  He  had  charge  of 
the  foundation  work  on  the  Second  Avenue  line,  as  well  as  on  Eighth  and 
Ninth  avenues,  and  his  excellent  paper  I'ead  before  the  Society  April  20, 
1881,  shows  the  method  of  his  administration  and  his  professional  ability 
for  the  place. 

In  connection  with  this  work,  his  Chief  Engineer,  Mr.  William  F. 
Shunk,  furnishes  this  tribute  to  his  skill  in  the  performance  of  the 
many  important  matters  entrusted  to  him:  "  He  was  systematic  in  the 
conduct  of  his  work  to  an  extraordinary  degree.  His  recoi'd  contains  a 
perfect  history  of  each  foundation,  and  answered  eveiy^ question  put, 
as  to  material,  cost  and  time.  The  same  as  to  tracklaying.  But  beyond 
his  dutiful,  skilful  and  diligent  conduct  of  professional  duties, 
Captain  Hall  did  important  service  for  the  company  that  employed 
him,  unknown  to  them  and  not  likely  ever  to  be  known.  I 
refer  to  the  stilling  of  complaints  and  the  amicable  settlement  of 
claims  along  the  line  of  the  road,  a  field  of  effort  in  which  he  could 
hardly  be  equalled,  and  where  his  generous  nature,  fine  courtesy,  and 
knowledge   of  mankind   found    ample  room    for   exercise.      It   would 


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hardly  be  believed  how  incessant  was  the  stream  of  such  grievances, 
the  greater  portion  of  them  never  reaching  the  ears  of  the  Board.  Men 
with  vaults  invaded,  light  intercepted,  sidewalks  obstructed,  water 
stopped,  drains  broken,  or  averred  to  be,  butchers  with  meat  tainted 
from  the  diggings,  and  innumerable  other  troubles,  all  charged  to  the 
railroad. 

"And  in  addition  to  the  multitude  really  aggrieved,  or  believing  them- 
selves so,  there  was  an  abundance  of  claimants  put  up  to  mischief 
by  a  class  of  curbstone  lawyers  who  prowled  the  street  for  prey.  Their 
business  was,  with  perjury  for  a  basis,  to  erect  on  it,  under  forms  of  law, 
a  bill  of  damages  in  which  they  took  a  half  interest.  This  bedlam  rout 
dinned  our  ears  without  ceasing,  and  our  diplomatic  cai)tain  was  con- 
stantly on  the  go.  He  quieted  probably  half  of  them  by  considerate 
attention,  conciliatory  remonstrance  and  prudent  reasoning. 

"  Such  of  them  as  survived  this  witchery,  he  so  ascertained  the  facts 
of,  and  located  the  witnesses,  and  reported  the  circumstances,  that  counsel 
usually  found  it  easy  to  make  a  cheap  compromise.  These  things  dis- 
tracted him  from  his  projaer  work,  and  it  was  a  department  of  service 
for  which,  in  the  nature  of  things,  he  could  never  have  credit  with  the 
Directory.     But  he  did  it  cheerfully  and  thoroughly." 

Thus  was  he  buisily  occupied,  until  an  alarming  disease  laid  its  hand 
upon  him,  which,  for  four  weary  months,  made  his  life  one  of  intense 
su£fering.  Slowly  consuming  the  strength  of  this  true,  brave  man,  it  could 
not  daunt  his  cheerful  and  heroic  spirit  which  was  destined  to  enjoy  the 
greater  triumphs  of  calmly  contemplating  his  approaching  end,  and 
patiently  enduring  his  unassuageable  sufferings  with  the  unwavering 
faith  and  resignation  of  a  Christian. 

Of  his  personal  worth  and  character  many  praises  might  be  fitly  sung; 
his  eminent  abilities  of  mind  did  not  surpass  the  nobler  qualities  of  heart 
and  soul. 

He  was  always  a  courteous  gentleman,  a  warm  and  generous  friend, 
and  these  noticeable  characteristics  combined  with  his  winning  manners, 
made  one  accept  him,  like  any  other  fine  make  of  nature,  without 
questioning. 

Peace  to  that  great  soul  which  we  called  by  his  name,  not  knowing 
all  its  greatness. 

'*  He,  being  made  perfect,  in  a  short  time  fulfilled  a  long  time.  For 
though  the  righteous  be  prevented  with  death,  yet  shall  he  be  in  rest." 


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THE  NOEMAN  MEDAL. 


CODE  OF  RULES  FOE  ITS  AWARD. 

I. — Competition  for  the  Norman  Medal  of  the  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers  shall  be  restricted  to  Members  of  the  Society. 

II. — There  shall  be  one  gold  medal,  and  only  one,  struck  for  each 
and  every  fiscal  year  of  the  Society,  and  awarded  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided. The  dies  therefor  shall  be  with  the  Superintendent  of  the 
United  States  Mint  at  Philadelphia,  in  trust  exclusively  for  the  above 
purpose.  Such  Medal  shall  be  of  a  cost  equal  to  the  annual  interest 
received  upon  §1  000  of  the  Consolidated  Stock  of  the  City  of  New 
York,  Certificate  No.  179,  of  the  additional  new  Croton  Aqueduct  Stock 
of  the  City  of  New  York,  authorized  by  an  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  Chap.  230,  passed  April  15th,  1870,  dated  November 
17th,  1873,  now  held  in  trust  by  the  Treasurer  of  this  Society,  and  so 
held  solely  for  this  jaurpose,  and  shall  be  executed  upon  his  order. 

III. — -All  original  papers  presented  to  the  Society  by  members  of  any 
class,  during  the  year  for  which  the  medal  is  awarded,  shall  be  open  to 
the  awards,  provided  that  such  j)apers  shall  not  have  been  previously 
contributed  in  whole  or  in  part  to  any  other  association,  nor  have 
appeared  in  print  prior  to  their  publication  by  the  Society,  nor  have  been 
presented  to  the  Society  in  any  previous  year. 

IV. — The  Board  of  Censors  to  award  the  Medal  shall  consist  of  three 
members  of  the  Society,  to  be  designated  by  the  Board  of  Direction. 
The  Secretary  of  the  Society  shall  act  as  Secretary  to  the  Board  of 
Censors. 

V. — The  medal  shall  be  awarded  to  such  j)aper  as  the  said  Board  shall 
judge  to  be  worthy  of  special  commendation  for  its  merits  as  a  contribu- 
tion to  Engineering  Science,  not  merely  relatively  as  compared  with 
others  presented  during  the  same  year,  but  as  exhibiting  the  science^ 
talent  or  industry  disjilayed  in  the  consideration  of  the  subject  treated 
of,  and  for  the  good  which  may  be  expected  to  result  from  the  discussion 
and  the  inquiry. 

VI.— In  case  no  jDaper  presented  during  the  year  shall  be  deemed  of 
sufficient  value  to  receive  an  award,  the  amount  of  the  interest  of  the 
fund  for  that  year  shall  be  expended  by  the  Board  of  Direction  in  the 
purchase  of  books,  to  be  oifered  as  a  premium  for  the  second  best  paper 
in  the  next  year  in  which  more  than  one  pajser  of  sufficient  value  may  be 
presented. 

VII. — The  medal  year  shall  terminate  on  the  first  day  of  August,  and 
the  award  shall  be  announced  at  the  Annual  Meeting. 

VIII. — The  Treasurer  uf  this  Society  shall  cause  the  medal  to  be 
prepared  and  delivered  to,  or  deposited  to  the  order  of,  the  successful 
competitor,  within  two  months  after  the  Annual  Meeting  at  which  the 
same  shall  have  been  awarded. 


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ADDITIONS   TO 

LIBRARY     AND     MUSEUM 


From  T.  B,  Blackstone,  Chicago  : 
Ninth  to  the  Eighteenth  (Inclusive)   Annual 
Reports  ot  the  Chicago  and  Alton  Railroad. 
From  1871  to  1880. 

FromD.  W.  C.  Brown,  Sandusky,  Ohio  : 
Reports   to  the   Stockholders  of  the  Cincin- 
nati,   Sandusky    and    Cleveland    Railroad. 
From  1872  to  1880,  inclusive. 

From  John  Burton,  Milwaukee,  Wis.  : 
Reports  of  the  Directors  of  the  Detroit,  Grand 
Haven  and  Milwaukee  Railway,  with  State- 
ments of  Accounts,  etc.,  for  the  years  1869- 
1870  and  1874. 
Eeports  of  C.  C.  Trowbridge,  Receiver  of  the 
Detroit  and    Milwaukee    Railroad.      From 
1875  to  1878. 
Report  of  the  Directors  of  the  Detroit,  Grand 
Haven   and   Milwaukee   Railway.     Detroit. 
1880. 

From  M.  M.  Greene,  Columbus,   Ohio  : 
Fifth  to  the  Twelfth  Annual   Reports  of  the 

Columbus    and    Hocking  Vallfy   Railroad. 

From  1873  to  1880. 
First  to  the  Fourth   Annual   Reports  of  the 

Columbus  and  Toledo  Railroad.    From  1877 

to  1880. 

From  H.  Keep,  Chicago  : 

Reports  of  the  Chicago  and  North  Western 
Railroad  for  1869,  1870  and  1874  to  1880. 
From  H.  B.  Ledyard,  Detroit  : 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Directors  of  the  Mich- 
igan Central  Railroad.  June.  1847,  1848, 
1858,  1803,  1864.  1865,  and  year  ending  De- 
cember 31.1880.  Detroit  and  Boston,  and 
Circular  of  the  Treasurer,  December  26, 
1855. 

From  Charles  Paine,  Cleveland  : 

Annual  Reports  of  J.  H.  Devereux,  Receiver 
of  the  Atlantic  and  Great  Western  Railroad 
for  the  years  1872,  1875  and  1876  to  1880. 
Cleveland. 

Lake  Shore  and  Michigan  Southern  Railroad. 
Local  Freight  Classificatiou  to  take  effect 
April  4,  1881.     Cleveland.     1881. 

Eighth  Annual  Report  of  the  Railroad  Com- 
missioners of  Michigan  for  the  year  ending 
December  31,  1879.     Lansing.  1880. 

New  York,  Pennsylvania  and  Ohio  Railroad. 
Proceedings  of  the  Meeting  of  Officers  held 
at  Cleveland,  Ohio,  March  23,  1881.  James- 
town.    1881. 

First  Annual  Report  of  the  New  York,  Penn- 
sylvania and  Ohio  Railroad  for  the  year 
1880. 

Eleventh,  Twelfth  and  Thirteenth  Annual 
Reports  of  the  Commissioner  of  Railroads 
and  Telegraphs  for  the  years  ending  June 
30,  1877,  1878,  1879.     Columbus,  Ohio, 

The  St.  Louis,  Alton  and  Terre  Haute  Rail- 
road vs.  The  Indianapolis  and  St.  Louis, 
The  Lake  Shore  and  Michigan  Southern, 
The  Cleveland,  Columbus,  (Cincinnati  and 
Indianapolis,  The  Pittsburgh,  Fi)rt  Wayne 
and  (-hicago.  The  Indianapolis,  Cincinnati 
and  Lafayette,  and  the  Pennsylvania  Rail- 


road Companies,  and  the  Pennsylvania 
Company.  Case  No.  6,257,  Circuit  Court, 
TJ.  S.     Indiana. 

From  C.  E  Perkins,  Chicago  : 
Twenty-third  to  the  Twenty-seventh  Annual 
Reports  of  the  Directors  of  the  Chicago, 
Burlington  and  Quincy  Railroad.  From 
1876  to  1880. 
Reports  of  the  Directors  of  the  C.  B.  &  Q. 
R.R.  presented  at  the  Annual  Meetings, 
June  21,1861,  February  24,  1875,  and  Feb- 
ruary 23,  1876. 

From  H.  Riddle.  Chicago  : 
Annual  Reports  of  the  Chicago,  Rock  Island 
and    Pacific   Railroad   tor    the  years   1869, 
1871,  1872  and  1874  to  1880. 

From  H.  C.  Potter,  East  Saginaw,  Mich. : 
Annual  Reports  of  the  Flint  and  Pere  Mar- 
quette Railroad  for  the  years  ,,1867,  1869  to 
1872  to  1880. 
O.  Prescott,  W.  W   Craps,  A.  G.  Pierce  and  P. 
V.  Rogers,  Trustees  of  the  Flint  and  Pere 
Marquette  Railroad,   Complainants,  vs.  The 
Flint  and  Marquette  Railroad,  Defendants. 
Report  of  H.  C.    Potter,    Receiver.     January 
12,  1881. 

From  E.  B.  Thomas  Cleveland  : 
Annual  Reports  of  the  Directors  of  the  Cleve- 
land, Columbus  and  Ohio  Railroad  for  the 
years  1860,  1862,  1868,  1869  to  1873  and  1874 
to  1880, 

From  J.  F.  Tucker,  Chicago  : 
Report  and  Accounts   of  the  Illinois   Central 
Railroad  for  the  years  1868  to  1871  to  1880. 

From  L.  Williams,  Cincinnati: 
Fourth,  Fifth.    Sixth  and  Twenty-spcond   to 
Thirty-third  Annua!  Reports  of  the  Cincin- 
nati, Hamilton  and  Dayton  Railroad  for  the 
years  1854,  1855,  1856  and  1869  to  1880. 

From  Wni.  E.  Worthen,  New  York  : 

Reports  to  the  Lords  of  the  Committee  of 
Privy  Council  tor  Trade  upon  the  Accidents 
which  occurred  on  Railways  during  the 
years  1856,  1857  (2  copies),  1858.  Capt.  D. 
Galton,  R.  E.     London. 

Reports  of  the  Number  of  Accidents  and  the 
injuries  of  Lite  and  Limb  which  have  oc- 
curred on  Railways  of  Great  Britain  from 
July  1  to  Deceniber  31,  1855.  London. 
1856. 

Reports  of  the  Inspecting  OfBcers  of  the 
Railway  Department  upon  Certain  Acci- 
dents which  have  occurred  on  Railways  of 
Great  Britain  during  the  months  of  August, 
September,  October,  November  and  Decem- 
ber, 1855,  1857  and  18.58. 

Reports  of  the  Inspecting  Officers  of  Railway 
Department  upon  Certain  Accidents  which 
have  occurred  on  Railways  ol  Great  Britain 
during  the  mouths  of  January,  February, 
March  and  .\pril.  Part  II.,  1857.  Parts  I., 
II..  Ill  and  I\'.,  1858  ;  and  Parts  I.,  II.  and 
IV.,  1859, 


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Reports  of  the  Inspecting  Officers  of  tha 
Railway  Department  of  Great  Britain  upon 
Four  Accidents  which  occurred  on  the 
South- Eastern  Railway,  1855.  London. 
1856. 

Return  of  the  Number  and  Nature  of  the 
Accidents  and  Injuries  of  Life  and  Limb 
which  have  occurred  on  the  Raih/ays  of 
Great  Britain  from  July  1  to  December  31, 
1856.    London.     18.57. 

Report  of  the  Commissioners  of  Railways  of 
Great  Britain  for  the  year  1S50.  London. 
1851. 

First,  Second,  Third,  Fourth  and  Fifth  Re- 
ports of  the  Select  Committee  ou  Railways 
and  Canal  Bills,  together  with  Minutes  and 
Evidence  and  Anpeudix.  December  16, 
1852.  February  28,  1853.  March  18,  1853. 
Aprils.  1853.     July  8,  1853.     London. 

Returns  showing  the  Number  of  Passengers 
conveyed  on  all  the  Railways  of  Great 
Britain,  distinguished  in  different  classes, 
and  the  Receipts  from  each  Class  of  Passen- 
gers, and  from  Goods,  Etc.,  Etc.,  during 
the  half  years  ending  December  31,  1856, 
1857  and  1858. 

Testimony  taken  before  the  Committee  on 
Railroads  in  relation  to  the  Accident  which 
occurred  on  the  Hudson  River  Railroad,  at 
New  Hamburgh,  on  Monday,  February  6, 
1871.     Albany.     1871. 

Report  upon  a  Plan  of  Construction  of  several 
of  the  Principal  Railroads  in  the  Northern 
and  Bliddle  States,  and  upon  a  Railway 
Structure  for  a  new  track  on  the  Baltimore 
and  Ohio  Railroad.  J.  Knight.  Chief-Ea- 
gineer,  and  Benj.  H.  Latrobe,  Engineer  of 
Location  and  Construction.  Baltimore. 
1838. 

Report  to  the  Stockholders  of  the  Boston, 
Hartford  and  Erie  Railroad.  September  25, 
1864.     Hartford.     1864. 


Prospectus  of  the  New  York,  Housatonic  and 
Northern  Railway.     New  York.     1864. 

Report  of  the  Commissioners  upon  the  Troy 
and  Greenfield  Railroad  and  Hoosac  Tun- 
nel.    Boston.     1869. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Commissioners  on  the 
Troy  and  Greenfield  Railroad  and  Hoosac 
Tunnel.     Boston.     1867. 

Report  of  Benj  H.  Latrobe,  Consulting  Engi- 
neer, on  the  Troy  and  Greenfield  Railroad 
and  Hoosac  Tunnel.     Boston.     1869. 

The  Charters  on  the  Leavenworth,  Pawnee 
and  Western  Railway  Company,  and  all 
Laws  of  Kansas  affecting  its  Duties,  Powers 
and  Liabilities.     New  York.     1862. 

Report  of  the  Board  of  Directors  to  the  Stock- 
holders of  the  New  Y^ork  and  New  Haven 
Railroad.     May  13,  1858.    New  York.     1858. 

Report  of  the  Executive  Committee  having 
in  charge  the  Surveys  relating  to  the  Peeks- 
kill  and  Carmel  Railway.     Peekskill.     1860. 

A  Reply  to  the  Speech  of  Mr.  Charles  Francis 
Adams,  Jr.,  before  the  Joint  Standing  Com- 
mittee on  Railroads  of  the  Massachusetts 
Legislature.    R.S.  Spofford.    Boston.    1873. 

Report  ou  the  South  Pennsylvania  Railroad; 
also,  its  Charter  and  Supplements.  Harris- 
burgh.     1869. 

Report  of  the  Joint  Standing  Committee  on 
the  Troy  and  Greenfield  Railroad  and 
Hoosac  Tunnel  for  the  year  1858. 

Grant  of  Lands  by  the  United  States  to  the 
State  of  Missouri  for  Railroad  Purposes, 
and  Acts  passed  by  the  Legislature  affect- 
ing the  Southwest  Branch  of  the  Pacific 
Railroad.     St.  Louis.     1859. 

Pelteler  Portable  Railroad  Company.  New 
York.     1871. 

Lands  for  Sale  by  the  Pacific  Kaih'oad  Com- 
pany.    St.  Louis.     1859. 

Metropolitan  Railway  Company.  Half- Yearly 
Report.     Aug.  9,  1871. 


EEPOBT  OF  THE  FINANCE  COMMITTEE 


ON   THE   SUBJECT   OF 


COMPOUNDING  ANNUAL  DUES  BY  ONE  PAYMENT. 


To  the  Board  of  Direction  of  the 

American  Society  of   Civil   Engineers: 

Gentlemen, — The  Finance  Committee,  to  wliicli  was  referred  the 
subject  of  a  i^roper  sum  for  compounding  the  dues  of  members  for  life, 
by  one  payment,  have '  carefully  considered  the  subject,  and  herewith 
present  the  results  of  their  investigations  and  the  conclusions  arrived  at. 

The  most  laborious  portion  of  these  investigations  has  been  done  in 
a  very  thorough  manner  by  Mr.  Bogart,  the  secretary  of  this  Society, 
who  has  compiled  from  the  records,  statements  having  a  direct  bearing 


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upon  this  subject,  which  are  of  so  much  practical  importance  and  rea- 
interest  to  the  Board,  that  we  incorporate  them  entire,  adopting  them 
with  his  conclusions  as  a  part  of  our  report. 
Mr.  Bogart's  report  is  as  follows  : 

New  Yoek,  May  9,  1881. 

Col.  Wm.  H.  Paine,  Director,  A.  S.  C.  E., 

Chairman  of  Finance  Committee : 

De.\k  Sir, — In  connection  with  the  resolution  of  the  Board  referred 
to  the  Finance  Committee,  as  to  the  sum  proper  for  compounding  dues 
by  one  payment,  for  life,  I  venture  to  siibmit  to  the  Committee  some 
points  I  have  gathered  while  considering  the  subject. 

There  has  recently  been  submitted  an  amendment  to  the  Constitution 
which  projioses  the  payment  of  $300.00  by  a  resident  member,  and 
$150.00  by  a  non-resident  member,  as  a  compounding  sum  for  life, 
with  a  i^rovision  that  a  non-resident  becoming  a  resident,  shall  pay  the 
remainder  of  the  comijosition,  viz.,  $150.00,  or  the  usual  annual  sub- 
scription during  the  time  of  his  residence. 

The  annual  dues  of  the  Society  now  are  : 

For  members,  resident.      .   $25  00     Non-resident $15  00 

For  associates,       "       15  00  "  10  00 

For  juniors,  "       15  00  "  10  00 

The  admission  fees  are  :  For  members,  $30  ;  Associates,  $20  ; 
Juniors,  $20. 


The  annual  dues  of  the  Institution  of  Civil  Engineers  in  England 
are  : 

For  members,  resident,  4  guineas.     Non-resident 3  guineas. 

For  associates,        "  8       "  "  2^         " 

For  students,  "  2       "  "  Ih       " 

The  admission  fee  is  :   For  members  and  associates,  10  guineas. 

The  Institution  of  Civil  Engineers  permits  "any  member  or  asso- 
ciate, whose  subscription  is  not  in  arrears,  if  resident  in  the  United 
Kingdom,  to  compound  for  future  annual  subscriptions  by  the  payment 
of  fifty  guineas.  Any  member^or  associate  residing  abroad,  may  comjiound 
by  the  payment  of  twenty-five  guineas,  but  should  he  come  to  reside 
in  the  United  Kingdom,  he  shall  pay  the  remainder  of  the  composition. 


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viz.,  twenty-five  guineas,  or  the  usual  annual  subscription  enuring  such 
residence.  All  such  compositions  shall  be  invested,  and  the  interest 
alone  shall  be  appropriated  to  the  current  expenditure  of  the  Institution^ 
except  by  special  direction  of  the  council,  on  the  report  and  recommen- 
dation of  the  Finance  Committee. 

The  terms,  resident  and  non-resident,  are  applied  as  regards  dues,  in 
the  English  Society,  respectively  to  persons  residing  within  ten  miles  of 
the  General  Post  Office,  in  London,  and  to  persons  residing  beyond 
those  limits. 

But  the  provision  for  compounding  dues  gives  the  low  rate  only  to 
persons  residing  outside  the  United  Kingdom ;  all  persons  residing 
within  the  United  Kingdom  being  compelled  to  pay  the  full  compound- 
ing sum  of  fifty  guineas. 

Residency,  as  arranged  by  the  law  of  the  American  Society,  applies- 
to  all  who  reside  within  fifty  miles  of  the  New  York  Post  Office. 


By  the  last  report  of' the  Board  of  Direction,  November,  1880,  the- 
membership  in  the  American  Society  was  : 

Resident  members 114     Non-resident  members   359 

"       Associates 6  "  Associates 14 

Juniors 6  "  Juniors 42 

Total  paying  resident 126     Non-resident 415 

Resident  honorary  members 3     Non-resident  hou.  members . .       9 

Resident  members •. 12i> 

Non-resident  members ^'^^ 

Fellows,  who  are  not  members 55 

Corresponding  members ^ 

Total 611 

Suppose  the  plan  suggested  be  adopted,  and  also  suppose  it  gener- 
ally followed  by  members,  the  result  would  be  (omitting  from  the 
calculation  Associates  and  Juniors  and  also  Honorary  and  Corresponding 
members  who  pay  no  dues)  : 

114  Resident  Members,  paying  |300  each,  would  give $34  200 

359  Non-resident  Members,  paying  $150  each,  would  give 53  850 

Or  a  capitalized  fund  of S88  050 


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The  highest  rate  of  interest  safe  to  assume  as  receivable  on  trust 
funds  is  ijrobably  5  per  cent.,  which,  on  $88  050  would  give,  per  annum, 
U  402  50. 

The  amount  now  received  from  the  same  number  of  members  is  : 

114  Eesident  Members,  at  $25  each $2  850  00 

•359  Non-resident  Members,  at  $15  each 5  385  00 


Total  per  annum / $8  235  00 

If  funded  as  above,  per  annum •   4  402  50 

•Or  an  annual  present  decrease  in  the  income  of  the  society  of    .^3  832  50 
or  about  46^  per  cent,  decrease  from  the  present  income  received  from 
ihese  members.     In  other  words,  we   would  only  receive,   per  annum, 
about  53i  per  cent,  of  the  amount  now  received  from  these  members. 
Even   at  6  per  cent,  the  income  would  only  be  $88  050  at 

6  per  cent $5  283  00 

Present  income  from  same  members 8  235  00 

Annual  deficiency  at  6  per  cent $2  952  00 

The  total  income  of  the  society  from  every  source  was  last  year 
-$12  473  04,  as  follows  : 

Entrance  Fees $1  850  00 

Current  Dues 6  366  41 

Past  Dues 835  00 

Advance  Dues 2  246  13 

Interest  on  funds 785  20 

Other  sources 390  30 

Total  income $12  473  04 

The  loss,  with  the  compounding  payments  capitalized  at  5  per  cent, 
would  be  a  little  over  30  per  cent,  on  the  total  i^resent  annual  income  of 
the  society. 


On  the  other  hand,  it  may  be  considered  that  the  payments  made  for 
•compounding  dues  become  permanent  investments  for  the  society,  and 
that  if  the  society  is  able  to  stand  the  annual  loss  for  a  period  of  years, 


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it  will  eventually  be  the  the  gainer  from  the  fact  that  as  members  die  or 
resign,  their  dues  cease,  while  the  interest  on  a  capitalized  sum  remains 
perpetual. 

The  annual  losts  of  members  for  a  series  of  years  has  been 

Year  ending 

Nov.,  1873 

"  1874 

"  1875 

"  1876. 

"  1877 

"  1878 

"  1879 

"  1880 


Total 
Membership. 

Loss  from 
all  causes. 

Percentage 
of  Loss. 

414 

6 

1.45 

445 

22* 

4.94 

492 

8 

1.63 

552 

5 

0.91 

574 

15  t 

2.61 

593 

7 

1.18 

601 

20  t 

3.32 

611 

58  J 

9.49 

Averages 535.25  17.625        3.29 

The  average  annual  loss  of  members  has  thus  been  about  3.29  per 
cent,  from  all  causes,  but  the  dropping  of  45  members  for  non-payment 
of  dues  in  one  year  (1880)  was  unusual ;  without  that  loss  of  45 
members  the  percentage  of  loss  would  average  only  2.24  per  cent,  per 
annum.  Probably  3  per  cent,  per  annum  will  fairly  cover  the  loss,  as 
far  as  experience  shows  in  the  past. 

On  the  general  basis  of  the  present  paying  membership  of  the 
Society  and  on  the  amount  which  would  be  realized  if  the  plan  of  com- 
pounding were  adopted  there  would  be,  as  stated  above,  a  sum  of,  say, 
^4  400  per  annum,  realized  from  the  capitalized  fund,  at  5  per  cent. 

These  same  members  now  pay,  say,  $8  000  per  annum.  This  sum 
would  be  reduced  3  per  cent,  per  annum  by  loss  of  members  through 
death  or  resignation. 

On  this  basis,  and  without  reference  to  new  membership,  the  annual 
income  from  these  members  for  a  series  of  years  would  be  : 

*  Fourteen  dropped  for  non-payment  of  dues. 

t  Ten  deceased. 

t  Forty-five  dropped  for  non-payment  of  dues. 


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Successive  Years. 

Income  under 
present  system  of 
Dues,    reduced    3 
per      cent,      each 
year. 

Income  if  dues 
are    compounded, 
and    the     amount 
capitalized      at     5 
per  cent. 

Income  lesB  un- 
der compounding 
plan     than    under 
present  system. 

Income  more  un- 
der compounding 
plan    than   under 
present  system. 

Present  Year. 

$8  000  00 

Nothing 

.$8  000  00 

1 

7  760  00 

$4  400  00 

3  360  00 

2 

7  527  20 

4  400  00 

3  127  20 

3 

7  301   38 

4  100  00 

2  901   38 

4 

7  082  34 

4  400  00 

2  682  34 

5 

6  869  87 

4  400  00 

2  469  87 

6 

6  663  78 

4  400  00 

2  263  78 

7 

6  463  87 

4  400  00 

2  063  87 

8 

6  269  95 

4  400  00 

1  869  95 

9 

6  081   85 

4  400  00 

1  681   85 

■ 

10 

6  899  39 

4  400  00 

1  499  39 

11 

5  722  41 

4  400  00 

1  322  41 

12 

5  550  74 

4  400  00 

1  150  74 

13 

5  384  22 

4  400  00 

984  22 

14 

5  222  69 

4  400  00 

822  69 

15 

5  066  01 

4  400  00 

666  01 

16 

4  914  03 

4  400  00 

514  03 

11 

4  766  61 

4  400  00 

366  61 

18 

4  623   61 

4  400  00 

223  61 

19 

4  484  90 

4  400  00 

84  90 

20 

4  3*50  35 

4  400  00 

$49  65 

21 

4  219  84 

4  400  00 

180   16 

22 

4  093  24 

4  400  00 

306  76 

23 

3  970  44 

4  400  00 

429  56 

24 

3  851   33 

4  400  00 

548  67 

25 

3  735  79 

4  400  00 

664  21 

26 

3  623  72 

4  400  00 

776  28 

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It  will  be  seen  that,  on  the  basis  assumed,  the  income  would  be  less 
than  from  the  j^resent  system  for  moi-e  than  19  years  ;  after  that  it  would 
become  greater. 

The  capitalization  of  the  fund  at  5  per  cent,  has  been  assumed,  be- 
cause it  would  not  probably  be  possible  to  obtain  more  than  that  on  the 
par  value  of  the  fund.  No  expenses  for  Trusteeshij),  &c.,  have  been 
assumed. 

If  the  above  considerations  are  fairly  correct,  it  would  seem  to  fol- 
low : — 

1.  That  the  proposed  measure  of  compounding  at  .$150  and  S300  would 
decrease  the  current  income  to  an  extent  we  cannot  now  afford. 

2.  That  if  desirable  to  compound  dues,  and  at  the  same  time  not  i*e- 
duce  the  current  income,  higher  rates  must  be  assumefi  for  comijound- 
ing. 

3.  That  if  the  present  funds  of  the  Society  were  anything  like  those 
of  the  English  Institution,  a  measure  of  this  kind  might  well  be  adopted, 
as  we  could  then  afford  a  present  loss  of  income  for  an  ultimate  increase. 


Note. — The  invested  funds  of  the  English  Institution  are  : 

Institution  investments £31,000 

Trust  funds 45,700 


Total £76,700 

Or,  say , $383,500 

The  annual  income  of  the  English  Institution  is  about £14,200 

Or,  say $71,000 

Very  respectfully, 

JOHN  BOGART, 

Seo'etary. 

An  examination  of  the  statements  presented  by  Mr.  Bogart  shows  that 
if  the  comiDoundiug  of  dues  at  the  rate  of  $300  for  resident  members  and 
$150  for  non-resident  members  was  adopted  and  generally  followed,  the 
effect  upon  our  revenues  would  be  disastrous,  as  it  would  cut  off  our  en- 
tire revenue  from  this  source  the  first  year,  and  diminish  it  nearly  50  per 
cent,  the  second  year  ;  not  reaching  its  fixll  amount  until  19  years 
hence. 

It  is  not  probable  that  the  practice  of  compounding  dues  would  be 


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immedxately  and  generally  followed.  But  if  this  plan  should  meet  with 
favor,  and  any  considerable  number  of  members  should  compound  their 
dues,  there  would  be  as  large  a  percentage  of  faUing  off  of  proceeds  from 
dues  as  there  would  be  percentage  of  members  compounding,  as  all  such 
members  would  cease  to  pay  dues,  and  the  interest  from  the  sums  paid 
in  would  not  be  available  during  the  first  year. 

The  second  year  there  would  be  a  loss  of  nearly  fifty  per  cent;  of  the 
dues  of  those  who  had  compounded  the  year  before,  and,  added  thereto 
would  be  a  total  loss  of  aU  the  dues  of  members  compounding  thai 


year 


And  each  succeeding  year  the  lessening  of  the  dues  would  go  on  until 

a  maximum  of  decrease  would  be  reached,  an  uncertain  number  of  years 

hence,  when  the  revenue  would  graduaUy  increase  again,  if  the  Society 

survived  the  experiment. 

I        We  further  notice  that  if  non-resident  members  should  compound  in 

larger  proportionate  numbers  than  resident  members,  there  would  be  a 
still  greater  falling  off  of  income. 

The  proposed  compounding  rates  being  less  in  proportion  for  non- 
residents than  residents,  as  compared  with  the  dues  now  paid  by  each 
would  tend  to  encourage  a  disproportionate  number  of  non-residents  to 
compound,  and  this  disproportion   would  tend   to  produce  the  result 
mentioned. 

We  would  also  call  attention  to  the  probability  that  the  class  of  mem- 
bers most  likely  to  compound  their  dues  would  be  those  best  able  to  pay 
their  dues  promptly,  and  who  have  reasonable  prospects  of  living  long 
enougi,  to  make  the  sum  paid  for  compounding  a  good  investment ;  and 
If  through  such  an  experiment  as  this  proposed,  or  from  any  other  cause 
the  dues  should  require  to  be  increased,  this  extra  burden  would  fall 
upon  others,  leaving  this  class  exempt. 

With  these  facts  before  us,  and  in  the  present  state  of  our  finances 
when  our  expenses  so  nearly  correspond  with  our  income,  we  cannot 
recommend  any  basis  for  compounding  dues  which  shall  tend  to  lessen 
our  present  annual  income. 

The  plan  of  compounding  the  dues  of  members  on  the  basis  pro- 
posed would  tend  to  seriously  lessen  our  annual  income.  And  the  more 
generaUy  this  plan  came  into  practice,  the  greater  would  be  our  financial 
embarrassment. 

The  only  amounts  that,  under  the  present  cii-cumstances,  would  be 


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safe  to  adopt  would  be  so  large  as  to  appear  unreasonable,  and  tend  to 
discourage  members  from  compoimding. 

While  we  look  with  favor  upon  the  plan  of  compounding  dues  as 
having  for  its  object  the  permanent  and  best  interests  of  this  Society, 
and  which,  if  in  successful  operation,  would  in  time  accomplish  all  that 
might  be  expected  of  it,  yet  we  fear  that  its  introduction  at  the  present 
time  might  so  seriously  embarrass  the  Society  financially  as  to  jeopardize 
those  important  interests  which  this  plan  was  especially  designed  to 
subserve. 

We  therefore  recommend  that  this  proposed  amendment  to  the  Con- 
stitution be  not  adopted. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

W.  H.   PAINE, 
JOS.  P.  DAVIS. 
C.  V.  SMITH, 
Committee  on  Finance. 
House  op  the  Society,  October  12,  1881. 


LIST    OF    MEMBERS. 

ADDITIONS. 
MEMBERS. 


Date  of  Election, 
Blackwell,  Charles  .  .  .  .Engineer    Midland    and    Grand    Junction 

Railways,  Peterborough,  Canada Sept.  7,   1881 

Engle,  Robert  L Engineer  Rio  Grande  Ex.  Co.,  Gunnison, 

Col 

Goad,  Charles  E ...  102   St.  Francis  Xavier  Street,   Montreal, 

Canada "         " 

Keith,  George  T Civil  Engineer,  Olean,  N.  Y May   4,    1881 

Parent,  E.  H Superintending  Engineer  Beauharnois,  La- 
chine  and  Chambly  Canals,  Montreal, 
Canada Sept.   7,  1881 

Skilton,  George  S Assistant  Chief  Engineer  Mexican  Central 

Railway,  City  of  Mexico,  Mexico "         " 

Thomas,  Joseph  R Engineer  Williamsburg  Gas  Co.,  Brooklyn, 

N.  Y Oct.    5,    1881 

Waddell,  John  A.  L Engineer  Raymond  and  Campbell  Bridge 

Co.,  Council  Bluffs,  la "        " 


Ill 


CHANGES    AND   CORRECTIONS. 
MEMBER. 

BiLLiN,  Charles  E Illiana,  Edgar  Co.,  111. 

Bland,  John  C 259  South  4tli  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

BoNTECOU,  D P.  O.  Box  L.,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Chittenden,  S.  H Corcoran  Building,  Room  69,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Cunningham,  D.  W Stillwater,  Minn. 

Cunningham,  J.  H 50  Queen  Street,  Edinburgh,  Scotland. 

Doane,  Walter  A Principal   Assistant    Engineer    Rome,    Watertown    and 

Ogdensburgh  R.  R.,  Oswego,  N.  Y. 

Frazier,  James  L Louisville,  New  Albany  and  St.  Louis  R.  R.,  Louis- 
ville, Ky. 

Fuller,  Sidney  T.^ Chief  Engineer  Texas  Mexican  R.  R.,  Galveston,  Texas. 

John,  Irvin 20  Nassau  Street,  Room  57,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Kinsley,  Thomas  P Le  Roy,  Genesee  Co.,  N.  Y. 

MacNaughton,  James  . .  .  Assistant  Engineer  North  River  Construction  Co. ,  Albany, 

N.  Y. 

Monroe,  J.  Albert Div.  Engineer  N.  Y.,  W.  S.  &  B.  R.  R.,  Rondout,  N.  Y. 

Newman,  Robert  M Engineer  Jamestown  Branch,  Jamestown,  Dakota. 

Robinson,  A.  A Chief  Engineer  A.  T.  &  S.  F.  R.  R.,  Topeka,  Kansas. 

ScowDEN,  T.  R 1220  Lexington  Avenue,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Sears,  Alfred  F Assistant  General  Manager  Mexican  Central  R.  R.,  City 

of  Mexico,  Mexico. 

Shinn,  William  P Vice-President   N.    Y.    Steam  Co.,   16  Cortlandt  Street, 

New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Sickels,  T.  E Consulting  Engineer  Union  Pacific  R.  R.,  197  Broadway, 

New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Smith,  Isaac  W Chief  Engineer  Oregon  Pacific  R.  R.,  Corvallis,  Oregon. 

Stauffer,  D.  McN Philadelphia  Bridge  Works,  259  South  4th  Street,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

Stephens,  Clinton  F.  . .  .Chief  Engineer  Texas  and  St.  Louis  R.  R.,  Waco,  Texas. 

Swan,  Charles  H 25  Wabon  Street,  Boston  Highlands,  Boston,  Mass. 

Sweet,  Charles  A Assistant  Engineer  Mexican  Central  R.  R.,  Leon,  Mexico. 

Sweet,  E.,  Jr 16  Exchange  Place,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Van  Buren,  John  D.,  Jr.  .Newburgh,  N.  Y. 

Vaughan,  F.  W Consulting  Engineer,  Henderson  Bridge  Co.,  Louis- 
ville, Ky. 

Waite,  C.  C Assistant   to   President  N.  Y.,  L.  E.  and  W.  R.  R.,  21 

Cortlandt  Street,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Walker,  John  S Hnntsville,  Ala. 

Wellington,  Arthur  M.. Principal  Assistant  Engineer  Mexican  National  R.  R., 
Cadena  No.  11,  City  of  Mexico,  Mexico. 

JUNIORS. 

Allen,  James  P 6  Glebe  Street,  Charleston,  S.  C. 

Emonts,  W.  a.  G Langhorne,  Bucks  Co.,  Pa. 


112 

HoRTON,  Sandford Assistant  Engineer  Tehuantepec  I.  O.  R.   R.,  Jaltipan, 

Mexico. 
Stahlberg,  a.  J O.  and  C.  R.  R.,  Roseburg,  Oregon. 

ASSOCIATE. 

Wheaton,  Edward Care  Wm.  Frazier  &  Co.,  64  Equitable  Building,  Boston^ 

Mass. 


DEATH. 
Cartwright,  Henry Elected  Member  September  6,  1876.     Died  July  30,  1881 


,merican  ^ocietu  of 


(juil  |n9i 


ngineers. 


PROCEEDINOS. 


Vol.  VII.— November,  1881, 


MINUTES    OF    MEETINQS 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


October  19th,  1881. — -The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Past  President  E. 
S.  Chesbrough  in  the  chair. 

The  paper  upon  Experiments  on  Phoenix  Columns,  by  Messrs.  T.  C. 
Clarke,  John  Griflfen,  A.  Bonznno  and  David  Reeves  (Clarke,  Reeves  & 
Co.),  which  had  been  presented  at  the  Convention  at  Montreal,  June 
18th,  1881,  was  discussed  by  Messrs.  Charles  E.  Emery,  D.  V.  Wood, 
Theodore  Cooper,  Thomas  C.  Clarke,  and,  through  the  Secretary,  by  G. 
Bouscaren. 

November  2d,  1881. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President 
"Welch  in  the  chair. 

A  communication  was  presented  from  the  Engineers'  Club  of  Rio  de 
Janeiro,  Brazil,  expressing  sympathy  for  the  death  of  Past  President 
W.  Milnor  Roberts.  Accompanying  the  communication  was  an  album 
of  photographs    of  the   Dom   Pedro   Segundo   Railway,    the   last   road 


114 

traveled  by  Col.  Roberts.  The  following  named  members  were  ap- 
pointed a  Committee  to  prepare  an  answer  to  the  communication  :  Past 
President  E.  S.  Chesbrough,  Vice-President  Ashbel  "Welch,  and  Secre- 
tary John  Bogart. 

Discussions  ui^on  the  paper  by  Messrs.  Clarke,  lieeves  &  Co.,  sub- 
ject. Experiments  on  Phoenix  Columns,  were  i)resented,  through  the 
Secietary,  from  Messrs.  William  H.  Burr,  Theodore  Cooper,  C.  L.  Gates, 
Mansfield  Merriman,  C.  L.  Strobel,  D.  J.  Whittemore  and  A.  S.  C. 
Wurtele. 

November  16th,  1881. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Charles  Macdon- 
ald  in  the  chair. 

The  death  of  Henry  Cartwright,  Member  of  the  Society,  was  an- 
nounced and  the  appointment  of  a  Committee  authorized  to  prepare  a 
memoir  for  publication. 

The  subjects  discussed  were  :  Protection  against  Slips  in  Clay  Slopes 
by  burning  the  clay  in  position  at  the  foot  of  the  slopes  ;  also  the 
Lateral  Thrust  of  Earthwork ;  also  apparatus  for  Supplying  Steam, 
Heat  and  Power  to  Districts  in  Cities. 


OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION. 

OcTOBEK  4th,  1881.  —  The  Board  determined  to  recommend  the 
adoi^tion  of  amendment  to  Article  XXIII  of  the  Constitution  and  to 
Section  24  of  the  By-Laws,  as  printed  in  Proceedings  for  October,  1881. 
The  following  resolution  was  adopted  :  that  whereas,  the  beginning  of 
the  Society  fiscal  year  has  been  changed  from  the  first  Wednesday  in 
November  to  the  first  day  of  January,  there  will  be  due  on  November  2d, 
for  the  two  months,  November  and  December,  1881,  two-t-welfths  of  the 
regular  annual  dues,  and  the  Secretary  is  directed  to  forthwith  issue 
bills  for  these  two  months,  with  this  explanatory  note. 

The  censors  for  awarding  the  Norman  medal  were,  under  the  rule, 
designated,  namely,  Messrs.  Thomas  C.  Keefer,  T.  E.  Sickels  and  Henry 
Flad. 

The  Secretary  was  instructed  to  prepare  and  issue  a  circular  solicit- 
ing additional  subscriptions  to  the  Building  Fund.  The  Secretary  was 
instructed  also  to  issue  a  circular  soliciting  additional  contributions  to 
the  Library. 

October  12th,  1881. — Applications  were  considered.  The  Commit- 
tee on  Finance  made  a  report  on  the  subject  of  Compounding  Dues  of 
Members  by  one  payment  for  life. 

November  2d,  1881. — Financial  business  was  transacted  and  the  in- 
vestment of  a  ijortion  of  the  Fellowship  Fund  in  United  States  Bonds 
■was  ordered.  The  report  of  the  Finance  Committee  on  Compounding 
Dues  was  ordered  printed.     Appropriations  were  made. 


115 
THE    mRMAN    MEDAL. 


CODE  OF  RULES  FOR  ITS  AWARD. 

I.  — Competition  for  the  Norman  Medal  of  the  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers  shall  be  restricted  to  Members  of  the  Society. 

II-— There  shall  be  one  gold  medal,  and  only  one,  struck  for  each 
and  every  fiscal  year  of  the  Society,  and  awarded  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided. The  dies  therefor  shall  be  A^th  the  Superintendent  of  the 
United  States  Mint  at  Philadelphia,  in  trust  exclusively  for  the  above 
purpose.  Such  Medal  shall  be  of  a  cost  equal  to  the  annual  interest 
received  upon  $1  000  of  the  Consolidated  Stock  of  the  City  of  New 
York,  Certificate  No.  179,  of  the  additional  new  Croton  Aqueduct  Stock 
of  the  City  of  New  York,  authorized  by  an  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  Chap.  230,  passed  April  15th,  1870,  dated  November 
17th,  1873,  now  held  in  trust  by  the  Treasurer  of  this  Society,  and  so 
held  solely  for  this  purpose,  and  shall  be  executed  upon  his  order. 

Ill- — All  original  papers  presented  to  the  Society  by  members  of  any 
class,  during  the  year  for  which  the  medal  is  awarded,  shall  be  open  to 
the  awards,  jjrovided  that  snch  papers  shall  not  have  been  previously 
contributed  in  whole  or  in  part  to  any  other  association,  nor  have 
appeared  in  print  prior  to  their  publication  by  the  Society,  nor  have  been 
presented  to  the  Society  in  any  previous  year. 

IV.— The  Board  of  Censors  to  award  the  Medal  shall  consist  of  three 
members  of  the  Society,  to  be  designated  by  the  Board  of  Direction. 
The  Secretary  of  the  Society  shall  act  as  Secretary  to  the  Board  of 
Censors . 

v.— The  medal  shall  be  awarded  to  such  paper  as  the  said  Board  shall 
judge  to  be  worthy  of  special  commendation  for  its  merits  as  a  contribu- 
tion to  Engineering  Science,  not  merely  relatively  as  compared  with 
others  presented  during  the  same  year,  but  as  exhibiting  the  science, 
talent  or  industry  displayed  in  the  consideration  of  the  subject  treated 
of,  and  for  the  good  which  may  be  expected  to  result  from  the  discussion 
and  the  inquiry. 

VI.— In  case  no  paper  presented  during  the  year  shall  be  deemed  of 
sufficient  value  to  receive  an  award,  the  amount  of  the  interest  of  the 
fund  for  that  year  shall  be  expended  by  the  Board  of  Direction  in  the 
purchase  of  books,  to  be  offered  as  a  premium  for  the  second  best  paper 
in  the  next  year  in  which  more  than  one  paper  of  sufficient  value  may  be 
presented. 

VII. — The  medal  year  shall  terminate  on  the  first  day  of  August,  and 
the  award  shall  be  announced  at  the  Annual  Meeting. 

VIII.— The  Treasurer  of  this  Society  shall  cause  the  medal  to  be 
prepared  and  delivered  to,  or  deposited  to  the  order  of,  the  successful 
competitor,  within  two  months  after  the  Annual  Meeting  at  which  the 
same  shall  have  been  awarded. 


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ADDITIONS  TO 


LIBRARY    AND     MUSEUM. 


From  Prof.  R.  H.  Thurston,  Hoboken, 
N.  J.: 

Proceedings  of  the  Fifteenth  Annual  Meeting 
and  List  of  Members  of  the  New  England 
Cotton  Manufacturers  Association.  BoslRn. 
1880. 

Contract  and  Specifications  for  Road  and  Pipe 
Trench  of  the  Fall  River  Water  Works, 

Improvement  in  Metals  for  Car  Wheels. 
Hamilton  Steel  Wheel  Co.     Philadelphia. 

Constitution  and  By-Laws  of  the  New  York 
Society  of  Practical  Engineers.  New  York. 
1870. 

Report  of  E.  L.  Viele.  Chief  Eugineer  of  the 
Arcade  Under  Ground  Railway.     New  York. 

Report  of  Observations  on  Railways  made  in 
1874  and  1875.  By  Direction  of  the  Govern- 
ment of  Victoria.     Melbourne.     1876. 

A  Practical  Description  of  Herron's  Patent 
Trellis  Railway  Structure.  James  Herron. 
Philadelphia.     1841. 

A  Description  of  Improvement  in  the  Con- 
struction of  Bridges.  Ithiel  Town.  New 
York.     1839. 

The  Reading  Railroad  :  Its  Advantages  for 
C.ieap  Tr.iusportation  of  Coal.  Philadel- 
phia.    1839. 

Iron  Piers  lor  Deep  Water.  S.  R.  Dickson, 
C.  E.     New  Haven.     1872. 

Description  of  Sandberg's  Standard  Rail 
Sections. 

Contract  for  Rails  and  Fastenings.  Sand- 
berg's Form  of  Specification. 

Light  Railways  in  Sweden.     C.   P.   Sandberg. 

C.  E.     1S70. 

Railways  in  Sweden  :  Their  cost,  gauge  and 

speed.     C.  P.  Sandberg.     1873. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Hartford  Steam  Boiler 

Inspection   and  Insurance  Co.      Hartford. 

1873,  1875,  1877.  and  1878. 
Civil  Engineers  Club  of  the  North  West.  Deep 

Pile  Driving  in  Wisconsin.     C.  W.  Durham. 

1875. 
Leveeing   on   the    Mississippi   River.     E.   L, 

Corthell.     1874. 
Improvement  of  the  Mouth  of  the  Mississippi 

River.     James  B.  Eads.     1874. 
Improvement   in   Electric    Railway    Signals, 

J.  M.  Goodwin.     Cleveland.     1873. 
An  Act  to  Incorjiorate  the   New  Jersey  Rail- 
road   and     Transportation    Co.       Newark. 

1832. 
Report  on  the  Mississii3i)i  Jetties.     Capt.  J. 

B.  Eads,     1876. 
Annual   Report  of  the  Department  of  Docks 

of  the  City  of  New  York.     1878. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the 

Board  of  Public  Works  of  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

1877. 
Progress  of  the  Physical  Department  of  the 

Mass,  Institute  of  Technology,  from  1867  to 

1877.     E.  C   Pickering.     Boston.     1877. 
Annual  Catalogue  with  Minutes  of  the  Ninth 

Annual  Meeting  of  the  Stockholders  of  the 

Swarthmore    College.       Swarthmore.      Pa. 

1873. 
Letter  of  Sir  Charles  A.  Hartley,  on  Jptlies  at 

the  Passes  of  the  Missis-sippi.     Washmyton, 

D.  t  .     1875. 


Report  of  Hearing  before  the  Commissioners 
on  Apportionment  between  Boston  and 
Cambridge,  of  the  Expense  of  Maintaining 
the  West  Boston  and  Canal  Bridges.  Cam- 
bridge.    1870. 

Survey  of  Harbor  and  Mouth  of  Connecticut 
River.     1838. 

The  Jurisprudence  of  Surveys  ;  A  Paper  read 
before  the  Civil  Eutiineers  Club  of  the  North 
West.     S.  S.  Greeley.     1873. 

The  Importance  of  Boulevards  as  a  Means  of 
Checking  Conflagrations.  H.  S.  Cleveland. 
1874. 

Ml  uth  of  the  Mississippi.  Canal  and  Jetties 
Compared. 

Fifth  and  Sixth  Report  upon  Improvement  of 
the  S  juth  Pass.     Gen.  C.  B.  Comstock. 

Fourth,  Filth,  Seventh,  Eighth  Annual  Re- 
ports of  the  Board  of  Railroad  Commission- 
ers of  Massachusetts. 

Second  Report  of  the  Nevv  York  and  Erie  Rail- 
road  Company.     New  York.     1841. 

Bridging  the  Hud.son  at  Poughkeepsie. 

First  Report  of  the  Superinieudent  of  Water 
Works  of  Newport,  Ky.     Newport.     1874. 

Letter  of  the  Mississippi  Bar  Pilots  on  Fort 
St.  Phillips  and  South  West  Pass.  Pilot 
Town,  La.     1874. 

OflBcial  Report  on  the  Apparatus  for  Burning 
Liquid  Fuel  in  Marine  and  Locomotive 
Boilers.     A.  C.  Stiners.     Boston.     1868. 

A  Protest  from  Gen.  C.  K.  Graham  against  the 
needless  expenditures  of  public  money  for 
the  alleged  necessary  strengthening  of  the 
'■  Beton  en  Masse"  Walls  on  the  North 
River  Front.     New  York.     1876. 

Report  of  the  Commistiioners  named  by  the 
Legislature  of  New  Jersey  Incorporating 
the  Somerville  and  Easton  Railroad.  Eliza- 
bethtown.    1847. 

Proposals  for  Cast  Iron  W^ater  Pipes  and  Spe- 
cial Castings  for  the  t  all  River  Water 
Works. 

Contract  and  Specifications  for  Streets  and 
Roads  ot  the  City  of  Fall  River. 

Contract  and  Specifications  for  Trenching  and 
Back-filling  tor  Water  Pipes  for  the  Fall 
River  Water  Works. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Denver  and  Rio  Grande 
Railway.     Philadelphia.     1873. 

Improvement  of  the  Mississippi  River  at  or 
near  the  Falls  of  St.  Anthony.  Gen.  G.  K. 
Warren. 

An  Account  of  some  of  the  Bridges  over  the 
Charles  River.     Cambridge.     1858. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Lake  Shore  and  Michi- 
gan Southern  Railway  Co.  Cleveland.  1874 
and  1877. 

Memoir  of  the  Delaware  and  Raritan  Canal 
and  Camden  and  Amboy  Railroad.     1834. 

Survey  ot  Sandusky  Harbor.     1838. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Louisville  and  Nash- 
ville Railroad.     Louisville,     1875. 

Annual  Report  of  the  American  Railway  Mas- 
ter Mechanics  Association.  Cincinnati.  1876. 

A   Memorial  on   Behalf    of  the    Removal  of  . 
Muscle  Shoals  Obstruction  of  the  Tennessee 
River.     Chattancoga.     1878. 


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Annual  Report  of  the  Boston  Water  Works 

Boston.     1879. 
An  Address  on  the  Railways  and  Telegraphs 

of  the  Nineteenth  Century.     S.  B   Ruggles 

New  York.     186G. 
A  Statement  of  the  Relations  of  Railroads  to 

the   Public.     F.   B.   Thurber.      New    York. 

A  New  Lantern  Galvanometer.     A.  M.  Nayer 
Survey  of  the  Harbor  of  Lynn,  Massachusetts! 

Annual  Report  upon  the  Surveys  of  Northern 
and  North  Western  Lakes.  Gen.  C.  B 
Comstock.     Washington.     1880. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Board  of  Water  Com- 
mi.ssioners  of  Manchester,  N.  H.  Manches- 
ter.    187;!  and  1875. 

Description  of  a  Hydraulic  Pontoon  Dock  in- 
vented by  J.  W.  Nystrom.      St.  Petersburg. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Lowell  Water  Board 
Lowell,  Mass.     1873  and  1878. 

A  Sy.stem  of  National  Defense  and  Establish- 
ing National  Foundries.     1840. 

Eeport  of  the  City  Engineer  of  Providence 
lor  1874. 

Description  of  Iron  Suspension  Bridges  at 
Bangor,  Conway,  &c.,  &c.     London.     1824. 

Bulletin  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  National 
Institution  for  Promotion  of  Science 
Washington.     1841. 

Communication  to  the  Board  of  Aldermen  of 
New  York  by  the  President  of  the  Trustees 
of  the     New  Y'ork  and    Brooklyn    Bridge 
Brooklyn.     187().  ■ 

Engineers'  Report  of  the  New  York  City  Cen- 
tral    Underground    Railway.       New    York. 

Henry's  Patent  Improved  Method  of  Riveting 
Boiler  Plates.  ^ 

Survey  of  the  Alleghany  River.     1838. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Chief  of  Engineer's  U 
S.  A.  for  1870. 

On  Economy  of  Fuel  and  the  Consumption 
of  Smoke.     S.  Kneeland.     Boston.     1867 

Cases  Relating  to  Telegraphs  and  Telegrams 
in  American,  Canadian  and  English  Courts. 
Rochester,  N.  Y.     1866. 

Survey  of  Newark  Bay.     1889. 

Report  of  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Charles- 
town  Water  Works.     Boston.     1865. 

Report  of  the  Water  Commissioners  of  Peeks- 
kill,  N.  Y.     1877. 

Physics  and  Hydraulics  of  the  Mississippi 
River.  James  B.  Eads.  New  Orleans  La. 
1876.  ' 

Memoir  of  the  St.  Joseph  Bridge.  Detroit 
Mich.  ' 

Specifications  for  an  Office  Building  for  the 
Northern  Central  Railway  Company  Jos 
M.  Wilson.     Philadelphia.     1875 

Shi>5  Building    in    America.      John    Roach 

Report  on  Tests  of  Eight  Oils.  J.  H  Cole- 
man.    Hoboken,  N.  J.     1877. 

Eeport  of  the  Corporators  of  the  Boston 
Hoosac  Tunnel  and  Western  Rai  road  Bosl 
ton.     1875. 

Oivil  Engineering,  Public  Works,  and  Archi- 
tecture.   Wm    Watson.    Washington     1875 

Tabulated  Results  compiled  from  Annual  Re- 
ports of  Railroad,  Passenger,  Canal  and 
Telegiaph  Companies  of  Pennsylvania 
Harrisburg.  1875,  1876. 
A  Short  Treatise  on  the  Designing  and  Con- 
struction of  Geeiiug  and  Mill  Work.  New 
York.     1873. 

Annual  Eeport  of  the  Lake  Shore  and  Michi- 
gan Southern  Railroad.     Cleveland.     1873 


Preliminary  Report  of  the  Honduras  Inter- 
Oceanic  Railway.  E.  G.  Squier.  New  York. 
18-54. 
Address  of  Mr.  J.  B.  Eads  before  the  Con- 
gressional Committee  on  Inter-Oceanic 
Canals  in  Reply  to  Count  De  Les-seps  1880 
Address  before  the  American  Association  for 
the  Advancement  of  Science.  A  Hall 
Cambridge.     1880.  ' 

Correspondence  between  the  business  Men  of 

New  Orleans  and  James  B.  Eads 
Officers    Members  and  Rules  of  the  American 

Institute  ot  Mining  Engineers 
Safe  and  Rapid  Mode  of  Tunneling  the  Hud- 
son.    O.  B.  Dowd.     New  York 
Argument  of  Wm.  Orton  on  the  Postal  Tele 

graph  Bill.     New  York.     1874 
Annual    Report    of   the   Silk   Association    of 

America.     New  York.     1875 
Proposed  Union  of  the  Telegraph  and  Postal 

Systems.     Cambridge.     1869 
Report  oi;^the  Alabama  and  Chattanooga  Rail- 
road.    T.  G.  Smith.     Troy      1871 
Report  of  the  Committee  on  Foreign  Affairs 
Washington.     1876.  ^j-^auB. 

Survey  of  the  Harbor  of  New  Haven      183'J 

DaggX^'mo!'^'"  °^  ^'°™''^  Pit  Work.  E. 

Prospectus  of  th^  American  Steam  Boiler  and 

Acwdent  Insurance  Company.     New  York. 

^  Monlif  T'h  "^'°^-  ^^"^  Improvement  of  the 
Mouth  of  the  Mississippi.  Cant.  C  W 
Howell.     Washington.     1873 

Report  on  the  Mississippi  Jetties.  J.  B.  Ead. 
New  York.     1876  J^au". 

^trir  f « v^'?''°''' °^  t^«  Mississippi  Jet. 

ties.     J.  B.  Eads.     1878 
Eeport  on   the   Grigg's   Spark  Arrester  and 

Consumer.     A.  Firth.     Pawtuckei.     1875 
Argument  ot  the  National  Association  of  Bar 

Iron  Manufacturers  against  any  Reduction 

of^Present  Duties  on   Iron.     PhilaaelpMa 

'^\l^^^l^T  ^^?  ^''"^l  '^°<i  Inter-Oceanic 
Ship  Railway  Projects.  J.  M.  Goodwin 
Cleveland.     1880  vxuuuwin. 

Preliminary  Report  of  the  Committee  on  the 
Judiciary  ot  the  Senate  of  Pennsvlvani-,  rT^ 
the  Difficulties  in  the  Coal  RegTon« 

Eeport  on  the  Metallurgy  of  Lead  Silver 
toT'r87^       ^""'-    °-  ^"*°'«''-    Washing' 

An  Analysis  of  the  Steel  Cable  Wire  of  thA 
East  Eiver  Suspension  BrWge  1  Hill 
New  York.    1877  ^i^^e.      A.    Hill. 

Sewerage  and  Sewage  of  the  City  of  New  York 
C.  H.  Haswell.     New  York      1877      "*"'"• 

An  Analysis  of  the  Corporation  of  the  City  of 
New  York.     New  York.     1854  ^ 

A  Eeview  of  recent  Telegraphic  Legislation 
in  Canada.     London      1875  'legislation 

A  Discourse  on  the  Atlantic  Telegraph.  Eev 
Dr.  Copp.     Boston.     1868 

A  Letter  to  the  Postmaster-General  Eeviewina 
the  Recommendations  of  his  Annual  Renort 
in  favor  of  a  Postal  Telegraph  * 

A  Practical  and  Reliable  Appai-atus  for  Re. 
moving  Scale  in  Boilers  and  Preventin-r  ut 
Formaiion.     Philadelphia.     1866  = 

Report  on  the  Iron  Smelting  Coals  of  Southern 
Indiana      J.    w.   Foster."  Pittsbu.l      mi 

Eeport  ot  the  Inspection  of  the  Sou  h  Pass 

Annual  Report  of  the  Lake  Shofe  and  Mi.-hl- 
gan  Southern  Railroad  Company  C  eve 
land.     1875,  1876  and  1878. 


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Annual  Report  upon  the  Improvement  of  the 
Tennessee  Rivers.  W.  R.  King.  Washing- 
ton.    1878. 

Speech  on  Harbor  Defenses.  Hon.  R.  F. 
Stockton.     Washington.     1852. 

Report  of  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Kansas 
City  Water-Works.     Kansas  City.     1875. 

Proceedings  of  the  Convention  of  the  Ameri- 
can Pig  Iron  Manufacturers'  Association. 
Philadelphia.     1872. 

Review  of  the  Case  of  the  Free  Bridge  be- 
tween Boston  and  Charlestown.  Boston. 
1827. 

Statutes  of  New  York  and  Canada  in  Relation 
to  the  Bridge  across  the  Niagara  River. 
Bnfifalo.     1858. 

An  Answer  to  a  Pamphlet  entitled  "  Consider- 
ations on  the  Public  Expediency  of  a  Bridge 
from  one  Part  of  Boston  to  the  Other." 
Boston.     1806. 

Report  of  Proceedings  of  the  Board  of  State 
House  Commissioners.    Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Report  on  Blasting  Operations  at  Lime  Point, 
California.  Col.  G.  H.  Mendell.  Washing- 
ton.    1868. 

A  Synopsis  of  the  Patent  Laws  of  Various 
Countries.     A.  Tolhausen.    London.     1868. 

Argument  of  Franklin  B.  Gowen,  Esq.,  before 
the  Joint  Committee  of  the  Legislature  of 
Pennsylvania.     Philadelphia.     1875. 

Annual  Report  of  the  City  Engineer  of  Boston. 
Boston.     1881. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Columbia  Oil  Companj. 
Pittsburg.     1881. 

Appendix  to  the  History  of  the  Atlantic  Tele- 
graph.    H.  M.  Field.     New  York.     1867. 

Ships'  Compasses,  Including  the  Subjects  of 
Binnacles  and  Swingiug  Ship.  Washington. 
1869. 

Preliminary  Report  upon  the  Iron  and  Steel 
Industries  of  the  [Jnited  States.  J.  M. 
Swank.     Philadelphia.     1881. 

The  Relation  ol  the  Governmpnt  to  the  Tele- 
graph.   D.A.Wells.     New  York.     1873. 

Report  of  the  Investigating  Committee  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company.  Phila- 
delphia.    1874. 

Surveys  of  the  Harbors  of  New  Buffalo  and 
Twenty-Mile  Creek.    1838. 


Argument  by  Henry  W.  Muzzey  before  the 
Legislative  Committee  on  Harbors.  Cam- 
bridge.    1879. 

Report  of  the  Northern  Railway  and  Coal 
Company.     New  York.     1865. 

Report  on  the  Ashcroit  Furnace-Doors  and 
Grate-Bars.     Wasbington.     1878. 

Argument  before  the  U.  S.  Commissioners  at 
the  Charletown  Navy  Yard.  W.  W.  Wieldon. 
Charlestown.     1809. 

Pittsburg  and  Alleghany  in  the  Centennial 
Year.     G.  H    Thurston.     Pittsburg.     1876. 

Report  on  the  Military  and  Naval  Defenses  of 
the  United  States.     1840. 

The  Great  National  Highway  between  the 
Missouri  River  and  California.  Chicago. 
1863. 

Report  of  the  National  Association  of  Bar 
Iron   Manutactnrers.     Philadelphia.     1872. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the 
St.   Joseph   Bridge.     1872. 

Notes  on  Public  Works  in  the  United  States. 
Sir  Charles  Hartley. 

Prospectus  of  the  Valley  Railroad  Company, 
Cleveland.     1S74. 

Report  of  the  Chief  Engineer  on  the  Unfin- 
ished Portion  of  the  Northern  Pacific  Rail- 
road.    New  York.     1874. 

Report  cf  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Camden 
Water  Works.     Camden,  N.  J.     1873. 

Report  of  the  Engineer  of  the  Illinois  and 
St.  Louis  Bridge.     St.  Louis.     1871. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Department  of  Public 
Works  ot  Chicago.     Chicago.     1873. 

Additional  Chapters,  with  Appendix,  to  the 
Second  Edition  ot  the  Atlantic  Telegraph. 
H.  M.  Field.     New  York.     1H67. 

Proceedings  of  the  American  Pig  Iron  Manu- 
facturers' Association.    Philadelphia.    1873. 

Plates  of  Keeper's  Dwelling  lor  a  First  Order 
Li^ht  House. 

Plates  of  First  Order  Light  House  on  Fowey 
Rocks,  Fla. 

Plates  of  Light  Keeper's  Dwelling. 

Plates  of  Light  House  for  t^ort  Ripley  Shoal, 
Charleston  Harbor,  S.  C. 

Plates  of  Screw  Pile  Light  Houses  for  Thomag 
Point  Shoal  and  Port  Tobacco  Flats. 


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LIST    OF    MEMBERS. 


ADDITIONS. 
MEMBER. 


T}„-^                A  Date  of  Election. 

BRIT  PAIN,  Alfred City  Surveyor's  Office,  Montreal,  Canada...  Nov.  2    i88l 


CHANGES   AND  CORRECTIONS. 
MEMBERS. 

Aldrich,  James  C 63  Clark  St.,  Brooklyn,  N   Y 

Aldr.ch,  T.  H P.  O.  Box  321,  Birmingham,  Ala 

Barnard,  A.  P   Care  D.  Van  Nostrand,  23  Murray  St.,  New  York  City 

N.  Y.  ^' 

Bruner,  D.  P Res.  Engineer  Pittsburgh  and  Western  R.  R.,  Alle- 
gheny, Pa. 

Dempster,  A Stanton  and  Euclid  Aves.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa 

Evans,  Walton  W New  Rochelle,  N.  Y. 

^^^^^'  ^ New  Orleans  and  North  Eastern  R.R.,  New  Orleans  La 

Greene,  David  M 41  First  Street,  Troy,  N.  Y.  '      * 

Harris,  William  P Supt.  Western  Div.  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  R.  R.,  Hun- 

tington,  W.  Va. 

Houston,  John Chief  Engineer  La  Guira  and  Caracas  and  Portocabello 

and  Valencia  R.  R's,  La  Guira,  Venezuela 
Latrobe,  Charles  H  ....  10  South  St.,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Linville,  J.  H Consulting  Engineer,  4117  Walnut  .St.,  Philadelphia  Pa- 

McKeovvn,  Thomas Chief  Engineer  Marquette   and  Mackinaw  R.  R.,  Mar- 

quette,  Mich. 

McLain,  Louis  R Div.  Engineer  R.  &  D.  Extension  Co.,  Oxford   Ala 

Neilson,  Robert Gen.   Sup't  P.  &  E.  Div.  P.   R.  R.  and   Susquehanna, 

Shamokm  and  E.  and  C.  Div's  Northern  Central 
Ry.,  Williamsport,  Pa. 

Olney,  L.  F Middletown,  N.  Y. 

Post,  James  C Capt.  of  Epgineers  U.  S.  A.,  Charleston,  S   C 

Sedgwick,  Thomas  S Land  Agent  A.  and  P.  R.  R.,  New  Albuquerque   N  M 

Seymour,  Charles Res.  Engineer  New  York,  Chicago  and  St.  Louis  R.'r.^ 

Vermillion,  Ohio. 


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Simpson,  George  H New  York,  Lackawanna  and  Western  R.  R.,  DansviUe, 

N.  Y. 
WrotNOWSKi,  a.  F Engineer  Harbor  Improvements,  VeraCn:..,  Mexico. 

JUNIORS. 

ABBOTT,  ARTHUR  V 9  Middagli  St.,  Brooklyn,  R  Y. 

GILLESPIE,  J.  L Ass't  U.  S.  Engineer,  P.  O.  Box  2127.  St.  ^-1'  ^I'"". 

RAYMOND,  Chas.  Ward.  .  .Ncw  York  Works  Hudson  Tunnel  Construction  Co.,  foot 

of  Morion  St.,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 


American  pcidg  of  |;inl  l^njjineers. 


PROCEEDINaS. 


Vol.  VII.— December,  1881, 


MINUTES    OF    MEETINQS 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


December  7th,  1881. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President 
Welch  in  the  chair.  The  appointment  was  directed  of  a  Committee  to 
make  arrangements  for  the  Annual  Meeting  to  take  place  January  18th, 
1882.  A  discussion  by  E.  Yardley,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E.,  upon  Quicksand 
in  Excavation,  was  read  by  the  Secretary,  and  discussed  by  members 
present. 

December  21st,  1881. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President 
Welch  in  the  chair.  A  vote  upon  the  recent  Railroad  Crossing  case  at 
Elmira,  N.  Y.,  with  reference  to  the  hydraulic  qixestions  brought  forward 
was  read  by  William  R.  Hutton,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E.  and  discussed  by 
Messrs.  Adams,  J.  P.  Davis,  Emery,  Macdonald,  Welch  and  Worthen. 

OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION. 

December  7th,  1881. — Applications  were  considered.     Arrangements 
for  the  approaching  Annual  Meeting  were  considered . 


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CONTRIBUTIONS  TO  THE  BUILDING  FUND. 

By  a  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Direction,  all  contributions  to  the 
Building  Fund  are  to  be  acknowledged,  from  time  to  time,  by  printing 
lists  of  the  same  in  the  monthly  Proceedings  of  the  Society,  and  in 
addition  to  this  the  names  of  all  those  who  may  subscribe  $100  or  more 
are  to  be  regularly  enrolled  and  published  in  future  lists  of  the  Society 
under  the  head  of  Subscribers  to  the  Building  Fund,  and  they  will  be 
entitled  to  receive  one  copy  of  the  monthly  publications,  comprising  all 
papers  and  transactions  of  the  Society,  regularly,  for  life,  for  each  $100 
subscribed  by  them  ;  such  copies  to  be  in  addition  to  those  which  they 
may  be  already  entitled  to  if  they  are  Members  or  Fellows. 

The  following  contributions  are  acknowledged  in  addition  to  those 
heretofore  noted  : 

Francis  J.  Cisneros $500  00 

*E.  L.  Corthell 50  00 

Eckley  B.  Coxe 20(>  00 

James  H.   Cunningham / 100  00 

*J.  B.  Eads 125  00 

*Henrique  Harris 50  00 

fB.  D.  Hasell 100  00 

tJ.  R.  Maxwell. 100  00 

Prescott,  Scott  &  Co .  .  ; 100  00 

E.  Prince 20  00 

T.  E.  Sickels 100  00 

F.  C.  Weir 50  00 


*In  addition  to  the  same  amount  previously  acknowledged, 
t.^dditional  subscription  to  payment  previously  acknowledged. 


MEMOIRS  OF  DECEASED  MEMBERS. 


ANDREW  KLOMAX,  Fellow  A.  S.  C.  E. 

Died  December  19th,  1880. 

Andrew  Kloman,  was  born  at  Treve,  Prussia,  August  25th,  1827.  He 
was  educated  in  the  Free  Schools  of  Germany,  but  was  at  an  early  age  en- 
gaged at  the  large  Iron  Works  at  Marion-Hutte,  with  his  father  who  was 
the  Superintendent  of  rolls  at  those  Works.      His  parents  both  died  be- 

NoTE. — Committee  to  prepare  memoir,  Charles  Macdonald,  William  Metcalf,  John  Bogart. 
The  principal  facts  of  interest  in  the  life  of  Mr.  Kloman,  as  given  in  this  memoir,  were  ob- 
tained from  the  Iron  Age  of  New  York,  to  which  journal  the  Committee  desires  io  express 
its  acknowledgements. 


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fore  he  readied  the  age  of  eighteen  aud  he  then  came  to  America,  land- 
ing in  New  Orleans  in  December,  1845.  He  went  to  Pittsbnrg  in  the 
Spring  of  1846,  and  obtained  employment,  first  in  the  Novelty  Works 
and  afterwards  in  the  Steel  Works  of  Singer,  Hartman  &  Co.,  where  he 
was  entrusted  with  the  responsible  duty  of  finishing  and  testing  steel 
for  wagon  springs.  In  1853  he  went  into  business  in  a  modest  way, 
erecting  a  forge,  and  himself  doing  the  work  with  the  assistance  of  his 
elder  brother.  He  gradually  developed  this  into  the  extensive  works 
afterwards  so  well  know.  In  particular  his  peculiar  genius  showed  itself 
in  his  abandonment  of  old  methods  and  his  invention  of  new  machinery 
to  meet  the  requirements  of  his  business. 

At  a  time  of  growing  demand  for  axles  he  invented  a  new  method  for 
making  the  pile  from  which  they  were  hammered,  which  consisted  of 
a  bundle  1  inch  square  bars  bound  closely  together  with  the  direction 
of  the  fibers  alternately  reversed.  This  Kloman  axle  was  very  successful. 
Mr.  Kloman  afterwards,  in  conjunction  with  Mr.  Henry  Thipps,  built 
the  large  mill  in  Pittsburg,  now  owned  by  Wilson,  Walker  &  Co.  He 
here  made  many  improvements  in  designs  for  rolled  shapes,  and  in 
machinery  for  making  them.  In  1864  this  mill  was  consolidated  with 
the  Cyclops  Mill  and  a  stock  company  was  formed  under  the  name  of 
the  Union  Iron  Mills  ;  Messrs.  Andrew  and  Thomas  N.  Carnegie,  being 
largely  interested.  Here  Mr.  Kloman  invented  many  new  devices  and 
machinery,  among  which  were  the  cold  saw  and  a  straightening  machine 
which  involved  a  new  mechanical  motion.  This  consisted  in  shortening 
and  lengthening  at  will  the  stroke  of  a  piston  driven  by  a  cam  move- 
ment. Mr.  Kloman,  although  the  first  to  apply  the  cold  saw  for  cutting 
iron,  did  not  claim  and  patent  its  invention  because  he  stated  that  he 
took  the  idea  from  seeing  European  watch-makers  cutting  small  spur 
wheels  out  of  brass  disks  by  bearing  them  against  rapidly  revolving 
steel  disks  of  the  size  of  a  penny. 

During  the  construction  of  the  St.  Louis  Bridge  a  reliable  coupling 
was  required  for  the  tubes  forming  arches.  It  was  determined  to  try 
wrought-iron  but  the  shape  being  larger  than  anything  before  attempted 
m  this  country,  it  Avas  doubted  whether  any  American  mill  could  produce 
it.  Mr.  Kloman,  however,  agreed  to  make  it  and  in  a  short  time  the  rolls 
were  prepared,  and  the  largest  rolled  shape  ever  made  in  this  country  was 
successfully  produced.     Its  width  in  the  rolls  was  about  30  inches. 

Mr.  Kloman  was  particularly  interested  in  the  manufacture  of  special 
shapes  and  was  very  successful  in  this  direction.  Large  additions  to  the 
works  of  the  firm  were  made  in  1871.  In  this  year  also  the  Lucy  Fur- 
nace No.  1,  was  built  under  his  immediate  supervision  and  it  was  proba- 
bly, when  finished,  the  most  complete  blast  furnace  built  up  to  that  time. 
He  introduced  the  new  feature  of  regulating  the  inflow  of  the  blast  by 
the  revolutions  of  the  blowing  engine,  discarding  the  indications  of  the 
pressure  gauge,  which  method  is  now  generally  adopted.      He  also  in- 


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vented  a  rotary  table  with  cooling  boxes  for  receiving  slag  from  the  fur- 
naces and  conveying  it  in  convenient  form  to  a  proper  deposit.  He  suc- 
cessfully introduced  into  the  Union  Iron  Mills  the  universal  method  for 
rolling  heavy  and  long  bridge  plates  and  he  devised  an  ingenious  clutch 
for  reversing  the  motion  of  the  r^ill.  In  1872,  Mr.  Kloman,  in  connec- 
tion with  a  number  of  others,  purchased  land  in  the  Lake  Superior  re- 
gion and  built  a  large  charcoal  furnace.  Although  at  first  successful, 
this  enterprise  resulted  disastrously,  and  in  1874,  Mr.  Kloman  was  obliged 
to  sell  out  all  his  business  interests.  Although  compelled  to  start  finan- 
cially anew,  he  did  so  with  no  less  reputation,  but  with  the  commenda- 
tion of  all  those  who  were  acquainted  with  his  course  in  this  matter. 

Soon  after  he  devised  a  system  for  rolling  weldless  eye  bars.  ^  The 
demand  for  steel  bars  made  by  this  process  became  large,  and  in  the 
year  1878  he  leased  the  Superior  Mill  in  Allegheny  City,  where  he  made 
the  tension  members  for  the  Glasgow  Bridge,  the  steel  work  for  the  new 
suspended  structure  of  the  Niagara  Kiver  Suspension  Bridge,  and  the 
steel  for  the  Plattsmouth  Bridge. 

In  1879  he  projected  the  erection  of  a  mill  where  he  could  manufac- 
ture steel  structural  material  in  a  more  satisfactory  way.  In  connection 
with  other  manufacturers  it  was  decided  to  erect  a  new  Bessemer  Works, 
and  these  were  in  process  of  rapid  construction.  Mr.  Kloman,  how- 
ever, had  suffered  much  in  health  during  the  whole  of  the  year  1879, 
and  his  debility  became  very  serious  in  the  fall  of  1880.  He  was  con- 
fined to  his  house  for  about  a  month,  and  died  on  the  19th  of  December 
of  that  year. 

Andrew  Kloman's  life  was  a  continued  example  of  the  potency  of 
manly,  vigorous  effort  and  indomitable  perseverance.  Difficulties  which 
woiTl'd  have  seemed  insurmountable  to  most  men  were  to  him  incentives 
to  renewed  activity  ;  and  when  disaster  swept  away  at  one  stroke  the 
fruits  of  years  of  honest  toil,  he  M^asted  not  one  moment  in  vain  regrets 
for  the  past  but  energetically  began  anew  the  battle  of  life  ;  determined 
to  make  the  best  use  of  the  abilities  with  which  he  had  been  endowed. 
His  loss  has  been  deeply  felt  by  the  very  large  number  of  friends  and 
associates  who  appreciated  his  constant  kindly  advice  an  '  intelligent  co- 
operation, and  who  have  long  known  his  genial  spirit,  ind'  mitable  energy 
and  great  kindness  of  heart. 


HENRY  CARTWRIGHT,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E., 

Died  June  30th,  1881. 

Henry  Cartwright  was  born  September  13th,  1823,  at  Wilmington, 
Delaware.  He  became  a  Member  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  En- 
gineers, September  fitli,  1876, 


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The  parents  of  Mr.  Cartwright  removed  to  Philadelphia  when  he  was 
quite  young,  and  he  served  in  that  city  his  apprenticeship  at  a  manufac- 
tory of  steam  engines,  boilers  and  general  machinery.  At  the  age  of 
twenty-one  he  became  connected  with  the  firm  of  Battin,  Dungan  &  Co. , 
which  was  engaged  in  the  construction  of  gas  and  water  works.  This 
firm,  while  Mr.  Cartwright  was  associated  with  it,  built  gas  works  at 
Newark,  Paterson,  Hartford,  New  Haven,  Rochester,  Syracuse  and  many 
other  places.  About  the  year  1850  they  built  water  works  at  Buffalo,  N. 
Y.,  where  they  adopted  a  stand  pipe  to  relieve  the  pumping  main,  which, 
it  is  claimed,  was  its  fii^t  application  in  this  country.  The  pumping  en- 
gines were  of  the  class  known  as  the  Cornish  Bull  Engine  and  it  is  stated 
were  the  first  Cornish  engines  used  in  this  country  for  water  works. 

In  1854  Mr.  Cartwright  became  associated  with  Gen.  Herman  Haupt 
in  the  original  contract  for  the  construction  of  the  Hoosac  Tunnel.  He 
resided  for  several  years  at  North  Adams,  Mass. ,  and  while  there,  was 
for  some  time  a  member  of  the  Legislature  of  that  State.  On  the  sus- 
pension of  work  on  the  tunnel,  he  returned  to  Philadelphia  and  became 
connected  with  the  American  Meter  Company  of  Philadelphia  and  New 
York,  serving  as  its  Vice-President  from  1868  to  1875.  He  then  resigned 
and  became  interested  in  the  Penn.  Gas  Coal  Company  of  Philadeli^hia, 
which  has  large  mines  in  Westmoreland  County,  Pennsylvania.  He  was 
successively  Director  and  Treasurer  of  this  Company  and  was  elected  its 
President  in  the  spring  of  the  year,  1881.  In  June  of  that  year,  in  the 
prosecution  of  his  duties  as  President,  and  in  company  with  other  of  its 
officers  he  was  engaged  in  an  inspection  of  the  mines  and  properties  in 
its  control,  and  during  this  tour  of  insj^ection  he  passed,  on  June  30th, 
1881,  over  the  Bells  Gap  Railroad.  The  party  was  pushed  up  the  moun- 
tain uiDon  a  hand-car.  In  returning  they  descended  by  gravity  and  had 
passed  over  about  half  the  road  when  the  car,  while  moving  ra^iidly, 
met  with  an  obstruction  left  on  the  track  by  the  employees  of  a  saw 
mill ;  Mr.  Cartwright  was  thrown  in  front  of  the  car  which  passed  over 
him,  injuring  him  internally.  He  did  not  lose  consciousness  and  was 
not  considered  seriously  injured,  but  he  gradually  failed  and  at  six  of 
the  evening  of  the  same  day  he  died. 

Mr.  Cartwright,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  was  the  Vice-President  of 
the  Franklin  Institute  of  Philadeljjhia,  of  which  institution  he  had  been 
for  many  years  an  active  and  influential  member  and.  manager.  In  his 
many  varied  occupations  he  exhibited  remarkable  abilities  and  peculiar 
tact,  particularly  in  matters  connected  with  mechanics,  upon  which  his 
judgment  was  esi^ecially  valuable  ;  while  in  his  personal  relations  he  had 
secured  the  friendship  and  esteem  of  a  large  circle  of  acquaintances 
whose  sincere  regret  for  his  loss  is  heightened  by  the  circumstances  un- 
der which  his  useful  life  was  brought  to  a  close. 


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THE   NOMAN    MEDAL. 


CODE  OF  EULES  FOR  ITS  AWARD. 

I.  — Competition  for  tlie  Norman  Medal  of  the  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers  shall  be  restricted  to  Members  of  the  Society. 

II.— There  shall  be  one  gold  medal,  and  only  one,  struck  for  each 
and  every  fiscal  year  of  the  Society,  and  awarded  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided. The  dies  therefor  shall  be  with  the  Superintendent  of  the 
United  States  Mint  at  Philadelphia,  in  trust  exclusively  for  the  above 
purpose.  Such  Medal  shall  be  of  a  cost  equal  to  the  annual  interest 
received  upon  ^1  000  of  the  Consolidated  Stock  of  the  City  of  New 
York,  Certiaeate  No.  179,  of  the  additional  new  Croton  Aqueduct  Stock 
of  the  City  of  New  York,  authorized  by  an  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  Chap.  230,  passed  April  15th,  1870,  dated  November 
17th,  1873,  now  held  in  trust  by  the  Treasurer  of  this  Society,  and  so 
held  solely  for  this  purpose,  and  shall  be  executed  upon  his  order. 

III.— All  original  papers  presented  to  the  Society  by  members  of  any 
class,  during  the  year  for  which  the  medal  is  awarded,  shall  be  open  to 
the  awards,  provided  that  such  papers  shall  not  have  been  previously 
contributed  in  whole  or  in  part  to  any  other  association,  nor  have 
appeared  in  print  prior  to  their  publication  by  the  Society,  nor  have  been 
presented  to  the  Society  in  any  previous  year. 

IV.  — The  Board  of  Censors  to  award  the  Medal  shall  consist  of  three 
members  of  the  Society,  to  be  designated  by  the  Board  of  Direction. 
The  Secretary  of  the  Society  shall  act  as  Secretary  to  the  Board  of 
Censors . 

v.— The  medal  shall  be  awarded  to  such  paper  as  the  said  Board  shall 
judge  to  be  worthy  of  special  commendation  for  its  merits  as  a  contribu- 
tion to  Engineering  Science,  not  merely  relatively  as  compared  with 
others  presented  during  the  same  year,  but  as  exhibiting  the  science, 
talent  or  industry  displayed  in  the  consideration  of  the  subject  treated 
of,  and  for  the  good  which  may  be  expected  to  result  from  the  discussion 
and  the  inquiry. 

VI.— In  case  no  paper  presented  during  the  year  shall  be  deemed  of 
sufficient  value  to  receive  an  award,  the  amount  of  the  interest  of  the 
fund  for  that  year  shall  be  expended  by  the  Board  of  Direction  in  the 
purchase  of  books,  to  be  offered  as  a  premium  for  the  second  best  paper 
in  the  next  year  in  which  more  than  one  paper  of  sufficient  value  may  be 
presented. 

VII.— The  medal  year  shall  terminate  on  the  first  day  of  August,  and 
the  award  shall  be  announced  at  the  Annual  Meeting. 

VIII.— The  Treasurer  of  this  Society  shall  cause  the  medal  to  be 
prepared  and  delivered  to,  or  deposited  to  the  order  of,  the  successful 
competitor,  within  two  months  after  the  Annual  Meeting  at  which  the 
same  shall  have  been  awarded. 


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ADDITIONS   TO 

LIBRARY     AND     MUSEUM. 


From  Charles  A.  Allen,  Worcester, 
Mass.  : 

Repcrt  ou  KebnildiDg  the  Lynde  Brook  Dam. 

A  complete  history  ol  the  Worcester  Water 
Works  from  1722  to  1877.    Worcester.     1878. 

Report  of  the  Committee  ou  Additional  Sup- 
ply of  Water  for  City  of  Worcester.     1881. 

A  Report  upon  the  possibility  of  utilizing  the 
Sewage  of  City  of  Worcester.     187.3. 

A  complete  set  of  City  Documents,  containing 
reports  of  Mayor,  Chief  Engineer,  City 
Treasurer,  Committees  on  Finance,  and  the 
Several  City  Officers  of  the  City  of  Worces- 
ter from  1848  to  1881. 

From  American  Academy  of  Arts   and 
Sciences,  Boston  : 
Pi-oeeediDgs.    New  Series.    Vol.  VUI.     Whole 
Series.     Vol.  XVI.     Parf2.     From  Feb.  1881 
to  June,  1881. 

From   American    Institute    of   Mining 
Engineers,   T.   M.  Drown,  Secretary, 
Eastern,  Pa.  : 
The  Carbonic  Acid  Gas  Process  at  the  Kehley 

Emi  Colliery  Fire.     H.  M.  Chance. 
Burnishing    and    Ductilizing   Steel.      Jacob 

Keese. 
Proceedings  of  the  Virginia  Meeting.     May. 

Ore  Dresstng  and  Smelting  at  Pribram,  Bohe- 
mia.    Ellis  Clark,  Jr. 

Brazos  Coal  Field,  Texas.  Chas.  A.  Ash- 
burner. 

The  Hydrometallurgy  of  Copper,  and  its  Sep- 
aration from  the  Precious  Metals.  T.  S 
Hunt. 

The  Whitewell  Firebrick  Hot-Blast  Stove,  and 
its  recent  Improvements.    F.  W.  Gordon 

Coal  Washing.     S.  Stutz. 

New  Method  of  Mapping  the  Anthracite  Coal 
Fields  of  Pennsylvania.  Chas.  A.  Ash- 
burner. 

Investigations  on  the  Ore  Knob  Copper  Pro- 
cess.    T.  Egleston. 

Notes  on  Gold  Mill  Construction.  A.  J.  Bowie 
Jr.  ' 

Chemical  Methods  for  Analyzing  Rail-Steel 
Magnus  Troilius. 

Manganese  Determination  in  Steel.     W.  Kent. 

Blast  Furnace  Hearths  and  Linings.  Johii 
Birkiubine. 

The  Rich  Hill  Iron  Ores.     E.  P.  Dewey. 

Notes  on  the  Hard  Splint  Coal  of  the  Kan- 
awha Valley.    S.  M.  Buck. 

An  Analysis  of  the  Casualties  in  the  Anthra- 
cite Coal  Mines,  from  1871  to  1880.  H.  M. 
Chance. 

Relations  of  the  Graphite  Deposits  of  Chester 
County,  Pa.,  to  the  Geology  of  the  Rocks 
containing  them,     l^rof.  P.  Frazer. 

On  the  Solution  of  Pig  Iron  and  Steel  for  the 
Determination  of  Phosphorus.  T.  M 
Drown. 

A  Volumetric  Estimation  of  Manganese  in 
Pig  Iron  and  Steel.     F.  H.  Williams. 

Note  ou  Black  Band  Iron  Ore  in  West  Vir- 
ginia.   S.  B.  Sharpless, 


The  Electrolytic  Determination  of  Copper  and 
the  Formation  and  Composition  of  So-calledi 
Allotropic  Copper.     J.  B.  Mackintosh 
Memoranda  on  the  Analysis  of  Statistics.     A 

W.  Hale. 
Discussion  on  Steel  Rails.    C.  P.  Sandberg. 
From  American  Iron  and  Steel  Associa- 
lion,    James    M.    Swank,    Secretary 
Philadelphia  : 
Annual  Report,   containing   Statistics  of  the 
American  Iron   Trade   to   January  1,   1881, 
and  a  Review  of  the  present  condition  of 
the  Iron  Industry    in   Foreign   Countries 
James  M.  Swank,  Secretary,     1881. 

From   Kobert    Ballard,   Rockhampton, 
Queensland,  Au.stralia  : 
Annual  Report  of  the  Commissi  oner  of  Queens- 
land Railways  for  1881.     Brisbane.     1881. 
From  Robert  Briggs,  Philadelphia  : 
The  Properties  of  Air  relating  to  Ventilation 
and  Heating.     Robert  Briggs,  C.  E.     ICopies 
Jor  distribution.) 

From  the  Bureau  of  Education,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. : 
Circulars  of   Information  of  the  Bureau  of 
Education.     Nos.  i,  5  and  6.     1880. 
From  J.  J,  R.  Croes,  New  York : 
The  Public   and  District  Sewers  of  Denver. 
H.  C.  Lowrie.     Denver.     1881. 

From  the  Commissioners  of  the  Second 
Geological  Survey  of  Pennsylvania, 
W.  A.  Ingham,  Secretary,  Harris- 
burg  : 

The  Geology  of  the  Oil  Regions  of  Warren, 
Venango,  Clarion  and  Butler  Counties,  in- 
cluding Surveys  of  the  Garland  and  Pan- 
ama Conglomerates  in  Warren  and  Craw- 
ford, and  in  Chautauqua  County,  New 
York.     John  F.  Carll.     Harrisburg.     1880. 

The  Geology  of  McKean  County  and  its  con- 
nection with  that  of  Cameron,  Elk  and 
Forrest.  Chas.  A.  Ashburner.  Harrisburg. 
1880. 

The  Geology  of  Clinton  County.    Part  I. 

The  Geology  of  Clinton  County.  A  Special 
Study  of  the  Carboniferous  and  Devonian 
Strata  ai-ound  the  West  Branch  of  the  Sus- 
quehana  River.  H.  Martyn  Chance.  Har- 
risburg.    1880. 

Description  of  the  Coal  Flora  of  the  Carbon- 
iferous Formation  in  Pennsylvania  and 
throughout  the  United  States.  Vols.  1 
and  II. 

Report  of  Progress  in  Armstrong  County.  W. 
G.  Piatt.     Harrisburg.     1880. 

From  Allen  Cunningham,  E.  E.,  Lon- 
don : 
Hydraulic  Experiments.  Capt.  Allen  Cunning- 
ham.    Roorkee,  India.     1880. 
Vol.  I.     Text. 
Vol.  II    Tables,  Part  1.    Detailed  Tables. 

Part  2.     Abstract  Tables. 
Vol.  III.     Plates. 


128 


From  G.  Howard  Kllers,  Chief  Engineer 
Sewerage  Department,  Chicago  : 
Annual  Report  on  the  General  Sewerage  Sys- 
tem of  Chicago  for  1880. 

From  the  Eagineers  Society  of  Western 
Pennsylvania,  Pittsburgh  : 
Annual  Reports.     January  18,  1881. 
Address   of    the   Retiring   President.      Wm. 

TVlBtCtllf 
Notes  of  a  Trip   through   the   James   River 

Valley.     J.  D.  Weeks.  „    „    t 

Discussion  by    Reuben   Miller,    B.  F.  Jones. 
Wm    Kent,  Jos.   D.  Weeks,  W.  F.   Zunmer- 
mau,  S.  Wickersham  and  T.  P.  Roberts. 
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Discussions  by  Alex.  Dempster,  Chas.  Davis, 

Wm   Kent,  J.  J.  R.  Croes,  T.  P.  Roberts. 
Dam  of  the  Montaubry  Reservoir.     Lieut.  F. 

A.  Mahau. 
Danks  Puddling  Furnace.     Samuel  Adams. 
Discussions  on  'The  Basic  Dephosphorizing 
Process.     What  it  is  and   what  may  be  ex- 
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Hemphill,  Committee. 

From  Albert  Fink,  New  York  : 
Proceedings  of  the  Joint  Executive  Committee 

from  Dec.  18.  1878,  to  Dec.  18,  1879. 
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Herald,  August  3,  1881.  ,  x-      o 

Competition,    Combination    or    Regulation  .' 

Editorial  from  New  York  Times,  August  A, 

Why  Railroad  Tariffs  are  not  Maintained. 
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From  C.  E.  Fowler,  New  Haven,  Ct.  : 
Report  of  ihe  Special  Investigation  Committf  e 
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From   Sir    John   Hawkshaw,   F.  R.  S., 
Loudon  : 
Report   of  the  Committee  appointed  to  con- 
sider the  question  of    Wind   Pressure   on 
Railway  Structures.     London.     1881. 

From  Harrison  Bros.  &  Co.,  Philadel- 
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Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  New  York  : 
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From  John  Hopkin's  University,  Balti- 
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From   Institution   of    Civil   Engineers, 
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On  the  Comparative  Endurance  of  Iron  and 
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The  Actual  Lateral  Pressure  of  Earthwork. 
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The  Tide  Gauge,  Tidal  Harmonic  Analyzer 
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Description  of  a  Bucket  Dredger  in  use  at 
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From  John  A.  Judson,  Newport,  R.  I.: 
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Association  of  Newport,  R.  L,  tor  1880-81. 
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ada : 
Annual  Report  of  the  Harbor  Commissioners 
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From   Miller,  Metcalf  &  Parkin,  Pitts- 

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From  Mining  Institute  of  Scotland. 
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Transactions,   General    Meeting,  June   1881 . 
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From  New  York  Meteorological  Ob- 
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Abstract  of  Registers  of    Self-recording    In- 
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From    North  of  England    Institute    of 
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Neber.das    Technische    Schul    und    Verein- 

swesen   Frankreichs.     Wilhelm  von  Nord- 

ling.  .Wien.     1881. 

From  Royal  United  Service  Institution. 
London : 
List  of  Members.     April  15.  1881. 

From  L.  V.  Schermerhorn,  Milwaukee, 
Wis.  : 
The  Water- Jet  as  an  aid  to  Engineering  Con- 
struction.     L.    Y.    Schermerhorn.     C.     L. 
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From  T.  Guilford  Smith,  Buffalo.  N.  Y.: 

Eighth.  Ninth,  Tenth   and  Eleventh   Annual 

Reports  of  the  Buffalo  Park  Commissioners. 

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Report  of  the  Receivers  of  the  Philadelphia 
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Philadelphia  and  Reading  Coal  and  Iron 
Company  for  the  year  ending  November 

30.  1880.  .   ,  ,  „f      ATr 

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the  City  of  Philadelphia  should  occupy  to 
the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania  to  its 
transportation  times,  and  to  the  Railway 
problem  of  the  day.     June  16.  1881. 

From    the  U.   S.  Coast    and   Geodetic 
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Deep  Sea  Sounding  and  Dredging.  A  descrip- 
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appliances   used  on  board  of  the  steamer 


129 


Blake,  Lieut.  Com.    Charles  D.  Sigsber,  U 
S.  N.     WashingtoD.     1880. 
Astronomical    and     Meteorological    Observa- 
tions   made    during  the  year  1870.      Rear 
Admiral  C.  H.   Davis,  U.  S.  N.,  Supt.  Wash- 
ington.    1880 

From  E.  B.  Van  Winkle.  New  York  : 
Keport    on    the    Drainage    of  the    23d    24th 
Wards,  New  York  City.     E  B.  Van  Winkle 
Documents    No.    88,     Department    Public 
Parks.     1881. 
Boden    und    Grundwasser    in    ipren    bezie- 
lungeu    zu    Cholera    und    Typhus.      Ero- 
vlederung   auf  Rudolph  Virchow's  Hygien- 
ische  Studie  "Canalisation  Oder  Abfuhr." 
Max.  V.  Pettenkroier.     Mijnchen.     1869 
Proposals  for  Constructing    Sewers    and  Ap- 
purtenances  in   One   Hundred  and  Forty- 
sixlh    street,  belween   Third   Avenue    and 
Brook  avenue,  with  brandies  in  Willis  ave- 
nue  between   One    Hundred    and    Forly- 
tixth  and  One  Hundred  and  Forty-seventh 
Btreet.s,  and  in  Courtland  avenue,  between 
Tnird  avenue  and  One  Hundred  and  Fifty- 
first  street. 
Proposals    for  Estimates    for    Macadamizing 
Broadway,    in    the    24th    Ward,    and    also 
Building  Culverts,  Laj-ing  Drain  Pipe,  and 
Paving    Gutters    therein,    from    the    road 
leading   to   Kingsbridge  Station,  to  a  point 
300    leet    north    of    the    Van    Courtland's 
Lane. 
Proposals  for  Constructing  Sewers  and  Ap- 
purtenances in  One  Hundred  and  Thirty- 
ninth    street,  from    Third   avenue    to   the 
Summit  between  Alexander  and  Willis  ave- 
nues with   branches   in  Alexander  avenue 
between    One    Hundred    and   Thirty-ninth 
and  One  Hundred  and  Fortieth  streets. 
Proposals  for   Estimates   for  Constructing  a 
Sewer  and  Appiirteninces  in  One  Hundred 
and   Forty-tirst  street,  between  Alexan.ler 
and  Willis  avenues,  with  branches  in  Willis 
and  Alexander  avenues,  between  One  Hun- 
dred and  Forty-first  and  One  Hundred  and 
Fortieth  streets 
Proposals   for  Constructing   Sewers  and  Ap- 
purtenances   in  One   Hundred  anl  Forty- 
fifth   and   One   Hundred  and  Forty-fourth 
streets,  between  Third  and  Brook  avenues 
and  in  une  Hunred  and  Forty-third  street' 
between    Alexander    and   Brook    avenues' 
with  branches    in   Willis  avenue,   between 
One    Hundred    and   Forty-sixth    and    One 
Hundred  and  Forty-second  streets,  and    in 
Alexander    avenue  between   One  Hundred 
and     Forty-third  and  One     Hundred    and 
Forty-second   streets. 

From  Elwyn  Waller,  New  York  : 
Report  on  Croton  Water.     Elwyn  Waller  Pb 
D.    New  York.     1881.     (2  copies.) 

From  A.  S.  C.  Wurtele,  Albany,  N.  Y  • 
Report  of  the  Directors  of  the  Illinois  Central 
Railroad  Company  for  year  ending  Decem- 
ber 31,  1868. 
Annals  of  the  Dudley  Observatory      Vol   II 
Albany.     187J.  "      ' 

A  Description  of  the  Canals  and  Railroads  of 
the  United  States.  H.  S.  Tanner,  New 
York.  1840. 
Guide  for  the  Pennysylvania  Railroad  Com- 
pany, with  an  extensive  map  including  the 
entire  route.  Philadelphia.  1855. 
Reports  of  the  Meteorological  Magnet  and 
other  Observatories  of  the  Dominion  of 
Canada.     Ottawa.     1877. 


Report  of  the  Liverpool  and  Manchester  Rail- 
way on  the  Comparative  Merits  of  Locomo- 
tive and   fixed   Engines.      James   Walter 
Philadelphia.   18;!1. 

Observations  on  the  Comparative  Merits  of 
Locomotive  and  tixed  Engines,  as  applied  to 
Railways.  Robt.  Stephenson  and  Joseph 
Locke.     Philadelphia.      1831. 

An  Account  of  the  Liverpool  and  Manchester 
Railway.       Henry     Booth.        Philadelphia. 

Repoit  of  the  Chief  Engineer  of  Public 
Works  on  the  Progress  of  Canal  Enlarge- 
ment between  Lake  Erie  and  Montreal 
Ottawa.     1877. 

Report  on  the   proposed  Chesapeake  Bay  and 
Potomac    River    Tide-Water    Canal,    from 
Washington   to  Annapolis.    8.  H     Sweet 
Albany.      186(5. 

Report  of  the  Condition  of  the  West  Wiscon- 
sin Railway  Company.     New  York.     1876. 

Reports  of  the  Superintendent  ol  the  Montreal 
Water  Works  tor  187.'5,  1876  and  1877 

A  Statement  of  the  Property,  Condition  and 
Resources  of  the  Reciprocity  Mining  Com- 
pany.    New  York.      1874. 

Charter  ot  the  Cherry  Valley  and  Mohawk 
River  Railroad.     Albany.    1864. 

Report  of  the  President  and  Directors  of  the 
Ohio  and  Mississippi   Railway.      St.  Louis. 

Annual  Report  and  Statement  of  the  Condi- 
tion of  Aflairs  of  the  La  Crosse  and  Milwau- 
kee Railroad.     Albany.    1859. 

Report  of  the  Chiet  Engineer  of  the  Placer- 
ville  and  Sacramento  Valley  Railroad  of 
California.     San  Francisco.    1863. 

Report  on  Tidal  Investigations  in  Mystic 
River  and  Pond.     Boston.      1861. 

Proceedings  of  the  Railroad  Convention  held 
at  the  St.  Nicholas  Hotel  in  New  York  New 
York.  1855. 

Minutes  of  the  Grand  International  Division 
of  the  Brotherhood  of  Locomotive  En"i- 
neers,  at  their  Annual  Session  held  at  Bos- 
ton, Mass.     Rochester,  N.  Y.    1866. 

Report  of  the  Utica  and  Schenectady,  Syra- 
cuse and  Utica,  Auburn  and  Syracuse,  Au- 
burn and  Rochester,  Tonawanda  and  Buf- 
falo, and  the  Utica  Railroad  Companies 
Nov.  15,  1842. 

Report  of  the  Grand  Trunk  Railway  Company 
ol  Canada.     London.      1867. 

Report  of  the  Select  Committee  to  which  was 
referred  the  Petitions  for  aid  to  the  Albany 
and  Susquehanna  Railroad  Companv  A!- 
bany.      1860.  j-     ai 

Annual  Report  of  the  Brockville  and  Ottawa 
Railway  Company.     Montreal.      1868 

Report  of  the  (  hief  Engineer  of  the  N  Y  & 
O.  Midland  Raih-oad.  A.C.Powell  Nor. 
wich,  N.  Y.    1867. 

The  Pacific  Railway  and  the  Claims  of  Saint 
John,  N.  B.,  to  be  the  Atlantic  Terminus 
Read  before  the  Mechanics'  Institute  of 
Saint  John,  February  7,  1859.  T.  T  Smith 
C.  E.  ' 

Philcsophy  of  Railroads.     T.  C.  Keefer   C   E 
Montreal.      1853.  '     ' 

Report  of  the  Northern  Railway  of  Canada 
Toronto,  Ont.    1873. 

Lease  of  the  Saratoga  and  Hudson  River  Rail- 
road Company  to  the  New  Yo'k  Central 
Railroad  Company.     Albany.    1867. 

Report  of  the  Supply  of   Water  of  tlie  City  of 

Hamilton.     Montreal.      1856. 
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130 


Improvement  of  the  City  of  Ottawa.  Ot- 
tawa.   1861. 

Act  of  Incorporation  and  Reports  of  the  Ro- 
chester Water  Works.     New  York.      1870. 

Reports  of  the  Water  Commissioners  to  the 
Common  Council  of  the  City  of  Albany. 
Albany,  1860. 

Specifications  for  the  Excavation,  Masonry, 
Crib  Work,  Bridging  and  Feucins,  for  the 
Tail  Race  of  the  Montreal  Water  Works. 

Ihe  Water  Supply  and  the  Hydraulic  Com- 
pany Question.     Montreal.    18G8. 

Rapport  Annuel  du  Surintendant  de  L'Aque- 
duc  de  Montreal.     Montreal,  1863  and  186-1. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Superintendent  of  the 
Montreal  Water  Works  for  the  year  ending 
January,  1864,  1866,  1808,  1869,  1870,  1871, 
1872,  1873,  1874. 

Report  of  the  Montreal  Water  Works.  By 
Walter  Shanly  and  James  B.  Francis.  Mon- 
treal. 1868. 

Report  of  the  Montreal  Water  Works.  Wm. 
J.  McAlpine.     Montreal.      1800. 

Report  of  the  Montreal  Water  Works.  By 
Walter  Shanly.  T.  C.  Keefer  and  James  B. 
Francis.  Reviewed  by  Wm.  Rodden,  Alder- 
man.    Montreal.    1809. 

Report  of  the  City  Surveyor  of  the  City  of 
Montreal,  during  the  years  1804,  1865,  1867, 
1869,  1872. 


Comniunicatou  from  State  Officers,  together 
with  Documents,  Remarks  aud  Opinions 
Relating  to  Repairs  of  the  New  York  State 
Canals.     Albany.    1865. 

Report  of  the  Minority  of  the  Select  Commit- 
tee on  the  Pro  Rata  Freight  Bill.  Albany. 
1800. 

Remarks  of  Thomas  M.  Monroe  before  the  Na- 
tional Board  of  Trade,  at  its  meeting  in 
December,  1808,  in  the  City  of  Cincnnati. 

An  Act  to  Authorize  the  Constraction  of  Cer- 
tain Bridges,  aud  to  Esiablish  them  as  Post 
Roads. 

Address  to  the  American  Association  for  the 
Advancement  of  Science.  Thomas  Ste.  ry 
Hunt.     Salem.    1871. 

Information  for  Emigrants.  Province  of 
Manitoba  and  Northwest  Territory  of  the 
Dominion  of  Canada. 

Report  of  the  Water  Commissioners  of  the 
Common  Council  of  Albany.     Albany,  1879. 

The  Pro  Rata  Question.  What  is  the  True 
Policy  of  the  State  of  New  Y'ork  ?  Discussed 
by  J.  W.  Brooks.     Albany.     1860. 

Report  and  Estimate  Cost  of  the  New  York 
and  Albany  Railroad.  C.  W.  Wentz.  Al- 
bany.     1867. 

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tion of  a  Company  to  Coustnxct  a  Railroad 
between  Bytown  and  Prescot  (May  10, 1850). 
Bytown.   1852. 


C^^{r^j 


PROCEEDINGS 


American  Society 


Civil  Engineers 


(INSTITUTED  1852.; 


VOL.    VIII. 
JANUARY  TO  DECEMBER,   1882. 


NEW  YORK : 

P  U  B  I,  I  S  H  ]i  D     BY     THE     S  O  C  I  E  T  ' 
1882. 


Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  by  the  Ameeicak  Society  or  Civil  Engineers,  iu 
the  office  of  the  Librarian  of  Congress,  at  Washington. 


Note. — This  Society  is  not  responsible,  as  a  body,  for  the  facts  and  opinions  advanced 
in  any  of  its  publications. 


INDEX. 


ABBREVIATIONS. 

Abbreviations  to  designate  member- 
ship,  105. 

Abert,  8.  TH.A.YEK.— On  Committee, 
69. 

Accuracy  of  Measurement  as  in- 
creased by  reijetition.  by  S.  S. 
Haioht,  67,  88. 

Additions  to  Library  and  Museum. 
(See  Library.; 

—  to  List  of  Members.     (See  List. ) 
Addre.ss   of  Members,    Changes   and 

Corrections  of.     (See  List.) 
Amendments  to  By-Laws.     (See  By- 
Laws.) 

—  to    Constitution.      (See    Constitu- 

tion. ) 

American  Institute  of  Mining  Engi- 
neers, 29,  105,  112. 

American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engi- 
neers, 105,  112. 

Andrews,  E.  E.— Communication  by, 
65.— Discussion  by,  66,  76. 

Andrews,  John  W.— Admitted  as 
Member,  50,  54. 

Annual  Address,  by  President  Ashbel 
Welch,  65. 

Annual  Meeting,  2.  (See  Minutes  of 
Meetings). 

Asseeson,  Petee  C.  -Admitted  as 
Member,  87,  95. 

AucHiNCLoss,  W.  S.— Paper  by,  55. 

Averaging  Machine,  by  W.  S.  Auchin- 

CLOS8,   55. 

B.\KER,  WiLLi.iji  Heebeet.— Admitted 

as  Member,  101,  108. 
Ballots  for  Amendments  to  By-Laws 

56. 

—  for  Amendments  to  Constitution, 

53. 

—  for  Members,  1,  37,  54,  56,  70    81 

87,  101,  112,  117. 

—  for  place  of  Convention,  2. 
on  advisability  that  Board  of  Di- 

tectors  should  nominate  Engi- 
neers to  serve  on  professional 
boards,  101. 

Babnaed,  John  G.— Death  announced 
72,  80. 

B.\TEs,  Onward.— Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 1,  50. 


BIXBY. 

BixBY,  WiLLL\M  Herbeet.— Admitted 

as  Member,  5(),  85. 
Blanc,    Feederk;   Nicholas.— Admit- 
ted as  Junior,  87,  95. 
Blunden,  Henry  D.— Paper  by,  104. 
Board  of  Direction.— Annual  Report, 
2,    37.— Minutes   of.      (See   Min- 
utes).—Report  on   Tests   of  Ma- 
terials,   18. 
BoGAET,    James   Peter.— Admitted  as 

Junior,  1,  51. 
BoGAET,  John.— Discussion  by,  15,  66, 
71,    76,    103.— Elected    Secretary 
and      Librarian,      3.— On     Com- 
mittee,    1,     56.— Opens    Annual 
Convention,         63.    —   Proposes 
Amendment     to      Constitution, 
111.— Report  by,  43. 
Bollee,  a.   P.— Discussion   by,  66.— 
On    Committee,    20.— Paper  bv 
56.  ^  •^' 

Bonnyn,     Willl^m     Wingfield.  -Ad- 
mitted as  Member,  1,  50. 
BouscABEN,  G.— Discussion  by,  8. 
Bowie,    Augilstos     Jesse.— Admitted 

as  Member,  112,  116. 
Bradley,      Timothy      Cookson.— Ad- 
mitted   as    Member.    117. 
Bridges,    Highway,  by  James   Owen, 

_  67,  81. 
Bridges,  Iron,  Care  and  Maintenance 

of,  by  Heney  D.  Blunden,  104. 
Beidges,  Lyman.— Discussion  by,  26, 

66. — Paper  by,  55. 
Beiggs,  a.  D.— Death  announced,  43. 
Beiggs,    Robeet.— Death  announced, 

96,   101. 
Buck,    Leffert    L.- -Norman   Medal 

awarded  to,  72,  101. 
Budge,  Eneique.— Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 37,  79. 
Building   Fund,    38,    46,    47,  82,    89 

113. 
BuRGWYN,  Collinson  Pierrepont  Ed- 
wards.—Admitted    as     Member, 
112,  116. 
Burnet,    George,    Jr.— Admitted    as 

Member,  50,  54. 
Burns,   Edward  Cook.-  Admitted   as 

Member,  87,  100. 
By-Laws,  Amendments  adopted,  56. 


TV 


CALKINS. 

Calkins,  Frank  Aiigustus.— Admitted 

as  Member,  56,  108. 
Campbell,    John    C. — Discussion   by, 

55,  104. 
Caktweight,        Heney.   -Death       an- 

noiinced,    43. 
Caey,      Edgae     Sheldon. — Admitted 

as   Member,    112,    llfi. 
Casey,    Thomas   L,  -Address  by,  64, 

65. — Discussion  by,  66. — Elected 

Director,  3. — On  Committee,  57, 

69. — Presides   at  Convention,  63, 

65,  66,  (!7. 
Cements,  Uniform  System   for   Tests 

of,  2,  (i4. 
Chandte,   0.     Discussion  by,  12,  66, 

76,  117.     On  Committee,  55,  56.— 

Paper  by,  87.     Resolution  by,  20- 
Clark,    David   Dextee.  -Admitted  as 

■  Member,  87,  100. 
Claek,  Iea  E.   -Death  announced,  87, 

96.  -Memoir  of,  92. 
Clarke,    Thomas   C. — Discussion  by, 

37,   55,   66,  117.— On  Committee, 

20.  —Presides  at  Meeting,  53. 
Clement,  Feank   Hudson.     Admitted 

as  Member,  112,  116. 
Coffin,  A.— Discussion  by,  66,  72. 
Cohen,  M.     Discussion  by,  66. 
CoLLiN(nvooD,  F.     Discussion  by,  24, 

37,  66,  76.-  On  Committee,  20. 
Committee  on    Finance,  2,  11,  47,  57. 

—  on  Gauging  of  Streams,  Keport  by, 

and  Committee  discontinued,  17. 

—  on  Library,  57. 

—  on  Memorial  of  A.    L.  Holley,  55. 

—  on  Nominations,  72,  107. 

—  on   Preservation  of  Timber,  7,  56, 

65,  66. 

—  on  Uniform  Standard  Time,  4,  57, 

72. 

—  on  Uniform  System    for    Tests   of 

Cement,  2,  64. 
Compounding  Dues.     (See  Dues.) 
CoMPTON,  Alfeed  (t. — Discussion  l)y 

87. 
Constitution,    Amendments  adopted, 

53.  -Proposed,  8,  12,  17,  111,  112. 
Convention,  Annual,    2,    41,    57,     63. 

(See   Minutes.) 
Cooper,    Theodoee. — Discussion    by, 

13,  14,  15,  26,  66,  87,  104. 
CoETHELL,  E.    L.  -Discussion  by,  66, 

81. 
Ceoes,    J.    James   E.— Discussion  by, 

14,  16,  66,  117.— Elected  Treas- 
urer, 3.  —On  Committee,  57. — 
Paper  by,  117.— Presides  at  Meet- 
ing,  111.— Proposes  Amendment 


CURRIE. 

to  the  Constitution,  111.-  Report 

by,  17. 
CrRRiE,  D.  M. — Proposes  Amendment 

to  the  Constitution,  112. 
Cfetis,  "William  Glddings. — Admitted 

as  Member,  70,  85. 

Dabney,  Feedeeick  G.— Admitted  as 
Member,  112,  116. 

Davis,  Chester  B. — Admitted  as 
Member,  37,  50. 

Davis,  Joseph  P. — Discussion  by,  37, 
55,  66,  104,  117.— Elected  Direc- 
tor, 3.— On  Committee,  57.— Pro- 
poses Amendment  to  the  Consti- 
tution, 111,  112.  -Report  by,  11, 
47. 

Dawson,  William  Bell.— Paper  by, 
103. 

Death  of  Members.     (See  List. ) 

Dempster,  A.  — Discussion  by,  66,  72. 

Dennis,  William  Hooper.— Admitted 
as  Member,  87. 

Direction,  Board  of.     (See  Board.) 

Diving  Apparatus,  101. 

DoANE,  Thomas.— Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 81,  85. 

Deessee,  George  W.  — Discussion  by, 
16,  55.— Elected  Director,  3. - 
On  Committee,  1,  56,  57.— Pre- 
sides at  Meeting,  70. 

Du  Baeey,EdmxjndL.— On  Committee, 
69. 

Dues,  Arrears  of,  57,  58.— Compound- 
ing, 8,  29,  56,  107,  111. 

DuNCKLEE,  J.  B.— On  Committee,  69. 

Eads,  James  B.— Elected  Vice-Presi- 
dent, 3. 

Egleston,  Thomas.— Discussion  by, 
64,  66,  72,  75,  76.— On  Committee, 
20. 

Ellis,  Theodoee  G.— Discussion  by, 
7. — Report  by,  17. 

Emeey,  Chaeles  E.— Discussion  by, 
37,  71,  87,  104,  117.— On  Com- 
mittee, 1,  56.— Proposes  Amend- 
ment to  the  Constitution,  112. 

Faego,  William  G.— Death  an- 
nounced, 43. 

Faequ«ae,  F.  U.— On  Committee,  69. 
Presides   at   Convention,  66. 

Fellowship  Fund,  12,  46 . 

Felton,  Samuel  L.— Admitted  as 
Member,  1,  50. 

Fink,  Albert.- On  Committee,  72. 

Fishee,  Charles  H.— Discussion  by, 
14. 


FLAD. 

Fl\d,  Henky.  Proposes  Amendment 
to  the  Constitntion,  112. 

Fleming  Sandford. — Disciission  by, 
75.— On  Comiaittee,  72.— Report 
by,  4,  72. 

Flow  of  Water  of  Sudbury  Eiver,  Ex- 
periments on  the,  by  A.  Fteley 
and  E.  P.  Stj^arns,  67. 

FoENEY,    M.    N.-  -Discussion  by,  87. 

FoRSHEY,  C.4.LEB  G.  —  Death  an- 
nounced, 62,  70. 

Francis,  J.  B.— Discu,ssion  by,  6(5.- 
Resolution  bj',  75. 

Franklin  Institute,    88,   lOi,  105,  106. 

Freeman,  John  Kipley. — Admitted  as 
Junior,  81,  85. 

Freight,  Increased  Efficiency  of  Rail- 
ways for  the  Transijortation  of, 
by  William  P.  Shinn,  117. 

Fremaitx,  Leon  Joseph.  —Admitted 
as  Member,  81. 

Frost,  George  Henry. —Admitted  as 
Associate,  1,  51. 

Fteley,  A.  -Paper  by,  67. 

Fund,  Building,    88,    46,    47,    82,    89, 

m. 

Fellowship,  12,  46. 
—  General,  46. 

Garay,  Fr.ancisco  de.-  Paper  by,  104. 

Gardiner,  Edmund  Le  Breton.  -Ad- 
mitted as  Member,  81,  85. 

Gauging  of  Streams,  Committee  on, 
reports  and  is  discontinued,  17. 

Gielow,  Henry  J.  Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 117,  123. 

Gleim,  Ch.^rles  O.  —Description  of 
Railroad  Ties  by,  1. 

Gordon,  Robert. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 87,  79. 

Gottlieb,  A.— Discussion  by,  6(i,  76. 
--On  Committee,  72. 

Greene,  Charles  E. —Admitted  as 
Member,  1,  50. 

Greene,  George  S. — Censor  to  award 
Norman  Medal,  105. — Discussion 
by,  117. 

Greene,  Georcje  S.,  Jr.— Discussion 
by,  55,  81,  117.— Elected  Direc 
tor,  8— On  Committee,  57.-  Pro- 
poses Amendment  to  the  Consti- 
tution,  111,  112. 

Hai(;ht,  S   S.— Paper  by,  67,  88. 

Hall,  G.  Thomas.— Death  announced, 
48. 

Hamilton,  William  G. — On  Com- 
mittee, 55.— Resolution  by,  6,  11. 

Harris,  Henrique.  -  Death  announced, 
104,  110. 


HARROD. 

Haerod,  B.M. — Proposes  Amendment 
to  the  Constitution,  112. 

Haswell,  Charles  H. — Discussion  by, 
55,  71. 

Haviland,  Arthur. — Admitted  as  Ju- 
nior, 1,  51. 

Hayes,  Richard  Somers. — Admitted 
as  Member,  101,  108. 

Heeschel,  Clemens. — Discussion  by, 
66. 

Hilgard,  J.  E. — Discussion  by,  75. — 
On  Committee,  69. 

Hjortsberg,  Maximilian.— Memoir  of, 
118. 

HoLLEY,  Alexander  Lyman — Death  an- 
nounced, 37,  52.— Memorial  Meet- 
ing, 105,  112. — Resolutions  in 
memory  of,  54. 

HoRTON,  Horace  E. — Admitted  as 
Member,  101,  108. 

House  of  the  Society,  37. 

Howell,  Charles  W.  —Death  an- 
nounced, 62,  70. — Memoir  of,  121. 

HuTTON,  William  E.— Paper  by,  71. 

Hyde,  William  B.  Death  announced, 
96,  101. 

Institution  of  Civil  Engineers. — Gift 
of  Complete  Proceedings,  58. 

Iron,  Tests  of.  (See  Tests  of  Struc- 
tural Materials. ) 

Jaycox,  Thomas  W'. — Admitted  as 
'Member,  1,  50. 

KATT/i,  "Walter. — Discussion  by,  55. 

Keating,  E.  H. -^Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 81,  85. — Discussion  by,  117. 
— Paper  by,  55. 

Keefer,  Thomas  C. — Elected  Director, 
3.  -On  Committee,  57. 

Kelly,  Cassius  W.— Admitted  as  Ju- 
nior, 61. 

Kennedy,  John.— Censor  to  award 
Norman  Medal,  105. 

Kinney,  Edw.ard  C.  Admitted  a8 
Member,  70,  79. 

Kloman,  Andrew.  Death  announced, 
43. 

Knap,  Joseph  Moss. — Admitted  as 
Member,  56,  61. 

Lane,   Moses  -Death  announced,   87, 

52. 
Larkin,  Edward. — Resignation  of,  52. 
Latrobe,    Charli:s   H. — On   Commit- 
tee, 72 
Leach,   Smith    S. — Proposes    Amend- 
ment to  the  Constitution,  112. 


VI 


LE  BARON. 

Le  Bakon,  John  Francis. — Admitted 
as  Member,  81,  108. 

Lesage,  Louis.— Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 50. 

Library.— Additions  to,  58,  76,  82,  93, 
97;  107,  113,  121.— Committee  on, 
57. — Publications  and  Papers  re- 
ceived for,  48. — State  of,  41. 

Life  Membership,  8,  29,  56,  107,  111. 

Light,  Alexander  L. — Admitted  as 
Member,  50. 

Lindenthal,  Gustav. — Admitted  as 
Member,  70,  79. 

List  of  Members. — Additions  to,  50, 
61,  85,  9.5,  100,  102,  108,   116,  123. 

—  Changes    and   Corrections   of  Ad- 

dress,   51,    61,    79,    86,    96,    100, 
102,  109,  116,  123. 

—  Deaths,  37,  52,  62,  80,  96,  110. 

—  Resignations,  52. 

Locke,  Augustus  Woodbury. — Ad- 
mitted as  Member,  81,  95. 

LocKwooD,  John. —Admitted  as  Asso- 
ciate, 56,  61. 

Ludlow,  William. — Admitted  as 
Member,  87,  95. 

Macdonald,  Charles. — Discu.ssion  by, 
104,  117.— On  Committee,  55.— 
Presides  at  Meeting,  37. — Resolu- 
tion by,  54. 

Mackenzie,  William  Bronard. — .Ad- 
mitted as  Junior,  81,  95. 

Mansfield,  William.  — Admitted  as 
Member,  87. 

Manson,  Marsden.  —  Admitted  as 
Member,  101,  108. 

ilARTiN,  William  Henry. — Admitted 
as  Member,  54,  109. 

McCuLLOM,  Thomas  Chalmers. — Ad- 
mitted as  Member,  71,  79. 

McCoMB,  D.\viD  E.— On  Committee, 
69. 

McMath,  R.  E.— Paper  by,  37. ^Pro- 
poses Amendment  to  the  Consti- 
tution, 112. 

Aleetings.  — Of  the  Board  of  Direction. 
(See  Minutes.) 

—  Of  the  Society.     (See  Minutes.) 
Members. — Additions  to.     (See  List.) 

-Ballots  for.  (See  Ballots.)— 
Changes  of  Address.  (See  List.) 
— Deaths.  (See  List.) — Resigna- 
tions. (See  List.) 
Membership. — Abbreviations  to  des- 
ignate, 105. — Statement  of,  39. 

—  Life,  8,  29,  56,  107,  111. 
Memoirs   of  Deceased   Members,   89, 

91,  92,  118,  119,  121.— Ira  Edgae 


MEMOIRS. 

Clark,  92.  — Maxijulian  Hjorts- 
BERG,  118. — Charles  W.  Howell, 
121. — Francis  Laurens  Vinton, 
91. — Max  Maria,  Baron  von 
Weber,  S9. — Norman  A.  Wil- 
liams, 92.  -William  W.  Wright, 
119. 

Menocal,  a.  G.  -On  Committee,  69. — 
Paper  by,  66. 

Merrill,  William  E. — Censor  to 
award  Norm  n  Medal,  105.  -Dis- 
cussion by,  9. 

Metallic  Behavior,  A  Peculiar  Phase 
of,  by  O.  E.  Mk'haelis,  64. 

Metcalf,  W. — Discussion  by,  26. — On 
Committee,  20. 

Mexico,  Drainage  of  the  Valley  of,  by 
Francisco  de  Garay,  104. 

Michaelis,  O.  E. — Discussion  by,  25, 
66,  72.-Paper  by,  64,  67.  Pre- 
sides at  Convention,  65. 

Miller,  Samuel  H. — Admitted  as 
Member,  101,  102. 

Minutes  of  Annual  Convention  at 
Washington,  May  16,  17,  18,  19, 
1882.— Called  to  order  b.\  John 
Bogart,  Secretary  of  the  Society; 
chair  taken  temporarily  by  Ashbel 
Welch,  President  of  the  Society; 
Gen.  H.  G.  Wright  elected  Chair- 
man of  Convention  ;  Col.  T.  L. 
Casey  elected  Chairman  pro  tem- 
pore, 63;— address  by  T.  L.  Casey; 
"A  Peculiar  Phase  of  Metallic 
Behavior,''  by  O.  E.  Michaelis, 
read  and  discussed  ;  place  for 
holding  next  Convention  consid- 
ered ;  report  of  Committee  on 
Uniform  System  for  Tests  of  Ce- 
ment, 64.  -Second  Session,  1:30 
p.  M. :  Repfirt  of  Committee  on 
Preservation  of  Timber,  and  dis- 
cussion ;  visit  to  Capitol  and 
offices  of  Coast  and  Geodetic  Sur- 
vey, 65. — Third  Session,  8  p.  m.  : 
Annual  address  by  President 
Ashbel  Welch;  address  by  T.  L. 
Casey  in  reference  to  Washington 
Monument  ;  visit  to  Washington 
Monument,  the  Sewerage  Works 
and  the  Works  for  preparing 
Pavements  for  the  City,  65. — 
Fourth  Session,  May  17,  2  p.  m.  : 
Discussion  on  Preservation  of 
Timber;  "Subaqueous  Under- 
pinning, "by  A.  G.  Menocal,  read 
and  discussed:  business  meeting 
(see  Minutes  of  Meetings).— Fifth 
Session,  8  p.  m.  :  "  Overflow  of  the 


VII 


MINUTES. 

Mississippi  River,"  by  Lyman 
Bridges,  discussed ;  Tests  of  Struc- 
tural Material  discussed  ;  excur- 
sion to  Mount  Vernon  ;  visit  to 
Washington  Navy  Yard,  66;  recep- 
tion ;  exciirsion  to  Cabin  John 
Bridge  and  to  Georgetown  Plane 
and  Caisson ;  reception  at  Execu- 
tiye  Mansion.  -  Sixth  Session,  May 
19,  4  p.  M. :  "The  Hudson  River 
Tunnel,"  by  William  Sooy 
Smith,  read  and  discussed;  "Ex- 
periments on  Flow  of  Water  in 
Sudbury  River,"  by  A.  Fteley 
and  F.  P.  Steakns  ;  "  Targets  for 
Rifle  Ranges,"  by  O.  E.  Mich.\elis; 
"Accui:acy  of  Measurement  as  In- 
creased by  Repetition,"  by  S.  S. 
Haight;  "  Highway  Bridges,"  by 
Ja^ies  Owen,  presented;  adjourn- 
ment; excTirsion  to  Pen -Mar,  67; 
General  Programme,  68;  Commit- 
tees; Members  in  attendance,  60. 
Minutes  of  Meetings  of  the  Board  of 
Direction,  56,  81,  88,  104,  117. 

—  January  i,  1882,  Proposals  consid- 

ered; action  taken  as  to  Arrears 
of  Dues:  as  to  Preservation  of 
Timber:  as  to  Tests  of  Materials : 
arrangements  made  for  Annual 
Meeting  :  appropriations  made, 
56. 

—  January  16,  1882,  action   taken   as 

to  Tests  of  Materials ;  as  to  Copy- 
right of  Publications,  56. 

—  Januai-y       25,       1882,       Standing 

Committees  appointed  ;  action 
taken  as  to  C'>nvention  ;  as  to  the 
Rowland  Prize  ;  as  to  Tests  of' 
Materials  :  appropriations  made, 
57. 

—  February  1,   1882,   Proposals   con- 

sidered, action  taken  as  to  Con- 
vention :  as  to  Rowland  Prize ;  as  to 
Standard  Time  :  as  to  Tests  of 
Materials,  57. 

—  February  15,  1882,  Proposals  con- 

sidered: action  taken  as  to  Tests 
of  Materials,  57. 

—  March  8,    1882,   Proposals  consid- 

ered ;  action  taken  as  to  Arrears  of 
Dues;  as  to  Standard  Time;  as  to 
Tests  of  Materials:  as  to  gilt  from 
Institution  of  Civil  Engineers  of 
the  Proceedings  of  the  Institute; 
appropriations  made,  57. 

—  March  29,  1882,  Proposals   consid- 

ered; action  taken  as  to  Conven- 
tion; as  to  purchase  of  the  Kirk- 


MINUTES. 

wood    books  :  as  to  Tests  of  Ma- 
terials, 58. 

April  5,  1882,  Proposals  consid- 
ered: action  taken  as  to  Arrears 
of  Dues:  appropriations  made, 
58. 

May  3,  1882,  Proposals  considered ; 
action  taken  as  to  purchase  of 
Kirkwood  books  ;  as  to  An- 
nual Convention;  appropriations 
made,  81. 

June  6,  1882,  Proposals  consid- 
ered: appropriations  made;  meet- 
ings of  Society  ordered  sus- 
pended ;  action  taken  as  to  Stand- 
ard time,  82. 

June  23,  1882,  action  taken  on  re- 
quest of  City  of  Philadelphia  as 
to  nomination  of  Engineers  to 
serve  on  Advisory  Boards,  88. 

July  6,  1882,  Proposals  considered: 
action  taken  as  to  nomination  of 
Engineers  to  serve  on  Advisory 
Boards;  action  taken  as  to  prepa- 
ration of  Programme  for  Tests  of 
Materials,  88. 

August  S,  1882,  Proposals  consid- 
ered ;  action  taken  as  to  pro- 
gramme for  Tests  of  Materials; 
action  taken  as  to  nomination  of 
Engineers  to  serve  on  Advisory 
Boards,  104. 

September  22,  1882,  action  taken 
as  to  nomination  of  Engineers  to 
serve  on  Advisory  Boards:  as  to 
joint  meeting  of  Engineering 
Societies  in  memory  oi  A.  L. 
HOLLEY,    105. 

October  3,  1882,  Proposals  consid- 
ered; action  taken  as  to  abbrevia- 
tions to  designate  membership : 
Board  of  Censors  to  award  Noi'- 
man  Medal  a]ipointed :  appropri- 
ations made:  letter  received  as  to 
nomination  of  Engineers  to  serve 
upon  Advisory  Boards;  resolu- 
tions adopted  on  announcement 
of  the  death  of  Ashbel  Welch, 
President  of  the  Society,  105. 

October  18,  1882,  action  taken  as 
to  nomination  of  Engineers  to 
serve  upon  Advisory  Boards,  106. 

October  31,  1882,  Proposals  con- 
sidered ;  appropriations  made  : 
action  taken  as  to  commutation 
of  dues  by  one  payment  creating 
life  membership,  107. 

December  (5,  1882,  Proposals  con- 
sidered ;    appropriations    made  ; 


VIIT 


MINUTES. 

Secretary    requested   to    prepare 
Annual  Rejport,  117. 
Minutes  of  Meetings  of  the  Society, 
1,  37,  53,  70,  81,  87,  101,  103,  111, 
117. 

—  January  4,  1882,  Ballots  canvassed  ; 

Committee  a^jpointed  to  arrange 
for  Annual  Meeting;  Iron  Cross- 
ties  and  Sleepers  on  PrussianEail- 
ways  discussed,   1. 

—  January    18,    1882,     the     Annual 

Meeting,  Vice-President  Ashbel 
Welch  in  the  chair;  Annual  Ee- 
ports  of  Board  of  Direction,  of 
Treasurer  and  of  Finance  Com- 
mittee; Report  of  Committee  on 
Uniform  System  for  Tests  of  Ce- 
ments; Determination  of  Wash- 
ington as  place  for  next  Conven- 
tion, 1.;  Election  of  Officers  of 
the  Society;  Address  of  President 
Ashbel  Welch,  2;  Report  of  Cen- 
sors to  award  Norman  Medal; 
Report  of  Committee  on  Uniform 
Standard  of  Time,  4;  Resolutions 
as  to  Uniform  Standard  of  Time, 
6;  Disciission  on  Uniform  Stand- 
ard of  Time;  Report  of  Committee 
on  Preservation  of  Timber,  7; 
Amendments  to  Constitution  pro- 
viding for  compounding  of  dues 
discussed.  8:  not  recommended 
for  adoption;  resolution  as  to  life 
membership,  11;  Amendment  to 
Constitution  as  to  Fellowship 
Fund  discussed  and  recommend- 
ed for  adoption;  Amendment  to 
Constitution  increasing  number 
of  Directors  discussed,  12;  not 
recommended  for  adoption,  16; 
Amendment  to  Constitution  in 
reference  to  time  for  jaroposing 
amendments,  recommended  for 
adoption;  Report  of  Committee 
on  Gauging  of  Streams;  Lunch; 
Report  of  Board  of  Direction  on 
Subject  of  Tests  of  Iron  and  Steel, 
18;  Discussion  on  Tests,  20; 
Resolution  in  reference  to  Tests 
of  Structural  Materials  adopted, 
28:  Rowland  Prize  instituted: 
further  discussion  as  to  Life 
Membership,  29;  Members  pres- 
ent, 34;  Programme  for  Meet- 
ing, 35. 

—  February   1,  1882,   Ballots  canvass- 

ed; Decease  announced  of  Theo- 
dore Ransom  Scowden,  Moses 
Lane  and  Alexander  Lyman 
HOLLEY,  37. 


MINUTES. 

February  15,  1882,  "The  Mean 
Velocity  of  Streams  flowing  in 
Natural  Channels,"  by  R.  E. 
McMath,  read  and  discussed,  37. 

■  March  1,  1882,  Ballots  for  Amend- 
ments to  Constitution  canvassed, 
53;  Ballots  for  Membership  can- 
vassed; Tests  of  Materials  con- 
sidered; Resolutions  as  to  death 
of  A.  L.  HoLLEY  adopted,  54: 
"The  Averaging  Machine,"  by 
W.  S.  AucHiNCLOss,  read  and  dis- 
cussed, 55. 
March  15.  1882,  Death  of  William 
W.Wright  announced;  "The 
Removal  of  Incrustations  in 
Water  Mains,"  byE.  H.  Keating, 
read  and  discussed:  "The  Over- 
flow of  the  Mississipiji  River,"  by 
Lyman  Bridges,"  read  and  dis- 
cussed, 55. 

-  April,  5,  1882,  Ballots  for  member- 
ship and  for  Amendments  to  By- 
Laws  canvassed  :  resolution 
adopted  in  reference  to  Life 
Membership;  "Mode  of  Under- 
pinning adopted  for  Croton  Lake 
Bridge,"  by  Alfred  P  Boller, 
read  and  discussed;  "The  Over- 
flow of  the  Mississippi,"  discuss- 
ed, 56. 

-April  19,  1882,  Death  of  C.  AV. 
Howell,  and  of  C.  G.  Forshey, 
announced,  70- 
May  3,  1882,  Ballots  canvassed; 
"Improvement  of  Potomac 
River,"  by  WillIam  R.  Hutton, 
read  find  discussed,  70. 

-May  17,  1882,  Business  Meeting  at 
Annual  Convention:  Action  as  to 
Tests  of  Materials  and  Proposed 
Law  in  reference  thereto,  71: 
Discussion  on  Tests  of  Materials; 
appointment  of  Nominating  Com- 
mittee; Death  announced  of  Gen. 
John  G.  Barnard;  Award  of  Nor- 
man Medal  to  L.  L.  Buck;  Report 
of  Committee  on  Standard  Time, 
72;  discussion  and  resolutions 
as  to  Standard  Time,  75;  discus- 
sion and  action  as  to  Preservation 
of  Timber,  76. 

-June  7,  1882,  Ballots  canvassed; 
"Highway  Bridges,"  by  James 
Owen,  read  and  discussed,  81. 

-June  21,  1882,  "Uniformity  in  Rail- 
way Rolling  Stock,"  by  O.  Chan- 
UTE,  read  and  discussed,  87" 
July    5,    1882,     Ballots    canvassed; 
death  of  Ira  E.  Clark  announced ; 


L\ 


MINUTES. 

cluuse  of  law  announced  provid- 
ing for  furnishing  programme  for 
Tests  of  Materials  hy  this  Society 
to  Chief  of  Oranance,  V.  S.  A., 
and  for  publication  of  Record  of 
Tests;  "Accuracy  of  Measure- 
ment as  increased  by  Eepetition," 
by  S.  S.  Haight,  read  and  dis- 
cussed, 87. 

—  September  6,  1882,  Ballots  canvass- 

ed; vote  canvassed  on  advisability 
that  Board  of  Direction  should 
nominate  Engineers  to  sei-ve  on 
Advisory  Boards:  death  of  Robert 
Beiggs  and  William  B  Hyde  an- 
nounced; Norman  Medal  present- 
ed; Diving  Ajiparatus  and  Safety 
Lamp  exhibited,  101. 

—  September  20, 1882,  "  Rapid  Meth- 

ods of  Topographical  Surveying," 
by  WillIam  Bell  Dawson,  read 
and  discussed,  103. 

—  October  4.   1882,  Death  of  Ashbel 

Welch,  President  of  the  Society, 
announced:  resolutions  in  refer- 
ence to  the  death  of  the  President 
reported  from  the  Board  of  Direc- 
tion and  adopted:  "The  Drain- 
age of  the  Valley  of  Mexico,"  by 
Francisco  de  Gakay,  read  and  dis- 
cussed, 103. 

—  October   18,    1882,    Death    of  Hen- 

RiQUE  Harris,  announced;  "The 
Care  and  Maintenance  of  Iron 
Bridges,"  by  Henry  D.  Blunden, 
read  and  discussed,  104:. 

—  November  1,  1882,  Amendments  to 

Constitution  proposed  relating  to 
Life  Membership,  to  method  of 
amending  Constitution,  and  to 
formation  of  Sections  of  Society 
Members:  joint  meeting  of  Engi- 
neer Societies  in  memory  of  A.  L. 
Holley,  111. 

—  November    15,    1882,     (Adjourned 

Meeting  from  November  1);  Bal- 
lots canvassed ;  programme  for 
Tests  of  Materials  discussed,  112. 

—  December  6,  1882,  Ballots  canvass- 

ed; "Underground  Water  Sup- 
ply," by  J.  J.  E.  Croes,  read  and 
discussed,  117. 

—  December  20,  1882,  "The  Increased 

Efficiency  of  Railways  for  the 
Transportation  of  Freight,"  by 
William  P.  Shinn,  read  and  dis- 
cussed, 117. 
Mississippi  River,  Overflow  of  the, 
by  Lyman  Bridges,  55,  50. 


MORISON. 

—  Discussion  on  overflow  of,  66. 

MoEisoN.  George  S. — Discussion  by, 
55. 

MoRLEY,  Willl^m  Raymond. — Admit- 
ted as  Member,  101,  109. 

Newton,  Isaac. — On  Committee,  55. 

NicoL,  Thomas  Walter. — Admitted  as 
Associate,  81,  95. 

Nomination  of  Engineers  to  serve  on 
Professional  Advisorv  Boards,  88, 
101,  104,  105,  106. 

Nominations,  Committee  on,  72,  107. 

Norman  Medal,  4,  42,  72,  101.— Cen- 
sors to  aAvard,  105-  Code  of  Rules 
for  award  of,  99. 

OcKERSoN,    J.    A. — I'roposes    Amend- 
ment to  the  Constitution,  112. 
Owen,  James. — Paper  by,  67,  81. 

Paine,  Arthur  Bickley. — Admitted  as 
Member,  101,  102. 

Paine,  William  H. — Discussion  by, 
67,  87,  103,  104.— Elected  Vice- 
President,  3.— On  Committee,  1, 
56,  57.  -Presides  at  Meeting,  103, 
104,  112,  117.-  Proposes  Amend- 
ment to  the  Constitution,  111,  112. 
— Report  by,  11,  47. 

Parsons,  William  Barclay. — Admit- 
ted as  Junior,  81,  95. 

Partridge,  John  Addison. — Admitted 
as  Member,  101,  102. 

Periodicals  in  Library,  48. 

Perkins,  Charles  Penrose.  — Trans- 
ferred to  iMember,  56,  79. 

Philadelphia,  Board  of  Experts  as  to 
Water  Supply,  88,  104,  105,  106. 

Potomac  River,  Improvement  of,  by 
William  R.  Hxttton,  71. 

Pratt,  William  Abbott.  Admitted 
as  Member,  87,  95. 

Preservation  of  Timber.  (See  C!om- 
mittee. ) 

Prince,  Edward.  -  Transferred  to 
Member,  113,  116. 

Pkindle,  F.  C. — Discussion  by,  55. 

Prior,  Charles  H.  —  Admitted  as 
Member,  51,  54. 

Publications  and  Papers  received  at 
Library,  48. — Copyright  of,  56. 

Putnam,  J.  W. — Communication  by, 
65. 

Railroad  Ties  of  Iron,  1 . 

Railways,  Increased  Efficiency  of 
Railways  for  the  Transportation  of 
Freight,  by  William  P.  Shinn, 
117. 


X 


RANDOLPH. 

Randolph,  James  Lingan. — Admitted 
as  Member,  54,  79. 

Ray,  Nathaniel  Chapin  .  —Admitted  as 
Member,  87,  95. 

Reeves,  David.--  TranstVrred  to  Mem- 
ber, 71,  79. 

Reeves,  Paul  S.— Admitted  as  Associ- 
ate, 101,109. 

Reno,  James  H.  — Deatli  announced, 
i3. 

Report  of  Board  of  Direction,  2,  37. 

—  of  Finance  Committee,  2,  11,  47. 

—  of  Treasurer,  2,  44. 

Reports  of  Committees.  (See  Com- 
mittees. ) 

Resignation  of  Members.     (See  List.) 

Rhodes,  Benjamin.  —  Admitted  as 
Member,  56,  79. 

RrcE,  George  S.— Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 37,  51. 

Richards,  Joseph  R. — Discussion  bv 
72. 

Roberts,  W.  Milnoe.  -Death  an- 
nounced, 43. 

RosECEANs,  William  Staeke.— Admit- 
ted as  Member,  87,  95. 

Rosenvveig,  Alfeed.  —  Admitted  as 
Junior,  81,  102. 

Ross,  James.  — Admitted  as  Member, 
101,  109. 

Rowland  Prize,  29,  57. 

Rowland,  T.  F.-  -Discu.ssion  by,  6(i. 

RusLiNG,  CrEORciE  M.-  Admitted  as 
Member,  113,  116. 

Safford,  Edw.ved  S.— Admitted  as 
Member,  117,  123. 

Sandeeson,  J.  Gardner. — Discussion 
by,  104. 

Schuyler,  Howard.  —  Admitted  as 
Member,  81,  100. 

Schuylee,  James  Dix. --^Admitted  as 
Member,  117,   123. 

ScowDEN,  Theodoee  Ransom.— Death 
announced,  37,  52. 

Sections  of  Society  Members,  Pro- 
posed formation  of,  112. 

Seely,  Thomas  J. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 37,  51. 

Sewerage  of  Washington,  Inspection 
of,  G5. 

Shinn,  William  p. — Discussion  by,  14 
17,  117. -Paper  by,  117-Propos- 
es  Amendment  to  the  Constitu- 
tion, 112. 

Shreve,  Samuel  H.— Discussion  bv, 
104.  ^ 

SiCARD,  Martiliano.  —  Admitted  as 
Member,  1,  61. 


SMITH. 

Smith,  CilaelesC— Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 51. 

SanTH,  C.  Vandervoort. — On  Commit- 
tee, 1,  56.  -Report  by,  11,  47. 

Smith,  Williaji  Harrison. — Admitted 
as  Member,  87,  95. 

Smith,  William  Sooy. — Discussion 
by,  20,  25,  28.  -Paper  by,  67. 

Society  Meetings.    (See  Minutes.) 

Spencer,  Thomas  Wellington. — Ad- 
mitted as  Member,  117,   123. 

Standard  Time.     (See  Committee. ) 

Stanton,  Robert  B. — Discussion  by, 
103. 

Stearns,  F.  P— Paper  by,  67. 

Steel,  Tests  of  Iron,  Steel  and  other 
Materials.     (See  Tests.) 

Streams,  TheMeanVelocity  of  Streams 
tiowing  in  Natural  Channels,  bv 
R.  E.  McMath,  37. 

Structural  Materials,  Tests  of.  (See 
Tests. ) 

SuRTEEs,  Robert.— Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 5(i,  109. 

Symons,  Thomas  William.— Admitted 
as  Member,  101,  109. 

Targets  for  Rifle  Ranges,  by  O.  E. 
Michaelis.  67. 

Tests  for  Structural  Materials,  18,  56, 
57,  58,  66,  71,  87,  88,  104,  113. 

—  Proposed  law  in  reference  to,  71. 

Thackray,  George  Edward. — Admit- 
ted as  Junior,  101,  109. 

Thayer,  Russell.— Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 11 7,   123. 

Tidd.  M.  M.— Discussion  by,  16. 

Timber,  Committee  on  Preservation 
of.     (See  Committee.) 

Time,  Uniform  Standard.  (See  Com- 
mittee.) 

ToMASSEK,  Romeo  Paul.  —  Elected 
Member,  37. 

Topographical  Surveying,  Rapid 
Methods  of,  by  William  Bell 
Dawson,  103. 

Transportation  of  Freight,  Increased 
Efticiency  of  Railways  for  the,  by 
WilllamP.  Shinn,  117. 

Treasurer,  Report  of,  2,  44. 

Tunnel,  The  Hudson  River,  by  Wil- 
liam Sooy  SxMith,  67. 

Underground  Water  Supply,  by  J.  J. 

R.  Croes,  117. 
Underpinning      for      Croton      Lake 

Bridge,  by  A.  P.  Bollee,  56. 
—  Subacjueous,  by  A  G.  Menocal,  66. 
Uniformity  in  Railway  Rolling  Stock, 

by  O.  Chan.ute,  87. 


XI 


VINTON. 

Vinton,  Fkancis  Latjkens.— Memoir 
of,  91. 

Walling,  H.  F.~On  Committee,  69. 

Washington,  Convention  at.  (See 
Minutes.) 

Washington  Monument,  Visit  to,  65 . 

Water  Mains,  Removal  ot  Incrusta- 
tions in,  by  E.  H.  Keating,  55. 

Water  Supi)Iy,  Underground,  by  J.  J. 
R.  Ckoes,  117. 

Watson,  William. —Admitted  as  As- 
sociate, 51. 

Webek,  Baeon  Max  Maria  Von.— 
Death  announced,  43. — Memoir 
of,  89. 

Webster,  Albert  Lowry. — Admitted 
as  Junior,  101,  109. 

Welch,  Ashbel.— Address  by,  3.— An- 
nual Address  by,  G5.— Death  an- 
nounced, 103,  105,  110,— Discus- 
sion by,  37,  55,  72,  81,  87.— 
Elected  President,  3. — On  Com- 
mittee, 56.— Presides  at  Meetings, 
1,  2,  37,  55,  63,  70,  71,  81,  87.— 
Resolutions  in  memory  of,  103, 
105.-  ^ 


WELCH. 

Welch,  Ashbel,  Jr. — Admitted  as  As- 
sociate, 81,  85. 

Weston,  Edmund  Brownell. — Admit- 
ted as  Member,  117.  123. 

Whitcomb,  H.  D.— Proposes  Amend- 
ment to  the  Constitution,  112. 

Whitman,  Thomas  J.  —  Proposes 
Amendment  to  the  Constitution, 
112. 

Whittemore,  D.  J.— On  Committee, 
72.— Report  by,  2,  64. 

Williams,  Norman  A. — Memoir  of, 
92. 

WisNER,  George  G.  —Proposes  Amend- 
ment to   the   Constitution,   112. 

Woethen,  William  E.-^-Discussion 
by,  12,  13,  15,  104. 

Worthington,  Henry  R.— Death  an- 
nounced, 43. 

Wright,  Horatio  G.— On  Committee, 
69.— Presides  at  Convention,  63. 

Weight,  William  Wierman.— Death 
announced,  52,  55. — Memoir  of, 
119. 

YoRKE,  Edward.— Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 113,  123. 


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PROOEEDINaS. 


Vol.  VIII.— January,  1882. 
MINUTES    OF    MEETINGS 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


January  4,  1882.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.  Vice-President  Welch 
in  the  Chair.  Ballots  wei-e  canvassed,  and  the  following  candidates  de- 
clared elected  :  As  Members,  Onward  Bates,  Dardenne,  Mo. ;  William 
Wingfield  Bonnyn,  Montreal,  Canada  ;  Samuel  L.  Felton,  Jr.,  Colum- 
bus, O. ;  Charles  E.  Greene,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. ;  Thomas  W.  Jaycox, 
Leadville,  Col. ;  Mirtiliano  Sicard,  Ibague,  U.  S.  of  Colombia.  As  Asso- 
ciate, George  Henry  Frost,  New  York.  As  Juniors,  James  Peter  Bogart, 
New  Haven,  Ct. ;  Arthur  Haviland,  Jaltipan,  Mexico. 

Messrs.  Bogart,  Dresser,  Emery,  Wm.  H.  Paine  and  C.  V.  Smith  were 
appointed  a  committee  to  arrange  details  for  the  Annual  Meeting  on  the 
18th  inst. 

Illustrations  forwarded  to  the  Society  by  Charles  O.  Gleim,  Cor. 
Member,  A.  S.  C.  E.,  of  the  iron  cross-ties  and  sleepers  now  in  use  on 
the  Prussian  Government  Railroads,  were  presented  by  the  Secretary, 
and  the  subject  discussed. 


I 


THE    ANNUAL    MEETING. 

Januaky  18,  1882. — The  Society  was  called  to  order,  in  Annual  Meet- 
ing, at  10  A.  M.  Vice-President  Ashbel  Welch,  in  the  Chair,  and  present 
also  the  Members  whose  names  are  given  in  a  list  subjoined. 

Edward  A.  Doane  and  James  Owen  were  appointed  tellers  of  the  bal- 
lots to  be  canvassed. 

The  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Direction,  the  Annual  Report  of 
the  Treasurer,  and  the  Report  of  the  Finance  Committee  were  presented, 
read  by  the  Secretary,  and  accepted. 

A  rejjort  by  the  Committee  on  a  Uniform  System  for  Tests  of 
Cements,  was  read,  accepted,  and  the  Committee  continued. 

REPORT  OF  THE  COMMITTEE  ON  A  UNIFORM  SYSTEM  FOR 
TESTS  OF  CEMENTS. 

The  Committee  ajspointed  for  the  purpose  of  devising  a  uniform  sys- 
tem for  tests  of  cements,  report  that  but  little  has  been  done  during  the 
last  year  towards  the  accomplishment  of  their  duty,  owing  first,  to  the 
inability  of  its  Chairman  to  give  the  requisite  time  to  the  subject,  on 
account  of  domestic  afflictions  and  his  pressing  professional  duties  as 
Chief  Engineer  of  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  Railway ;  and 
secondly,  for  the  reason  that  the  Members  of  the  Society  have  not  re- 
sponded, excepted  in  two  instances,  to  the  call  of  the  Society  for  samples 
of  American  sand  for  experimental  examination  by  the  said  Chairman. 
To  devise  uniformity  of  tests  of  mortars  composed  of  cement  and  sand, 
requires  each  experimenter  to  have  sand  of  about  the  same  characteris- 
tics, therefore,  in  specifying  the  quality  of  sand  to  be  used  for  test  pur- 
poses, the  Committee  should  recommend  such  as  may  readily  be  pro- 
cured in  all  parts  of  the  country,  if  possible. 

In  conclusion,  I  would  respectfully  reqiaest  that  the  Secretary  be 
requested  to  issue  a  circular  to  Members,  calling  their  attention  to  the 
subject,  and  requesting  samples  of  sand  from,  say  30  to  40  different 
localities,  properly  distributed,  so  that  when  received  the  same  shall  rep- 
resent fairly  the  quality  in  each  locality. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

D.  J.  WHITTEMORE, 

Chairman. 

The  Secretary  presented  the  canvass  of  suggestions  by  Members  as  to 
the  place  for  the  next  Convention  of  the  Society,  viz. :  Washington,  48  ; 
San  Francisco,  16  ;  Chicago,  8  ;  St.  Paul,  4  ;  New  York,  3;  Baltimore,  2  ; 
New  Orleans,  1 ;  Boston,  1  ;  Denver,  1  ;  Atlanta,  1  ;  Pittsburgh,  1  ;  Mil- 
waukee, 1  ;  Richmond,  1  ;  Buffalo,  1  ;  St.  Louis,  1  ;  Cleveland,  1  ; 
Louisville,  1  ;  Minneapolis,  1 ;  Troy,  1 ;  Yellow  Stone  Park,  1  ;   White 


Sulphur  Springs,  1  ;  Some  City  on  the  Mississippi,  1  ;  Leon,  Mexico,  1. 
On  motion,  it  was  resolved  that  the  Convention  be  held  at  Washington, 
D.  C,  and  the  Board  of  Direction  was  requested  to  determine  and  an- 
nounce the  date. 

The  tellers  presented  the  canvass  of  the  ballot  for  officers,  and  the 
following  Members  were  declared  elected  as  officers  of  the  Society  for  the 
ensuing  year  : 

President : — Ashbel  Welch. 
Vice-Presidents : — James  B.  Eads,  William  H.  Paine. 

Secretary  arid  Librariaii : — John  Bogakt. 

Treasurer: — J.  James  R.  Croes. 

Directors : — Thomas  C.  Keefeb,  Thomas  L.  Casey,  Joseph  P. 
Davis,  Geoege  S.  Geeene,  Jr.,  Geoege  W.  Dressee. 

Remarks  of  Mr.  Ashbel  Welch  on  taking  the  Chair,  uj)on  his  election 
as  President  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  January  18, 
1882. 

I  take  this  occasion  to  return  my  thanks  to  the  members  of  the 
American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  present  and  absent,  for  the  honor 
they  have  conferred  on  me  by  choosing  me  for  their  president.  And 
I  desire  to  express  my  appreciation  of  the  honor  thus  conferred  of  being 
first  in  place  in  this  Society,  which  comprises  so  many  of  the  most  emi- 
nent engineers  in  the  United  States  and  Canada,  including  several  of  the 
most  distinguished  officers  of  the  army  and  navy  of  the  United  States, 
and  including,  also,  engineers  in  every  quarter  of  the  civilized  world. 
Among  the  applications  for  admission  which  we  have  received  within  the 
last  few  months,  some  were  from  the  remotest  States  of  the  American 
Union,  about  half  a  dozen  were  from  Canada  proper,  one  was  from  the 
British  proviace  of  New  Brunswick,  three  from  Mexico,  one  from  the 
United  States  of  Columbia,  one  from  the  Republic  of  Chili,  one  from 
England,  and  one  from  India  beyond  the  Ganges.  Thus  our  Society, 
and  the  works  execiited  by  its  members,  are  among  the  ties  that  are 
uniting  the  nations  of  the  earth  into  one  family. 

But  it  is  not  only  or  mainly  the  number  and  eminence  of  its  members, 
and  the  vast  territory  whose  engineering  they  largely  represent,  which 
make  the  distinctions  conferred  by  this  Society  so  honorable,  but  it  is 
especially  the  character  for  integrity  and  high-toned  professional  honor 
which  pervades  the  Society,  and  which  has  gained  for  it  universal 
respect. 

Much  of  the  advantage  of  being  a  member  of  this  Society  comes 
from  the  presumj)tion  it  raises  of  professional  integrity  as  well  as  pro- 
fessional skill.  The  office  of  engineer  is  largely  judicial.  He  is  arbiter 
between  proprietor  and  contractor.  His  hand  is  on  the  purse-strings. 
What  the  capitalist  wants  is  that  the  engineer  whom  he  entrusts  to  ex- 


pend  his  money  and  do  his  work,  shall  do  it  honestly  as  well  as  skilfully. 
The  contractor  wants  to  feel  sure  that  the  engineer,  into  whose  power  he 
puts  himself  when  he  signs  the  contract,  will  do  him  justice.  No  respon- 
sible contractor  will  bid  for  work  under  an  engineer  whom  he  does  not 
suppose  to  be  honest,  except  at  a  high  price.  Thus  the  cost  of  a  work 
may  be  very  much  affected  by  the  character  as  well  as  the  ability  of  the 
engineer. 

As  in  all  offices  of  trust,  the  engineer  is  paid  not  only  for  his  labor 
and  skill  but  for  his  character  for  integrity. 

In  order  that  the  endorsement  which  membership  of  this  Society 
gives  should  be  as  valuable  as  possible,  their  own  rej^utation  should  be 
carefully  guarded,  not  by  legislation  or  regulations,  not  by  censorship, 
but  by  the  caution  and  firmness  and  honor  of  those  who  are  asked  to 
recommend  candidates  for  admission,  and  by  the  pressure  of  a  whole- 
some professional  public  sentiment  similar  to  that  which  preserves  the 
purity  of  the  bench,  and  of  the  army  and  navy. 

The  Board  of  Censors,  to  award  the  Norman  Medal,  reported  that  in 
consequence  of  the  illness  of  one  of  their  number,  their  duties  were  not 
yet  completed.  Leave  was  granted  to  this  Board  to  report  at  a  subse- 
quent meeting  of  the  Society. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  a  Uniform  Standard  of  Time  was 
presented  through  the  Chairman,  Mr.  Sandford  Fleming,  as  follows  : 

The  Committee  appointed  to  consider  the  paper  on  Standard  Time, 
for  Railway  and  other  purposes,  read  at  the  Montreal  Convention,  June, 
1881,  beg  leave  to  rejjort  : 

EEPORT  OF  THE  SPECIAL  COMMITTEE  ON  STANDARD  TIME. 

The  Committee  have  examined  the  question  referred  to  them,  and 
fully  recognize  its  great  public  importance.  Practically  it  resolves 
itself  into  a  proposition  to  reform  our  general  time  system.  But  diffi- 
culties of  a  peculiar  nature  present  themselves.  The  Committee  does 
not  consider  the  problem  insolvable  ;  but  from  its  character  it  is  clear 
that  no  single  association,  and  that  no  one  individual  can  solve  it. 
Every  member  of  society  is  interested  in  it,  and  it  becomes  necessary  to 
consult  many  interests  in  order  that  general  concurrence  in  any  change 
be  obtained. 

Since  the  subject  was  brought  under  the  notice  of  the  Society  in 
June  last  it  has  been  taken  into  consideration  by  other  associations  : 
by  the  American  Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Science,  at  Cincin- 
nati ;  by  the  American  Metrological  Society,  in  New  York  ;  by  the  Asso- 
ciation for  the  Reform  and  Codification  of  the  LaAv  of  Nations,  at 
Cologne,  Prussia ;  by  the  International  Geographical  Congress,  at 
Venice,  Italy. 


The  members  of  the  Committee  have,  since  their  ai^pointment,  con- 
ferred individually  with  many  persons.  They  find  it  admitted  on 
all  sides  that  standard  time  for  general  use  thvotighont  the  country  is 
urgently  demanded,  and  that  the  time  has  arrived  when  action  should 
be  taken. 

That  the  question  is  one  of  importance,  it  is  only  necessary  to  glance 
at  the  existing  condition  of  our  time  service.  Mistakes  in  the  hour  of 
the  day  are  frequent.  In  every  city  or  town — in  every  State — dis- 
crepancies are  met  which  produce  great  aggregate  inconvenience. 
Thousands  of  engagements  are  broken.  Innumerable  disappointments 
and  losses  result.  In  some  cases  loss  of  life  is  caused,  and  generally  in 
consequence  of  defects  in  our  time  system,  difficulties  more  or  less 
serious  constantly  are  experienced. 

Those  difficulties  are  not  confined  to  this  country.  They  are  ex- 
perienced in  all  civilized  communities  where  lines  of  rapid  communica- 
tion have  been  established.  In  the  papers  before  the  Committee  it  is 
urged  that  the  question  is  one  which  affects  every  nationality,  and  there- 
fore any  change  which  may  be  proposed  for  this  country  should  be  such 
as  to  commend  itself  to  other  nations  for  adoption,  so  as  ultimately  to 
become  universal. 

The  time  system  which  we  follow  has  been  in  use  for  centuries.  It 
certainly  answered  all  the  purposes  of  mankind  when  there  were  no 
railways,  no  steamboats,  and  no  telegraphs.  In  some  respects  the  general 
advancement  of  civilized  communities  has  oiitgrown  the  old  custom  : 
the  yearly  march  of  events  more  and  more  rendering  it  obsolete,  and 
calling  for  reform  to  meet  the  condition  of  the  age  in  which  we  live. 

The  Committee  anticipate  diflSculty  in  effecting  a  desirable  reform  as 
no  change  in  a  matter  of  this  kind  can  be  effected  without  interfering  in 
a  greater  or  less  degree  with  long  established  usages  and  fixed  habits  of 
thought.  The  importance  of  the  qiiestion,  however,  api^ears  to  the 
Committee  to  justify  a  united  effort  to  obtain  as  complete  a  reform  as 
may  be  desirable  and  possible. 

The  Committee  feels  assured  that  the  general  intelligence  of  the  Com- 
munity will  cordially  sympathize  with  an  earnest  movement  to  bring 
about  such  modifications  in  our  time  system  as  may  be  practicable  and 
beneficial. 

The  people  of  the  old  world  are  influeuced  by  traditional  customs, 
and  generally  are  attached  to  usages  on  account  of  their  antiquity. 
They  may  adhere  even  to  imperfections, — which  years  have  made  vener- 
able. On  this  continent  this  feeling  is  modified.  Americans  are  not,  to 
the  same  extent,  disposed  to  cling  to  conventional  forms  when  these 
forms  interfere  with  public  convenience,  or  when  they  retard  progress. 
It  is,  therefore,  clear  to  the  committee  that  we  cannot  remain  passive 
until  other  nations  take  the  initiative  in  Time  reform.  For  in  this 
country  the  imperious  power  of  custom  is  less  difficult  to  overcome. 


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If  it  be  considered  that  the  initiation  of  such  a  time  system  as  the 
age  demands  properly  falls  within  the  province  of  the  people  of  America, 
it  becomes  the  more  necessary  that  we  should  make  earnest  efforts  to 
ascertain  what  best  will  meet  the  requirements  of  the  hour,  and  prove 
most  generally  beneficial  to  our  own  generation  and  those  which  fol- 
low us. 

The  Committee  holds  it  expedient  to  obtain  an  expression  of  opinion 
on  the  various  points  which  present  themselves,  from  as  large  a  number 
of  i^ractical  and  scientific  men  as  possible.  They  consider  it  essential 
to  have  the  views  of  those  who  have  been  and  are  now  engaged  in  con- 
nection with  the  great  lines  of  transportation  in  every  State,  and  Prov- 
ince between  the  two  Oceans. 

Accordingly  the  Committee  begs  leave  to  recommend  that  such  papers 
on  Standard  Time  as  they  may  consider  necessary  to  set  forth  the  sub- 
jects, be  printed,  and,  all  who  are  prominently  connected  with  Eailway 
and  Telegraph  enterprises,  or  are  in  any  way  interested  in  the  consider- 
ation of  the  question  in  the  United  States,  in  Canada,  and  in  Mexico,  be 
cordially  invited  to  send  replies  to  the  series  of  questions  which  have 
been  prepared,  with  the  view  of  obtaining  all  shades  of  opinion. 

The  Committee  more  particularly  draw  attention  to  propositions  13 
to  20  in  the  scheme  which  accompanies  this. 

It  has  been  held  by  those  who  have  given  attention  to  the  subject 
that  no  scheme  of  time  reform  can  be  considered  complete  without  pro- 
vision for  the  ultimate  removal  of  a  defect  familiar  to  many.  The  Com- 
mittee accordingly  direct  attention  to  the  suggestions  submitted  under 
the  heading  "Divisions  of  the  day  intohoixrs." 

The  Committee  respectfiilly  recommend  that  authority  be  granted  by 
the  Society  to  invite  the  co-operation  of  other  scientific  associations,  and 
that  of  other  bodies  in  the  furtherance  of  this  important  object,  and 
that  all  such  Societies  and  government  departments  interested  be  invited 
in  the  name  of  the  Society  to  attend  a  general  convention  to  meet  at 
New  York  or  Washington  on  a  day  hereafter  to  be  named,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  determining  the  Time  System  advisable  to  adopt. 

SANDFORD  FLEMING, 

Chairman. 

On  motion,   the  report  was  accepted. 

The  following  resolutions,  oflered  by  Mr.  William  G.  Hamilton,  were 
adopted  :  . 

Moved  by  Mr.  W.  G.  Hamilton. 

Seconded  by  Mr.  Worthen. 

Resolved,  That  the  rej^ort  of  the  Special  Committee  on  Standard 
Time  be  accepted  ;  and  that  the  Committee  are  hereby  requested  to  take 
such  steps  as  they  may  consider  necessary  to  obtain  information  to 
enable  them  to  report  definitely  at  a  future  meeting. 


Resolved,  That  authority  is  hereby  given  to  the  Committee  to  co- 
operate with  other  associations  in  furtherance  of  this  important  subject. 
Resolved,  That  authority  is  hereby  granted  to  the  President  of  this 
Society  to  invite  other  societies  interested,  and  that  representatives  of 
the  State  Governments,  representatives  of  the  Dominion  of  Canada,  the 
Eepublic  of  Mexico,  and  the  various  departments  of  the  General  Gov- 
ernment at  Washington,  be  invited  to  meet  in  a  convention,  as  set  forth 
in  the  report. 

Gen.  T.  G.  Ellis,  member  of  the  Committee,  said  : 
Mr.  President  :  I  am  requested  to  say  something  of  what  was  spoken 
of  in  the  meeting  of  the  Committee  on  Standard  Time.  We  had  present 
with  us  at  the  meeting  Prof.  Cleveland  Abbe,  who  is  connected  with  the 
Signal  Service,  and  he  made  some  statements  as  to  what  the  Govern- 
ment is  doing  in  Washington. 

They  have  proposed  to  set  up  a  standard  clock  in  the  basement  of 
one  of  the  buildings  in  Washington,  to  keep,  as  nearly  as  possible,  the 
exact  time.  The  clock  is  to  be  manufactured  by  the  Waltham  Company, 
in  Massachusetts,  and  will  be  ready  for  delivery  some  time  in  February. 
The  clock  is  to  be  as  fine  and  well  constructed  as  possible.  They  pro- 
pose to  set  it  up  where  the  temperature  wiU  not  vary  more  than  one 
degree  in  the  year.  They  have  been  in  the  habit  of  receiving  time 
signals  from  all  the  principal  observatories  in  the  country,  and  these 
vary  from  one  to  ten  seconds  in  their  estimate  and  computation  of  what 
is  known  as  Washington  time ;  they  receive  these  signals  now.  They 
propose  when  this  clock  is  up  to  receive  these  signals  and  return  to  these 
observatories  what  the  actual  time  is.  Then  these  different  observatories 
will  both  receive  and  transmit  the  signals  from  different  places,  so  as  to 
give  the  exact  mean  time.  And  they  propose,  whether  anything  is  done 
or  not  by  this  Society,  to  establish  a  standard  and  uniform  time  for  the 
Signal  Service  ;  they  intend  to  do  that  irrespective  of  other  arrange- 
ments. Prof.  Abbe  says  that  there  have  been  arrangements  made  for 
the  Mail  Service  and  other  services  to  have  everything  done  upon  a 
uniform  standard  of  time.  There  seems  to  be  a  disposition  at  Washing- 
ton to  establish  a  uniform  standard  of  time,  and  do  away  with  local 
time.  I  think  if  other  societies  or  other  bodies  do  not  take  some  step 
in  It,  that  the  subject  may  be  presented  to  Congress,  and  some  wrong 
step  may  be  made,  so  that  this  Committee,  in  view  of  all  the  circum- 
stances and  of  what  has  been  done  and  what  has  been  proposed,  thought 
It  would  be  an  excellent  plan  to  correspond  with  the  departments  and 
get  at  their  views  before  making  any  definite  recommendation. 

The  Committee  on  Preservation  of  Timber  reported,  through  Vice- 
President  Chanute,  Chairman  of  the  Committee,  that  very  few  answers 
had  been  received  to  the  circulars  heretofore  issued,  and  that  the  com- 
mittee proposed  seeking  further  information  upon  the  subject,  and  hoped 
to  present  a  report  at  the  next  convention. 


The  Committee  was  continued. 

Proposed  amendments  to  the  Constitution  were  then  discussed. 
Proposed  amendment  to  Article  XXII. 

Add  at  end  of  the  article,  as  follows  : 

Any  member  or  associate,  wliose  subscription  is  not  in  arrears,  may  compound  for  future 
annual  subscriptions  by  the  payment  of  three  hundred  dollars,  if  he  is  a  resident,  and  of  one 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  if  he  is  a  non-resident.  But  should  a  non-resident  become  a 
resident  he  shall  pay  the  remainder  of  the  composition,  viz.,  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars, 
or  the  usual  annual  subscription  during  the  time  of  his  residence. 

Mr.  G.  Bouscaren,  by  letter,  said  : 

I  had  hoped  to  reply  before  this  to  your  invitation  to  discuss  the 
report  of  the  Finance  Committee  on  the  proposed  amendment  for  com- 
pounding annual  dues  by  one  payment,  and  regret  exceedingly  that  my 
occupation  at  the  present  time  will  not  allow  me  to  give  this  subject  all 
the  attention  that  it  deserves. 

Believing  the  question  to  be  one  of  great  importance  concerning  the 
future  welfare  of  our  Association,  I  trust  that  the  Society  will  not  finally 
pronounce  upon  it  until  both  sides  have  been  thoroughly  and  fairly  con- 
sidered. 

The  adverse  conclusions  of  the  Committee  seem  to  be  based  chiefly  on 
the  supposition  that  the  effect  of  the  proposed  measure  would  be  ^ 
marked  decrease  in  the  financial  resources  of  the  Society  for  the  first 
twenty  years  following.  Admitting  the  mathematical  correctness  of  the 
calculation,  I  would  suggest  in  support  of  the  proposed  amendment : 

1st.  That  the  assumption  made  in  the  calculation,  that  compound- 
ing would  be  generally  followed  by  members,  can  hardly  be  sustained, 
being  contrary  to  actual  practice  in  other  societies  where  the  same  priv- 
ilege exists. 

2d.  That  the  compounding  money,  once  paid,  would  be  an  assurance 
against  eventual  lose  of  annual  dues  from  death,  resignation  or  incapacity 
to  pay. 

3d.  The  privilege  of  compounding  does  not  seem  to  have  had  a  de- 
pressing influence  on  the  English  and  French  societies,  who  are  both  in 
very  flourishing  condition,  with  comfortable  and  convenient  homes,  and 
large  amounts  permanently  invested,  this  being  attributable  principally 
to  their  numerous  memberships,  the  amounts  of  the  annual  and  com- 
pounding dues  being  less  in  each  of  them  than  for  the  American  Society, 
as  shown  by  the  following  comparison  : 

Annual  Due.     Compounding. 

„     ,,  ,    ^     .^  ( Resident  Members 4  guineas.     50  guineas. 

English  Society....  I J^QJJ.J.ggJ^^p^^  5jgm,3ei.8...    3         "  25 

French  Society ... .     AU  Members 25  francs.      600  francs . 

^.     .,         ( Resident  Members 25  doUars.     300  doUars.  }  p  ^^       ^ 

American  Society..  I jjQjj.j.ggijjg^t  jyig^jlaers...  15        "  150        "        j         ^ 

Membership  (1881). 

English  Institution  (all  paying  classes) 3,957 

French  "  "  ■  ^'^^'^ 

American        "  "  ^^o"*     5^° 


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I  believe  that  the  prosperity  of  the  Society  in  the  future  does  not 
dej^encl  so  much  on  the  amount  paid  by  each  member  as  on  the  ability 
of  the  Society  to  recruit  a  large  membership,  and  one  of  the  first  condi- 
tions to  accomplish  this  is  a  liberal  Constitution,  granting  the  same 
privileges  as  are  granted  in  other  societies  to  facilitate  the  payment  of 
dues. 

Col.  WiiiiiiAM  E.  MERKiiiL,  by  letter,  said  : 

I  had  intended  making  a  careful  investigation  into  the  matter  of 
commutation  of  dues,  proposed  by  five  members  of  the  Society  of  which 
I  was  one,  but,  unfortunately,  I  was  suddenly  summoned  to  Washington 
on  business,  and  was  unable  to  do  so.  I  have  thought  it  best,  however, 
to  submit  a  few  remarks  that  I  hope  may  be  found  pertinent. 

To  my  mind  the  laecuniary  question  resolves  itself  into  this  : 

What  is  the  present  value  of  $15  per  year  paid  by  members  of  the 
American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  or,  what  is  the  present  value  of 
an  annuity  of  $15  per  year,  which  will  continue  as  long  as  the  average 
life  of  the  members  of  this  particular  Society  ? 

The  answer  to  this  is  purely  a  question  of  mathematics,  if  we  can 
decide  upon  : 

1.  A  proper  rate  of  interest. 

2.  An  average  length  of  life  of  members  of  the  Society. 

If  we  can  assume,  as  I  think  we  may,  that  the  length  of  life  of  our 
members  will  come  up  to  the  average  of  American  experience,  we  will 
have  the  following : 

Age.  Expectation  of  Life. 

35  31.8 

36  31.1 

37  30.4 

38  29.6 

39  28.9 

40  28.2 

41  27.5 

42  26 . 7 

43  2r).0 

44  25.3 

45  24.5 

46  23.8 

47  23 . 1 

48  22.4 

49  •    21.6 

50  20.9 

If,  for  example,  we  assume  that  the  average  age  of  our  members  is  40 
years,   the  probable  average  duration  of  the  annual  payments  will  be 


10 

28 . 2  years.     If  we  assume  45  as  the  average  age,  the  average  duration  of 
payments  will  be  24 . 5  years. 

The  following  is  the  formula  for  determining  the  present  value  of  an 
annuity  which  will  run  a  given  number  of  years  : 


^^yO-dT^yr) 


in  which 


a  =  present  value  of  the  annuity. 
h  =  the  annual  payment. 
t  =  the  number  of  years. 
r  =  the  annual  interest  on  one  dollar. 
(See  Davies  &  Peck,  Dictionary  of  Mathematics,  p.  30. ) 

I  have  not  had  time  to  apply  this  formula  to  many  cases,  but  I  have 
worked  out  the  following  : 


Rate  of  Interest. 

4  per  cent. 

■6  per  cent. 

40 
44 
45 

250.92 
235.98 
2.31.54 

201.66 
192.77 
190.03 

I  would  therefore  suggest  that  the  proper  way  to  settle  this  matter, 
on  a  basis  that  will  be  unassailable,  will  be  to  ascertain  the  age  of  each 
member  of  the  Society,  and  after  the  average  age  has  thus  been  deter- 
mined, to  obtain  the  ojjinion  of  a  reliable  actuary,  as  to  the  rate  of  in- 
terest that  should  be  charged,  and  the  "  Expectation  of  Life  "  that  should 
be  assumed  for  members  of  this  particular  profession. 

When  these  main  points  are  fairly  established,  then  the  Society  will 
be  able  to  judge  of  the  actual  cash  value  of  its  annual  income,  and  can  fix 
a  fair  sum  for  the  composition  of  dues. 

I  will  not  dwell  on  the  arguments  in  favor  of  comijounding — such  as 
the  advantage  of  having  a  certain,  even  if  small,  income,  enough  to  keep 
the  Society  together  if  all  other  sources  fail — the  imjiortance  of  saving 
high  interest  by  paying  our  building  debt  — the  great  mutations  incident 
to  the  profession  of  Civil  Engineering,  which  often  make  it  easier  to  pay 
a  lump  sum  in  flush  times  than  constant  annual  fees — the  example  of 
sister  societies  abroad,  &c. ,  &c. ;  because  I  understand  that  other  mem- 
bers will  enlarge  on  these  considerations. 

In  conclusion,  I  must  apologize  for  the  late  date  of  this  letter,  but  I 
have  been  unexpectedly  hindered. 


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The  report  of  the  Finance  Committee  on  the  subject  of  compounding 
annual  dues  by  one  payment,  already  issued  in  circular  form  and  printed 
in  Proceedings,  Vol.  VII ;  October,  1881,  p.  102,  was  read  ;  the  conclu- 
sion of  that  report  being  as  follows  : 

* '  With  these  facts  before  us,  and  in  the  present  state  of  our  finances, 
when  our  expenses  so  nearly  correspond  with  our  inconae,  we  cannot 
recommend  any  basis  for  compounding  dues  which  shall  tend  to  lessen 
our  present  annual  income. 

The  plan  of  compounding  the  dues  of  members  on  the  basis  i^ro- 
posed  would  tend  to  seriously  lessen  our  annual  income.  And  the  more 
generally  this  plan  came  into  practice,  the  greater  would  be  our  financial 
embarrassment. 

The  only  amounts  that,  under  the  present  circumstances,  would  be 
safe  to  adopt  would  be  so  large  as  to  appear  unreasonable,  and  tend  to 
discourage  members  from  compounding. 

While  we  look  with  favor  upon  the  plan  of  compounding  dues  as 
having  for  its  object  the  permanent  and  best  interests  of  the  Society, 
and  which,  if  in  successful  operation,  would  in  time  accomplish  all  that 
might  be  expected  of  it,  yet  we  fear  that  its  introduction  at  the  present 
time  might  so  seriously  embarrass  the  Society  financially  as  to  jeopardize 
those  important  interests  which  this  plan  was  especially  designed  to 
subserve. 

We  therefore  recommend  that  this  proposed  amendment  to  the  Con- 
stitution be  not  adopted." 

Respectfully  submitted, 

W.  H.   PAINE, 
JOS.  P.  DAVIS, 
C.  V.  SMITH, 

Committee  on  Finance. 


On  motion,  it  was  resolved  :  That  this  Annual  Meeting  recommends 
to  the  Society  that  the  above  jiroposed  amendment  to  Article  XXII,  is 
injudicious  in  the  jDreseut  condition  of  the  Society  and  that  it  should 
not  be  adopted. 

The  following  resolution  was  offered  by  Mr.  William  G.  Hamilton, 
and  seconded  :  That  any  member  of  the  Society  who  may  have  given 
S500  to  the  Building  Fund,  or  Avho  may  give  $500  to  that  fund  during 
the  next  three  years,  shall  be  made  a  life  member  from  the  date  of  such 
payment,  and  shall  be  exempt  from  annual  dues. 

Mr.  William  P.  Shinn  made  the  point  of  order  that  to  effect  the  ob- 
ject of  this  resolution,  would  require  the  regular  forms  provided  for  an 
amendment  to  the  Constitution.  • 

The  motion  was  lost. 


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The  following  proposed  amentlment  was  then  discussed  : 
Proposed  amendment  to  Article  XXIV. 

After  the  words  "FeUowsliip  Fund"  at  tlie  end  of  the  first  line,  insert  the  words, 
"Ten  Thousand  Dollars  of  whioh  shall  he,"  so  as  to  read  :  "  There  shall  be  a  fund  called 
the  Fellowship  Fund,  ten  thousand  dollars  of  which  shall  be  devoted  exclusively  to  the 
publication  of  the  papers  read  before  the  Society,"  &c.,  &c. 

Also  add  at  the  close  of  the  article,  the  words,  "Fellows  shall  be  elected  in  the  same 
manner  as  Honorary  Members." 

Mr.  O.  Chanute. — I  may  explain,  in  connection  with  this  i^roposed 
amendment,  that  the  Fellowship  Fund  has  been  practically  dead  for  six 
years.  There  has  been  during  that  time  but  one  accession  to  the  Fellows 
of  the  Society.  That  fund  was  originally  pledged  to  the  publication  of 
papers  read  before  the  Society.  The  interest  received  from  it  is  wholly 
inadequate  to  paying  any  considerable  jjortion  of  the  cost  of  the  publica- 
tions of  the  Society,  and  the  necessity  of  having  a  fund  of  that  kind  has 
practically  passed.  The  amount  of  that  fund  is  now  about  ^9,000,  and 
the  annual  interest  would  be  i^iSO.  It  is  not  proj)osed  to  take  any  por- 
tion of  the  fund  which  has  accrued  for  other  uses  ;  but  it  is  jaroposed  to 
devote  future  accretions  as  the  members  of  the  Society  may  think  best  to 
determine  ;  for  that  purpose  we  propose  to  limit  the  amount  specifically 
pledged  to  the  publications  to  the  sum  of  $10,000,  or  $1,000  more  than 
has  been  gathered,  and  to  leave  the  disposition  of  future  accretions  to  be 
hereafter  determined  ;  for  that  purpose  a  few  verbal  changes  are  proposed 
in  the  article . 

On  motion,  it  was  resolved,  that  this  Annual  Meeting  recommends  to 
the  Society  the  adoption  of  the  above  proposed  amendment  to  Article 
XXIV. 

The  following  proposed  amendment  was  then  discussed  : 
Pi'oposed  amendment  to  Article  V .  : 

Second  line  by  striking  out  the  word  "  five  "  and  inserting  the  word  "ten,"  so  that  it 
shall  read  "ten  Directors." 

The  Article  will  then  read  :  Article  V.— The  officers  of  the  Society  shall  consist  of  a 
Pi'esident,  two  Vice-Presidents,  a  Secretary,  Treasurer,  Librarian,  and  ten  Directors,  &c  ,  &c. 

In  response  to  an  inquiry,  it  was  explained  that  the  Society  was 
organized  under  the  Laws  of  the  State  of  New  York,  and  that  those  laws 
required  that  a  majority  of  the  Board  of  Direction  should  constitute  a 
quorum. 

Mr.  William  E.  Worthen.— This  amendment  is  one  of  my  proposi- 
tion. From  my  experience  on  the  Nominating  Committee,  having  been 
twice  Chairman,  I  have  seen  the  necessity  that  non-resident  members 
should  be  represented  by  more  Directors  in  our  Board.  Under  the  pres- 
ent system,  out  of  ten,  there  can  be  only  four  non-residents,  which  in 
the  ticket  just  elected  consists  of  President,  one  Vice-President,  and  two 
Directors.  As  a  qut)rum  is  essential  for  the  transaction  of  business,  it 
has  involved  what  seemed  to  be  a  necessity  to  have  a  majority  of  the 


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officers,  or  six,  as  residents.  Our  new  President,  who  was  Vice-President 
last  year,  and  otir  last  President,  although  non-residents,  have  attended 
many  of  the  Directors'  meetings,  and  it  seems  to  me,  that  by  proper 
selection  from  non-resident  members  in  our  vicinage,  we  shall  be  as  sure 
of  a  quorum  as  from  residents.  I  would  like  that,  as  far  as  possible,  the 
United  States  should  be  represented  on  the  Board  of  Direction.  The 
amendment  was  proposed  to  bring  the  matter  before  the  Society  ;  it  can 
be  changed  or  amended  as  we  see  fit. 

Me.  Theodore  Coopee. — Mr.  Chairman  :  Mr.  Joseph  P.  Davis,  one 
of  the  proposers  of  the  amendment,  was  called  away,  and  wished  me  to 
express  his  changed  opinion  in  regard  to  the  proposed  amendment.  The 
idea  is  to  increase  the  number  of  the  Board  of  Direction.  The  law 
reqtiires  that  the  quorum  shall  be  a  majority  of  the  whole  Board.  All 
that  have  been  present  at  these  meetings  know  the  difficulty  of  getting 
together  a  quorum  of  the  Board  of  Direction.  The  Secretary  has  to 
drum  very  loudly  at  times  to  get  a  quorum  together.  It  seems  to  me 
that  the  more  you  increase  the  number,  the  more  you  increase  the  diffi- 
culty. A  majority  should  be  resident  members,  or  members  within 
limits  such  that  they  can  come  to  the  meetings,  or  they  cannot  have  a 
quorum.  If  the  Secretary  has  to  drum  up  fifteen  Directors,  his  duties  are 
going  to  be  largely  increased.  How  it  is  going  to  benefit  the  Society  by 
increasing  the  number  I  do  not  see.  We  cannot  take  members  from  a 
distance  to  represent  the  United  States,  for  if  we  do  we  will  destroy  the 
possibility  of  a  quorum. 

Me.  William  E.  Worthen. — In  that  view  we  had  better  have  one 
Director.  It  seems  to  me  it  is  a  National  Society,  and  the  nation  should 
be  represented .  I  have  been  on  the  Board  of  Direction,  and  I  under- 
stand the  difficulties  of  getting  a  quorum,  but  I  do  not  see  why  people 
cannot  come  to  the  necessary  meetings  from  a  little  distance  as  well  as 
people  right  here.  At  present,  we  may  say,  there  are  four  outside  mem- 
bers— the  President  from  New  Jersey,  the  first  Vice-President  from  St. 
Louis,  the  first  Director  from  Canada,  and  the  second  one  from  Washing- 
ton. We  distributed  it  around  as  well  as  we  could.  It  does  seem  to  me 
that  if  we  could  put  in  somebody  from  Philadelphia,  Boston,  Springfield 
and  Hartford,  it  would  add  a  great  deal  to  our  Society,  and  make  it 
more  national. 

Me.  Theodoee  Coopee. — I  appreciate  the  fact  that  the  Society  should 
be  represented  abroad,  but  how  is  it  to  be  done  ?  The  gentleman  has 
limited  it  to  a  Utile  distance  from  New  York.  That  will  not  cover 
the  United  States.     Is  it  necessary  to  thus  represent  the  United  States  '? 

Me.  William  E.  Woethen.— The  four  that  we  have  got  out  of  the 
city  are  about  as  well  distributed  as  possible,  but  if  there  were  more 
Directors  the  vicinity  might  be  here  represented. 

Mr.  Cooper  knows  what  the  trouble  is  of  making  up  a  ticket.  It  is 
difficult  to  suit  all  meridians. 


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Mr.  Charles  H.  Fisher. — It  is  suggested  that  you  enlarge  your 
Board  of  Directors  ;  make  twenty-five  if  necessary  and  let  tliere  be  from 
these  an  executive  committee  of  four  or  five  appointed,  composed  of 
those  who  reside  in  the  city,  and  give  thein  full  power.  Of  course,  it 
would  require  some  constitutional  amendment.  It  would  nationalize  the 
society  so  far  as  having  its  officers  live  in  all  parts  of  the  country,  and 
yet  tliere  will  be  the  power  concentrated — leaving  the  rights  in  the  hands 
of  the  full  committee. 

Mr.  J.  J.  Croes. — The  law  requires  that  the  majority  of  the  Trus- 
tees should  form  a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business  I  do  not 
know  whether  that  majority  has  a  right  to  delegate  their  powers  to  a 
small  minority.  I  think  it  highly  probable  that  in  some  matters  the 
transactions  of  such  a  committee  could  be  lipset  by  any  persons  disposed 
to  make  trouble.  The  difficulty  of  getting  a  quorum  which  equally  ex- 
ists, as  to  those  members  who  live  away  and  those  who  live  in  New  York, 
is  very  great.  As  it  is,  if  you  increase  the  number  you  increase  the  diffi- 
culty. There  have  been  twenty  meetings  of  the  Board  of  Direction, 
called  for  various  jDurposes  since  the  last  annual  meeting.  You  can  see 
that  when  a  Director  lives  in  Philadelphia,  who  is  in  active  business,  it 
costs  him  something  in  time  and  in  money  to  attend  all  the  meetings  of 
the  Board  of  Direction.  We  have  had  an  offer  to  pay  the  expenses  of  a 
Director  from  that  city,  but  I  fear  the  gentleman  who  made  it  would 
back  out. 

Mr.  William  E.  Worthen. — Was  there  a  quorum  in  all  our  meet- 
ings ? 

Mr.  J.  J.  R.  Croes. — I  do  not  know  sir. 

Mr.  Wm.  p.  Shinn. — I  believe  there  is  no  motion  before  this  meet- 
ing. 

The  Chair.  —  The  subject  of  this  amendment  is  before  the  meeting. 

Mr.  William  P.  Shinn. — I  symjiatbize  with  the  object  which  Mr. 
Worthen  desired  to  attain  by  his  amendment.  I  am  always  in  favor  of 
doing  all  we  can  in  any  way  to  nationalize  the  society,  but  I  doubt  the 
plan  simply  for  the  reason  that  it  is  difficult  to  get  a  quorum  together. 
I  thought  of  making  the  suggestion  that  Mr.  Fisher  made,  but  I  had 
the  same  doubt  about  its  legality.  For  the  purpose  of  bringing  the  mat- 
ter to  a  point,  I  move,  that  this  meeting  recommends  that  the  amend- 
ment should  not  be  jDassed  or  adopted,  and  that  the  subject  be  referred 
to  the  incoming  Board  with  the  request  that  they  obtain  information 
upon  the  point  as  to  whether  the  Board  of  Direction  can  be  increased 
and  can  delegate  its  power  to  a  committee  composed  of  the  minority  of 
the  Board  ;  and  in  case  they  find  that  it  can  be  done,  to  submit  their 
amendment  to  the  constitution  for  action  at  the  next  meeting. 

Mr.  Theodore  Cooper. — There  is  a  clause  in  the  By-Laws  jjroviding 
for  an  executive  committee  ;  the  action  of  the  executive  committee  is 
legal,  only  after  it  is  endorsed  by  a  quorum  of  the  Board  of  Directors, 


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at  a  future  meeting.  They  are  acting  without  authority  until  then  ;  then 
it  becomes  perfectly  legal.  That  is  the  principle,  as  I  understand  it,  of 
all  executive  committees. 

The  Secret.'Lry  read  clause  referred  to  by  Mr.  Cooper,  viz. :  By-Laws, 
Section  18.  "The  Board  of  Direction  shall  i:)rovide  for  an  executive 
committee  to  act  in  the  absence  of  a  quorum  or  during  the  intervals  be- 
tween meetings." 

Mk.  William  E.  Wokthen.— How  many  times  during  the  year  has 
there  been  a  quorum  of  Directors  ?  How  many  meetings  would  be  nec- 
essary ?  It  seems  to  me  there  is  need  of  but  very  few.  May  be  more 
than  when  I  was  a  Director.     We  did  not  have  twenty  meetings. 

The  Secretary. — One  of  the  most  important  subjects  which  the 
Board  of  Direction  has  to  consider,  is  the  passing  upon  applications  for 
membership.  There  has  been  a  feeling  among  the  members  of  the 
Board  of  Direction  for  several  years  past,  that  that  was  a  duty,  and  that 
as  many  as  possible  of  the  Board  ought  to  be  present  when  it  was  at- 
tended to  ;  outside  of  that  there  is  a  good  portion  of  the  business  of  the 
Board  that  could  be  done  by  committees  ;  there  are  certain  points  where 
it  would  be  absolutely  necessary  to  have  a  quorum  of  the  Board. 

Mr.  William  E.  Worthen. — Could  not  that  be  submitted  to  each 
member  of  the  Board  of  Direction  by  letter  ? 

The  Secretary. — I  tried  that,  and  the  members  of  the  Board— not 
myself — the  members  of  the  Board  did  not  like  it.  They  thought  that 
discussion  and  talk  over  an  applicant's  fitness  was  an  important  element 
in  passing  upon  the  application. 

Mr.  Theodore  Cooper. — There  are  many  new  members  of  the  Board 
of  Direction  who  come  in,  like  all  new  members  of  boards,  prepared  to 
reform  everything  that  has  been  done  in  the  past.  Only  by  attending 
the  meetings,  and  hearing  the  discussions,  can  a  Director  fully  under- 
stand the  condition  of  this  Society.  If  you  appoint  half-a-dozen  mem- 
bers, scattered  all  the  way  from  Canada  to  Mexico,  and  who  know  nothing 
of  the  internal  action  of  the  Society,  it  will  not  tend  to  imi^rove  the 
condition  of  the  Society,  for  they  have  no  ready  means  of  entering  into 
the  discussion  with  the  other  Directors  or  knowing  what  has  been  done 
in  the  past.  The  gentleman,  whom  I  stated  before  I  represented,  Mr. 
Davis,  formerly  resided  in  Boston.  If  I  understood  him  properly  at 
that  time,  he  did  not  believe  as  he  does  now,  that  the  managers  in  New 
York  are  doing  the  best  for  the  Society  that  circumstances  will  per- 
mit. During  the  past  year  he  has  been  a  resident  member  of  the  Board 
of  Direction,  and  understands  clearly  the  difficulties  to  be  met  by  the 
Board  in  their  management  of  our  affairs.  Now  that  is  the  trouble  ;  we 
have  a  number  of  Directors  who  have  never  come  to  our  meetings  ; 
they  never  know  what  is  going  on.  I  think,  if  you  could  get  them  all 
to  attend,  it  would  be  well  to  have  more  Directors,  but  until  that  can  be 
accomplished,  I  can  see  no  benefit  from  increasing  their  number. 


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Mr.  Geo.  W.  Deesser. — I  think,  as  to  the  princij^le  of  this  amend- 
ment, it  is  not  good  policy  in  the  management  of  any  corporation  to  have 
too  large  a  Board  of  Directors.  There  is  no  great  efficiency  gained  by  a 
large  Board,  while  the  difficulty  of  obtaining  a  quorum  would  be  greater 
if  you  increased  the  number  of  Directors.  I  think  and  suggest  it  would 
be  better  to  keep  things  just  as  they  are. 

A  MEjruEE. — Pay  the  Directors  five  dollars  each,  every  time  they  come. 

Mr.  J.  J.  E.  Oeoes. — By  the  rules  of  the  Institution  of  Civil  Engi- 
neers of  England,  a  record  is  kept  of  the  members  of  their  Board  present 
at  each  meeting,  and  it  is  read  at  the  annual  meetings,  and  those  members 
who  have  attended  the  least  are  ineligible  for  re-election.  The  diflSculty 
in  the  discussion  of  this  mattej.-  is,  there  is  too  much  talk  of  sectionalism. 
We  are  a  National  Society,  and  I  am  sure,  that  every  member  of  the 
Board  feels  that,  as  much  as  every  member  that  lives  in  Kalamazoo  or 
Kamschatka.  There  is  too  much  talk  about  that,  because  the  question 
where  a  man  lives  does  not  make  any  difference  in  regard  to  the  Society; 
it  is  only  a  question  as  to  the  practical  management  of  the  business 
operations  of  the  Society,  and  unless  those  members  live  reasonably  near 
New  York,  you  cannot  get  them  to  attend.  Here  are  four  members  of 
the  Board  that  can  be  scattered  around  fifty  miles  ;  Mr.  Worthen  has 
mentioned  that  they  come  from  Missouri  and  Canada ;  those  can  be 
shifted  around,  and  still  there  will  be  a  representation  of  these  gentle- 
men from  the  outside  ;  but  I  know  from  my  recollection  of  the  meetings 
of  the  Board  of  Direction,  that  we  do  not  hear  from  those  gentlemen,  or 
get  any  suggestions  from  them  once  a  year — from  those  gentlemen  who 
are  communicated  with  at  least  every  month  by  the  Secretary.  All 
papers  and  circulars  are  sent  to  them,  and  they  are  requested  to  say 
what  they  have  to  say;  but  they  do  not  say  it,  nor  do  they  come.  But 
as  to  any  feeling  because  New  Yorkers  are  by  the  law  obliged  to  attend 
to  the  actual  business  management,  I  do  not  think  that  it  is  fair  to 
advance  that  kind  of  sectional  and  provincial  argument. 

Mr.  M.  M.  Tidd. — This  is  the  first  time  I  have  heard  anything  of 
sectionalism.  It  comes  from  the  New  York  members  now.  I  have  been 
well  satisfied  with  the  manner  in  which  matters  have  been  managed  ;  I 
have  been  highly  and  well  satisfied,  and  no  doubt  I  shall  ahvays  be. 

Mr.  J.  J.  R.  Ceoes. — That  gentleman  has  not  had  the  privilege  of 
seeing  the  correspondence  of  the  Secretary. 

A  motion  was  then  made  that  this  Annual  Meeting  recommends  to 
the  Society  that  the  above  proposed  amendment  to  Article  V  of  the  Con- 
stitution be  not  adopted. 

The  Chaie. — The  motion  is  seconded.  All  in  favor  of  the  motion, 
that  this  amendment  be  not  recommended,  will  say  aye. 

The  motion  was  carried. 

The  Chaie.— The  amendment  is  not  recommended.  The  other  reso- 
lution was^ — will  Mr.  Shinn  please  repeat  in  his  own  words  ? 


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Mr.  Wm.  p.  Shinn. — I  think,  after  the  discussion  that  has  taken 
place,  I  will  withdraw  the  motion  in  regard  to  reqiiesting  the  Board  to 
investigate  the  legality. 

The  Chair. — Then  the  motion  is  withdrawn. 
The  following  jDroposed  amendment  was  then  discussed  : 
Proposed  amendment  to  Article  XXXIII.  : 
strikeout  the  word  "October"  in  the  third  line  and  substitute  therefore  the  word  "  No- 
vember." 

Also  strike  out  the  word  "February  "  in  thceighthline  audsubstitute  the  word  "March." 

It  was  explained  that  these  were  merely  verbal  changes  made  desir- 
able by  the  change  of  the  date  of  the  Annual  Meeting  from  November  to 
January. 

On  motion,  it  was  resolved,  that  this  Annual  Meeting  recommends  to 
the  Society  the  adoption  of  the  above  proposed  amendments  to  Article 
XXXIII. 

The  Committee  on  the  Gauging  of  Streams  presented  the  following 
report  : 

EEPOET  OF  THE  COMMITTEE  ON  THE  GAUGING  OF 

STEEAMS. 

New  York,  January  18,  1882. 

The  Committee  on  the  Gauging  of  Streams  have  the  honor  to  present 
some  gaugiugs  of  the  Connecticut  Eiver  at  Hanover,  N.  H.,  made  under 
the  direction  of  Prof.  Eobert  Fletcher,  A.  S.  C.  E. ,  during  the  past  sum- 
mer, giving  the  details  of  the  operations  and  the  flow  of  the  stream  in  a 
very  dry  season. 

The  Committee  have  to  repeat  what  has  been  reported  to  the  Society 
before,  that  the  difficulty  of  creating  an  interest  in  the  subject  of  stream 
gauging  among  those  persons  who  are  in  position  to  have  such  gaugings 
made  as  will  be  useful,  has  been  most  discouraging  to  them,  and  they  re- 
quest that  the  Committee  be  discontinued. 

Eespectfully  submitted, 

J.  J.  E.  CEOES, 

Chairman. 

THEO.  G.  ELLIS. 

On  motion,  the  report  was  received  and  the  Committee  discontinued. 

The  Secretary  announced  details  of  programme  for  the  next  day. 

The  meeting,  at  1  p.  m.  ,  took  a  recess  for  lunch,  which  was  served  in 
the  Society  House. 

The  session  was  resumed  at  2.30  p.  m. 

The  Board  of  Direction  presented  the  following  report  on  the  subject 
of  Tests  of  Iron,  Steel  and  other  metals  : 


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KEPORT  OF  THE  BOAED  OF  DIRECTION. 


Amekican  Society  of  CrvrL  Engineeks,      ) 

127  East  Twenty-thied  Street,  >- 

New  York,  January  17,  1882.  ) 

The  Board  of  Direction  herewith  transmits  to  the  Society  the  report 
made  to  it  by  the  Committee  apjjointed  at  the  last  Annual  Convention 
"  to  examine  further  into  the  subject  of  Tests  of  Iron  and  Steel,  and 
other  Metals,"  &c.,  &e. 


EEPOET  OF  THE  COMMITTEE  ON  THE  SUBJECT  OF  TESTS  OF  IKON, 
STEEL  AND    OTHEK  METALS. 

The  Committee  of  the  American  Societj-  of  Civil  Engineers,  appointed  at 
the  Convention  at  Montreal,  June  17th,  1881,  to  "examine  further  into  the 
subject  of  Tests  of  Iron,  Steel  and  other  Metals,  and  to  report  a  recommenda- 
tion to  the  Board  of  Direction,  who  shall  take  such  action  as  they  see  fit,"  beg 
respectfully  to  report  that  they  have  had  a  number  of  meetings  and  have  as  a 
Committee  consulted  with  two  members  of  the  late  U.  S.  Board  for  Testing 
Iron,  Steel  and  other  Metals,  and  have  individually  consulted  with  three 
members  of  this  Board,  also  with  a  number  of  manufacturers  of  different 
metals  in  different  parts  of  the  United  States. 

Your  Committee  do  not  understand  it  to  be  within  their  province  to  discuss 
the  work  of  theU.  S.  Board.  The  unavoidable  delaj'  incurred  by  it  in  getting 
the  testing  machine  at  Watertown  built,  tended  to  weaken  the  public  belief  in 
the  necessity  for  the  existence  of  such  a  Board,  and  no  dovibt  helped  to 
strengthen  the  opposition  made  to  appropriations  for  its  use. 

They  find  that  the  Board  has  done  a  large  amount  of  valuable  work  in  de- 
veloping a  comprehensive  scheme  of  tests,  and  in  carrying  a  few  of  these  to 
completion.     For  all  this  it  deserves  the  hearty  thanks  of  scientific  men. 

Your  Committee  are  of  the  opinion  that  it  is  of  the  utmost  importance  that 
Congress  should  appoint  a  Commission  to  superintend  a  systematic  series  of 
tests  of  structural  materials,  and  should  place  in  the  hands  of  this  Commission 
such  sums  by  annual  appropriation  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  successful 
prosecution  of  the  work  ;  and  with  instructions  to  commence  at  once  with  a 
series  of  tests  which  will  be  so  practical  as  to  convince  the  people  of  the  United 
States  of  the  necessity  which  exists  of  having  such  tests  made  :  while  at  the 
same  time  the  Commission  should  be  instructed  to  carry  on  the  scientific  tests 
which  have,  so  far  as  the  public  is  concerned,  only  a  theoretical  interest. 

It  is  our  opinion  that  these  jDractical  tests  should  be  made  on  structures 
which  the  i^ublic  use,  such  as  beams,  bridges — and  the  various  members  of 
which  these  are  composed — cohimns,  wire  cables,  and  other  materials  used  in 
construction,  in  which  the  public  has  a  direct  interest. 


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Your  Committee  do  not  consider  it  of  so  much  importance  by  whom  the 
work  is  done,  as  that  it  should  be  done,  and  that  the  results  should  be  pub- 
lished, both  for  the  benefit  of  the  public  and  of  the  engineering  professions, 
with  the  least  possible  delay. 

We  think  that  it  is  desirable  to  have  the  work  of  such  a  Commission  carried 
on  under  Government  auspices,  either  by  a  civil  commission  alone,  or  by  a 
civil  commission  associated  with  the  officers  representing  the  Engineering 
Corps  both  of  the  Army  and  Navy. 

All  the  chemical  and  physical  experiments  made  by  this  Commission 
should  be  systematically  recorded  ;  and  published  as  soon  as  there  are  enough 
of  them  to  make  it  worth  while  ;  without  comment  at  first,  so  that  they  may 
be  discussed  by  all  the  scientific  men  of  the  country,  with  a  view  of  having  a 
large  number  "of  expert  opinions  previous  to  publishing  the  results  for  the 
practical  use  of  the  professions  interested. 

Your  Committee  also  think  it  probable  that  it  is  wisest  that  the  U.  S.  Test- 
ing Machine  should  remain  where  it  is.  They  think,  however,  that  it  should 
at  once  be  brought  up  to  its  maximum  of  efficiency,  and  that  it  should  be 
open  to  the  use  of  the  public,  when  not  actually  in  the  service  of  the  Com- 
mission ;  and  that  one  of  the  conditions  of  its  use  should  be  that  the  parties 
using  it  should  allow  the  results  to  be  published  by  the  Commission. 

This  Committee  are  also  of  opinion,  that  the  Commission  to  be  appointed 
should  be  composed  either  of  ten  9ivil  engineers,  or  of  five  civil  engineers  and 
five  officers  of  the  Staff  Department  of  the  Army  and  Navy  ;  the  civil  engineers 
to  be  members  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  the  American  In- 
stitute of  Mining  Engineers,  or  the  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engi- 
neers,* and  to  be  appointed  by  the  President  of  the  United  States  ;  that  it 
should  be  the  duty  of  this  Commission  to  organize  itself,  and  to  receive  and 
account  for  all  appropriations  made  for  this  work,  to  employ  all  necessary 
assistance  for  carrying  on  the  work,  to  arrange  plans  for  work  to  be  done,  and 
for  the  purchase  of  the  necessary  materials  ;  to  arrange  in  general  how  tests 
are  to  be  made,  and  the  forms  of  reports  from  assistants  to  the  Commission  ; 
to  arrange  for  a  distribution  of  these  preliminary  reports  to  experts,  request- 
ing criticisms  and  suggestions  from  the  persons  receiving  them  ;  to  make  up 
the  final  report  ;  to  report  to  the  proper  department  both  as  to  accounts  and 
work  done  ;  to  distribute  or  direct  the  distribiition  of  the  final  report  in  such 
manner  that  copies  of  the  same  shall  be  distributed  among  engineers  and 
other  parties  having  direct  interest  in  the  scientific  and  practical  results  as- 
certained, in  preference  to  the  usual  methods  of  distributing  the  same. 

That  the  necessary  expenses  of  members  of  the  Commission  shall  be  paid 
from  the  appropriations. 

That  in  case  no  commission  be  authorized  by  Government,  a  permanent 
committee  be  appointed  by  the  Society  to  institute  by  any  means  in  their  power 
the  carrying  out  of  tests  such  as  are  most  needed  and  the  spread  of  informa- 
tion thus  gained,  through  the  medium  of  the  Society's  publications. 

It  is  the  opinion  of  your  Committee  that  a  Committee  with  power  to  act  in 


=^  It  has  been  learned  by  a  comparison  of  the  lists  of  members  of  these  Societies  that  most 
of  the  members  of  the  Am.  Soc.  Civ.  Engs.  who  could  serve  on  such  a  committee  are  also 
members  of  the  Am.  Inst.  Min.  Engs.  and  of  the  Am.  Soc.  Mechan.  Engs. 


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the  name  of  this  Society  should  be  appointed  with  the  least  possible  delay  ; 
and  that  they  should  ask  all  the  engineering  societies,  technological  schools, 
learned  societies  and  colleges  of  the  country  to  co-operate  with  them  in  in- 
fluencing Congress  to  appoint  a  Commission  who  should  be  entrusted  with  the 
whole  subject  of  preparing  and  making  tests  of  all  the  materials  used  for 
structural  and  engineering  purposes. 

All  which  is  respectfi;lly  submitted, 

THOS.  EGLESTON,  Chairmaiu 

W.  METCALF. 

A.  P.  BOLLER. 

THOMAS  C.  CLARKE. 

F.  COLLINGWOOD. 

The  great  and  j^ressing  importance  of  resuming  the  investigation 
begun  nine  years  ago,  into  the  strength  of  metallic  structures,  the  parts 
and  materials  of  which  they  are  composed,  can  hardly  be  overstated. 
While,  perhaps,  it  is  best  realized  by  members  of  the  engineering  pro- 
fession, every  consideration  of  public  safety,  of  corporate  and  private 
economy  demands  that  we  should  increase  our  knowledge  of  modern 
structural  materials. 

This  can  in  no  way  be  so  well  done  as  by  a  commission  of  experts 
(both  civil  and  military),  which  shall  avail  of  the  Government  machine 
to  carry  on  the  necessary  experiments,  and  to  generalize  from  these,  and 
from  the  results  of  the  many  thousands  of  private  experiments  of  which 
it  can  obtain  the  records,  the  general  laws  which  should  govern  in  the 
framing  of  specifications  and  the  designing  of  structures. 

Success  will  largely  depend  upon  the  character  of  the  commission,  and 
especially  upon  the  engineer  who  may  be  selected  by  it  to  perform  the 
actual  work  of  carrying  on  the  tests,  and  of  deducing  general  conclusions 
from  them.  In  order,  therefore,  to  secure  the  best  results,  the  necessary 
legislation  will  need  to  be  carefully  considered,  and  elaborated  in  con- 
nection with  those  of  our  members  most  competent  to  give  sound  advice 
on  this  subject. 

The  Board  of  Direction,  therefore,  recommends  that  it  be  authorized  by 
the  Society  to  memorialize  the  Congress  of  the  United  States,  and  to 
promote,  so  far  as  it  can  be  done,  without  incurring  expense,  the  intro- 
duction and  framing  of  a  law  adequate  for  the  intended  purpose. 

On  motion,  the  report  was  received.  Mr.  Lyman  Bridges  moved  that 
the  report  be  adopted,  which  motion  was  seconded. 

The  Chair,  Mr.  Ashbel  Welch  :  Discussion  is  now  in  order. 

Gen.  William  Sooy  Smith  .  — I  wish  to  take  this  opportunity  to  ex- 
press my  great  gratification  that  the  recommendations  of  the  Committee 
should  be  so  i^recisely  in  accordance  with  what  has  already  been  done  to- 
ward securing  the  accomplishment  of  this  great  work.  The  report 
sounds  to  me  like  "a  twice  told  tale. " 


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There  is  scarcely  a  recommendation  it  contains  wliicli  has  not  been 
acted  upon  and  carried  out  by  the  Committee  that  preceded  this  one. 
The  original  bill  passed  by  Congress  provided  for  the  appointment  of  a 
similar  Board,  except  as  to  the  number  of  its  members . 

That  was  a  mixed  Board,  consisting  of  several  civil  engineers  and  of 
officers  of  the  Army  and  Navy .  The  bill  went  further,  and  provided 
that  the  Board  should  go  on  and  make  tests  ;  not  that  it  should  t^uperin- 
iend  them .  The  idea  that  these  tests  can  be  made  by  certain  persons 
and  superintended  by  certain  other  persons  who  shall  make  a  report 
upon  them  and  present  it  to  the  country  as  their  work,  is,  I  think,  alto- 
gether wrong.  The  work  should  not  be  done  by  proxy;  but  it  should 
be  done  by  competent  men,  who,  watching  the  experiments  as  they  are 
performed,  may  gather  the  best  lessons  they  teach.  I  do  not  suppose 
there  is  an  engineer  present,  who  has  made  experiments,  who  does  not 
know  that  the  most  valuable  suggestions  they  aiford,  are  often  developed 
and  caught  by  the  quick  eye  of  an  experienced  observer  while  the  test  is 
in  progress.  The  mere  manual  labor,  the  handling  of  the  samples,  and 
the  machinery  employed,  will,  of  course,  be  done  by  mechanics  trained 
to  this  work.  But  the  experiments  miist  be  watched,  the  results  ob- 
served, and  deductions  made  by  engineers  specially  fitted  for  such 
duty  by  natural  aptness,  thorough  education  and  large  experience. 
All  the  facts  revealed  will  then  be  noted,  correctly  arranged,  and  conclu- 
sions logically  drawn  from  them. 

This  is  the  kind  of  investigation  that  turns  out  to  the  advantage  of 
the  world.  Such  labor  should  be  well  paid  for,  and  it  is  unworthy  of  a 
great  Government  like  ours  to  accept  such  services  for  nothing.  It  is 
Piily  by  years  of  patient,  faithful  work,  performed  by  the  ablest  engineers 
in  this  country  that  the  knowledge  we  so  much  need  can  be  acquired. 
And  to  expect  a  Board  to  do  it  at  arm's  length,  leaving  the  burden  of  it 
to  be  performed  by  a  single  individual,  is,  I  think,  to  commit  a  great 
error,  and  one  fatal  to  the  value  of  the  work  and  to  the  confidence  it 
should  command.  Is  there  one  of  us  here  present  who  feels  competent 
to  undertake  this  great  investigation  and  to  carry  it  through  alone,  even 
though  aided  by  an  able  Board  at  a  distance  ? 

This  Government  ought  to  see  that  this  great  work  is  done,  on  which 
the  welfare  and  lives  of  its  people  depend  in  such  large  measure.  And 
it  should  pay  for  it. 

It  is  easier  to  get  the  Government  to  undertake  it  again,  and  easier  to 
get  the  necessary  appropriations  from  Congress  to  have  the  work  well 
done  and  decently  paid  for,  than  to  inaugurate  and  carry  through  a  less 
thorough  and  reliable  set  of  investigations.  The  representatives  of  the 
Government  will  say,  bring  before  us  a  well  digested  measure,  which  will 
secure  such  thorough  accomplishment  of  the  work  proposed  that  the 
positive  knowledge  you  require  will  be  sure  to  be  obtained,  and  all 
doubts  removed  on  vital  questions  touching  the  strength  and  characteris- 


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tics  of  iron  and  steel,  and  we  will  vote  for  it.     We  desire  to  feel  that 
when  the  v/ork  is  done,  it  will  be  well  done. 

That  was  the  view  presented  to  the  Government  before. 

Some  of  the  gentlemen  here  present  accomj)anied  your  former  Com- 
mittee to  lay  this  matter  before  the  Committee  on  Appropriations  of  the 
U.  S  House  of  Representatives.  In  the  beginning  we  were  notified 
that  we  would  be  given  fifteen  minutes  in  which  to  explain  the  matter. 
The  Representatives  soon  became  so  interested  that  the  limitation  of 
time  was  removed,  and  the  result  was  a  conference  lasting  nearly  half  a 
day,  and  an  apj^ropriation  of  seventy -five  thousand  dollars  with  which 
to  build  a  testing  machine  and  to  begin  the  tests.  Congress  was  then 
advised  that  this  would  only  suflEice  to  begin  the  work,  and  that  it  would 
be  asked  for  appropriations,  from  time  to  time,  as  means  might  be  re- 
quired to  carry  it  on. 

With  the  money  so  appropriated  the  machine  was  built.  Yoii  know 
of  the  delays  that  occurred.  These  were  unavoidable,  and  thoroughly 
compensated  for  by  the  excellence  of  the  testing  machine  when  com- 
jjleted.  It  is  beyond  question  the  most  i^erfect  one  ever  built,  and  it 
could  not  have  been  so  well  done  in  less  time. 

The  Board  labored  earnestly.  The  machine  was  built,  a  comprehen- 
sive mapping  out  of  the  exijeriments  and  investigations  projDOsed  was 
made,  and  the  work  fairly  commenced. 

You  were  advised,  from  time  to  time,  of  the  hostile  influence  that 
worked  to  destroy  the  Board.  There  was  but  one  apparently,  and  this 
was  revealed  to  you  from  year  to  year. 

At  the  end  of  eight  years  of  labor  that  was  performed  gratuitously  by 
your  former  Committee,  whose  members  were  willing,  nay,  glad  to  con- 
tribute this  much  to  the  cause  of  science,  and  so  to  the  general  good, 
yoii  discharged  that  Committee,  with  thanks,  to  be  sure,  and  appointed 
this  one  as  a  sort  of  Investigating  Committee,  and  it  has  gone  over  ex- 
actly the  same  ground  in  the  way  of  inquiry  and  recommendation. 

I  do  not  wush  to  take  exception  to  its  rejjort.  I  desire  harmonious 
action  on  the  jaart  of  this  Society,  and  will  contribute  all  I  can  to  such 
action. 

I  am  glad  the  members  of  this  Committee  have  reached  conclusions 
so  precisely  in  accord  with  those  which  governed  the  action  of  the  Com- 
mittee that  preceded  this  one.  I  have  profound  respect  for  their  views, 
and  those  of  the  Society. 

I  hope  there  will  be  no  division  of  opinion  amongst  us  on  this  very 
important  subject.  We  want  success  and  we  must  be  willing  to  work 
hard  for  it ;  but  let  us  do  it  rightly,  and  let  us  not  sacrifice  the  valuable 
features  of  our  plans  for  getting  the  knowledge  we  must  have  through  a 
mistaken  notion  that  Congress  will  not  appropriate  enough  money  to  do 
this  in  the  most  periect  way. 

Congress  will  make  the  necessary  api^ropriations  if  all  the  members 


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of  this  Society  will  work  to  convince  its  members  of  the  fibsolute  neces- 
sity of  the  knowledge  we  seek. 

The  Supervising  Architect  once  informed  me  that  in  his  department 
alone,  the  Government  consumed  eight  thousand  tons  of  iron  and  steel 
in  fifteen  months.  Enormous  quantities  of  these  materials,  and  of  wood, 
brick  and  stone  are  purchased  and  used  by  the  Government  every  year, 
and  yet  the  rules  and  formulfe  which  govern  the  use  of  these  materials 
are  inaccurate,  and  in  some  instances  actually  misleading,  as  we  all 
know. 

This  consideration  alone  should  justify  ample  appropriations  for 
such  tests  and  experiments  as  will  enable  a  Board  to  correct  these  rules 
and  formulse,  and  to  place  before  our  profession  and  the  people  all  the 
knowledge  we  require  to  enable  us  and  them  to  apply  the  materials  used 
in  construction  wisely  and  economically. 

There  are  two  branches  to  this  subject,  as  there  are  to  most  with 
which  the  civil  engineer  has  to  do,  viz.,  the  science  of  it  and  the  art  of  it. 
There  are  new  processes  employed  in  the  production  of  the  metals,  and 
many  new  forms  in  which  they  are  used— the  art  progresses  rapidly— the 
science  lags  behind— and  we  have  not  tested  sufficiently  these  new  pro- 
ducts and  shapes.  These  are  constantly  multiplying,  and  it  will  require 
industrious  testing  and  experimenting  to  keep  the  science  up  with  the 
art. 

Each  of  us  now  has  to  make  his  own  experiments,  and  the  country 
derives  little  advantage  from  them.  They  are  disconnected  and  desul- 
tory, designed  generally  to  ascertain  the  strength  of  the  parts  of  our 
structures,  and  not  to  establish  any  general  laws  for  the  government  of 
others  in  the  use  of  the  materials  used  in  construction. 

The  connected  and  complete  investigation  of  the  strength  and  quali- 
ties of  these  materials,  and  the  deduction  of  right  rules  and  formulse 
from  the  results  of  such  investigations  is  the  work  of  the  Government, 
and  it  is  its  imperative  duty  to  perform  it. 

If  we  all  work  vigorously  and  together  we  can  influence  the  Govern- 
ment to  resume  this  work  and  complete  it. 

But  we  must  not  degrade  this  work  by  entrusting  it  to  a  Superintend- 
ing Board,  which  is  to  let  it  out  to  be  done  by  a  single  man,  however 
able  he  may  be. 

One  man  can  make  a  certain  set  of  experiments  best,  another  can 
best  pursue  another  line  of  investigation,  each  working  in  the  field  of 
his  own  experience  and  strongest  talent. 

The  Ordnance  Department  can  make  its  experiments  for  the  deter- 
mination of  those  qualities  which  it  requires  in  the  metals  for  its  uses. 
The  Engineering  Department  will  make  other  tests  to  gain  the  knowl- 
edge it  requires.  The  Navy  seeks  still  other  knowledge,  and  the  civil 
engineers,  manufacturers  and  mechanics  of  the  country,  coming  from 
the  broad  field  of  its  civil  industries,  ardently  desire  such  knowledge  as 


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•will  enable  them  to  make  and  use  iron,  steel  and  other  materials  wisely 
and  well,  under  the  varied  requirements  which  they  have  to  meet  and 
satisfy.  Let  these  all  be  represented  in  a  Government  Board  which 
shall  devote  its  whole  time  and  best  energies  to  the  great  work  now  un- 
der our  consideration,  and  then  and  only  then  will  it  be  well  and  thor- 
oughly done. 

Neither  Faraday,  nor  Humphrey  Davy,  Newton  nor  Laplace,  trusted 
their  investigations  to  second  hands,  but  made  them  themselves  ;  and  so 
all  truly  great  and  valuable  searches  for  scientific  truth  are  made. 

I  beg  the  indulgence  of  the  Society  for  the  earnestness  with  which  I 
have  endeavored  to  impart  this  view  of  the  work  of  the  testing  Board, 
it  is  the  result  of  years  of  thought  on  this  subject,  and  I  feel  sure  that  it 
is  correct.  I  have  all  respect  for  the  opinions  of  the  gentlemen  who 
framed  the  report.  I  have  simply  felt  it  my  duty  to  take  issue  with 
them  on  that  point  and  one  other. 

The  report  recommends  that  the  Board  shall  report  to  "  the  proper 
department." 

We  know  now  how  that  will  end.  The  Board  will  be  requix-ed  to 
make  the  experiments  under  the  direction  of,  and  make  its  report  to 
the  Ordnance  Department  of  the  United  States  Army.  This  was  at- 
tempted before.  A  letter  of  instruction  came  to  us  to  that  effect,  and 
we  had  to  go  to  Washington  and  get  the  letter  recalled.  It  is  not  right 
that  any  department  should  exercise  such  control.  It  is  not  what  is  due 
to  the  officers  of  other  branches  of  the  Government  service.  It  is  not 
courteous  to  the  civilian  members  of  the  Board.  It  is  not  consistent 
with  the  proper  performance  of  the  work,  and  it  is  not  and  never  was 
graceful  in  any  department  of  the  Government  to  seek  such  authority 
over  a  Board  created  to  be  independent.  No  department  of  the  United 
States  Government  has  the  necessary  knowledge  and  skill  to  do  this 
work,  and  none  should  be  permitted  to  control  it  to  its  sad  detriment. 
Why  should  we  go  to  a  department  to  get  this  great  work  done,  requir- 
ing the  widest  range  of  engineering  talent,  skill  and  experience  ?  We  do 
not  seek  their  aid  when  we  design  and  build  bridges,  tunnels  and  rail- 
roads. The  Board  should  be  independent,  and  it  should  report  directly 
to  the  President  or  to  Congress,  and  not  to  any  department.  And  in 
whatever  may  be  done,  it  will  b«  necessary  to  guard  carefully  against 
any  instructions  precedent  which  any  department  may  propose  to  give. 

I  beg  pardon  once  more  for  the  manner  in  which  I  have  presented 
these  vi'^ws,  and  reaffirm  my  great  gratification  with  the  report  of  the 
Committee  as  a  whole. 

I  hope  its  recommendations  may  be  carried  out,  with  the  exception  of 
the  two  which  I  have  endeavored  to  criticise,  and  these,  I  think,  the 
Society  will  do  well  to  have  changed. 

Mr.  F.  CoLLiNGWOOD— I  do  not  wish  to  reply  at  length  to  what  Gen. 
Smith  has  said,  because  I  agree  with  him  entirely.     The  only  point  I 


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wish  to  refer  to  is  this  :  the  Committee,  I  think,  would  have  been  very- 
glad  to  have  recommended  exactly  what  he  suggests  as  to  a  paid  com- 
mission. They  discussed  that  matter  at  considerable  length,  and  I  am 
sorry  to  say,  they  had  a  feeling  that  it  would  endanger  the  appointment 
of  a  commission.  If  it  is  thought  by  a  larger  number  that  a  paid  com- 
mission can  be  carried  through,  then  I  think  the  Committee  would 
heartily  recommend  it. 

Then,  as  to  the  other  jjoint,  reporting  to  the  j^roper  department  as 
to  the  work  done,  it  was  simply  expected  that  if  money  was  entrusted  to 
the  Committee  to  expend,  it  should  report  to  the  proper  department 
what  they  had  accomplished.  I  scarcely  think  that  it  can  be  made  to 
mean  that  we  were  to  go  to  the  department  for  instructions. 

Mr.  W.  SooY  Smith  .  — I  wish  to  state  again  that  I  feel  that  I  have 
good  reasons  to  believe  that  there  is  no  difficulty  insurmountable  in  get- 
ting the  necessary  appropriations  from  the  Government  to  make  these 
experiments .  The  cause  of  our  failure  to  get  further  aj^propriations  be- 
fore, I  think,  was  stated  to  this  Society .  It  was  a  lack  of  interest  on  the 
part  of  the  members  of  our  Society — and  yet  not  all,  because  some  did 
work  hard.  It  was  a  lack  of  general  interest,  a  lack  of  active  interest. 
With  a  membership  of  over  600,  scattered  all  over  this  country,  we  can 
reach  every  member  of  both  Senate  and  House.  It  is  a  thing  that  is 
so  manifestly  right  and  necessary  that  there  is  no  difficulty  whatever  in 
showing  that  the  thing  is  right,  and  if  we  will  take  the  trouble  to  speak 
to  each  member,  it  can  be  accomjDlished.  Men  will  be  paid  by  the  Gov- 
ernment, and  they  should  be. 

The  compensation  should  be  equal  to  that  of  any  Government  officer 
on  the  Board.  There  were  only  three  civilians  on  the  old  Board.  The 
clause  providing  pay  for  the  civilian  members  was  cut  out,  and  I  think 
for  the  purpose  of  driving  them  out  of  the  Board.  We  should  not  make 
that  mistake  again  ;  let  us  ask  the  Government  to  do  this  thing  as  it 
ought  to  be,  and  I  think  it  can  be  more  easily  accomplished  in  that  way 
than  in  any  other.  No  one  engineer  can  do  that  woi'k  as  it  ought  to  be 
done.  I  do  not  think  any  one  present  would  feel  competent  to  go  over 
all  the  field,  but  that  competency  we  can  get  by  proper  selections  from 
the  great  body  of  engineers  in  the  country  ;  and  in  that  way,  it  seems  to 
me,  it  ought  to  be  done. 

Capt.  O.  E.  MicHAELis .  — I  only  want  to  say  a  few  Avords  not  only  as 
a  member  of  the  Society,  but  also  as  a  Government  officer.  There  is 
one  thing  that  should  be  remembered  :  Congress  does  not  make  appro- 
priations and  leave  their  disbursement  to  what  it  would  consider  irre- 
sponsible officers.  They  are  disbursed  under  the  Treasury  Department 
or  the  War  Department  or  some  other  dejDartment,  and  Congress  holds 
the  heads  of  those  departments  responsible  for  the  expenditure  of  the 
money.  Of  course,  special  approjoriations  being  made,  and  the  heads 
of  departments  not  being  experts,  they  must  confide  the  work  to  their 


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proper  subordinates  ;  and  while  I  listened  with  much  interest  to  my  gal- 
lant friend  and  cordially  agree  with  him,  still  I  take  exception  in  one 
point.  There  is  Government  supervision  in  almost  everything.  Now, 
we  have  here  in  this  Society  i^robably  the  best  bridge  builders  in  the 
country.  They  know,  however,  that  they  cannot  build  a  bridge  over  a 
navigable  stream  without  submitting  their  j)lans  to  officers  of  the  Govern- 
ment. The  plans  must  be  approved  by  those  officers,  and  after  that  the 
bridge  may  be  built.  Such  a  course  does  not  seem  to  be  inconsistent 
with  the  respective  rights  and  dignity  of  all  concerned,  and  I  feel  certain 
that  with  proper  provision  as  to  expenditures,  the  officers  of  the  Army  and 
Navy  would  accept  any  programme  proposed.  Of  course,  I,  as  an  ordnance 
officer,  would  prefer  that  my  department  had  that  supervision.  Still, 
there  must  be  that  supervision.  The  President,  however,  is  primarily 
responsible.  He  transfers  it  to  the  Cabinet  officers,  and  they  to  some 
one  subordinate  to  themselves.  Some  one  man  is  held  responsible  for 
certain  money.  That  is  the  principle  that  runs  throughout  our  Govern- 
ment. 

Mr.  Lyman  Bridges. — The  Ordnance  Department  has  certainly  made 
many  tests  for  their  special  requirements.  There  are,  however,  in  the 
Engineer  Corps  of  the  Army  many  able  officers,  and  if  this  work  is  to  be 
referred  to  any  other  department,  it  seems  to  me  it  should  be  to  the  En- 
gineer Bureau  of  the  Army. 

Mr.  Theodore  Cooper. — Before  the  discussion  goes  any  further  in  this 
direction,  permit  me  to  say,  that  as  Civil  Engineers  we  have  no  objection 
to  any  department  of  the  Government  doing  any  portion  of  this  work 
which  proi3erly  lies  within  their  field  of  experience.  But  the  whole 
field  of  investigation  is  too  wide  to  be  put  in  charge  of  any  department, 
whose  proper  duties  are  confined  within  comiDaratively  narrow  limits. 
Our  aim  is  not  solely  to  know  the  strength  of  iron,  steel  or  bronze,  for 
the  making  of  ordnance,  but  for  the  innumerable  applications  of  these 
metals  for  constructive  purposes  in  the  arts  and  sciences.  A  field  we 
claim  to  be  almost  exclusively  in  the  hands  of  our  civilian  engineers, 
constructors  and  manufacturers,  and  which  is  but  slightly  within  the  ex- 
perience of  any  single  department  of  the  Government.  We  desire  this 
work  put  into  the  hands  of  men  whose  past  experience  is  such  as  to  ena- 
ble them  to  start  from  the  plane  of  our  present  knowledge,  and  as  to  lead 
them  to  a  full  and  comprehensive  examination  of  this  subject.  To  use 
our  time  and  money  to  the  best  advantage,  we  think,  such  men,  ac- 
knowledged as  our  present  experts  in  the  past  knowledge  of  these  metals 
are  the  proper  ones  to  direct  the  advance  upou  the  strongholds  of  our 
ignorance  in  regard  to  their  full  properties. 

Mr.  William  Metcalf. — I  would  like  to  say  a  few  words  on  points 
that  seem  to  me  vital.  In  regard  to  the  departments,  I  agree  entirely 
with  the  gentleman  from  the  Ordnance  Department.  It  is  simply  absurd 
for  this  or  any  society  of  irresponsible  people  to   ask  the  Governmexit 


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to  make  appropriations  of  large  sums  of  money  that  we  shall  not 
account  for.  It  is  no  matter  to  us  what  department  we  report  through, 
but  unlesss  Congressmen  can  feel  that  they  will  get  reports  through 
officers  that  are  responsible,  we  need  not  hope  for  any  appropriations 
at  all.  The  second  point  is  in  regard  to  the  question  of  supervision  by 
the  Department.  It  was  the  intention  of  the  Committee  to  provide  that 
this  body  of  experts  should  direct  and  control  the  character  of  the  work 
to  be  done,  and  lay  it  out  fully  for  the  employees  of  the  Commission  ; 
and  they  also  provided  that  this  Commission  should  have  charge  of  the 
direction  of  the  publication  of  these  reports.  Thus  the  preliminary 
reports  to  submit  to  the  Society  and  to  all  experts,  and  the  final  reports 
would  be  so  distributed  that  they  would  go  where  they  could  do  the 
most  good.  I  would  like  to  know  how  the  gentleman  expects  this 
Society  to  retain  an  interest  in  a  work  year  after  year,  except  they  get 
reports.  There  is  a  great  deal  of  difficulty  in  getting  the  first  reports, 
though  there  were  enough  published  to  have  gone  into  the  hands  of 
every  member.  They  are  lying  in  the  bar-rooms  and  grog  shops,  and 
engineers  cannot  get  them.  Further,  what  is  everybody's  business  is 
nobody's  business.  If  it  is  left  to  five  or  six  hundred  members  of  the 
Society,  that  work  will  never  be  carried  on  ;  but  if  there  is  a  commission 
properly  organized,  of  the  right  kind  of  men,  then  this  Society  and  all 
other  scientific  bodies  throughout  the  coixntry  will  see  that  it  has  their 
moral  and  active  support ;  everybody  will  aid  in  carrying  on  their  work, 
and  there  will  be  little  difficulty  in  getting  the  necessary  ajipropriation. 
As  to  the  third  point  in  carrying  out  this  work,  I  doubt  if  you  can  select 
from  this  Society,  to  make  these  experiments,  any  commission  which 
would  do  as  well  as  one  man — a  man  who  is  a  thoroiTghly  educated 
engineer,  and  who,  after  six  months'  practice  on  that  machine,  could  do 
everything  that  this  Commision  should  require  him  to  do,  having  nothing 
to  see  to  except  the  doing  of  the  actual  work.  Some  man  must  do  that, 
and  he  must  be  an  expert.  In  my  experience,  I  have  never  yet  seen  an 
engineer  in  Pittsburg  interfere  in  any  way.  Inspection  is  about  the 
first  work  that  an  engineer  is  set  to  do.  I  know  in  my  own  case,  when  I 
first  started  in  business,  I  was  put  in  charge  of  the  testing  of  gun  iron, 
under  Major  Wade  and  Major  Rodman,  and  in  a  few  months  the  whole 
matter  was  put  in  my  hands.  I  spent  months  in  Watertown,  and  neither 
General  Rodman  nor  Major  Wade  ever  thought  of  coming  near  the 
machine.  They  depended  upon  me,  and  took  the  figures  and  reports 
and  used  them  ;  and  that  is  exactly  what  any  commission  will  have  to  do 
if  they  want  to  get  good,  thorough  work.  They  will  have  to  employ 
competent  clerks,  and  then  you  must  select  the  very  best  and  ablest  men 
to  superintend  and  lay  out  and  plan.  Then  you  can  get  the  work  well 
done,  and  I  do  not  believe  you  can  get  it  done  satisfactorily  in  any  other 
way.  These  are  the  considerations  which  led  us  to  develop  those  three 
points  in  the  report,  not  in  any  sense  criticising  the  old  Commission,  and 


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only  hoping  to  secure  the  entire  confidence  of  the  Government,  so  that 
there  would  be  no  difficulty,  from  year  to  year,  in  obtaining  all  necessary 
appropriations.  In  regard  to  the  officers  of  the  army,  I  never,  so  far  as 
I  had  any  experience  with  them  or  knowledge  of  them,  saw  an  officer 
who  was  not  always  ready  to  do  all  he  could  to  aid  such  work,  and  ever 
glad  to  get  all  the  results  he  could,  and  who  would  not  turn  in  and  do 
all  he  could  to  heljo  on  Avith  the  work,  and  especially  if  he  were  an 
expert  in  his  business. 

Mr.  Wm.  Sooy  Smith.— I  approve  fully  the  suggestion  of  the  expend- 
itures being  under  the  supervision  of  the  Governmental  departments. 
There  never  was  any  objection  made.  Upon  that  point  I  presume  we  are 
all  agreed.  I  also  agree  fully  with  the  last  Committee  as  to  the  method 
of  making  reports.     I  think  it  is  a  very  wise  idea  and  a  good  one. 

As  to  the  third  point,  I  return  to  the  original  ground.  I  do  not 
think  any  single  man  should  be  entrusted  with  the  direct  supervision  of 
the  work.  I  think  we  have  proven  the  worthlessness  of  the  knowledge 
obtained  in  that  way  upon  which  we  have  relied  heretofore.  We  are 
told  that  competent  engineers  would  not  attend  to  these  experiments,  and 
that  novices,  when  they  commence  work,  are  put  in  charge  of  these  ex- 
periments. We  know  that  is  true.  We  don't  want  that  done  in  this 
case.  W^e  want  an  expert  in  each  line  of  investigation.  I  do  not  think 
that  there  is  or  can  be  any  doubt  on  this  question  in  the  minds  of  those 
who  have  given  the  subject  earnest  consideration.  If  these  experts  are 
l^aid  as  they  should  be,  they  can  devote  their  whole  time  to  it,  and  we 
will  have  the  work  thoroughly  done.  I  know  the  investigations  are 
made  in  the  old  world  in  this  way.  In  Berlin  I  saw  Spangenberg  in  his 
shirt-sleeves  in  his  great  workshop,  and  he  was  not  trusting  to  assistants 
to  make  the  experiments  in  which  he  is  specially  interested.  It  is  in 
that  way  that  the  best  lessons  can  be  learned. 

On  the  other  two  points  I  thoroughly  agree  with  the  Committee's 
recommendation  s. 

Another  consideration  I  wish  to  present,  and  that  is  the  impropriety 
of  requiring  a  Board  not  only  of  civil  engineers,  but  made  up  of  officers 
in  different  branches  and  corj)s  of  the  Government  service,  to  be  under 
direction  of  a  single  Government  department.  It  is  not  projjer  that  the 
Board  should  be  subject  to  such  direction,  and  in  the  old  Board  general 
objection  to  that  was  made.  No  more  harmonious  Board  could  be 
organized  than  the  old  one  was.  There  were  honest  differences  of 
opinion,  such  as  exist  everywhere  amongst  thinking  men,  but  they  were 
amicable. 

We  should  urge  that  this  Board  should  be  independent,  and  that  no 
Government  department  should  j^rescribe  the  tests  to  be  made  nor  the 
manner  of  making  them. 

The  following  resolution  was  offered  by  Gen.  Wm.  Sooy  Smith  : 

Resolved,  That  the  report  be  received,  and  that  the  Board  of  Direction 


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be  autliorized  to  memorialize  Congress,  and  to  promote,  so  far  as  it  can 
be  done  without  incurring  expense,  the  introduction  and  framing  of  a 
law  adequate  to  resume  the  investigation  into  the  strength  of  structures, 
and  the  parts  and  materials  of  which  they  are  composed. 

This  resolution  was  seconded,  and  accepted  by  Mr.  Bridges  as  a  sub- 
stitute for  that  offered  by  him. 

The  resolution  was  then  adopted, 

Mr.  WiLiiiAM  Metcalf. — Before  proceeding  to  other  business,  I 
would  like  to  say,  in  behalf  of  the  American  Institute  of  Mining  Engi- 
neers, that  that  Institute  will  meet  in  Washington  on  February  21st, 
1882,  and  the  following  days.  That  Institute  has  arranged  to  give  to 
this  subject  one  whole  session  of  its  meetings,  and  has  provided  for  a 
discussion  by  members  especially  qualified  to  speak  thereon.  If  the 
Board  of  Direction  of  this  Society  can  have  the  memorial  to  Congress 
prepared  before  that  time,  I  am  sure  the  members  of  the  Institute  of 
Mining  Engineers  will  make  every  effort  to  promote  a  proper  disposition 
of  the  matter. 

The  following  resolution  was  offered  by  Mr.  O.  Chanute  ;  seconded 
and  adopted  : 

Whereas,  Mr.  T.  F.  Rowland  has  subscribed  $2,500  to  the  Building 
Fund,  and  this  subscription,  much  the  largest  thus  far  made  by  any  one 
member,  should  be  specially  acknowledged  by  this  Society  ;  therefore. 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers 
be  tendered  to  Mr.  Rowland  for  his  generous  subscription,  and  that  he 
be  presented  with  a  copy  of  these  resolutions. 

Resolved,  That  the  Board  of  Direction  be  instructed  to  make  the 
necessary  arrangements  to  institute  an  annual  prize,  of  the  value  o*  at 
least  .f 50,  to  be  known  as  the  "Rowland  Prize,"  and  to  be  regularly 
awarded  hereafter,  to  the  authors  of  papers  read  before  the  Soci&ty, 
under  rules  to  be  jointly  framed  by  Mr.  Rowland  and  the  Board  of 
Direction. 

A  member  who  was  not  present  at  the  morning  session  requested  in- 
formation as  to  the  action  taken  in  reference  to  compounding  annual 
dues  or  creating  Life  Memberships.  This  information  being  given,  a 
motion  was  made  and  carried  reconsidering  the  action  taken  at  the 
morning  session  in  reference  to  the  proposed  amendment  to  Article  XXII 
of  the  Constitution,  so  as  to  allow  further  discussion. 

Mr.  Lyman  Bridges. — In  reading  a  report  recently  issued  from  the 
Finance  Committee,  I  was  surisrised  to  find  that  they  did  not  see  that 
compounding  dues  or  creating  Life  Memberships  would  inure  to  the 
benefit  of  this  Society.  It  seems  to  me  they  ought  to  have  reported  a 
proper  sum  for  this  purpose.  Other  similar  societies  have  Life  Member- 
ships, and  certainly  a  sum  can  be  found  which  will  be  fair  and  advan- 


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tageotis  to  all.  If  $300  is  not  enough,  then  some  other  sum  must  be 
enough.  Interest  certainly  accumulates,  and  if  five  j^er  cent,  cannot  be 
depended  upon,  then  take  a  lower  rate.  It  does  seem  to  me  a  mistake  to 
have  the  action  of  this  Annual  Meeting  go  out  as  discountenancing  the 
idea  of  Life  Memberships.  I  would  like  to  become  a  Life  Member  at 
whatever  price  may  be  determined  upon  by  the  Finance  Committee  as 
fair,  and  I  am  inclined  to  move  that  it  be  the  sense  of  this  meeting  that 
an  amount  of  S500,  or  such  an  amount  not  exceeding  $500  as  the  Finance 
Committee  deem  fair,  should  be  the  sum  at  which  annual  dues  may  be 
compounded  by  one  payment. 

The  Secretary,  Mr.  John  Bogakt. — I  am  afraid  that  ihe  report  to 
which  the  gentleman  alludes,  was  so  long  that  he  did  not  quite  read 
through  the  whole  of  it.  The  report  was  made  under  these  circum- 
stances :  An  amendment  to  the  Constitution  was  regularly  offered,  fixing 
the  future  rate  for  compounding  annual  dues  at  a  definite  stated  amount. 
Neither  the  Board  of  Direction  nor  the  Finance  Committee  had  any 
right  to  alter  that  amount,  or  to  in  any  Avay  change  the  proposed  amend- 
ment. But,  as  the  Board  considered  the  subject  of  the  greatest  import- 
ance, it  requested  the  Finance  Committee  to  look  into  it,  in  its  bearings 
upon  the  finances  of  the  Society.  The  Finance  Committee  did  so,  and 
prepared  a  report,  which  the  Board  issued  simply  for  the  information  of 
the  members  of  the  Society.  That  report  showed  that,  in  the  judgment 
of  the  Committee,  the  affairs  of  the  Society  were  in  such  a  condition  that 
it  would  be  unwise  to  recommend  a  basis  for  compounding  dues  which 
would  tend  seriously  to  lessen  the  present  anniial  income  ;  that  the 
amounts  which,  under  present  circumstances,  it  would  be  safe  to  adopt 
would  appear  large,  and  the  Committee  feared  might  tend  to  discourage 
members  from  compounding.  The  Committee  added  :  "While  we  look 
with  favor  upon  the  plan  of  compounding  dues  as  having  for  its  object 
the  permanent  and  best  interests  of  this  Society,  and  which,  if  in  suc- 
cessful operation,  would  in  time  accomplish  all  that  might  be  expected 
of  it,  yet  we  fear  that  its  introduction  at  the  present  time  might  so 
seriously  embarrass  the  Society  financially  as  to  jeopardize  those  im- 
portant interests  which  this  plan  was  especially  designed  to  subserve." 

The  Committee,  as  the  gentleman  states,  did  not  fix  a  rate  for  com- 
pounding dues.  It  really  was  not  their  duty  to  do  so,  because  only  the 
Society,  at  the  Annual  Meeting,  has  the  right  to  change  or  amend  a  regu- 
larly proposed  amendment  to  the  Constitution.  This,  I  think,  explains 
the  point  made  as  to  the  report  referred  to.  I  may  add,  that  I  feel  sure, 
in  view  of  the  discussion  of  to-day  and  of  the  consideration  that  will 
certainly  now  be  given  to  the  subject,  that  a  plan  will  soon  be  elaborated 
which  will  successfully  accomplish  the  desired  result,  and  which  will 
give  a  method  of  compounding  dues  alike  just  to  the  individual  member 
and  to  the  Society  at  large.  With  this  expectation,  I  suppose  that  it 
will  be  the  better  course  to   recommend  that  the  present  proposed 


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amendment  be  not  passed.  For  myself,  I  will  say  that  the  subject  im- 
presses me  as  so  important  that  I  will  endeavor  to  aid,  as  far  as  I  can,  in 
its  suitable  and  speedy  solution. 

Note. — ^By  an  error  in  transcribing,  the  statement  of  the  funds  and 
income  of  the  English  Institution  of  Civil  Engineers  was  incorrectly 
given  in  the  Proceedings  of  this  Society,  October,  1881,  Vol.  VII.,  p.  108. 

The  statement  for  December  1,  1881,  is  : 

Institution  Investments £36  838 

Trust  Funds 14  642 

Total £51  480 

Or,  say ^257  400 

The  total  receipts  for  the  year  were  : 

Strict  income,  including  dues,  interest  on  Institution  Invest- 
ments, etc £12  398 

Other  receipts,  including  admission  fees,  and  life  composi- 
tions, which  are  treated  as  capital,  also  interest  on  Trust 
Funds 3  508 

Total £15  906 

Or,  say $79  530 

Mr.  Lyman  Bbidges. — Not  having  been  present  this  morning,  I  have, 
with  several  other  members,  asked  for  this  information.  In  response 
to  the  circulars  requesting  contributions  to  our  Building  Fund,  I  have 
desired  to  do  something,  but  I  also  desired  to  pay  for  a  Life  Membership, 
and  had  hoped  the  two  might  be  combined.  It  seem  that  it  ought  to 
be  possible  to  do  so,  or,  at  all  events,  to  fix  a  sum,  the  payment  of  which 
would  relieve  any  member  so  desiring  of  future  annual  dues. 

Mr.  Charles  H.  Fisher,  moved  to  amend  the  proposed  amendment  to 
the  Constitution  by  striking  out  $300,  and  inserting  $500;  and  striking 
out  $150,  and  inserting  $300;  and  said  that  if  invested  at  5  per  cent,  these 
amounts  would  give  to  the  Society  the  same  annual  income  as  the 
present  dues. 

Mr.  Joseph  P.  Davis. — I  doubt  whether  we  should  adopt  this 
motion.  If  we  find  afterward  that  we  can  afford  lower  rates,  it  would 
be  a  mistake  to  recommend  these.  I  think  it  is  better  that  we  should 
pass  the  motion  we  have  reconsidered. 

Mr.  Wm.  p.  Shinn. — -The  last  article  of  the  Constitution  of  the  Society, 
which  provides  that  proposed  amendments  shall  be  in  order  for  discus- 
sion and  amendment  at  the  Annual  Meeting,  and  with  such  amendments 
thereto  as  may  have  been  approved  by  a  majority  vote  of  the  Annual 


Meeting,  sliall  be  voted  upon  by  letter  ballot,  has  been  construed  by  the 
Board  of  Direction  to  provide  that  both  the  original  j)roposition  and 
also  the  proposition  as  amended  at  the  Annual  Meeting  should  be  sent  to 
letter  ballot.  I  do  not  agree  with  that  construction  of  the  article,  but 
it  has  been  so  decided.  The  result,  in  the  present  case,  might  be  such  a 
division  of  the  vote  as  would  prevent  either  proposition  from  being 
adopted.  But  since  the  non-resident  members  are  not  now  very  largely 
present,  they  might  not  understand  how  decidedly  this  Annual  Meeting 
feels  that  the  proposition,  in  its  original  form,  should  not  at  present  be 
adoj)ted.  Should  both  the  original  amendment  and  this  jiroposed  modi- 
fication of  it  go  to  ballot,  many  members  might  not  be.  as  likely  to 
recognize  the  fact  that  the  discussions  here  have  determined  in  the 
minds  of  those  present  that  the  original  amendment  is  not  in  a  shape  to 
be  now  adopted  with  advantage  to  the  Society,  and  they  might,  there- 
fore, vote  for  it,  and  the  Society  thus  be  bound  to  a  provision  not  now 
desirable. 

If  we  simply  recommend  that  the  original  proposed  amendment  be 
not  adopted,  it  will  probably  be  more  effective,  and  the  subject  can  be 
taken  up  and  put  into  proper  shape  at  some  future  meeting. 

In  reference  to  subscriptions  to  the  Building  Fund,  it  must  be  re- 
membered that  amounts  paid  for  comjjounding  dues  will  not  go  to  the 
Building  Fund  at  all,  but  to  the  General  Fund  of  the  Society,  the 
interest  from  which  is  used  to  defray  current  expenses.  We  have 
already  discussed  the  propriety  of  passing  a  resolution  to  the  effect  that 
a  subscription  of  a  certain  amount  to  the  Building  Fund  should  consti- 
tute the  subscriber  a  Life  Member.  But  we  have  decided  that  we  could 
not  do  this,  and  the  proposition  that  this  meeting  should  recommend 
such  action  was  not  agreed  to,  because  members  present  thought  it 
inexpedient  as  tending  to  effect  a  change  in  the  fundamental  law  of  the 
Society,  without  previous  general  notice  to  members. 

Under  all  the  circumstances,  it  seems  to  me  that  the  action  of  this 
morning,  in  recommending  that  the  proposed  amendment  be  not 
adopted,  is  the  most  desirable. 

Mr.  Lyman  Bridges.— Can  not  this  meeting  recommend  that  one 
proposition,  when  submitted  to  letter  ballot,  should  be  passed,  and  the 
other  not  passed?  If  this  is  done,  I  think  it  probable  that  the  recom- 
mendation will  be  considered  by  members  when  they  vote. 

Mr.  Chakles  H.  Fisher. — I  did  not  understand,  when  I  offered  this 
amendment  changing  the  sums  from  .^300  to  $500,  and  from  $150  to 
$300,  that  both  the  original  proposition  and  its  amended  form,  as  per- 
fected at  this  meeting,  would  go  to  letter  ballot.  If  that  is  the  case, 
I  am  inclined  to  withdraw  my  amendment. 

Mr.  William  P.  Shinn. — At  the  last  Annual  Meeting  a  precisely 
similar  case  occurred.  There  was  an  amendment  offered  as  to  the  man- 
ner of  electing  members.     The  Annual  Meeting  amended  that  proposed 


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amendment.  The  ballot  was  sent  out  by  the  Board  of  Direction,  pro- 
viding for  a  vote  on  both  the  original  and  the  amended  proposition. 
The  result  in  that  case  was  a  division  of  the  vote,  and  neither  proposi- 
tion was  adopted.  The  danger  in  the  present  case  is,  as  I  have  said, 
that,  if  it  seems  to  be  a  question  between  two  propositions,  members 
who  do  not  look  thoroughly  into  the  subject  may  vote  for  the  one  which 
in  the  view  of  this  meeting  is  undesirable,  while  if  the  single  original 
proposition  is  sent  out,  with  the  positive  recommendation  of  this  meet- 
ing that  it  be  not  adopted,  then  it  will,  probably,  not  be  adopted. 

Mr.  Lyman  Bkidges.— It  seems  a  pity  that  we  can  not  recommend  to 
the  Society,  with  a  probability  of  the  recommendation  being  followed, 
some  scheme  which  will  secure  the  result  which  everybody  here  thinks 
desirable.  I  hope  the  way  will  be  found  to  do  it  now.  If  not,  I  hope 
that  at  the  earliest  possible  time  after  this  meeting  such  a  scheme  may 
be  elaborated.  I  have  none  now  to  propose.  I  venture  to  suggest  that 
perhaps  this  division  of  residents  and  non-residents  should  not  be  taken 
into  account  in  a  compounding  plan,  but  that  one  proper  sum  may  be 
adopted  for  all  members.  Again,  the  laws  in  relation  to  annuities  and 
life  insurance  premiums  have  been  so  well  studied  that  their  application 
to  our  case  ought  not  be  very  difficult.  Again,  it  might  be  arranged 
that  the  payment  of  the  amount  of  dues  for  a  term  of  years— say,  per- 
haps, twenty  years— should  constitute  Life  Membership.  At  all  events, 
it  is  certainly  important  to  do  something,  and  I  believe  such  measures 
as  have  been  suggested  will  help  increase  both  the  Building  and  the 
General  Fund. 

Mr.  John  Bogakt.— While  an  addition  to  the  General  Fund  does  not 
increase  the  Building  Fund,  yet  the  interest  from  the  investment  of  the 
General  Fund  would  go  directly  towards  paying  the  interest  on  the 
mortgage  now  held  upon  our  property;  so  that  the  result  of  a  contribu- 
tion to  either  fund  would  be  substantially  the  same. 

The  amendment  proposed  by  Mr.  Charles  H.  Fisher  was  then  lost. 
The  original  motion  was  then  again  voted  upon,  and  carried,  as  follows : 

That  this  Annual  Meeting  recommends  to  the  Society  that  the  above 
proposed  amendment  to  Article  XXII  of  the  Constitution  is  injudicious  in 
the  present  condition  of  the  Society,  and  that  it  should  not  be  adopted. 

Mr.  William  P,  Shinn.— The  tone  of  the  discussion  at  this  meeting 
has  clearly  shown  that  the  feeling  is  in  favor  of  such  action  as  would 
admit  of  a  subscription  by  a  member  to  the  Building  Fund  effecting  a 
final  payment  of  annual  dues  and  constituting  a  Life  Membership,  and  I 
have  no  doubt  that  as  soon  as  it  can  be  legally  done  such  action  will  be 
proposed,  and  it  will  probably  be  adopted. 

Mr.  F.  Collingwood  exhibited  specimens  of  wires  which  had  been 
tested,  and  explained  the  results  of  the  tests. 

After  an  announcement  of  the  programme  for  the  following  day,  the 
Annual  Meeting  adjourned. 


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Tlie  Members  of  the  Society  present  at  the  Annual  Meeting,  were  : 
Julius  W.  Adams,  T.  H.  Aldrich,  Wm.  M.  Allaire,  E.  E.  Andrews,  W. 
H.  Atwood,  O.  W.  Barnes,  George  S.  Baxter,  Van  Brunt  Bergen,  H. 
Bissell,  H.  D.  Blunden,  James  P.  Bogart,  John  Bogart,  A.  P.  Boiler,  E.W. 
Bowditch,  H,  E.  Bradbury,  W.  H.  Bradley,  Lyman  Bridges,  Chas.  O. 
Brown,  Thomas  E.  Brown,  Jr.,  L  L.  Buck,  W.  D.  Bullock,  James  A. 
Burden,  Wm.  H.  Burr,  O.  Chanute,  E.  S.  Chesbrough,  H.  Wadsworth 
Clarke,  Thomas  C.  Clarke,  Thomas  M.  Cleemann,  E.  Collingwood,  A.  G. 
Compton,  Theodore  Cooper,  Martin  Coryell,  J.  James  E.  Croes,  Charles 
G.  Darrach,  Jos.  P.  Davis,  E.  A.  Doane,  E.  B.  Dorsey,  George  W. 
Dresser,  Thomas  Egleston,  N .  W.  Ellis,  S.  Clarence  Ellis,  Theo.  G.  Ellis, 
Theo.  N.  Ely,  Charles  E.  Emery,  Charles  A.  Eerry,  Albert  Fink,  Charles  H. 
Fisher,  Clark  Fisher,  Sandford  Fleming,  M.  N .  Forney,  Chas.  E.  Fowler, 
George  H.  Frost,  E.  E .  Glaskin,  Charles  E.  Goad,  Bryant  Godwin,  Wm. 
H.  Grant,  S .  M .  Gray,  D.  M.  Greene,  George  S.  Greene,  Jr. ,  A.  E. 
Haddock,  S.  S.  Haight,  Wm.  G.  Hamilton,  Geo.  E.  Harding,  Henrique 
Harris,  B.  D.  Hasell,  C.  H.  Haswell,  W.  A.  Haven,  A.  B.  Hill,  Wm. 
E.  Hutton,  Walter  Katte,  Charles  Kellogg,  E.  D.  Leavitt,  Jr.,  G. 
Leverich,  Charles  Macdonald,  Arthur  Macy,  C.  C.  Martin,  C .  S.  Maurice, 
James  McCrea,  T .  H.  McKenzie,  George  W.  McNulty,  Wm.  Metcalf , 
O.  E.  Michaelis,  H.  S.  Munroe,  George  S.  Morison,  Henry  G.  Morse, 
Isaac  Newton,  James  Owen,  Charles  Paine,  Wm.  H.  Paine,  F.  C. 
Prindle,  Chas.  Ward  Eaymond,  David  Eeeves,  J.  Gardner  Sanderson, 
Wm.  H.  Searles,  Wm.  P.  Shinn,  S.  H.  Shreve,  W.  W.  0.  Sites,  C.  Van- 
dervoort  Smith,  Wm.  Sooy  Smith,  E.  P.  Staats,  Cook  Talcott,  Joseph 
E.  Thomas,  E.  H.  Thurston,  M.  M.  Tidd,  Eobert  Van  Buren,  E.  B. 
Van  Winkle,  C.  C.  Waite,  Henry  F.  Walling,  C.  D.  Ward,  L.  B.  Ward, 
Ashbel  Welch,  Thomas  J.  Whitman,  F.  M.  Wilder,  W.  H.  Wiley,  John 
A.  Wilson,  Jos.  M.  Wilson,  W.  W.  Wilson,  S.  Wimmer,  De  Volson 
Wood,  and  William  E.  Worthen. 

The  Members  of  the  Society  on  Thursday  morning  met  as  arranged 
in  the  programme  given  below,  which  was  carried  out  in  all  details. 


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AMEEICAN"  SOCIETY  OF  CIVIL  ENGINEERS. 

Annual  Meeting  of  1882. 

John  Bogart,  George  W.  Dresser, 

William  H.  Paine,  C.  Vandervoort  Smith, 

Charles  E.  Emery, 

Committee. 


PEOGEAMME 

Wednesday,  January  18,  1882. 

The  Annual  Meeting  -will  be  held  at  the  House  of  the  Society,  begin- 
ning at  10  A.  m. 

The  Annual  Eeports  will  be  presented  ;  officers  of  the  Society  elected; 
proposed  amendments  to  the  Constitution  discussed.  Reports  are  ex- 
pected from  the  Standing  Committees  on  Gauging  of  Streams,  on  Tests 
of  Cements,  and  on  preservation  of  Timber;  also  a  report  from  the  Board 
of  Direction  on  the  subject  of  Tests  of  American  Iron,  Steel  and  other 
metals.  These  reports  will  be  discussed.  General  business  will  be 
transacted . 

Lunch  will  be  served  at  the  House  of  the  Society  at  1  p.  m.  After 
lunch  the  session  of  the  meeting  will  be  resumed  at  2:30  p.  m.  An 
evening  session  will  also  be  held  if  found  desirable. 

Thursday,  January  19,  1882. 

Meet  at  Works  of  Manhattan  Gas  Company,  cor.  18th  Street  and  10th 
Ave. ,  at  10  a.  m.  (Members  who  prefer  can  meet  at  the  Society  House, 
at  9:30,  and  proceed  thence  to  the  Manhattan  Works).  Opportunity  will 
be  given  for  inspecting  the  whole  of  the  works,  if  desired,  and  especially 
the  practical  working  of  the  Eoss  Steara  Stoking  Machinery,  together 
with  arrangements  for  the  economical  handling  of  coal. 

Thence  proceed  by  boat  to  the  Works  of  the  Hudson  Eiver  Tunnel,  at 
Hoboken.  The  plans  and  practical  operations  connected  with  the  Tun- 
nel will  be  exhibited  and  explained. 

Thence  by  boat,  to  the  Station  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  at  Jersey 
City,  where  its  terminal  arrangements  will  be  examined. 

Thence,  also  by  boat,  to  the  Brooklyn  Pier  of  the  New  York  and 
Brooklyn  Bridge.  The  bridge  will  be  crossed  upon  the  m»in  iioor, 
which  will  be  planked.  This  will  be  the  first  j^arty  to  cross  upon  the 
main  roadway. 

From  the  New  York  terminus  of  the  Bridge,  j)roceed  to  the  foot  of 
Courtlandt  Street,  and  visit  the  works  of  the  New  York  Steam  Heating 
Company,  near  the  corner  of  Courtlandt  and  Greenwich  Streets. 


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Thence,  by  boat,  to  the  foot  of  23cl  Street,  North  Eiver,  to  inspect 
the  work  in  progress  at  that  point  by  the  Department  of  Docks. 


In  the  evening  a  Reception  will  be  held  at  the  House  of  the  Society  at 
8  p.  M.,  after  which  Supper  will  be  served  in  the  Library. 


APPROXIMA.TE  TIME  TABLE. 

January     18th. 

at  society  house. 

10    A.  M.,  Business  Meeting.  2:30    P.  M.,  Acljournetl  Meeting. 

1    P.  M.,  Lunch.  8    P.  M.,  Evening  Session  (if  held). 

J  A  N  U  A  K  Y      19th. 

10  A.  M.,  Manhattan  Gas  Works.  1    P.  M.  Arrive  Brooklyn  Bridge. 
10:45   "        Leave    "          "          "  2        "       Leave  "  " 

11  "        Arrive  Hudson  River  Tunnel.  2:30   "       Arrive  Courtlandt  St. 
11:45    "        Leave           '            "            "  3:15    "       Leave  "  " 

12  M.,        Arrive  Pennsylvania  R.  R.  Station.     3:45   "       Arrive  Foot  West  23d  Street. 
12:30  P.  M.  Leave  '•  •'  "  8:00   "       Reception  at  Society  House. 


Much  gratification  was  expressed  with  the  arrangements,  and  with  the 
fact  that  the  Lunch  on  the  day  of  the  meeting,  and  the  Reception  and 
Supper  on  the  evening  of  the  second  day,  were  held  at  the  New  House 
of  the  Society,  which  afforded  accommodations  for  the  enjoyment  of  a 
remarkably  pleasant  evening. 


pterican  ^oddg  of  |;titl  |^n|)in£era. 


pnocEEDiisras. 


Vol.    VIM. — February  and    March,     1882. 


MINUTES    OF    MEETINGS 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members. 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


Febkuary  1st,  1882. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Mr.  Charles  Mac- 
donald  in  the  Chair.  Ballots  were  canvassed  and  the  following  candi- 
dates declared  elected  as  members  :  Enrio[ue  Budge,  Valparaiso,  Chili  ; 
Chester  B.  Davis,  Omaha,  Nebraska  ;  Kobert  Gordon,  Henzada,  British 
Burmah  ;  George  S.  Rice,  Charleston,  Arizona  ;  Thomas  J.  Seely,  Las 
Vegas,  New  Mexico  ;  Romeo  Paul  Tomassek,  New  York. 

The  deaths  of  the  following  named  members  were  announced  :  Theo- 
dore Ransom  Scowden,  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  elected  Member  May  7,  1873, 
died  December  31st,  1881  ;  Moses  Lane,  of  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin, 
elected  Member,  December  ttth,  1867,  died  January  25th,  1882  ;  Alexan- 
der Lyman  Holly,  of  Brooklyn,  New  York,  Past  Vice-President,  elected 
Member,  October  1st  1873,  died  January  29th,  1882, 

Febkuaky  15th,  1882, — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m..  President  Welch 
in  the  Chair.  A  paper  hy  R.  E.  McMath,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E,,  subject: 
"  The  Mean  Velocity  of  Streams  Flowing  in  Natural  Channels,"  was 
read  by  Secretary  Bogart,  and  discussed  by  Messrs.  T.  C.  Clarke,  Col- 
lingwood,  Joseph  P.  Davis,  Emery  and  Welch. 


REPORT  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION 

For  the  Fourteen  3Io7iths  ending  December  'iilst,  1881. 
Presented    and    accepted    at   the    Annual    Meeting,    January    18th,    1882. 


The  Board  of  Direction  in  presenting  this  Report  for  the  fourteen 
months  ending  December  31st,  1881,  desires  to  congratulate  the  Society 
upon  this  first  annual  meeting  in  a  house  of  which  it  is  itself  the  owner. 


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The  purchase  of  this  property  is  in  the  opinion  of  the  Board  a  most 
important  step  in  the  progress  of  the  Society.  The  great  necessity  of 
better  provision  for  the  accommodation  of  the  different  departments  of 
Society  work  has  been  felt  by  many  of  our  members  for  a  number  of 
years.  The  advance  of  the  rent  of  the  house  in  Twentieth  Street,  occu- 
pied since  May,  1877,  rendered  it  necessary  either  to  rent  new  quarters, 
or  to  purchase  a  suitable  house.  The  circular  inviting  subscriptions  to 
a  fund  for  the  purchase  of  a  house  was  issued  January  1st,  1881. 
Details  of  the  progress  of  the  subscription,  and  of  the  purchase  of  this 
house  are  given  in  the  following  portion  of  this  report.  Before  doing 
this  the  Board  desires,  in  behalf  of  the  Society,  to  acknowledge  the 
promptness  and  liberality  which  has  characterized  the  action  of  those 
who  have  subscribed  to  this  fund.  The  number  of  paid  subscriptions, 
up  to  January  1st,  1881,  is  110  ;  the  amount  "paid  to  that  date  is  $14,012. 
Among  the  subscriptions  are  three  of  $200,  two  of  .1?250,  three  of  $500, 
and  one  of  $2,500.  The  spirit  which  prompted  this  last-mentioned 
subscription  from  an  engineer  who  has  been  a  member  of  the  Society 
many  years  is  thoroughly  appreciated  by  the  Board,  and  doubtless  also 
by  all  the  members  of  the  Society. 

Of  the  110  subscriptions  77  have  been  made  by  Members  or  Fellows 
of  the  Society,  and  33  by  non-members.  Of  the  77  subscriptions  made 
by  members,  22  have  been  from  resident,  and  55  from  non-resident 
members.  Of  the  33  subscriptions  made  by  non-members,  4  have  been 
from  residents  of  New  York  and  its  vicinity,  and  29  from  persons  resid- 
ing beyond  the  bounds  defining  resident  membership. 

The  annual  charge  to  the  Society  for  interest  on  the  mortgage  upon 
the  premises,  and  for  taxes,  is  now  about  the  same  amount  as  has  been 
paid  for  the  rental  of  the  premises  occupied  for  a  number  of  years.  This 
annual  payment  can  of  course  be  substantially  reduced  by  an  increase  of 
the  Building  Fund,  and  thereby  a  reduction  of  the  mortgage  interest. 
When  this  shall  be  accomplished  the  revenue  of  the  Society  can  be 
appropriated  more  fully  to  its  general  uses,  and  the  publications  can  be 
substantially  enlarged.  The  Board  therefore  renews  in  this  report  the 
appeal  heretofore  made  by  circular  letters,  and  earnestly  impresses  upon 
the  members  of  the  Society,  the  great  and  important  desirability  of  an 
increase  of  this  fund.  There  are  now  657  persons  who  are  members  of 
one  or  another  class  in  the  Society,  580  of  whom  have  not  siibscribed  to 
this  fund.  Of  course  there  are  a  number  among  these  who  may  not  feel 
willing  or  able  to  do  this,  but  there  are  also  a  large  number  whose  lack 
of  action  is  believed  to  be  the  result  of  inattention  to  the  subject.  Could 
the  fund  be  largely  increased  within  a  short  time  by  the  action  of  these 
members,  it  is  the  emphatic  opinion  of  the  Board  that  the  result  would 
be  of  paramount  advantage  to  the  Society. 

The  property  which  is  now  owned  by  it  is  valuable,  and  is  worth 
more  now  than  when  purchased  by  the  Society. 


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By  an  amendment  to  the  Constitution,  adopted  in  February  last,  the 
termination  of  the  Society  year  has  been  changed  from  the  first  Wednes- 
day in  November  to  the  thirty-first  day  of  December  of  each  year.  This 
report,  therefore,  covers  the  period  of  fourteen  months,  from  November 
3d,  1880,  to  December  31st,  1881. 

On  November  3d,  1880,  the  membership  in  the  Society  was : 
Honorary  members,  resident ... .     3     Non-resident 9     Total...   12 


3  "...     3 

359  "    473 

14  "      20 

42  "      48 

— 541 

Making,  resident 129    Non-resident.  ..  .427  

Total 556 


Corresponding  members 

Members,  resident 114 

Associates,       "       6 

Juniors,  "       (i 


Fellows  66  of  whom,  10  members,  and  1  honorary  member  are  in- 
cluded above,  leaving 55 

Total  connected  with  the  Society,  November  3,  1880 611 


At  the  present  time  the  membership  is  : 

Honorary  members,  resident,  3  Non-resident. 
Corresponding  members. .  .  " 

Members  resident 119  " 

Associates,     "        9  " 

Juniors,  "        8  " 


8 

Total.. 

11 

3 

"     . . 

3 

394 

(C 

..513 

15 

a 

. .  24 

46 

"       .. 

..  54 

591 


Making,  resident 139     Non-resident. . .  .466  

Total 605 

Fellows,  63  of  whom  10  members  and  1  honorary  member  are  in- 
cluded above,  leaving 52 

Total  connected  with  the  Society  January  1,  1882 657 

The  additions  during  the  past  year  to  the  several  classes  of  Society 
membership  have  been  : 

Members  qualified 45 

Former  members  restored 2 

Associates  qualified 4 

Juniors  qualified 11 


Total  additions  to  the  several  classes  of  membership 62 


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The  decrease  during  the  year  in  the  several  classes  of  membership 
has  been  : 

Honorary  members  .Died,  1 1 

Members Died,  5 . .  Resigned . .  2 7 

Juniors Died,  0 . .  Resigned .  .  2  Transferred  to  member  3  5 

Fellows Died,  3 3 

Totals   Deaths,  9  Resignations.  4  Transfers 3     16 

There  has  thus  been  an  addition  of  62  to  the  various  classes  of  mem- 
bership, and  a  loss  by  deaths,  resignations  and  transfers  of  16,  making 
the  actual  net  additions  during  the  year  4()  in  number. 

On  November,  3,  1880,  there  were,  as  stated  in  the  last  Annual 
Report,  40  proposals  pending  ;  76  proposals  have  been  received  dur- 
ing the  year  ;  48  candidates  have  been  elected  Members,  of  whom  3 
were  transferred  from  Juniors,  4  candidates  have  been  elected  Associates; 
11  candidates  have  been  elected  Juniors. 

45  persons  have,  during  the  year,  qualified  as  Members  ;  4  have  qua- 
lified as  Associates  ;  11  have  qualified  as  Janiors  ;  3  candidates  elected 
during  the  year  as  Members  have  not  yet  qualified  ;  there  are  15  jjroposals 
now  pending. 

Twenty-six  meetings  of  the  Society  were  held  during  the  year,  one  of 
which  was  the  Thirteenth  Annual  Convention,  all  the  sessions  of  the 
Convention,  including  the  business  meeting,  being  counted  as  one  meet- 
ing of  the  Society.  Meetings  have  been  held  on  the  first  and  third  Wed- 
nesdays of  each  month,  except  that  there  were  no  meetings  in  August, 
and  but  one  in  July. 

Twenty  meetings  of  the  Board  of  Direction  have  been  held  during  the 
year. 

One  of  the  meetings  of  the  Society  was  held  at  Ohickering  Hall,  in 
March,  1881,  when  Lt.  Commander  Gorringe,  U.  S.  N.,  presented  an 
illustrated  paper  upon  the  removal  of  the  Obelisk  from  its  site  in  Alex- 
andria, Egypt,  to  its  present  site  in  the  Central  Park,  New  York  City. 
This  interesting  paper  was  the  first  public  presentation  by  Commander 
Gorringe  of  the  engineering  features  connected  with  his  successful  un- 
dertaking. 

The  Annual  Convention  of  the  past  year  was  held  at  Montreal,  Can- 
ada, June  15,  18, 1881,  and  was  attended  by  one  hundred  of  our  members. 
In  addition  to  the  time  spent  a't  that  city,  visits  to  Niagara  Falls,  to 
Toronto,  to  Ottawa  and  to  Quebec,  were  included  in  the  arrangements,  and 
at  each  of  those  points,  as  well  as  at  Montreal,  opportunities  were  aftbrded 
for  the  examination  of  matters  of  special  interest  to  engineers. 


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The  constant  increase  of  interest  in  the  Conventions  has  been  largely 
augmented  by  this,  the  first  one  held  beyond  the  limits  of  the  United 
States.  The  Board  of  Direction  desires  to  record  its  acknowledgment  of 
the  obligation  of  the  Society  to  its  members  in  Canada,  and  to  those  who 
assisted  them  in  perfecting  the  admirable  arrangements  made  on  that  oc- 
casion. 

The  Board  desires  also  to  call  the  attention  of  all  members  of  the 
Society  who  have  not  attended  its  recent  Conventions  to  the  fact, 
that  opportunities  for  the  discussion  of  professional  subjects,  for  the  ex- 
amination of  public  works,  and  for  the  extension  of  social  acquaintance 
among  engineers,  are  afforded  in  a  remarkable  manner  at  these  Conven- 
tions. Their  influence  has  been  excellent  in  many  directions,  and  they 
have  been  greatly  enjoyed  by  all  Avho  have  taken  part  in  them. 

It  is  hoped  that  the  attendance  upon  them  will  be  largely  increased, 
and  that  special  effort  Avill  be  made  by  all  our  members  to  be  present  at 
them  in  the  future. 

The  Library  has  been  increased  during  the  year  by  the  following 
additions  : 

Number  of  books  bound 97 

"       "      unbound 118 

"         "  pamphlets 654 

"         "  majjs  and  plans 27 

"         "  photographs 16 

"         "  drawings,  specifications,  models  and  specimens 93 

These  do  not  include  magazines  and  papers  contributed  to  the  Society 
by  publishers,  or  received  in  Exchange  for  the  Transactions,  a  list  of 
which  is  given  in  an  appendix  to  this  report. 

The  present  state  of  the  Library  is  about  as  follows  : 

Books  and  pamphlets 9,607 

Manuscripts 116 

Maps,  plans,  drawings,  charts,  photographs  and  engravings 2,157 

Models  and  specimens 258 

The  catalogue  of  and  index  to  the  Railroad  Section  of  the  Library  has 
been  published  and  issued  during  the  past  year.  This  index  has  been 
not  only  an  aid  to  the  examination  of  books  in  the  Library,  but  also 
an  indication  of  much  that  has  been  published  in  this  branch  of  engi- 
neering, and  thus  has  been  useful  in  itself  as  a  book  of  reference. 

The  Secretary  has,  under  the  direction  of  the  Board,  issued  recently, 
the  following  circular. 

Amektcan  Society  of  CrviL  Engineers, 
127  East  23d  Street,  New  York. 
Dear  Sir, — You  will  confer  a  favor  by  sorting  over  the  pamphlets  in 
your  possession,  and  sending  to  the  Society  such  of  them,  relating  to 
Engineering  topics,  as  you  are  willing  to  contribute. 


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We  already  have  a  large  collection  of  railroad,  city,  canal,  waterworks 
and  other  rej)orts,  which  form  one  of  the  most  valuable  features  of  the 
Library,  and  we  desire  to  make  it  more  complete  by  preserving  as  full  a 
history  as  possible  of  the  progress  of  our  public  works. 

We  also  desire  copies  of  testimony  taken  in  patent  cases  ;  controver- 
sies concerning  bi-idges,  railroad  crossings,  reports  of  committees  of  in- 
vestigation and  of  legislative  commissions,  &c. ,  &c. 

We  also  desire  a  copy  of  all  new  reports  issued  by  your  company. 

All  contributions  will  be  duly  acknowledged  in  the  Transactions  of 
the  Society. 

By  order  of  the  Board  of  Direction, 

JOHN  BOGART,  Secretary. 

The  Board  desires  to  impress  upon  the  Members  of  the  Society  the 
great  value  of  any  contributions  to  the  Library. 

During  the  year  demands  for  Engineers  to  take  charge  of  various 
works,  have  far  exceeded  the  number  of  members  of  this  Society  re- 
corded with  the  Secretary  as  open  to  new  engagements.  Members  who 
are  in  want  of  employment,  or  who  contemplate  changing  their  connec- 
tion, are  urged  to  send  a  record  of  their  names,  qualifications  and  expec- 
tations to  the  Secretary. 

The  Norman  medal  is  thus  far  the  only  prize  which  the  Society  can 
annually  offer  for  excellence  in  the  papers  presented  at  its  meetings.  It 
is  desirable  that  a  larger  number  of  prizes  shall  be  at  the  disposal  of  the 
Society,  as  an  incentive  to  have  papers  carefully  prepared,  and  to  draw 
them  out  in  adequate  numbers.  It  is,  therefore,  siiggested  that  members 
who  can  aflford  it,  or  who  know  persons  of  means,  interested  in  par- 
ticular subjects,  shall  promote  the  establishment  of  funds  for  the  annual 
awarding  of  additional  prizes,  under  such  conditions  as  the  donors  shall 
specify  and  the  Board  of  Direction  accept. 

Reports  made  during  the  year  have  been  as  follows  : 

By  the  Board  of  Direction  :  The  Annual  Report  for  the  year. 

By  the  Finance  Committee  :  2  Reports. 

By  the  Treasurer  :  His  Annual  Report  and  frequent  statements  to  the 
Board. 

By  the  Secretary  :  Monthly  Reports  to  the  Board. 

By  the  Committee  on  Tests  of  American  Iron,  Steel  and  other  Metals  : 
1  Report. 

By  the  Committee  on  Gauging  of  Streams  :  2  Rejjorts. 

By  the  Committee  on  Uniform  System  of  Tests  of  Cement  :  1  Report. 

By  the  Committee  on  Preservation  of  Timber  :  1  Report. 

The  Treasurer's  Report  and  the  Report  of  the  Finance  Committee 
will  be  submitted  at  this  meeting. 


\ 


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By  the  Committee  on  Engagement  of  Civil  Engineers  upon  Govern- 
ment "Works  :  1  Report,  and  the  Committee  discharged. 

By  the  Nominating  Committee  :  1  Report. 

By  the  Committee  on  Award  of  Norman  Medal  :  1  Report. 

Reports  will  be  expected  at  this  meeting  from  the  Board  of  Direction 
on  Tests  of  American  Iron,  Steel  and  other  Metals  ;  from  the  Committees 
on  Gauging  of  Streams  ;  on  a  Uniform  System  of  Tests  of  Cement ;  on 
the  Preservation  of  Timber  ;  on  Uniform  Standard  Time,  and  on  the 
Award  of  Norman  Medal. 

The  Transactions  and  Proceedings  have  been  regiilarly  issued  during 
the  past  year.  The  Board  reiterates  the  appeal  to  Members  of  the  So- 
ciety, so  often  heretofore  made  in  the  Annual  Reports  and  elsewhere, 
to  contribute  to  these  Transactions  papers  or  memoranda  from  the  rich 
field  of  engineering  exiserience  now  enlarging  raj^idly.  It  is  only  by  the 
active  and  constant  assistance  of  the  members  of  the  Society  that  the 
efforts  of  the  Management  and  the  Editor  of  the  Transactions  can  result 
in  a  proper  presentation  of  this  essential  element  in  the  Society  work. 

The  jDroposed  Amendments  to  the  Constitution,  which  have  been 
presented  since  the  last  Annual  Meeting,  have  been  printed  and  distri- 
buted to  members,  and  will  be  submitted  for  discussion  at  this  meeting. 

The  Society  has  lost  by  death,  during  the  term  covered  by  this 
report,  one  Honorary  Member,  Baron  Max  Maria  Von  Weber;  five  mem- 
bers, Messrs.  Henry  Cartwright,  G.  Thomas  Hall,  James  H.  Reno,  W. 
Milnor  Roberts  and  Henry  R.  Worthington,  and  three  Fellows,  Messrs. 
A.  D.  Briggs,  Wm.  G.  Fargo  and  Andrew  Kloman.  Appropriate  memoirs 
of  these  deceased  members  have  been,  or  will  be,  published  in  the  Pro- 
ceedings. The  Board,  however,  desires  to  especially  express  in  this  Re- 
port its  sense  of  the  great  loss  the  Society  and  the  profession  have  sus- 
tained in  the  death  of  Col.  W.  Milnor  Roberts,  Past  President  A.  S.  C.  E. 
Col.  Roberts  became  a  member  of  the  Society  September  21,  1870.  He 
was  elected  Vice-President  in  November,  1873,  and  continued  either  as 
Director  or  Vice-President  till  November,  1878,  when  he  was  elected 
President  of  the  Society,  which  oflQce  he  held  when  he  left  this  country 
to  engage  in  professional  service  in  Brazil.  He  was  also  the  Treasurer 
and  an  active  member  of  the  Centennial  Commission  of  the  Society.  In 
the  exercise  of  the  trusts  and  duties  confided  to  him  in  these  positions 
he  was  always  earnest  and  faithful,  and  devoted  for  many  years  a  large 
share  of  his  thought  and  action  to  the  welfare  of  the  Society.  He  was 
one  of  the  most  constant  attendants  at  the  meetings  of  the  Board  and  the 
Committees,  and  his  associates  take  this  occasion  to  record  their  recogni- 
tion of  the  value  of  these  services. 

Respectfully  submitted. 

JOHN   BOGART, 

Secretary. 


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KEPORT  OF  THE  TREASUEER 

For  Fourteen  Months  ending  December  31st,  1881. 


Note. — [The  change  in  the  date  for  the  termination  of  the  Society  year  makes  it  neces- 
sary to  include  fourteen  months  in  the  present  statement.] 


Presented  at  the  Annual  Meeting  January  Idilh,  1882. 


Receipts. 


Balance  on  hand  November  3d,  1880 ^3,168  39 

Entrance  fees 1,600  00 

Current  Dues — For  the  12  months  ending  November  3,  1880: 
From    76  Resident  Members 

"     260  Non-resident  Members . . 

"         5  Resident  Associates 

"       10  Non-resident  Associates 

"         6  Resident  Juniors 

"       30  Non-resident  Juniors.  .  . 


Past  Dues- 


For  November  and  December,  1881 

From    63  Resident  Members 

"     206  Non-resident  Members . 
"         3  Resident  Associates.  . .  .  , 
"         6  Non-resident  Associates . 

"         5  Resident  Juniors , 

"       26  Non-resident  Juniors... 


-From  10  Resident  Members 

"      21  Non-resident  Members. 

"         1  Resident  Junior 

"         2  Non-resident  Juniors. .  . 


^1,789  75 

3,703 

72 

60 

00 

95 

00 

90 

00 

285 

00 

!g262  10 

515 

00 

7 

50 

9  96 

12 

50 

43 

15 

$260  00 

425 

95 

15 

00 

20 

00 

6,023  47 


850  21 


720  95 


Dues  for  year  beginning  January  1st,  1882: 

From    33  Resident  Members $825  00 

"      122  Non-resident  Members 1,785  15 

"          2  Resident  Associates 30  00 

"          3  Non-resident  Associates 30  00 

' '          2  Resident  Juniors 30  00 

"        14  Non-resident  Juniors 140  00 


2,840  15 


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Sales  of  Publications $787  48 

Certificates  of  Membersliip 93  00 

Advertisements . .  ; 180  00 

Miscellaneous 64  23 

Interest  on  Fellowship  Fund  Bonds $523  95 

"       Savings  Bank  Deposit 38  92 

Norman  Medal  Fund  Bonds 105  00 

Eailroad  Stock 82  80 

750  67 

Proceeeds  of  Sale  of  Fellowship  Fund  Bonds 8,880  00 

Advance  Subscription  for  Payment  on  Building 5,000  00 

Subscriptions  to  Building  Fund 13,987  00 


$44,945  55 


DiSBUKSEMENTS. 

Rent  to  May  1,  1881 $800  00 

Interest  on  Mortgage 579  86 

Taxes 576  40 

Publications 3,602  60 

Stationery  and  Printing 771  35 

Postage 915  74 

Library,  including  Index  to  Eailroad  Section 1,036  48 

Salaries 8,500  00 

Convention,  Annual  Meeting  and  Special  Meeting 443  77 

Janitor,  House  Supplies,  Fuel,  Furniture,  Water  and  Gas.  .  .  1,404  22 

Certificates  of  Membership 85  20 

Other  expenditures 202  17 

Insurance 62  59 

Norman  Medal 65  80 

Moving  to  present  House 284  63 

Payment  for  U.  S.  Bonds  for  Fellowship  Fund 9,129  37 

Eepayment  of  advance  Subscription  for  payment  on  Building.  5,000  00 

Payments  on  account  new  Society  House 10,931  38 

Transferred  to  Savings  Bank  Deposit 38  92 

Balance  on  hand,  Building  Fund 3,055  62 

Balance  on  hand,  General  Fund 2,459  45 

$44,945  55 


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The  Funds  of  the  Society  are  as  follows  : 
Fellowship  Fund  : 

80  Subscriptions ^8,150  00 

Accumulated  Interest,  November  3, 1880 813  83 

Interest  received,  November  3,  1880,  to  Decem- 
ber 31,  1881 562  87 

Premium  received  on  sale  of  Jersey  City  Water 

Loan  Bonds 880  00 

$10,406  70 
Expended  from  fund,  Nov.  3,  1880,  to  Dec.  31,  1881: 
For  Premium  on  purchase  of  United 

States  bonds iB129  37 

For  Publications 274  58 

403  95 

$10,002  75 
The  present  investment  of  the  Fellowship  Fund 
is,  at  par  value  : 

9  United  States  Government  Bonds 9,000  00 

Deposit  in  Seamens  Bank  for  Savings 1,002  75 

$10,002  75 

Norman  Medal  Fund  ; 

1  Certificate  Croton  Aqueduct  Stock,  New  York  City. . .  .      1,000  00 
General  Investment  : 

10  Shares  New  York  Central  and  Hudson  River 

R.  R.  Stock $1,000  00 

1  Consolidated  Certificate  New  York  Central 

and  Hudson  River  R.  R.  Stock 35  00 

1,035  00 

Building  Fund: 

Receipts  Nov.  3,  1880,  to  Dec.  31,  1881 $13,987  00 

Previous  to  Nov.  3,  1881 25  00 

$14,012  00 
Expended  : 

For  Legal  Services,  Circulars,  etc. .       $355  03 

For  Betterments  on  Property 601  35 

Payments  on  Purchase 10,000  00 

10,956  38 

On  hand  December  31,  1881 $3,055  62 

J.  JAMES  R.  CROES, 

Treasurer. 


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EEPOET  OF  THE  COMMITTEE  ON  FINANCE. 

Pkesented,    Reai?   and  Accepted   at  the  Annual   Meeting,  Januaey 

18,  1882. 

To  the  Board  of  Direction  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  : 

The  Committee  on  Finance  have  carefully  examined  the  assets  of  the 
Society,  and  find  them  correctly  reported  by  the  Treasurer. 

They  would  further  report  that  they  have  audited  all  of  the  bills  that 
have  been  paid  during  the  past  year,  and  find  them  to  have  been  approved 
and  endorsed  by  the  proper  officers,  and  in  no  case  have  the  appropria- 
tions made  by  the  Board  been  exceeded. 
Society  Rooms,  Jan'y  17,  1882. 

W.  H.  Paine, 
C.  V.  Smith, 
Jos.  P.  Davis, 

Committee  on  Finance. 


CONTRIBUTIONS  TO  THE  BUILDING  FUND. 

By  a  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Direction,  all  contributions  to  the 
Bulding  Fund  are  to  be  acknowledged,  from  time  to  time,  by  printing 
lists  of  the  same  in  the  monthly  Proceedings  of  the  Society,  and  in 
addition  to  this  the  names  of  all  those  who  may  subscribe  $100  or  more 
are  to  be  regularly  enrolled  and  published  in  future  lists  of  the  Society 
under  the  head  of  Subscribers  to  the  Building  Fund,  and  they  Avill  be 
entitled  to  receive  one  copy  of  the  monthly  publications,  comprising  all 
papers  and  transactions  of  the  Society,  regularly,  for  life,  for  each  ^100 
subscribed  by  them  ;  such  copies  to  be  in  addition  to  those  which  they 
may  be  already  entitled  to  if  they  are  Members  or  Fellows  : 

The  following  contributions  are  acknowledged  in  addition  to  those 
heretofore  noted : 

A.  P.  Boiler ^150  00 

Boston  Gas  Light  Company 250  00 

John  H.  Drake 150  00 

William  R.  Eckart 100  00 

N.  W.  Ellis 25  00 

C.  L.  Gates 20  00 

Mrs.  W.  H.  Greenwood 15  00 

*S.  S.  Haight • 10  00 

*Additioual  subscription  to  payment  previously  acknowledged. 


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Sandford  Horton SlOO  00 

John  B.  Jervis 100  00 

E.  C.  Lewis 100  00 

William  Thaw 100  00 


LIST  OF  PUBLICATIONS  AND  PAPEES   RECEIVED  FOR 
LIBRARY. 

Appendix  to  Annual  Report  of  Board  of  Direction, 
January  18,  1882. 

The  following  papers  are  contributed  to  the  Society,  or  are  received 
in  exchange  for  Transactions  : 

American  Architect  and  Building  News Weekly Boston. 

American  Engineer "       Chicago. 

American  Gas  Light  Joiirnal Semi-Monthly.  .New  York. 

American  Machinist Weekly " 

Annales  des  Travanx  Publics Monthly Paris. 

Army  and  Navy  Journal Weekly New  York . 

Builder "       London. 

Building  and  Engineering  News "       " 

Bulletin  American  Iron  and  Steel  Association Semi-Monthly.  .Philadelphia. 

Bulletin  du  Canal  Interoceanique "  "        ..Paris. 

Commissioner  of  Patents'  Journal Semi- Weekly  .  ..London. 

Critic "     Monthly.  .New  York. 

Deutsche  Bauzeitung Weekly Berlin. 

Engineer "       London. 

Engineering  (2  copies) "       " 

Engineering  and  Mining  Journal " New  York. 

Engineering  News "       " 

Genie  Civil  "       Paris. 

Iron "       London. 

Iron  Age "       New  York. 

Journal  of  Artillery  and  Military  Engineering Monthly Vienna. 

of  Society  of  Arts Weekly London. 

of  Gas  Lighting "       " 

Manufacturer  and  Builder Monthly New  York. 

Manufacturer  and  Iron  World Weekly Pittsburgh. 

Mechanics "       New  York. 

National  Car  Builder Monthly  ......         " 

Record  of  Scientific  Literature "        " 

Railroad  Gazette Weekly " 

Railway  Age "       Chicago. 

Railway  Review "       " 

Railway  World "       Philadelphia. 

Rsportorium  der  Technischen  Literatur Leipsig. 

Revue  Generale  des  Chemins  de  fer Monthly Paris. 

Sanitary  Engineer Weekly New  York. 

Scientific  American "       " 

Scientific  American  Supplement "       " 

Tehnic  Tidskrift Monthly Stockholm. 

Techniker Semi-Monthly.  .New  York. 


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Telegraph  Journal  and  Electric  Review Semi-Monthly.  .London. 

The  Locomotive Monthly Hartford, 

Van  Nostrand's  Magazine "         Nevf  York. 

Zeitschrift  fur  Baukunde Quarterly Munich. 

Zeitschrift  fur  Bauwesens "  Berlin. 

The  following  are  subscribed  for  : 

American  Bookseller Semi-Monthly.  .New  York. 

American  Catalogue "  '         ..         " 

American  Library  .Journal Monthly 

Index "        

Bookseller "         London. 

Publishers'  Weekly Weekly New  York. 

U.  S.  Official  Postal  Guide Monthly Boston. 

The  Society  has  received  during  the  year,  in  exchange  for  the 
"Transactions,"  official  publications  of  the  following  associations,  in 
many  instances  for  preceding  years  : 

Aeronautical  Society  of  Great  Britain London. 

Academy  of  Sciences Washington. 

Akademie  des  Bauwesens Berlin 

American  Chemical  Society New  York. 

American  Gas  Light  Association " 

American  Institute  of  Architects " 

American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers Easton. 

American  Iron  and  Steel  Association Philadelphia. 

American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers New  York. 

Annales  de  Construcciones  Civiles  y  de  Minas Lima. 

Annales  des  Fonts  et  Chausees Paris. 

Argentine  Scientific  Society Buenos  Ayres. 

Association  of  Civil  Engineers Lisbon. 

Austrian  Society  of  Engineers  and  Ai'chitects  (Two  Publications) Vienna. 

Boston  Public  Library Boston. 

Boston  Society  of  Civil  Engineers " 

Civil  Engineers'  Club  of  Cleveland Cleveland. 

Die  Administration  der  "Mittheilungen  " Vienna. 

Engineers'  Club  of  Philadelphia Philadelphia . 

Engineers'  Club  of  St.  Louis St.  Louis. 

Engineer  Department,  U.  S.  A Washington. 

Engineers'  Society,  Western  Pennsylvania Pittsburgh. 

Essay ons'  Club,  Corps  of  Engineers,  V .  S.  A Willetts  Point. 

Franklin  Institute  Journal Philadelphia. 

Imperial  School Moscow. 

Imperial  Technic  Society  of  Russia St.  Petersburg. 

Imjjerial  University Tokio. 

Institution  of  Civil  Engineers London. 

"  "  oflreland Dublin. 

"  of  Engineers  and  Shipbuilders  of  Scotland Glasgow. 

"  of  Mechanical  Engineers London. 

Iron  and  Steel  Institute " 

Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology Boston. 

McGill  University,  Department  of  Science Montreal 

Mechanics'  Institute San  Francisco. 

Midland  Institute  Mining,  Civil  and  Mechanical  Engineers Barnsley,  Eng. 

Mining  Institute  of  Scotland Hamilton. 


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National  Board  of  Health Washington. 

New  York  Meteorological  Observatory New  York. 

North  of  England  Institute  of  Mining  and  Mechanical  Engineers Newcastle. on-Tyue . 

Pi  Eta  Scientific  Society Troy. 

Royal  United  Service  Institution London. 

School  of  Mines,  Columbia  College New  York. 

Smithsonian  Institution Washington. 

Society  of  Ai'ts London. 

Society  of  Civil  Engineers Paris . 

Society  of  Engineers London . 

Society  of  Engineers  and  Architects  of  Hungary Budapest . 

"  "  "  of  Saxony Dresden. 

"  "  "  Hanover. 

Stevens  Institute  of  Technology Hoboken. 

Swedish  Society  of  Engineers Stockholm. 

Thayer  Scientific  School,  Dartmouth  College Hanover. 

Thomasson  Civil  Engineering  College,  Indian  Engineering Roorkee. 

United  States  Coast  Survey Washington. 

"  Light  House  Board 

"  Naval  Institute Annapolis. 

"  Naval  Observatory Washington. 

"  Ordnance  Department " 

University  of  Michigan Ann  Arbor. 

Western  Society  of  Engineers Chicago . 


LIST     OF    MEMBERS, 


ADDITIONS. 

MEMBERS. 

Date  of  Election. 

Andeews,  John  W Supt.     Midland    North    Carolina   Ey., 

Goldsboro,  N.  C Mar.   1,   1882. 

Bates,  Onwaed Bridge  Entrance,  St.  Louis,  Mo Jan.  4,    1882. 

BoNNTN,  Wm.  Wingfield.2G  Hospital  St.,  Montreal,  Canada "         " 

BuENET,  Geoege,  Je Asst.  Engineer  I.  B.  &  W.  E..  AV.  Exten- 
sion, Indianapolis,  Ind Mar.   1,   1882. 

Davis,  Chestee  B Chief  Engineer  Water  Works,  Omaha, 

Neb Feb.   1,  1882. 

Felton,  Samuel  M.,  JE..Gen.  Man.  New  York  A:  New  England 

E.  E.,  Boston,  Mass Jan.    4,   1882. 

Greene,  Charles  E University   of  Michigan,    Ann    Arbor, 

Mich " 

Jaycox,  Thomas  W. ....    .City  Engineer,   P.    0.   Box  18'J,   Lead- 

ville,   Colo "         " 

Lesage,  Loms -Superintendent    Water  Works,    Mon- 
treal, Canada Sept.   7,    1881. 

Light,  Alexander  L Chief    Engineer,     Quebec,     Montreal, 

Ottawa,  ,  &     Occidental      E.     E., 
Quebec,  Canada "         " 


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Peiob,  Chakles  H Siipt.  Iowa  &  Minnesota  Div.  0.  M.  & 

St.  P.  Ey.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. Mar.   1,  1882. 

KicE,  Geoege  S Charlestown,  Ariz Feb.   1,   1882. 

Savage,  Albert  C City  Engineer,  El  Paso,  Texas May  4,   1881. 

Seely,  Thomas  J Div.  riiip't  Atchison,   To^Deka  &  Santa 

Fe  R.  K,  Las  Vegas,  N.  M Feb.   1,  1882- 

Smith,  Charles  C Chief  Engineer  St.  Paul,  Minneapolis 

&  Manitoba  R.  E.,  St.  Paul,  Minn. July  10,  1872. 


ASSOCIATE. 


Frost,  George  H Engineering  News,  Tribune    Building, 

New  York  City,  N.  Y Jan.   4,   1882. 

Watson,  "William 107  Marlborough  St.,  Boston,  Mass Mar.  1,   1882. 


JUNIOR. 


Bogart,  James  P Engineer  Conn.  Shell  Fish  Commission, 

New  Haven,   Conn Jan.  4,    1882. 

Haviland,  Arthur Asst.    Engineer    Tehuantepec    E.    E., 

Jaltipan,  Mexico "         " 


CHANGES  AND  CORRECTIONS. 

MEMBERS. 

Blackwell,  Chaeles Supt.   Motive  Power  Norfolk   and  Western  Eailway, 

Eoanoke,  Va. 

Briggs,  E.  E  Ingeneiro    Ferro-caril    Central,     San    Luis     Potosi, 

Mexico. 

Beodhead,  Calvin  E White  Haven,  Pa. 

Brotjgh,  Eedmond  J   . . .  .City  Engineer,  Toronto,  Canada. 

Chittenden,  S.   H Suj^t.  Ivanhoe  Mining  Co.,  Grafton,  N.  M. 

Ceowell,  J.  Foster Asst.  Eng.  P.  E  E.,  East  Liberty,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Cunningham,  D.  W Engineer  Water  Board,  Eoom  No.  1,  City  Hall,  Min- 
neapolis, Minn. 

Davis,  Charles  E.  L.  B.  .Capt.  Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  Engineer  10th 
Light  House  District,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Earley,  John  E Locating  Eng.  N.  M.  &  A.  E.  E.,  Tucson,  Arizona. 

Flad,  Henry City  Hall,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

HiDEE,  Arthur Asst,  U.  S.  Engineer,  Duncansby  P.  0.,  Miss. 

Howard,  Frederick  B.  .  .  .57  Lafayette  Ave.,  Detroit,  Mich. 

James,  Samuel  L. 32  Carondelet  St.  (Lock  Box  437),  New  Orleans,  La. 

Kimberly,  M.  C Div.  Supt.  Denver  &  Eio  Grande  Ey.,  South  Pueblo, 

Colo. 


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Leavitt,  E.  D.,  Jr 604  Main  St.,  Cambridgei^ort,  Mass. 

Long,  Thomas  J   Dept.  of  Docks,  foot   W.    '2ith   St.,  New  York  City. 

MooKE,  Robert 102  North  Fourth  St.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Nichols,  0.  F 50  Puhxski  St.,  Brooklyn,  N,  Y. 

NicOLLs,  William  J Pottstown,  Pa. 

Post,  James  C Capt.  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  Jacksonville,  Fla. 

EoTCH,  William Jamaica  Plains,  Mass. 

Seymour,  Horatio,  Jr Utica,  N.  Y'. 

Stephens,  Clinton  F Chief  Engineer    Texas   &  St.   Louis    R.    R.,    Pine 

Bluff,  Ark. 
Van  Brocklin,  Martin.  . . .  Oneida,  N.  Y. 

Van  Horne,  John  G 5   Cortlandt  St.,  Room  77,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Weir,  Charles  G M.  L.  S.  &  W.  R.  R.,  Ontonagon,  Mich, 

Wellington,  A.  M Asst.  Gen.  Man.  Mex.  Central  R.  R.,  San  Fernando, 

Mexico. 
Wood,  Joseph.    Supt.  Motive  Power  Penna.  Co.,  Fort  Wayne,  Ind. 


JUNIORS. 


Bullock,  Wm.   D City  Engineer.s'  office,  Providence,  R,  I. 

Emonts,  Wm.  a.  G 3909  Pine  St,,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Whitlock,  Frank  W P.  O.  Box  343,  Waterbury,  Conn. 


RESIGNATIONS. 
Larkin,  Edward December  31,  1881. 


DEATHS. 

HoLLEY,  Alexander  Lyman, 

(Past  Vice-President)  Elected  Member  October  1,  1873.     Died  January  29, 
1882. 

Lane,   Moses Elected  Member  December  4,  1867.     Died  January 

.   25,  1882. 
Scowden,   Theodore  Ransom, 

Elected   Member  May  7,  1873.     Died  December  31, 
1881. 
Weight,  William  Wierman, 

Elected  Member  November  4,  1872.     Died  March  9. 
1882. 


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FROOP:E£)i]sras. 


Vol.  VIIL— April,    1882. 


MINUTES    OF    MEETINGS 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


March  1st,  1882.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.  Mr.  T.  C.  Clarke  in  the 
clfair. 

Ballots  for  proposed  amendments  to  the  Constitution  .were  canvassed 
with  the  following  results  :  Upon  the  following  proposed  amendment  to 
Article  XXII : 

Add  at  end  of  the  article,  as  follows  : 

Any  member  or  associate,  wbose  subscription  is  not  in  arrears,  may  compound  for 
future  annual  subscriptions  by  the  payment  of  three  hundred  dollars  if  he  is  a  resident, 
and  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  if  he  is  a  non-resident.  But  should  a  non-resident 
become  a  resident  he  shall  pay  the  remainder  of  the  composition,  viz.,  one  hundred  and 
fifty  dollai's,  or  the  usual  annual  subscription  during  the  time  of  his  residence. 

There  were  118  ballots  cast ;  28  in  the  affirmative,  86  in  the  negative 
and  4  not  voting.  This  proposed  amendment  to  Article  XXII  not  having 
received  an  affirmative  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all  the  ballots  cast,  was 
declared  not  adopted. 

Upon  the  following  proposed  amendments  to  Article  XXIV  : 

After  the  words  "Fellowship  Fund,"  at  the  end  of  the  first  line,  insert  the  words  "Ten 
Thousand  dollars  of  which  shall  be,"  so  as  to  read  :  "  There  shall  be  a  fund  called  the  Fellow- 
ship Fund,  ton  thousand  dollars  of  which  shall  be  devoted  exclusively  to  the  publication  of 
the  papers  read  before  the  Society,"  etc.,  etc. 


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Also  add  to  the  close  of  the  article  the  words,  "  Fellows  shall  be  elected  in  the  same  man- 
ner as  Honorary  Members." 

There  were  118  ballots  east ;  98  in  the  affirmative,  5  in  the  negative 
and  15  not  voting.  These  proposed  amendments  to  Article  XXFV  having 
received  an  affirmative  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all  the  ballots  cast,  were 
declared  adojDted. 

Upon  the  following  proposed  amendment  to  Article  V  : 

Second  line  by  striking  out  the  \yord  "five,'  and  inserting  the  word  "ten,"  so  that  it 
shall  read  "ten  directors." 

There  were  118  ballots  cast ;  18  in  the  affirmative,  86  in  the  negative 
and  14  not  voting.  This  proposed  amendment  to  Article  V  not  having 
received  an  affirmative  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all  the  ballots  cast,  was  de- 
clared not  adopted. 

Upon  the  following  proposed  amendment  to  Article  XXXIII  : 

strike  out  the  word  "October"  in  the  third  line  and  substitute  therefor  the  word 
"November." 

Also  strike  out  the  word  "February"  in  the  eighth  line  and  substitute  the  word 
"March." 

There  were  118  ballots  cast ;  96  in  the  affirmative,  1  in  the  negative 
and  21  not  voting.  This  i^roposed  amendment  to  Article  XXXIII  having 
received  an  affirmative  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all  the  ballots  cast,  was  de- 
clared adopted. 

Ballots  for  membership  were  canvassed  and  the  following  candidates 
declared  elected  as  members  :  John  William  Andrews,  Goldsboro,  North 
Carolina;  George  Burnet,  Jr.,  Indianapolis,  Indiana;  William  Henry 
Martin,  San  Francisco,  California  ;  Charles  H.  Prior,  Minneajoolis,  Min- 
nesota ;  James  Lingan  Randolph,  Baltimore,  Maryland. 

The  Secretary  presented  from  the  Board  of  Direction  a  copy  of  the 
bill  which  had  been  presented  to  Congress  on  the  subject  of  Tests  of 
Structural  Materials,  with  a  report  of  the  visit  of  the  President  and  of 
Members  of  the  Board  and  of  the  Society  to  Washington,  and  also  of  the 
discussion  on  the  subject  at  the  meeting  in  Washington  of  the  American 
Institute  of  Mining  Engineers. 

Mr.  Charles  Macdonald  offered  the  following  resolutions,  which  were 
seconded  by  Mr.  T.  C.  Clarke  and  adopted  : 

Resolved.  That  in  the  death  of  Alexander  Lyman  Holley,  formerly 
Vice-President  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  the  engineer- 
ing profession  at  large,  no  less  than  our  own  Society,  has  suffered  a 
grievous  loss. 

In  him  were  combined  not  only  the  inventive  genius  to  discover  and 
successfully  apply  new  methods  of  subduing  the  forces  of  nature  for  the 


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benefit  of  mankind  (as  evinced  in  the  great  industries  -whicli  liave  been 
developed  under  liis  direction)  ;  but  a  rare  literary  facility  for  arranging 
and  distributing  stores  of  information  obtained  tlarougli  patient  study  of 
the  works  of  others. 

By  the  examjale  of  his  life,  in  his  gentleness,  his  modesty,  his  defe- 
rential consideration  of  opposing  counsels,  combined  with  integrity, 
indomitable  energy  and  power  of  work,  the  standard  of  our  i^rofession 
has  been  materially  advanced,  and  a  sjiirit  of  good  fellowship  engend- 
ered which  has  had  the  effect  to  weld  in  harmonious  continuity  of  inter- 
est the  several  branches  of  a  profession  destined  to  play  an  increasingly 
important  part  in  the  advancement  of  civilization. 

Resolved,  That  a  Committee  of  Five  be  appointed  to  act  in  conjunc- 
tion with  similar  committees  which  have  been  or  may  be  apj)ointed  by 
the  American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers  and  the  American  Society  of 
Mechanical  Engineers,  in  any  further  measures  that  may  be  deemed 
advisable  in  honor  of  the  memory  of  our  departed  fellow  member. 

Resolved,  That  we  offer  to  the  family  of  the  deceased  the  assurance 
of  our  earnest  and  respectful  sympathy  in  their  affliction. 

Resolved,  That  the  Secretary  be  instructed  to  transmit  copies  of  the 
above  resolutions  to  the  family,  to  the  Secretary  of  the  American  Insti- 
tute of  Mining  Engineers,  and  to  the  Secretary  of  the  American  Society 
of  Mechanical  Engineers. 

The  President  has  appointed  the  following  named  members  of  the 
Society  as  the  Committee  provided  for  in  the  above  resolution  :  Messrs. 
Charles  Macdonald,  T.  C.  Clarke,  O.  Chanute,  Isaac  Newton  and  Wil- 
liam G.  Hamilton. 

The  Secretary  presented  a  copy  of  resolutions,  of  similar  j)urport, 
upon  the  decease  of  Alexander  Lyman  Holley,  which  had  been  adopted 
by  the  American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers.    . 

A  paper  by  W.  S.  Auchincloss,  Member,  A.S.C.E.,  upon  the  Averaging 
Machine,  was  read  by  the  author,  practically  illustrated  upon  the  machine 
and  discussed  by  Messrs.  T.  C.  Clarke,  Joseph  P.  Davis,  Dresser,  George 
S.  Greene,  Jr.,  Katte,  Morison,  and  Prindle. 

March  15th,  1882. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.  President  Welch  in 
the  chair.  The  death  of  William  W.  Wright,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E.,  of 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,  elected  member  November  ith,  1872,  died  March  9th, 
1882,  was  announced. 

A  paper  by  E.  H.  Keating,  C.  E.,  City  Engineer  of  Halifax,  Nova 
Scotia,  on  the  Eemoval  of  Incrustations  in  Water  Mains,  was  read  by  the 
Secretary  and  discussed  by  Messrs.  J.  C.  Campbell,  Joseph  P.  Davis, 
George  S.  Greene,  Jr. ,  Haswell  and  Welch. 

Remarks  upon  the  subject  of  the  Overflow  of  the  Mississippi  River 
were  made  by  Mr.  Lyman  Bridges,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E.,  and  the  subject 
discussed. 

April  5th,  1882. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m..  President  Welch  in  the 


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chair.  Ballots  were  canvassed  and  the  following  candidates  declared 
elected  :  as  Members— William  Herbert  Bixby,  Lieut.  Corps  of  En- 
gineers, U.  S.  A.  ;  Frank  Augustus  Calkins,  New  York  ;  Joseph  Moss 
Knap,  New  York  ;  Charles  Penrose  Perkins  (transferred),  Williamsport, 
Pa.  ;  Benjamin  Ehodes,  Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y.  ;  Robert  Surtees,  Ottawa, 
Canada  ;  as  Associate — John  Lockwood,  New  York. 

Ballots  for  a  proposed  Amendment  to  the  By-Laws  were  canvassed,  as 
follows :  Proposed  Amendment  to  Section  24,  Third  Clause  and  Fifth 
Clause,  strike  out  the  word  October  and  substitute  the  word  November. 
There  were  76  votes  in  the  affirmative  and  2  votes  in  the  negative. 

This  proposed  amendment  to  Section  24  of  the  By-Laws,  having 
received  an  affirmative  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all  the  ballots  cast,  was 
declared  adopted. 

On  motion,  the  Board  of  Direction  was  requested  to  submit  to  the 
Society  a  plan  for  life  membership  embodying  with  it  a  plan  for  com- 
mutation of  dues  by  one  payment. 

A  paper  by  Alfred  P.  Boiler,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E.,  on  the  "  Mode  of 
Underpinning  adopted  for  the  Croton  Lake  Bridge,  New  York  City  and 
Northern  Railroad,  during  the  repairs  to  the  Masonry  Piers,"  was  read 
by  the  Secretary  and  discussed  by  members  present. 

The  paper  by  L.  Bridges,  M.  A.  S.  C.  E.,  on  the  Overflow  of  the 
Mississippi  River,  read  at  the  last  meeting,  was  further  discussed. 

OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION. 

Jantjaky  4,  1882. — Applications  were  considered.  Mr.  O.  Chanute 
was  added  to  the  Committee  on  Preservation  of  Timber,  and  requested 
to  serve  as  chairman.  Action  was  taken  as  to  arrears  of  dues.  The  sub- 
ject of  Tests  of  Iron  and  Steel  was  referred  to  a  Sub-Committee  for  con- 
sideration. Arrangements  were  made  for  the  approaching  Annual  Meet- 
ing, and  Messrs.  Bogart,  Dresser,  Emery,  William  H.  Paine  and  C.  V. 
Smith,  were  appointed  a  Committee  of  Arrangements  for  that  meeting. 

Appropriations  were  made. 

January  16,  1882.  — A  report  was  received  from  the  Committee  ap- 
pointed at  the  Montreal  Convention  on  Tests  of  Iron,  Steel  and  other 
Metals.  The  subject  was  discussed.  Vice-Presidents  Chanute  and 
Welch  were  appointed  a  Committee  to  present  the  subject  to  the  Society 
at  the  Annual  Meeting.  The  Annual  Report  prepared  by  Secretary 
Bogart,  was  read,  amended  and  adopted.  The  following  resolution  was 
adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Secretary  be  directed  to  send  to  each  journal 
which  receives  the  Transactions  of  this  Society  in  exchange,  a  notice  that 
the  Publications  of  the  Society  are  copyrighted,  and  that  the  condition 
of  exchange  is  that  in  republishing  any  of  the  papers  or  plates  published 


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in  the  Transactions,  they  shall  be  credited  to  the  Transactions  of  the 
Society. 

January  25,  1882.— The  Board  elected  at  the  Annual  Meeting,  Jan- 
uary 18,  1882,  met,  and  under  the  provisions  of  the  Constitution,  the 
following  Standing  Committees  were  appointed  : 

On  Finance  : 

William  H.  Paine, 
Joseph  P.  Davis, 
George  S.  Greene,  Jr. 

On  Library  : 

J.  James  B.  Croes, 
Thomas  C.  Keefer, 
George  W.  Dresser. 

The  subject  of  the  date  for  the  next  Convention,  referred  by  the 
Society  to  the  Board,  was  referred  to  a  Committee  for  consideration  and 
report. 

A  Committee  was  appointed  to  confer  with  Mr.  T.  F.  Rowland  on 
the  institution  of  the  Rowland  Prize,  as  determined  by  the  Society  at 
the  Annual  Meeting. 

A  Committee  was  appointed  to  draft  a  memorial,  and  to  recommend 
suitable  action  upon  the  subject  of  Testing  Structural  Material. 

Appi'opriations  were  made. 

February  1,  1882. — Applications  were  considered.  Upon  report  of 
the  Committee  the  date  for  the  Annual  Convention,  at  Washington,  was 
fixed  as  May  IG,  J^2.  The  Committee  on  the  Rowland  Prize  reported 
results  of  an  interview  with  Mr.  T.  F.  Rowland,  and  a  letter  from  him  on 
the  subject.  The  Committee  was  continued.  The  issue  of  a  circular 
suggested  by  the  Committee  on  Standard  Time,  was  considered.  A 
memorial  on  the  subject  of  Tests  of  Iron  and  Steel  was  discussed. 

February,  15,  1882. — A  memorial  on  the  subject  of  Tests  of  Struc- 
tural Materials,  and  the  draft  of  a  law  on  that  subject,  were  adojjted.  A 
Committee  was  requested  to  visit  Washington  to  promote  the  investiga- 
tion of  the  strength  and  properties  of  structural  materials.  Applications 
were  considered. 

March  8,  1882. — Applications  were  considered.  The  Secretary  sub- 
mitted a  transcript  from  the  books  showing  the  number  of  members  in 
arrears  for  dues,  with  the  amount  of  arrears.  It  was  resolved  that  the 
action  directed  by  the  Constitution  be  taken,  and  that  the  form  of  notice 
prescribed  by  it  be  sent  to  all  members  in  arrears  for  more  than  the  cur- 
rent dues.  At  the  request  of  the  President  the  Board  considered  the 
question  of  calling  a  convention  on  the  subject  of  Standard  Time,  and  the 
opinion  of  the  Board  was  declared  that  the  most  suitable  time  for  such 


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convention  would  be  after  receipt  of  replies  to  a  circular  issued  by  tlie 
committee  on  that  subject,  and  further  report  by  that  committee. 

The  President  reported  result  of  the  visit  of  himself  and  the  Secretary 
to  Washington,  on  the  subject  of  a  continuance  of  tests  upon  Structural 
Materials  :  the  meeting  with  other  members  of  the  Society  ;  the  pre- 
sentation of  a  law  and  memorial  to  the  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on 
Manufactures  of  the  House  of  Eapresentatives.  The  Secretary  was  au- 
thorized to  issue  a  note  to  members  on  the  subject. 

The  Secretary  announced  the  gift  from  the  Institution  of  Civil  Engi- 
neers, of  the  Minutes  of  the  Proceedings  of  that  Institution,  Volumes  I 
to  XX,  inclusive,  with  Vol.  3,  of  the  quarto  early  set,  thus  making  com- 
plete the  set  of  those  publications  belonging  to  this  Society.  The  thanks 
of  the  Board  were  ordered  presented  to  the  Institution  of  Civil  Engi- 
neers. 

Appropriations  were  made. 

Makch  29th,  1882. — Applications  were  considered.  Arrangements 
made  for  the  Annual  Convention.  The  purchase  of  the  professional 
library  of  the  late  James  P.  Kirkwood,  Past  President  A.  S.  C.  E.,  was 
authorized.  The  draft  of  a  letter  to  Members  on  the  subject  of  tests 
of  structural  materials,  was  presented  by  the  Secretary  and  its  issue 
directed. 

April  5th,  1882. — Applications  were  considered.  Action  was  taken 
as  to  Arrears  of  Dues.  Financial  business  was  transacted  and  apijro- 
priations  were  made. 


ADDITIONS  TO 


LIBRARY     AND     MUSEUM. 


From  Wm.  P.  Shinn,  New  York:  Annual  Report  of  the   Ohio   State  Board   of 

Annual  Report  of  the  Secretary  of  Internal  Agriculture.     Columbus.     1871. 

Affairs  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsyl-  Annual  Statement  of   the    Trade  and  Com- 

vania.     Volumes  IV,  V,  VI  and  Vn.  merce  of  Chicago  to  the  Board   of  Trade. 

Report  of  the  Commissioners  of  Agriculture.  Chicago.     1869. 

Washington.     1863.  Annual  Report  of  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of 

Report  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  being  part  of    ■      Statistics   on   Commerce  and  Navigation, 

the    Message    and    Documents      commu-  Washington.     1877. 

nicated  to  the  Two  Hoiises  of  Congress   at  Geology  of  Wisconsin.     Survey  of  1878-1879. 

the  beginning  of  the  First  Session  of  the  Annual    Report    of   the    Commissioners    of 

44th   Congress.     Vol.   n.    Parts  I  and  n.  Mineral  Statistics  of  Michigan  for  1877-8, 

Washington.     1875.  and  previous  year.    Marquette.     1879.     (2 

Annual  Report  of  the  Bureau  of  Statistics  of  copies.) 

Labor  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsyl-  Report  of  the   Bureau  of  Agriculture  Statis- 

vania.      1872-3.      Harrisburg.      1874.      (3  tics  and  Mines  for  1876.    Nashville,  Tenn. 

copies.)  1877. 


59 


Annual  Report  of  the  Trade  and  Commerce 

of  Chicago  for  1861,  1866  to  1868,  and  1871, 

1877  and  1879. 
Annual  Rupert  of  the  Packing  of  the  West. 

Chicago.     1877. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Department  of  Public 

Works  of  Chicago.      Chicago.     1878-1879. 

(2  copies.) 
Communication  from  the  State  Engineer  of 

the  State  of    Now  York,    transmitting    a 

Special  Reiiort  on  Coal.     Albany.     1865. 
Industrial  Arbitration  and  Conciliation  in 

France  and     England.      Jos.    D.    Weeks. 

Pittsburg.     1879.     (2  copies.) 
The  Methods  of  Testing  Steam  Engines,  with 

a  description  of  the  Trials  of  the  Blake's 

Patent  Circulating  Pumps,  on  the  U.  S.  S. 

Tennessee.    Philadelphia.     1874 
The  Pacific  Railroads  and  the  relations  exist- 
ing between  them  and  the  Government  of 

the  United  States.     New  York.     1879. 
Report  of  the  Bridging  of  the  Mississippi, 

between   St.  Paul  and  St.   Louis.     G.  K. 

Warren.    Washington.     1878. 
The  Agricultural  and  Mineral  Wealth  of  Ten- 
nessee.       J.    B.     Killebrew.        Nashville. 

1876. 
Memoir  of  the  Iron  Bridge  over  the  Missouri 

River  at  St.   Joseph,  Mo.,  by  the   Detroit 

Bridge  and  Iron  Works. 
Proceedings  of  the  Road  Mastei's'  Meeting  of 

the  Atlantic  and  Great  Western  Railroad. 

Moadville,  Pa.     1878. 
Sandvick   Exhibition    of   Bessemer  Steel  at 

Philadelphia,  1876. 
Statistics  and   Information   relative  to   the 

Trade  and  Commerce  of  Buflalo.    Buffalo. 

1875. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Trade  of  Port- 
land.    Portland.     1864. 
Annual  Rejiort  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy 

on  the  Operations  of  the  Department  for  the 

year  1877. 
Annual  Report  of  the  United  States   to   the 

Secretary  of    the  Treasury.     Washington. 

1873. 
Method  and  Cost   of  Mining  Specular   and 

Magnetic  Ores.    T.  B.  Brooks,     New  York. 

1873. 

Cheaaical     Comiiosition    of   Ores — Analysis. 

T.  B.  Brooks.     New  York.     1873. 
Historical  Sketch  of  the  Discovery  and  De- 
velopment of  Ores.  T.  B.  Brooks.  New  York. 

1873. 
Magnetism  of  Rocks  and  Use  of  the  Magnetic 

Needle  in  Exploring  for  Ore.    T.  B.  Brooks. 

New  York.     1873. 
Geology  of  the  Marquette  Iron  Region.     T. 

B.Brooks.     New  York.     1873. 
Explorations   (Prospecting   for  Ore).     T.     B. 

Brooks      New  York.     1873. 
Second  Annual  Report  of  the  Commission  on 

Steam  and  Canals.     Albany.     1873. 
Directory  of  the  Iron  and  Steel  Works  of  the 

United  States.    Philadelphia.     1880. 
Report  of  the  Transportation  Bureau  of  the 

Merchants'    Exchange  of   St.  Louis.      St. 

Louis      1873. 
Iron  Ores  and  other  Minerals  from  the  New 

River  in  Virginia.     Philadelphia.     1876. 
An  Address  at  the  Reopening  of  Pardee  HaU, 

Lafayette     CoUege,     November    30,    1880. 

Easton,  Pa.     1881. 
Testimonial   to    Alexander    Lyman    Holley. 

At  the  Reception  of  the  American  Institute 

of  Mining  Engineers,  at  Pittsburg,  May  15, 

1879.     (Several  copies.) 


A  General  Account  of  the  Commonwealth  of 
Kentucky.     Cambridge.     1876. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the 
Water  Department  of  Philadelphia.  Phila- 
delphia.    1876. 

The  Census  of  Iowa  as  returned  in  the  year 
1869.     Des  Moines.     1869. 

Safety  of  Permanent  Way,  with  Drawings 
and  Tables  concerning  Punching  and 
Notching  of  Rails.  C.  P.  Sandberg.  London. 
1874, 

Annual  Report  of  the  American  Iron  and 
Steel  Association,  containing  the  Statistics 
of  the  American  Iron  Trade.  Philadelipha. 
1879. 

History,  Position,  Resources  and  Industries 
of  the  State  of  Wisconsin.  Madison. 
1875. 

The  Iron  and  Steel  Exhibits  of  the  Universal 
Exposition  of  1878  at  Paris.  Philadelphia. 
1879. 

Report  of  the  Select  Committee  on  Transpor- 
tation Routes  to  the  Seaboard.  Washing- 
ton.    1874. 

Proceedings  of  the  Senate  Committee  on 
Transportation  Routes  to  the  Seaboard. 
New  York.     1873. 

Resources  and  Capabilities  of  the  Oil  Region 
of  Tennessee.  J.  B.  KiUebrew.  Nashville. 
1877. 

History  and  Review  of  the  Mineral  Resources 
of  Lake  Superior.  A.  P.  Swineford.  Mar- 
quette.    1876. 

Statements  of  the  Coal  and  River  Trade  in 
Opposition  to  the  Davis  Island  Dam, 
Washington,  D.  C. 

Hardening  Iron  and  Steel,  its  Causes  and 
Effects.     R.  Akerman. 

The  State  of  the  Iron  Manufacture  in  Sweden. 
R.  Ackerman.     Stockholm.     1876. 

Kirkaldy's  Experimental  Inquiry  into  the 
Mechanical  Properties  of  Eagersta  Steel. 
London.     187g. 

Report  of  a  Committee  on  Repairs  of  Roads. 
Boston.     1865. 

Useful  Information  on  Practical  Electric 
Lightning.  K.  Hedges.  London  and  New 
York.     1879. 

The  Chemical  Compostion  and  Physical  Pro- 
perties of  Steel   Rails.     Easton,  Pa.     1879. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Monongahela  Naviga- 
tion Company.     Pittsburg.     1879. 

Report  of  the  Railroad  Commissioners  of  the 
State  of  Connecticut  for  1880,  1881. 

Memorial  of  the  Chicago  and  Northwestern 
and  Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  Rail- 
way Companies.     Chicago,  1875,  1876. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Michigan  Southern  and 
Northern  Indiana  Railroad  Company  for 
1867. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Lake  Shore  and  Mich- 
igan Southern  Raih-oad  for  1873,  1876  and 
1880. 

Report  of  the  Special  Committee  on  Rail- 
roads and  Telegraphs,  made  to  the  Senate 
of  Ohio.     1867,  1868  and  1870. 

Report  on  the  Hudson  River  Railroad.  John 
B.  Jervis.     New  York.     1846  and  1848. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Cleveland  and  Pitts- 
burg Raili'oad  Company,  for  1869, 1870  and 
1871. 

Annual  Report  of  the  State  Engineer  and 
Surveyor  of  the  State  of  New  York,  from 
1865  to  1868,  inclusive.     (2  copies.) 

Annual  Report  of  the  Water  Commissioners 
of  Lowell,  Mass.,  for  1873  and  1878. 


60 


Reports  of  the  Board  of  Railroacl  Commis- 
sioners of  Massachusetts,  for  1872  and  1879. 

Blank  Statement  of  the  Massachusetts  Rail- 
road Commissioners.     1870. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Commissioners  of  Rail- 
roads and  Telegraphs  of  Ohio,  for  1871, 1872, 
1873,  1875  and  1876. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Auditor-General  of  the 
State  of  Pennsylvania,  on  Railroads  and 
Canals,  for  1866,  1867.  1868,  1869,  1870,  187i. 

By-Laws  and  Organization  of  the  Alleghany 
Valley  Railroad  Company.  Pittslaurg. 
1875. 

Annvial  Reports  of  the  Alleghany  Valley  Rail- 
road Company,  for  1866,  1870,  1873,  1875, 
1876,  1877,  1880  and  1881. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Pittsburgh,  Titusville 
and  Buffalo  Railway,  for  1876, 1877, 1879  and 
1880. 

Report  of  the  Pittsburg,  FortWayne  and  Chi- 
cago Railway,  from  1863  to  1868,  inclusive. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Railroad  Commission- 
ers of  Massachusetts,  for  1874,  1875,  1876 
and  1878. 

Reports  of  the  several  Railroad  Comjianies 
of  Pennsylvania,  for  1861  and  1864. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Pennsylvania  Rail- 
road Company,  for  1867,  1870,  1871,  1874, 
1875  and  1877. 

Report  of  the  Investigating  Committee  of 
the  Pennlylvania  Raili-oad  Company.  Phi- 
ladelphia.    1874. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Railroad  Commission- 
ers of  Iowa.     Des  Moines.     1879. 

Report  of  the  New  York  and  Erie  Railroad. 
New  York.    1853  and  1856. 

Annual  Report  of  tlie  Grand  Rapids  and  In- 
diana Raih'oad  Company.  Grand  Rapids. 
1873. 

Tables  of  Astronomical  and  Trigonometrical 
Survey  of  Massachusetts.  J.  G.  Palfrey. 
Boston.    1846. 

Annual  Report  of  the  St.  Louis  and  South- 
eastern Railway  Company.  St.  Louis. 
1878. 

Report  of  the  Commissioners  to  Examine  the 
Services  from  which  a  supply  of  pure 
Water  may  be  obtained  for  the  City  of 
Boston.     Boston.     1845. 

Annual  Report  of  the  St.  Louis,  Iron  Moun- 
tain and  Southern  Railway  Company. 
St.  Louis.     1878. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Philadelphia  and  Erie 
Railroad  Company.     Philadelphia.     1879. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Auditor  of  the  Canal 
Department  on  the  Tolls,  Trade  and  Ton- 
nage of  the  State  of  New  York.  Albany. 
1867. 

Report  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Troy 
and  Greenfield  Railroad  and  Hoosac  Tun- 
nel.    Boston.     1863. 

AnnTial  Report  of  the  New  York  Central  Rail- 
road ComiJany.     Albany.     1866. 


Revised  By-Laws  and  Organization  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Company.  Pittsburg.  1873. 
(2  coj^ies.) 

Annual  Report  of  the  Pittsburg,  Cincinatti 
and  St.  Louis  Railway  Company.  Phila- 
delphia.    1880. 

Tabulated  Results  compiled  from  the  Annual 
Reports  of  Railroad,  Passenger  Railway, 
Canals  and  Telegraph  Companies  of  Penn- 
sylvania.    Harrisburg.     1875. 

Proceedings  of  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the 
Stockholders  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad 
Company.     Philadelphia.     1867. 

Report  of  Experiments  with  Coal-Burning 
Locomotives,  made  on  the  Pennsylvania 
Railroad.     Philadelphia.     1860. 

Annual  Report  of  the  North  Pennsylvania 
Railroad   Company.     Philadelphia.     1869. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Grand  Rapids  and  In- 
diana Railroad  Company.  Eort  Wayne. 
1869. 

Cost,  Revenue  and  Expenditure  of  the  Pub- 
lic Works  of  Pennsylvania.  Harrisburg. 
1854. 

Report  of  the  President  and  Directors  of  the 
Seaford  and  Roanoke  Railroad  Company. 
Norfolk.     1874, 

Report  of  the  Indianapolis,  Cincinnati  and 
Lafayette  Railroad  Company.  Cincinnati. 
1875. 

Report  on  the  Question  of  Bridging  the 
Missouri  River.  J.  L.  Williams.  Fort 
Wayne.     1867. 

Report  of  the  Central  Railroad  and  Banking 
Company  of  Georgia.     Savannah.     1875. 

Report  of  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Union 
Pacific  Railroad.  G.  M.  Dodge.  Wash- 
ington.    1868, 

Report  of  the  Consulting  Engineer  of  the 
Union  Pacific  Railroad.  Silas  Seymour. 
New  York.     1866. 

The  Proposed  American  Inter-Oceanic  Canal 
in  its  Commercial  Aspects.  Joseph  Nimmo, 
Washington.     1880. 

The  Census  of  Iowa,  as  returned  in  the  year 
1867. 

Description  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct.  John 
B.  Jervis.     New  York.     1842. 

Report  of  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Provi- 
dence Water  Works.     Providence.     1871. 

Description  of  the  Boston  Water  Works. 
1878. 

Proceedings  of  the  Railroad  Convention, 
held  at  the  St.  Nicholas  Hotel,  New  York. 
Albany      1860. 

Annual  Report  of  the  American  Railway 
Master  Mechanics'  As  ociation  in  Conven- 
tion at  Boston.     Cincinnati.     1872. 

Report  upon  the  Proposed  Railway  from 
Pittsburg,  Pa.,  to  the  James  River  VaUey. 
Va. 


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LIST    OF    MEMBERS. 

ADDITIONS. 
MEMBERS. 

Date  of  Election. 

Knap,  Joseph  M 365  West  St.,  New  York  City,  N.  Y April    5,  1882. 

SicARD,   MniTiLiANO     ..  Ibague,  Toliiuo,  U.  S.  Colombia Jan.     4,  1882. 

ASSOCIATE . 

LocKwooD,  John Gas  and  Hydraulic  Engineer,  61  Broad- 
way, New  York  City,  N.  Y. .      April    5,  1882. 


JUNIOK. 

Kelly,  Cassius  W 18  City  Hall,  New  Haven,  Conn March  1,  1882. 


CHANGES    AND    COEEECTIONS. 


MEMBEKS. 

Anderson,  Thomas  S.  ..San  Antonio,  Texas. 

Belknap,  Morris  S.  . .  .Supt.  M.  and  M.  Div.  L.  it  N.  E.  R.  Montgomery,  Ala. 

Blickensdebfer,  R.  .  ..Div.  Eng.  and  Supt.   Constr.    Utah   &  Northern  R.  R. 

Silver  Bow  Junction,  Montana. 
Briggs,  Robert.  .....  .1125  Girard  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Bruner,  D.  P 110  N.  Second  St.,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

Defrees,  M.  M Engr.    in   Chg.  Bridges  and  Buildings,  Ind.  B.  &  W. 

R.  R.  aud  Ohio  So.  R.  R.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Glovue,  0 .  L Pittsfield,  Mass. 

Gould,  James  P .Buxton  P.  O.,  Traill  Co.,  Dakota. 

Hyde,  William  B Custer  City,  Idaho. 

Low,  Gorham,  p.,  Jr.  .Supt.  Road  Dept.  E.  C.  &  N.  R.  R.,  Norfolk,  Va. 

McClintock,'  W.  H Supt.  Road  Dept.  L.  &  N.  R.  R.,  Louisville,  Ky. 

Meigs,  Montgomery.  .  .U.  S.  Civil  Engineer,  Keokuk,  la. 

Merrlll,  William  F...Asst.  Gen.  Supt.  W.,  St.  L.  &  P.  R.  R.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Nicholson,  George  B.Engr.  South.  Div.  N.  0.  &N.  E.  R.  R.,  New  Orleans,  La. 

Noble,  Alfred U.  S.  Asst.  Engineei-,  Sault  Ste.  Marie,  Mich. 

Post,  Levi  W Lock  Box  18,  Memjjhis,  Tenn. 

Pebvost,  S.  M Supt.  Phila.  Div.  P.  R.  R.,  W.  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Yardley,  Edmund Master  of  Road,  Pittsburg  Div.  B.  &  0.  R.  R.,  Connells- 

ville,  Pa. 


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Junior. 


Butts,  Edward Union  Pacific  R'w'y.,  Koom  S.,  Union  Depot,  Denver, 

Colo. 


FoRSHET,  Caleb  G Elected  Member  August  7,  1872  ;  died  April,  1872. 

Howell,  Charles  W.  .  .Elected  Member,  March  3,  1875  ;  died  April  5,  1882. 


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mim\  mdtii  of  |;ml  l^iiflini^ers 


I^ROCEEDINGS. 


Vol.    VIII.— May,  1882. 


MINUTES    OF    MEETINGS. 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


ANNUAL  CONVENTION  OF  THE  SOCIETY. 

Held  in  the  City  of  Washington,  B.C.,  on  the  16th,  17th,  18th 
AND  19th  of  May,  1882. 


riKST    SESSION. 


Tuesday,  May  16th,  1882. — The  Convention  was  called  to  order  at 
10  A.  M.  by  Mr.  John  Bogakt,  Secretary  of  the  Society,  who  requested 
the  President,  Mr.  Ashbel  Welch,  to  temporarily  take  the  Chair.  The 
Secretary  then  read  the  provisions  of  the  By-Laws  relating  to  Conven- 
tions. In  accordance  with  these  provisions  and  with  the  custom  the 
Committee  of  Members  resident  in  Washington  was  requested  to 
nominate  a  permanent  Chairman  of  the  Convention.  The  Chairman  of 
that  Committee,  Col.  T.  L.  Casey,  Director  of  the  Society,  thereupon 
nominated  Gen.  Hokatio  G.  Weight,  Chief  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A., 
which  nomination  was  seconded  and  ratified  by  the  Convention,  and  he 
was  declared  elected  permanent  Chairman. 

The  President  of  the  Society  thereupon  announced  that,  on  account 
of  severe  illness.  Gen.  Wright  was  unable  to  leave  his  house  that  morn- 
ing, although  he  had  fully  hoped  and  expected  to  be  present.  Under 
these  circumstances  the  President  suggested  that  until  the  Chairman 
should  be  able  to  meet  with  the  Convention,  another  member  should  be 
chosen  as  Chairman  p7'o  teinpore.  Thereupon,  on  nomination.  Col. 
Thomas  L.  Casey  was  elected  Chairman  pro  tempore. 


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Col.  Casey,  on  taking  tlie  Chair,  informally  welcomed  the  Society  to 
the  City  of  Washington,  and  referred  to  the  works  of  engineering  inter- 
est in  it  and  its  vicinity.  The  President  of  the  Society  made  a  short 
response. 

The  Secretary  then  announced  the  details  of  the  programme  for  each 
day. 

A  paper  entitled  "An  Instance  of  Zymotic  Disease  in  Metals,"  by 
O.  E.  Michaelis,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E.,  was  read  by  the  author  and  dis- 
cussed by  T.  Egleston,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E. 

The  subject  of  a  place  for  holding  the  next  Annual  Convention  was 
considered,  and  D.  J.  Whittemore,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E.,  suggested  the 
City  of  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  presenting  reasons  for  holding  the  Conven- 
tion at  that  place.  T.  Egleston,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E. ,  suggested  the 
consideration  of  some  point  in  the  extreme  West  as  desirable  for  a  future 
•Convention.  The  determination  of  this  question  was  jDostponed  until  the 
next  Annual  Meeting. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  upon  a  Uniform  System  for  Tests  of 
Cement  was  then  read  by  the  Chairman  of  the  Committee  as  follows  : 

Milwaukee,  May  6,  1882. 
John  Bogaet,  Esq., 

Secretary  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers : 

Dear  Sir, — As  chairman  of  the  committee  for  devising  a  uniform 
system  of  cement  tests,  I  regret  to  report  that  my  professional  duties  as 
Chief  Engineer  of  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul  Kailway  Co. 
(now  operating  4,300  miles  of  road,  430  of  which  was  built  under  my 
suiJervision  the  last  year)  have  prevented  me  from  giving  the  matter  of 
cement  tests  but  slight  attention.  Had  the  time  been  at  my  disposal  1 
could  not  report  understandingly  on  mortars  composed  of  cement  and 
sand,  owing  to  the  fact  that  but  very  few  of  the  Engineers  of  this' 
Society  have  responded  to  the  call  for  sands  from  their  several  localities, 
without  which  it  is  impossible  to  select  a  standard  sand  that  can  be 
easily  obtained  by  all  experimenters.  It  is  quite  probable,  that  during 
the  present  year  my  professional  duties  will  be  such  that  I  shall  be 
unable  to  projjerly  act  as  chairman  of  said  committee,  and  it  would  be  a 
relief  to  me  if  the  directors  of  your  Society  would  indicate  some  other 
person  who  has  the  time  to  devote  to  this  important  subject,  to  act  as 
chairman  in  my  place. 

All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted. 

D.  J.  Whittemore, 

Chairman. 

On  motion  of  Charles  E,  Fowler,  M.   A.   S.   C.  E.,  the  report  was 
accepted  and  the  same  committee  continued. 

The  Convention  then  adjourned  until  1.30  r.  m. 


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SECOND    SESSION. 

Tuesday,  May  16th,  1.30  p.  m. — The  Couvention  was  called  to  order, 
and  in  the  temporary  absence  of  the  Chairman,  O.  E.  Michaelis,  M.  A. 
S.  C.  E.,  was  requested  to  preside. 

The  Secretary  presented  invitations  to  visit  the  offices  of  the  United 
States  Coast  and  Geodetic  Survey,  also  the  Museum  of  the  Ordnance 
Department,  the  Corcoran  Art  Gallery  and  the  Cosmos  Club,  which  in- 
vitations were  accepted. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  Preservation  of  Timber  was 
presented  and  read  by  O.  Chanute,  Chairman  of  the  Committee.* 
Messrs.  J.  W.  Putnam  and  E.  E.  Andrews,  of  the  Committee,  also  pre- 
sented communications  on  this  subject. 

The  Convention  then  adjourned  till  8  p.  m.  The  members  at  3  p.  m. 
visited  the  Capitol  and  the  offices  of  the  Coast  and  Geodetic  Survey. 


THIRD    SESSION. 


Tuesday,  May  16th,  8  p.  m. — The  Convention  was  called  to  order. 
Col.  T.  L,  Casey,  Director  A.  S.  C.  E.,  in  the  Chair.  The  President  of 
the  Society,  Mr.  Ashbel  Welch,  then  delivered  his  annual  address. f 

Upon  the  conclusion  of  the  address  the  Secretary  announced  that  at 
10  a.  m.  of  the  following  morning  a  visit  would  be  made  to  the  Washing- 
ton Monument,  and  requested  Col.  T.  L.  Casey,  Engineer  in  charge  of 
that  work,  to  give  some  information  as  to  its  condition  and  progress. 

Col.  T.  L.  Casey  then  informally  addressed  the  Convention  u^Don  this 
subject. 

After  a  number  of  announcements  by  the  Secretary  the  Convention 
adjourned  until  May  17th,  at  2  p.  bi. 

Note. — On  Wednesday  morning,  May  17th,  a  visit  was  made  to  the 
Washington  Monument,  and  the  work  in  i^rogress  inspected  under  the 
guidance  of  Col.  T.  L.  Casey.  Visits  were  also  made  to  the  Sewerage 
Works  of  the  City,  under  the  charge  of  the  Engineers  of  the  District 
Commission,  the  party  being  conducted  by  Lieut.  R.  L.  Hoxie,  Corps 
of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.  Also  to  the  works  where  the  Asphaltic  Material 
for  Street  Pavements  are  prepared,  which  were  explained  by  D.  E. 
McComb,  M.  A,  S.  C.  E.  Visits  were  also  made  to  the  Bureau  of  En- 
graving and  Printing,  Department  of  Agriculture  and  Smithsonian  In- 
stitution . 

*  Will  be  published  hereafter, 
t  Published  in  Transactions. 


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rOUETH    SESSION. 

Wednesday,  May  17th,  2  p.  m. — The  Convention  was  callnd  to  order, 
Col.  T.  L.  Casey,  Director  A.  S.  C.  E. ,  in  the  Chair.  The  report  of  the 
Committee  on  the  Preservation  of  Timber  was  discussed  by  Messrs.  J. 
B.  Francis,  T.  Egleston,  M.  Cohen,  F.  Collingwood,  E.  R.  Andrews,  L. 
Bridges,  Clemens  Herschel,  A.  Gottlieb,  T.  F.  Rowland  and  John 
Bogart. 

A  paper  by  A.  G.  Menocal,  M.  A.  S.  C.  E.,  entitled  Subaqueous 
Underpinning,*  was  read  by  the  Secretary  and  discussed  by  members 
present. 

The  business  meeting  of  the  Society  then  occurred,  for  minutes  of 
which  see  page  71. 

After  the  business  meeting  the  session  of  the  Convention  was  re- 
sumed, Col.  F.  U.  Farquhar,  M.  A.  S.  C.  E.  in  the  Chair.  On  motion 
the  discussion  of  the  Subject  of  Structural  Materials  was  made  the  order 
for  8 .  30  p.  M. 

Announcements  were  made  and  the  Convention  then  adjourned  until 
8  p.  M. 


FIFTH    SESSION. 


Wednesday,  May  17th,  8  p.  m. — The  Convention  was  called  to  order. 
Col.  T.  L.  Casey,  Director  A.  S.  C.  E.,  in  the  Chair. 

A  paj^er  on  the  Overflow  of  the  Mississii^pi  River,  by  Lyman 
Bridges,  M.  A.  S.  C.  E. ,  was  discussed  by  the  author  and  E.  L.  Corthell, 
M.  A.  S.  C.  E.* 

The  subject  of  Tests  of  Structural  Materials  was  then  taken  up  and 
discussed  by  Messrs.  A.  Dempster,  T.  Egleston,  F.  Collingwood,  A. 
Gottlieb,  O.  E.  Michaelis,  O.  Chanute,  T.  C.  Clarke,  T.  L.  Casey,  J.  J. 
R.  Croes,  John  Bogart,  A.  Coffin,  A.  P.  Boiler,  J.  P.  Davis  and  Theodore 
Cooper. 

The  Convention  then  adjourned  until  3  p.  m. ,  May  19th. 

Note. — On  Thursday,  May  18th,  at  10  a.  m.,  an  excursion  was  made 
by  steamboat  on  the  Potomac  to  Mount  Vernon.  Several  hours  were 
spent  at  that  place,  and  on  returning  the  party  was  landed  at  the 
Washington  Navy  Yard,  where,  under  escort  of  Civil  Engineer  A.  G. 
Menocal,  M.  A.  S.  C.  E.,  and  the  officers  of  the  Navy  Yard,  an  inspec- 
tion was  made  of  various  matters  of  interest. 

*  To  be  published  in  Transactions. 


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On  the  evening  of  Thursday  a  reception  was  given  at  Willard's  Hall 
and  Hotel  by  the  President  of  the  Society,  Mr.  Ashbel  Welch.  This 
reception  was  attended  by  the  members  of  the  Society  and  their 
families,  and  by  a  large  number  of  invited  guests. 

On  Friday,  May  19th,  at  9  a.  m.  ,  an  excursion  was  made  in  carrfeges 
to  the  Washington  Aqueduct,  and  to  the  Cabin  John  Bridge,  the  stone 
arch  of  220  feet  span  carrying  that  aqueduct  over  a  stream  about  seven 
miles  distant  from  Washington. 

In  returning  a  visit  was  made  to  the  Inclined  Plane  and  Caisson  con- 
necting the  Canal  and  River  at  Georgetown. 

At  3  p.  M.  the  same  afternoon  the  members  of  the  Society  and  their 
families  were  received  at  the  Executive  Mansion  by  the  President  of  the 
United  States,  after  which  the  Conservatory  and  all  the  rooms  of  the 
White  House  were  thrown  open  for  inspection. 


SIXTH    SESSION. 


Friday,  May  19th,  4  p.  m. — The  Convention  was  called  to  order, 
Col.  T.  L.  Casey,  Director  A.  S.  C.  E.,  in  the  Chair. 

A  paper  by  William  Sooy  Smith,  M.  A.  S.  0.  E,  on  the  Hudson 
River  Tunnel,  was  read  by  the  Secretary  and  discussed  by  W.  H.  Paine, 
M.  A.  S.  C.  E. 

The  following  papers  were  presented  by  the  Secretary  and  read  by 
title,  the  time  determined  for  the  adjournment  of  the  Convention  pre- 
venting their  being  read  in  full. 

Description  of  some  experiments  on  the  Flow  of  Water,  made  during 
the  construction  of  works  for  conveying  the  water  of  Sudbury  River  to 
Boston  :  A.  Fteley  and  F.  P.  Stearns. 

Targets  for  Rifle  Ranges  :  O .  E.  Michaelis. 

Accuracy  of  Measurement  as  increased  by  Repetition  :  S.  S.  Haight. 

Highway  Bridges  :  James  Owen. 

On  motion  of  J.  James  R.  Croes,  Treasurer  A.  S.  C.  E.,  it  was  re- 
solved that  the  thanks  of  the  Society  in  Convention  assembled  be  pre- 
sented to  Col.  T.  L.  Casey,  Chairman  pro  tempore,  and  also  to  the  local 
committee  of  members  resident  at  Washington,  who  have  been  in  charge 
of  the  arrangements  for  the  Convention  and  to  others  who  have  aided  in 
carrying  oiit  these  arrangements. 

Upon  motion,  the  Chairman  pro  tempore,  with  a  few  remarks,  de- 
clared the  Convention  adjourned  sine  die. 

Note. — On  Saturday  morning,  May  20th,  an  excursion  was  made  to 
Pen- Mar.  This  excursion  was  tendered  through  the  kindness  of  the 
Pennsylvania,  the  Baltimore  and  Potomac,  and  the  Western  Maryland 
Railroads,  and  was  under  the  immediate  escort  of  Mr.  H.  F.  Walling, 
M.  A.  S.  C.  E. 


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The  company  left  Washington  at  8 .  30  a.  m.  ,  proceeded  to  Baltimore, 
and  [tbence  to  Pen-Mar  Station.  Carriages  were  then  taken  to  High 
Rock,  an  elevated  point  of  the  Blue  Ridge  Mountains. 

The  Heliostat  operations  as  used  by  the  United  States  Coast  and 
Ged^etic  Survey  were  here  exhibited. 

After  lunch  at  Pen-Mar,  the  party  returned  to  Baltimore  in  time  to 
take  the  evening  trains  both  North  and  South. 

|The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  printed  programme  issued  to  the  mem- 
bers present  : 

PROGRAMME. 

Tuesday,  May  16th,  10  a.  m. — Meeting  for  organization,  Willard 
Hall,  F.  Street,  between  lith  and  15th.  Selection  of  Officers  of  Con- 
vention ;  Reading  of  Papers  and  Professional  Discussion. 

1.30  p.  M, — Meeting;  Reading  of  Papers  and  Professional  Discus- 
sion. 

3  p.  M. — Visit  to  Capitol. 

8  p.  M.  —Meeting  ;  Annual  Address  by  Ashbel  Welch,  Esq.,  President 
of  Am.  Soc.  of  Civil  Engineers. 

Wednesday,  May  17th,  10  a.  m. — Visit  to  Washington  Monument. 

2  p.  M. — Meeting  ;  Reading  of  Papers  and  Professional  Discussion. 

3  p.  M. — Regular  Meeting  of  the  Society  for  transaction  of  business. 

8  p.  M. — Meeting  ;  Reading  of  Papers  and  Professional  Discussion. 

Thursday,  May  18th,  10  a.  m. — Excursion  on  Potomac ;  Examina- 
tion of  Harbor  of  Washington  and  Excursion  to  Mount  Vernon  ;  on  re- 
turn, visit  to  Washington  Navy  Yard,  from  4  to  6  p.  m. 

8.30  p.  M. — Reception  by  President  of  the  Society  at  Willard  Hall 
and  in  parlors  of  Willard's  Hotel. 

Feiday,  May  19th,  9  a.  m. — Excursion  to  Washington  Aqueduct, 
Cabin  John  Bridge,  and  the  Inclined  Plane  and  Caisson  connecting 
Canal  and  River  at  Georgetown. 

3  p.  M. — Meeting  ;  Reading  of  Papers  and  Professional  Discussion. 

Saturday,  May  20th. — An  Excursion  to  Pen-Mar  has  been  arranged 
for  this  day,  which  wiU  be  so  timed  as  to  enable  members  to  reach  New 
York  if  desired  at  10 .  20  p.  m. 


The  following  papers  will  be  presented  and  discussed  : 

The  Hudson  River  Tunnel  :  Gen.  Wm.  Sooy  Smith. 

Description  of  some  experiments  on  the  Flow  of  Water,  made  during 
the  construction  of  works  for  conveying  the  water  of  Sudbury  River  to 
Boston  :  A.  Fteley  and  F.  P.  Stearns. 

Subaqueous  Underpinning  :  A.  G.  Menocal,  U.  S.  N. 

Targets  for  Rifle  Ranges  :  Capt.  O.  E.  Michaelis. 

Peculiar  Phase  of  Metallic  Behavior  :  Capt.  O.  E.  Michaelis. 

Accuracy  of  Measurement  as  Increased  by  Repetition  :  S.  S.  Haight. 


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Highway  Bridges  :  James  Owen. 

Papers  presented  to  the  Society  during  the  past  year  will  also  be  dis- 
cussed. 

Reports  will  be  expected  from  the  Committees  on  Standard  Time  ; 
on  the  Preservation  of  Timber  ;  on  Testing  Cements,  and  those  subjects 
will  be  discussed. 

The  proposed  provisions  for  testing  iron,  steel  and  other  structural 
materials,  will  also  be  discussed. 

Headquarters  of  the  Society,  Parlor  No.  10,  Willard's  Hotel. 


COMMITTEES. 

Local  Committee  :  Chairman,  Col.  T.  L.  Casey,  U.  S.  A. 

On  Programme:  Genl.  H.  G.  Wright,  U.  S.  A.;  Prof.  J.  E.  Hil- 
gard,  U.  S .  C.  and  G .  S . 

On  Entertainment  and  Finance  :  A.  G.  Menocal,  Civil  Engineer  U. 
S.  N.;  Col.  F.  U.  Farquhar,  U. 'S.  A.;  J.  B.  Duncklee. 

On  Transportation  :  S.  Thayer  Abert,  Ed.  L.  Du  Barry. 

On  Hotel  Accommodation  :  David  E.  McComb,  H.  F.  Walling. 


The  following  members  were  in  attendance  at  the  Convention  : 
— S.  Thayer  Abert,  Washington,  D.  C. ;  W.  M.  Allaire,  E.  E.  Andrews, 
New  York  City  ;  George  D.  Ansley,  Montreal,  Canada  ;  W.  S.  Barbour, 
Cambridgeport ;  H.  Bissell,  Salem,  Mass. ;  H.  D.  Blunden,  John  Bogart, 
A.  P.  Boiler,  New  York  City  ;  L.  L.  Buck,  Brooklyn  ;  W.  H.  Burr, 
Troy,  N.  Y. ;  A.  Bonzano,  Phcenixville,  Pa. ;  G.  Bouscaren,  Cincinnati, 
Ohio;  Onward  Bates,  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  J.  D.  Burr,  Topeka,  Kansas ; 
Lyman  Bridges,  San  Francisco,  Cal. ;  S.  H.  Chittenden,  East  River, 
Conn. ;  O.  Chanute,  T.  C.  Clarke,  F.  Collingwood,  Theodore  Cooper, 
E.  L.  Corthell,  J.  J.  R.  Croes,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. ;  Amory  Coffin, 
Phoenixville,  Pa. ;  Mendes  Cohen,  Baltimore,  Md. ;  T.  L.  Casey,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. ;  J.  P.  Davis,  New  York  City  ;  W.  A.  Doane,  Oswego,  N. 
Y. ;  E.  L.  Du  Barry,  John  B.  Duncklee,  Washington,  D.  C. ;  Charles 
Davis,  Alleghany  City  ;  A.  Dempster,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. ;  Fred.  De  Funiak, 
Louisville,  Ky. ;  T.  Egleston,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. ;  Robert  Fletcher, 
Hanover,  N.  H. ;  Edward  A.  Flint,  A.  Fteley,  Boston  ;  James  B.  Francis, 
Lowell,  Mass. ;  Charles  A.  Ferry,  Charles  E,  Fowler,  New  Haven,  Conn. ; 
John  W.Ferguson,  Hornellsville,  N.  Y.;  Clark  Fisher,  Trenton,  N.  J.;  F. 
U.  Farquhar,  Washington,  D.  C. ;  C.  G.  Force,  Cleveland,  Ohio  ;  Sand- 
ford  Fleming,  Ottawa,  Canada ;  George  S.  Greene,  George  S.  Greene, 
Jr.,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. ;  F.  Graff,  Philadelphia;  A.  Gottlieb,  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa, ;  Chas.  E.  Goad,  [Montreal,  Canada  ;  Clemens  Herschel, 
Holyoke,  Mass. ;  A.  B.  Hill,   New  Haven,  Conn. ;  S.  S.  Haight,  Wm.  G. 


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HamUton,  New  York  City,  N.  Y.;  J.  E.  Hilgard,  Washinton,  D.  C;  J. 
H,  Harlow,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.;  Wm.  P.  Harris,  Huntington,  W.  Va.; 
Charles  Hermany,  Louisville,  Ky, ;  Geo.  A.  Ivimball,  Somerville,  Mass. ; 
L.  H.  Knapp,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.;  T.  C.  Keefer,  Ottawa;  John  Kennedy, 
Montreal,  Canada;  C.  H.  Latrobe,  Baltimore,  Md. ;  G.  P.  Low,  Jr., 
Norfolk,  Va. ;  W.  H.  Lotz,  Chicago,  111.;  Louis  Lesage,  Montreal, 
Canada ;  T.  C.  McCollom,  New  London  ;  T.  H.  McKenzie,  Southington, 
Conn. ;  G.  W.  McNulty,  Brooklyn  ;  George  S.  Morrison,  New  York  City  ; 
D.  N.  Melvin,  New  Springville,  N.  Y. ;  O.  E.  Michaelis,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
D.  E.  McComb,  A.  G.  Menocal,  Washington,  D.  C. ;  Alfred  Noble, 
Sault  Ste.  Marie,  Mich. ;  L.  F.  Olney,  Middletown,  N.  Y. ;  J.  A.  Ocker- 
son,  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  S.  C.  Pierson,  Meriden,  Conn.;  W.  H.  Paine,  F. 
C.  Prindle,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. ;  George  H.  Pegram,  Wilmington,  Del.;  O. 
M.  Poe,  Washington,  D.  C. ;  J.  W.  Putnam,  New  Orleans,  La.;  Joseph 
R.  Eichards,  Boston,  Mass.;  Thomas  P.  Eowland,  Greenpoint,  N.  Y.; 
Wm .  M .  Eeed,  Erie  ;  David  Eeeves,  Phosnixville,  Pa. ;  F .  P.  Stearns, 
Boston,  Mass. ;  W.  H.  Searles,  Newburg,  N.  Y. ;  S.  M.  Smedley,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa. ;  R.  A.  Shailer,  Wilmington,  Del. ;  J .  G.  Van  Home,  Jersey 
City,  N.  J.;  Wm.  H.  Wiley,  Wm.  E.  Worthen,  New  York  City,  N.  Y.; 
C.  D.  Ward,  L.  B.  Ward,  Jersey  City ;  Ashbel  Welch,  Lambertville,  N. 
J.;  H.  F,  Walling,  Washington,  D.  C;  T.  J.  Whitman,  St.  Louis, 
Mo.;  D.  J.  Whittemore,  Milwaukee,  Wis.;  J.  A.  L.  Waddell,  Council 
Bluflfs,  Iowa. 

Note  .  — Forty-eight  ladies  of  the  families  of  members  accompanied 
them  on  their  visit  to  Washington  on  the  occasion  of  this  Convention. 


MEETINGS  OF  THE  SOCIETY. 

April  19th,  1882.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Mr.  George  W.  Dresser, 
Director  A.  S,  C.  E.  in  the  Chair. 

The  deaths  of  Capt.  C.  W.  Howell,  Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A., 
elected  member  March  3d,  1875,  died  April  5th,  1882  ;  and  of  C.  G. 
Forshey,  elected  member  August  7th,  1872,  died  April,  1882,  were  an- 
nounced. 

Plans  and  profiles  of  works  proposed  for  the  drainage  of  the  Valley 
and  City  of  Mexico  were  exhibited  and  explained  by  Mr.  Eicardo  Orozco, 
C.  E. 

May  3d,  1882.— The  Society  met  at  8  p,  m.,  President  Ashbel  Welch 
in  the  Chair. 

Ballots  for  membership  were  canvassed  and  the  following  candidates 
declared  elected  as  members  :  William  Giddings  Curtis,  San  Francisco, 
California  ;  Edward  C.  Kinney,  Des  Moines,  Iowa  ;  Gustav  Lindenthal, 


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Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania  ;  Thomas  Chalmers  McCollom,  New  London, 
Connecticut  ;  David  Reeves,  (elected  Junior  April  1st,  1874,)  Phcsnix- 
ville,  Pennsylvania. 

The  Secretary  announced  the  general  programme  for  the  approaching 
Convention  as  arranged  at  a  meeting  by  him  with  members  resident  at 
Washington. 

A  paper  by  William  R.  Hutton,  M.  A.  S.  C.  E.  on  the  Improvement 
of  the  Potomac  River,  at  Washington,  was  read  by  the  Secretary  and 
discussed  by  Messrs.  Bridges,  Bogart,  Emery  and  Haswell. 

May  17th,  1882. — Business  meeting  at  the  Annual  Convention.  The 
meeting  of  the  Society  for  the  transaction  of  business  was  called  to 
order,  the  President  Mr.  Ashbel  Welch  in  the  Chair. 

The  President  stated  the  action  of  the  Board  of  Direction  of  the 
Society  upon  the  subject  of  the  introduction  and  framing  of  a  law  ade- 
quate to  resume  the  investigation  into  the  strength  of  structures,  and  the 
parts  and  materials  of  which  they  are  composed,  which  subject  ha*  been 
referred  to  the ^ Board  at  the  last  Annual  Meeting.*  A  copy  of  the  bill 
which  had  been  introduced  in  Congress  was  presented  as  follows  : 

Tests  op  Stkuctukali  Materials. 


r  "Note.— The  Bill  of  which  the  following  is  a  copy,  was  introduced  in  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives March  1st,  1882,  by  Hon.  J.  M.  Campbell,  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Manu- 
factures, read  twice  and  referred  to  that  Committee.     The  Bill  is  numbered  H.  R.  4,726. 


A  Bill 

Authorizing  the  President  to  appoint  a  commission  of  experts,  skilled 
in  the  investigation,  production  and  use  of  metallic  substances  and 
other  structural  materials,  to  execute  tests  and  experiments  on  iron, 
steel  and  other  materials  used  in  the  construction  of  bridges,  build- 
ings and  mechanical  structures,  and  deduct  useful  rules  therefrom. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled: 

Sec  1.  That  the  President  of  the  United  States  be  and  he  is  hereby 
authorized  to  appoint  a  commission  of  seven  members  selected  from 
among  men  skilled  in  the  investigation,  production  and  use  of  metallic 
substances  and  other  structural  materials,  to  hold  their  appointment 
during  the  pleasure  of  the  President  of  the  United  States  ;  which  com- 
mission shall  plan  and  superintend  the  execution  of  such  tests  and  in- 
vestigations of  materials  used  extensively  in  the  construction  of  build 
ings,  bridges,  ships  and  other  structures  and  machinery,  as  it  shall  think 

*  See  Proceedings,  Vol.  VlII,  January,  1882,  p.  28 


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most  impoi'tant  to  be  made,  and  from  time  to  time  publish  results  of  the 
tests  and  investigations,  and  also  such  scientific  principles  and  such 
practical  rules  deduced  therefrom  as  it  shall  consider  most  useful.  The 
said  commission  shall  organize  itself,  and  adopt  such  rules,  and  make 
such  assignment  of  duties  among  its  members  as  it  shall  deem  most  pro* 
motive  of  the  object  of  its  appointment.  Vacancies  occurring  from  time 
to  time  in  said  commission  shall  be  filled  by  the  President  of  the  United 
States. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  said  commission  shall  report  its  work  with  its  results 
and  the  deductions  made  therefrom,  annually  to  the  Secretary  of  the 
Interior,  and  its  accounts  shall  be  settled  in  the  Interior  Department, 
through  such  channels  as  the  Secretary  shall  direct. 

Sec.  3  That  the  members  of  said  commission  shall  be  entitled  to 
mileage  and  other  necessary  expenses  incurred  in  the  prosecution  of  their 
duties,  but  no  salaries  as  members  of  the  commission. 

Sec.  4.  That  the  said  commission  is  hereby  authorized  to  appoint  a 
principal  expert  who  shall  personally  conduct  the  examinations  and  tests 
which  the  commission  shall  direct,  with  such  assistants  and  laborers  as 
may  be  necessary,  and  also  to  purchase  such  material  for  test  and  inves- 
tigation as  may  from  time  to  time  be  required. 

Sec.  5  That  this  act  shall  take  effect  immediately. 

The  subject  of  Tests  of  Structural  Materials  was  discussed  by  Messrs- 
Coffin,  Dempster,  Egleston,  Michaelis,  Richards  and  Welch. 

The  following  nominating  Committee  was  appointed  in  accordance- 
with  Section  24  of  the  By-Laws  :  D.  J.  Whittemore,  of  Milwaukee, 
Wis.;  Albert  Fink,  of  New  York;  A.  Gottlieb,  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa.; 
Charles  H.  Latrobe,  of  Baltimore,  Md. ;  and  Sandford  Fleming,  of 
Ottawa,  Canada. 

The  death  of  Gen.  John  G.  Barnard,  Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A., 
Honorary  Member  of  the  Society;  elected  member  September  15th, 
1869;  elected  Honorary  Member  April  7th,  1873;  died  May  14th,  1882, 
was  announced. 

The  award  of  the  Norman  Medal  for  the  i^ast  year  was  announced. 
The  paper  for  which  the  medal  is  awarded  is  No.  CCXXIII,  published 
in  Transactions,  Vol.  X,  July,  1881.  The  subject  of  the  pajier  is  "The 
Re-enforcement  of  the  Anchorage,  and  Renewal  of  the  Suspended  Super- 
structure of  the  Niagara  Railroad  Suspension  Bridge."  The  author  of 
the  paper  is  Mr.  L.  L.  Buck,  M.  A.  S.  C.  E. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Standard  Time  was  presented  and 
read  by  the  Chairman,  Mr.  Sandford  Fleming,  as  follows: 

The  Special  Committee  on  Standard  Time  beg  leave  to  submit  the 
following  report: 

At  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Society  on  the  18th  January,  last,  reso- 
lutions were  passed  directing  the  Committee  to  take  such  steps  as  seemed, 
to  them  advisable  to  obtain  some  expression  of  general  opinion  on  the 


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important  question  of  the  establishment  of  Standard  Time,  with  the 
view  of  submitting  some  definite  recommendations  as  to  the  course  it 
may  seem  expedient  to  take. 

',  In  accordance  with  these  instructions  the  Committee  issued  the 
pamphlet  herewith  submitted,  containing  various  documents  bearing  on 
the  question.  This  brochure  has  been  widely  circulated,  in  every  State 
of  the  Union,  in  the  adjoining  British  provinces,  and  in  Mexico.  A 
series  of  questions  prepared  with  the  view  of  eliciting  all  shades  of 
opinion  were  sent  with  the  pamphlet,  and  attention  to  them  at  an  early 
period  was  asked. 

Replies  have  been  received  from  many  prominent  men  connected 
with  the  profession,  with  railways,  with  telegraphs,  and  with  scientific 
bodies,  and  additional  answers  from  the  more  distant  parts  of  the  conti- 
nent are  daily  arriving. 

The  character  of  the  replies  received  to  date  has  been  classified.  The 
following  synojDsis  may  be  presented  along  with  each  question : 

Question  1. — Are  you  in  favor  of  a  comprehensive  system  of  Standard 
Time  for  North  America  ? 

The  replies  to  this  question  may  be  said  to  be  unanimous.  The 
opinion  is  emj)hatically  expressed  that  there  should  be  established,  as 
early  as  possible,  a  comprehensive  system  of  Standard  Time  for  North 
America. 

Question  2. — Do  you  favor  the  idea  expressed  in  some  of  the  docu- 
ments referred  to,  of  bringing  the  Standards  of  Time  of  all  [coixntries 
into  agreement  ? 

Ninety-five  per  cent,  of  the  answers  are  in  the  afiirmative;  five  per 
cent,  in  the  negative. 

Question  3.  —In  order  to  attain  the  object  set  forth  in  question  No.  2, 
do  you  consider  it  advisable  to  secure  a  time  system  for  this  country 
which  would  commend  itself  to  other  nations,  and  be  adopted  by  them 
ultimately  ? 

Ninety-five  per  cent,  of  the  answers  are  in  the  affirmative,  and  the 
opinion  is  frequently  expressed  that  while  we  must  primarily  look  to  our 
own  convenience  on  this  continent,  as  we  are  likely  to  be  the  first  to 
adopt  a  reformed  time  system,  we  should,  from  the  first,  make  provision 
for  its  universal  application.     Five  per  cent,  of  the  answers  are  adverse. 

Question  4. — Referring  to  the  scheme  for  regulating  time  (page  28  of 
pamphlet  issued  by  the  Society),  does  it  seem  to  possess  any  features 
which  generally  commend  themselves  to  your  judgment  ? 

About  ninety-seven  per  cent,  of  the  answers  are  in  the  affirmative — 
3  per  cent,  in  the  negative. 

Question  5. — Do  you  favor  the  proposal  to  have  the  standards  of 
time  diff'ering  by  intervals  of  one  hour,  thus  reducing  the  number  of 
standards  for  the  whole  of  North  America  to  four,  viz. :  Meridians  Q,  R, 
SandT?     (See  18  to  21,  pages  30  and  31.) 


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Seventy-six  per  cent,  of  the  answers  are  in  the  affirmative — twenty- 
four  per  cent,  adverse. 

Question  6.— Do  you  favor  the  suggestion  to  reduce  the  number  of 
standards  in  North  America  to  two,  say  Meridians  U.  and  R.  ?     (See  21. ) 

Six  per  cent,  are  favorable — ninety-four  per  cent,  adverse. 

Question  7.  —Do  you  prefer  having  only  one  Continental  Standard, 
say  Meridian  S,  and  having  one  uniform  time  throughout  the  whole  of 
North  America  ?     (See  21,  page  31.) 

Thirty-six  per  cent,  are  in  the  affirmative— Sixty -four  percent,  in  the 
negative. 

Question  8. — If  the  scheme  set  forth  in  the  document  referred  to 
(page  28)  does  not  generally  meet  with  your  approval,  is  there  any  other 
scheme  which  you  prefer  ?  Please  explain  your  preference  for  the  in- 
formation of  the  Committee. 

The  scheme  is  very  generally  and  cordially  approved.  Several  sug- 
gestions are  made  which  are  entitled  to  great  respect. 

Question  9. —Referring  to  the  suggestions  under  the  heading  "Di- 
vision of  the  Day  into  Hours "  (page  31)  please  indicate  which  of  the 
three  following  plans  you  prefer. 

(A)  The  alternative  plan  No.  1,  with  the  hours  numbered  from  1  to 
24  without  interruption  ? 

Ninety-two  per  cent,  are  in  favor  of  a  notation  of  1  to  24— eight  per 
cent,  are  adverse. 

(B)  The  alternative  plan  No.  2,  with  the  forenoon  hours  numbered 
as  at  present  and  the  afternoon  hours  lettered  as  described  ? 

Eleven  per  cent,  are  in  favor — eighty-nine  per  cent,  against  this  plan 
of  notation . 

(C)  The  present  division  into  half  days,  known  as  forenoon  and 
afternoon,  each  half  day  having  the  hours  numbered  identically  from  1 
to  12? 

Thirty-three  per  cent,  are  in  favor  and  sixty-seven  per  cent,  against 
the  present  system  of  dividing  the  day  into  two  sets  of  hours,  numbered 
from  one  to  12  and  known  as  A.  M.  and  P.  M. 

Question  10. — In  order  to  secure  perfect  uniformity  and  accuracy,  do 
you  favor  the  proposal  to  have  Standard  Time  disseminated  throughout 
the  country  by  central  authority  controlled  by  government  ?     (Page  30.) 

Ninety  per  cent,  are  in  favor  of  the  proposal,  ten  per  cent,  against. 
In  the  latter  the  view  is  generally  expressed  that  on  account  of  the  vast 
extent  of  the  country,  there  should  be  various  central  observatories,  all 
operating  in  harmony  and  mutually  assisting  each  other  in  the  work  of 
disseminating  accurate  time. 

Question  11. — Have  you  any  particular  views  on  the  question  of  Time 
Reform,  not  embraced  in  the  questions  and  replies  above  given  ?  If  so, 
please  state  them  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  the  Committee. 
(If  necessary,  on  a  separate  sheet.) 


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A  very  small  percentage  take  an  unfavorable  view  or  propose  modifi- 
cations of  the  scheme  submitted.  The  large  majority  are  decidedly  in 
favor  of  reform  without  delay.  Much  valuable  information  has  been 
brought  out  which  the  Committee  recommend  should  be  printed. 

It  will  be  seen  from  the  character  of  the  replies  received  that  a  re- 
markable unanimity  of  opinion  prevails  in  every  section  of  the  country 
heard  from. 

The  Committee  feel  warranted  in  reporting  that  judging  from  the 
replies  received  there  is  a  strong  general  feeling  in  favor  of  establishing 
a  comprehensive  system  of  Standard  Time  on  the  basis  of  the  scheme 
set  forth  in  the  papers  submitted.  That  an  emphatic  opinion  has  been 
expressed  in  favor  of  having  four  main  standard  meridians  for  the  conti- 
nent, distinguished  as  Q,  R,  S  and  T,  or  by  such  geographical  names  as 
may  hereafter  be  adopted,  and  that  a  large  majority  of  opinions  ex- 
pressed are  in  favor  of  numbering  the  hours  in  each  day  from  1  to  24 
consecutively. 

The  opinion  has  also  been  generally  expressed  that  while  our  time 
system  should  be  in  harmony  with  that  of  other  nations,  the  necessity  for 
reform  on  this  continent  is  so  urgent  that  we  should  not  wait  for  other 
nations  to  move  in  the  matter.  That  we  should,  as  soon  as  practicable, 
inaugurate  a  system,  the  primary  object  of  which  would  be  to  meet  our 
own  requirements.  But  that  in  taking  the  initiative  we  should  by  all 
means  adopt  a  system  capable  of  extension  to  the  whole  globe,  and  that 
we  should,  to  some  extent,  give  other  nations  an  opportunity  of  co-operat- 
ing with  us. 

The  Committee  accordingly  recommend  that  steps  be  taken  to  obtain 
the  establishment  of  a  zero  meridian  which  would  be  common  to  all 
nations  for  reckoning  time  and  longitude,  and  that  concurrence  with 
this  measure  be  sought  from  as  many  nationalities  as  may  be  induced  to 
assist  in  this  determination. 

That  efforts  be  made  to  lead  to  the  acceptance  of  this  course  on  the 
other  Continents  to  the  fullest  extent. 

That  failing  in  this  effort  the  people  of  the  Western  Continent  deter- 
mine a  zero  meridian  for  their  own  use  and  guidance  and  especially  with 
the  view  of  establishing  a  system  of  Standard  Time. 

SANDFORD  FLEMING, 

Chnmnan  of  Commitlee, 
Washington,  17  May,  1882. 


The  subject  of  Standard  Time  was  discussed  by  Messrs.  Egleston, 
Hilgard  and  Fleming. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  J.  B.  Francis,  past  President  A.  S.  C.  E  ,  the  fol- 
lowing resolution  was  adopted. 


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Resolved,  That  this  meeting  entirely  concurs  in  the  recommeudations 
contained  in  the  report  submitted,  and  that  the  Committee  be  requested, 
and  is  hereby  authorized  to  continue  their  eiforts  to  effect  the  objects 
set  forth,  and  also  to  petition  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  to  take 
the  necessary  stejDs  to  have  a  prime  or  zero  meridian  established. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  Preservation  of  Timber  was 
then  discussed  by  Messrs.  Collingwood,  Bogart,  Egleston,  Chanute, 
Andrews,  Gottlieb,  and  on  motion  the  subject  of  the  Preservation  of 
Forests  was  referred  to  the  same  Committee. 


ADDITIONS    TO 


LIBRARY     AND     MUSEUM. 


From  F.  H.  Hamlin,  Deputy  Commis- 
sioner, Department  of  Public  Works 
New  York  : 

Contract  and  Specifications  for  furnishing 
materials  and  labor  for  building  one  Float- 
ing Swimming  Bath. 

Proposals  for  Estimates  for  furnishing  Il- 
luminating Gas  for  lighting  the  Public 
Markets,  Armories,  Buildings  and  Offices 
of  the  City  of  New  York,  for  the  period 
from  January  1,  1881,  to  December  31, 
1881. 

Proposals  for  Estimates  for  furnishing  the 
Gas  or  other  Illuminating  Material  for, 
and  Lighting,  Extinguishing,  Cleaning, 
Repairing  and  Maintaining  the  Public 
Lamps  (and  supplying  gas,  etc.,  for  new 
lamps  when  required)  on  the  Streets, 
Avenues,  Piers,  Parks  and  Places  in  the 
City  of  New  York,  for  the  period  of  one 
year,  from  May  1,  1881,  to  April  30,  1882. 

Proposals  for  furnishing  materials  and  per- 
forming work  in  the  alteration  of  Essex 
Market. 

Proposals  for  furnishing  materials  and  per- 
forming work  in  the  erection  of  portions 
of  Fulton  Market. 

Proposals  for  furnishing  materials  and  per- 
forming work  in  the  alteration  of  Tomp- 
kins Market. 

Proposals  for  Regulating  and  Paving  with 
Granite-block  Pavement,  One  Hundred 
and  Eighth  Street,  from  Third  to  Fifth 
Avenue. 

Proposals  for  Regulating  and  Paving  with 
Granite-block  Pavement. 

Proposals  for  Regulating  and  Paving  with 
Macadamized  Pavement,  Fifth  Avenue 
from  the  present  crosswalk  on  the  ncrth 
side  of  Ninetieth  Street,  to  a  line  five  feet 
south  of  and  x^arallel  with  the  south  curb 
of  One  Hundred  and  Tenth  Street,  except 
where  heretofore  paved,  and  paving  the 
gutters  and  intersections  with  Belgian  or 
Trap-block  jsavement,  and  laying  cross- 
walks of  Blue-stone,  as  indicated  upon  the 


map  on  file  in  Department  of  Public 
Works,  which  more  specifically  sets  forth 
the  exact  nature  and  extent  of  all  the 
above  work. 

Proposals  for  Regulating  and  Paving  with 
Macadamized  Pavement. 

Proposals  for  Regulating  and  Paving  with, 
Trap-block  Pavement  the  roadway  of 
Eighty-third  Street,  from  the  west  cross- 
walk of  Eighth  .\venue  to  the  pavement 
heretofore  laid  at  the  intersection  of  the 
Boulevard,  and  extending  at  the  several 
intersecting  avenues  from  a  line  five  feet 
north  of  and  parallel  with  the  north  curb 
of  Eighty-third  Street,  and  laying  cross- 
walks of  three  courses  of  blue-stone  on  the 
eaet  side  of  the  Boulevard,  and  on  both 
sides  of  the  intersecting  avenues,  where 
not  already  laid  across  Eighty-third  Street, 
within  the  lines  of  the  sidewalks  of  said 
avenues  and  Boulevard,  and  parallel  there- 
with ;  also  laying  crosswalks  of  two 
courses  of  Blue-stone  at  the  intersecting 
avenues  adjoining  the  above  described 
pavements. 

Proposals  for  Regulating  and  Paving  with 
Trap-block  Pavement. 

Proposals  for  Estimates  for  Regulating  and 
Grading  One  Hundred  and  Twelfth  Street 
from  the  west  curb  line  of  !~'ixth  Avenue  to 
the  east  curb  line  of  Sov  'Ufh  Avenue,  and 
Setting  Curb  Stones  and  Flagging  Side- 
walks therein. 

Proposals  for  Sewer  in  Fifteenth  Street,  be- 
tween Irving  Place  and  Fourth  Avenue, 
from  end  of  present  Sewer  in  Fifteenth 
Street. 

Proposals  for  Sewers  in  Front  Street,  between 
Broad  Street  and  Old  Slip,  and  in  Coenties 
Slip,  between  Front  and  South  Streets. 

Proposals  for  Laying  Croton  Water  Mains  in 
166th.  137th,  169th  and  106th  Street,  in  St. 
Ann's,  Madison,  Bergen  and  Third  Avenue, 
and  in  Terrace  Place  and  Delmonico  Place. 

Proposals  for  furnishing,  delivering  and 
laying  a  Forty-eight  inch  Cast-iron  Con- 


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duit  Pipe  from  Kensico  to  a  point  between 
Hartsdale  and  Scarsdale,  Westclaester 
County,  New  York. 

Proposals  for  furnishing  Cast-iron  Water 
Pipes,  Branch  Pipes  and  Special  Castings. 

Proposals  for  furnishing  and  delivering  Stop 
Cocks,  Stop  Cock  Boxes  and  Hydrants. 
From  C.  H.  Swan,  Boston,  Mass.: 

Reports  of  the  Brooklyn  Water  Works.  Vol. 
I,  from  1860  to  1865  inclusive.  Vol.  11, 
from  ls66  to  1871  inclusive. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Board  of  Commis- 
sioners of  City  Works  for  the  years  1872 
and  1873.     Brooklyn. 

Filth  Annual  Report  of  the  Boston  Water 
Board.     1881.     Boston. 

Report  of  Select  Committee  on  Water  Works. 
Investigation  of  Cincinnati.     1873. 

Twenty-fifth  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of 
Water  Commissioners  of  Detroit  for  the 
year  187(5.     Detroit.     1877. 

Evansville  Water  Works.  Report  of  the  Ex- 
pert on  the  Contract  Trials  of  the'Gaskill 
Compound  Pumping  Engine.  February, 
1881.     Cincinnati. 

Fifth  Annual  Report  of  the  Water  Commis- 
sioners of  Fitchburg.     Fitchburg.     1874. 

Second  Annual  Report  of  the  Watuppa  Water 
Board  of  Fall  River.  Jan.  1,  1876.  Fall 
River,  Mass.     1876. 

Report  of  the  North  Hudson  Co.  Water  Com- 
missioners on  the  Proposed  New  Water 
Works  for  Hoboken,  Weehawkeu,  West 
Hoboken,  and  Town  of  Union,  N.  -J.  Jer- 
sey City.     1873. 

Jersey  City  Water  Reports.  1851  and  1861, 
1862-1871,  inclusive.     Jersey  City. 

Report  of  the  Chief  Engineer  for  1871. 
Jersey  City.     1872. 

Final  Report  of  the  Water  Commissioners  of 
the  City  of  Lawrence.  Lawrence,  Mass. 
1876. 

First  and  Third  Annual  Reports  of  the 
Lawrence  Water  Board  for  the  years  1876 
and  1878. 

Louisville  Water  Co.     Reports  for  the  years 

1871,  1872  and  1873.     Louisville. 
Annual  Reports  of  the  Water  Commissioners 

of  Lowell,  Mass.,  for  the  years   1870,  1871, 

1872,  1873,  1874,  1875,  1876  (two  copies  of 
1876).     Lowell. 

First  (two  copies)  and  Third  Annual  Reports 
of  the  Public  Water  Board  of  Lynn,  Mass., 
for  the  years  1872  and  1874. 

First  and  Third  Annual  Reports  of  the  Board 
of  Water  Commissioners  of  Manchester,  N. 
H.,  for  the  years  1873  and  1874.  Man- 
chester. 

Louisville  Water  Company.  Reports  from 
1861  to  1871  inclusive.     Louisville. 

Newburgh  Water  Works.  Annual  Reports 
from  1867  to  1872  inclusive.     Newburgh. 

Providence  Water  Works.  Report  of  the  Chief 
Engineer.     January,  1871.     Providence. 

Pawtucket  Water  AVorks.  Fifth,  Sixth  and 
Seventh  Quarterly  Reports.  June,  Sep- 
tember and  December,  1878.  Pawtucket, 
R.  I. 

The  Pawtucket  Water  Question.  Large 
Meeting  at  Armory  Hall.  From  the  Provi- 
dence Journal,  Feb.  28,  1876. 

Providence  Water  Works.  Blank  Return 
Book. 

Saint  Louis  Water  Works.  Reports  of  the 
Board  of  Water  Commissioners  from  1867 
to  1876  inclusive.     St.  Louis. 


Contracts  and  Specifications  of  St.  Louis 
Water  Works. 

Philadelphia.  Annual  Reports  of  the  Chief- 
Engineer  of  the  Water  Department  for  the 
years  1873,  1874  and  1875.     Philadelphia. 

Salem  City  Documents  for  1871-72,  1872-73, 
1873-74.     Salem,  Mass. 

Proceedings  had  in  Board  of  Supervisors  and 
Reports  of  Engineer  in  the  matter  of  fur- 
nishing Water  Supplies  for  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco.  San  Francisco. 
1875. 

Reports  of  the  Board  of  Water  Commis- 
sioners of  the  City  of  Springfield  to  the 
City  Council  for  1875  and  1876.  Spring- 
field, Mass. 

Third  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Water 
Commissioners  of  the  City  of  Yonkers. 
Dec,  187.5.     New  York.     1876. 

The  Differentiating  Waste  Water  Meter. 
Liverpool.     G.  F.  Deacon,  patentee. 

Report  of  the  American  Scientific  Commis- 
mission  on  the  Artificial  Water  Ways  of 
Europe,  with  special  reference  to  the  Te- 
huantepcc  Railway  and  Ship  Canal.  Octo- 
ber 16,  1871.     London. 

Borough  of  Liverpool.  Waste  Water  Meter. 
Report  of  F.  J.  Bramwell,  C.  E.  F.  R.  S. 
Liverpool.     1874. 

Town  of  Westborough.  Report  of  a  Com- 
mittee chosen  by  the  town.  May  15,  1872, 
to  make  investigations  with  Reference  to 
the  Feasibility  and  Cost  of  Obtaining  a 
Supply  of  Pure  Water  for  said  town. 
Providence.     1873. 

Reports  of  the  Boston  Harbor  Commissioners* 
Vol.  I  and  U,  1859  to  1865  inclusive. 
Boston. 

Petitions  for  damages  for  the  Diversion  of 
Sudbury  River  by  the  City  of  Boston. 
Boston.     1876. 

Report  upon  the  Improvement  of  Roger 
Williams  Park,  by  the  Joint  Committee  on 
Parks,  with  Report  of  H.  W.  S.  Cleveland. 
October,  1878.  Providence,  R.  I.  1878. 
(2  copies.) 

Thirteenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Brooklyn 
Park  Commissioners.     Brooklyn.     1873. 

Annual  Report  of  the  State  Geologist  of  New 
Jersey  for  the  year  1876.     Trenton.     1876. 

Reports  of  the  Board  of  Road  Commissioners, 
City  Surveyor  and  City  Inspector  of  New 
Haven  Conn.  Year  1875.  New  Haven. 
1876. 

Census  of  Rhode  Island.  June  1, 1875.  Part 
n.     Tables. 

An  Address  at  the  Dedication  of  Pardee  Hall, 
Lafayette  College,  October,  1873,  by  R.  W. 
Raymond,  Ph.  D.     Easton,  Pa.     1873. 

Mouth  of  the  Mississippi.  The  Jetty  System 
Explained.  By  James  B.  Eads.  St.  Louis. 
1874. 

Report  of  the  Commission  of  Engineers  ap- 
pointed to  Investigate  and  Report  a  Per- 
manent Plan  for  the  Reclamation  of  the 
Alluvial  Basin  of  the  Mississippi  River 
Subject  to  Inundation.   Washington.    1875. 

Reports  upon  the  Specimens  obtained  from 
Borings  made  in  1874,  between  the  Missis- 
sippi River  and  Lake  Borgue,  at  the  site 
projiosed  for  an  OTitlet  for  flood  waters,  by 
Prof.  E.  W.  Hilgard  and  Dr.  F.  V.  Hopkins. 
Washington.     1878. 

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Hagen.  Band  I  and  II  and  Plates.  Berlin. 
1869  and  1870. 


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The  Haidah  Indians  of  Queen  Charlotte's 
Islands,  B.  C  ,  with  a  brief  description  of 
their  Carvings,  Tattoo  Designs,  etc.,  by 
James  G.  Swan.  Wash.  City.  1874. 
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1845  to  1861  inclusive.  Vol.  11,  1862  to 
■  1871  inclusive. 

Boston.     Reports  of  the  Cochituate  Water 
Board  to  the  Council  of  Boston,  for  the 
years  ending  April  30,  1872,  1873, 1874, 1877, 
1878. 
Communication  from  the  Cochituate  Water 
Board  in  regard  to  the  High  Service  Dis- 
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on  same  subject. 
Sixth   Annual  Report  of   the  LoweU  Water 
Board,   January  13,   1879.      LoweU,   Mass. 
1879. 
Second    Annual    Report    of    the    Lawrence 

Water  Board.     Lawrence.     1878. 
Borough   of  Liverpool  Waste  Water  Meter, 
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port of  F.  J.  Bramwell,  C.  E.      Liverpool. 
1874. 
The     Differentiating    Waste    Water    Meter. 

(Deacon's  Patent.)    Liverpool. 
The  Eighth,  Ninth,  Tenth  and  Eleventh  An- 
nual Report  of  the   Mystic  Water  Board, 
for  the   years  ending   Dec.  31,  1872,  1873, 
and  from  Jan.  1,  1874  to  April  30,  1875,  also 
from  May  1,  1875,  to  May  1,  1876. 
Salem  Water  Reports.     2  vols.     Vol.  I,  from 
1863  to  1867  inclusive.    Vol.  U,  from  1868 
to  1870. 
Water     Reports.        Charleston,    Cambridge, 

Lowell  and  Philadelphia.    1867-187?. 
Specifications  of  the  Charleston,  Lowell,  and 

New  Bedford  Water  Works. 
Appareil  et  Construction  des  Ponts  Biais, 

par  M.  Graeff.     Text,  Paris.     1867. 
Die  Correction  des  Rheins  von  Basel  bis  zur 
Crosh.     Hessischen   Creutz.    Denkschuft. 
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Badisch-Franzoseschen  Crenze  nach  dem 
Stande  der  jahre  1838  und  1861.  und  lange 
der  Badisch-Bayeri>chen  Crenze  nach  dem 
Stande  der  jahre  1817  und  1861. 
Der  Binnenfluss  Bau    im   Grosherzogthum 

Baden.  Bearbeitet.  1865. 
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II  Atlas  by  Poncelet  Lesbros. 

From'johu  C  .Trautwine,  Philadelphia: 
A  Book  of  Architecture   containing  designs 
of    buildings    and     ornaments.       James 
Gibbs.     London.     1728. 
Wood's  American  Portfolio  of  original  Phila- 
delphia designs  for  Iron  Railings,  Veran- 
dahs,   Statuary,   Monuments,   &c,     Phila- 
delphia.    1851. 
A  Theoretical  and  Practical  Treatise  on  the 
Construction  of  Bridges  in  Stone,  Iron  and 
Wood,  &c.      George  Duggan.     Parts  I  to 
VII.     New  York.     1850. 
Plans  and  Sections  of  the  Obelisk  on  Bunker  s 

HiU.     S.  Willard.     Boston.     1843. 
A  Description  of  Tremont  House  with  Archi- 
tectural Illustrations.     Boston.     1830. 
Report  of  the  Surveyor-General  of  Prisons 
on  the  Construction,  Ventilation  and  de- 


tails of  Pentonville  Prison,  1844.    London. 

Description  of  Col.  S.  H.  Long's  Bridges,  to- 
.lether  with  a  series  of  directions  to  Bridge 
Builders.    Stephen  H.  Long.   Philadelphia. 

Illustrations  of  Pile  Driving.  London.  1787. 
Report  of  the  Final  Location  and  Probable 
Cost  of  the  Cincinnati,  Hillsburgh  and 
Parkersburgh  Railroad.  EUwood  Morns. 
Cincinnati.  1853. 
Third  Annual  Report  of  Hiwassee  Railroad, 
and  Report  of  Chief  Engineer.  Athens, 
Tenn.     1839.  . 

Honduras  Interoceanic  Railway.  Prelimi- 
nary Report.  E.  G.  Squier.  New  Tork. 
1854.  .^,  ,^ 

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of  the  Line  and  Ports  and  Appendix.     E. 
G.  Squier.     Loudon.     1857.     (2  copies.) 
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Water.   Bv  Loammi  Baldwin,  Esq.   Boston. 
1834,  1st  Edition.     1835,  2d  Edition. 
Proceedings  before  a  joint  Special  Commit- 
tee of  the  Massachusetts  Legislature,  upon 
the  Petition  of  the  City  of  Boston  for  leave 
to  introduce  a  supply  of  Pure  Water  into 
that  City  from  Long  Pond.     Boston.     1815. 
Public  Works  in  the  United  Statoii  of  America. 
Edited  by  William  Strickland    Ed.  H.  Gill. 
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Some  Remarks  on  the  Internal  Improvement 
of  the  South.     John  C.  Trautwine.     Phila- 
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gen.  New  Grenada,  and  its  Navigation  by- 
Steam.    New  York.     1855. 
Reports  upon  Specimens  obtained  from  Bor- 
ings made  in  1874,  between  the  Mississippi 
River  and  Lake  Borgne.     Eugene  W.  Hil- 
gard  and  Dr.  F.V.  Hopkins.    Washington. 

Reports  on  the  means  of  improving  the 
present  Harbor  and  the  Construction  ol 
Docks  at  Montreal.  Hon.  John  Young. 
Montreal.     18i59. 

Translation  of  Notes  Accompanying  Draw- 
ings concerning  the  Coustructon  ot  Iron 
Lock-Gates  for  the  Harbors  of  the  Weser 
River,  Germany.  Gen.  G.  Weitzel,  U.S.A. 
Washington,  D.  C.     1873. 

Recreations  in  Mathematics  and  Natural 
Philosophy.  Cuarles  Button,  L  L  D.,  F.B. 
S      In  4  volumes.     London      1803. 

Journal  of  the  Expedition  of  Inquiry  for  the 
Junction  of  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific 
Oceans  L.  Gisborne.  With  4  Maps.  Phila- 
delphia.    1854.  .^^    _ 

On  the  connection  of  Geology  with  Te-res- 
trial  Magnetism.  Evan  Hopkins,  C  h..,l<. 
T   G.  S     London.     1814. 

Practical  Tables  in  Meteorology  andHypsom- 
etry  with  Appendix  to  the  Paper  on  the 
use  of  the  Barometer  in  Surveys,  &c.  B. 
S.  Williamson.    New  York.     li-CS. 

Catalogue  of  Saw-Machines  and  Wood-Work- 
ina  Machinery.  Vienna  Exposition.  187>J. 
Philadelphia  Exposition.     1876.  . 

Northwest  Territory.  Reports  on  the  Assini- 
boine  and  Saskatchewan  Exploring  Expe- 
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Recherches  Experimentales  sui  les  Claux  de 
Construction  les  Betons  et  les  Mortier8 
ordinaries.    L.  J.  Vicat.     Pans.     1818 

The  Civil  Engineer's  Pocket  Book.  John  C. 
Trautwine,  C.  E.    Philadelphia.     1881. 


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LIST    OF    MEMBERS. 

ADDITIONS. 

MEMBERS. 

Date  of  Election. 

Budge,  Enrique Valparaiso,  Chili Feb.    1,  1882. 

Gordon,  Robert Henzada,  British  Burma Feb.    1,  1882. 

Kinney,  Edward  C-.  . .  .Chief  Engineer  St.  Lonis,  Des  Moines  and 

Northern  R.  R.,  Des  Moines,  Iowa.  .May    3,  1882. 

Lindenthal,  Gustav  .  .    Civil     Engineer     Monongahela     Bridge, 

Pittsburgh,  Pa May    3,  1882. 

McCoLLOM,  Thomas  C.  .Civil  Engineer  U.  S.  N.,  New  London,  Ct.May    3,  1882. 

Perkins,  Charles  P.  .  .  .(Elected  Junior  Feb.  3,  1875),  Engineer 
P.  &  E.  Div.  P.  R.  R.,  and  S.  S.  E.  & 
C.  Div.  North  Cent.  Ry.,  Williams- 
port,  Pa April  5,  1882. 

Randolph,  James  L.  .  .  .Chief  Engineer  Baltimore  &  Ohio  R.  R., 

Camden  Station,  Baltimore,  Md Mch.  1,  1882. 

Reeves,  David (Elected   Junior    April    1,    1874),    Pres. 

Phoenix  Iron  Co.,  410  Walnut 

Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa May    3,  1882. 

Rhodes,  Benjamin Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y April  5,  1882. 


changes  and  corrections. 


members. 

Beckwith,  Arthur Tribune  Building,  Room  75,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Beckwith,  Leonard  F.. Tribune  Building,  Room  75,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Breckinridge,  Cabell. Chief  Engineer  Alabama  Gt.  Southern  R.  R.  Tuska- 
loosa,  Ala. 

Buck,  L.  L  124  Bedford  Avenue,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Chittenden,   S.  H East  River,  Conn. 

CoRTHELL,  E.  L Chief  Engineer  N.  Y.  W.  S.  &  B.  R.  R.,  Mills  Building, 

15  Broad  Street,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Crosby,  Wilson Room  145,  Temple  Court,  5  Beekman  Street,  New- 
York  City,  N.  Y. 

Davis,  Joseph  P 144  Greenwich  St.,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Durham,  C.  W 19  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Golay,  Philip U.  S.  Asst.  Engineer,  Paducah,  Ky. 

Harding,   Henry Salem,  Mass. 

Harris,  Robert  L Care  Dr.  David  Kimball,  Portsmouth.  N.  H. 

Hughes,  William  M  ...  Engineer  of  Bridges,  N.  Y.  C.  &  St.  L.  Ry.,  Hoyt 
Block,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 


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Katte,  Walter Chief  Engineer  N.  Y.,  Ont.  &  W.  Ey.,  and  N.  Y.,  W.  S. 

and  B.  K.  E.,    Mills  Building,   15  Broad  Street, 

New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

LoTZ,  William  H 57  Metropolitan  Block,  Chicago,  111. 

Masten,  C.  S Div.  Eng.  W.,  St.  L.  &  P.  E.  E.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Maxwell,  James  E Chief  Eng.  and  Supt.  Cons.  D.  0.  &  0.  E.  Ey.,  Olney. 

111. 
Monkoe,  J.  Albert.  . .  .Div.  Eng.  N.  Y.,  W.  S.  &  B.  E.  E.,  Kingston,  N.  Y. 

Moore,  Chaeles  E Asst.  Eng.  W.,  St.  L.  &P.  E.  E.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Morels,  Marshall Chief  Eng.  C.   &  L  Div.  L.  N.   A.   &  C.  Ey.,  530  W. 

Walnut  Street,  Louisville,  Ky. 

Nichols,  0.  E Ees.  Eng.  Henderson  Bridge  Co.,  Henderson,  Ky. 

Paine,  Charles Gen.  Mang.  N.  Y.,  W.  S.  &  B.  E.  E.,  Mills  Building, 

15  Broad  Street,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 
Pickett,  William  D  .  .   Fort  Washakie,  Wyoming. 
EoTCH,  Wtt.t.tam Treasurer  Connotton  Valley  Ey.,  1-3  Exchange  Street, 

Boston,  Mass. 
Sanderson,  J.  Gardner. Tribune  Building,  Eoom  77,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 
Sears,  Clinton  B Capt.  Corps  of  Engineers  U.  S.  A.,  Executive  Officer 

Mississippi  Eiver  Com.,  2828  Washington  Avenue, 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Seymour,  Horatio,  Jr.. Marquette,  Mich. 
TintoreryGiberga,  JosE.Asalto  No.  12,  Barcelona,  Spain. 
Wellington,  Arthur M.Asst.  Gen.  Mang.  Mexican  Cent.  E.  E.,  No.  5  Plazuela 

de  San  Fernando,  Mexico,  Mex. 
Wuetele,  a.  S.  C Asst.  Eng.  N.  Y.  C.  &  H.  E.  E.  E.,  60  Chestnut  Street. 

Albany,  N.  Y. 


Juniors. 

Emonts,  Wm.  a.  G Sunbury  Northumberland  County,  Pa. 

Horton,  Sandford Peekskill,  N.  Y. 

Lafon,  Thomas Sub.   Div.    Eng.    Mex.   Nat.    Cons.    Co..    Manzanilla, 

Mexico. 
Lucas,  D.  Jones Lowellville,  Mahoning  Co.,  Ohio. 


deaths. 


Barnaed,  John  G Elected   Member  Sept.    15,    1869;    elected    Honorary 

Member  April  7,  1873  ;  died  April  14.  1882. 


pierican  ^ocidu  of  foil  jjrnjinem. 


i>rooe:edi:n  as. 


Vol.    VIII.— June, 


MINUTES    OF    MEETINGS 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 

June  7th,  1882. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.  President  Welch  in  the 
Chair.  Ballots  for  membershii)  were  canvassed  and  the  following  can- 
didates declared  elected  as  Members  :  Thomas  Doane,  Charlestown, 
Mass. ;  Leon  Joseph  Fremaux,  New  Orleans,  La. ;  Edmund  Le  Breton 
Gardiner,  Passaic,  N.  J. ;  Edward  Henry  Keating,  Halifax,  N.  S. ;  John 
Francis  Le  Baron,  .Jacksonville,  Fla. ;  Augustus  Woodbury  Locke, 
North  Adams,  Mass. ;  Howard  Schuyler,  Mexico,  Mexico  ;  as  Associates : 
Thomas  Walter  Nicol,  Forlorn  Hope,  La.;  Ashbel  Welch,  Jr.,  Lambort- 
ville,  N.  J.;  as  Juniors  :  John  Ripley  Freeman,  Lawrence,  Mass.;  Wil- 
liam Bronard  Mackenzie,  Moncton,  N.  B. ;  William  Barclay  Parsons, 
New  York  City,  N.  Y. ;  Alfred  Rosenweig,  Mexico,  Mexico. 

A  i:)aper  by  James  Owen,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E.,  subject.  Highway 
Bridges,  was  read  by  the  author  and  discussed  by  Messrs.  Corthell,  G. 
S.  Greene,  Jr.  and  Ashbel  Welch. 

OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION. 

Max  .3d,  1882. — Applications  were  considered.  The  purchase  and 
receipt  of  the  professional  library   of  the  late  James  P.  Kirkwood  was 


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reported.     Arrangements  were  made  for  the  annual  Convention.      Ap- 
propriations were  made. 

June  Gth,  1882.— Applications  were  considered.  Appropriations 
were  made.  It  was  determined  that  a  meeting  of  the  Society  should  be 
held  on  July  5th,  and  that  thereafter  the  meetings  should  be  suspended 
until  the  first  Wednesday  in  September.  A  communication  from  the 
Committee  on  Standard  Time  was  considered  and  action  taken. 


CONTRIBUTIONS  TO  THE  BUILDING  FUND. 

By  a  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Direction,  all  contributions  to  the 
Building  Fund  are  to  be  acknowledged,  from  time  to  time,  by  printing 
lists  of  the  same  in  the  monthly  Proceedings  of  the  Society,  and  in 
addition  to  this  the  names  of  all  those  who  may  subscribe  $100  or  more 
are  to  be  regularly  enrolled  and  published  in  future  lists  of  the  Society 
under  the  head  of  Subscribers  to  the  Building  Fund,  and  they  will  be 
entitled  to  receive  one  copy  of  the  monthly  publications,  comprising  all 
papers  and  transactions  of  the  Society,  regularly,  for  life,  for  each  $100 
subscribed  by  them  ;  such  copies  to  be  in  addition  to  those  which  they 
may  be  already  entitled  to  if  they  are  Members  or  Fellows  : 

The  following  contributions  are  acknowledged  in  addition  to  those 
heretofore  noted  : 

Robert  Ballard -^100  00 

Charles  E.  Boyd 100  00 


ADDITIONS   TO 


LIBRARY     AND     MUSEUM. 


,  First,  Second  and  Third  Anavial  Reports   of 

From  Gen.  Adna  Anderson,   St.  Paul.  ^^^^  ^^,^^^^,  ^J^n^,Qitfee  of  Brid-etou,  N.  J., 

Military  nXoads.  1861-67.     General  Orders,  ^^^  From  Jame?3.^Eula.  St.  Louis  : 

Instructions  and  Reports.  Letter  of  9ir  E  Iward   J.   Reed,  K.  G.   B.,  to 

From  James  P.  Bogart,   New   Haven,  Re^v   Admiral  Ammen,   U.  S.   N.,  on  Sliip 

Oouu.  :  Railways  and  Canals  ou  the  American  Isth- 

Sixteentli   Annual  Report  of  the  Fish  Com-  im,s_     (Copies  fur  distribution.) 

missioners.  and  First   Report  of  the  State  Fcom  W.  W.  Evans.  New  York  : 

Shell  Fish  Commissioners.  Hartford.  18S1.  Letter   ol    \V.  W.  Evans,  Civil  Engineer,  on 

From  Charles  O.  Brown,  New  York  :  piau  of  Bulkheads  and  Docks  for  the  City 

A  set  of  Maps  of  United  States  of  Colombia.  of  New  York.     New  York.     1881. 

From  Francis  Golliugwood,  New  York  :  From  G.   Clinton   Gardner,  Greenfield, 

Specifications  for  Certain  Steel  Work  required  Mass.  : 

for   the  Completion  of  the  Su-ipended  Su-  Answer    to    some    of    the   Objections    made 

perstructure    of   the    East    River    Bridge.  against    the    Memorial    of    the    Troy    and 

X881.  Greenfield     Railroa  1    Company.      Boston. 

GraphrHTst'orS^Lr^ttofo^  fvlfer^  in  Va^l^;^  of   the   Stock  and  Bonds  of  the  Troy 

Bridgetou,  n:J.     Dec.  24,  1877.  and  Greeuheld  Railroad.    Greenfield.    1856. 


83 


An  Adtlress  to  the  Stockholders  of  the  Troy 
and  Greenfield  Railroad  Company.  O. 
Clapp.    Boston.    1«55. 

Memorial  of  the  Western  Railroad  Corpora- 
tion.    Boston.     1854. 

Speech  of  Hon.  H.  G.  Parker,  of  Greenfield, 
in  the  Massachusetts  House  of  Hepresenta- 
tives.     1854. 

By-Laws  and  Acts  of  Incorporation  of  the 
Troy  and  Greenfield  Railroad  Company. 

A  brief  Report  of  the  Hoosac  Tunnel.  Bos- 
ton.    18,54. 

Reasons  Why  Boston  should  Aid  in  the  Con- 
struction of  the  Hoosac  Tunnel.  Boston. 
1860. 

Report  on  the  Memorial  of  the  Troy  and 
Greenfield  Railroad  Company.  Boston. 
1861. 

Report  of  the  Committee  of  Investigation  on 
the  Hoosac  Tunnel  Loan.  Greenfield. 
1860. 

General  Laws  and  Resolves  passed  by  the 
Legislature  of  JIassachusetts  during  the 
Sessions  of  1867  aud  1869. 

Final  Settlement  of  the  Claim  of  H.  Haupt  k 
Co.  against  the  State  of  Massachusetts.  H. 
Haupt.     Boston.     1869. 

Report  of  the  Treasurer  aud  Receiver-Gen- 
eral of  the  Commonwealth  of  Massachu- 
setts.    Boston.     186i>. 

Report  of  the  Troy  and  Greenfield  Railroad 
and  Hoosac  Tunnel.  B.  H.  Latrobe.  Bos- 
ton.    1869. 

Valedictory  Address  of  Alexander  H.  Bullock, 
to  the  Legislature  of  Massachusetts.  Bos- 
ton.    1866.  1869. 

Truths  about  the  Hoosac  Tunnel  Projects. 
Boston.     1851. 

Cost  of  the  Tunnel  of  the  Troy  and  Greenfield 
Railroad. 

Closing  Argument  of  H.  Haupt  in  behalf  of 
the  Troy  and  Greenfield  Railroad  Company. 
Boston.     1862. 

The  Hoosac  Tunnel  and  the  Troy  and  Green- 
field Railroad.     1862. 

The  Decline  and  Fall  of  the  Hoosac  Tunnel. 
F.  W.  Bird.     Boston.     1862. 

Report  Relative  to  Conveyances  of  the 
Southern  Vermont  Railroad.     1862. 

Speech  of  Hon.  Whiting  Griswold  on  the  Bill 
Concerning  the  Troy  and  Greenfield  Rail- 
road.    Boston.     1862. 

The  Condition  and  Prospects  of  the  Hoosac 
Tunnel.    F.  W.  Bird.     Boston.     1865. 

Report  of  the  Troy  and  Greenfield  Kailroad. 
Boston.     1865,  1867,  1869. 

Statement  of  H.  Haupt  to  the  Joint  Special 
Committee  on  Troy  and  Greenfield  Railroad 
and  Hoosac  Tunnel.     1864. 

Argument  of  Hon.  D.  S.  Richardson  on  the 
Troy  and  Greenfield  Railroad.  Boston. 
1863. 

Report  of  the  Arguments  on  the  subject  of 
the  Troy  and  Greenfield  Railroad  and  Hoo- 
sac Tunnel.     Boston.     1863. 

Speech  of  Wm.  D.  Swan  concerning  the  Troy 
and  Greenfield  Bailioad.     Boston.     1862. 

Report  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Troy  and 
Greenfield  Railroad  and  Hoosac  Tunnel. 
Boston.     1869. 

Report  of  the  Water  Commis.sioners  of  the 
City  of  Lawrence.  Lawrence,  Mass.  1871, 
1872.  1873,  1875,  1876. 

Rejected  papers  in  relation  to  the  Hoosac 
Tunnel.     Boston,     1868. 

Report  of  the  Hon.  A.  Crocker  upon  the 
Work  of  the  Troy  and  Greenfield  Kailroad 
and  Hoosac  Tunnel.     Boston.     1868. 


Report  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Parks  of  Boston.     Boston.     1876. 

Boston  in  the  Future.  Its  Park  Grounds  and 
a  Grand  Avenue.     Boston.     1871. 

Proceedings  of  a  Public  Meeting  held  at 
Faneuil  Hall,  Boston.     Boston.     1876. 

Reijort  oi  the  Water  Commissioners  of  Brook- 
lyn.    Brooklyn.     1879. 

Annual  Report  of  the  City  Engineer  of  Bos- 
ton.    Boston.     1878  and  1879. 

Map  aud  Description  ol  the  proposed  Metro- 
politan Park  for  Boston.     Boston .     1870. 

Essay  aud  Plan  for  the  Improvement  of  Bos- 
ton.    R.  M.  Copeland     Boston.     1872. 

Facts  and  Figures  concerning  the  Hoosac 
Tunnel.    J.  J.  Piper.     Fitchburg.     1866. 

The  Hoosac  Tunnel  Route  compared  with  the 
Western  Railroad.  A.  R.  Field.  Lowell, 
Mass.     1866 

Annual    Report    of    the     Cochituate     Water 
Board.     Boston.     1861  to  1864  and  1867. 
Lawrence  Water  Works  : 

Contract  and  Specifications  for  a  Distributing 
Reservoir.     1873.     (2  copies.) 

Contract  and  Specifications  lor  Furnishing 
Stone.     1874.     (2  copies.) 

Contract  and  Specifications  for  Laying  Water 
Pipe.     1874.     (2  copies.) 

Contract  and  Specifications  for  Furnishing 
Water  Pipes  and  Special  Castings.  1874, 
(2  cojiies.) 

Appleton's  Mechanics'  Magazine  and  En- 
gineering Journal.     Nos.  1  to  9,  inclusive. 

The  Practical  Mechanic's  Journal.  Part 
XVIII.     September,  1849. 

Acts  Granting  Aid  to  the  Troy  and  Greenfield 
Railroad,  that  a  committee  ot  five  be  ap- 
pointed to  inquire  what  payments  have 
been  fully  complied  with.  January  30, 
1860. 

Report  of  the  Committee  on  Hoosac  Tunnel, 
Troy  and  Greenfield  Railroad.  March  20, 
1879. 

An  Act  Authorizing  a  Loan  of  the  State  Credit 
to  enable  the  Troy  and  Greenfield  Railroad 
Company  to  Construct  the  Hoosac  Tunnel. 

The  Legislature  of  1868  authorizing  the  Gov- 
ernor and  Council  to  make  a  Contract  for 
the  Completion  of  the  Hoosac  Tunnel. 

Statements  of  Payments  on  account  of  the 
Troy  and  Greenfield  Railroad  and  Hoosac 
Tunnel. 

Report  of  Joiut  Special  Committee  on  the 
Troy  and  Greenfield  Railroad  and  Hoosac 
Tunnel,  to  whom  was  referred  so  much  of 
the  Governor's  address  as  relates  to  that 
subject.     April  17,  1865. 

Report  of  Messrs.  J.  W.  Brooks,  Samuel  M.  ■ 
Felton  aud  Alex.  Holmes,  Commissioners 
appointed  under  chapter  156  of  the  Acts  of 
1862,  providing  for  the  more  speedy  com- 
pletion of  the  'Troy  and  Greenfield  Railroad 
and  Hoosac  Tunnel.     January  14,  1865. 

Report  to  the  House  what  amount  of  money 
has  been  paid  on  account  of  the  Hoosac 
Tunnel  during  last  year.     February  1,  1864. 

Report  of  the  Committee  on  Finance,  to  whom 
was  referred  the  bill  to  incorporate  the  Bos- 
ton and  Northwestern  Railroad  Company. 
May  5,  1873. 

An  Act  to  provide  for  the  Consolidation  of  the 
Hocsac  Tunnel  line  of  railroads  from  Bos- 
ton to  Troy.     April  23,  1873. 

Report  of  the  Committee  on  the  Troy  and 
Greenfield  Railroad  and  Hoosac  Tunnel 
who  were  ordered  to  inquire  into  the  cause 
of  the  disaster  involving  the  loss  of  so  much 
life  and  property.    May  19,  1868. 


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Report  of  the  Committee   of  the   Troy  and 
Greenfield  Raih-oad  to  whom  was  referred 
the   memorial    of   Herman    Haupt    &    Co. 
April  30,  1868. 
Report  of  the  Committee  on  Finance  to  pro- 
vide for  funding  the  unfunded  debt  created 
in  the  construction  of  the  Troy  and  Green- 
field Railroad  Company   and    the    Hoosac 
Tunnel. 
Reply  to  the  communication  of  J.  W.  Brooks 
on    a    surface    raiU'oad    over    the    Hoosac 
Mountain.     May  7,  1866. 
Report  of  the  Committee  on  tHe  Hoosac  Tun- 
nel, Troy  and  Greenfield  Railroad  to  whom 
was     referred    the    memorial   of   Herman 
Haupt.     April  2,  1866. 
Report  on  the  Troy  and  Greenfield  Railroad 
and  Hoosac   Tunnel  by   the  Joint  Special 
Committee  of  1865.     Boston,  1866. 
Report  of  the  Committee   on  the  Treasury  to 
whom  was  referred  the  House  Resolve  an- 
propriating  the  sum   of   S53  000  00   to    H. 
Haupt  k  Co.     June  4,  1868. 
An  act  authorizing  a  Loan  of  the  State  Credit 
to  enable  the  Troy  and  Greenfield   Railroad 
to  construct  the  Hoosac  Tunnel.    February 
18,  1859. 
Report   of  the  Joint  Standing  Committee  on 
Railways  and  Canals  to  whom  was  referred 
the    petition    of  the   Troy  and  Greenfield 
Railroad  Company.     February  11,  1859. 
Address  of  Nathaniel  P.  Banks  to  the  Legisla- 
ture of  Massachusetts.     Boston.     1839. 
Third  Annual  Report  of  the  Troy  and  Green- 
field Railroad  Company. 
Report  of  the  Work  upon  the  Troy  and  Green- 
field Railroad  and  Hoosac  Tunnel.    Hon.  A. 
Crocker.     Boston.     1866.     1 2  copies.) 
An  act  in  further  addition  to  an  act  providing 
for  the  more  speedy  completion  of  the  Troy 
and  Greenfield   Railroad  and  Hoosac  Tun- 
nel.    April  17,  1867. 
Commissioners'  report  on  the   speedy  com- 
pletion of  the  Troy  and  Greenfield  Railroad 
and  Hoosac  Tunnel.     January  10,  1866. 
An  act  authorizing  a  loan  of  the   State  Credit 
to  enable  the  Troy  and  Greenfield  Railroad 
Company  to  construct  the  Hoosac  Tunnel. 
March  5,  1859. 
Report  of   the  Joint  Special   Committee   to 
whom  was  referred    the    petition    of   the 
Troy  and    Greenfield   Railroad  Company. 
April  12,  1856. 
Petition  of  the  Troy  and  Greenfield  Railroad. 

April,  1854. 
An  act  authorizing  the  City  of  Boston  to  sub- 
scribe to  the  Capital  Stock  of  the  Troy  and 
Greenfield  Railroad  Company. 
Report  of  the  Special  Committee  relating  to 
payments  made  to  the  Troy  and  Greenfield 
Railroad    Company    under      several     acts 
granting  State  aid  to  said  company. 
Memorial  to  the  Senate  and  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives of  the  State  of  Massachusetts. 
Report  of  the  Joint  Special    Committee    to 
whom  was  referred  so  much  of  the  Gover- 
nor's address   as  relates  to  the  Troy  and 
Greenfield  Railroad.     April  4,  1863. 
Report  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Troy  and 
Greenfield  Railroad  relative  to  the  progress 
and  condition  of  the  work. 
Report  of  Committee  on  Finance  to  whom 
was  referred  the  resolve  in  favor  of  Herman 
Haupt  &  Co. 
Message   of  the   Governor  to  the  House  of 
Representatives  of  Massachusetts,  relating 
to   an  act  authorizing  a  loan  of  the  State 
Credit  to  enable  the  Troy  and  Greenfield 


Railroad  to   construct  the   Hoosac  Tunnel. 
May  26,  1857. 
Report  of  the  Committee  on  Finance  to  whom 
was  referred  the  Bill  to  permit  the  estab- 
lishment   of    a    Union    Freight    Depot    at 
Greenfield.     May  10,  1878. 
General  statement  ot  the  Summary  of  the  Fi- 
nancial Transactions  of   the    year    (1868), 
from   the   report  of  the  Auditor.     Boston. 
January  15,  1869. 
Report  of  the  Joint  Standing  Committee  of 
1867  on  the   Hoosac  Tunnel   and  the  Troy 
and  Greenfield  Railroad  Company. 
An  act  to  authorize  the  Governor  and  Council 
to  expend  a  sum  not  exceeding  $300  000  00 
for  constructing   archways  in  the  Hoosac 
Tunnel,  and  for  other  purposes.     1874. 
Address  of  John  A.  Andrew  to  the  Legislature 
of  Massachusetts.     Boston.     1864. 

From  Wm.  Paul  Gerhard,  Newport,  R. 
I.: 
Diagrams  for  Sewer  Calculations.     Wm.  Paul 
Gerhard.     New  York.     1881. 

From  James  H.  Harlow,  Pittsburgh: 
Forty-second  Annual  Report  nf  Monongahela 
Navigation  Co.     Jan.  12.  1882. 

From  R.  Bering,  Philadelphia: 
Report  of  the  results  of  an  examination  made 
in  1880  of  several  sewerage  works  in  Europe. 
R.  Hering. 

From  Keystone  Bridge  Co.,  Pittsburgh: 
Album  of  Structures  built  by  the   Keystone 
Bridge  Co. 

From  Wm.  J.  McAlpine,  New  York: 
A  Treatise   on   Practical   Surveying.     Robert 
Gibson.    Philadelphia.     1803. 

From  Isaac    Newton,    Chief   Engineer 
Department  Public  Works,  New  York : 
Report  on  Water  Supply  for  City  ol  New  Y'ork. 
{Copies  jor  distribution.) 

From  M.  E.  Pontzen,  Paris,  France: 
Notice  descriptive  des  Appareils   Eleotriques 
Exposes  par  la   Compagnie  du   Chemin  de 
fer  du  Nord. 

From  J.  Harsen  Rhodes,  New  York: 

A   Treatise   on   the   Calculus  of  Variations. 

Lewis  Bufi'et  Caill,  A.  M.     New  York.  1881. 

From  A.  A.  Robinson,  Topeka,  Kansas: 

Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of 

Atchison,  Topeka  and   Santa  Fe   Railroad, 

vear  ending  Dec.  31,  1880. 

From  T.   Guilford  Smith,  Buffalo,  N. 
Y.: 
Eighth,  Ninth,  Tenth  and  Eleventh  Reports 
of  the  Buffalo  Park  Commission.    August, 
1881. 

From  N.  J.  Welton,  Waterbury,  Conn.: 
Annual  Report  of  Treasurer  and  Auditor,  and 
Fifth  Annual  Report  of  the  Water  Commis- 
sioners of  the  City  of  Waterbury,  year  end- 
ing January  6,  1873. 

From  George  P. Wescott,  Portland,  Me.: 
Report  Rates,  Rules  and  Regulation,  with  a 
Sketch  of  the  History  of  the  Portland  Water 
Co.     Portland.     1881. 

From  Thomas  J.  Whitman,  St.  Louis. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Public  Im- 
l^rovement.     St.  Louis.     1881. 

From  Gen.  H.  G.  Wright,  Chief  of  En- 
gineers, Washington: 
Reports  as   to  additional  works  that  are  re- 
quired to  properly  complete  the  improve- 
ment of  the  Saint  Mary's  River  and  Saint 
Mary's  FaUs  Canal,  Michigan,  with  an  esti- 
mate of  the  cost  of  the  same. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Joint  Commission  for 
the  completion  of  the  Washington  Monu- 
ment.   1881. 


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Report  of  Captain  William  Ludlow,  Corps  of 
Eugiueers  upon  ao  exauiiuation  of  Frank- 
lord  Creek,  from  its  mouth  iu  the  Delaware 
River  to  irankford  Avenue. 

Reports  of  Capt.  C.  J.  Allen,  Corps  of  Engi- 
neers upon  examinations  of  Beaver  Bay, 
Grand  Portage  Bay,  and  Waus-waugoning 
Bay.     Minnesota. 

Report  of  a  practical  resurvey  of  the  Susque- 
hanna River,  near  Havre  de  Grace,  Md., 
and  containing  an  estimate  for  the  continu- 
ation of  the  improvement  in  that  locality. 
1882. 

Report  of  Lieut. -Col.  G.  K.  Warren  upon  a 
survey  of  Eagartown  Harbor  and  South 
Beacli.  Mass.     1882. 

Report  of  Col.  John  Newton,  with  accompany- 
ing map,  upon  the  completion  of  the  Sur- 
vey of  Harlem  River,  New  York,  and 
through  Harlem  Kills  to  the  East  River, 
New  York.     1881. 

Report  of  Lieut.-Col.  Q.  A.  Gillmore  upon  a 
survey  made  for  the  further  improvements 
necessary  in  Savannah  River  and  Harbor. 
1882. 

Report  of  Capt.  O.  H.  Ernst  upon  a  survey 
of  Bish  Bend  in  the  Mississippi  River,  near 
Fort  Chartres.     1882. 


Reports  of  Maj.  J.  W.  Barlofv  upon  surveys 
made  of  Harbor  of  Madison,  Connecticut; 
Harbor  of  Clinton,  Connecticut;  Greenpoint 
Harbor,  N.  Y.;  Harbor  of  Mamaroneck,  N. 
Y..  for  a  breakwater  and  harbor  of  refuge  at 
Milford,  Conn.     1882. 

Report  upon  the  dredging  of  an  ice  harbor  at 
Dubuque,  Iowa.     1882. 

Report  of  Capt.  Thomas  Turtle  of  surveys 
across  the  Peniusvila  ot  Maryland  and  Dela- 
ware, to  connect  by  canal  the  waters  of  the 
Delaware  and  Chesapeake  Bays.     1882. 

Report  of  Lieut.-Col.  G.  K.  Warren  upon  ex- 
aminations and  surveys  of  Buzzard's  and 
Barnstable  Bays,  Mass.     1882. 

Information  in  relation  to  the  Government, 
Works  on  the  Fox  and  Wiscon  sin  Rivers 
improvement  at  Mensha  and  Appleton, 
Wis. 

Report  of  Maj.  J.  W.  Cuyler  upon  an  examin- 
ation of  Licking  River,  from  its  mouth  to 
Falmouth,  Ky. 

Estimates  of  amounts  required  to  supply  de- 
ficiencies in  the  appropriations  for  build- 
ings and  grounds  in  this  City  for  the  cur- 
rent fiscal  year. 


LIST    OF    MEMBERS. 


ADDITIONS. 
MEMBERS. 

Date  of  Election . 
BixBY,  William  H Lieut,  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.  (Care  G.  L. 

Bixby),  10  India  St.,  Boston,  Mass.  .April  5,  1882. 
CuETis,  William  G.  . .  .Supt.  of  Track,  Central  Pacific  E.R.,  San 

Francisco,  Cal May     3,  1882. 

DoANE,  Thomas .  .Consulting Engineer,  Cliaiiestown,  Mass. June    7,  1882. 

Gardiner,  Edmund  Le  B .  Engineer    Dundee  Water    Power    and 

Land  Co.,  Passaic,  N.  J June    7,  1882. 

Ke.ating,  Edward  H.  .  ..City  Engineer,  Halifax,  N.  S June    7,  1882. 


associate. 


Welch,  Ashbel,  Jr Prop'r   Lambertville   Iron   Works,  Lam- 

bertville,  N.  J June    7,  1882. 


Freeman,  JohnE... 


.Prin    Ass't  Engineer  Essex  Water  Power 

Co.,  Lawrence,  Mass June    7,  1882. 


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CHANGES    AND    COBEECTIONS. 


MEMBERS. 


Ceosbt,  Wilson 115  Broadway,  Room  141,  New  York  Citj',  N.  Y. 

Davis,  ChestekB...    .  Superintendent  Water  Works,  Madison,  Wis. 

Lo^-ETT,  Thomas  D Consulting  Engineer,  49  West  Third  Street,  Cincin- 
nati, Ohio. 

Palmer,  Francis  I (Care   G.   I.    Whitehead),    206    Broadway,    New   York 

City,  N.  Y. 

Parkhurst,  Henry  W.  .Care  S.  C.  &  P.  E.E.,  Missouri  Valley,  Iowa. 

Schmidt,  Max  E 5  Congress  Street,  Chicago,  111. 


Junior. 

Haviland,  Arthur (Care  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.),  127  East  Twenty-third  Street, 

New  York  City,  N.  Y. 


merican  locidg  of  :^;uil  Ifngineers. 


I^ROOEEDIlS^aS. 


Vol.    VIII.— July,   1882. 
MINUTES    OF    MEETINGS. 

(Abstract  of  sueh  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


June  21st,  1882. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  President  Welch  in  the 
chair.  A  paper  by  O.  Chaniite,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E. ,  subject  :  Uniform- 
ity in  Rolling  Stock,  was  read  by  the  Secretary,  and  discussed  by  Messrs. 
Comi^ton,  Cooper,  Emery,  Forney,  William  H.  Paine  and  Welch. 

July  .5th,  1882. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m..  President  Welch  in  the 
chair.  Ballots  for  membership  were  canvassed  and  the  following  candi- 
dates declared  elected  :  as  Members — Peter  C.  Asserson,  Norfolk,  Va. ; 
Edward  Cook  Burns,  Detroit,  Mich. ;  David  Dexter  Clark,  New  Tacoma, 
Washington  Ter. ;  William  Hooper  Dennis,  Washington,  D.C. ;  William 
Ludlow,  Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A. ;  M.  William  Mansfield,  Zanes- 
ville,  Ohio  ;  William  Abbott  Pratt,  Connellsville,  Pa. ;  Nathaniel  Chapin 
Eay,  Sugar  Loaf,  Colorado  ;  William  Starke  Rosecrans,  San  Francisco, 
Cul. ;  William  Harrison  Smith,  Oneida,  N.  Y. ;  as  Junior  — Frederic 
Nicholas  Blanc,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

The  death  was  announced  of  Ira  E.  Clark,  Junior  Member  of  the 
Society  ;  elected  February  6,  1878,  Died  May  23,  1882. 

The  Secretary'  announced  that  the  act  recently  passed  by  Congress 
making  appropriations  for  the  Support  of  the  Army,  approved  June 
30,1882,  contained  the  following  clause:  "  United  States  Testing  Ma- 
chine.— For  caring  for,  j^reserving,  using  and  operating  the  United 
States  testing  machine  at  the  Watertown  Arsenal,  ten  thousand  dollars  ; 
Provided,  That  the  tests  of  iron  and  steel,  and  other  materials  for  indus- 


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trial  purposes,  shall  be  continued  during  the  next  fiscal  year,  and  report 
thereof  shall  be  made  to  Congress  ;  And  provided  further,  That  in 
making  tests  for  jjrivate  citizens,  the  oflScer  in  charge  may  require  pay- 
ment in  advance,  and  may  use  the  funds  so  received  in  making  such 
private  tests,  making  full  report  thereof  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  ;  and 
the  Chief  of  Ordnance  shall  give  attention  to  such  programme  of  tests  as 
may  be  submitted  by  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  and  the 
record  of  such  tests  shall  be  furnished  said  society  to  be  by  them  pub- 
lished at  their  own  expense." 

A  paper  by  S.  S.  Haight,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E.,  subject  :  Accuracy  of 
Measurement  as  Increased  by  Repetition,  was  read  by  the  author  and 
discussed. 


OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION. 

June  23d,  1882.— An  Ordinance  passed  by  the  Councils  and  approved 
by  the  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Philadelphia  was  considered.  This  Ordi- 
nance requests  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  conjointly  with 
the  Franklin  Institute,  to  nominate  to  the  Mayor  of  Philadelphia  the 
names  of  nine  Engineers.  From  these  the  Mayor  is  requested  to  select 
three  to  act,  in  conjunction  with  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Water  De- 
partment, as  a  Board  of  Experts  in  reference  to  the  Avater  supply  of  that 

city. 

The  Secretary  was  requested  to  confer  with  the  officers  of  the  Frank- 
lin Institute  on  this  subject. 

July  6th,  1882.— Applications  were  considered.  The  Secretary  re- 
ported an  interview  with  the  President  of  the  Franklin  Institute  in 
reference  to  the  ordinance  of  the  Councils  of  the  city  of  Philadelphia 
requesting  the  nomination  of  Engineers. 

The  Secretary  was  directed  to  ask,  by  circular  letter,  the  opinion  of 
the  Members  of  the  Society  Avhether  it  would  be  expedient  and  advisable 
that  the  Board  of  Direction  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers 
should  comply  with  requests  to  nominate  Engineers  from  whom  may  be 
selected  members  of  advisory  professional  boards.  The  Secretary  was  re- 
quested to  accompany  the  circular  letter  with  a  statement  of  suggestions 
on  each  side  of  this  question. 

The  Secretary  presented  a  copy  of  the  clause  from  the  Army  Appro- 
priation Bill  referring  to  this  Society.  [See  Minutes  of  Society,  July 
5,  1882,  above.]  The  President  and  Secretary  were  requested  to  invite, 
by  correspondence,  suggestions  as  to  the  method  of  preparing  such 
programme  of  tests. 


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CONTEIBUTIONS  TO  THE  BUILDING  FUND. 

By  a  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Direction,  all  contributions  to  the 
Building  Fund  are  to  be  acknowledged,  from  time  to  time,  by  printing 
lists  of  the  same  in  the  monthly  Proceedings  of  the  Society,  and  m 
addition  to  this  the  names  of  all  those  who  may  subscribe  $100  or  more 
are  to  be  regularly  enrolled  and  published  in  future  lists  of  the  Society 
under  the  head  of  Subscribers  to  the  Building  Fund,  and  they  will  be 
entitled  to  receive  one  copy  of  the  monthly  publications,  comprising  all 
papers  and  transactions  of  the  Society,  regularly,  for  life,  for  each  $100 
subscribed  by  them  ;  such  copies  to  be  in  addition  to  those  which  they 
may  be  already  entitled  to  if  they  are  Members  or  Fellows  :^ 

The  following  contributions  are  acknowledged  in  addition  to  those 
heretofore  noted  : 

E.S.  Hayes ^100  00 


MEMOIRS  OF  DECEASED  MEMBERS. 

CHRISTIAN    PHILIPP    MAX    MARIA,    BARON    YON    WEBER,    Hon, 
Member  A.  S.  C.  E. 

Died   April   18th,  1881. 

Baron  von  Weber,  the  only  son  of  the  great  composer,  was  born  in 
Dresden  in  1822.     After  a  classical  training   he  was  educated  specially 
for  the  profession  of  Engineering  at  the  Polytechnic  School  in  Dresden. 
He  was  directly  afterwards  connected,  first  as  pupil  and  then  as  con- 
structor, with  the  locomotive  works  of  A.  Borsig,  in  Berlin,  and  during 
that  time  attended  the  lecture  courses  on  political  economy  and  natural 
science,  at  the  Berlin  University.     He  then  entered  into  practical  service 
as  a  Civil  and  Mechanical  Engineer  upon  the  German  railroads,  serving 
in   successively  important   capacities   from  that  of  a  Locomotive   En- 
gineer up  to    that   of    General    Manager.     Subsequently    he    traveled 
professionally  over  the  greater  part  of  Europe,  spending  some  time  in 
England  with  Mr.  Brunei  and  Mr.  Stephenson.     He  also  visited  North- 
ern Africa,   at  the  request  of  the  French  Government,   and  wrote  two 
books  giving  his  observations  upon  that  country.     Pveturning  to  Ger- 
many, he  was  put  in  charge  of  the  Erz  Mountain  Railroad.     In  1850,  he 
became  Manager  of  State  Telegraphs  of  the  Saxon  Government,  and  in 
18.52  became  a  member  of  the  Royal  Directory  of  Saxon  Railroads  with 
the  title  of  Financial  Councillor,     In   1868,  with  a  change  of  Adminis- 
tration,  he  left   the  Saxon   service   and  accepted  the  appointment,  at 

Note.— The  larger  portion  of  the  facts  for  the  preparation  of  this  memoir  come  from  an 
article  in  the  German  Railroad  Union.     J.  B.,  Editor. 


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Vienna,  of  Chief  Consulting  Engineer  to  the  Austrian  Ministry  o 
Public  Works,  with  the  high  rank  of  Imperial  Councillor.  He  waa 
entrusted  with  the  preparation  of  a  plan  for  the  entire  reorganization  oi 
the  railways  of  Austria,  and  entered  upon  this  work  with  zeal  as  pecu 
liarly  consonant  with  his  desires.  The  retirement  of  the  ministry  and 
the  occurrence  of  a  financial  crisis  prevented  the  realization  of  these 
plans.  He  was  not  in  entire  accord  with  the  subsequent  ministry  and 
in  1875  resigned  his  position.  While  in  active  supervision  of  the  Aus- 
trian railways  he  studied  technical  questions  arising  in  other  countries, 
traveled  over  the  railways  of  Northern  Europe  and  reported  on  the 
question  of  the  proper  gauge  to  be  adopted  in  Norway  and  Sweden.  He 
also,  during  this  period,  inspected  the  railways  of  European  and  Asiatic 
Turkey. 

His  residence  at  Vienna,  during  several  years  after  his  resignation, 
gave  opportunity  for  the  exercise  of  his  literary  ability  and  his  writings, 
particularly  upon  continental  railway  subjects,  were  frequent  and  of 
great  interest. 

In  1877,  the  Minister  of  Trade  of  the  German  Empire,  Dr.  Achenbach, 
appointed  Baron  von  Weber,  to  the  position  of  Consulting  En- 
gineer, with  the  understanding  that  he  was  to  take  the  direction  of  a 
ministerial  railway  journal.  The  latter  part  of  this  project  was  not 
carried  out,  owing  to  the  retirement  of  Dr.  Achenbach  from  the  Min- 
istry directly  afterwards,  but  von  Weber  was  continued  in  his  position 
with  the  Ministry  of  Trade  and  afterwards  with  the  Ministry  of  Public 
Works,  and  was  particularly  commissioned  to  make  official  visits  to  and 
thorough  studies  of  the  railways  and  canals  in  Sweden,  England,  France 
and  the  United  States  of  America. 

In  1880  Baron  von  Weber  came  to  America  and  traveled  over  the 
United  States,  extending  his  visit  as  far  as  New  Orleans,  St.  Louis, 
Denver  and  Chicago.  He  was  cordially  welcomed  by  the  Members  of 
this  Society  and  by  all  who  had  the  pleasure  of  meeting  him.  His 
remarkable  store  of  information  on  technical  subjects  was  at  once  appa- 
rent, and  his  strong  and  positive  ideas,  often  at  variance  with  those  held 
by  American  Engineers,  led  to  many  interesting  conferences.  Socially, 
he  was  most  agreeable,  and  during  the  few  months  sjsent  in  this  country 
formed  friendshij)s  which  have  been  very  sadly  broken  by  his  unexpected 
decease. 

The  literary  activity  of  Baron  von  Weber  was  remarkable.  He  treated 
in  books,  pamphlets  and  in  contributions  to  journals,  all  the  questions 
arising  from  time  to  time  in  the  constriiction  and  operation  of  railways. 
His  sketches  or  railway  novels  were  of  the  greatest  interest  and  influence, 
and  entirely  different  from  any  previous  treatment  of  such  subjects. 
His  large  works,  and  particularly  the  School  of  the  Eailroad,  and  his 
Experiments  on  the  Stability  of  Construction  of  Track,  have  become 
standard  authorities.       In  the  biography  of  his  father,   and  in  other 


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writings,  lie  showed  additional  artistic  and  versatile  ability.  His  jDlace 
in  Germany,  particularly  as  an  exponent  and  promoter  of  technical 
progress  will  not  soon  be  filled.  His  death,  at  the  early  age  of  59,  while 
still  in  the  vigor  of  apparent  health,  and  with  projects  formed  for  the 
preparation  of  several  great  works,  is  a  positive  loss  to  engineering  and 
to  the  civilized  world. 

Baron  von  Weber  died  at  Berlin,  April  18,  1881,  very  suddenly  of 
heart  disease.  He  had  that  morning  finished  his  ofticial  report  to  the 
Ministry  of  Public  Works  upon  the  railways  and  canals  of  the  United 
States.  He  was  a  member  of  many  of  the  learned  and  scientific  societies 
of  the  world,  and  a  commander  and  knight  of  high  orders.  He  was 
made  an  Honorary  Member  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers, 
June  2,  1880. 


FRANCIS  LAUKENS  YINTON,  Bleiiiber  A.  S.  C.  E., 

Died   October  6th,  1879. 

Francis  L.  Vinton  was  born  in  1832,  his  father  being  a  distinguished 
oflScer  of  the  United  States  Army.  He  graduated  from  the  United 
States  Military  Academy  at  West  Point  in  185G.  Eesigning  his  commis- 
sion soon  afterwards,  he  prosecuted  his  studies  for  a  number  of  years 
at  the  Ecole  des  31ines  in  Paris.  He  returned  to  the  United  States  in 
1860,  and  after  a  short  time  spent  in  giving  instruction  in  the  schools 
of  the  Cooper  Union  he  went  to  Central  America  as  engineer  in  charge 
of  an  exploration  of  the  mineral  resources  of  Honduras.  At  the  begin- 
ning of  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  he  returned  to  the  United  States,  and 
was,  on  August  5th,  1861,  commissioned  as  Captain  in  the  Sixteenth 
United  States  Infantry.  Directly  afterwards  he  became  Colonel  of  the 
JForty-third  New  York  Volunteers,  a  regiment  which  gained  special 
distinction  under  his  command.  Colonel  Vinton  was  made  Brigadier- 
General  in  March,  1862,  and  was  given  command  of  a  brigade.  He  was 
severely  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Fredericksl)urg,  and  being  disabled 
for  active  duty  soon  after  resigned  from  the  army. 

In  1861,  General  Vinton  became  a  professor  in  the  School  of  Mines, 
of  Columbia  College,  and  continued  in  that  position  until  1877,  when 
he  established  himself  as  a  Mining  and  Consulting  Engineer  in  Colorado, 
with  office  at  the  City  of  Denver.  He  died  quite  suddenly  at  Leadville, 
at  the  date  mentioned  above. 

General  Vinton  was  an  engineer  of  large  theoretical  acquirements, 
and  his  long  service  as  an  instructor  had  prepared  him  fully  for  the  prac- 
tical work  upon  which  he  had  entered  so  shortly  before  his  decease. 
Personally  he  was  peculiarly  attractive  and  genial,  an  excellent  musician, 
an  accomplished  mathematician,  and  had  fine  artistic  tastes  and  abilities. 
He  became  a  Member  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers 
August  5th,  1868. 


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AORMAN  A.  WILLIAMS,  Member  A,  S.  C.  E., 

Died  October   12th,  1879. 

Noi-man  A.  Williams  was  born  at  Oriskany,  New  York,  August  21st, 
1S37.  He  entered  the  Rensselaer  Polytechnic  Institute  in  1856,  gradua- 
ting in  1859.  During  his  connection  with  the  institute  Mr.  Williams 
obtained  very  high  ckiss  standing,  and  was  particularly  proficient  in  top- 
ographical draughting.  Some  work  of  this  nature  done  by  him  subse- 
quently for  the  Croton  Water  Department  of  New  York  is  remarkably 
fine. 

Alter  graduating,  Mr.  Williams  was  engaged  for  four  years  as  an 
assistant  engineer  upon  the  Brooklyn  Water  Works.  He  then  entered 
the  engineering  service  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Department  of  New 
York  City.  His  work  in  these  positions  was  accurate  and  conscientious, 
and  he  deeply  regretted  that  his  health  prevented  him  from  continuing 
the  exercise  of  his  chosen  profession.  This,  however,  was  the  fact,  and 
therefore  in  1864  he  returned  to  Oneida  County,  becoming  associated 
in  business  Avith  his  brother  in  the  firm  of  J.  H.  &  N.  A.  Williams,  where 
he  remained  until  his  death.  Mr.  Williams  was  a  man  of  modest  and 
quiet  demeanor,  of  marked  ability  and  of  admirable  character  both  in 
principle  and  conduct,  and  was  particularly  known  and  appreciated  as 
such  in  tiie  city  of  his  residence.  He  became  a  Member  of  the  American 
Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  February  17th,  1869. 


IRA  E1)(tAR  CLARK,  Junior  Member  A.  S.  C.  E., 

Died  May  23d,  1882. 

Ira  E.  Clark*  was  born  at  Weston,  Mass.,  October  18th,  1852.  Edu- 
cated at  the  district  and  high  schools  of  his  native  town,  he  entered 
Cornell  University  in  1868,  and  graduated  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor 
of  Civil  Engineering  in  1872,  at  the  age  of  twenty. 

He  was,  directly  after  his  graduation,  appointed  to  a  position  in  the 
office  of  the  City  Engineer  of  Cambridge,  Mass.,  in  which  he  continued 
for  seven  years,  acquiring  a  valuable  experience  in  the  progress  of  the 
water  works,  the  sewerage,  and  the  miscellaneous  engineering  work  of 
that  city.  In  1878  he  was  in  Europe,  visiting  the  principal  cities,  and 
attending  the  great  exhibition  in  Paris,  where  he  gave  particular  study 
to  questions  of  water  supply  and  sewerage. 

In  1879,  his  health  failing,  he  went  to  California  and  became  inter- 
ested in  the  construction  of  sub-irrigation  works  in  the  vicinity  of  San 
Jose.  Here  he  remained  until  May,  1882,  when  he  started  for  the  State 
of  Oregon,  purposing  to  engage  in  raikoad  engineering.     Ai-riving  at 

*  Memoir  prepared  by  Wm.  S.  Barbour,  Member  A.  S.  C.  E„  and  the  Secretary. 


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San  Francisco  lie  was  prostrated  by  a  hemorrhage  of  the  lungs,  which 
terminated  his  life  on  the  23d  of  May. 

Mr.  Clark  was  a  man  of  quick  perception,  grasping  and  overconung 
difficulties  with  great  readiness.  He  was  much  devoted  to  his  profession 
of  civil  engineering,  in  which  there  was  every  promise  of  eminence  for 
him.  He  was  of  aimable  character  and  greatly  loved  by  many  friends. 
He  became  a  Jiinior  Member  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers 
February  6th,  1878. 


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From  Joseph  E.  Waltz,  Dayton,  Ohio:  Index   to   Annual  Reports  of  Chief  of  Engi- 

Twelfth  Annual  Report  of  the  Dayton  Water  neers,  U,  S.  A.     1866-1879.                ^t  o    j 

Works      1881.  Annual  Report  of  Chief  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A., 

From   Welton   &   Bonuett,  Waterbury,  for  1881.     Parts  I,  II  and  III. 
Conn.: 
Fifteenth  Annual  Report  of  Waterbury  Water 
Commissioners.     1881. 


LIST    OF    MEMBERS. 


ADDITIONS. 
MEMBEBS. 


Date  of  Election. 

AssEESoN,  Peter  C Civil  Engineer,  U.  S.  N.,  Norfolk,  Va.  .  .July     5,  1882. 

Locke,  Augusttts  W Manager  Troy  and  Greenfield  R.  K  and 

Hoosac  Tunnel,  North  Adams,  Mass.June  7,  1882. 
Ludlow,  William Capt.   Corps   of  Engineers,    Bvt.    Lieut. 

Col.  U.  S.   A.,  Light  House  Board, 

Washington,  D.  C July     5,  1882. 

Pratt,  William  A Engineer  Ohio  and  Baltimore  Short  Line 

R.  R.,  Connellsville,  Pa Ji^ly     5,  1882. 

Ray,  Nathaniel  C Ass't.    Engineer    Union    Pacific    R.  R., 

Boulder,   Col Jnly     -5,  1882. 

Rosecrans,  WrLLL4.M  S .  .  San  Francisco,  Cal July    5,  1882. 

SmTH,  WiLLL^M  H Res.   Engineer,   New  York,  West  Shore 

and  Buffalo  R.  R.,  Oneida,  N.  Y. . .  .July    5,  1882. 


associate. 
NicoL,  Thomas  W Forlorn  Hope,  P.  O.,  La June  7,  1882. 


JUNIORS. 


Blanc,  Frederic  N.  . .  .Care  W.  H.  Gebhard,  21  Nassau  Street, 

New  York  City,  N.  Y July     5,  1882. 

Mackenzie,  William  B.Ass't    Engineer    Intercolonial   Railway, 

Moncton,  N.  B June    7,  1882. 

Parsons,  Wm.  Barclay. New  York,  Lake  Erie  and  Western  R.  R., 

Port  Jervis,  N.  Y June   7,  1882. 


96 

CHANGES   AND   COKKECTIONS. 
MEMBEES. 

Andrews.  John  W Chief  Engineer  and  Gen'l.  Supt.  Midland  North  Caro 

lina  R.  R.,  New  Berne,  N.  C 

Barnard,  A.  P (Care  of  George  H.  Parsons)  Colorado  Springs,  Col. 

Bates,  Onward Pres.  Pittsburgh  Bridge  Co.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Benyaurd,  William  H.  H.Maj.  Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  Chicago,  111. 
BixBY,  William  H Lieut,  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  Willets  Point,  New  York 

Harbor,  N.  Y. 
Dareach,  Charges  G.  .  .Ridley  Park,  Delaware  Co.,  Pa. 
Davis,  Charles  E.  L.  B.Capt.  Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  Detroit,  Mich. 
Durham,  C.  Wheeler.  .Room  19,  Tribune  Building,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 
Faruuhar,  Francis  it..  Maj.  Corps  of  Engineers,   Bvt.  Lieut.  Col.,  U.  S.  A., 

Detroit,  Mich. 

Glaskin,  Edwn  E 39  Broadway,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Houston,  John P.  0.  Box  145,  Hackensack,  N.  J. 

James,  John  C Ch.  Eng.  Canadian  Pacific  R.'R.,  Winnipeg,  Manitoba. 

John,  Irvin Ph^nixville,  Pa. 

LiNVLLLE,  Jacob  H Morton,  Pa. 

Long,  Thomas  J Ass't.  Engineer  Dep't  Docks,   119  Duane  Street,  New 

York  City,  N.  Y. 
Truesdell,  Charles.... Res.  Engineer  New  York,  Susquehanna  and  Western 

R.  R.,  Delaware  Water  Gap.  Pa. 
Waddell,  John  A.  L.  .  .Prof,  of  Civil  Engineering,  University  of  Tokio,  Japan. 
Waite,  C.  C Vice-Pres.  Cincinnati,  Hamilton    and   Dayton  R.  R., 

Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

Weeks,  Harvey  R Chief  Engineer  E.  K.  R.  R.,  Willard,  Ky. 

Weir,  Charles  G 24  East  Tenth  Street,  New  York  City,  N.  1. 


Hendeie,  John  S Ontario  and  Quebec  R.  R.,  Peterborough,  Canada. 

.rONIORS. 

Brooks    Frederick.  .  .  .Mexican  Central  Railroad.  San  Luis  Potosi,  Mexico. 
Burdett,  Charles  L.  .  .Room  21,  Trust  Co.  Block,  Hartford,  Conn. 
Curtis,  Wendell  R.  . .  .Rockland,  Plymouth  Co.,  Mass. 


deaths. 


Briggs  Robert Elected  Member  October  19,  1870.    Died  July  24,  1882. 

Hyde  William  B Elected  Member  July  12,  1877.     Died  June  18,  1882. 

Clark  Ira  E  . .  .Elected  Junior  February  6,  1878.     Died  May  23,  1882. 


ptfinan   mt^ili  4  ffeil  pgin^eri 


mOOEEDINOS. 


Vol.  VI I L— August,    1882. 


Note. — No  meetings  of  the  Society  are  held  in  August. 


ADDITIONS  TO 

LIBRARY    AND    MUSEUM 


From  American  Academy  of  Arts  and 
Sciences  Cambridge,  Mass. : 

Memoirs.  Centennial  Volume.  Vol.  XI.  Part 
I. 

From  American  Chemical  Society.  P. 
Cassamajor,  Secretary,  New  York: 

Journal  of  the  Society.     Vol.  III.     1881. 

From  American  Society  of  Mechanical 
Engineers.  Thomas  Whiteside  Kae, 
Secretary,  New  York : 

Proceedings  of  the  Society.  Second  Regular 
Meeting,  1881      Altoona,  Pa. 

Counter-Balancing  of  Engines  and  other  Ma- 
chinery having  Keciprocating  parts.  Prof. 
S.  W.  Kobinson. 

Comparison  between  different  types  of  En- 
gines.    Charles  A.  Hague. 

Fire  Protection  of  Mills.     C.  J.  H.  Woodbury. 

The  Lifetime  or  Age  of  Steam  Boilers.  Wil- 
liam Barnet  Le  A'an. 

Mill  Floors.     C.  J.  H.  Woodbury. 

Railroad  Economics,  or  Notes  and  Observa- 
tions from  the  Ohio  State  Railway  Inspec- 
tion Service.     Prof.  S.  W.  Robinson. 

Method  of  Arranging  and  Indexing  Drawings 
and  Patterns .     Albert  F.  Hall . 

Rolled  Cast-Steel  Car  Wheels.     Jacob  Reese. 

Nomenclature  of  Machine  Details.  Oberlin 
Smith. 

The  Latest  Methods  of  Submarine  Telegraph 
Work.     Thomas  Whiteside  Rae. 

Note  Relating  to  the  Proper  Method  of  Ex- 
pansion of  Steam  and  Regulation  of  the 
Engioe.     Prof.  R.  H   Thurston. 

Coffin's  Averaging  Instrument.  John  E. 
Sweet. 

Use  of  the  Calorimeter  as  a  Pyrometer  for 
High  Temperatures.     J.  C.  Hoadley,  C.  E. 

A  Rational  System  of  Piston  Packing.  Prof. 
S.  W.  Robinson. 


The  Binary  Absorption  System  of  Ice  Machin- 
ery.    H.  F.  J.  Porter,  M.  E. 
Experimental   Mechanics.     Oberlin  Smith. 
The  Continuous  Rod  Mill  of  the  Trenton  Iron 

Co.     William  Hewitt. 
A    Brief   Treatise    on    the    Steamboat   Cam. 

Lewis  Johnson. 
Most  Economical  Point  of  Cut-Off  in  Steam 
Engines.  No.  I.  Alfred  R.  Wolff,  M.  E.,  and 
James  E.  Denton,  M.  E. 
Most  Economical  Point  of  Cut-Off  in  Steam 
Engines.  No.  II.  Alfred  R.  Wolff",  M,  E., 
and  James  E.  Denton,  M.  E. 

From  Association  of  Engineering  Soci- 
eties.      H.    G.    Prout,    Secretary    of 
Board,  New  York: 
Journal  of  the  Association.    Vol.  I.    No.  7. 
May,  1882. 

From    Eustaquio     Buelna,     Durango, 
Mexico : 
Compendio,  Historico,  Geografico  y  Estadi- 
stico     del     Sinaloa.       Eustaquio    Buelna. 
Mexico,  1881. 

From  Mendes  Cohen,  Baltimore: 
A  Complete  Set  of  Reports  of  the  Baltimore 
and  Ohio  Railroad  from  1827  to  1879,  inclu- 
sive. Bound  in  7  Volumes. 
Fifty-fourth  and  Fifty-fifth  Annual  Reports  of 
the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad  for  the 
years  ending  Sept.  30th,  1880  and  1881. 

From  Denver   Society   of   Civil    Engi- 
neers.    Arthur  1.   Fonda,  Cor.  Secre- 
tary, Denver,  Col. : 
Constitution  and  By-Laws,  Blank  Application 
and  List  of  Officers  of  the  Society. 
From  James  B.  Eads,  St.  Louis: 
Answer   of    James    B.   Eads.   Correcting  the 
En-oneous  Statements  of  the  Promoters  of 
the  Nicaragua  Canal  Scheme.     Washington, 
1882.     (Copies  for  distribution.) 


98 


From  Engineers'  Club  of  Philadelphia. 
Howard  Murphy,  Cor.  Secretary : 
Proceedings.    Vol.  III.     Nos.  1  and  "2. 

From    Franklin    Institute.       Wm.    H. 
WaUl,  Secretary,  Philadelphia: 
Journal   of  the   Institute.     July  and  August, 
1882. 

From  William  Frazier,  Boston: 
Prospectus    of    the    Paris,    Georgetown  and 
Frankfort  Eailroad.     Cambridge,  1881. 

From   Institution   of  Civil   Engineers. 
James  Forrest,  Secretary,  London: 
Publications  edited  by  the  Secretary,  as  fol- 
lows: 
The  Kokugo  River  Bridge  and  Foundations 
on    the    Tokio-Yokohama  Railway,   Japan. 
Richard  V.  Boyce. 
Light  Scaffolding.    John  Cundy. 
New  York    Elevated    Railroads.     Robert    E. 

Johnston . 
Canal    Navigation    in    Belgium.    A.   Gobert. 

Translated  by  Alfred  Bache. 
The    Burning    of    Town    Refuse    at    Leeds. 

Charles  Slagg. 
Lancaster  Water  Works    Extension.     James 
Mansergh. 

From  Metropolitan  Museum  oi  Art.  L. 
P.    Di    Cesnola,     Secretary,     Central 
Park,  New  York: 
Twelfth  Annual  Report  of  the  Trustees  of  the 
Association.     New  York,  1881 . 

From    Mining    Institute    of    Scotland. 
.James  Gilchrist,  Secretary,  Hamilton : 
Transactions.  Vol.  IV,  No.  3.  General  Meeting. 
June.  1882.  ,  .  ^      ^ 

From    Joseph    Nimmo,    Jr.,   Chief   of 
Bureau  of  Statistics,  Washington,  D. 
C: 
Imported  Merchandise  entered  for  Consump- 
tion in  the  United  States,  with  rates  of  Duty 
and  amount  of  Duties  Collected. 
Comparative   Rates  of  Wages  in  the  United 
States  and  in  Foreign  Countries.      Joseph 
Nimmo.  Jr.     May  1,  1882 

From  North  of  England  Institute  of 

Mining  and    Mechanical  Engineers. 

Theo.     Wood     Bunning,     Secretary, 

Newcastle-on-Tyne : 

Transactions.      Vol.  XXXI.    Part  4.     June, 

1882. 

From  Charles  Paine,  New  York: 
The  Culture  and  Management  of  our  Native 
Forests    for    Development    as    Timber    or 
Ornamental    Wood.     H.  W.    S.   Cleveland. 
Springfield,  1882.     (Several  copies.) 

From  Gen.  O.  M.  Poe,  U.  S.  A..  Wash- 
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Reports  of  Inspection    made   in  summer  of 
1877,  by  Generals  P.  H.  Sheridan  and  W.  T. 
Sherman   of  Country  North  of  the   Union 
Pacific  Railroad.     Washington.     1878. 
From  M.  E.  Pontzen,  Paris  : 
Notice  sur  les  Appareils   Electrique  exposes 

par  La  Societe  Autrichienne. 
Notice  descriptive,  des  Appareils  Electriques 
exposes  par  la  Compagnie   du   Chemm  de 
fer  du  Nord.    Lille.    1881. 


Rfesume  d'une  etude  sur  la  Creation  d'un 
Port  du  Mer  a  Paris.  M.  Bouquet  de  la 
Grye.  Paris.  1882. 
Ueber  das  Technische  Schul-und  Verem.s- 
wesen  Frauksreich.  Wilhelm  von  Nord- 
ling.     1881. 

From  H.  V.  Poor,  New  York  : 
Sketch  of  the  Rise  and  Progress  of  the  Inter- 
nal Improvements,  and  of  the  Internal  Com- 
merce of  the  United  States,  with  a  review 
of  the  charges  of  monopoly  and  oppression 
made  against  Railroad  Corporations.  Henry 
V.  Poor.     New  York.     1881. 

From  Royal  United  Service  Institution : 
Capt.  B.  Burgess,  Secretary,  London. 
Journal  of  the  Institution.    Vol.   XXV.    No. 
113. 

From  John  C.  Trautwine,  Philadelphia: 
The  Field   Practice  of    Laying   out  Circular 
Curves  for  Railroads.     John  C.  Trautwine, 
C.  E.     Philadelphia.     1882. 

From   U.  S.  Signal  Service,  Gen.  W.  B. 
Hazen,  Chief  Officer,  Washington  : 
Professional  Papers  of  the  Signal  Service  as 
follows  :  ,    „^  ^ 

Isothermal  Lines  of  the    United    States 

1871-1880.    Lieut.  A.  W.  Greely. 
Chronological  List  of  Auroras  observed 
from  1870  to  1879.   Lieut.  A.  W.  Greely. 
Information  relative  to  the  Construction 
and  Maintenance  of  Time  Balls.     Wins- 
low  Upton. 
The  Reduction   of  Air  Pressure  to  Sea 
Level  at  Elevated  Stations  West  of  the 
Mississippi    River.      Henry   A.  Hazen, 
A.  M. 

From  William  Watson,  Boston  : 
A  Report  to  the  American  Social  Science  As- 
sociation  on   the   Protection  of  Life  from 
Casualties  in  the  use  of  Machinery.     WU- 
liam  Watson,  Ph.  D. 

From   Gen.   Francis   A.  Walker,   Snpt. 
Tenth  Census  of  the  United  States, 
Washington.  D.  C: 
Statistics  of  the  Production  of  the  Precious 
Metals  in  the  United  States.  Clarence  King. 
(2  copies  )  ..         , 

Statistics  of  the  Iron  and  Steel  Production  of 
the  United  States.    James  M.  Swank. 
From  other  sources  : 
Introductory  Report.    Massachusetts  Laws. 
Mexican  Concessions.     By-Laws  of  the  Mexi- 
can Central  Railway  Co.,  Limited. 
Second  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Direct- 
ors of  the  Sonora  Railway  Company, Limited, 
year  ending   December  31,   1881.     Boston. 

Massachusetts  Laws,  Mexican  Concessions, 
First  Mortgage  Deed.  By-laws  of  the  Sonora 
Railway  Company,  Limited. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the 
Water  Department  of  Philadelphia  for  the 
year  1880. 

History  of  the  Boston  and  Bangor  Steamship 
Company,  formerly  known  as  Sanford's  In  - 
dependent  Line.     (1823-1882.)     Boston. 


99 
THE  NORMAN  MEDAL. 


CODE  OF  KULES  FOR  ITS  AWARD. 

I.  — Competition  for  the  Norman  Medal  of  the  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers  shall  be  restricted  to  Members  of  the  Society. 

II.— There  shall  be  one  gold  medal,  and  only  one,  struck  for  each 
and  every  fiscal  year  of  the  Society,  and  awarded  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided. The  dies  therefor  shall  be  with  the  Superintendent  of  the 
United  States  Mint  at  Philadelphia,  in  trust  exclusively  for  the  above 
purpose.  Such  Medal  shall  be  of  a  cost  equal  to  the  annual  interest 
received  upon  ^1  000  of  the  Consolidated  Stock  of  the  City  of  New- 
York,  Certificate  No.  179,  of  the  additional  new  Croton  Aqueduct  Stock 
of  the  City  of  New  York,  authorized  by  an  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  Chap.  230,  passed  April  15th,  1870,  dated  November 
17th,  1873,  now  held  in  trust  by  the  Treasurer  of  this  Society,  and  so 
held  solely  for  this  purpose,  and  shall  be  executed  upon  his  order. 

III. — All  original  papers  presented  to  the  Society  by  members  of  any 
class,  during  the  year  for  which  the  medal  is  awarded,  shall  be  open  to 
the  awards,  provided  that  such  papers  shall  not  have  been  previously 
contributed  in  whole  or  in  part  to  any  other  association,  nor  have 
appeared  in  print  prior  to  their  publication  by  the  Society,  nor  have  been 
presented  to  the  Society  in  any  previous  year. 

rV. — The  Board  of  Censors  to  award  the  Medal  shall  consist  of  three 
members  of  the  Society,  to  be  designated  by  the  Board  of  Direction. 
The  Secretary  of  the  Society  shall  act  as  Secretary  to  the  Board  of 
Censors . 

V. — The  medal  shall  be  awarded  to  such  paper  as  the  said  Board  shall 
judge  to  be  worthy  of  special  commendation  for  its  merits  as  a  contribu- 
tion to  Engineering  Science,  not  merely  relatively  as  compared  with 
others  presented  during  the  same  year,  but  as  exhibiting  the  science, 
talent  or  industry  disjjlayed  in  the  consideration  of  the  subject  treated 
of,  and  for  the  good  which  may  be  expected  to  result  from  the  discussion 
and  the  inquiry. 

VI.— In  case  no  paper  presented  during  the  year  shall  be  deemed  of 
sufficient  value  to  receive  an  award,  the  amount  of  the  interest  of  the 
fund  for  that  year  shall  be  expended  by  the  Board  of  Direction  in  the 
purchase  of  books,  to  be  offered  as  a  premium  for  the  second  best  paper 
in  the  next  year  in  which  more  than  one  pajier  of  sufficient  value  may  be 
presented. 

"VII. — The  medal  year  shall  terminate  on  the  first  day  of  August,  and 
the  award  shall  be  announced  at  the  Annual  Meeting. 

VIII. — The  Treasurer  of  this  Society  shall  cause  the  medal  to  be 
prepared  and  delivered  to,  or  deposited  to  the  order  of,  the  successful 
competitor,  within  two  months  after  the  Annual  Meeting  at  which  the 
same  shall  have  been  awarded. 


100 

LIST    OF    MEMBERS. 


ADDITIONS. 

MEMBERS. 


Date  of  Election. 


BuENs,  Edwaed  C00K..U.    S.    Ass.  Engineer,   Sault  Ste.    Marie, 

Mich J"ly  5.1882. 

Claek,  Da\'idDextee.. Northern     Paciiic   E.   K,    New   Tacoma, 

Washington  Ter July  5,  1882. 

ScHUTLEE,  HowAED.  . . .  Apartado  212,  Mexico,  Mexico June  7,  1882. 


CHANGES    AND    COEEECTIONS. 
MEMBEES. 


Andeeson,  T.  S San  Antonio,  Texas. 

CoMSTOCK,  C.  B Major  Corps  Engineers,  Bvt.  Brig.  Gen.  U.  S.  A.,  33 

West  Houston  Street,  New  York. 
DoANE,  W.  A ...  Ass.  Engineer,  Ontario  and  Quebec  Railway,  Lock  Box 

120,  Peterborough,  Ont.  Canada. 

Kimbeely,  M.  C Gen.  Ass.  Eng.,  N.  P.  K.  R.,  Brainerd,  Minn. 

Nicholson,  Geo.  B 190  Common  Street,  New  Orleans,  La. 

Post,  L.  W 315  Collins  Street,  Atlanta,  Georgia. 

WiMMEE,  S St.  Marys,  Elk  County,  Pennsylvania. 

associates. 

Hammond,  H.  B 67  Wall  Street,  New  York. 

LocKWooD,  John 52  Broadway,  New  York. 


Imerican  mdtiu  o|  :(j;cil  |^nigineers. 

PROCEEDINaS. 

Vol.    VIII.— September,   1882. 


MINUTES    OF    MEETINGS 

(Abstract  of  sucli  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 

OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


September  6,  1882.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.m.,  Mr.  Theodore  Cooper 
in  the  chair.  Ballots  for  memV)ersliii5  were  canvassed  and  the  following 
candidates  were  declared  elected  :  as  Members— William  Herbert  Baker. 
Las  Vegas,  N.  M. ;  Richard  Somers  Hayes,  St.  Lonis,  Mo. ;  Horace  E- 
Horton,  Eochester,  Minn. ;  Marsden  Manson,  San  Francisco,  Cal. ;  Sam. 
uel  H.  Miller,  Danville,  HI. ;  William  Raymond  Morley,  Hermosillo,  So- 
nora,  Mexico  ;  Arthur  Bickley  Paine,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. ;  John  Addi- 
son Partridge,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. ;  James  Ross,  Toronto,  Canada  ;  Thomas 
William  Symons,  Washington,  D.  C. ;  as  Associate— Paul  S.  Reeves, 
Phoenixville,  Pa, ;  as  Juniors— George  Edward  Thackray,  St.  Joseph, 
Mo. ;  Albert  Lowry  Webster,  Washington,  D.  C. 
The  canvass  of  the  vote  on  the  following  question  was  announced  : 
"  Do  you  consider  it  expedient  and  advisable  that  the  Board  of  Direc- 
tion of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  should  comply  with  re- 
quests to  nominate  Eugineers  from  whom  may  be  selected  members  of 
advisory  professional  Boards  ?  " 

In  the  affirmative  there  were 151  votes. 

"     "negative 85       " 

Total 236  votes. 

The  following  deaths  were  announced  : 

Robert  Bkiggs,  of  Philadelphia,  Pa. ;  elected  Member  October  19, 
1870,  died  July  24,  1882. 

William  B.  Hyde,  of  Oakland,  Cal. ;  elected  Member  July  12,  1877, 
died  June  18,  1882. 

The  Norman  Medal,  the  award  of  which  was  announced  at  the  Wash- 
ington Convention,  was  presented  to  the  recipient,  Mr.  L.  L.  Buck, 
M.Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

Mr.  J.  B.  Browne,  C.  E.,  practically  exhibited  the  working  of  the 
Fleuss  Diving  and  Noxious  Gas  Apparatus  and  the  Safety  Lamp,  and 
read  a  short  paper  on  the  subject  which  was  discussed  by  the  members 
present. 


102 

LIST    OF    MEMBERS. 

ADDITIONS. 

MEMBEES. 

Date  of  Election. 

Miller,  Samuel   H Chief    Engineer    Chicago    and    Eastern 

Illinois  E.  R.,  Danville,  111 Sept.  6,  1882. 

Paine,  Arthur  B  Chief  Engineer  Pennsylvania   and  New 

England  R.  R.,  97  Nassau  St.,  New 
YorkCity,  N.  Y 

Pakteldge,  John  A . . .  Div.  Engineer  New  York,  West  Shore 
and  Buffalo  R.  R.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. . 


RosENWEiG,  Alfred.  .  .Ass't.  Engineer  Mexican  Central  R.  R. 
(care  James  Harrington),  Tampico, 
Mexico June  7,  1882. 


CHANGES    AND    CORRECTIONS. 


MEMBERS. 

Briggs,  RoswELL  E Chief  Engineer  2d.    Div.  Mex.    Cent.  R.   R.,    Agues- 

calientes,  Mexico. 
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MINUTES    OF    MEETINGS. 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 

OF  THE  SOCIETY. 

Septembek  20th,  1882. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President 
Wm.  H.  Paine  in  the  chair. 

A  paper  by  William  Bell  Dawson,  C,  E.,  on  "Rapid  Methods  of 
Topographical  Surveying,"  was,  in  the  absence  of  the  author,  read  by 
the  Secretary,  and  discussed  by  Messrs.  Bogart,  Paine  and  Stanton. 

October  •1th,  1882.  —The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.  ,  Vice-President  Wm. 
H.  Paine  in  the  chair. 

The  Vice-President  announced,  with  appropriate  remarks,  the  death 
of  the  late  President  of  the  Society,  Mr.  Ashbel  Welch,  which  occurred 
September  25th,  1882. 

The  following  preamble  and  resolutions,  presented  from  the  Board 
of  Direction,  were  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  there  be  entered  upon  the  official  Minutes  an  expres- 
sion of  the  great  loss  this  Society  has  sustained  in  the  death  of  its  Presi- 
dent, Ashbel  Welch. 


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In  the  successful  labors  of  a  long  life  lie  has  constantly  added  to  the 
respect  and  dignity  of  our  profession.  Thoroughcess  and  conscientious- 
ness were  characteristic  of  all  his  works,  and  these  qualities,  added  to  a 
special  ability  and  clear  judgment,  secured  for  him  in  all  his  personal 
relations  the  peculiar  confidence  and  friendship  of  those  who  have  been 
associated  with  him. 

His  earnest  devotion  to  the  high  trusts  confided  to  him  by  this 
Society  has  greatly  extended  its  usefulness  and  its  permanent  advantage. 

Resolved,  That  the  Vice-President  presiding  be  authorized  to  appoint 
a  Committee  to  prepare  a  memoir  of  the  late  President  for  publica- 
tion in  the  Proceedings  of  the  Society . 

Senor  Francisco  de  Garay,  C.  E.,  of  Mexico,  gave  an  account  of  the 
topography  of  the  Valley  of  Mexico,  of  the  measures  taken  in  the  past 
for  its  drainage,  and  of  the  methods  now  proposed  to  be  adopted  for 
that  purpose.     The  subject  was  discussed  by  the  members  present. 

October  IHth,  1882.— The  Society  met  at  8  v.  m.,  Vice-President 
Wm.  H.  Paine  in  the  chair. 

The  death  of  Henrique  Harris,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  elected  member 
December  3d,  1879,  died  October  10th,  1882,  was  announced,  and  the 
Vice-President  authorized  to  appoint  a  Committee  to  prepare  a  memoir 
for  publication  in  the  Proceedings. 

A  paper  by  Henry  D.  Blunden,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  the  "Care 
and  Maintenance  of  Iron  Bridges,"  was  read  and  discussed  by  Messrs. 
Macdonald,  Cooper,  Davis,  Worthen,  Paine,  Sanderson,  Emery,  Camp- 
bell and  Shreve. 


OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION. 

August  8th,   1882. — Applications  were  considered. 

The  President  and  Secretary  presented  suggestions  received  by  them 
in  correspondence  from  a  number  of  members  on  the  subject  of  the 
method  for  preparing  a  programme  of  tests  to  be  submitted  to  the  Chief 
of  Ordnance.  The  President,  Vice-President  Wm.  H.  Paine  and  the 
Secretary  were  appointed  a  Committee  on  the  subject  of  the  preparation 
of  a  programme  of  tests  to  be  submitted  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 
The  Secretary  was  instructed,  that  if  the  canvass  of  votes  on  August 
12th,  on  the  subject  of  nominations  of  engineers  from  whom  may  be  se- 
lected members  of  Advisory  Boards,  shows  a  majority  in  favor  of  such 
action  by  the  Board  of  Direction,  he  should  ascertain  from  the  Franklin 
Institute  what  mode  of  procedure  will  be  agreeable  to  that  Institute  to 
comply  with  the  ordinance  of  the  Councils  of  the  City  of  Philadelphia. 


105 

September  22d,  1882. — A  letter  was  received  from  the  Mayor  of  Phila- 
delphia, enclosing  copy  of  certain  Proceedings  of  the  Franklin  Institute 
in  reference  to  the  appointment  of  experts  upon  the  subject  of  the  water 
supply  of  that  city.  The  Secretary  reported  to  the  Board  that  he  had 
requested  the  Franklin  Institute  to  state  what  mode  of  procedure  would 
be  agreeable  to  that  Institute  to  comply  with  the  ordinance  of  the 
Councils  of  the  City  of  Philadelphia.  The  Secretary  was  instructed  ta 
reply  to  the  Mayor,  enclosing  a  statement  of  the  facts,  as  far  as  this 
Society  is  concerned,  connected  with  the  ordinance  referred  to,  and  state 
that  it  is  the  desire  of  this  Board,  in  accordance  with  the  vote  of  the 
Society,  to  act  in  comijliance  with  that  ordinance. 

The  vote  of  the  Society  on  this  subject  is  given  in  Proceedings  for 
September,  Vol.  VIII. ,  page  101,  ante. 

The  Secretary  presented  an  announcement  from  the  American  So- 
ciety of  Mechanical  Engiueers,  stating  that  arrangements  had  been  made 
to  hold  a  joint  meeting  of  that  Society,  together  with  the  American  Insti- 
tute of  Mining  Engineers  and  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers, 
in  memory  of  the  late  Alexander  L.  Holley,  on  or  about  November  1st,  in 
the  City  of  New  York.  The  Secretary  was  instructed  to  take  such 
measures  on  the  subject  as  should  be  proper. 

OcTOBEK  3d,  1882. — Applications  were  considered.  Upon  the  recom- 
mendation of  the  Committee  on  Library,  the  following  resolution  was 
adopted  r 

That  it  be  recommended  to  members  of  the  Society  having  occasion 
to  designate  themselves  as  such,  to  use  the  following  abbreviations  only : 


i 


For  Honorary  Members Hon.  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

For  Members M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

For  Associates Assoc.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

For  Juniors Jun.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

For  Fellows F.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

Under  the  code  of  rules  for  award  of  the  Norman  Medal,  the  Board 
designated  the  following  named  members  of  the  Society  as  a  Board  of 
Censors:  George  S.  Greene,  William  E.  Merrill,  John  Kennedy. 

Quarterly  approj^riations  were  made. 

A  letter  from  the  President  of  the  Franklin  Institute  of  Philadelphia 
was  presented,  and  in  accordance  with  the  suggestions  of  that  letter,  the 
names  of  fourteen  engineers  were  transmitted  for  the  consideration  of 
that  Institute,  from  which  fourteen  names  might  be  selected,  the  nine 
to  be  nominated,  conjointly  with  the  Franklin  Institute,  to  the  Mayor  of 
Philadelphia,  in  compliance  with  the  ordinance  of  the  Councils  of  that 
City. 

The  death  on  September  25th,  1882,  of  Mr.  Ashbel  Welch,  President 
of  the  Society,  was  announced,  and  the  following  resolutions  were 
adopted : 


106 

For  the  first  time  in  its  history  this  Society  has  sustained  the  loss  by 
death  of  its  President. 

The  Board  of  Direction  desire  to  express  their  deep  sense  of  this  loss, 
and  their  high  appreciation  of  the  purity  of  character,  the  professional 
eminence,  and  the  administrative  ability  of  the  late  President  of  the 
American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  Ashbel  Welch. 

The  Board  further  desires  to  place  on  record  an  expression  of  the  high 
regard  which  their  intercourse  with  Mr.  Welch  has  inspired  in  his  rela- 
tions as  an  officer  of  the  Society,  as  an  eminent  leader  in  the  profession 
of  Civil  Engineering,  and  as  a  man. 

October  18th,  1882.— A  communication  from  the  President  of  the 
Franklin  Institute,  enclosing  extracts  from  the  minutes  of  a  meeting  of 
the  Board  of  Managers  of  that  Institute,  was  presented.  The  following 
preamble  and  resolutions  were  adopted: 

Whereas,  in  a  communication  from  the  President  of  the  Franklin 
Institute,  dated  October  12th,  1882,  and  in  accompanying  extract  from 
the  minutes  of  the  Board  of  Managers  of  the  Franklin  Institute,  there 
are  presented  nine  names  of  engineers  as  nominated  by  the  Board  of 
Managers  of  the  Franklin  Institute  for  presentation  to  the  Mayor  of  the 
City  of  Philadelphia  under  the  provisions  of  an  ordinance  of  the  Councils 
of  that  City,  approved  June  7th,  1882,  and  the  concurrenceof  the  Ameri- 
can Society  of  Civil  Engineers  is  requested  to  those  nominations.     And 

Whereas,  eight  of  the  names  of  such  nominated  engineers  are 
selected  from  the  nominations  of  fourteen  engineers  heretofore  made  by 
this  Board,  in  accordance  with  the  suggestion  of  the  President  of  the 
Franklin  Institute,  and  transmitted  to  him  in  the  letter  from  the  Secre- 
tary of  this  Society,  dated  October  4th,  1882.     And 

Whereas,  one  of  the  names  of  the  engineers  nominated  by  the  Board 
of  Managers  of  the  Franklin  Institute  is  not  contained  in  the  list  of 
fourteen  engineers  heretofore  nominated  by  this  Board.     And 

Whereas,  in  the  letter  of  the  President  of  the  Franklin  Institute, 
dated  October  12th,  1882,  it  is  stated  that  Mr.  J.  Vaughan  Merrick  (the 
engineer  whose  name  was  not  contained  in  the  list  nominated  by  this 
Board)  "is  a  son  of  the  founder  of  the  Franklin  Institute,  and  who 
"  served  us  acceptably  as  President.  He  is  an  eminent  mechanical  en- 
"  gineer,  for  many  years  at  the  head  of  Southwark  Foundry,  and  he  is 
"identified  with  the  best  interests  of  the  City  of  Philadelphia." 
Therefore, 

Resolved,  That  the  Board  of  Direction  of  the  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers  accepts  the  addition  of  the  name  of  J.  Yaughan  Merrick, 
and  concurs  in  the  nomination  of  the  nine  engineers  named  in  the 
above-mentioned  communication  from  the  President  of,  and  extract  from 


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107 

the  minutes  of,  the  Franklin  Institute,  namely:  Frederick  Graft',  James 
B.  Francis,  E.  I).  Leavitt,  Jr.,  E.  S.  Chesbrough,  William  E.  Worthen, 
George  S.  Greene,  William  P.  Trowbridge,  John  C.  Hoadley  and 
J.  Vaughan  Merrick. 

Resolved,  That  the  Secretary  communicate  this  action  to  the  Franklin 
Institute,  and  to  the  Mayor  of  Philadelphia. 

October  31sT,  1882. — ^Applications  were  considered.  Appropriations 
were  made.     The  report  of  the  Nominating  Committee  was  received. 

The  subject  of  the  commutation  of  annual  dues  by  a  single  payment 
was  discussed,  and  it  was  determined  to  recommend  to  the  Society  the 
adoption  of  a  proposed  amendment  to  the  Constitution.  This  amend- 
ment will  be  printed  with  the  Proceedings  of  the  Society  for  November 
1st. 


ADDITIONS   TO 


LIBRARY     AND      MUSEUM. 


From  American  Irou  and  Steel  Associa- 
tion,   James    M.     Swank,    Secretary, 
Philadelpliia: 
Directory  of  the  Irou  and   Steel  Works   of  the 
United  States,  corrected  to  July  25,  1882. 
From  Association   of  Engineering    So- 
cieties,   H.     G.    Prout,    Secretdry    of 
Board,  New  York: 
Journal   of  the   Association.     Vol.  I.     Nos.  8 
and  9.     June  and  July,  1882. 

From  William  H.  Bixby,  Willets'  Point, 
N.  Y.  Harbor: 
Notes  on  the  Pointe  de  Grave,  River  Gironde, 
France.     Lieut.   Wm.   H.   Bixby,   Corps   of 
Engineers,  U.  S.  A. 

From   Boston   Public    Library,   Mellen 
Chamberlain,  Librarian,  Boston: 
Thirtieth  Annual  Report.     1882. 

From  P.  H.  Dudley,  New  Y'ork: 
A  set  of  Condensed  Diagrams  of  Track  Inspec- 
tion, New  Y'ork   Central   and  Hudson  River 
Railroad.     August,   1882.      V.    H.    Dudlev, 
C,  E. 

From  Saudford  Flamming,  Ottawa, 
Canada: 
Letter  to  the  President  of  the  American  Asso- 
ciation for  the  Advancement  of  Science,  on 
the  subject  of  Standard  Time  for  the  United 
States,  Canada  and  Mexico.  Sandford  Fiem- 
ming,  Chairman  Special  Committee,  Am. 
Soc.  C.  E.     August,  1882. 


From     .James    T.    Gardiner,     Albany, 
N.  Y.: 
Report  of  the  New  York  State  Survey  for  the 
j'ear  1880.     .lames  T.  Gai'diner,  Director. 
From  John  J.    Gorman,  President  Fire 
Commissioners,  New  York  : 
Reports  of  the  Fire  Department  of  the  City  of 
New  York  for  the  three  months  ending  De- 
cember lil,  1879,  1880  and  1881. 

From    Institution  of    Civil   Engineers, 
James  Forrest,  Secretary,  Loudon  : 
Publications  edited  by  the  Secretary,  as  fol- 
lows: 
The  Design  of  Structures  to   resist  Wind 

Pressure.     Charles  B.  Bender. 
The  Resistance    of  Viaducts   to    Sudden 

Gusts  of  Wind.     Jules  Gaudard. 
On  the  Theory  of  the  Gas  Engine.  Dugald 

Clerk. 
Steel  for  Structures.     Ewing  Matheson. 

From     McGill    University,     Montreal, 
Canada: 
Annual  Calendar.     1882-3. 

From    Mining    Institute    of   Scotland, 
James    Gilchrist,    Secretary,    Hamil- 
ton: 
Transactions.     General  Meeting,  July,  1882. 

From  John  Nader,  Madison,  Wis. : 
The  Tides.    A  paper  read  before  the  Academy 
of  Sciences,  Arts    and   Letters,  December, 
1879.    John  Nader,  C.  E. 


108 


From  H.  V   and  H.  W.  Poor,  New  York: 
Manual  of  the  Railroad  of  the  United  States. 
H.  V.  Poor.     15th   Annual   Number.     New 
York,  1882. 

From  Societe    des    Ingenieurs  Civile, 
Paris; 
Memoires.     August,  1882. 

FromU.  S.  Coast  Survey,  Washington. 
Annual  Report  of  U.  S.  Coast  and  Geodetic 
Survey.     1879. 

From    U.   S.    Ordnance    Department. 
Gen.  S.  V.  Benet.  Chief,  Washington, 
D.  C: 
Ordnance  Notes,  as  follows: 

Report  of  Sea-Coast  Artillery  Practice  at 

the  Artillery  School,  Fort   Monroe,  \  a 

during  the  year  1881.     Bvt.-Col  Richard 

Lodor.  ,  ,,    ,.„    ,  , 

The  Leboulenge  Chronograph  Modifaed  by 

M  Prefer,  Cant,  of  Marine  Artillery. 
The 'progress  in  Naval  ArtUlery  from  1855 

to  1880.  „,         ,  ^   .    , 

Cavelier    de     Cuverville.     Translated   bj 

Lieut.  C.  W.  Whipple.  ,   „,     i 

Firing  Investigations  of   the  Steel  Works 

of  Frederick  Krupp,   made  at  the  Mep- 

pen   Firing    Grounds.      Translated   by 

Lieut.  E.  L.  Zalinski. 

The  Question  of  Heavy  Guns.     From  tbe 

Memorial  de  Artilleria.    Translated  by 

Lieut.  Rogers  Birnie,  -Jr.  „     ^        , 

Range  and    Position    Finding- Past  and 

Present.     Capt.  H.  Watkin,  R.  A. 
On  the   Metallurgy  and  Manufacture    ot 
Modern  British  Ordnance.      Col.  Mait- 
land,  Supt.,  R.  G.  F.,  Woolwich 
Notes  on  the  Manufacture  of  Small  Arms, 
&c  ,  at  the  Royal  Small   Arms  Factory, 
Enfield  Lock.     Capt.  McClintock. 
On    the    Application  of  Solid  Steel  to  the 
Manufacture  of  Small  Arms,  Projectiles 
and  Ordnance.     Ferdinand  Gautier. 
Metrical  into  U.  S.  Measures— Conversion 


of  Metrical  into  United  States  Measures, 
and  vice  versa,  with  Tables  adopted  to  a 
Comparison    of  our  own   with   foreign 
Guns.     Lieut.  Rogers  Birnie. 
Mechanical    Motion.      Lieut.-Col.    A.  R. 

Buffington.  ^  .   ,  ^. 

Report     on  Cranston's    Safety  Lighting 
Attachment   for  Lanterns  for  the  Life 
Saving  Service.     Capt.  D.  A.  Lyle. 
The      Folger     Mlchelson       Densimeter. 
Lieut  -Com.  W.  M. Folger,  U.  S.  N.,  and 
A.  A.  .viichelson.  Master,  U.  S.  N. 
From  Gen.  H.  G.  Wright,  Chief  of  Engi- 
neers, U.  S   A.,  Washington,  D.  C: 
Report  upon  a  Survey  of  Pass  Manchac   and 
Bayou  Manchac,  La.,  from  its  Mouth  to  the 
Mississippi  River.     Maj.  Amos  Stickney. 
Report  upon  an  Examination  of  Oregon  Inlet, 

North  Carolina.     Capt.  James  Mercur. 
Communication    of    the  Chief  of  Engineers 
with  report  upon  a  survey  made  with  the 
view  of  opening  a  steamboat  communication 
from   Saint    .John's    River,  Fla.,  by  way  of 
Topokalija  Lake  to  Charlotte  Harbor  or  Peace 
Creek.     Gen.  Q.  A.  Gilmore. 
Communication  from  the  Chief  of  Engineers 
and  accompanving  report  upon  a  survey  ot 
the  Columbia  River  at  the  Dalles,  in  Oregon. 
Capt.  Charles  F.  Powell.         ,     ,  ^      . 
Communication  from  the  Chief  of  Engineers 
and  accompanying  report  upon  a  survey  for 
a  breakwater  in  Lake  Poiitchartrain  in  the 
vicinity  of  the  New  Canal    outlet  near  New 
Orleans.     Maj.  Amos  Stickney. 
Testimony  before  the  Select  Committee  of  the 
Senate  appointed  to  investigate  and  report 
as  to  the   condition   of    the  Potomac  River 
Front  of  Washington.     1882.     (2  copies.) 
From  other  sources; 
The  Library  Journal.     Vol.  VII.     Nos.  7-8. 
Report  of  the  Committee  on   Foreign  Affairs 
on  the  Nicaragua  Canal.     1882. 


LIST    OF    MEMBERS. 


AUDITIONS. 


MEMBEKS. 


Date  of  Election. 


Bakee,  William  H Atcliison,  Topeka   and    Santa   Fe    R.R.,  ^ 

Las  Vegas,  N.  M i^ept. 

Calkins,  Fkank  A 75  West  127th  St.,  New  York  City,  N.  Y..April 

Hayes,  Richakd  S Sr.  Vice-President  Missouri  Pacific  Ry. , 

St.  Louis,  Mo ^*^P*- 

HoBTON,  HoKACE  E Civil  Engineer,  Rochester,  Minn^. . .  •  •  •  -S^pt- 

LeBaron,  J.  Francis... U.    S.    Ass't  Engineer,    P.   0.    Box  738, 

Jacksonville,  Fla Ji^i°e 

HANSON,   Marsden IT.  S.  Ass-t  Engineer.  San  Francisco,  Cal.Sept. 


G,  1882. 

5,  1882. 

6,  1882. 
(5,  1882. 

7,  1882. 
6,  1882. 


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Mautin,  AVilll\m  H..  .  .:iy  Wall  St.,  New  York  City,  N.  Y Mar.    1,  1882. 

MoKLEY,  William  E Chief  Engineer,    Mexican    Central   Ry., 

Paso  del  Norte,  Mexico Sept.   6,  1882. 

Eoss,   Jaimes Gen.  Supt.  and  Chief  Engineer,  Credit 

Valley  E.E.,  Toronto,  Canada Sept.   6,  1882. 

tjuETEEs,  Robert Manager  Water  Works,  Ottawa,  Canada.  April  5,  1882. 

Symons,  Thomas  W.  .  .  .1st  Lieut.  Corjis  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A., 

Vancouver     Barracks,     Washington 

Territory Sept.  (i,  1882. 


ASSOCIATE. 


Beeves,  P.\ul  S 7H0  S.  Broad  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa Sept.   (\,  1882. 


Thackray,  Geoege  E.  .  .Y'onngstown  Steel  Co.,  Y'onngstown,  0.  .Sept.   6,  1882. 
Webstee,  Albekt  L. . .  .U.   S.   Geological  Survey,  Winnemncca, 

Nevada Sept.  6,  1882. 


changes  and  corrections. 

MEMBERS. 

Aldrich,  Truman  H.  .  .Southern  Ave.,  Mt.  Auburn,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
BuENET,  George,  Jr..  .   Sewer  Department,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Dun,  James Ch.  Eng.  St.  L.  and  S.  F.  E.E.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Godwin,  Bryant Templeliofer,  Ufer  24,  Berlin,  S.  W.  Germany. 

Haeeis,  Egbert  L Care  J.  S.  Barnes,  18  Wall  St.,  New  I'ork  City,  N.  Y. 

John,  Ievin Phtenix  Iron  Works,  Opelika,  Ala. 

Lehnaetz,  Feed"k  W.  .  .P.  0.  Drawer  432,  New  Orleans,  La. 
NicoLLB,  AViLLiAM  J.  . .  .2()1  Soutli  Third  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Rockwell,  Samuel 1434  Broadway,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Searles,  WiLLLiM  H. . .  . 4  South  Water  St.,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Sears,  Clinton  B Capt.    Corps   of    Engs.    U.   S.   A.,  2653  Olive  St.,  St. 

Louis,  Mo. 

Seely,  Thomas  J Supt.  Sonora  Ry.,  Guaymas,  Sonora,  Mex. 

Sh.uler,  Robert  A. . .  .Eng.  Bridges  C.  M.  and  St.  P.  R.R.,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

Sjuth,  Frederick  H  ...  St.  Denis,  Md. 

WiMMER,  Sebastian 50  Irving  Place,  Ncm'  Y'ork  City,  N.  1'. 


associate. 
Andrews,  Edwaed   R.  .  ,  24  Park  Place,  New  York  Citv,  N.  Y. 


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JUNIORS. 


Allen  James  P 50  St.  Philip  St.,  Charleston,  S.  C. 

Ferguson,  John  W Ass't  Eng.,  N.  Y.,  L.  E.  and  W.  K.R.,  Rutherford,  N.  J. 

HoETON,  Sandfoed 251  Michigan  St.,  Biiffalo,  N.  Y. 

NoYES  Ellis  B       146  Jefferson  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

S;™,  rLetP Ass't  Eng.  N.  Y.,  L.   E.   and  W.  E.R.,  187  West  St., 

New  York  City,  X.  Y. 


FELLOWS. 


Claek,  Edwaed  W :^5  South  Third  St. ,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Gilman,  Chaeles  C.  . .  .71  Broadway,  Room  68,  New  York  City,  N.  1. 


DEATHS. 


Haeeis,  Heneique Elected  Member  Dec.  :5,  1879      Di^d  Oct.  10,  1882 

Welch    Ashbel,  President  of  the   Society.      Elected  Member  Aug.  7,  1872, 
Died  Sept.  25,  1882. 


m^ncan   Mtm^  of  }\wA   rnxQium. 


i^RooicEJDiisras. 

Vol.   VIII  —November,    1882. 


MINUTES     OF     MEETINGS 

(Abstract  oJ  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF   THE   SOCIETY. 


NovEMBEK  1st,  1882.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Treasurer  J.  J.  R. 
Croes  in  the  chair. 

The  following  jn-oposed  amendments  to  the  Constitution  were  regu- 
larly submitted  : 

Proposed  Amendment  to  Akticle  XXII. 
Add  at  end  of  Article  as  follows  : 

Any  member  of  the  Society,  not  in  arrears  for  dues,  may  compound  for  future  annual 
duos  by  the  payment  of  Two  Hundred  and  Fifty  Dollars  :  Provided,  however,  that  each  per- 
son duly  elected  a  member  shall  pay  the  entrance  fee  and  also  the  annual  dues  for  the  current 
year  of  his  election. 

Provided,  also,  that  any  member  desiring  to  compound  for  future  annual  dues  shall  have 
paid  the  annual  dues  for  a  current  year  before  the  compounding  sum  may  be  available. 

Provided,  also,  that  in  addition  to  the  sum  provided  for  compounding  dues,  there  shall 
be  paid  by  each  compounding  member,  resident  within  tifty  miles  of  the  Post  Office  in  the 
City  of  New  York,  the  sum  of  Ten  Dollars  per  year  for  five  years  after  compounding. 

Should  a  resident  member  become  non-resident  at  any  time  during  the  five  years  after 
compounding,  he  shall  be  relieved  from  the  payment  of  such  annual  sum  during  the  time 
of  non-residence. 

Should  a  non-resident  member  become  resident  at  any  time  within  five  years  after  com- 
pounding, he  shall  be  liable  to  the  annual  payment  of  Ten  Dollars  for  each  year  of  residence 
up  to  five  years  after  compounding. 

Members  compounding  shall  sign  an  agreement  that  they  wiU  be  governed  by  the  Con- 
stitution and  By-laws  of  the  Society  as  they  are  now  formed  or  as  they  may  Tie  hereafter 
altered,  amended  or  enlarged  :  that  in  case  of  their  desiring  to  withdraw  their  names  from 
the  roll  of  the  Society,  the  amount  theretofore  paid  by  them  for  compounding,  and  for 
entrance  fees  and  annual  dues,  shall  be  the  property  of  the  Society;  that  in  case  of  expulsion, 
the  amount  paid  for  compounding  shaU  be  returned  to  the  expelled  member,  but  not  the 
amount  theretofore  paid  for  entrance  fees  or  for  annual  dues. 

The  above  amendment  is  proposed  by  the  following-named  members 
of  the  Society  :  William  H.  Paine,  J.  J.  R.  Croes,  Joseph  P.  Davis, 
George  S.  Greene,  Jr.,  and  John  Bogart. 

It  is  recommended  by  the  Board  of  Direction  for  adoption,  in  accord- 
ance with  a  resolution  of  the  Society  passed  April  5th,  1882,  requesting 


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the  Board  to  submit  a  plan  for  life  membership,  embodying  with  it  a 
plan  for  the  commutation  of  dues  by  one  payment. 

PrOPOSEB    A]VIE>fDMENT    TO    ARTICLE    XXXTII. 

Amend  Article  XXXITI.  so  that  it  will  read  as  follows  : 

Proposed  amendmeuts  to  this  Constitution  must  bo  submitted  in  writinR,  signed  by  not 
less  than  Ave  members,  on  or  before  the  first  Wednesday  in  November,  and  shall  be  sent  by 
letter  to  the  members  of  the  Society,  at  least  twenty-five  days  previous  to  the  annual 
meeting. 

Such  amendments  shall  be  in  order  for  discussion  at  such  annual  meeting,  and  may  bo 
amended  in  any  manner  pertinent  to  the  original  amendments  by  a  majority  vote  of  the 
annual  meeting,  and  if  so  amended,  shall  be  voted  upon  by  letter-ballot  in  form  as  amended 
by  the  annual  meeting  :  if  not  so  amended,  they  shall  be  voted  upon  by  letter-ballot  as 
submitted  ;   the  vote  to  be  counted  at  the  first  regular  meeting  in  March. 

An  afarmative  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all  ballots  cast  shall  be  necessary  to  the  adoption  of 
any  amendment. 

The  above  amendment  is  proposed  by  the  following-named  members 
of  the  Society  :  William  P.  Shiun,  Charles  E.  Epaery,  Joseph  P.  Davis, 
G.  S.  Greene,  Jr.,  and  William  H.  Paine. 

Proposed  Amendment. 
A  new  Article  : 

Whenever  twenty  or  more  members  shall  signify  their  desire  to  form  a  Section  of  this 
Society  for  the  advancement  of  a  special  branch  of  engineering,  the  Board  of  Direction  shaU 
consider  such  application,  and  submit  it  with  an  expression  of  opinion  to  tlie  Society  for  a 
letter-baUot.    The  application  shall  be  granted  if  two-thirds  of  tlie  votes  be  in  the  affirmative 

Sections  authorized  as  above  shall  have  the  privilege  of  separate  meetings  for  reading  of 
papers  and  discussions  at  times  and  places  determined  by  themselves,  but  may  not  assunw 
to  transact  business  in  the  name  of  the  Society. 

The  transactions  of  such  sections  shall  be  published  by  the  Society  under  the  usual 
regulations  :   but  no  expense  other  than  for  such  publication  shall  be  borne  by  the  Society. 

The  above  amendment  is  proposed  by  the  following-named  members 
of  the  Societv  :  D.  M.  Carrie,  Henry  Flad,  B.  M.  Harrod,  Smith  S. 
Leach,  Robert  E.  McMath,  J.  A.  Ockerson,  H.  D.  Whitcomb,  Thomas 
J.  Whitman,  and  George  Y.  Wisner. 

On  account  of  the  joint  meeting  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil 
Engineers,  the  American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers,  and  the 
American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers  which  had  been  arranged  to 
take  place  this  evening,  the  meeting  of  the  Society  was  adjourned  to 
Wednesday  evening,  November  15th,  at  8  p.  m.,  at  which  time  the  tellers 
to  canvass  the  ballots  for  membership  were  requested  to  report. 

November  15th,  1882.— The  Society,  adjourned  from  November  Ist, 
met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President  Wm.  H.  Paine  in  the  chair. 

The  tellers  to  canvass  the  ballots  for  membership  made  their  report, 
and  the  following  candidates  were  declared  elected  as  members  : 

Augustus  Jesse  Bowie,  Jr.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  ;  Collinson  Pierre- 
pont  Edwards  Burgwyn,  Richmond,  Va.  ;  Edgar  Slieldon  Cary,  New- 
burgh,   N.  Y.  ;    Frank   Hudson    Clement,    Everett,   Pa.  ;    Frederick  Y. 


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Dabney,  Monroe,  La.  ;  Edward  Prince  (elected  Junior,  February  6th, 
1878),  Quincy,  111.  ;  George  M.  Rusling,  Newburgh,  N.  Y.  ;  Edward 
Yorke,  Guadalajara,  Mexico. 

An  abstract  was  then  read  of  the  answers  received  to  a  letter  from  the 
President  and  Secretary  of  the  Society  relating  to  the  proposed  pro- 
gramme for  tests  of  structural  materials,  to  be  furnished  to  the  Orduance 
Department  of  the  United  States  Army,  in  accordance  with  the  provis- 
ions of  the  law  passed  at  the  last  session  of  Congress. 

The  subject  was  discussed  by  members  present. 

CONTRIBUTIONS   TO   THE   BUILDING   FUND. 

By  a  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Direction,  all  contributions  to  the 
Building  Fund  are  to  be  acknowledged,  from  time  to  time,  by  printing 
lists  of  the  same  in  the  monthly  Proceedings  of  the  Society,  and  in 
addition  to  this  the  names  of  all  those  who  may  subscribe  Si  00  or  more 
are  to  be  regularly  enrolled  and  published  in  future  lists  of  the  Society 
under  the  head  of  Subscribers  to  the  Building  Fund,  and  they  will  be 
entitled  to  receive  one  copy  of  the  monthly  publications,  comi)rising  all 
papers  and  transactions  of  the  Society,  regularly,  for  life,  for  each  SlOO 
subscribed  by  them  ;  such  copies  to  be  in  addition  to  those  which  tbey 
may  be  already  entitled  to  if  they  are  Members  or  Fellows. 

The  following  contributions  are  acknowledged  in  addition  to  those 
heretofore  noted  : 

Clarke,  Reeves  &  Co $1  000.00 

John  W.  Bacon 100.00 

E.  B.  Van  Winkle 100.00 


ADDITIONS  TO 

LIBRARY    AND    MUSEUM 


From   Association  of  Eugineering  So-  From  Bureau  of  Education,  Washing- 

oieties,    H.    G.   Prout,    Secretary   of  ton : 

Board,  New  York  :  Report  of  the  Commissioner  for  1880. 

.Journal  of  the  Association.     Vol.  I.,  Nos.  Id  From      Engineers'     Society    Western 

and  11.     August  and  September,  1882.  Pennsylvania.  Pittsburg  : 

From  B.  Baker,  London,  England  :  (Hi   the   Commercial  Value  of  Heating   Fur- 

Tho  Forth  Bridge.     B.  Baker.    London,  1882.  uaces  of  different  Types.     Ign.  Hahn. 

From   Robert   Ballard.   Rockhampton,  From  John  M.  Goodwin,  Sharpsville, 
Queensland,  Australia:  Pa.: 
The   Solution  of  the   Pyramid  Problem,   or  Testimony,    etc.     The    Pennsylvania    Gom- 
Pyramid  Discoveries,  with  a  new  Theory  paiiy.  operating   the    Erie   and   Pittsburg 
as  \o  their  Ancient  Use.     Robert  Ballard.  Railrnad.  and  the  Erie  and  Pittsburg  Rail- 
New  York,  1882.  roadCoiupauy  M.  the  Sharpsville  Company. 
Photographs  of  Queensland  Railways.  Proni  Gen.  Wm.  B.  Hazen,  Chief  Signal 
From  Henry  T.  Bovey,  Montreal,  Can-  Officer,  V.  S.  A..  Washington  : 
ada  :  Report  on  the  Character  of  Six  Hundred  Tor- 
Applied  Mechanics.     Henry  T.  Bovev,  M.  A.  nadoes.     Sergt.  .1.  P.  Fiuley,  Signal  Coriis 
Montreal,  1882.                                        '  U.  S.  A. 


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Signal  Servien  Tables  of  Rainfall  and  Tem- 
perature compared  with  Crop  Productions. 
1st  Lieut.  H.  H.  C.  Diinwoody. 

From  Clemens  Herscliel.Holyoke.Mass.: 
Testing  Fhime  of  the  Holyoke  Water  Power 
Company,  at  Holyoke,  Mass.,  July  24,  1882. 
From  G.  Howard-Ellers,  Chicago  : 
Annual    Report    on    the    General  Sewerage 
System  of  the  City  of  Chicago  for  the  year 
1881.     G.  Howard-EUcrs,  Chief  Engineer. 
From  Institution  of  Civil  Engineers, 
James  Forrest,  Secretary,  London  : 
Minutes  of  Proceedings.     Vols.  LXIX.   and 

LXX. 
Publications  edited  as  follows  : 

Abstracts  of  papers  published  in  Foreign 
Transactions  and  Periodicals.  Session 
1881-82.     Part  III. 

System  of  Unloading  and  Storing  Coals 
at  the  Beckton  Station  of  the  Gas  Light 
and  Coke  Company.     George  C.  Trewby. 

Harbors  and  E-tuaries  on  Sandy  Coasts, 
with  discussion.  Leveson  Francis  Vernon- 
Harcourt. 

Breaking  up  a  Wreck  by  Dynamite  on 
the  lower  Danube.     Charles  H.  L.  Kiihl. 

The  Measurement  of  Velocity  for  Engi- 
neering Purposes.     Henry  S.  H.  Shaw. 

Account  of  some  Tests  of  Riveted  Joints 
for  Boiler  Work.     Charles  H.  Moberly. 

Reconstruction  of  the  St.  Pinnock  and 
Moorswater  Viaducts  on  the  Cornwall  Rail- 
way.    Peter  J.  Margary. 

Plant  for  the  Manufacture  of  Iodine. 
Robert  Harvey. 

The  Regulation  of  Rivers  and  Waterways 
with  a  view  to  the  Prevention  of  Floods. 
Giistav  Ritter  Von  Wex.  Translated  from 
the  German  by  William  A.  Bell. 

Seacombe    Ferry    Improvement  Works. 
Wilfrid  S.  Bonlt  and  John  J.  Potts. 
Coal-Washing.     Thomas  F.  Harvey. 
The  recent  Landslips  in  the  Salt  Districts 
of  Cheshire.     Edward  L.  Williams. 

Dioptric  Apparatus  in  Lighthouses.    Alan 
Brebner. 
Buckie  Harbor.     James  Barron. 
The   Independent  Testing  of  Steam  En- 
gines and  the  Measurement  of  Heat  u.sed. 
John  G.  Mair. 

Description  of  a  Composite  Screw  Tug- 
Boat.     John  A.  Thompson 

Bo'ness  Hai-bor  and  Dock  Works.     Pat- 
rick W.  Meik. 
Corn-Mill  Machinery  : 

I  Various  Systems  of  Grinding  Wheat, 
and  the  Machines  used  in  Corn-Mills.  Wil- 
liam P.  Baker. 

II.  Modern  Flour-Milling  in  England. 
Henry  Simon 

ni.  Roller-Mills,   and    Milling    as    prac- 
ticed in  Budapest.     William  B.  Harding. 
From    William    P.     Judson,    Oswego, 
N  Y.  : 
Specifications     for    Improving    Channel    at 

Ogdensburg  Harbor,  N.  Y. 
Specifications  for  Extension  of  the  Oswego 

Breakwater. 
Specifications  for  Extension  of  the   Piers  at 

Little  Sodus  Harbor,  N.  Y. 
Specifications  for  Extension  of  the  Piers  at 

Great  Sodus  Harbor,  N.  Y. 
Specifications  for  Extension  of  the  West  Pier 

at  Piitneyvillc  Hariior,  N.  Y. 
Specifications  for  Extension  of  the  Piers  at 
Charlotte  Harbor,  N.  Y. 


Specifications  for  Extension  of  the  Piers  at 

Wilson  Harbor,  N.  Y. 
Specifications  for  Extension  of  the  Buffalo 
Breakwater. 

From  J.  Fras  Le  Baron,   Jacksonville, 
Fla. : 
Annual    Reports    of    the    Cochituate  Water 
Board  of  Boston  for  the  years  1861,  1866, 
1867,  1868,  1871,  1872,  1874,  1875. 
Report  of  the   Committee   to  examine    the 
Sources  of  Water  Supply  for  the  City  of 
Providence.     Boston,  1868. 
Eighth  Quarterly  Report  of  the  Water  Com- 
missioners   of   Providence.      Providence, 
1871. 
Report  of  the  Chief  Engineer  of  Providence 

Water  Works.  Providence,  1871. 
Specifications  of  Materials  to  be  furnished 
and  Work  to  be  executed  for  Catch-Basins, 
Drains  and  Sewers.  Lynn,  Mass. 
Report  of  Joint  Special  Committee  on  Intro- 
duction of  Water  for  the  City  of  Lynn,  with 
reports  of  the  Engineer  and  Chemist. 
September,  1870.  ^  „   ,,,. 

First  and  Third  Annual  Reports  of  Public 

Water  Board  of  the  City  of  Lynn. 
Report  of -las.  P.  Kirkwood,  C.  E.,  in  relation 
to  an  additional  Water  Supply  for  the  City 
of  Lynn,  Mass.     Lynn,  1876. 
Report  of  the  Joint  Special  Committee  on  a 
Supply  of  Water  for  Lowell,   Sept.,   1869. 
Lowell,  Mass. 
Thirteenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  ot 
Public  Works  of  Chicago  year  ending  March 
31,  1874. 
First  Annual  Report  of  the  Watuppa  Water 

Board  of  Fall  River,  Mass.,  Jan.  1,  1875. 
New  Haven  City  Year  Books  for  1871-72  and 

1872-73. 
Statement  of  Receipts  and  Expenditures  of 
the   County   of  Middlesex,  Mass.,   for  the 
year  1872. 
Third  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Health 

of  Boston,  1875.  ^  ^     ^, 

General  Laws  and  Resolves  passed  by  the 
Legislature   of   Massachusetts  during  the 
sessions  of  1873-75-76. 
Report  upon  Surveys  made  with  the  view  of 
opening  a  steamboat  communication  from 
St.  Johns  River,  Fla.,  by  way  of  Topokalija 
Lake  to  Charlotte  Harbor  or  Peace  Creek, 
by  Gen.  Q.  A.  Gillmore,  Corps  Engs.  U.S.A. 
Metric  System  of  Weights  and  Measures. 
Florida :   its  Climate,  Soil,  Productions  and 

Agricultural  Capabilities. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Trustees,  Farm  Super- 
intendent   and    Treasurer    of    the    Maine 
State   College  of  Agriculture  and  the  Me- 
chanic  Arts.  1872.     Augusta,  1872. 
The  Metric  Reform.  From  Scribner's  Monthly, 

July,  1879.  ^       ,, 

Our    American   Italy.     Information   for  the 

Settler  and  the  Tourist. 
Landscape  Gardening  and  Thorough  Drain- 
age.     Charles    Follen    and    J.   H.   Shedd. 
Boston,  1859.  .     . 

Eighth  Annual  Report  of  the  Commissioners 
of  Fisheries  of  the  State  of  New  York  for 
the  year  ending  Dec.  31,  1875. 
Office  of  the  Trustees,  Sanitary  Improvement 
Bonds,  Jacksonville,  Florida,  Sept.  16, 1878. 
First  Annual  Report  of  the  Commifsioners 
of  the   State  Parks  of    the  State   of   New 
York.  May  15.  1873.     Albany,  1874. 
Massachusetts  Railroads,  1842,  1855. 
Third  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Kail- 


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road     Commissioners    of     Massachusetts. 
Boston,  1872. 

A  Bill  to  incorporate  the  Boston  and  Chicago 
Railway  Tru.-t  Co.     Boston,  1874. 

Hoosac.  The  Last  Agony  of  the  Great  Bore. 
T.  W.  Bird.     Boston,  1868. 

Report  of  Hon.  Alvah  Crocker  on  the  Troy 
and  Greeuficld  Railroad  and  Hoosac  Tnn- 
nel.    Boston,  1868. 

Report  of  the  Joint  Standing  Committee  on 
the  Troy  and  Greenfield  Railroad  for  1869, 
1870,  1872. 

Report  of  the  Corjiorators  of  the  Boston  and 
Hoosac  Tunnel  Railroad  Company.  Jan- 
uary, 1875. 

Lexington  and  Arlington  Branch  of  Fitch- 
burg  Railroad.  Abstract  of  Argument  of 
E.  H.  Derby  before  the  Railroad  Commit- 
tee.    (2  copies.) 

Board  of  Harbor  Commissioners,  11th  An- 
nual Report,  Jan.,  1877.      Boston,  Mass. 

Report  of  Experiments  and  Observations  on 
the  Concord  and  Sudbury  Rivers,  in  the 
year  1801. 

Report  of  the  Commission  of  Engineers  ap- 
pointed to  investigate  a  permanent  plan 
for  the  Reclamation  of  the  Alluvial  Basin 
of  the  Mississippi.     Washington,  1875. 

Report  of  the  Engineer-in-Chief  of  the  Illi- 
nois and  St.  Louis  Bridge  Company,  St. 
Louis,  Mo.      May,  1868. 

Improvement  of  Charleston  Harbor,  S.  C. 
Washington,  1878. 

Report  of  the  Superintendent  of  the  United 
States  Coast  Survey,  shovt'ing  the  Progress 
of  the  Survey  during  the  year  1873. 

Smithsonian  Reports,  1873  and  1874. 

School  Committee;  Report  of  the  Committee 
on  Di-awing.     Boston,  1874. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Massachusetts  Agri- 
cultural College,  1866. 

The  Mineral  Wealth,  Climate  and  Rainfall 
and  Natural  Resources  of  the  Black  Hills 
of  Dakota  Walter  P.  Jenney,  E.  M.  Wash- 
ington, 1876., 

From  M.  Lavoinne,  Paris,  France  : 

Notice  sur  la  Construction  du  Viaduc,  de 
Chastellux.     M.  Lavoinne. 

From  MM.  Lavoinne  and  Pontzen, 
Paris,  France: 

Les  Chemius  du  fer  en  Amerique.  Tome  II. 
Exploitation,  Chemins  de  fer  a  voie,  Etroite 
et  Tramways.  MM.  Lavoinne  et  E. 
Pontzen.    Paris,  1882. 

From  His  Worship  the  Mayor,  Mon- 
treal, Canada : 

Annual  Report  of  the  Citv  of  Montreal  for 
1881. 

From  Midland  Institute,  Mining,  Civil 
and  Mechanical  Engineers,  Barnsley, 
England  : 

Transactions,  Vol.  VIII.,  Part  LXI.  August, 
1882. 

From  Charles  Paine,  New  York  : 

The   Drive   Well  Cases.      Appellant's   Brief. 
U.  S.  Supreme  Court,  October  Term,  1882. 
George    Payson     and    William    Niles,    of 
Counsel.     La  Porte,  Ind,  1882. 
From  Richard  Potts,  Chicago  : 

Sixth  Annual  Report  of  the  Department  of 
Public  Works,  City  of  Chicago,  year  end- 
ing Dec.  31,  1881. 


From   Royal   United   Service   Institu- 
tion, London,  England  : 
Journal  of  the  Institution,  Vol,  XXVI  ,   No. 
116. 

From  W.  H  Shock,  Engineer-in-Chief, 
U.  S.  N.,  Washington  : 
Steam  Boilers  :  their  Construction  and  Man- 
agement.    William  H.  Shock.     New   York, 
1880. 

From  Frederick  H.  Smith,  Baltimore, 
Md.: 
Rocks,  Mineral  and  Stocks      F.  H    bmith. 
Chicago,  1882 

From  U.  S.  Light  House  Board,  Wash- 
ington : 
Aberrations    of   Audibility  of   Fog  Signals. 
Arnold  B.  Johnson.     Washington,  1882. 

From  XJ.  S.  Naval  Institute,  Annapolis, 
Md.  : 
Proceedings,  Vol.  VIII  ,  No.  2. 

From    U.    S     Ordnance    Department, 
Washington  : 
Index  to  Ordnance   Notes.     Nos.  168  to  205, 
inclusive     Ordnance  notes  as  follows  : 

Field-Gun  Carriage       Henry  J.   Butler, 
M.  Inst.  C.  E 

Small-Arm  Firing.  Capt  O.  E.  Michaelis, 
U.  S.  A. 

The   Attack    of   Armor-Clad  Vessels    by 
Artillery. 

From    Leveson   Francis    Vernon-Har- 
court,  London,  England  : 
Harbors  and  Estuaries  on  Sandy  Coasts.     L. 
F.  Vernon-Harcourt,   M.  A.  M  Inst   C.  E. 
From  Gen.  H.  G.  Wright,  Chief  of  En- 
gineers, U.  S.  A.,  Washington  : 
Report  of  an  Examination  of  the  Upper  Col- 
umbia   River  and   the   Territory  and   its 
Vicinity.     Lieut    Thomas  W.  Symons. 
Report  of  the  Committee  on  Foreign  Affairs 
on  the  Nicaragua  Canal. 

From    A.  F.  Wrotnowski,  Vera   Cruz, 
Mexico : 
Plan   of  the   Works   projected  by   James  B. 
Eads  for  the  Harbor  of  Vera  Cruz. 
From  other  sources  : 
Report  of  the  Pz'esident  of  Northern  Pacific 
Railroad  to  the  Stockholders,  at  their  An- 
nual Meeting,  Sept.  21st,  1882. 

Railways  in  Mexico.  An  Article  by  Senor 
Don  Matias  Romero,  in  answer  to  an  arti- 
cle of  the  Hon  John  Bigelow,  entitled 
"The  Railway  Invasion  of  Mexico,"  pub- 
lished in  Harper's  Neiv  Monthly  Magazine, 
October,  1882. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Chicago  and  North- 
western Railway  Company  for  vear  end- 
ing May  31st,  1882. 

First  Annual  Report  of  the  Columbus,  Hock- 
ing Valley  and  Toledo  Railway  Company, 
year  ending  December  31st,  1881. 

Report  of  the  Sub-Committee  of  the  Commit- 
tee on  Cities,  relative  to  Investigating  the 
Feasibility  of  Underground  Telegraphy  in 
Cities,  together  with  the  testimony  taken 
at  the  investigation.     New  York,  1882. 

Report  of  the  New  York  State  Survey  for  the 
year  1880.     James  T.  Gardiner,  Director. 


116 

LIST    OF     MEMBEKS 


ADDITIONS. 
MEMBEltS. 


Date  of  Election. 

Bowie,  Augustus  J.,  Jk.  ,  .P.  U.  Drawer  2220,  San  Fraiicisco,  t'al.Nov.  1,  1882. 

BuEGWYN,  C.  P.  E U.   S.   Ass't  Engineer,    i»05J  Main  St., 

Richmond,  Va Nov.  1,  1882. 

C.\RY,  Edgak  S Res.  Engineer,  New  York.  Ont.  and  W. 

Ry.,  Newburgh,  N.  Y Nov.  1,  1882. 

Clement.  Fe.\nk  H Div.    Engineer   South    Penna.    R.    R., 

Everett,  Pa Nov.  1.  1882, 

D.UJNEY,  Fredeeick  Y Chief  Engineer  and  Snpt.  Vicksburg, 

Shreveport  and  Pacitie  R.  R..  Mon- 
roe, La Nov.  1,  18H2. 

Prin'ce,  Edward .    .(Elected  Junior  Feb.  (Ith,  1878),  Supt. 

Water  Works,  Quincy,  111 Nov.  1,  18K2. 

RusLiNG,  Geoege  M Engineer  for   Contractors,   New  York, 

West  Shore  and  Buffalo  R.  R.,  New- 
burgh, N.  Y Nov.  1,  1H82. 

(CHANGES    AND    CORRECTIONS. 
MEMBERS. 

Allen,  C.  Frank A.,  T.  and  S.  F.  R.  R.,  Topeka,  Kansas. 

Cunningham,  D.  W 30  South  7th  St.,  Minneapolis,  Mmn. 

Durham  C.  Wheeler.  ...  187  Broadway,  New  York  City,  N.  Y! 

Eaeley,  JohnE (Care   W.   R.    Morley,    Chief  Engineer   Mex.    Cent. 

R.  R.),  Chihuahua,  Mexico. 

Fogg,  Charles  E Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 

Hering,  Rudolph Room  18,  Tribune  Buihling,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Kinney,  Edw.a.rd  C Fort  Worth,  Texas. 

Neilson,  Charles Supt.    B.  and  R.    Div.   N.  Y.,   L.  E.   and  W^  R.  R., 

Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Noble,  Alfred Shreveport,  La. 

Osgood,  Joseph  0 Milton,  Mass. 

Peatt,  William  A Chief  Engineer  Western   and    Buckhannon   R.  R., 

Weston,  Ya. 

Ray,  Nathaniel  C Ass't  Engineer  U.  P.  R.  R.,  Boise  City,  Idaho. 

Simpson,  George  H Stamford,  Conn. 

Staufeer,  D.  McN Tribune  Building,  Room  18,  New  York  City,  N.  \. 

Talcott,  Cook 88  Cortlandt  St.,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

WiMMEE,  Sebastl^n 50  Irviug  Place,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

JUNIORS. 

Parsons,  W.  Barclay.  . .  .N.  Y.,  L.  E.  and  W.  R.  R.,  Bradford,  Pa. 
Raymond,  Chas.  W.ard.  .  .173  Joralemon  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

FELLOW. 

Meez,  Frederick  W 7  West  31st  Street,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

RESIGNATION  . 

Pettit,    Henry Elected  Member  January  7th,  1874, 


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PROCEEDI NGS 


American  Society 


Civil  Engineers 


(INSTITUTED  1852.) 


VOL.    IX. 

JANUARY  TO  DECEMBER,  1888. 


NEW  YOEK: 


PUBLISHED     BY     THE     SOCIETY. 


I  88 


Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  by  tbe  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  in 
the  office  of  the  Librarian  of  Congress,  at  Washington. 


NOTE.-This  Society  is  not  responsible,  as  a  body,  for  the  facts  and  opinions  advanced 
in  any  of  its  publications. 


INDEX 


ADDITIONS. 

Additions   to    Library  and  Museum. 
(See  Library.) 

—  to  List  of  Members.     (See  List.) 

Address   of  Members,   Changes   and 
Corrections  of.     (See  List.) 

Allen,    Chakles   J.— Discussion    by, 
95.  ^ 

Allis,  Edward  P.— Admitted  as  Fel- 
low, 136,  146. 

Amendments  to  Constitution.  (See 
Constitution.) 

American  Society  of  Mechanical  En- 
gineers, 136. 

Anderson,  Thomas  S.— Resignation 
of,  156. 

Andrews,  Edward  E.— Report  bv, 
18.  ^ 

Annual  Convention.  (See  Conven- 
tion.) 

Annual  Meeting,  1,  152.  (See  Min- 
utes of  Meetings.) 

Ansley,  George  D. — Death  announc- 
ed, 148,  149. 

Appleby,  Charles  J. — Paper  by,  151. 

Appleton,  Thomas  —Admitted  as 
Member,  79,  119. 

Arrears  of  Dues.     (See  Dues. ) 

Bailey,  Thomas  Norton.— Admitted 
as  Member,  153,  156. 

Ballots  for  Amendments  to  Constitu- 
tion, 60. 

—  for  Members,    59,    63,   79,  85,  106 

135,  149,  1,53,  155. 

—  for  place  of  Convention,  5. 

Bell,  Andrew. —Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 135,  145. 

Benzenberg,  George  H.— Admitted  as 
Member,  85,  89. 

Bishop,  Judson  W.— Admitted  as 
Member,  85,  89.— Chairman  Con- 
vention Committee,  92. 

BissELL,  H.  — Discussion  by,  40. 

BixBY,  William  H.— Discussion  by, 
60.  ■^ 

Blast  Furnace  Wool.  (See  Steam 
Pipes.) 

Bliss,  Henry  L— Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 135,  145. 

Blunden,  Henry  D.— Discussion  by, 
136. 


BOARD. 

Board  of  Direction.— Annual  Report, 
1,  43,  155.— Minutes  of.  (See 
Minutes. ) 

Bogart,  John. — Discussion  by,  7,  21 
59,    60,   67,    136.— Elected    Secre- 
tary and  Librarian,  5.— On  Com- 
mittee, 154.— Opens  Annual  Con- 
vention, 91.— Report  by,  52. 

BoLLER,  Alfred  P.— Discussion  by, 
25,  30,  32,  35,  73.-On  Committee, 
25,  29. 

Bouscaren,  G.— Report  by,  18. 
Bowditch,  E.  W.— Report  by,  18. 
Bradley,  T.  C— Admitted  as   Mem- 
ber, 61. 

Bridge  Floors:  An  Economical  and 
Efficient  Railroad  Bridge  Floor, 
by  W.  Howard  White,  136. 

Bridge,  Rebuilding  the  Monongahela 
Bridge  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  by  G. 
Lindenthal,  96. 

Bridge,  Suggestions  as  to  Conditions 
proper  to  be  required  in  High- 
way Bridge  Construction,  by  J. 
A.  L.  Waddell,  85. 

Bridge  Trus.s,  Combined  Triangular 
and  Suspension,  by  Edwin 
Thacher,  153. 

Briggs,  Roswell  E.— Contributes  to 
Building  Fund,  119. 

Brinckerhoff,  Henry  W.— Admitted 
as  Member,  153,  156. 

Brooks,  Thomas  B.— Resignation  of, 
156. 

Beough,  Redmond  J. — Death  an- 
nounced, 136,  148. 

Brown,  Arthur.— Contributes  to 
Building  Fund,  81. 

Buck,  L.  L.— Discussion  by,  72. 

Building  Fund,  61,  81,  119. 

Campbell,  Charles  E.  H.— Admitted 
as  Member,  145,  149. 

Canal,  Hydraulic,  by  Charles  C. 
Smith,   154. 

Canal,  Panama  Ship,  86. 

Canal,  The  Shubenacadie,  by  E.  H. 
Keating,  154. 

Card,  Joseph  P.— Admitted  as  Asso- 
ciate, 136,  145. 


IV 


CAED. 

Caed,    Wilmam   Warken.— Admitted 

as  Member,  135,  145. 
Caetmtiight,  Eobeet.— Discussion  by, 

151. 
Caky,  Edgab  S.— Death   announced, 

40,  62. 
Cements,  Uniform  System  for  Tests 

of,  1,  108. 
Chanute,  O.— Discussion  by,  40,  59, 

67,   80,   86,   108.— Makes   report, 

18. 
Chicago,  Visit  to,  104. 
Christie,  James.— Paper  by,  151. 
CisNEEOS,  F.  J.— Discussion  by,  86.— 

Presents     samples     of      foreign 

■woods,  153. 
Clarke,  Thomas  C  .—Discussion  by, 

60,   67,  73,    80.— On   Committee, 

67'.— Report  by,  107. 
Clark,  Jacob  M.— Discussion  by,  60. 

Paper  by,  59. 
Colby,  Chaeles  L.— Admitted  as  Fel- 
low, 136,  146. 
CoLLiNGWooD,    F.— Ccusor   to   award 

Norman  Medal,  154.— Discussion 

by,  18,  25,  95,  96. 
Committee  on  Finance,  1,  55,  60. 

—  on  Library,  60. 

—  on  Nominations,  108,  154. 

—  on     Preservation  of    Timber,   18, 

108. 

—  on   Uniform    Standard    Time,    1, 

108,  154.  ^    ^       ^ 

—  on   Uniform   System  for  Tests   ot 

Cement,  1,  108. 
Compounding  Dues.     (See  Dues.) 
'CoMPTON,  Aleeed  G.— Discussion  by, 

60.  ^       .,  ^ 

CoNNETT,  Albeet  Neuman. — Admitted 

as  Junior,  106,  119. 
CoNEO,  Albeet.— Admitted  as  Fellow, 

136,  146. 
Constitution,  Amendments   adopted, 

63.— Proposed,    6,  14,   15,  18,  29, 

63,  64,  65. 
Convention,  Annual,  5,  44,  79,  81,  91. 

(See  Minutes.) 
Cooper,    Peter.— Death   announced, 

79-  .  .        , 

CooPEE    Theodoee.— Discussion    by, 

9  23,  33,  34,  40,  59,  67,  77,  85,  86, 
108,  136,  151,  155.— On  Com- 
mittee,   26,  67.— Report  by,  107. 

CoENELL,  O.  H.  P.— Admitted  as 
Member,  79,  119. 

CoEYELL,  Maetin.— Discussion  by,40. 

CouETWEiGHT,  MiLTON.- Death  an- 
-    nounced,  85,  90. 

Cranes  as  Labor-Saving  Machines,  by 
Chaeles  J.  Appleby,  151. 


CROES. 

Croes,  J.  James  «— Y?f  T^^^r ^So" 
—Discussion  by,  8,  14,  15,  18,  60, 
67  80  95.— Elected  Treasurer,  5. 
—On  Committee,  60.— Presides  at 
Meeting,  108.— Report  by,  53. 

Current-Meter,  by  F.  P.  Stearns,  96. 

Davis,   Joseph   P.-Discussion  by,  9 
21     28    35,    60,  66,  67.-Elected 
Director,    5. -Makes   report    55. 
—  On  Committee,  60.— Presides  at 
meeting,  59. 
Death  of  Members.     (See  List.) 
De   Gaeay,    F. -Elected    as   Fellow, 

Degrees  to  be  conferred  by  Technical 
°  Institutions,  65,  107. 

Direction,  Board  of.    (See  Board.) 

DoRAN,  Frank  C.-Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 135, 145.  . 

DowNE,  GEOEGE.-Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 135,  145. 

Drake,  William  A.— Admitted  as 
Member,  155,  156. 

Dred<^ing  Operations  at  Oakland  Uai- 
bor,^Cal.,  by  L.  J.  Le  Conte   15o 

Deessek,  Geoege  Warren.— Death 
announced,  106,  148. 

Dues,  Arrears  of,  60,  80,  154.-Com- 
pounding,  6,  45,  60,  64. 

Edwards,  N.  M.— Discussion  by,  96. 

Egleston,  Thomas.— Discussion  by, 
24,  28,  35,  95,  96, 110.— Paper  by, 
95'.— Report  by,  2.  -„  ,,   ,    x 

Election  of  Members.     (See  Ballots.) 

Election  of  Officers,  5. 

Elliott,  George  H.— Admitted  as 
Member,  79,  83. 

Ellis,  Theodore  G.-Death  an- 
nounced, 40,  62. 

Ely,  Theodore  N.— Report  by,  I. 

Emery,  Charles  E.---piscussion  by, 
35  40,  59,  60,  66,  67,  77,  80,  86,  95, 
108,  136,  151.— Paper  by,  95. 

Falls  of  St.  Anthony,  The  Preserva- 
tion of,  by  F.  U.  FakQ;S?^'''w^.. 

Falls  of  St.  Anthony,  The  Water 
Power  of,  by  Joseph  P.  Frizell, 

96.  1 

Farnam,   HENRY.-Death  announced, 

153,  156.  _     ^, 

Farqtjhae,  Francis  U.-Death  an- 
nounced, 120, 136.-Paperby,  95. 

Fellowship  Fund,  46,  54. 

FiLLEY,  HiEL  Hamilton.— Admitted 
as  Member,  59,  61. 

Fisher,  Charles  H.-Discussion  by 
40,  59.— On  Committee,  26. 


FLAD. 


GRISWOLD. 


Flad,  Henet. — Elected  Vice-Presi- 
dent, 5. 

Fleming,  Sandfokd. — Eeport  by,  2, 
108. 

Flow  of  Water  in  Pipes,  by  Hamilton 
Smith,  Jk.,  r>7. 

Flow  of  Water  of  Sndbnry  Eiver,  Ex- 
periments on  the,  by  A.  Fteley 
and  F.  p.  Steaens,  5. 

FoECE,  C.  G.-  -Discussion  by,  95, 

Forney,  M.  N. — Discussion  by,  40,  59, 
80,  86,  151. 

FowLEE,  Chaeles  E. — Death  an- 
nounced, 59,  62. 

Fox,  Charles  Douglas. — Discussion 
by,  136. 

Francis,  George  B. — Admitted  as  Ju- 
nior, 136,  146. 

Francis,  James  B. — Discussion  by,  95, 
96. 

Freight,  How  can  Railways  be  made 
more  Eflticient  for  the  Transpor- 
tation of,  by  William  P.  Shinn, 
103. 

Freight,  Increased  Efficiency  of  Rail- 
ways for  the  Transi^ortation  of, 
by  William  P.  Shinn,  29,  86,  108, 
136. 

Frith,  Aethue  J. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 59,  61. 

Feizell,  Jcseph  Palmee. — Admitted 
as  Member,  59,  61.  —  Discussion 
by,  95,  96.— Paper  by,  96. 

Fteley,  A. — Norman  Medal  Awarded 
to,  5. — On  Committee,  108. 

FuLLEE,  Feank  L. — Admitted  as  Ju- 
nior, 79,  146. 

Fund,  Building,  61. 

—  Fellowship,  46,  54. 

—  General,  55. 

Gates,  Christopher   L. — Transferred 

to  Member,  135,  156. 
Gates,   Hoeace    Delphos. — Admitted 

as  Member,  63,  83. 
Geodetic  Field  Work,  by  George  Y. 

WiSNEE,    80. 

Glaskin,  Edwin  E. — Discussion  by, 
155. 

Goodwin,  John  M. — Presents  speci- 
mens of  native  woods,  153. 

Geeene,  Geoege  S. — Censor  to  award 
Norman  Medal,  5. — Discussion 
by,  9,  14,  15,  21,  30. 

Geeene,  George  S.,  Jr. — Address  by, 
92. — Chairman  at  Convention,  92. 
— Discussion  by,  80,  151,  155.^ 
Elected  Director,  5. — Makes  re- 
port, 55. — On  Committee,  60. — 
Presides  at  Meeting,  79,  149,  154. 


Geiswold,  Feank  L. — Admitted  as 
Member,  85. 

Geove,  Orville. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 79. 

GuDE,  Albert  V. — Resignation  of, 
156. 

Haight,  S.  S. — Contributes  to  Build- 
ing Fund,  61. — Discussion  by,  6, 
15,  20,  80,  85. 

Hamilton,  William  G.  — Discussion 
by,  86,  108,  151.— Elected  Di- 
rector, 5.- — On  Committee,  60. — 
Presides  at  Meeting,  151, 

Haeeis,  Robeet  L. — Discussion  by, 
40,  79,  151.— Remarks  by,  149. 

Haeeod,  B.  M.— Report  by,  18. 

Haskins,  William  Jewett. — Admitted 
as  Junior,  63,  83. 

Hatch,  Chaeles  F. — Presides  at  Con- 
vention, 98. 

Heemany,  Charles. — Discussion  by, 
95.— On  Committee,  108. 

Hilgaed,  J.  E. — Discussion  by,  154. 
— Report  by,  2. 

Hinckley,  Howaed  Veenon. — Admit- 
ted as  Member,  155,  156. 

HoLLowAY,  J.  F. — Discussion  by,  95. 

House  of  the  Society,  45. 

HuBBAED,  Gov. — Address  by,  92. 

HuMPHEEYs,  Andrew  A. — Death  an- 
nounced, 156. 

Hunt,  Randell. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 85,  89. 

Hutton,  William  R. — Censor  to 
award  Norman  Medal,  154. 

Iron,  Srength  of  Wrought-Iron  Struts, 
by  James  Christie,  151. 

James,  John  Collinson. — Death  an- 
nounced, 80,  84. 

Jennings,  William  Heney. — Admitted 
as  Member,   135,  145. 

Jeevis,  John  B. — Discussion  by,  29. 

Keating,  Edward  H. — Paper  by,  154. 
Kendeick,  John  William. — Admitted 

as  Member,  106,  119. 
Kennedy,    John. — Censor    to    award 

Norman  Medal,  5. 
Kimball,    Feancis   W. — Admitted    as 

Member,  85,  156. 
Knap,  Joseph  M. — Discussion  by,  136. 
Kneass,  Steickland. — Resignation  of, 

156. 

Lawlee,  John. — Admitted  as  Fellow, 
89,  136.— Paper  by,  95. 


VI 


LE  BAKON. 

Le  Baron,  J.  Fkas. — Presents  speci- 
men of  preserved  timber,  86. 

Le  Conte,  Louis  J. — Paper  by,  155. 

Ledeele,  George  A. — Admitted  as 
Junior,  85,  89. 

Lehi.bach,  Gustav. —  Admitted  as 
Member,  63,  88. 

Library.— Additions  to,  113,  129.— 
Publications  and  Papers  received 
for,  56.  — State  of,  51. 

Life  Membership,  6,  45,  60,  64. 

Lincoln,  William  S. — Admitted  as 
Member,  155,  156. 

LiNDENTHAL,  Gtjstav.  — Paper  by,  96. 

List  of  Members  — Additions  to,  61, 
83,  89,  119,  145,  156. 

—  Changes   and    Corrections   of   Ad- 

dress, 61,  83,  89,  120,  146. 

—  Deaths,  84,  90,  120,  148,  156. 

—  Resignations,  156. 

LocKWooD,  John. — Discussion  by,  10. 
LowETH,     Charles     Frederick. — Ad- 
mitted as  Junior,  59,  61. 

Macdonald,  Charles. — Discussion  by, 
39,  73,  85.  — Offers  Resolution, 
79.— On  Committee,  26. 

Mais,  Henry  Coathupe. — Admitted  as 
Member,  106. 

Man,  Albon  Platt,  Jr. — Admitted  as 
Member,   135,  145. 

Mansfield,  M.  William. — Admitted 
as  Member,  61. 

Marr,  George  A. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 145,  149. 

Martin,  Charles  C. — On  Committee, 
108. 

McCooL,  Daniel. —Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 135,  145. 

McDonald,  Hunter. — Admitted  as 
Junior,  79,  83. 

McGrath,  Wallace. — Admitted  as 
Member,  135,  145. 

McMath,  Robert  E. — Discussion  by, 
19. 

Meetings.  —  Of  the  Bojird  of  Direction. 
(See  Minutes.) 

—  Of  the  Society.     (See  Minutes.) 
Meier,    Edward    D. — Discussion    by, 

95. 

Members.— Additions  to.  (See  List.) 
—Ballots  for.  (See  Ballots.)— 
Changes  of  Address.  (See  List.) 
—Deaths.  (See  List.) — Resigna- 
tions.    (See  List.) 

Membership. — Statement  of,  44,  49. 

—  Life,  6,  45,  60,  64. 

Memoirs  of  Deceased  Members,  121, 
137. — William  Raymond  Morley, 
121. — Ashbel  Welch,  137. 


MENDELL. 

MENDELii,  George  H. — Report  by,  18. 

Merrill,  William  E. — Censor  to 
award  Norman  Medal,  5. — 
Elected  Director,  5. — On  Commit- 
tee, 60. 

Metcalf,  William. — Address  by,  98. 
— Elected  Director,  5. 

Metrological  Investigations,  by  0.  E. 
Michaelis,  96. 

MicHAELis,  O.  E. — Discussion  by,  26, 
38.— Paper  by,  96.— Report  by, 
111. 

Minneapolis,  Convention  at,  97. 

Minnetonka,  Lake,  105. 

Minutes  of  Annual  Convention  at  St. 
Paul  and  Minneapolis,  Minn., 
June  19,  20,  21,  22,  1883.— Called 
to  order  by  John  Bogart,  Secre- 
tary of  the  Society,  10  a.  m.,  June 
19,  in  the  Capitol  at  St.  Paul,  91  ; 
Director  George  S.  Greene,  Jr., 
called  to  the  chair  ;  address  b}' 
J.  W.  Bishop,  Chairman  of  Local 
Committee  ;  address  by  Governor 
Hubbard  ;  address  by  George  S. 
Greene,  Jr.,  92;  address  by  Mayor 
O'Brien,  93  ;  Election  of  D.  C. 
Shepard  as  permanent  Chairman  ; 
address  by  D.  C.  Shepard,  94 ; 
"Preservation  of  the  Falls  of  St. 
Anthony,"  by  F.  U.  Farquhar, 
read  and  discussed;  "Cost  of 
Steam  Power,"  by  Charles  E. 
Emery,  read,  95. — Second  Session, 
St.  Paul,  June  20,  10:30  a.m.  :  "Cost 
of  Steam  Power"  discussed; 
"Preservation  of  the  Falls  of  St. 
Anthony  "  discussed  ;  "  An  Acci- 
dent to  Steam  Pipes  arising  from 
the  use  of  Blast  Furnace  Wool," 
by  T.  Egleston,  read  and  dis- 
cussed ;  "Railway  Pontoon 
Bridge,"  by  John  Lawler,  read 
and  discussed,  96  ;  "  Rebuilding 
the  Monongahela  Bridge  at  Pitts- 
burgh," by  G.  LiNDENTHAL,  read 
and  discussed, 96. — Third  Session, 
St.  Paul,  June  21,  10:30  a.  m.  : 
"The  Water  Power  of  the  Falls 
of  St.  Anthony,"  by  Joseph  P. 
Frizell,  read  and  discussed ; 
"The  Current-Meter,  and  why  the 
Maximum  Velocity  of  Water  flow- 
ing in  O^jen  Channels  is  Below 
the  Surface,"  by  F.  P.  Stearns, 
read  and  discussed  ;  "  Metrologi- 
cal Investigations "  by  O.  E. 
Michaelis,  read  ;  ' '  Use  of  the 
Nasmyth  Pile  Driver,"  by  D.  J. 
Whittemore,  read  and  discussed; 


VII 


MINUTES. 

Eecess  and  Business  Meeting  ; 
"Eailway  Track  Eei^airs,"  by 
Benjamin  Reece,  read  ;  "  Cause 
of  Decay  in  Timber,"  bj'  J.  W. 
Putnam,  read  ;  Resolutions  of 
Tlianks  passed,  96.— Fourtli  Ses- 
sion, Minneapolis,  June  22,  10:30 
A.  M.  :  Charles  F.  Hatch,  Chair- 
man of  Local  Committee,  in  the 
Chair,  97;  address  by  H.  E. 
Rand,  Ex-Mayor;  address  by 
William  Metcalf,  98;  "How  can 
Railways  be  made  more  Efficient 
for  theTransportation  of  Freight?" 
by  William  P.  Shinn,  read  ;  List 
of  Members  in  Attendance,  103; 
Visit  to  Chicago,  104  ;  Visits  to 
Minnetonka,  Fort  Snelling,  Min- 
nehaha, Lake  Calhoun  ;  Excur- 
sion on  the  Mississippi  and  St. 
Croix  to  Stillwater,  105. 
Minutes  of  Meetings  of  the  Board  of 
Direction,  60,  80,  112,  136,  154, 
155. 

—  January    2,    1883,    Proposals    con- 

sidered ;  appropriations  made  ; 
arrangements  for  Annual  Meeting 
made,  60. 

—  January   15,    1883,    Proposals   con- 

sidered ;  apiirojDriations  made  ; 
Annual  Report  adopted,  60. 

—  January   20,  1883,  Standing   Com- 

mittees appointed;  Proposals  con- 
sidered ;  action  taken  as  to  Tests 
of  Materials  ;  as  to  Ballots  for 
Amendments  to  the  Constitution, 
60. 

—  February'   14,  1883,  Proposals   con- 

sidered ;  action  taken  as  to 
Arrears  of  Dues  ;  as  to  Norman 
Medal  ;  as  to  Tests  of  Structural 
Materials  ;  as  to  Rowland  Prize  ; 
Resolutions  received  as  to  death 
of  Ashbel  Welch  ;  appropriations 
made,  60. 

—  March    7,      1883,    Proposals     con- 

sidered ;  Financial  business  trans- 
acted, 80. 

—  March  14,  1883,  action   taken  as  to 

award  of  Norman  Medal  ;  Rules 
for  award  of  Rowland  Prize 
adopted  ;  Members  dropped  on 
account  of  Arrears  of  Dues  ;  Ap- 
propriations made,  80. 

—  April  ■    4,     1883,     Projaosals     con- 

sidered ;  arrangements  for  Con- 
vention made,  81. 

—  April   11,    1883,    General   business 

transacted,  81. 


MINUTES. 

—  Apx'il   13,    1883,   Arrangements   for 

Convention  considered,  81. 

—  Ajiril    18,   1883,    Arrangements   for 

Convention  considered ;  appro- 
priations made,  81. 

—  May  2,  1883,  Proposals  considered  ; 

Financial  business  transacted, 
112. 

—  May  9,  1883,  Proposals  considered, 

112. 

—  June     6,      1883,     Proposals      con- 

sidered ;  arrangements  made  for 
Convention  ;  order  made  that  no 
meetings  of  the  Society  be  held 
during  July  and  August,  112. 

—  June  16,  1883,  Convention  arrange- 

ments made,  112. 

—  August    8,    1883,    Proposals    con- 

sidered ;  action  taken  as  to 
Arrears  of  Dues  ;  appropriations 
made,  136. 

—  September  5,  1883,  Proposals  con- 

sidered ;  action  taken  as  to 
Library,  136. 

—  October    3,    1883,    Proposals    con- 

sidered ;  action  taken  as  to 
Arrears  of  Dues  ;  Society  of 
Mechanical  Engineers  invited  to 
hold  meeting  in  Society  House, 
136. 

—  October   31,    1883,    Proposals    con- 

sidered ;  Censors  to  award  Nor- 
man Medal  and  Committee  to 
award  Rowland  Prize  appointed  ; 
Report  of  Nominating  Committee 
received,  154. 

—  November   7,  1883,  Proposals   con- 

sidered ;  Names  of  Engineers  se- 
lected at  request  of  Councils  of 
Philadelphia  ;  action  taken  as  to 
Membership  ceasing  on  account 
of  Arrears  of  Dues,  154. 

—  December   5,  1883,   ProjDosals   con- 

sidered ;  arrangements  made  for 
Annual  Meeting  and  for  prepara- 
tion of  Annual  Rej^orts,  155. 
Minutes  of  Meetings  of  the  Society, 
1,  59,  63,  67,  79,  80,  85,  86,  91, 106, 
108,  135,  136,  149,  151,  153,  154, 
155. 

—  Janiiary  3,  1883,  Ballots  canvassed; 

"  Railroad  Economics  as  a  Pseu- 
do-Science," by  William  P. 
Shinn,  read  and  discussed,  59. 
--January  17,  1883.  The  Annual 
Meeting:  Vice-President  William 
P.  Paine  in  the  chair;  Annual 
Reports  of  Board  of  Direction,  of 
Treasurer,  of  Finance  Committee ; 


VIII 


MINUTES. 

Committee   on   Uniform    System 
for  Tests  of  Cements  continiied; 
Keport  of  Committee  on  Standard 
Time   read,   accepted,    and  com- 
mittee continued  and  resolutions 
on    the   subject  adopted,    1;   Of- 
ficers of  tlie  Society  elected;  Re- 
port of  Censors  to  award  Norman 
Medal;     the   medal   awarded    to 
paper  by   A.    Fteley   and  F.    P. 
Steakns;  Determination  of  Min- 
neapolis  and   St.  Paul   for   next 
Anniial   Convention,    5;  Amend- 
ment to   Constitution  providing 
for   Compounding   of  Dues    dis- 
ciissed,     amended     and    recom- 
mended for  adoption,  6;  Amend- 
ment to  Constitution  in  reference 
to    method    for     amending   dis- 
cussed    and     recommended    for 
adoption,     14;      Amendment    to 
Constitution  providing  for  form- 
ation of  Sections  discussed,    15; 
Recess    for    Lunch;   Session   re- 
sumed; Rei^ort   of  Committee  on 
Preservation  of  Timber  read,  ac- 
cepted and  Committee  continued; 
Discussion     on    Amendment    to 
Constitution  providing  for   form- 
ation  of   Sections  resumed,    18; 
Amendment   referred  to   a  Com- 
mittee; Subject  of  Tests  of  Struc- 
ti;ral  Materials     discussed,     26  ; 
Appointment   of    Committee   on 
that  subject   referred  to  Board  of 
Direction;  Paper  on  "Increased 
Efficiency   of    Railways   for   the 
Transportation   of    Freight,"  by 
William    P.    Shinn,    discussed  ; 
Committee  reported  Amendment 
of  Constitution  providing  for  for- 
mation   of  Sections,  29;   Amend- 
ment discussed  and  recommend- 
ed  for    adoption,    30;   Paper   on 
"Increased   Efficiency    of    Rail- 
ways  for  the   Transportation   of 
Freight"  discussed;  Recess;   Dis- 
cussion    resumed     at     8     p.    m.  ; 
Deaths    of    Edgar     S.    Car's,    of 
Theodore  G.  Ellis,  and  of  Wil- 
liam R.  MoELEY  announced;  List 
of  Members   in   Attendance,  40; 
Programme   of  Meeting  and  Ex- 
cursions, 41. 
-  February  7,  1883,  Death  of  Charles 
E.  Fowler  announced;   Tests  of 
Structural  Materials  discussed, 59. 
-February  21,  1883,  "Weights   and 
Measures,"    by  Jacob  M.  Clark, 
read  and  discussed,  59. 


MINUTES. 

—  March  7,  1883,  Ballots  for  Member- 

ship canvassed;  Ballots  for  pro- 
posed Amendments  to  Constitu- 
tion canvassed;  the  Amendment 
in  reference  to  method  of  amend- 
ing the  Constitation  adopted;  the 
Amendments  providing  for  Com- 
pounding Dues  not  adopted;  the 
Amendments  providing  for  form- 
ation of  Sections  not  adopted, 
63;  Subject  of  Degree  to  be  con- 
ferred by  Technical  Institutions 
discussed  and  referred  to  Com- 
mittee, 65;  "The  Flow  of  Water 
in  Pipes,"  by  Hamilton  SMiTH,Jr., 
read  and  discussed,  67. 

—  March  21,  1883,  Death  of  James  0. 

Morse  announced;  Tests  of 
Structural  Materials  discussed, 67. 
--  April  4,  1883,  Ballots  for  Member- 
ship canvassed;  Death  of  Petee 
Cooper  announced;  "Geodetic 
Field  Work,"  by  G.  Y.  Wisner, 
read  and  discussed,  79. 

—  April    18,    1883,    Deaths   of    John 

CoLLiNSON  James  and  of  Simeon 
Sheldon  announced;  "Proper 
Compensation  for  Railway  Curves 
on  Grades,"  by  AVilliam  R. 
MoRLEY,  read   and  discussed,  80. 

—  May  2,  1883,  Ballots  for   Members 

ship  canvassed;  Death  of  Mil- 
ton CouRTWEiGHT  announced; 
"Suggestions  as  to  the  Conditions 
proper  to  be  required  in  High- 
way Bridge  Construction,"  by 
J.  A.  L.  Waddell,  read  and  dis- 
cussed, 85. 

—  May    16,  1883,    "Increased   Effic- 

iency of  Railways  for  the  Trans- 
portation of  Freight  "  discussed; 
Progress  of  Panama  Ship  Canal 
discussed,  86. 

—  June  6,  1883,  Ballots  for  Member- 

ship canvassed ;  Death  of  George 
W.  Dresser  announced;  Report 
presented  of  Committee  in  refer- 
ence to  Engineering  Degrees; 
"Increased  Efficiency  of  Rail- 
ways for  the  Transportation  of 
Freight"  discussed,  106. 

—  June  21,  1883,  Business  Meeting  at 

Annual  Convention ;  Appointment 
of  Nominating  Committee;  Re- 
port of  Committee  on  Uniform 
System  for  Tests  of  Cements,  and 
Committee  continued;  Report  of 
Committee  on  Preservation  of 
Timber,  and  Committee  con- 
tinued; Report  of  Committee   on 


IX 


MINUTES. 

Uniform  Standard  Time,  108; 
Report  discussed  and  Committee 
continued;  Report  of  Committee 
on  Aid  for  carrying  on  Tests  of 
Strnctural  Materials,  111. 

September  5,  1883,  Ballots  for 
Membership  canvassed;  Election 
of  Fellows  announced;  Deaths 
announced  of  Francis  U.  Fae- 
QUHAR,  and  of  Redmond  J. 
Beough;  Vibration,  or  the  Effect 
of  Passinc;  Trains  on  Iron 
]5ridges,  Masonry  and  other 
Structures,"  by  James  L.  Ran- 
dolph, read  and  discussed,  135. 
September  19,  1883,  Death  of  John 
C.  Trautwine  announced;  "In- 
creased Efficiency  of  Railways  for 
the  Transportation  of  Freight" 
discussed;  "On  an  Economical 
and  Efficient  Railroad  Bridge 
Floor,"  by  W.  Howaed  White, 
read  and  discussed,  136. 
October  3,  1883,  Ballots  for  Mem- 
bership canvassed;  Deaths  an- 
nounced of  GeoeCxE  D.  Ansley 
and  of  S.  S.  Mont.ague;  "  Experi- 
ments on  the  Strength  of 
Wrought-Iron  Struts,"  by  James 
Christie,  read  and  discussed,  149. 

■  October  17,  1883,  "Cranes  as 
Labor-Saving  Machines,"  by 
Charles  J.  Appleby,  read  and 
discussed,  151 . 

-November  7,  1883,  Ballots  for 
Membership  canvassed;  Deaths 
announced  of  Thomas  J.  Seelt 
and  of  Henry  Farnajm;  "  Descrip- 
tion of  a  Combined  Triangular 
and  Suspension  Bridge  Truss," 
by  Edwin  Thacher,  read  and  dis- 
cussed; Samples  of  Foreign 
"Woods  presented,  by  James  D. 
Schuyler  and  by  F.  J.  Cisnekos, 
and  of  Native  Woods  by  J.  M. 
Goodwin,  153. 

-November  21,  1883,  "The  Shu- 
benacadie  Canal,"  by  Edward  H. 
Keating,  read  and  discussed;  a 
Hydraulic  Canal,  built  in  very 
cold  weather,  described  by 
Charles  C.  Sivhth;  Standard 
Time  discussed,  154. 

-  December  5,  1883,  Ballots  for 
Membership  canvassed ;  Deaths 
announced  of  Arthur  Spielmann 
and  of  Howard  Schuyler, 
"Dredging  Operations  at  Oak- 
land Harbor,  Cal.,"  by  L.J.  Le 
CoNTB,  read    and  discussed,  155. 


MITCHELL. 

Mitchell,  Alexander. — Admitted  as 
Fellow,  13(5,  146. 

Montague,  Samuel  S.  —  Death  an- 
nounced,  149. 

Moore,  Robert.  —Nomination  for  Ad- 
visory Board,  154. 

MoKisoN,  George  S. — Discussion  by, 
59. 

Morley,  William  R. — Death  an- 
nounced, 40,  62. — Memoir  of, 
121.— Paper  by,  80. 

Morris,  Charles  J.  A. — Admitted  as 
Member,  149,  156. 

Morse,  James  0. — Death  announced, 
67,  84. 

MuNKOE,  Henry  S. — Resignation  of, 
156. 

Nasmyth  Pile  Driver,  by  D.  J. 
Whittemoee,  96. 

Nexsen,  Elbert. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 155. 

Nomination  of  Engineers  to  serve  on 
Professional  Advisory  Board,  154. 

Nominations,  Committee  on,  108  ,  154. 

Norman  Medal.— Award  of,  5,  60,  80.— 
Board  of  Censors  to  make  award, 
154.— Rules  for  its  award,  82,  88, 
118,  127,  134. 

North,  Edward  P. — Discussion  by, 
21,  33,  60,  67,  80.— Nomination 
for  Advisory  Board,  154. 

O'Brien,  Mayor. — Address  by,  93. 
O'Hanly,   John   L.    P. — Admitted  as 
Member,  135,  145. 

Paine,  Charles. — Discussion  by,  40. 
^Elected  President,  5. — Report 
by,  2. 

Paine,  William  H. — Discussion  by, 
8,  67,  78,  80,  136.— Elected  Vice- 
President,  5. — Makes  report,  55. 
— On  Committee,  60. — Presides 
at  Meeting,  1,  59,  63,  67,  80,  85, 
86,  106,  135,  136,  153,  155. 

Palmer,  Francis  I. — Resignation  of, 
156. 

Paxson,  Joseph  S. — Discussion  bv, 
40. 

Pegeam,  George  Herndon. -^Trans- 
ferred to  Member,  59,  61. 

Periodicals  in  Library,  56. 

Peterson,  P.  A. — Censor  to  award 
Norman  Medal,  154. — Discussion 
by,  95. 

Pipes,  Flow  of  Water  in.    (See  Flow.) 

PoETscH,  Charles  J. — Transferred  to 
Member,  85,  89. 


POLK. 

Polk,  George  W.— Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 136,  145. 

Pontoon,  Kailway  Pontoon  Bridge, 
by  John  Lawlee,  95. 

Preservation  of  Timber.  (See  Com- 
mittee. ) 

Peindle,  Feanexin  C. — Discussion 
by,  80,  155. 

Publications  and  Papers  received  at 
Library,  56. 

Putnam,  Joseph  W.— Paper  by,  96. — 
Report  by,  18. 

Eailroad   Bridge  Floors,  by  W.  How- 

AED  White,  136. 
Eailroad   Economics    as    a    Pseudo- 
Science,    by    William   P.  Shinn, 
59. 
Railways,  How  can  Railways  be  made 
more  Efficient  for  the  Transpor- 
tation of  Freight,  by  William  P. 
Shinn,  103. 
Railways,    Increased     Efficiency     of 
Railways  for  the  Transportation 
of  Freight,  bv  William  P.  Shinn, 
29,  86,  l08,  136. 
Railway  Track  Repairs,  by  Benjamin 

Reece,  96. 
Rand,  H.  E.— Address  by,  98. 
Randolph,  James  L.— Paper  by,   136. 
Reece,  Benjamin.— Paper  by,  96. 
Report   of  Board  of  Direction,   1,  43, 
60. 

of  Finance  Committee,  1,  55. 

■ —  of  Treasurer,  1,  53. 
Reports  of  Committee.  (See  Commit- 
tees.) 
Resignation  of  Members.     (See  List.) 
Rich,  Watson  W. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 136,  145. 
RoBEETS,     Poultee     Bektamin. — Ad- 
mitted as  Member,  155. 
Rogers,  Albeet  Beainerd. — Admitted 

as  Member,  106,  119. 
EosEWATEE,    Andeew. — Admitted    as 

Member,  145,  149. 
Rowland  Prize,  60,  80.— Committee  to 
make  Award,  1.54.— Rules  for  Its 
Award,  80,  81,  87, 117,  128,  133. 
Rundlett,  Leonard  W. — Admitted  as 
Member,  136,  145. 

Saint  Paul,  Convention  at,  91. 

Sanderson,  J.  Gaednee.— Discussion 
by,  40. 

Schuyler,  Howaed. — Death  announc- 
ed, 155,  1-56. 

.Schuyler,  James  D.  -Presents  Speci- 
mens of  Mexican  Woods,  153. 


SCOTT. 

Scott,  Arthur  H.— Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 85,  89. 
Seaes,  Clinton  B.— Presents  Illustra- 
tions of  Hydraulic  Graders,  86. 
Sections    of    Society    Members,  Pro- 
posed Formation  of,  15, 18,  29,  65. 
Seely,  Thomas  J. —Death  announced, 

1.53,  156. 
Sheldon,  Simeon. — Death  announced, 

80,  84. 
Shepaed,  David   C— Address  by,  94. 
—Admitted   as  Member,  85,  89.— 
Chairman   of    Convention,   94. — 
On  Committee,  108. 
Shinn,  William  P.— Discussion  by,  9, 
20,   30,  36,  40,  59,  66,  86,  96,  108. 
—On  Committee,  67.— Paper  by, 
59,  103.— Report  by,  107.— Reso- 
lution by,  96. 
Shubenacadie  Canal,  by  E.  H.  Keat- 
ing, 154. 
Slatapee,  F.— On  Committee,  108. 
Smith,  Charles  C— Paper  by,  1.54. 
Smith,  C.  Shaler. — Report  by,  18. 
Smith,  Hamilton,  Jr.— Paper  by,  67. 
Smith,  Jaeed  A.— Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 85,  89. 
Smith,  Lucius  A.— On   Committee  to 

award  Rowland  Prize,  154. 
Society  Meetings.     (See  Minutes.) 
Spielmann,  Aethue.— Death  announc- 
ed, 1.55,  156. 
Staats,  John  H.— Discussion  by,  155. 
Standard  Time.     (See  Committee.) 
Steam    Pipes,   an    Accident    arising 
from   the  Use  of  Blast  Furnace 
Wool,  by  T.  Egleston,  95. 
Steam  Power,  Cost  of,  by  Chaeles  E. 

Emeey,  95. 
Stearns,  F.  P.— Discussion  by,  96.— 
Norman  Medal   awarded  to,  5. — 
Paper  by,  96. 
Stevens,    Frank     S.— Admitted    as 

Member,  149. 
Stillwater,  Minn.,  Yisit  to,  106. 
Striedingee,  Julius  H. — Discussion 

by,  60. 
Structural  Materials,  Tests  of.     (See 

Tests.) 
Struts,    Strength    of   Wrought    Iron 

Struts,  by  James  Christie,  151. 
Swain,  George  F.— Admitted  as  Asso- 
ciate, 136,  146. 
Symons,     Thomas      W.— Resignation 
of,  156. 

Tests  of  Structural  Materials,  26,  59, 

60,  67,  110. 
Thacher,  Edwin.  -Paper  by,  153. 


XI 


TIMBER. 

Timber,  Cause  of  Decay  in,  by  J.  W. 
Putnam,  96. 

Timber,  Committee  on  Preservation 
of.     (See  Committee.) 

Time,  Uniform  Standard.  (See  Com- 
mittee.) 

ToucKY,  J.M.— Eeport  by,  2. 

TowNE,  Henky  E.— Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 145,  1-19. 

Trautwine,  John  C. — Death  an- 
nounced, 136. 

Treasurer,  Report  of,  1,  53. 

Teottee,  Alfred  W.— Admitted  as 
Junior,  136,  146. 

Tullock,  Alonzo  J.— Admitted  as 
Member,  106,  119. 

Vibration,  or  the  Effect  of  Passing 
Trains  on  Iron  Bridges,  Masonry 
and  other  Structures,  by  James 
L.  Randolph,  136. 

VmiNG,  E.  P.— Discussion  by,  40. 

Waddell,  J.  A.  L.— Paper  by,  85. 
Walker,  W.  W.— On  Committee,  26. 
Ward,   Charles   D.— Discussion   bv 

80.  -^ 

Ward,    Lebbeus   B.— Discussion    bv 

80.  "^ 

Water,  Flow  of.     (See  Flow.) 
Watkins,  Frederick  W.— Admitted  as 

Member,  145,  149. 
Weights   and  Measures,  by  Jacob  M. 

Clark,  59. 


WELCH. 

Welch,  Ashbel. — Memoir  of,  137. — 
Resolutions  as  to  Death  of,  60. 

Wei,ch,  Ashbel,  Jr. — Resignation  of, 
156. 

Wells,  David  L. — Admitted  as  Fel- 
low, 119,  136. 

Wheeler,  Ebenezer  S. — Admitted  as 
Member,  153,  156. 

Whinery,  S.  — Contributes  to  Build- 
ing Fund,  61. 

White,  George  H. — Admitted  as 
Member,  85,  89. 

White,  W.  Howard.— Paper  by,  136. 

Whittemoee,  Don  J. — Discussion  by, 
96.— Paper  by,  96.— Report  by, 
108. 

Williams,  E.  H.— Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 136,  145. 

Williamson,  W.  Gaenett.— Admitted 
as  Member,  79,  83. 

WiLLsoN,  Frederick  N.— Admitted  as 
Junior,  136,  146. 

Wilson,  Herbert  M. — Admitted  as 
Junior,  136,  156. 

WisNEE,  George  Y. — Paper  by,  80. 

Wood,  De  Volson. — Discussion  by,  32, 
34. — On  Committee  to  Award 
Rowland  Prize,  154. 

Worthen,  William  E.— Discussion 
by,  155. 

Wrotnowski,  a.  F.^Contributes  to 
Building  Fund,  119. 


Yates,    Preston  Kin( 
Junior,  106,  119. 


-Admitted  as 


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FROOICEDTISraS. 


Vol.    IX.— January,    1883. 


MINUTES     OF    MEETINQS 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


THE  ANNUAL  MEETING  OF  THE  SOCIETY. 

Jantjaey  17th,  1883.— The  Society  met  at  10  a.  m.,  Vice-President  Wil- 
liam H.  Paine  in  the  chair  ;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.  Messrs.  Samuel 
M.  Gray,  J.  G.  Van  Home  and  F.  A.  Calkins  were  appointed  tellers  of 
the  vote  to  be  canvassed  for  officers  of  the  Society . 

The  Secretary  then  read  the  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Direction,* 
which  was,  on  motion,  accepted. 

The  Report  of  the  Treasurer  *  was  then  read  and  accepted. 

The  Report  of  the  Finance  Committee  *  was  then  read  and  accepted. 

On  motion,  the  Committee  on  a  Uniform  System  for  Tests  of  Cements 
was  continued. 

The  Report  of  the  Committee  on  Uniform  Standard  Time  was  pre- 
sented as  follows: 


♦Printed  separately. 


KEPORT  OF  THE  SPECIAL  COMMITTEE  ON  STANDARD  TIME, 

AMERICAN  SOCIETY  OF  CIVIL  ENGINEERS,  NEW 

YORK,  JAN.  17th,  1883. 


The  Special  Committee  on  Standard  Time  beg  leave  to  submit  the 
following  report: 

In  accordance  with  the  resolution  of  the  Society,  at  the  meeting  at 
Washington,  on  the  17th  of  May  last,  the  Committee  have  continued 
their  efforts  to  effect  the  objects  set  forth  in  the  report  then  presented. 
Agi-eeably  to  the  instructions  of  the  meeting,  a  petition  was  forwarded  to 
the  Congress  of  the  United  States,  respectfully  praying  that  steps  be 
taken  for  the  establishment  of  a  prime  or  zero  meridian. 

On  the  3rd  of  August  last,  the  following  Joint  Resolution  was  passed 
by  Congress: 

Joint  Resolution. 
To  authorize  the  President  of  the  United  States  to  call  an  Interna- 
tional Conference  to  fix  on  and  recommend  for  universal  adoption  a 
common  prime  meridian  to  be  used  in  the  reckoning  of  longitude  and 
the  regulation  of  time  throughout  the  world. 

Resolved  by  the  Senate  and  Home  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  President  of  the  United  States 
be  authorized  and  requested  to  extend  to  the  Governments  of  all  nations 
in  diplomatic  relations  with  our  own  an  invitation  to  appoint  delegates 
to  meet  delegates  from  the  United  States  in  the  City  of  Washington,  at 
such  time  as  he  may  see  fit  to  designate,  for  the  purpose  of  fixing  upon 
a  meridian  proper  to  be  employed  as  a  common  zero  of  longitude  and 
standard  of  time  reckoning  throughout  the  globe;  and  that  the  Presi- 
dent be  authorized  to  appoint  delegates,  not  exceeding  three  m  number, 
to  represent  the  United  States  in  such  International  Conference. 

The  President  of  the  United  States,  on  the  5th  December,  1882, 
informed  Congress  by  message  that  he  had  directed  the  Secretary  of  State 
to  address  foreign  Governments  in  conformity  with  the  terms  of  the 
Joint  Resolution. 

On  the  31st  July,  1882,  the  Chairman  of  the  Special  Committee 
addressed  a  letter  to  the  President  of  the  American  Association  for  the 
Advancement  of  Science.     A  copy  is  appended. 

The  Chairman  attended  the  meeting  of  the  Association  held  in 
August,  in  Montreal,  and  took  part  in  the  discussion  on  the  question  of 
standard  time.  He  explained  the  action  taken  by  this  Society  and  the 
course  suggested  in  his  letter  to  the  President  of  the  Association.  A 
committee  was  appointed  to  represent  the  Association  at  the  proposed 
Convention,  and  generally  to  assist  and  co-operate  in  the  objects  referred 
to  in  the  communication. 


In  the  report  of  the  Special  Committee  presented  to  the  Society  at  the 
Washington  Convention  last  May,  it  was  set  forth  that  a  pamphlet  contain- 
ing various  documents  bearing  on  the  subject  of  time-reform  had  been 
circulated;  that  a  series  of  questions  prepared  with  the  view  of  eliciting 
all  shades  of  opinions  had  been  issued;  and  that  replies  had  been  received 
from  many  prominent  men  connected  with  the  profession,  with  railways 
and  telegraphs,  and  with  scientific  bodies.  These  replies  embrace  opin- 
ions on  each  of  the  eleven  questions  submitted  from  137  different  sources 
in  the  United  States,  Canada  and  Mexico.  They  have  been  classified  and 
printed.  They  present  much  interesting  and  valuable  information,  and 
are  marked  by  a  striking  unanimity  on  the  main  questions. 

Since  these  replies  to  questions  were  published,  other  replies  have 
been  received,  among  which  are  communications  from  the  managers  of 
two  great  trans-continental  railways  entirely  apj^roviug  of  the  scheme 
issued  by  the  Committee  last  March.  In  one  case  the  manager  states 
that  he  has  experimentally  applied  the  system,  with  the  happiest  results- 
At  the  Washington  Convention  the  Committee  felt  warranted  in  report- 
ing the  general  opinion  in  every  section  of  the  country  heard  from,  as  fol- 
lows: "The  opinion  has  also  been  generally  expressed  that  while  our 
"  time  .system  should  be  in  harmony  with  that  of  other  nations,  the 
"  necessity  for  reform  on  this  continent  is  so  urgent  that  we  should  not 
"  wait  for  other  nations  to  move  in  the  matter.  That  we  should,  as  soon 
'*  as  practicable,  inaugurate  a  system,  the  primary  object  of  which  would 
"  be  to  meet  our  own  requirements.  But  that  in  taking  the  initiative  we 
"  should  by  all  means  adopt  a  system  capable  of  extension  to  the  whole 
"  globe,  and  that  we  should  to  some  extent  give  other  nations  an  oppor- 
"  tunity  of  co-operating  with  us." 

The  recent  action  of  Congress  is  a  most  important  step  in  the  move- 
ment to  bring  into  operation  the  views  set  forth  by  the  Society.  The 
adoption  of  an  initial  meridian  or  time-zero,  to  be  used  by  all  nations, 
will  at  once  serve  our  own  purposes  on  this  continent  and  establish  the 
key  to  ultimate  entire  uniformity  of  system  everywhere.  The  Interna- 
tional Conference  will  be  convened  directly  for  the  establishment  of  an 
initial  meridian.  This  determination  will  have  an  important  bearing  on 
the  regulation  of  time,  but  the  question  of  standard  time  itself  may 
with  advantage  be  considered  separately,  and  in  anticipation  of  a  settle- 
ment of  the  international  question  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  Joint 
Eesolution  of  Congress. 

The  Committee  accordingly  submit  that  the  interests  of  the  public 
will  be  best  consulted  by  the  calling  of  a  Convention  to  examine  into 
all  the  considerations  bearing  on  the  questions  of  time-reckoning,  and 
to  determine  and  recommend  a  system  for  regulating  time  which  will 
secure  the  greatest  advantages  to  all  interested  in  every  locality  in  North 
America.  In  the  opinion  of  the  Committee,  the  Convention  should 
consist  of  delegates  representing   railway,  telegraph  and   transportation 


corporations,  scientific  societies,  chambers  of  commerce.  Departments 
of  State  and  other  bodies  interested,  in  the  United  States,  Canada  and 
Mexico. 

The  documents  referred  to  are  appended. 

I'Sandfoed  Fleming,  Chairman, 
[  Charles  Paine, 

cs  •    ^   r^  -ii.  ThEODOKE    N.    ElY, 

Special  Committee.    \  j    ^    Toucey, 

I  J.  E.  HiLGAKD, 

[T.  Egleston. 

Documents  AprENDEC 

1.  Letter  from  the  Chairman  to  the  President  of  the  American  Asso- 
ciation for  the  Advancement  of  Science,  July  31st,  1882. 

2.  List  of  persons  from  whom  replies  have  been  received  to  the  series 
of  questions  issued  by  the  Special  Committee. 

3.  Additional  list  of  persons  from  whom  replies  have  been  received 
to  the  aeries  of  questions  (MSS.). 

4.  Classified  replies  (1  to  137,  inclusive)  to  the  series  of  questions 
(printed). 

5.  Additional  replies  (138  to  146,  inclusive)  to  the  circular  of  ques- 
tions (MSS.). 

6.  Questions  issued  in  March,  1882,  by  the  Special  Committee. 

On  motion,  the  report  was  accepted  and  the  Committee  continued. 

On  motion,  the  following  resolutions  were  adopted: 

Resolved,  1.  That  the  report  submitted  by  the  Special  Committee  on 
Standard  Time  be  accepted,  and  that  the  Committee  be  continued,  and 
requested  to  take  all  such  steps  as  they  may  consider  expedient  and  ne- 
cessary to  carry  out  the  views  of  the  Society  in  respect  to  the  important 
question  referred  to  them. 

Resolved,  2.  That  it  is  in  the  public  interest  that  a  convention  be  held 
at  as  early  a  date  as  practicable  to  examine  into  the  question  of  regulat- 
ing time  for  railway,  telegraph  and  civil  purposes  generally,  and  to 
determine  and  recommend  a  system  of  standard  time  which  will 
secure  the  greatest  advantage  to  all  interested  throughout  North 
America. 

Resolved,  3.  That  every  important  interest  affected  by  the  regulation 
of  time  should  be  represented  in  the  proposed  Convention,  and  that  it 
should  specially  consist  of  delegates  from  railway,  telegraph  and  trans- 
portation corporations,  scientific  bodies,  chambers  of  commerce  and 
Government  departments. 

Resolved,  4.  That  the  Society  is  prepared  to  be  represented  by  dele- 
gates in  the  Convention,  and  to  co-operate  with  other  bodies  in  respect 
to  it. 


Resolved,  5.  That  if,  on  ascertaining  the  views  of  other  bodies  inter- 
ested in  the  movement,  and  it  be  deemed  expedient  to  do  so,  a  petition 
may  be  forwarded  to  Congress,  in  the  name  of  the  Society,  respectfully 
praying  that  steps  be  taken  for  the  calling  of  the  Convention. 

The  tellers  presented  the  canvass  of  the  ballot  for  officers,  and  the 
following  members  were  declared  elected  officers  of  the  Society  for  the 
ensuing  year  : 

President:  Chakles   Paine. 

Vice-Preside7its  :  William  H.  Paine,  Henry  Flad. 
Secretary  and  Librarian :  John  Bogart. 
Treasurer :  J.  James  E.  Cedes. 

Directors:  George  S.  Greene,  Jr.,  Jcseph  P.  Davis,  William  Met- 
CALP,  William  E.  Merrlll,  William  G.  Hamilton. 

The  Board  of  Censors  to  award  the  Norman  Medal— Messrs.  George  S. 
Greene,  William  E.  Merrill  and  John  Kennedy— then  presented  their 
report,  awarding  the  medal  to  the  paper,  "Description  of  Some  Experi- 
ments on  the  Flow  of  Water  made  during  the  Construction  of  Works 
for  Conveying  the  Water  of  Sudbury  Eiver  to  Boston."  The  authors 
of  this  paper  are  Messrs.  A.  Fteley  and  F.  P.  Stearns,  members  of  the 
Society. 

The  Secretary  then  presented  a  canvass  of  the  suggestions  that  had 
been  made  by  members  in  response  to  the  circular  in  reference  to  the 
place  and  time  for  the  next  Annual  Convention  of  the  Society,  as  fol- 
lows : 

Minneapolis  was  suggested  by 74 

San  Francisco     "  "     13 

Chicago  "  "     \\ 

New  York  "  "     5 

St.  Paul  "  "     !..!!!.' '^!'.     4 

St.  Louis  "  '  <     ^ 

Philadelphia        "  "      2 

Denver  "  '<  '  o 

And  the  following  named  places  by  one  each:  Toronto,  Detroit,  White 
Sulphur  Springs,  Pittsburgh,  Newport,  Louisville,  Cincinnati,  Jackson- 
ville, Fla.,  Milwaukee,  Memphis. 

The  month  of  June  was  suggested  by 51 

"     May            "  "      2.5 

"     July           "  "      12 

"              "      January     "  "      4 

"             "      August      "  "     4 

"     February  "  "     2 

And  one  for  each  of  the  following  : 
April,  September  and  October. 

An  invitation  from  the  officers  of  the  National  Exposition  of  Railway 


6 

Appliances,  to  be  held  at  Chicago  in  June  next,  was  then  presented, 
asking  this  Society  to  hold  its  Convention  at  Chicago  during  the  time  of 
that  Exposition. 

A  letter  was  presented  from  D.  J.  Whittemore,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E., 
renewing  the  invitation  to  the  Society  to  hold  its  Convention  at  Minnea- 
polis or  St.  Paul.  After  discussion  it  was,  on  motion,  resolved  that  the 
determination  of  the  time  and  place  for  the  next  Convention  should  be 
referred  to  the  Board  of  Direction,  with  power  to  make  all  requisite 
arrangements. 

Proposed  amendments  to  the  Constitution  were  then  discussed. 

The  first  amendment  regularly  proposed  is  : 

Proposed  amendment  to  Article  XXII. 

Add  at  end  of  article  as  follows  : 

Any  member  of  the  Society  not  in  arrears  for  dues,  may  compound  for  future  annual  dues 
by  the  payment  of  Two  Hundred  and  Fifty  Dollars;  Provided,  however,  that  each  person  duly 
elected  a  member  shall  pay  the  entrance  fee  and  also  the  annual  dues  for  the  current  year  of 
his  election. 

Provided,  also,  that  any  member  desiring  to  compound  for  future  annual  ilues  shall  have 
paid  the  annual  dues  tor  a  current  year  before  the  compounding  sum  may  be  available. 

Provided,  also,  that  in  addition  to  the  sum  provided  for  compoundins  dues,  there  shall 
be  paid  by  each  oompoundin-  member,  resident  within  fifty  miles  of  the  Post  Office  in  the  City 
of  New  York,  the  sum  of  Ten  Dollars  per  year  for  five  years  after  compounding. 

Should  a  resident  member  become  non-resident  at  any  time  during  the  tive  years  after 
compounding  he  shall  be  relieved  from  the  payment  of  such  annual  sum  during  the  time  of 
non-residence. 

Should  a  non-resident  member  become  resident  at  any  time  within  five  years  after  com- 
pounding, he  shall  be  liable  to  the  annual  payment  of  Ten  Dollars  for  each  year  of  residence 
up  to  five  years  after  compounding. 

Members  compounding  shall  sign  an  agreement  that  they  will  be  governed  by  the  Con. 
stitution  and  By-Laws  of  the  Society  as  they  are  now  formed  oras  they  may  be  hereafter  altered, 
amended  or  enlarged  ;  that  in  case  of  their  desiring  to  withdraw  their  names  from  the  roll  of 
the  Society,  the  amount  theretofore  paid  by  them  for  compounding,  and  lor  entrance  fees  and 
annual  dues,  shall  be  the  property  of  the  Society  :  that  in  case  of  expulsion,  the  amount  paid 
for  compounding  shall  be  returned  to  the  expelled  member,  but  not  the  amount  theretofore 
paid  for  entrance  fees  or  for  annual  dues. 

The  Chair. — This  proposed  amendment  is  now  before  you. 

Mr.  Haight. — When  moving  an  amendment  to  the  proposed  amend- 
ment of  Article  22  of  the  Constitution,  it  seems  proper  I  should  give  my 
reasons  therefor.  It  seems  desirable  that  an  article  to  be  incorporated 
in  our  Constitution  should  contain  less  provisos  than  the  one  submitted, 
and  should  be  more  determinate  in  its  language  The  proposed  amend- 
ment, while  favoring  present  non-resident  members  by  requiring  that 
they  should  pay  no  annual  dues  if  they  remain  non-residents  for  five 
years  after  compounding,  even  though  all  their  after  years  be  spent 
where  they  will  be  classed  as  residents,  discriminates  unfairly  against 
present  resident  members,  who  may  not  be  residents  after  five  years 
from  the  time  of  compounding.  Present  non-resident  members,  not 
being  required  to  pay  annual  dues  if  they  remain  non-residents  for  five 
years,  may  spend  the  after  years  of  their  lives  within  the  limits  of  resi- 


dency  without  being  required  to  pay  more.  Requiring  those  compound- 
ing to  again  subscribe  to  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  only  weakens 
the  force  of  the  obligations  incurred  by  subscribing  to  Form  A  in  the 
Appendix,  as  required  by  Article  22.  It  seems  to  me  that  once  sub- 
scribing to  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  should  be  of  sufficient  force  to 
abide  forever,  so  long  as  the  person  is  a  member.  The  proposed  amend- 
ment, by  providing  for  return  of  the  compounding  fee  to  members  who  are 
expelled,  appears  to  be  ofifering  a  premium  to  those  persons  designing  to 
withdraw  from  the  Society,  to  perform  acts  which  will  lead  to  their  ex- 
pulsion. In  the  amendment  I  now  propose  there  are  no  provisos  in- 
corporated, and  no  distinction  is  made  between  resident  and  non-resi- 
dent members,  as  the  itinerant  nature  of  our  profession  makes  it  possible 
or  probable  that  a  few  years  may  cause  an  entire  reversal  of  the  condi- 
tions of  many  in  that  respect.  As  the  benefits  of  compounding  will  be 
received  principally  by  those  least  needing  them,  because  of  their  being 
best  able  to  pay  largely,  it  appears  as  though  the  compounding  fee 
should  be  so  large  that  the  Society  should  be  benefited  thereby.  As  it 
is  desirable  that  the  indebtedness  upon  the  building  should  be  liquidated 
as  speedily  as  possible,  it  would  be  well  that  a  member  should  be 
encouraged  to  contribute  to  the  Building  Fund  ;  and  simple  justice  re- 
quires that  members  in  adverse  circumstances  should  not  be  liable  to  ex- 
pulsion because  of  their  indebtedness  to  the  Society,  so  long  as  their 
indebtedness  is  less  than  the  amount  of  their  previous  voluntary  contri- 
butions. 

I  therefore  move,  as  a  proposed  amendment  to  the  amendment,  the 
substitution  of  the  following  therefor  : 

"  Any  member  of  the  Society,  after  having  paid  his  entrance  fees  and 
the  annual  dues  for  the  year  of  his  becoming  a  member,  and  not  in 
arrears  to  the  Society,  may  compound  for  future  annual  dues  by  the 
payment  of  $300.  All  sums  paid  for  entrance  fees,  for  the  Building 
Fund,  for  annual  dues,  or  for  compounding  for  annual  dues  by  virtue  of 
this  amendment,  shall  be  the  property  of  the  Society,  and  no  portion 
thereof  shall  be  returned  by  reason  of  resignation  or  expulsion  of  a 
member  so  compounding.  No  person  shall  be  liable  to  expulsion  because 
of  being  in  arrears  to  the  Society,  unless  the  amount  of  his  indebtedness 
shall  exceed  the  amount  of  liis  previous  contributions  to  the  Building 
Fund." 

The  Secretary.— In  order  to  do  that,  sir,  you  will  have  to  amend 
another  article  of  the  Constitution.  One  of  our  troubles  in  the  past  has 
been  that  amendments  have  been  ofi"ered  which  have  afi'ected  other  articles, 
and  the  proposers  have  not  thought  of  that,  and  we  have  had,  several 
times  in  the  past,  conflicting  provisions.  The  reason  of  the  number  of 
provisos  is  that  there  should  be  no  such  conflict.  This  proposed  amend- 
ment immediately  conflicts  with  another  definite  article  of  the  Con- 
stitution. 


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Mr.  LocKwooD. — Mr.  Haight's  motion  was  not  seconded. 

The  Chaib.  — Is  this  amendment  seconded  ? 

The  amendment  was  not  seconded. 

The  Chaik. — Discussion  on  the  original  proposed  amendment  is  in 
order.  I  will  make  an  explanation,  as  my  name  appears  as  one  of  the 
proposers  of  the  original  amendment.  When  the  subject  of  compound- 
ing for  dues  came  up  a  long  time  since  and  was  referred  to  the  Finance 
Committee,  there  was  such  a  state  of  our  finances  at  that  time,  that  the 
propositions  then  presented  could  not  be  entertained  with  safety.  I  am 
pleased  to  say  that  our  finances  are  advanced  to  a  better  standing,  and 
we  are  now  in  position,  as  the  Finance  Committee  thinks,  to  take  advan- 
tage of,  and  present  the  sum  that  is  here  mentioned  as  a  proper  sum  for 
compounding  ;  and  that  is  why  it  is  presented  by  the  Finance  Commit- 
tee to  the  Board  of  Direction,  and  through  the  Board  of  Direction  to 
the  Society. 

General  G.  S.  Gbeene.— This  provides  for  a  life  membership. 

The  Secketary. — Yes,  sir  ;  that  is  it. 

The  Chaik. — Yes,  sir.  In  other  words,  we  think  the  finances  will 
stand  this  sum . 

Mr.  Croes. — Mr.  Chairman,  there  is  a  question  raised  by  a  gentleman 
sitting  near  me  with  regard  to  the  reason  for  jiutting  in  the  proposition 
that  in  case  of  expulsion  the  amount  paid  for  compounding  should  be 
returned  to  the  expelled  member.  I  would  like  to  have  from  the  Secre- 
tary, as  he  has  looked  into  that  matter,  his  presentation  of  the  case — 
why,  after  full  discussion,  it  was  so  proposed  by  the  Board  of  Direction. 

The  Secretary. — The  reason  for  that  is  to  avoid  the  possibility  of  a 
legal  complication  such  as  recently  occurred  in  this  city.  The  ground 
of  a  suit  against  a  club  was,  that  once  having  paid  a  fee  for  life  mem- 
bership, the  club  did  not  have  the  right  to  expel  a  member;  that  he  thereby 
obtained  a  corporate  right  in  the  club,  which  he  could  not  be  deprived 
of.  The  point  has  been  made  that  if  there  had  been  a  provision  in  the 
law  of  the  club,  that  in  case  of  expulsion  that  sum  for  life  membership 
should  be  returned,  and  this  was  agreed  to  at  the  time  of  subscribing, 
then  there  would  be  no  question .  Expulsion,  of  course,  is  an  exceedingly 
improbable  matter  to  come  up.  We  never  had  a  case  of  it  in  this 
Society  at  all.  We  have  had  a  good  many  suspensions  for  non-payment 
of  dues,  but  that  is  not  expulsion.  One  article  of  the  law  of  the  Society 
refers  to  a  person  who  shall  not  pay  his  dues,  that  he  ceases  to  be  a 
member,  but  that  is  not  expulsion.  That  cannot  affect  a  man  who  has 
paid  his  $250,  for  there  are  no  more  dues  to  pay  ;  but  there  is  a  special 
provision  in  regard  to  the  expulsion  of  a  member  after  due  trial,  etc . 

Now,  as  that  can  come  up  only  in  very  extreme  cases,  it  has  been 
suggested  that  the  safest  way  would  be  to  avoid  all  possible  legal  com- 
plications. If  we  expel  a  man  we  might  just  as  well  not  have  his 
monev  ;  we  have  had  the  interest  on  it  while  he  was  a  member,  and 


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therefore,  under  the  advice  the  Secretary  took,  that  clause  was  put  in. 
The  Secretary  was  told  that  the  clause  would  avoid  all  possible  trouble. 
The  Society  can  better  afford  to  lose  the  amount,  having  had  the  interest 
during  the  time  of  membership,  than  to  give  the  member  any  possible 
legal  ground  for  controversy . 

General  G.  S.  Greene. — Would  not  it  be  just  as  well,  when  he  com- 
pounds, to  get  a  statement  from  him  that  he  submits  to  the  rules  ? 

The  Seceetaky. — The  amendment  i^rovides  that  members  com- 
pounding shall  sign  such  an  agreement . 

Genera]  G.  S.  Greene. — Then  why  is  it  necessary  to  return  the 
money  ? 

The  Secretary.— Because  a  lawyer  told  me  it  would  be  better. 

General  G.  S.  Greene. — Has  that  case  been  decided  against  the 
club  referred  to  ? 

The  Secretary.— No,  sir  ;  it  is  in  the  courts  yet. 

Mr.  Cooper.— In  reference  to  this  whole  matter,  I  cannot  help  thinking 
as  I  did  when  I  saw  the  circular,  that  it  does  not  seem  to  be  prudent, 
under  the  present  circumstances,  to  adopt  this  method  of  compounding, 
although  I  am  in  favor  of  it  as  a  member.  If  I  am  correctly  informed, 
we  now  have  some  surplus  funds.  But  a  very  considerable  portion  of 
this  is  made  up  from  the  payment  of  entrance  fees.  Until  we  have  a 
permanent  fund— enough  to  pay  the  Secretary  and  clerk  hire,  and 
enough  to  perfect  the  library  in  addition— I  think  we  ought  to  get  all 
the  fees  we  can.  Until  we  are  entirely  above  board  and  have  everything 
in  the  shape  it  ought  to  be,  I  think  we  should  hesitate  in  this  matter. 

Mr.  Ceoes. — The  reason  for  making  resident  members  pay  more  for 
five  years,  was  because  it  was  thought  possible  that  the  applications  for 
compounding  might  come  largely  from  them,  and  the  Society  could  not 
afford  to  lose  the  extra  amount  that  resident  members  annually  pay. 
The  interest  on  $250  is  not  enough  to  pay  the  annual  dues  of  resident 
members.  They  now  pay  $10  a  year  more  than  non-resident  members 
do,  and  for  a  few  years,  at  any  rate,  until  the  income  of  the  Society 
becomes  larger  by  accessions,  we  could  not  afford  to  lose  that  amount  ; 
therefore  it  is  proposed  that  for  five  years  resident  members  should  pay 
$10  more  each  year.  That  is,  it  actually  made  resident  members  pay 
$300.  They  could  pay  it  in  a  sum  of  $300  or  in  annual  installments  of 
$10  each.  At  the  end  of  the  five  years  it  was  hoped  the  Society  would 
be  able  to  continue  the  sum  alike  for  resident  and  non-resident 
members. 

Mr.  Shinn.— I  would  like  to  ask  the  Secretary  whether  he  has  taken 
any  advice,  or  considered  the  condition  that  would  arise  in  case  any 
resident  member  paid  $250,  and  then  became  in  arrears  for  his  annual 
payment  of  $10  a  year  for  five  years  ?     That  is  the  point. 

The  Secretary.— Yes  ;  we  talked  about  that. 

Mr.  J.  P.  Davls.— He  would  not  be  entitled  to  vote  ;  that  is  all. 


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Mr.  Shinn. — Would  lie  cease  to  be  a  member  under  Article  27  of  the 
Constitution  ? 

Mr.  J.  P.  Davis. — I  should  say  he  would. 

Mr.  Shtnn. — What  would  become  of  the  iB250  that  he  paid  for  a  life 
membership  ?  I  only  raise  the  question  to  ask  whether  it  had  been  con- 
sidered, and  what  view  was  taken  of  it .  It  did  not  occur  to  me  until 
this  discussion  began . 

The  Secketaky. — Well,  he  was  to  be  liable  to  the  annual  payment  of 
$10  for  five  years— no,  I  don't  know  what  would  happen.    I  don't  know. 

Mr.  Shinn. — Article  27  says  :  "Any  person  admitted  to  the  Society 
"  who  shall  refuse  to  pay  any  assessment  or  other  dues  to  the  Society  " — 
of  course,  that  term  would  apply  to  this  ^10  for  five  years— "or  who 
"  shall  neglect  the  same  for  the  term  of  six  months,  after  due  notice  is 
"  issued,  shall  cease  to  be  a  member."  Now,  this  proposed  amend- 
ment provides  for  cases  in  which  the  members  withdraw  from  mem- 
bership. It  also  provides  for  cases  in  which  parties  are  expelled 
from  membership .  But  it  makes  no  provision  for  cases  where  parties 
cease  to  be  members  by  non-payment  of  the  annual  dues  of  $10  for  five 

years. 

Mr.  J.  P.  Davis.  — If  a  party  who  has  subscribed  to  the  Constitution 
agrees  to  these  conditions,  he  signs  a  contract.  As  far  as  I  see,  if  he  does 
not  pay  his  dues  he  ceases  to  be  a  member. 

Mr.  LocKWOOD. — It  seems  to  me  that  these  two  cases  are  parallel. 
You  have  to  take  action  in  case  of  expulsion.  You  have  to  take  action  in 
case  of  a  member  who  fails  to  pay  dues.  Could  not  the  one  claim  this 
compounding  money  as  well  as  the  other  ? 

The  Chaie.— Itis  not  intended  so. 

Mr.  LocKWOOD. — It  seems  to  me  that  the  cases  are  so  clearly  alike 
that  one  could  do  it  as  well  as  the  other.  I  claim,  however,  that  if  I 
compound  my  dues  and  sign  a  contract  to  abide  by  the  rules  and  regula- 
tions of  the  Society,  and  transgress  them,  so  that  I  will  have  to  be 
brought  up  before  the  Direction  of  the  Society  and  be  expelled,  that  I 
would  have  no  legal  claim  for  this  money  unless  this  clause  is  left  as  it 
is.  I  should  be  in  favor  of  striking  that  out  entirely.  If  my  course  of 
action  and  conduct  was  such  as  to  require  my  expulsion,  I  ought  to  for- 
feit all  claim  to  any  moneys  I  paid  in. 

Mr.  J.  P.  Davis.— I  think  there  is  a  great  ditference  in  the  two  cases. 
In  one  case  it  is  a  voluntary  action  on  the  part  of  the  member.  He  has 
agreed  that  if  he  does  not  pay  his  fees  he  will  cease  to  be  a  member  ;  and 
he  does  not  pay  his  fees.  That  is  voluntary  on  his  part.  We  assume, 
as  a  matter  of  fact,  that  the  Board  of  Direction  will  see  that  the  name 
will  be  dropped  from  the  list.  In  the  other  case  we  have  a  trial  ;  he 
does  something  the  Constitution  provides  for  his  not  doing.  He  has  been 
guilty  of  insulting  talk,  or  something  of  that. kind,  we  don't  know  what 
it  may  be.     I  think  there  is  a  vast  difierence  between  the  two  cases. 


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General  G.  S.  Gkeene. — I  don't  see  any  good  reason  for  returning  this 
^250.  I  do  not  believe  we  are  tinder  any  obligation  to  do  it  ;  if  a  man 
signs  an  agreement  to  that  effect,  and  if  he  is  expelled,  notwithstanding 
the  lawyer's  opinion,  I  do  not  believe  we  are  under  any  obligation  to  do 
it.  I  don't  believe  he  can  have  any  claim  against  us  after  signing  that 
agreement. 

Mr.  Croes  —Would  it  not  be  better,  instead  of  separating  with- 
drawal and  exjiulsion,  to  make  it,  "  In  case  of  their  ceasing  to  be  mem- 
bers from  any  cause  whatever,  the  amount  paid  would  be  the  property 
of  the  Society." 

Mr.  Shinn. — It  would  be  absolutely  better.  It  is  a  well  established 
legal  principle  that  when  you  begin  to  specify  you  exclude  everything 
not  specified.  If  you  do  not  do  this  you  will  have  it  in  such  a  shape 
that  everybody  who  does  not  voluntarily  withdraw  could  take  the  money 
back. 

Mr.  Croes. — I  shall  move  an  amendment  to  the  last  clause.  Perhaps 
the  proposers  of  the  original  amendment  may  agree  to  that  and  let  that 
go  to  ballot  as  amended.  I  offer  this  amendment,  then,  that  the  last 
paragraph  of  the  proposed  amendment  to  Article  22  shall  be  amended  to 
read  thtis  : 

"  Members  compounding  shall  sign  an  agreement  that  they  will  be 
governed  by  the  Constitution  and  By-laws  of  the  Society  as  they  are  now 
formed,  or  as  they  may  be  hereafter  altered,  amended,  or  enlarged  ;  that 
in  case  of  their  ceasing  to  be  members  from  any  cause  whatever,  the 
amount  theretofore  paid  by  them  for  compounding  and  for  entrance  fees, 
and  for  annual  dues,  shall  be  the  jDi-oi^erty  of  the  Society." 

Mr.  Shinn. — I  second  that. 

The  Chair.  —  The  question  is  oiaen  for  discussion. 

General  G.  S.  Greene. — Is  there  any  objection  to  that  in  connection 
M'ith  the  other  articles  ? 

The  Secretary. — Not  that  I  see,  sir. 

Mr.  Shinn. — I  have  no  doubt  whatever  of  the  legal  effect  of  an  agree- 
ment of  that  kind.  In  the  case  that  has  been  referred  to,  of  the  club, 
which  is  now  pending  in  the  courts,  as  I  understand  it,  there  was  no 
agreement  in  regard  to  life  membership.  Life  membership,  of  course, 
stated  as  a  naked  proposition,  means  life  membership.  It  does  not 
mean  a  membership  at  the  pleasure  of  some  committee  of  the  Society. 
And  that  presents  a  very  different  question  from  what  would  be  pre- 
sented in  case  this  amendment  to  the  Constitution  were  adopted  as  now 
proposed,  under  which  the  party  paying  in  this  ^250  should  sign  an  agree- 
ment to  be  bound  by  its  conditions.  I  do  not  see  anything  in  these 
conditions  at  all  contrary  to  public  policy,  and  any  person  is  entirely 
competent  to  make  any  contract  he  jaleases  that  is  not  contrary  to  public 
policy.     Therefore  I  see  no  difficulty  in  that  being  made  operative. 

Mr.  Croes. —The  proper  motion  would  be,  in  that  case,  that   this 


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meeting  recommends  the  adoption  of  the  proposed  amendment  to  Article 
22,  with  the  last  clause  amended  as  stated. 

Mr.  Shinn. — I  suggest,  Mr.  President,  that  it  is  hardly  time  to  come 
to  that  yet.  We  are  now  discussing  the  question  of  an  amendment  to 
the  proposed  amendment.  We  may  adopt  this  and  any  other  amend- 
ment after  this  is  adopted.  After  all  the  amendments  that  are  proposed 
to  this  original  amendment  have  been  considered  and  jiassed  upon,  then 
the  question  of  the  adoption  of  the  amended  amendment  as  a  whole 
would  be  in  order. 

The  Chaih.— I  will  state  that  all  this  meeting  can  do  is  simply  to  ap- 
prove an  amendment.  It  will  go  to  vote  hereafter,  and  practically  the 
whole  action  here  is  simply  an  approval,  not  a  iinal  adoption  at  all,  but 
an  approval  to  be  sent  out  for  ballot. 

The  Seceetaky. — It  has  been  generally  customary  to  recommend 
amendments. 

The  Chaik.^ — Yes,  and  I  understand  recommendation  to  be  equivalent 
to  approval. 

General  G.  S.  Greene. — The  question  is  now  on  the  adoption  of  that 
amendment  ? 

The  Chair. — Yes,  sir.     That  has  been  moved  and  seconded. 

The  proposed  amendment  was  then  adopted. 

Mr.  Shinn. — I  have  another  amendment  to  suggest.  While  it  will 
be  claimed  that  this  fund  to  which  the  money  received  for  compounding 
dues  goes,  is  the  general  fund  of  the  Society,  there  is  practically  no  dif- 
ference between  the  general  fund  and  the  Building  Fund.  There  have 
been  numerous  contributions  made  by  members  to  the  Building  Fund, 
and  the  amendment  that  I  propose  to  offer  relates  to  that.  Add  after 
the  amendment,  as  it  now  reads: 

"  Any  member  who  shall  have  heretofore  jDaid  S250  or  more  into  the 
Building  Fund  of  the  Society  shall,  at  his  request  in  writing,  be  credited 
with  the  same  as  in  compounding  of  his  annual  dues;  and  any  member 
who  shall  have  heretofore  paid  iuto  said  fund  a  less  sum  than  ^250  shall 
be  allowed  to  compound  his  dues  as  provided  in  this  section  by  paying 
the  difference  between  the  sum  heretofore  paid  and  $250." 

The  object  in  offering  the  amendment  is  to  put  those  members  who 
have  voluntarily  come  forward  and  contributed  to  the  Building  Fund  in 
as  favorable  a  position  as  those  members  who  have  not  come  forward  in 
that  way.  It  does  not  necessarily  follow  that  they  will  all  take  advantage 
of  it;  but  they  all  may.  The  Secretary  has  made  up  a  statement  show- 
ing about  the  amount  of  money  that  would  be  involved  in  its  adoption. 
He  gives  to  me  these  figures  :  That  six  members  have  paid  $250  or 
over;  that  would  amount  to  $1  500.  That  would  come  out  of  the  general 
fund;  that  is,  the  general  fund  would  be  lessened  to  that  extent— in  case 
they  all  accepted  this  provision.  Fifty-five  have  paid  $100,  making 
$5  500.     Seven  have  paid  between  $100  and  $250,  say  $150  each,  making 


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^1  050.  Aod  twenty-three  have  paid  less  than  ."$100,  which,  assuming  the 
average  to  be  igSO,  gives  $1  150.  Making,  in  all,  about  $9  000  which  would 
be  involved,  on  which  the  annual  interest,  at  five  per  cent.,  which  is 
the  basis  of  the  Secretary's  calculation  in  this  matter,  would  be  .f 450. 

It  seems  to  me  it  would  be  nothing  but  justice  to  those  members 
who  have  come  forward  and  contributed  to  the  Building  Fund  to  give 
them  the  advantage,  if  they  desire  to  take  it,  of  this  amendment  to  the 
Constitution.  It  is  well  known  to  the  most  of  the  members  that  this 
particular  action  on  the  part  of  the  Board  of  Direction  in  submitting 
this  amendment  arose  very  largely  out  of  what  was  said  at  the  last 
annual  meeting  about  contributions  to  the  Building  Fund;  and  it  was  an 
effort  to  produce  a  fund  of  sufficient  amount  to  enable  the  mortgage  to 
be  canceled  on  the  building  whenever  it  was  desirable  to  do  so  in  the 
opinion  of  the  Board  of  Direction.  So  that  I  otfer  that  amendment  for 
consideration. 

Mr.  J.  P.  Davis. —The  proijosed  amendment  says  "any  member  who 
has  paid  S250  for  the  Building  Fund."  Suppose  he  is  a  resident  mem- 
ber; he  has  to  pay  $300. 

Mr.  Shinn.  — If  he  has  paid  $250,  that  simply  puts  him  in  the  position 
of  anybody  else  now  paying  $250. 

The  Secretary. —It  says  "shall  at  his  request  in  writing  be  credited 
with  the  same  as  in  compounding  of  his  annual  dues." 

Mr.  Croes.— Some  members  have  kindly  presented  the  Society  with 
$150  for  the  Fellowship  Fund,  Why  should  not  they  be  credited  in  the 
same  way  as  subscribers  to  the  Building  Fund  ?  I  do  not  think  that  the 
members  who  have  contributed  to  the  Building  Fund  ever  did  it  with 
any  idea  of  ultimate  advantage  in  that  way,  and  I  do  not  believe  that 
they  desire  it;  and  I  do  not  think  it  is  very  complimentary  to  them  to 
suppose  that  they  would  desire  it. 

Mr.  Shinn.  -They  do  not  need  to  take  advantage  of  it  if  they  do  not 
desire  it. 

Mr.  J.  P.  Davis.— I  wish  to  say  further  that  we  cannot  afford  it. 
That  is  the  chief  objection  to  it. 

Mr.  Croes. — That  is  a  good  objection,  too. 

The  Chair.— The  question  is  now  properly  before  the  Society  upon 
this  amendment  as  proposed.  I  would  simply  state  that  the  sum  men- 
tioned, $250,  was  the  lowest  that  the  Board  of  Direction  could,  in  their 
view,  place  that  proposed  sum  to  be  applied  to  the  general  fund.  I 
merely  state  that  for  information. 

The  amendment  was  then,  upon  vote,  not  adopted. 

The  Chair. — Further  discussion  of  the  proposed  amendment  is  io 
order.    Are  there  any  further  amendments  to  the  proposed  amendment  ? 

General  G.  S.  Greene. — I  move  that  it  be  recommended  for  adoption 
to  the  Society  by  the  annual  meeting. 

Mr.  Shinn. — I  second  that. 


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The  Chair.— It  is  moved  and  seconded  that  the  amendment,  as 
amended,  be  recommended  by  the  annual  meeting  for  adoption  by  the 
Society. 

The  motion  was  carried. 

The  Chair.— The  next  proposed  amendment  to  the  Constitution  is 
in  order  for  discussion  or  amendment. 

Proposed  amendment  to  Article  XXXIII. 

Amend  Article  XXXIII.  so  that  it  wiU  read  as  follows: 

Proposed  amendments  to  this  Constitution  must  be  submitted  in  writiug,  signed  by  not 
less  than  five  members,  on  or  before  the  first  Wednesday  in  November,  and  shall  be  sent  by 
letter  to  the  members  of  the  Society  at  least  twenty-five  days  previous  to  the  annual  meeting. 

Such  amendments  shall  be  in  order  for  discussion  at  such  annual  meeting,  and  may  be 
amended  in  any  manner  pertinent  to  the  original  amendments  by  a  majority  vote  of  the 
annual  meeting;  and  it  so  amended,  shall  be  voted  upon  by  letter-ballot  in  form  as  amended 
by  the  annual  meeting;  if  not  so  amended,  they  shall  be  voted  upon  by  letter-ballot  as  sub- 
mitted; the  vote  to  be  counted  at  the  first  regular  meeting  in  March. 

An  affirmative  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all  ballots  cast  shall  be  necessary  to  the  adoption  of 
any  amendment. 

Mr.  Croes.— Article  XXXIII.  of  the  Constitution,  as  it  now  stands, 
reads : 

Article  XXXIII.-Proposed  amendments  to  this  Constitution  must  be  submitted  in 
writing,  signed  by  not  less  than  five  members,  on  or  before  the  first  Wednesday  in  November, 
and  then  sent  by  letter  to  the  several  members  of  the  Society  at  least  twenty-five  days  previous 
to  the  annual  meeting.  Such  amendments  shall  be  in  order  for  discussion  and  amendment  at 
such  annual  meeting,  and,  with  such  amendments  thereto  as  may  have  been  approved  by  a 
majority  vote  of  the  annual  meeting,  shall  be  voted  upon  by  letter-ballot,  the  vote  to  be 
counted  at  the  first  re-ular  meeting  in  March.  An  affirmative  vote  of  two-thirds  ot  all  ballots 
cast  shall  be  necessary  to  secure  the  adoption  of  any  amendment. 

It  was  the  object  of  the  writer  of  this  present  provision  in  the 
Constitution,  that  its  effect  should  be  as  is  now  proposed  in  the 
amendment.  But  the  article  is  so  worded  that  it  was  decided  to  be 
necessary  to  send  out  not  only  an  amendment,  as  submitted  to  the  annual 
meeting,  but  also  such  amendments  to  it  as  were  approved  by  the  an- 
nual  meeting. 

This  proposed  amendment  obviates  that  difficulty,  and  sends  out 
only  one  form,  namely,  the  form  which  is  approved,  after  discussion,  at 
the  annual  meeting. 

General  G.  S.  Greene.— I  don't  think  the  other  meant  anything  dif- 
ferent. 1    i.  u  • 
Mr.  Croes.— That  has  been  the  ruling  and  the  custom,  so  that  tliis 
amendment  is  merely  to  return  to  what  was  intended  by  the  member 
who  drew  up  the  present  article. 

General  G.  S.  Greene. -I  move  that  that  be  recommended  to  the 
Society  for  adoption.  i 

Mr.  Shinn. — I  second  the  motion. 

The  Chair.— The  question  is  on  the  recommendation  of  this  proposed 
amendment  for  adoption  by  the  Society. 


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The  proposed  amendment  of  Article  XXXIII.  was  then,  by  vote, 
recommended  for  adoption. 

The  Chaik. — The  next  proj^osed  amendment  to  the  Constitution  is  in 
order  for  discussion  or  amendment.     It  is  a  proposed  new  article. 

Proposed  amendment: 
A  new  article. 

Whenever  twenty  or  more  members  shall  signify  their  desire  to  form  a  Section  of  this 
Society  for  the  advancement  of  a  special  branch  of  Engineering,  the  Board  of  Direction  shall 
consider  such  application,  and  submit  it  with  an  expression  of  opinion  to  the  Society  for 
a  letter-ballot.  The  application  shall  be  granted  if  two-thirds  of  the  votes  be  in  the  affirm- 
ative. 

Sections  authorized  as  above  shall  have  the  privilege  of  separate  meetings  for  reading  of 
papers  and  discussions  at  times  and  places  determined  by  themselves,  but  may  not  assume  to 
transact  business  in  the  name  of  the  Society. 

The  transactions  of  such  sections  shall  be  published  by  the  Society  under  the  usual 
regulations;  but  no  expense  other  than  for  such  publication  shall  be  borne  by  the  Society. 

General  G.  S.  Greene. — It  will  be  seen  by  this  clause  that  the  Board 
of  Direction  are  required  to  publish  any  papers  which  may  be  read  by 
these  small  sections  of  not  less  than  twenty  men.  It  would  be  really 
throwing  into  the  hands  of  a  few  members  the  right  to  put  into  the  pro- 
ceedings anything  they  chose. 

Mr.  Ckoes. — It  says,   "  under  the  usual  regulations." 

General  G.  S.  Greene.-— Does  that  include  submitting  them  to  the 
Committee  on  Publication  ? 

Mr.  Croes. — Yes,  sir.  The  usual  regulations  are  as  prescribed  by 
.Section  16  of  the  By-Laws,  as  follows  : 

Section  16. — When  a  paper  is  presented  to  the  Society,  the  Secretary  shall  at  once  examine 
it,  and  report  thereon  to  the  Committee  on  Library,  with  reference  to  this  standard  :  Papers 
containing  old  matter,  readily  found  elsewhere,  those  specially  meant  to  advocate  personal 
interests,  those  carelessly  prepared  or  controverting  established  facts,  and  those  purely  specu- 
lative or  foreign  to  the  purposes  of  the  Society,  should  be  rejected.  The  Committee 
shall  theu  determine  whether  such  paper  may  go  before  the  Society.  They  can  return  it  to 
the  writer  for  correction  and  emendation,  and  call  to  their  aid  one  or  more  members  of  special 
experience  relating  to  the  subject  treated,  either  to  advise  on  the  paper  or  to  discuss  it.  Such 
papers  as  in  the  judgment  of  the  Committee  should  go  before  the  Society  shall  promptly, 
upon  their  acceptance,  be  printed ;  others  shall  be  recorded  in  books  provided  for  the 
purpose.  When,  however,  the  Library  Committee  does  not  feel  authorized  to  publish  a  paper, 
they  may  provide  an  abstract  thereof,  which,  when  approved  by  the  author,  may  be  published 
instead  of  the  original  paper. 

I  do  not  see  that  this  formation  of  Sections  in  this  very  indefinite 
form  is  going  to  advance  the  purposes  of  the  Society  in  any  way.  If 
there  is  anybody  that  can  say  anything  in  favor  of  it,  I  would  like  to 
hear  it. 

Mr.  Haight. — Some  addition  is  needed  to  the  amendment,  I  think. 
It  seems  very  desirable  that  no  course  shall  be  pursued  that  will  have  a 
tendency  to  weaken  this  Society,  or  to  detract  from  the  interest  felt  in 
its  meetings  by  members .     It  is  inevitable  that  if  Sections  are  formed  in 


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the  manner  proposed,  and  they  appoint  meetings  at  the  same  time  as  the 
Annual  Meetings  or  Conventions  of  this  Society,  it  will  have  the  effect 
of  weakening  the  Society.  Yet  it  might  be  done  according  to  the  word- 
ing of  the  amendment.  It  seems  to  me,  also,  that  all  papers  for  a  Sec- 
tion need  to  be  submitted  to  the  Board  of  Direction  as  much  as  papers 
for  a  meeting.  With  regard  to  the  times  of  meetings,  the  anniial  meet- 
ing of  the  County  Surveyors'  Association,  of  Indiana,  was  appointed  to 
begin  yesterday,  and  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Ohio  Institute  of  Min- 
ing Engineers  will  be  held  this  evening.  Members  of  either,  who  are 
also  members  of  this  Society,  will  be  less  likely  to  attend  this  meeting 
than  they  would  be  if  the  meetings  of  these  bodies  were  at  other  times. 
It  also  appears  detrimental  to  the  interests  of  the  Society  for  Sections  to 
be  established  within  resident  limits,  as  no  need  for  them  withm  those 
limits  seems  evident.  Any  matters  that  would  come  before  them  can  be 
with  equal  propriety  introduced  at  the  Society  meetings,  and  be  of 
interest  to  all.  Beyond  the  resident  limits,  Sections  formed  for  "the 
advancement  of  engineering"  can  introduce  and  discuss  subjects 
relating  to  any  of  its  branches,  and  thereby  give  to  non-resident 
members  of  this  Society  advantages  that  are  now  possessed  by  residents 
only  Bv  permitting  all  members  of  the  Society  to  participate  in  the 
discussions  of  the  subjects  brought  before  any  Section,  the  Society 
would  seem  to  be  strengthened  rather  than  weakened  by  the  formation 
of  such  Sections.  The  submission  of  all  papers  to  the  Board  of  Direc- 
tion, and  the  reception  of  its  approval  before  publication,  will  be  as  nec- 
essary for  the  meetings  of  Sections  as  for  those  of  the  Society.  By  pub- 
lishing the  papers  in  the  Transactions,  and  transmitting  them  to  all  the 
members,  with  an  announcement  of  the  times  and  places  of  presentation, 
not  less  than  twenty-five  days  before  the  time  so  announced  for  the  papers 
to  be  read,  a  much  more  full  discussion  would  seem  probable  than  by 
the  present  plan,  and  the  benefits  of  membership  would  probably  be  in- 
creased, and  be  more  widely  diffused.  Non-resident  members,  and  those 
unable  to  hear  the  reading  of  papers,  will  in  this  way  be  enabled  to  par- 
ticipate in  the  discussion,  and  the  Society  will  inevitably  be  strengthened 
by  the  increased  interest  that  will  result  in  its  transactions.  Therefore, 
I  submit  this  proposed  amendment. 

Mr.  Ckoes  (acting  temporarily  as  Secretary). -Mr.  Haight  hands  me 
this  amendment.  Proposed  amendment  by  Mr.  Stephen  S.  Haight  :  By 
adding  to  the  proposed  article  of  the  Constitution,  "  No  Section  formed  m 
accordance  with  this  article  shall  have  its  place  of  meeting  withm  50  miles 
of  the  Post  Office  of  the  City  of  New  York,  nor  shall  any  meeting  of  a 
Section  be  held  at  the  same  time  as  the  Annual  Meeting  or  Convention 
of  this  Society.  All  papers  for  the  Society,  or  for  a  Section  thereof 
formed  in  accordance  with  this  article,  shall  be  submitted  to  the  Boara 
of  Direction,  and  if  accepted  shall,  unless  otherwise  requested  by  the 
author,  be  published  with  the  Transactions  of  the  Society,  and  with  an 


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announcement  of  the  times  and  places  of  their  presentation,  to  be  trans- 
mitted to  each  member  not  less  than  25  days  before  the  times  so 
announced.  At  the  time  so  announced  for  the  presentation  of  the 
papers,  they  shall  be  read  by  title  only,  unless  otherwise  desired  by  the 
writer,  or  ordered  by  a  majority  of  the  members  jj resent,  and  all 
members  of  the  Society  shall  have  a  right  to  present  written  or  verbal 
discussions  of  such  papers  at  the  places  so  announced  for  their 
presentation." 

Also  by  erasing  therefrom  the  words  "  of  a  special  branch." 

Mr.  Haight.— Yes,  sir;  I  submit  that. 

The  amendment  was  seconded  by  Mr.  Van  Winkle. 

Mr.  Croes, — The  last  clause  of  this  is  in  conflict  with  the  other  pro- 
visions of  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws.  It  is  unnecessary,  for  all  that 
matter  is  provided  for  in  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  now  It  is  not 
germane  to  this  question,  or  to  this  part  of  the  Constitution.  I  would 
suggest  that  Mr.  Haight  withdraw  that  last  part  of  it,  while  the  first  part 
would  come  in  properly.  The  latter  part  of  this  proposition  conflicts 
with  other  parts  of  the  Constitution  and  By-laws.  The  first  part  of  it 
is,  that  no  Section  shall  be  formed  within  fifty  miles  of  New  York. 

General  G.  S.  Greene. — I  still  think  that  it  is  objectionable  to  have 
these  proceedings  (which  are  mentioned  in  this  original  amendment) 
published.  It  says  here,  "  The  transactions  of  such  Sections  shall  be 
published  by  the  Society  "—the  discussions  of  these  separate  Sections, 
which  would  increase  our  publication  very  much,  and  probably  not 
very  advantageously.  There  is  no  discretion  in  the  Committee,  as  to 
publishing  them,  in  our  regulations  ;  they  are  published  on  certificate 
of  the  Secretary  of  the  Society. 

Mr.  Croes.— Papers  for  Transactions  go  before  the  Library  Com- 
mittee. 

General  G.  S.  Greene. — It  would  require  the  Society  to  publish 
the  transactions  of  these  Sections. 

Mr.  Croes.— The  objection  that  seems  to  me  to  be  a  strong  one  to 
this,  is  the  manner  in  which  the  Sections  are  to  be  formed.  Now,  the 
object  of  this  one  was  to  form  an  association  of  river  and  harbor  engi- 
neers ;  it  was  proposed  by  a  number  of  gentlemen  engaged  on  the  Mis- 
sissippi River,  and  this  section  was  drawn  up  by  Mr.  McMath.  And 
they  have  drawn  up  a  constitution  for  a  Society  of  River  and  Harbor 
Engineers,  but  i^roposed,  before  forming  that  Society  actually,  to  sub- 
mit this  section  to  the  Society,  so  that,  as  some  of  them  were  members  of 
this  Society— not  all— they  could  work  under  the  charter  of  the  Ameri- 
can Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  which  would  be  the  best  way  ;  and  they 
would  not  form  a  separate  society,  and  the  American  Society  of  Civil 
Engineers  would  publish  their  papers.  Now,  the  river  and  harbor  engi- 
neers are  scattered  pretty  well  over  this  country. 

On  motion,  a  recess  for  lunch  was  taken  to  half-past  two. 


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The  session  of  the  Annual  Meeting  was  re.sumed  at  2:30  p.m.;  Vice- 
President  William  H.  Paine  in  the  chair  ;  John  Bogart,  Secretary. 

The  Secretary  announced  the  programme  of  the  excursions  of  the 
Society  for  the  next  d^y  and  for  the  reception  in  the  evening. 

The  Report  of  the  Committee  on  the  Preservation  of  Timber  was  then 
presented. 


REPORT   OF   THE  COMMITTEE  ON  THE   PRESERVATION   OF 

TIMBER. 

To  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  : 

The  Committee  on  the  "Preservation  of  Timber"  has  collected  a 
large  mass  of  information. 

This  is  so  voluminous  that  the  Committee  has  not  yet  had  time  to 
analyze  it  carefully  and  to  write  a  report.  It  will  do  so  as  soon  as  the 
press  of  other  engagements  permits,  and  meanwhile  asks  the  indulgence 
of  the  Society. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

O.  Chanute,  Clmirman. 

B.  M.  Harkod,       1 

G.  BOUSCAKEN, 

E.  R  Andrews,      | 

E.  W.  BowT)iTCH,  \  Committee. 

G.  H.  Mendell,     I 

C.  Shaler  Smith,  | 
J.  W.  Putnam,       J 

On  motion,  the  report  was  accepted,  and  the  Committee  continued. 

The  Secretary  announced  that  Mr.  F.  W.  Gilbert,  C.  E.  of  the  North- 
ern Pacific  Railroad,  was  present,  and  desired,  through  the  Secretary,  to 
repeat  the  invitation  that  the  next  Convention  should  be  held  at  Min- 
neapolis or  St.  Paul.  He  presented  for  inspection  of  members  a  num- 
ber of  photographic  views  of  scenery  on  the  Northern  Pacific  Railroad. 

The  Chair.— We  will  now  resume  the  discussion  on  the  proposed 
amendment  to  the  Constitution.      The  Secretary  will  please  read  it  as 

proposed. 

The  proposed  amendment  was  read,  and  also  the  amendment  as 
offered  by  Mr.  Haight  (printed  above). 

Mr.  CoLiiiNGWOOD.  -If  any  gentleman  is  present  who  can  do  so,  will 
he  be  kind  enough  to  explain  the  object  of  the  original  amendment? 
That  has  not  yet  been  brought  to  the  knowledge  of  the  meeting. 

Mr.  Croes.-  The  Secretary  is  not  here,  I  beheve,  at  tliis  moment. 
This  amendment  was  accompanied  by  a  letter  from  Mr.  Robert  E.  Mc- 
Math,  Member  of  the  Society,  of  St.  Louis,  who  stated  that  it  had  been 


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intended  to  form  a  Society  of  River  and  Harbor  Engineers.  A  constitu- 
tion and  by-laws  had  been  drawn  up,  and  many  members  had  been 
secured,  but  as  a  great  many  of  them  are  members  of  our  Society,  they 
desired  to  act  in  concert,  not  in  opposition  to  the  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers  ;  to  establish  this  branch  society,  as  it  were,  of  the 
American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  devoted  to  the  discussion  of  the 
questions  which  especially  interested  these  gentlemen,  namely,  river 
and  harbor  engineering  ;  and,  in  order  to  accomplish  that  object,  they 
desired  the  2>assage  of  a  general  law  covering  not  only  their  case,  bu.t  the 
case  of  any  twenty  or  more  gentlemen  connected  with  the  Society  who 
desired  to  have  an  opj^ortunity  to  discuss  their  own  special  branch  of 
engineering  at  any  time  that  they  saw  fit. 

The  Secretaky. — I  have  here  from  Mr.  Robert  E.  McMath  a  discus- 
sion of  this  proposed  amendment,  which  he  asks  me  to  submit  on  account 
of  the  inability  of  himself  or  others  of  the  proposers  to  be  present. 

Mr.  R.  E.  McMath  (through  the  Secretary). — A  statement  of  the 
origin  of  this  amendment  will,  I  think,  furnish  a  strong  argument  for 
its  adoption. 

A  number  of  engineers  who  were  interested  in  a  particular  line  of 
work  and  its  related  topics,  proposed  to  form  a  special  society.  In  can- 
vassing the  subject,  it  appeared  that  some,  who  were  members  of  the 
American  Society,  jiroposed,  if  the  suggested  organization  was  formed, 
to  terminate  that  membership.  Others,  not  now  members,  seemed  to 
think  that  all  the  real  advantages  of  association  would  be  realized  in  the 
special  society.  Thus  it  appeared  that  to  form  an  independent  organi- 
zation would  to  some  extent  be  contrary  to  the  interests  of  the  general 
society.  Several  of  the  promotei's  of  the  movement  thought  it  well  to 
avoid  this  danger,  believing  it  practicable  to  effect  all  the  ends  desired 
by  the  proposed  organization  under  the  Constitution  of  the  American 
Society,  if  the  latter  was  so  amended  as  to  allow  those  specially  inter- 
ested in  any  bi'anch  of  the  profession  to  form  sections  or  subdivisions. 
It  also  seemed  probable  that  the  desire  for  special  facilities  which  actu- 
ated us  would  sooner  or  later  lead  others  to  similar  action.  We  think  it 
would  be  better  to  forego  the  presumed  advantages  of  special  organiza- 
tion rather  than  begin  a  process  of  disintegration,  and  we  propose  this 
new  article  as  inaugurating  a  policy  which  will  draw  men  into,  and  not 
from,  the  general  society. 

More  general  reasons  may  be  added  to  the  foregoing  : 

1.  Recognition  of  sections  would  increase  the  interest  of  members 
and  incite  them  to  activity  by  bringing  into  closer  contact  those  who 
have  similar  experience  and  studies.     Attrition  produces  heat. 

2.  Paper.s  presented  through  the  medium  of  sections  would  probably 
be  prepared  with  increased  care,  and  discussions  would  doubtless  be 
fuller  than  now.  As  a  result,  the  value  of  the  Transactions  would  be 
increased . 


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3.  At  Conventions,  meeting  by  sections  would  enable  more  jiapers  to 
be  read  and  discussed,  also  would,  by  variety  of  programme,  enable  those 
iu  attendance  to  choose  what  they  will  hear.  As  a  result,  more  will 
attend,  for  they  will  see  prospect  of  gain  in  professional  knowledge,  each 
in  his  own  line,  and  at  the  same  time  to  enjoy  the  social  features  and 
visits  to  works  and  wonders,  which  properly  form  a  large  part  of  Conven- 
tion programmes. 

4.  To  these  gains  we  may  add  that  activity  in  the  several  lines  will 
be  an  attraction  that  will  draw  the  whole  body  of  the  profession  to  seek 
membership  in  some  class,  for  they  will  find  that  they  cannot  afford  to 
stay  out;  consequently,  growth  of  the  Society  in  numbers  and  in- 
fluence. 

Mr.  Haight.— I  think  that  all  of  the  advantages  enumerated  in  these 
articles  would  be  as  well  derived  from  the  formation  of  sections  accord- 
ing to  the  amendments  that  I  have  proposed,  by  striking  out  the  words 
"  of  a  special  branch,"  letting  any  paper  upon  any  branch  of  engineering 
come  properly  before  such  section.  It  Avould  seem  to  be  more  consistent 
with  the  character  of  our  Society  to  have  it  so  that  any  members  of  the 
Society  who  are  residents  of  the  place  of  meeting  of  one  of  those  sec- 
tions, should  properly  be  members  of  that  section,  and  should  be  able  to 
present  any  papers  upon  engineering  subjects  to  that  section,  with  all 
the  advantages  we  should  derive  in  that  way,  and  without  serious  disad- 
vantage. That  might  be  advocated  by  those  favoring  the  formation  of 
such  a  section. 

Mr.  Croes.— I  think  there  are  a  great  many  places  in  the  United 
States  where  it  would  not  be  possible  to  form  a  section  under  the  provi- 
sions of  the  amendment  offered  by  Mr.  McMath,  but  Avhere  it  would  be 
possible  to  form  a  separate  society,  which  Avas  open  to  the  discussion  of 
any  subject.  For  that  reason,  if  the  proposed  amendment  of  Mr. 
McMath  is  approved  by  this  meeting,  it  would  seem  to  me  to  be  well  to 
amend  it  by  leaving  out  the  special  provision,  as  Mr.  Haight  recom- 
mended. I  am  not  entirely  clear  as  to  the  advisability  of  the  sectional 
arrangement,  at  any  rate. 

Mr.  Shinn. — The  amendment,  as  then  amended,  would  not  prevent  a 
section  being  formed  relating  only  to  a  special  branch.  It  would  admit 
of  that,  or  of  a  section  covering  all  branches.  I  would  like  to  ask  the 
question,  however,  whether  it  is  the  design  of  the  amendment  to  provide 
that  only  members  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  can  be- 
come members  of  such  section?  The  amendment,  as  drawn,  seems  to  me  to 
be  a  little  doubtful  on  that  point.  It  says  that  twenty  or  more  members 
may  form  a  section,  but  it  is  only  by  a  remote  implication  that  it  conveys 
the  idea  that  they  may  not  afterwards  take  in  members  who  were  not 
members  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  ;  and  that  should 
either  be  provided  for  explicitly,  or  else  it  should  be  stated  that  the  con- 
stitution should  be  subject  to  the  approval  of  this  Society.     But  I  think 


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it  -would  be  better  to  state  it  explicitly  —to  be  composed  exclusively  of 
members  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers. 

That  question,  it  may  be  remembered  by  a  good  many  of  the  mem- 
bers, was  very  thoroughly  discussed  at  the  Louisville  Convention,  in 
1873,  under  a  resolution  that  had  previously  been  offered,  and  the  com- 
mittee formed  to  consider  it  reported  at  that  Convention  on  the  sub- 
ject of  the  formation  of  what  Avere  then  called  "chapters."  That 
difficulty  arose  as  to  allowing  these  local  societies  to  take  in  members 
who  were  not  first  made  members  of  the  American  Society.  It  seems  to 
me  that,  while  this  amendment  is  silent  on  that  point,  if  it  is  approved 
at  all,  it  ought  to  be  apijroved  in  such  form  as  would  not  leave  that  open 
to  doubt. 

Mr.  NoKTH. — I  would  like  to  ask  the  Chair  if  there  is  anything  in  the 
Constitution  now  that  prevents  members  getting  together  and  reading 
papers  at  any  meeting? 

The  Chate. — There  is  nothing  prohibiting  it  that  I  know  of. 

Mr.  North. — I  don't  know  what  more  they  want. 

General  G.  S.  Greene. — They  want  it  published  in  our  Proceedings. 

Mr.  North. — I  understand  any  paper  read  before  our  Society  is 
published. 

Mr.  J.  P.  Davis.— I  should  think  from  the  letter  of  Mr.  McMath 
that  he  intends  to  have  others  than  members  of  this  Society,  members 
of  the  local  society. 

The  Secretary. — I  think,  from  a  jjersoual  conversation  with  Mr. 
McMath,  that  he  does  not  propose  to  have  anybody  members  of  these 
sections  except  members  of  the  Society. 

Mr.  J.  P,  Daat:s. — In  his  letter  he  speaks  of  those  who  projaosed 
forming  societies  not  being  members  of  our  Society. 

The  Secretary. — What  he  said  to  me  was  that  he  knew  that  these 
members  would  immediately  become  members  of  this  Society. 

Mr.  Croes. — Suppose  they  could  not  come  in  V 

The  Secretary. — Th^n  they  could  not  be  members  of  that  local 
society.  We  have  invited  men  here  who  were  not  members.  They  can- 
not vote.  They  cannot  call  themselves  members  of  the  Society.  We 
are  exclusive,  if  we  choose  to  be  exclusive,  but  at  manv  of  the  interest- 
ing discussions  that  we  have  had — even  at  the  last  discussion  upon  the 
paper  which  will  be  in  order  for  discussion  this  afternoon — there  were 
men  here  who  were  not  members  of  our  Society,  who,  by  invitation  of 
the  presiding  officer,  took  part  in  the  discussions.  We  have  published 
papers  in  our  Transactions  not  by  members  of  the  Society.  We  have 
published  discussions  on  technical  papers  by  persons  who  are  not  mem- 
bers. 

Mr.  Croes  — Then  what  is  the  advantage  of  this  projjosed  amend- 
ment ?  Has  not  everybody  connected  with  the  Society  the  same  privi- 
lege now  that  he  would  have  under  this  amendment  ? 


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Mr.  J.  P.  Davis.— No  ;  the  papers  are  to  be  read  before  the  local 
society  and  then  published  here. 

General  G.  S.  Greene  .  —I  would  like  to  ask  a  question .  As  I  under- 
stand, this  amendment  is  proposed  to  meet  local  interests,  that  is,  en- 
gineers who  cannot  attend  the  meetings  here,  and  who  want  to  meet  for 
discussion . 

Mr.  North.— Is  there  anything  in  the  Constitution  that  prevents 
twenty  members  of  this  Society,  who  may  be  residents  at  Chicago  or  St. 
Louis,  from  meeting,  from  listening  to  a  paper,  from  discussing  it,  and 
then  sending  the  paper  here  with  this  discussion  and  having  it  published 
in  our  Proceedings,  under  the  usual  restrictions  ?  That  is  what  they 
propose  to  do.  Why  can't  they  do  as  they  choose— send  the  paper  here 
and  let  us  jDublish  it  ? 

The  Secretakt.  — The  only  point  in  answer  to  that  is  :  These  gentle- 
men have  been  talking  to  me,  and  I  feel  it  proper  that  I  should,  in  a 
certain  sense,  represent  them.  The  answer  to  that  is  what  has  been  sug- 
gested just  now  by  a  gentleman  in  another  part  of  the  room.  That  is  to 
say,  papers  to  be  published  here  are  to  be  read  here  at  meetings  of  the 
Society,  or  at  the  Conventions.  Now,  gentlemen  who  are  interested  in 
the  improvements  of  the  Mississippi  River,  which  these  particular  gentle- 
men are  specially  interested  in — the  improvement  of  the  rivers  of  the 
West— cannot  come  to  New  York  for  that  purpose  very  well.  They 
want  to  have  discus.sion  of  papers  upon  their  special  lines  of  engineering, 
which  discussions  can  be  had  there,  at  St,  Louis,  for  instance,  or  other 
points,  and  where  men  who  are  immediately  in  the  line  of  that  sort  of 
engineering  can  be  present  and  take  part.  They  have  sent  some 
of  their  papers  to  this  Society  ;  they  have  been  read  at  meetings  of 
this  Society  ;  they  have  been  very  little  discussed.  If  they  had  been 
read  before  a  number  of  engineers  actively  engaged  in  the  improvement 
of  the  rivers  of  the  West,  they  would  have  been  actively  discussed. 
Now,  they  say,  we  don't  want  to  get  out  of  the  Society  ;  we  don't  want 
to  form  an  organization  to  do  it.  But  we  feel  this  need  ;  discussing  a 
thing  a  thousand  miles  off  is  a  very  diflficult  thing  to  do.  Now,  why  don't 
you  give  us  this  sanction  to  go  on,  as  a  section  of  the  Society,  and 
discuss  these  questions?  Then  we  send  them  to  you.  Your  Publication 
Committee  takes  them  ;  it  is  expressly  provided  that  they  shall  be  pub- 
lished only  under  the  regulations  of  the  Society.  They  claim  that  it  will 
add  to  the  interest  of  the  publications  of  our  Society  if  they  can  only 
have  this  privilege.  And  I  mean  to  say  that  it  is  really  a  fact,  that  it  is 
an  earnest  desire  on  the  part  of  these  men,  that  I  feel  is  true,  to  increase 
the  membership  and  usefulness  and  extent  of  this  Society,  rather  than  to 
fritter  it  away  by  a  lot  of  small  organizations.  Whether  they  are  right 
or  not  in  their  method  of  getting  at  it,  is  another  question.  But  they  do 
feel  that  they  are  interested  in  special  lines  of  engineering,  and  that 
large  numbers  of  engineers  who  are  so  interested  cannot  come  to  New 


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York  to  discuss  these  matters,  and  they  say  they  would  like  to  discuss 
these  questions,  and  discuss  them  to  a  certain  extent  under  the  feeling 
that  they  are  doing  it  as  members  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engi- 
neers. In  answer  to  the  points  suggested  as  to  the  methods  of  the  Eng- 
lish society,  they  say  that  it  is  a  very  different  thing  ;  the  members  of  that 
Society  can  very  easily  come  from  any  part  of  England  to  London,  the  cap- 
ital ;  it  is  a  short  distance  ;  but  we  cannot  come  from  Chicago  here  ;  we 
cannot  come  from  St.  Louis  here.  They  say  they  certainly  have  no  in- 
tention to  change  the  power  of  the  Society  in  its  general  organization  to 
control  its  own  affairs  in  any  way  ;  they  claim  that  absolutely.  There  is 
certainly  an  amount  of  credit  to  be  given  to  their  honesty  in  this  matter. 
I  do  not  think  they  want  anything  else.  If  they  want  to  form  a  separate 
society,  they  can  do  it;  but  they  say  they  don't  want  to,  and  we  must 
give  them  the  credit  of  honesty  in  the  matter.  It  is  decidedly  a  different 
thing  from  the  suggestion  made  two  or  three  years  ago,  which  was  dis- 
cussed so  largely  and  Avhich  was  not  carried,  to  form  Chapters  of  the 
Society.  And  then  the  question  was,  how  was  it  possible  to  form  Chap- 
ters of  the  Society  which  should  not  have  the  power  of  admitting  mem- 
bers, and  yet  whicli  should  keep  successful?  The  Society  made  "up  its 
mind  at  that  time  that  it  could  not  be  done.  It  was  earnestly  discussed, 
but  on  the  whole  it  was  decided  there  was  no  way  to  do  it.  Now,  they 
particularly  say  they  don't  want  to  have  the  slightest  privilege  in 
regard  to  the  admission  of  members .  All  they  want  is  the  power  to  go 
on,  under  the  direction  of  the  Society,  to  meet  together  and  discuss 
these  questions.  It  is  true  that  they  can  do  that  this  moment,  but  then 
they  won't  be  doing  it  at  all  as  of  this  Society.  If  they  send  their  papers 
here,  if  they  do  that,  then  the  answer  would  be,  why  you  read  this  paper 
previously  before  a  lot  of  people  ;  it  is  not  new,  because  it  was  not  origi- 
nally presented  to  this  Society.     That  is  all. 

General  G.  S.  Gkeene. — They  propose  more  than  really  asking  that 
their  papers  be  recorded  here.  They  ask  their  transactions,  which  they 
cannot  do  under  the  present  organization.  Their  transactions,  of 
course,  include  their  debates  and  discussions,  which  may  be  very  exten- 
sive, and  all  I  j^ropose  is,  that  the  publication  of  these  transactions  shall 
be  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Direction.  I  propose  to  make  an 
amendment  to  that  effect. 

Mr.  Cooper. — I  think  that  in  this  discussion  of  this  question  of 
sections,  two  things  are  to  be  considered — the  section  by  locality 
and  the  section  by  specialties.  Forming  a  section  for  the  dis- 
cussion of  harbor  and  river  improvements  is  entirely  a  different 
thing  from  forming  a  section  to  have  it  at  St.  Louis  or  New  Or- 
leans, or  any  other  point.  They  are  two  different  things.  I  believe 
thoroughly  in  both  of  them — both  in  sections  by  localities  and  in 
sections  by  specialties.  But  to  discuss  the  matter  thoroughly  it  seems 
to  me  we  should  keep  each  of  them  separately  in  view.   By  local  sections, 


tlie  members  of  our  Society  have  tlie  opportunity  of  coming  together 
and  thoroughly  discussing  any  subject  they  desire.  They  should  have 
the  right  also  of  admitting  as  many  members  of  that  section  as  they 
please,  regardless  of  being  members  of  our  Society.  Such  admission  does 
not  give  them  any  rights  in  our  Society,  but  simply  gives  them  the  right 
in  the  section  to  discuss  any  papers  that  come  before  that  section,  we,  as  a 
Society,  getting  the  benefit  of  that  discussion.  That  is  part  of  the  object 
of  our  Society— to  get  information  from  all  parts,  from  every  person. 
We  would  get  the  benefit  of  that.  Such  members  would  have  no  rights 
in  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers.  They  would  not  even  be 
entitled  to  our  publications,  but  we  would  get  the  benefit  of  their  being 
members  of  these  sections.  In  addition,  a  section  by  specialties  would 
have  great  advantages,  because  any  subject  of  a  particular  character 
would  be  brought  before  the  men  who  are  competent,  or  supposed  to  be 
competent,  to  discuss  that  matter,  instead  of  throwing  it  open  for  a 
general  discussion,which  frequently  crowds  out  the  very  ones  who  should 
discuss  the  subject.  Now  it  seems  to  me,  in  discussing  this  subject,  we 
should  consider  whether  this  is  a  proposition  for  sections  by  location, 
or  sections  by  subjects. 

The  Chair.— The  proposed  amendment  which  we  are  now  speaking 
of,  seems  to  change  it. 

Mr.  Cooper.— The  amendment  as  originally  proposed,  as  I  read  it, 
simply  divides  the  Society  into  sections  by  special  subjects.  It  has 
nothing  to  do  with  locality,  but  Mr.  Haight's  amendment  changed  the 
character  altogether,  and  makes  it  sections  by  location.  That  is  the 
vital  point,  it  seems  to  me,  in  the  whole  subject. 

Mr.  Egleston.— It  is  true,  as  has  been  said  by  the  Secretary,  that 
this  country  is  greater  than  any  other  country  in  the  world,  on  account 
of  its  greater  extent.  In  older  countries  you  can  get  access  to  the  capital 
in  a  few  hours.  It  is  very  clear  that  members  of  this  Society,  if  they 
were  members  in  San  Francisco,  ought  to  be  allowed  to  discuss  the  engi- 
neering points  which  are  of  interest  there;  they  ought  to  be  allowed  not 
only  to  read  papers,  but  to  discuss  the  matter,  and  then,  when  that  has 
been  done,  that  discussion  and  these  papers  could  easily  be  sent  here 
and  be  read  by  title  and  be  part  of  the  discussion  of  the  Society.  If  you 
cut  off"  a  member  in  San  Francisco  from  hearing  it  discussed  by  members 
in  the  vicinity,  and  who  know  most  of  the  details,  and  require  him  to 
read  it  here,  where  there  may  be  no  discussion  on  it  at  all,  it  seems  to  me 
you  cut  off  a  great  deal  of  useful  knowledge.  I  think  by  a  very  simple 
amendment— I  am  not  prepared  to  offer  it— if  we  allow  members  to  go 
on  and  discuss  subjects  to  them  locally  interesting,  and  then  have  the 
paper  forwarded  here  and  read  by  title,  you  would  have  accomplished  all 
that  is  desired  in  both  these  amendments. 

Mr.  Ckoes.— There  are  a  great  many  papers  published  already  which 
are  never  read.     The  majority  of  the  papers  published,  I  might  almost 


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say,  are  not  read  in  full  at  the  meetings,  so  that  there  is  nothing  to  be 
gained  by  making  any  more  written  law  on  the  subject. 

Mr.  Egleston. — The  discussion  of  the  paper  is  often  very  much  more 
interesting  than  the  paper  itself. 

Mr.  Ckoes. — Very  much  more. 

Mr.  J.  P.  Davis. — Do  you  submit  papers  to  be  read  in  the  Society 
which  have  been  read  elsewhere  ? 

Mr.  Croes, — No,  sir. 

Mr.  J.  P.  Davis. — Then,  that  is  the  point.  They  want  to  read  their 
papers  elsewhere,  and  send  them  here  to  be  published, 

Mr.  Cedes. — Papers  that  have  been  read  before  other  societies,  and 
not  published  elsewhere,  could  be  published  here  perfectly  well.  The 
important  point  in  the  thing  is,  as  I  understand  it,  that  we  demand 
priority  of  publication  of  any  papers  presented  to  the  Society.  If  these 
local  sections  are  to  have  the  papei's  reported  in  the  local  press  and  pub- 
lished in  the  papers  there,  that  would  be  a  publication  in  advance,  which 
would  render  it  ineligible  for  publication  by  our  Society.  The  same 
point  I  take  with  regard  to  the  publication  complete  of  papers  that  are 
read  here  and  might  be  given  to  a  local  paper  to  publish  before  publica- 
tion by  the  Society.  As  a  member  or  chairman  of  the  Library  Commit- 
tee, I  should  vote  always  against  the  publication  by  the  Society  of  any 
paper  in  such  a  case. 

Mr.  CoiiLiNGWooD. — When  this  matter,  in  a  little  different  form,  was 
up  before  us  five  or  six  years  ago,  I  was  then  opposed  to  the  action. 
Since  that  time  I  think  circumstances  have  changed  very  materially  ;  we 
are  now  in  a  stronger  position  than  we  were  then,  and  we  can  afford  to 
be  more  liberal.  We  do  know  that  some  of  these  local  societies  that 
have  been  formed  since  then,  are  doing  a  good  work  ;  and  that  some  of 
the  papers  they  are  publishing,  are  ones  we  would  be  glad  to  have  in  our 
Proceedings.  It  seems  to  me  we  should  endeavor  to  secure  for  our  pub- 
lication that  class  of  papers  which  have  been  read  elsewhere,  some  of 
them  exceedingly  good.  In  my  mind  it  is  very  desirable  to  do  it.  I  do 
not  know  what  is  the  best  way  exactly.  We  might  not  hit  on  the  best 
way  first,  but  certainly  it  is  a  good  idea  to  make  an  entering  wedge,  and 
see  what  can  be  done  hereafter. 

Mr.  BoLLER. — It  is  a  good  thing  for  this  Society  to  take  a  broad  and 
liberal  view  of  this  matter.  Most  old  members  will  remember  the  time 
when  we  had  our  old  quarters  in  William  Street.  The  great  difficulty 
was  to  make  the  members  take  a  broad  American  idea  of  the  Society,  and 
the  Society  was  growing  fast  to  be  simply  a  local  New  York  Society. 
Every  effort  was  made  in  all  sorts  of  ways  to  interest  the  members  be- 
yond the  influence  of  New  York;  a  great  many  resignations  came  in; 
they  said  they  knew  nothing  about  the  Society,  they  got  no  benefit  from 
it,  and  finally  the  idea  of  the  peripatetic  annual  conventions  was  settled 
upon.    And  from  that  day  the  Society  has  become  what  it  is.    The  whole 


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strenRth  of  the  Society  lias  arisen  from  the  idea  of  making  the  interest  of 
the  engineers  of  the  country  a  common  one.  And  that  was  done  by  moving 
from  point  to  point  once  a  year,  and  getting  together  and  developing  the 
social  idea  and  exchanging  scientific  information.  It  was  absolutely 
necessary  on  account  of  the  vast  differences  in  points  of  habitation,  and 
the  importance  of  engineers  coming  together. 

Tins  sectional  idea  is  another  step  in  the  same  direction,  and  the  gen- 
eral  principle  of  it  I  am  in  full  sympathy  with.  I  do  not  see  exactly 
that  the  amendment  proposed  covers  just  what  we  want  to  do,  but  I  be- 
lieve it  is  on  the  right  Une,  and  from  the  material  --.^^^/^^J^^,^^  .J^/^^ 
original  proposition  and  the  amendment  and  discussion  I  think  that  an 
efficient  working  amendment  can  be  framed  to  meet  the  needs  of  all 
hose  gentlemen  that  are  at  a  distance  from  New  York,  and  still  closer 
b  nd  the  Society  all  over  the  country,  and  make  it  more  national  even 
than  t  is  now.  'l  think,  probably,  the  best  plan  would  be  to  appoints 
committee  to  take  this  material  and  see  if  they  can  draft  a  series  of  reso 
lutions  or  draft  an  amendment  that  would  meet  the  objections  that  have 
been  urged-and  there  are  objections  in  the  present  crude  form- and 
p  esent  to  the  Society  in  the  course  of  fifteen  or  twenty  mmutes-I  think 
ft  can  be  done-an  amendment  that  wiU  meet  the  views  o  aU  parties 
in  reference  to  this,  and  have  the  section  idea  worked  up  in  the  direction 
that  is  proposed.  I  move,  therefore,  that  these  amendments  and  orig- 
na  propXnbe  referred  to  a  committee,  to  report  within  fifteen  or 
twentv  minutes  to  the  Society  a  complete  amendment  for  consideration. 
I  thi^k  no  objections  can  be  made,  and  then  we  can  get  through  it  a 
great  deal  quicker. 

Mr  Shinn.— I  second  that  motion. 

The  Chair.-How  many  do  you  ask  on  the  committee  ? 
Mr  BoLLEE.— A  committee  of  five. 

The  CHAiB.-It  is  moved  and  seconded  that  this  matter  be  referred  to 
a  committee  of  five,  to  report  before  we  adjoui-n. 

The  motion  being  put  to  the  vote,  was  unanimously  carried 
The  Chair  -I  appoint  as  such  committee  :    Messrs.   Bollei,   TN  .   W. 
Walker,  Macdonald,  Cooper  and  Charles  H.  Fisher. 

(This  committee  then  retired.)  ,  rr,    x      r  oi.     „ 

The  Ch^  -The  present  condition  of  the  subject  of  Tests  of  Struc- 
tiJlMaterials  was  leLrred  to  in  the  report  of  the  Boai-d  of  Direction. 
That  subject  is,  by  request,  now  open  for  discussion. 

M  .  M  CHA^xI-I  only  want  to  say  a  very  few  words  on  this  matte  . 
and  that  simply  in  a  practical  direction.  You  may,  P-^^^^' ^^^^^ 
the  circumstances  under  which  the  present  law  was  passed  It  was  a 
the  Convltion  in  Washington,  at  a  time  when  the  Society  felt  xtseU 
eallv  pledged  to  a  bill  that  at  that  time  appeared  to  ^--^^  ^Y'^'^'ni 
of  bein.  passed.  In  the  hurry  of  the  session,  however,  that  bill  was  no 
tor^?r  reached.     There  was.  however,  a  feeling  that  somethmg  ought, 


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to  be  clone  at  once  to  bring  about  this  so  much  desired  end— the  use  of 
the  Government  machine  iit  Watertown  Arsenal—ia  the  interest  of  the 
profession.     The  official  representatives  of  the  Society  at  that  time  felt 
that  they  could  take  no  official  action  in  the  matter,  inasmuch  as  they 
Avere  pledged  with  the  other  societies  to  a  certain  course  of  action, 
namely:  the  support  of  the  bill  which  was  then  before  Congi-ess.     But 
I  believe  most  of  them  felt  that  as  individuals  they  could  do  what  to 
them  seemed  best  for  the  benefit  of  the  Society  and  the  profession. 
Accordingly,  at  the  closing  hours  of  the  session,  while  the  Army  Ap- 
propriation Bill  was  in  controversy,  the  present  provisions  of  law  were 
added  by  the  efforts  of  the  members  of  the  Society  who  were  then  in 
Washington,  aided  by  certain  CTOvernment  officials.     The  law  as  it  stands 
now  gives  national  recognition  to  the  American   Society  of  Civil  Engi- 
neers, and  that  is  a  permanent  law  ;  also  provides  that  any  programme 
of  test  which  they  may  submit  shall  be   duly  carried  out.     That  is  the 
law  as  it  stands.     That  year  the  appropriation  was  ten  thousand  dollars, 
which  had  been  the  usual  appropriation  for  several  years,  and  I  believe 
had  always  been  expended   in  what  was  then  the  legal  work  of   the 
machine,  and  I  presume  has  been  no  more  than  was  needed.     In  fact, 
there  was  always  more  asked,  but  it  was  not  obtained.     Now  a  new  duty 
is  devolved  by  law  upon  the  machine.  The  Board  of  Direction  have  done 
their  part  very  satisfactorily.      They  have  proposed  a  programme,  and  I 
understand  the  proper  Government  officials  have  been  communicated 
with,  and  I  believe  that  will  be  carried  out  so  far  as  the  means  at  hand 
will  permit.      The  Society  has  been  given,  by  law,   certain  privileges. 
The  law,  however,  has  not  provided  any  means  for  carrying  out  the 
Society's  programme,  and  I  believe  that  it  is  our  business  to  attempt  to 
provide  the  necessary  appropriation  to  carry  out  any  programme  that 
we  may  have  submitted,  or  that  we  may  hereafter  submit.     The  present 
Army  Bill,  in  which  this  matter  is  legislated  upon,  contains  the  same 
provision  that  it  has   always   contained,   namely  :    it   appropriates  ten 
thousand  dollars  for  the  care  and  preservation  of  the  machine,  and  for 
the  tests  of  structural  materials.     Now  remember  that  this  appropriation 
of  ten  thousand  dollars  is  not  a  specific  appropriation  to  carry  out  the 
programme   that  the  Society  submits,  but   it  is  intended  to  cover  all 
expenses  of  the  machine,  including  whatever  tests  the  Government  may 
require.     But  no  special  provision  is  made  for  this  new  work  that  has 
been  imposed  upon  the  machine.  The  present  Congress  becomes  funcius 
officio  on  the  fourth  day  of  March  next,  and  the  next  appropriation  will 
stand  until  the  30th  July,  1884.     The  next  Congress  in  its  long  session 
meets  in  December,  1883,  and  judging  by  the  past,  appropriation  bills 
will  not  be  reached  until  the  following  June.     That  brings  it  to  June, 
1884.     So  that  you  see,  if  any  money  is  required  to  carry  out  the  pro- 
visions, it  must  be  obtained   now,   for  otherwise  a  space  of  eighteen 
months  will  pass  without  any  appropriation  being  available.     I  would 


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suggest,  from  the  experience  of  the  past,  that  any  reasonable  amount 
of  money  that  the  Society  may  deem  necessary  to  carry  out  its  pro- 
gramme can  be  obtained  from  Congress,  and  I  think  it  is  our  business 
to  obtain  it.  I  woukl  suggest  that  the  Society  appoint  a  committee, 
and  for  reasons  that  are  probably  known  to  all  of  you  I  do  not  pro- 
pose to  make  that  motion,  but  I  think  it  would  be  well  to  appoint  a 
committee  whose  business  it  shall  be  to  appear  before  the  Appropriation 
Committee  of  the  Senate,  or  probably  the  Conference  Committee,  who 
shall  ask  for  an  appropriation  for  what  we  require,  namely  :  the  carry- 
ing out  of  the  programme  which  this  Society  may  submit.  I  think  it 
is  very  feasible  to  do  this.  This  is  a  very  economical  Congress  just 
at  present,  and  no  appropriations  are  made  that  are  not  in  strict 
accordance  with  the  law.  This  year  we  are  in  a  different  position 
from  the  last.  Last  year  any  legislation  we  asked  to  have  engrafted  in 
appropriation  bills  was  subject  to  the  point  of  order  that  it  was  not 
in  accordance  with  law.  Now,  however,  if  an  appropriation  of  five,  ten, 
fifteen  or  twenty  thousand  dollars— whatever  the  Society  should  deem 
proper— should  be  put  in  the  bill,  and  one  of  the  well-known  objectors 
in  the  House  or  Senate  should  raise  the  point  of  order,  that  there  was 
no  law  for  this,  the  supporters  of  the  bill  could  well  point  to  the 
law,  that  is  on  the  statute  at  present,  that  it  is  made  the  duty  of  the 
proper  Government  official  to  carry  out  the  programme  that  may  be 
submitted  by  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  and  that  this 
money  is  needed  to  carry  out  the  law.  I  think  I  have  made  the  matter 
plain.  I  think  it  requires  very  little  work,  and  the  work  that  the  Society 
expects  from  the  carrying  out  of  its  programme  will  really  be  jeopar- 
dized unless  the  necessary  funds  be  obtained. 

I  submit  that  a  committee  be  named,  whose  influence  will  be  stronger 
and  more  potent  than  the  individual  members  who  appeared  last  summer, 
and  who  obtained  the  legislation— a  committee  who  can  state  that  they 
represent  the  body  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  which 
Society  is  now  recognized  by  the  national  law.  And  that  is  the  reason 
I  suggest  that  a  committee  be  appointed  who  can  speak  in  the  name  of 
the  Society,  and  tell  the  gentlemen  in  Congress  that  the  Society  wants 

this  money. 

Mr.  Egleston.— I  think  it  is  the  duty  of  this  Society  now  to  follow 
up  the  idea  suggested  by  Captain  Michaelis,  and  that  was  part  of  the 
original  programme  of  the  Conference  Committee  in  Washington.  As 
Captain  Michaelis  does  not  desire  to  do  so,  I  therefore  make  a  motion 
that  a  committee  be  appointed  to  act  for  the  Society  in  this  matter. 

Mr.  J.  P.  DAVis.--Ought  not  that  motion  to  be  a  little  more  com- 
plete, specifying  the  number,  and  when  they  shall  be  appointed? 

Mr.  Michaelis.— I  mean  immediately. 

The  Chair.— I  wish  the  mover  of  that  motion  would  suggest  how- 
many  he  wants. 


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Mr.  Egleston. — A  committee  of  seven  I  suggest  should  be  appointed, 
and  that  the  committee,  if  necessary,  be  appointed  by  the  Board  of 
Direction  within  as  short  a  time  as  would  be  convenient. 

Mr.  MiCHAELis. — ^The  bill  is  now  in  the  Senate,  and  it  is  very  neces- 
sary whatever  is  to  be  done  should  be  done  quickly.  I  do  not  think  we 
have  over  two  weeks  to  do  the  work  in.  The  bill  has  passed  the  House 
without  any  special  appropriation  for  this  purpose.  It  is  now  in  the 
hands  of  the  Appropriation  Committee  of  the  Senate. 

Mr.  Egleston.— It  was  suggested  that  the  committee  be  appointed 
by  the  Chair  as  soon  as  practical.  I  think  it  would  be  better,  perhaps, 
for  the  Board  of  Direction  to  discuss  the  matter,  to  find  out  who  the 
members  are  that  would  be  most  likely  to  have  the  most  influence  in 
Washington. 

The  Chaie. — I  like  the  suggestion  that  the  Board  of  Direction  should 
make  the  appointments,  because  I  think  the  subject  of  canvassing  who 
could  best  go  to  Washington,  and  who  personally  had  the  most  influence 
at  Washington,  would  require  some  little  time.     I  like  that  form  best. 

The  Secketary. — The  Board  of  Direction  will,  by  law,  have  to  meet 
within  a  week,  and  I  suppose  that  action  can  be  taken  immediately. 

The  Chair. — It  is  moved  and  seconded,  then,  that  a  committee  be 
appointed  by  the  Board  of  Direction,  consisting  of  seven,  to  attend  to 
this  matter. 

On  being  put  to  a  vote,  the  motion  was  carried. 

The  Chair. — General  business  is  now  in  order.  Members  are  requested 
to  present  any  desired  business.  None  being  presented,  the  discussion 
upon  the  paper  by  William  P.  Shinn,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  "  The  In- 
creased Eflaciency  of  Railways  for  the  Transportation  of  Freight,"  will 
be  in  order. 

A  discussion  of  this  paper  by  Mr.  John  B.  Jervis,  Hon.  M.  Am.  Soc. 
C.  E. ,  was  then  read  by  the  Secretary. 

The  committee  to  report  upon  the  proposed  amendment  to  the  Con- 
stitution then  presented  its  report  through  the  Chairman,  Mr.  Boiler, 
as  follows  : 

The  committee,  to  whom  was  referred  the  original  amendment  of  the 
Constitution,  with  its  various  amendments,  would  respectfully  report  as 
follows  :  That  they  have  unanimously  and  heartily  agreed  upon  the  fol- 
lowing amendment,  and  they  have  done  so  with  as  catholic  a  spirit  as 
possible  to  advance  the  interests  of  the  Society,  and  to  protect  the  So- 
ciety in  all  needful  ways  in  its  composition,  control  and  dignity.  The 
amendment  they  propose  is  simply  a  small  change  on  that  originally 
proposed,  namely,  that  the  proposed  amendment  should  read  as  follows: 

Proposed  amendment. 

A  new  Article : 

Whenever  ten  or  more  memherB  of  the  Society  shall  signify  their  desire  to  form  a  Section. 
of  this  Society  for  the  advancement  of  Engineering  or  of  any  special  branch  thereof,  the  Board 


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of  Direction  shall  consider  such  application,  and  submit  it  with  an  expression  of  opinion  to 
the  Society  for  a  letter-ballot.  The  application  shall  be  granted  if  two-thirds  of  the  votes  be 
in  the  affirmative. 

Sections  authorized  as  above  shall  have  the  privilege  of  separate  meetings  for  reading  of 
papers  and  discussions  at  times  and  places  determined  by  themselves,  but  may  not  assume  to 
transact  business  in  the  name  of  the  Society. 

The  transactions  of  such  Sections  may  be  published  by  the  Society  under  the  usual  regu- 
lations; but  no  expense  other  than  for  such  publication  shall  be  borne  by  the  Society. 

Mr.  Shinn. — I  move  that  the  report  be  acceiited,  and  that  the  com- 
jnittee  be  discharged. 

Mr.  Cooper. — I  second  the  motion. 
The  motion  was  adopted. 

General  G.  S.  Greene. — I  move  that  the  amendment  as  reported  be 
recommended  by  the  Annual  Meeting  for  adoption  by  the  Society. 

Mr.  Shinn.— I  second  that.  In  seconding  that  motion,  Mr.  Presi- 
dent, I  wish  to  endorse  what  Mr.  Boiler  has  so  well  said  in  regard  to 
broadening  instead  of  any  possible  narrowing  of  the  foundations  of  this 
Society.  The  important  change  that  he  referred  to  in  his  historical 
remarks,  of  adopting  peripatetic  conventions,  undoubtedly  laid  the 
foundation  for  the  present  prosperity  of  the  Society.  Many  of  the 
members  will  remember  that  in  1873  we  came  to  another  point  where 
there  vf&s  some  departure  necessary,  and  it  was  only  obtained  after  a 
very  considerable  struggle.  The  questions  then  of  admitting  non- 
resident members  to  a  voice  in  the  proceedings  of  the  Society  by  means 
of  the  letter- ballot,  and  tlie  question  of  a  monthly  publication  of   the 

transactions  instead  of  an  uncertain 

Mr.  BoLLEK. — Spasmodic. 

Mr.  Shinn.— A  publication  so  uncertain  and  irregular  that  we  never 
knew  whether  we  would  receive  two  or  three  papers  a  month  or  one  in 
three  months,  came  up  for  discussion,  and  were  very  warmly  discussed 
and  finally  adopted. 

I  knew  at  that  time  the  feeling  of  the  non-resident  members  on  these 
two  subjects.  They  felt  as  though  they  were  excluded  by  the  necessities 
of  their  situation  from  personally  participating  in  the  meetings  that 
Avere  held  in  New  York  twice  a  month,  and  many  of  them,  by  their 
remoteness  from  the  place  that  might  be  selected  from  time  to  time  for 
the  Annual  Convention,  were  prevented  from  even  attending  that, 
except  at  rare  intervals.  The  number  of  members  that  we  had  in  attend- 
ance at  the  conventions  was  rarely  over  fifty  or  sixty  out  of  a  member- 
ship at  that  time  of  some  three  hundred,  showing  that  a  very  large 
proportion  of  the  members  was  not  able  even  to  get  to  the  conventions. 
The  feeling  was  that  the  Society,  if  it  was  to  be  made  national,  should 
be  so  broadened  in  its  views,  in  its  aims,  and  in  its  efi"orts  as  to  include 
tliose  members  that  necessarily  resided  at  a  great  distance  from  the  City 
of  New  York. 

There  has  been  another  particular  in  which  it  has  always  seemed  to 


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me  the  policy  of  the  Society  has  been  narrow,  and  I  think  the  time  has 
come  now  to  broaden  that — the  question  of  the  piiblication  of  these 
papers.  It  was  for  a  long  time  held  that  no  periodical,  newspaper  or 
other  publication  should  be  allowed  to  publish  the  papers  of  the  Society. 
They  were  copyrighted;  they  might  be  quoted  from;  they  might  pub- 
lish portions  of  them;  but  the  papers  themselves  were  copyrighted,  and 
could  not  be  published  as  a  whole  in  any  other  publication.  Now, 
engineers,  as  well  as  other  people,  need  to  get  their  wares  before  the 
public;  their  wares  are  frequently  their  views — their  ideas;  and  as 
human  nature  is  very  much  the  same  everywhere,  and  very  much  the 
same  in  all  the  walks  of  life,  the  experiences  that  others  have  had  in 
getting  their  wares  before  the  public  are  certainly  not  to  be  ignored  by 
the  Society.  I  recollect  when  the  remark  was  made,  that  if  we  allow 
these  papers  to  be  published  in  other  publications  there  would  be  no 
inducement  for  people  to  become  members.  Now,  as  astute  a  man  as 
Barnum  has  found  it  to  his  advantage  to  parade  his  animals  and  his 
human  beings  all  through  the  town  where  he  was  going  to  show;  he  did 
not  hide  them  and  say,  "You  shan't  see  one  of  these  animals,  or  one 
of  these  peoj^le,  until  you  come  within  the  walls  of  my  tent."  He  has 
found  it  to  be  an  advantage  to  show  them,  and  to  let  the  people  see  he 
had  something  worth  showing.  He  has  found  that  by  that  means  he  has 
increased  the  attendance  at  the  show.  Now,  that  lesson  ought  not  to  be 
lost  in  this  Society.  In  the  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers  we  had  the 
same  question  up  a  wliile  ago.  At  that  time  they  had  a  publication,  and 
a  very  good  publication — -a  publication  of  very  high  standing — that  was 
allowed  to  publish  exclusively  the  papers  that  were  read  before  the 
Institute  of  Mining  Engineers;  and  the  question  came  up  whether  it 
would  not  be  best  to  allow  other  publications  to  spread  those  papers 
before  the  community,  and  it  was  decided  that  it  would  be  best,  and 
now  tliere  is  no  restriction.  Papers  that  are  read  before  the  Institute  of 
Mining  Engineers  are  allowed  to  be  published  in  any  paper  that  has  the 
enterprise  to  get  hold  of  them  and  set  them  up  in  type.  What  is  the 
result  ?  The  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers  is  the  strongest  society  that 
has  any  professional  leanings,  probably,  or,  perhaps,  the  next  strongest, 
in  the  United  States  today.  It  numbers  something  over  one  thousand 
members,  and  that  membership  has  increased  very  rapidly.  The  interest 
in  the  Institute  has  been  very  rapidly  developed  since  the  papers  have 
been  allowed  to  be  published  all  over  the  country. 

The  amendment  that  we  have  before  us  to-day  is  in  the  direction  of 
broadening  the  foundations  and  extending  the  uses  of  this  Society;  and, 
in  my  opinion,  it  ought  to  be  adopted.  The  amendments  that  the  com- 
mittee have  made,  I  think,  improve  it  over  the  form  in  which  it  was 
originally  submitted.  As  I  understand  the  form  in  which  the  committee 
recommended  it,  a  section  may  be  formed  for  any  purpose;  it  may  be 
devoted  exclusively  to  one  branch  of  engineering,  or  it  may  take  in  all 


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branches.  The  result  will  undoubtedly  be  to  increase  the  interest  that 
is  felt  in  this  Society,  in  the  papers  that  are  read  before  it,  and  in  the 
discussions  that  take  place  in  it.  Many  of  those  members  who  never  get 
to  a  meeting  of  the  Society  will  be  enabled  to  discuss  papers,  which  will 
afterwards  be  sent  here.  It  will  lead  to  free  discussion,  and  increase  the 
sum  of  human  knowledge  upon  the  subjects  that  this  Society  takes  cog- 
nizance of,  and  it  seems  to  me  that  that  is  what  we  are  here  for. 

Mr.  BoLLER.— It  may  be  a  little  irreverent,  but  I  want  to  criticise 
one  remark  of  Mr.  Shinn,  made  in  regard  to  the  Institute  of  Mining 
Engineers  being  the  most  flourishing  society  in  this  country.  It  is  a 
flourishing  society,  but  this  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  is 
the  only  society  I  know  of  that  has  a  qualification  for  membership. 
I  am  a  member  of  the  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers.  I  don't  know 
why,  but  I  suppose  because  I  was  proposed  and  elected.  I  know  noth- 
ing about  mining,  and  if  the  method  of  electing  members  in  that  society 
was  the  same  as  it  is  here  I  would  not  be  eligible  for  membership.  So 
that,  in  my  way  of  thinking,  I  consider  the  present  membership  of  the 
American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  its  qualifications  for  membership, 
and  the  method  of  investigation  of  parties  applying  for  membership, 
puts  it,  par  excellence,  over  all  societies.  I  only  rise  to  make  the 
antithesis  to  the  form  of  what  Mr.  Shinn  said  in  regard  to  the  Institute 
of  Mining  Engineers. 

Mr.  Shinn.— I  did  not  wish  to  be  understood  as  making  any  com- 
parison between  the  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers  and  this  Society 
whatever.  I  referred  merely  to  the  growth  of  the  Society  as  stimulated 
by  a  certain  policy,  and  that  Society  five  years  ago  was  weaker  than  this 
in  point  of  numbers,  and  at  this  time  it  numbers  not  quite  double,  but  I 
think  the  membership  is  very  nearly  up  to  eleven  hundred.  That  was 
the  only  point  I  wished  to  call  attention  to— that  that  Society  had 
found  it  to  its  interest  to  adopt  a  liberal  policy  in  regard  to  this  matter 
of  publishing  its  papers,  and  I  think  that  this  Society  would  not  suffer 
from  a  similar  broadening  of  its  foundation  and  of  its  methods. 

Professor  DeVolson  Wood.— I  would  like,  if  I  had  time  to  study  the 
question,  to  say  some  words  particularly  in  regard  to  this  question  of 
publication.  My  first  impressions  in  regard  to  this  proposition  were  un- 
favorable, but  I  cannot  speak  very  sharply  or  positively  in  regard  to  it, 
because  I  have  not  got  the  full  import  of  it.  I  have  not  looked  at  it  as 
other  members  have.  I  will  only  indicate  very  briefly  how  it  impresses 
me.  It  looks  first  rather  like  a  disintegration  than  otherwise.  I  do  not 
see  the  necessity  of  the  permit.  I  do  not  see  what  is  to  prevent  them, 
or  a  dozen  persons  anywhere,  forming  a  society  and  discussing  a  paper, 
either  here  or  elsewhere.  But  as  these  opinions  may  have  been  well 
considered,  and  properly,  and  my  impressions  improperly  founded,  I  will 
say  no  more  than  throw  them  out.  But  it  gives  me  an  opportunity  to 
bring  forward  an  item  that  I  would  have  brought  forward  when  the 


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Chairman  asked  for  miscellaneous  business  if  I  had  not  been  a  very 
timid  man,  so  I  will  bring  it  up  under  this  head.  It  lias  occurred  to  me 
that  possibly  this  Society  could  spread  its  benefits  widei%  and  be  a  greater 
impetus  to  its  members,  if  it  could  publish  the  titles  of  scientific  pai>ers 
that  are  being  prepared  and  read  and  discussed  by  other  societies.  I 
had  thought  at  one  time  of  either  presenting  a  resolution,  or  of  asking  a 
question  of  the  Board  of  Direction  to  this  effect  :  That  the  Board  of 
Direction  be  requested  to  consider,  and  if  proper  submit  to  us,  the  ques- 
tion whether  we  might  not  publish  with  our  Proceedings  the  titles  of 
papers  that  are  published  by  other  societies.  There  are  local  societies 
existing  here  and  there,  and  if  this  measure  that  is  now  proposed 
should  succeed  in  swallowing  those  up  and  thereby  directing  the  papers 
to  us  as  headquarters,  then  my  former  impressions  will  be  of  no  account, 
and  you  will  secure  the  thing  I  am  now  aiming  at.  It  would  require 
considerable  labor  on  the  part  of  somebody  to  look  up  these  societies  and 
to  secure  the  titles  of  the  papers.  But  it  seems  to  me  that  we  ought  to 
have,  if  possible,  somewhere  in  this  country  an  office  or  society  which 
would  at  least  publish  the  titles  of  papers  and  tell  where  they  may  be 
found.  I  do  not  think  that  we  are  in  condition  at  this  time  to  publish 
abstracts  of  these  papers  ;  but  if  a  paper  is  read  upon  Bridge  Engineer- 
ing, and  a  man  is  investigating  that  subject,  and  he  finds  a  title,  he  will 
look  it  up  and  see  what  is  in  the  paper  for  his  benefit.  So  Avith  hy- 
draulics. So  with  general  science,  or  any  subject  you  may  please  to 
mention.  So  that  by  this  matter  of  securing  the  titles  of  papers  at  least, 
and  if  possible,  beyond  that,  an  abstract  of  the  substance,  for  this  So- 
ciety, I  think  a  great  good  would  be  done  by  it.  And  it  would  be  a 
great  pleasure  to  me  if  I  could  be  assured  that  this  Society  was  strong 
enough  that  it  would  secure  extra  help  to  attend  to  this  one  thing.  It 
would  make  them  useful  to  ourselves  and  others  to  a  greater  extent  than 
is  being  done  at  the  present  time. 

The  Chaxk. — The  question  is  on  the  recommendation  of  the  amend- 
ment as  amended.  Will  the  Secretary  read  it  again,  so  that  it  may  be 
fully  understood  ? 

The  Secretary  did  as  requested. 

Mr.  North. — After  being  read  before  this  section  are  they  to  be  pub- 
lished without  being  submitted  to  the  Society  ? 

Mr.  Cooper. — The  presentation  of  a  paper  by  a  section  is  nothing 
more  than  the  presentation  of  that  paper  by  a  single  member.  The  only 
difference  is,  that  if  Mr.  North  desires  to  call  fifteen  of  his  friends  to  dis- 
cuss the  paper,  they  have  the  privilege  of  doing  so  ;  but  when  it  comes 
into  the  Society  it  comes  into  the  Society  presented  by  Mr.  North,  ac- 
companied by  the  discussions  of  his  fifteen  friends,  if  he  wishes  to  attach 
them  to  it.  In  regard  to  the  remarks  of  Prof.  "Wood,  I  will  say  that  he 
certainly  does  not  appreciate  the  labor,  or  he  would  not  object  to  the  di- 
vision of  this  Society  into  sections.     We  are  now  past  500  members,  and 


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we  cannot  get  more  than  60  or  80  members  at  a  meeting,  and  when 
we  get  80  members  we  find  ourselves  so  unwieldy  that  we  cannot  use 
our  time  with  satisfaction. 

Prof.  Wood.  —I  think  the  gentleman  misunderstood  me  in  that  regard. 
I  believe  I  do  regard  the  opinions  of  three  men  interested  in  a  subject, 
brought  together  to  discuss  it,  pertaining  to  the  interests  of  those  three, 
worth  more  than  the  whole  Society,  oftentimes.  But  the  thing  which 
struck  me  was — I  do  not  intend  to  take  up  time — was  the  matter  of  taking 
into  consideration  the  formal  organization  under,  or  within,  or  around, 
or  about,  in  some  way,  of  such  societies. 

TheCHAiB.— The  question  is  called  for.  The  question  is  upon  the 
recommendation  by  the  annual  meeting  for  adoption  by  the  Society  of 
the  proposed  amendment  to  the  Constitution  as  reported  by  the  Com- 
mittee. 

On  a  vote,  it  was  so  I'ecommended. 

The  Secketaky. — I  wish  to  ask  for  information.  That  is  to  say, 
whether  this  proposed  section  has  now  been  amended  in  such  an  essen- 
tial way  as  to  make  it  necessary,  under  the  Constitution,  to  submit  it  in 
its  original  form,  and  also  as  amended.  It  was  determined  some  time 
ago  that  if  amendments  which  were  of  an  important  character,  so  as  to 
change  the  substance  of  the  amendment,  were  made  by  the  annual 
meeting,  then  both  the  original  form  and  the  new  form  should  be  pre- 
sented; but  if  they  were  merely  verbal  changes,  then  it  was  not  neces- 
sary. 

Mr.  MiOHAEiiis. — The  spirit  of  the  amendment  is  not  altered. 

Mr  J.  P.  DA^^s.— The  Constitution  provides  how  it  should  be  carried 
out,  and  the  Board  of  Direction  and  the  Secretary  are  to  follow  the  Con- 
stitution. 

The  Secretary. — All  right. 

Prof.  De  Volson  Wood. — I  have  a  resolution  to  offer.     It  is  this: 

"  Resolved,  That  the  Board  of  Direction  be  and  hereby  are  requested 
to  consider  the  propriety  of  publishing  in  their  regular  publication  the 
titles  of  Engineering  Papers  read  by  other  societies  or  elsewhere  pub- 
lished, and  if  considered  advisable,  to  prepare  a  jjlan  therefor." 

Mr.  Cooper.— I  am  very  sorry  to  differ  from  my  friend,  Professor 
Wood.  Merely  publishing  the  titles  of  papers  I  do  not  think  would  be 
of  any  use  to  any  member  of  this  Society.  We  know  very  well  it  is  very 
easy  to  give  a  big  sounding  title  to  a  very  thin  article.  Unless  that  title 
is  accompanied  by  an  abstract  of  the  article,  I  do  not  see  how  it  could  be 
of  any  use  to  the  members.  The  moment  we  can  publish  the  title  of  an 
article  and  give  an  abstract  of  it,  so  that  each  member  could  know  what 
the  article  was,  in  my  opinion  it  would  be  very  useful.  If  only  the  title 
is  published,  we  are  just  as  ignorant  as  we  are  if  we  see  a  catalogue  of 
books,  none  of  which  we  ever  saw  or  examined.     If  Professor  Wood,  or 


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some  othei'  gentleman,  will  undertake  to  give  us  abstracts  of  papers 
published  by  other  societies,  I  think  it  would  be  a  very  good  thing  as 
soon  as  we  can  afford  to  do  so. 

Mr.  EgijESTon. — I  would  move  to  amend— "  That  abstracts  of  such 
papers  be  attached ."  I  beg  to  state  for  the  information  of  this  dis- 
cussion— which  I  think  is  somewhat  out  of  order — that  the  German 
Government  is  in  the  habit  of  publishing  papers  in  all  languages,  and 
we  can  be  saved  from  publishing  these  if  we  will  only  write  to  the  Min- 
ister of  the  Interior  at  Berlin. 

The  Chair. — I  desire  to  call  up  the  question  of  the  mode  of  submis- 
sion of  the  proposed  amendments  to  the  Constitution.  I  had  supposed 
that  the  amended  form  of  the  last  amendment  considered,  as  reported  by 
a  committee  of  five  and  approved  by  this  meeting,  had  entirely  taken 
the  place  of  the  original  amendment,  and  I  considered  the  suliject  thus 
disijosed  of.  I  find  there  is  a  difference  of  opinion.  The  Secretary 
thinks  he  is  called  upon  to  send  out  for  ballot  both  the  original  proposed 
amendment  and  also  the  amendment  as  modified  by  this  meeting. 
If  that  is  the  case  then  I  am  in  error  in  my  ruling;  and  I  hope 
that  the  Society  will  now  pass  upon  this  jjoint  before  entertaining 
another  motion.  As  I  say,  I  have  taken  upon  myself  to  pass  upon  a 
point  i^erhaps  that  I  had  no  right  to  pass  upon  so  arbitrarily,  and  I 
would  now  ask  that  the  Secretary  be  instructed  in  regard  to  the  jjoint 
that  he  raised  a  few  moments  since,  and  then  we  will  pass  to  the  other 
business  in  regular  order. 

Mr.  BoLLER. — I  move  that  the  amendment  as  passed  shall  be  the  only 
one  sent  out  for  letter-ballots. 

Mr.  Emery. — There  is  a  question  back  of  that.  This  is  an  amend- 
ment to  an  original  proposition.  I  think  it  probably  would  be  better  to 
move  that  this  be  put  in  as  a  substitute  for  the  original  and  published  as 
such. 

Mr.  J.  P.  Davis. — The  Constitution  provides  how  we  shall  issue  this 
letter-ballot,  and  I  do  not  see  how  you  can  avoid  it.  I  do  not  see  that 
any  view  of  this  meeting  can  change  any  article  of  the  Constitution. 
In  other  words,  we  had  better  put  both  out — the  original  and  the  amend- 
ment to  the  amendment;  and  one  of  the  amendments  that  has  been 
passed  upon  already  is  to  so  amend  the  Constitution  that  we  shall  not 
have  to  do  it  after  this  year.  But  I  do  not  see,  if  this  meeting  takes  a 
vote,  how  it  is  to  modify  our  action  in  the  matter  at  all. 

Mr,  Cooper. — In  previous  years  we  have  done  as  Mr.  Davis  has 
stated — we  have  sent  out  both  amendments,  but  we  have  always  accom- 
panied the  first  or  original  amendment  with  the  statement  that  it  was  not 
approved  by  the  annual  meeting.  The  second  one  has  been  recom- 
mended by  the  annual  meeting.  I  do  not  think  the  Secretary  can  refer 
to  an  instance  where  the  annual  meeting  has  recommended  one  of  two 
amendments  for  adoption,  but  that  the  Society  has  endorsed  the  action  of 


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the  annual  meeting.  I  think  the  best  way  is  to  send  out  the  first  as  not 
recommended  for  adoption,  and  the  second  as  recommended  for  adoption 
by  the  Society  at  large.  I  think  with  that  there  will  be  no  question  but 
that  it  will  meet  with  the  approval  of  the  whole  Society. 

Mr.  Shinn. — Mr.  Cooper  is  wrong  in  his  history.  I  offered  the 
amended  article,  which  is  now  the  33d  article  of  the  Constitution.  It 
was  written  by  me.  The  language  was  well  considered,  and  in  my  opin- 
ion it  accomplished  the  object  intended.  In  the  opinion  of  the  Board 
of  Direction  it  did  not.  There  was  the  point  at  issue.  The  first  amend- 
ment that  came  up  that  was  sent  out  in  that  dual  form^the  only  one,  so 
far  as  I  now  recollect — was  an  amendment  in  regard  to  the  election  of 
members,  in  which  I,  with  others,  ofi"ered  an  amendment  to  the  Consti- 
tution providing  that  members  should  be  elected  thus  and  so.  I  was  not 
present  at  the  annual  meeting  that  considered  that  amendment.  The 
annual  meeting  saw  proper,  as  they  had  a  right  to  do,  to  change  that 
amendment.  Without  changing  its  object  or  its  general  spirit,  they 
changed  its  details  ;  and  so  the  Secretary,  under  the  instructions  of  the 
Board  of  Direction,  sent  that  amendment  out  in  two  forms.  Now,  there 
was  a  majority  of  the  Society — a  majority  of  those  who  voted  on  the 
amendment — who  wanted  to  have  that  amendment  adopted  ;  but  a  por- 
tion of  that  majority  voted  for  it  as  myself  and  others  originally  sub- 
mitted it,  and  another  portion  voted  for  it  as  the  annual  meeting 
amended  it.  And  the  consequence  was,  that  although  a  majority  vote 
was  cast  in  favor  of  an  amendment,  there  was  no  amendment.  The 
same  result  was  only  prevented  last  year  by  a  personal  appeal  to  the 
members  not  to  change  verbally  some  amendment  that  was  up  for  dis- 
cussion in  this  same  way,  as  it  was  feared  that  it  would  lead  to  this  fall- 
ing between  two  stools  as  before.  Now,  then,  to  come  to  the  question 
that  is  really  at  issue  in  this  matter.  Mr.  Emery,  in  his  remarks,  evi- 
dently did  not  know  the  history  of  that.  This  is  not  a  question  of  mere 
parliamentary  form,  as  to  whether  the  committee's  rejjort  shall  be  con- 
sidered as  a  substitute,  or  as  an  amendment  to  the  amendment,  or  nny- 
thing  of  that  sort.  The  question  is  simply  this  :  Five  gentlemen  have 
offered  an  amendment  here  providing  for  the  establishment  of  sections  ; 
that  amendment,  as  offered,  does  not  meet  the  approval  of  this  an- 
nual meeting  ;  a  committee  of  this  annual  meeting  have  revised  that 
resolution  by  altering  its  details,  not  its  spirit ;  and  this  annual  meeting 
has  unanimously  approved  of  the  revised  form  of  the  amendment.  Now, 
under  the  previous  ruling  of  the  Board  of  Direction,  the  Secretary  must 
send  out  the  original  amendment  as  submitted  by  Mr.  McMath  ;  he  must 
also  send  out  the  revised  amendment  as  submitted  by  the  Committee, 
and  of  course  he  will  say  that  the  first  was  not  approved  by  the  annual 
meeting,  and  that  the  second  was  approved  by  the  annual  meeting.  In 
most  cases  that  would  be  sufficient  to  secure  a  majority  of  all  the  votes 
for  the  amendment  which  was  approved  by  the  annual  meeting.     But 


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Mr.  McMath  and  Lis  associates  may  prefer  the  amendment  in  the  form 
in  which  they  originally  oifered  it  (as  I  and  my  friends  and  a  good  many 
others  did  the  amendment  I  offered  at  another  meeting),  and  they  might 
vote  for  it  in  that  "way.  And  if  we  assume  figures — if  there  were  300 
votes  cast,  it  would  take  200  necessarily  to  adopt  any  amendment. 
Now,  there  might  be  149  votes  cast  for  one  of  these  amendments  and 
there  might  be  151  cast  for  the  other,  and  they  would  not,  either  one  of 
them,  be  adopted.  Now,  then,  Mr.  Davis  has  said  that  this  meeting 
has  no  authority  to  construe  the  Constitution.  I  believe  that  this 
meeting  has  as  much  authority  to  construe  the  Constitution  as  the  Board 
of  Direction  has.  The  Board  of  Direction  have  said,  in  their  decision  in 
regard  to  the  provision,  "Such  amendments  shall  be  in  order  for  dis- 
cussion and  amendment  at  such  annual  meeting,  and  that  such  amend- 
ments thereto  as  may  have  been  apjDroved  by  a  majority  vote  of  the  an- 
nual meeting  shall  be  voted  upon  by  letter-ballot."  The  Board  of  Direc- 
tion, in  its  wisdom,  has  said  that  that  means  that  the  amendment  shall 
be  sent  out  as  originally  submitted  ;  that  it  shall  also  be  sent  out  as 
amended.  Now,  I  submit,  it  does  not  mean  any  such  thing.  You  will 
find  in  any  record  that  you  may  take  up  of  legislative  proceedings  this 
expression  :  "The  bill  passed  with  the  amendments."  Will  any  gentle- 
man say  that  that  bill  passed  as  it  was  originally  submitted,  and  that  it 
was  also  passed  as  it  was  amended  ?  No  gentleman  would  pretend  to 
say  any  such  thing  ;  and,  not  to  mean  any  disrespect  to  the  Board  of 
Direction,  to  my  mind  the  construction  they  place  upon  this  amend- 
ment has  always  been  absurd.  I  never  could  see  any  grounds  for  it.  If 
it  was  to  be  taken  literally  at  all  in  the  way  they  express  it,  it  would 
mean  that  the  amendment  was  to  be  sent  out  as  it  was  originally  pro- 
posed, and  then  each  of  the  amendments  that  was  specifically  adopted 
to  it  should  be  sent  out  also.  But  evidently  it  does  not  mean  that.  If 
it  means  anything,  it  means  that  this  meeting  has  a  right  to  amend  the 
amendment,  and  that  the  amended  amendment  goes  out  for  letter-ballot. 
That  was  the  intention  of  it,  and  I  believe  that  this  meeting  has  as 
good  a  right  to  say  whether  that  is  the  meaning  of  it  as  the  Board  of 
Direction  has. 

Mr.  J.  P.  Da^^s. — If  I  understand  the  gentleman,  he  says  that  the 
original  amendment  should  be  sent  out  as  amended  instead  of  with  the 
amendments.  He  says  the  Board  of  Direction  must  be  instructed  in  that 
way.  It  is  not  a  question  whether  we  can  be  instructed  or  not  ;  we  are 
the  executive  officers  of  the  Society,  and  are  obliged  to  construe  the 
Constitution  ourselves.  We  cannot  be  instructed.  I  say  the  Board 
cannot  be  instructed  as  to  how  these  amendments  shall  be  sent  out.  We 
are  to  construe  the  Constitution  ourselves.  We  are  executive  officers  of 
the  Society. 

Prof.  De  Volson  Wood, — What  is  the  question  before  the  house,  Mr. 
Chairman  ? 


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Mr.  BoLLER. — I  offered  a  resolution  that  only  the  amendment  as 
recommended  by  this  annual  meeting  should  be  recommended  for  bal- 
loting. 

The  Chair. — The  motion  was  made  by  Mr.  Boiler  on  the  request  of 
the  Secretary  to  receive  instructions  in  regard  to  how  he  ought  to  send 
out  this  motion,  and  his  motion  was  that  only  the  proposed  amendment 
as  amended  be  sent  out. 

The  Secretary. — Pardon  me,  Mr.  President;  I  did  not  request  Mr. 
Boiler  to  do  so  at  all. 

The  Chair. — In  my  opinion,  it  seems  to  me  that  the  Society  here 
have  a  right  to  construe  this  case,  where,  I  suppose,  the  amendment  as 
amended  was  almost  identical  with  the  original  amendment — so  near  as 
not  to  require  the  sending  out  of  both.  That  was  the  only  point  at 
issue,  which  Mr.  Boiler  attempted  to  cover  by  his  amendment  or  resolu- 
tion. 

Mr.  Cooper. — Mr.  Davis  took  the  ground  that  the  Board  could  not  be 
instructed  as  to  their  interpretation  of  the  Constitution.  I  think  he  is 
perfectly  correct.  All  that  we  can  do  is  to  discuss  it  and  make  them 
change  their  mind.  They  are  the  executive  officers  of  the  Society,  i 
really  think  we  can  take  no  action  in  the  Society, 

Mr.  BoLLER. — My  attention  has  been  called  to  a  serious  omission — 
that  we  passed  an  amendment  to  the  amendment  as  proposed.  Now  we 
have  got  to  pass  the  amendment  as  amended. 

The  Secretary. —Oh,  no.  This  meeting,  if  it  cliooses,  can  amend 
a  proposed  amendment  to  the  Constitution,  and  it  can  recommend  any- 
thing it  chooses  to  the  Society  for  adoption.  We  cannot  adopt  the 
amendment.  It  must  be  adopted  by  letter-ballot.  The  Society  votes 
on  this  by  letter-ballot  by  and  by.  There  is  no  question  of  the  adoption 
of  an  amendment  here.  This  meeting  has  already  amended  that  pro- 
posed amendment.  The  report  of  the  committee  was  accepted  ;  then,  on 
motion,  the  jiroposed  amendment  to  the  Constitution  was  amended  as 
recommended  by  the  committee.  Then,  on  motion,  it  was  recommended 
to  the  Society  that  that  amended  amendment  as  proposed  by  the  com- 
mittee should  be  recommended  to  the  Society  for  adoption.  We  cannot 
adopt  anything  here. 

Mr.  Michaelts. — I  think  if  the  matter  becomes  clear  to  me,  as  I  per- 
haps have  an  average  understanding,  it  maybe  clear  to  others.  I  under- 
stand the  point  of  the  Secretary — that  we  simply  give  the  weight  of  our 
approval.  Now,  if  you  answer  this  question,  I  think  I  will  understand 
it.  Have  I  the  right,  as  a  member  of  this  Society,  who  jjroposes  an 
amendment  to  the  Constitution  in  accordance  with  its  provisions,  have  I 
the  individual  right  to  demand  an  expression  of  the  Society  upon  my 
proposed  amendment  ?  If  I  have  got  that  right,  no  meeting  of  the  Society 
can  take  it  away. 

The  Secretary. — That  is  an  interesting  question  of  interpretation  of 


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the  Constitution  ;  it  has  been  interpreted  in  one  way  by  the  Board  of  Di- 
rection, and  by  a  great  many  members  in  another  way.  This  meeting, 
however,  has  jnst  passed  a  recommendation  to  the  Society  to  adopt  the 
newly  proposed  Article  XXXIII.,  which  will  make  it  impossible  for  you 
to  have  that  right,  and  I  think  you  voted  for  it. 

Mr.  MiCHAELis. — That  is  a  good  answer  ;  I  shall  vote  for  the  resolu- 
tion now. 

Mr.  J.  P.  Davis.— I  think  Mr.  Michaelis  did  not  understand  Mr. 
Bogart's  statement.  I  should  like  to  ask,  however,  whilst  I  am  up,  sup- 
posing somebody  was  requested  to  write  a  law  in  the  Constitution  which 
did  require  us  to  put  forth  the  original  amendment  and  the  amendments 
proposed  here,  how  would  they  write  it  any  differently  from  the  law  we 
have  in  our  Constitution  ?  It  says  that  the  original  amendment  as  pro- 
posed shall  be  sent  out,  and  with  such  amendments  thereto  as  may  have 
been  approved  by  a  majority  vote  of  the  annual  meeting.  I  would  like 
to  know  how  any  one  would  write  it  any  differently  ? 

The  Chaik. — The  question,  of  course,  is  one  that  involves  some  diffi- 
culties, as  you  can  at  once  see.  And  although  it  was  settled  in  this  way 
by  the  Board  of  Direction,  still,  as  a  member  of  the  Board,  I  believe  I 
was  on  the  other  side  of  that  question.  That  accounts  for  my  ijosition 
before  you.  I  must  say  that  I  relied  somewhat  on  the  fact  that  the 
change  is  so  very  slight  that  the  Society  had  a  right  to  decide  what  should 
be  sent  out.  That  is  the  view  that  I  had  taken  of  it.  And  I  have  not 
thought  of  the  subject  very  fully  until  this  point  came  up.  In  looking 
over  the  amendment  as  adopted,  I  see  that  if  the  parties  offering  the  first 
amendment  found  this  unacceptable  to  them,  they  would  have  reason  to 
find  fault ;  but  I  had  no  idea  that  such  could  be  the  case. 

Mr.  Macdonald.  —I  think  if  Mr.  Boiler's  resolution  is  worded  so  as 
to  request  the  Board  of  Direction  to  issue  only  the  amended  amendment 
it  will  cover  the  whole  point. 

Mr.  BoLiiER. — I  will  accept  that. 

The  Chaxr. — Mr.  Boiler's  motion,  in  the  form  he  puts  it  now,  re- 
quests the  Board  of  Direction  to  send  this  amended  amendment  out. 

Mr.  J.  P.  Davis. — I  think  it  is  simply  embarrassing  the  Board  of  Di- 
rection. I  think  it  is  hardly  fair  to  embarrass  the  Board  of  Direction. 
"We  have  the  Constitution,  and  by  that  we  have  got  to  go.  And  the  Board 
of  Direction  have  got  to  interpret  it.  It  would  be  very  embarrassing  to 
go  against  any  request  of  this  Society .  It  is  simply  embarrassing  the 
Board  of  Direction. 

Mr.  Michaelis. — I  think  I  have  a  solution  to  the  i^roblem.  I 
would  suggest  that  the  Constitution  be  complied  with  ;  and,  upon 
mature  reflection,  I  think  the  Director  who  has  last  spoken  is  right. 
But  I  think  it  is  perfectly  proper,  when  these  various  amendments  are 
issued,  that  the  points  mentioned  by  Mr.  Shinn  be  distinctly  stated,  and 
that  the  danger  of  this  division   be  pointed  out,  and  it  be   left  to   the 


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good  sense  of  members  to  put  their  vote  where  it  will  do  the  most 
good. 

Mr.  BoiiLER. — I  withdraw  my  motion. 

Mr.  J.  P.  Davis. — Prof.  Wood  offered  a  resolution,  which  was  second- 
ed, when  this  resolution  arose,  and  his  resolution  was  not  considered.  I 
call  on  Prof.  Wood  to  read  his  resolution  again. 

Mr.  Egleston. — I  would  like  to  make  another  point — that  the  whole 
discussion  is  irregular,  because  Mr .  Shinn's  paper  was  in  order,  and, 
therefore,  whenever  this  discussion  ceases,  discussion  on  Mr.  Shinn's 
paper  is  in  order. 

The  Chair. — That  is  proper.  We  will  return  to  the  discussion  of  Mr. 
Shinn's  paper. 

The  discussion  of  the  paper  by  Mr.  William  P.  Shinn  on  the  "In- 
creased Efficiency  of  Railways  for  the  Transportation  of  Freight,"  was 
then  resumed. 

Discussion  was  presented  by  letter,  through  the  Secretary,  from 
Messrs.  Charles  Paine,  E.  P.  Vining  and  Joseph  S.  Paxson. 

The  discussion  was  continued  verbally  by  Messrs.  Sanderson  and 
Robert  L.  Harris. 

At  5:30  p.  M.  a  recess  was  taken  to  8  p.  m. 

The  session  of  the  Annual  Meeting  was  resumed  at  8  p.  m  . ,  Vice- 
President  Paine  in  the  chair  ;  John  Bogart,  Secretary. 

The  discussion  of  the  paper  by  Mr.  William  P.  Shinn  on  "  The  In- 
creased Efficiency  of  Railways  for  the  TransiJortation  of  Freight,"  was 
continued  by  Messrs.  R.  L.  Harris,  Coryell,  Emery,  Chanute,  Charles 
H.  Fisher,  Bissell,  Forney,  Cooper  and  Shinn. 

The  Secretary  announced  the  receipt,  since  the  last  meeting  of  the 
Society,  of  notification  of  the  death  of  Messrs.  - 

Edgar  S.  Cary.  Elected  Member  November  1st,  1882.  Died  January 
5th,  1883. 

Theodore  G.  Ellis.  Past  Vice-President  and  Fellow  of  the  Society. 
Elected  Member  February  17th,  1869  ;  Fellow,  November  21st,  1872. 
Died  January  9th,  1888. 

William  R.  Morley.  Elected  Member  September  6th,  1882.  Died 
January  3d,  1883. 

The  Annual  Meeting  then  adjourned. 

The  Members  of  the  Society  present  at  the  Annual  Meeting  were  : 
A.  V.  Abbott,  Wm.  M.  Allaire,  E.  R.  Andrews,  W.  H.  Atwood,  John 
Avery,  John  W.  Bacon,  George  S.  Baxter,  Van  Brunt  Bergen,  Charles 
E.  Billin,  George  H.  Bishop,  H.  Bissell,  W.  H.  Bixby,  H.  D.  Blunden, 
John  Bogart,  A.  P.  Boiler,  H.  R.  Bradbury,  Thomas  E.  Brown,  Jr.,  L. 
L.  Buck,  Wm.  H.  Burr,  Frank  A.  Calkins,  O.  Chanute,  Jacob  M.  Clark, 
Thomas  M.  Cleeraann,  F.  Collingwood,  C.  Constable,  Theodore  Cooper, 
Martin  Coryell,  J.  James  R.  Croes,  Horace  Crosby,    Wilson  Crosby,  J. 


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Foster  Crowell,  W.  R.  Curtis,  Charles  G.  Darrach,  Joseph  P.  Davis,  P. 
P.  Dickinson,  C.  Wheeler  Durham,  Thomas  Egleston,  Theo.  N.  Ely, 
Charles  E.  Emery,  John  W.  Ferguson,  Albert  Fink,  Charles  H.  Fisher, 
Clark  Fisher,  M.  N.  Forney,  George  H.  Frost,  C.  C.  Gilman,  E.  E. 
Glaskin,  Charles  E.  Goad,  John  M.  Goodwin,  Samuel  M.  Gray,  David 
M.  Greene,  George  S.  Greene,  George  S.  Greene,  Jr. ,  Stephen  S.  Haight, 
William  G.  Hamilton,  Robert  L.  Harris,  Charles  H.  Haswell,  Rudolph 
Hering,  William  P.  Judson,  J.  M.  Knap,  E.  D.  Leavitt,  Jr.,  G.  Leverich, 
John  Lockwood,  Thomas  J.  Long,  Charles  Macdonald,  Wm.  W.  Maclay, 
Arthur  Macy,  Edward  Marsland,  C.  C.  Martin,  C.  S.  Maurice,  D.  E. 
McComb,  T.  H.  McKenzie,  George  W.  McNulty,  F.  W.  Merz,  O.  E. 
Michaelis,  W.  A.  Nichols,  Edward  P.  North,  V".  O.  Norton,  Ellis  B. 
Noyes,  S.  B.  Opdyke,  Jr.,  Joseph  O.  Osgood,  James  Owen,  A.  B.  Paine, 
Charles  Paine,  William  H.  Paine,  Francis  I.  Palmer,  John  A.  Partridge, 
Edward  S.  Philbrick,  James  C.  Post,  Benjamin  Rhodes,  Edward  S.  Saf- 
ford,  J.  Gardner  Sanderson,  William  H .  Searles,  William  P.  Shinn,  S. 
H.  Shreve,  T.  E.  Sickels,  R.  P.  Staats,  D.  McN.  Stauffer,  Cook  Talcott, 
R.  H.  Thurston,  M.  M.  Tidd,  Stevenson  Towle,  Robert  Van  Buren, 
John  G.  Van  Home,  E.  B.  Van  Winkle,  W.  W.  Walker,  C.  D.  Ward,  L, 
B.  Ward,  Nelson  J.  Welton,  Frank  W.  Whitlock,  Thomas  J.  Whitman, 
Wm.  H.  Wiley,  W.  W.  Wilson,  De  Volson  Wood  and  William  E. 
Worthen. 

The  members  of  the  Society  on  Thursday  morning  met  as  arranged 
in  the  programme  given  below,  which  was  carried  out  in  all  its  details. 
The  reception  at  the  house  of  the  Society  on  Thursday  evening  was 
largely  attended  and  was  a  very  agreeable  social  event. 

AMERICAN   SOCIETY   OF    CIVIL    ENGINEERS. 

Annual  Meeting,  Januaky  17th  and  18th,  1883. 

Pbogbamme. 

Wednesday,  January  17th. — The  Annual  Meeting  will  be  held  at  the 
House  of  the  Society,  beginning  at  10  a.  m. 

The  day  will  be  devoted  to  business  and  professional  discussions,  as 
follows  : 

Canvass  of  ballots  and  announcement  of  Election  of  OflScers  of  the 
Society.  Presentation  of  the  Annual  Reports  of  the  Board  of  Direction, 
of  the  Treasurer  and  of  the  Finance  Committee.  Report  of  the  Commit- 
tee on  a  Uniform  System  for  Tests  of  Cements  ;  of  the  Committee  on  the 
Preservation  of  Timber  ;  of  the  Committee  on  Uniform  Standard  Time. 
Discussion  of  the  siibjects  presented  by  the  Reports  of  the  Board  of 
Direction  and  of  Committees.  Award  of  the  Norman  Medal  for  the  past 
year.     Determination  of  Place  and  Time  for  next  Convention.     Discus- 


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sion  of  proposed  Amendments  to  the  Constitution  which  have  been  pre- 
viously submitted.  General  Business.  Discussion  of  technical  subjects. 
The  paper  recently  read  before  the  Society  by  Mr.  William  P.  Shinn,  M. 
Am.  Soc.  C  E. ,  on  the  Increased  Efficiency  of  Railways  for  the  Trans- 
portation of  Freight,  will,  by  resolution  of  the  Society,  be  in  order  for 
discussion. 

It  is  expected  that  business  may  occupy  the  morning  session,  and 
-that  discussion  on  Mr.  Shinn's  paper,  and  other  technics!  questions, 
will  begin  at  the  afternoon  session. 

Lunch  will  be  served  at  the  Society  house  at  1  p.m.  After  lunch,  the 
session  will  be  resumed  at  2.30  p.m.,  and  if  found  desirable,  an  evening 
session  will  also  be  held. 

Thuksday,  January  18th. — 9  a.m. — Meet  at  Society  House,  127  East 
23d  Street.  9.30  a.m.— Elevated  Kailroad  to  Battery.  10  a.m. — Proceed 
foot  of  Whitehall  Street  to  Erie  Basin,  by  Navy  Yard  tug,  kindly  tendered 
for  use  of  the  Society  by  Commodore  J.  H.  Upshur,  commanding  Navy 
Yard,  New  York.  10.30  a.m. — Inspection  of  the  Dry  Docks  at  Erie 
Basin.  There  are  two  of  these  docks.  They  are  understood  to  be  the 
largest  in  the  country.  The  steamer  City  of  Berlin,  526  feet  in  length, 
5  491  tons,  is  now  in  one  of  these  docks.  The  docks  will  be  inspected 
under  the  guidance  of  Messrs .  J,  E.  Simpson  &  Co. ,  the  builders,  and 
of  Messrs.  M.  M.  Tidd  and  F.  C.  Prindle,  Members  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 
11.30  A.M. — Proceed  by  tug  to  Brooklyn  wharf  of  the  New  York  and 
Brooklyn  Bridge.  12  noon. — Examination  of  New  York  and  Brooklyn 
Bridge.  Provision  has  been  made  for  the  party  to  pass  over  the  footway, 
which  is  nearly  comjjleted.  The  inspection  of  the  works  of  the  bridge 
will  be  in  charge  of  the  Engineers  connected  with  their  construction. 
1.30  P.M.  -Lunch  at Delmonico's,  Beaver  Street,  by  invitation  of  Wm.  G. 
Hamilton,  Esq.,  Director  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.  2.30  p.m. — Visit  to  the  Mills 
Building,  Wall  and  Broad  Streets.  This  visit  is  by  invitation  of  D.  O. 
Mills,  Esq. ,  the  owner,  and  George  B.  Post. ,  Esq. ,  the  architect  of  the  build- 
ing, who  will  kindly  conduct  the  party  on  this  occasion.  3.30  p.m. — In- 
spection of  the  works  of  the  New  York  Steam  Company,  174  Green- 
wich Street,  near  Cortland  Street.  This  inspection  will  be  made  under 
the  guidance  of  Messrs.  William  P.  Shinn  and  Charles  E.  Emery,  Mem- 
bers Am.  Soc.  C.  E.     8  p.m.— Reception. 


terinHit   mtkii^  of  l^iuil  l^njin^m. 


PROCEEDINGS. 


Vol.    IX.— February,   1883. 
EEPORT  OF   THE  BOAED  OF  DIRECTION 

For  the  Year  ending  December  31s/,  1882. 

Presented  and  accepted  at  the  Annual  Meeting,  January  17th,  1883. 


The  Board  of  Direction,  in  compliance  with  the  provisions  of  the  So- 
ciety law,  presents  the  following  report  for  the  year  ending  December 
31st,  1882  : 

As  shown  by  the  tabular  statement  given  hereinafter,  there  have  been 
during  the  year  80  additions  to  the  various  classes  of  Society  member- 
ship, and  19  additional  subscriptions  to  the  Building  Fund,  4  of  the 
latter  being  from  persons  not  otherwise  connected  with  the  Society. 

The  various  classes  of  membership  have  lost  during  the  year  12 
by  death,  3  by  resignation,  and  3  by  transfers  to  other  classes, 
making  the  net  increase  for  the  year  66. 

The  Society  membership  at  this  date,  December  31st,  1882,  is  as  fol- 
lows : 


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Honorary  members,  resident ....     2     Non-resident 8  Total ...   10 

Corresponding  members "            ....     3  "...     3 

Members,  resident 129  "            ...  .436  "    565 

Associates,       "       11  "            ....19  *'     30 

Juniors,            "       10  "            ....  48  "58 

. —             653 

Making,  resident 152     Non-resident 514  

Total 666 

Fellows,  63,  of  whom  9  members  and  1  honorary  member  are 
included  above,  leaving 53 

Total  members  and  Fellows  of  the  Society 719 

Subscribers  to  the  Building  Fund,  128,  of  whom  87  are  entered  in 
one  or  other  of  the  above  classifications,  and  4  deceased, 
leaving ^ ' 

Total  connected  with  the  Society  January  1st,  1883 756 

Tables  showing  the  membership  at  the  beginning  of  the  year,  and 
the  changes  in  the  various  clas.ses,  are  given  in  a  subsequent  part  of  this 
report. 

The  increase  in  the  membership  of  the  Society  is  steady  and  health- 
ful ;  the  standard  of  qualification  continues  to  be  applied  as  heretofore  ; 
the  interest  in  the  Society  by  its  members  is  constantly  increasing.  This 
is  manifest  in  many  ways,  as,  for  instance,  in  the  constantly  increasing 
number  of  letters  received  from  members.  The  labor  devolving  upon 
the  management  increases  much  more  largely  than  is  indicated  merely 
by  the  increase  in  number  of  the  membership.  The  addressed  com- 
munications, circulars,  papers,  pamphlets,  ballots,  and  letters  on  various 
subjects  issued  by  the  Secretary  during  the  past  year  number  over 
44  500. 

.  The  annual  Convention  of  the  Society  for  the  past  year  was  held  at 
Washington,  D.  C,  May  16th— 19th,  1882,  and  was  attended  by  over 
100  members. 

The  proceedings  of  the  Convention  have  been  fully  published  in  the 
Society  proceedings.  The  interest  of  members  in  the  Conventions  con- 
tinues sustained,  and  the  increasing  importance  of  these  annual  oppor- 
tunities for  the  meeting  of  so  many  engineers  is  very  evident.  The 
determination  of  the  time  and  place  for  the  next  Convention  will  be  made 
by  the  Society  at  this  meeting.  Numerous  suggestions  upon  this  point 
have  been  received  from  members  in  answer  to  the  circular  recently  is- 
sued by  the  Secretary,  which  suggestions  will  be  directly  laid  before 
you. 


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The  Building  Fund  of  tlie  Society  has  been  increased  during  the  year 
by  19  subscriptions,  amounting  to  '$2  G45. 

The  mortgage  upon  the  house  of  the  Society  has  been  reduced  to 
$16  000. 

The  relief  which  is  felt  in  the  management  of  Society  affairs  by  the 
ownership  of  the  Society  house,  and  by  the  reduction  of  the  annual 
charge  for  rental  or  mortgage  interest,  is  very  great.  The  Board  earnestly 
repeats  the  appeal  heretofore  made  for  the  increase  of  the  Building  Fund 
by  subscriptions  from  members  or  from  other  persons  feeling  an  interest 
in  the  permanent  welfare  of  the  Society. 

It  is  quite  certain  that  the  presentation  of  the  subject  would  induce 
subscriptions  from  persons  interested  in  public  improvements  or  in  the 
progress  of  engineering,  many  of  whom  would  be  glad  to  regularly  re- 
ceive the  Transactions  of  the  Society.  These  Transactions  are  sent  for 
the  life  of  the  subscriber  for  each  subscription  of  $100.  When  the  fund 
was  inaugurated  19  subscriptions  from  non-members  were  secured  by 
the  exertions  of  one  member  of  the  Society.  The  whole  number  of  sub- 
scriptions from  non-members  is  now  37,  and  the  amount  of  these 
subscriptions  is  S4  865. 

Connected  with  the  Society  in  the  various  classes  of  membership  there 
are  now  719  persons,  87  of  whom  have  become  subscribers  to  the  Build- 
ing Fund,  and  632  have  not. 

The  Transactions  and  Proceedings  of  the  Society  have,  it  is  believed, 
been  maintained  with  the  high  standard  heretofore  characterizing  the 
papers  published. 

The  Board  of  Direction  de.sires  particularly  to  impress  upon  the 
members  that  the  continuance  of  the  value  of  this  part  of  the  Society 
work  must  depend  almost  entirely  upon  the  interest  felt  by  members  in 
the  subject,  which  interest  can  be  best  shown  by  the  contribution  to  the 
Transactions  of  papers  giving  the  record  of  engineering  work  and  experi- 
ence, and  of  discussions  upon  professional  topics. 

It  is  earnestly  hoped  that  the  members  of  this  Society  will  recollect 
that  it  is  only  by  their  assistance  that  these  Transactions  can  be  main- 
tained. As  the  membership  increases  an  increased  amonnt  of  printing 
can  be  afforded,  but  the  material  for  this  must  come  from  engineers  who 
are  in  charge  of,  or  connected  with,  the  public  works  which  it  is  desira- 
ble to  describe. 

At  the  last  annual  meeting,  and  at  the  Convention,  rejjorts  were  pre- 
sented from  the  Committee  on  Standard  Time,  showing  that  great  inter- 
est is  felt  in  this  country  upon  the  subject,  and  that  replies  to  the  circu- 
lar of  the  committee  had  been  received  from  numerous  sources.  The 
committee  will,  at  this  meeting,  present  a  report  of  progress,  with  addi- 
tional recommendations. 

The  subject  of  compounding  annual  dues  by  the  payment  of  a  single 
sum,  and  the  creation   thereby  of  life   membership  in  the  Society,  was 


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discussed  at  the  last  annual  meeting.  The  amendment  to  the  Constitu- 
tion, then  considered,  was  not  carried  by  the  vote  of  the  Society,  but 
the  subject  was  afterwards  referred  to  the  Board  of  Direction,  with  a  re- 
quest that  a  plan  should  be  presented  by  that  Board  for  this  purpose. 
This  has  been  done,  and  the  proposed  plan  is  embodied  in  an  amend- 
ment to  the  Constitution,  which  has  been  issued  to  the  Society,  and 
which  will  be  in  order  for  discussion  at  this  meeting. 

The  Fellowship  Fund  of  the  Society  has  had  no  increase  during  the 
year.  This  fund  was  originally  instituted  to  secure  a  capital,  the  in- 
come of  which  should  be  devoted  to  the  publication  of  the  papers  of  the 
Society.  There  have  been  very  few  accessions  to  the  fund  for  a  number 
of  years.  It  is  believed,  however,  that  if  the  conditions  were  more  gen- 
erally understood  under  which  fellowshi])  of  the  Society  may  be  obtained 
by  suitable  persons,  there  would  soon  result  a  decided  addition  to  the 
number.  Fellows  need  not  be  engineers.  The  provisions  of  the  Society 
law  admit  to  this  class  any  persons,  whether  members  or  not,  who  are 
suitably  recommended,  and  who  feel  sufficient  interest  in  the  objects  of 
the  Society  and  in  its  publications  to  become  Fellows,  contributing  for 
that  purpose  the  small  amount  of  the  fellowship  subscription  and 
thereby  becoming  connected  with  the  Society  for  life.  Members  are  re- 
minded that  it  is  probable  that  the  presentation  of  this  subject  to  suit- 
able persons  of  their  acquaintance  might  result  in  a  considerable  addition 
to  this  class,  and  that  there  is  very  little  doubt  that  many  persons,  not 
eligible  as  members,  would  be  glad  to  thus  secure  the  publications  of 
the  Society. 

At  the  last  annual  meeting  the  Board  of  Direction  presented  a  report 
upon  the  subject  of  Tests  of  Structural  Materials,  embracing  with  it  the 
report  of  a  committee  appointed  on  that  subject  at  the  previous  Conven- 
tion of  June,  1881.  At  the  annual  meeting,  the  Board  of  Direction  was 
authorized  to  memorialize  Congress,  and  to  promote,  as  far  as  it  could  be 
done  withoixt  incurring  expense,  the  introduction  and  framing  of  a  law 
adequate  to  resume  the  investigation  into  the  strength  of  structures  and 
the  i^arts  and  materials  of  which  they  are  composed. 

In  accordance  with  this  resolution,  a  bill  was  j^repared  and  presented 
to  Congress  on  the  subject,  and  a  memorial,  properly  signed,  was  also 
presented.  This  was  done  by  the  Board  of  Direction  after  discussion 
with  members  of  this  Society  and  of  other  kindred  organizations.  The 
subject  was  discussed  at  the  Convention  at  Washington,  when  the  bill 
which  had  been  presented  to  Congress  was  reported  to  the  Society. 

Members  of  the  Board  of  Direction,  aided  by  other  members  of 
the  Society,  visited  Washington  at  various  times,  and  used  their 
endeavors  to  effect  a  successful  result.  The  bill,  however,  did  not  pass 
Congress. 

There  was  introduced  in  the  Army  Ajipropriation  Bill,  passed  June 
30th,  1882,  the  following  clause  : 


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"  For  caring  for,  preserving,  using  and  operating  the  United  States 
"  testing  machine  at  the  Watertown  Arsenal,  ten  thousand  dollars  : 

"  Provided,  That  the  tests  of  iron  and  steel,  and  other  materials 
"  for  industrial  purposes,  shall  be  continued  during  the  next  fiscal 
"  year,  and  report  thereof  shall  be  made  to  Congress.  And  provided 
^'further.  That  in  making  tests  for  private  citizens,  the  officer  in 
"  charge  may  require  payment  in  advance,  and  may  use  the  funds  so 
"  received  in  making  such  private  tests,  making  full  report  thereof  to 
"  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  ;  and  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  shall  give  atten- 
"  tion  to  such  programme  of  tests  as  may  be  submitted  by  the  American 
"  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  and  the  record  of  such  tests  shall  be  fur- 
"  nished  said  Society,  to  be  by  them  published  at  their  own  expense." 

The  subject  having  been  referred  to  the  Board  of  Direction,  letters 
were  sent  to  many  persons  interested  in  the  investigation,  the  produc- 
tion and  use  of  structural  materials,  and  a  number  of  replies  were 
received.  These  replies  were  carefully  collated  and  referred  to  a  com- 
mittee of  the  Board.  The  late  President  of  the  Society,  Mr.  Ashbel 
Welch,  was  the  chairman  of  the  committee  in  charge  of  this  subject,  and 
he  took  a  deep  interest  in  its  successful  accomplishment. 

After  his  decease  the  Board  of  Direction  requested  and  received  the 
advice  and  co-operation  of  a  number  of  gentlemen,  members  of  this  So- 
ciety, of  the  American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers  and  of  the  Ameri- 
can Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers.  Basing  their  action  upon  the 
communications  received  from  the  various  sources  referred  to  above,  a 
programme  was  prepared  by  the  Board  of  Direction,  in  consultation 
with  these  gentlemen,  with  a  view  of  securing  the  largest  immediate  re- 
sults with  the  small  amount  appropriated.  This  programme  was  pre- 
sented by  Vice-President  William  H.  Paine  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance, 
and  it  is  proposed  by  that  officer  to  issue  circulars  upon  the  subject, 
copies  of  which  will  be  printed  in  the  Proceedings  of  the  Society  as  soon 
as  furnished. 

The  publication  of  the  records  of  the  tests  to  be  made  has  been 
entrusted  by  law  to  this  Society.  It  is  the  purpose  of  the  Board  of  Di- 
rection to  arrange  the  publication  of  these  records,  as  they  may  be  re- 
ceived from  time  to  time,  in  such  a  way  as  to  insure  a  full  circulation  of 
them  among  all  who  may  be  interested. 

The  Standing  Committee  on  the  Preservation  of  Timber  presented  an 
interesting  report  of  progress  at  the  Washington  Convention.  This 
report  has  been  jDrinted  in  the  Transactions  of  the  Society,  and  it  is 
expected  that  the  committee  will  at  this  meeting  report  further 
progress. 

The  Norman  Medal  for  1881  was  awarded  to  Paper  No,  CCXXIIL, 
upon  the  Eeinforcement  of  the  Anchorage  and  Renewal  of  the  Sus- 
pended Structure  of  the  Niagara  Railroad  Suspension  Bridge.  The 
iauthor  is  Mr.  L.  L.  Buck,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 


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The  Board  of  Censors  to  award  the  Norman  Medal  for  the  past  year 
■will  make  a  reijort  at  this  meeting. 

In  June,  1882,  an  ordinance  was  received  by  the  Board  of  Direc- 
tion, which  had  been  passed  by  the  Councils  and  approved  by  the 
Mayor  of  the  City  of  Philadelphia,  requesting  this  Society,  conjointly 
with  the  Franklin  Institute  of  Philadelphia,  to  nominate  to  the  Mayor  of 
that  city  the  names  of  nine  engineers.  From  these  the  Mayor  was 
requested  to  select  three,  to  act  in  conjunction  with  the  Chief  Engineer 
of  the  Water  Department  of  Philadelphia  as  a  Board  of  Experts  in 
reference  to  the  water  sujsply  of  that  city. 

The  Board  of  Direction  thereupon  consulted  the  Society  upon  the 
subject,  requesting  an  expression  of  opinion  upon  the  following  ques- 
tion : 

"  Do  you  consider  it  expedient  and  advisable  that  the  Board  of  Di- 
rection of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  should  comply  with 
requests  to  nominate  engineers  from  whom  may  be  selected  members  of 
advisory  professional  boards  ?" 

The  vote  upon  this  question  showing  a  large  majority  in  the  affirma- 
tive, the  Board  of  Direction,  after  considerable  correspondence,  did  nomi- 
nate, conjointly  with  the  Franklin  Institute,  the  names  of  nine  engineers. 
This  action  was  not,  however,  perfected  until  October  18th,  1882. 

It  having  been  found  that  there  was  great  confusion  in  the  method  of 
designating  members  of  the  Society  as  such,  the  Board  of  Direction  has 
issued  the  following  recommendation  : 


AMERICAN   SOCIETY   OF   CH^IL   ENGINEERS. 

Abbkevtations  for  Designating  Membekship. 

The  Board  of  Direction  has  declared  the  following  as  the  authorized 
abbreviations  to  be  used  by  Members  of  the  Society  having  occasion  to 
designate  themselves  as  such  : 

For  Honorary  Members Hon.  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

For  Members M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

For  Associates Assoc.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

For  Juniors Jun.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

For  Fellows F.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

The  Board  requests  the  use  of  the  above  forms  in  all  cases. 

John  Bogaet, 

Secretary  Atti.  Soc.  C.  E. 


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The  following  tables  show  the  changes  and  aaditions  during  the  year 
in  the  various  classes  of  Society  membership  : 

On  January  1st,  18S2,  the  date  of  the  last  report,  the   membership 
in  the  Society  was  : 

Honorary  members,  resident 3     Non-resident 8  Total...    11 

Corresponding  members "           ....     3  "              3 

Members,  resident 119  "           ...  .394  .<    513 

Associates,       "       9  "           ....   15  "      24 

Juniors,            "       8                "           46  "      54 

— 591 

Making,  resident 139  Non-resident. . .  .466                  

Total 605 


Fellows,  63,  of  whom  10  members  and    1  honorary  member  are  in- 
cluded above,  leaving 52 

Total  members  and  Fellows 657 


Subscribers  to  the  Building  Fund,  110,  of  whom  77  are  entered  in  one 

or  other  of  the  above  classifications,  leaving 33 

Total  connected  with  the  Society  January  1st,  1882 690 

At  the  present  date,  January  1st,  1883,  the  membership  is  : 

Honorary  members,  resident 2    Non-resident 8  Total...   10 

Corresponding  members •'           ....     3         "              3 

Members,  resident 129  "           ...  .436         "     565 

Associates,       "       11  "           ....   19         "      30 

Juniors,           "       10  "           ....  48         "      58 

— 653 

Making,  resident 152     Non-resident. . .  .514  


Total. 


666 

Fellows,  63,  of  whom  9  members  and   1  honorary  member  are  in- 
cluded above,  leaving 53 

Total  members  and  Fellows 7I9 

Subscribers  to  the  Building  Fund,  128,  of  whom  87  are  entered  in 

one  or  other  of  the  above  classifications  and  4  deceased,  leaving.  37 

Total  connected  with  the  Society  January  1st,   1883 756 


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The  adtlitions  during  the  past  year  to  the  several  classes  of  Society 
membership  have  been  : 

Members  qualified 

Former  members  i-estored 

Associates  qualified 

Juniors  qualified 

Total  additions  to  the  several  classes  of  membership 80 

Subscribers  to  Building   Fund  not   otherwise    connected  with  the       ^ 

Society 

84 
Total  additions 

The  decrease  during  the  year  in  the  several  classes  of  membership  has 
been  : 

Honorary  members .  Died    1 

Members "     10.  .Resigned 4* •  •  •  •  • 

j^^iorg ♦'       1 . .       "         0  Transferred  to  member  3     ^ 

Totals Deaths  12,  Resignations  4,  Transfers 3    19 

*1  Resigned  membership  but  continues  a  Fellow ^ 

18 

There  has  thus  been  an  addition  of  84  to  the  various  classes  of  mem-  . 
bership  and  subscribers  to  the  Building  Fund,  and  a  loss  by  deaths,  resig- 
nations and  transfers  of  18,  making  the  actual  net  additions  durmg  the 
year  66  in  number. 

On  January  1st,  1882,  there  were,  as  stated  in  the  last  Annual  Report, 
15  proposals  pending;  79  proposals  have  been  received  during  the  year  ;  /4 
candidates  have  been  elected  Members,  of  whom  3  were  transferred  from 
Juniors;  6  candidates  have  been  elected  Associates  ;  10  candidates  have 
been  elected  Juniors  ;  1  candidate  has  been  elected  a  Fellow. 

63  persons  have,  during  the  year,  qualified  as  Members  ;  6  have  quali- 
fied as  Associates  ;  10  have  qualified  as  Juniors  ;  7  candidates  elected 
during  the  year  as  Members  and  1  as  Fellow  have  not  yet  qualified; 
there  are  5  proposals  now  pending. 

Twenty-one  meetings  of  the  Society  were  held  during  the  year  one 
of  which  was  the  Annual  Meeting,  held  in  New  York  January  18th  and 
19th  and  the  other  the  Annual  Convention,  held  in  Washington,  D.  O., 
May  16th  to  19th;  all  the  sessions  of  the  Convention,  including  the 
business  meeting,  being  counted  as  one  meeting  of  the  Society.  Meetings 
have  been  held  on  the  first  and  third  Wednesdays  of  each  month,  except 
that  there  were  no  meetings  in  August,  and  but  one  m  July. 

Eighteen  meetings  of  the  Board  of  Direction  have  been  held  during 

^^^ITo'int  meeting  of  this  Society,  the  American  Institute  of  Mining 


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Engineers  and  the  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers  was  held  in 
the  Theatre  of  the  Turf  Club,  November  1st,  1882,  in  memory  of  Alexander 
Lyman  Holley,  past  Vice-President  of  the  Society,  on  which  occasion  Dr. 
E.  W.  Raymond  delivered  an  address. 

The  Library  has  been  increased  during  the  year  by  the  following 
additions  : 

Number  of  books  bound 112 

"         "      "      unbound 98 

"         "  pamphlets 276 

"         "  maps  and  plans 18 

"         "  photographs 20 

"         "  drawings,  specifications,  models  and  specimens. 52 

These  do  not  include  magazines  and  papers  contributed  to  the  Society 
by  publishers,  or  received  in  exchange  for  the  Transactions,  a  list  of 
which  is  given  in  an  appendix  to  this  report. 

The  present  state  of  the  Library  is  about  as  follows: 

Books  and  pamphlets 10,093 

Manuscripts 120 

Maps,  plans,  drawings,  charts,  jjliotographs  and  engravings  ....  2,200 
Models  and  specimens 348 

Reports  made  during  the  year  have  been  as  follows: 

By  the  Board  of  Direction :  The  Annual  Report,  a  Report  on  the 
subject  of  Tests  of  Structural  Materials,  a  Report  on  the  subject  of 
Compounding  Dues  and  the  creation  of  Life  Membership. 

By  the  Finance  Committee:  Annual  Report  on  the  Finances  of  the 
Society ;  Quarterly  Reports  to  the  Board  of  Direction. 

By  the  Library  Committee :  Regular  Monthly  Reports  on  the  Library 
and  on  Publications;  Report  on  Abbreviations  for  designating  Member- 
ship. 

By  the  Secretary:  Monthly  Reports  to  the  Board  of  Direction;  Occa- 
sional Reports  on  Current  Business, 

By  the  Treasurer:  The  Annual  Report  of  the  Treasurer;  Monthly 
Reports  to  the  Board  of  Direction. 

By  the  Committee  on  Gauging  of  Streams:  1  Report,  and  the  Com- 
mittee discharged. 

By  the  Committee  on  Uniform  System  for  Tests  of  Cement:  2  Re- 
ports. 

By  the  Committee  on  Preservation  of  Timber:  2  Reports. 

By  the  C'ommittee  on  a  Uniform  System  of  Standard  Time:  2  Re- 
ports. 

By  the  Nominating  Committee:  1  Report. 

The  Treasurer's  Annual  Report,  the  Report  of  the  Finance  Commit- 
tee, and  Reports  from  the  Committees  on  a  Uniform  System  of  Tests  of 


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Cement;  on  the  Preservation  of  Timber;  on  Uniform  Standard  Time,  and 
on  the  Award  of  the  Norman  Medal,  will  be  submitted  at  this  meeting. 

The  proposed  Amendments  to  the  Constitution,  which  have  been  pre- 
sented since  the  last  Annual  Meeting,  have  been  printed  and  distributed 
to  members,  and  will  now  be  submitted  for  discussion. 

The  Society  has  lost  by  death,  during  the  term  covered  by  this  report, 
its  President,  Ashbel  Welch;  one  Honorary  Member,  Gen.  John  G. 
Barnard,  U.  S.  A. ;  nine  members,  Messrs.  Alexander  L.  HoUey,  Past 
Vice-President,  Moses  Lane,  Theodore  R.  Scowden,  Gen.  William  W. 
Wright,  Caleb  G.  Forshey,  Maj.  Charles  W.  Howell,  U.  S.  A.,  William 
B.  Hyde,  Robert  Briggs  and  Henrique  Harris  ;  and  one  Junior,  Mr.  Ira 
E.  Clark.  Appropriate  memoirs  of  these  deceased  members  have  been, 
or  will  be,  published  in  the  Proceedings.  The  Board,  however,  desires 
to  express  in  this  Report  its  sense  of  the  great  loss  the  Society,  the  pro- 
fession and  the  public  have  sustained  in  the  death  of  Mr.  Ashbel  Welch, 
late  President  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers. 
Respectfully  submitted, 

JOHN  BOGART, 

Secretary. 


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REPORT     or     THE     TREASURER 

For  the  Year  ending  December  31st,  1882. 

P)'esented  at  the  Annual  Meeting,  January  Ylth,  1883. 


Receipts. 


Balance  on  hand  December  31st,  1882,  General  Fund ^2,459  45 

Building  Fund 3,055  62 

Entrance  fees 2,240  00 

Current  Dues — For  year  ending  December  31st,  1882: 

From    70  Resident  Members ^1,737  50 

"     287  Non-resident  Members..      4,041  06 

*'         5  Resident  Associates 75  00 

"       12  Non-resident  Associates.         115  00 

6  Resident  Juniors 82  50 

39  Non-resident  Juniors....         380  00 

6,431  06 

Past  Dues— From    42  Resident  Members $520  56 

'•      141  Non-resident  Members 859  50 

"  4  Resident  Associates 63  00 

"  6  Non-resident  Associates....  29  96 

"        17  Non-resident  Juniors 28  23 

1,501  25 

Dues  for  year  beginning  January  Ist,  1883 : 

From    34  Resident  Members S850  00 

"     112  Non-resident  Members 1,647  75 

"         3  Resident  Associates 45  00 

"         4  Non-resident  Associates 40  00 

"       11  Non-resident  Juniors 110  00 

2,692  75 

Sales  of  Publications 400  33 

Certificates   of  Membership 131  00 

Advertisements 225  00 

Interest  on  Fellowship  Fund  Bonds $157  50 

"       Savings  Bank  Deposit 50  94 

Norman  Medal  Fund  Bond 70  00 

Railroad  Stock 82  80 

361  24 

Subscriptions  to  Building  Fund 2,645  00 

$22,142  70 


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DiSBUKSEMENTS. 

Interest  on  Mortgage $905  00 

Taxes 495  00 

Publications 2,880  70 

Stationery  and  Printing 677  48 

Postage. 712  11 

Library 917  85 

Salaries 3,000  00 

Convention  and  Annual  Meeting 409  52 

Janitor,  House  Suj^pHes,  Fuel,  Water  and  Gas 1,192  16 

Certificates  of  Membership 66  85 

Insurance ' 62  50 

Norman  Medal 70  75 

Payments  from  Building  Fund 4,188  85 

Other  expenditures 302  11 

Transferred  to  Savings  Bank  Deposit 30  90 

On  hand,  Building  Fund 1,511  77 

On  hand,  General  Fund 4,719  15 


S22,142  70 


The  Funds  of  the  Society  are  as  follows: 
Fellowshij?  Fund: 

80  Subscriptions   iB8,150  00 

Premiums  and  Accumulated  Interest,  Decem- 
ber 31st,  1881 1,852  75 


Fund  on  hand,  December  31st,  1881 $10,002  75 

Interest  received  during  1882 208  44 

$10,211  19 

Expended  from  fund: 

For  Publications  during  1882 157  50 


$10,053  69 

The  present  investment  of  the  Fellowship  Fund 
is,  at  par  value : 

9  United  States  Government  Bonds $9,000  00 

Deposit  in  Seamen's  Bank  for   Savings , .      1,053  69 

$10,053  69 

Norman  Medal  Fund : 

1  Certificate  Croton  Aqueduct  Stock,  New  York  City.  . .  .    $1,000  00 


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General  Investment: 

10  Shares  New  York  Central  and  Hudson  Kiver 

E.R.  Stock $1,000  00 

1  Consolidated  Certificate  New  York  Central 

and  Hudson  River  R.  R.  Stock 35  00 

$1,035  00 

Building  Fund : 

Receipts  previous  to  Jan.  1st,  1882 $14,012  00 

"       during  1882 2,645  00 

Total  receipts  up  to  Jan.  1st,  1883 $16,657  00 

Expended : 

For  Legal  Services,  Circulars,  etc . .       $355  03 

For  Betterments  on  Property 790  20 

Payments  on  Purchase 14,000  00 

15,145  23 

On  hand  Dec.  31st,  1882 $1,511  77 

Respectfully  submitted, 

J.  JAMES  R.  CROES, 

Treasurer. 


REPORT  OF    THE  COMMITTEE  ON  FINANCE. 

Presented,  Read    and    Accepted   at  the  Annual  Meeting,  Januaby 

17th,  1883. 

The  Committee  on  Finance  respectfully  report  that  they  have  audited 
all  of  the  bills  as  they  have  been  presented  during  the  past  year. 

At  the  close  of  the  year  they  examined  the  accounts  of  the  Treasurer, 
personally  inspecting  all  of  the  assets  and  liabilities  of  the  Society,  and 
certify  that  the  report  of  the  Treasurer  is  correct. 

W.  H.  Paine, 

Jos.  P.  Davis, 

Geo.  S.  Greene,  Jr., 

Committee  on  Finance. 


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LIST     OF    PUBLICATIONS     AND     PAPERS    RECEIVED    FOR 

LIBRARY. 

Appendix  to  Annttal  Report  of  the  Board  of  Direction, 
January  17th,  1883. 

The  following  papers  are  contributed  to  the  Society,  or  are  received 
in  exchange  for  Transactions  : 

American  Architect  and  Building  Newg Weekly Boston. 

American  Engineer "      Chicago. 

American  Gas  Light  Journal Semi-Monthly . .  New  York. 

American  Machinist Weekly " 

Annales  des  Travaux  Publics Monthly Paris. 

Army  and  Navy  Journal Weekly New  York. 

Builder •■      London. 

Building  and  Engineering  News "       " 

Bulletin  American  Iron  and  Steel  Association Semi-Monthly.. Philadelphia. 

Bulletin  du  Canal  Interoceanique "  "        ..Paris. 

Commissioner  of  Patents'  Journal Semi- Weekly..  .London. 

Deutsche  Bauzeitung Weekly Berlin. 

Engineer "      London. 

Engineering  (2  copies) "       " 

Engineering  and  Mining  Journal "      New  York. 

Engineering  News "       " 

Genie  Civil "       Paris. 

Iron "       London. 

Iron  Age "       New  York. 

Journal  of  the  Association  of  Engineering  Societies Monthly 

of  Artillery  and  Military  Engineering "         Vienna. 

of  Society  of  Arts Weekly     London. 

of  Gas  Lighting •. "        " 

Manufacturer  and  Builder ..Monthly New  York. 

Manufacturer  and  Iron  World       Weekly Pittsburgh. 

Mechanical  News Semi-Monthly  .New  York. 

Mechanics Weekly " 

National  Car  Builder Monthly " 

Record  of  Scientific  Literature "        " 

Railroad  Gazette Weekly " 

Railway  Age "       Chicago. 

Railway  Review "       " 

Railway  World "       Philadelphia. 

Reportorium  der  Technischen  Literatur Leipsig. 

Revue  Generale  des  Chemins  de  fer Monthly .Paris. 

Sanitary  Engineer Weekly New  York, 

Scientific  American "       " 

Scientific  American  Supplement "       " 

Tehnic  Tidskrift Monthly Stockholm. 

Techniker Semi-Monthly . . New  York. 

Telegi'aph  Journal  and  Electric  Review "  .  .London. 

The  Locomotive Monthly Hartford. 

Van  Nostraud's  Magazine "         New  York. 

Zeitschrift  fur  Baukunde Quarterly Munich. 

Zeitschrift  fur  Bauwesens "         Berlin. 


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The  following  are  subscribed  for  : 

American  Bookseller Semi-Moutbly .  .New  York 

American  Catalogue "  "        ..         " 

American  Library  Journal Monthly 

Index "        " 

Bookseller "         London. 

Publishers'  Weekly Weekly New  York. 

U.  S.  Official  Postal  Guide Monthly Boston. 

The  Society  has  received  during  the  year,  in  exchange  for  the 
"Transactions,"  official  publications  of  the  following  associations,  in 
many  instances  for  preceding  years  : 

Aeronautical  Society  of  Great  Britain London. 

Academy  of  Sciences Washington. 

Akademie  des  Bauwesens Berlin. 

American  Chemical  Society New  York. 

American  Gas  Light  Association " 

American  Institute  of  Architects " 

American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers Easton. 

American  Iron  and  Steel  Association Philadelphia. 

American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers .• New  York. 

Aunalea  de  Coustrucciones  Civiles  y  de  Minas Lima. 

Annales  des  Fonts  et  Chausees Paris. 

Argentine  Scientific  Society Buenos  Ayres. 

Association  of  Civil  Engineers Lisbon. 

Austrian  Society  of  Engineers  and  Architects  (Two  Publications) Vienna. 

Boston  Public  Library Boston. 

Boston  Society  of  Civil  Engineers " 

Civil  Engineers'  Club  of  Cleveland Cleveland. 

Die  Administration  der  "  Mittheilungen  " Vienna. 

Engineers'  Club  of  Philadelphia Philadelphia. 

Engineers'  Club  of  St.  Louis St.  Louis. 

Engineer    Department,  U.  S.  A Washington. 

Engineers'  Society,  Western  Pennsylvania Pittsburgh. 

Essayons'  Club,  Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A Willetts  Point. 

Franklin  Institute  Journal Philadelphia. 

Imperial  School Moscow. 

Imperial  Technic  Society  of  Russia St.  Petersburg. 

Imperial  University Tokio. 

Institution  of  Civil  Engineers London. 

"  of  Ireland Dublin. 

"         of  Engineers  and  Shipbuilders  of  Scotland Glasgow. 

"         ot  Mechanical  Engineers London. 

Iron  and  Steel  Institute    " 

Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology Boston . 

McGill  University,  Department  of  Science Montreal. 

Mechanics'  Institute San  Francisco. 

Midland  Institute  Mining,  Civil  and  Mechanical  Engineers Barnsley,  Eug. 

Mining  Institute  of  Scotland Hamilton. 

New  York  Meteorological  Observatory New  York. 

North  of   England  Institute  of  Mining  and  Mechanical  Engineers Newcastle-on-Tyne . 

Pi  Eta  Scientific  Society     Troy. 

Royal  United  Service  Institution London. 

School  of  Mines,  Columbia  College New  York. 

Smithsonian  Institaition Washington. 


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Society  of  Arts Loudon. 

Society  of  Civil  Engineers Paris. 

Society  of  Engineers London. 

Society  of  Engineers  and  Architects Cologne. 

Society  of  Engineers  and  Architects  of  Hungary Budapest. 

"  "  "  of  Saxony Dresden. 

"  "  "  Hanover. 

Stevens  Institute  of  Technology Hoboken. 

Swedish  .Society  of  Engineers Stockholm. 

Thayer  Scientific  School,  Dartmouth  College Hanover. 

Thomason  Civil  Engineering  College,  Indian  Engineering Koorkee. 

United  States  Coast  Survey Washington 

"  Light  House  Board 

"  Naval  Institute Annapolis. 

"  Naval  Observatory Washington 

"  Ordnance  Department 

Patent  Office 

University  of  Michigan Ann  Arbor. 

Western  Society  of  Engineers Chicago. 


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Vol.    IX.— March.    I883, 


MINUTES     OF     MEETINGS 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


January  3d,  1883. -The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President  Paine 
m  the  chair  ;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.  Ballots  for  membership  were 
canvassed,  and  the  following  candidates  declared  elected: 

As  members,  Hiel  Hamilton  Filley,  Mexico,  Mexico;  Arthur  J.  Frith 
Hotchkiss,    Tenn. ;  Joseph   Palmer   Frizell,    St.    Paul,    Minn. ;    George 
Herndon  Pegram  (elected  Junior,   April  7th,  1880),   Wilmington,  Del 
As  Junior,  Charles  Frederick  Loweth,  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa. 

A  paper  on  Railroad  Economics  as  a  Pseudo-Science,  was  read  by  Mr 
William  P.  Shinn,  and  discussed  by  Messrs.  Chanute,  Cooper,  Forney" 
Chas.  H.  Fisher,  Emery  and  Shinn. 

February  7th,  1883.-The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Director  Joseph 
P.  Davis  in   the  Chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.     The  death  of  Charles 
E.   Fowler,  M.  Am.   Soc.  C.  E.,  on   January  28th,  1883,  was  announced 
The  subject  of  "  Tests  of  Structural  Materials  "  was  discussed  by  Messrs. 
Cooper,  Bogart,  Emery  and  Morison. 

February  21st,  1883.-The  Society  met  at  8  p.   m.,  A^ce-President 
.  Pame  in  the  Chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.     A  discussion  on  "  Weights 


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and  Measures,"  by  Jacob  M.  Clark,  M.  Am.  Hoc.  ('.  E.,  was  read,  and 
the  subject  discussed  by  Messrs.  Bixby,  Bogart,  Jacob  M.  Clark,  T.  0. 
Clarke,  Compton,  Croes,  J.  P.  Davis,  Emery,  North  and  Striedinger. 


OF  THE   BOARD   OF   DIRECTION. 

January  2d,  1883.— Applications  were  considered  ;  appropriations 
made,  and  arrangements  for  the  Annual  Meeting  considered. 

January  15th,  1883.— Applications  were  considered;  appropriations 
were  made.  The  Annual  Report  was  presented  by  the  Secretary,  con- 
sidered and  adopted. 

January  20th,  1883.— The  Board  of  Direction,  elected  at  the  Annual 
Meeting,  January  17th,  1883,  met,  organized,  and  under  the  provisions 
of  the  Constitution  the  following  Standing  Committees  were  appointed: 

On  Finance :  Wili-iam  H.  Paine, 

George  S.  Greene,  Jr., 
William  G.  Hamilton. 

On  Library :  J.  James  R.  Croes, 
Joseph  P.  Davis, 
William  E.  Merrill. 

Under  the  resolution  passed  by  the  Society  at  the  Annual  Meeting,  a 
Special  Committee  was  appointed  in  reference  to  appropriations  for  the 
continuance  of  "Tests  of  Structural  Materials.!'  Applications  were 
considered.  It  was  decided  that  the  proposed  amendments  to  the  Con- 
stitution  be  issued  for  letter-ballot  both  as  originally  proposed  and  as 
amended  by  the  Annual  Meeting.  The  Board,  having  originally  re- 
ported to  the  Society  the  proposed  amendment  in  reference  to  the  Com- 
mutation of  Dues  by  one  payment,  now  determined  to  recommend  that 
all  members  desiring  to  vote  in  favor  of  the  Commutation  of  Dues, 
should  vote  for  the  proposed  amendment  to  Article  XXII.  of  the  Con- 
stitution in  the  form  as  amended  by  the  Annual  Meeting. 

February  14th,  1883. —Applications  were  considered.  Action  was 
taken  as  to  Arrears  of  Dues;  as  to  the  preparation  of  the  Norman  Medal 
awarded  at  the  Annual  Meeting;  as  to  the  committee  in  reference  to  ap- 
propriations for  the  continuance  of  "Tests  of  Structural  Materials."  Ar- 
rangements for  the  Rowland  Prize  were  referred  to  a  committee  to  report 

to  the  Board. 

Resolutions  in  reference  to  the  death  of  the  late  President  of  the 
Society,  Mr.  Ashbel  Welch,  were  received  from  the  Board  of  Directors' 
of  the  United  New  Jersey  Railroad  and  Canal  Company.  Quarterly  ap- 
propriations were  made. 


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CONTRIBUTIONS  TO  THE   BUILDING  FUND. 

By  a  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Direction,  all  contributions  to  the 
Building  Fund  are  to  be  acknowledged,  from  time  to  time,  by  printing 
lists  of  the  same  in  the  monthly  Proceedings  of  the  Society,  and  in 
addition  to  this  the  names  of  all  those  who  may  subscribe  $100  or  more 
are  to  be  regularly  enrolled  and  published  in  future  lists  of  the  Society 
under  the  head  of  Subscribers  to  the  Building  Fund,  and  they  will  be 
entitled  to  receive  one  copy  of  the  monthly  publications,  comprising  all 
papers  and  Transactions  of  the  Society,  regularly,  for  life,  for  each  $100 
subscribed  by  them  ;  such  copies  to  be  in  addition  to  those  which  they 
may  be  already  entitled  to  if  they  are  Members  or  Fellows. 

The  following  contributions  are  acknowledged  in  addition  to  those 
heretofore  noted  : 

*S.  S.  Haight $10  00 

S.  Whinery 25  00 

LIST    OF    MEMBERS. 


AUDITIONS, 
MEMBERS. 


Date  of  Election. 

Beadley,  T.  C U.  S.  Asst.  Engineer,  St.  Joseph,  Mo.. .Dec.  6,  1882. 

FiLLEY,  H.  H Div.  Engr.  Mex.  National   Construction 

Co.,  Calle  Cadena  11,  Mexico,  Mex. .  .Jan.  3,  1883. 

Frith,  Arthur   J U.S.  Asst.  Engineer,  Hotchkiss,  Tenn . .      " 

Frizell,  Joseph  P 104  East  Third  St.,  St.  Paul,  Minn " 

MAN.SFIELD,  M.  W Engineer   Maintenance  of   Way,  P.  C. 

and  St.  L.  R.  R.,  Richmond.  Ind.  . .  .July  5,  1882. 
Pe«r.\m,  George  H (Elected  Junior  April  7th,  1880),  Edg- 

moor  Iron  Co.,  Wilmington,  Del Jan.  3,  1883. 


LowETH,  Charles  F Care  of  Raymond  and  Campbell,  Coun- 
cil Bluffs,  Iowa 


changes  and  corrections. 

members. 

BoNNYN,  Wm.  Wingfield  .  Care  Bank  of  Montreal,  Halifax,  N.  S. 

Burns,  Edwaed  C 25  Washington  Ave.,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Dempster,   Alexander.  .  .89  Fourth  Ave.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Enole,  Robert  L Res.  Engr.  Mexican  Central  R.  R.,  El  Paso,  Texas. 


*  Additional  subscription  to  payments  previously  acknowledged. 


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Fogg,  Charles  E Div.  Eng.  South  Penna.  E.  R.,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

Fkaziek,  James  L   Louisville  Bridge  and  Iron  Co.,  Louisville,  Ky. 

GoLAY,  Philip U.  S.  Asst.  Engineer,  Golconda,  111. 

Grant,  Wllliam  H 1828  Jefferson  Place,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Harris,  William  P Supt.  West.  Div.  C.  and  0.  R.  R.,  Hinton,  W.  Ya. 

LiNvxLLE,  Jacob  H 3608  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

McKeown,  Thom-as Houghton  and  L'Anse  R.  R.,  L'Anse,  Mich. 

MoLain,  Louis  R Div.  Eng.  R.  and  D.  Ex,  Co.,  Anniston,  Ala. 

Meyer,  Thomas  C 13  Waverly  Place,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Newman,  Robert  M Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Osgood,  Joseph  O Chief  Engr.    Boston,  Hoosac    Tunnel   and  Western 

R.  R.,  Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y. 

Palmer,  Francis  1 38  West  Ninth  St. ,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Pickett,  William  D 351  Nineteenth  St.,  Denver,  Col. 

Post,  James  C Capt.  of  Engineers,  U.   S.  A..  33  West  Houston  St., 

New  York  City,  N .  Y. 
Rttsling,  George  M New  York,  West  Shore  and  Buffalo  R.  R.,  Lock  Box 

399,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Schmidt,   Max  E Al/c.  Sr.  Pedro  del  Hoyo,  Ferro  Carril  Central,  San 

Luis  Potosi.  Mexico. 
8EARLES,  William  H.  .  .-.  .Beach  Creek,  Clinton  Co.,  Pa. 
Striedinger,  Julius  H...  (Care  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.),   127  East  23d  St.,   New  York 

City,  N.  Y. 
Van  Brocklin,  Martin.  ..Minatitlan,  Mexico. 

Ward,  Charles  D 314  York  St.,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

WisNER,  George  Y 39  Canfield  Ave.,  Detroit,  Mich. 

JTTNIOR. 

Webster,  Albert  L P.  O.  Box  2-40,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

FELLOW. 

Cheney,  Nathaniel 201  Broadway,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

DEATHS. 

Cary,  EDG.iR  Sheldon  ....  Elected  Meniher  November  1st,  1882.  Died  Janu- 
ary 5th,  1883. 

Ellis,  Theodore  GREmTLLE  (Pasi  Vice-FreskUnt  and  Fellow  of  the  Society.) 
Elected  Member  February  17th,  1809.  Died  Janu- 
ary 9th,  1883. 

Fowler,  Chari,es  EnwARO.Elected  Member  M  ly  3d,  1876.  Died  January  28th, 
1883. 

MoRLEY,  William  RAYMOND.Elected  Member  September  6th,  1882.  Died  Jan- 
uary 3d,  1883. 


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Vol.    IX.— April,    I883. 


MINUTES     OF    MEETINGS. 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


March  7tli,  1883. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President  Wm. 
H.  Paine  in  the  Chair;  JohnBogart,  Secretary.  Ballots  for  membership 
were  canvassed,  and  the  following  candidates  were  declared  elected  : 

As  Members  :  Henry  Delphos  Gates,  San  Francisco,  Cal. ;  Gustave 
Lehlbach,  Newark,  N.  J. 

As  Junior  :  William  Jewett  Haskins,  New  York  City. 

Votes  for  the  proposed  amendments  to  the  Constitution  were  can- 
vassed, with  the  following  result : 

Total  number  of  votes  received 134 

Deduct  without  endorsement 1 

Not  entitled  to  vote 1 

—      2 

Total  number  of  ballots  counted 132 

On  the  following  proposed  amendment  to  Article  XXXIII : 

Proposed  amendments  to  this  Constitution  must  be  submitted  in  writing,  signed  by  not 
less  than  5  members,  on  or  before  the  first  Wednesday  in  November,  and  shall  be  sent  by 
letter  to  the  members  of  the  Society,  at  least  25  days  previous  to  the  Annual  Meeting. 

Such  amendments  shall  be  in  order  for  discussion  at  such  Annual  Meeting,  and  may  be 
amended  in  any  manner  pertinent  to  the  original  amendments  by  a  majority  vote  of  the 
Annual  Meeting,  and  if  so  amended,  shall  be  voted  upon  by  letter-ballot  in  form  as  amended 
by  the  Annual  Meeting;  if  not  so  amended,  they  shall  be  voted  upon  by  letter-ballot  as 
submitted;  the  vote  to  be  counted  at  the  first  regular  meeting  in  March. 

An  affirmative  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all  ballots  cast  shall  be  necessary  to  the  adoption  of 
any  amendment. 


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There  were  in  the  affirmative 107  votes. 

"      "     "    negative 8     " 

[Note.— 17  ballots  had  no  vote  entered  upon  this  amendment.] 
This  projiosed  amendment,  having  received  two-thirds  of  all  ballots 
cast,  was  declared  adopted. 

A. — On  the  following  proposed  amendments  to  Article  XXII. : 
Add  at  end  of  Article  as  follows  : 

Any  member  of  the  Society,  not  in  arrears  for  dues,  may  compound  for  future  annual 
dues  by  tlie  payment  of  Two  Hundred  and  Fifty  Dollars  ;  provided,  however,  that  each 
person  duly  elected  a  member  shaU  pay  the  entrance  fee  and  also  the  annual  dues  lor  the 
current  year  of  his  election. 

Provided,  also,  that  any  member  desiring  to  compound  for  future  annual  dues  shall 
have  paid  the  annual  dues  for  a  current  year  before  the  compounding  sum  maybe  available. 

Provided,  also,  that  in  addition  to  the  sum  provided  for  compounding  dues,  there  shall 
be  paid  by  each  compounding  member  resident  within  50  miles  of  the  Post  Office  in  the 
City  of  Kew  York,  the  sum  of  Ten  Dollars  per  year  for  5  years  after  compounding. 

Should  a  resident  member  become  non-resident  at  any  time  during  the  5  years  after 
compounding,  he  shall  be  relieved  from  the  payment  of  such  annual  sums  during  the  time 
of  non-residence. 

Should  anon-resident  member  become  i-esident  at  any  time  within  5  years  after  com- 
poiiuding,  he  shall  be  liable  to  the  annual  payment  of  Ten  Dollars  for  each  year  of  residence 
up  to  5  years  after  comiwunding. 

Members  compounding  shall  sign  an  agreement  that  they  will  be  governed  by  the  Con- 
stitution and  By-Laws  of  the  Society  as  they  are  now  formed  or  as  they  may  be  hereafter 
altered,  amended  or  enlarged;  that  in  case  of  their  desiring  to  withdraw  their  names  from 
the  roll  of  the  Society,  the  amount  theretofore  paid  by  them  for  compounding  and  for 
entrance  fees  and  annual  dues  shall  be  the  property  of  the  Society;  that  in  case  of  expulsion, 
the  amount  paid  for  compoiinding  shall  be  returned  to  the  expelled  member,  but  not  the 
amount  theretofore  paid  for  entrance  fees  or  for  annual  dues. 

B. — Amendment  adopted  and  recommended  by  Annual  Meeting: 
Add  at  end  of  Article  XXII.  as  follows  : 

Any  member  of  the  Society,  not  in  arrears  for  dues,  may  compound  for  future  annual 
dues  by  the  payment  of  Two  Hundred  and  Fifty  Dollars  ;  provided,  however,  that  each 
person  duly  elected  a  member  shall  pay  the  entrance  fee  and  also  the  annual  dues  for  the 
current  year  of  his  election. 

Provided,  also,  that  any  member  desiring  to  compound  for  future  annual  dues  shall 
have  paid  the  annual  dues  for  a  current  year  before  the  compounding  sum  may  be  available. 

Provided,  also,  that  in  addition  to  the  sum  provided  for  compounding  dues,  there  shall 
be  paid  by  each  compounding  member  resident  within  50  miles  ot  the  Post  Office  in  the 
City  of  New  York,  the  sum  of  Ten  Dollars  per  year  for  5  years  after  compounding. 

Should  a  resident  member  become  non-resident  at  any  time  during  the  5  years  after 
compounding,  he  shall  be  relieved  from  the  payment  of  such  annual  sum  during  the  time  of 
non-residence. 

Should  a  non-resident  member  become  resident  at  any  time  within  5  years  after  com- 
pounding, he  shall  be  liable  to  the  annual  payment  of  Ten  Dollars  for  each  year  of  residence 
up  to  5  years  after  compounding. 

Members  compounding  shall  sign  an  agreement  that  they  will  be  governed  by  the  Con- 
stitution and  By-Laws  of  the  Society  as  they  are  now  formed  or  as  they  may  be  hereafter 
altered,  amended  or  enlarged;  and  that  in  case  of  their  ceasing  to  be  members  from  any 
cause  whatever,  the  amount  theretofore  paid  by  them  for  compounding  and  for  entrance 
fees  and  annual  dues  shall  be  the  property  of  the  Society. 


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The  votes  were  as  follows  : 

"Amendment  A  " 10 

*'  Amendment  B  " 81 

"  No  "  (that  neither  be  adopted) 32 

"Yes  " 2 

"A  or  B" 3 

[Note. — 4  ballots  had  no  vote  entered  upon  these  amendments.] 
It  was  decided  that  neither  of  these  proposed  amendments  had  received 
two-thirds  of  all  ballots  cast,  and  that,  therefore,  neither  was  adopted. 
C. — On  the  following  proposed  amendments  to  the  Constitution  : 
A  new  Article  : 

Whenever  20  or  more  members  shall  signify  their  desire  to  form  a  section  of  the  Society 
for  the  advancement  of  a  special  branch  of  engineering,  the  Board  of  Direction  shall  consider 
such  application,  and  submit  it,  with  an  expression  of  opinion,  to  the  Society  for  a  letter- 
ballot.     The  application  shall  be  granted  if  two-thirds  of  the  votes  be  in  the  affirmative. 

Sections  authorized  as  above  shall  have  the  privilege  of  separate  meetings  for  reading  of 
papers  and  discussions,  at  times  and  places  determined  by  themselves,  but  may  not  assume 
to  transact  business  in  the  name  of  the  Society. 

The  transactions  of  sections  shall  be  published  by  the  Society,  under  the  usual  regula- 
tions; but  no  expense  other  than  for  such  publication  shall  be  borne  by  the  Society. 

D. — Amendment  adopted  and  recommended  by  Annual  Meeting: 
A  new  Article  : 

Whenever  10  or  more  members  of  the  Society  shall  signify  their  desire  to  form  a  section 
of  the  Society  for  the  advancement  of  engineering,  or  of  any  special  branch  thereof,  the 
Board  of  Direction  shall  consider  such  application,  and  submit  it,  with  an  expression  of 
opinion,  to  the  Society  for  a  letter-ballot.  The  application  shall  be  granted  if  two-thirds  of 
the  votes  be  in  the  affirmative. 

Sections  authorized  as  above  shall  have  the  privilege  of  separate  meetings  for  reading  of 
palmers  and  discussions,  at  times  and  places  determined  by  themselves,  but  may  not  assume 
to  transact  business  in  the  name  of  the  Society. 

The  transactions  of  such  sections  may  be  published  by  the  Society,  under  the  usual 
regulations  ;  but  no  expense  other  than  for  such  publication  shall  be  borne  by  the  Society. 

The  votes  were  as  follows  : 

"  Amendment  C" 24 

* '  Amendment  D  " 80 

"  No  "  (that  neither  be  adopted) 24 

"C  and  D" 2 

[Note. — 2  ballots  had  no  vote  entered  u^jon  these  amendments.] 
It  was  decided  that  neither    of    these   proposed   amendments   had 
received  two-thirds  of  all  ballots  cast,  and  that,  therefore,  neither  was 
adopted. 

The  following  letter  was  submitted  by  the  Board  of  Direction  for 
consideration  : 

Ann  Aebor,  Dec.  19th,  1882. 
John  Bogart,  Esq., 

Sec'y  Am.  Soc'y  Civil  Engineers, 

New  York  City: 
Dear  Sir  :  I  beg  leave  to  call  your  attention — and,  through  you,  the 


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attention  of  your  Society — to  the  following  resolutions  adopted  by  the 
Engineering  Society  of  the  University  of  Michigan  at  the  meeting  of 
Dec.  8th,  1882  : 

"  Whereas,  It  is  deemed  advisable  by  the  majority  of  the  Schools  of 
"  Technology  to  give  the  degree  of  Civil,  Mining  and  Mechanical  Engi- 
"  neer  as  second  degrees  ;  and 

"  Whereas,  No  uniform  degree  distinctive  of  the  course  of  study  i^ur- 
"  sued  is  now  conferred  upon  graduation  ;  therefore, 

"  Resolved,  That  this  Society  request  the  Faculty  to  confer  with  the 
"  faculties  of  other  engineering  schools,  and  to  secure,  if  possible,  the 
"  general  adoption  of  an  appropriate  degree  to  be  conferred  upon 
"  graduation  ;  also, 

"Resolved,  That  this  Society  correspond  with  similar  societies,  and 
"  with  engineering  students  of  other  schools,  for  the  same  purpose." 

In  accordance  with  the  above,  I  have  addressed  a  circular  to  the 
societies  and  students  of  most  of  the  highest  Schools  of  Technology  in 
the  United  States,  and  have  written  to  the  American  Societies  of  Mining 
and  Mechanical  Engineers. 

As  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  was  so  largely  instrumen- 
tal in  securing  the  j^resent  elevation  of  the  full  Engineer's  degree  to  the 
rank  of  second  degree,  and  the  consequent  rise  of  standard,  we  venture 
to  call  attention  to  this  matter,  and  respectfully  ask  for  your  considera- 
tion, and,  if  possible,  your  help. 

We  feel  sure  that  such  uniformity,  especially  if  it  can  be  accomplished 
by  a  practically  equivalent  course  of  study  for  such  a  degree  in  all  schools 
conferring  it,  will  raise  the  standard  of  the  young  engineers  entering  the 
profession. 

Will  you  be  kind  enough  to  let  us  know  whether  your  Society  will 
probably  take  action  in  this  matter  or  not,  and  if  so,  how  long  before  it 
can  be  done  '? 

Very  respectfully, 

for  the  Engineering  Society, 

FRANK  M.  DUNLAP, 

Cor.  Sec'y. 

Charles  E.  Emery. — I  do  not  see  how  a  matter  of  this  kind  can  well 
be  taken  up  by  us  as  a  Society,  but  I  suggest  that  a  committee  might  be 
appointed  to  confer  with  other  societies,  and  with  the  representatives  of 
educational  institutions. 

Joseph  P.  Davis. — This  Society,  I  think,  has  not  heretofore  taken 
action  upon  such  a  matter. 

The  Secretary.— Not  that  I  am  aware  of. 

William  P.  Shinn.— I  would  suggest  that  it  is  out  of  the  ordinary 
course  of  such  things,  in  their  application  to  other  branches  of  study, 
that  a  college  should  confer  a  degree  which  is  a  business  title,  and  it  has 


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struck  me  for  a  long  time  that  it  is  as  much  out  of  the  way  for  colleges  to 
confer  the  title  of  civil  engineer,  as  for  a  law  school  to  confer  the  title 
of  attorney-at-law.  It  does  not  make  him  an  attorney-at-law,  and  no 
more  does  the  title  make  a  man  a  civil  engineer.  A  considerable  amount 
of  practice  is  required  before  he  gets  to  that  point.  Of  course  it  would 
only  lie  in  the  jarovince  of  this  Society  to  recommend  some  action,  and  I 
think  it  would  be  a  good  thing  to  put  ourselves  on  record  as  regards  the 
matter. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Shinn,  it  was — 

Resolved,  That  a  committee  of  three  be  appointed  to  confer  with 
the  American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers,  and  the  American  Society 
of  Mechanical  Engineers,  and  with  authorized  representatives  of  Institu- 
tions of  Technical  Education  upon  this  subject,  and  report  the  result  to 
the  Society. 

The  following  members  of  the  Society  were  appointed  such  commit- 
tee:    Messrs.  Wm.  P.  Shinn,  T.  0.  Clarke  and  Theodore  Cooper. 

A  paper  by  Hamilton  Smith,  Jr.,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  the  Flow  of 
Water  in  Pipes,  was  then  read  and  discussed  by  Messrs.  T.  C.  Clarke, 
Croes,  Cooper,  J.  P.  Davis,  Emery,  North,  and  Wm.  H.  Paine. 

Maech  21st,  1883.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.m.,  Vice-President  William 
H.  Paine  in  the  chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.  The  death  on  March  8th, 
1883,  of  Mr.  James  O.  Morse,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  was  announced.  Mr. 
Morse  became  a  member  of  the  Society  February  9th,  1853.  He  was  its 
Secretary  from  December  1st,  1854,  to  November  3d,  1869,  and  its  Treasurer 
from  December  1st,  1854,  to  November  3d,  1875.  After  remarks  by  the 
Secretary  referring  to  the  important  work  done  for  the  Society  by  Mr. 
Morse  during  the  long  period  of  his  connection  with  it,  the  President 
was  authorized  to  appoint  a  committee  to  prepare  a  memoir  for  publica- 
tion in  the  Proceedings. 

The  subject  of  Tests  of  Iron,  Steel  and  other  materials  was  then 
considered.    By  request  of  the  Chair,  it  was  introduced  by  the  Secretary, 

The  Secketaky.— I  suppose  that  the  facts  connected  with  this  subject 
are  generally  understood  in  this  Society,  but  in  order  to  introduce  the 
proposed  discussion,  I  may  say  that  this  question  of  tests  of  structural 
materials  has  been  for  a  long  while  a  matter  of  very  great  interest  to  a 
large  proportion  of  our  members.  The  work  of  the  United  States  Board 
to  test  iron,  steel  and  other  materials  is  very  well  known.  The  great 
testing  machine  built  under  the  auspices  of  that  board  is  now  at  the 
Watertown  Arsenal,  and  is  in  charge  of  the  Ordnance  Department  of  the 
United  States  Army.  After  the  United  States  Board  on  that  subject 
ceased  to  exist,  the  work  of  continuing  tests  of  structural  materials  has 
been  carried  on  by  the  Ordnance  Department,  but  only  with  very  meagre 
results,  because  the  amount  of  money  appropriated  by  Congress  and 
used  for  this  purpose  has  been  very  small.  The  necessity  for  the  re- 
sumption and  continuance  of  this  work  has  been  more  and  more  deeply 


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impressed  upon  the  minds  of  engineers,  producers  and  users  of  struc- 
tural materials,  and  it  became  apparent  that  in  the  interests  of  proper 
construction  some  action  must  be  taken  upon  the  subject.     At  the  meet- 
ing of  the  American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers  at  Washington,  there 
occurred  a  most  interesting  discussion  upon  this  matter,  participated  in 
by  a  number  of  members  of  that  Institute,  and  also  of  this  Society.     At 
the  Annual  Convention  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  in 
1881,  a  special  committee  was  appointed  to  report  to  the  Board  of  Direc- 
tion, and  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Society  in  1882  the  Board  of 
Direction  presented  a  report,  including  with  it  the  report  of  this  special 
committee.     At  that  annual  meeting  the  Board  of  Direction  was  author- 
ized to  memorialize  Congress    and  to  promote,  as  far  as  was  properly 
practicable,  the  passage  of  a  law  creating  a  commission  to  test  structural 
materials.     A  bill  to  that  effect  was  prepared  in  consultation  with  many 
persons  interested  in  the  subject,  and  was  presented  in  Congress,  and 
the  action  of  the  Board  was  reported  to  the  Society.     The  President  of 
the  Society,  the  late  Ashbel  Welch,  members  of  the  Board  of  Direction, 
and  other  members  of  the  Society,  with  friends  of  the  measure,  visited 
Washington,  and  endeavored  to  secure  the  passage  of  that  bill.      The 
effort  was  unsuccessful.      There  was,  however,  at  that  session  of  Con- 
gress introduced  into  the  Army  Appropriation   Bill  a  clause  in  refereace 
to  this  subject,  authorizing  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  to  give  attention  to  a 
programme  of  tests  to  be  prepared  by  civil  engineers.     It  is  proper  that 
I  should  say  that  that  clause  was  introduced  with  the  entire  concurrence 
of  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  of  the  United  States  Army,  and  that,  with  his 
concurrence,  an  effort  was  made  to  secure  a  larger  appropriation  than  the 
$10  000  which  had  been  appropriated  previously  for  the  annual  care  and 
use  of  the  machine  at  Watertown.     The  effort  to  secure  a  larger  appro- 
priation was  not  successful,  but  the  clause  in  reference  to  the  prepara- 
tion of  a  programme  became  a  part  of  the  law.      In  an  interview  with  the 
Chief  of  Ordnance,  that   officer  expressed  to  a  number  of  engineers  a 
deep  interest  in  the  successful  prosecution  of  such  tests  of  structural 
materials  as  would  secure  the  information  that  engineers  desire,  and  he 
earnestly  and  cordially  requested  the  aid  of  the  civil  engineers  of  this 
country  in  the  preparation  of  such  a  programme  of  tests  and  the  sugges- 
tion of  such  a  use  of  the  machine  and  of  other  suitable  methods  as  would 
secure  the  best  practicable  results.     In  accordance  with  the  clause  of  the 
bill  referred  to  above,  the  Board  of  Direction  called  to  its  aid,  by  cor- 
respondence and  in  personal  consultation,  a  number  of  persons,  members 
of  this  Society  and  of  the  American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers,  and 
the  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers,  and  with  their  assistance 
a  programme  was  prepared  which  aimed  to  secure  as  good  results  as  were 
practicable  with  the  small  amount  of  money  ai^propriated.     The  pro- 
gramme, so  prepared,  has  been  accepted  by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  and 
has  been  issued  in  a  circular  form,  and  is  now  jjublished  ia  our  Proceed- 


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ings.  At  the  recent  meeting  of  Congress,  an  effort  was  again  made  to 
secure  a  larger  appropriation  for  the  coming  fiscal  year  than  the  $10  000, 
^vhich  had  been  the  sum  annually  appropriated,  and  which  was  really 
too  small  to  accompHsh  very  much.  At  the  recent  annual  meeting  of 
the  Society  the  subject  was  discussed,  and  a  committee  was  appointed  to 
assist  in  the  endeavor  to  secure  a  more  liberal  appropriation.  The  Chair- 
man of  that  Committee,  Mr.  Chanute,  is  present,  and  will  give  us  a 
statement  of  what  has  been  done,  and  what  the  present  state  of  the 
matter  is. 

Only  one  additional  point  I  desire  to  refer  to.  In  the  original  draft 
of  the  addition  to  the  law  which  I  have  mentioned,  it  was  provided  that 
the  record  of  tests  should  be  published  by  the  Government.  Members 
of  Congress  saw  fit  to  amend  this  by  substituting  a  requirement  that  the 
records  of  tests  should  be  furnished  this  Society,  to  be  by  it  published  at 
its  own  expense.  This  was  not  requested  by  the  Society,  but  it  has  been 
imposed  upon  us  by  law.  The  Board  of  Direction  therefore  proposes  to 
publish  these  records  in  the  monthly  Proceedings,  and  also  to  furnish 
printed  copies  of  them  in  such  form  as  will  secure  their  full  circulation 
among  all  who  are  interested  in  the  subject,  giving  them  every  possible 
publicity.  I  now  ask  Mr.  Chanute  to  tell  us  the  present  condition  of 
this  important  subject. 

O.  Chanute.— Mr.  President :  Immediately  upon  being  notified  of 
its  appointment,  your  committee  entered  into  communication  with  the 
Chief  of  Ordnance,  in  order  to  ascertain  the  actual  condition  of  affairs, 
and  to  secure  the  benefit  of  his  advice  and  co-operation . 

He  was  very  prompt  and  very  kind,  and  wrote  at  once  to  advise  your 
committee  that  the  "  Book  of  Estimates"  had  contained  (page  149)  the 
following  items  : 

Caring  for,  preserving,  using  and  operating  the  U.  S. 

Testing  Machine,  at  Watertown  Arsenal $10  000 

Purchase  of  materials  for  specimens,  and  labor  to  pre- 
pare them 13  500 

But  that  in  the  Army  Appropriation  Bill,  which  had  then  (Feb.  6)  passed 
the  House,  only  the  first  item  had  been  included.  That  in  the  Senate, 
where  it  was  then  pending,  a  clause  similar  to  that  of  last  year  had  been 
added,  providing  that  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  should  give  attention  to  a 
programme  of  tests  to  be  submitted  by  the  American  Society  of  Civil 
Engineers,  but  the  amount  appropriated  had  been  left  the  same  ($10  000). 
He  suggested  that  letters  should  be  written  to  several  members  of  Con- 
gress whom  he  named,  in  order  to  advocate  a  larger  appropriation. 

I  should  here  explain  that,  as  a  rule,  it  is  almost  impossible  to  secure 
appropriations  for  work  to  be  done  under  Government  auspices  unless 
these  have  been  previously  and  duly  asked  for  by  the  department  in 
charge,  in  its  estimates  of  expenditures  required  for  the  ensuing  year. 
It  is  very  easy  to  get  less,  but  almost  impossible  to  obtain  more  than  is 


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thus  included  in  the  "Book  of  Estimates."     In  this  case  the  book  had 
also  included  the  following  items  : 

For  a  machine  for  testing  the  torsional   resistance   of 

material '. ^50  000 

For  a  machine  for  testing  the  transverse  resistance  of 

material •. 50  000 

Neither  of  which  were  included  in  the  appropriations  which  were  passed. 

It  having  been  suggested  that  in  the  then  crowded  condition  of  the 
public  business,  letters  would  be  more  efficacious  than  personal  inter- 
views, your  committee  wrote  to  several  members  of  Congress  to  advo- 
cate a  larger  appropriation  than  the  ^10  000  then  pending.  In  these  let- 
ters it  was  pointed  out  that  under  the  action  already  obtained,  and  the 
circular  issued  by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  on  the  19th  of  January,  it  was 
highly  probable  that  the  bridge  builders,  the  railroad  companies,  and 
the  manufacturers  of  the  country  would  this  year  furnish  at  their  own 
expense  some  ^40  000  worth  of  materials  to  be  tested  with  the  $10  000 
appropriated  by  Congress  (it  being  generally  found  that  the  testing 
proper  costs  about  i  as  much  as  the  materials),  but  that  in  order  to  con- 
nect the  various  experiments  into  a  harmonious  series,  some  intermediate 
sjsecimens  would  have  to  be  provided,  and  for  this  your  committee  sug- 
gested that  the  $13  500  asked  for  in  the  "Book  of  Estimates  "  should  be 
apijropriated. 

Unfortunately,  Hon.  Abram  S.  Hewitt,  who  proved  so  powerful  a 
friend  to  this  appropriation  the  preceding  year,  was  ill  in  New  York,  and 
although  he  was  seen  by  your  committee,  and  wrote  in  its  behalf  to 
Washington,  he  was  not  able  to  resume  his  seat  in  Congress  before  the 
end  of  the  session,  and  his  personal  influence  could  not  be  exerted. 

Capt.  Michaelis,  member  of  the  Society,  and  one  of  your  committee, 
however,  went  to  Washington,  had  personal  interviews  with  some  mem- 
bers of  Congress,  appeared  before  one  of  its  committees,  and  endeavored 
to  have  this  increased  appropriation  included  either  in  the  "  Army  Bill," 
or  in  the  "Sundry  Civil  "  Appropriation  Bill. 

Mr.  L.  L.  Buck,  member  of  this  Society,  who  chanced  to  be  in 
Washington,  also  made  an  effort  to  interest  members  of  Congress  in  the 
subject.  I  see  that  he  is  present  here  tonight,  and  I  hope  that  we  shall 
hear  from  him  on  the  subject. 

All  these  efforts  proved  fruitless,  and  we  are  now  advised  that  the  only 
appropriation  obtained  for  tests  this  year  was  in  the  Army  Appropria- 
tion Bill,  and  is  in  these  terms  : 

"United  States  Testing  Machine. —For  caring  for,  preserving, 
using  and  operating  the  United  States  testing  machine  at  the  Water- 
town  Arsenal,  ten  thousand  dollars  :  Provided,  That  the  tests  of  iron 
and  steel  and  other  materials  for  industrial  purposes  shall  be  continued 
during  the  next  fiscal  year,  and  report  thereof  shall  be  made  to  Con- 
gress :  And  provided  further,  That  in  making  tests  for  private  citizens. 


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the  officer  in  charge  may  require  i^ayment  in  advance,  and  may  use  the 
funds  so  received  in  making  such  private  tests,  making  full  report  there- 
of to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  ;  and  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  shall  give  at- 
tention to  such  programme  of  tests  as  may  be  submitted  by  the  American 
Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  and  the  record  of  such  tests  shall  be  fur- 
nished said  Society,  to  be  by  them  published  at  their  own  expense . " 

As  the  machine  has  to  be  taken  care  of,  and  the  Government  work 
first  done,  out  of  this  appropriation,  it  is  doubtful  whether  even  so 
much  as  half  of  it  will  be  available  for  the  programme  of  tests  already 
suggested  by  this  Society. 

It  is  much  to  be  regretted  that  the  amount  appropriated  is  so  small, 
as  this  is  likely  to  crij^ple  the  efficiency  of  the  programme,  and  to  dis- 
courage intending  contributors  of  material  at  the  very  start. 

Of  course  we  must  make  a  fresh  effort  for  an  appropriation  next  year, 
but  pending  this,  I  believe  that  the  thing  before  us  now  is  to  accom- 
plish the  greatest  possible  results  with  so  much  as  can  be  spared  from 
the  sum  already  apjjropriated,  be  it  SS  000  or  be  it  $6  000.  As  I  have 
already  intimated,  I  believe  we  can  obtain  gratuitous  contributions  of 
about  .f  40  000  worth  of  material  and  specimens  to  be  tested,  as  I  under- 
stand that  bridge  builders  are  generally  preparing  to  get  up  a  series  of 
compression  members  for  testing,  and  several  large  corporations  (that 
with  which  I  am  connected  among  the  number)  have  authorized  the 
ordering  of  duplicate  parts  of  some  of  their  bridges  in  process  of  con- 
struction, in  order  to  send  them  to  Watertown  to  be  tested. 

I  think  that  the  thing  for  us  to  do,  therefore,  is  to  endeavor  to  ac- 
complish some  tangible  results  now,  and  to  try  to  secure  a  larger  appro- 
priation next  year. 

I  understand,  however,  that  thei'e  are  some  obstacles  in  the  way.  The 
first  is  said  to  be  the  opposition  of  a  certain  member  of  Congress  from 
the  West,  who  is  likely  to  occupy  an  important  position  in  the  next 
Congress,  and  who  has  an  idea  that  tests  of  structural  material  will  be  of 
no  particular  benefit  to  the  country  at  large,  or,  at  most,  of  benefit  only  to 
the  Eastern  manufacturing  States,  and  who  opposes  an  appropriation.  I 
think  this  mistaken  idea  of  his  (if  it  be  true  that  he  entertains  it)  can  be 
entirely  removed  if  some  Western  member  of  our  Society  in  whom  he 
has  confidence  will  take  the  pains  to  explain  the  importance  and  value 
of  the  tests  which  we  propose,  and  which  can  only  be  carried  on  with 
the  Government  machine.  I  think  it  can  be  clearly  shown  that  by  giving 
engineers,  designers  and  builders  a  better  knowledge  of  the  strength  and 
behavior  of  the  full-sized  sections  which  they  are  using,and  which  have  not 
been  tested  hitherto  for  lack  of  a  sufficiently  powerful  machine,  we  are 
likely  to  save  the  metal  users  of  the  country  each  year  much  more  than 
the  experiments  will  cost  in  the  aggregate.  I  believe  for  myself  that,  in 
comparison,  with  the  strength  of  the  tensile  members  of  our  structures, 
we  are  putting  an   undue  proportion  of  material   in    the   compression 


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members,  and  that  our  bridges,  roofs  and  other  structures  are  not  yet  of 
uniform  strength  throughout. 

Perhajis  another  obstacle  to  an  appropriation  this  year  was  the  fact 
that  ^100  000  was  asked  for  to  buikl  two  new  machines,  and  that  this 
was  pressed  at  Washington  by  the  inventor  of  the  present  machine, 
who  desires  to  build  these  also,  and  who,  in  asking  for  such  a  large 
sum,  may  have  deterred  the  members  of  Congress  from  granting  any- 
thing. 

It  seems  to  me  that  we  ought  to  be  able  to  point  to  some  adequate 
and  practical  results  from  the  use  of  the  present  machine,  and  from  the 
little  bit  of  money  ajjpropriated,  before  we  urge  the  building  of  more 
machines.  We  do,  however,  want  a  larger  sum  than  ^10  000  for  testing, 
and  I  believe  that  with  proper  effort  we  can  procure  the  appropriation  of 
any  reasonable  amount  next  year,  provided  we  can  show  some  valuable 
results  this  year.  A  good  many  tests  have  already  been  made  in  an 
irrelevant  sort  of  way,  and  more  are  making  every  day,  but  engineers 
thus  far  seem  to  have  drawn  no  j^articular  deductions  from  them.  Now, 
will  not  some  of  you  analyze  these  experiments,  and  see  if  there  is  any 
value  in  them,  and  whether  some  general  conclusions  can  be  deduced 
from  them  that  will  have  a  practical  bearing  on  the  use  of  metal  ?  As  I 
have  stated  already,  I  believe  we  are  putting  an  undue  proportion  in  our 
compression  members,  but  until  this  is  jsroved  to  be  the  fact,  by  experi- 
ment on  full-sized  members,  I  shall  feel  safer  by  adhering  to  the  current 
practice. 

With  a  view  to  inducing  some  of  you  to  undertake  such  a  task,  I 
have  brought  here  to-night  a  set  of  the  Government  publications  of  the 
tests  thus  far  made,  and  which  engineers  have  been  complaining  could 
not  be  procured.  I  beg  to  present  them  either  to  the  Society,  or  to  any 
member  who  will  undertake  to  digest  them. 

I  think,  in  addition,  that  it  is  desirable  to  secure  some  concert  of 
action  between  intending  contributors  of  specimens,  in  the  preparing 
and  sending  forward  compression  members  to  be  tested,  both  to  prevent 
too  much  duplication  of  parts  having  the  same  dimensions,  and  to  pre- 
serve some  co-ordination  in  the  series  of  tests.  I  propose,  therefore, 
that  we  should  appoint  a  committee  to  draw  up  a  programme,  under 
which  the  tests  may  be  carried  on,  and  I  hope  that  in  the  discussion 
which  is  about  to  follow  the  members  will  fully  express  their  views,  and 
endeavor  to  bring  about  concert  of  action  in  a  matter  which  promises 
such  good  economical  results  for  the  country  at  large. 

L.  L.  Buck.— I  have  very  little  to  say.  I  was  in  Washington  in  Feb- 
ruary, and  received  a  telegram  asking  me  to  go  before  a  committee  with 
Captain  Michaelis.  I  consented,  but  did  not  meet  the  committee,  through 
some  misapprehension.  I  afterwards  received  a  letter  from  Captain 
Michaelis,  and  I  wrote  on  the  subject  to  some  members  of  the  Senate  and 
talked  with  some,  but  it  was  too  late  to  effect  anything. 


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O.  Chanute. — I  would  ask  Mr.  Buck  if  he  ascertained  what  was  in 
the  way  of  getting  the  approj^riation  ? 

L.  L.  Buck. — I  hai'dly  can  say.  I  think  a  good  many  were  in  favor 
of  it,  but  there  was  not  sufficient  intei'est  felt. 

T.  C.  Clakke. — I  think  one  of  the  principal  reasons  that  appropria- 
tions for  tests  have  failed  to  be  cari-ied  is  on  accoiint  of  the  indifference 
of  Congress.  Nobody  cares  about  it.  On  general  principles,  it  will  be 
said  it  is  a  very  good  thing,  but  no  member  takes  a  special  interest  in  it. 
Now,  we  ought  to  take  such  steps  as  will  show  members  of  Congress 
how  necessary  this  is.  In  other  words,  advertise  it.  We  must  in  some 
way  or  other  get  it  before  the  public — get  it  talked  about — get  it  into  the 
public  mind,  that  it  is  a  necessary  thing  to  be  done. 

L.  L.  Buck. — Some  members  of  Congress  should  be  interested  in  the 
matter  ;  otherwise  it  will  be  very  hard  to  effect  it. 

A.  P.  BoLLEE. — The  only  way  to  properly  operate  in  this  matter  of 
tests,  is  for  the  committee  to  devise  a  scheme  under  which  they  will  be 
conducted.  For  early  results,  simple  sections  are  necessary.  Inasmuch 
as  compression  members  seem  to  be  the  direction  in  which  experiment- 
ing had  best  be  done,  growing  out  of  the  admirable  commencement  on 
Phoenix  columns,  it  would  be  well  to  make  a  series  of  tests  on  channel- 
iron,  beams,  angles  and  tire-irons,  under  the  conditions  they  are  used  in 
practice.  Such  sections  are  readily  obtained  on  demand  from  any  roll- 
ing mill,  can  be  rapidly  tested,  and  the  records  put  before  the  scientific 
and  manufacturing  world  more  quickly  than  any  other  range  of  experi- 
ments. They  would  be  extremely  valuable,  and  if  pei'formedin  a  proper 
series,  would  settle  for  all  time  the  constants  in  all  column  formuhe  for 
such  sections . 

The  Secretaky. — It  seems  to  me  that  the  suggestions  that  have  been 
made  in  regard  to  the  appointment  of  a  committee  are  prudent,  and 
will  provide  a  means  of  securing  future  results.  I  suppose  that  such  a 
committee  may  be  expected  to  show  that  even  with  the  very  small 
amount  of  money  used  so  far,  good  results  have  been  obtained. 

Perhaps  the  way  to  secure  the  appointment  of  a  committee  for  that 
purpose  would  be  to  give  to  the  Board  of  Direction  the  power  to  appoint 
such  a  committee. 

Chables  Macdonald. — I  supposed  that  there  had  been  a  committee 
appointed  from  the  fact  that  some  time  ago  I  received  a  circular  asking 
how  such  tests  should  be  made,  but  if  this  is  not  the  case,  I  should  favor 
the  formation  of  a  committee  as  suggested.  Such  committee,  by  making 
'  personal  application  to  parties  who  are  interested  in  the  manufacture  of 
'  compression  members,  could  doubtless  obtain  the  promise  of  a  class  of 
specimens  for  testing  which  would  fairly  represent  their  own  practice. 
I  have  myself  had  drawings  prepared  representing  columns  having  a 
range  of  from  15  to  60  diameter,  pin  bearing  at  each  end,  and  having 
different  sized  pins.     These  I  would  be  glad  to  furnish  to  the  committee. 


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If  a  sufficient  Dumber  of  such  drawings  could  be  obtained,  representing 
as  they  would  the  most  approved  practice  of  the  different  designers,  the 
committee  might  be  able  to  suggest  many  desirable  modifications,  and 
thus  organize  the  work  so  as  to  reduce  expense  and  prevent  a  multipli- 
cation of  useless  experiments. 

The  Secretaky.— Mr.  President,  I  would  say  in  reply  to  the  question 
as  to  a  previous  appointment  of  a  committee,  that  the  subject  was  re- 
ferred by  the  Society  to  the  Board  of  Direction  ;  that  the  Board  acted 
in  consultation  with  a  number  of  engineers,  and  that  the  programme 
which  was  submitted  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  was  prepared  from  the 
advice  and  suggestions  of  these  engineers.  That  programme  has  been 
issued  by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  as  follows  : 

Ameeican  Society  of  CrvHi  Engineeks, 
127  East  Twenty-third  Street,  N.  Y., 

December  23,  1882. 
General  S .  V.  Benet, 

Chief  of  Ordnance,  U.  S.  A., 

Washington,  D.  C. 

Dear  Sir  :  The  Board  of  Direction  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil 
Engineers  has  had  under  careful  consideration  the  subject  of  the  prepa- 
ration of  a  programme  of  tests  of  structural  materials,  to  be  submitted  to  > 
you,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  last  Army  Appropriation 
Bill .  In  this  duty  the  Board,  through  its  President  and  Secretary,  has 
consulted  a  number  of  persons  interested  in  the  investigation,  produc- 
tion, and  use  of  structural  materials,  and  including  not  only  members  of 
this  Society,  but  also  members  of  the  American  Institute  of  Mining 
Engineers,  and  of  the  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers. 

In  response  to  a  letter  on  the  subject,  a  number  of  replies  have  been 
received,  an  abstract  of  which  has  been  compiled,  and  a  copy  of  which 
abstract  is  at  your  service. 

Some  delay  has  occurred  in  communicating  with  you.  This  delay 
has  been  occasioned  by  the  illness  and  death  of  our  late  President,  Mr, 
Ashbel  Welch,  who  was  chairman  of  the  committee  having  this  particu- 
lar matter  in  charge,  and  who  was  about  to  call  upon  and  consult  with 
you  when  prevented  by  his  last  illness. 

A  number  of  the  gentlemen  interested  in  this  subject  recently  met, 
and  after  considering  all  the  suggestions  that  had  been  received,  brought 
into  practical  shape  a  general  programme,  which  the  Vice-President  of 
this  Society  informally  submitted  to  you  a  few  days  since.  In  accord- 
ance with  your  suggestion  at  that  time,  there  is  presented  to  you  here- 
with this  programme. 

Programme. 

Congress  has  appropriated  the  sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars  for  "  car- 
ing for,   preserving,   using  and    operating   the    United  States  Testing 


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Machine  at  the  Watertowu  Arsenal  "  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30, 
1883. 

In  order  to  produce  the  largest  immediate  results  with  the  small 
amount  ajspropriated,  we  suggest  that  the  investigation  be  limited  this 
year  to  the  compression  members  of  structures,  and  that  co-operation  be 
invited  from  railroad  comj)anies,  bridge  engineers,  architects,  and  manu- 
facturers and  users  of  structural  material  strained  in  compression. 

For  this  purpose  we  suggest  that  the  Ordnance  Department  of  the 
United  States  Army  should  offer  to  pay  the  freight  on  and  to  test  dupli- 
cate compression  members,  either  from  structures  which  such  jaarties 
may  have  in  progress  of  construction,  or  special  shapes  prepared  for  this 
purpose,  provided  the  same  be  furnished  free  of  further  cost. 

If  the  parties  will  cause  to  be  manufactured  one  or  more  duplicate 
compression  parts  from  each  bridge  or  structure  which  they  may  under- 
take hereafter,  or  will  furnish  special  shapes,  varying  in  proportions, 
preferably  in  series  from  twenty  to  sixty  diameters,  and  varying  by  in- 
crements of  five  diameters  ;  or  if  they  will  manufacture  special  shapes 
which  they  desire  to  have  tested  ;  if  they  wiU  also  furnish  at  least  three 
small  or  hand  specimens  of  the  same  material,  prepared  as  indicated  in 
the  note  below  ;*  if  they  will  place  these  parts  and  pieces,  free  of  cost, 
on  board  of  some  transportation  line,  obtaining  the  lowest  available  rate 
of  freight  to  Watertown  Arsenal,  and  notify  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  of 
the  particulars  of  shipment,  also  furnishing,  so  far  as  they  can,  a  state- 
ment of  the  composition  of  the  metal  and  its  process  of  manufacture, 
and  a  diagram  showing  the  position  the  member  is  intended  to  hold  in 
the  structure,  and  the  computed  strain  it  is  expected  to  bear,  that  then 
the  Ordnance  Department  will  : 

1 .  Pay  the  freight  on  the  shipment  from  the  initial  point  to  Water- 
town  Arsenal. 

2.  Test  the  compression  pieces  in  due  course,  as  well  as  the  hand 
specimens, 

3.  Account  to  the  shipper  for  the  value  of  the  scrap,  if  required, 
when  the  same  is  sold,  or  return  the  same  to  the  shipper,  if  preferred, 
paying  the  freight  from  Watertown. 

4  Furnish  the  shipper  an  early  special  report  of  results  of  the  tests 
of  all  pieces  sent  by  him,  giving  him  an  opportunity  of  sending  a  second 
piece  to  cover  any  defects  that  may  have  occurred. 

♦These  three  or  more  small  or  hand  specimens  to  be  of  the  same  material  as  the  com- 
pression member  luruished  ;  to  be  rectangular,  and  to  be  reduced  to  one-half  of  one  square 
inch  in  area  of  section  ;  to  be  of  the  same  thickness  as  that  used  in  the  construction  of  the 
member,  unless  that  thickness  should  exceed  one  inch,  in  which  case  the  small  specimen  is 
to  be  reduced  to  one  inch. 

It  is  desired  as  far  as  practicable  to  shape  these  specimens  from  pieces  of  the  same  section 
as  those  composing  the  member,  preserving  the  surfaces  as  they  come  from  the  rolls,  except- 
ing the  remo  val  of  the  outer  scale. 

The  length  of  these  specimens  should  be  two  feet. 


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5.  Furnish  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  promptly,  for 
publication  and  distribution,  full  copies  of  all  tests  and  information  ob- 
tained therefrom. 

EespectfuUy  submitted, 

W.  H.  Paine, 
Vice-President  Am.  Soc.  G.  E. 
John  Bogart, 
Secretary  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

General  Ben^t  then  printed  that  programme  in  full,  and  issued  it 
with  the  following  letter  upon  the  first  page: 

Obdnance    Office,      ) 

War  Departsient,  V 

Washington,  January  19,  1883.  ) 

Dear  Sir:  The  last  Army  Appropriation  Bill,  in  the  item  appro- 
priating $10  000  "for  caring  for,  preserving,  using  and  operating  the 
"  U.  S.  Testing  Machine  at  the  Watertown  Arsenal,"  provided  as  fol- 
lows: 

"  And  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  shall  give  attention  to  such  programme 
"  of  tests  as  may  be  submitted  by  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engi- 
"  neers,  and  the  record  of  such  tests  shall  be  furnished  said  Society,  to 
"  be  by  them  published  at  their  own  expense." 

In  the  furtherance  of  this  object  the  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  have 
addressed  to  me  the  accompanying  letter.  I  concur  fully  with  the 
Society  in  the  terms  of  their  programme,  believing  them  to  be  most 
equitable,  in  view  of  the  small  appropriation  now  available. 

If  parts  and  pieces,  free  of  cost,  are  placed  on  board  of  some  trans- 
portation line,  and  sent  to  the  Watertown  Arsenal,  Watertown,  Mass.,  at 
the  lowest  rate  of  freight,  &o.,  &c-,  furnishing  this  office  a  statement  of 
the  composition  of  the  metal  and  the  process  of  manufacture,  &c. ,  this 
Department  will  pay  the  freight,  test  the  pieces,  account  for  scrap, 
furnish  early  reports  to  the  sender,  and  to  the  Society  of  Civil  Engineers 

for  publication. 

Very  respectfully, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

S.  V.  Benet, 

Brig. -Gen.,  Chief  of  Ordnance. 

The  above  programme  and  letter  have  been  sent  by  the  Chief  of  Ord- 
nance to  every  member  of  the  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers, 
the  American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers,  and  of  this  Society,  and 
also  to  officers  of  railroads,  and  to  manufacturers  of  structural  materials. 

A.  P.  BoxiLer. — It  is  extremely  imi^ortant  that  such  columns  as  may 
be  sent  should  conform  to  a  series,  that  had  best  be  arranged  by  the 
committee,  so  as  to  induce  harmony  in  the  experiments.  Isolated  col- 
umns yield  no  positive  information,  further  than  for  precisely  similar 


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cases.  The  experiments,  to  have  a  real  working  value,  shoi;lcl  be  so  con- 
ducted as  to  permit  of  systematic  generalization,  or  they  will  prove  of 
very  little  account. 

Charles  E.  Emery. — That  programme  indicates  a  series. 

The  Secketaky. — It  particularly  speaks  of  a  series. 

A.  P.  BoLLER. — I  did  not  so  understand  the  i^i'ogramme  while  being 
read.  The  idea  I  wish  to  emphasize  is,  that  the  committee  should  so 
communicate  with  the  manufacturers  that  all  parties  may  work  on 
a  uniform  system.  So  that  all  comparisons  between  the  productions  of 
various  manufacturers  shall  be  absolutely  on  the  same  basis. 

Theodoke  Cooper. — In  regard  to  the  point  of  originating  and  carry- 
ing out  tests,  I  am  prepared  to  endorse  it,  but  as  to  Mr.  Chanute's  sug- 
gestion of  framing  a  general  programme,  I  want  to  object.  The  worst 
of  it  with  our  past  committees  was  that  they  wore  out  all  their  energies 
with  programmes.  Let  us  get  the  tests  that  we  started  out  to  obtain 
actually  made,  then  go  before  Congress  and  stand  on  the  results  we  can 
show.  It  is  wasting  our  energies  by  asking  for  programmes.  Such  a 
course  will  get  us  nothing. 

O.  Chanute. — I  did  not  proi^ose,  when  suggesting  a  committee  to 
prepare  a  programme,  such  a  programme  as  Mr.  Cooper  has  discussed 
and  opposed.  My  idea  was  much  more  limited.  In  order  that  we  may 
not  get  more  or  less  discordant  results,  we  should  each  of  us  send  different 
duplicate  members  of  the  structures  which  we  are  building.  Otherwise 
the  result  will  be  a  want  of  homogeneousness  in  the  experiments;  and  my 
idea  as  to  the  committee  is  that  it  should  endeavor  to  bring  about  such 
concert  of  action  among  the  various  parties  who  may  contribute  speci- 
mens as  to  leave  no  great  gaps  in  the  experiments.  This  may  be  effected 
either  by  requesting  the  contributors  to  select  such  compression  members 
as  to  form  harmonious  series  of  tests,  or,  as  I  put  it  to  the  members  of 
Congress,  by  obtaining  specimens  which  will  fill  up  the  missing  links, 
at  the  expense  of  the  Government. 

There  is  one  point  of  view  so  imjjortant  that  I  cannot  insist  on  it  too 
often.  It  is  that  we  shoiild  endeavor  before  the  next  session  of  Congress 
to  show  some  practical  results  from  what  experiments  have  been  tried, 
and  that  some  general  deduction  should  be  drawn  from  these  experiments 
in  order  to  show  their  value. 

Theodore  Cooper. — There  is  one  point  about  the  appropriation  of 
^10  000.  That  appropriation  is  for  this  year  only.  It  expires  on  the  1st 
of  July.  Now  the  first  duty  that  should  be  urged  upon  the  manufact- 
urers is  to  get  their  materials  to  be  tested  forwarded  inside  of  the  year — 
otherwise  we  can  get  no  benefit  from  them. 

A.  P.  BoLLER. — That  was  the  view  I  had,  and  my  idea  was  that  with 
a  little  energy  the  whole  series  of  specimens  of  iron,  steel,  &c. ,  could  be 
got  to  Watertown  in  a  very  short  time,  and  the  results  of  the  tests  of  the 
series  would  soon  show. 


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Chables  E.  Emery.— Is  the  appropriation  for  the  i^resent  year  ? 
The  Secretary.— Ten  thousand  dollars  for  each  year;  but  there  is  a 
large  amount  of  work  to  be  done  with  the  Watertown  machine  outside 
of  that  which  Ave  suggest  to  them.     There  is  certain  Government  work 
which  will  use  up  part  of  the  $10  000.     It  is  to  be  used  in  testing  mate- 
rials,   &c.,   for  Government  purposes.     Nevertlieless,  I  know  that  the 
Chief  of  Ordnance  desires  as  much  as  possible  of    the  money  to  be 
applied  to  the  prosecution  of  the  programme  proposed. 
A.  P.  BoiiLER. — The  Board  is  fully  empowered  to  act. 
The  Secretary. — The  Board  has  power  now,  but  I  am  sure  that  the 
Board  will  listen  gladly  to  the  suggestions  made  here  this  evening. 

Charles  E.  Emery. — I  have  not  had  experience  in  this  ijarticuiar 
direction,  but  I  have  made  experiments  in  two  entirely  different  branches 
of  experimental  research.  I  hoped  to  get  at  some  results,  but  the  fact 
was  that  experiments  were  made  in  such  a  way  that  it  was  necessary  to 
reject  very  many,  and  in  this  case,  if  individuals  are  to  send  specimens 
made  in  accordance  with  their  particular  hobbies,  then  in  our  Proceed- 
ings there  will  be  such  a  mass  of  evidence  that  it  will  be  hard  to  digest 
it.  It  seems  to  me  that  some  programme  should  be  fixed  upon,  and  that 
rather  than  do  nothing,  the  work  should  be  confined  to  some  particular 
thing;  for  instance,  say  to  columns  formed  of  independent  straight  mem- 
bers, connected  by  lattice  work.  That  may  not  be  the  best  subject,  but 
the  point  I  wish  to  enforce  is,  that  while  it  may  be  well  to  allow  this 
individual  action  to  cover  the  ground  in  the  general  interest,  yet  some 
particular  thing  should  be  set  before  them.  I  would  suggest  to  the 
committee,  but  not  move  to  give  instructions  definitely,  that  special 
efforts  be  directed  to  effect  a  series  of  experiments  of  tests  on  columns. 

The  Chair  (Vice-President  WrLLiAM  H.  Patne). — I  would  like  to 
make  a  remark.  When  this  subject  of  a  programme  came  up  before  the 
gentlemen  that  were  invited  to  meet  here  and  discuss  the  various  letters 
that  had  been  received,  and  which  had  become  voluminous,  there  were 
a  good  many  things  to  be  thought  of.  For  instance,  there  was  only 
$10  000  appropriated— a  part  of  the  year  had  already  past.  They  were 
obliged  to  call  for  contributions  either  of  money  or  materials  to  test, 
and  if  they  were  very  particular  and  only  called  for  somie  definite  shapes 
and  sizes  they  feared  that  they  might  fail  to  get  parties  to  give  freely 
without  cost  to  the  Society  or  to  the  Government.  This  subject  was 
thought  of  a  great  deal  by  the  committee.  Our  late  President  made  a 
study  of  it.  The  trouble  was  to  reduce  the  programme  to  a  size  com- 
mensurate with  the  small  amount  of  work  that  could  be  done  this  year. 
I  think  Mr.  Welch's  ideas  were  that  as  we  advanced  we  would  enlarge 
our  programme,  and  would  have  it  grow  from  year  to  year.  Mr. 
Chanute  has  represented  Mr.  Welch's  ideas  in  the  main,  but  I  do  not 
think  he  intended  to  say  that  a  very  large  programme  should  now  be 
made  out  to  cover  all  future  action. 


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It  seems  necessary  that  we  should  have  some  results  so  as  to  move 
Congress,  but  this  alone  will  only  reach  certain  members  of  Congress, 
and  that  number  will  be  very  small.  Some  will  only  be  influenced  by 
personal  appeals,  and  every  member  should  use  his  influence  to  that  end. 
I  believe  we  ought  to  educate  those  members  up  to  the  importance  of 
the  movement. 

There  are  members  in  the  West  who  are  evidently  opposed  to  us. 

T.  C.  Clarke. — Members  of  Congress? 

The  Chair. — Yes,  certainly,  members  of  Congress,  not  members  of 
the  Society,  in  the  West,  who  are  opposed  to  us,  and  I  think  we  ought 
to  make  them  better  acquainted  with  the  subject. 

R.  L.  Harris. — These  remarks  seem  to  be  pertinent.  There  was  a 
circular  sent  out  a  year  ago  requesting  every  member  to  speak  to  their 
representatives  in  Congress  on  this  question.  I  was  traveling  at  the 
time,  and  wherever  I  went  I  spoke  to  members  of  the  Society  about  this 
matter,  who  promised  to  speak  to  the  representatives  in  Congress  from 
the  district  to  which  they  belonged.  If  this  thing  was  carried  out,  it 
seems  to  me,  Mr.  President,  that  it  would  produce  good  and  wide-spread 
results. 

The  following  resolution  was  then  ofi'ered  by  Mr.  Chanute,  and  sec- 
onded: 

"Resolved,  That  it  is  the  sense  of  this  meeting  that  a  special  commit- 
tee of  five  should  be  appointed  by  the  Board  of  Direction  to  prepare  and 
promote  such  a  programme  of  tests  of  structural  material  as  to  secure 
the  best  results  possible  from  the  Watertown  Arsenal  Experiments." 

Theodore  Cooper. — This  is  proposing  a  committee  to  prepare  a 
programme.  I  suggest  that  it  be  confined  to  carrying  out  the  pro- 
gramme already  adopted  by  the  Society. 

The  Chair.  — The  resolution  has  been  regularly  seconded. 

On  a  vote  it  was  adopted. 

April  4th,  1883.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Director  George  S. 
Greene,  Jr.,  in  the  chair;    John  Bogart,  Secretary. 

The  Secretary  announced  the  progress  of  arrangements  for  the 
approaching  Convention  to  be  held  at  St.  Paul  and  Minneapolis,  Minn. , 
beginning  June  20th,  1883. 

Ballots  were  canvassed,  and  the  following  candidates  declared  elected: 
As  Members,  Thomas  Appletou,  Council  Grove,  Kansas;  O.  H.  P.  Cor- 
nell, Schenectady,  N.  Y. ;  George  H.  Elliott,  Norfolk,  Va. ;  Orville  Grove, 
Houston,  Texas;  William  G.  Williamson,  Martinsville,  Va.  As  Juniors, 
Frank  L.  Fuller,  Boston,  Mass. ;  Hunter  McDonald,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

The  death,  at  3  a.  m.  of  the  morning  of  this  meeting,  of  Mr.  Peter 
Cooper,  was  announced  by  Mr.  Charles  Macdonald,  M.  Am .  Soc.  C.  E. , 
who  said,  in  addition,  that  it  was  hardly  necessary  at  this  moment  to 
speak  as  to  the  merits  of  Mr.  Cooper.  It  is  sufficient  for  us  to  remem- 
ber him  as  a  man  deeply  interested  in  the  application  of  science;  a  man 


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who  shonkljbe  recognized  as  having  done  more  to  educate  men  up  to 
what  true  science  is  than  any  other  man  in  the  United  States,  or  m  the 
world  at  large. 

He  has  been  a  public  benefactor,  not  only  to  men  who  seek  a  higher 
education,  and  work  with  their  brains  alone,  but  to  working  men  gener- 
ally—men who  work  with  their  hands  and  brains.  I  move  that  an 
appropriate  notice  be  entered  on  the  minutes  of  this  Society. 

The  motion,  being  seconded,  was  put  and  carried. 

A  paper  by  G.  Y.  Wisner,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  Geodetic  Field 
Work,  was,  in  the  absence  of  the  writer,  read  by  the  Secretary,  and  dis- 
cussed by  Messrs.  Oroes,  Geo.  S.  Greene,  Jr.,  Haight  and  Prindle. 

April  18th,  1883.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President  Wil- 
liam H.  Paine  in  the  chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.  The  deaths  were 
announced  of  Mr.  John  Collinson  James,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  of  Winne- 
peg,  Manitoba,  and  of  Mr.  Simeon  Sheldon,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  of 
Cleveland,  Ohio. 

A  paper  by  the  late  William  R.  Morley,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  the 
Proper  Compensation  for  Railway  Curves  on  Grades,  was  read  by  the 
Secretary,  and  discussed  by  Messrs.  Chanute,  T.C.  Clarke,  Emery,  Forney, 
North,  William  H.  Paine,  C.  D.  Ward  and  L.  B.  Ward. 

OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION. 

March  7th,  1883.— AppUcations  were  considered.    Financial  business 

was  transacted. 

March  14th,  1883.— Upon  the  report  of  the  special  committee,  trans- 
mitting correspondence  with  Messrs.  Fteley  and  Stearns,  joint  authors  of 
the  paper  to  which  the  Norman  Medal  for  the  past  year  was  awarded,  and 
also  with  the  Superintendent  of  the  Mint  at  Philadelphia,  it  was  deter- 
mined that  one  gold  medal  of  the  full  ordinary  value  should  be  struck 
and  inscribed  with  the  names  of  the  joint  authors,  and  that  two  certifi- 
cates should  be  engrossed  stating  the  fact  of  the  joint  award,  and  one  of 
these  certificates  should  be  presented  to  each  of  the  authors.  The 
special  committee  upon  the  arrangement  of  the  conditions  and  mode  of 
award  of  the  Rowland  Prize  instituted  by  the  Society  reported  that, 
after  consultation  with  Mr.  T.  F.  Rowland,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  a  set  of 
regulations  had  been  prepared,  which  were  presented  and  adopted. 
These  are  published  upon  another  page  of  these  proceedings.  A  state- 
ment was  then  presented  as  to  the  arrears  due  from  members;  and  five 
members,  to  whom  proper  notification  had  been  addressed  more  than  six 
months  previous  to  this  date,  and  now  still  in  arrears,  were  dropped 
from  the  roll  of  the  Society.  In  the  case  of  all  other  members  whose 
dues  are  unpaid  previous  to  those  for  the  current  year,  the  notification 
prescribed  in  the  constitution  was  ordered  sent.  Appropriations  were 
made. 


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April  4th,  1883. — Applications  were  considered.  The  Secretary  an- 
nounced the  preliminary  arrangements  for  the  Convention,  as  made  by 
correspondence.  These  were  approved,  and  the  Secretary  authorized  to 
perfect  the  arrangements. 

April  11th,  1883. — ^Ordinary  routine  business  transacted. 

April  13th,  1883. — Arrangements  for  the  Convention  reported  by 
the  Secretary  were  considered. 

April  18th,  1883, — Additional  arrangements  for  the  Convention  were 
made.     Financial  business  was  transacted,  and  appropriations  made. 


CONTEIBUTIONS  TO  THE  BUILDING  FUND. 

By  a  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Direction,  all  contributions  to  the 
Building  Fund  are  to  be  acknowledged,  from  time  to  time,  by  printing 
lists  of  the  same  in  the  monthly  Proceedings  of  the  Society,  and  in 
addition  to  this  the  names  of  all  those  who  may  subscribe  SlOO  or  more 
are  to  be  regularly  enrolled  and  published  in  future  lists  of  the  Society 
under  the  head  of  Subscribers  to  the  Building  Fund,  and  they  will  be 
entitled  to  receive  one  copy  of  the  monthly  publications,  comprising  all 
papers  and  Transactions  of  the  Society,  regularly,  for  life,  for  each  $100 
subscribed  by  them  ;  such  cojjies  to  be  in  addition  to  those  which  they 
may  be  already  entitled  to  if  they  are  Members  or  Fellows. 

The  following  contribution    is  acknowledged    in  addition  to  those 
heretofore  noted  : 
Arthur  Brown $100  00 


THE  ROWLAND  PRIZE. 


CODE  OF   RULES  FOE  ITS  AWARD. 

Not  more  than  one  prize  shall  be  awarded  each  year  for  papers  pre- 
sented during  the  year.  The  medal  year  shall  terminate  on  the  first  day 
of  August,  and  the  award  shall  be  announced  at  the  annual  meeting  in 
January. 

The  prize  shall  consist  of  fifty  dollars  in  cash. 

The  award  shall  be  made  by  a  committee  consisting  of  the  Secretary 
and  two  members  of  the  Society,  to  be  appointed  by  the  Board  of  Di- 
rection. 

The  prize  shall  be  awarded  to  such  paper  as  the  committee  deem 
most  worthy  of  such  recognition,  the  preference  being  given  to  papers 
describing  in  detail  accomplished  works  of  construction,  their  cost  and 
manner  of  execution,  and  the  errors  in  design  and  execution. 


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THE    NOMAN    MEDAL. 


CODE  OF  RULES  FOR  ITS  AWARD. 

I.  — Competition  for  the  Norman  Medal  of  the  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers  shall  be  restricted  to  members  of  the  Society. 

II.— There  shall  be  one  gold  medal,  and  only  one,  struck  for  each 
and  every  fiscal  year  of  the  Society,  and  awarded  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided. The  dies  therefor  shall  be  -with  the  Superintendent  of  the 
United  States  Mint  at  Philadelphia,  in  trust  exclusively  for  the  above 
purpose.  Such  medal  shall  be  of  a  cost  equal  to  the  annual  interest 
received  upon  $1  000  of  the  Consolidated  Stock  of  the  City  of  New 
York,  Certificate  No.  179,  of  the  additional  new  Croton  Aqueduct  Stock 
of  the  City  of  New  York,  authorized  by  an  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  Chap.  230,  passed  April  15th,  1870,  dated  November 
17th,  1873,  now  held  in  trust  by  the  Treasurer  of  this  Society,  and  so 
held  solely  for  this  purpose,  and  shall  be  executed  upon  his  order. 

III.— All  original  papers  presented  to  the  Society  by  members  of  any 
class,  during  the  year  for  which  the  medal  is  awarded,  shall  be  open  to 
the  awards,  provided  that  such  papers  shall  not  have  been  previously 
contributed  in  whole  or  in  part  to  any  other  association,  nor  have 
appeared  in  print  prior  to  their  publication  by  the  Society,  nor  have  been 
presented  to  the  Society  in  any  previous  year. 

IV. The  Board  of  Censors  to  award  the  medal  shall  consist  of  tliree 

members  of  the  Society,  to  be  designated  by  the  Board  of  Direction. 
The  Secretary   of  the  Society   shall  act  as  Secretary  to  the   Board   of 

Censors . 

v.— The  medal  shall  be  awarded  to  such  paper  as  the  said  Board  shall 
judge  to  be  worthy  of  special  commendation  for  its  merits  as  a  contribu- 
tion to  engineering  science,  not  merely  relatively  as  compared  with 
others  presented  during  the  same  year,  but  as  exhibiting  the  science, 
talent  or  industry  displayed  in  the  consideration  of  the  subject  treated 
of,  and  for  the  good  which  may  be  expected  to  result  from  the  discussion 
and  the  inquiry. 

VI.— In  case  no  paper  presented  during  the  year  shall  be  deemed  of 
sufficient  value  to  receive  an  award,  the  amount  of  the  interest  of  the 
fund  for  that  year  shall  be  expended  by  the  Board  of  Direction  in  the 
purchase  of  books,  to  be  offered  as  a  premium  for  the  second  best  paper 
in  the  next  year  in  which  more  than  one  paper  of  sufficient  value  may  be 
presented. 

VII. The  medal  year  shall  terminate  on  the  first  day  of  August,  and 

the  award  shall  be  announced  at  the  annual  meeting. 

VIII.— The  Treasurer  of  this  Society  shall  cause  the  medal  to  be 
prepared  and  delivered  to,  or  deposited  to  the  order  of,  the  successful 
competitor,  within  two  months  after  the  annual  meeting  at  which  the 
same  shall  have  been  awarded. 


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LIST    OF    MEMBERS. 


ADDITIONS. 
MEMBERS. 


Date  of  Election. 

Elliott,  Geokoe  H IT.  S.  Ass't  Engineer,  Norfolk,  Va April    4,   1883. 

Gates,  Hokace  D Bernice,  Chiircliill  Co.,  Nevada March  7,  1883. 

Lehlbach,  Gustav (Care  of  S.  G.   Babcock  &  Co.,)   500 

Broome  St.,  New  York  City,  N.  Y.March  7,  1883. 
Williamson,  William  G.Res.    Engineer,    Danville    and    New 

River  R.  R.,  Martinsville,  Va March  7,  1883. 


Haskins,  William  J Cor.  One  Hundredth  and  Thirty-fifth 

St.  and  Gd.  Boulevard,  New  York 

City,  N.  Y April   4,    1883. 

McDonald,  Hunter Ass't  Engineer, Nashville,  Chattanooga 

and    St.    Louis    R'y,    Nashville, 

Tenn April    4,   1883. 


CHANGES     AND     COKEECTIONS. 


MEMBERS. 

Bergen,  Van  Brunt Bay  Ridge,  Kings  Co.,  N.  Y. 

BoNNYN,  Wm.  WiNGFiELD.P.  O.  Box  100,  Halifax,  N.  S. 

Bradley,  William  H 53  Devonshire  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Calkins,  Frank  A 27  East  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-second  St.,  New 

York  City,  N.  Y. 
Crowell,  J.  Foster Engineer  Cons.,  P.  R.  R.,  Broad  St.    Station,  Room 

H,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Cunningham,  David  W.  .   Grandin,  Traill  Co.,  Dakota. 
Earley,  John  E Chief    Engineer,    Mexican   Central  R.   R.,   EI  Paso, 

Texas. 

Frazier,  James  L Sup't  C.  O.  and  S.  W.  R.  R.,  Louisville,  Ky. 

Fuller,  Sidney  T 35  East  Newton  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Gilbert,  Charles  P 288  Park  St.,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Ludlow,    William Water  Department,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

McCoLLOM,  Thomas  C 57  Dwight  St.,  Boston,  Majss. 

McCrea,   James Manager  P.  C.  and  St.  L.  R'wy,  Columbus,  Ohio. 

MoRss,    Foster 12  Insurance  Building,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Nicholson,  George  B Eng'r  South.   Div.  N.    O.    and  N.  E.  R.   R.,   34  St. 

Charles  St.,  New  Orleans,  La. 
Noble,  Alfred Ainsworth,  Washington  Territory. 


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Pbevost,  SutherlandM.   Gen.  Sup't  P.  R.  R.,  Altoona,  Pa. 

Safford,  Edward   S Div.  Eng.,  N.   Y.,  W.  S.  and  B.  R.  R.,  22  W.  Seneca 

St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Sanderson,  J.  Gardner.  .229  Broadway,  Room  13,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Simpson,  George  H 369  West  Twenty-third  St.,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Smith,  Charles  A Amesbury,  Mass. 

Smith,  W.  Harrison 19  Park  Ave.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Wimmer,  Sebastien Erie  and  W.  V.  R'y,  Scranton,  Pa. 

juniors. 

Ferguson,  John  W N.  Y.,  L.   E.  and  W.  R.  R.,  187  West  St.,  New  York 

City,  N.  Y. 
Lafon,  Thomas Ass't  Eng'r,  Ferro  Carril  Champerico  y  Sententrional, 

Champerico,  Guatemala,  C.  A. ' 
Stevens,  Horace  E (Care  of  Robinson  &  Gary,)  St.  Paul,  Minn. 


deaths. 

James,  John  Collinson.  ..Elected  Member  March  1,  1876.     Died  February  27, 

1883. 
Morse,  James  Otis  (Past    Secretary    and     Treasurer   of    the    Society). 

Elected  Member  February  9,  1853.     Died  March 

8,  1883. 
Sheldon,  Simeon Elected   Member  February  5,  1873.     Died  March  4, 

1883. 


^ntericHit  ^oci^tg  of  :(j;uil    l^nsin^^ra. 


PROCEEOINaS. 


Vol.   IX.— May,   I883. 


MINUTES     OF    MEETINaS 


(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest   to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


May  2d,  1888.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President  Wm.  H. 
Paine  in  the  chair;  John  Bogart,  secretary.  Ballots  for  membership 
were  canvassed,  and  the  following  candidates  declared  elected:  George 
H.  Benzenberg,  Milwaukee,  Wis.;  Jndson  "VV.  Bishop,  St.  Paul,  Minn.; 
Frank  L.  Griswold,  Lagos,  Mexico;  Randell  Hunt,  Fargo,  Dakota; 
Francis  W.  Kimball,  Minneapolis,  Minn. ;  Charles  J.  Poetsch  (elected 
Junior  May  4,  1881),  Milwaukee,  Wis. ;  Arthur  L.  Scott,  Milwaukee, 
Wis. ;  David  C.  Shepard,  St.  Paul,  Minn. ;  Jared  C.  Smith,  Indianapolis, 
Ind. ;  George  H.  White,  Minneapolis,  Minn. ;  as  Junior,  George  A. 
Lederle,  Bismarck,  Dakota. 

The  death  of  Milton  Courtwright,  F.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.  (elected 
Fellow  June  11,  1870,  died  April  25,  1883),  was  announced. 

A  paper  by  J.  A.  L.  Waddell,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  subject:  "Sug- 
gestions as  to  the  Conditions  proper  to  be  required  in  Highway  Bridge 
Construction,"  was,  in  the  absence  of  the  wi'iter,  read  by  the  Secretary, 
and  discussed  by  Messrs.  Cooper,  Macdonald  and  Haight. 


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May  16th,  18S3.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President  Wm.  H. 
Paine  in  the  chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.  A  piece  of  the  frame  of  the 
United  States  steam  transport  Maple  Leaf,  sunk  in  the  St.  Johns  River, 
Florida,  April  1st,  18G4,  and  raised  February,  1883,  was  presented, 
through  J.  Fras  Le  Baron,  Esq. ,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.  The  wood  (pine) 
was  in  excellent  condition.  There  were  also  presented  interesting  pho- 
tographs from  Capt.  C.  B.  Sears,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. ,  Corps  of  Engineers, 
U.  S.  A.,  showing  the  construction  of  the  hydraulic  graders  now  in  use 
by  the  Mississippi  River  Commission  for  grading  caving  banks  previous 
to  revetting. 

Detailed  announcements  were  made  as  to  the  Convention  to  be  held 
at  St.  Paul  and  Minneapolis,  beginning  June  19th,  1883. 

The  paper  recently  published  in  Transactions  "On  the  Increased 
Efficiency  of  Railways  for  the  Transportation  of  Freight,"  was  discussed 
at  length  by  Mr.  O.  Chanute,  and  also  by  Messrs.  Cooper,  Forney,  Emery, 
Hamilton  and  Shinn. 

Mr.  F.  J.  Cisneros,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. ,  who  recently  visited  the  Isth- 
mus of  Panama,  j^resented  an  informal  statement  of  the  progress  of  the 
work  upon  the  Panama  Ship  Canal.  He  stated  that  the  purchase  of  the 
Panama  Railroad  by  the  Canal  Company  seemed  to  promise  most  excel- 
lent results,  and  suggested  that  proper  methods  in  the  management  of 
the  railroad,  and  lower  charges  for  both  freight  and  passengers,  would 
certainly  increase  its  revenue. 

In  reference  to  the  canal  he  said  that  the  line  had  been  completely 
staked,  cross  sections  taken,  and  the  location  made  and  stakes  set  for 
definite  work  for  a  large  portion  of  the  line.  The  line  is  entirely  cleared 
and  grubbed  from  Kilometer  40  to  the  mouth  of  the  Rio  Grande,  and  is 
rapidly  advancing  at  other  points.  The  valley  of  the  Chagres  has  been 
surveyed,  and  it  has  been  found  that  the  high  water  lines  above  the  high 
dam  will  cover  an  area  of  about  G  750  acres,  and  that  the  volume  of  water 
stored  will  be  about  1  000  000  000  cubic  meters.  Actual  work  upon  the 
canal  has  been  commenced  at  six  points.  The  contractors,  Messrs.  Slaven 
&  Co.,  for  dredging  the  canal  from  Colon,  have  their  first  herculean  dredge 
in  place,  and  will  commence  work  directly.  The  Canal  Company  have 
been  working  with  two  French  machines,  at  the  rate  of  1  000  cubic 
meters  per  day  for  each  machine.  The  Franco-American  Trading  Com- 
pany have  contracted  for  the  excavation  of  about  10  kilometers  of  the 
canal  beyond  the  Bay  of  Panama.  Their  machines  are  being  built  at 
Lockport.  There  are  now  about  6  500  men  on  the  work,  chiefly  Jamai- 
cans, Cartagenians,  and  a  few  Martin iqueans. 

Many  dwelling  houses,  machine  shops,  etc.,  have  been  constructed. 
The  machinery  is  both  Fi'ench  and  American,  and  the  eleven  American 
excavators  are  working  with  great  economy.  Borings  have  been  made 
along  the  whole  line,  and  have  extended  to  the  bottom  of  the  canal,  giv- 
ing in  a  general  way  the  following  results:     From  Colon  to  Kilom  10,  ma- 


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terial  easily  dredged.  From  Maniey  to  Obispo,  mostly  clay,  with  occa- 
sional seams  of  rock.  From  Obispo  to  Emperador,  about  7  kilometers  of 
hard  trap  of  conglomerates.  From  Emperador  toParaiso,  about  8  kilo- 
meters, clay  for  about  15  meters,  then  indurated  clay  followed  by  schist, 
and  reaching  rock  near  the  bottom  of  the  canal.  From  Paraiso  to  Pedro 
Miguel,  10  to  12  meters  clay,  followed  by  rock.  From  Pedro  Miguel  to 
the  sea,  mostly  clay  and  mud,  with  the  exception  of  a  few  seams  of  rock. 

Considerable  work  has  been  done  at  the  Port  of  Colon,  including 
the  commencement  of  a  breakwater. 

Much  money  has  been  spent  in  the  purchase  of  materials  for  the 
work,  including  excavators,  dredging  machines  and  portable  track.  The 
comj^any  has  ordered  14  American  locomotives,  of  which  9  are  now  in 
service. 

Hos23itals  have  been  erected  at  Panama,  and  the  health  of  the  laborers 
is  very  much  better  than  has  been  generally  understood. 


THE  ROWLAND  PRIZE. 


CODE  OF   RULES  FOR  ITS  AWARD. 

Not  more  than  one  priiie  shall  be  awarded  each  year  for  papers  pre- 
sented during  the  year.  The  medal  year  shall  terminate  on  the  first  day 
of  August,  and  the  award  shall  be  announced  at  the  annual  meeting  in 
January. 

The  prize  shall  consist  of  fifty  dollars  in  cash. 

The  award  shall  be  made  by  a  committee  consisting  of  the  Secretary 
and  two  members  of  the  Society,  to  be  appointed  by  the  Board  of  Di- 
rection. 

The  jjrize  shall  be  awarded  to  such  paper  as  the  committee  deem 
most  worthy  of  such  recognition,  the  preference  being  given  to  jjapers 
describing  in  detail  accomplished  works  of  construction,  their  cost  and 
manner  of  execution,  and  the  errors  in  design  and  execution. 


THE    NORMAN    MEDAL. 


CODE  OF  EULES  FOE  ITS  AWAED. 

I. — Competition  for  the  Norman  Medal  of  the  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers  shall  be  restricted  to  members  of  the  Society. 

II. — There  shall  be  one  gold  medal,  and  only  one,  struck  for  each 
and  every  fiscal  year  of  the  Society,  and  awarded  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided. The  dies  therefor  shall  be  with  the  Superintendent  of  the 
United  States  Mint  at  Philadelphia,  in  trust  exclusively  for  the  above 
purjjose.  Such  medal  shall  be  of  a  cost  equal  to  the  annual  interest 
received  ujjon  f  1  000  of  the  Consolidated  Stock  of  the  City  of  New 
York,  Certificate  No.  179,  of  the  additional  new  Croton  Aqueduct  Stock 
of  the  City  of  New  York,  authorized  by  an  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  Chap.  230,  passed  April  15th,  1870,  dated  November 
17th,  1873,  now  held  in  trust  by  the  Treasurer  of  this  Society,  and  so 
held  solely  for  this  purpose,  and  shall  be  executed  upon  his  order. 

III.  — All  original  papers  j^resented  to  the  Society  by  members  of  any 
class,  during  the  year  for  which  the  medal  is  awarded,  shall  be  open  to 
the  awards,  provided  that  such  papers  shall  not  have  been  previously 
contributed  in  whole  or  in  jiart  to  any  other  association,  nor  have 
appeared  in  print  prior  to  their  publication  by  the  Society,  nor  have  been 
presented  to  the  Society  in  any  previous  year. 

IV. — The  Board  of  Censors  to  award  the  medal  shall  consist  of  three 
members  of  the  Society,  to  be  designated  by  the  Board  of  Direction. 
The  Secretary  of  the  Society  shall  act  as  Secretary  to  the  Board  of 
Censors . 

V. — The  medal  shall  be  awarded  to  such  paper  as  the  said  Board  shall 
judge  to  be  worthy  of  special  commendation  for  its  merits  as  a  contribu- 
tion to  engineering  science,  not  merely  relatively  as  compared  with 
others  j^resented  during  the  same  year,  but  as  exhibiting  the  science, 
talent  or  industry  displayed  in  the  consideration  of  the  subject  treated 
of,  and  for  the  good  which  may  be  expected  to  result  from  the  discussion 
and  the  inquiry. 

VI.  — In  case  no  paper  presented  during  the  year  shall  be  deemed  of 
sufficient  value  to  receive  an  award,  the  amount  of  the  interest  of  the 
fund  for  that  year  shall  be  expended  by  the  Board  of  Direction  in  the 
purchase  of  books,  to  be  offered  as  a  premium  for  the  second  best  paper 
in  the  next  year  in  which  more  than  one  pajjer  of  sufficient  value  may  be 
presented. 

VII. — The  medal  year  shall  terminate  on  the  first  day  of  August,  and 
the  award  shall  be  announced  at  the  annual  meeting. 

VIII. — The  Treasurer  of  this  Society  shall  cause  the  medal  to  be 
prepared  and  delivered  to,  or  deposited  to  the  order  of,  the  successful 
competitor,  within  two  months  after  the  annual  meeting  at  which  the 
same  shaU  have  been  awarded. 


89 

LIST    OF    MEMBERS, 


ADDITIONS 
MEMBERS. 


Date  of  Election . 

BenzenbeeCt,  Geokge  H..City  Engineer,  Milwaukee,  Wis May  2,  1883. 

Bishop,  Judson  W St.  Paul,  Minn " 

Hunt,  Randell .  .    .City  Engineer,  Fargo,  Dakota "             " 

PoETscH,  Charles  J (Elected  Junior,  May  4,  1881.)     Ass't 

City  Engineer,   Milwaukee,  Wis.  "            " 

Scott,  Akthuk  H. Ass't  City  Engineer,  Milwaukee,  Wis.  "             " 

Shepaed,  David   C St.  Paul,  Minn "            " 

Smith,   Jaeed  A Major   Corp  of  Engineers,    U.  S.  A., 

Indianapolis,  Ind •    "             " 

"White,  Geoege  H Engineer's  Office  Chicago,  Milwaukee 

&  St.  Paul  Railway,  Minneapolis, 

Minn "             " 


Ledeele,  Geoege  A....    (Care   George    S.  Morison),    35    Wall 

Street,  New  York  City,  N.  Y.    .        May  2,  1883. 

FELLOW. 

Lawlee,  John Prairie  du  Cliien,  Wis April  28,   1883. 


changes   and    coeeections. 
membeks. 

Coffin,   William  B Div.  Sup't  Western  Div.  N.  Y.,  L.  E.  &  W.  R.  R., 

Hornellsville,   N.  Y. 

FoESYTH,   Rt)BEET 75  Honofe  Block,  Chicago,  111. 

GiELow,  Heney  J Sawyerville,  Hale  County,  Ala. 

Goedon,  Robert (Care  H.  S.  King),  45  Pall  Mall,  London,  Eng. 

Maclay,  Willi.\m  W Ass't  Engineer,  Department  of  Docks,  119  Duane  St., 

New  York  City,  N.  Y. 
Manson,  Maesden Ch.  Engineer  State  Board  Harbor    Commissioners, 

10  California  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
Pickett,  William  D.  .  .   .  .Franc,  Sweetwater  Co.,  Wyoming. 
Post,  James  C Capt.   Corps  Engineers,    U.    S.   A.,  82   West  Third 

Street,   Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

RiNECKEE,  Francis Wuerzburg,  Germany. 

Ross,  James Manager  North  American  Railway  Contracting  Co., 

Winnipeg,  Manitoba. 
Savage,  Albert  C Land  Dep't  G.  H.  &  S.  A.  R.  R.,  El  Paso,  Texas. 


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Sheeve,  Samuel  H The  Winchester,  cor.  Broadway  and  31st  Street,  New 

York  City,  N.  Y. 

Weie,  Chaeles  G Cheyenne,  Wyoming. 

White,  W.  Howaed.         .  (Care  Baring  Bros.  &  Co.),  Liverpool,  England. 
WuETELE,  A.  S.  C Ass't  Engineer  D.  and  H.  C.  Co.,  60  Chestnut  Street, 

Albany,  N.  Y. 

associate. 
Haeeis,  Chaeles  M 12  Cortlandt  Street,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

JUNIOES. 

Gates,  C.  L Engineer  Milwaukee  Bridge  andiron  Works,  Mil- 
waukee,  Wis. 

Loweth,  Chaeles  F Room  16,  Drake  Block,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

RosENWEiG,  Alfred (Care  Herman  Rossler),  Calle  Cadena,  No.  5,  Mexico, 

Hex. 

DEATH. 

Couktweight,  Milton.  .  .  .Elected  Fellow,  June  11,  1870.     Died  April  25,  1883. 


d. 


\mn(^m\  %mtk  of  :^toil  :jfngineers. 


P^ROCEEDINaS. 


Vol.    IX.— June,   1883. 
MINUTES  OF  MEETINGS. 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


ANNUAL  CONVENTION  OF  THE  SOCIETY, 

Held  in  the  Cities  of  St.  Paul  and  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  on  the  19th, 
20th,  21st  and  22d  of  June,  1883. 


FIRST  SESSION. 


Tuesday,  June  19th,  1883. — The  Convention  met  in  the  Hall  of 
Representatives  in  the  State  Capitol  Building  at  St.  Paul,  at  10.30  a.  m., 
and  was  called  to  order  by  Mr.  John  Bogakt,  Secretary  of  the  Society, 
who  said  : 

I  am  requested  by  the  Board  of  Direction  to  say  to  the  Society  that 
the  President,  Mr.  Chas.  Paine,  deeply  regrets  that  he  is  unable  to  be 
here.  He  is  the  General  Manager  of  a  railroad  which  is  just  opened, 
aad  has  most  unexpectedly  baeu  prevented  fi-om  coining. 

The  permanent  organization  of  the  Convention  is  to  be  secured  by 
the  election  of  a  Chairman  from  among  members,  not  officers,  of  the 
Society  ;  but  for  the  temporary  organization,  I  am  requested  by  the 
Board  of  Direction  to  nominate  one  of  the  officers  of  the  Society,  who 
will  temporarily  take  the  Chair.  The  Governor  of  the  State  and  the 
Mayor  of  this  city  will  then  address  the  Convention,  and  afterwards  the 
permanent  organization   will  be  effected.     On  behalf  of  the  Board  of 


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Direction  I  request  Mr.  George  S.  Greene,  Jr.,  of  New  York,  Director 
of  the  Society,  to  take  the  Chair. 

Mr.  George  S.  Greene,  Jr.,  then  took  the  Chair. 

The  Chair. — I  now  beg  to  introduce  to  the  Convention  General  J. 
W.  Bishop,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  Chairman  of  the  Local  Committee. 

General  Bishop.  — Gentlemen  of  the  Convention  :  I  take  this  oppor- 
tunity to  say,  on  behalf  of  the  Local  Committee,  that  we  have  tried  to 
arrange,  so  far  as  we  could  foresee  your  requirements,  everything  for 
the  convenient  transaction  of  your  business  and  some  recreation  for 
your  leisure  hours.  I  would  be  glad  of  any  suggestions  from  any 
member  or  officer  of  the  Society  that  may  aid  us  in  properly  carrying 
out  this  desire. 

We  hope  your  visit  here  may  be  pleasant  and  satisfactory,  and  if  we 
can  think  that  when  you  return  you  will  have  only  pleasant  memories  of 
the  Convention  here,  we  will  be  abundantly  satisfied. 

I  have  the  pleasure  of  introducing  to  the  Convention  Governor  Hub- 
bard, the  Governor  of  the  State  of  Minnesota. 

Governor  Hubbard. — Gentlemen  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil 
Engineers  :  It  is  with  very  great  pleasure  that  I  greet  you  on  this 
occasion  and  welcome  you  to  our  State.  We  feel  highly  honored  by 
the  presence  in  our  midst  of  so  distinguished  a  representation  of  your 
high  profession,  and  we  embrace  the  opportunity  afforded  us  of  ten- 
dering to  you  the  hosi^italities  of  our  people.  It  is  our  desire,  gentle- 
men, to  extend  to  you  a  welcome  not  to  be  measured  by  the  weak 
phrases  in  which  it  may  be  expressed,  but  rather  one  that  shall  cause 
each  of  you  to  feel,  despite  the  distances  you  may  have  come  or  the 
sacrifices  of  time  and  trouble  involved,  that  you  are  glad  to  be  with  us, 
and  shall  wish  to  extend  your  visit  to  the  utmost  possible  limit. 

Our  entire  country,  and,  indeed,  the  interests  of  civilization  through- 
out the  world,  recognize  in  the  efforts  and  achievements  of  your  pro- 
fession, the  most  imj^ortant  element  in  their  progress  and  development. 
The  great  Northwest  presents  a  spacious  field  and  inviting  opportuaities 
for  the  exercise  of  engineering  skill  in  the  construction  and  operation 
of  our  railways,  in  the  improvement  and  utilization  of  our  water-ways, 
and  in  the  development  of  many  other  of  our  material  interests.  We 
shall  exi^ect,  therefore,  gentlemen,  to  profit  much  scientifically  by  your 
presence  and  deliberations  here,  as  well  as  socially  by  friendly  inter- 
course with  you  personally. 

As  your  hosts,  ladies  and  gentlemen,  we  shall  expect  you  to  avail 
yourselves  fully  of  the  facilities  that  may  be  offered  to  make  your  visit 
pleasant ;  and  we  repeat  a  welcome  which  we  believe  you  will  realize  is 
earnest  and  heartfelt  before  you  shall  have  bid  us  adieu. 

The  Chairman  ^To  lem.,  Mr.  George  S.  Greene,  Jr. — Your  Excel- 
lency: In  the  necessary  and  unavoidable  absence  of  our  President,  it  has 
been  allotted  to  me  to  make  reply  to  the  kind  welcome  which  you  have 


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just  spoken.  In  this  common  misfortune,  I  assure  you,  and  all  here, 
of  my  profoiind  sympathy. 

When  we  were  considex'ing  where  to  hold  the  Convention  of  1883, 
we  were  promised  that  if  we  would  come  to  this,  the  commercial  centre 
of  the  new  Northwest  and  the  geographical  centre  of  our  great  conti- 
nent, we  should  be  hospitably  received  and  handsomely  treated  ;  but, 
so  far  as  we  have  gone,  from  our  experience  and  from  what  we  hear  is 
prepared  for  us,  we  think  that  "not  the  half  was  told  us." 

In  behalf  of  the  Society,  and  for  them,  I  beg  to  tender  to  you,  and 
to  all  those  who  are  to  assist  you  in  receiving  and  entertaining  us,  the 
most  hearty  and  sincere  thanks  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  En- 
gineers. 

Ladies  and  gentlemen,  I  now  have  the  honor  of  presenting  to  you 
Mayor  O'Brien,  the  Mayor  of  the  city. 

Mayor  O'Bkien. — Ladies  and  gentlemen  of  the  Society  of  Civil 
Engineers:  I  have  great  pleasure,  indeed,  in  welcoming  you  upon 
behalf  of  the  City  of  St.  Paul.  The  advent  of  your  Society  here  is  an 
occasion  that  fills  us  with  the  greatest  pleasure,  and  I  assure  you 
we  shall  try  to  leave  nothing  undone  to  make  your  visit  a  welcome  one 
and  a  pleasant  recollection  to  yourselves. 

It  is  peculiarly  appropriate  to  my  mind  that  your  Society  should 
have  selected  this  city  and  this  State  as  the  place  for  holding  your  Con- 
vention, for,  indeed,  I  think  you  will  see  around  you  evidences  of  the 
fact  that  it  is  to  your  profession  that  this  State  is  indebted  in  great  part, 
and  our  cities  almost  altogether,  for  their  present  prosperity. 

By  means  of  that  magnificent  enterprise,  the  Northern  Pacific  Eail- 
road,  inaugurated  and  carried  almost  to  a  successful  termination  by 
your  profession,  our  frontier  has  been  pressed  northward  almost  to  the 
limits  of  vegetation  in  the  vicinity  of  the  North  Pole.  By  reason  of  the 
application  of  your  science  to  the  waters  of  the  Mississippi,  the  magnifi- 
cent water  power  at  St.  Anthony  Falls  has  been  preserved  from  its  en- 
croachments upon  itself,  and  the  forces  of  nature,  warring  against  each 
other  there,  have  been  placed  under  tribute  and  control.  And  in  our 
own  city  you  will  have  an  opportunity  of  observing  how  the  tangled 
pathways  and  ravines  of  the  Indian  and  the  prehistoric  man  have  been 
changed  to  open  avenues  of  commerce  and  of  pleasure.  You  have 
touched  the  mountains  and  our  bluff's,  and  they  have  crumbled  away  ; 
you  have  laid  your  hands  upon  our  I'ivers,  and  they  have  become  the 
broad  arteries  of  commerce  and  of  civilization. 

I  couldn't  make  a  set  speech  if  I  tried.  It  is  rather  hard  talking  in 
cold  blood,  but  I  honestly  and  sincerely  feel  that  among  the  duties  I 
have  to  fulfill  towards  the  city  of  St.  Paul  none  gives  me  greater  pleasure 
than  to  welcome  you,  gentlemen.  And  I  do  so  the  more  readily  for,  ac- 
cording to  my  recollection,  about  the  last  honest  work  I  did  myself 
was  holding  a  level-rod  in  a  surveying  party.     And  I  have  the  additional, 


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but  somewhat  painful,  pleasure  of  saying  that  in  the  eminent  gentlemen 
who  surround  me  here  I  can  see  the  error  of  my  early  days,  and  from 
the  appearance  that  the  members  of  your  Society  present  and  the  work 
that  you  are  doing,  I  can  see  how  much  better  it  would  have  been  for 
me  to  have  remained  an  honest  engineer  than  to  have  become  an  un- 
fortunate lawyer,  winding  lap  with  the  Mayoralty  of  the  city  of  St. 
Paul. 

But,  sometimes,  when  we  are  most  happy,  our  feelings  are  best  ex- 
pressed in  jest. 

That  you  have  the  best  wishes  of  our  citizens,  we  will  shortly  advise 
you,  I  think,  so  that  you  will  believe  it.  That  you  have  our  respect, 
and  that  your  profession  is  entitled  to  the  highest  respect,  no  man  can 
gainsay.  A  profession  that  commefices  its  history  in  the  United  States 
with  the  honored  name  of  Washington,  and  builds  such  monuments  as 
that  magnificent  structure,  the  Brooklyn  Bridge,  needs  no  encomium 
from  me  or  from  any  other  si^eaker. 

Gentlemen,  we  thank  you  for  your  presence  here  ;  we  thank  you  for 
the  work  that  your  profession  has  done  for  this  State,  and  we  expect 
that  in  the  future  the  work  of  your  profession  here  will  leave  among  us 
as  lasting  monuments  as  those  which  you  have  left  in  other  places  in 
the  country. 

The  Chairman  73ro  tern.,  Mr.  Geokge  S.  Greene,  Jr. — The  next  busi- 
ness in  order  is  the  nomination  of  a  Chairman  of  the  Convention,  in  ac- 
cordance with  a  provision  of  the  constitution,  which  the  Secretary  will 
l^lease  read. 

The  Secretary  (reading). — "A  Convention  of  the  Society  for  pro- 
fessional discussion  and  social  intercourse  shall  be  held  annually  at  such 
place  as  the  Society  may  determine,  and  be  presided  over  by  a  Chair- 
man selected  from  among  members  not  officers  of  the  Society." 

In  accordance  with  the  custom  of  our  previous  Conventions,  the 
Chairman  of  the  Convention  has  been  selected  from  among,  members 
living  at  or  near  the  locality  at  which  the  Convention  is  held,  and  upon 
the  nomination  of  the  Local  Committee.  I  am  instructed  by  the  Chair- 
man of  the  Local  Committee  to  nominate  as  permanent  Chairman 
of  this  Convention  Mr.  D.  C.  Shepard,  of  this  city,  member  of  the 
Society. 

The  Chairman  pro  tern.,  Mr.  George  S.  Greene,  Jr. —Gentlemen, 
you  have  heard  the  nomination  for  Chairman  of  the  Convention;  those 
in  favor  of  Mr.  Shepard's  nomination  will  please  say  aye,  contrary 
minded,  nay.  Mr.  Shepard  is  declareil  unanimously  to  be  the  Chair- 
man of  the  Convention. 

Mr.  D.  C.  Shepard. — Gentlemen  of  the  Society:  I  am  at  a  loss  fitly 
to  express  my  ai^preciation  of  the  honor  bestowed  in  selecting  me  as  the 
presiding  officer  of  your  Convention.  Probably  no  assemblage  has  ever 
convened  within  the  limits  of  our  State  whose  members  have  exerted 


more  intluence  upon  the  growth  and  cleveloijment  of  our  country  than 
those  of  tliis  Society.  The  civil  engineer  of  to-day  is,  in  fact,  tlie 
pioneer  of  civilization.  And  in  this  young  and  flourishing  State  you 
will  be  able  to  contemplate  some  of  the  magnificent  results  of  your  handi- 
work. 

Begging  the  indulgence  of  the  Convention  for  my  want  of  experience 
as  a  presiding  officer,  I  now  call  the  Convention  to  order  for  the  trans- 
action of  regular  business. 

The  Secretaky  then  made  announcements  as  to  the  papers  to  be  pre- 
sented, and  as  to  the  visits  to  be  made  to  points  of  interest  in  St.  Paul 
during  the  aftei'noon.  He  also  read  invitations  from  a  number  of  rail- 
way companies  tendering  free  transportation  over  their  lines.  He  also 
presented  an  invitation  from  Major  Alexander  Mackenzie,  Corps  of  En- 
gineers U.  S.  A. ,  for  an  excursion  upon  the  Mississippi  and  St.  Croix 
rivers  to  Stillwater,  Minn.,  which  invitation  was  accepted,  and  the  time  of 
the  excursion  fixed  for  Saturday,  June  23d.  He  also  presented  an  in- 
vitation from  the  Hon.  W.  D.  Washburn,  of  Minneapolis,  for  a  steam- 
boat excursion  upon  Lake  Minnetonka,  on  Wednesday  evening,  which 
invitation  was  accepted.  He  also  presented  a  communication  from  the 
Engineers'  Club  of  Minnesota,  tendering  an  escort  daily  to  such  mem- 
bers of  the  Society  as  desired  to  visit  points  of  interest  in  the  city  of 
Minneapolis. 

A  i^aper  was  then  read  by  Lieut. -Col.  Francis  U.  Farquhar,  Corps  of 
Engineers,  IT.  S.  A.,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  upon  the  "Preservation  of  the 
Falls  of  St.  Anthony."  The  paper  was  discussed  by  Messrs.  C.  G.  Force, 
P.  A.  Peterson,  and  Col.  Farquhar. 

A  paper  was  then  read  by  Mr.  Charles  E.  Emery,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E., 
on  the  "  Cost  of  Steam  Power." 


SECOND  SESSION. 


June  20th,  1883.— The  Convention  reassembled  at  St.  Paul  at  10.30 
A.  M.,  and  was  called  to  order  by  Mr.  D.  C.  Shepard,  Permanent 
Chairman. 

The  paper  read  the  previous  day  on  "  The  Cost  of  Steam  Power  "  was 
discussed  by  Messrs.  James  B.  Francis,  E.  D.  Meier,  J.  F.  Holloway, 
Joseph  P.  Frizell  and  Charles  E.  Emery. 

The  paper  read  the  previous  day  on  "  The  Preservation  of  the  Falls 
of  St.  Anthony  "  was  discussed  by  Major  Charles  J.  Allen,  Corps  Engi- 
neers, U.  S.  A.,  and  Messrs.  F.  Collingwood,  Charles  Hermany,  Charles 
E.  Emery  and  J.  J.  R.  Croes. 

A  paper  was  then  read  by  Dr.  T.  Egleston,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on 
"An  Accident  to  Steam  Pipes  arising  from  the  Use  of  Blast  Furnace 
Wool,"  and  was  discussed  by  Messrs.  Charles  E.  Emery  and  T.  Egleston. 

A  paper  was  then  read  by  Mr.  John  Lawler,  F.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on 


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"Railway  Pontoon  Bridges,"  and  was  discussed  by  Messrs.  William  P. 
Shinn,  D.  J.  Whittemore,  Joseph  P.  Frizell  and  John  Lawler. 

A  paper  was  then  read  by  Mr.  G.  Lindenthal,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E., 
on  the  "Rebuilding  of  the  Monongahela  Bridge  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa. ," 
and  was  discussed  by  Messrs  F.  CoUingwood,  T.  Egleston  and  G. 
Lindenthal. 


THIRD    SESSION. 


June  21st,  1883. — The  Convention  reassembled  at  St.  Paul  at  10.30 
A.  M. ,  and  was  called  to  order  by  Mr.  D.  C.  Shepard,  Permanent 
Chairman. 

A  paper  was  then  read  by  Mr.  Joseph  P.  Fbizell,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. , 
on  "Thfe  Water  Power  of  the  Falls  of  St.  Anthony,"  and  was  discussed 
by  Messrs.  N.  M.  Edwards,  F.  P.  Stearns,  F.  CoUingwood,  James  B. 
Francis  and  Joseph  P.  Frizell. 

A  paper  was  then  presented  by  Ml-.  F.  P.  Stearns,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E., 
on  the  "  Current-Meter,  together  with  a  reason  why  the  maximum  ve- 
locity of  the  v/ater  flowing  in  open  channels  is  below  the  surface."  This 
paper  was  discussed  by  a  number  of  the  members,  in  the  office  of  the 
United  States  Engineers,  in  the  same  building,  during  the  continuance 
of  other  business  of  the  Convention. 

A  paper  was  then  read  by  Captain  O.  E.  Michaelis,  Ordnance  De- 
partment U.  S.  A.,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  upon  " Metrological  Investiga- 
tions." 

A  paper  was  then  read  by  Mr.  D.  J.  Whittemore,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. , 
upon  the  "  Use  of  the  Nasymith  Steam  Pile  Driver,"  and  was  discussed 
by  Messrs.  T .  Egleston  and  D.  J.  Whittemore . 

The  Convention  then  took  a  recess,  during  which  a  meeting  of  the 
Society  was  held  for  the  transaction  of  business,  the  record  of  which 
will  be  found  below. 

After  the  adjournment  of  the  business  meeting,  the  session  of  the 
Convention  was  resumed,  Mr.  D.  C.  Shepard  in  the  chair. 

A  paper  by  Mr.  Benjamin  Reeoe,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  "Railway 
Track  Repairs,"  was  read  by  title. 

A  paper  by  Mr.  J.  Putnam,  Assoc.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  the  "  Cause  of 
Decay  in  Timber,"  was  read  by  title. 

The  following  resolution,  offered  by  Mr.  William  P.  Shinn,  M.  Am. 
Soc.  C.  E. ,  was  seconded  and  adopted  : 

The  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  as  represented  in  its 
Annual  Convention  by  the  largest  attendance  yet  had  at  any  of  its  con- 
vention?, desires  to  express  its  appreciation  of  the  facilities  furnished 
and  courtesies  extended,  for  the  edification  and  entertainment  of  the 


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members  and  ladies  accompanying  them,  who  hereby  place  upon  record 
their  appreciation   thereof,    and  tender   their  sincere  thanks  : 

To  the  Western  Society  of  Engineers  and  its  Committee,  and  to  the 
Pullman  Palace  Car  Company,  the  Chicago  and  Atlantic  Railway  Com- 
pany, the  Chicago  Cable  Street  Railway  Company,  the  Chicago  and 
Western  Indiana  Railway  Company,  and  to  Messrs.  Baumann  &  Lotz,  for 
courtesies  extended  during  their  stay  in  Chicago  ; 

To  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  Railway  Company,  and  the 
St.  Paul,  Minneapolis  and  Manitoba  Railway  Company  and  their  officers, 
for  the  special  trains  and  unusual  facilities  afiforded  by  them  ; 

To  the  Chicago,  St.  Paul,  Minneapolis  and  Omaha  Railway  ;  the 
Chicago  and  Northwestern  Railway;  the  Minneapolis,  Lyndale  and 
Minnetonka  Railway  ;  the  St.  Paul  and  Daluth  Railway  ;  the  Canadian 
Pacific  Railway;  the  Northern  Pacific  Railway;  the  Minneapolis  and  St. 
Louis  Railway;  the  Wisconsin  Central  Railway,  for  the  transportation 
so  freely  and  courteously  offered ; 

To  the  Local  Committees  of  St.  Paul  and  Minneapolis,  for  the  com- 
plete arrangements  made  by  them  for  making  our  visit  agreeable  and 
instructive ; 

To  the  Governor  of  the  State  of  Minnesota  and  the  Mayors  of  St. 
Paul  and  Minneapolis,  for  their  kind  expressions  of  the  welcome  so 
generously  extended  by  the  citizens  of  the  two  cities; 

To  the  Engineers'  Club  of  Minnesota,  for  their  attention  and  escort 
to  members  of  the  Society  in  visiting  numerous  points  of  engineering 
interest ; 

To  Major  Alexander  Mackenzie,  U.  S.  A.,  for  the  excursion  tendered 
upon  the  Mississipi^i  and  St.  Croix  rivers  ;  and  to  the  citizens  of  Still- 
water, Minn.,  for  the  invitation  to  visit  that  city; 

To  General  W.  D.  Washburn,  for  the  excursion  so  generously  ten- 
dered us  on  Lake  Minnetonka; 

To  the  Chairman,  Mr.  D.  C.  Shepard,  for  his  services  in  presiding 
over  our  deliberations,  realizing  as  we  do  that,  in  the  great  Northwest 
especially,  time  is  money; 

And  to  the  reporters  of  the  city  press,  for  the  full  and  fair  reports  of 
the  proceedings  of  the  Convention  ;  therefore. 

Resolved,  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Society  be,  and  he  is  hereby, 
instructed  to  forward  to  all  the  parties  named,  and  to  all  others  to  whom 
w  ;  are  indebted  for  courtesies  and  facilities,  suitably  engrossed  expres- 
sion of  our  thanks  for  their  courtesy. 


FOURTH  SESSION. 

June  22d,  1883. — The  Convention  met  at  the  Opera  House,  Minne- 
apolis, at  10:30  a.  m.     The  Secretary  announced  that  Gen.  Charles  F. 


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Hatch,  Chairman  of  the  Local  Committee  at  Minneapolis,  had  been 
selected  by  that  committee  to  preside  at  this  meeting.  Gen.  Hatch,  on 
taking  the  chair,  welcomed  the  members  of  the  Society  to  the  city,  and 
introduced  the  Hon.  H.  E.  Rand,  ex-Mayor  of  Minneapolis. 

Hon.  H.  E.  Rand  then  said: 

Ladies  and  Gentlemen, — In  the  absence  of  the  Mayor  of  the  city,  the 
pleasing  duty  has  been  assigned  me  to  welcome  you.  Tliough  the 
Chairman  of  the  meeting  has  already  done  so,  I  am  also  glad  to  do  it, 
and  I  know  that  I  speak  for  every  member  of  the  committee  which  has 
the  pleasure  of  entertaining  you,  and  at  the  same  time,  as  I  have  been 
delegated  the  power,  I  extend  the  hospitality  and  entire  freedom  of  the 
city  to  you,  and  I  do  not  mean  to  do  it  in  a  conventional  sense  at  all,  but 
with  all  that  the  words  imply.  We  are  glad  to  see  you.  We  feel  that 
the  city  of  Minneapolis  is  honored  by  the  presence  here  of  a  delegation 
so  largely  representative  of  all  parts  of  the  country. 

I  think  the  citizens  of  Minneapolis  will  never  forget  how  much  of  its 
material  prosperity  is  due  to  one  of  the  members  of  your  Society.  To 
a  kind  Government  which  furnished  the  means,  and  to  the  genius  and 
brains  of  Col.  Farquhar,  very  much  of  the  prosperity  of  the  citj'^  of 
Minneapolis  as  it  exists  to-day  is  justly  attributable. 

I  am  not  prepared  to  make  you  a  long  address.  I  could  simply  re- 
echo the  sentiments  already  advanced,  that  we  welcome  and  are  glad  to 
have  you  here. 

The  Chairman,  Gen.  ChaelesF.  Hatch. — In  the  iinavoidable  absence 
of  the  President  of  the  Society,  I  am  requested  to  say  that  the  Board  of 
Direction  has  requested  Director  William  Metcalf  to  make  an  address. 

Mr.  William  Metcalf,  Director  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  then  said: 

Your  Honor, — You  may  well  believe  that  no  one  regrets  more  than 
myself  the  unavoidable  absence  of  our  President. 

In  the  effort  to  return  the  thanks  of  our  Society  for  your  cordial 
welcome  and  magnificent  reception,  words  fail  to  express  the  sentiments 
of  our  overflowing  hearts.  The  impressions  made  by  your  noble  hospi- 
tality will  remain  indelible  and  precious  memories,  through  time  and  on 
into  eternity. 

It  is  the  rule  and  custom  of  our  Society,  that  we  have  at  our  Annual 
Convention  a  review  of  the  engineering  progress  of  the  year.  Failing 
that  on  this  occasion,  the  mind  turns  naturally  for  a  tiieme  to  the  engi- 
neering progress  of  the  Mississippi  Valley,  where  we  find  ourselves  so 
happily  placed  to  day. 

The  Mississippi  Valley,  from  Central  Pennsylvania  and  Western  New 
Y'ork,  stretching  down  the  Allegheny  Mountains  until  they  sink  in  the 
plains  of  Georgia;  from  far-away  Montana,  along  the  grand  sweep  of 
the  Rocky  Mountains,  down  to  Texas,  this  great  valley  embraces  an  area 
so  vast  and  interests  so  diverse  and  numerous,  that  the  mind  shrinks  in- 
stinctively from  an  effort  to  grasp  such  a  theme,  and  condense  it  into  the 


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limits  allowed  us  to-day.  We  must  limit  ourselves,  then,  to  the  Missis- 
sippi River,  and  the  more  immediate  surroundings  of  that  part  which  we 
have  come  to  visit  now. 

We  of  the  East  are  apt  to  think  of  this  as  a  young  country;  we  speak 
of  the  progress  made  in  our  time  as  something  remarkable,  and  as  illus- 
trative of  the  great  energy  of  our  people  in  the  development  of  new 
territory.  New  territory!  What  do  the  records  say?  Away  back  of  the 
age  of  Plato,  back  of  the  antiquities  of  Egypt,  far  back  of  all  written 
records,  a  great  race  of  civilized  people,  coming  from  the  South,  spread 
-themselves  over  the  whole  of  this,  the  greatest  valley  of  the  earth. 
Happy  homes  were  established,  industries  were  pursued,  arts  flourished, 
armies  were  organized  and  great  fortifications  were  erected.  The  latter, 
standing  to-day  complete  in  their  outlines,  give  us  our  best  clue  to  the 
works  and  character  of  the  men  of  that  age.  Spreading  from  the  Gulf 
to  the  shores  of  Lake  Superior,  they  have  left  everywhere  traces  of  their 
work,  and  from  these  we  learn  that  they  were  men  of  industry,  of 
courage,  and  of  progress. 

They  show,  too,  that  there  were  engineers  in  that  day,  who,  like  the 
engineers  of  our  time,  were  men  of  thought  and  men  of  might.  These 
people  were  swept  away  from  this  valley  by  one  of  the  great  unrecorded 
catastrophes  of  the  human  race,  and  modern  men  found  only  their 
works  to  show  their  presence  in  former  times,  in  a  country  inhabited 
from  that  time  until  ours  by  wild  beasts  and  wilder  Indians,  who  prac- 
ticed none  but  the  most  primitive  arts,  and  who  knew  no  progress. 

In  recorded  times  we  have,  first,  the  invasion  by  the  Spaniards,  who, 
guided  by  the  lust  of  gold,  and  governed  on  a  system  of  irresponsible 
tyranny,  came  only  to  conquer  and  destroy,  and  gained  no  lasting  pos- 
session of  the  priceless  heritage  that  lay  open  to  their  hands. 

Next  came  the  French,  who,  not  possessing  the  colonizing  faculty, 
have  left  us  a  few  pretty  names  only,  as  memories  of  their  once  having 
seen  this  promised  land. 

They  were  followed  by  the  English,  who  might  have  done  great 
things  if  Brother  Jonathan  had  not  stepped  in  with  other  views,  and 
possessed  the  land  for  his  own  noble  jjurposes. 

Possibly  the  powers  and  energies  of  the  Atlanteans,  together  with 
their  history  in  dim  traditions  and  myths,  have  descended  in  direct  lines 
to  us,  and  we  find  ourselves  here  to-day  in  the  wonder-land  of  our  own 
forefathers. 

The  engineering  progress  to  be  considered  now,  is  that  of  less  than  a 
•century.  Many  of  us  in  our  boyhood  read  in  Astoria  and  the  Adventures 
of  De  Joinville  of  a  wondrous  land,  where  the  bounteous  hand  of  nature 
so  distributed  her  gifts  that  countless  herds  roamed  in  peace  and  plenty 
the  year  through;  Avhere  whole  prairies  of  beautiful  wild  flowers  put  to 
shame  the  best  efforts  of  our  skilled  florists;  where  the  heats  of  summer 
were  tempered  by  cool  breezes  from   the  far-off"  mountains  and  great 


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lakes,  and  the  rigors  of  winter  were  moderated  by  a  dry  atmosphere  and 
the  most  glorious  sunshine. 

Even  as  late  as  in  the  time  of  the  lamented  General  Custer,  his  re- 
ports abound  in  descriptions  of  the  same  beautiful  country,  where  he 
and  his  brave  troops  followed  the  Indians,  riding  through  miles  of 
prairie,  up  to  their  saddle  girtlis  in  wild  flowers  of  surpassing  beauty. 

Many  of  us  have  not  worn  out  these  early  impressions,  and  have 
come  out  with  visions  of  wild  beauty  in  our  minds.  Beauty  we  find  in- 
deed everywhere,  but  the  wildness  is  gone. 

We  find  ourselves  in  the  midst  of  the  highest  cultivation;  and  the 
mighty  railroad  kings  of  the  West  have  opened  for  us  free  passes  to  all 
that  lies  beyond;  have  placed  at  our  disposal  luxurious  coaches  and 
powerful  teams,  and  have  said  to  us,  go  for  yourselves  and  see .  It  is 
the  noble  action  of  men  who  are  conscious  of  their  power,  secure  in 
works  accomplished,  and  full  of  the  gentleness  this  beautiful  land 
inspires. 

We  rub  our  amazed  and  awakening  eyes,  and  ask,  half  unconsciously, 
"  Where  are  we?"  What  is  this  we  have  come  to  see  ?  Where  are  the 
great  prairies  and  the  wonderful  wilds  we  have  had  in  our  minds? 

They  are  here,  and  we  are  in  the  midst  of  them,  but  they  are  tamed, 
and  in  the  hands  of  a  mighty  race,  who  are  rearing  here  a  vast  empire 
of  freedom  and  of  strength. 

The  wild  war  whoop  of  the  savage  has  given  place  to  the  scream  of 
the  steam  whistle  ;  the  prowling  warrior  has  given  way  to  the  active 
man  of  business  and  the  peaceful  and  industrious  cultivator  of  the  soil ; 
the  trail  of  the  buffalo  is  the  track  of  the  iron  horse,  and  the  laugh  of  the 
gentle  Minnehaha  is  drowned  in  the  sweet  music  of  the  fairest  daughters 
of  the  earth. 

The  securing  of  "  standard  time  "  now  agitates  all  of  the  governments- 
of  Europe,  and  they  turn  to  America  with  pleas  for  help  ;  but  from 
what  has  occurred  among  us  here,  we  know  that  greater  trembling  is 
soon  to  come  to  those  ancient  potentates  as  they  learn  that  they  have  lost 
the  standard  of  beauty,  which  has  come  with  the  star  of  empire  into  the 
far  west. 

Where  are  we  ? 

Your  down  easier  says  we  are  out  west  Your  down  souther  says  we 
are  up  north .  Your  far  wester  says  we  are  down  east.  Truth  says,  we- 
are  in  the  heart  of  the  continent.  From  here  flows  the  life-blood  of  the 
nation. 

The  spindles  and  looms  of  New  England  hum  in  merry  response  to  the 
cry  from  the  west: — We  have  more  people  and  we  want  more  clothes. 

The  toilers  in  the  mills  of  the  Middle  States  work  their  rabbles  more 
rapidly,  rush  their  rolls  and  hammers  to  greater  speeds,  and  rack  the  ears, 
of  the  whole  community  with  the  noise  of  their  nail  machines,  in  le- 
sponse  to  the  cry  from  the  west  for  more  homes  and  more  tools. 


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The  responsive  darkey  in  the  south  picks  his  cotton  and  sings  his 
merry  melodies  in  happy  anticipation  of  the  ham  fat  and  hominy  he  is 
to  get  from  the  Northwest. 

The  hardy  miner  in  the  Sierras  delves  after  the  precious  metals,  and 
gets  them  only  to  pay  them  out  again  to  his  eastern  neighbors  in  return 
for  the  means  to  sustain  life  in  the  barrens  where  his  restless  nature  has 
taken  him. 

Is  there  a  good  crop  in  the  Northwest  ?  The  answer  to  that  question 
affects  the  fortunes  of  us  all. 

The  precincts  of  Wall  Street  and  other  money  centres  are  energized, 
excited,  crazed  in  one  case,  or  gloomy,  depressed  and  deserted  in  the 
other. 

The  engineer  brushes  up  his  office,  arranges  his  papers,  informs  him- 
self of  every  new  thing  in  one  case,  or  hunts  up  an  old  coat  and  his  fish- 
ing tackle  in  the  other. 

The  manufacturer  looks  to  his  machinery,  hurries  up  his  repairs, 
lays  in  supplies  and  smilingly  agrees  to  pay  any  wages,  because  the  de- 
mand is  to  be  active  and  food  is  to  be  abundant  and  cheap  ;  or  he  puts 
off  all  improvements,  buys  no  raw  material,  puts  on  a  gloomy  counte- 
nance and  informs  his  operatives  that  they  must  prepare  to  work  half  time 
and  at  the  very  lowest  wages,  because  food  is  to  be  scarce  and  dear. 

But  enough;  a  whole  book  could  be  Avritten  upon  the  far-reaching 
effects  of  the  question  of  the  crop. 

But  we  are  engineers— what  of  engineering  works  and  progress,  what 
have  we  come  to  see  ?  Patience,  friends,  and  we  will  take  a  hasty  glance 
at  our  theme. 

Go  to  the  mouth  of  this  mighty  river  and  you  will  find  there  the 
greatest  jetty  system  in  the  world,  designed  by  one  of  our  members,  to 
control  the  waters  and  give  this  vast  valley  a  sure  and  perpetual  outlet 
to  the  ocean  and  the  world.  A  study  of  that  system  and  its  results  will 
occupy  and  puzzle  the  minds  of  engineers  for  generations  to  come. 

A  little  higher  up  the  river,  we  find  long  systems  of  levees,  built  to 
reclaim  and  protect  thousands  of  square  miles  of  the  richest  lands  for 
the  uses  of  our  people. 

A  little  farther,  at  St.  Louis,  there  is  the  great  steel  arched  bridge, 
which  is  a  triumph  of  engineering  progress,  skill  and  daring. 

Farther,  there  are  a  number  of  great  bridges  of  different  varieties,  all 
worth  studying. 

At  Kock  Island  we  have  an  illustration  of  the  faith  of  the  Government 
in  this  great  valley.  The  immense  arsenal  there,  more  than  a  thousand 
miles  from  the  reach  of  any  foreign  enemy,  is  safe  in  the  midst  of  a  free 
and  happy  people,  and  sure  to  supply,  if  the  need  should  ever  come,  the 
weapons  for  our  defense  against  all  the  world. 

There  too,  you  will  see  the  care  of  the  Government  for  the  people  in 
the  pursuits  of  peace,  in  the  great  works  which  are  being  carried  out  in 


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imiJi-oviug  the  river  for  the  greater  safety  of  navigation  and  the  increase 
of  commerce. 

Our  immediate  surroundings  form  what  we  know  by  reputation  as  a 
lovely  summer  resort,  but  which  we  And  now  to  be  the  breathing  place 
of  two  great  cities  ;  one  devoted  mainly  to  commerce,  by  its  location  at 
the  head  of  navigation  ;  the  other  engaged  in  manufactures,  by  the  aid  of 
a  great  water-power  ;  the  chief  industry  being  the  furnishing  of  the 
"  staff  of  life  "  to  the  millions  of  workers  throughout  the  land. 

As  far  as  we  know,  the  only  rivalry  between  these  cities  is  one  of 
glorious  hosijitality  and  generosity,  showered  upon  us  in  such  profusion 
that  we  are  lost  in  a  halo  of  hapi^iness. 

Two  cities  did  I  say  ?  That  was  a  great  mistake  ;  we  are  in  the  heart 
of  the  embryo  of  a  greut  metropolis  of  the  future  ;  already  we  fancy  the 
laughing  waters  of  Minnehaha  drowned  in  tears  of  woe  at  having  be- 
come the  drain  of  a  great  city,  and  the  beauties  of  the  spot  will  remain 
only  in  the  legends  of  poetry.  The  shores  of  the  beautiful  Minnetonka 
will  be  the  park  of  the  great  public,  and  all  rivalry  shall  cease  where 
true  greatness  has  triumphed. 

We  are  conquered  already,  and  our  hearts  have  gone  out  to  our  hosts 
in  spontaneous  and  unanimous  movement,  in  response  to  their  over- 
whelming kindness. 

Here  we  shall  to-day  inspect  the  great  water-power  of  the  west,  and 
if  the  water-powers  of  Lowell  and  other  places  in  the  east  have  exercised 
the  skill,  employed  the  minds  and  occupied  the  time  of  our  ablest  mem- 
bers, both  in  developing  their  use  and  theorizing  on  their  capacity, 
surely  here  we  shall  find  that  the  engineer,  who  is  ever  the  pioneer  of 
progress,  has  availed  himself  of  the  knowledge  gained  in  the  east  for 
the  benefit  of  the  west,  thus  returning  good  for  good. 

The  white  cotton  coming  from  the  southern  fields  and  through  the 
eastern  mill,  and  sent  to  all  quarters  of  the  earth  to  clothe  the  multitudes, 
is  equaled  and  surpassed  by  the  snowy  white  flour  of  the  west,  which 
goes  equally  to  all  parts  of  the  earth  to  feed  the  toilers  and  sustain  their 
lives 

Thus  we  are  mutually  dependent,  and  all  are  made  happy  by  the 
possession  of  such  unlimited  resources  for  the  building  of  the  nation. 

Upon  us  as  engineers  falls  the  duty  of  knowing,  first,  what  the  devel- 
opment of  this  nation  demands  for  the  quicker  and  more  economical 
processes  of  production  and  increased  facilities  of  intercourse. 

We  must,  in  our  eastern  offices,  keep  well  informed  as  to  what  the 
manufacturer'  can  do  in  the  way  of  furnishing  material,  and  we  must 
know  how  to  adapt  these  materials  to  the  requirements  of  our  brethren 
who  are  working  to  develop  new  fields  in  the  farther  west. 

We  must  cast  our  eyes  still  westward,  and  be  prepared  to  run  over 
greater  plains,  scale  or  bore  through  higher  mountains,  and  always  be  in 
the  vanguard  of  progress. 


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Finally,  having  adhered  to  the  high  principles  of  our  forefathers,  and 
left  behind  us  a  great  nation,  prosperous  and  more  happy  because  of  our 
labors  ;  having  reached  the  limit  of  our  westward  progress  and  arrived 
on  the  shores  of  the  great  beyond,  we  must  be  prepared  to  bridge  the 
last  great  chasm  to  the  "happy  hunting  grounds"  of  the  still  "far 
west." 

There,  my  dear  sir,  we  hope  to  meet  with  you  and  all  of  our  generous 
hosts,  and  hold  forever  in  happy  remembrance  this  joyous  occasion  of 
our  meeting. 

A  parser  by  Mr.  WilijIam  P.  Shinn,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  subject,  "How 
can  Railways  be  made  more  Efficient  for  the  Transportation  of  FreightV"^ 
was  then  read  by  the  author. 

The  Convention  then  adjourned. 


The  following  (150)  members  were  in  attendance  at  the  Convention  r 
A.  V.  Abbott,  Brooklyn;  W.  M.  Allaire,  E.  R.  Andrews,  New  York  City„ 
N.  Y. ;  James  Archbald,  Scranton,  Pa.;  J.  B.  Atkinson,  Earliugton,  Ky. ; 
T.  Appleton,  Council  Grove,  Kansas;  W.  H.  Bradley,  Boston,  Mass.; 
W.  H.  Burr,  Troy;  John  Bogart,  Henry  R.  Bradbury,  New  York  City; 
W.  H.  Bixby,  Willet's  Point,  N.  Y. ;  Arthur  Beardsley,  Swarthmore; 
Onward  Bates,  M.  J.  Becker,  Pittsburg,  Pa. ;  Charles  Blackwell,  Roanoke, 
Va. ;  C.  Breckenridge,  Tuscaloosa,  Ala. ;  M.  S.  Belknap,  Louisville,  Ky. ; 
J.  F.  Barnard,  St.  Joseph:  D.  Bontecou,  T.  C.  Bradley,  Kansas  City; 
A.  H.  Blaisdell,  George  Burnet,  Jr.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  N.  S.  Bouton,  Chi- 
cago, 111.;  G.  H.  Benzenberg,  Milwaukee,  Wis.;  J.  W.  Bishop,  St. Paul, 
Minn.;  E.  C.  Burns,  Detroit,  Mich.;  James  D.  Burr,  Topeka,  Kansas; 
F.  Colling  wood,  A.  G.  Compton,  J.  James  R.  Croes,  New  York  City; 
M.  Coryell,  Lambertville,  N.  J.;  C.  L.  Crandall,  Ithaca;  Robert  Cart- 
wright,  Rochester,  N.  Y. ;  D.  W.  Cunningham,  Grandin,  Dak. ;  .Josepli 
P.  Davis,  New  York  City  ;  Charles  Davis,  Alleghany  City  ;  A. 
Dempster,  Pittsburgh  ;  E.  A.  Doane,  Meadville,  Pa.  ;  Chester  B. 
Davis,  Chicago,  111. ;  T.  Egleston,  Charles  E.  Emery,  New  York  City; 
M.  T.  Endicott,  League  Island,  Pa.  ;  George  D.  Emerson,  Rolla,. 
Mo.  ;  N.  M.  Edwards,  Appleton,  Wis.  ;  Robert  Fletcher,  Hanover, 
N.  H.  ;  Edward  A.  Flint,  A.  Fteley,  Boston  ;  James  B.  Francis,  Lowell  ; 
John  R  Freeman,  Lawrence,  Mass. ;  George  H.  Frost,  New  York 
City;  Clark  Fisher,  Trentou,  N.  J. ;  C.  G.  Force,  Cleveland,  Ohio  ;  F.  U. 
Farquhar,  Detroit,  Mich. ;  J.  L.  Frazier,  Louisville,  Ky. ;  F.  N.  Finney, 
Milwaukee,  Wis.;  Joseph  P.  Frizell,  St.  Paul,  Minn.;  8.  M.  Gray,  Provi- 
dence,  R.  I.,  George  S.  Greene,  Jr.,  New  York  City;  F.  Graff,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa. ;  Charles  E.  Goad,  Montreal,  Canada;  C.  E.  Greene,  Ann 
Arbor,  Mich. ;  C.  L.  Gates,  Milwaukee,  Wis. ;  J.  L.  Gillespie,  St.  Paul, 
Minn. ;  Henry  Harding,  Salem,  Mass. ;  R.  Hering,  Philadelphia;  James 
H.  Harlow,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.;  W.  P.  Harris,  Hinton,  W.  Va. ;  W".  A. 
Haven,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.;  W.  M.  Hughes,  Cleveland,  Ohio;  F.  B.  Howard, 


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Detroit,  Mich. ;  S.  A.  Harrison,  Milwaukee,  Wis. ;  Charles  Hermany, 
Louisville,  Ky. ;  M.  G.  Howe,  Houston,  Texas;  Horace  E.  Horton, 
Kochester,  Minn.;  Randell  Hunt,  Fargo,  Dakotah;  L.  M.  Johnson, 
Chicago,  111.;  M.  W.  Kingsley,  Cleveland,  Ohio;  Wm.  B.  Knight, 
Kansas  City,  Mo. ;  G.  P.  Low,  Gloucester,  Mass. ;  G.  Lindenthal,  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa.;  D.  Jones  Lucas,  Lowellville;  T.  D.  Lovett,  Cincinnati, 
Ohio;  William  H.  Lotz,  Chicago,  HI;  John  Lawler,  Prairie  du  Chien, 
Wis. ;  Charles  F.  Loweth,  St.  Paul,  Minn. ;  T.  C.  McCoUom,  Boston, 
Mass.;  T.  H.  McKenzie,  Southington,  Conn.;  Thomas  C.  Meyer,  Charles  i 
H.  Myers,  New  York  City;  G.  W.  McNulty,  Brooklyn;  James  Mac- 
Naughton,  Albany,  N.  Y.;  O.  E.  Michaelis,  Henry  G.  Morris,  Philadel- 
phia; William  Metcalf,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. ;  D.   E.    McComb,   Washington, 

D.  C. ;  B.  F.  Morse,  Cleveland;  H.  G.  Morse,  Youngstown,  Ohio;  Charles 
MacRitchie,  Chicago;  R.  E.  McMath,  E.  D.  Meier,  Robert  Moore,  St. 
Louis,  Mo. ;  John  MacLeod,  Marshall  Morris,  Louisville,  Ky. ;  R.  C. 
Morris,  Nashville,  Tenn. ;  F.  O.  Norton,  New  York  City;  R.  M.  Newman, 
Minneapolis,  Minn. ;  S.  B.  Opdyke,  New  Haven,  Ct. ;  John  A.  Ockerson, 
St.  Louis,  Mo. ;  F.  C.  Prindle,  Brooklyn,  John  A.  Partridge,  Syracuse, 
N.  Y. ;  P.  A.  Peterson,  Montreal,  Canada;  George  H.Pegram,  Wilming- 
ton, Del.;  Edward  Prince,  Quincy,  HI.;  P.  H.  Philbrick,  Iowa  City, 
Iowa;  Charles  J.  Poetsch,  Milwaukee,  Wis.;  Charles  H.  Prior,  Minne- 
apolis, Minn. ;  Joseph  R.  Richards,  Boston,  Mass. ;  Benjamin  Rhodes, 
Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y. ;  Percival  Roberts,  Jr.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  James  L. 
Randolph,  Baltimore,  Md. ;  Robert  L.  Read,  Cincinnati,  Benjamin 
Reece,  Toledo,  Ohio;  H.  B.  Richardson,  New  Orleans,  La. ;  F.  P.  Stearns, 
Atlantic,  Mass. ;  J.  Gardner  Sanderson,  William  P.  Shinn,  Robert  P. 
Staats,  D.  McN.  Stauffer,  New  York  City;  F.  Slataper,  Pittsburgh; 
William  H.  Searles,  Beach  Creek,  Pa.;  J.  A.  Smith,  Indianapolis,  Ind. ; 
C.  Shaler  Smith,  St.  Louis,  Mo. ;  Wm.  Sooy  Smith,  Chicago,  111. ;  R.  A. 
Shailer,  Milwaukee,  Wis.;  D.  C.  Shepard,  J.  S.  Sewall,  C.  C.  Smith,  H. 

E.  Stevens,  St.  Paul,  Minn. ;  W.  J.  Taylor,  Chester,  N.  J.;  E.  Thaeher, 
Pittsburgh,  Pa.;  E.  N.  Kirk  Talcott,  Morgan  Park,  111.;  John  G.  Van 
Home,  Jersey  City,  N.  J.;  John  D.  Van  Buren,  Jr.,  Newburgh,  N.  Y. ; 
W.  H.  Wiley,  New  York  City;  George  1^  Wisner,  Detroit,  Mich.;  D. 
W.  Wellman,  St.  Louis;  W.  W.  Walker,  Hannibal,  Mo.;  Samuel 
Whinery,  Meridian,  Miss.;  Don  J.  Whittemore,  Milwaukee,  Wis.;  and 
George  H.  White,  Minneapolis,  Minn . 

Note.  —Eighty  ladies  of  the  families  of  members  accomjjanied  them 
on  the  occasion  of  this  Convention. 


In  accordance  with  the  request  of  a  number  of  members,  arrange- 
ments were  made  for  the  meeting  at  Chicago,  the  week  previous  to  the 
Convention,  of  such  members  as  desired  to  visit  the  Exjiosition  of  Rail- 
way Appliances  then  open  in  that  city.  A  large  number  of  members 
took  advantage  of  this  arrangement,  and  on  Friday,  June  15tli,  by  the 


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invitation  of  the  Western  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  a  visit  was  made  to 
the  shops  of  the  Chicago  City  Cable  Railway.  A  special  train  on  State 
Street  was  provided  by  the  kindness  of  the  President  of  the  Railway 
Company,  who,  after  the  arrival  at  the  shops,  personally  explained  the 
working  of  the  Street  Railway  Cable  System,  then  in  active  operation. 
The  party  then  proceeded  to  the  station  of  the  Chicago  and  Western 
Indiana  Railway,  and  thence  by  the  Chicago  and  Atlantic  Railway  to  the 
town  of  Pullman,  where  the  works  of  the  Pullman  Palace  Car  Company 
and  the  remarkable  town  itself  were  visited.  On  Saturday,  June  16th, 
under  the  same  escort,  a  trip  was  made  to  the  Inlet  Crib  upon  the  lake, 
and  to  other  points  of  interest.  Under  the  escort  of  Mr.  Wm.  H.  Lotz, 
M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  and  Mr.  Edward  Baumann,  Assoc.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E., 
visits  were  also  made  to  some  of  the  great  new  elevators  in  that  city. 

On  Monday  morning,  June  18th,  a  special  train,  provided  by  the 
Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  Railway  Company,  left  Chicago  at  7.30 
A.  M.  Nearly  all  of  the  members  and  guests  who  attended  the  Convention 
were  upon  this  train,  which  was  run  through  direct  from  Chicago  to  St. 
Paul  and  Minneapolis,  and  thence,  without  change  of  cars,  over  the  St. 
Paul,  Minneapolis  and  Manitoba  Railway,  to  the  Hotel  Lafayette,  ou 
Lake  Minnetonka.  A  dining  car  ran  with  the  train,  and  there  was  there- 
fore no  necessity  for  prolonged  detention  at  any  point.  The  courtesy  of 
the  officers  of  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  Railway  in  the  pro- 
vision of  this  train,  and  in  all  other  respects,  was  thoroughly  appreci- 
ated by  all  who  attended  the  Convention. 

Ai'rangements  had  been  made  by  the  Local  Committees  at  St.  Paul  and 
Minneapolis  for  the  accommodation  of  all  the  visitors  to  the  Convention, 
at  the  Hotel  Lafayette,  on  Lake  Minnetonka.  This  hotel  is  very  large 
and  commodious,  beautifully  located  on  the  shore  of  the  lake.  The  ses- 
sions of  the  Convention  held  in  St.  Paul  and  Minneapolis  were  reached 
by  special  trains  from  Lake  Minnetonka,  over  the  St.  Paul,  Minneapolis 
and  Manitoba  Railway  ;  these  trains  being  provided  and  run  by  that 
railroad  to  accommodate  the  convenience  of  those  attending  the  Con- 
vention. 

On  the  afternoon  of  the  first  day  of  the  Convention,  June  19th,  car- 
riages were  provided  at  St.  Paul,  and,  under  the  escort  of  citizens,  the 
many  points  of  interest  in  that  city  were  visited,  after  which  the  members 
returned  to  the  Hotel  Lafayette  for  the  night. 

On  the  afternoon  of  Thursday,  June  21st,  after  the  adjournment  of 
the  Convention,  a  train  was  taken  to  Fort  Snelling;  thence  to  the  Falls 
of  Minnehaha,  and  after  visiting  the  Minnehaha  Bridge  the  party  re- 
turned to  Lake  Minnetonka  via  Minneapolis. 

In  the  evening  of  that  day  a  moonlight  excursion  was  made  upon  the 
steamer  Citi/  of  St.  Louis,  on  Lake  Minnetonka,  by  the  invitation  of 
General  W.  D.   Washburn. 

On  the  morning  of  Friday,  June  22d,  the  steamer  St.  Louis,  on  Lake 


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Minnetonka,  took  the  party  to  Excelsior,  from  which  point  they  pro- 
ceeded to  Minneapolis  by  the  Minneapolis,  Lyndale  and  Minnetonka 
Railway. 

After  the  adjournment  of  the  Convention  at  Minneapolis,  the  same 
railway  was  taken  to  Lake  Calhoun,  where  lunch  was  served.  After 
lunch,  Minneapolis  was  again  visited,  where  carriages  were  provided, 
and  many  interesting  points  in  that  city  were  visited,  including  the 
great  flour  mills  and  the  new  viaduct  now  in  course  of  construction  across 
the  Mississippi,  immediately  below  the  Falls  of  St.  Anthony. 

Returning  to  the  Hotel  Lafayette,  on  the  same  evening,  a  compli- 
mentary banquet  was  given  to  the  Society  by  the  citizens  of  St.  Paul  and 
Minneapolis. 

On  Saturday,  June  23d,  a  large  party,  by  invitation  of  Major  Mac- 
kenzie, United  States  Engineers,  took  the  steamer  General  Barnard  at 
St.  Paul,  and  proceeded  down  the  Mississippi  to  the  St.  Croix,  and  up  the 
St.  Croix  to  the  city  of  Stillwater.  The  party  was  here  met  by  a  com- 
mittee of  the  citizens,  and  escorted  to  the  Opera  House,  whei'e  an  address 
of  welcome  was  made  by  Judge  McClure  of  that  city,  to  which  address, 
by  request  of  the  Board  of  Direction,  Mr.  J.  J.  R.  Croes,  Treasurer 
Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  made  a  response. 

Lunch  was  then  served  in  the  Opera  House,  and  the  party  returned 
to  Lake  Minnetonka,  visiting  the  White  Bear  Lake  en  route. 

A  handsome  memento  of  the  Convention  was  prejjared  by  the  com- 
mittees of  St.  Paul  and  Minneapolis,  and  presented  to  the  members  who 
wei-e  in  attendance.  This  was  a  book  descriiJtive  of  these  cities,  hand- 
somely bound,  and  illustrated  with  many  plates. 


MEETINGS    OF    THE    SOCIETY. 

June  6th,  1883. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President  Wm.  H. 
Paine  in  the  Chair,  John  Bogart  Secretary.  Ballots  for  membership 
were  canvassed,  and  the  following  candidates  were  declared  elected  : 

As  Members  :  John  William  Kendrick,  Minneapolis,  Minn. ;  Henry 
Coathupe  Mais,  Adelaide,  South  Australia;  Albert  Brainerd  Rogers, 
Silkirk  Range,  British  Columbia;  Alonzo  J.  Tullock,  Leavenworth, 
Kan. 

As  Juniors  :  Albert  Neuman  Connett,  South  Orange,  N.  J. ;  Preston 
King  Yates,.  Canajoharie,  N.  Y. 

The  death  was  announced  of  Major  George  W.  Dresser,  M.  Am.  Soc. 
C.  E.,  elected  Member  July  5th,  1876  ;  Director  of  the  Society  January 
6th,  1882,  and  died  May  27th,  1883. 

The  following  rejiort  was  then  presented. 

(See  Proceedings,  Vol.  IX.,  p.  65,  April,  1883.) 


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To  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  : 

The  undersigned  Committee,  appointed  at  the  meeting  of  the  Society 
held  March  7th,  1883,  "To  confer  with  the  American  Institute  of 
Mining  Engineers,  The  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers, 
and  with  authorized  representatives  of  Institutions  of  Technical  Educa- 
tion," upon  the  subject-matter  presented  in  a  letter  to  the  Secretary  of 
the  Society,  requesting  the  advice  and  assistance  of  the  Society  in  pro- 
curing a  uniform  basis  for  engineering  degrees,  has  considered  the  sub- 
ject presented  in  the  said  letter,  and  submits  the  following  report: 

The  American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers  declined  to  appoint  a 
committee  upon  the  subject,  for  reasons  stated  in  the  letter  of  the 
Secretary  returned  herewith. 

The  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers  appointed  a  com- 
mittee, with  which  your  Committee  had  a  joint  session  and  discussion  of 
the  subject,  as  a  result  of  which  both  committees  arrived  at  the  same 
conclusion,  viz. : 

First. — That,  as  no  application  had  been  made  to  the  Society  by  any 
authorized  representative  of  the  faculty  of  any  ''  Institution  of  Technical 
Education,"  it  would  be  manifestly  improper  for  this  Society  to  make 
any  recommendation  to  such  institutions  upon  the  subject  of  the  degrees 
to  be  given  by  them. 

Second. — That,  in  the  opinion  of  your  Committee,  any  practical  uni- 
formity is  unattainable,  for  the  reason  that  with  a  perfectly  uniform 
curriculum  as  the  basis  for  any  given  degree,  the  value  of  such  degree 
would  be  very  largely  dej^endent  upon  the  character  and  ability  of  the 
professors  having  the  engineering  department  in  charge,  and  upon  the 
care  and  thoroughness  with  which  the  examinations  for  the  degree  were 
condixcted,  so  that,  as  heretofore,  the  value  of  any  degree  would  depend 
upon  the  reputation  of  the  institution  conferring  it. 

Your  Committee  is  of  the  opinion,  however,  that,  as  the  titles  Civil 
Engineer,  Mechanical  Engineer,  and  Mining  Engineer  are  used  as  in- 
dicating the  connection  of  their  holders  with  certain  industrial  pursuits, 
and  have,  in  that  respect,  a  kind  of  commercial  value,  it  would  be  very 
desirable  if  institutions  conferring  technical  degrees  would  adopt  some 
other  designations,  that  would  only  indicate  that  their  possessors  had 
studied  in  their  respective  branches  of  engineering,  and  not  that  they 
had  practiced  the  same.     All  of  which  is  respectfully  submitted. 

New  York,  May  15th,  1883. 

WM.  P.    SHINN,  ) 

THOS.  C.    CLARKE,  I  Committee. 

THEODORE  COOPER,     j 

On  motion,  the  report  was  laid  upon  the  table,  and  the  Committee 
discharged. 

The  paper  by  William  P.  Shinn,  M.  Am.  Soc.   C.  E.,    "On   the  In- 


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creased  Efficiency  of  Railways  for  the  Transportation  of  Freight,"  was 
then  discussed  by  Messrs.  Chanute,  Cooper,  Emery,  Hamilton  and 
Shinn. 

June  21st,  1883. — Business  meeting  at  the  Annual  Convention.  The 
meeting  of  the  Society  was  called  to  order,  and  on  the  nomination  of 
the  Board  of  Direction,  Mr.  J.  J.  R.  Ci'oes,  Treasurer  Am.  Soc.  C.  E., 
was  elected  to  preside. 

The  following  Nominating  Committee  was  appointed,  in  accordance 
with  Section  XXIV.  of  the  By-Laws  :  C.  C.  Martin,  of  New  York  ;  A. 
Fteley,  of  Massachusetts  ;  F.  Slataper,  of  Pennsylvania  ;  D.  C.  Shepard, 
of  Minnesota  ;  C.  Hermany,  of  Kentucky. 

The  Committee  on  a  "  Uniform  System  for  Tests  of  Cement"  reported 
progress  through  its  Chairman,  Mr.  D.  J.  Whittemore.  The  Chairman 
stated  that  one  of  the  members  of  the  Committee  had  prepared  a  paper 
formulating  a  method  for  testing  pure  cement,  and  that  while  the 
members  of  the  Committee  agreed  with  the  greater  portion  of  that 
paper,  there  were  certain  parts  of  it  upon  which  there  were  differences 
of  opinion,  and,  consequently,  that  it  could  not  be  presented  as  the 
report  of  the  Committee,  but  that  he  hoped  it  would  be  presented  as  a 
paper  before  the  Society. 

On  motion,  the  Committee  was  continued. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  upon  the  "Preservation  of  Timber" 
being  called  for,  the  Secretary  stated  that  the  Chairman  of  that  Com- 
mittee, Mr.  O.  Chanute,  had  intended  to  be  present  at  the  Convention, 
but  had  been  unable  to  do  so,  and  that  in  the  event  of  his  absence  he 
recpiested  the  Secretary  to  say  that  the  Committee  had  received  a  large 
amount  of  information  in  addition  to  the  report  presented  and  recently 
published  in  the  Transactions  of  the  Society  ;  that  this  information  was 
too  voluminous  to  present  and  read  at  this  meeting,  but  that  it  would 
be  presented  to  the  Society  within  a  short  time  for  publication.  The 
Committee  has  prepared  an  exhibit  of  specimens  of  jareserved  and  unpre- 
served  timber,  which  has  been  at  the  Chicago  Railway  Exposition,  in 
connection  with  a  very  interesting  collection  of  specimens  of  timber 
prepared  by  past  President  James  B.  Francis,  showing  the  effect  of  the 
Ivyanizing  process  through  a  series  of  years. 

On  motion,  the  Committee  was  continued. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Standard  Time  was  presented,  as 
follows  : 

STANDARD  TIME. 

Repokt  of  the  Special  Committee — St.  Paul  and  Minneapolis 
Convention  . 

June  21st.,  1883. 

The  Committee  on  Standard  Time  beg  leave  to  submit  the  following 
report : 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Society,  held  in  New  York  in  January 


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last,  the  Committee  set  forth  in  the  report  which  they  presented  the 
state  of  the  question  referred  to  them  up  to  that  date.  Evidence  con- 
tinues to  come  from  every  quarter  that  the  prominence  given  by  the 
Society  to  the  consideration  of  the  question  and  the  efforts  made  by  the 
Committee  to  gain  information  and  the  opinions  of  practical  men,  with 
a  view  to  a  satisfactory  solution  of  the  problem  of  time  reform,  are  bear- 
ing substantial  fruit.  An  interest  has  been  awakened  throughout  the 
country  and  an  impetus  has  been  given  to  the  movement,  largely 
through  this  Society,  which  the  Committee  confidently  believes  cannot 
fail  to  lead  to  a  practical  result,  which  will  prove  of  eminent  advantage 
to  the  whole  community. 

As  authorized  and  directed  by  the  Society,  the  Committee  has 
obtained  a  general  expression  of  opinion  from  men  prominent  as  engi- 
neers, as  railway  managers  and  operators,  and  others,  in  all  parts  of  the 
United  States  and  Canada.  The  Committee  find  that  exceptional  unanim- 
ity prevails  with  respect  to  the  fundamental  principles  which  should 
govern  in  the  adoption  of  a  system  of  standard  time  for  the  whole  country, 
and  the  present  meeting  of  the  Society  in  the  great  upper  valley  of  the 
Mississippi  seems  a  peculiarly  appropriate  occasion  for  directing  atten- 
tion to  the  benefits  to  result  from  a  comprehensive  time  system,  based 
on  the  principles  which  commend  themselves  to  approval  so  generally. 

In  attending  this  Convention,  many  of  the  members  must  have 
experienced  that  the  railways  over  which  they  have  traveled  within  a 
limited  distance  of  this  city  are  run  by  three  different  standards,  viz., 
Chicago  time,  St.  Louis  time  and  St.  Paul  time.  These  various  local  times 
lead  to  certain  local  inconveniences  which  would  be  entirely  obviated  by  a 
unification  of  standards.  If  a  compromise  could  be  effected  by  the 
railway  authorities,  if  they  were  to  adopt  a  mean  between  the  times  of 
Chicago,  St.  Louis  and  St.  Paul  as  a  common  standard  for  all  the  rail- 
ways in  this  ijart  of  the  United  States,  great  general  convenience  would 
undoubtedly  result.  It  so  happens  that  a  mean  between  the  time  of 
Chicago,  St.  Louis  and  St.  Paul  is  as  nearly  as  may  be  the  time  of  the 
hour  meridian  S.  of  the  cosmopolitan  system  referred  to  in  the  docu- 
ments which  have  been  published  by  the  Committee,  and  it  corresjaonds 
with  the  90th  meridian  west  of  Greenwich.  This  meridian  adopted  as 
the  standard  for  Chicago,  St.  Louis  and  St.  Paul,  and  for  all  railways 
running  out  of  these  cities,  would  naturally  become  the  standard  for 
Minnesota,  Wisconsin,  Illinois,  Iowa,  Indiana,  Michigan  and  Missouri. 
In  fact,  it  would  almost  certainly  follow  that  the  one  standard  would  be 
used  by  the  whole  central  portion  of  the  continent,  from  the  extreme 
north  of  Canada  to  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  embracing  Manitoba,  Kee- 
water,  Kentucky,  Tennessee,  Arkansas,  Alabama,  Mississippi  and 
Louisiana. 

Moreover,  the  proposed  compromise  between  the  times  of  Chicago, 
St.  Louis  and  St.   Paul  would  be  in  complete  harmony  with  the  other 


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three  main  standards,  separated  by  intervals  of  15  degrees  of  longitude, 
or  one  hour,  proposed  for  regulating  time  throughout  the  whole  of  the 
North  American  continent. 

The  managers  of  the  transcontinental  railways  who  have  been  heard 
from,  cordially  sustain  the  system  of  standards  which  have  been  sug- 
gested, and  have  agreed  to  adopt  them  in  the  running  of  trains. 
Indeed,  all  who  have  carefully  considered  the  subject  have  generally 
arrived  at  the  conviction  that  the  railways  and  the  public  would  be 
greatly  benefited  if  the  time  arrangements  of  the  whole  United  States 
and  Canada  were  governed  by  the  one  simple,  well-defined  jDrinciple. 

On  the  11th  of  April  last  a  convention  of  railway  men  was  held  at  St. 
Louis  for  the  purj^ose  of  discussing  the  time  question.  At  this  meeting 
there  were  present  forty-seven  railway  managers,  superintendents  and 
others,  representing  thirty  different  corporations  and  an  aggregate  length 
of  30.000  miles  of  railway  in  operation.  This  meeting  was  marked  by 
gi'eat  unanimity  of  opinion,  and  resolutions  were  passed  heartily  sup- 
porting the  principle  of  one  hour  meridian  standards,  and  recommend- 
ing that  every  railway  throughout  the  continent  be  governed  in  the 
running  of  trains  by  these  standards.  The  governing  meridians  pro- 
posed are  each  to  be  an  integral  number  of  hours  from  the  present 
meridian  of  the  world.  In  the  documents  published  by  the  Committee, 
they  have  been  designated  Meridians  E,  S,  T  and  V;  but  they  may  be 
known  by  any  other  names. 

Another  convention  of  a  similar  character  was  held  on  the  18th  of 
April  last,  of  men  representing  more  especially  the  railways  of  the 
Southern  States.  At  this  meeting  great  unanimity  of  view  was  dis- 
played, similar  action  was  taken,  and  corresponding  recommendations 
made. 

It  is  obvious  to  the  Committee  that  the  time  is  near  at  hand,  if  it 
has  not  actually  arrived,  when  definite  action  should  be  taken,  by  legis- 
lation or  otherwise,  to  establish  a  system  of  Standard  Time  for  general 
use  throughout  the  country. 

SANDFORD  FLEMING, 

Chairman  Special  Committee. 

Dr.  T.  EctLeston,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. — I  may  say,  as  a  member  of  the 
Committee,  but  not  as  representing  the  Committee,  however,  that  it  has 
been  my  good  fortune  to  be  cognizant  of  one  phase  of  this  subject  with 
which  Mr.  Fleming  may  not  be  wholly  familiar,  and  that  is  that  diplo- 
matic relations  have  been  entered  into  between  the  government  of  the 
United  States  and  the  governments  of  Europe.  The  European  govern- 
ments claim  that  the  United  States  shoiald  be  rej^resented,  and  should 
have  the  right  to  have  the  International  Convention  called  here.  The 
acceptance  of  this  right  has  been  signified  by  a  very  large  number  of 
the  maritime  nations  of  Eurojse  to  the  Department  of  State,  and  the 


Ill 

Secretary  of  State  has  written  to  me  to  say  that  he  was  only  waiting,  to 
call  the  Convention  definitely,  to  have  a  few  of  the  European  nations 
who  had  not  signified  their  aj^proval  or  disapproval  heard  from.  The 
matter  is  particularly  complimentary  to  the  United  States  in  this  matter, 
and  to  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers;  for  not  only  have  cer- 
tain of  the  European  governments  referred  to  their  learned  heads  this 
question  of  standard  time,  but  they  have  conceded  to  the  United  States 
the  jDrinciple  which  has  been  urged  by  the  members  of  the  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers,  and  it  looks  at  the  present  time  as  though  the  American 
Society  of  Civil  Engineers  would  have  the  credit  of  initiating  a  move- 
ment which  will  be  just  as  thoroughly  historical  as  the  change  of  time 
from  the  old  to  the  new  date,  or  the  change  of  time  by  Ptolemy.  The 
Society  is  to  be  congratulated,  first,  upon  taking  up  the  movement;  sec- 
ondly, in  being  so  extremely  successful;  and  thirdly,  in  having  their 
efforts  acknowledged  by  almost  every  government  in  the  United  States 
and  Europe;  for  the  Government  of  Russia  has  taken  particular  pains 
to  do  it;  so  has  that  of  Spain  and  France;  and  several  others  have  pub- 
lished papers  which  accord  to  this  Society,  and  perhaps  to  those  persons 
in  the  United  States  who  initiated  this  movement,  a  very  distinguished 
position ;  and  I  cannot  help  but  make  these  extempore  remarks,  knowing 
the  facts,  and  believing  that  the  Society  would  be  interested  in  knowing, 
extra  committee,  what  is  being  done. 

On  motion,  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  Standard  Time  was 
accepted,  and  the  Committee  continued. 

The  following  rajjort  was  then  presented: 

The  Committee  on  obtaining  Congressional  Aid  in  carrying  out  the 
Programme  of  Tests  of  Iron,  Steel,  &c.,  submitted  by  the  Society,  report 
as  follows: 

The  House  Committee  on  Appropriations,  a  few  days  before  the  close 
of  the  last  session,  aflorded  your  Committee  a  hearing. 

For  various  reasons,  esj^ecially  want  of  notice,  only  a  very  small  rep- 
resentation appeared  before  the  House  Committee.  The  gentlemen 
listened  with  interest  to  the  statements  of  your  Committee,  but  came  to 
the  conclusion  that,  owing  to  the  impending  close  of  the  session,  no 
money  could  then  be  appropriated. 

Your  Committee  is  of  opinion  that  the  great  importance  of  this  sub- 
ject requires  the  appointment  of  a  Standing  Committee,  who  may  at  all 
times  authoritatively  act  for  the  Society. 

The  law  now  empowers  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  to 
submit  and  have  carried  out  its  programme  of  tests. 

To  insure  this  being  done  money  must  be  appropriated,  and  the 
Society  must  exert  its  entire  influence  to  induce  Congress  to  make  the 
necessary  appropriations. 

O.  E.  MICHAELIS, 

For  the  Committee. 


112 

The  business  meeting  then  adjourned  and  the  session  of  the  Conven- 
tion was  resumed. 

OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION. 

May  2r),  1883. — Applications  were  considered.  Financial  business 
was  transacted. 

May  'Jth,  1883. — Applications  were  considered. 

June  6th,  1883. — Applications  were  considered.  Arrangements  were 
made  as  to  the  approaching  Convention.  It  was  directed,  under  the  pro- 
visions of  the  By-Laws,  that  there  be  no  meetings  of  the  Society  during 
the  months  of  July  and  August. 

June  16th,  1883. — Final  arrangements  as  to  the  details  for  the  Con- 
vention were  made. 


113 

ADDITIONS  TO 

LIBRARY    AND    MUSEUM. 


From  S.  Thayer  Abert,  U.  S.  Civil  En- 
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Eeport  upon  Bridging  the  Navigable  Waters 
of  the  United  States.      Appendix  BB  of  the 
Annual  Report  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers 
for  1882. 

From  American  Institute  of  Mining  En- 
gineers, Dr.  T.  M.  Drown,  Secretary, 
Easton,  Pa.: 
Transactions.     Vol.  X.     1882. 

From  American  Society  of  Mechanical 
Engineers,  F.  R.  Hutton,  Secretary, 
New  York: 
Proceedings.    Firtt  Regular  Meeting  of  1882. 

Philadelphia,  Aprlll9th-21st. 
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gine, and  on  the  Conditions  of  Maximum 
Economy.     Robert  H.  Thurston. 
In   Memoriam.       Alexander  Lyman    Holley, 
late  Vice-President  American   Society   Me- 
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The  Appointment  of  a  United  States  Govern- 
ment    Commission     of    Tests    of     Metals 
and  Constructive  Materials.     Thos.  Egles- 
ton.  Ph.  D. 
The  Specific  Heat  of  Platinum,  and  the  Use  of 
this  Metal  in  the  Pyrometer.  .J.  C.  Hoadley. 
Note  on  the  Action  of  a  Sample  of  Mineral 
Wool,    used   as    a    Nonconductor  around 
Steam  Pipes.     F.  R.  Hutton. 
Thermodynamics  of  Certain  Forms    of    the 
Worthiugton   and  other  Compound  Pump- 
ing Engines.     Prof.  S.  W.  Robinson. 
Expansion    of    Steam    and    Water    without 

Transfer  of  Heat.     A.  Faber  Du  Faur. 
Note  on  the  Economy  of  the  Windmill  as  a 

Prime  Mover.     Alfred  R.  Wolff,  M.  E. 
Determinaion  of  Heating  Surface    required 
in  Ventilating  Flues.    Prof.  Wm.  P.  Trow- 
bridge. 
On    a  Theorem   of  Rankine  relating   to  the 
Economy  of  Single  Acting  Exijansion  En- 
gines.    First  published  in  1851.     Prof.  Wm. 
P.  Trowbridge, 
Chronograph  for  Engineering  Purposes,  with 
the  Hipp  Escapement.     W.  R.  Eckart,  C.  E. 
Description  of  the  Edison  Steam  Dyuamo. 

T.  A.  Edi-son,  Ph.  D.  and  Chas.  T.  Porter. 
Report  of  a  Trial  of  Upright    Boilers    and 
Worthington   Compound  Pumping  Engine 
at  the  Roxbury  Pumping  Station.     Boston, 
Mass.,  July,  1879.     J.  S.  Coon. 
An  Essay  on  Mechanics  and  the  Progress  of 
Mechanical     Science.     Frederick     Fraley, 
LL.  D. 
A  Standard  Gauge  System.     George  M.  Bond. 
Built-up     Work     in     Engine    Construction. 

Horace  See. 
Averaging  Machines.     W.  S.  Auchincloss. 
Efficiency  of  Turbines  as  affected  by   Form 
of  Gate.     Samuel  Webber. 

From  Hon.  Wm.  H.   Armstrong,  Com- 
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D.C.: 
Annual  Report  made  to  the  Secretary  of  the 
Interior  for  the  year  ending   June   30th, 
1882. 


From   Association   of  Engineering  So- 
cieties,   H.    G.    Prout,    Secretary   of 
Board,  New  York: 
Journals  of  the  Association.     December,  1882, 
and  January,  1883.     Vol.  2.     No.  3.     Vol.  3. 
No.  1. 

From    Board    of   Commissioners,    De- 
partment of  Parks,  Boston: 
Eighth  .\nnual  Report  of  the  Department  of 
Parks  of  the  City  of  Boston  for  the  year 

1882. 

From  Board  of    Commissioners  Geo- 
logical Survey  of  Pennsylvania,  Wm.     * 
A.  Ingham,  Secretary,  Philadelphia: 
The  Geology  of  Bedford  and  Fulton  Counties. 

J.  J.  Stevenson.     Harrisburg,  1882. 
The  Geology  of  Philadelphia  County  and  of 
the    Southern    Parts   of    Montgomery  and 
Bucks.       Charles    E.    Hall.       Harrisburg, 
1881. 
The  Geology  of  Pike  and  Monroe  Counties. 

I.  C.  White. 
Special  Surveys  of  the  Delaware  and  Lehigh 
Water  Gaps.     H.  M.  Chance.     Harrisburg, 
1882. 

From  Board  of  Railroad  Commissioners, 
Wm.  A.  Crafts,  Clerk,  Boston: 
Fourteenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Commission. 
January,  1883. 

From  James  P.  Bogart,  New  Haven  : 
Second  Report  of  the  Shell  Fish  Commission 
of  the  State  of  Connecticut.    Middletown, 

1883. 

From  Boston  Public  Library,  Boston: 
Bulletin  of  the  Library.     January,  1883. 

From  Boston  Water  Board,  W.  E.  Swan, 

jClerk,  Boston : 

History  of  the  .Additional   Supply   of   Water 

for  the  City  of  Boston  from  the  Sudbury 

River.       Description    of     the    Work,    with 

Plates.     Boston,  1882. 

From  Henry  T.  Bovey,  Montreal,  Can- 
ada: 
Applied  Mechanics.    Part  I.    Henry  T.  Bovey, 
M.  A.     Montreal,  1883. 

From   Redmond  J.   Brough,   Toronto, 
Canada: 
.Annual  Report  of  the  City  Engineer  of  To. 
ronto  for  1882.    (Two  copies.) 

From  Bureau  of  Education,  Washing- 
ton: 
Circulars  of  Information,  as  follows: 
Maternal  Schools  in  France.     No.  5.     1882. 
Technical  Instruction   in  France.      No.    G, 

1882. 
High  Schools  for  Girls  in  Sweden. 

From  H.  W.  Clarke,  Syracuse,  N.  Y.: 
Report  of  the  New  York  Commissioners  ou 
the  Boundary  Lines  between  the  State  of 
New  York  and  the  States  of  Pennsylvania 
and  New  Jersey.  Albany,  1882.  (2  copies.) 
Journal  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  of  Onon- 
daga County  for  1882. 


114 


Annual  Reports  of  the  Superintendent  of  the 
Onondaga  Salt  Springs  for  1880  and  1881. 
From  Martin  Coryell,  Lambertville,  N. 

Report  of  the  Directors  of  the  Lambertville 
Water  Company.  aiarch  8th,  1883.  Sixth 
Annual  Meeting. 

From  J.  .James  R.  Croes,  New  York: 
Princeton  Water  Co.  Contracts.     1883. 

From  Joseph  P.  Davis,  New  York: 
Report  of  the  Commissioners  on  Investigation 

of  Water  Supply,  City  of  Boston.     Feb.  13. 

1883. 
Report  on  the  Waste    of  Water,   City  of  Bos- 

ton.     May  25,  1882. 

From  Engineers'  Club  of  Philadelphia, 
Howard  Murphy,  Secretary: 
Proceedings.     Vol.  III.     No  3. 
List  of  Members.     December,  1882. 

From  Engineer  Department,  U.  S.  A., 
Washington: 

Report  upon  tlie  Primary  Triangulation  of 
the  United  States  Lake  Survey.  Gen.  C.  B. 
Comstock.  1882.  Professional  Papers  of 
the  Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A      No.  24 

Report  of  the  Chief  Signal  Officer,  War  De- 
partment.    1881. 

Proposals  for  furnishing  a  Tug  for  Work  of 
Construction  at  Harbor  of  Refuge,  Sand 
Beach,  Mich. 

Specifications:  Ohio  River  Improvement. 
Lock  Gate  Timber  for  Davis'  Island  Dam. 

Specifications  for  Dredging  in  Potomac  River. 

Specifications  for  furnishing  Rip-rap  and 
Brush  Stone  for  the  Slope  Wall  on  the  River 
Front  ot  the  Potomac  Flats 

Specifications  for  Improvement  of  the  Poto- 
mac River  at  Washington.  Proposals  for 
Flat  Boats 

Specifications  for  Wing  Dam  in  Royal  River, 
Maine. 

Specifications  for  Dredging  in  the  Susque- 
hanna River. 

Specifications  for  Improvement  of  the  North, 
Branch  ot  the  Susquehanna  River. 

From  Engineers'  Society  of  Western 
Pennsylvania,  James  H.  Harlow, 
Secretary,  Pittsburgh : 

Transactions.     Vol.  I. 

Bridge  Inspection.     W.  S.  Thompson. 

From  Fairbanks   &    Co.,  per  A.  V.  Ab- 
bott, Jun.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  New  York: 
Three   Photographs  of    Testing   Machine   at 
Washington  Navy  Yard. 

From   John    M.  Goodwin,    Sharpsville, 
Pa.: 
Thirty-six  specimens  of  Wood  collected  in  the 
vicinity  of  Adrian,  Mich.,  in  1860. 

From  James  H.  Harlow,  Pittsburgh: 
Forty-third  Annual  Report  of  the  Mouonga- 
hela  Navigation  Co.     Jan.  10,  1883. 

From    Clemens      Herschel,     Holyoke, 
Mass. : 
Fourteenth  Annual  Report   of  the  Board   of 
Railroad  Commissioners  of  Massachusetts. 
January,  1883. 

From  Institution   of    Civil   Engineers, 
James  Forrest,  Secretary,  Loudon: 
Abstract  of  Papers  in   Foreign  Transactions 
and     Periodicals.      Vol.     LXXI.       Session 
1882-83.     Part  1. 


Excerpt  Minutes  of  Proceedings,  edited  by 
the  Secretary,  as  lollows  : 

The  Adhesive  Strength  of  Portland  Ce- 
ment, with  special  reference  to  an  Im- 
proved Method  of  testing  that  Material. 
Isaac  J.  Mann. 

Villar  Reservoir  on  the  River  Lozoya. 
Edward  J.  T.  Manby. 

Recent  Hydraulic  Experiments.  Maj. 
Allan  Cunningham. 

Tracklaying  in  1882  on  the  Main  Line  of 
the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway.  H.  P. 
Bell. 

American  Practice  in  Warming  Buildings 
by  Steam.     Robert  Briggs. 

Current-Meter  Observations  in  the 
Thames.     William  C.  Unwin. 

The  Sinking  of  Two  Shafts  at  Marsden  for 
the  Whetburn  Coal  Company.  John 
DagliBh. 

From  Institution   of  Mechanical  Engi- 
neers, Walter  R.   Browne,  Secretary, 
London ; 
Proceedings.     November,  1882. 

From   Iron   and   Steel  Institute,    J.   S. 
Jeans,  Secretary,  London: 
Journal  of  the  Institute.     No.  2.     1882. 

From  E.  H.  Keating,  Halifax,  N.  S. : 
Dry  Docks.  Reports  on  proposed  Dry  Docks 
for  the  Port  of  Halifax,  N.  S.,  containiusj  de- 
scriptions of  several  Stone,  Wooden  and 
Iron  Docks.  E.  H.  Keating.  Halifax,  N.  S., 
1883. 

From   John   Kenned}',    Montreal,  Can- 
ada: 
Annual  Report  of  the  Harbor  Commissioners 
of  Montreal  for  the  year  1882.     (2  copies.) 

From  J.  Eras.  Le  Baron,  Jacksonville, 
Fla.: 

Classification  of  the  Collection  to  Illustrate 
the  Animal  Resources  of  the  United  Stales 
— International  Exhibition  1876.  G.  Brown 
Goode.  M.  A.     Washington,  1876. 

Report  of  the  Commissioners  of  Fisheries 
of  the  State  of  Incw  York.     Feb.  1,  1875. 

Bulletin  of  the  Essex  Institute.  Vol.  II.,  No. 
3.     March,  1870. 

Report  from  Lieut.-Col.  Q.  A.  Gillmoreupon  a 
Survey  of  Indian  River,  Florida,  with  a  view 
to  opening  a  passage  to  MopquHo  Lagoon 
by  way  of  the  Hanlover;  also,  a  report  on 
the  same  subject  by  J.  Fras.  Le  Baron,  U.  S. 
.\sst.  Engineer.     (2  copies.) 

From  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Tech" 
nology,  Boston: 
Memorial  Meeting  of  William  Barton  Rogers, 
late  President  of  the  Society  of  Arts.     Meet- 
ings, March  28;  Oct.  12,  1882. 

From  A.  G.  Menocal, Washington,  D.C.: 

Channel    Improvement,    Washington     Navy 

Y'ard.      Civil     Engineer     A.    G.    Menocal, 

U.  S.  N. 

From  Thomas  C.  Meyer,  New  York: 

A  Portfolio  containing   the  following;  being 

drawings  and  tracings  of  early  Engineering 

Work  on  the  Hudson  River  and   New  York 

and  Erie  Railroad: 

Contract  for  Grading  and  Masonry,  Hud- 

son  River  Railroad.     1850. 
Circular — Patent  Compound  Rail  for  Rail- 
roads . 


115 


Tracing — Abutment  for  a  Bridge  at  Sec- 
ond Crossing  of  Canisteo  RiTer. 
Tracing— Bridge,  Elniira  Location,  Eock 

Cut,  Hudson  Kiver  R.R. 
Tracing — West  Abutment  at  Third  Cross- 
ing of  the  Canisteo  River. 
Tracing— General    Plan    for  Bridges  of 

over  100  feet  span. 
Tracing — Flaatiug  and  Swinging  Gates. 
Tracing — Howe's  Patent  Bridge. 
Check  Roll  and  Pay  List  Hudson  River 

R.  R.  Co.     1850.   (3  copies.) 
Weekly  Report  Hudson  River  Railroad. 

1850.     (2  copies.) 
T^roposition   for   General  Work,  Hudson 

River  Railroad. 
Cast-iron   Chair,   Brooklyn  and  Jamaica 

R.  R. 
Tracing — Abutment    for    a    Bridge    over 

Spring  Brook. 
Tricing — Thomas  Hassard  &  Co.'s  Plan. 
Plan  of  Superstructure,  New  York  and 

Erie  Railway. 
Tracing— New  York   and   Erie    Railway; 

old  Oswego  and  Ithaca  Railroad. 
'Cross  Section  of  Kail  used  on  the  Hudson 

River  R.R.  Culvert. 
Culvert,  Hudson  River  Railroad. 
Hudson  River  Railroad  Co.  Mortgage  for 

$2,000,000. 
Bridge,  Hudson  River  Railroad. 
Contract  for  Piling  Foundations  and   for 

Pile. 
Bridging,  Hudson  River  Railroad. 
Time    Table,    Hudson    River    Railroad. 

1850. 
Contract  for  Grading  and  Masonry,  Hud- 
son River  R  R. 
Pile  Bridge.  New  York  and  Erie  R.  R. 
Culvert,  Hudson  River  R.  R. 
Abutment  on   south  side  of  Wappinger's 

Creek. 
Foundation  of  Abutment  for  Drawbridge, 

Wappinger's     Creek,     Hudson     River 

R.  E.     1847. 
Design  for  a  Truss  Bridge,  New  York  and 

Erie  R.  R, 
Abutment  for  Pile  Bridge  at  north  end  of 

Van  Wyck's  Bay. 
FJood  Bridge  at  Floyd's,  New  York  and 

Erie  R.  R. 
Plan  of  Box  Culvert,  New  York  and  Erie 

R.  R. 
Bridge,  New  York  and  Erie  R.  R. 
Bridge,  Chemung  Canal,  New  York   and 

Erie  R.  R. 
Plan  of   Timber  Pier,   Little    Schuylkill 

and  Susquehanna  R.  R. 
Tracin-g — Canisteo  Bridge  No.  6. 
Tracing— North     Abutment     for     South 

Channel  Chemung  River,  Elmira  Loca- 
tion. 
Tracing — Pier    at    6th    Crossing    of   the 

Canisteo  River. 
Tracing— Ice  Breaker  at  the  5th  Crossing 

of  the  Canisteo  River. 
Tracing — Timber  Pier. 
Tracing — South     Abutment     for     North 

Channel  Chemung  River,  Elmira  Loca- 
tion. 
Tracing — Pier  for    North  Channel,   Che- 
mung River,  Elmira  Location. 
Tracing — Bridge  over  West  Athens  Road, 

at  Factoryville,   New    York    and    Erie 

Riilroad. 
Tracing— Pier  for  a  Bridge  over  Cayula 

Creek.  New  York  and  Erie  Railroad. 


Tracing— Bridge,  Hudson  River  Railroad. 

(2  copies  ) 
Tracing— Bridge  over  Spring  Brook,  New- 
York  and  Erie  Railroad. 
Tracing— Pile  Bridge. 
Tracing— West  Abutment  for  Bridge  at  2d. 

Crossing  Chemung  River. 
Tracing -Plan  of   Bridge  over  Chemung 

Canal  Feeder. 
Tracing— Abutment  for  a  Bridge  at  Pipe 

Creek,  New  York  and  Erie  R.  R. 
Tracing— Bridge  crossing  Mohawk  River, 

1838,  Utica  and  Syracuse  R.  R. 
TraciniJ- Utica    and  Schenectady    R.    R. 
Bridge  crossing    the    Mohawk    River, 
1838. 
Tracing— Double  Culvert,  Hudson  River 

Railroad. 
Tracing— Chain  Bridge. 
Tracing— Foundation  of  Tripod  Pier. 
Tracing— Embankments,    Hudson    River 

R.R. 
Tracing— Chemung    River  Crossing  No. 

3,  New  York  and  Erie  R.  R. 
Tracing -Ice    Breaker,   Chemung   River, 

New  York  and  Erie  R.  R. 
Tracing- -Wooden  Bridge. 
Tracing— East  Abutment  at  the  4th  Cross- 
ing of  the  Canisteo  River. 
Tracing— Bridge   over  Mohawk  River  at 

Rome.     1836. 
Tracing— Road   Crossing,  New  York  and 

Erie  R.  R.     1841. 
Tracing— Bridge   at   Corning,   New  York 

and  Erie  R.R.     1841. 
Tracing-  Bridge   at    Cassel's    Mfll,    New 

York  and  Erie  R.  R. 
Tracing— Base  Apparatus.     Coast  Survey. 
Tracing— Ice   Breaker   for   Bridge   at  1st 

Crossing  of  Canisteo  River. 
Abutment  for  a  Bridge  at  2d  Crossing  of 

Canisteo  River. 
Elevation   of    Roof    of    Trinity    Church, 

New  York. 
Tracing— Plan   for  a  Bridge  over  Cayuta 

Creek,  New  York  and  Erie  R.  R. 
Tracing— Pier  at  2d  Crossing  of  the  Can- 
isteo River. 
Abutment  for  Bridge  at  Ellis  Creek,   New 

York  and  Erie  R.  R. 
Roof  of  Dutch  Church,  Ninth  Street.N.  Y. 
Tracings— Flood  Bridge  at  Floyd's. 
New  Trinity  Church  Roof. 
Bridge  over  Mohawk  River  at  Yates. 
Bridge  at  Pipe  Creek. 
Road  Crossing,  New  York  and  Erie  R.  R. 
Bridge  over  Oswego  Creek,  New  York  and 

Erie  R.  R. 
Harlem  Bridge  Superstructure, 
Hudson   River  R.  R.  Bridge  near   Ham- 
burgh.    1848. 
Tracing— Plan   for   Bridge   over   Factory 

Canal  at  Factoryville. 
Hudson  River  Railroad  Draw  Bridge. 
Abutmeut  at  Oswego  Creek. 
Abutment  on  East  Shore  of  Cayuta  Creek. 
Plan  for  Bridge,  New  York  and  Erie  R.  E. 
Bridge  over  Conhocton   River,  New  York 

and  Erie  R.  E. 
Ice  Breaker  for  Bridge  at  1st  Crossing 

of  Canisteo  Eiver. 
Seven  Tracings  of  various  Bridges   and 
Culverts. 

From    Midland    Institute    of    Mining, 
Civil     and      Mechanical     Engineer.s, 
Barnsley,  England : 
Transactions.     Vol.  VIII.     Part  63. 


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From    Mining    Institute    of   Scotland, 
Hamilton: 
Transactions.      General    Meeting,    January, 

From  Gilbert  Murdoch,  St.  John,  N.  B.: 
Special  Report  on   the   Water  Supply  of  St. 
John    (East)    and    Town   of    Portland.     G. 
Murdoch.   St.  John,  1883.     (2  copies.) 

From  Joseph  Nimmo,  Jr.,  Chief  of 
Bureau  of  Statistics,  Washington: 

Annual  Report  and  Statements  of  the  Bureau 
of  Statistics  on  the  Commerce  and  Naviga- 
tion of  the  United  States.  June  30,  1882. 
Foreign  Commerce. 

Statistical  Abstracts  of  the  United  States. 
Fifth  Number.  1882.  Finance,  Coinage, 
Commerce,  Immigration,  Shipping,  the 
Postal  Service,  Population,  Railroads,  Agri- 
culture, Coal  and  Iron,  &c. 

From  North  of  England  Institute  Min- 

ing  and  Mechanical  Engineers,  Theo. 

Wood  Banning,  Secretary,  Newcastle- 

on-Tyne: 

Proceedings.      December,   1882.     Vol.   XSII. 

Part  2. 

From  E.  Pontzen,  Paris,  France: 
Esamen   de  la   Question   de   la  voie   Etroite 
proposee  pour  les  Chemins  de  fer  Algeriens. 
Ernest  Pontzen.    Paris,  1883. 

From  School  of  Mines,  Columbia  Col- 
lege, New  York: 
School  of  Miues  Quarterly.     Vol.  IV.     Nos.  2 
and  3.     January  and  April,  1883. 

From  Collingwood   Schreiber,    Ottawa, 
Canada: 
Annual  Report  of  the   Minister  of  Railways 
and  Canals  of  the  Dominion  of  Canada  for 
the  year  1882. 

From  Edward   G.   Tilton,   Contractors' 
Chief  Engineer  and  Gen.  Supt.  Cana- 
dian Pacific  Rulway,  Yale,  B.  C: 
Canadian  Pacific  Railway.     Contractors'  Staff. 
British   Columbia.     General  Office  at  Yale. 
(Cojnesfor  distribution.) 

From  U.  S.  Coast  Survey,  Washington: 
Report  of  the   Superintendent.     U.  8.  Coast 

and  Geodetic  Survey  for  1880.    Washington. 

1882. 
A  Treatise  on  Projections.    Thomas  Craig. 

From  U.  S.  Naval  Institute,  Annapolis, 
Md.: 
Proceedings.     Vol.  VIII.     No.  i.     1882. 

From  U.  S.  Naval   Observatory,  Wash- 
ington: 
Astronomical  Observations  made  during  the 
year  1878.     Rear  Admiral  John  Rodgers,  U. 
S.  N.,  Supt.     Washington,  1882. 

From  U.  S.  Ordnance  Department,  Gen. 
S.  V.  Benet,  Chief,  Washington: 
Ordnance  Notes,  as  follows: 

Inde.K   to   Ordnance  Notes.     Nos.   206  to 

235  inclusive. 
Rifle  Target  Practice  in  the  Army.     No. 
237.     Bvt.  Brig.  Gen.  John  C.  Tidball, 
U.  S.  A. 
The    Second    Division    at    Tel-El-Kebir. 
Gen.  Sir  Edward  B.  Hamley. 

From  Elwyn  Waller,  New  York; 
Report  on  the  Sanitary  Examination  of  Pota- 
ble Waters  and  the  Significance  of  the  dif- 


ferent Tests.    Elwyn  Waller,  Ph.  D.    Al- 
bany, 1883. 

From  Col.  George  E.  Waring,  Jr.,  New- 
port, R.  I.: 

Buffalo  'Trunk  Sewer.  Description,  Detailed 
Specifications  and  Conditions  of  Letting  the 
Work,  as  a  basis  of  Contract.  George  E. 
Waring,  Jr.,  Consulting  Engineer.  Buffalo, 
1883. 

Buffalo  Trunk  Sewer.  Specifications  for  fur- 
nishing Sewer  Brick,  American  Hydraulic 
Cement,  Portland  Cement  and  Iron  Cast- 
ings. Issued  by  Board  of  Sewer  Commis- 
sioners.    Buffalo,  Jan.  24,  1883. 

From  Weaver,  Shipman  &  Co.,  Spring- 
field, Mass.: 
Treatise    relative    to    the    Testing  of  Water 
Wheels  and  other  Machinery,  with  various 
other  matters  i^ertaining  to  Hydronamics. 
James  Emerson.     Springfield,  1881. 

From  D.  W.  Wellman,  St.  Louis: 
Map  of  the  Missouri  River  from  Surveys  made 
under  the  direction  of  Maj.  Chas.  R.  Suter, 
Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  by  D.  W. 
Wellman,  Asst.  Engineer.  Scale,  ,33,7.  3 
Indexes  and  27  Maps. 

From   Welton   &   Bonnett,  Waterbury, 
Conn. : 
Sixteenth  Report  of  the  Board  of  Water  Com- 
missioners of  the  City  of  Waterbury,     1881. 

From  John  Wiley  vfe  Sons,  New  York: 
Conversion  Tables  of  Metric  and  British,  or 
United     StatPs     Weights     and     Measures. 
Robert   H.   Thurston,   A.    M.,    C.   E.     New 
York,  1883. 

From  Gen.  H.  G.  Wright,  Chief  of  En- 
gineers, U.  S.  A.,  Washington: 

Report  from  the  Committee  on  Commerce  on 
River  and  Harbor  Appropriation  Bill. 

Message  from  the  President  recommending 
an  additional  Appropriation  for  building  the 
Sea  Wall  on  Governor's  Island. 

Report  relative  to  the  deposit  of  Silt  and  Sand 
in  Portage  Lake,  Mich.    Maj.  H.  M.  Robert. 

Reports  respecting  the  Examination  of  the 
Mouth  of  the  Columbia  River,  Oregon,  &c. 

Report  with  accompanying  Map  of  the  Board 
of  Engineer  Officers  constituted  to  consider 
and  report  the  Cost  of  constructing  the 
Sturgeon  Bay  and  Lake  Michigan  Ship 
Canal. 

Report  of  the  Select  Committee  on  Improve- 
ment of  the  Mississippi  River.     (2  copies.) 

Report  of  Survey  of  Canal  from  Hennepin,  on 
the  Illinois  River,  to  Mississippi  River,  at 
or  about  Rock  Island,  together  with  the 
Estimates,  ,tc.     Maj.  W.  H.  H.  Benyaurd. 

Report  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers  in  regard  ta 
Railroad  and  other  Bridges  across  the 
Great  Kanawha  River,  in  West  Virginia. 

Report  relative  to  the  Improvement  of 
Charleston  Harbor,  S.  C.  Capt.  James  C. 
Post. 

Resolution  of  the  House  of  Representatives, 
in  relation  to  the  Improvement  of  the 
Entrance  to  Humboldt  Bay,  California. 

Resolution  of  the  House  of  Representatives 
transmitting  a  Reportf  on  the  Du  Bois 
System  of  Navigation. 

A  communication  in  relation  to  the  Ice 
Harbor  at  the  mouth  of  the  Muskingum 
River.     Maj.   Wm.  E.  Merrill. 


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From  other  sources:  sources,  Growth  and  Advantages  for  Settle- 

The  Holly  System  of  Water  Supply  and  Fire  ment  and  the  investment  of  Capital  of  that 

Protection.  Crreat  Field  of  the  West,  which  lies   open. 

Bailroad  Co-operation.    C.  W.  Bullen.    Rail-  for  Immigration  in  the  United  States.    L. 

ways  in    Mexico.     M.    Komero.      Interna-  T.  Reavis.     St  Louis,  1882. 

tional  Revieiv,  November,  1882.  Annual    Report    of    the    Superintendent   of 

The  Great  Empire  of  the  West  beyond  the  Sewers  of  the  City  of  Boston  for  the  year 

Misslssipi,  being  a  presentation  of  the  Re-  1882. 


THE  ROWLAND  PRIZE. 


CODE  OF  RULES  FOR  ITS  AWARD. 

Not  more  than  one  prize  shall  be  awarded  each  year  for  papers  pre- 
sented during  the  year.  The  medal  year  shall  terminate  on  the  first  day 
of  August,  and  the  award  shall  be  announced  at  the  annual  meeting  in 
January. 

The  prize  shall  consist  of  fifty  dollars  in  cash. 

The  award  shall  be  made  by  a  committee  consisting  of  the  Secretary 
and  two  members  of  the  Society,  to  be  appointed  by  the  Board  of  Di- 
rection. 

The  prize  shall  be  awarded  to  such  paper  as  the  committee  deem 
most  worthy  of  such  recognition,  the  preference  being  given  to  papers 
describing  in  detail  accomplished  works  of  construction,  their  cost  and 
manner  of  execution,  and  the  errors  in  design  and  execution. 


118 
THE   NORMAN    MEDAL. 


CODE  OF  RULES  FOR  ITS  AWARD. 

I.  — Comijetition  for  the  Norman  Medal  of  the  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers  shall  be  restricted  to  members  of  the  Society. 

II. — There  shall  be  one  gold  medal,  and  only  one,  struck  for  each 
and  every  fiscal  year  of  the  Society,  and  awarded  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided. The  dies  therefor  shall  be  with  the  Superintendent  of  the 
United  States  Mint  at  Philadelphia,  in  trust  exclusively  for  the  above 
purpose.  Such  medal  shall  be  of  a  cost  equal  to  the  annual  interest 
received  upon  $1  000  of  the  Consolidated  Stock  of  the  City  of  New 
York,  Certificate  No.  179,  of  the  additional  new  Croton  Aqueduct  Stock 
of  the  City  of  New  York,  authorized  by  an  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  Chap.  230,  passed  April  15th,  1870,  dated  November 
17th,  1873,  now  held  in  trust  by  the  Treasurer  of  this  Society,  and  so 
held  solely  for  this  purpose,  and  shall  be  executed  upon  his  order. 

III. — All  original  papers  presented  to  the  Society  by  members  of  any 
class,  during  the  year  for  which  the  medal  is  awarded,  shall  be  open  to 
the  awards,  provided  that  such  papers  shall  not  have  been  previously 
contributed  in  whole  or  in  part  to  any  other  association,  nor  have 
appeared  in  print  prior  to  their  publication  by  the  Society,  nor  have  been 
presented  to  the  Society  in  any  previous  year. 

IV. — The  Board  of  Censors  to  award  the  medal  shall  consist  of  three 
members  of  the  Society,  to  be  designated  by  the  Board  of  Direction. 
The  Secretary  of  the  Society  shall  act  as  Secretary  to  the  Board  of 
Censors . 

V. — The  medal  shall  be  awarded  to  such  paper  as  the  said  Board  shall 
judge  to  be  worthy  of  special  commendation  for  its  merits  as  a  contribu- 
tion to  engineering  science,  not  merely  relatively  as  compared  with 
others  presented  during  the  same  year,  but  as  exhibiting  the  science, 
talent  or  industry  disjilayed  in  the  consideration  of  the  subject  treated 
of,  and  for  the  good  which  may  be  expected  to  result  from  the  discussion 
and  the  inquiry. 

Vl.^In  case  no  paper  presented  during  the  year  shall  be  deemed  of 
suflScient  value  to  receive  an  award,  the  amount  of  the  interest  of  the 
fund  for  that  year  shall  be  expended  by  the  Board  of  Direction  in  the 
purchase  of  books,  to  be  oifered  as  a  premium  for  the  second  best  paper 
in  the  next  year  in  which  more  than  one  pajier  of  sufficient  value  may  be 
presented. 

VII. — The  medal  year  shall  terminate  on  the  first  day  of  August,  and 
the  award  shall  be  announced  at  the  annual  meeting. 

VIII. — The  Treasurer  of  this  Society  shall  cause  the  medal  to  be 
prepared  and  delivered  to,  or  deposited  to  the  order  of,  the  successful 
competitor,  within  two  months  after  the  annual  meeting  at  which  the 
same  shall  have  been  awarded. 


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CONTRIBUTIONS  TO  THE  BUILDING  FUND. 

By  a  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Direction,  all  contributions  to  the 
Building  Fund  are  to  be  acknowledged,  from  time  to  time,  by  printing 
lists  of  the  same  in  the  monthly  Proceedings  of  the  Society,  and  in 
addition  to  this  the  names  of  all  those  who  may  subscribe  $100  or  more 
are  to  be  regularly  enrolled  and  published  in  future  lists  of  the  Society 
under  the  head  of  Subscribers  to  the  Building  Fund,  and  they  will  be 
entitled  to  receive  one  copy  of  the  monthly  publications,  comprising  all 
papers  and  Transactions  of  the  Society,  regularly,  for  life,  for  each  $100 
subscribed  by  them  ;  such  copies  to  be  in  addition  to  those  which  they 
may  be  already  entitled  to  if  they  are  Members  or  Fellows. 

The  following  contribution  is  acknowledged  in  addition  to  those 
heretofore  noted  : 

R.  E.   Briggs SlOO  00 

A.  F.  Wrotnowski 30  00 

LIST    OF    MEMBERS. 


ADDITIONS. 
MEMBERS. 

Date  of  Election. 

Appleton,  Thomas Ass't  Engineer  Topeka,  Salina  and  West- 
ern E.  E.,  Kansas April  4,  1883. 

Cornell,  Olpver  H.  P.  .Div.   Engineer  New  York,    West   Shore 

and  Bufifalo  Ey.,  Albany,  N.  Y April  4,  1883. 

Kendrick,  John  W Engineer  Construction,  Minn,  and  Sauk 

Eapids  Div.  N.  P.  E.  E.,  Minneapo- 
lis, Minn June  6,  1883. 

EoGERS,  Albert  B  . .  .(Care  D.  J.  Whittemore,  Esq.),  Milwau- 
kee, Wis June  6,  1883. 

TuLLOCK,  Alonzo  J Supt.  Missouri   Valley  Bridge  and  Iron 

Works,  Leavenworth,   Kan June  6,  1883. 


CoNNETT,  Albert  N . . .  . South  Orange,  N.  J June  6,  1883. 

Yates,  Preston  K Canajoharie,  N.  Y June  6,  1883. 


FELLOW. 

Wells,  David  L Milwaukee,  Wis June  13,  1883. 


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CHANGES    AND    COEKECTIONS. 
MEMBERS. 

Andrews,  -Jokn  W Chief  Engineer  Cincinnati,  Wheeling  and  New  York 

R.  E.,  McConnellsville,  Ohio. 
Atwood,  William  H — Acting  Div.  Engineer  N.  Y.,  W.  S.  and  B.  Eailway, 

Jersey  City.  N.  J. 

Barnard,  A.  P Warrensburg,  Mo. 

Beckwith,  L.  F 229  Broadway,  Rooms  12  and  13,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Bland,  John  C 257  S.  Fourth  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Bradley,  T.  C Pres.  Cookson  Iron  Works,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Crosby,  Wilson 115  Broadway,  Room  92,  New  York  City,  N.  Y'. 

Crowell,  J.  Foster Engineer  of  Constraction,  P.  R.  R.,  309  W.  Chelton 

Ave.,  German  town.  Pa. 

OiELOw,  Henry  J A.  G.  and  S.  R.  R.,  Tuscaloosa,  Ala. 

-Gude,  a.  V 44i  Tryor  Street,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Heking,  R 204  South  36th  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

HuTTON,  William  R  ....  35  Broadway,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. 

Johnson,  Thomas  H. ..  .Prin.    Asst.    Engineer    P.    C.    and    St.    L.    Railway, 

Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Le  Baron,  J.  Francis.  .  Ass't  Engineer  in  charge  of  Office,  Florida  Ship  Canal 

and  Transit  Co.,  Jacksonville,  Fla. 

Low,  GoEHAM  P Gloucester,  Mass. 

Martin,  C.  C Chief  Engineer  and  Supt.   New  York  and   Brooklyn 

Bridge,  22  Sands  Street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
McLain,  L.  R Prin.  Ass't  Engineer  South  Florida  R.  R.,  Kissimmee 

City,  Fla. 
Norman,  George  H  .  . . .  Newport,  R.  I. 

Sears,  Alfred  F Portland,  Oregon. 

Striedingee,  Julius  H  .  Tombstone,  Arizona. 

Symons,  Thomas  W.  . .  .Lieut.  Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Williamson,  Wm.  G.  .  .Lexington,  Rockbridge  Co.,  Va. 

YoNGE,  Samuel  H U.  S.  Ass't  Engineer,  Leavenworth,  Kan. 

YoRKE,  Edward Chief  Engineer  Pacific  Line,  Mex.  Cent.  R.  R.,  Tepic, 

Mexico. 

associate. 
Wheaton,  Edward 13^  Sears  Building,  Boston,  Mass. 


DEATH. 

Farquhar,  Francis  U.  .Elected  Member  July  10,  1872.     Died  July  3,  1883. 


m^ricHH  locidg  of  |;tjfl   l^niginms 


I>ROOE]EDI]>srGS, 


Vol.    IX.— July,    I883. 


Note. — No  meetings  of  the  Society  were  held  in  July. 


MEMOIES   OF  DECEASED   MEMBEES. 

WILLIAM  RAYMOND  MORLEY,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

Died  Januaky  3d,  1883. 


William  Raymond  Morley  was  born  at  Feeding  Hills,  Massachusetts, 
September  15th,  1846.  Left  an  orphan  at  a  very  early  age,  he  removed 
to  Iowa,  where  he  passed  his  boyhood  in  the  family  of  an  uncle  residing 
in  Fayette  County,  receiving  an  ordinary  common  school  education. 
In  March,  1864,  he  enlisted  in  the  9th  Regiment  of  Iowa  Volunteers, 
and  served  in  the  Union  army  until  the  close  of  the  war.  He  was  in 
Sherman's  army  during  the  Atlanta  campaign  and  the  march  to  the  sea, 
and  participated  in  all  its  most  desperate  battles.  Thus  in  the  beginning 
of  his  career  is  the  first  illustration  of  that  character  of  life,  traceable  to 
the  end,  fuller  than  many  others,  for  in  his  short  army  career  he  ex- 
I  perienced  more,  traveled  over  vaster  fields,  jeopardized  his  life  oftener 
j  than  many  who  enlisted  in  tl^e  beginning.  In  1866  he  entered  the  Iowa 
State  University,  where  he  remained  less  than  two  years,  devoting  himself 
chiefly  to  scientific  studies,  for  which  he  displayed  great  aptitude.     His 


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fondness  for  mathematics  and  engineering  led  him  to  adopt  the  profes- 
sion of  Civil  Engineering,    and  in   the  spring  of   1868  he  engaged  in 
railway  work  upon  the  Iowa  Northern  Central  Kailroad.     Being  natur- 
ally of  a  restless  and  ambitious  disposition,  and  believing  he  could  find 
in  the  Far  West  a  larger  field  of  activity,   he  went  to  Denver  in  1869, 
and   opened  an  office  as  Civil  Engineer.     Not  finding  business  to  his 
taste,  he  sought  employment  on  the  Kansas  Pacific  Railway,  which  Avas 
then  in  process  of  construction  towards  Denver.     There  were  no  posi- 
tions vacant  for  engineers  at  the  time,  so  he  entered  one  of  the  parties 
as  chainman,  and  such  was  the  activity,  knowledge  and  capacity  he  dis- 
played, that  in  six  weeks  he  was  put  in  charge  of  a  division.     In  this 
position  he  saw  much  hard  service.     The  Indians  were  hostile,  and  made 
frequent  attacks  upon  the  construction  parties,  and  throughout  the  diffi- 
cult and  dangerous  times  that  ensued  Mr.  Morley  made  for  himself  a 
reputation  for  pluck,  energy  and  decision  of  character,  as  well  as  profes- 
sional ability,  which   clung  to  him  ever  afterwards.     He  thus  became 
early  known  among  railroad  men  in  the  Rocky  Mountains  region  as  one 
who  could  at  all  times  be  depended  upon  to  accomplish  a  desired  result 
without  regard  to  obstacles,  if  in  human  power  to  do  it.     Upon  the  recom- 
mendation of  Gen.  Wm.  J.  Palmer,  who  had  formed  a  high  opinion  of 
his  character  and  ability  while  on  the  Kansas  Pacific,  he  was  appointed 
Chief  Engineer  of  the  Maxwell  Land  Grant  and  Railway  Company  in 
1870,  and  during  that  year  he  made  a  number  of  important  railroad  sur- 
veys'in  Colorado  and  New  Mexico.     Among  others,  he  located  a  line  over 
the  Raton  Pass,  which  was  adopted  almost  without  change  eight  years 
afterwards  by  the  Atchison,  Topeka  and  Santa  Fe   Company.     He  also 
located  what  he  always  considered  a  far  better  line  into  New  Mexico  by 
way  of  Emory's  Pass  on  the  Dry  Cimarron  for  the  Arkansas  Valley  and 
Cimarron  Railway,  an  enterprise  which  failed  by  reason  of  the  panic  of 
1873.     He  went  to  Europe  in  1874,  in  the  hope  of  reviving  the  interest 
of  Dutch  capitalists  in  this  enterprise,  but  confidence  in  American  rail- 
way schemes  had  received  too  severe  a  shock,  and  it  was  impossible  to 
induce  them  to  go  on  with  the  work.     Subsequent  events  have  verified 
with  singular  accuracy  the  estimates  which   Mr.  Morley  made  of  the 
traffic  and  profits  of  such  a  road,  and  have  proven  that  it  would  have 
been  one  of  the  best  paying  pieces  of  raih'oad  in  the  Rocky  Mountains. 
In  1876,  as  locating  engineer  on  the  Denver  and  Rio  Grande  Railway,  he 
located  the  line   of  that  road  over  the  Veta  Pass  in  Colorado.     During 
the  years  of  inaction  in  railroad  work  which  followed  1873,  Mr .  Morley 
occupied  much  of  his  time  in  becoming  thoroughly  familiar  with  the  whole 
southwestern  country  as  a  field  for  railroads,  and  acquired  a  knowledge 
of  its  topography  and  resmirces  so   extensive  and  thorough,  and  a  fund 
of  information  so  valuable,  that  when  the  Atchison,   Topeka  and  Santa 
Fe  Company  began    the  great   system   of   southwestern   extensions   in 
1878,  his  services  were  at  once  sought  and  obtained,  and  from  that  time 


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he  was  identified  with  all  the  important  works  of  that  company  and  its 
Mexican  connections.  At  this  time  competitive  construction  began  be- 
tween the  Santa  Fo  Company  and  the  Denver  and  Rio  Grande,  in  which 
the  prior  occupation  and  possession  of  controlling  points  in  a  region  of 
canons  and  mountain  passes  became  a  very  important  matter,  and  in 
this  sort  of  work  Mr.  Morley's  peculiar  qualities,  local  knowledge  and 
experience  in  mountain  work  brought  him  at  once  to  the  front.  By  a 
night  march  he  seized  the  Raton  Pass  while  the  Denver  and  Rio  Grande 
engineer  parties  were  en  route  to  occupy  it,  and  the  Santa  Fe  Com- 
pany was  locating  it  under  the  personal  direction  of  Chief  Engineer 
A.  A.  Robinson.  Directly  after  occupying  the  Raton  Pass  the 
Santa  Fe  Company  conceived  the  idea  of  building  from  Canon 
City  westward  to  Leadville,  thus  occupying  the  Grand  Canon  of  the 
Ax'kansas,  which  for  five  miles  was  barely  practicable  for  one  railroad, 
and  had  no  room  for  two.  As  the  Denver  and  Rio  Grande  Company 
already  had  a  line  in  operation  from  Pueblo  to  Canon  City,  this  would 
be  a  vital  blow,  and  a  project  beset  with  unusual  difficulties.  Mr. 
Morley  was  directed  to  undertake  it,  but  before  he  had  time  to  arrange 
his  plans  the  Denver  and  Rio  Grande  Company  quietly  prepared  a 
grading  crew,  and  started  them  by  rail  to  Canon  City.  Mr.  Morley 
learned  of  this  movement  at  Pueblo,  and,  without  a  moment's  delay, 
mounted  a  fleet  horse  and  rode  his  famous  forty  miles  race  by  night  to 
Cafion  City,  beating  the  train  by  half  an  hour,  which  was  time  enough 
for  him  to  get  together  a  little  grading  party  and  occupy  the  narrow 
gorge  with  his  volunteer  assistants  of  merchants,  laborers  and  farmers 
before  the  rival  engineers  could  reach  the  ground .  He  had  no  organ- 
ized force  at  Canon  City  when  he  arrived,  and  not  a  soul  knew  of  his 
approach,  but  he  held  the  Royal  Gorge,  and  built  twelve  miles  of  rail- 
road during  a  time  when  the  two  companies  had  several  hundred  men 
under  arms,  and  desperate  work  was  daily  expected.  This  exploit  gave 
him  a  great  reputation  all  through  the  West,  and  it  was  celebrated  in 
many  dramatic  descriptions,  both  in  poetry  and  prose,  in  the  press  of 
that  region. 

The  difficulty  having  been  finally  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  attorneys, 
to  be  adjusted  in  the  courts,  Mr.  Morley  went  south  in  July,  1879,  with 
headquarters  at  Las  Vegas,  New  Mexico,  in  charge  of  the  construction 
of  a  portion  of  the  road  being  then  built  to  connect  with  the  Southern 
Pacific. 

In  1880  he  was  appointed  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Sonora  Railway  Com- 
pany, and  was  entrusted  by  President  Nickerson  with  building  that  road 
from  Guaymas,  northward,  to  a  connection  with  the  Atchison,  Topeka 
and  Santa  Fe  Railroad,  on  the  Mexican  boundary,  a  distance  of  265 
miles.  This  he  accomplished  in  two  years  and  a  half,  and  while  it  is  un- 
doubtedly his  greatest  work,  its  real  merit  and  magnitude  will  perhaps 
never  be  appreciated  save  by  those  who  personally  knew  the  enormous 


difficulties  he  encountered .  Commencing  at  Guaymas,  he  was  cut  off 
from  all  direct  communication  with  the  United  States .  Correspondence 
was  slow  and  irregular,  taking  three  to  four  weeks  to  receive  replies 
from  San  Francisco,  and  six  weeks  to  hear  from  Boston. 

Timber  and  supi^lies  had  to  be  brought  by  coasting  vessels  from  San 
Francisco,  railroad  machinery  and  iron  from  England.  All  the  condi- 
tions were  new  and  strange.  The  people  were  suspicious,  contemptuous 
and  hostile  to  Americans  and  their  enterprises.  Officials  were  arrogant 
and  annoying  in  their  conduct  in  many  cases.  Labor  was  difficult  to 
obtain,  and  still  more  difficult  to  keep.  The  climate  was  of  torrid  heat 
and  debilitating  in  the  extreme  to  Northern  men.  All  these  obstacles 
and  many  more  he  met  and  overcame.  He  left  San  Francisco  early  in 
April.  His  party  of  assistants,  organized  in  New  Mexico,  which  should 
have  started  overland  in  March,  was  unaccountably  detained  six  weeks, 
while  Mr.  Morley  reached  the  field  of  his  labors  in  April,  alone,  and 
powerless  to  move  till  their  arrival,  late  in  June.  He  tried  to  form  a 
party  of  natives  and  run  temporary  lines,  but  the  work  of  such  a  party, 
not  one  of  whom  had  ever  seen  a  level,  was  only  a  vexation  which  he 
had  to  endure  while  waiting  the  arrival  of  teams,  instruments  and  skilled 
men.  Thus  the  very  b  ginning  of  this  work  was  a  struggle,  and  its  con- 
tinuance was  full  of  difficulty.  Nevertheless,  he  not  only  built  the  road, 
the  cheapest  and  best  in  Mexico  at  that  time,  but  such  was  his  remark- 
able executive  ability  and  personal  magnetism,  that  it  is  said  he  became 
the  most  influential  individual  in  the  State,  and  left  every  man  along  the 
line  of  the  road  his  personal  friend.  His  frequent  trips  to  the  boundary 
and  to  Tucson  were  always  events  among  the  ranchmen  and  their  fami- 
lies, and  they  looked  forward  with  delight  to  the  coming  and  going  of 
his  familiar  white-topped  wagon  and  mules.  He  rarely  failed  to  bring 
them  presents,  and  they  frequently  returned  his  attentions  in  many 
characteristic  ways.  When  all  had  failed  that  could  be  done  by  others 
with  some  obdurate  landowner,  Mr.  Morley  would  go  up  the  line,  talk 
and  smoke  awhile,  and  in  a  few  hours  the  man  would  execute  the  papers 
he  obstinately  had  refused  for  weeks  to  sign,  and  that  man  was  there- 
after Mr.  Morley's  life-long  friend.  He  completed  his  work  loved  by 
every  Mexican  who  had  known  or  met  him,  although  two  years  before 
they  were  prepared  to  hate  the  leader  of  the  railroad  invasion  into  their 
country. 

The  difficulties  that  daily  arose  and  were  overcame,  not  only  directly 
connected  with  the  enterprise,  but  numerous  and  annoying  occurrences 
outside,  made  the  position  extremely  trying.  His  real  happiness 
depended  on  pushing  his  work,  and  in  Mexico  it  was  impossible  to  do 
this,  as  no  one  ever  hurries.  All  his  laborers  being  natives,  the  progress 
of  the  road  depended  largely  iipon  the  caprices,  feast  days  and  change- 
able wills  of  the  Yaqui  Indians.  The  situation  can  probably  be  better 
understood  from  the  fact  that  eighteen  months  of  unbroken  effort  passed 


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before  the  road  reached  Hermosillo,  the  capital  of  the  State,  and  only 
ninety  miles  north  of  Guaymas.  This  first  year's  struggle  broke  his 
health  permanently,  but  he  would  have  died  in  Sonora  rather  than  have 
given  up  the  enterprise  after  resolving  to  complete  it.  Thus  the  Sonora 
road  was  finished,  the  latter  175  miles  being  built  in  one  year  and  the 
last  spike  driven  October  25th,  1882.  In  this  same  month,  having  accepted 
the  position  of  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Mexican  Central  Railroad,  with 
headquarters  in  Chihuahua,  he  at  once  proceeded  to  make  a  recon- 
noissance  of  the  line  from  Chihuahua  to  Zacatecas,  and  upon  the  obser- 
vations and  reports  he  then  made  the  road  is  now  being  built.  While 
returning  from  this  trip  he  met  his  death  by  the  accidental  discharge  of 
a  rifle  in  the  carriage  in  which  he  and  others  were  traveling.  The  bullet 
passed  through  his  heart.  He  quietly  said,  "I  am  a  dead  man." 
Before  assistance  could  reach  him  he  came  down  from  his  carriage 
walked  to  the  head  of  the  team,  and  sank  upon  the  ground,  and  with 
this  death  message,  "  Boys,  I  am  sorry  this  has  happened,"  gave  up  his 
life  in  the  open  air,  where  so  many  years  of  his  active,  busy  life  had 
been  spent. 

Mr.  Morley  was  one  of  the  most  able  and  active  of  the  men  who 
have  been  identified  with  the  great  works  of  railroad  extension  into  the 
Southwest,  and  probably  none  had  the  promise  of  a  brighter  future. 
He  was  a  man  of  indomitable  perseverance  and  energy,  self-reliant  and 
courageous,  and  of  great  individuality  ;  a  hard  student  rather  of  things 
than  of  books,  though  his  technical  knowledge  was  ample  and  accurate. 
His  reports  upon  prospective  lines,  covering  not  only  questions  of 
location  and  construction,  but  also  of  operation  of  the  road  and  the 
resources  and  business  prospects  of  the  region  to  be  traversed,  were 
always  of  singular  ability,  and  displayed  remarkable  judgment,  sagacity 
and  foresight. 

He  was  ever  on  the  alert  for  new  ideas.  He  possessed  remarkable 
powers  of  observation  and  memory,  and  in  the  discernment  of  the  best 
line  for  a  railway  his  knowledge  and  judgment  were  extraordinary. 
That  which  many  others  worked  out  by  laborious  study  and  calculation 
he  perceived  almost  by  intuition  and  with  little  effort,  and  his  prelimin- 
ary lines,  traced  on  horseback  with  hand  level,  pocket  compass  and 
aneroid  barometer,  came  to  be  considered  almost  as  authoritative  as  a 
final  location. 

This  was  notoriously  the  case  in  mountain  work,  in  which  he  had  no 

I  superior,  and  perhaps  no  equal.  The  ability  to  do  these  things  with 
such  apparent  ease  was  doubtless  partly  a  natural  gift,  but  was  also 
largely  due  to  his  trained  habits  of  observation  and  the  thoroughness  of 

I  his  early  studies,  whereby  he  had  all  the  resources  of  his  profession  at 

1  his  instant  command,  and  could  practically  apply  them  under  all  condi- 
tions  and   circumstances.      His   railroad   lines   were  located   and   con- 

!  structed  with  a  view  to  paying  the  best  dividends  on  the  cost  and  with 


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no  regard  to  display.  He  cared  notliing  for  "showy"  engineering, 
beautiful  curves,  startling  descents,  etc.  ;  but  of  all  things  in  his  profes 
sion  he  probably  most  admired  tangents  and  30-feet  ruling  grades, 
While  engaged  in  location  and  construction  he  adopted  a  theory  as  t( 
the  proper  compensation  for  railway  curves,  which  he  put  into  practicaJ 
use  on  his  later  works.  He  embodied  this  theory  in  a  short  article 
which  he  wrote  to  Mr.  A.  A.  Kobinson,  M.  Am.  See.  C.  E.,  the  last  daj 
he  spent  at  El  Paso  previous  to  his  final  trip.  This  article  has  beer 
read  before  this  Society,  and  will  be  published  in  its  Transactions. 

Mr.   Morley  became  a  member  of  the  American   Society   of  Civi 
Engineers  September  6th,  1882. 


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THE   NOfiMAN    MEDAL. 


CODE  OF  EULES  FOR  ITS  AWARD. 

I. — Competition  for  the  Norman  Medal  of  the  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers  shall  be  restricted  to  members  of  the  Society. 

II. — There  shall  be  one  gold  medal,  and  only  one,  struck  for  each 
and  every  fiscal  year  of  the  Society,  and  awarded  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided. The  dies  therefor  shall  be  with  the  Superintendent  of  the 
United  States  Mint  at  Philadelphia,  in  trust  exclusively  for  the  above 
purjDose.  Such  medal  shall  be  of  a  cost  equal  to  the  annual  interest 
received  upon  $1  000  of  the  Consolidated  Stock  of  the  City  of  New 
York,  Certificate  No.  179,  of  the  additional  new  Croton  Aqueduct  Stock 
of  the  City  of  New  York,  authorized  by  an  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  Chap.  230,  passed  April  15th,  1870,  dated  November 
17th,  1873,  now  held  in  trust  by  the  Treasurer  of  this  Society,  and  so 
held  solely  for  this  purpose,  and  shall  be  executed  upon  his  order. 

III. — All  original  papers  presented  to  the  Society  by  members  of  any 
class,  during  the  year  for  which  the  medal  is  awarded,  shall  be  open  to 
the  award,  provided  that  such  papers  shall  not  have  been  previously 
contributed  in  whole  or  in  part  to  any  other  association,  nor  have 
appeared  in  print  prior  to  their  publication  by  the  Society,  nor  have  been 
presented  to  the  Society  in  any  previous  year. 

IV. — The  Board  of  Censors  to  award  the  medal  shall  consist  of  three 
members  of  the  Society,  to  be  designated  by  the  Board  of  Direction. 
The  Secretary  of  the  Society  shall  act  as  Secretary  to  the  Board  of 
Censors . 

V. — The  medal  shall  be  awarded  to  such  paper  as  the  said  Board  shall 
judge  to  be  worthy  of  special  commendation  for  its  merits  as  a  contribu- 
tion to  engineering  science,  not  merely  relatively  as  compared  with 
others  presented  during  the  same  year,  but  as  exhibiting  the  science, 
talent  or  industry  displayed  in  the  consideration  of  the  subject  treated 
of,  and  for  the  good  which  may  be  expected  to  result  from  the  discussion 
and  the  inquiry. 

VI. — In  case  no  paper  presented  during  the  year  shall  be  deemed  of 
sufficient  value  to  receive  an  award,  the  amount  of  the  interest  of  the 
fund  for  that  year  shall  be  expended  by  the  Board  of  Direction  in  the 
purchase  of  books,  to  be  offered  as  a  premium  for  the  second  best  paper 
in  the  next  year  in  which  more  than  one  paper  of  sufficient  value  may  be 
presented. 

VII. — ^The  medal  year  shall  terminate  on  the  first  day  of  August,  and 
the  award  shall  be  announced  at  the  annual  meeting. 

VIII. — The  Treasurer  of  this  Society  shall  cause  the  medal  to  be 
prepared  and  delivered  to,  or  deposited  to  the  order  of,  the  successful 
competitor,  within  two  mouths  after  the  annual  meeting  at  which  the 
same  shall  have  been  awarded. 


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THE  ROWLAND  PRIZE. 


CODE  OF  RULES  FOR  ITS  AWARD. 

Not  more  than  one  prize  shall  be  awarded  eacli  year  for  papers  pre- 
sented during  the  year.  The  medal  year  shall  terminate  on  the  first  day 
of  August,  and  the  award  shall  be  announced  at  the  annual  meeting  in 
January. 

The  prize  shall  consist  of  fifty  dollars  in  cash. 

The  award  shall  be  made  by  a  committee  consisting  of  the  Secretary 
and  two  members  of  the  Society,  to  be  appointed  by  the  Board  of  Di- 
rection. 

The  prize  shall  be  awarded  to  such  paper  as  the  committee  deem 
most  worthy  of  such  recognition,  the  preference  being  given  to  papers 
describing  in  detail  accomplished  works  of  construction,  their  cost  and 
manner  of  execution,  and  the  errors  in  design  and  execution. 


lin^ricHU  Socidg  of  :(j;tiit    jjrnjinfm. 


pnooEEOiisras. 

Vol.    IX.  — September,   I883. 
MINUTES     OF     MEETINGS. 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 

September  5th,  1883. — The  Society  met  at  8  r.  m.,  Vice-President 
Paine  in  the  chair ;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.  Ballots  for  membership 
were  canvassed,  and  the  following  candidates  elected  ;  As  Members — 
Andrew  Bell,  Carillon,  Canada  ;  Henry  Isaac  Bliss,  La  Crosse,  Wis. ; 
William  Warren  Card,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. ;  Frank  C.  Doran,  Richmond, 
Ind. ;  George  Downe,  Kandwick,  Sydney,  New  South  Wales,  Australia  ; 
Christopher  Lawrence  Gates  (elected  Junior  Dec.  4th,  1878),  Milwaukee, 
Wis.;  William  Henry  Jennings,  Columbus,  Ohio  ;  Albon  Piatt  Man,  Jr., 
St.  Louis,  Mo. ;  Daniel  McCool,  Marquette,  Mich. ;  Wallace  McGrath, 
Parkersburg,  W.  Va. ;  John  Lawrence  Power  O'Hanly,  Ottawa,  Canada; 


13G 

George  "Washington  Polk,  San  Antonio,  Texas  ;  Watson  Wellman  Rich, 
St.  Paul,  Minn. ;  Leonard  W.  Rundlett,  St.  Paul,  Minn. ;  Edward  Hig- 
ginson  Williams,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  As  Associates — Joseph  P.  Card, 
St.  Louis,  Mo.;  George  Fillmore  Swain,  Boston,  Mass.  As  Juniors — 
George  B.  Francis,  Portland,  Oregon;  Alfred  Williams  Trotter,  New  York 
City;  Frederick  Newton  Willson,  Princeton,  N.  J.;  and  Herbert  M. 
Wilson,  New  York  City. 

The  election  as  Fellows  of  the  Society  of  the  following  persons  was 
announced  :  John  Lawler,  Prairie  du  Chien,  Wis. ;  D.  L.  Wells,  Mil- 
waukee, Wis.;  Alexander  Mitchell,  Milwaukee,  Wis.;  C.  L.  Colby,  Mil- 
waukee, Wis. ;  Albert  Conro,  Milwaukee,  Wis. ;  Edward  P.  Allis,  Mil- 
waukee, Wis. ;  Francisco  De  Garay,  City  of  Mexico. 

The  deaths  of  the  following  Members  of  the  Society  were  announced: 
Col.  Francis  U.  Farquhai-,  Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  elected  Mem- 
ber July  15th,  1872,  died  July  3d,  1883  ;  Redmond  J.  Brough,  Toronto, 
Canada,  elected  Member  Sept.  1st,  1880,  died  July  21st,  1888, 

A  pai^er  by  James  L.  Randolph,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  "On  Vibration, 
or  the  Effect  of  Passing  Trains  on  Iron  Bridges,  Masonry  and  other 
Structures,"  was  read  and  discussed  by  Messrs.  Blnndeu,  Cooper,  Emery 
and  W.  H.  Paine. 

September  19th,  1883.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.m.,  Vice-President 
Paine  in  the  chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary. 

The  death  of  Mr.  John  C.  Trautwine,  C.  E.,  was  announced,  with 
remarks . 

A  discussion  "  On  the  Increased  Efficiency  of  Railways  for  the  Trans- 
portation of  Freight,"  by  Charles  Douglas  Fox,  Cor.  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E., 
was  read  and  discussed  by  Messrs.  Bogart,  Cooper  and  W.  H .  Paine . 

A  paper  on  "Bridge  Floors,"  by  W.  Howard  White,  M.  Am.  Soc. 
C.  E.,  was  read  and  discussed  by  Messrs.  Blunden,  Bogart,  Cooper, 
Knap  and  W.  H.  Paine. 


OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION. 

AtTGusT  8th,  1883. — Applications  were  considered.  Action  was  taken 
as  to  arrears  of  dues.     Appropriations  were  made. 

September  5th,  1883. — Applications  were  considered.  Action  was 
taken  as  to  the  Library. 

October  3d,  1883. — Applications  Avere  considered.  Action  was  taken 
as  to  arrears  of  dues,  A  communication  was  received  from  the  American 
Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers,  and  that  Society  was  invited  to  hold 
its  approaching  annual  meeting  at  the  house  of  the  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers. 


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MEMOIRS    OF    DECEASED    MEMBERS. 


ASHBEL  WELCH,  President  Am.  Soc.  C  E. 


Died  September  25th,  1882. 


Aslibel  Welch  was  born  at  Nelson,  Madison  County,  New  York, 
December  4th,  1809.  His  parents  were  Ashbel  and  Margaret  Welch . 
At  the  age  of  seven  his  family  moved  to  Deerfield,  Oneida  County,  New 
York,  and  he  attended  different  schools  in  the  City  of  Utica  from  that 
time  until  the  year  1826.  In  1821  Mr.  Welch's  elder  brother,  Sylvester, 
began  his  career  as  a  civil  engineer  upon  the  works  of  the  Erie  Canal,  at 
Amsterdam,  New  York.  In  the  winter  of  1826  Ashbel  attended  the 
Albany  Academy,  and  was  under  the  immediate  instruction  of  Professor 
Joseph  Henry,  with  whom,  when  the  distinguished  Director  of  the  Smith- 
sonian Institute,  Mr.  Welch  was  afterwards  professionally  engaged. 
Late  in  the  summer  of  1827  Mr.  Welch  left  Albany  to  begin  his  engineer- 
ing life  upon  the  Lehigh  Canal.  He  first  set  foot  in  New  Jersey,  the 
State  with  whose  development  he  was  thereafter  so  intimately  con- 
nected, on  July  31st,  1827,  at  Elizabethtown  Point,  and  traveling  across 
the  State  he  was  detained  at  Morristown  two  days,  waiting  the  arrival  of 
a  stage.  He  thence  went  to  Easton  and  joined  his  brother  Sylvester  at 
Mauch  Chunk.  Sylvester  was  then  Eesident  Engineer  of  the  Lehigh 
Canal,  and  Ashbel's  first  service  as  an  engineer  was  in  August,  1827.  He 
notes  in  his  diary  that  he  that  month  first  met  "William  Milnor  Roberts, 
his  predecessor  as  President  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers, 
and  the  late  Solomon  W.  Roberts,  so  long  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the 
Northern  Pennsylvania  Railroad. 

Mr.  Welch  began  as  a  rodman,  and  his  pay  was  $13  per  month  and 
found.  In  May,  1829,  he  became  leveler,  and  Mr.  Edward  Miller,  whose 
name  is  so  well  known  among  engineers,  was  then  his  rodman.  Mr. 
Welch  continued  upon  the  Lehigh  and  Pennsylvania  Canal  and  upon 
railroad  work  until  September,  1830,  when  he  went  to  Trenton,  New 
Jersey,  upon  the  works  of  the  Delaware  and  Raritan  Canal.     He  first 


Note. — This  memoir  has  been  prepared  by  John  Bogart,  M.  Am.  Soc. 
C.  E.,  Editor  of  the  Transactions  of  the  Society,  who  desires  to  exjsress 
his  obligations  to  Mr.  John  G.  Stevens  and  Mr.  Erancis  B,  Stevens  for 
valuable  information;  also  to  the  family  of  Mr.  Welch,  who  have  placed 
at  his  disposal  many  interesting  papers  relating  to  the  life  and  works  of 
Mr.  Welch. 


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visited  Lambertville,  New  Jersey,  May  17th,  1831,  and  took  up  his  final 
residence  there  in  May,  1832,  where  his  home  has  been  ever  since.  He 
was,  in  1832,  in  charge  of  the  upper  division  of  the  feeder  of  the  canal. 
In  1834  Mr.  Welch  married  Miss  Mary  Hannah  Seabrook. 

In  1835  Mr.  Welch  was  made  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Delaware 
and  Earitan  Canal,  and  during  1836  he  made  reconnoissances  and  esti- 
mates for  the  construction  of  the  Belvidere  Delaware  Railroad,  and  on 
August  15th  of  that  year  he  was  appointed  Engineer  of  the  Philadelphia 
and  Trenton  Railroad.  Mr.  Welch,  while  continuing  his  services  as 
Engineer  of  the  railroad  and  canal  works  in  New  Jersey,  was  also 
engaged  during  1838,  1839  and  1840  upon  various  other  works  as  Con- 
sulting Engineer,  in  connection  with  Commodore  Stockton,  Mr.  E.  A* 
Stevens,  Captain  John  Ericsson,  Mr.  Horatio  Allen  and  others. 

He  assisted  Captain  Ericsson  upon  the  plans  for  the  steamer  Princeton. 
He  visited  Virginia  in  reference  to  the  development  of  coal  and  iron 
lands.  He  superintended  the  experiments  in  gunnery  instituted  by 
Commodore  Stockton,  and  was  constantly  and  very  actively  engaged  up 
to  December,  1844,  when  he  made  a  visit  to  Europe,  the  special  object 
of  which  was  to  supervise  the  construction  of  a  large  wrought-iron  gun 
intended  for  the  United  States  Navy.  He  was  absent  six  months,  and 
traveled  in  England,  Scotland,  Ireland,  France  and  Belgium.  Mr. 
Welch  returned  to  America  in  June,  1845.  In  the  fall  of  that  year  he 
was  engaged  with  Professor  Henry  in  investigations  as  to  methods  of 
telegraphy.  In  1847  he  built  a  wooden  lock  at  the  outlet  of  the 
Delaware  and  Earitan  Canal,  at  Bordentown.  In  consequence  of  the 
failure  of  the  foundation  of  the  old  lock,  which  was  built  on  a  very  fluid 
quicksand,  a  settlement  of  the  walls  occurred  of  so  serious  a  character  as 
to  make  the  construction  of  a  new  lock  necessary.  After  very  careful 
consideration,  Mr.  Welch  determined  to  take  an  entirely  new  deisarture 
in  regard  to  the  foundation,  and  discarding  piling,  cribbing,  betou.  Sec, 
to  build  the  lock  directly  upon  the  quicksand  itself.  He  reasoned  that 
from  the  incompressible  character  of  that  material  it  would  form  the  best 
of  foundations  provided  it  could  be  absolutely  retained  in  place  ;  he  was 
aware,  however,  that  a  great  source  of  danger  would  exist  unless  every 
avenue  was  stopped  by  which  any  undermining  might  occur  from  the 
water,  the  ])ressure  of  which  would  be  great  both  at  the  inlet  and  outlet. 
From  the  light  nature  of  the  quicksand,  a  leak  no  larger  than  a  pipe-stem 
would  in  time  undermine  the  whole  structure. 

Tlie  iDlan  was  bold  and  original  in  conception,  and  required  the  most 
careful  and  cautious  treatment  as  to  the  details  and  methods  to  meet  the 
difficulties. 

The  lock  was  built  of  timber  ;  it  was  constructed  on  the  land  ; 
the  sides  were  divided  in  cells  ;  the  bottom  was  of  exceptionally  heavy 
timber,  all  the  work  being  carefully  jointed  and  then  thoroughly 
caulked  ;  the  structure  was  then  launched  and  sunk  in  the  jsit  which  had 


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been  dredged  for  its  reception  ;  the  cells  were  then  filled  with  selected 
gravel  and  carefully  puddled.  The  inlet  and  outlet  were  protected  by 
lines  of  heavy  steel  piling,  which  were  guarded  by  ingenious  devices  so 
as  to  be  perfectly  water-tight  The  lock  has  now  been  in  use  for  thirty- 
five  years,  and  not  the  slightest  settlement  has  occurred,  evidencing  the 
skill  employed  both  in  the  planning  and  construction. 

This  combination  of  boldness  of  conception  and  excessive  caution  in 
details  is  illustrative  of  Mr.  Welch's  methods. 

In  1848  he  was  in  charge  of  the  work  of  final  location  of  the  Belvidere 
Delaware  Railroad,  and  built  that  road,  which  was  opened  from  Trenton 
to  Lambertville  early  in  1851.  The  whole  road  was  constructed  to 
Manunka  Chunk  under  Mr.  Welch's  direct  supervision,  including  the 
coal  wharves  at  Trenton. 

On  December  20th,  1852,  the  stockholders  of  the  Delaware  and 
Raritan  Canal  very  suddenly  determined  to  enlarge  its  capacity,  and  that 
work  was  put  in  charge  of  Mr.  Welch,  and  was  successfully  accomplished 
April  4th,  1853,  for  less  money  than  the  original  estimate. 

Among  other  matters  the  enlargement  included  the  construction  of  a 
new  lock  with  walls  of  260  feet  in  length,  the  lengthening  of  twelve 
others  130  feet,  two  of  these  being  tide-locks  requiring  the  use  of  heavy 
cofier-dams.  The  order  from  the  Board  of  Directors  was  given  Decem- 
ber 20th,  with  instructions  to  have  the  work  completed  the  last  of  March, 
which  was  accomplished.  No  place  had  been  prepared  ;  not  a  yard  of 
stone,  not  a  foot  of  lumber,  not  a  pound  of  material  of  any  kind  pro- 
cured ;  furthermore,  there  was  an  absence  of  trained  and  skilled 
labor,  nor  was  there  any  organization  for  the  execution  of  the  work, 
which  had  to  be  done  in  the  depth  of  winter,  at  widely  separated  and 
inaccessible  points,  where  no  facilities  existed  for  sheltering  the  men. 
25  000  cubic  yards  of  masonry  had  to  be  laid,  and  protected  from  the 
frost  during  construction. 

The  necessary  preliminary  arrangements  occupied  a  large  part  of  the 
short  time  allowed,  leaving  not  more  than  fifty  working  days  for  the 
work  itself.  Its  completion  within  the  time  allowed  was  an  evidence  of 
Mr.  Welch's  remarkable  administrative  ability. 

In  the  latter  part  of  1853  Mr.  Welch  prepared  the  plans,  made  all  the 
contracts  and  supervised  the  execution  of  the  works  on  the  Chesapeake 
and  Delaware  Canal,  including  the  construction  of  the  new  locks.  He 
introduced  steam  pumps  and  a  water-saving  basin,  which  has  proved  a 
great  success. 

The  arduous  labors  and  heavy  responsibilities  of  these  works,  partic- 
ularly the  construction  of  the  Belvidere  Railroad  and  the  enlargement 
of  the  Delaware  and  Raritan  Canal,  seriously  undermined  the  health  of 
Mr.  Welch,  which,  for  a  number  of  years  thereafter,  was  very  delicate. 
In  1854,  at  the  suggestion  of  the  joint  Board  of  Direction  of  that  canal 
and  of  the  Camden  and  Amboy  Railroad,  he  again  visited  Europe,  re- 


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turning  in  September  of  the  same  year.  He  then  supervised  the  com- 
pletion of  the  Chesapeake  and  Delaware  Canal,  which  was  opened  in 
May,  1855.  During  the  subsequent  years  he  was  actively  employed 
ujjon  railroads  and  other  engineering  work,  building  the  railroad 
wharves  at  Amboy,  and  in  1861  was  engaged  in  experiments  with  Mr.  E. 
A.  Stevens  in  reference  to  the  well-kuowu  floating  battery.  In  October, 
1862,  he  was  appointed  Vice-President  of  the  Camden  and  Amboy  Rail- 
road, and  thenceforward  became  its  execvitive  officer,  being  active  in  ar- 
ranging the  consolidation  of  the  New  Jersey  railroad  companies.  In 
March,  1867,  the  final  arrangements  were  made,  uniting  the  Delaware 
and  Raritan  Canal  Company,  the  Camden  and  Amboy  Railroad  and 
Transportation  Company,  and  the  New  Jersey  Railroad  and  Transporta- 
tion Company,  so  that  thereafter  their  interests  were  associated,  as 
though  they  were  consolidated  into  one  comiDauy.  Mr.  Welch  was 
elected  the  general  president  of  the  associated  companies,  and  was  con- 
stantly in  the  actual  charge  of  the  administration  of  their  affairs,  up 
to  December,  1871,  when  the  properties  of  these  united  companies  were 
leased  by  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad.  Mr.  Welch  thus  became  the 
president  and  manager  of  one  of  the  most  imj^ortant  lines  in  the  United 
States.  The  companies  owned  a  canal  and  two  lines  of  railway  which 
connected  the  cities  of  New  York  and  Philadelphia,  forming,  asexjiressed 
by  Mr.  Welch,  one  single,  though  complex  system. 

The  consolidation  of  the  interests  of  these  companies  added  very 
largely  to  the  aggregate  value  of  their  property,  and  secured  to  the  pub- 
lic much  greater  accommodation  than  had  been  previously  practicable. 

The  connection  made  by  the  construction  of  the  connecting  road  at 
Philadelphia,  and  the  arrangements  whereby  the  passengers  and  freight 
coming  over  the  Pennsylvania  road  were  brought  by  these  lines  to  the 
harbor  of  New  York,  threw  upon  the  manager  very  great  responsibilities, 
which  were  met  with  business  ability  and  cautious  energy.  The  Board 
of  Joint  Dii'ectors  comprised  men  of  great  experience  and  ability  in  the 
management  of  great  corj^orations,  Mr.  Welch  being  the  General  Presi- 
dent, the  Hon.  Hamilton  Fish  Vice-President,  with  Mr.  Joseph  P. 
Bradley  as  General  Secretary.  Among  the  officers  and  directors  were 
well-known  names,  such  as  R.  F.  Stockton,  William  H.  Gatzmer,  John 
G.  Stevens,  Richard  Stockton,  Benjamin  Fish,  Moses  Taylor,  Benjamin 
G.  Clarke,  Dudley  S.  Gregory,  Alfred  L.  Dennis  and  others. 

Mr.  Welch  had  the  absolute  confidence  of  these  gentlemen.  The 
time  was  one  of  great  improvements  in  railway  construction,  repair, 
train  running  and  general  management,  and  to  Mr.  Welch  is  due  the  care- 
ful consideration  and  the  gradual  introduction  of  some  of  the  greatest 
advances  which  have  been  made  in  that  direction  in  the  world. 

In  1869  Mr.  Welch  again  visited  Europe,  traveling  on  the  Continent 
and  in  England  for  six  months.  During  this  trip  he  investigated  care- 
fully the  Belgium  system  of  cable  towing.     In  January,  1871,   negotia- 


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tions  were  commenced  for  the  lease  to  the  Pennsylvania  Eailroad  Com- 
pany of  the  properties  controlled  by  the  United  Railroad  and  Canal 
Companies  of  New  Jersey,  which  lease  was  consummated  during  that 
year,  when  Mr,  Welch  retired  from  the  active  management  of  the  road. 
Since  that  date  he  has  been  constantly  engaged  as  consulting  engineer 
upon  many  important  works,  and  notably  during  the  two  years  previous 
to  his  decease  he  has  been  acting  in  that  capacity  for  the  New  York,  West 
Shore  and  Buffalo  Railroad. 

Mr.  Welch  was  appointed  by  the  Governor  of  New  Jersey,  June  29th, 
1882,  a  commissioner  to  determine  upon  plans  for  the  storage  of  the 
waters  of  the  State  for  the  jjurpose  of  furnishing  the  cities  and  towns  a 
joint  water  supply,  under  an  act  directing  the  appointment  of  such  a 
commission,  and  he  was  engaged  at  the  time  of  his  decease  in  the 
duties  connected  with  this  appointment. 

In  the  active  practice  of  his  lai'ofession,  as  connected  with  the  respon- 
sible positions  which  Mr.  Welch  held  almost  continuously  through  his 
long  life,  there  were,  of  course,  very  many  special  engineering  investiga- 
tions which  he  undertook  and  carried  to  completion.  It  is  impossible  in 
a  brief  memoir  even  to  refer  to  the  larger  number  of  these.  Some,  how- 
ever, may  be  noted,  in  which  he  took  thegreate.st  interest. 

In  the  development  of  improvements  for  transportation  of  freight 
through  canals,  Mr.  Welch  succeeded  in  adding  largely  to  the  carrying 
cajjacity  of  the  canals  under  his  charge.  Perhaps  the  most  effective 
change  made  by  him  in  this  respect  was  the  introduction  of  steam  power 
to  operate  the  locks  and  haul  the  vessels  in  and  out  of  the  locks.  In 
1868,  the  Delaware  and  Raritan  Canal  having  reached  the  limit  of  its 
locking  capacity,  he  devised  a  method  of  a^jplying  steam  power  at  these 
locks,  and  at  once  increased  their  capacity,  and  therefore  that  of  the 
canal,  at  least  50  per  cent.  This  method  is  still  in  operation,  and  its 
success  is  complete.  The  apparatus  is  safe  and  strong,  and  has  been  kept 
in  order  with  very  small  expense  since  its  introduction. 

Mr.  Welch  was  deeply  interested  in  all  the  questions  connected  with 
canal  navigation,  and  his  consideration  of  the  various  points  involved  in 
the  proposed  Interoceanic  Canals  added  largely  to  the  interest  of  the 
recent  discussions  on  that  subject. 

In  March,  1865,  Mr.  Welch  drew  up,  and  presented  to  his  railroad 
company,  a  scheme  for  telegraphic  safety  signals  to  be  adopted  between 
Kensington  and  New  Brunswick,  which  were,  on  March  27th,  formally 
adopted  by  the  company.  This  scheme  secured  the  introduction  of  a 
system  by  which  a  train  passing  one  of  the  signal  stations  should  be  in- 
formed whether  the  preceding  train  going  in  the  same  direction  had 
passed  the  next  signal  station,  and  whether  the  track  was  clear.  The 
stations  were  to  be  located  not  more  than  six  miles  apart,  and  at  i^oints 
where,  as  far  as  practicable,  there  should  be  a  good  view  each  way.  The 
signals   were  arranged  so   that    the   signal-man   should  have  a   simple 


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method  of  marking  the  fact  that  a  train  was  on  the  section,  or  that  any 
obstruction  had  been  reported  on  that  section,  and  the  regulation  was 
that  the  safety  signal  should  not  be  exhibited  to  an  approaching  train 
unless  information  had  been  received  that  all  trains  in  the  section  in  ad- 
vance had  passed  the  next  signal  station,  and  that  all  reported  obstruc- 
tion had  been  removed.  The  engine  men  were  ordered  absolutely  to  stop 
unless  the  safety  signal  should  be  exhibited. 

This  system,  adopted  in  the  year  1865,  it  will  be  seen,  was  an  applica- 
tion, and  it  is  claimed  to  have  been  an  original  application,  of  the  system 
of  safety  signals — that  is  to  say,  of  the  theory  that  a  train  should  not  go 
uijon  any  section  of  the  railroad  until  it  should  be  notified  that,  as  far  as 
telegrajihic  communications  for  the  section  in  advance  could  be  relied 
upon,  that  section  was  entirely  free. 

At  the  time  he  put  this  system  in  operation  Mr.  Welch  had  not  heard 
of  the  English  block  system,  which,  however,  as  used  at  that  time,  was 
radically  different,  the  line  being  considered  open  unless  a  block  warn- 
ing was  given.  The  main  jjoint  insisted  uj^on  by  Mr.  Welch  was  to  se- 
cure affirmative  evidence  that  the  track  was  clear — in  other  words,  to  use 
safety  signals,  not  danger  signals. 

The  tendency  at  the  present  time  is  towards  the  substantial  adoption 
of  the  principle  thus  initiated  by  Mr.  Welch  twenty  years  ago,  and  this 
fact  is  merely  one  of  the  many  proofs  of  the  far-sighted  sagacity  shown 
by  him  in  the  consideration  of  the  subjects  to  which  he  devoted  his 
thoiight. 

Mr.  Welch  gave  a  great  deal  of  attention  to  the  construction  of  rail- 
way car  trucks,  and  in  1869  invented  an  improved  truck  combining  sev- 
eral modifications  of  the  ordinary  methods  of  construction.  The  ques- 
tion of  the  proper  form,  dimensions  and  weights  of  rails  perhaps  occu- 
pied as  much  of  the  attention  of  Mr.  Welch  as  almost  any  other  subject. 
In  the  year  1865  he  devised  and  selected  the  forms  of  rails  to  be  used  for 
the  New  Jersey  railways,  and  these  were  determined  upon  principles 
very  nearly  identical  with  those  set  forth  in  the  re^jort  of  the  committee 
on  the  form,  weight,  manufacture  and  life  of  rails,  which  was  presented 
to  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  in  1874,  to  which  rejsort  was 
appended  a  memoir  on  the  subject  written  by  Mr.  Welch. 

In  1866  Mr.  Welch  secured,  after  much  negotiation  and  several  un- 
successful efforts,  the  manufacture  of  steel  rails  of  a  pattern  substantially 
similar  to  those  which  are  now  considered  standard.  These  rails  were 
rolled  at  Sheffield  in  1866,  and  were  laid  down  upon  the  New  Jersey  rail- 
ways in  the  spring  of  1867.  Large  additions  of  the  same  pattern  were 
laid  down  in  1868,  and  all  these  rails  show  remarkable  results. 

Mr,  Welch  wrote  to  considerable  extent  upon  this  subject  of  rails, 
and  his  papers  have  been  published  in  the  Transactions  of  the  American 
Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  in  the  Transactions  of  the  American  In- 
stitute of  Mining  Engineers,  and  in  various  periodicals.     He  developed 


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a  formula  and  tables  showing  his  theory  of  the  comparative  economy  of 
iron  and  steel  rails.  His  careful  labor  upon  this  question  of  the  form, 
weight  and  economy  of  rail  construction  has  contributed  greatly  to  the 
successful  development  of  American  railway  transiDortation, 

Mr.  Welch  also  studied  the  questions  connected  with  the  manufacture 
of  car  wheels,  and  embodied  his  conclusions  on  this  subject  in  a  number 
of  interesting  papers  and  reports. 

Mr.  Welch  made  very  extensive  investigations,  at  the  request  of  Mr. 
E.  A.  Stevens,  with  reference  to  the  construction  and  alteration .  of  the 
great  Stevens  battery.  Tliese  investigations  went  into  many  pertinent 
subjects,  and  particularly  in  regard  to  the  effect  of  shot  under  water,  the 
velocity  of  projectiles,  etc. 

As  General  President  of  the  Associated  New  Jersey  Companies,  Mr. 
Welch  appreciated  the  great  future  advantage  of  large  wharf  and  terminal 
facilities  at  the  City  of  New  York,  and  the  result  of  his  long-continued 
and  very  arduous  labor  was  the  purchase  of  the  Harsimus  Cove  property, 
which  was  effected  by  the  companies  under  his  advice. 

This  property  was  developed  under  his  direction  by  the  construction 
of  wharves  and  other  improvements,  and  now  affords  to  that  system  of 
railroads  an  excellent  terminus,  which  is  absolutely  necessary  to  the 
transaction  of  its  enormous  business.  The  purchase  of  this  property 
was  accomplished  not  without  opposition,  and  was  persistently  advocated 
and  completed  by  Mr.  Welch,  in  consequence  of  his  assurance  that 
it  was  of  the  greatest  importance  to  the  interests  of  the  railway  system 
of  which  he  had  charge. 

The  character  of  Mr.  Welch  was  of  a  singularly  elevated  tone.  Great 
purity  and  entire  disinterestedness  lay  at  its  foundation.  No  considera- 
tion could  ever  make  him  swerve  a  hair's  breadth  from  an  honorable, 
straightforward  course.  These  facts,  combined  with  the  possession  of 
broad  and  generous  views,  were  among  the  causes  of  the  great  moral  in- 
fluence that  he  exercised.  While  not  demonstrative  in  manner,  he  had 
a  warm,  genial,  sympathetic  nature,  and  where  best  known  he  was  best 
loved.  His  temper  was  most  equable,  and  while  thoroughly  self-poised 
himself,  he  was  always  disposed  to  make  the  largest  allowance  for  the 
faults  of  temper  of  others.  This  marked  peculiarity  was  one  of  the  pro- 
ducts of  his  great  unselfishness. 

A  sketch  of  Mr.  Welch's  life  would  be  entirely  incomplete  and  unfair 
if  reference  were  not  made  to  his  deeply  religious  character.  He  was 
not  only  a  consistent  Christian,  but  he  never  permitted  the  remarkably 
extensive  duties  of  an  active  professional  life  to  interfere  with  the 
discharge  of  quite  as  active  work  connected  with  religion  and  charity. 
He  became  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  year  1832,  and 
was  connected  with  that  organization  continuously  to  his  death,  being 
for  many  years  an  elder  of  the  church.  He  took  an  active  part  in  this 
M'ork,  and  exemplified  thoroughly  how  a  man  could  possess  the  business 


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qualifications  which  brought  to  him  the  confidence  of  some  of  the  best 
business  men  in  the  United  States  in  the  management  of  very  great 
interests,  and  at  the  same  time  could  continue  to  be  a  simple-minded, 
earnest,  Christian  gentleman. 

Mr.  Welch  became  a  member  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil 
Engineers  August  7th,  1872.  He  was  made  Vice-President  November 
3d,  1880,  and  President  of  the  Society  January,  1882,  his  death  occurring 
while  holding  its  highest  office.  His  interest  in  the  work  of  the  Society 
was  very  great,  and  his  duties  as  its  President  were  performed  with  the 
same  thoroughness  and  attention  which  he  gave  to  all  the  trusts  which 
were  confided  to  him. 


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LIST    OF    MEMBERS. 


ADDITION! 
MEMBERS. 


Date  of  Election. 

Bell,  Andrew Res.    Engineer,  Carillon  Canal   Works, 

Carillon,   Canada Sept.  5,  1883. 

Bliss,  Henry  I La  Crosse,  Wis "     "     " 

Campbell,  Charles  H.  .  .  .(Raymond  &  Campbell),  Council  Bluffs, 

la Oct.   3,  1883. 

Card,  William  W   Sec'y    Westinghouse    Air    Brake    Co., 

Pittsburgh,  Pa Sept.  5,  1883. 

DoRAN,  Frank  C City  Engineer,  Richmond,  Ind "     "      " 

DowNE,  George  Supt.  Motive  Power,  New  South  Wales 

Gov't    Steam   Tramways,   Randwick, 
Sydney,  New  South  Wales,  Australia.     "     "      " 
Jennings,  William  H ....  Eng'r  Hocking  Valley  Div.   Columbus, 
Hocking  Valley  and  Toledo  Railway, 

Columbus,  Ohio "     "      " 

Man,  Albon  P.,  Jr 1st  Asst.   Engineer,  St.   Louis  and  San 

Francisco  Railway,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  ...     "     "     " 

Marr,  George  A U.  S.  Asst.  Engineer,  St.  Paul,  Minn.  .  .Oct.  3,  1883. 

McCooL,    Daniel Chief  Engineer,  Detroit,  Mackinaw  and 

Marquette  Railroad,  Marquette,Mich.Sept.  5, 1883. 
McGrath,  Wallace Chief  Engineer,  Ohio  Valley  Construc- 
tion Company,  Parkersburgh,  W.  Va.     "     "     " 

O'Hanly,  John  L.  P Chief  Engineer,  Ontario   Pacific  R'wy, 

Ottawa,    Canada "     "     " 

Polk,  George  W Chief  Asst.  Eng.  International  Construc- 
tion Company,  San  Antonio,  Texas...      "     "     " 
Rich,  Watson  W   Chief  jEngineer,  Minnesota  Central  Rail- 
road, St.  Paul,  Minn         "     "     " 

Rosewater,  Andrew City  Engineer,  Omaha,  Neb    Oct.  3,  1883. 

Rundlett,  Leonard  W.  .  .Engineer,  Water  Commission,  St.  Paul, 

Minn Sept.  5, 1883. 

TowNE,  Henry  R President     and     Engineer,     Yale    and 

Towne  Mfg.  Co.,  Stamford,  Conn Oct.  3,  1883. 

Watkins,  Frederick  W  . .  113  East  One  Hundred  and  Fifteenth  St., 

New  York  City "     "     " 

Williams,  Edward  H . .    .Baldwin     Locomotive     Works,     Phila- 
delphia, Pa Sept.  5, 1883. 

ASSOCIATES. 

Card,  Joseph  P President   St.   Louis  Wood  Preserving 

Company,  St.  Louis,  Mo Sept.  5,  1883. 


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Date  of  Election. 
Swain,  George  F Professor  of  Civil  Engineering,  Massa- 
chusetts   Institute    of     Technology, 
Boston,  Mass Sept.  5,  1883. 


Feancis,  Geoege  B 39  Summit  Ave.,  Jersey  City,  N.  J Sept.  5, 1883. 

FuLLEE,  Feank  L 7  Exchange  Place,  Boston,  Mass April 4, 1883. 

Trotter,  Alfred  W Res.    Engineer,    Northern    Adirondack 

Eailroad,    St.    Piegis   Falls,    Franklin 

Co.,  N.  Y Sept.  5, 1883. 

WiLLsoN,  Fredeeick  N  . . .  Professor  of  Engineering  and  Mechan- 
ical Drawing,  College  of  New  Jersey, 
Princeton,  N.  J "     "     " 


Allis,  Edwaed  P Milwaukee,   Wis Aug.  14,1883. 

Colby,  Chables  L President  Wisconsin  Central  Railroad, 

Milwaukee,  Wis "  22,    " 

CoNEO,  Albert. Milwaukee,  Wis "18,    " 

Mitchell,  Alexander.  .  ..President  Chicago.  Milwaukee  and  St. 

Paul  Railway,  Milwaukee,  Wis July  27,1883. 


CHANGES      AND      COEEECTIONS. 
CORRESPONDING    MEMBER. 

Gleim,  Charles  O (Care  Baudeputation),  Hamburg,  Germany. 

MEMBERS. 

Appleton,  Thomas Leavenworth,  Kansas. 

Atwood,  William  H Div.  Eng'r,  South  Penn.  R.  R.,  Fannettsburg,  Pa. 

Baenaed,  a.  P Kingsville,  Mo. 

BiLLiN,  Chaeles  E 261  South  Fourth  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

BrsBT,  William  H Captain  of  Engineers  U.  S.  A.,  33  West  Houston  St., 

New  York  City. 

Calkins,  Feank  A Arsenal,  Central  Park,  New  York  City. 

Campbell,  Allan 125  Lexington  Ave.,  New  York  City. 

Cartweight,  Robeet Gen.  Supt.  Yale  and  Towne  Manufg.  Co.,  Stamford, 

Conn. 

Chittenden,  S.  H Corcoran  Building,  Washington,  D.  C. 

DoANE,  Waltee  a Div.  Eng.  C.  P.  R.  R.,  Medicine  Hat,  North-Western 

Territory,  Canada. 

Fogg,  Charles  E Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 

Frizell,  Joseph  P 7  Exchange  Place,  Boston,  Mass. 

Fuller,  Sidney  T 12  James  Street,  Franklin  Square,  Boston,  Mass. 


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Gates,  Horace  D Bernice,  Churchill  Co.,  Nevada,  via  Lovelock's  Sta- 
tion, C.  P.  R.  R. 

GiELOw,  Henky  J Sawyerville,  Hale  Co.,  Ala. 

GoLAY,  Philip Paduc'ah,  Kj'. 

Hakeis,  William  P White  Sulphur  Springs,  W.  Va. 

Hood,  William Chief  Engineer  C.  P.  R.  R.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Jordan,  Gabriel Vice-Pres.  and  Gen.  Man.  M.  and  O.  R.  R.,  Mobile, 

Ala. 

Kendrick,  John  W Chief  Eng.  St.  P.  &  N.  P.  R.  R.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Kennedy,  William  H.  . .  .Div.  Eng.  0.  R.  &  N.  Co.,  Walla  Walla,  Wash.  Ter. 

Kinney,  Edward  C Lorraine,  Ohio. 

Knapp,  Louis  H 280  Linwood  Avenue,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Masten,  C.  S. Div.  Eng.  W.  St.  L.  and  P.  Rwy.,  Moberly,  Mo. 

McMath,  R.  E City  Hall,  Room  10,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Monroe,  J.  Albert Providence,  R.  I. 

Opdyke,  Stacy  B Supt.  N.  H.  &  N.  Co.,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Partridge,  John  A Empire  House,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

PoE,  Orlando  M Major  Corps  of  Engineers,  Bvt.  Brig. -Gen.  U.  S.  A., 

34  Congress  Street,  West,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Ray,  N.  C Ass't  Eng.  U.  P.  R.  R.,  Railroad  Building,  Omaha, 

Neb. 

Rives,  A.  L Vice-Prest.  R.  &  D.  R.  R.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Savage,  Albert  C Supt.  Cons.  Mex.  International  R.  R.,  San  Antonio, 

Texas. 

Searles,  William  H Elyria,  Ohio. 

Smith,  Charles  A Newburyport,  Mass. 

Smith,  Hamilton,  Jr (Care   of  Laidlaw   &  Co.),  14  Wall  Street,  New  York 

City. 

Smith,  Isaac  W Chief  Eng.  O.  P.  R.  R.,  New  Tacoma,  Wash.  Ter. 

Van  Brocklin,  Martin.  .  .Oneida,  N.  Y. 

Vance,  Hart  Wilson's  Point,  La. 

Walling,  Henry  F Topographer  IT.    S.    Geological   Survey,   Pittsfield, 

Mass. 

Williamson,  Wm.  G (Care  Gen.  Man.  Western  Rwy.  of  Ala. )  Montgomery, 

Ala. 

Weotnowski,  Arthur  F.  .(Care  W.  H.  Sharp),  28  South  Sixth  Street,  Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

YoNGE,  Samuel  H Chief  Eng.  L.  &  K.  C.  Div.  Improvement  Missouri 

River,  213  Missouri  Ave.,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

YoRKE,  Edward 1.526  Tenth  Street,  Sacramento,  Cal. 

juniors. 

Brooks,  Frederick 130Boylston  Street,  Boston,  Mass. 

Cornell,  George  B Ass't  Eng.,  Bridge   Dept.,  N.  Y.  W.  S.  &  B.  R.  R., 

Mills  Building,  New  York  City. 

Crosby,  B.  L Rulo,  Richardson  Co.,  Neb. 

Curtis,  Wendell  R U.  S.  Ass't  Eng.,  P.  O.  Box  133,  Savannah,  Ga. 

Emonts,  W.  a.  G 413  Walnut  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


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Haviland,  A.KTHDE (Care  of  E.  Wanzer),  Plainfield,  N.  J. 

HoRTON,  Sandford 27  Reynolds  Arcade,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Ledeele,  George  A Snake  River  Bridge,  Ainsworth,  Wash.  Ter. 

Macy,  Arthue Silver  King,  Pinal  Co.,  Arizona. 

Reuschel,  William Engineer  C.  C.  C.  &  I.  Ry. ,  and  I.  &  St.  L.  Ry.,  Cleve- 
land, Ohio. 

RosENWEiG,  Alfred (Care  Agn.  Gutheil  &  Co.),  San  Luis  Potosi,  Mexico, 

via  Laredo,  Texas. 

Webster,  Albert  L Johns  Hopkins  University,  Baltimore,  Md. 


DEATHS. 

Anslet,  George  D Elected  Member  September  4th,  1878.  Died  Sep- 
tember 22d,  1883. 

Brough,  Redmond  J Elected   Member  September   1st,   1880.     Died  July 

21st,  1883. 

Dresser,  George  W Elected   Member  July   i3th,  1876.      Died  May  27th, 

1883. 


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PHOOEEDINGS. 

Vol.    IX.— October,  1883. 


MINUTES    OF    MEETINGS, 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


OcTOBEK  3cl,  1883. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Director  George  S. 
Greene  in  the  chair  ;  John  Bogart,  Secretar3^  Ballots  for  membership 
•were  canvassed  and  the  following  candidates  declared  elected  : 

As  Members — Charles  Edward  Henry  Campbell,  Council  Bluffs,  la. ; 
George  Anson  Marr,  St.  Paul,  Minn. ;  Charles  John  Augustus  Morris, 
St.  Paul,  Minn.;  Andrew  Kosewater,  Omaha,  Neb.;  Frank  S.  Stevens, 
Albany,  N.  Y. ;  Henry  Robinson  Towne,  Stamford,  Conn. ;  Frederick 
William  Watkins,  New  York  City. 

The  Secretary  announced  the  death,  on  September  22d,  1883,  of  Mr. 
George  Doane  Ansley,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  elected  as  such  Sej^tember 
4th,  1878. 

Mr.  Robert  L.  Harris,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  made  the  following  re- 
marks ; 

Mr.  Chairman  and  Fellow  Members  :  It  is  with  feelings  of  sadness 
that  I  come  here  this  evening,  having  learned  of  the  death  of  three  for- 
mer engineering  associates,  of  one  of  whom  I  would  sj^eak.  Although 
not  a  member  of  this  Society,  yet  he  was  an  eminent  and  able  member 
of  our  profession,  and  as  such  worthy  of  honorable  mention  here, 

Samuel  S.  Montague,  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Central  Pacific  Railroad, 
of  California,  died  the  past  week  near  Shasta,  Cal. ,  at  the  age  of  about 
46  years. 


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It  was  my  social  and  professional  privilege  to  Lave  been  associated 
with  Mr.  Montague  some  eighteen  years  ago  in  the  Sierra  Nevadas  in 
California  and  Nevada.  He  was  a  qniet,  industrious,  tireless  man  ;  small 
in  stature,  large  in  capacity.  At  about  the  age  of  26  he  was  suddenly 
called  to  take  engineering  charge  of  what  proved  to  be  one  of  the  greatest 
works  of  modern  times.  At  that  time  the  whole  coixntry  was  resounding 
with  the  din  of  arms;  young  men  as  well  as  old  were  distinguishing  them- 
selves in  every  active  way,  and  the  earlier  stages  of  the  enterprise  men- 
tioned, and  its  active  workers,  were  therefore  scarcely  noticed. 

A  bold  and  heavy  piece  of  engineering  was  to  be  located,  designed 
and  constructed.  It  was  difficult  upon  that,  the  distant  Pacific  coast,  to 
have  reference  to  precedents;  while  there  were  also  more  than  the  usual 
number  of  original  problems  to  be  solved,  yet  the  great  expenditure  of 
money  was  carried  on  with  uniformly  successful  results. 

Bold  location,  involving  sharply  curved  tunnels,  heavy  rock  masonry 
and  trestle-work,  was  common ;  some  thirty  or  forty  miles  of  very  strong 
timber  snow-shed  tunnels  were  built  along  mountains,  where  in  jjlaces 
the  snow  avalanches  would  cut  a  swath  through  the  heavy  timber  of  a 
quarter  mile  wide  for  a  half  mile  down  the  mountain  side.  I  remember 
no  failure  of  these  or  other  structures  except  by  fire. 

Mr.  Montague  would  have  been  a  famous  man  in  any  country  except 
for  his  peculiarly  modest  and  unassuming  manner ;  although  this,  one 
of  the  greatest  works  of  the  country,  went  on  perfectly,  smoothly  and 
rapidly,  with  Mr.  Montague  here,  there  and  everywhere,  yet  he  seemed 
thoroughly  unobtrusive.  Without  at  first  the  title  of  chief  engineer, 
working  with  that  of  acting  chief  engineer,  yet  he  conquered,  fairly 
eai'ned  and  obtained  the  former  title  before  the  construction  was  accom- 
plished, and  ever  since  has  been  the  respected  chief  engineer  of  the 
Central  Pacific  Railroad. 

As  an  instance  to  show  the  small  degree  in  which  he  made  himself 
prominent,  while  his  endeavors  were  entirely  enlisted  in  the  work  and 
his  influence  was  everywhere  felt,  I  will  cite  that  when  the  golden  spike 
from  California  and  laurel  tie  from  San  Francisco  were  being  conveyed 
to  the  site  of  the  last  rail  at  Promontory  (there  to  meet  the  Nevada  sil- 
ver hammer),  these  to  be  noted  articles  were  privately  shown  me  sepa- 
rately upon  the  steamboat  from  San  Francisco  to  Sacramento  by  ac- 
quaintances who  presented  them. 

Upon  the  golden  spike  were  inscribed  the  names  and  titles  of  the 
president,  directors,  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  railroad,  but  the  name 
and  title  of  the  chief  engineer  were  missing.  I  asked  the  then  owner  of 
the  tie  to  let  me  see  the  inscription  on  the  silver  plate  ;  it  was  similar  to 
that  upon  the  spike;  a  similar  oversight  had  occurred,  and  there  was  no 
mention  of  him  who  had  been  so  largely  instrumental  in  the  success  of 
the  construction  and  whose  approval  had  been  necessary  in  its  details. 


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A  surijrised  look  and  few  words  were  all  that  was  necessary.  "  What 
could  be  done  ?  We  would  not  omit  the  name  and  title  of  this  busy 
worker,  our  active  head  and  our  friend,  for  anything,  and  it  is  now  too 
late  for  re-engraving  !  "  The  omissions  were  remedied,  however,  for  the 
inscriptions,  as  handed  to  and  telegraphed  by  the  reporters  at  the  cele- 
bration, contained  the  name  and  title  of  Samuel  S.  Montague,  Chief 
Engineer,  although  these  were  engraved  subsequently. 

While  a  bold,  yet  he  was  not  an  aggressive  man.  Timidity  was  never 
shown,  and  his  i^arties  took  this  cue  from  their  leader.  During  the  ex- 
plorations easterly  toward  the  Rocky  Mountains,  his  parties  worked  with 
little  if  any  escort,  while  it  was  the  complaint  of  some  of  the  i^arties 
working  from  the  east  that  their  movements  were  sometimes  hampered 
by  their  military  friends. 

We  engineers  appreciate  and  admire  master-pieces  of  creative  design, 
harmonioias  structure  and  grand  usefulness  among  the  works  of  men. 
"  An  honest  man  is  the  noblest  work  of  God,"  and  as  such  Ave  i^art  with 
our  friend  Samuel  S.  Montague,  C  E.,  at  the  close  of  his  useful  and 
honorable  career. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Robert  L.  Harris,  the  following  was  adopted  : 

Resolved,  Recognizing  Mr.  Samuel  S.  Montague,  Chief  Engineer 
Central  Pacific  Railroad  of  California,  as  a  leader  in  our  profession,  we 
join  our  esteem  to  that  of  his  associates  and  express  our  regrets  at  so 
early  a  close  to  his  useful  and  honorable  life. 

A  paper  by  James  Christie,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  the  subject  of 
"Experiments  on  the  Strength  of  Wrought-Iron  Struts,"  was  read,  in 
the  absence  of  the  author,  by  the  Secretary,  and  discussed  by  Messrs. 
Cooper  and  Emery. 

October  17th,  1883.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m..  Director  William 
G.  Hamilton  in  the  chair  ;  John  Bogart,  Secretary. 

A  paper  by  Mr.  Charles  J.  Appleby,  M.  Inst.  C.  E.,  of  London,  on 
"Cranes  as  Labor-Saving  Machines,"  was  read  by  the  author  and  dis- 
cussed by  Messrs.  Emery,  Greene,  Cartwright,  Piatt,  Cooper,  Hamilton, 
R.  L.  Harris,  Forney  and  the  author. 


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THE  ANNUAL  MEETING. 

The  Annual  Meeting  will  be  held  at  the  House  of  the  Society,  New 
York,  on  "Wednesday,  January  16th,  1881,  at  10  A.  m. 

The  Annual  Reports  will  be  presented ;  officers  of  the  Society  will  be 
elected;  the  time  and  place  for  the  next  Annual  Convention  will  be  con- 
sidered; reports  of  committees  will  be  received  and  discussed,  and  other 
business  will  be  transacted. 

Arrangements  for  Wednesday,  January  16th,  and  for  Thursday, 
January  17th,  will  be  perfected  by  special  committees. 


iinmcan   locidg  of  ^M   ih^mm. 


r^JROOEEJDIISrGS. 


Vol.    IX.  — November,    I883. 


MINUTES     OF     MEETINGS 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 

November  7th,  1883.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President 
William  H.  Paine  in  the  chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.  Ballots  for  mem- 
bership were  canvassed,  and  the  following  candidates  declared  elected: 
As  Members— Thomas  Norton  Bailey,  of  Charleston,  S.  0. ;  Henry  Waller 
Brinckerhoff,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. ;  Ebenezer  Smith  Wheeler,  of  Sault  St. 
Marie,  Mich. 

The  death,  on  October  2d,  1883,  of  Mr.  Thomas  J.  Seely,  M.  Am. 
Soc.  C.  E.,  and  the  death,  on  October  4th,  1883,  of  Mr.  Henry  Farnam, 
F.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  were  announced. 

A  paper  by  Mr.  Edwin  Thacher,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  "Description  of 
a  Combined  Triangular  acd  Suspension  Bridge  Truss,  and  Comparison 
of  its  Cost  with  that  of  the  Warren,  Pratt,  Whipple  and  Howe  Trusses," 
was  read  by  the  Secretary,  in  the  absence  of  the  writer,  and  was  dis- 
cussed by  members  present. 

A  collection  of  samples  of  Mexican  woods  was  presented  by  Mr. 
James  D.  Schuyler,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  and  a  description  of  each 
variety  was  given.  Specimens  of  woods  collected  in  southern  Michigan, 
and  presented  by  Mr.  John  M.  Goodwin,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  and  also 


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specimens  of  woods  collected  in  the  United  States  of  Colombia,  and  pre- 
sented by  Mr.  F.  J.  Cisneros,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  were  exhibited. 

No\^MBER  21sT,  1883.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Director  George 
S.  Greene,  Jr.,  in  the  chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.  A  paper  by  Mr.  E. 
H.  Keating,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  the  Shubenacadie  Canal,  was  read  by 
the  Secretary,  in  the  absence  of  the  writer,  and  was  discussed. 

A  description,  by  Mr.  Charles  C.  Smith,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  of  a 
hydraulic  canal,  built  in  very  cold  weather,  at  Minneapolis,  was  read  by 
the  Secretary,  and  discussed. 

The  recent  adoption  of  a  system  of  standard  time  for  railways  was 
discussed.  Mr.  J.  E.  Hilgard,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  described  the  measures 
in  progress  in  reference  to  the  adoption  of  a  standard  prime  meridian. 
He  also  stated  the  results  of  the  recent  meeting  at  Rome,  Italy,  of  the 
superintendents  of  the  geodetic  surveys  of  various  nations. 


OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION. 

OcTOBEK  .31sT,  1883.— Applications  were  considered.  The  following 
members  of  the  Society  were  appointed  a  Board  of  Censors  to  award 
the  Norman  Medal:  Messrs.  William  R.  Hutton,  P.  A.  Peterson  and  F. 
Collingwood. 

The  following  members  of  the  Society  were  appointed,  with  the 
Secretary,  a  Committee  to  award  the  Rowland  Prize:  Messrs.  Lucius  A. 
Smith  and  De  Volson  Wood. 

The  report  of  the  Nominating  Committee  was  presented,  and  the 
action  prescribed  by  the  by-laws  was  directed. 

NovEMBEB  7th,  1883.— Applications  were  considered.  A  letter  from 
the  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Philadelphia,  requesting  the  selection  of  the 
names  of  two  engineers  in  reference  to  the  pavements  for  the  streets  of 
large  cities,  in  accordance  with  an  ordinance  of  the  Councils  of  that  city, 
was  considered.  In  accordance  with  a  vote  of  the  Society  in  a  similar 
case  (see  Proceedings,  Vol.  YIII,  p.  101,  September,  1882),  the  Board 
selected  the  following  names:  Edward  P.  North,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  and 
Robert  Moore,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

In  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  Article  XXVII  of  the  Constitu- 
tion, it  was  ordered  that  the  membership  should  cease  of  six  persons 
whose  arrears  of  dues  had  not  been  paid  after  six  months'  notice  had 
been  given  in  the  regular  form. 


I'L     .       ,.-:-L^-^^ 


PHOCEEDINaS. 

Vol.    X. — January,   1884. 


MINUTES     OF    MEETINGS 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


January  2d,  1884.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President  Wil- 
liam H.  Paine  in  the  Chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.  Ballots  for  mem- 
bership were  canvassed,  and  the  following  candidates  declared  elected : 
As  Members— Frederick  Brooks  (elected  Junior,  June  7th,  1876), 
Boston,  Mass.;  William  Hammond  Hall,  Sacramento,  Cal.;  Charles 
Warren  Hunt,  New  York  City;  Stillman  Williams  Kobinson,  Columbus, 
Ohio.     As  Junior— Edward  E.  Magovern,  Hoboken,  New  Jersey. 

The  death,  December  27th,  1883,  of  Gen.  A.  A.  Humphreys,  U.  S.  A., 
Hon.  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. ,  was  announced.  A  paper  by  A.  V.  Abbott, 
Jun.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  "Some  Eecent  Improvements  in  Testing 
Machines,"  was  read  by  the  author,  and  illustrated  by  the  stereopticon. 


2  JANUAEY     PROCEEDINGS. 

The  Anntjal  Mekting. 

January  16th,  1884.— The  Annual  Meeting  was  held  at  the  House 
of  the  Society,  beginning  at  10  a.  m.  In  the  absence  in  Europe  of 
the  President  of  the  Society,  the  Chair  was  taken  by  Vice-President 
William  H.  Paine;  John  Bogart  acted  as  Secretary.  The  ballot  for 
officers  of  the  Society  being  declared  closed,  the  following  members  of 
the  Society  were  appointed  tellers  of  the  vote:  Gen.  George  S.  Greene, 
Mr.  Frederick  N.  Finney,  Mr.  Charles  H.  Fisher.  ,  ,     ,,      ^ 

The  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Direction*  was  read  by  the  Sec- 
retary, and  accepted.  -,  i.  j 

The  Annual  Eeport  of  the  Treasurer*  was  read  and  accepted. 

The  Report  of  the  Finance  Committee*  was  read  and  accepted. 

The  Secretary  presented  an  abstract  of  the  replies  received  to  the 
circular  asking  suggestions  as  to  the  place  and  time  for  the  next  Conven- 
tion,  as  follows: 

21 

San  Francisco  was  suggested  by ^^ 

Buffalo  "  g 

New  York  "  '      « 

Atlanta  "  p- 

^  ,,  a  ^ 

Denver  g 

Philadelphia  "  "  ^ 

Chicago  "  '  ^ 

Cincinnati  "  ^ 

New  Orleans  "  " 

Each  of  the  following  places  was  suggested  by  two:  Baltimore. 
Boston,  Charleston,  Hartford,  Niagara  Falls,  Providence. 

Each  of  the  following  places  was  suggested  by  one  :  Colorado. 
Detroit,  Florida,  Georgia,  Ithaca,  Jersey  City,  Louisville,  Mt  Washing- 
ton Nashville,  New  Haven,  Norfolk,  Omaha,  Pittsburgh,  Portland,  Me.. 
St  Louis,  Saratoga.  Savannah.  Topeka,  Troy,  White  Sulphur  Springs, 

^'Se  frc'l^etary  also  read  special  notes  made  by  members  in  communi- 
cating these  suggestions. 

The  following  letter  was  read: 

BuFFAiiO,  N.  y.,  Jan.  8,  1884. 

John  BoGAKT,  Esq.,  ,    ^    t^ 

Secretary  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  New  Yo^k,  JS.  Y. 

Dear  Sir,-We  are  advised  that  your  Society  has  now  under  consid- 
eration the  ^oint  at  which  its  annual  meeting  shall  be  held  for  the  cui-- 
rent  year.     We  beg  leave  to  s^igges^tha^^ou^ak^^he_cit^^^ 

*  Printed  separately. 


JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  3 

into  consideration  in  determining  this  question.  As  your  meeting  will 
occur  in  the  summer  time,  we  think  that  you  will  find  no  more  agreeable 
place  in  which  to  hold  it.  Besides,  there  are  a  number  of  important 
public  works  here,  and  in  this  vicinity,  just  completed,  and  in  process 
of  construction,  which,  no  doubt,  your  members  will  be  interested  in 
examining,  and  we  have  no  hesitancy  in  saying  that  you  will  be  gener- 
ously welcomed  by  the  citizens  of  Buffalo,  who  will  feel  much  honored 
and  complimented  in  the  selection  of  their  city  for  your  meeting-place. 
Yours  very  truly, 

Jonathan  ScoviiiLE, 

Mayor  of  Buffalo. 
R.  B.  Hefford, 

President  of  the  Common  Council. 

J.    B.    ScHOELIiKOPF, 

President  Buffalo  Board  of  Trade. 
William  Thukstone, 

Secretary   Buffalo    Board   of   Trade 
and  Buffalo  Merchants'  Exchange. 

On  motion,  after  discussion,  it  was  determined  that  the  invitation  be 
accepted,  that  the  place  for  the  next  Convention  be  the  city  of  Buffalo, 
and  that  the  determination  of  the  time  of  the  Convention  be  referred  to 
the  Board  of  Direction. 

The  tellers  presented  the  canvass  of  the  ballot  for  officers :  207  had 
been  received;  4  of  these  having  no  endorsement  of  the  members'  names, 
could  not  be  counted,  leaving  203  votes  canvassed.  The  following  mem- 
bers were  formally  elected  officers  of  the  Society  for  the  ensuing  year: 

President:  Don  J.  Whittemoke, 

Vice-Preside?its :  William  H.  Paine,  Joseph  P.  Davis. 

Secretary  and  Librarian  :  John  Bogaet. 

Treasurer:  J.  James  R.  Cedes. 

Directors:  Geoege  S.  Geeene,  Jr.,  William  Metoalf,  Theodgee 
CooPEE,  Fred.  Geaff,  William  R.  Hutton. 

Mr.  Whittemoee,  on  the  announcement  of  his  election  as  President, 
said: 

Gentlemen,  Members  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers, — 
Glancing  over  our  catalogue,  I  note  the  names  of  many  eminent  engi- 
neers, who  have  played  important  parts  in  developing  and  perfecting  the 
various  industries  of  this  continent.  It  is  not  strange,  therefore,  that  I 
feel  in  some  degree  unworthy  of  the  office  you  have  conferred  on  me, 
and  incompetent  to  discharge  the  duties  pertaining  thereto  with  the 
measure  of  ability  you  have  a  right  to  expect.  Conceding  the  truth  of 
Bishop  Berkeley's  oft-quoted  line,  that  "  Westward  the  course  of  Empire 
takes  its  way,"  it  is  also  true  that  the  western  march  of  civilization  fol- 


4  JANUAEY     PROCEEDINGS. 

lows  paths  first  deinarked  and  trodden  by  the  American  civil  engineer; 
and  I  apprehend  that  whatever  honor  or  distinction  attaches  to  the  posi- 
tion to  which  you  have  chosen  me,  was  generously  intended  for  those 
members  of  our  profession  who  have  contributed  so  largely  to  the  estab- 
lishment of  man's  empire  and  the  miraculous  progress  of  human  enter- 
prise in  that  region  of  our  vast  country  with  which  it  is  my  present 
fortune  to  be  identified.  With  this  belief  I  accept  the  evidence  of  your 
partiality  gratefully.  I  cannot  acknowledge  that  any  one  loves  the  pro. 
fession  more,  or  has  a  higher  respect  for  the  members  of  this  Society,  or 
a  greater  appreciation  of  the  practical  value  of  our  organization  than 
myself,  and  those  with  whom  I  am  geographically  associated.  We,  of 
the  West,  have  heretofore  worked  very  much  alone.  The  problems 
occurring  in  our  battles  with  Nature's  forces  have  been  solved  sometimes 
badly,  sometimes  well.  Contact  with  others  who  have  encountered 
similar  obstacles,  with  less  labor  and  less  material  than  we  have  been 
compelled  to  employ,  certainly  would  have  tended  to  diminish  the  factor 
of  error  in  our  experience.  Therefore,  we  especially  realize  that  one  of  the 
marked  advantages  of  this  Society  lies  in  the  opportunity  it  affords  for 
the  interchange  of  ideas  and  the  comparison  of  experience  between  mem- 
bers; and  though  we  may  often  depart  from  our  meetings  with  a  hum- 
bler esteem  of  our  own  personal  achievements  and  capacity,  we  are  yet 
mbued  with  a  reverence  for  our  profession,  and  a  respect  for  its  mem- 
bers proportionately  exalted. 

Considering  the  immensity  and  importance  of  the  practical  results 
accomplished  under  your  direction  in  late  years,  it  is  not  too  much  to 
expect  that  the  coming  year  will  give  to  our  Society  and  the  profession 
the  benefit  of  many  papers  of  exceptional  value  ;  especially  that  the 
members  of  this  Society,  officially  and  personally,  will,  by  all  proper 
efforts,  put  forth  every  reasonable  endeavor  to  promote  experimental 
inquiry  as  to  the  strength  of  all  kinds  of  material  used  in  construction, 
a  field  of  investigation  which  seems  to  present  a  special  opportunity  for 
the  employment  of  practical  skill  and  intellectual  force  at  this  time. 

Eesiding  so  far  away,  it  cannot  be  expected  that  I  shall  be  able  to 
preside  at  all  the  stated  meetings  of  the  Society.  Fortunately,  however, 
you  have  elected  distinguished  and  capable  gentlemen  to  office  who 
reside  at  or  near  your  headquarters,  any  one  of  whom  can  administer  the 
affairs  of  the  Society  with  acceptable  ability.  With  great  pleasure  I 
note  the  re-election  both  of  our  former  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  who 
have  for  many  years  faithfully  and  ably  served  you. 

The  report  of  the  Board  of  Censors  to  award  the  Norman  Medal  was 
read,  as  follows  : 

Januaky  16th,  1884. 
To  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers: 

The  Board  of  Censors   to  award  the   Norman   Medal  for  the  year 


JANUARY     PROCEEDINGS.  5 

terminating  August  1st,  1883,  report  that  they  consider  that  the  award 
should  be  made  to  Papers  Nos.  CCXLVIII  and  CCLVIII,  "  On  the 
Increased  Efficiency  of  Railways  for  the  Transportation  of  Freight," 
and  "  How  can  Railways  be  made  more  Efficient  in  the  Transportation 
of  Freight  ?  ",  by  William  P.  Shinn,  M.  Am.  Soc.  0.  E. 

Respectfully, 

P.  Alex.  Peterson, 
f.  collingwood, 
Wm.  R.  Hutton, 

Board  of  Censors. 

On  motion,  the  report  was  accepted. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  appointed  to  award  the  Rowland  Prize 
was  read,  as  follows  : 

January  15th,  1884. 
To  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  : 

The  Committee  appointed  to  award  the  Rowland  Prize  for  the  year 
terminating  August  1st,  1883,  report  that,  in  their  judgment,  the  prize 
should  be  awarded  to  Paper  No.  CCLXIII,  "  Rebuilding  the  Mononga- 
hela  Bridge,"  by  G.  Lindenthal,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

Respectfully, 

Dk.  L.  a.  SanTH, 
De  VoiiSON  Wood, 
John  Bogart, 

Committee. 
On  motion,  the  report  was  accepted. 

The  deaths  of  the  following  members  were  announced  :  Charles  L. 
McAlpine,  elected  Member  December  4,  1867,  died  January  11,  1884>; 
John  Griffen,  elected  Member  April  15,  1868,  died  January  14,  1884. 

The  Chair  (Vice-President  Wm.  H.  Paine). — Two  of  the  commit- 
tees having  requested  a  short  postponement  before  presenting  their 
reports,  general  business  is  now  in  order. 

O.  E.  MiCHAELis,  M.  Am.  Soc.  0.  E. — Mr.  President,  with  your  per- 
mission, I  desire  to  bring  before  the  Society  for  its  consideration,  a  mat- 
ter that  was  suggested  to  several  members  during  our  recent  trip  to  wit- 
ness the  opening  of  the  Cantilever  bridge.  At  that  time  the  matter  that 
gave  occasion  for  these  remarks  was  this  :  We  were  in  a  special  train, 
which  had  been  increased  by  quite  a  number  of  cars  in  Buffalo,  running 
down  to  Niagara  Falls,  and  the  Secretary  was  furnished  with  a  number 
of  invitations  to  a  collation  there  for  distribution  to  the  members  of  the 
Society.     He  called  upon  me  to  aid  him  in  making  the  distribution,  and 


6  JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

we  went  through  the  train  distributing  the  invitations.  The  member- 
ship of  the  Society  is  now  so  large  that  even  our  able  Secretary  is  not 
always  sure  whom  he  is  addressing,  and  it  was  very  awkward  in  handing 
these  tickets  out  to  have  a  gentleman  say  :  "  Give  me  one  of  those 
tickets,"  and  to  have  to  say  to  him,  "  Are  you  a  member  of  the  Society  ?" 
to  which  he  might  say  "  No,  but  I  am  an  official  of  a  large  rail- 
way corporation,"  and  it  would  have  been  hard  to  refuse  a  ticket  to  a 
gentleman  of  that  sort.  It  occurred  to  me  that  it  might  be  appropriate 
on  such  occasions  to  have  some  modest  badge  which  could  be  worn  to 
distinguish  the  members  of  the  Society,  and  in  order  to  bring  that  about 
I  make  these  remarks.  Perhaps  there  may  be  suggestions  from  other 
members . 

The  Secketaky. — I  must  say  that  the  experience  which  Captain 
Michaelis  has  spoken  of  has  occurred  a  number  of  times,  and  if  we 
could  get  some  appropriate  method  by  which  members  could  be  distin- 
guished without  its  being  too  obtrusive,  it  would  be  desirable.  I  know 
that  the  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers  and  the  American 
Institute  of  Mining  Engineers  both  have  adopted  a  little  pin  which  can 
be  worn  on  the  vest.  The  American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers  has 
a  small  hammer  and  pick.  The  American  Society  of  Mechanical 
Engineers  has  an  enamel  pin  with  the  initial  letters  of  the  Society  upon 
it.  This  seems  to  be  a  small  matter,  but  on  the  trip  referred  to,  its 
absence  was  quite  annoying.  But  if  the  members  had  worn  badges  it 
would  have  been  a  very  simple  matter.  This  subject  is  not  entirely 
new.  At  the  time  of  making  arrangements  for  one  of  our  annual  meet- 
ings, some  years  ago,  I  remember  that  our  friend,  now  deceased,  who 
was  then  a  Director  of  the  Society,  Major  George  W.  Dresser,  took  the 
trouble  to  look  up  the  matter  of  getting  an  appropriate  pin,  and  secured 
some  designs.  I  know  that  he  intended  to  present  those  designs.  I  do 
not  myself  know  of  any  especial  objection  to  the  suggestion  made  by 
Captain  Michaelis. 

O.  E.  Michaelis,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.— Perhaps  the  idea  that  I  had  in 
mind  was  suggested  by  the  course  pursued  by  the  Military  Order  of  the 
Loyal  Legion.  Their  little  badge  is  a  small  piece  of  sheet  metal,  with  a 
rosette  of  perhaps  three- eighths  of  an  inch  in  diameter,  which  is  worn 
in  the  button-hole,  and  on  occasions  when  it  is  not  needed  it  is  carried 
in  the  pocket.  It  is  easily  seen  when  occasion  demands.  Still,  to  bring 
the  matter  to  a  point,  I  move  that  the  Board  of  Direction  be  requested 
to  prepare  a  suitable  badge,  to  be  worn  on  occasions  when  the  Society 
meets  as  a  body. 

The  motion  was  seconded. 

The  Secretary.— Some  years  ago  I  tried  to  accomplish  this  result 
by  the  use  of  members'  tickets,  which,  I  have  no  doubt,  all  of  you  may 
remember  to  have  received  ;  but  nobody  brought  his  ticket  along  with 
him  when  he  ought  to  have  it,  and  so  it  did  not  work.     A  gentleman 


JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  7 

suggests  that  a  little  ribbon,  that  we  sometimes  use  at  the  Conventions, 
would  do.  But  as  nobody  keeps  those  ribbons,  they  are  lost,  and  new 
ones  have  to  be  prepared  for  each  occasion. 

F.  N.  Finney,  M.  Am.  See.  C.  E. — There  is  another  thing  in  favor  of 
a  badge  of  that  kind.  I  would  suggest  that,  instead  of  being  worn  at 
the  meetings,  it  be  something  that  could  be  worn  at  all  times.  It  is 
very  pleasant,  if  you  are  on  a  train  of  cars,  to  meet  some  gentleman 
who  belongs  to  this  Society,  and  pass  away  the  time  with  him.  I  think 
if  we  should  have  a  badge  that  could  be  worn  at  all  times,  it  would  be  a 
very  great  convenience. 

O.  E.  MiCHAELis,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. — If  there  is  no  objection,  I 
will  suggest  that  the  resolution  be  worded,  "a  badge  to  be  worn  by 
members  at  meetings,  and  which  may  be  worn  by  them  at  other 
times." 

The  Chaik  (Vice-President  Wsi.  H.  Paine). — The  motion,  as  amended, 
is,  that  the  Board  of  Direction  should  prepare  a  badge  to  be  worn  by  the 
members  of  the  Society  at  meetings,  and  which  may  be  worn  by  them 
at  other  times. 

The  motion  was  adopted. 

The  Secretary. — The  Committee  upon  a  Uniform  System  for  Tests 
of  Cement  is  now  ready  to  present  a  communication,  and  I  am  requested 
to  say  that  the  Chairman  of  that  Committee,  Mr.  D.  J.  Whittemore,  has 
asked  Mr.  Eliot  C.  Clarke,  one  of  the  members  of  the  Committee,  to 
read  the  report. 

Eliot  C.  Clarke,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. — I  may  say,  in  explanation  of 
this  paper,  that  it  is  not  the  final  rejiort  of  the  Committee.  The  mem- 
bers of  the  Committee,  living  as  they  do  in  all  parts  of  the  country, 
have  had  some  difficulty  in  having  a  sufficient  number  of  meetings,  and 
they  have  not  yet  finally  agreed  upon  a  report  ;  but  a  draft,  which  has 
been  made  by  the  Chairman  and  some  of  the  members  of  the  Committee, 
is  submitted  for  further  consideration,  or  further  modification.  That  is 
•what  I  propose  to  read.  It  is  what  the  report  will  be  substantially,  but 
with  some  alterations. 

Mr.  Clarke  then  read  the  report.  * 

Eliot  C.  Clarke,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.— This  is  considered  rather  as  a 
report  of  progress  on  the  part  of  the  Committee,  showing  that  we  are 
trying  to  agree  on  something.  There  are  some  points  in  this  on  which 
we  are  not  all  agreed,  but  which  we  may  agree  on  later,  or  modify. 

The  Chair  (Vice-President  William  H.  Paine).— This  communica- 
tion is  now  before  you  for  discussion,  and  for  motion  as  to  the  continu- 
ance of  the  Committee. 

*  Will  be  printed  subsequently. 


8  JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

J.  J.  R.  Ckoes,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.— I  move  that  the  report  be 
accepted. 

The  Secretaky. — The  Committee  desires  leave  to  present  their  report 
for  printing  at  a  futiire  time. 

J.  J.  E.  Ckoes,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.  — The  members  who  are  not  here 
want  to  see  it  as  well  as  we  do.  I  think  that  mj  motion  was  in  the  proper 
form. 

D.  J.  Whittemore,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. — Living  so  far  apart,  it  was 
necessary  for  two  or  three  of  us  to  get  our  heads  together,  you  might 
say,  and  formulate  something  about  which  the  matter  could  be  crystal- 
lized, which  we  could  bring  to  the  attention  of  each  member  of  the 
Committee.  This  report  is  now  in  such  a  stage  that  any  member  of  the 
Committee  might  have  a  suggestion  or  an  amendment  which  he  might 
desire  to  see  incorporated  in  it.  The  sentences  sometimes  are  badly 
worded,  you  may  notice,  and  it  could  be  condensed  somewhat,  perhaps. 

J.  J.  R.  Ceoes,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. — I  do  not  understand  the  object 
of  giving  it  to  the  few  members  here  and  not  allowing  it  to  go  before  all 
the  members  for  siiggestions. 

Eliot  C.  Clarke,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. — The  object  of  reading  it  was 
that  we  thought  it  might  be  supposed  that  we  were  not  at  work  upon  it, 
and  we  presented  this  to  show  that  we  were  trying  to  agree  upon  a  re- 
port, and  we  wished  to  show  that  we  had  our  ideas  in  such  shape  as  to 
have  something  to  work  upon. 

F.  Colling  WOOD,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. — Why  not  let  this  go  forward 
and  be  printed  as  a  preliminary  report  of  the  Committee  ?  I  think  it  is 
very  valuable,  and  we  ought  to  accept  it  in  that  shape,  and  I  move  that 
it  be  accepted  as  a  preliminary  report  of  the  Committee. 

D.  J.  Whittemore,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. — I  think  it  would  hardly  be 
fair  to  put  it  as  the  report  of  the  Committee.  It  is  a  di'aft  of  the  report 
which  they  have  under  consideration. 

The  Chaxr  (Vice-President  William  H.  Paine). — The  motion  is  to 
accept  the  report  that  has  been  read  as  a  preliminary  report  of  the  Com- 
mittee. 

This  motion  was  adopted. 

The  report  was  then  discussed.  * 

After  this  discussion  a  recess  was  taken  for  lunch,  which  was  served 
in  the  Society  House. 

Second  Session. — January  16th,  3  p.  m. 

Vice-President  William  H.  Paine  in  the  Chair;  John  Bogart,  Secre- 
tary. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Uniform  Standard  Time  was  read 
by  the  chairman  of  that  committee,  Mr.  Sandford  Fleming,  M.  Am.  Soc. 
C.  E. 

*  Discussion  will  be  printed  with  the  report. 


JANUAKY    PROCEEDINGS.  9 

The  report  is  printed  separately. 

The  subject  was  then  discussed;  the  discussion  is  printed  with  the 
report. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  hereby 
acknowledge  the  extent  and  value  of  the  work  accomplished  to  date  by 
the  Committee  on  Uniform  Standard  Time,  and  tender  to  that  Commit- 
tee hearty  thanks  and  earnest  congratulations  for  the  diligence  and  the 
intelligent  and  fruitful  labors  of  which  the  results  have  been  so  well 
exhibited  in  the  report  presented. 

Resolved,  That  the  report  of  the  Committee  be  accepted,  and  the 
Committee  continued. 

The  Committee  on  Preservation  of  Timber  made  the  following  report, 
through  O.  Chanute,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  Chairman: 

Mr.  President,  the  Committee  on  the  Preservation  of  Timber  can 
only  at  this  time  report  progress,  and  ask  to  be  continued.  The  Com- 
mittee, singularly  enough,  is  embarrassed  by  the  amount  of  information 
it  has  received.  It  has  been  very  carefully  collecting  all  the  data  con- 
cerning what  has  been  accomplished  in  this  country  and  in  Europe  on 
the  subject.  It  has  made  the  lives  of  all  those  people  who  are  sujDposed 
to  know  anything  about  it  unhappy  until  they  said  what  they  knew;  and 
it  has  accumulated  about  two  bushels  of  correspondence,  about  800 
octavo  pages  of  print,  and  a  good  deal  of  miscellaneous  information. 
Unfortunately,  the  members  of  the  Committee  have  other  duties,  and 
are  scattered  all  over  the  country.  It  has  been  unable  thus  far  to  digest 
the  material  it  has  accumulated.  It  hopes,  however,  that  before  the 
winter  is  over  it  will  be  able  to  take  the  matter  in  hand,  and  submit  to 
you  a  report,  which  I  fear  will  run  to  some  length,  in  which  it  will  give 
in  full  the  results  of  what  experiments  have  been  tried  in  this  country, 
but  also  give  the  data  in  sufficient  detail  so  that  each  one  upon  obtaining 
that  information  can  form  his  own  conclusions.  With  this  apology  for 
the  delay  in  the  prejiaration  of  the  report,  I  beg  the  indulgence  of  the 
Society. 

On  motion,  the  Committee  on  Preservation  of  Timber  was  continued. 

K  H.  Thtjkston,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E — I  would  like  to  ask  if  any 
action  has  been  taken  with  a  view  to  making  a  rendezvous  at  the  next 
meeting  of  the  American  Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Science,  at 
Philadelphia,  next  fall.  I  presume  the  members  know  that  after  the 
meeting  of  the  British  Association  that  of  the  American  Association 
occurs  at  Philadelphia,  and  arrangements  have  been  made  by  which 
members  of  the  British  Association  shall  attend  the  meetings  of  the 
American  Association,  and  vice  versa;  and  an  attempt  is  being  made, 
especially  by   the  presiding   officers  and   Secretary  of  the   Section  of 


10  JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

Mechanics,  which  includes  all  branches  of  engineering,  to  secure  a  large 
attendance  of  all  interested  in  applied  science.  The  Society  of  Mechan- 
ical Engineers  has  taken  some  action.  I  am  not  able  to  state  at  the 
moment  what  it  is.  And  it  is  hoped  by  the  officers  of  the  section  I  men- 
tioned that  this  Society  will  take  some  action  to  bring  together  those 
gentlemen  Intex'ested  at  the  meetings  of  the  two  Associations  and 
especially  at  the  meeting  of  the  Section  of  Mechanics,  in  Philadelphia. 

The  SECRETARr. — No  action  has  been  taken  on  that  subject.  It  has 
not  been  officially  brought  to  the  attention  of  the  Society,  or  of  the 
Board  of  Direction. 

E.  H.  Thurston,  M.  Am.  Soc.  0.  E.— I  will  say,  Mr.  President,  that 
the  officers  of  Section  D  of  the  American  Association  for  the  Advance- 
ment of  Science  will  communicate  with  the  Society,  with  a  view  to 
effecting  an  arrangement  by  which  several  technical  societies  may  I'en- 
dezvous  there,  and  in  anticij^ation  of  this  official  action  I  was  anxious  to 
have  the  matter  brought  up  at  this  meeting,  so  that  members  might  be 
prepared  to  consider  this  matter  and  to  meet  that  action  promptly. 
Circulars  are  now  in  the  hands  of  the  Committee,  and  as  soon  as  those 
circulars  are  ready  to  be  issued  they  will  be  sent  throughout  the  country 
to  all  who  are  interested  in  applied  science,  and  at  the  same  time  the 
officers  of  the  section  will  communicate  with  the  officers  of  the  American 
Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  and  other  technical  societies,  and  endeavor  to 
arrange  for  a  pleasant  convention  of  those  societies.  I  presume  that  it 
can  be  so  arranged  that  members  can  obtain  invitations  to  the  meeting 
of  the  British  Association.  I  jaresume  it  will  be  the  most  interesting 
meeting  of  this  kind  that  has  ever  been  had.  Prominent  engineers  from 
the  other  side  will  be  present  at  the  meetings,  and  it  is  expected  that  the 
strongest  members  of  the  American  Association  will  be  in  attendance. 

The  Annual  Meeting  then  adjourned. 

The  programme  for  the  meeting,  as  prepared  by  the  Committee  of 
Arrangements,  was  as  follows;  it  was  carried  out  in  all  details: 

Programme  for  Anjjual  Meeting. 

The  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Society  will  be  held  January  16th  and 
17th,  1884,  at  the  Society  House. 

The  Meeting  will  open  Wednesday,  January  16th,  at  10  a.  m.  The 
Annual  Reports  will  be  presented,  officers  elected,  reports  from  Commit- 
tees on  technical  subjects  presented  and  discussed.  The  awards  of  the 
Norman  Medal  and  of  the  Rowland  Prize  for  the  past  year  will  be 
announced. 

Lunch  will  be  served  at  the  Society  House  at  1.30  p.  m.  After  lunch, 
the  session  will  be  resumed  at  2.30  p.  m. 

The  members  of  the  Society  are  invited  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles 


JANUARY    PEOCEEDINGS.  11 

Macdooald  to  a  reception  at  their  house,  No.  247  Fifth  avenue,  on  Wed- 
nesday evening,  from  eight  till  eleven  o'clock. 

Thursday,  January  17th,  members  will  meet  at  the  New  York  ter- 
minus of  the  New  York  and  Brooklyn  Bridge  at  9.30  a.  m.,  or  at  the 
Society  House  at  9  a.  m.,  proceeding  thence  to  the  bridge.  Under  the 
escort  of  the  engineers  of  the  bridge,  the  party  will  take  the  bridge  cars 
for  the  Brooklyn  terminus,  will  inspect  the  engines  and  cable  apparatus, 
and  return  to  New  York. 

At  11.30  A.  M.,  at  the  Department  of  Tests  and  Experiments  of  Fair- 
banks &  Co.,  84  Thomas  street,  by  invitation  of  that  firm,  members  will 
view  the  practical  working  of  large  horizontal  and  vertical  Autographic 
Testing  Machines,  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  A.  V.  Abbott,  engineer  in 
charge. 

At  1  p.  M.  the  steam  ferry  boat  of  the  New  York,  West  Shore  and 
Buffalo  Railway  will  be  taken,  at  the  foot  of  Desbrosses  street,  and  pro- 
ceed up  the  Hudson  Eiver  to  the  wharves  of  that  railway  opjjosite  New 
York.  Lunch  will  be  served  at  the  new  Weehawken  Railway  Station  on 
the  arrival  of  the  boat.  By  invitation  of  the  officers  of  the  company, 
the  afternoon  will  be  spent  in  an  inspection  of  the  terminal  arrange- 
ments of  the  railway. 

On  Thursday  evening,  at  eight,  a  reception  for  gentlemen  will  be  held 
at  the  House  of  the  Society,  after  which  supper  will  be  served  in  the 
Library. 

Joseph  P.  Davis, 

WlIiIilAM   G.    HAMrLTON, 

John  Bogakt, 

Committee, 

The  members  of  the  Society,  122  in  number,  present  at  the  Annual 
Meeting,  Excursions,  etc.,  were: 

A.  V.  Abbott,  W.  M.  Allaire,  Edward  R.  Andrews,  Arthur  Beardsley, 
George  H.  Bishop,  H.  Bissell,  William  H.  Bixby,  H.  D.  Blunden, 
James  P.  Bogart,  John  Bogart,  Alfred  P.  Boiler,  H.  R.  Bradbury,  Fred. 
Brooks,  Thomas E.  Brown,  Jr., Charles  B.  Brush,  C.  O.  Brown,  L.  L.  Buck, 
Wm.  D.  Bullock,  Frank  A.  Calkins,  O.  Chanute,  N.  Cheney,  James 
Christie,  Eliot  C.  Clarke,  Thomas  C.  Clarke,  F.  Collingwood,  Alfred  G. 
Compton,  A.  N.  Connett,  Casimir  Constable,  Theodore  Cooper,  E.  L. 
Corthell,  Martin  Coryell,  J.  James  R.  Croes,  J.  Foster  Crowell,  Joseph 
P.  Davis,  P.  P.  Dickinson,  E.  B.  Dorsey,  C.  Wheeler  Durham,  Thomas 
Egleston,  N.  W.  Ellis,  Charles  E.  Emery,  John  W.  Ferguson,  F.  N. 
Finney,  Charles  H.  Fisher,  Sandford  Fleming,  George  H.  Frost,  Charles 
E.  Goad,  Fred.  Graff,  Samuel  M.  Gray,  George  S.  Greene,  George  S. 
Greene,  Jr.,  Frank  L.  Griswold,  Stephen  S.  Haight,  William  G.  Hamil- 
ton, George  E.  Harding,  Robert  L.  Harris,  Bentley  D.  Hasell,  William 
J.  Haskins,  Charles   H.   Haswell.  Arthur   Haviland,   Rudolph   Hering, 


la  JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

Sandford  Horton,  John  Houston,  Charles  W.  Hunt,  William  R.  Hutton,  | 
Thomas  W.  Jaycox,  Joseph  M.  Knap,  E.  D.  Leavitt,  Jr.,  Gustav  Lehl- 
bach,  G.  Leverich,  Thomas  D.  Lovett,  Charles  Macdonald,  William  W. 
Maclay,  Henry  Manley,  C.  C.  Martin,  William  J.  McAlpine,  Thomas  C. 
McCollom,  T.  H.  McKenzie,  George  W.  McNulty,  O.  E.  Michaelis,' 
Charles  H.  Myers,  W.  A.  Nichols,  Edward  P.  North,  F.  O.  Norton,  E. 
B.  Noyes,  S.  B.  Opdyke,  Jr.,  Josejjh  O.  Osgood,  James  Owen,  A.  B. 
Paine,  William  H.  Paine,  Robert  E.  Pettit,  Andrew  J.  Post,  P.  C. 
Prindle,  Benjamin  Rhodes,  Joseph  R.  Richards,  Percival  Roberts,  Jr., 
Edward  S.  Saiford,  J.  Gardner  Sanderson,  William  Sellers,  William  P. 
Shinn,  S.  H.  Shreve,  T.  Guilford  Smith,  Hamilton  Smith,  Jr.,  D.  McN. 
Staufter,  Elnathan  Sweet,  Cook  Talcott,  Robert  H.  Thurston,  George  C 
Tingley,  Stevenson  Towle,  Henry  R.  Towne,  Alfred  W.  Trotter,  John 
G.  Van  Home,  C.  D.  Ward,  L.  B.  Ward,  F.  W.  Watkins,  A.  M.  Wel- 
lington, D.  J.  Whittemore,  William  H.  Wiley,  Herbert  M.  Wilson, 
William  W .  Wilson,  De  Yolson  Wood,  William  E.  Worthen  and  Arthur 
F.  Wrotnowski. 


JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  ,  13 

EEPORT  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION 

For  the  year  ending  December  31s/!,  1883. 
Presented  and  accex)ted  at  the  Annual  Meeting,  January  16th,  1884. 


The  Board  of  Direction,  in  compliance  with  the  provisions  of  the  So- 
ciety law,  presents  its  report  for  the  year  ending  December  31st,  1884. 

As  shown  by  the  tabular  statements  given  with  this  report,  there  has 
been  during  the  year  an  addition  of  76  to  the  various  classes  of  Society 
membershiiD,  including  2  subscribers  to  the  Building  Fund  not  other- 
wise connected  with  the  Society.  The  losses  have  been  37,  being  17  by 
death,  8  by  resignation,  9  dropped  from  the  rolls,  and  3  transferred  to 
different  classifications. 

The  total  number  connected  with  the  Society,  December  31st,  1883, 
is  795,  classified  as  follows  : 

Honorary  Members,  resident ... .     2     Non-resident 7  Total...     9 

Corresponding  Members "         3  "...     3 

Members,  resident 122               "         467  "589 

Associates,      " 11               "         20  "31 

Juniors,           "       14               "         53  "     67 

687 

Making  resident 149    Non-resident 550  

Total 699 

Fellows,  66,  of  whom  8  Members  and  1  Honorary  Member  are  in- 
cluded above,  leaving 57 

Total  Members  and  Fellows 755 

Subscribers  to  the  Building  Fund,  131,  of  whom  88  are  entered  in 

one  or  other  of  the  above  classifications  and  4  deceased,  leaving      39 

Total  connected  with  the  Society  January  1st,  1884 795 

Tables  showing  the  classification  of  membership  at  the  beginning  of 
the  year,  and  the  changes  during  the  year,  are  given  in  a  subsequent 
part  of  this  report. 

It  will  be  seen  that  the  additions  to  the  membership  of  the  Society 
have  been  substantially  the  same  as  during  the  previous  year .  The  loss 
in  membership  by  death,  17  in  number,  has  been  much  greater  than 
usual . 

Under  the  provisions  of  the  constitution,  the  prescribed  notice  has 
been  issued  when  members  of  the  Society,  from  any  cause,  determine 
not  to  continue  the  payment  of  the  annual  dues,  and  in  case  of  inatten- 
tion to  such  notice  for  a  period  of  six  months,  the  name  of  the  member 


14  .lANUAHV    I'ROCIOICDJNOS. 

is,  by  tlio  law,  dropi'od  from  tho  rolls  of  tlio  Society.  Nino  such  cases 
have  occurred  during  the  past  year,  and,  consecjuently,  the  net  increase 
in  incniborshii)  is  nulucod  to  that  extent.  The  l?oai'd  is  glad  to  know, 
from  tlie  (expressions  of  approval  which  have  reached  it  from  many 
sources,  that  this,  wliicli  is  believed  to  be  a  true  business  coars(%  meets 
with  tlie  assent  of  the  membership  of  tlie  Society. 

Tlie  subject  of  the  increase  of  membership  should,  in  the  opinion  of 
th(^  Board,  be  considered  not  only  with  refennico  to  the  advantages  to  be 
gained  from  an  addition  to  the  actual  number  of  members,  and  a  conse- 
quent addition  to  tlie  annual  income,  with  the  benefits  which  would 
result  tluM'efroni,  mainly  in  incireasing  the  amount  and  scope  of  tlie  pub- 
lications. But  tliis  (iu(esti()n  should  also  be  looked  at  with  reference  to 
the  importance  of  coutiniiing  to  require  that  all  ailditions  to  the  mem- 
bership shall  have  the  qualifications  prescribed  by  our  laws,  and  shall  be 
desirable  as  bringing  to  tlie  Society  increased  strength  and  reputation, 
HO  that  the  fact  that  an  engineer  is  a  member  of  this  Society  shall 
amount  to  something  more  tlian  tliat  he  pays  a  certain  annual  sum  into 
its  treasury.  It  has  been  tlie  endeavor  of  tlie  Board  to  conHi(Uu'  each 
api)lication  with  ])articular  respect  to  the  question  as  to  whether  the 
I'ocord  given  fairly  (Uititles  the  applicant  to  a  ballot.  It  does  not  seem 
to  be  inappropriate  that  the  Board  should  ask  the  members  of  the  Society 
to  recolhu-t  tliat  their  endorsement  upon  the  application  is  a  positive 
statement  that  each  proposer  believes  the  api)licaiit,  from  personal 
knowledge,  to  be  in  all  rt>spects  a  proper  p(>rson  to  be  admitted  to  the 
Ameri(^an  Society  of  Civil  lllnginecu's. 

Tlui  Annual  Convention  of  the  Society  was  held  at  the  cities  of  St. 
Paul  and  Minneapolis,  on  June  19,  20,  21  and  22  of  the  past  year,  and 
was  more  largely  attended  than  any  previous  Convention,  there  having 
been  150  members  present.  A  visit  of  several  days  was  made  by  a  large 
number  of  members,  on  their  way  to  the  ('onvention,  to  the  city  of  Chi- 
cago, where  the  National  Exposition  of  llailway  Appliances  was  at  that 
time  open.  At  the  same  time,  under  tho  escort  of  members  of  the 
Western  Society  of  Engineers,  visits  were  made  to  a  number  of  interest- 
ing iioints  at  and  near  Chicago.  ]ietween  Chicago,  and  St.  Paul  and 
]\linneapolis,  very  excellent  arrangements  were  made  for  tlie  comfort  of 
the  meiiib(>rs  through  the  courtesy  of  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St. 
I'aul  llailway  Conqiany,  and  during  tlieir  stay  in  the  Northwest  all  thei 
railways  gave  special  attention  to  tho  visiting  engineers.  The  details 
connected  with  the  meetings  of  the  Convention,  the  exc\irsions  and  visits 
to  various  jioiuts  o\\  that  occasion,  and  the  kind  and  thoughtful  atten- 
tion shown  by  so  many  ptu'sons  and  organ i/.ations  in  the  Northwest,  have 
been  already  stated  in  the  I'roceedings  of  the  Society,  in  which  tlie  reg- 
ular n^ports  of  the  Convontion  api)eared,  but  the  IJoard  of  Direction 
makes  this  otUcial  record  of  its  sense  of  the  obligations  due  under  these 
oircumstanoos. 


JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  15 

The  suggestions  whicli  have  been  made  by  various  members  as  to  the 
time  and  jilace  for  holding  the  next  Annual  Convention,  will  be  sub- 
mitted at  this  meeting. 

Each  year  shows  an  added  interest  by  the  members  of  the  Society  in 
these  Annual  Conventions,  and  it  is  believed  that  the  opportunity  afford- 
ed for  the  meeting  of  many  engineers  from  points  so  remote,  will  con- 
tinue to  make  these  Conventions  a  constantly  important  element  in  the 
work  of  this  Society. 

The  Building  Fund  of  the  Society  has  been  increased  during  the  past 
year  but  $240.  The  great  value  of  the  ownership  by  the  Society  of  its 
House  is  constantly  apparent,  and  the  reduction  of  the  fixed  charges 
for  rental,  which  had  already  become  onerous,  in  the  occupation  of 
leased  quarters,  has  already  been  demonstrated.  It  may  be  well  during 
the  coming  year  to  again  present  this  subject  to  the  attention  of  mem- 
bers of  the  Society,  and  through  them  to  other  persons  interested  in  the 
progress  of  engineering,  so  that  the  mortgage  which  still  remains  upon 
the  property  of  the  Society  may  perhaps  be  substantially  reduced. 
None  of  the  ordinary  funds  of  the  Society,  nor  any  proceeds  from  en- 
trance fees  or  dues,  have  been  applied  to  the  payment  for  this  buildings 
voluntary  subscx'iptions  having  alone  been  relied  upon. 

The  Fellowship  Fund  of  the  Society  has  been  increased  to  the  amount 
of  $900  by  the  addition  of  six  candidates,  and  all  these  Fellowship 
subscriptions  of  the  year  are  due  to  the  efforts  of  one  member  of  the 
Society.  The  gentlemen  who  became  Fellows,  at  his  suggestion,  were 
persons  interested  in  matters  connected  with  engineering  works,  to  whom 
this  method  of  association  with  the  Society  was  particularly  agreeable. 
The  Board  takes  this  occasion  to  suggest  to  the  members  of  the  Society 
that  there  are  probably  many  persons  with  whom  members  are  acquaint- 
ed, and  to  whom  the  suggestion  of  becoming  Fellows  of  the  Society 
might  be  agreeable,  and  who  would  be  glad  to  receive  the  publications 
and  attend  the  Conventions  of  the  Society  as  Fellows. 

At  the  last  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Society,  and  at  the  Convention, 
reports  were  presented  from  the  Committee  on  Standard  Time.  The 
action  taken  by  the  railroads  of  the  country  in  the  adoption  of  certain 
regulations  for  securing  greater  uniformity  in  time  standards,  has  been 
that  advocated  by  this  Committee,  and  the  circulation  of  information 
secured  by  the  Committee  has,  it  is  believed,  been  largely  the  cause  of 
the  important  results  achieved.  An  additional  report  is  exj^ected  from 
the  Committee  at  this  meeting,  and  the  subject  will  be  open  for  your 
discussion. 

The  Committee  on  the  Preservation  of  Timber  presented  reports  of 
progress  at  the  last  Annual  Meeting  and  at  the  Convention.  There  was 
also  a  valuable  exhibit  at  the  Chicago  Exposition  of  the  results  obtained 
from  trials  extending  through  a  number  of  years  by  various  processes  of 
timber  preservation,  which  exhibit  was  prepared  under  the  auspices  of  the 


IG  JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

Committee,  and  by  members  of  the  Society.     It  is  expected   that  the 
Committee  will  make  a  report  at  this  meeting. 

A  report  is  also  expected  from  the  Special  Committee  on  a  Uniform 
System  for  Tests  of  Cement,  and  the  subject  as  presented  in  that  report 
will  be  discussed. 

Of  the  several  amendments  to  the  Constitution  which  were  proposed 
and  discussed  at  the  last  Annual  Meeting,  only  one  was  adopted,  which 
was  an  amendment  to  Article  XXXIII  of  the  Constitution,  prescribing  a 
modification  of  the  method  for  future  amendments. 

The  Norman  Medal  for  1882  was  awarded  to  Paper  CCLIII,  "De- 
scription of  some  Experiments  on  the  Flow  of  Water,  made  during  the 
Construction  of  Work  for  Conveying  the  Water  of  the  Sudbury  River 
to  Boston;  "  the  authors  of  the  paper  being  Messrs.  A.  Fteley  and  F.  P. 
Stearns,  Members  of  the  Society.  The  Board  of  Censors  to  award  the 
Norman  Medal  for  the  past  year,  will  make  their  report  of  award  at  this 
meeting. 

The  Rowland  Prize,  instituted  by  the  Society,  will  be  awarded  for 
the  first  time  at  this  meeting,  the  Committee  appointed  to  make  this 
award  being  expected  to  report. 

The  amount  designated  for  this  prize  has  been  contributed  by  Mr.  T. 
F.  Rowland,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

The  subject  of  Tests  of  Structural  Materials  has  for  a  number  of 
years  commanded  the  attention  of  this  and  other  engineering  societies, 
and  efforts  have  been  made  from  year  to  year  to  interest  our  legislators 
in  this  important  subject,  and  to  secure  legislation  from  Congress  for  the 
prosecution  of  a  system  of  tests  under  the  direction  of  a  suitable  com- 
mission, to  be  formed  of  persons  especially  interested  in  the  subject,  and 
competent  to  direct  such  investigations.  The  Reports  of  the  Board  and 
of  Committees,  and  the  discussions  printed  in  our  Proceedings,  describe 
the  progress  and  result  of  these  efforts. 

Two  years  since  a  bill  was  presented  to  Congress  creating  a  commis- 
sion on  this  subject,  which  bill  did  not  become  a  law.  There  has  been, 
however,  introduced  into  the  Army  Appropriation  Bill,  as  passed,  both 
for  the  last  and  the  current  fiscal  years,  the  following  clause: 

"United  States  Testing  Machine.— For  caring  for,  preserving, 
using  and  operating  the  United  States  Testing  Machine,  at  the  Water- 
town  Arsenal,  ten  thousand  dollars.  Provided,  That  the  tests  of  iron 
and  steel  and  other  materials  for  industrial  purposes  shall  be  continued 
during  the  next  fiscal  year,  and  report  thereof  shall  be  made  to  Con- 
gress :  And  provided  further,  That  in  making  tests  for  private  citizens 
the  officer  in  charge  rrjay  require  payment  in  advance,  and  may  use  the 
funds  so  received  in  making  such  private  tests,  making  full  report 
thereof  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  ;  and  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  shall  give 
attention  to  such  programme  of  tests  as  may  be  submitted  by  the  Ameri- 


JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  17 

can  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  and  the  record  of  such  tests  shall  be  fur- 
nished said  Society,  to  be  by  them  published  at  their  own  expense." 

This  small  appropriation  of  $10  000  was  scarcely  more  than  what  was 
required  for  the  care  of  the  machine  and  its  use  for  necessary  Govern- 
ment work. 

The  Chief  of  Ordnance,  however,  issued  a  circular  letter  embodying 
the  programme  prepared  by  the  Board  of  Direction,  in  consultation  with 
a  number  of  engineers  and  manufacturers,  and  asking  the  preparation  of 
material  for  tests.  This  circular  and  the  programme  will  be  found  in 
our  Proceedings,  Vol.  IX,  April,  1883.  Owing  to  the  lack  of  funds, 
very  little  has  been  accomplished. 

In  the  official  book  of  estimates  of  the  War  Department,  there  is  in- 
cluded a  request  for  larger  appropriations  on  this  account  for  the  next 
fiscal  year.  It  is  the  intention  of  the  Board  to  take  such  action  in  the 
matter  as  may  best  tend  to  secure  a  speedy  i^rosecution  of  these  important 
tests. 

The  fact  that  the  loss  to  the  membership  of  the  Society  by  death  has 
been  very  great  during  the  past  year,  has  been  already  referred  to  in  this 
report.  Included  in  this  number  was  Mr.  James  O.  Morse,  who  became 
a  member  of  the  Society  February  9,  1853,  the  year  after  its  organiza- 
tion. He  was  the  Secretary  of  the  Society  from  December  1,  1854,  to 
November  3,  1869,  and  its  Treasurer  from  December  1,  1851,  to  No- 
vember 3,  1875,  a  period  of  21  years  of  devoted  attention  to  its  interests 
and  of  thoughtful  care  for  its  welfare. 

During  the  year  a  letter  was  received  from  the  Engineering  Society 
of  the  University  of  Michigan,  requesting  the  advice  and  assistance  of 
this  Society  in  securing  a  uniform  basis  for  engineering  degrees.  The 
subject  was  referred  to  a  committee,  which  was  authorized  to  confer  with 
representatives  of  other  organizations  and  institutions  of  technical 
education.  The  report  of  that  committee  is  published  in  the  Proceed- 
ings of  the  Society  for  the  month  of  June  last . 

No  amendments  to  the  Constitution  or  By-Laws  have  been  offered  for 
discussion  at  this  meeting. 

During  the  year  an  application  was  received  from  the  Mayor  and 
Councils  of  the  City  of  Philadelphia  for  the  nomination  of  two  experts  in 
the  matter  of  the  pavements  for  streets  of  cities.  Under  the  vote  of  the 
Society  upon  the  question  raised  by  -a  similar  application  last  year  for 
the  nomination  of  experts,  the  Board  has  felt  its  duty  to  comply  with 
this  request,  and  the  nominations  have  been  made .  The  experience  of 
the  Board  is  not  such  as  to  render,  in  its  judgment,  the  receipt  of  or  the 
compliance  with  such  requests  desirable,  and  the  opinion  of  the  Board 
is  adverse  to  their  continuance. 

The  following  tables  show  the  changes  and  additions  during  the  year 
in  the  various  classes  of  Society  membership  : 


18  JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

On  January  1st,  1883,  the  date  of  the  last  report,  the  membership  in 
the  Society  was  : 
Honorary  Members,  resident  ...     2     Non 

Corresponding  Members 

Members,  resident 129 

Associates,     "         11 

Juniors,  "         10 

Making  resident 152    Non-resident 514 


i-resident  . 

..     8 
..     3 

Total...   10 
"    ...     3 

a 

..436 

"    565 

(1 

..  19 

"     30 

" 

. .  48 

"     58 

653 

Total. 


.666 


Non-resident. . 

..     7 

Total...     9 

" 

..     3 

"    ...     3 

C( 

..467 

"   589 

(( 

..  20 

"     31 

(( 

..  53 

"     67 

687 

Non-resident. . 

..550 

699 

Fellows,  63,  of  whom  9  Members  and  1  Honorary  Member  are  in- 
cluded above,  leaving ^^ 

Total  Members  and  Fellows 719 

Subscribers  to  the  Building  Fund,  128,  of  whom  87  are  entered  in  one 
or  other  of  the  above  classifications  and  4  deceased,  leaving 37 

Total  connected  with  the  Society  January  1st,  1883 756 

At  the  present  date,  January  1st,  1884,  the  membership  is  : 
Honorary  Members,  resident ...     2 

Corresponding  Members 

Members,  resident 122 

Associates,     "        11 

Juniors,         "        14 

Making  resident 149 

Total , 

Fellows,  66,  of  whom  8  Members  and  1  Honorary  Member  are  in- 
cluded above,  leaving ^ 

Total  Members  and  Fellows • ••'^56 

Subscribers  to  the  Building  Fund,  131,  of  whom  88  are  entered  in 
one  or  other  of  the  above  classifications  and  4  deceased,  leaving .  39 

Total  connected  with  the  Society  January  1st,  1884 795 

The  additions  during  the  past  year  to  the  several  classes  of  Society 
membership  have  been  : 

Members  qualified 

Associates  qualified • 

Juniors  qualified 

Fellows  qualified 

Total  additions  to  the  several  classes  of  membership 74 

Subscribers  to  the  Building  Fund  not  otherwise  connected  with  the 
Society 

Total  additions 76 


JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  19 

The  decrease  during  the  year  in  the  several  classes  of  membership 
has  been  : 

Honorary  Members.  Died    1 1 

Members "     14* .  Resigned  7 . .  Dropped  9 30 

Associates "  1 1 

Juniors Transferred  to  Member  3 3 

Fellows Died    2 2 

Totals Deaths  17,  Resignations  8,   Dropped   9,   Trans- 
ferred 3 37 

There  has  thus  been  an  addition  of  76  to  the  various  classes  of  mem- 
bership and  subscribers  to  the  Building  Fund,  and  a  decrease  of  37, 
making  the  actual  net  additions  during  the  year  39  in  number. 

On  January  1st,  1883,  there  were,  as  stated  in  the  last  Annual  Report, 
5  proposals  pending  ;  79  proposals  have  been  received  during  the  year  ; 
45  candidates  have  been  elected  Members,  of  whom  3  were  transferred 
from  Junior  ;  2  candidates  have  been  elected  Associates  ;  10  candidates 
have  been  elected  Juniors  ;  7  candidates  have  been  elected  Fellows. 

54  persons  have,  during  the  year,  qualified  as  Members  ;  2  have  qual- 
ified as  Associates  ;  12  have  qualified  as  Juniors  ;  6  have  qualified  as 
Fellows;  6  candidates  elected  during  the  year  as  Members,  and  1  Fellow, 
have  not  yet  qualified  ;  there  are  9  proposals  now  pending. 

Nineteen  meetings  of  the  Society  were  held  during  the  year,  one  of 
which  was  the  Annual  Meeting,  held  in  New  York  January  17th  and  18th, 
and  the  other  the  Annual  Convention,  held  in  St.  Paul  and  Minneapolis, 
Minn.,  June  19th  to  22d  ;  all  the  sessions  of  the  Convention,  including 
the  business  meeting,  being  counted  as  one  meeting  of  the  Society. 
Meetings  have  been  held  on  the  first  and  third  Wednesday  of  each 
month,  except  July  and  August. 

Twenty  meetings  of  the  Board  of  Direction  have  been  held  during 
the  year. 

The  Library  has  been  increased  during  the  year  by  the  following  ad- 
ditions : 

Number  of  books  bound 58 

"         "       "      unbound 42 

"         "  pamphlets 240 

"         "  maps  and  plans 90 

"         "  photographs 24 

"         "  drawings,  specifications,  models  and  specimens Ill 

565 

*  One  of  these  Members  was  also  a  Fellow. 


20  JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

These  do  not  include  magazines  and  papers  contributed  to  the  Society 
by  publishers,  or  received  in  exchange  for  the  Transactions,  a  list  of 
•which  is  given  in  an  appendix  to  this  report. 

The  present  state  of  the  Library  is  about  as  follows  : 

Books  and  pamphlets 10  433 

Manuscripts 128 

Maps,  plans,  drawings,  charts,  photographs  and  engravings 2  343 

Models  and  specimens 430 

Reports  made  during  the  year  have  been  as  follows  : 

By  the  Board  of  Direction  :  The  Annual  Report . 

By  the  Finance  Committee  :  Annual  Report  on  the  Finances  of  the 
Society;  Quarterly  Reports  to  the  Board  of  Direction. 

By  the  Library  Committee  :  Regular  Monthly  Reports  on  the  Li- 
brary and  on  Publications. 

By  the  Secretary:  Monthly  Reports  to  the  Board  of  Direction;  Occa- 
sional Reports  on  Current  Business. 

By  the  Treasurer :  The  Annual  Report  of  the  Treasurer  ;  Monthly 
Reports  to  the  Board  of  Direction. 

By  the  Committee  on  Uniform  System  for  Tests  of  Cement :  1  Re- 
port. 

By  the  Committee  on  Preservation  of  Timber :  2  Reports . 

By  the  Committee  on  a  Uniform  System  of  Standard  Time:  2  Re- 
ports. 

By  the  Nominating  Committee:  1  Report, 

By  the  Committee  on  Technical  Degrees  :  1  Report,  and  the  Commit- 
tee discharged. 

The  Treasurer's  Annual  Report  and  the  Report  of  the  Finance  Com- 
mittee will  be  submitted  at  this  meeting. 

The  Society  has  lost  by  death,  during  the  term  covered  by  this  report, 
one  Honorary  Member,  Gen.  Andrew  A.  Humphreys,  U.  S.  A. ;  fourteen 
Members,  Messrs.  James  O.  Morse,  past  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  the 
Society,  George  W.  Dresser,  past  Director  of  the  Society,  Gen.  Theo- 
dore G.  Ellis,  past  Vice-President  of  the  Society,  Maj,  Francis  U.  Far- 
quhar,  Simeon  Sheldon,  John  C.  James,  Charles  E.  Fowler,  Arthur 
Spielmann,  Edgar  S.  Cary,  Thomas  J.  Seely,  William  R.  Morley,  George 
D.  Ansley,  Redmond  J.  Brough  and  Howard  Schuyler;  and  two  Fellows, 
Milton  Courtwright  and  Henry  Farnam. 

Appropriate  memoirs  of  these  deceased  members  have  been  or  will 
be  published  in  the  Proceedings. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

JOHN  BOGART, 

Secretary. 


JANUARY    PKOCEEDINGS.  21 

REPORT    OF    THE    TREASURER 

For  the  Year  Ending  December  31st,  1883. 

Presented  at  the  Annual  Meeting,  January  l&th,  1884. 

Receipts. 

Balance  on  hand  December  31,  1882,  General  Fund S4  719.15 

Building  Fund 1511.77 

Entrance  Fees 1  780.00 

Current  Dues — For  Year  ending  December  31,  1883: 

From    76  Resident  Members $1  875 .  00 

"     330  Non-resident  Members.    4  714.25 

"         6  Resident  Associates. ..  .         90.00 

"        16  Non-resident  Associates       150.00 

13  Resident  Juniors 180.00 

"       41  Non-resident  Juniors. .       400.00 

7  409.25 

Past  Dues— From  15  Resident  Members S629 .  13 

' '      48  Non-resident  Members 823 .  16 

"        3  Resident  Associates 47.50 

"        2  Non-resident  Associates ... .         21.66 

"        4  Non-resident  Juniors 43 .32 

1564.77 

Dues  for  Year  beginning  January  1,  1884  : 

From  25  Resident  Members $625 .  00 

♦ '      93  Non-resident  Members 1  364 .43 

"        2  Non-resident  Associates 20.00 

1  Resident  Junior 15.00 

"      11  Non-resident  Juniors 121 .66 

2  146.09 

Sales  of  Publications 367 .  57 

Certificates  of  Membership 87 .  00 

Advertisements 146 .  00 

Interest  on  Fellowship  Fund  Bonds $135 .49 

"         Savings  Bank  Deposit 15 .  80 

"         Norman  Medal  Fund  Bond 70 .  00 

Railroad  Stock 82.80 

304.09 

Subscriptions  to  Building  Fund 240 .  00 

FeUowship  Fees 900.00 

T.  F.  Rowland  for  Rowland  Prize 50.00 

Paris  Exhibit  Fund 4.38 

From  called  in  U.  S.  Fellowship  Fund  Bonds 9  000 .  00 

$30  230.02 


22  JANUARY   PROCEEDINGS. 

DlSBUKSEMENTS. 

Interest  on  Mortgage $800.00 

Taxes 503.80 

Publications 3  695.16 

Stationery  and  Printing 508 .  87 

Postage 733.56 

Library 1  202 .99 

Salaries 3  000.00 

Convention  and  Annual  Meeting 857.58 

Janitor,  House  Supplies,  Fuel,  Water  and  Gas 1  168.62 

Certificates  of  Membership 95 .40 

Insurance 62 .  50 

Norman  Medal 92.10 

Payments  from  Building  Fund 826 .  31 

Other  Expenditures 316 .  63 

Transferred  to  Savings  Bank  Deposit 15 .80 

Finance — Treasurer's  Books 400 .  00 

Work  of  Committees 150.00 

Exhibit  of  Preserved  Timber  at  Chicago 131 .89 

Purchase  of  Bonds  for  Fellowship  Fund 8  666 .  82 

On  hand— Building  Fund $925 .46 

Fellowship  Fund 1217.38 

General  Fund 4  859.15 

7  001.99 


$30  230.02 


The  Funds  of  the  Society  are  as  follows  : 
Fellowship  Fund  : 

Eighty  subscriptions  to  December  31, 1882 $8  150.00 

Premium  and  accumulated  interest  December  31,  1882.  1  903 .  69 

Fund  on  hand  December  31,  1882 $10  053 .  69 

Six  subscriptions  during  1883 900 .  00 

Interest  received  during  1883 151 .  29 

$11  104.98 
Expended  for  publications  during  1883 151 .29 

$10  953.69 


During  the  year  nine  United  States  Government  Bonds 
were  called  in,  realizing  $9  000,  and  seven  Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad  General  Mortgage  Six  Per  Cent. 
Bonds  were  purchased  at  a  cost  of $8  666.82 


JANUARY   PROCEEDINGS.  23 

The  present  investment  of  the  fund  is  seven  Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad  Six  Per  Cent.  Bonds,  cost ^8  666.82 

Deposit  in  Seamen's  Bank  for  Savings 1  069.49 

Cash 1  217.38 

SIO  953.69 

Norman  Medal  Fund  : 

One   Certificate   Croton  Aqueduct   Stock,   New   York 

City $1  000.00 


General  Investment : 

10  Shares  New  York  Central  and  Hudson  River 

R.  R.  Stock $1  000.00 

1  Consolidated  Certificate  New  York  Central 

and  Hudson  River  R.  R.  Stock 35.00 

$1  035.00 

Building  Fund  : 

Receipts  previous  to  January  1,  1883 $16  657 .  00 

during  1883 240.00 

Total  to  December  31,  1883 $16  897.00 

Expended  : 

For  Legal  Services,  Circulars,  &c $355.03 

For  Improvements  on  property 1  616 .51 

Payments  on  Purchase 14  000 .  00 

On  hand  December  31,  1883 925.46 

$16  897.00 

Respectfully  submitted, 

J.  JAMES  R.  CROES, 

Ti'easurer. 


24  JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

REPORT  OF  THE  COMMITTEE  ON  FINANCE. 

Pkesented  and  accepted  at  the  Annual  Meeting,  January  16th,  1884. 

The  Finance  Committee  respectfully  reijort,  that  they  have  audited 
all  of  the  bills  that  have  been  paid  by  the  Treasurer  during  the  past 
year,  that  each  bill  has  been  charged  to  its  proper  fiand,  and  that  their 
respective  amounts  have  not  exceeded  the  several  sums  appropriated  by 
the  Board  of  Direction  for  the  specific  purposes  mentioned. 

Your  Committee  have,  at  the  close  of  the  year,  carefully  examined 
all  of  the  assets  and  liabilities  of  the  Society,  and  find  that  the  reports  of 
the  Secretary  and  Treasurer  give  a  correct  account  of  the  same. 

Very  respectfully  submitted, 
W.  H.  Paine, 
George  S.  Greene,  Jr., 
William  G.  Hamilton, 

Finance  Committee. 


LIST     OF     PUBLICATIONS     AND     PAPERS     RECEIVED     FOB 

LIBRARY. 

Appendix  to  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Direction, 
January  16th,  1884. 

The  following  papers  are  contributed  to  the  Society,  or  are  received 
in  exchange  for  Transactions  : 

American  Architect  and  Building  News Weekly Boston. 

American   Engineer "       Chicago. 

American  Gas  Light  .Tournal Semi-Monthly.  .New  York. 

Annales  des  Travaiix  Publics Monthly Paris. 

Army  and  Navy  Journal Weekly New  York. 

Builder  "       London. 

Building  and  Engineering  News "       " 

Bulletin  American  Iron  and  Steel  Asfociation Semi-Monthly.  .Philadelphia, 

Bulletin  du  Canal Interoceanique "  "       ..Paris. 

Commissioner  of  Patents'  Journal Semi-Weekly London. 

Deutsche  Bauzeitung  Weekly Berlin. 

Engineer "       London. 

Engineering "       " 

Engineering  and  Mining  Journal "       New  York. 

Engineering  News  and  American  Contract  Journal "       " 

Genie  Civil "       Paris 

Iron "       London. 

Iron  Age "       New  York. 

Journal  of  the  Association  of  Engineering  Societies Monthly 

"      of  Artillery  and  Military  Engineering "        Vienna. 

"      of  Society  of  Arts Weekly London. 

"      of  Gas  Lighting "       " 


JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  25 

Manufacturer  and  Builder Monthly   New  York. 

Manufacturer  and  Iron  World Weekly Pittsburgh. 

Magazine  of  American  History   Monthly New  York. 

Mechanical  News Semi-Monthly . .         " 

Norsk  Teknisk  Tidsskrift Monthly Chri^tiania. 

Nouvelles  Annales  de  la  Construction "        Paris. 

Portefeuille  economique  des  Machines "        " 

Record  of  Scientific  Literature "        New  York. 

Railroad  Gazette Weekly " 

Railway  Age "      Chicago. 

Railway  Review "       " 

Railway  World "       Philadelphia. 

Reportoriuni  der  Technischen  Literatur Leipsig. 

Revue  Generale  des  Chemins  de  fer Monthly Paris. 

Sanitary   Engineer Weekly New  York. 

Scientific  American "       " 

Scientific  American  Supplement "       " 

Teknisk  Tidsskrift Monthly Stockholm.   - 

Techniker Semi-Monthly.  .New  York. 

Telegraph  .Journal  and  Electric  Review "  ..London. 

The  Locomotive Monthly Hartford. 

Van  Nostrand's  Magazine "        New  York. 

Zeitschrift  fur  Baukunde Quarterly Munich. 

Zeitschrift  fur  Bauwesens "         Berlin. 

The  following  are  subscribed  for  ; 

American  Bookseller Semi-Monthly.  .New  York. 

American  Library  Journal Monthly " 

Bookseller "        London. 

Publishers' Weekly   Weekly New  York. 

U.  S.  Official  Postal  Guide Monthly Boston. 

Science Weekly Cambridge. 

The  Society  has  received  during  the  year,  in  exchange  for  the 
"Transactions,"  official  publications  of  the  following  associations,  in 
many  instances  for  preceding  years  : 

Aeronautical  Society  of  Great  Britain London. 

Academy  of  Sciences Washington. 

Akademie  des  Bauwesens Berlin. 

American  Gas  Light  Association New  York. 

American  Institute  of  Architects " 

American  Institute  of  Mining   Engineers. " 

American  Iron  and  Steel  Association Philadelphia. 

American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers New  York. 

Annales  de  Construcciones  Civiles  y  de  Minas Lima. 

Annales  des  Ponte  et  Chausees Paris 

Argentine  Scientific  Society Buenos  Ay  res. 

Association  of  Civil  Engineers Lisbon. 

\8toT  Library New  York. 

Austrian  Society  of  Engineers  and  Architects  (Two  Publications) Vienna. 

Boston  Public  Library Boston. 

Boston  Society  of  Civil  Engineers " 

Civil  Engineers'  Club  of  Cleveland Cleveland. 

Die  Administration  der  "  Mittheilungen  " Vienna. 

Engineers'  Club  of  Philadelphia Philadelphia. 

Engineers'  Club  of  St.  Louis St.  Louis. 


26  JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

Engineer  Department,  U.  S.  A Washington. 

Engineers'  Society,  Western  Pennsylvania Pittsburgh. 

Essayons'  Club,  Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A Willetts  Point. 

Franklin  Institute  Journal Philadelphia. 

Imperial  School Moscow. 

Imperial  Technic  Society  of  Russia St.  Petersburg. 

Imperial  University Tokio. 

Institution  of  Civil  Engineers London. 

of  Ireland Dublin. 

"         of  Engineers  and  Shipbuilders  of  Scotland Glasgow. 

"         of  Mechanical  Engineers London. 

Iron  and  Steel  Institute • 

Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology Boston. 

McGill  University,  Department  of  Science Montreal. 

Mechanics'  Institute San  Francisco. 

Midland  Institute  Mining,  Civil  and  Mechanical  Engineers Barnsley,  Eng. 

Mining  Institute  of  Scotland Hamilton. 

New  York  Meteorological  Observatory New  York. 

North  of  England  Institute  of  Mining  and  Mechanical  Engineers Newcastle-on-Tyne. 

Rensselaer  Society  of  Engineers Troy. 

Royal  United  Service  Institution  London. 

School  of  Mines,  Columbia  College New  York. 

Seismological  Society  of  Japan Tokio. 

Smithsonian  Institution Washington. 

Society  of  Arts London. 

Society  of  Civil  Engineers Paris 

Society  of  Engineers London. 

Society  of  Engineers  and  Architects Cologne. 

Society  of  Engineers  and  Architects  of  Hungary Budapest. 

"  "  "  of  Saxony Dresden. 

"  "  "  Hanover. 

Stevens  Institute  of  Technology Hoboken, 

Swedish  Society  of  Engineers Stockholm. 

Thayer  Scientific  School,  Dartmouth  College Hanover. 

Thomason  Civil  Engineering  College,  Indian  Engineering Roorkee. 

United  States  Coast  and  Geodetic  Survey Washington. 

"        "        Geological  Survey " 

"        "        Light  House  Board " 

"        "        Military  Academy West  Point. 

"        "        Naval  Institute Annapolis. 

"        "        Naval  Observatory Washington. 

"        "        Ordnance  Department " 

"        "        Patent  Office " 

University  of  Michigan   Ann  Arbor. 

Western  Society  of  Engineers Chicago. 


JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 
ADDITIONS  TO 

LIBRARY    AND    MUSEUM. 


27 


From   American   Academy,  Arts    and 
Sciences,  Boston  : 
Proceedings.     May,  1882  to  May.  1883.     New 
Series.     Vol.  X. 

From  American  Institute  of  Mining 
Engineers,  Dr.  T.  M.  Drown,  Secre- 
tary, Easton  : 

Proceedings  of  the  Roanoke,  Va.,  Meeting, 
June  4th,  1K83 

The  Divining-Rod.     R.  W.  Raymond,  Ph.  D. 

Mining  and  Storing  Ice.   W.  P.  Blake,  F.  (i.  S. 

The  Copper  Deposits  of  the  South  Mountain. 
Hanford  Henderson. 

The  Geological  Position  of  the  Philadelphia 
Gneisses.     Prof.  C.  H.  Hitchcock. 

The  Treatment  of  Gold-bearing  Arsenical 
Ores  at  Deloro,  Ontario,  Canada.  Richard 
P.  Rothwell. 

The  Iron  Ores  of  the  Valley  of  Virginia.  An- 
drew S.  MeCreath. 

The  Bower-Barff  Process.     A.  S.  Bower,  C.  E. 

The  Shelf  Dry  Kiln.    C.  A.  Stetefeldt. 

The  Natural  Coke  of  Chesterfield  County, 
Va.     R.  W.  Kaymond,  Ph.  D. 

An  Hypothesis  of  the  Structure  of  the  Cop- 
per Belt  of  the  South  Mountain.  Dr.  Per- 
sifor  Frazer. 

The  Langdon  Gas  Producer.   N.  M.  Langdon. 

Cast-iron  of  Unusual  Strength.  Edward  Grid- 
ley. 

The  Volumetric  Determination  of  Mangan- 
ese.    J.  B.  Macintosh,  E.  M. 

On  the  Determination  of  Manganese  in 
Spiegel,  Ferromanganese,  Steel,  etc.  Mag- 
nus Troilus. 

Leaching  Gold  and  Silver  Ores  in  the  West. 
Thomas  Egleston,  Ph.  D. 

The  Blast  Furnace  of  the  Crozer  Steel  and 
Iron  Company  at  Roanoke,  Va.  J.  P. 
Witherow. 

Copper  Slime  Treatment.     F.  G.  Coggin. 

Gold  Mining  in  South  Carolina.  E.  Gybson 
Spilsbury. 

The  Ores  of  Cripple  Creek  Virginia  C.  R. 
Boyd. 

The  Method  of  Collecting  Flue-Dust  at  Ems 
on  the  Lahn.     T.  Egleston,  Ph.  D. 

Some  Notes  and  Tests  of  an  Open  Hearth 
Steel  Charge  made  for  Boiler  plate.  Alfred 
E  Hunt. 

The  Determination  of  Manganese  in  Spiegel. 
G.  C.  Stone. 

Porosity  and  Specific  Gravity  of  Coke.  Fred. 
P.  Dewey. 

From  American  Society  of  Mechanical 
Engineers,    Prof.  F.  R.  Button,   Sec- 
retary, New  York  : 
Transactions.     Vol,  III.     1882. 
List  of  Members,  Officers  and  Rules.   March, 
1883. 

From  American  Water  Works  Associa- 
tion,  J.  H.  Decker,   Secretary,  Han- 
nibal, Mo.: 
Report  of  Proceedings  of  the  Third  Annual 
Meeting  held  at  Buffalo,  N,  Y.,  May  15th, 
16th  and  17th,  1883. 


From  Gen.  Adna  Anderson,   St.  Paul. 
Minn.  : 
Blue  Print    of  the  General  Profile    of   the 
Northern  Pacific  Railroad. 

From  Association   of  Engineering  So- 
cieties,   H.  G.  Prout,    Secretary    of 
Board,  New  Y'ork: 
Journal  of  the  Association.     May  to  August, 
1883. 

From   Astor  Library,   F.  A.  Saunders, 
Librarian,  New  Y'ork  City  : 
Annual  Reports  of  the  Astor  Library,  for  the 

years  1877-1882,  inclusive. 
Recent  Accessions  to  the  Astor  Library,  July, 

1881,  1882  and  1883. 
List  of  Periodicals   and  Serials  currently  re- 
ceived at  the  Astor  Library,  1882. 

From  John  W.  Bacon,  Danbury,  Conn.: 
Thirty-first  Annual  Report   of  the   Railroad 
Commissioners  of  the  State  of  Con- 
necticut.    Hartford,  1884. 
From  H   D.  Blunden,  New  York  : 
Evidence  and  Exhibits.    The   Erwin   Cross- 
ing   case.      The   New   York,   Lackawanna 
and  Western  Railway   vs.  the  New   York, 
Lake  Erie  and  Western  R.R.    Elmira,  1882. 
From  the  Board  of  Supervisors.     John 
A.Russel,  Clerk,  San  Francisco,  Cal.: 
MuniciiJal   Reports   of  San   Francisco,  1882- 
'83. 

From  Boston  Public  Library,  Boston  : 
Bulletin.    Vol.  V,  No   7. 

From  Fred. Brooks,  Boston,  Mass.  : 
Metric   Railway  Curves.     From   Engineering 
News,  Oct.  13,  1883.     (Several  copies.) 

From  the  Bureau  of  Education,  Wash- 
ington, D.C.: 
Report  of  the  Commissioner  of  Education, 
for  the  year  1881. 

From   Capt.   II.   W.   Clarke,  Syracuse, 

N.  Y.: 

Proceedings  of  the  Board  of  City  Auditors  of 

the  City  of  Syracuse   for  the   fiscal  year, 

1883.     (2  copies.) 

Journal  of  the  Board   of  Supervisors  of  the 

County  of  Onondaga,  N.  Y.,  for  1883. 
Report  of  the  Commissioners  on  the  Bound- 
ary Lines  between  the  State  of  New  York 
and  the  States  of  Pennsylvania  and  New 
Jersey  for  the  year  ending  December  31st, 
1882. 

From  Joseph  P.  Davis,  New  York  : 
Telephone  Suits. — Circuit  Court  of  the  United 
States.    District    of   Massachusetts.        In 
Equity.     Bell  Telephone  Company  et  al.  v. 
Peter  A.  Dowd. 
Part  I. — Pleadings   and   Evidence.     Bos- 
ton, 1880. 
Part  II. — Exhibits   of  Complainants  and 
Defendant.     Boston,. 1880. 
American  Bell  Telephone  Company  v.  Amos 
E.  Dolbear  et  al      Brief  for  Complainants 
on   Motion   for  Preliminary     Injunction. 
Boston,  1882. 


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JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 


United  States  Circuit  Court,  Southern  Dis- 
trict of  New  York.  In  Equity.  Irwin  and 
Weston  Electric  Manufai^tnring  Com- 
pany 0.  Metropolitan  Telephone  and  Tele- 
graph Company  et  al.  Brief  for  Kespond- 
ents.     Boston,  1881. 

J.  H.  Irwin  and  the  Weston  Electric  Manu- 
facturing Co.  V.  The  Metropolitan  Tele- 
phone and  Telegraph  Co.  et  al.  Arguments 
of  J.J.  Storrow,  Esq.,  Channcey  Smith, 
Esq.,  for  Defendants.     Boston,  1881. 

American  Bell  Telephone  Company  et  al.  v. 
Ashael  K.  Eaton  et  al.  Complainants' 
Moving  Papers  on  motion  for  Preliminary 
Injunction.     Boston,  1880. 

New  York  Supreme  Court. — The  People  of 
the  State  of  New  York  against  The  Metro- 
politan Telephone  and  Telegraph  Com- 
pany : 

Papers  in  Opposition  to  Motion  for  Tem- 
porary Injunction.     New  York,  1881. 

Points  tor  Defendant,  on  Motion  for  Injunc- 
tion pendente  lite. 

Arguments  of  Mr.  E.  P.  Wheeler  on  Under- 
ground Telegiaph  Wires  in  Cities.  In  the 
Matter  of  the  Hearing  before  the  Assembly 
Committees  on  Cities  and  on  General  Laws 
relating  to  Telegraph  and  Telephone  Wires. 
New  York,  1881. 

United  States  Patent  Office.  The  Speaking 
Telephone:  Interferences  A-L  and  No.  1. 
Briefs  for  Alexander  Graham  Bell  and 
Francis  Blake.     Boston,  1881. 

From  Dr.  T.  M.  Drown,  Easton,  Pa. : 

Technical  Training.  An  address  delivered 
before  the  Alumni  Association  of  Lehigh 
University,  June  20,  1883.  Thomas  M. 
Drown. 

From  W.  A.  G.  Emonts.  Philadelphia, 

Pa.: 

Tables  for  computing  Equivalent  Metric  and 

Non-Metric  Heights  and  Measures.     W.  A. 

G.    Enionis,     C.    E.      Philadelphia,    1883. 

(2  copies.) 

From   Engineer's  Club,  Philadelphia, 
Howard     Murphy.     Secretary     and 
Treasurer,  Philadelphia : 
Proceedings.     Vol.  Ill,  No.  4. 

From  G.  Howard  Ellers,  Chicago  : 
Corporation  of  Hyde  Park,  111.  Annual 
Message  of  the  President  and  Reports  of 
the  various  <  ifficers  and  Heads  of  Depart- 
ments for  the  year  ended  April  1st,  1883. 
Specifications  Waterworks,  Hyde  Park.  1882 
and  1883. 

From  Walton  W.  Evans,  New  Kochelle, 
'      N.  Y.  : 
Memoir   of  Thaddeus  Kosciuszko.  Poland's 
Hero  and  Patriot.     New  York,  1883. 

From  Frederic  Graff,  Philadelphia  : 
Reports  on  the  Philadelphia  Water  Supply 
by  the  Board  of  Exports  apjiointed  in 
conformity  with  Ordinance  of  June  7th, 
1882  ;  also.  An  Investigation  of  the  Cir- 
cumstances affecting  the  Potability  of 
the  Schuylkill  Water  Supply  in  the  month 
of  January,  1883.  Executed  under  the 
authority  of  the  Board  of  Experts  and  the 
•  Chief  Engineer.  By  Prof.  Albert  R.  Leeds, 
Ph.  D.  Philadelphia,  1883.  (Several 
copies.) 

From  B  M.  Harrod  and  H.  B.  Richard- 
son.    New  Orleans  : 
Prospectus  of     The  New   Orleans  Elevated 
Railway  Co. 


From  the  Institute   of  Engineers  and 
Shipbuilders.  Glasgow,  Scotland: 
Taneactions.     Vol.  XXVI. 

From  Institution  of  Civil  Engineers, 
Jauies  H  orrest,  Secretary,  London  : 
Minutes   of  Proceedings.     Vol.  LXXIII  and 

Vol.  LXXIV. 
Charter,    By-Laws    and    List    of    Members. 

London,  1883. 
Excerpt  Minutes  of  Proceedings.     Edited  by 
the  Secretary,  as  follows  : 
Abstracts  of  Papers  in  Foreign  Transac- 
tions and  Periodicals.     Vol.   LXXIII, 
Session  1882-83,  Part  IIL 
A  Method  of  Correcting  Errors  in  tho 
Observation   of   the   Angles   of   Plane 
Triangles.     Robert  Manning. 
The  Coal  and  Mineral  Deposits  of  Indo- 
china.   Edmund  Fuchs  and  E.  Saladin. 
Apparatus  for  Solar  Distillation.     Josiah 

Harding. 

Tests  of  German  Coals.     Dr.  H.  Bunte. 

Air-Compressor  and  Turbine  for  working 

Rock  Drills  and  Ventilating  Yanagese 

Tunnel,  Japan.     Benjamin  F.  Wright. 

Cheap   Gas   for  Motive-Power.      Joseph 

E.  Dowson. 
Resistance  on  Railway  Curves  as  an  Ele- 
ment of  Danger.     John  MacKenzie. 
The  Diamond  Fields  and  Mines  of  Kim- 
berly,  South  Africa.  James  N.  Paxman. 
On  the  Blasting  of  a  Channel  through  a 
Bar  of   Basaltic    Rock    in    the  River 
Yarra,  at  Melbourne,  Victoria.  Joseph 
Brady 
On    a    Deep    Boring    at    Northampton. 

Henry  John  Eunson. 
Raising  the  S.  S.  Austral.    John  Stand- 
field. 
Water  Supply  and  Irrigation  of  the  Can- 
terbury Plains,  N.  Z.     George  Fred'k. 
Ritso. 
The  Treatment    of   Complex   Ores    and 
Condensation  of  Lead  Fumes.     James 
Warne  Chenhall. 
Continuous    Girder    Bridges.      Thomas 

Claxton  Fidler. 
On  the  Preservation  of  Iron  by  one  of 
its   own   Oxides.      Benjamin   Howard 
Thwaite. 
Graphic  Methods  of  Computing  Stressed 
in  Jointed  Structures.     Charles  Orms- 
by  Burgc. 
Part  L     The  Water  Works  of  Edinburgh. 

Alexander  Leslie. 
Part  II.     Port  Elizabeth,   S.   A.       J.   G. 

Gamble. 
Part    III.     Peterborough       John    Addy. 
Electrical  Units    of    Measurement.     Sir 

William  Thomson,  F.R  S. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Council.     Decem- 
ber, 1883. 
Brief    Subject    Index.      Vols.    LIX.    to 
LXXIV. 

From   the  Institution   of  Mechanical 
Engineers,  London  : 
Proceedings.     July,  1883. 

From   the  International  Institute  for 
Preserving  and   ferfecting  Weights 
and   Measures,   Cleveland  and  Bos- 
ton : 
The  International  Standard,  Nos.  1,  2,  3,  4, 
and  5. 

From  L.  H.  Knapp.  Buffalo,  NY.: 
General  Specifications  for  Additional  Pump- 
ing Machinery  for    the  City   of  Buffalo, 


JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 


2» 


N.  Y.,  together  with  Specifications  of  the 
mode  of  testing  the  same,  and  of  esti- 
mating its  capacity  and  duty.  Sept.  27th, 
1883. 

From     Engineers'    Department,    New 
York,  Pennsylvania  and  Ohio  R.  R., 
Charles    Latimer,    Chief    Engineer, 
Cleveland : 
Profiles,    Maps    and     Alignment     of    Main 
Tracks,  Yards,  Switches  and  Side  Tracks 
of  the  New  York,  Pennsylvania  and  Ohio 
Railroad  and  its  Branch   Lines,  together 
with    Information    referring    to   Bridges, 
Water  Supply,  Railroad  and  Road  Cross- 
ings, Culverts.  Grades  and   Curves  ;   also 
Locations,  Lengths   of   Divisions,  Subdi- 
visions and  Sections. 

From   MHgazine  of  American  History, 
Mrs.   Martha   J    Lamb,  editor.  New 
York  : 
The  Magazine,  May  to  December,  1883. 

From  McGill   College  and  LTniversity, 
M'mtreal : 
Annual  Calendar  Session  of  1883-8i. 

From   Mining   Institute   of  Scotland, 
Kamilton  : 
Transactions,   General    Meeting,    July    ftth, 
1883. 

From  Midland  Institute  Mining,  Civil 
and   Mechanical    Engineers,    Barns- 
ley : 
Transactions.    July,  1883.   Vol.  VIII,  Part  67. 

From  George  S.  Morison,  New  York  : 
Specifications  for  Sniierstructure  of  Bridge 
across  the  Willianiette  River  at  Portland, 
Oregon,  Northern  Pacific  R.  R.  G.  S. 
Morisou,  Chief  Engineer. 
Specifications  for  Superstructure  of  Bridge 
over  the  Missouri  River,  Missouri  Valley 
and  Blair  Railway  and  Bridge  Co.  G.  S. 
Morison.  Chief  Engineer. 

From  Hon.  Joseph  Nimmo,  Jr.,  Chief 

of  Bureau  of  Statistics,  Washington  : 

Statistical   Abstract   of    the    United    States 

1883.  6th  numi  er. 
Annual  Report  on  the  Foreign  Commerce  of 
the  United  States  for  the  Fiscal  Year  ended 
June  30,  ls83. 
Annual  Report  and  Statements  of  the  Chief 
of  the  Bureau  of  Statistics  on  the  Com- 
merce and  Navigation  of  the  United  States 
for  the  year  ended  June  30,  1883. 

From  Ohio  Mechanics'  Institute.  Robt. 
B.  Warder,  Editor,  Cincinnati  : 
Scientific  Proceedings.     Vol.  II,  No.  2. 

From  Ohio  Society   of  Surveyors   and 

Civil   Engineers,  Benj.     Thom^json, 

Secretary,  Urbana; 

Reports   of  the   Proceedings   of   Third  and 

Fourth  Annual  Meetings, held  at  Columbus, 

Jan.  11-13,  1882,  and  Jan.  17-19,  1883. 

From  J.  L.  P.  O'Hanly,    Ottawa,    Can- 
ada: 
On  Money  and  other  Trade  Questions,  being 
a  K(  view  of  Mr.   Wallace's  Speech  on  an 
Incontrovertible     Currency.        J.     L.     P. 
OHanly,  C.  E.     Ottawa,  1882. 

From  E.  Pontzen,  Paris,  France  : 
Rapport    sur    les    ace   mmulatenrs   Faure- 

Sellon-Volckmar.     Paris,  1883. 
EtTidi-   sur  I'application   des  accumulateurs 
raure-Sclliin-Volckmar  a  I'Eclairage  E'lec- 
tricjue  pur  Incandescence  et  a  la  'Traction 
dis  Francais.      Paris. 


Moerath's  Motive  Power  from  Rvinning 
Waters.  J.  N.  Moerath,  C.  E.  London, 
1883. 

From  Charles  Pfafl",  C.  E.,  Member  In- 
ternational    Electric     Commission, 
Vienna,  Austria  : 
Catalogue     de    I'Exposition     Internationale 
d'Electricite  a  Vienna,  1883.    Vienna,  1883. 
From  F.  C.  Prindle,  U.   S.   Navy  Yard, 
New  York  : 
Report  of  the  Hon.  J.  J.  Little,  of  St.   Johns, 
Newfoundland,  on  the  American  System  of 
Dry  Docks.     New  York,  1882. 

From  H.  V.  and  H.  W.  Poor,  New  York  : 
Manual  of  the  Railroads  of  the  Uuited  States 
for  1883.     16th  Annual  Number.     Henry  V. 
Poor.     New  York,  1883. 

From  Henry  F.  Perley,  Chief  Engineer, 
Department  of  Public  Works,  Ottawa, 
Canada : 
General  Report  of  Sir  H.  L.  Langevin,  C.  B  , 
K.  C.  M.  G.,  Minister  of  Public   Works  of 
Canada,  for  the  fifteen  years  from  June  30, 
1867,  to  July   1,   1882.     With  Maps  accom- 
panying the  same. 

From   Royal  United   Service    Institu- 
tion,   Capt.    B.   Biirgess,   Secretary, 
London  : 
Journal  of  the  Institution.     Vol.  XXVII,  No. 
120. 

From  Smithsonian  Institution,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C: 
Annual  Repoit  of  the  Board  of  Regents,  for 
the  year  1881. 

From  Robert  Surtees,  Ottawa,  Canada  • 
Annual  Report  of  the  Water  Works  Commit- 
tee of  Ottawa,  Canada,  for  the  year  ending 
October  31,  1883. 

From  Second  Geological  Survey,  Penn- 
sylvania,  W.  A.   Ingham,  Secretary, 
Philadelphia  : 
Geological  Rejjort  on  Warren  County  and  the 
Neighboring  Oil  Regions,  with  additional 
Oil  Well  Records.     John  Carll. 
The   Geology   of  Che-ter  County,   after  the 
Surveys    of     Henrj'    D.    Rogers,    Persifor 
Frazer  and  Charles  E.  Hall. 
The   Geology    of  Lehigh   and   Northampton 

Counties. 
RexDort  on  the  Mining  Methods  and  Appli- 
ances used  in  the  Anthracite  Coal  Fields. 
H.  M.  Chaired. 

From  Hon.  E.   Sweet,  State  Engineer 
and  Surveyor.  Albany  : 
State   Engineer's   Re^jort   on    Railroads    for 

1881  and  1882. 
.Annual  Report  of  the  State  Engineer  and 
Surveyor  on  the  Canals  of  New  York,  for 
the  fiscal  year  ending  September  30,  1»82. 
Report  of  the  State  Engineer  and  Surveyor 
on  the  Elevated  Railways  of  New  York. 
Dated  March  20,  1883. 

From  J.  L.  Smith,  Philadelphia  : 
Railway   Map  of  Mexico. 

From  U.  S.  Coast  and  Geodetic  Surv«y, 
Dr.   J.  E.   Hilgard,   Supt.,  Washing- 
ton : 
Report  of  U.  S.  Coast  and  Geodetic  Survey, 
for  1881.     Washington,  18e3. 

From  U.  S.  Naval  Institute,  Annapolis  : 
Proceedings      Vol.  IX. 

Index  to  Proceedings.  Vol.  IX,  Kos.  3,  4 
and  5. 


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From  U.  S.  Naval  Observatory,  Wash- 
ington : 
Astronomical    and    Meteorological  Observa- 
tions   made   during   the   year   1879.     Vol. 

XXVI.     Washington,  1883. 

From    U.  S.    Ordnance     Department, 
Gen.  S.  V.  Benet,  Chief,  Washington, 
D.  C: 
Ordnance  Notes,  as  follows  : 

Military  Education  and  Training.  Capt. 
Walter  H.  .Tames. 

Improved  Capstan.      Capt.  Henry  Metcalf. 

Theoretical  and  Practical  Ballistics.  Addi- 
tion to  the  New  Method  for  Solving 
Problems  of  Fire.     Capt.  Francis  Siacci. 

Armor-Plate  Experiments. 

Report  on  Naval  Experiments  against  Ar- 
mor Plating,  carried  out  on  the  Isle  of 
Amager,  under  the  direction  of  the  Ord- 
nance Select   Committee.      March,  1883. 

A  Description  of  some  of  the  Improve- 
ments introduced  at  Frankford  Arsenal 
during  the  present  fiscal  year.  Maj.  S. 
C.  Lyford. 

Ballistic  Apparatus  employed  by  the 
French  Marine  Artillery.     H.  Sebert. 

On  the  Various  Modes  of  Transmitting 
Power  to  a  Distance.    M.  Arthur  Achard. 

The  Effects  of  the  Increased  Powers  of  In- 
fantry Weapons.  Capt.  R.  F.  Johnson, 
R.  A 

Notes  on  Field  Artillery.  Capt.  S.  C.  Pratt, 
R.  A. 

The  Practice  Regulations  of  some  Euro- 
pean Artilleries.  Capt.  R.  A.  Montgom- 
ery, R.  A. 

Notes  on  the  Embarkation  and  Debarka- 
tion of  Horses  and  their  Care  on  Board 
Ship.     Lieut.  H.  Heywood  Clark,  R.  A. 

The  French  Army.     Prof.  H.  Barthelemy. 

Subjects  for  a  Military  Library .  Bvt.  Brig.- 
Gen.  S.  B.  Holabird. 

Improved  Arm  Rack.  Lieut  -Col.  D.  W. 
Flagler. 

The  Cavalryman  and  His  Horse.  Lieut.  8. 
C.  Robertson,  U.  S.  A. 

On  the  Discovery  of  Gunpowder  by  the 
Chinese. 

On  Outposts  Lieut.-Col.  Lonsdale  A.  Hale, 
R.  E. 

Researches  on  the  Penetration  of  Projec- 
tiles.    Major-General  Froloff. 

Index  to  Ordnance  Notes  (Nos.  236  to  259, 
inclusive). 
From  U.  S.  Patent  Of&ce,  Washington: 
Annual  Report  of  the  Commissioner  of  Pat- 
ents for  the  year  1882. 

From  U.  S.  Signal  Service,   Gen.  W.  B. 
Hazen,  Chief,  Washington: 
Professional  Papers    of    the  Signal  Service, 

as  follows  : 

Recent  Mathematical  Papers  concerning 
the  Motions  of  the  Atmosphere.  |Part  I : 
The  Motions  of  Fluids  and  Solids  on  the 
Earth's  Surface.  Prof.  William  Ferrel. 
Charts  and  Tables  showing  Geographical 
Distribution  of  Rainfall  in  the  United 
States.     Lieut.  H.  H.  C.  Dunwoody. 

Meteorological  and  Physical  Observations 
on  the  East  Caast  of  British  America. 
Orray  T.  Sherman. 


Popular  Essays  on  the  Movements  of  the 
Atmosphere.     Prof.  William  Ferrel. 
From   William   H.   Vibbard,   Saratoga 
Springs,  N.  Y.: 
Report  of  the  Trial  of  the  GaskiU  Pumping 
Engine  at  Saratoga  Springs,  June,  1883. 
Charles  T.  Porter. 

From  Col.  George  E.  Waring,  Secretary 
National  Board  of  Health,  Washing- 
ton : 
Annual  Reijort  of    the  National    Board  of 
Health  for  1881. 

From   Charles  E.  Wright,   Marquette, 
Mich.: 
Annual  Report  of  the  Commissioners  oi  Min- 
eral Statistics  of  the  State  of  Michigan  for 

1882.  Lansing,  1883. 

From  Gen.  H.  G.  Wright,  Chief  of  En- 
gineers U.  S  A.,  Washington  : 

Report  of  the  Results  of  a  Survey  of  Paw- 
tucket  River,  Rhode  Island,  together  with 
a  Report  of  the  Preliminary  Examination  of 
the  same,  made  in  compliance  with  the 
requirements  of  the  River  and  Harbor  Act 
of  August  2,  18H2.  Lieut.-Col.  Geo.  H.  El- 
liot. Corps  of  Engineers. 

Papers  showing  the  Maintenance  of  the 
Channel  at  the  South  Pass,  Mississippi 
River  ;  also  copy  of  Report  of  Engineer 
Officer  in  charge  of  work,  of  December  24, 

1883,  setting  forth  the  necessity  of  an  early 
appropriation  to  continue  the  examina- 
tions.    (2  copies. I 

Papers  relative  to  the  application  of  the  sum 
of  $7.5.000  appropriated  by  the  River  and 
Harbor  Act  of  August  2, 1882,  for  "  the  erec- 
tion of  a  lock  and  movable  dam  at  Beatty- 
ville,  at  junction  of  Three  Forks,  Ken- 
tucky River.  Kentucky." 

A  Letter  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers,  and  in- 
closure  of  the  draft  of  a  bill  providing  for 
the  operating  and  care  of  the  harbor  of 
refuge  at  Sand  tJeach,  Lake  Huron,  Michi- 
gan. 

A  Letter  from  the  Chief  of  Engineers,  with 
inclosure  containing  draft  of  a  bill  for  the 
government  and  control  of  the  Saint 
Mary's  Falls  Canal,  Michigan. 

Report  of  the  Select  Committee  of  the 
United  States  Senate  on  the  Mississippi 
River  Imi^rovemcuts. 

Reports  upon  Surveys  for  a  Ship  Canal  to 

connect    the    Chesapeake    and    Delaware 

Bays,  &c.     Lieut  -Col.  W.  P.  Craighill  and 

Capt.  Thos.  Turtle,  Corps  of  Engineers. 

From  other  sources  : 

The  Modern  Polytechnic  School  :  Inaugural 
Address  President  Charles  O.  Thompson, 
delivered  at  the  opening  of  the  Rose  Poly- 
technic Institute,  March  7,  1883,  Terra 
Haute,  Ind. 

The  Mexican  Calendar,  or  Solar  Stone.  A 
lecture  delivered  before  the  Academy  of 
Sciences  and  the  Geographical  Society  of 
the  Pacific,  November  19th  and  27th,  1883. 
Eusebius  J.  Molera. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Eastern  Railroad  Com- 
pany for  the  year  ending  September  30th, 
1883. 


j^m^ricHn   mtki^  of  :(j;tjil   fnigtn^m. 


r^ROCEElJDINGS. 


Vol.   X.— February,    I884. 


MINUTES     OF     MEETINGS. 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 

February  6th,  1884. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President 
William  H.  Paine  in  the  chair.  Ballots  were  canvassed,  and  the  follow- 
ing candidates  declared  elected:  As  Members — Henry  Allen  Brainard, 
Palmyra,  N.  Y. ;  William  Wallace  Hegeman,  Hudson,  N.  Y. ;  Charles 
Frederick  Loweth  (elected  Junior  January  3d,  1883),  St.  Paul,  Minn.; 
Charles  Conrad  Schneider,  New  York.  As  Associate — George  G. 
McMurtry,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  As  Juniors— Frank  Graef  Darlington,  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa. ;  Richard  Augustus  Hale,  Lawrence,  Mass.  The  death  was 
announced  of  John  Avery,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  January  30th,  1884; 
also  the  death  of  Charles  A.  Smith,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  February  2d, 
1884. 

A  paper  by  Hamilton  Smith,  Jr.,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  "Water 
Power  with  High  Pressures,"  was  read  by  the  author,  and  discussed  by 
Messrs.  Collingwood,  Cooper,  A.  H.  Emery,  Charles  E.  Emery,  Fteley 
and  Hutton. 


32  FEBRUARY  PROCEEDINGS. 

February  20th,  1884. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President 
William  H.  Paine  in  tlie  chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.  A  paj)er  by  E. 
B.  Dorsey,  M.  Am.  Soc.  0.  E.,  on  "Structural  Steel,"  was  read  by  the 
author,  and  discussed  by  Messrs.  Cooper,  CoUingwood,  Forney,  Frith 
and  North. 

OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION. 

January  2d,  1884. — Applications  were  considered;  arrangements 
for  the  Annual  Meeting  made.  The  Secretary  presented  draft  of  the 
Annual  Report,  which  was  considered. 

January  9th,  1884. — Applications  were  considered.  The  Secretary 
presented  final  draft  of  the  Annual  Report,  which  was  adopted.  A 
committee — Messrs.  Charles  Macdonald,  Joseph  P.  Davis  and  Theodore 
Coojaer — was  appointed  to  confer  with  similar  committees  of  the  Ameri- 
can Institute  of  Mining  Engineers  and  the  American  Society  of 
Mechanical  Engineers  on  the  advisability  of  extending  an  invitation  to 
the  Iron  and  Steel  Institute  of  Great  Britain  to  hold  a  meeting  in  the 
United  States;  the  committee  to  report  the  result  of  the  conference  to 
the  Board. 

Januaey  17th,  1884. — The  following  standing  committees  were 
appointed: 

On  Finance — William  H.  Paine,  George  S.  Greene,  Jr.,  William  E. 
Hutton. 

On  Libi'ary — J.  James  R.  Croes,  Joseph  P.  Davis,  Theodore  Cooper. 

A  donation  of  $1  000  was  presented  by  Thomas  F.  Rowland,  creating 
a  fund,  the  interest  of  which  is  to  be  ajiplied  for  the  payment  of  the 
Rowland  Prize  instituted  by  the  Society.  Suitable  acknowledgment 
was  directed. 

Financial  business  was  transacted.     Applications  were  considered. 

January  30th,  1884. — Applications  were  considered.  Messrs. 
Michaelis,  Boiler  and  T.  E.  Brown,  Jr.,  were  appointed  a  committee  to 
report  to  the  Board  a  design  for  a  Society  Badge,  as  directed  by  the 
action  of  the  Annual  Meeting.  A  committee  was  requested  to  visit 
Washington,  and  report  to  the  Board  on  the  subject  of  the  prosecu- 
tion of  tests  of  structural  materials. 

February  13th,  1884. — A^jplications  were  considered.  The  follow- 
ing report  was  presented: 


FEBRUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  33 


Repokt  as  to  the  Prosecution   op   Tests  of  Structural  Materials. 

To  the  Boai'd  of  Direction  of  the  A  merican  Society  of  Civil  Eagi7ieers : 

The  subject  of  the  prosecution  of  tests  of  structural  materials  having 
been  by  the  Society  referred  to  the  Board  of  Direction,  the  Board 
recently  requested  the  Secretary  of  the  Society,  and  such  other  mem- 
bers as  could  conveniently  accompany  him,  to  visit  Washington  to 
secure  such  information  as  could  be  obtained  upon  the  subject,  confer 
with  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  and  report  to  the  Board  with  reference  to 
the  present  condition  of  this  subject. 

In  accordance  with  this  request,  Mr.  Frederic  Graff,  Director  Am. 
Soc.  C.  E.,  Captain  O.  E.  Michaelis,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  and  Mr.  John 
Bogart,  Secretary  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  have  visited  Washington,  and  beg  to 
report: 

The  Board  to  test  iron,  steel  and  other  metals  which  was  appointed 
March  25th,  1875,  ceased  to  exist  June  30th,  1879,  in  accordance  with 
Congressional  action.  The  great  testing  machine  which  had  been  con- 
structed under  the  direction  of  that  Board  was  then  left  at  the  Water- 
town  Arsenal  in  charge  of  the  Ordnance  Department  of  the  United 
States  Army,  and  the  appropriations  that  have  since  been  made  by  Con- 
gress for  the  use  of  this  machine  have  been  made  to  be  expended  under 
the  direction  of  that  department,  and  reports  of  the  work  of  that 
machine  have  been  made  by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  and  published 
through  the  War  Department  in  Congressional  documents. 

The  appropriation  for  caring  for,  preserving,  usiug  and  operating  the 
machine  at  Watertown  Arsenal  for  the  last  fiscal  year  was  $10  000,  and 
in  the  law  making  that  aiJiiropriation  there  was  included  the  following 
clause : 

"And  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  shall  give  attention  to  such  programme 
of  tests  as  may  be  submitted  by  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engi- 
neers, and  the  record  of  such  tests  shall  be  furnished  said  Society,  to  be 
by  them  published  at  their  own  expense." 

In  accordance  with  that  provision,  a  programme  was  prepared  by 
this  Board,  in  consultation  with  a  number  of  persons  interested  in  the 
investigation,  production  and  use  of  structural  materials,  and  including 
not  only  members  of  this  Society,  but  also  members  of  the  American 
Institute  of  Mining  Engineers,  and  the  American  Society  of  Mechanical 
Engineers. 

This  programme  was  presented  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  officially 
adopted  by  him,  and  promulgated  by  a  circular  letter  issued  from  the 
Ordnance  Office  of  the  War  Department.  Copies  of  the  jarogramme  and 
of  the  Ordnance  letter  are  attached. 

The  following  extract  from  the  official  printed  rei3ort  of  the  Chief  of 
Ordnance  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  gives  succinctly  the  statement  of  what 


34  FEBRUARY   PROCEEDINGS. 

has  since  been  done,  and  also  the  suggestions  of  that  officer  as  to  desir- 
able action  for  the  future: 

"  This  programme,  with  a  circular  letter  from  this  office,  was  widely 
distributed  among  engineers  and  manufacturers.  In  the  hope  that  the 
appropriation  for  the  j^resent  fiscal  year  would  suffice,  I  agreed  to  pay 
the  cost  of  transporting  the  specimens  to  be  tested;  but  subsequently  I 
had  to  withdraw  my  consent,  the  money  appropriated  not  justifying  the 
expenditure.  Under  the  programme,  no  specimens  have  been  received 
for  tests,  and  I  am  satisfied  that  no  dependence  can  be,  or  should  be^ 
placed  on  voluntary  contributions  in  a  matter  so  vital  to  the  material 
interests  of  the  country.  This  work  is  a  national  affair,  and  the  neces- 
sary expense  should  be  borne  by  the  United  States.  All  that  should  be 
required  of  the  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  is  the  preparation  of  a  pro- 
gramme for  series  of  tests  ;  the  purchase  and  i3reparation  of  material 
and  the  making  of  the  tests  to  be  paid  out  of  moneys  appropriated  by 
Congress. 

"  The  number  of  specimens  tested  on  the  Watertown  ^senal  machine 
during  the  year  ending  June  30th,  1883,  was  4  649.  Only  539  of  this 
number  were  for  private  parties.  More  than  seven-eighths,  therefore, 
of  all  the  tests  made  were  for  the  Government  service.  It  is  fair  to  be- 
lieve that  this  public  work  will  increase  from  year  to  year,  and  that  the 
day  is  not  far  distant  when  the  machine  will  have  to  be  used  exclusively 
on  Government  work. 

"  The  capacity  of  this  machine  is  limited  to  tests  of  extension  and 
compression.  Additional  machines  should  be  provided  for  the  tests  of 
torsional  and  transverse  resistance,  and  estimates  have  been  submitted." 

There  were  also  presented  by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  to  the  War  De- 
partment the  following  estimates  for  the  fiscal  year,  and  with  the  reduc- 
tion made  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  as  shown,  these  estimates  have  been 
officially  approved,  transmitted  to  Congress,  and  included  in  the  regular 
Book  of  Estimates  on  page  146,  and  are  now  officially  before  the  Com- 
mittee on  Appropriations  of  the  House  of  Representatives, 

"  Book  of  Estimates,  page  146. 
Testing  MacJdne,   Watertown  Arsenal : 
Caring  for,  preserving,  using  and  operating  the  United  States 

Testing  Machine  at  Watertown  Arsenal  ^15  000 

Purchase   of   material   for  specimens,  and  labor  to  prepare 

them 15  000 

Machine  to  test  the  torsional  resistance  of  materials 50  000 

Machine  to  test  the  transverse  resistance  of  materials 60  000 

$130  000 
Seduction  by  Secretary  of  War 50  000 

Estimate $80  000 

Appropriated  last  year,  $10  000." 


FEBRUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  35 

It  will  be  seen  that  these  estimates  recognize  the  necessity  for  a 
larger  sum  for  making  tests  of  materials,  and  for  an  additional  sum  for 
purchasing  and  preparing  material  to  be  tested. 

We  find  that  while  the  time  of  tlie  machine  at  Watertown  Arsenal  has 
been  occupied  largely  in  making  tests  for  Government  service,  yet  that  the 
greater  proportion  of  these  tests  were  of  small  specimens,  which  could  as 
well,  and  with  greater  economy  of  time  and  money,  have  been  tested  on 
a  very  much  smaller  machine.  The  necessity  of  making  these  tests  of 
small  specimens  has  made  it  impracticable  to  secure  from  the  great 
machine  the  results  which  might  have  been  obtained  had  there  been  a 
smaller  machine  available. 

The  undersigned  therefore  consider  that  if  the  estimates  from  the 
Book  of  Estimates  above  quoted  can  be  passed  by  Congress,  it  would 
probably  be  better  to  apply  such  portion  of  the  $50  000  as  may  be  re- 
quisite to  secure  a  machine  of  moderate  capacity  for  tests  for  tension  and 
compression,  to  supplement  and  relieve  the  large  testing  machine. 

Our  information  leads  us  to  believe  that  this  would  assure  great  addi- 
tions to  the  effective  results.  The  remainder  of  the  appropriation  would 
then  be  available  for  using  and  operating  the  machines  and  for  purchas- 
ing material. 

The  undersigned  also  report,  as  the  result  of  the  information  obtained 
by  them,  that  there  is  a  far  greater  probability  of  the  passage  by  Con- 
gress of  ai^propriations  which  are  included  in  the  ofiicial  Book  of  Esti- 
mates, and  which  have  the  approval  and  weight  of  an  executive  depart- 
ment, than  there  is  of  securing  the  passage  of  other  bills  and  appropria- 
tions. 

The  undersigned  are  of  the  opinion  that  the  Ordnance  Department  ia 
ready  to  make  the  tests  proposed  by  a  programme  prepared  as  provided 
in  the  bill,  as  far  as  appropriations  will  permit,  and  also  that  the  Ord- 
nance Department  will  approve  and  recommend  the  change  above  sug- 
gested, of  procuring  a  machine  of  more  moderate  capacity.  In  order  to 
secure  such  a  change,  a  letter  making  the  suggestion  should  be  written  to 
the  Chief  of  Ordnance.  The  undersigned  suggest  that  with  this  letter 
should  be  included  a  repetition  of  the  reasons  heretofore  advanced  for 
the  prosecution  of  tests  of  structural  materials.  Should  the  points  made 
in  such  a  letter  be  approved  by  the  War  Department  and  recommended 
to  Congress,  the  undersigned  believe  that  there  will  be  a  strong  proba- 
bility of  securing  an  appropriation  for  the  prosecution  of  tests,  and  that 
immediate  results  can  be  more  confidently  expected  than  by  any  other 
action  that  has  been  suggested,  as  far  as  the  undersigned  are  aware. 

Should  favorable  action  be  taken  by  Congress,  and  the  appropriation 
made,  additions  and  modifications  of  the  programme  for  tests  can  be 
made  with  the  advice  and  co-operation  of  experts,  and  of  members  of  the 
American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers,  and  of  the  American  Society  of 
Mechanical  Engineers,  as  the  original  programme  was  prepared. 


36  FEBRUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

The  records  of  tests  should  be  jjublished  from  time  to  time,  as 
received,  in  such  a  way  as  to  insure  a  full  circulation  among  all  who  may 
be  interested. 

Eespectfully  submitted, 

Feed.  Gkaff, 

O.  E.    MiCHAELIS, 

John  Bogakt, 

Members  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 
February  12th,  1884. 

After  discussion,  a  committee  of  the  Board  was  appointed  to  prepare 
a  letter  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  upon  the  subject  of  the  prosecution  of 
tests  of  structural  materials,  and  a  circular  to  members  of  the  Society 
on  the  same  subject. 


CONTRIBUTIONS  TO  THE  BUILDING  FUND. 

By  a  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Direction,  all  contributions  to  the 
Building  Fund  are  to  be  acknowledged,  from  time  to  time,  by  printing 
lists  of  the  same  in  the  monthly  Proceedings  of  the  Society,  and  in 
addition  to  this  the  names  of  all  those  who  may  subscribe  $100  or  more 
are  to  be  regularly  enrolled  and  published  in  future  lists  of  the  Society 
under  the  head  of  Subscribers  to  the  Building  Fund,  and  they  will  be 
entitled  to  receive  one  copy  of  the  monthly  publications,  comprising  all 
papers  and  Transactions  of  the  Society,  regularly  for  life,  for  each  $100 
subscribed  by  them  ;  such  copies  to  be  in  addition  to  those  which  they 
may  be  already  entitled  to  if  they  are  Members  or  Fellows. 

The  following  contributions  up  to  this  time  are  acknowledged  : 

Fred.  Brooks  * $100  00 

J.  Foster  Flagg 50  00 

Neuchatel  Asphalte  Co 100  00 

*  Additional  subscription  to  payment  previously  acknowledged. 


PEBKUAEY    PROCEEDINGS.  37 

Eepokt  of  the  Committee  on  Unifokm  Standard  Time. 

Presented  at  the  Annual  Meeting,  January  16th,   1884.     With  the 
discussion  and  action  thereupon. 


The  report  of  the  Special  Committee  on  Standard  Time  was  presented 
and  read  by  Sandford  Fleming,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  Chairman,  as 
follows  : 

KOOMS   OF   THE   SOCIETY,   ) 

January  15th,  1884.      j 
The  Special  Committee  on  Standard  Time  beg  leave  to  report : 
In  presenting  this  report,  it  may  be  well  to  recall  the  action  taken  at 
various  times  since  the  appointment  of  the  Committee  at  the  Montreal. 
Convention  in  1881. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Society  held  in  January,  1882,  the  Com- 
mittee reported  at  considerable  length.  They  recognized  the  great 
public  importance  of  the  question  referred  to  them  ;  they  considered 
that  it  practically  resolved  itself  into  a  movement  for  reforming  our  gen- 
eral time  system  ;  they  pointed  out  that  the  question,  from  its  character, 
was  one  which  concerned  not  only  the  railways  and  telegraphs  of  the 
country,  but  every  member  of  the  community,  and,  consequently,  it  be- 
came necessary  to  consult  many  interests,  in  order  that  general  concur- 
rence might  be  obtained  in  a  solution  of  the  problem. 

The  general  importance  of  the  question  appeared  to  the  Committee 
such  as  to  justify  an  earnest  effort  to  bring  it  under  the  notice  of  as 
large  a  number  of  practical  and  scientific  men  as  possible,  and  obtain  an 
expi'ession  of  opinion  from  as  many  as  could  give  it  their  careful 
attention. 

Accordingly,  the  Committee,  having  been  duly  authorized  by  the 
Society,  printed  a  large  issue  of  pamphlets  containing  various  documents 
fully  entering  into  the  whole  question,  and  transmitted  them  to  leading 
men,  including  railway  officers  and  others,  in  every  State  in  the  Union, 
in  every  province  in  Canada,  and  in  Mexico.  Along  with  these  docu- 
ments they  sent  a  series  of  questions,  which  had  been  prepared  with  the 
view  of  bringing  out  every  shade  of  opinion.  The  Committee  specially 
solicited  a  careful  perusal  of  the  documents,  and  cordially  invited  rejilies 
to  the  queries  from  those  who  might  have  time  and  opportunity  to  con- 
sider the  subject  before  a  given  date,  as  the  Committee  desired  to  report  at 
the  Convention  to  be  held  at  Washington  in  the  mouth  of  May  following. 
The  Committee  reported  at  the  Washington  Convention  that  they  had 
been  favored  with  a  total  number  of  about  1  500  replies  to  the  queries 
they  had  issued;  that  these  replies  had  come  from  137  gentlemen  in  every 
part  of  this  continent,  who  had  evidently  taken  great  pains  to  consider 
the  whole  subject;  that  with  those  up  to  that  date  heard  from,  there  was 
a  unanimous  opinion  in  favor  of  a  change;  that  there  was  a  strong  gen- 


38  FEBRUAEY    PROCEEDINGS. 

eral  feeling  expressed  in  favor  of  establishing  a  comprehensive  system  of 
time-reckoning  on  the  basis  of  the  scheme  set  forth  in  the  documents 
submitted  by  the  Committee,  and  that  97  per  cent,  were  in  favor  of 
standard  time  differing  by  intervals  of  one  hour,  thus  reducing  the 
standard  for  the  whole  of  North  America  to  5  meridians  15  degrees 
apart. 

At  the  Washington  Convention  the  Society,  on  the  recommendation 
of  the  Committee,  resolved  to  petition  Congress  to  take  steps  to  establish 
a  prime  meridian  as  a  zero  for  computing  longitude  and  reckoning  time 
throughout  the  globe. 

At  the  last  Annual  Meeting,  January  17th,  1883,  the  Committee  reported 
that  Congress  had  passed  a  joint  resolution  authorizing  the  President  to 
call  an  International  Conference  to  fix  on  and  recommend  for  universal 
adoption  a  common  prime  meridian,  to  be  used  in  the  reckoning  of  lon- 
gitude and  the  regulation  of  time  throughout  the  world. 

In  conformity  with  the  terms  of  the  act  of  Congress,  the  President  of 
the  United  States  has  called  an  International  Conference,  to  be  held  at 
Washington  on  the  1st  October  next. 

At  the  St.  Paul  and  Minneapolis  Convention  in  June  last,  the  Com- 
mittee referred  to  the  interest  which  had  been  awakened  in  the  question 
of  standard  time  throughout  the  world,  and  reported  that  the  managers 
of  the  railways  in  the  United  States  and  Canada,  having  had  their  atten- 
tion directed  to  the  subject,  had  unanimously  resolved  to  adoj^t  the 
system  of  standard  meridians  submitted  by  the  Committee. 

The  Committee  further  reported  that  the  time  was  near  at  hand,  if  it 
had  not  actually  arrived,  when  definite  action  should  be  taken,  by  legisla- 
tion or  otherwise,  to  establish  a  system  of  standard  time  for  general  use 
throughout  the  country. 

On  the  11th  October  last,  the  railway  authorities  met  in  convention 
at  Chicago  and  determined,  without  further  delay,  to  take  energetic 
action.  They  decided  to  adopt  the  hour  standards,  and  they  fixed  upon 
the  18th  of  November  as  the  day  when  they  would  generally  begin  to 
operate  their  lines  by  the  hour  meridians.  The  public  with  great  una- 
nimity acquiesced  in  the  change.  It  is  now  generally  and  universally 
admitted  to  be  a  great  public  boon. 

The  Committee  feel  warranted  in  saying  that  the  course  taken  by  the 
Society  during  the  past  three  years,  as  above  set  forth,  has  had  no  little 
influence  in  promoting  the  step  now  brought  to  a  satisfactory  issue. 

The  Committee  are  of  opinion  that  the  next  step  in  time-reform  is  to 
abandon  the  division  of  the  day  into  halves  of  12  hours  each,  and  to 
adopt  a  single  series  of  hours,  numbered  from  1  to  24.  The  Committee 
have  only  to  refer  to  the  opinions  received  in  reply  to  the  questions  issued 
in  1882  to  satisfy  them  that  the  large  majority  of  persons  who  may  care- 
fully examine  this  branch  of  the  subject  will  give  their  unqualified  sup- 
port to  the  proposal.    92  per  cent,  of  those  heard  from,  up  to  the  date 


FEBRUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  39 

of  the  Washington  Convention,  were  in  favor  of  it,  and  scarcely  one  per- 
son heard  from  since  has  expressed  an  opinion  adverse  to  it. 

The  Committee  is  aware  that  there  is  a  practical  difficulty  to  be  met  in 
any  attempt  to  bring  the  24  hour  division  of  the  day  into  common  use. 
The  necessity  of  adapting  existing  clocks  and  watches  to  the  proposed 
change  is  apparently  serious,  but  it  has  been  found  easy  to  overcome  at 
an  insignificant  cost. 

Judging  from  the  emphatic  opinions  received  with  regard  to  the  di- 
vision of  the  day  into  a  single  series  of  24  hours,  the  Committee  are  jus- 
tified in  inferring  that,  with  the  practical  difficulty  overcome,  the  rail- 
way authorities  and  the  great  mass  of  the  people  will  certainly  welcome 
the  change,  so  soon  as  its  advantages  are  pointed  out  and  projjerly  ap- 
preciated. 

This  is  undoubtedly  the  second  step  to  be  taken  in  reforming  our  time 
system.  In  some  respects  it  is  even  moi'e  important  than  the  one  which 
has  recently  been  achieved  so  successfully,  and  with  far  greater  unanim- 
ity than  has  ever  been  displayed  in  any  matter  affecting  so  many  indi- 
viduals. 

It  is  the  decided  opinion  of  the  Committee  that  if  the  Society  pursues 
the  same  course  in  respect  to  this  second  step  as  it  followed  in  the  mat- 
ter of  standard  meridians,  the  time  is  not  far  distant  when  equally  satis- 
factory results  will  ensue.  • 

For  the  Committee: 

SaNDFORD   FliEJnNG, 

Chairman. 

Discussion. 

T.  EoiiESTON,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.— Although  a  member  of  the  Com- 
mittee, I  take  the  liberty  of  saying  something  upon  this  subject,  more 
especially  as  I  think  this  Society,  as  I  stated  at  Minneapolis,  has  every 
reason  to  congratulate  itself  upon  having  been  the  means  of  introducing 
a  change  which  is  one  of  the  most  important  historical  changes  ever 
made  in  regard  to  time.  Your  Committee  has  reported  that  the  State 
Department  at  Washington  was  to  have  had  the  meridian  determined 
first,  but  it  appears  now  that  standard  time  is  adopted,  and  the  meridian 
is  to  be  determined  hereafter.  But,  practically,  the  standard  meridian  is 
determined  now.  When  the  Convention  meet  in  October,  they  will  have 
very  little  to  do  except  to  adopt,  practically,  the  plan  which  is  laid  out 
for  them  by  this  Society.  I  do  not  wish  to  overrate  what  has  been  done 
by  this  Society,  but  the  history  of  it  is  this.  Professor  Dowd,  of  Sara- 
toga, commenced  a  great  many  years  ago  with  this  question  of  stand- 
ard time,  but  the  matter  fell  through  almost  without  a  hearing.  It  went 
by  because  people,  and  more  especially  engineers,  were  not  educated  up 
to  it.  About  eight  years  ago  the  Metrological  Society  took  up  the  same 
question,  and  they  worked  with  some  of  the  most  distinguished  men  of 


40  FEBRUAEY    PROCEEDINGS. 

this  country  on  the  theoretical  side  of  it  entirely.  They  had  about 
abandoned  the  question  when,  at  the  Montreal  meeting,  this  matter  was 
brought  up  before  this  Society  and  the  practical  side  was  immediately- 
taken  up.  The  reports  of  the  Society  show  how  the  country  was  edu- 
cated up  to  the  point ;  how  everything  that  was  settled  as  a  fixed  fact 
was  distributed  by  means  of  circulars,  so  that  when  the  Kailway  Time 
Convention  was  called  the  question  almost  went  without  saying. 

There  is  a  most  unfortunate  side  to  this  matter.  The  Committee  had 
prepared  everything  so  that  the  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  would  have 
introduced  this  system  into  the  railways  of  the  country,  but  a  mis- 
understanding caused  delay  ;  and  during  that  time  other  i:)eople  took 
the  matter  up.  Mr.  Allen  deserves  great  credit  for  having  carried 
the  matter  through  in  the  way  that  he  did.  I  think  that  the  Society 
is  to  be  congratulated  for  what  it  has  done  ;  I  will  not  say  deserves  to 
be  congratulated  for  what  it  is  going  to  do,  as  that  has  not  yet  been  re- 
alized. The  Committee  gave  great  attention  to  this  24  hours  movement. 
I  think  almost  every  one  of  you  have  realized,  when  you  have  had  any 
very  long  journeys  to  make,  and  had  to  determine  when  you  were  to 
arrive  at  your  destination,  that  you  have  found  it  impossible  to  do  so. 
It  is  a  study  of  several  hours  to  find  out,  for  instance,  whether  you  will 
arrive  at  any  intermediate  station  between  New  York  and  San  Francisco 
by  day  or  night.  On  some  of  the  most  important  railroads  of  Europe, 
they  have  been  in  the  habit  of  printing  on  their  time-tables  the  day 
hours  in  black  on  a  white  ground,  and  the  night  hours  in  white  on  a  black 
ground.  The  system  is  a  source  of  very  great  inconvenience,  as  I  can 
testify  from  my  own  experience  when  traveling  in  Europe  some  two  years 
ago.  Having  occasion  to  go  from  Prague  to  Ems,  I  consulted  the  railway 
guides  as  to  what  time  I  would  arrive  at  my  destination,  and  I  could  not 
find  it  from  them.  I  consulted  the  railway  officials  of  the  road,  and 
they  could  not  tell  me  ;  the  consequence  was  I  lost  my  baggage.  Under 
those  circumstances,  anybody  who  has  had  any  such  experience — and  I 
do  not  doubt  that  everybody  in  this  room  has  at  one  time  or  another 
gone  through  experiences  of  that  kind — will  perceive  that  any  preventive 
of  that  will  reduce  materially  the  anxieties  and  uncertainties  of  travel- 
ling. 

Suppose  we  had  the  day  divided  into  24  hours;  there  would  be  no 
mistaking  the  time  of  arriving  at  a  given  point.  If  we  start  at  1  o'clock 
from  anywhere  and  arrive  at  24  o'clock,  there  is  no  doubt  about  the  time 
we  arrive.  But  if  we  arrive  at  10  o'clock,  there  is  an  uncertainty  of  12 
hours  as  to  the  time.  There  has  been  an  effort  made  to  distinguish  the 
different  hours  by  printing  with  heavier  figures.  Then  with  the  heavier 
figures  it  is  a  little  uncertain  which  is  meant,  a.  m.  or  p.  m.  Most 
railroads  print  their  time-tables  with  a.  m.  and  p.  M.,  and  quite  frequently 
the  A.  and  the  p.  become  interchanged,  and  sometimes  the  p.  is  left  out, 
or  the  M. ,  and  sometimes  both. 


FEBRUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  41 

The  most  important  question  with  reference  to  this  matter  is  what 
shall  be  done  with  the  time-pieces  already  in  existence.  The  Committee 
are  not  the  only  ones  that  are  thinking  about  this.  It  is  said  that  about 
one  hundred  apijlications  have  been  presented  to  the  U.  S.  Patent  Office 
on  this  subject.  As  probably  most  of  the  members  know,  the  method 
of  dividing  the  day  in  this  way  was  in  use  in  Italy  100  years  ago,  and  I 
think  is  still  in  use  in  Italy,  without  causing  great  inconvenience.  Some 
fifteen  or  twenty  years  ago  I  had  a  collection  of  watches,  which  was  for 
its  piirpose  a  very  valuable  one,  but  which  was  unfortunately  stolen 
from  me,  and  in  a  number  of  those  watches  the  face  was  divided  into  24 
hours.  Some  of  the  watches  went  so  far  as  to  indicate  the  hours  of  the 
day  with  figures  in  black  on  a  white  ground,  and  the  night  hours  with 
figures  in  white  on  a  black  ground.  The  twenty-four  hours  system  has 
been  used  already  in  a  number  of  countries,  and  is  used  by  astronomers 
all  over  the  world. 

Every  man  has  a  certain  amount  of  money  invested  in  clocks  or  watches, 
more  or  less  valuable.  Will  it  be  practicable  to  alter  the  clocks  without 
altering  the  works  ?  It  is  certainly  very  undesirable,  with  a  valuable 
chronometer,  to  do  anything  which  would  change  the  rate  of  the  balance 
or  the  friction.  A  very  ingenious  contrivance  has  been  suggested  by  a 
newspaper,  and  a  watchmaker,  Mr.  Henry  Fick,  44  Sixth  avenue,  has 
proposed  two  things.  I  have  borrowed  a  dial  from  him,  from  which  you 
will  see  that  there  are  two  circles  of  figures.  Those  in  the  outer  circle 
are  in  Roman,  and  those  in  the  inner  circle  in  Arabic.  Mi-.  Fleming  Las 
suggested  a  device  which  is  an  extremely  simple  one,  for  any  watch. 
Mr.  Fleming's  watch  and  Mr.  Bogart's  are  arranged  in  the  same  way. 
The  figures  are  simply  pasted  over  the  dial,  so  that  you  have  the  figures 
in  Roman,  with  the  other  figures  in  Arabic  above.  I  hold  in  my  hand  a 
dial  made  in  this  same  way,  in  which  the  dial  is  enameled.  The  watch 
has  the  figures  arranged  on  the  dial  exactly  as  that  has.  There  are  three 
hands.  During  the  first  part  of  the  day  the  long  hour  hand  and  the 
longer  minute  hand  point  to  the  Arabic  figures.  At  12  o'clock  the  long 
part  of  the  hour  hand  jumps  to  the  minute  hand,  and  the  hour  hand  be- 
comes a  short  one,  so  that  you  have  the  hands  at  two  different  lengths 
at  two  different  times  of  the  day.  This  is  a  very  simple  device,  which 
can  be  put  into  any  watch.  The  matter  of  the  cost  of  altering  the  watch 
is  insignificant.  The  cost  of  altering  the  dial-work  underneath  the  face 
would  not  be  more  than  75  cents  if  you  wanted  to  have  the  three  hands. 
The  cost  of  Mr .  Fleming's  method  would  be  so  insignificant  that  it  is 
not  worth  consideration. 

In  view  of  the  importance  of  changing  the  hours  so  that  there  shall 
be  no  mistake  between  a.  m.  and  p.  m.  ,  your  Committee  have  thought  it 
worth  while  to  inquire  from  different  persons  in  the  country  what  they 
would  think  about  it.  From  the  railroad  officials  we  have  already  had 
such  answers  to  the  question  as  make  us   feel   i^erfectly  warranted  in 


42  FEBRUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

going  on  further  in  tlie  discussion  of  this  subject,  and  we  hope  to  present 
you  a  report,  in  a  space  of  time  more  or  less  short,  that  a  large  majority 
of  the  civilized  people  of  the  world  have  adopted,  or  are  ready  to  adopt, 
24  o'clock. 

De  VoiiSON  Wood,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.— I  would  like  to  hear  that  part 
of  the  report  bearing  upon  24  o'clock . 

Mr.  Fleming  read  this  portion  of  the  report. 

De  Volson  Wood,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.— I  was  not  aware  that  so  much 
had  been  done  on  this  one  point  as  to  obtain  92  per  cent,  of  answers  in 
its  favor.  It  looks  so  favorable,  that  the  wonder  to  me  is  that  the  day 
was  ever  divided  into  two  parts  of  twelve  hours  each.  It  seems  to  me 
that  as  to  the  matter  of  cost  in  regard  to  the  changing  of  the  time-pieces, 
while  it  is  very  proper  that  it  should  be  considered  even  into  details,  we 
can  recognize  the  fact  that  there  would  be  no  cost  to  the  majority  of 
people,  even  if  this  system  were  adopted;  for  I  see  no  more  difficulty  in 
reducing  13  or  14  o'clock  to  the  time-piece  in  hand  than  I  do  in  reducing 
from  forenoon  to  afternoon  the  a.  m.  and  the  p.  m.  Still,  I  am  glad  that  it 
has  been  shown  to  be  so  easily  done,  that  there  need  be  no  confusion 
in  that  regard.  It  seemed  to  me  such  an  appropriate  measure,  that  I 
wished  to  suggest  the  propriety  of  issuing  again  some  form  of  question 
or  suggestion  to  the  members  of  the  Society,  and  to  all  persons  inter- 
ested, who  hold  positions  of  responsibility,  which  I  believe  is  similar  to 
ihe  course  followed  before— that  of  asking  questions  and  requesting  a 
reply  in  writing.  Perhaps  many  have  forgotten,  as  I  did,  that  that  par- 
ticular question  was  asked  before,  although  it  is  a  question  that  I  have 
thought  of  frequently  in  connection  with  the  subject.  It  seems  to  me  so 
eminently  practical  that  we  ought  to  do  what  we  can  in  favor  of  the 
change. 

O.  E.  MiGHAELis,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.— I  move  that  the  report  be  ac- 
cepted and  the  Committee  continued . 

Robert  H.  Thurston,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.— I  wish  to  say  simply  that 
it  has  seemed  to  me  that  the  importance  of  the  work  done  by  this  Com- 
mittee is  so  exceptional,  that  we  ought  to  do  something  more  than  simply 
accept  the  report,  continuing  the  Committee;  and  I  was  about  to  write 
a  resolution,  in  which  the  Society  was  expected  to  express  its  apprecia- 
tion of  the  work  done,  acknowledge  its  value,  and  compliment  the  Com- 
mittee and  congratulate  the  Society  on  their  success,  so  far  as  the  matter 
has  gone  ;  and  then  to  add  that  the  Committee  be  continued.  If  the 
gentleman  has  no  objection,  I  would  like  to  offer  the  resolution  as  an 
amendment. 

O.  E.  MiCHAELis,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.— I  accept  the  amendment. 
Sandford  Fleming,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.— I  am  extremely  glad  to  hear 
what  Prof.  Wood  has  just  said.     As  Chairman  of  the  Committee,  I  am 
greatly  encouraged  to  go  on,  if  we  are  permitted  to  go  on,  in  endeavor- 
ing to  take  a  second  step  in  this  matter.     I  have  very  strong  views  on 


FEBRUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  45 

the  subject.  I  am  quite  sure  tliat  if  the  proper  course  is  taken  it  will 
certainly  succeed;  and  as  my  views  are  condensed  in  a  short  paper, 
which  I  presented  to  the  Metrological  Society,  I  will  ask  your  permis- 
sion to  read  a  portion  of  that  paper. 

The  Vice-Pbesldent. — It  is  entirely  proper,  and  as  it  is  immediately 
connected  with  this  motion,  we  will  hear  it. 

Sand  FORD  Fleming,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. — These  were  notes  read  before 
the  Metrological  Society  a  few  weeks  ago.  I  will  only  read  a  few  of 
the  last  pages  : 

"The  inconveniences  resulting  from  the  division  of  the  day  into 
halves  are  well  known,  but  they  have  generally  been  looked  upon  as  un- 
avoidable, and,  consequently,  have  been  philosophically  and  silently 
endured.  Such  evils  are  experienced  chiefly  by  travelers,  but  in  this 
country,  where  all  are  travelers,  there  are  few  who  have  not  been  baffled 
in  their  efforts  to  solve  the  intricacy  of  railway  time-tables.  Is  there  one 
who  cannot  recur  to  frequent  mistakes  and  disappointments  to  himself 
and  others,  springing  directly  from  this  cause  ?  The  reason  why  railway 
time-tables  are  unintelligible  and  exceedingly  troublesome  to  all  who 
have  occasion  to  consult  them,  is  the  distinction  necessary  to  be  made 
between  the  12  hours  before  noon  and  the  12  hours  which  follow  noon. 
It  is  held  there  is  no  necessity  for  this  distinction,  that  it  is  awkward  and 
inconvenient,  and  that  the  expressions  ante  meridian  and  post  meridian, 
or  their  contractions,  a.  m.  and  p.  m.,  should  be  abolished.  It  is  diffi- 
cult to  understand  how  the  12-hour  division  crept  into  use.  It  may  have 
been  at  a  period  when  common  education  was  at  a  low  ebb.  In  dealing' 
with  marketable  commodities,  the  practice  of  reducing  arithmetical 
quantities  to  dozens  was  introduced.  Such  practice  is  no  longer  neces- 
sary, as  most  people  nowadays  can  count  higher  than  12;  the  division 
of  the  day  in  accordance  with  this  old  custom  is  now  indefensible,  and' 
not  a  single  reason  can  be  given  why  the  same  numbers  should  do  duty 
twice  on  our  clocks  and  watches,  to  indicate,  as  they  now  do,  two- 
distinct  and  sejjarate  hours.  The  division  of  the  day  into  halves  at  noon 
is  unnatural,  as  well  as  unnecessary  and  inconvenient.  The  only  division 
of  the  day  indicated  by  nature  is  that  of  daylight  and  darkness.  Had 
these  portions  been  subdivided  into  separate  sets  of  hours,  making  & 
o'clock  come  at  noon  instead  of  12  o'clock,  it  would  have  been  at  least  in 
harmony  with  nature,  and,  in  some  respects,  more  rational  than  the 
present  method.  The  more  the  subject  is  considered,  the  more  it  will  be 
found  that  the  traditional  usage  which  we  follow  has  no  advantage,, 
while  it  has  many  disadvantages.  Every  argument  points  to  the  expe- 
diency of  abandoning  the  halving  of  the  day  at  noon,  and  the  adoption 
of  a  consecutive  numbering  of  the  hours  in  a  single  series  iip  to  21 .  The 
present  system  is  felt  to  be  an  impediment  to  general  intercourse,  and 
the  removal  of  all  such  impediments  is  of  such  great  and  enduring  im- 
portance as  to  do  away  with  every  consideration  of  tradition  or  habit,. 


44  FEBRUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

however  ancient  and  long  continued.  It  has  been  urged  against  the  pro- 
posed change  that  the  clocks  and  watches  that  exist  would  be  rendered 
useless  by  its  general  adoption.  This  would,  no  doubt,  be  an  insuper- 
able objection,  if  the  diificulty  was  more  than  apparent.  It  is  not,  how- 
ever, a  valid  objection,  as  it  will  be  an  easy  matter  to  utilize  every  time- 
keeper now  in  use.  It  will  only  be  necessary  to  furnish  them  with  new 
dials,  or  to  place  on  the  old  dials  the  additional  afternoon  hours,  13  to 
24.  These  should  be  in  Arabic,  in  a  circle  within  the  present  Roman 
figures.  The  latter  change  can  be  eflfected  at  a  cost  too  trifling  to  be 
considered.  It  will  take  some  time  to  accustom  ourselves  to  the  new 
numbers  of  the  afternoon  hours.  The  man  who  usually  leaves  off  work 
at  6  o'clock  p.  M.  might  consider  that  he  had  ground  of  complaint  if  he 
was  asked  to  continue  until  18  o'clock.  A  lady  inviting  her  friends  to  a 
5  o'clock  tea  would  at  first  excite  some  amusement  by  inviting  them  to 
a  17  o'clock  tea  ;  but  the  change  once  established,  and  its  advantages 
realized,  the  mind  would  soon  become  familiar  with  the  strange  expres- 
sion, and  in  a  marvellously  brief  space  of  time  the  new  sounds  would 
become  familiar  to  the  ear.  One  thing  is  perfectly  obvious:  the  general 
movement  has  made  substantial  progress.  Only  a  very  few  years  have 
rolled  away  since  the  proposition  took  form  to  substitute  for  the  time- 
honored  practice  a  more  scientific,  more  simple,  and  more  suitable 
system.  Public  interest  is  now  thoroughly  awakened  to  the  importance 
of  the  subject.  Within  the  past  few  months,  the  representatives  of 
100  000  miles  of  railway  have  emjihatically  pronounced  in  favor  of  the 
change.  They  have  with  singular  unanimity,  and  with  the  hearty  ap- 
proval of  fifty  millions  of  people,  taken  a  decided  course  in  initiating  the 
scheme  of  time-reform.  On  this  continent,  at  least,  the  first  step  is  now 
irrevocably  taken.  Is  not  the  second  step  to  abolish  the  practice  of 
halving  the  day  and  counting  the  subdivisions  by  dozens  ?  Does  not  the 
question  of  the  hour  become,  how  soon  shall  we  count  up  to  24  o'clock  ? 
This  question  may  be  answered  at  an  earlier  day  than  many  anticijjate. " 

Feed  Bkooks,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. — We  seldom  have  upon  the  dials 
of  our  clocks  and  watches  the  characters  appropriate  for  designating 
numbers .  We  have  such  characters  as  IX  and  VI  ;  and  it  would  be 
about  as  easy  to  remember  that  IX  meant  21,  as  it  is  now  to  remember 
that  it  means  9. 

The  anxiety  felt  about  the  figuring  of  dials  is  greater  than  is  called 
for;  we  seldom  read  the  marks;  we  merely  notice  upon  what  part  of  the 
circle  they  are  placed.  UiJon  a  church  tower  near  my  home  is  a  clock 
dial  consisting  of  twelve  stars  exactly  alike,  arranged  in  the  places  of  the 
usual  letters;  and  there  is  no  diflSculty  in  telling  time  by  it. 

T.  Egleston,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.  —I  will  guarantee  from  observation 
that  not  one  man  in  a  dozen  ever  reads  the  figures  when  he  looks  at  the 
clock.  By  the  lettered  clocks  of  Rogers,  Peet  &  Co.,  New  York  Times, 
and  others,  you  tell  the  time  just  as  well  as  if  figures  were  there. 


FEBRUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  45 

F.  Brooks,  M.  Am.  See.  C.  E. — We  depend  upon  astronomers  to 
measure  time  for  us  ;  so  it  is  in  order  to  quote  from  Sir  J.  F.  W.  Her- 
schel's  Outlines  of  Astronomy  the  following  passage  from  Art.  147  and 
its  footnote  ;  the  italics  are  the  author's : 

"  Astronomers,  even  when  they  use  mean  solar  time,  depart  from  the 
civil  reckoning,  commencing  their  day  at  noon,  and  reckoning  the  houra 
from  0  round  to  24.  Thus  11  o'clock  in  the  forenoon  of  the  second  of 
January,  in  the  civil  reckoning  of  time,  corresponds  to  January  1  day  23 
hours  in  the  astronomical  reckoning  ;  and  1  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  of 
the  former,  to  January  2  days  1  hour  of  the  latter  reckoning.  Thi» 
usage  has  its  advantages  and  disadvantages,  but  the  latter  seem  to  pre- 
ponderate ;  and  it  would  be  well  if,  in  consequence,  it  could  be  broken 
through  and  the  civil  reckoning  substituted.  Uniformity  in  nomencla- 
ture and  modes  of  reckoning  in  all  matters  relating  to  time,  space,  weight, 
measure,  &c.,  is  of  such  vast  and paramou)d  iinportance  in  every  relation  of 
life  as  to  outweigh  every  consideration  of  technical  convenience  or  custom^ 
The  only  disadvantage  to  astronomers  of  using  the  civil  reckoning  is- 
this  :  that  their  observations  being  chiefly  carried  on  during  the 
night,  the  day  of  their  date  will,  in  this  reckoning,  always  have  to  be 
changed  at  midnight,  and  the  former  and  latter  portion  of  every  night's 
observations  will  belong  to  two  differently  numbered  civil  days  of  the 
month.  There  is  no  denying  this  to  be  an  inconvenience.  Habit,  how- 
ever, would  alleviate  it ;  and  so7ne  inconveniences  must  be  cheerfully  sub- 
mitted to  by  all  who  resolve  to  act  on  general  principles.  All  other 
classes  of  men,  whose  occupation  extends  to  the  night  as  well  as  day,^ 
submit  to  it,  and  find  their  advantage  in  doing  so." 

I  hope  the  Committee  will  communicate  with  astronomers,  with  a  view 
to  securing  that  uniformity  of  all  time  reckonings  which  is  pre-eminently 
desirable,  as  soon  as  permitted  by  the  lapse  of  the  time  for  which 
almanacs  are  already  computed  in  advance. 

F.  Colling  WOOD,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. — There  is  one  thing  to  be 
thought  of.  The  first  attempt  to  put  24  numbers  in  the  circle  on  any 
dial  would  be  very  apt  to  crowd  it  so  that  it  would  be  less  easy  to  distin- 
guish the  numbers.  Now,  a  very  simple  arrangement  could  be  made — 
say  1  o'clock  was  put  at  the  first  figure,  and  then  all  the  odd  figures 
put  on  the  outside  of  the  dial  and  the  even  numbers  inside  of  it.  By 
that  means  you  save  the  crowding.  And  then  as  to  the  suggestion  made 
that  you  might  change  the  rate  of  the  clock,  as  a  practical  watchmaker,  I 
can  see  no  difiiculty  in  changing  the  wheels  under  a  dial  without  chang- 
ing the  rate  at  all.  I  think  that  a  new  set  of  wheels  can  be  cut,  and 
proper  pinions  adjusted,  so  that  the  movement  would  have  the  same  fric- 
tion. 

T.  Egleston,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.— For  an  ordinary  watch,  but  not 
for  a  chronometer. 

F.  CoLLiNGWOOD,    M.   Am.   Soc.   C.   E.— You  certainly  could  for  a 


46  FEBRUAKY    PROCEEDINGS. 

watch.  "Whether  it  could  be  done  for  a  chronometer  or  not,  I  am  not 
prepared  to  say .  But  you  can  change  the  pinion  and  the  wheel  without 
altering  the  friction.     You  might  perhaps  alter  the  rate. 

T.  Egleston,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.  — That  involves  expense,  and  the 
object  of  the  Committee  has  been  to  deal  with  existing  things.  There 
are  certainly  two  or  three  million  watches  which  will  need  to  be  altered 
at  a  very  little  expense. 

R.  L.  Harms,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.  —  As  to  the  objection  stated  by  Mr. 
Brooks,  I  think  within  a  few  months  we  have  had  a  little  discussion  on 
that  matter  which  would  entirely  eliminate  that  objection  in  regard  to 
astronomers.  It  really  places  the  beginning  of  the  day  at  the  180th  me- 
ridian from  Greenwich,  which  is  desirable,  so  that  the  time  is  started  in 
the  middle  of  the  Pacific  Ocean,  which  would  bring  the  middle  of  the 
day  to  Greenwich,  and  so  eliminate  the  objection  spolien  of. 

O.  E.  MicHAELis,  M.  Am.  Soc.  0.  E .  — I  suppose  we  have  all  read  a 
certain  graphic  description  of  the  danger  of  navigation  without  a  nautical 
almanac.  I  woiild  like  to  hear  the  Chairman  explain  how,  if  the  hours 
are  to  begin  at  midnight,  he  expects  to  reconcile  the  method  he  proposes 
with  the  almanacs  now  in  use,  which  I  believe  are  calculated  five  and  six 
years  ahead. 

Sandfokd  Fleming,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.— I  do  not  understand  the 
gentleman.  We  are  not  proposing  to  interfere  with  the  almanac.  We 
are  only  suggesting  that  the  division  of  the  day  into  twt)  halves  should 
be  abandoned. 

The  Vice-Peesident. — Captain  Michaelis  might  perhaps  make  that  a 
little  better  understood.     Mr.  Fleming  did  not  understand  his  remark. 

O.  E.  Michaelis,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.— The  Nautical  Almanac,  as  cal- 
culated at  the  Naval  Observatory,  is  already  divided  into  24  hours,  but 
divides  the  days  at  noon  instead  of  dividing  at  midnight. 

Sandford  Fleiiing,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.— I  think,  sir,  you  will  see 
that  the  Nautical  Almanac,  which  is  generally  used  for  finding  the  posi- 
tion of  ships  at  sea,  will  perform  its  functions  in  the  future  the  same  as 
it  has  done  in  the  past.  This  is  in  regard  to  the  keeping  of  time  on  land. 
We  are  not  in  the  least  interfering  with  the  mode  of  ascertaining  the  sit- 
uation of  ships  at  sea. 

F.  Collingwood,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.— I  do  not  think  any  of  us  ought 
to  take  it  for  granted  that  this  work  is  complete  yet.  I  have  been  at 
Pittsburgh  for  the  past  four  or  five  months,  and  there  they  still  use  the 
old  time.  They  reckon  in  two  times  there— in  fact,  in  three,  if  they  are 
going  west.  A  good  many  people  say  that  the  new  system  is  a  humbug, 
and,  as  engineers,  I  think  we  ought  to  see  that  it  is  adopted.  Even  in 
such  a  society  as  the  Engineers  Society  of  Western  Pennsylvania,  a  res- 
olution was  presented  one  evening  to  the  effect  that  the  Common  Council 
be  requested  to  adopt  the  standard  time  now  in  use  on  the  railroads. 
A  prominent  engineer,  a  member  of  our  Society,  took  exception  to  this 


FEBRUAKY    PROCEEDINGS.  47 

on  the  ground  that  it  had  not  yet  been  tried.  I  took  occasion  to  say  that 
I  had  once  lived  in  a  town  through  which  a  railroad  first  passed  some 
thirty  years  ago,  whose  time  was  11  minutes  faster  than  the  time  pre- 
viously prevailing  in  the  town.  The  time  was  changed  simply  by  setting 
the  town  clock  ahead,  and  the  people  all  adopted  it.  The  resolution  I 
speak  of  was  passed  by  that  society. 

The  Vice- President. — The  question  is  on  the  motion  as  amended,  aa 
follows  : 

"  Resolved,  That  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  hereby  ac- 
knowledges the  extent  and  value  of  the  work  accomplished  to  date  by  the 
Committee  on  Uniform  Standard  Time,  and  tenders  to  that  Committee 
hearty  thanks  and  earnest  congratulations  for  the  diligence  and  the  in- 
telligent and  fruitful  labors  of  which  the  results  have  been  so  well  exhib- 
ited in  the  rei^ort  presented. 

Resolved,  That  the  report  of  the  Committee  be  accepted  and  the  Com- 
mittee continued." 

The  resolution  was  adopted. 


48  FEBRUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 


LIST    OF    MEMBERS, 


ADDITIONS, 


MEMBEES. 


Date  of  Election- 

Beaxnard,  Henry  A Phoenix,  Oswego  Co.,  N.  Y Feb.  6,  1884. 

Brooks,  Frkd (Elected  Junior,  June  7,  1876),  130  Boyl- 

ston  street,  Boston,  Mass Jan.  2,  1884. 

Carrel,  Frederick  J Cascade  Locks,  Oregon Mar.  5,  1884. 

Fields,  Samuel  J Cb.  Eng.  Niagara  Bridge  Works,  Buffalo, 

N.  Y "     "     " 

Fitch,  Asa  B lyi    North  Sixth   street,    Terre   Haute, 

Ind ' 

Griswold,  Frank  L (Morse  &  Griswold),  12  Cortlandt  street, 

New  York  City May  2,  1883. 

Hall,  William  Hammond. State  Engineer,  Sacramento,  Cal Jan.  2,  1884. 

Hayes,  Edmund (Elected  Junior,  March  6,  1878),  Union 

Bridge  Co.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y Mar.  5,  1884. 

Hegeman,  William  W.  .  .Rhinebeck,  N.  Y Feb.  6,  1884. 

Hill,  Albert  B (Elected  Junior  Feb.  6,  1876),  City  En- 
gineer, New  Haven,  Conn Mar.  5,  1884. 

HoYT,  William  E Ch.  Engineer  Rochester  and  Pittsburgh 

R.  R.,  Rochester,  N.  Y "     "     " 

Hunt,  Charles  W 238   West    Twenty-second   street,    New 

York  City Jan.  2,  1884. 

LowETH,  Charles  F (Elected  Junior  Jan.  3,  1883),  42  Mann- 

heimer  Block,  St.  Paul,  Minn Feb.  6,  1884. 

Mais,  Henry  C Engineer-in-Chief   for    the    Colony    of 

South  Australia,  Adelaide,  S.  A June  6,  1883. 

McDonald,  Harry  P Columbia,  Tenn Mar.  5,  1884. 

Morse,  Charles  J Morse  Bridge  Co.,  Youngstown,  Ohio.  .Feb.  6,  1884. 

Nexsen,  Elbert P.  O.  Box  23,  Stillwater,  Minn Dec.  5,  1883. 

Robinson,  Stillman  W. ..Prof.  Mech.  Eng.  Ohio  State  Univ.  and 

Inspector  of  Railroads  and   Bridges 

for  State  Com.  of  Rys.,  1205  N.  High 

street,  Columbus,  Ohio Jan.  2,  1884. 

Schneider,  Chaeles  C  ...  35  Wall  street.  New  York  City Feb.  6,  1884. 

Staats,  John  H 104  Hudson  street,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. .  .Mar.  5,  1884. 

Stevens,  Frank  S Princ.  Asst.  Eng.  New  York,  West  Shore 

and  Buffalo  Ry.,  Weekawken,  N.  J... Oct.  3,  1883. 
WoLCOTT,  Christopher  C.Civil  Engineer   U.    S.  N.,  U.  S.  Navy 

Yard,  Mare  Island,  Cal Mar.  5,  1884. 


FEBEUAET    PKOCEEDINGS.  49 


Darlington,  Fkank  G Eng.   Maintenance  of  Way,  Pittsburgh, 

Cincinnati    and    St.  Louis  Eailway, 

Pittsburgh,  Pa Feb.  6,  188-4. 

Hale,  KicHAED  A Essex  Company,  Lawrence,  Mass "     "     " 

Whistler,  Thomas  D South  Orange,  N.  J Mar.  5,  1884. 

FELLOW. 

De  Garay,  Fkancisco Civil  Engineer,  City  of  Mexico,  Mexico. Aug. 31, 1883. 


changes    and    corrections. 


MEMBERS. 


Bates,  Onward (Care  C.  Shaler  Smith),  Bridge  Entrance,  St.  Louis, 

Mo. 
DoANE,  Walter  A Rocky  Mt.  Div.  Canadian  Pacific  E.  R.  (Care  H.  S, 

Holt),  via  Winnipeg,  Manitoba. 
Felton,  SamuelM.,  Jr..  .Asst.  to  President  New  York,  Lake  Erie  and  Western 

E.  E.,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Flagg,  J.  Foster 161  Camp  street,  New  Orleans,  La. 

Flint,  Edward  A 12  Tremont  Bank  Building,  Boston,  Mass. 

Fteley,  Alphonse Executive  Eng.  Aqueduct  Commission,  108  Tribune 

Building,  New  York  City. 

Fuller,  Sidney  T Hotel  Glendon,  Boston,  Mass. 

Gates,  Horace  D 301  Lombard  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Godwin,  Bryant 49  Chambers  street,  New  York  City. 

Harding,  Henry Hartland  Four  Corners,  Vt. 

Hughes,  William  M Room  57,  City  Hall,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Hunt,  Randell 24  Mannheimer  Block,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Lindenthal,  Gustav Lewis  Block,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

McGrath,  Wallace Erie,  Pa. 

MooRE,  Robert 325  Chestniit  street,  St.  Loixis,  Mo. 

PoE,  Orlando  M Lt.-Col.  Corps  of  Engineers,  Bvt.  Brig. -Gen.  U.  S.  A., 

35  Congress  street  West,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Schmidt,  Max  0.  E Mexican  Central  R.  R.,  Tampico,  Mexico. 

Schuyler,  James  D   610  Folsom  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

JUNIORS. 

Connett,  Albert  N (Care  E.  W.  Wellington),  Carneiro,  Kansas. 

Hoeton,  Sandfoed Sibley,  Iowa. 

Stevens,  Horace  E P.  O.  Box  2396,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Welson,  Herbert  M U.  S.  Geological  Survey,  Washington,  D.  C. 


50  FEBRUAKY   PROCEEDINGS. 


AvEEY,  John Elected  Member  December  4tli,  1867.     Died  January 

30th,  1884. 
Geibten,  John Elected   Member  April   15tb,    1868.     Died   January 

14th,  1884. 
Humphreys,  Andrew  A..  .Elected   Honorary  Member   May   7th,    1873.     Died 

December  27th,  1883. 
McAlpine,  Charles  L Elected  Member  December  4th,  1867.     Died  January 

11th,  1884. 
ScHtTTLER,  Howard Elected   Member  June   7th,  1882.     Died  December 

3d,  1883. 
Seelt,  Thomas  J Elected  Member  February  1st,  1882.     Died  October 

2d,  1883. 
Smith,  Charles  A Elected   Member  April   7th,    1880.     Died   February 

2d,  1884. 
Spielmann,  Arthur Elected  Associate  March  5th,  1873.    Elected  Member 

September  5th,  1877.     Died  November  29th,  1883. 
Farnam,  Henry Elected  Fellow  November  14th,  1872.     Died  October 

4th,  1883. 


W£rtiian   mtkk  of  ^iml  iy^mm. 


I^ROO  EE  DI^  GS. 


Vol.   X.— March,   1884. 


MINUTES     OF     MEETINaS, 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


March  5th,  1884.  — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.  ,  Vice-President  Wil- 
liam H.  Paine  in  the  chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.  Ballots  were 
canvassed,  and  the  following  candidates  declared  elected:  As  Membei's — 
Frederick  J.  Carrel,  Cascade  Locks,  Oregon;  Samuel  James  Fields,  Buf- 
falo, N.  Y. ;  Asa  Betts  Fitch,  Terre  Haute,  Ind. ;  Edmund  Hayes  (elected 
Junior  March  6th,  1878),  Buffalo,  N.  Y. ;  Albert  Banks  Hill  (elected 
Junior  February  2d,  1876),  New  Haven,  Conn.;  William  E.  Hoyt, 
Rochester,  N.  Y. ;  Harry  P.  McDonald,  Louisville,  Ky. ;  Frederick  Syl- 
vester Odell,  New  York,  N.  Y. ;  John  Henry  Staats,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. ; 
Christopher  Columbus  Wolcott,  Mare  Island,  Cal.  As  Junior — Thomas 
Delano  Whistler,  South  Orange,  N.  J. 

A  description  of  the  chimney  of  the  Pacific  Mills,  at  Lawrence,  Mass., 
built  under  the  direction  of  Hiram  F.  Mills,  C.  E.,  and  of  the  chimney 
of  the  Merrimack  Manufacturing  Company,  at  Lowell,  Mass.,  built 
under  the  direction  of  J.  F.  Baker,  C.  E.,  and  the  chimney  of  the  New 
York  Steam  Company,  built  under  the  direction  of  Charles  E.  Emery, 
M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  were  presented,  and  the  subject  of  chimney  construc- 
tion was  discussed  by  Messrs.  Brinckerhoff,  Cooper,  Croes,  Emery, 
Griswold,  J.  M.  Knap,  Prindle  and  Worthen. 

Makch  19th,  1884. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m  ,  Vice-President  Wil- 
liam H.  Paine  in  the  chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.  A  paper  by  E.  B. 
Dorsey,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  "On  the  Comparative  Liability  to  and 
Danger  from  Conflagrations  in  London  and  New  York,"  was  read  by  the 
author,  and  discussed  by  Messrs.  Bogart,  Cooper,  J.  P.  Davis,  Dorsey, 


52  MARCH    PROCEEDINGS. 

W.  P.  Esterbrook,  Just,  Hamilton  Smith,  Jr.,  C.  D.  Watkins  and  Wel- 
lington. 

OF  THE  BOAED  OF  DIRECTION. 

Maech  5th,  1884. —Applications  were  considered.  Messrs.  L.  F. 
Beckwitli  and  T.  C.  McCollom,  Members  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. ,  were  added  to 
the  Committee  on  a  Uniform  System  for  Tests  of  Cements,  the  President 
having  retired  from  that  committee.  The  committee  ajjpointed  to  pre- 
pare a  letter  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  upon  the  subject  of  the  prosecu- 
tion of  tests  of  structural  materials,  and  a  circular  to  members  of  the 
Society  on  the  same  subject,  reported  the  preparation  of  the  letter  and 
the  following  circular,  which  was  directed  to  be  issued  to  members: 

American  Society  of  CivrL  Engineers,  ) 

127  East  Twenty  third  Street,  l 

New  York,  March  17th,  1884.      ) 

To  Members  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers : 

Sir, — The  subject  of  measures  to  be  advocated  for  securing  a  contin- 
uance of  tests  of  iron,  steel  and  other  structural  materials  was  referred 
by  the  Society  to  the  Board  of  Direction. 

The  Board  finds  that  there  has  been  included  in  the  Official  Book  of 
Estimates  of  the  War  Department  a  recommendation  that  Congress 
should  make  the  following  appropriations: 

Oaring  for,  preserving,  using  and  operuting  the  United  States 

testing  machine  at  Watertown  Arsenal $15  000 

Purchase  of  material  for  specimens  and  labor  to  prepare  them.  15  000 

Machine  to  test  the  torsional  resistance  of  materials ...  50  000 

Machine  to  test  the  transverse  resistance  of  materials 50  000 

igl30  000 
Reduction  by  Secretary  of  War 50  000 

Estimate $80  000 

After  conference  with  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  the  Board  has  recom- 
mended the  following  modifications: 

Caring  for,  preserving,  using  and  operating  the  United  States 

testing  machine  at  Watertown  Arsenal $15  000 

For  the  purchase  and  jireparation  of  material  for  specimens 

and  for  tests  of  structural  material 15  000 

For  machine  to  test  tension  and  comj^ression  of  materials  in 
order  to  supplement  the  present  machine,  and  for  pre- 
serving and  operating  the  same 50  000 

$80  000 


MARCH    PROCEEDINGS.  53 

It  is  also  understood  that  should  these  appropriations  be  made  by 
Congress,  a  fair  proportion  will  be  expended  in  tests  to  be  made  under 
the  programme  of  this  Society. 

The  Board,  therefore,  requests  the  members  of  the  Society  to  advo- 
cate and  supijort  these  appropriations  by  Congress  with  any  influence 
they  may  possess,  in  preference  to  any  other  method  of  Congressional 
action. 

For  the  Board  of  Direction, 

JOHN  BOGART, 

Secretary. 

March  20rH,  1884. — Applications  were  considered.  The  committee 
appointed  to  prepare  a  design  for  a  badge  reported,  presenting  and 
recommending  a  design,  which  design  was  adopted  by  the  Board.  A 
committee  was  appointed  to  arrange  for  the  manufacture  of  the  badge. 
The  preparation  of  a  circular  to  members  was  directed,  with  reference 
to  arrangements  for  purchase  and  distribution  of  the  badges. 


THE  ROWLAND  PRIZE. 


CODE  OF  RULES  FOR  ITS  AWARD. 

Not  more  than  one  prize  shall  be  awarded  each  year  for  papers  pre- 
sented during  the  year.  The  year  shall  terminate  on  the  first  day  of 
August,  and  the  award  shall  be  announced  at  the  annual  meeting  in 
January. 

The  prize  shall  consist  of  fifty  dollars  in  cash. 

The  award  shall  be  made  by  a  committee  consisting  of  the  Secretary 
and  two  members  of  the  Society,  to  be  appointed  by  the  Board  of  Di- 
rection. 

The  prize  shall  be  awarded  to  such  paper  as  the  committee  deem 
most  worthy  of  such  recognition,  the  preference  being  given  to  jjapers 
describing  in  detail  accomplished  works  of  construction,  their  cost  and 
manner  of  execution,  and  the  errors  in  design  and  execution. 


54  MAKCH    PROCEEDIJiTGS. 

THE    NOKMAN    MEDAL. 


CODE  OF  KULES  FOR  ITS  AWARD. 

I.  —  Competition  for  the  Norman  Medal  of  the  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers  shall  be  restricted  to  members  of  the  Society. 

II.— There  shall  be  one  gold  medal,  and  only  one,  struck  for  each 
and  every  fiscal  year  of  the  Society,  and  awarded  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided. The  dies  therefor  shall  be  with  the  Superintendent  of  the 
United  States  Mint  at  Philadelphia,  in  trust  exclusively  for  the  above 
purpose.  Such  medal  shall  be  of  a  cost  equal  to  the  annual  interest 
received  upon  $1  000  of  the  Consolidated  Stock  of  the  City  of  New 
York,  Certificate  No.  179,  of  the  additional  new  Croton  Aqueduct  Stock 
of  the  City  of  New  York,  authorized  by  an  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  Chap.  230,  passed  April  15th,  1870,  dated  November 
17th,  1873,  now  held  in  trust  by  the  Treasurer  of  this  Society,  and  so 
held  solely  for  this  purpose,  and  shall  be  executed  upon  his  order. 

III.— All  original  papers  presented  to  the  Society  by  members  of  any 
class,  during  the  year  for  which  the  medal  is  awarded,  shall  be  open  to 
the  award,  provided  that  such  papers  shall  not  have  been  previously 
contributed  in  whole  or  in  part  to  any  other  association,  nor  have 
appeared  in  print  prior  to  their  publication  by  the  Society,  nor  have  been 
presented  to  the  Society  in  any  previous  year. 

IV.— The  Board  of  Censors  to  award  the  medal  shall  consist  of  three 
members  of  the  Society,  to  be  designated  by  the  Board  of  Direction. 
The  Secretary  of  the  Society  shall  act  as  Secretary  to  the  Board  of 
Censors . 

v.— The  medal  shall  be  awarded  to  such  paper  as  the  said  Board  shall 
judge  to  be  worthy  of  special  commendation  for  its  merits  as  a  contribu- 
tion to  engineering  science,  not  merely  relatively  as  compared  with 
others  presented  during  the  same  year,  but  as  exhibiting  the  science, 
talent  or  industry  displayed  in  the  consideration  of  the  subject  treated 
of,  and  for  the  good  which  may  be  expected  to  result  from  the  discussion 
and  the  inquiry. 

VI.— In  case  no  paper  presented  during  the  year  shall  be  deemed  of 
sufficient  value  to  receive  an  award,  the  amount  of  the  interest  of  the 
fund  for  that  year  shall  be  expended  by  the  Board  of  Direction  in  the 
purchase  of  books,  to  be  ofi"ered  as  a  premium  for  the  second  best  paper 
in  the  next  year  in  which  more  than  one  paper  of  sufficient  value  may  be 
presented. 

VII. — The  medal  year  shall  terminate  on  the  first  day  of  August,  and 
the  award  shall  be  announced  at  the  annual  meeting. 

VIII.— The  Treasurer  of  this  Society  shall  cause  the  medal  to  be 
prepared  and  delivered  to,  or  deposited  to  the  order  of,  the  successful 
competitor,  within  two  months  after  the  annual  meeting  at  which  the 
same  shall  have  been  awarded. 


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Vol.    X.— April,    I884 


MINUTES     OF    MEETINGS 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 

April  2d,  1884. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President  W.  H. 
Paine  in  tlie  chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.  Ballots  were  canvassed  and 
the  following  candidates  declared  elected:  As  Members — Thomas  Wil- 
liams Baldwin,  Bangor,  Me. ;  Thomas  Ellis  Brown  (elected  Junior 
November  3d,  1880),  New  York;  Oren  Beaumont  Colton,  Chicago,  111.; 
Stewart  Derbishire,  Aylmer,  Canada;  Joshua  Lathrop  Gillespie  (elected 
Junior  February  3d,  1875),  St.  Paul,  Minn.;  Minard  Lxfever  Holman, 
St.  Louis,  Mo.;  William  Tyndale  Jennings,  Toronto,  Canada;  Henry 
F.  Juengst,  St.  Joseph,  Mo.;  Moritz  Lassig,  Chicago,  III.;  John  Francis 
O'Rourke,  New  York;  George  W.  Rafter,  Fredonia,  N.  Y. ;  Irving  Ariel 
Stearns,  Wilkesbarre,  Pa.  As  Juniors — Frank  Edward  Bissell,  Sedalia, 
Mo. ;  Joseph  Allen  Powers,  Lansingburgh,  N.  Y. ;  Commodore  Perry 
Ruple,  Wilsons  Point,  La.;  William  H.  Starr,  Bnflfalo,  N.  Y. 

A  paper  by  the  late  William  R.  Morley,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  "  The 
Proper  Compensation  for  Railroad  Curves,"  previously  read,  was  dis- 
cussed by  A.  A.  Robinson,  William  H.  Searles,  Lewis  Kingman,  A.  M, 
Wellington,  Edward  P.  North,  Charles  E.  Emery  and  M.  N.  Foraey. 

April  16th,  1881. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  President  D.  J.  Whit- 
temore  in  the  chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.  A  paper  by  Hamilton 
Smith,  Jr.,.  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  "The  Temperature  of  Water  at 
Various  Depths  in  Lakes  and  Oceans,"  was  read  by  the  author  and  dis- 
cussed by  Messrs.  Cooper,  Croes,  J.  P.  Davis,  Dorsey,  George  S. 
Greene,  Jr.,  R.  L.  Harris,  Keith,  North,  Wellington  and  Hamilton 
Smith,  Jr. 


56 


APKIL    PROCEEDINGS.  . 

OF  THE  BOAED  OF  DIRECTION. 


Apkil  2d,  1884. — Applications  were  considered.  General  business 
transacted. 

ApEiii  9th,  1884. — Applications  were  considered. 

APEUi  16th,  1884. — Applications  were  considered.  Action  was  taken 
as  to  Library.     General  business  transacted. 

Apeil  30th,  1884. — Applications  were  considered.    Action  taken  as  to 


members  in  arrears.     Appropriations  were  made, 
to  Transactions  and  as  to  Library. 


Action  was  taken  as 


LIST    OF    MEMBERS. 


ADDITIONS. 


Newton,  John. 


HONORAKY    MEMBERS. 

Date  of  Election. 
.Chief  of  Engineers,    Brig,    and  Bvt. 
Maj.-Gen,  U.  S.  A.,  Washington,  D. 
C Apl.  30,  1884. 


Baldwin,  Thos.  Williams.  . . 
Brown,  Thomas  Ellis,  Jr. . . 

CoLTON,  Oren  Beaumont  . . . . 
Gillespie,  Joshua  Lathrop. 

Holman,  Minard  Lafever.  . 

Jennings,  William  Tyndale 
JuENGST,  Henry  F 


Lassig,  Moritz 

Marindin,  Henry  Louis  . 


Odell,  Fred.  Sylvester. 
Rafter,  George  W 


Stearns,  Irving  Ariel. 


Room  1,  Exchange  Block,  Bangor.Me.Apl.  2,  1884 
(Elected   Junior    Nov.   3,   1880),  337 

West  34th  street,  New  York  City . . . 

.  243  State  street,   Chicago,  111 

(Elected  Junior  Feb.  3,   1875),  P.  O. 

Box  2127,  St.  Paul,  Minn 

Water     Commissioner's   Of&ce,    City 

Hall,  St.  Louis,  Mo 

.38  Stanley  Crescent,  Toronto,  Canada. 
Res.  Engineer,  St.  Joseph  Water  Co. , 

St.  Joseph,  Mo 

53  Metropolitan  Block,  Chicago,  111. . 
Assistant  U.  S.  Coast   and   Geodetic 

Survey, 9  Pemberton  square,  Boston, 

Mass May  7,  1884. 

.  Lawrenceville,  N.  J Mar.  5,  1884. 

Engineer  Fredonia  Water  Works,  32 

City  Hall,  Rochester,  N.  Y Apl.  2,  1884. 

.Second    National     Bank     Building, 

Wilkesbarre,  Pa "      "     " 


APRIL    PROCEEDINGS.  57 

JUNIOES. 

Date  of  Election. 

BissELL,  Frank  Edwakd.  .  ..Res.  Engineer,  Missouri,  Kansas  and 

Texas  Div.,  Missouri  Pacific  Ey., 
Lock-box  344,  Sedalia,  Mo Apl.   2,  1884. 

Mago\'ern,  Edward  E 22  Cortlandt  street,  New  York  City.  .Jan.  2,  1884. 

Powers,  Joseph  Allen   . . .  .Lansingburgh,  N.  Y Apl.  2,  1884. 

RupLE,  Commodore  Perry.  .U.    S.  Assistant    Engineer,    Wilson's 

Point,  La "      "     " 

Starr,  William  H Roadmaster    Buffalo    and    Rochester 

Div.,    New     York,    Lake   Erie   and 

Western  R.  R.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y "      "     " 


CHANGES      AND      CORRECTIONS. 


members. 


Baker,  William  H Ass't  Eng.  Atchison,  Topeka  and  Santa  Fe  R.  R., 

San  Marcial,  N.  M. 

Bishop,  Judson  W 155  East  Fourth  street,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Briggs,  Roswell  E    Chief  Engineer   Mexican    Central   Ry.,    El  Paso, 

Texas. 
Campbell,  John  C Pres.  North  American  Metaline  Co.,  4  Great  Jones 

street.  New  York  City. 
Canfield,  Edward Supt.  Middle  Div.,  New  York,  Ontario  and  Western 

Ry.,  Middletown,  N.  Y. 

Cornell,  O.  H.  P Sea  Cliff,  Queens  Co. ,  N.  Y. 

CoRTHELL,  E.  L Chief  Engineer  New  York, West  Shore  and  Buffalo 

Ry.,  42d  Street  Ferry,  N.  R,,  New  York  City. 

Dickinson,  P.  P .7  Nassau  street.  Room  42,  New  York  City. 

Flagg,  J.  Foster (Care  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.),  127  East   23d  street.  New 

York  City. 

Force,  Cyrus  G City  Civil  Engineer,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Forsyth,  Robert (Care  Spang  Steel  and  Iron  Co.),  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Godwin,  Bryant 51  Beekman  street.  New  Y'ork  Citj'. 

HiDER,  Arthur U.  S.  Assistant  Engineer,  Wilsons  Point,  La. 

Kennedy,  William  H Walla  Walla,  Washington  Territory. 

McCoLLOM,  Thomas  C Civil  Engineer  U.  S.  N.,  1811  Lee  street,  Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 
McLain,  Louis  R Maintenance  of  Way  Engineer,  South  Florida  R. 

R.,  Sanford,  Florida. 

Morse,  Charles  J Morse  Bridge  Co.,  Youngstown,  Ohio. 

Perkins,  Charles  P Real  Estate  Dept.,  Pennsylvania  R.  R.,  233  South 

Fourth  street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Prout',  Henry  G 16  Chambers  street.  New  I'ork  City. 

Savage,  Albert  C Asst.   Engineer   Galveston,  Harrisburg   and    San 

Antonio  R.  R.,  Houston,  Texas. 


58  APKIL    PROCEEDINGS. 

Seaeles,  William  H Stamford,  Conn. 

Seaes,  Clinton  B Capt.  Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  in  charge  of 

3cl  District  Mississippi  Kiver  Improvements  and 
Construction  of  Levees,  Improving  Harbor  of 
Vicksburg,  and  Member  of  Levee  Board,  Vicks- 
burg,  Miss, 

Sites,  Wilmon  W.  C 8  Oakland  avenue,  Jersey  Cit}%  N.  J. 

Skilton,  Geoege  S Chief  Engineer  and  Genl.  Supt.  Sinaloa  and  Du- 

rango  R.  B.,  Culiacan,  Mexico. 

Smith,  W.  Harbison 408  South  41st  street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Ward,  Charles  D 63  Bleecker  street,  New  York  City. 

Williamson,  Wm.  GAENETT.City  Engineer,  Montgomery,  Ala. 

Wuetele,  Aethue  S.  C.  .    .  .79  Niagai'a  square,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

ASSOCIATE. 

BuEE,  William  H Phoenix  Bridge  Co.,  Phoenixville,  Pa. 


CoENELL,  George  B (Care  Chief  Engineer  New  York,  West  Shore  and 

Buffalo  Ry.),  42d  Street  Ferry,  N.  R.,  New  York 
City. 


Cass,  Geoege  W 32  Nassau  street,  New  York  City. 


^inericnn  §ocidg  of  |;uil   f  ntjini^m. 


r^ROOPCEOINOS. 


Vol.   X.— May,   I884. 


MINUTES     OF     MEETINGS 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 

May  7th,  1884.~The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President  William 
H.  Paine  in  the  chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.  Ballots  were  canvassed 
and  the  following  candidates  declared  elected:  As  Members — Willis  Dils 
Chapman,  Akron,  Ohio;  John  Eugene  Cheney,  Boston,  Mass.;  Arthur 
De  Wint  Foote,  New  York  City;  George  Samuel  Gatchell,  Buffalo,  New 
York;  Henry  Louis  Marindin,  Boston,  Mass. ;  Evelyn  Piereponte  Eoberts, 
Fort  Hamilton,  New  York;  Jesse  Wager  Walker,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  As 
Juniors — Henry  Goldmark,  New  York  City;  Samuel  C.  Weiskopf,  Mil- 
waukee, Wis. ;  Herbert  Andrew  Young,  Toledo,  Ohio.  The  election  was 
announced  of  General  John  Newtoa,  Chief  of  Engineers,  United  States 
Army,  as  an  Honorary  Member  of  the  Society. 

A  paper  by  James  Christie,  M.  Am,  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  "The  Strength 
and  Elasticity  of  Structural  Steel  and  its  Efficiency  in  the  form  of  Beams 
and  Struts,"  was  read.  This  paper  and  the  one  previously  j^resented  by 
the  same  writer  on  the  Strength  of  Wrought-Irou  Struts  was  discussed 
by  Messrs.  Onwai'd  Bates,  A.  P.  Boiler,  G.  Bouscaren,  Theodore  Cooper, 
E.  B.  Dorsey,  C.  E.  Emery,  E.  A.  Fuertes,  G.  H.  Pegram,  P.  Roberts, 
Jr. ,  C.  C.  Schneider,  H.  R.  Towne,  and  J.  Christie. 

May  21.ST,  1884.— The  Society  met  at  8  i'.  m.,  Vice-President  William 
H.  Paine  in  the  chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary. 

A  description  of  a  Permanent  Transmitting  Dynamometer,  by  the  late 
Charles  A.  Smith,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  was  read  by  the  Secretary. 

The  subjects  of  the  Temperature  of  Water  at  various  Dej^ths,  and 
of  the  Variations  of  Temperature  in  the  Earth  at  Great  Depths,  were 


GO  MAY   PROCEEDINGS. 

discussed  by  Messrs.  E.    B.  Dorsey,  Hamilton  Smith,  Jr.,  and  D.  J. 
Whittemore. 

A  descri^jtion  of  a  peculiar  slide  which  recently  occurred  near  Dover, 
N.  H.,  was  given  by  Mr.  Theodore  Cooper. 

OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION. 

May  7th,  1884. — Applications  were  considered.  Arrangements  for 
the  approaching  Convention  were  discussed.  Communications  in  refer- 
ence to  the  Society  badge  were  considered.  General  business  was 
transacted. 

May  21st,  1884. — Financial  business  was  transacted.  Under  the 
provisions  of  the  By-Laws,  it  was  directed  that  there  should  be  no 
meeting  of  the  Society  during  the  months  of  July  and  August.  Com- 
munications in  reference  to  the  Society  badge  Avere  considered. 
Arrangements  for  the  Convention  were  made. 


THE    NORMAN    MEDAL. 


CODE  OF  RULES  FOR  ITS  AWARD. 

I.  — Competition  for  the  Norman  Medal  of  the  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers  shall  be  restricted  to  members  of  the  Society. 

II. — There  shall  be  one  gold  medal,  and  only  one,  struck  for  each 
and  every  fiscal  year  of  the  Society,  and  awarded  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided. The  dies  therefor  shall  be  with  the  Superintendent  of  the 
United  States  Mint  at  Philadeljihia,  in  trust  exclusively  for  the  above 
purpose.  Such  medal  shall  be  of  a  cost  equal  to  the  annual  interest 
received  upon  $1  000  of  the  Consolidated  Stock  of  the  City  of  New 
York,  Certificate  No.  179,  of  the  additional  new  Croton  Aqueduct  Stock 
of  the  City  of  New  York,  authorized  by  an  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  Chap.  '230,  passed  April  15th,  1870,  dated  November 
17th,  1873,  now  held  in  trust  by  the  Treasurer  of  this  Society,  and  so 
held  solely  for  this  purpose,  and  shall  be  executed  upon  his  order. 

III. — All  original  papers  presented  to  the  Society  by  members  of  any 
class,  during  the  year  for  which  the  medal  is  awarded,  shall  be  open  to 
the  award,  provided  that  such  papers  shall  not  have  been  j^reviously 
contributed  in  whole  or  in  part  to  any  other  association,  nor  have 
appeared  in  print  prior  to  their  publication  by  the  Society,  nor  have  been 
presented  to  the  Society  in  any  previous  year. 

IV. — The  Board  of  Censors  to  award  the  medal  shall  consist  of  three 
members  of  the  Society,  to  be  designated  by  the  Board  of  Direction. 
The  Secretary  of  the  Society  shall  act  as  Secretary  to  the  Board  of 
Censors . 


MAY    IMIOCEEDINOS.  (jl 

V. — The  medal  sliall  be  awarded  to  such  paper  as  the  said  Board  shall 
judge  to  be  worthy  of  special  commendation  for  its  merits  as  a  contribu- 
tion to  engineering  science,  not  merely  relatively  as  compared  with 
others  presented  during  the  same  year,  but  as  exhibiting  the  science, 
talent  or  industry  disi3layed  in  the  consideration  of  the  subject  treated 
of,  and  for  the  good  which  may  be  expected  to  result  from  the  discussion 
and  the  inquiry. 

VI.  — In  case  no  paper  presented  during  the  year  shall  be  deemed  of 
sufficient  value  to  receive  an  award,  the  amount  of  the  interest  of  the 
fund  for  that  year  shall  be  expended  by  the  Board  of  Direction  in  the 
purchase  of  books,  to  be  offered  as  a  premium  for  the  second  best  paper 
in  the  next  year  in  which  more  than  one  paper  of  sufficient  value  may  be 
presented. 

VII. — The  medal  year  shall  terminate  on  the  jSrst  day  of  August,  and 
the  award  shall  be  announced  at  the  annual  meeting. 

VIII. — The  Treasurer  of  this  Society  shall  cause  the  medal  to  be 
prepared  and  delivered  to,  or  deposited  to  the  order  of,  the  successful 
competitor,  within  two  months  after  the  annual  meeting  at  which  the 
same  shall  have  been  awarded. 


THE  ROWLAND  PRIZE. 


CODE  OF  RULES  FOR  ITS  AWARD. 

Not  more  than  one  prize  shall  be  aAvarded  each  year  for  papers  pre- 
sented during  the  year.  The  year  shall  terminate  on  the  first  day  of 
August,  and  the  award  shall  be  announced  at  the  annual  meeting  in 
January. 

The  prize  shall  consist  of  fifty  dollars  in  cash. 

The  award  shall  be  made  by  a  committee  consisting  of  the  Secretary 
and  two  members  of  the  Society,  to  be  appointed  by  the  Board  of  Di- 
rection. 

The  prize  shall  be  awarded  to  such  paper  as  the  committee  deem 
most  worthy  of  such  recognition,  the  preference  being  given  to  papers 
describing  in  detail  accomplished  works  of  construction,  their  cost  and 
manner  of  execution,  and  the  errors  in  design  and  execution. 


LIST    OF    MEMBERS. 


ADDITIONS. 
MEMBEBS. 


Date  of  Election. 
Allen,  James  Pieeson  .  .  .  (Elected  Junior  March  5,  1879),  50  St. 

Philip  street,  Charleston,  S.  0 June  4, 1884. 


62  MAY    PROCEEDINGS. 

Date  of  Election. 

Bell,  Henky  Puedon  ..   Canchon  Block,  Winnipeg,  Manitoba.  .June  4,  1884. 

BiDDLE,  William  FosTEB  209  South  3d  street,  Philaclelpliia,  Pa.  .     "      "       " 

Chapman,  Willis  Dils.  .  .  Akron,  Ohio "      "       " 

Cheney,  John  Eugene.  .  .City  Engineer's  office,  Boston,  Mass. ..."      "       " 

CuETis,  Wendell  Khodes. (Elected  Junior  March  3,  1875),   P.   O. 

Box  133,  Savannah,  Ga "      "       " 

Dekbishire,  Stewart.  ..  .Assistant     Engineer,     Pontiac    Pacific 

Junction  Ky.,  Aylmer,  Canada April  2,  1884. 

FooTE,  Arthur  De  Wint  .  Boise  City,  Idaho May  7,  1884. 

Gatchell,  Geo.  Samuel.. Gen.     Supt.,    Buffalo,    New    York    and 

Philadelphia  K.  E.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. .  . .     "      " 

Iyes,  Chauncey Chief    Engineer     Cumberland     Valley 

K.  K.,  Chambevsburg,  Pa June  4,  1884. 

MouLTON,   Mace Prin.     Asst.    Engineer,     Bridges    and 

Buildings,  Edgmoor  Iron  Co.,  Wil- 
mington, Delaware "      " 

O'KouRKE,  John  Feancis.P.  O.  Box  561,  Stillwater,  Minn April  2,  1884. 

Rea,  Samuel Prin.   Asst.  Engineer  of  Construction, 

Pennsylvania  R.  E.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  June  4,  1884. 

Roberts,  Peecival,  Jr.  ..  (Elected    Associate   May  7,    1879),  265 

South  4th  street,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  .  .     "      " 

Walker,  Jesse  Wager.  .   Sup't  Shiffler  Bridge  Works,  Pittsburgh, 

Pa May  7,  1884. 

Wheeler, Levi  LocKWOOD.U.  S.  Assistant  Engineer,  2828  Washing- 
ton avenue,  St.  Louis,  Mo June  4,  1884. 


associates. 

Haedwicke,    Alan    Hyde 

Gaednee Buffalo,  N.  Y Jnne  4,  1884. 

RoBEETs,  William Waltham,  Mass "      " 

juniors. 

Breithaupt,  Wm.  Henry  . Berlin,  Ontario,  Canada June  4,  1884. 

Conover,  Allan  Daest .  .  .Madison,  Wis 

Gay,  Martin West   New   Brighton,    Richmond    Co., 

N.  Y "      "       " 

Goldmaek,  Heney 109  East  71st  street,  New  York  City...  May  7,  1884. 

RussEL-L,  Silas  Bent Assistant  Engineer  to  Water  Commis- 
sioner, St.  Louis,  Mo June  4,  1884. 

Staer,  Chandler  DANNAT.Croton  Aqueduct  Commissioners'  office, 

Yonkers,  N.  Y " 

Weiskopf,  Samuel  C Asst.  Engineer,  Chicago,  Milwaukee  and 

St.  Paul  Ry.,  Milwaukee,  Wis May  7,  1884. 

Young,  Herbert  Andrew.  Asst.  Engineer,  Toledo,  Cincinnati  and 

St.  Louis  R.  R.,  Toledo,  Ohio "      "      " 


ImerinHit   mtki^  of  :(jiuil  rngineeri 

PROCEEDINaS. 

Vol.   X.— June,  1884. 


MINUTES     OF     MEETINOS, 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


ANNUAL  CONVENTION  OF  THE  SOCIETY. 

Held  in  the  City  of  Buffalo,  New  York,  on  the  10th,  11th,  12th  and 
13th  of  June,  1884. 


First  Session. 


Tuesday,  June  10th,  1884,  10  a.  m. — The  Convention  met  at,  the  Hall 
of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  Building,  and  was  called 
to  order  by  John  Bogart,  Secretary  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  as  follows  : 

Gentlemen:  I  am  requested  to  call  the  Convention  of  the  American 
Society  of  Civil  Engineers  for  1884  to  order,  and  to  introduce  Mr.  D.  J. 
Whittemore,  the  President  of  the  Society, 

Don  J.  Whittemore,  President  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. — Gentlemen  :  In 
accordance  with  a  very  proper  by-law  of  our  organization,  it  now  becomes 
necessary  to  select  from  among  our  membership  one,  who  is  not  an 
officer  of  this  Society,  who  shall  preside  at  all  of  the  meetings  of  this 
Convention,  except  the  meeting  for  business.  It  has  been  customary  in 
former  years  to  have  the  nomination  of  this  officer  made  by  the  Local 
Committee,  at  the  place  at  which  the  Convention  is  held.  I  would 
therefore  ask  the  Secretary  if  such  nomination  has  been  made,  and  if  so, 
to  report. 

John  Bogart,  Secretary  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. — Mr.  President  :  I  am  re- 
quested by  the  Local  Committee  to  nominate  as  the  presiding  officer  of 


64  JUNE     PEOCEEDINGS. 

the  Convention  Mr.  T.  Guilfoed  Smith,  member  of  the  Society,  and  a 
resident  of  the  City  of  Buffalo. 

The  President  i^ut  the  question  to  the  Convention  on  the  nomination 
of  Mr.  T.  Guilford  Smith  to  preside  over  the  deliberations  of  the  Con- 
vention, which  was  unanimously  decided  in  the  affirmative. 

The  President  then  introduced  Mr.  T.  Guilfokd  Smith. 

T.  GuiLFOBD  Smith,  Chairman. — Gentlemen  :  I  do  not  think  it  is 
necessary  for  me  to  make  any  formal  remarks  on  this  occasion.  The 
Convention  will  please  come  to  order.  The  Secretary  will  read  the 
order  of  business,  and  such  other  notices  as  are  necessary  and  proper  to 
be  made. 

The  Secretary  then  read  the  list  of  papers  to  be  presented,  and  an- 
nounced the  details  of  the  programme  for  the  week. 

James  B.  Francis,  Past-President  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  then  presented  a 
paper,  subject,  "Experiments  on  the  Flow  of  Water  over  Submerged 
Weirs,"  and  also  a  paper,  subject,  "Experiments  on  the  Humphrey 
Turbine  Water  Wheel  at  the  Tremont  and  Suffolk  Mills  in  Lowell, 
Mass." 

A.  M.  Wellington,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. ,  then  presented  a  paper  upon 
"The  American  Line  from  Vera  Cruz  to  the  City  of  Mexico,  with  Notes 
of  some  other  Lines  from  the  Coast  to  the  Plateau."  The  paper  was  not 
read  in  full,  but,  by  request,  Mr.  Wellington  gave  a  summary  of  its 
contents. 

P.  C.  AssEESON,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  then  read  a  paper,  "Statement 
of  the  Results  of  a  few  Experiments  to  Prevent  the  Ravages  of  the 
'Teredo  Navalis,'  "  which  was  discussed  by  Messrs.  J.  P.  Card,  Edward 
R.  Andrews,  Charles  B.  Brush,  Edward  P.  North,  M.  M.  Tidd,  C.  G. 
Force,  Jr.,  J.  Foster  Flagg,  J.  Albert  Monroe,  H.  W.  Brinckerhoff, 
William  E.  Worthen,  H.  Manley,  Robert  Gordon,  Charles  Latimer  and 
P.  C.  Asserson. 

RoBEET  MooEE,  M,  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. ,  then  read  a  paper,  subject, 
"Landing  Arrangements  for  Car  Ferry  on  the  Mississippi  River." 


Second  Session. 


Tuesday,  June  10th,  1884. — The  meeting  of  the  Convention  was  re- 
sumed at  fifteen  o'clock  (three  p.  m.  )  ;  Geoege  S.  Field,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C. 
E.,  was  temporarily  called  to  the  Chair  ;  subsequently  the  Chair  was 
taken  by  Chairman  T.  Guilford  Smith. 

On  motion,  the  time  for  the  business  meeting  was  fixed  at  seventeen 
o'clock  (five  p.  m.),  of  this  afternoon. 

D.  Fitzgeeald,  C.  E.,  then  presented  a  paper,  subject,  "Analysis  of 
the  Rainfall  at  Lake  Cochituate,  Mass.,"  which  was  discussed  by  Messrs. 
R.  Fletcher,  C.  Herschel,  Robert  Moore,  N.  M.  Edwards  and  D.  Fitz- 
gerald. 


JUNE     PROCEEDINGS,  65 

Benjamin  Rhodes,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  then  read  a  paper,  subject, 
*' Application  of  the  Water  Power  of  Niagara  to  Electricity,"  which  was 
discussed  by  Messrs.  E.  B.  Dorsey,  J.  B.  Francis  and  B.  Rhodes. 

O.  E.  MicHAELis,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E  ,  then  read  a  paper,  subject, 
"The  Heavy  Gun  Question." 

The  hour  for  the  business  meeting  having  arrived,  the  discussion 
npon  this  paper  was  postponed.  The  business  meeting  was  then  held, 
the  report  of  which  will  be  found  in  a  subsequent  page  of  these  Proceed- 
ings. 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  business  meeting  the  Convention  took  a 
recess. 

Third  Session. 

Tuesday,  June  10th,  1884,— The  meeting  of  the  Convention  was  re- 
sumed at  twenty  o'clock  (eight  p.  m.),  as  a  public  meeting,  in  accordance 
■with  the  By-Laws,  T.  Guilford  Smith,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. ,  in  the  Chair. 

The  Chairman  stated  that,  the  Mayor  being  absent  from  the  city,  the 
address  of  welcome  would  be  made  by  R.  R.  Hefford,  Esq. ,  President 
of  the  Common  Council.  The  Chairman  also  presented  the  following 
letter  from  E.  L.  Hedstrom,  Esq.,  President  of  the  Merchants'  Ex- 
change : 

Mr  T.  Guilford  Smith,  Chairman : 

My  Dear  Sir,— On  my  arrival  in  the  city  to-day  at  noon,  I  find  my  physical  condition 
to  be  such  that  it  seems  prudent  for  me  to  remain  at  home  this  afternoon  and  evening. 

I  sincerely  regret  this  indisposition,  and  were  I  to  allow  my  inclination  to  overcome  my 
prudence  I  should  do  myself  harm  and  your  Society  an  injustice  by  attempting  to  address 
you  to-night.  I  congratulate  you  and  the  citizens  of  Buffalo  that  it  has  become  possible  for 
us  to  extend  our  hearty  greetings  and  welcome  to  our  city  and  homes  to  such  a  large  body 
of  scientific  gentlemen,  who  compose  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers. 

Kindly  convey  my  regrets  of  inability  to  be  present  at  the  reception,  and  greatly  oblige 
Yours  most  sincerely, 

E.  L.  HEDSTROM. 

717  Delaware  Avenue,  Bufifalo,  June  10th,  188-t. 

The  Chairman  then  introduced  Alderman  R.  R.  Hefford,  President 
of  the  Common  Council,  who  spoke  as  follows  : 

Me.  President,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen  :  Whoever  is  permitted  to 
give  free  greeting  to  such  an  eminent  body  should,  indeed,  have  some- 
thing worthy — something  wise  to  say.  I  have  to  regret  that  the 
privilege  of  welcoming  you  to  our  city  had  not  fallen  to  the  lot  of  one 
better  able  to  express  to  you  that  warmth  of  hospitable  feeling  which  I 
know  our  citizens  entertain  toward  your  Society,  and  which  I  trust  you 
will  feel  ere  you  turn  your  faces  homeward. 

Looking  back  over  the  political  and  commercial  history  of  our 
country,  and  of  the  advancement  of  our  people  in  things  material,  and 
seeing  upon  it  all  the  imprint  of  the  master  mind  of  the  American  en- 
gineer, we  can  but  feel  honored  in  being  i^ermitted  to  offer  you  enter- 
tainment at  this  time. 


G6  JUNE     PROCEEDINGS. 

In  that  great  struggle  of  our  forefathers  for  independence  we  find 
the  central  figure,  the  great  captain  that  led  them  to  victory,  known  to 
the  world  as  an  honored  member  of  your  profession,  and  in  every  con- 
flict since  that  day  we  have  seen  members  of  your  profession  taking  an 
active  and  leading  part.     History  teaches  us  that  in  all  ages  man's  prin- 
cipal avenues  of  trade  and  travel  have  been  along  the  parallels  of  lati- 
tude from  East  to  West  and  from  West  to   East.     When  the  white  man 
undertook  to  open  up  this  great  continent  to  the  commerce  of  the  world, 
and  to  develop   lines   of  communication  between  the  East  and  the  far 
West,  he  was  met  by  awe-inspiring  barriers   of  nature  running   North 
and  South,  in  the  form  of    lofty  mountain   ranges,  deep  valleys   and 
mighty  rivers.     But  owing  to   the  genius  of  that  pioneer  of  trade  and 
commerce,  the  American  engineer,  who  pierced  the  mountain,  bridged 
the  valley  and  the  stream,  and  made  straight  the  way  for  the  great  iron 
highways  of  commerce  ;  these   barriers,   formidable  as  they  were,  were 
not  permitted  to  obstruct  the  tread  of  man  toward  the  setting  snn,  or  to 
TJrevent  the  adding  of  one  more  link  to  the  tie  that  binds  the  States  in 
union.     But,  Mr.  President,  our  State,  as  well  as  the  nation,  is  indebted 
to  your  profession  for  many  of  its  features  of  prosperity.     The  traveler 
entering  the  harbor  of  our  metropolis,  is  met  on  every  hand  with  the 
evidences  of  the  skill  of  our  civil  engineers,  and  as  he  nears  the  city 
there  opens  up  to  him  a  view  of  that  grand  structure  of    grace  and 
beauty,  the  East  River  Bridge,  which  is  to  stand  for  ages  a  monument  to 
the  genius  of  the  American  engineer;  and  should  the  traveler  desire  to 
meet  with   you  here,  there  are  open  to  him  six  iron  arteries  of  trade, 
which  invite  him  to  the  luxury   of  modern  railroad   travel,  and   parallel 
to  these  lines  of  travel,  and  to  which  we  would  call  his  attention,  is  that 
most  useful,  but  somewhat  aged,  example  of  handiwork  of  the  American 
engineer,  the  Erie  Canal,  a  work  which  has  returned  its  builders  over 
forty  million  dollars  more   than  it  cost,  and  made  this  State  what  she 
is— the  Empire  State  of  the  Union.     Its  commerce  laid  well  the  founda- 
tions of  as  thriving  a  lot  of  cities  and  towns  along  its  banks  as  the  sun  is 
permitted  to  shine  upon,  and  all  this  was  accomplished  before  its  rivals  had 
laid  a  rail  or  passed  a  dividend.     A  fear  has  been  expressed,  Mr.  Presi- 
dent, that  this  grand  old  water-way  would,  by  the  dust  of  competition,  ba 
dried  up,  but  the  people  of  this  State  have  determined  that  her  water* 
shall  moisten  the  lips  of  commerce  for  a  while  longer,  and  her  gates  be 
thrown  open  as  a  free  highway  to  the  commerce  of  the  world. 

We  would  be  pleased,  while  you  are  here,  to  show  you  our  harbor, 
located  upon  a  stream  that,  at  one  time,  was  fordable,  and  on  which  the 
early  settlers  concluded  a  harbor  could  not  be  built,  but  the  hand  of 
science  solved  the  question,  and  by  the  judicious  placing  of  a  break-' 
water  and  pier,  one  of  the  finest  harbors  on  the  great  lakes  has  been  con- 
structed, thereby  enabling  us  to  attain  an  enviable  position  among  the 
cities  of  the  world  as  a  grain-receiving  and  coal-shipping  port. 


JUXE    PROCEEDINGS.  G7 

We  shall  also  be  able  to  show  you  in  this  vicinity  some  results  in  the 
science  of  engineering  and  bridge  building,  in  which  we  have  a  local 
pride,  and  in  which  we  are  ready  to  join  with  your  Society  in  congratu- 
lating those  of  our  number  who  were  instrumental  in  bringing  about  the 
accomplished  fact.  As  you  pass  through  our  city  and  observe  our  streets 
and  parks,  the  extent  of  our  railroads  and  manufacturing  interests,  it 
will  be  apparent  to  you  that  the  American  engineer  has  not  been  idle  in 
this  part  of  the  country,  but  rather  that  he  has  done  his  full  share 
toward  placing  the  country  at  large,  and  this  community  in  particular, 
under  lasting  obligation  to  the  profession  so  honorably  represented  by 
your  Society. 

A  short  time  since  I  had  the  pleasure  of  joining,  with  others,  in  a  letter 
extending  an  invitation  to  your  Society  to  hold  its  annual  meeting  in  this 
city.  I  now  desire,  in  person,  to  thank  you  for  your  favorable  response 
to  that  invitation,  and  on  behalf  of  the  municipal  government  of  our 
city  to  extend  to  you,  Mr.  President,  and  through  you  to  each  member 
of  your  Society,  the  hand  of  greeting  and  assurance  of  a  sincere  and 
cordial  welcome  to  the  city. 

D.  J.  Whittemoke,  President  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  responded  as  follows: 
— Sir:  Aristippus,  the  Socratic  philosopher,  when  thrown  on  the  coast 
of  Rhodes  by  shipwreck,  perceiving  geometrical  diagrams  thereon,  ex- 
claimed to  his  disheartened  companions:  "  Be  of  good  cheer,  I  see 
marks  of  civilization."  Guided  by  them,  he  made  his  way  straight  to 
the  city  of  Rhodes,  where,  by  his  great  learning,  he  secured  not  only 
honors  for  himself,  but  food  and  raiment  for  his  companions.  So  im- 
pressed was  he  of  the  value  of  knowledge  that  he  bade  his  companions, 
on  their  return  home,  to  secure  for  themselves  and  their  children  those 
possessions  that  neither  the  changes  of  fortune  nor  devastation  of  war 
could  injure. 

Not  by  disaster,  but  in  quest  of  knowledge  and  through  the  fame  of 
your  fair  city  for  its  many  objects  of  great  interest  to  the  civil  engineer, 
we  have  come  among  you  to  hold  our  Annual  Convention,  and  find  on 
every  hand  more  than  geometrical  diagrams  that  attest  the  industry  and 
intelligence  of  your  citizens,  marks  of  civilization  that  have  rendered  this 
locality  famous  throughout  our  continent,  works  of  the  civil  engineer, 
designed  for  the  comfort,  convenience  and  commercial  prosperty  of  your 
people.  We  also  recognize  that  we  are  at  the  place  where  terminated 
one  of  the  great  works  of  the  early  American  engineer,  the  building 
of  which  was  fostered  by,  and  which,  since  its  completion,  has  been 
maintained  by  your  great  Commonwealth,  and  from  which  all  in  the 
States  of  the  West  have  received  substantial  benefit.  We  also  recognize 
that  here  and  in  this  proximity  are  to  be  found  some  of  the  noblest  ex- 
amples of  modern  engineering. 

Words  fail  me  in  attempting  to  acknowledge  to  its  full  extent  our  ap- 
preciation of  your  kind  and  eloquent  expressions  toward  the  profession 


68  JUNE    PROCEEDINGS. 

we  have  the  honor  to  follow  ;  your  kind  greeting  and  hearty  welcome 
shall  find  a  pleasant  resting  place  in  our  hearts  until  long  after  this 
Convention  shall  have  become  a  circumstance  of  the  past — as  long  as 
memory  remains  to  us — and  we  shall  cherish  the  hope  that  in  the  future, 
through  increased  knowledge  and  experience,  we  may,  as  a  profession, 
more  fully  merit  that  regard  you  have  so  generously  accorded  us  to- 
night. 

The  President  of  the  Society  then  made  the  annual  address,  which 
is  printed  in  the  current  Transactions. 


Fourth    Session. 


Friday,  June  13th,  1884. — The  meeting  of  the  Convention  was  re- 
sumed at  half-past  nine  in  the  morning,  T.  Guilford  Smith,  M.  Am. 
Soc.  C.  E.,  in  the  chaii*. 

Charles  Latimer,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  offered  the  following  resolu- 
tion :  That  the  Society  go  into  a  business  session  for  ten  minutes  in 
reference  to  the  action  taken  upon  the  subject  of  "  Standard  Time. " 
The  motion  being  seconded,  was  put  to  vote  and  carried. 

A  business  session  was  then  held.  The  report  of  this  session  is  in- 
cluded in  the  report  of  the  business  meeting. 

At  the  close  of  the  business  session,  the  meeting  of  the  Convention 
was  resumed,  T.  Guilford  Smith,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  in  the  chair. 

E.  L.  Corthell,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  then  pi-esented  a  paper,  subject, 
"The  South  Pass  Jetties;  Ten  Years'  Practical  Teachings  in  River 
Hydraulics." 

Benjamin  Reece,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  then  read  a  paper,  subject,  "  The 
Management  of  Forces  Engaged  in  Railway  Track  Repairs,"  which  was 
discussed  by  Mr.  Charles  Latimer. 

A  paper  by  E.  Sweet,  Jr.,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  subject,  "  The  Radical 
Enlargement  of  the  Artificial  Water-way  Connecting  the  Lakes  and  the 
Hudson  River,"  was,  in  the  absence  of  the  writer,  read  by  the 
Secretary. 

A  paper  by  M.  M.  Drake,  of  Buffalo,  subject,  "  Our  Lake  Marine," 
was,  in  the  absence  of  the  writer,  read  by  the  Secretary. 

The  subjects  presented  by  the  two  last  named  papers  were  discussed 
by  Messrs.  T.  C.  Clarke,  James  B.  Francis,  William  J.  McAlpine, 
Charles  Latimer,  James  H.  Harlow,  N.  M.  Edwards  and  Edward  P. 
North. 

Mr.  F.  Cope  Whitehouse,  then,  by  invitation,  described  the  results 
of  his  examinations  of  the  site  of  the  great  lake  which  formerly  existed 
in  connection  with  the  valley  of  the  Nile. 


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Fifth  Session. 

Friday,  June  13th,  1884.— The  meeting  of  the  Convention  was 
resumed  at  fourteen  and  one-half  o'clock  (2:30  p.  ji.).  Past  President 
Julius  W.  Adams  in  the  chair. 

Clemens  Hekschel,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  read  a  discussion  on  "  The 
Cost  of  Steam  Power."  The  subject  was  discussed  bj  Messrs.  James  B. 
Francis,  William  J.  McAlpine  and  C.  Herschel. 

J.  James  R.  Ckoes,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. ,  then  presented  a  paper,  sub- 
ject, "Water  Rates,"  which  subject  was  discussed  by  Messrs.  William 
J.  McAlpine,  Charles  B .  Brush,  Henry  Manley,  B.  S.  Church  and  J. 
James  R.  Croes. 

A  paper  by  E.  B.  Dorsey,  subject,  "Experiments  on  Structural 
Steel,"  was,  in  the  absence  of  the  author,  read  by  the  Secretary. 

This  paper,  and  the  paper  previously  read  by  O.  E.  Michaelis,  M. 
Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  "  The  Heavy  Gun  Question,"  and  the  paper  by 
James  Christie,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  "  The  Strength  and  Elasticity  of 
Structural  Steel,  and  its  efficiency  in  the  form  of  Beams  and  Struts," 
were  discussed  by  Messrs.  William  J.  McAlpine,  James  Christie,  J.  F, 
Holloway,  Percival  Roberts,  Jr.,  and  O.  E.  Michaelis. 

The  following  papers  were  presented  and  read  by  title,  or  by  short 
summary  : 

The  Rectification  of  the  Missouri  River  at  Bismarck  Bridge:  George 
S.  Morison,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

Substructure  as  an  Engineering  Problem:  J.  Albert  Monroe,  M 
Am.  Soc.  C.E. 

Concentration  of  Flood  Waters  and  Mississippi  Levees  Tested  by 
Facts:  R  E.  MgMath,  M.  Am.  Soc.  O.  E. 

Co-operation  between  the  General  and  State  Governments  in  makino- 
Topographical  Surveys:  H.  F.  Walling,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

The  Wear  of  Pins;  some  data  from  experience  on  the  Metropolitan 
Elevated  Riilroad:  A.  P.  Roller,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

Formula  for  the  Weights  of  Iron  and  Steel  Railway  Bridges  under 
Standard  Specifications:  G.  H.  Pegram,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

Timber  Lands  of  the  Northwest  and  of  British  Columbia:  H.  C. 
Putnam. 

Car  Mileage  on  American  and  Foreign  Railroads:  E.  Yardley,  M 
Am.  Soc   C.  E. 

An  Apparent  Welding  of  Steel  by  Friction:  William  H.  Grant,  M 
Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

Steam  Units:  Charles  E.  Emery. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted: 

Resohed,  That  the  thanks  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers, 
in  Convention  assembled,  are  hereby  tendered  to  the  citizens  of  Buffalo  in 
recognition  of  the  invitation  to  hold  this  Convention  in  their  beautiful 


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and  interesting  city,  and  also  in  recognition  of  tlie  earnest  efforts  that 
have  been  made  to  render  pleasant  this  visit  of  the  members  of  the 
Society ;  also  that  the  thanks  of  the  Society  are  especially  given  to  the  com- 
mittees which  have  so  well  taken  care  of  the  many  details,  the  perfection 
of  which  has  contributed  so  greatly  to  the  success  of  the  Convention. 

Resolved,  That  the  Convention  recognizes  and  appreciates  the  work 
that  has  been  so  thoroughly  done  by  the  members  of  the  Society  resident 
at  Buffalo. 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Society  are  tendered  to  the  officers 
of  the  New  York,  Lake  Erie  and  Western  Railroad,  the  New  York  Cen- 
tral and  Hudson  River  Railroad,  the  Buffalo,  New  York  aud  Philadelphia 
Railroad,  the  Buffalo  Creek  Railroad,  and  the  other  railways  which  have 
provided  facilities  and  accommodation  for  the  comfort  and  convenience 
of  the  Convention. 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Society,  in  Convention  assembled, 
are  extended  to  the  officers  of  the  New  York,  West  Shore  and  Buffalo 
Railway,  and  the  New  York,  Ontario  and  Western  Railway,  for  the 
courtesies  extended,  for  the  accommodation  afforded  by  the  special 
train  for  the  trip  from  New  York  to  Buffalo  and  return,  aud  for  the  op- 
portunity of  traveling  over  that  interesting  route. 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Society  be  particularly  tendered  to 
Mr.  E.  L.  Corthell,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  Chief  Engineer  New  York,  West 
Shore  and  Buffalo  Railway,  for  the  successful  undertaking  and  manage- 
ment of  that  delightful  excursion. 

Robert  Gordon,  M.  Am.  Soc  C.  E. ,  presented  a  verbal  description 
of  the  nt-w  steamship  America,  of  the  National  Line,  illustrated  by 
drawings.  On  motion,  Mr.  Gordon  was  requested  to  prepare  a  paper 
on  the  subject  for  the  Transactions. 

The  Convention  then  adjourned. 

The  following  (209)  members  were  in  attendance  at  the  Convention  : 
A.  V.  Abbott,  Julius  W.  Adams,  James  H.  Armington,  Brooklyn,  W. 
M.  Allaire,  Edward  R.  Andrews,  New  York  City,  N.  Y. ;  James  Archbald, 
Scrauton,  Pa.;  P.  C.  Asserson,  Norfolk,  Va. ;  Thomas  W.  Baldwin, 
Bangor,  Me.;  Fred.  Brooks,  Boston,  H.  Bissell,  Salem,  Mass.;  John 
W.  Bacon,  Danbury,  George  H.  Bishop ,  Middletown,  William  W.  Bon- 
nett,  Waterbury,  Conn.;  A.  P.  Barnard,  Oliver  W.  Barnes,  H.  D.  Blun- 
den,  John  Bogart,  Alfred  P.  Boiler,  Henry  R.  Bradbury,  Thomas  E. 
Brown,  Jr.,  New  York  City,  H.  W.  Brinckerhoff",  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.; 
Charles  B.  Bru.sh,  Hoboken,  N.  J. ;  Charles  E.  Billin,  George  Burnham, 
Jr.,  Philadelphia,  A.  Bonzano,  Phtenixville,  Arthur  Beardsley,  Swarth- 
mo're,  Pa.;  W.  L.  Baker,  Detroit,  Mich.;  Max  J.  Becker,  Columbus, 
Ohio';  M.  S.  Belknap,  Montgomery,  Ala. ;  W.  R.  Belknap,  Louisville, 
Ky. ;  Henry  I.  Bliss,  La  Crosse,  Wis. ;  Josiah  G.  Chase,  Cambridgeport, 
Mass. ;  Frank  A.  Calkins,  B.  S.  Church,  Thomas  C.  Clarke,  Alfred  G. 
.Compton,    Theodore  Cooper,   E.   L.    Corthell,  J.  James  R.  Croes,  New 


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York  City;  Martin  Coryell,  Lambertville,  N.  J.;  William  B.  Coffin, 
Hin-nellsville,  C.  L.  Crandall,  Ithaca,  N.  Y. ;  James  Christie,  Pencoycl, 
P.  H.  Clement,  Everett,  Pa. ;  O.  B.  Colton,  Chicago,  111. ;  Joseph  P. 
<^^ird,  St.  Louis,  Mo. ;  Joseph  P.  Davis,  P.  P.  Dickinson,  Edward  B. 
Dorsey,  C.  Wheeler  Durham,  New  l''ork  City ;  Charles  G.  Darrach, 
Ridley  Park,  Frank  G.  Darlington,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.;  Frank  C.  Doran, 
iRichmond,  Ind. ;  Charles  E.  L.  B.  Davis,  Detroit,  Mich. ;  Chester  B. 
Davis,  Chicago,  111. ;  W.  A.  G.  Emonts,  Philadelphia,  Pa. ;  N.  M.  Ed- 
wards, Appleton,  Wis.;  J.  T.  Fanning,  Manchester,  Robert  Fletcher, 
Hanover,  N.  H. ;  Edward  A.  Flint,  Joseph  P.  Frizell,  Frank  L.  Fuller, 
Boston,  James  B.  Francis,  Lowell,  Muss. ;  Henry  N.  Francis,  Provi- 
dence, R.  I. ;  Charles  A.  Ferry,  New  Haven,  Conn. ;  John  W.  Ferguson, 
J.  Foster  Flagg,  New  Y^ork  City;  Charles  H.  Fisher,  Albany,  N.  Y. ; 
George  B.  Francis,  Weehawken,  Clark  Fisher,  Trenton,  N.    J.;  Charles 

E.  Fogg,  Pouglikeepsie,  E.  A.  Fuertes,  Ithaca,  George  S.  Field,  Samuel 
J.  Fields,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. ;  Sandford  Fleming,  Ottawa,  Canada;  C.  G. 
Force,  Cleveland,  Ohio;  James  L.  Frazier,  Louisville,  Ky. ;  Bryant  God- 
win, John  C.  Goodridge,  Jr.,  New  York  City;  Fred.  Graff,  Philadelphia, 
Pa.;  George  S.  Gatchell,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. ;  Charles  E.  Goad,  Montreal, 
Canada;  Charles  E.  Greene,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. ;  J.  L.  Gillespie,  St.  Paul, 
Minn. ;  Robert  Gordon,  British  Burma,  India;  Clemens  Herschel,  Holy- 
oke,  Richard  A.  Hale,  Lawrence,  Mass.;  Albert  B.  Hill,  New  Haven, 
Conn. ;  Stephen  S .  Haight,  West  Farms,  C.  M.  Harris,  Bentley  D. 
Hasell,  William  J.  Haskins,  Charles  W.  Hunt,  William  R.  Hutton,  New 
York  City,  W.  W.  Hegeman,  Rhinebeck,  William  E.  Hoyt,  Rochester, 
A.  H.  G.  Hardwicke,  W.  A.  Haven,  Edmund  Hayes,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.; 
Rudolph  Hering,  Philadelphii,  James  H.  Harlow,  Pittsburgh,  Pa . ; 
W.  M.  Hughes,  Cleveland,  Ohio;  F.  B.  Howard,  Detroit,  Mich.;  S.  A. 
Harrison,  Milwaukee,  Wis.;  W.  H.  Jennings,  Columbus,  Ohio;  H.  F. 
Juengst,  St.  Joseph,  Mo  ;  Walter  Katte,  New  York  City,  T.  P.  Kinsley, 
Le  Roy,  Louis  H.  Kaapp,  Buffalo,  N.  1'^. ;  E.  H.  Keating,  Halifax, 
N.  S. ;  Thomas  C;  Keefer,  Ottawa,  Canada;  Marvin  W.  ;  Kingsley, 
^Cleveland,  Ohio;  William  B.  Knight,  Kansas  City,  Mo.;  Edward  C. 
Kinney,  Des  Moines,  Iowa;   Augustus  W.  Locke,  North  Adams,  Mass. ; 

F.  C.  Lowthorp,  Trenton,  N.  J. ;  Charles  Latimer,  Cleveland,  Thomas 
D.  Lovett,  Cincinnati,  Ohio;  William  H.  Lotz,  Chicago,  111.;  Charles 
F.  Loweth,  St.  Pan],  Minn.;  Henry  Manley,  Boston,  Mass.;  J.  Albert 
Monroe,  Providence,  R.  I. ;  T.  H.  McKenzie,  Southington,  Conn. ; 
Charles  Macdonald,  T.  C.  McCollom,  George  S.  Morison,  New  Y'^ork 
City,  C.  C.  Martin,  George  W.  McNulty,  Brooklyn,  William  J.  McAlpine, 
Bay  Ridge,  N.  Y". ;  David  E.  McComb,  A.  G.  Menocal,  Washington, 
D,C.;  O.  E.  Michaelis,  Philadelphia,  Frederick  Mercur,  Wilkesbarre, 
"C.  S.  Maurice,  Athens,  Pa.;  Henry  G.  Morse,  Youngstown,  B.  F. 
Morse,    Cleveland,    Ohio;    M.    W.  Mansfield,    Richmond,    Ind.;    John 

IMacLeod,  Louisville,  Kj. ;  W,  H.  McClintock,  Louisville,  Ky. ;  Robert 


7'i  JUNE    PROCEEDINGS. 

E.  McMath,  Eobert  Moore,  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  George  A.  Marr,  St.  Paul, 
Minn. ;  Edward  P.  North,  F.  O.  Norton,  New  York  City,  Ellia  B.  Noyes, 
Brooklyn,  Charles  Neilson,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. ;  James  Owen,  Newark,  N.  J. ; 
L.  F.  Olney,  Middletown,  N.  Y. ;  Johu  A.  Ockersoa,  Sfc.  Louis,  Mo.; 
Edward  S.  Philbrick,  Boston,  Mass. ;  A.  B.  Paine,  New  York  City,  E.  G. 
Packard,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. ;  George  H.  Pegram,  Wilmington,  Del.; 
Willard  S.  Pope,  Detroit,  Mich.;  George  W.  Polk,  San  Antonio,  Texas; 
George  S.  Rice,  Georgetown,  Colorado;  Joseph  R.  Richards,  Boston, 
William  Roberts,  Waltham,  Mass.;  R.  P.  Roth  well,  New  York  City; 
G.  M.  Rusling,  Hackettstown,  N.  J. ;  David  Reeves,  Percival  Roberts, 
Jr.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  James  L.  Randolph,  Baltimore,  Md. ;  W.  N. 
Radenhurst,  George  W.  Rafter,  Rochester,  H.  A.  Richmond,  B.  C. 
Rumsey,  Buffalo,  Benjamin  Rliodes,  Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y. ;  Benjamin 
Reece,  Toledo,  Ohio;  George  F.  Swain,  Boston,  Mass.;  C.  C.  Schneider, 
D.  McN.  Staufter,  New  York  City;  J.  H.  Staats,  Robert  P.  Scaats, 
Jersey  City,  N.  J.;  W.  Harrison  Smith,  Philadelphia,  Pa. ;  Frank  S. 
Stevens,  Syracuse,  T.  Guilford  Smith,  W.  H.  Starr,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.; 
Robert  Surtees,  Ottawa,  Canada;  C.  H.  Strong,  Cleveland,  William  H. 
Searles,  Elyria,  Ohio;  Charles  L.  Strobel,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.;  Robert  A. 
Shailer,  Milwaukee,  Wis.;  M.  M.  Tidd,  Boston,  Mass.;  Stevenson 
Towle,  A.  W.  Trotter,  New  York  City;  A.  J.  Tullock,  Leavenworth, 
Kansas  ;  Edg.ir  B.  Van  Winkle,  New  York  City;  John  G.  Van  Home, 
Jersey  City,  N.  J. ;  William  Watson,  Boston,  Joseph  Whitney,  Cam- 
bridgeport,  Henry  F.  Walling,  Pittsfield,  Mass. ;  Edmund  B.  Weston, 
Providence,  R.  I.;  William  W.  Wilson,  Yonkers,  Charles  D.  Watkins, 
A.  M.  Wellington,  W.  H.  Wiley,  W.  E.  Worthen,  New  York  City; 
Squire  Whipple,  Albany,  A.  S.  C.  Wurtele,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.;  Charles  D. 
Ward,  Lebbeus  B.  Ward,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. ;  John  A.  Wilson,  Philadel- 
phia, Pa.;  Herbert  M.  Wilson,  Washington,  D.  C. ;  S.  Whinery,  Som- 
erset, Ky. ;  L.  L.  Wheeler,  Thomas  J.  Whitman,  St.  Louis,  Mo.; 
D.  J.  Whittemore,  Milwaukee,  Wis. ;  and  Herbert  A.  Young,  Toledo, 
Ohio. 

2foie. — One  hundred  and  fifteen  ladies  of  the  families  of  members 
accompanied  them  on  the  occasion  of  this  Convention. 

The  arrangements  for  the  Convention  were  in  charge  of  the  following 
committees  of  citizens  of  Buffalo : 

Committee  on  Reception  :  His  Honor  the  Mayor,  Mr.  Jonathan 
ScoviiiLE ;  the  President  of  the  Common  Council,  Mr.  R.  R.  Heffokd  ; 
the  President  of  the  Merchants'  Exchange,  Mr.  E.  L.  Hedstkom. 

Committee  on  Entertainment  :  Mr.  Franklin  D.  Locke,  Mr.  Henry 
W.  Box,  Gen.  George  S.  Field,  Mr.  Josiah  Jewett,  Mr.  John  F.  Moul- 
ton,  Mr.  Henry  A .  Richmond,  Mr.  E .  C.  Sprague,  Mr.  W.  S .  Bissell, 
Dr.  Charles  Cary,  Mr.  S.  S.  Guthrie,  Mr.  D.  H.  McMillan,  Mr.  E.  H. 
Mavins,  Mr.  B.  C.  Rumsey,  Mr.  Wm.  Thurstone,  and  Hon.  R.  C. 
Titus. 


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Committee  on  Printing  :  Mr.  James  N.  Mattliews,  Mr.  Charles  W. 
McCune,  and  Mr.  James  D.  Warren, 

Committee  on  Transportation  :  Mr.  W.  S .  Bal4win,  Mr.  F.  E.  Mer- 
rill, Mr.  W.  H.  Perry,  Mr.  J.  S.  Bartlett,  Mr.  J.  A.  Burch,  Mr.  E.  H. 
Noble,  and  Mr .  Peter  0.  Doyle. 

The  details  of  the  management  were  in  charge  of  the  following  Com- 
mittee of  Members  of  the  Society,  resident  in  Buffalo : 

Gen.  George  S.  Field,  Chairman;  Mr.  S.  J.  Fields,  Mr.  George  S. 
Gatchell,  Mr.  William  A.  Haven,  Mr.  Edmund  Hayes,  Mr.  Louis  H. 
Knapp,  Mr.  Charles  Neilson,  Mr.  Henry  A.  Richmond,  Mr.  B.  C.  Rum- 
sey,  Mr.  Edward  S.  Safford,  Mr.  WilUam  H.  Starr,  Mr.  T,  Guilford 
Smith,  Secretary. 

The  meetings  of  the  Convention  were  held  in  the  hall  of  the  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association.  On  Wednesday  visits  were  made  to  the  works  of  the 
Union  Bridge  Company,  where  bridge  construction  was  in  active  pro- 
gress. The  harbor  improvements  and  extensions  now  in  progress  at  the 
Tifft  Farm  property  of  the  Lehigh  Valley  Railroad  Company  were  next 
visited.  These  will  include,  when  completed,  9  miles  of  docks  and  4^ 
miles  of  canals,  200  feet  wide  and  16  feet  deep;  15  miles  of  railroad 
tracks;  4  500  feet  of  coal-stocking  trestles  with  a  storage  capacity  of 
110000  tons,  and  1800  feet  of  shipping  pockets.  Visits  were  made  to 
the  coal  trestles  and  loading  tunnels  underneath.  The  anthracite  coal 
chutes  were  also  visited,  and  the  operation  of  loading  vessels  witnessed. 
The  works  for  shore  protection  were  examined.  This  protection  is 
effected  by  the  use  of  fascine  mattresses,  as  practiced  in  Holland.  A 
visit  was  also  made  to  the  iron  ship  works,  where  lake  vessels  were  in 
progress  of  construction.  The  trip  was  principally  over  the  tracks  of 
the  Buffalo  Creek  Railroad  and  the  New  York,  Lake  Erie  and  Western 
Railroad.  The  harbor  works  were  also  examined  from  the  yacht  of  Mr. 
J.  Mclntyre.  An  inspection  was  also  made  of  the  large  trunk  sewer  at 
various  points  of  its  construction.  During  the  afternoon  and  evening 
of  the  same  day  an  excursion  was  made  by  steamer  down  the  Niagara 
River  to  the  house  and  grounds  of  the  Falcon  wood  Club,  at  Grand  Island, 
where  a  collation  was  provided,  after  which  the  party  returned  to  Buffalo, 
On  Thursday  a  visit  was  made  to  Suspension  Bridge  and  Niagara  Falls. 
Ample  time  was  given  for  an  inspection  of  the  new  Cantilever 
Bridge,  and  also  the  Suspension  Bridge.  Dinner  was  provided  at. 
Niagara  Falls.  On  Thursday  evening  a  reception  at  the  Buffalo  Club 
was  given  by  citizens  of  Buffalo  to  the  members  of  the  Society  and 
guests.  During  Friday  afternoon  a  visit  was  made  by  a  number  of  mem- 
bers to  the  city  water  works  and  pumping  station.  On  Friday  evening 
the  members  of  the  Society  gave  a  reception  at  the  Genesee  House  to 
the  gentlemen  of  Buffalo  who  had  been  connected  with  the  arrange- 
ments for  the  Convention. 

A  unique  and  beautiful  souvenir  of  the  Convention  was  presented 


74  JUNE     PROCEEDINGS. 

to  eacli  member  in  attendance.  This  was  a  volume  entitled  "  Some 
Things  in  and  about  Buffalo.  A  Souvenir  of  the  Annual  Convention  of 
the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  held  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  June 
10-13,  1884."  The  book  is  printed  in  colors  on  heavy  paper,  and  is 
illustrated  by  photographic  reproductions  of  views  of  a  number  of  in- 
teresting buildings  and  places.  The  cover  is  illuminated,  and  the  book 
is  in  all  respects  artistic  and  appropriate.  It  was  compiled,  under 
direction  of  the  Committee  of  Resident  Members,  by  Mr.  William  Thur- 
stone,  Secretary  of  the  Buffalo  Merchants'  Exchange.  It  was  published 
by  Messrs.  Matthews,  Northrup  &  Co. 

Maps  of  Buffalo  were  provided,  and  also  pamphlets  written  by  Mr. 
Thurstone,  and  presented  to  members  by  his  courtesy,  describing  the 
commercial,  industrial  and  other  features  of  the  city.  The  use  of  the 
reading  and  writing  rooms  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association, 
the  building  in  which  the  meetings  were  held,  was  tendered  to  the 
members  of  the  Society  by  the  Trustees  of  the  Association.  An  invita- 
tion to  visit  the  Merchants'  Exchange  was  also  received  and  accepted. 

By  invitation  of  the  Buffalo,  New  York  and  Philadelphia,  and  the 
New  York,  Lake  Erie  and  Western  Railroads,  a  visit  was  made  by  a  num- 
ber of  members  and  guests  to  Chatauqua  Lake, 

As  will  be  seen  by  the  accompanying  letter  from  E.  L.  Corthell,  Esq., 
M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  Chief  Engineer  New  York,  West  Shore  and  Buffalo 
Railway,  the  members  of  the  Society  who  could  make  it  convenient  to  do 
so  were  invited  to  go  to  and  from  the  Convention  in  a  special  train  over 
that  road: 

Weehawken,  N.  J. ,  April  8th,  1884. 
To  THE  Members  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  : 

Gentlemen,— Recollecting  with  much  pleasure  the  excursion  which  I 
had  in  charge  in  1877,  at  the  time  you  visited  the  South  Pass  Jetties,  at 
the  mouth  of  the  Mississippi  River,  it  now  gives  me  great  pleasure  to  in- 
vite you,  in  behalf  of  the  officers  of  the  New  York,  West  Shore  and 
Buffalo  Railway  Company,  and  the  New  York,  Ontario  and  Western 
Railway  Company,  to  take  part  in  an  excursion  over  these  railways  to  and 
from  the  Annual  Convention  to  be  held  at  Buffalo  in  June  next. 

There  will  be  several  works  of  great  interest  to  be  seen,  and  many 
pleasant  views,  and  there  also  will  be  opportunities  for  inspecting  the 
West  Shore  Road.  Your  convenience  and  comfort,  as  well  as  that  of 
your  families  (who  are  most  cordially  invited  to  accompany  you),  will  be 
anticipated. 

Hoping  to  see  a  large  number  on  this  excursion,  I  remain, 

Very  truly  yours, 

E.    L.    CoRTHEIiL, 

Chief  Engiyieer,  N.  Y.,  W.  S.  &  B.  Ry.  Co. 


JUNE    PROCEEDINGS.  75 

This  train  left  New  York  on  the  morning  of  Monday,  June  9th,  the 
day  previous  to  the  Convention,  and  arrived  in  Buffalo  early  in  the 
evening  of  the  same  day.  It  was  a  special  excursion  train,  and,  under 
the  management  of  Mr.  Oorthell  and  the  other  officers  of  the  road, 
every  arrangement  was  made  for  the  comfort  of  the  party,  and  for  an 
inspection  of  the  many  works  of  engineering  interest  upon  the  line  of 
the  road.  Maps  and  explanatory  drawings  were  provided  of  specially 
interesting  features. 

The  excursion  train  returned  on  Saturday,  June  14th,  the  day  after 
the  adjournment  of  the  Convention.  A  very  large  number  of  members 
of  the  Society,  many  accompanied  by  ladies,  were  upon  the  westward 
and  eastward  trips  of  this  excursion.  The  following  action  was  taken 
on  this  occasion  : 

To  THE  President  and  Dikectors,  New  York,  West  Shore  and  Buffalo 
Railway,  New  York,  Ontario  and  Western  RAiiiWAY,  and  North 
River  Construction  Company  :, 

The  members  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  desire  to 
express  their  thanks  to  the  management  of  the  New  York,  West  Shore 
and  Buffalo  Railway,  and  the  New  York,  Ontario  and  Western  Railway, 
and  particularly  to  Mr.  E.  L.  Corthell,  member  of  tbe  Society  and  Chief 
Engineer,  and  the  officers  who  were  in  direct  charge  on  the  several  trips 
to  and  from  Buffalo,  and  to  express  their  gratification  at  finding  a  road 
so  recently  constructed,  which  has  lately  passed  through  its  first  winter's 
disturbing  influences,  in  such  admirable  condition. 

As  engineers,  they  notice  that  the  location,  grades  and  curvature  are 
judiciously  adapted  to  the  needs  of  a  great  trunk  line,  instead  of  being 
made  subservient  to  local  demands. 

As  passengers,  they  are  particularly  struck  with  the  perfection  of  the 
road-bed,  and  luxury  and  comfort  of  the  rolling  stock. 

Eor  the  members  present : 

Wm.    J.    McAliPINB, 

J.  W.  Adams, 
1  Thos,  D.  Lovett. 

!d,  McN.  Stauffer, 

Sec'y. 


MEETINGS  OF  THE  SOCIETY. 

June  4th,  1884. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President  William 
H.  Paine  in  the  Chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.  Ballots  were  canvassed, 
and  the  following  declared  elected  : 

As  Members — James  Pierson  Allen  (elected  Junior  M^rch  5th, 
1879),  Charleston,    S.   C;  HenTy  Purdon   Bell,  Winnipeg,    Manitoba; 


! 


76  JUNE    PROCEEDINGS. 


William  Foster  Biddle,  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  Wendell  Khodes  Curtis 
(elected  Junior  March  3d,  1875),  Savannah,  Ga. ;  Chauncey  Ives,  Cham- 
bersburg.  Pa. ;  Mace  Moulton,  Wilmington,  Del. ;  Samuel  Rea,  Philadel- 
I)hia,  Pa.;  Percival  Eoberts,  Jr.  (elected  Associate  May  7th,  1879), 
Philadelphia,  Pa. ;  Levi  Lockwood  Wheeler,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

As  Associates — Alan  Hyde  Gardner  Hardwicke,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. ;  Wil- 
liam Eoberts,  Waltham,  Mass. 

As  Juniors— William  Henry  Breithaupt,  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  Allan  Darst 
Conover,  Madison,  Wis. ;  Martin  Gay,  West  New  Brighton,  N.  Y. ;  Silas 
Bent  Russell,  St.  Louis,  Mo. ;  Chandler  Dannat  Starr,  New  York  City. 

A  paper  by  A.  M.  Wellington,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  "Experiments 
with  New  Apparatus  in  Journal  Friction  at  Low  Velocities,"  was  read  by 
the  author,  and  discussed. 


Business  Meeting  dueing  the  Convention. 

June  10th,  1884.  —Business  meeting  at  the  Annual  Convention.  The 
meeting  was  called  to  order,  Vice-President  Joseph  P.  Davis  in  the  Chair; 
John  Bogakt,  Secretary. 

The  folloAving  members  of  the  Society  were  appointed  the  Nomi- 
nating Committee,  in  accordance  with  Section  XXIV.  of  the  By-Laws  : 

Albert  Fink,  of  New  York;  George  E.  Gray,  of  San  Francisco; 
George  S.  Field,  of  Buffalo;  Thomas  C.  Keefer,  of  Ottawa;  Henry  Flad, 
of  St.  Louis. 

The  Committee  on  a  Uniform  System  for  Tests  of  Cement,  referring 
to  the  report  presented  at  the  Annual  Meeting,  and  since  printed  in  the 
Transactions  of  the  Society,  reported  progress.  On  motion,  the  report 
was  accepted  and  the  Committee  continued. 

The  Report  of  the  Committee  on  Uniform  Standard  Time  was  pre- 
sented and  read  by  Sandford  Fleming,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  Chairman 
of  the  Committee,  as  follows  : 

Report  of  the  Special  Committee  on  Uniform  Standard  Time. 

The  Committee  beg  leave  to  refer  to  the  report  submitted  at  the 
Annual  Meeting  of  the  Society,  held  at  New  York,  on  the  16th  January 
last,  in  which  they  set  forth  the  various  steps  taken  by  the  Society  in 
promoting  the  proper  regulation  of  Time,  and  the  adoption  of  Time 
Standards. 

The  Committee  referred  with  much  satisfaction  to  the  fact  that  the 
railway  authorities  generally  had  determined  to  adopt  one  of  the  reforms 
advocated  by  the  Society,  and  that  on  the  18th  November  last,  trains 
commenced  to  run  throughout  the  United  States  and  Canada  by  Hour 
Standards,  and  that  the  public,  with  singular  unanimity,  accepted  the 
change,  which  they  now  universally  recognize  as  a  great  public  boon. 


JUNE    PEOCEEDINGS. 


77 


In  tlie  documents  widely  circulated  two  years  ago  by  the  Committee, 
under  the  authority  of  the  Society,  a  series  of  questions  bearing  on  the 
whole  subject  were  submitted  to  men  in  prominent  positions  in  the 
railway  world,  including  engineers,  trafific  managers  and  known  scien- 
tists in  every  State  in  the  Union,  and  in  every  Province  in  Canada.  To 
these  questions  the  Committee  invited  replies,  and  among  the  large 
number  of  replies  received,  the  Committee  had  an  emphatic  expression 
of  opinion  from  many  persons  with  respect  to  the  division  of  the  day  into 
hours.  Ninety-two  (92)  per  cent,  of  those  heard  from  gave  their 
unqualified  support  to  the  proposal  to  abandon  the  old  traditional 
division  of  the  day  into  halves  of  twelve  (12)  hours  each,  and  to  adopt  a 
single  series  of  hours  from  midnight  to  midnight,  numbered  from  one  to 
twenty-four  (1  to  24). 

A  list  of  gentlemen  who  have  carefully  examined  this'  branch  of  the 
subject  and  who,  in  their  replies  referred  to,  have  given  opinions  decid- 
edly in  favor  of  the  propo.sed  change,  is  appended  to  this  report. 

It  is  proposed  to  adapt  clocks  and  watches  now  in  use  to  the  change, 
by  having  inscribed  on  the  existing  dials  the  new  numbers  of  the  after- 
noon hours,— thirteen  to  twenty -four  (13  to  24)  inclusive,  as  in  the  Plate 
No.  1. 


^81  ^ 


No.  1. 


No.  2. 


The  only  practical  difficulty  to  be  overcome  is  met  by  the  simple 
expedient  of  placing  on  the  face  of  the  watch  or  clock  a  supplementary 
dial  showing  the  new  afternoon  hours  in  Arabic  numerals  within  the 
present  Roman  figures. 

Plate  No.  2  shows  the  supplementary  dial;  it  must  be  of  thin  material. 


78  JUNE    PROCEEDIXGS. 

and  it  has  been  found  that  made  simply  of  paper  and  secured  to  its 
position  by  any  gum  which  will  adhere  to  an  enameled  surface,  the 
object  is  attained  without  any  further  alteration  of  the  watch  or  clock. 

The  Committee  is  aware  that  these  seem  trifling  matters  to  bring 
under  the  notice  of  the  Convention,  but  questions  of  great  moment  not 
seldom  hinge  on  small  details.  It  is  evident  from  what  has  been  set 
forth,  that  every  person  in  the  community  may,  at  the  Cost  of  a  few  cents 
in  each  case,  adapt  his  watch  to  the  24  o'clock  system. 

The  Committee  accordingly  repeat  their  conviction  that  with  the  dis- 
appearance of  the  only  practical  difficulty  at  an  insignificant  cost,  there 
is  nothing  to  prevent  the  railway  authorities  and  the  community  at  large 
adopting  the  change  as  soon  as  they  become  alive  to  its  advantages. 

The  Committee  do  not,  on  this  occasion,  consider  it  necessary  again, 
to  refer  to  the  public  benefits  to  be  derived  from  the  new  notation  of  the  i 
day.  The  advantages  have  been  fully  established  and  have  been 
frequently  discussed  at  various  meetings  of  this  Society. 

That  the  American  Society  of  CivirEngineers,  as  a  body,  fully  appre- 
ciate the  importance  of  the  change  is  evident  from  the  fact  that  since  the 
last  Annual  Meeting  the  Society  has  practically  adopted  the  24  o'clock 
system  in  all  arrangements  of  meetings,  and  in  all  matters  in  which  the 
hour  of  the  day  is  referred  to. 

The  Committee  cannot  doubt  that  the  influence  of  the  Society  in  this 
reform  will  ultimately  lead  to  equally  satisfactory  results  as  have  been 
obtained  by  their  efforts  in  the  establishment  of  the  standard  houri 
system  throughout  the  Continent. 

The  Committee  deem  it  proper  to  recall  the  action  taken  at  the  Wash- 
ington Convention  in  May,  1882.  On  that  occasion  the  Society  resolved 
to  petition  Congress  to  take  steps  to  establish  a  Prime  Meridian  as  a  zero 
for  reckoning  time,  and  for  the  computation  of  longitudes.  Subse- 
quently Congress  passed  a  joint  resolution  authorizing  the  President  to 
call  an  International  Conference  to  fix  on  and  recommend  for  universal 
adoption  such  a  zero,  and  in  conformity  with  the  Act  of  Congress  the' 
President  has  called  an  International  Conference,  to  be  held  at  Washing- 
ton, on  the  1st  October  next. 

The  Act  of  Congress  has  authorized  the  appointment  of  three  dele- 
gates for  the  United  States  to  the  conference,  and  it  appears  to  the  Com- 
mittee appropriate  that  the  railway  and  the  other  interests  of  the  country, 
of  which  to  a  certain  extent  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  is 
the  exponent,  should  be  there  represented. 

Your  Committee  accordingly  recommend  that  the  President  of  the 
United  States  be  respectfully  memorialized  by  the  Society  to  appoint 
one  delegate  to  represent  these  important  interests  at  the  Washington 
Conference. 

For  the  Special  Committee  on  Standard  Time, 

SANDFORD  FLEMING,  Chairmnn. 
Buffalo,  10th  June,  1884. 


JUNE    PROCEEDINGS, 
Appendix    to    Report. 

The  24  oVilock  Systew. 


79 


List  of  Engineers,  Railway  Presidents,  Traffic  Managers,  Scientists 
and  other  prominent  persons,  who,  in  their  replies  to  questions  issued 
in  1882  by  the  Standard  Time  Committee,  gave  their  unqualified  pref- 
erence to  a  division  of  the  day  into  a  single  series  of  hours  numbered 
from  one  to  twenty-four  (1  to  24). 

In  addition  to  this  list,  a  number  of  gentlemen  expressed  themselves 
in  favor  of  the  24  o'clock  system  for  Railway  Time  Tables,  but  were  in 
doubt  as  to  the  possibility  of  bringing  it  into  common  use  for  all  pur- 
poses . 

Only  eight  (8)  per  cent,  of  all  heard  from  expressed  themselves  as 
unfavorable  to  the  24  o'clock  system. 

The  names  with  an  asterisk  (*)  are  members  of  the  American  Society 
of  Civil  Engineers  : 


Name. 


W.  J.  McAlpine,M.I.C.E.* 

M.  J.  Becker* 

Martin  W.  Harrington . . . 
H.  T.  Eddy,  Ph.  D 


Robert  Fletcher,  Ph.  D.*. 

■p.  H.  Philbrick* 

E.  A.  Doane* , 

Henry  B.  Richardson*. . . 
H.  Stanley  Goodwin*. . . , 


Official  Title. 


Robert  Briggs* 

S.  Spencer 

C.  B.  Coinstock* 

W.  A.  Doane* 

Francis  J.  Lynch.M.I.C.E, 
James  H.  Rowan,  C.  E . . . 

B.  M.  Harrod,  C.  E.* 

C.  S.  Masten* 


PastPrest.  Am.  Soc.  Civil  Engineers 
Chief  Eng'r  P.  C.  &  St.  L.  R.  W.  Co. 

Director  Astron.  Observatory 

Prof,  of  Mathematics,  Astron.  and 

Civil  Eng.,  Univer.  of  Cincinnati. 

Prof,  of  Civil  Engineering. 

Prof.  C.  E.,  State  Univ.  of  Iowa 

Chief  Eng.,  Rome,  W.  and  Og'gh  R 

Chief  State  Engineer 

Asst.  Gen.  Super.  Lehigh  Valley  R. 

R.  Co .. 


Address. 


James  Hall,  D.  P.  S.. 

W.  A.  Sweet* 

Wm.T.  Jennings 

M.  G.  Howe*   

Robert  H.  Savre  .  , . . 
Robert  Moore',  C.  E.*. 
J.  Foster  Crowell*.. . . 

T.  J.  Potter 

W.  B.  Smellie 

JuHus  W.  Adams* 


3d  V.  P.,  B.  A  0.  R.  R 

Lieut. -Colonel  of  Engineers , 

Principal  Asst.  Eng.  R.W.  A  0.  R.  R 
In  charge  Canad'n  Pacific  R'y  Office 
Ex. -District  Eng.,  C.  P.  Railway. . . 
Member  Miss.  River  Commission.. . 
Engineer  in  charge  Western  Divis- 
ion W.,  St.  L.  &  P.  Railway 

Ex.-Sheriff  and  Ex.-M.P 

Prest.  Sanderson  St.  Co 

Rest.  Engr.,  C.  P.  R 

Eng.  and  Sup.,  H.  &  T.  C.  R.  R... . 
Sup.  and  Eng.  Lehigh  Valley  R.  R. 


Assistant  Engineer  P.  R.  R 

3d  Vice-Pre?.,  etc.,  C.  B.  &  0.  R.  R. 
Cons.  Eng.  Canadian  Pacific  R'y. .  . 
Past  Pres.  Am.  Soc'y  Civil  Eng. . . . 


Bay  Ridge,  N.  Y. 
Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
Ann  Arbor,  Midi 

Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
Hanover,  N.H. 
Iowa  City.  Iowa. 
Oswego,  N.  Y. 
New  Orleans,  La. 

Bethlehem,  Pa. 
Philadelphia,   Pa. 
Baltimore,  Md. 
Detroit,  Mich. 
Oswego,  N.  Y. 
Ottawa,  Canada. 
Winnipeg,  Man. 
New  Orleans. 

St.  Louis,  Ml). 
Peterboro',  Ont. 
Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
Keewatiti,  Man. 
Houston,  Texas. 
Bethlehem,  Pa. 
St.  Louis,  Mc. 
Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
Chicago,  111. 
Montreal,  Ca. 
Brooklyn,  N.  V. 


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JUNE    PEOCEEDINGS. 


Name. 


T.  N.  Gisborne 

James  H.  Harlow*. . . . 
Edward  y.  Philbrick*. 

Kivas  Tully 

T.  H.  Perry 

J.  W.  Putnam* 

Charles  H.  Swan* 

Sir  Charles  Tupjier. . . . 

Jos.  P.  Davis* 

P.  S.  Archibald 

H.  E.  Stevens* 

B.  S.  Henning    .      . . .  . 
J.  Milton  Tillow* 

C.  A.  Yoimg . 

Robert  A.  Shailer*.  .  .  . 

L.  B.  Archibald 

F.  P.  Stearns* 

C.  S.  Davidson    

Edward  Magui.re 

E.  G.  Ferris 

Collinjjwood  Schroiber. 


Official  Title. 


Super.  Tel.  Sijj.  Serv.,  Dom.  Canada 
EiiPf.  Mononoahela  Navigatiou  Co. . 


Henry  Gannett. 


James  P.  Ho wley 

■  W.  H.Wood 

F.  M.  Towar 

Julius  J.  Duraye   

Thomag  S.  Sedgwick*.. 

Geo.  M.  Dawson 

T.C.  Mendenhall 

L.J.  LeConte* 

Edward  C.  Pickering. . . 

H.  F.  Royce 

J.  S.  Sewall* 

Wm.  B.  Hazen 


G.  Kennedy,  M. A.,  LL.D. 

E.  D.  Ashe 

Wilson  Crosby* 

W.  H.  Pratt 


George  S.  Gatchell*. 
H.  S.  Pritchett 


C  J.  Ives 

Asa  Horr,  M.D , 

J.  L.  Gillespie* , 

William  P.  Anderson., 

Rufus  In^alls 


W.  E.  Jacobs..  . 
Winalow  Upton. 
H.  A.  Howe . . . . 


Vice  Pres.  Canadian  Institute 

Chief  Eng.  L.   E.  <fe  W.  Rd 

N.  O.  di  M.  R.  R 

Mem.  Am.  M.  Soc . . . 

Minister  of  Railways  and  Canals. . . 

Vice-Pres.  Am.  Tel.  Co   

Chief  Eng.  InteicoloniaJ  Railway.. 

v.  S.  Asst.  Engineer 

Pres.  Ohio  Lo.  R.  W.  Co 

Principal  Asst.  Eng.,  City  Hall. . . . 
Prof  Astron.  Col.  of  New  Jersey.. . 
Asst.  Supt,  Edgemoor  Iron  Works, 
Supt.  Prince  Edward  Island  R'y. . . 
Asst.  Eng.  Boston  Imp.  Sewerage.  . 
Supt.  Hud.  Div.  N.Y.,  N.  H.&H.R.R. 
Captain  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A. .  , . 

Engineer  D.  &  N.  R.  R 

Chief  Eng.  and  Gen.  Man.  Canadian 

Government  Railways 

Geoprapher  of  Census  and  of  U.  S. 

Geological  Survey 

Asst.  Provincial  Geologist 

U.  S.  Asst.  Engineer 

U.  S.  Asst.  Engineer 

U.  S.  Asst.  Engineer 

Land  Agt.  Atlantic  &  Pac.  R'd  Co. . 
Asst.  Director  Geological  Survey. . 
Prof.  Physics  Ohio  Slate  Univer. . . 

Res.  Eng.,  Oakland  Harbor 

Director  Harvard  Col.  Observatory 
Division  Superintendent. 


Address. 


Brig,  and  Brevet  Maj.-Gen.,  Chief 
Signal  Officer  U.  S.  A 

Law  Clerk,  Crown  Land  Depart. .  . 

Directory  Quebec  Observatory. . . . 

C.  E 

Cor.  Sec.  and  Curator  Acad.  Nat, 
Science 

Gen.  Supt.  B.,  N.  Y.  tfe  P.  R.  R. .. . 

Prof.  AsLron'y  and  Director  Obser- 
vatory Washington  University.. 

Gen.  Supt.  B.,  C,  R.  &  W.  R'y 

Pres.  Iowa  Inst.  Science  and  Art,. . 

U.  S.  Asst.  Engineer '. . 

Eng.  to  Marine  Dept.,  in  charge 
construction  Can.  Light  Houses.  . 

Quarter-Master  General  and  Brevet 
Maior-General  U.  S.  A 


Ottawa. 
Pittsburg,  Pa. 
Boston,  Mass. 
Toronto. 
Lafayette,  Ind. 
New  Orleans. 
Highlands,  Boston. 
Ottawa,  Ca. 
N.  Y.  City. 
Monckton.  N.  B. 
St.  Paul,  Minn. 
115  Broadway, N.Y. 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Princeton,  N.  J. 
Wilmington,  Del. 
Charlottetown. 
Atlantic,  Mass. 
Hartford,  Conn. 

S.  Norwalk,  Conn, 

Ottawa,  Ca. 

Washington,  D.  C. 
St.  Johns,  Nfld. 
St.  Paul,  Minn. 
St.  Paul,  Minn. 
St.  Paul,  Minn. 
Albuquerque,  N.  M, 
Ottawa,  Ca. 
Columbus,  Ohio. 
Oakland,  Cal. 
Cambridge,  Mass. 
Des  Moines,  Iowa. 
St.  Paul,  Minn. 


Army  Signal  Office 

Prof,  of  Math,  and    Astron'y  Univ 

of  Denver IColorado. 


W'ashirigton. 
Toronto. 
Quebec. 
Bangor,  Me. 

Davenport,  Iowa. 
Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Cedar  Rapids,  la. 
Dubuque,  Iowa. 
St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Ottawa,  Canada. 

Washington. 
Salt  Lake  City. 
Washino-ton. 


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81 


Name. 


D.  R.  Taylor 

J.  R.  Eastman. . . , 
James  R.  Barber. . 
DeVolsoa  Wood*. 


Wra.  F.  Ellice... 
Alex.      Murray, 

F.G.S 

Edwia  A.  Hill. . 


C.M.G. 


C.  D.  Ward* 

Lewis  Bass 

Chas.  A.  .Schott.  . 
David  H.  Jerome. 
W.  T.  Sampson.. 


Wm.  Brydone  Jaclj 
John  B.  Hamilton. 


H'y  F.  McLeod,  M.I.C.E. 

Jacob  M.  Clark* 

H.  P.  Dwight  

William  F.  Bradbury. . . . 

M.  Giddings   

J.  W.  Mallett 

D.  Hudson  Shedaker... 
John  Tvvigf^ 

E.  P.  Dunnington 

Francis  H.  Smith 

Clarence  J.  Blake 

Wm.  M.  Thornton 

Albert  Chapman  Savage* 

M.  C.  Fernald 

John  H.  Plake 

Ed.  Fontaine 

Fred.  Brooks* 

Chas.  F.  Dowd,  A.K 


Official  Title. 


District  Supt.  N.  P.  R.  R 

Prof.  Math.,  U.  S.  N.  Observ'y 

Railway  Superintendent 

Prof.  Math,  and   Mechan.,    Stevens 

Institute,  Tech    

Chief  Eng.  Connotton  Val.  R'y  Co 

Director  Geolog.  Survey,  N"ewf'd. 
Attorney,  etc.,  Boston  &  New  York 

Air  Line  R'y 

314  York  Street 

Director  Dudley  Observatory. ... 
Asst.  U.  S.  Coast  and  Geodetic  Sur 

Governor  of  Michigan 

Commander  U.  S.  N.,  Asst.  to  Supt. 

Naval  Observatory 

Pres.  University  New  Brunswick.. 
Supervising    Surg.-General    U.     S. 

Marine  Hospital  Service 

Res.  Eng.  Canadian  Pacific  Railway 

C.  E 

Gen.  Man.  Great  N.  West  Tel.  Co. . 
Hd.  Master  Cambridge- High  School 


Prof.  Chemistry  Univ.  of  Virginia. . 

Civil  Engineer   . . . . 

Town  Clerk 

Prof.  Anal.  Chem.  Univ.  of  Virginia 
Prof.  Nat.  Phil.  Univ.  of  Virginia. . 
Fellow  Am.  Acad.  Arts  and  Sciences 
Adj.  Prof.  Eng.  Univ.  of  Virginia.  . 
Asst.  Ch.  Eng.  G.  H.  &  S.  A.  R.  R. 
Pres.  State  College 


Professor,  etc.,  etc 

A.  E.  Ferro  Carril  Central  Mexicano 
Pres.  Temple  Grove  Sem'y 


Address. 


Mandan,  D.  T, 
Washington. 
Cobourg,  Out. 

Hoboken,  N.  J, 
Canton,  0. 

St.  Johns,  Newfd, 

New  Haven,  Conn. 
Jersey  City. 
Albany,  N.  Y. 
Washington. 
Lansing,  Mich. 

Washington. 
Frederickton,  N.  B. 

Washington. 
Drynock,  B.  Col'a. 
New  York. 
Toronto,  Can. 
Cambridge,  Mass. 
Bangor,  Me. 
Albemarle  Co.,  Va. 
Philadelphia. 
Pictou,  Out. 


Boston. 


Houston,  Texas. 
Orono,  Me. 
Boston,  Mass. 
Jackson,  Wis, 
San  LuisPotosi.Mex 
Saratoga  Springs. 


Chakles  Latimee,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. — I  submit  the  following 
resolution  :  That  the  report  of  the  Special  Committee  on  Standard  Time 
be  accepted,  and  that  steps  be  taken  to  ascertain  to  what  extent  the  rail- 
way corporations  of  the  United  States  and  Canada  would  be  inclined  to 
adopt,  in  the  operation  of  their  lines,  the  twenty-four  o'clock  system. 

I  wish  to  say,  in  regai'd  to  this  resolution,  it  has  been  suggested  that 
it  is  possible  the  Committee  does  not  wish  to  hold  absolutely  to  the  mid- 
night as  the  official  point,  but  that  it  might  be  taken  as  at  noon  ;  that 
that  point  is  not  the  fixed  hoar.  I  move,  therefore,  that  the  report  be 
accepted  and  the  Committee  be  continued. 

While  this  matter  is  being  considered,  I  desire  to  say  a  few  words. 
Being  myself  in  the  railroad  service,  and  having  observed  the  operation 


82  JUNE    PROCEEDINGS. 

of  tlie  present  arrangement  of  time  in  this  country,  I  have  not  found  any 
railroad  operators  opposed  to  the  division  of  the  time  into  meridians  of 
one  hour  each  ;  it  seems  to  be  a  very  satisfactory  arrangement  for  the 
railroad  fraternity.  I  do  find,  however,  amongst  the  business  community 
of  the  country,  a  very  great  difficulty  ;  and  I  was  brought  in  contact 
with  that  last  night  in  conversing  with  some  gentlemen  at  Erie.  One 
prominent  j)erson  denounced  the  whole  system  of  the  manner  of 
arranging  railroad  time  as  at  present  used.  There  happened  to  be 
several  superintendents  on  hand  at  the  time,  and  we  opposed  his  objec- 
tions. He  said  :  "  Here  we  have  in  Erie  three  different  times  :  Eastern 
time,  or  that  of  the  75th  meridian  ;  Central  time,  or  that  of  the  90th 
meridian ;  and  then  there-  is  the  local  time  of  the  city  of  Erie,  38 
minutes  ahead  of  the  Lake  Shore  ;  so  that  I  am  entirely  confounded 
every  time  I  want  to  go  away. "  He  said  he  thought  the  whole  thing 
ought  to  be  turned  back  again.  Now,  to  business  men,  this  at  first 
seems  an  insuperable  objection.  Although  he  had  become  entirely  con- 
vinced that  there  was  only  one  way  to  do,  and  that  was  to  go  back  to  the 
old  system,  I  said  :  "  Suppose,  now,  I  am  going  to  Buffalo,  and  the  Lake 
Shore  train  leaves  at  fourteen  o'clock  and  ten  minues,  and  that  fourteen 
o'clock  and  ten  minutes  is  the  same  upon  every  dial  throughout  the 
world,  what  would  you  say  then  ?  "  And  I  added  that  the  local  times 
should  be  divided  for  the  different  meridiaas  as  now  arranged  with  the 
railroads,  only  exactly,  none  of  them  differing  over  thirty  minutes,  but 
that  the  time  for  all  railroad  travel  and  all  steamships  should  be  at  one 
and  the  same  moment  of  time  throughout  the  whole  world.  He  said  : 
"  If  you  can  do  that,  it  does  away  with  the  whole  objection."  I  am  sat- 
isfied that  is  so,  but  since  it  is  impossible  to  do  this  as  yet,  although  it 
may  come  to  it,  it  is  certain  that  the  railroads  would  do  well  to  adopt  a 
twenty-four  hour  system  now.  .  It  does  not  matter  with  them,  and  it  does 
not  matter  with  the  public  either,  if  they  will  think  of  the  railroad  time 
alone,  whether  it  be  done  at  one  meridian  or  another,  as  far  as  the  manip- 
ulation of  the  railroad  is  concerned.  But  it  is  important  to  the  world 
that  one  particular  i3rime  meridian  should  be  adopted,  and  the  whole 
question  is,  where  shall  that  prime  meridian  be  ?  There  is  to  be  the  diffi- 
culty. Some  claim  you  should  take  a  meridian  for  a  prime  meridian 
which  would  pass  entirely  through  a  seam  of  the  earth  nearly  the  whole 
way,  scarcely  a  single  point  of  land  to  put  au  observatory  on.  Certainly, 
that  is  an  absurdity.  Others  advocate  that  which  is  where  the  greatest 
commerce  comes  from.  That  would  seem  to  be  reasonable.  There  are 
others  that  are  favorable  to  their  own  country's  meridian.  Some  are  in 
favor  of  Paris.  The  French  "people  will  dislike  very  much  to  give  up 
Paris.  They  do  not  want  Greenwich,  simply  because  they  want  some- 
thing else  from  the  English  people  ;  that  is  the  whole  point. 

The  proper  point   for  the  prime  meridian  of  the  world  is  the  point 
where  you  have  the  greatest  land  surface  north  and  south.     There  is  only 


JUXE    PROCEEDINGS.  83 

one  place  on  the  earth  for  that,  and  that  is  in  the  longitude  of  the  great 
pyramid  of  Egypt.  There  is  a  monument  which  has  lasted  4  000  years, 
and  will  last  4  000  years  more.  There  are  other  relations  to  it  which 
will  make  the  argument  very  much  stronger.  The  Governments  of  the 
earth  can  agree  to  consent  to  a  point  which  shall  be  decided  by  the 
scientific  men  of  the  world.  If  the  scientific  men  of  the  world,  after  hav- 
ing examined  all  the  available  points,  should  decide  that  the  arguments 
are  overwhelmingly  in  favor  of  that ;  not  by  a  cursory  examination  ; 
not  with  prejudice  in  their  minds  beforehand,  but  through  an  earnest 
examination  of  the  subject,  such  as  they  ought  to  give  it  and  must  give 
it;  the  result  of  such  a  selection  should  be  the  meridian.  I  do  not  say 
this  merely  as  a  fancy  thought  at  all;  I  hope  that  no  one  here  will  think 
it  is  a  fanciful  idea  to  name  that  place.  I  believe  it  to  be  the  place  for 
good  reasons.  I  have  had  the  report  of  the  Society  for  Preserving 
Weights  and  Measures  on  that  particular  point  of  standard  time  pub- 
lished, and  two  hundred  copies  of  that  report  will  be  here  to-morrow 
morning  to  be  presented  to  each  one  of  the  members.  I  have  had  it  pub- 
lished for  this  particular  occasion.  The  Committee  of  that  Society  on 
Standard  Time  is  composed  of  most  intelligent  men,  both  here  and  else- 
where. One  of  them  is  Professor  Stock  well,  the  astronomer;  another  is 
Sandford  Fleming;  another  is  William  H.  Searles,  a  member  of  this 
Society;  another  is  Professor  Piazzi  Smyth;  another  is  AbbeF.  Moigno; 
another  is  Mr.  Wood,  an  Episcopalian  clergyman,  who  has  given  a  great 
deal  of  his  time  to  astronomy  and  mathematics.  I  am  on  that  Commit- 
tee, but  I  must  say,  I  am  a  very  small  individual  in  comiDarison  with 
many  of  the  others.  I  have  merely  given  it  a  thought,  and  indicated  my 
conviction.  I  beg  that  before  the  question  comes  up,  as  the  question  is 
simply  what  shall  the  prime  meridian  be,  that  you  will  carefully  weigh 
every  argument  pro  and  con,  and  especially  ascertain  the  objects  of  the 
men  who  have  agreed  that  Greenwich  should  be  the  prime  meridian  of 
the  world. 

The  resolution  as  above  printed  was  seconded  and  adopted. 

WnxLiAJi  E.  WoRTHEN,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. — I  move  the  adoption  of 
the  following  resolution  : 

That  a  memorial  be  addressed  to  the  President  of  the  United  States, 
setting  forth  the  substance  of  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  Standard 
Time,  and  suggesting  that  the  railway  and  the  other  important  interests, 
of  which  this  Society  is  in  some  measui'e  the  exponent,  should  be  rej^re- 
sented  at  the  Washington  International  Conference,  to  fix  and  determine 
a  prime  meridian. 

Clemens  Herschel,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. — Mr.  Chairman  :  I  desire 
to  ofi'er  an  amendment  to  the  resolution  just  offered.  I  think  we  ought 
to  designate  some  member  of  this  Society,  and  make  the  recommendation 
to  the  President  of  the  United  States  that  such  member  be  appointed. 
If  that  is  not  done,  the  President  of  the  United  States  will  be  at  a  loss 


84  JUKE    PKOCEEDINGS. 

how  to  most  agreeably  comply  with  the  request  of  the  Society.  On  con- 
sultation with  some  of  the  members  here,  I  now  offer  an  amendment, 
and  I  hope  it  will  be  accepted  :  That  the  President  of  this  Society,  Mr. 
Don  J.  Whittemore,  be  respectfully  recommended  to  the  President  of  the 
United  States  as  the  member  who  is  to  be  appointed. 

The  amendment  was  accepted,  and  as  amended,  the  resolution  was 
seconded. 

The  Secretary  then  read  the  resolution  as  amended  : 

Resolved,  That  a  memorial  be  addressed  to  the  President  of  the 
United  States,  setting  forth  the  substance  of  the  report  of  the  Commit- 
tee on  Standard  Time,  and  suggesting  that  the  railway  and  other 
important  interests,  of  which  this  Society  is  in  some  measure  the  expo- 
nent, should  be  I'epresented  at  the  Washington  International  Conference 
to  fix  and  determine  a  jorime  meridian,  by  the  appointment  of  the 
President  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  as  a  member  of 
such  conference. 

After  discussion  the  resolution  was  adopted. 

Fred.  Brooks,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. — Adopting  the  24hour  numbering 
now  recommended  by  the  Committee  differs  from  the  recent  adoption 
referred  to  in  their  report  of  standard  time  meridians,  in  that  the  latter 
has  removed  the  confusion  of  some  75  different  local  times  used  on 
American  railways,  and  gives  us  uniformity  in  the  minutes  and  seconds 
marked  by  clocks  and  watches  in  the  United  States  and  other  countries; 
whereas,  the  reform  now  contemplated,  to  give  us  the  convenience  of 
designating  the  hours  of  the  day  by  an  unbroken  series  of  numbers  from 
0  to  24,  promises  no  more  uniformity  than  before;  there  is  scarcely  any- 
thing in  which  the  practice  of  civilized  nations  is  so  uniform  as  in  the 
unreasonable  division  of  the  day  into  forenoon  and  afternoon  halves  of 
12  hours  each. 

Vice  President  Davis. —Is  there  any  further  business  to  be  presented 
by  any  member  ? 

No  business  was  presented. 

The  Secretary  presented  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  Preser- 
vation of  Timber,  which,  on  motion,  was  accepted,  and  the  Committee 
continued. 

The  Secretai'y  announced  the  receipt  from  the  Chairman  of  that 
Committee,  O.  Chanute,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  of  a  number  of  papers  con- 
nected with  that  report,  which  were  read  by  title,  viz. : 

Preservation  of  Forests F.  Colling  wood 

Kyanizing James  B.  Francis 

Kyanizing  on  Eastern  -Railroad H.  Bissell 

Experience  on  Vermont  Central  Railroad J.  W.  Hobart 

Experience  on  Boston  and  Albany  Railroad... E.  S.  Philbrick 
Experience  in  Germany Herr  Funk 


JUNE    PROCEEDINGS.  85 

Experience   on   Chicago,    Eock  Island   and    Pacific  Eail- 

road M.  Alexander 

Experience  on  Lehigh  and  Susquehanna  Railroad, 

L.  L.  Buck 

Experience  at  Havre  de  Grace E.  Larkin 

Description  Thilmany  Process C.  Thilmany 

Description  Wellhouse  Process Joseph  P.  Card 

Description  Gypsum  Process T.  Plate 

Creosoting  on  New  Orleans  and  Mobile  Eailroad, 

J.  W.  Putnam 

Creosoting  in  General E.  R.  Andrews 

Creosoting  on  Houston  and  Texas  Central  Railroad, 

M.  G.  Howe 
Boucherie  Process  in  Europe E.  Pontzen 

Vice-President  Davis. — If  any  member  desires  to  bring  forward  any 
business  at  this  meeting,  the  opportunity  is  now  offered. 

No  business  was  presented. 

The  business  meeting  then  adjourned. 

June  13th,  1884. — Continuation  of  business  meeting  at  the  Annual 
Convention .  This  meeting  was  held  in  compliance  with  a  resolution 
offered  by  Charles  Latimer,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  and  adopted  by  the 
Convention,  to  consider  a  motion  to  be  presented  by  Mr.  Latimer.  Past 
President  Wilmam  J.  McAlpine  in  the  chair  ;  John  Bogakt,  Secretary. 

Chakles  Latimer,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  offered  the  following: 

Resolved,  That,  should  the  President  of  the  United  States  select  the 
President  of  this  Society  to  be  one  of  the  representatives  at  the  Inter- 
national Conference  in  October  next,  to  decide  upon  the  best  j^rime 
meridian  and  best  method  of  counting  standard  or  cosmojjolitan  time, 
he  is  not  to  be  considered  committed  by  any  action  of  the  Society  here- 
tofore made,  to  advocating  the  commencing  the  daily  account  of  hours 
from  either  "midnight  or  noon." 

O.  E.  Michaelts,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. — Mr.  Chairman,  I  would  like  to 
call  the  attention  of  the  meeting  to  one  point  that  is  involved  here, 
which  seems  to  be  of  some  importance.  The  President  of  the  United 
States  cannot  appoint,  as  such,  the  President  of  the  American  Society 
of  Civil  Engineers.  He  may  appoint  Mr.  D.  J.  Whittemore,  who  will  not 
then  in  that  conference  represent  this  Society,  but  will  be  one  of  the 
three  United  States  delegates.  Indirectly,  he  may  choose  to  give  such 
attention  as  he  pleases  to  any  views  that  this  Society  or  any  other  boily 
may  express,  but  he  is  not  directly  committed  to  it.  I  think  it  would 
militate  against  the  chances  of  his  appointment  if  it  were  known  there 
was  any  probability  that  he  represented  any  special  views.  The  gentle- 
men who  are  to  meet  there  should  not  have  a  record  of  having  any 
special  views  at  all.     I  merely  throw  this  out  as  a  hint  to  the  gentleman 


bt)  JUXE    PEOCEEDINGS. 

oflfering  the  resolution.  I  fear  it  may  be  a  bar  to  the  appointment  of 
any  one  representing  this  Society  if  it  were  known  that  he  was  directly 
trammeled,  or  that  there  was  any  chance  of  his  being  trammeled,  in  his 
views  or  the  expressions  of  his  opinion. 

Mr.  Latimer. — I  agree  with  the  gentleman  entirely— he  is  now 
trammeled.     What  we  want  to  do  is  to  untrammel  him. 

CiiEMENS  Hekschel,  M.  Am.  Soc.  0.  E. — Mr.  Chairman,  how  it  can 
be  assumed  for  an  instant  that  Mr.  Don  J.  Whittemore,  whom  we  have 
recommended  to  the  President  of  the  United  States  for  appointment  on 
this  commission,  has  received  any  instructions  whatever  as  to  how  he 
shall  act,  is  something  of  which  I  fail  to  see  the  slightest  indication  or 
the  slightest  suspicion.  This  report  that  was  read  here  at  the  meeting 
and  accepted,  it  is  true,  treats  of  the  subject.  There  have  been  reports 
on  the  same  subject  made  previously .  There  have  been  books  written 
without  number.  But  certainly  these  have  not  been  given  to  Mr. 
Whittemore  as  a  guide  for  his  action.  As  to  any  act  of  the  Society,  or 
of  any  individual,  I  am  in  a  position  to  state  positively,  from  an 
authority  than  which  there  can  be  no  higher,  that  Mr.  Whittemore 
would  not  consider  himself  as  instructed  by  this  Society,  or  by  any  liv- 
ing being.  He  is  a  free  man  and  carries  his  sovereignty  under  his  own 
hat,  and  as  such  he  will  act  when  he  goes  to  Washington. 

The  resolution  was  adopted. 

The  business  meeting  then  adjourned. 


OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION. 

June  4th,  1884. — Applications  were  considered.  Financial  business 
transacted. 

June  11th,  1884. — Communications  were  considered  in  reference  to 
the  Society  badge  ordered  by  the  Annual  Meeting. 

July  10th,  1884. — Applications  were  considered.  Financial  business 
was  transacted.  Additional  communications  in  reference  to  the  Society 
badge  were  considered. 


JUNE    PROCEEDINGS.  87 

LIST    OF    MEMBEES. 


CHANGES    AND    COEEECTIONS. 

MEMBEES, 

Barnard,  A.  P Sheffield,  Berkshire  Co.,  Mass. 

Bland,  John  C P.  0.  Box  814,  Colorado  Springs,  Col. 

BoGUE,  ViEGiii  G Prin.  Asst.  Eng'r  Northern  Pacific  Eailroad,  Western 

Division,  Portland,  Oregon. 

BouscAEEN,  G Consulting   and   Chief    Engineer    Cincinnati,   New 

Orleans  and  Texas  Pacific  Ey.,  and  associate  roads, 
35  West  Fourth  st.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

Beodhead,  Calvin  E Hustontown,  Fulton  Co.,  Pa. 

Beown,  Chaeles  O 171  Broadway,  New  York  City. 

Buens,  Edwaed  C Sault  st.,  Marie,  Mich. 

Campbell,  John  C 146  West  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-second  st..  New 

York  City. 

Chllds,  James  E Gen.  Supt.  New  York,  Ont.  and  Western  Ey.,  24  State 

St.,  New  York  City. 

Clarke,  Thomas  C Union  Bridge  Co.,  52  Wall  st.,  New  York  City. 

CoETHELL,  E.  L Chief  Eng.  Tehuantepeo  Ship  Ey.,  446  West  Fifty- 
seventh  St.,  New  York  City. 

Cedes,  J.  James  E {Treasurer),  13  William  st.,  Eoom  6,  New  York  City. 

Cunningham,  D.  W Grandin,  Cass  Co.,  Dakota. 

CuEEiE,  D.  McN Eoom  428,  Custom  House,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Engle,  Eobeet  L Myrtle  ave..  Walnut  Hill,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

Felton,  Saiiuel  M.,  Jb.  .  .Asst.  to  President,  New  York,  Lake  Erie  and  West- 
ern E.  E.,  30  Euclid  ave.,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

GoLAT,  Philip Paducah,  Ky. 

Grant,  William  H 277  President  st.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Jennings,  William  T.  ..  .Contractor's  Chief  Engineer,  Canadian  Pacific  Ey., 
Yale,  British  Columbia. 

McCollom,  Thomas  C Civil  Engineer,  U.  S.  N.  (care  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.),  127 

East  Twenty-third  st..  New  York  City. 

Nexsen,  Elbeet 1620  Fourth  st.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Nicholson,  George  B.  . .  .319  Eussell  st.,  Covington,  Ky. 

Olnex,  La  Fayette Middletown,  N.  Y. 

Osgood,  Joseph  0 Ch.  Eng.  Boston,  Hoosac  Tunnel  and  Western  Ey., 

Mechanicsville,  N.  Y. 

EicE,  Geokge  S Georgetown,  Colorado. 

Saefoed,  Edward  S 198  Calvert  st.,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Schneider,  Charles  C  ...  35  Broadway,  New  York  City. 

Seaes,  Clinton  B Capt.  Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  Memphis,  Tenn. 

Smith,  Jaeed  A Major  Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  1  Courtland  st., 

Baltimore,  Md. 


88  JUNE    PROCEEDINGS. 

Stevens,  Feank  S Roadmastei-  and  Div.  Eng.  Mohawk  Div.,  New  York, 

West  Shore  and  Buffalo  'Rj.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Vance,  Habt Eoom  2i,  Schurmann's  Block,  Louisville,  Ky. 

Watki'ns,  F.  W Asst.  Engr.  Construction,  Aqueduct  Commissioners, 

Tarrytown,  N.  Y'. 

Wellman,  D.  W 1415  Washington  ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Whineey,  Sajiuel Somerset,  Ky. 

White,  Geokge  H P.  O.  Box  976,  Worcester,  Mass. 

WisNEE,  Geoege  Y 311  Woodward  ave.,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Weotnowski,  AETHUEF..Gen.  Man.  Clermont  Improvement  and  Navigation 
Co.,  Minneola,  Florida. 


associate. 
Du  Bakry,  E.  L (Care  Norfolk  and  Western  E.  R.),  Norfolk,  Va. 

JUNIOES. 

Haines,  Caspar  W Track  Supervisor  Mexican  National  E.  E.,  Calle  de 

Cadena  No.  11,  Mexico,  Max. 

Haviland,  Aethue 208  Smith  st.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Paesons,  W.  Barclay.... P.    O.  Box    13    (care    N.  S.  Parsons,    Jr.),    Upper 

Montclair,  N.  J. 

FELLOW. 

GiLMAN,  C.  C 1  Broadway,  Eoom  163,  New  York  City. 

deaths. 

Smith,  C.  Vandeevoort.  .(Pasi  Director  of  the  Society).  Elected  Member 
July  5th,  1876.     Died  June  30th,  1884. 

YoEKE,  Edwaed .Elected   Member  November  1st,    1882.     Died   May 

28th,  1884. 


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Note. — No  meetings  of  the  Society  were  held  in  July. 


CONTRIBUTIONS  TO  THE  BUILDING  FUND. 

By  a  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Direction,  all  contributions  to  the 
Building  Fund  are  to  be  acknowledged,  from  time  to  time,  by  printing 
lists  of  the  same  in  the  monthly  Proceedings  of  the  Society,  and  in 
addition  to  this  the  names  of  all  those  who  may  subscribe  ^100  or  more 
are  to  be  regularly  enrolled  and  published  in  future  lists  of  the  Society 
under  the  head  of  Subscribers  to  the  Building  Fund,  and  they  will  be 
entitled  to  receive  one  copy  of  the  monthly  publications,  comprising  all 
papers  and  Transactions  of  the  Society,  regularly  for  life,  for  each  $100 
subscribed  by  them  ;  such  copies  to  be  in  addition  to  those  which  they 
may  be  already  entitled  to  if  they  are  Members  or  Fellows. 

The  following  contribution  is  acknowledged  in  addition  to  those 
heretofore  noted  : 

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LIST      OF      MEMBERS. 


CHANGES   AND    COEEECTIONS. 
MEMBEES. 

Dekbishiee,  Stewaet   The  Senate,  Ottawa,  Canada. 

Fink,  Rudolph Receiver   and  Gen.  Man.  Memphis   and  Little 

Rock  R.  R.,  Little  Rock,  Ark. 


90  JULY    PROCEEDINGS. 

Flagg,  J.  Foster Care  of  Fred.  A.  Taft,  Dedham,  Mass. 

Godwin,    Bryant 126  Fulton  street,  New  York  City. 

Hunt,  Charles  W 13  William  street,  Room  6,  New  York  City. 

McNuLTY,  George  W 53  Broadway,  New  York  City. 

Noble,  Alfred Gen.  Asst.   Engineer,    Northern  Pacific  R.   R., 

St.  Paul,  Minn. 
O'RouRKE,  John  F Engineer-in-charge,    St.    Croix    River    Bridge, 

Wisconsin  Central  Ry.,  P.  O.  Box  561,  Still 

water,   Minn. 
Searles,  William  H Elyria,  Ohio. 

JUNIORS. 

HoRTON,   Sandford Niobrara,  Knox  County,  Nebraska. 

Starr,  Chandler  D Croton  Aqueduct  Ofl&ce,  Department  of  Public 

Works,  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 


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Vol.    X.— August,   1884. 


N'.TE. — No  meetings  of  the  Society  wore  held  iu  August. 


ADDITIONS    TO 
LIBRARY    AND    MUSEUM. 


From   American  Institute   of    Mining 
Engineers,  Dr.  R.  W.  Raymond,  Sec- 
retary, New  York: 
Proceedings   of  the  Annual  Meeting  in  Cin- 
cinnati, February,  188i. 
Contributions  to  tlie  Geology  of  Alabama.    E. 

J.  Schmitz. 
A  Process  for  Making  Wrought  Iron  direct 

from  the  Ore.    William  Ward,  A.  M.  M.  E. 
Further    Determinations    of     Manganese    in 

Spiegel.     George  C.  Stone. 
Sulphur   Determination  in    Steel.       Magnus 

Troilius. 
Tables  for  Facilitating  the  Heat  Calculations 

of   Furnace     Gases,    containing    Co^,    Co, 

CH,.  H,  and  N.     Magnus  Troilius. 
Physical    and    Chemical  Tests    of    Steel    for 

Boiler  and  Ship-Plate  for  the  United  States 

Government  Cruisers.     Pedro  G.  Salono. 
Notes  on  Iron  Ore  Deposits  in  Pitkin  County, 

Colorado.     W.  B.  Devereiix. 
Note  on  the  Determination  of  Phosphorus  in 

Iron.     Frank  Julian 
Note  concerning  a  Grade  of  Iron  made  from 

Carbonate  Ore.     Edward  Gridley. 
Note  on  some  highly  Phosphuretted  Pig  Iron. 

Prof.  N.  W.  Lord. 


Note  on  the  Presence  of  Lithia  in  Ohio  Fire 

Clays.     Prof.  N.  W.  Lord. 
The   Quemahoning  Coal    Field  of   Somerset 

County,  Pa.     James  P.  Kimball. 
Note  concerning  certain  Incrustations  on  Pig 

Iron.        Frank     Firmstone    and    Kenneth 

Robertson. 
Tamping  Drill   Holes  with  Plaster  of  Paris. 

Frank  Firmstone. 
The  Torsion  Balance.  'Alfred  Springer,  Ph.D. 
The  Apatelite  Deposits  of  Canada.     T.  Sterry 

Hunt,  LL.D.,  F.R.S. 
The  Pyrites  Deposits  of  Louisa   County,  Va. 

W.  H.  Adams,  ME. 
The  Iridium  Industry.    Wm.  L  Dudley. 
Geologico-Geographical  Distribution    of    the 

Iron  Ores   of  the    Eastern    Un  ted   States. 

John  C.  Smock. 
Biographical     Notice   of   Louis    Gruuer,  In- 
spector-General   of  Mines   of   France.    T. 

Egleston,  Ph.D. 
The  Physical  Properties  of  Coke  as  a  Fuel  for 

Blast-Furnace  Use.     John  Fulton. 
Some  Canadian  Iron  Ores.     Fred.  P.  Dewey. 
An  Account  of  a  Chemical  Laboratory  erected 

at  Wyandotte,  Michigan,  in  the  year  1863. 

W.  F.  Durfee. 


92 


AUGUST    PKOCEEDIXGS. 


Differential  Sampliug  of   Bituminous  Coal- 
seams.     Dr.  James  P.  Kimball. 
The    Northern    Serpentine    Belt   in   Chester 

County,  Pa.     Dr.  Persit'or  Frazer. 
Boilers  aud  Boiler-Settings  for  Blast  Furnaces. 

F.  W.  Gordon 
The   Bessemer   Plant  of   the  North  Chicago 

Rolling  Mill  Company,  at   South  Chicago. 

Robert  Forsyth. 
The   Peach   Bottom    Slates   of    Southeastern 

York    and   Southern    Lancaster    Counties. 

Dr.  Persifor  Frazer. 
A   Systematic    Nomenclature    for    Minerals. 

H.  M.  Howe. 
An  Experimental   Working  of  Silver  Ores  by 

the  Leaching  Process.     J.  H.  Clemes. 
Improvements   in   Coal  'Washing,   Elevating 

and    Conveying    Machinery.        S.    Stuttz, 

M.  E. 
Russell's  Improved  Process  for  the  Lixivia- 

tion   of  Silver  Ores,  with  Critical  Remarks 

on    the    Methods    of   Copper.    Silver    and 

Gold  Extraction.     C.  A.  Stetefeldt. 
Some  Researches   on   the   Amalgamation   of 

Gold  and  Silver.     T.  Egleston,  Ph.D. 
Improvements  in  Methods  for  Physical  Tests. 

Arthur  V.  Abbott,  C.  E. 
Index,  Volumes  I  to  X,  of  the  Transactions. 
Transactions.     Vol.  XI.     May,   1882,  to  Feb- 
ruary, 188.3. 
Certain  Silver  and  Iron  Mines   in  the  States 

of  Nuevo  Leon  and  Coahuila,  Mexico.     Dr. 

Persifor  Frazer. 
The  Beneficial  Fund  of  the  Lehigh  Coal  and 

Navigation  Company.     Joseph  S.  Harris. 
Proceedings  of  the  Chicago  Meeting,  Mav, 

1884. 
The  Segregation  of  Impurities  in  Bessemer 

Steel  Ingots  on  Cooling.    Prof.  Byron  W. 

Cheever. 
A  Mexican    Cupellation-Hearth.      W.   Law- 
rence Austin,  Pli.D. 
A  New  Mineral.     Nelson  W.  Perry. 
The  Concentration  of  Iron  Ores.     Arthur  F. 

Wendt. 
A  Blast-Furnace  with  Bosh  Water-Jacket  and 

Iron  Top.     Arthur  F.  Wendt. 
Note  on  Patching  Platinum  Crucibles.    H.  J. 

Seaman. 
The  Influence  of  Organic  Matter  and  Iron  on 

the  Volumetric  Determination  of    Manga- 
nese.   J.  B.  Mackintosh. 
Roasting  Iron  Ores.     John  Birkinbine. 
The  Miners'  Fund  of  New   Almaden.     Prof. 

Samuel  B.  Christy. 
The  Study  of  Iron  and  Steel.     J.  C.  Bayles. 
The  Estimation  of  Phosphorus  in  Iron  and 

Steel.     Byron  W.  Cheever. 
A  comijlete  Gas-Assaying  Plant.     W'alter  Lee 

Brown. 
The  Distribution  of  Steam  in  Cities.  Wm.  P. 

Shinn. 

From  the  American  Institute  of  Archi- 
tects, George   C.   Mason,   Jr.,   Secre- 
tary, Newport,  R.  I.  : 
Proceedings  of  the  14th,  15th,  16th  and  17th 

Annual  Conventions  of  the  Institute. 
List  of  Professional  Members.     April  1,  1884. 
From  American  Iron  and  Stee)  Associa- 
tion,   James   M.   Swank,    Secretary, 
Philadelphia  : 
How  Protection   aftects   the   Farmer.     Hon. 

Thomas  H  Dudley. 
A  Science  based  on  AssumiJtions.     Hon.  Wm. 

D.  Kelley. 
Free  Trade  not  the  International  Law  of  the 

Almighty.     Hon.  John  A.  Kasson. 


Cheap  Transportation  a  Fruit  of  our  Protec- 
tive Policy.  James  M.  Swank. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Secretary,  containing 
Statistics  of  the  American  Iron  Trade  to 
January  1,  1884,  and  a  Review  of  the  pres- 
ent condition  of  the  Iron  Industry  in 
Foreign  Countries.     James  M.  Swank. 

From   the  Association  of  Engineering 
Societies,   H.  G.  Prout,  Secretary  of 
the  Board,  New  York  : 
July  to  December,  1883,  and  January  to  July, 
1884. 

From  Nathaniel  Bacon,  C.  E.,  New- 
port, R.  I.: 

Mechanical  'Tests  of  Building  Material,  made 
August,  1882,  and  November,  1883,  at  the 
Watertowu  Arsenal,  Mass.,  lay  the  U.  S. 
Ordnance  Department,  at  the  request  of 
the  Commissioners  for  the  Erection  of 
the  Public    Buildings,   Philadelphia.  Pa. 

Reply  of  the  Commissioners  for  the  Erection 
of  the  Public  Buildings  to  the  request  of 
Hon.  Samuel  G.  King,  Mayor  of  Philadel- 
phia. 

From  W.    S.  Barbour,  City  Engineer, 

Cambridgeport.  Mass.  : 

The   Mayor's  Address  at  the  organization  of 

the  City   Government,  January   7th,  1884, 

and  the  Annual  Reports  made  to  the  City 

Council  for  the  year  1883. 

From   Gen.   S.  V.  Benet,  Chief  of  Ord- 
nance U.  S.  A.,  W'ashington,  D.  C.  : 
Annual  Report  of  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  for 
1883. 

From   Surgeon   J.  S.  Billings,  U.S.  A., 
Washington  D.  C  : 
Index  Catalogue  of  the  Library  of  the  Surgeon 
General's  Oifice,  U.  S.  Army.  Vols.  I    and 
II. 

From  H.  Bissell.  Salem,  Mass.  : 
The  Bound  Volumes  of  the  London  Engineer, 
viz.:   Vols.   Yll  to  XVI  inclusive,    1859  to 
1863. 

From  James  P.   Bogart,  New   Haven, 
Conn.  : 
Third  Rep  ii-t  of  the  Shell  Fish  Commission- 
ers, State  of  Connecticut,  1884. 

From  WiUiam  W.  Bonnett,  Waterbury, 

Conn   : 

Seventeenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of 

Water    Commissioners    of    the    City     of 

Waterbury,  lor  the  year  ending   December 

31st,  1883 

From  Henry  Bramall,  Liverpool,  Eng.: 
Modern  Progress  in  Mine  Engineering. 

From  Fred.  Brooks,  Boston   Mass.  : 
Report  of  the  Committee  on  the  Metric  Sys- 
tem of  Weights  aud  Measures,  presented  at 
the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Boston  Society 
of  Civil  Engineers,  March  19th,  1884. 
Mexican  Notes.     Fred.  Brooks 
The  Metric    System    in   a   Civil   Engineer's 
Office.     Fred.  Brooks. 

From  Bureau  of  Education,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.  : 
Preliminary  Circular  respecting  the  Exhibi- 
tion of  Education  at  the  World's  Industrial 
and  Cotton  Centennial  Exposition. 
Report   of    the    Director   of   the     American 

School  of  Classical  Studies,  for  1882-1883. 
The  Buialini  Prize. 
Education  in  Italy  and  Greece. 


AUGUST    PROCEEDINGS. 


93: 


From  A.  J.  Chaphe,  St.  Louis  : 
Semi-Antuial  Reports  of  the  Chief  Engineer 
and  Superintendent  of  the  St.  Louis  Water 
Works,  from  Nov.  1st,  1876,  to  May  1st,  1877. 
From   Chief  of    Engineers    U.   S.    A., 
Washington,  D.  C. : 
Report  of  the    Chief   of   Engineers   on    the 
necessity  of  rU'iking  immediate  Appropria- 
tions for  continuing    Work  on  important 
River  and  Harbor  Improvements. 
Reports  ot  Examination  of  the  Lakes  near  the 
Head  Waters  of  the  Cannon  River,  and  of 
the  Minnesota  River,  in  Minnesota,  with  a 
view  to  Increasing  the  Re.servoir  System  of 
the  Mississippi. 
Report    of  Gen.  Q.  A.  Gillmore,  containing 
PI  ins  and  Estimates  for  the  Improvement 
of  St.  John's  River,  Florida,  &c. ;  with  ac- 
companying maps. 
Report  of  Survey  of  the  White  River,  Arkan- 
sas. 
Report  of  an    Examination   and    Survey  of 

Pearl  River,  Mississippi. 
Letter  of  Chief  of  Engineers,  with  plan  and 
esti:nate  for  Harbor  of  Refuge  at  Luding- 
ton,  Mich. 
Report  of  S.  T.  Abert,  United    States   Civil 
Engineer,of  Results  and  Surveys  of  certain 
Creeks  and  Rivers  in  Virginia  and  North 
Carolina. 
Report  ot  Capt.  James  Mercur  of  the  Results 
of  Surveys  of  Clubfoot,  Harlowe,  and  New- 
port   Rivers,   and    Edenton    Bay,  North 
Carolina. 
Report  of  Gen.  G.  Weitzel  of  the  Results  of 
Surveys  under  his    direction     of  certain 
portions  of    the    Delaware,  Susquehanna, 
and  Brandv  wine  Rivers. 
Report  of  Gen.  Newton,  Corjjs  of  Engineers, 
with  maps,  of  Results  of  Surveys  of  Minis- 
ceonga  Creek,  Saugerties    Hai'bor,  Peeks- 
kill  Harbor,  New  York. 
Report    of   Majors   McFarland    and    Barlow 
upon  Examinations    and    Surveys  of   the 
Harbors  of  Black  Rock,    Stamford,    West- 
port,  Bradford,  Duck    Island,    and    Madi- 
son.   Conn.,  and   of  Pecouie   River,    and 
Southold  Harbor,  New  York. 

From  George  H.  Cook,  State  Geologist, 
New  Brunswick,  N.  J.: 
Catalogue  of  Rutgers  College,  at  New  Bruns- 
wick. N.  J.,  1883-1884. 
Nineteenth     Annual     Report     of    Rutgers 
Scientific  School,  New  Brunswick,   N.   J., 
for  the  year  1883. 
Annual  Report  of  the  State  Geologist  for  the 
year  1883. 

From  Theodore  Cooper,  New  York  : 

General    Specifications    for    Iron    Railroad 

Bridges  and  viaducts  (Class  A.)  (3  coijies.) 

General    specifications    for    Iron     Railroad 

Bridges  and  Viaducts  (Class  B).  (3  copies  ) 

General   Specifications    for   Iron     Railroad 

Bridges  and   Viaducts  (Class  C),  (3  copies) 

From  Joseph  P.  Cotton,  Newport,  li.  I.: 

Advertisement,  Specifications  and  Proposals 

for  Building  Gushing  Cylinder  Piers. 

From   Wm.  A.   Crafts,   Clerk  Board   of 
Railroad     Commissioners,     Boston, 
Mass.: 
Fifteenth   Annual  Report   of  the   Board  of 
Railroad  Commissioners.    Jan.,  188i. 
From  J.  Ja:nes  R.  Croes,  New  York  : 
The  Sewerage  of  Geneva,  N.  Y.     Reijorts  to 
the  Board  of  Trustees  of   the  Village,  by 
the  Committee   of  Citizens  and   J.  J.  R. 
Croes,  C.E. 


The  Sewerage  of  South  Orange,  N.  J.  J.  J.  R. 
Croes. 

From  Joseph  P.  Davis,  New  York  : 
American  Bell  Telephone  Co.  vs.  The  Over- 
land Telephone  Co.  of  New  Jer.9ey.  Brief 
for  complainants  on  motion  for  prelimi- 
nary injunction. 
American  Bell  Telephone  Co  vs.  A.  E.  Dol- 
bear.  Pleadings,  evidence  and  exhibits, 
containing  drafts  answer  and  proofs  on 
motion  for  injunction. 

From  Carlos  D.  Duncan,  Secretary  Ar- 
gentine   Scientific  Society,  Buenos- 
Ayres  : 
The  Argentine  Republic  as  a  field  for  Euro- 
pean Emigration.     A  statistical  and  geo- 
graphical review  of  the  country  and  its  re- 
sources, with  all  its  various  features.     By 
Francis  Latzina,   Chief  of  the   Argentine 
National  Statistical  Bureau,  Buenos  Ayres, 
1883. 

From  Messrs.  Dyckerhofif  and  Sohne, 
Amoeneburg,  Germany  : 
Untersuchungen    uber  den    Nachweis   von 
verfalschungen  in  Portland  Cement. 
From  James  B.  Eads.  St.  Louis,  Mo.: 
Improvement  of  Galveston  Harbor.      Argu- 
gunient  of  Mr.  Eads  before  the  Senate  Com- 
mittee on   Commerce.  May  '21st  and  22nd, 
1884.     (Copies  fnr  distribution.) 

From    Charles    Eason,    London,  Eag- 
land  : 
Manual  of  Financial,  Railway,  Agricultural 
and  other  Statistics,  for  Politicians,  Econo- 
mists   and  Investors.    Charles  Eason,  jr., 
M.A.B.L. 

From  Engineers'  Club  of  Philadelphia, 
Howard   Murphy,    Secretary,  Phila- 
delphia : 
Proceedings.     Vol    III,  No.   5,   and  Vol.  IV, 

No.  1. 
List  of  Members.     October,  1883. 

From  M.  N.  Forney,   Secretary  Master 
Car  Builders'  Association, New  York  : 
Proceedings  of  the  Seventeenth  Annual  Con- 
vention of  the  Waster  Car  Builders'  Asso- 
ciation, held   in    Chicago,  June  12th,  13th 
and  14th,  1883. 

From     James    T.    Gardiner,    Director 
New    York    State    Survey,   Albany, 
N.  Y.  : 
Report  of  the  New  York  State  Survey  for  the 

year  1883. 
Third   Annual  Report  of  the   State  Board  of 

Health  of  New  York. 
Report  to  the  State  Board  of  Health  on  the 
Methods  of  Sewerage  for  Cities  in  large  Vil- 
lages in  the  State  of  New  York.     James  T. 
Gardiner. 

From  Robert  Gordon,  Henzada,  British 
Burmah,  India  : 
Notes  on  subjects  connected  with  works  in 
the  Irrawaddy  Circle,  British  Burma,  with 
records  ot  experiments  on  the  double  float 
and  Woltmann  meter-current  measure- 
ments. 

From  Hon.   Thomas   Harlan,  Member 
Board   Water   Commissiouers,   New- 
ark, N.  J.  : 
Annual  Report  of  the  Newark  Aqueduct  Board 
for  the  year  ending  November  30th,  1883. 
From  James    H.    Harlow,  Pittsburgh, 
Pa.: 
Forty-fourth  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of 
Managers  of  the  Monongahela  Navigatioa 
Co. 


94 


AUGUST    PROCEEDINGg. 


From    Harrison    Safety  Boiler  Works, 
Gfrmantown  Junction, Philadelphia, 
Pa.: 
Plan  showing  Harrison's  Safety  Boilers. 

From   ^Ubert   B.   Hill,  City  Engineer, 
New  Haven  : 
Annual   Report   of  the  Department    of  the 
Board  of  Public  Works,  City  of  New  Haven, 
Conn.,  for  the  year  1883. 

From  .John  K.  Hudson,  C.E  ,  Utah  and 
Wyoming  R.  R..  Ogden,  Utah  : 
Tables  for  Calculating  the  Cubic  Contents  of 
Excavations  and  Embankments  by  an  im- 
proved method  of  diagonals  and  side  tri- 
angles. .John  R.  Hudson,  C.  E.  New 
York,  1881. 

From  Institution  of  Civil  Engineers, 

.James  Forrest,  Secretary.  London  : 

On  the  Mining  and  Treatment  of  Gold   Ores 

in  the   North    of  Japan.      Robert    James 

Frecheville. 

On  the  Mechanical  Examination  and  Testing 

of  Portland  Cement.     Henry  Faija. 
Timaru     Water    Supply.      Arthur     Dudley 

Dolson. 
On    the    Practical    Results     obtained    from 
various  Water-raising  Machines  in  Holland. 
a  .Cuppari. 
Dredges  and  Dredging  on   the  Tees.     John 

Fouler. 
On    the  Theory     of    the     Dynamo-Electric 

Machine.     Rudolph  J.  E.  Clausius. 
The  Foundations  of  the  Alexander  II.  Bridge. 

Wm.  Anderson. 
Notes  on  Cylinder  Bridge  Piers.     John  Neu- 

man. 
The   new   Eddystone    Light-House.        Wm. 
Douglass,  with  an  abstract  of  the  discussion 
upon  the  paper. 
On  the  Generation  of  Steam  and  the  Themo- 
Dynamic  Problems  involved.     Wm.  Ander- 
son. 
On     Electrical     Conductors.      Wm.    Henry 
Preece,  with  an  abstract  of  the  discussion 
upon  the  paper. 
An   Artesian  Well  at    Bourn,   Lincolnshire. 

James  Pillrow. 
Construction  of  the  Bhim  Tel  Dam  Kumaow, 
N.    W.    P.,    India.    Francis    Henry    Ach- 
burst. 
Address  of  Sir  J.  W.  Bazalgett,  C.  B.,  Presi- 
dent Inst.  C.  E. 
Charter,    By-Laws,  Regulations  and  List  of 

Members. 
Minutes  of  Proceedings  of  the  Institution  of 
Civil     Engineers.        Vols.      LXXV       and 
LXXVI. 
The    Practical    Applications  of   Electricity 

Sess   188'i-1883. 
The   Adoption    of   Standard  Forms  of  Test 
Pieces     for     Bars    and    Plates.       William 
Hackley,  B  S.,  with  an  abstract  of  the  dis- 
cussion upon  the  paper. 
Pumping  Hot  Water.     Henry  James  Coles. 
Speed    on    Canals.     Francis   Roubiliae  Con- 
der,  with   an  abstract  of    the    discussion 
upon  the  paper. 
The  Ashti  Tank.     Charles  Toler  Burke,  B.  E. 
On  Gas  Engines.     Aime  Witz,  translated  and 

abstracted  by  Edward  Hopkins. 
Strath  Taieri  Bridge,  New  Zealand.      Robert 

Hay. 
The  Delta  of  the  Nile.     Notes  of  a  Journey 
tbrou.ub  the   North-east  Portion,  in  April, 
li-Sl.    Wm.  Anderson. 
The  Western  Division  of  the  Canadian  Pacific 


Railway.  By  the  late  J.  C.  James  and  Alaa 
Macdougall.  • 
On  Repairing  the  Cables  of  the  Allegheny 
Suspension  Bridge,  at  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
Francis  Collingwood. 
The  Wandle  Valley  Main  Drainage.  William 
Sante  Crimp. 

From   Iron   and   Steel  Institute,   J.  S. 
Jeans,  General  Secretary,  London  : 
The  most  recent  Results  obtained  in  the  Ap- 
plication and  Utilization  of  Gaseous  Fuel. 
W.  S.  Sutherland. 

Delta  Metal.     Alexander  Dick. 

Iron  and  Steel  Permanent  Way.  Walter  R. 
Browne.  M.  Inst.  C.  E. 

A  New  Form  of  Gas  Apparatus  for  Testing 
Waste  Gases  from  Boilers  and  Heating- 
Stoves.    J.  E.  Stead. 

Recent  Improvements  in  Iron  and  Steel  Ship- 
building     William  John. 

The  Spectroscopic  Examination  of  the  Vapor 
involved  on  Heating  Iron,  &c.,  at  Atmos- 
pheric Pressure.     John  Parry. 

On  the  Use  of  Raw  Coal  in  the  Blast  Furnace. 
L  Lowthiau  Bell.  F.R.S 

Gas  Puddling  and  Heating  Furnaces,  with 
Special  Reference  to  the  "  Casson  Bicher- 
oux  "  System.     R.  S  C   B.  Hill. 

Note  on  Ammonia  in  Cleveland  Blast  Fur- 
nace Ga'^,  and  on  a  special  form  of  Aspira- 
tor for  drawing  off  Gas  in  making  Am- 
monia Determinations.    J.  E.  Stead. 

The  Behavior  of  Armor  of  different  kinds 
under  Fire.     Capt.  Corde  Browne. 

The  Journal  of  the  Iron  and  Steel  Institute, 
1883. 

Catalogue  of  the  Library  of  the  Iron  and 
Steel  Institute,  London,  January  30th, 
1884. 

From  Rev.  M.  T.  Jefferis,  West  Chester,^ 
Pa.  : 

First  Annual  Report  of  the  Midland  Railroad 
Company  of  New  Jersey,  from  May  16th, 
1880,  to  January  1st.  1881. 

Rockford,  Kock  Inland  and  St.  Louis  Rail- 
road Company. 

The  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Railroad.  Novem- 
ber 1st,  1872. 

Twenty-first  Annual  Report  of  the  West 
Chester  and  Philadelphia  Railroad  Com- 
pany.   Philadelphia,  November  1st,  1870. 

Report  of  the  Lehigh  Coal  and  Navigation 
Company.     May  7ih,  1867. 

Twenty-second  Annual  Report  of  the  Lehigh 
Valley  Railroad.  Philadelphia,  January 
16th,  1877. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Tebo  and  Neosho  Rail- 
road Company,  1868-69. 

The  Union  Pacific  Railway,  or  Three  Thou- 
sand Miles  in  a  Railway  Car.  Philadelphia, 
1867. 

Third  Annual  Report  of  the  Danville,  Hazle- 
ton  and  Wilkesbarre  Railroad  Company. 
Philadelphia,  January  10th,  1870. 

Report  of  the  Mine  Hill  and  Schuylkill 
Haven  Railroad  Company.  Philadelphia, 
January  13th,  1862. 

Report  of  the  Philadelphia  and  Reading 
Railroad  Company.  Philadelphia,  January 
8th,  1877. 
Report  of  the  Investigating  Committee  of 
the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company. 
Philadelphia,  March  10th,  1874. 

The  Twenty-fourth,  Twenty-fifth,  Thirtieth 
and  Thirty-first  Annual  Reports  of  the 
Board  of  Directors  of  the  Pennsylvania. 
Railroad  Company. 


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First  and  Second  Annual  Keports  of  the  Bur- 
lington, Cedar  Rapids  and  Northern  Rail- 
way Company  of  Iowa;  and  Burlington, 
Cedar  Rapids  and  Minnesota  Railway. 
Receiver's  Report. 

Second,  Third  and  Fifth  Annual  Report8  of 
the  Kansas  Pacitic  Railway  CoitiiJany. 

Acts  of  Incorporation  of  the  West  Chester 
and  Philadelphia  Railroad  Comjjany,  and 
the  supplements  thereto,  with  an  appen- 
dix. 

Nebraska  :  a  Description  of  the  South  Platte 
Country. 

■Quarterly  Repoi't  of  the  Kansas  State  Board 
of  Agriculture  for  the  quarter  ending 
June  30th,  1879. 

From  H.   Kato,   University  of   Tokio, 
Japan  : 
The  Calendar   of  the  Department   of  Law, 

Science  and  Literature,  1882-1883. 
Memoirs  of  the  Science  Department,  Tokio. 

Daigaken,   No.  9. 
Earthquake  Measurements.     J.  A.  Ewing,  B. 
Sc,  F.R.S.E. 

From  William  B.   Knight,  City  Engi- 
neer, Kansas  City,  Mo.  ; 
Annual  Report  of  the  City  Engineer,  Water 
Commissioner  and  Superintendent  of  Pub- 
lic Buildings,  City  of  Kansas,  Mo.,  for  the 
year  ending  December  31st,  1883. 

From  John  Kennedy,  Montreal,  Cana- 
da : 
Annual    Report    of   the    Harbor     Commis- 
sioners of  Montreal  for  the  year  1883, 

From  L.  H.  Knapp,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  : 
Fifteenth  Annual  Reiiort  of  the  Buffalo  City 
Water  Works. 

From    Olin    H.    Landreth,   Nashville, 
Tenn.  : 
Metrical  Tables  for  Engineers  on  the  basis 
of  1  meter. 

From  J.  Fras.  Le  Baron,  Jacksonville, 
Fla.  : 
The  Atlantic  and    Gulf    Coast    Canal    and 
Okeechobee  Land  Company. 

From  Louis  J.  LeConte,  Oakland,  Cal.  : 
Three  Photographs  of  A.  W.  Von  Schmidt's 
Improved  Dredging  Machine. 

From    Louis  Lesage,    Superintendent, 
Montreal  Water  Works,  Montreal  : 
Annual  Report  of  the  Superintendent  of  the 
Montreal  Water  Works  for  the  year  ending 
31st  December,  1883. 

From  Prof.  William  Dennis  Marks,  Uni- 
versity   of    Pennsylvania,     Philadel- 
phia : 
An  Inquiry  touching  the  Law  of  Condensa- 
tion of  Steam   in  Single  and  Compounded 
Cylinders. 

From    W.   McDonald,  Chief     of    Div. 
U.     S      Commission     of    Fish    and 
Fisheries,  Washington,  D.  C: 
Eleven  Maps,  as  follows  : 

1.  Falls  Branch,  Maryland.  2.  Falls 
Island.  3.  Plan  of  Fish  for  the  Great 
Falls  of  the  Potomac  River,  Md.  i. 
Wrought  Iron  Grating  for  Great  Falls 
Fishway;  and  seven  maps  showing  the 
six  sections  of  the  plan  of  the  Great 
Falls  Fishway. 

From  Samuel  McElroy,  Brooklyn,  N.Y. : 

Papers  on  Hydraulic  Engineering:  Corrosion 

of  Cast-iron  Pipes.     Samuel  McElroy,  C.  E. 


From    James    MacNaughton,  Albany. 
N.Y.: 
Descriptive  Catalogue  of  the  Osgood  Dredge 
Company. 

From  Mechanics'  Institute,  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal  : 
Report  of  the  Eighteenth  Industrial  Exhibi- 
tion of  the  Mechanics*  Institute  of  the  City 
of  San  Francisco. 

From    Midland    Institute    of    Mining, 

Civil     and     Mechanical     Engineers, 

Joseph  Mitchell,  Secretary,  Barnsley, 

England : 

Transactions.    November,  1883.     Vols.  VIII 

and  IX. 

From    Mining    Institute    of   Scotland, 
James  Barrowman,  Secretary,  Hamil- 
ton: 
Transactions.     Vol.  V,  Part  9,  with  Index  to 

Vol.  V  and  Vol.  VI,  Parts  1  and  2. 
Transactions.    Jan.  31st,  1884. 

From  Mississippi   River  Commission, 
Lieut.  S.  S.  Leach,  Corps  of  Engineers 
U.  S.  A .,  Secretary,  St.  Louis  : 
Eight  Maps  of  the  Missouri  River.' 
Three  Maps  of  the  Mississippi  River,  as  pub- 
lished by  the  Mississippi  River  Commis- 
sion. 
Table  of  Distances  from  Cairo  to  the  Passes. 
From  Gilbert  Murdoch,  St.   Johns,  N. 
B.: 
Review  of  the  Report  of  Hurd  Peters,  Esq., 
C.E.,   City  Engineer  on  the  Water  Supply 
of  the  Cities  of  St.  John  and  Portland. 
Report  ot    the    Commissioners   of    Sewerage 
and  Water  Supply  lor  the  City  of  St.  John 
(east  side)  and  town  of  Portland. 
Annual  Accounts  and  Statements,  with  Super- 
intendent's and  Auditor's  Reports  for  the 
year  ending  December  31(^1,  1883. 

From   Prof.  Simon   Newcomb,  U.S.N., 
Washington,  D.  C: 
The  American    Ephemeris   and  Nautical  Al- 
manac for  188.5,  1886  and  1877. 
Report  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy  on  the 
recent  luiprovements  in  Astronomical  In- 
struments.    Prof.  Simon  Newcomb,  U.S.N. 
Astronomical  Papers  prepared  for  the  use  of 
the   American  Ephemeris  and  Nautical  Al- 
manac.    Vol.  II,  Parts  1  and  2.     Vol.  Ill, 
Part  1. 

From  Gen.  John  Newton,  Chief  of  En- 
gineers, U.S.A.: 
Report  relative  to  the  Expenditures  for  Rivers 

and  Harbors,  1879-1883. 
Report  on  the  Annual  Inspection  of  the  Im- 
provement of  the  South  Pass,  Mississippi 
River,  for  1883.     {Copies  Jor  distribution.) 
Proposals  as  follows: 
Improving  Harbor  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Removal    of    the  Wreck  of  the    Schooner 
Sunbeam,   Southeast  Harbor,  Gloucester, 
Mass. 
Construction  of  Pier  in  Marcus  Hook  Har- 
bor, Pa. 
For  the  Removal  of  the  Wrecks  of  Lighter 
Arlington,    Brigs     New    York    and   Uncle 
Sam,  and  Steamer  Gertrude. 
Improvement  of  Delaware  River,  at  Smith's 

Island  Bar. 
For  the  Purchase  of  Iron  removed  from  the 
Wreck     of   the    Steamer    Nankin,     New 
York  Harbor. 
Improvement  of  Oakland  Harbor,  Cal. 


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AUGUST    PROCEEDINGS. 


Annual  Report  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers  for 
1883.     Parts  1,  2  and  3. 

Keports  concerning  the  Dam  and  Govern- 
ment Works  in  the  Ohio  River,  near  Jefifer- 
souville,  Ind. 

Report  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers  in  reference 
to  Changes  occurring  in  the  Harbors  of 
Fort  Smith  and  Pine  Bluff,  Ark.,  and 
threatened  Cut-offs  and  Corrosions  of  their 
Banks. 

A  Report  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers  in  re- 
sponse to  a  Resolution  of  the  House  calling 
for  Plans  and  Estimates  for  the  Improve- 
ment of  Grand  River  below  Grand  Rapids, 
in  the  State  of  Michigan. 

Report  in  regard  to  the  proposed  Improve- 
ment of  the  Harbor  of  (lalveston,  Texas. 

Reports  respecting  the  Workings  of  the 
Underground  Telegraphic  Cables  laid  be- 
tween the  Capitol  and  Executive  Depart- 
men's. 

Method  of  Heating,  Lighting,  and  Ventilat- 
ing the  hall  of  the  House  of  Representa- 
tives. 

Letter  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers .  with  Reports 
of  Surveys  of  the  Passaic  River,  in  New 
Jersey. 

A  Report  of  a  Board  of  Engineer  Officers  upon 
the  subject-matter  of  the  Bill  to  authorize 
the  Construction  of  Bridges  across  the 
Great  Kanawha  River,  and  to  prescribe 
the  dimensions  of  the  same. 

Proposal  for  Repair  of  Buffalo  Breakwater 
(opened  at  TJ.  S.  Engineers'  office,  Buffalo, 
N.  Y  ,  May  15th,  188i;. 

Improvement  of  San  Joaquin  River,  Cal. 

Repairs  to  Breakwater  at  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Improvement  of  the  Line  of  Inland  Naviga- 
tion from  New  Berne  to  Beaufort  Hai'bor, 
N.  C. 

Removal  of  Wreck  of  Schooner  Cora.  Adver- 
tisement, description  and  specifications. 

Removal  of  Wreck  of  Canal  Boat  Kate  Mona- 
ghan.  Advertisement,  description  and 
specifications. 

Stone  for  Delaware  Breakwater  Harbor. 
Advertisement  and  specifications. 

Improving  Harbor  at  Cambridge,  Md.  Pro- 
posals for  dredging. 

Advertisement,  Instructions,  Specifications 
and  Proposals  for  Repairs  at  and  near  lower 
end  of  the  last  Dike  of  Saint  Clair  Flats 
Canal. 

Proposals  for  Dredging  in  Lynn  Harbor, 
Mass. 

Improving  AxDpomattox  River,  Va.  Proposals 
for  furnishing  lumber  and  piles. 

Advertisement,  Specifications  and  Proposals 
for  Constructing  four  Dump- Boats  for  use 
at  the  Des  Moines  Rapids  Canal. 

Report  of  an  Examination  of  the  Aqueduct 
Bridge  at  Georgetown,  D.  C.  S.  T.  Abert, 
U.  S.  Civil  Engine  T. 

From  New  York  Meteorological  Ob- 
servatory, Department  of  Public 
Parks,  Dr   Daniel  Draper,  Director  : 

Abstract  of  Registers  from  Self-recording 
Instruments.  December,  1883,  January, 
February,  March,  April  and  May,  1881. 

From  Hon.  Joseiih  Nimmo,  Jr.,  Chief 
of  Bureau  of  Statistics,  Washington, 
D.  C.  : 

Report  on  the  Internal  Commerce  of  the 
United  States  for  the  fiscal  year  1881-1882. 

Commerce  between  United  States  and 
Mexico. 

Reciprocity  of  Transportation  Facilities  be- 


tween the  United  States  and  the  Dominion 
of  Canada,  and  the  Canadian  Pacific  Rail- 
way. 

From  Edward  P.  North,  New  York 
City: 
The  Resources  of  New  Mexico.  Prejjared 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Bureau  of  Im- 
migration for  the  Territorial  Fair  to  be 
held  at  Albuquerque,  N.  M.,  October  3d 
to  8th,  1881. 

From  the  North  of  England  Institute 
of  Mining  and  Mechanical  Engineers 
Theodore  Wood  Bunuiug,  Secretary, 
Newcastle-on-Tyne  : 
Transactions,  Vol.  XXXIII,  Part  3. 

From  Rensselaer  Society  of  Engineers, 
Troy,  N.  Y.  : 
Selected  Papers  of  the  Society.  Vol.  I,  No.  1. 
From    Henry    B.    Richardson,      Chief 
State  Engineer,  New  Orleans,  La.  : 
Report  of  the  Board  of  State  Eugiueers  of  the 
State  of  Louisiana  to  the  General  Assembly 
for  the  years  1882  and  1883  to  April  20th, 
1881. 

From  A.  A.  Robinson,  Topeka,  Kansas  : 

Instructions  to   Civil  Engineers  concerning 

Surveys   and  Construction.     Atchison,  'lo- 

peka  and  Santa  Fe  R.  R.       A.  A.  Robinson, 

Chief  Engineer. 

From  Collingwood  Schreiber,  Chief  Eq- 
gineer  and   General    Manager,  Cana- 
dian Government  R'ys,  Ottawa: 
ReiJorts,   Riilway   Statistics  of  Cauada,  and 
Capital,  Traffic  and  Working  Expenditure 
of  the  Railways  of  the  Dominion.  1882-1883. 
Annual  Report   of  the   Minister  of  Railways 
and  Canals  for  the  past  fiscal  year,  from  1st 
July,  1882,  to  30th  June,  1883,  on  the  works 
under  his  control. 

From  William  H.  Searles, Jersey  Shore, 
Pa.  : 
Three  Photographs  of  Lift  Bridge  on  B.  C.  C, 
and  S.  W.  R.  R.,  over  West  Branch  Canal 
near  Jersey  Shore,  Pa. 

Fi-om    Maj.  Alfred  F.  Sears,  Portland, 
Oregon  : 
Report  upon  a  System  of  Sewerage   for  the 
City  of  Portland,  Oregon.    December,  1883. 
From    William    P.    Shinn,   New    Y'ork 
City: 
National  Cable  Railway  Company's  System 
of  Traction  Railways  for  Cities  and  Towns. 
From  T.  Guilford   Smith,    Buffalo,  N. 
Y.  : 
Report  of  the  President  and  Managers  of  the 
Philadelphia  and  Reading  Railroad  Co.  and 
the   Philadelphia  and   Reading    Coal    and 
Iron  Co.,   for  the  year  ending  November 
30th,  1883. 

From   Maj .    Jared  A.  Smith,  Corps  of 
Engineers,  U.    S.   A.,    Indianapolis, 
Ind.: 
An  Article  on  National  Improvements.     The 
River  and  Harbor  Bills. 

Fiom  State   Board  of  Health,  Albany, 
N.  Y.  : 
Report  on  the  Drainage  of  the  Tonawanda  and 
Oak  Orchard  Swamps. 

From  Hon.    E.   Sweet,   State  Engineer 
and  Sarieyor,  Albany,  N.  Y.  : 
Report  of  the  State  Engineer  on  the  Canals 
of  New  York  for  1883.'^ 

From    J.     Nelson    Tubbs,    Rochester, 
N.  Y.  : 
Seventh   Annual   Report    of     the   Executive 
Board.      Rochester,  N.  Y.,  1883. 


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From  Lucian  A.  Taylor,  Water  Com- 
missioner, Worcester,  Mass.  : 
Annua!  Beports  of  the  Committee  on  Water, 
the  Water  Commissioners,  the  Water  Reg- 
ister, and  the  Engineer  in  charge  of  Con- 
struction of  Dams  and  Reservoir  on  Tat- 
nuck  Brook  of  the  City  of  Worcester,  for  the 
year  ending  Nov.  30th,  1883. 

From  P.  A.Engineer  J  .A.  Tobin.U.S.N., 
U.S.  S.,  Powhatan  : 
Improvements    in    Naval    Engineering      in 
Great  Britain,  1883. 

From  U.  S.  Light  House  Board,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.  : 

Annual  Report  of  the  Light  House  Board  for 
the  fiscal  year  ended  June  30th,  1883. 

From  U.  S.  Naval  Institute,  Annapolis, 
Md.  : 

Proceedings.    Vol.  X,  Nos.  1,  2  and  3,  1881. 

Appendix  to  Proceedings-.  Vol.  X,  No.  1, 
1884. 

From  U.  S.   Ordnance  Department,  U. 
S.  A.,  Washington,  D.  C.  : 
Ordnance  Notes,  as  follows  : 

Experiments  with  Small  Shot.  Major  W.  Mc- 
Cliutock,  K.  A. 

Machine  Guns.  Captain  Lord  and  Charles 
W.  D.  Beresford,  K.  N. 

Metlalurgy  of  Iron.  Introduction  and  His- 
torical Sketch.     Lieut.  Cbase,  3d  .\rtillery. 

Railways  for  Military  Communications  in 
the  Field.     Col.  J.  P.  Maquay,  R.  E. 

Provisional  Fortification.  Capt.  G.  S.  Clarke, 
R.  E. 

Krupp's  Works.     Edmund  Hudson. 

Geometrical  Solution  of  the  Problem  of  the 
Trajectory  of  a  Projectile  in  Vacuo.  Prof. 
A.  G.  Greenhill,  Royal  Artillery  Institution, 
with  remarks  by  Caplain  John  E.  Greer, 
Ordnance  Department,  who  had  previously 
solved  the  problem  analytically. 

Fabrication  of  Eight-inch  Eureka  Projectiles. 

Steel  for  Gun  Hoops.  Puddled  versus  CaKt 
Steel  as  Metal  for  Gun  Hoops.  (Translated 
from  the  Revue  d'  Artillerie,  December, 
1883.)  By  1st  Lieut.  Rogers  Birnie,  Jr., 
Ordnance  Department. 

The  8U-ton  Steam  Hammers  of  Crensot  and 
St.  Chamond. 

Mars-La-Tour  and  Gravelotte.  Lieut.  John 
Bigelow,  Jr. 

Field  Artillery.  Considerations  on  which  its 
organization  may  be  based.  Capt.  D.  T.  A. 
De  Sotomayor,  of  the  Spanish  Army. 

Paints  and  Lacciuers  for  Artillery  Material. 

A  Visit  to  ttie  Artillery  Practice  Ground  at 
Jueterbork.     Capt.  O.  E.  Michaelis. 

Practical  Instructions  in  Gunnery. 

Improved  Capstan. 

Target  Practice:  Information  for  Soldiers. 
Col.  Guy  V.  Henry. 

Machines  for  the  Phy.sical  Tests  of  Metals. 
Lieut.  W.  M.  Medcalfe,  U.  S.  A. 

Synopsis  of  the  Principal  Points  in  the  Theory 
of  the  Probability  of  Fire.  E.  Jouffret, 
Chief  d'Escadron  d' Artillerie. 

The  Hawaiian  Islands  and  People.  Capt.  C. 
E.  Dutton. 

Stencil  Outfit. 

Strategical  Value  of  the  Inland  Canal  Naviga- 
tion of  the  United  States.  Ist  Lieut.  Tasker 
H.  Bhss,  1st  Artilleiy. 

Report  on  Transcontinental  Railways,  1883. 
Gen.  O.  M.  Poe. 

Military  Rifles.  Communicated  by  the  Di- 
rector of  Artillery. 

Krupp  Experiments. 


Rifles  for  Large  Gaine.  The  trajectories  time 
cf  flight,  remaining  velocities,  and  striking 
energies  of  bullets  fired  from  large  bore 
and  express  riiles.  Maj.  W.  McClintock, 
R.  A. 
Comparative  Table  of  Austrian,  English, 
French,  German,  Italian  and  Kussian  Field 
Guns,  com(iiled  from  various  sources,  and 
corrected  up  to  January,  1883.  Maj.  S.  C. 
Pratt,  R.  A . 

From  Robert  Van  Buren,  Brooklyn,  N. 
Y.: 
Annual   Report   of    the   Department   of   City 
Works  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn  for  the  year 
1883. 

From  L.  B.  Ward,  Jersey  City,  N,  J.: 
Report  of  the  Commissioners  of  State   Water 
Supply  of  New  Jersey,  March,  1884. 

From  Col.  Geo.  E.  Waring,  Secretary  of 
the  National  Board  of  Health,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C: 
Annual    Report    of    the    National    Board    of 
Health  for  the  years  1879,  1880,  1882,  1883. 
From  Don   J.  Whittemore,  Milwaukee, 
Wis.: 
A    Hand    Book    for     Engineers,    Architects, 
Masons,  Contractors,  Builders  and  Dealers 
in  Hydiaulic  Cement. 
Twentieth  Annual  Report  of  the  Chicago,  Mil- 
waukee and  St.  Paul  Railway  Company. 

From  H.  G.  Wright,  Chief  of  Engineers 
U.  S.  A.,  WaKhiugton,  D.  C: 

Report  of  the  Selfridge  Board  relative  to  the 
Tori)epo  Machinery  of  the  Destroyer. 

Report  of  the  Survey  of  North  River,  in  front 
of  Jersfy  City  and  Hoboken. 

Resolution  in  relation  to  the  Navigation  of 
the  South  Pass  or  other  public  waters  in 
Louisiana. 

Repoifs  of  Surveys  of  the  Illinois,  La  Salle 
and  San  Gaveon  Rivers,  in  Illinois. 

Reports  of  Surveys  of  Channels  in  Boston 
Harbor. 

Reports  of  Surveys  of  certain  Rivers,  Harbors 
and  Channels  in  Ohio,  Pennsylvania  and 
West  Virginia. 

Law  Surveys  ot  Newtown  Creek,  New  York, 
and  certain  waters  in  New  Jersey,  under 
direction  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers. 

Report  on  the  Subject  of  the  Improvement  of 
the  Fox  and  Wisconsin  Rivers. 

Report  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers  showing  the 
Stations  and  Duties  of  Officers  of  the  Corps 
of  Engineers,  and  the  number  of  Civilian 
Engineers  in  the  employ  of  the  Govern- 
ment. 

Annual  Report  for  the  year  1883  upon  Build- 
ing Monument  at  Yorktown,  Va. 

Additional  Papers  relating  to  the  matter  of 
Awards  for  Damages  in  Improving  the  Fox 
and  Wisconsin  Rivers. 

List  of  Awards  under  Act  of  March  3,  1875,  to 
aid  in  the  Improvement  of  the  Fox  and 
Wisconsin  Rivers. 

Report  of  Gun  Foundry  Board,  1884. 

A  letter  from  the  Chief  of  Engineers  in  regard 
to  the  necessity  of  making  special  provision 
for  the  payment  of  expenses  incident  to  the 
working  of  Locks  and  Dams  in  the  Ken- 
tucky River. 

Report  of  Surveys  of  certain  Waters  in  Florida 
and  Alabama,  with  a  view  of  improving 
navigation . 

Reports  of  Surveys  to  ascertain  the  cost  of 
placing  dams  and  locks  on  the  Cumberland 
River. 


98 


AUGUST    PROCEEDINGS. 


From  P.  K.  Yates,  Canajoharie,  N.  Y.  : 

Three  Photograpli  Views  of  the  New  Canti- 
lever Bridge  at  Niagara,  aud  one  view  of  the 
Collision  on  the  New  York,  West  Shore  and 
Buffalo  Railway,  at  St.  Johnsville,  N.  Y., 
October  7th,  1883. 

From  other  sources  : 

Transjiortation  Lines  owned,  leased  and  con- 
trolled by  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Com- 
pany on  the  first  day  of  .January,  1884. 

Annual  Report  to  the  Harbor  Board  to  the 
JIayor  and  City  Council  of  Baltimore,  for 
the  fiscal  year  ending  December  31st,  1883. 

Report  to  the  New  York  Legislature  of  the 
Commission  to  select  and  locate  lands  for 
Public  Parks  in  the  Twenty-third  and 
Twenty-fourth  Wards  of  the  City  of  New 
York,  and  in  the  vicinity  thereof. 

Popular  and  Legal  Views  of  Traffic  Pooling. 

Traffic  Unity,  popularly  called  Railway  Pools. 
G.  R.  Blanchard. 

Selkonk  River  Bridge.  Advertisement,  speci- 
fleations  and  proposals  for  building  abut- 
ments, wing  wall,  etc. 


The  Buffalo  Trunk  Sewer,  18S4. 

What  shall  be  the  Prime  Meridian  for  the 
World  ?    Cleveland,  Ohio,  June,  1884. 

The  Gibbon  Bolters  Rail  Joint  Company  of 
the  United  States. 

Engineers'  Book  of  Tables  for  Railway  Con- 
structions, double  track,  compiled  for 
Engineering  Department  of  New  York 
West  Shore  and  Buffalo  Railway,  and  New 
York,  Ontario  and  Western  Railway. 

Report  of  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the 
Eleventh  Cincinnati  Industrial  Exposition, 
1883. 

A  New  System  of  Weighing  Machinery. 

Argument  of  Capt.  James  B.  Eads  before  the 
Committee  on  Commerce  of  the  Senate,  and 
the  Committee  on  Rivers  and  Harbors  of 
the  House  of  Representatives,  Mav  '21st  and 
2'2d,  1884,  in  support  of  Senate  Bill  1,632, 
and  a  like  bill  in  the  House  to  provide  for 
the  improvements  of  the  Channel  between 
Galveston  Harbor  and  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,- 


lm£ri4Hn  locietg  of  ^wil  Inigineers. 


FROOEEDIjSraS. 


Vol.   X. — September,   1884. 


MINUTES     OF     MEETINaS 

(Abstract  of  sucli  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


September  3d,  ISS-l. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President  Win.  H. 
Paine  in  the  chair  ;  Jo  n  Bogart,  Secretary.  The  following  candidates  were 
elected  :  as  Members— Henry  N.  Babcock,  New  Haven,  Conn.;  Greorge  H. 
Boynton,  Davenport,  Iowa;  George  H.  Browne,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.;  Moses  Bur- 
pee, Fredericton,  N.  B.;  F.  A.  Camp,  Minneapolis,  Minn. ;  L.  P.  Evans,  Potts- 
town,  Pa.  ;  Desmond  FitzGerald,  Brookline,  Mass.  ;  Carl  Gayler,  St.  Louis, 
Mo.;  Wm.  Jackson,  Boston,  Mass.;  Emil  Kuichling,  liochester,  N.  Y. ;  O.  H. 
Landreth,  Nashville,  Tenn.;  George  B.  Mallory,  New  York  City;  George  E. 
Mann,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.;  J.  J.  McVean,  Ionia,  Mich.;  Mansfield  Merriman 
(elected  Junior  May  12,  1875),  Bethlehem,  Pa.;  E.  G.  Nourse,  Chicago,  111.; 
T.  W.  Orbison,  Iron  Mountain,  Mich.;  Oberlin  Smith,  Bridgeton,  N.  J.; 
J.  F.  Sorzano,  New  York  City;  E.  B.  Taylor,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.;  J.  Nelson  Tubbs, 
Kochester,  N.  Y.;  R.  L.  Van  Sant,  Memjihis,  Tenn.;  F.  Floyd  Weld,  Waterbury, 
Conn. 

As  Associates — E.  B.  Guthrie,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. ;  Frank  H.  Howes,  New  York 
City;  George  W.  Parsons,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

As  Junior — George  A.  Just,  New  York  City. 

A  resolution  was  adopted  requesting  the  presiding  officer  to  appoint  a 
committee  of  five  to  present  for  discussion  at  the  Annual  Meeting,  regula. 
tions  regarding  the  reading  and  discussion  of  papers  at  the  Annual  Conven- 
tion. 

A  paper,  by  Edmund  B.  Weston,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  was  read,  giving  the 
description  and  result  of  experiments  on  the  flow  of  water  through  a  2J-inch 
hose,  and  through  nozzles  of  various  forms  and  sizes;  also  giving  the  results 
of  experiments  as  to  the  height  of  jets  of  water. 


100  SEPTEMBER    PROCEEDINGS. 

September  17th,  1884. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President  W.  H. 
Paine  in  the  chair  ;  John  Bogart,  Secretary. 

A  paper,  giving  results  of  experiments  with  rain  gauges  differently  located, 
and  experiments  as  to  the  ratio  of  depth  of  snow  to  the  depth  of  same  when 
melted,  by  Edmund  B.  Weston,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  was  read. 


OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION. 

July  31st,  1884. — Applications  were,  considered.  Communications  in 
reference  to  the  Society  Badge  were  considered. 

September  3d,  1884. — Applications  were  considered. 

September  10th,  1884. — Applications  were  considered.  Communications 
in  reference  to  the  Society  Badge  were  considered. 

September  17th. — Applications  were  considered. 


CONTRIBUTIONS  TO  THE  BUILDING  FUND. 

By  a  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Direction,  all  contributions  to  the 
Building  Fund  are  to  be  acknowledged,  from  time  to  time,  by  printing 
lists  of  the  same  in  the  monthly  Proceedings  of  the  Society,  and  in 
addition  to  this  the  names  of  all  those  who  may  subscribe  $100  or  more 
are  to  be  regularly  enrolled  and  jiublished  in  future  lists  of  the  Society 
under  the  head  of  Subscribers  to  the  Building  Fund,  and  they  will  be 
entitled  to  receive  one  copy  of  the  monthly  publications,  comprising  all 
IDapers  and  Transactions  of  the  Society,  regularly  for  life,  for  each  $100 
subscribed  by  them  ;  such  copies  to  be  in  addition  to  those  which  they 
may  be  already  entitled  to  if  they  are  Members  or  Fellows. 

The  following  contributions  are  acknowledged  in  addition  to  those 
heretofore  noted : 

Theodore  Cooper $100  00 

Julio  F.  Sorzano 150  00 

William  B.  Storey,  Jr 100  00 


SEPTEMBER    PROCEEDINGS. 

ADDITIONS   TO 

LIBRARY    AND    MUSEUM. 


101 


From  S.  T.  Abert,  U.  S.  Civil  Engineer 
Washington  : 
Annual  Eeport  upon  the  Improvement  of 
certain   Kivers  and  Harbors  in  Maryland 
Virginia,  and  North  Carolina. 

From  American  Academy  of  Arts  and 

Sciences,  Boston  : 

Proceedings.     New  Series,  Vol.  XI.    Whole 

Series   XIX.     Part   1:    from    May,  1883,  to 

f.'i'^ff'^^r,  1883  ;  also  Part  II:  from  May, 

1883,  to  May,  1884. 

From  American  Institute  of  Mining 
Engineers,  Dr.  R.  W.  Raymond,  Sec- 
retary.  New  York  City  : 
i^ist  of  Officers  and  Members. 
Memorial  of  Alexander  Lyman  HoUey   C.  E 
Discussion  of  Mr.    P.   G.   Saloms'  paper  on 
Physical  and  Chemical  Tests  of  Steel  for 
-Lailer  and  Ship-plate  for  the  V.  S.  Govern- 
ment Cruisers." 
The  Hydraulic  Cement  Works  of  the  Utica 
c-ement  Company,  La  Salle,  111.     Henry  C 
Freeman. 

^^S^^^P,'^*'''^!  Notice  of  Sir  C.  W.  Siemens 

-I.  ligleston,  Ph.  D. 
The  Cerro  Do  Mercado   (Iron  Mountain)  at 

Durango,  Mexico,    -John  Birkinbine. 
A  new   .Method   of    Shaft   Sinking   through 

VVater  bearing  Loose  Materials.     James  E 

Mills. 
Eussell's  Improved  Process  for  the  Lixiva- 

tion  of  Silver  Ores.    C.  A.  Stetefeldt. 
Water   lube  Steam  Boilers  at  the  Lucy  Fur- 
naces, Pitt.sburgh,  Pa.     William  Kent. 
The  Cauca  Mining  District,  U.  S.  Colombia 

S.  A.     John  Hays  Hammond. 
Kecent  Improvements  in  Copper  Smelting 

Frederick  H.  McDowell. 
The  Wolf  Safety-Lamp.      Eugene  B.Wilson. 
Rolling  Steel  Ingots  with  their  own  Initial 

Heat.     John  Grers. 
The  Law  of  the    Apex.      R.  W.  Raymond, 

Pn.  D.  J  • 

From  Association  of  Engineering  So- 
cieties,  H.    G.    Prout,   Secretaiy    of 
Board,  New  York  City  • 
Proceedings.     Vol.  3,  No.  10.    August,  1884. 
From  Prof.  Arthur  Beardsley,  Swarth- 
more  College,  Swarthmore,  Pa.  • 
Fifteenth  Annual  Catalogue  of  Swarthmore 
College.     1883-1884. 

From  Boston  Public  Library,  Boston  • 

Thirty-second  Annual  Report  of  the  Library 

From  H.  R.  Bradbury,  New  York  City  • 

Tlio  Val  Do   Travers   Asphalte    Paving  Co. 

Limited.     List  of  Works.     December  1883* 

Report   on   the  Works  executed  by  the  Hon. 

the  Commissioners  of  Sewers  of  the  City  of 

Loudon  during  the  years  1878  to  1883 

From   W.  W.  Card,  Secretary  Westing- 
house  Air-Brake  Co.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  • 
Work  on  the  Westinghouso  Air-Brake. 
The    Westinghouse     Air-Brako     Co.,    Pitts- 
burgh, Pa. 

From  Charles  Colne,  Secretary  Panama 
Canal  Co.,  New  York  City  : 
Reports  of  the  U.  S.  Officers  res'pectiug  the 


progress  of  work  on  the  Ship  Canal  at  the 
Isthmus  of  Panama. 

From  Alfred  G.  Compton,   New  York 
City  : 
On  a  Method  of  Obtaining  Autographic  Re- 
cords  of  the   Free  Vibrations  of  a  Tuning 
iork,  and  on  the  Autographic  Recording 
of  Beats.    Prof.  A.  G.  Compton. 

From    Allan    D.    Conover,    Madison 
Wis.  : 
Repoit  on  the  Sewerage  of  the  City  of  Madi- 
son.    A.  D.  Conover,  C.  E. 

,  ,    •  ^""^r^  ^^  ^i"  C.  Cregier,  Chicago  : 
A  brief  Memoranda   of  the  Construction   of 
the  New  Rush  Street  Bridge,  Chicago,  111. 

1,^  .,   ^'^°^  ■^-  '^-  ^-  Croes,  New  York  City  • 
Methods   of  Sew.ige  Disposal   without   Dis- 

charge  into  Streams.     J.  J.  R.  Croes  C   E 
List  of  Water   Works.      Supplement  to   the 

first  issue  of  Statistical  Tables  of  American 

Water  Works.     May,  1884.     J.  J.  R.  Croes 

0.  E. 
The  Sewerage  of  East  Orange.  J.  J.-R.  Croes, 

From  Charles  E.  Davis,  Boston  : 
Twelfth   Annual    Report    of  the    Board    of 
Health  of  the  City  of  Boston  for  the  year 

188I3'1884. 

From  J.  H.  Decker,  Secretary  American 
Water  Works  Association,  Hannibal 
Mo.: 
Report  of  Proceedings  of  the  Fourth  Annual 
Meeting   of   the   American    Water    Works 
Association,    held    at    Cincinnati,    Ohio 
April  15th-17th,  1884. 

From  E.  B.  Dorsey,  New  York  City  : 
Railway  Guide  showing  the  Distance,  Fares, 
and  Running  Time  on  Railways  between 
London    and    all     the    Towns    of  Great 
Britain. 

From    Patrick     Doyle,    C.     E.,    Black 
Town,  Madras,  India  : 
Prospect   of  Artesian  Borings  in  the  Bellary 

District.     Pat.  Doyle,  C.  E. 
Concrete  Culverts.    "Pat.  Doyle,  C.  E. 

From  Dyckerhoflf  and  Sohne,  Amoene- 
burg,  Germaoy  : 
Mittheilungen  des    Vcreins    Deutsches    Ce- 
ment Fabrikanter. 

From  Engineers' Club  of  Philadelphia. 
Howard   Murphy,   Secretary,    Phila- 
delphia : 
Proceedings.    Vol.  IV,  No.  2. 

From  the  Engineers'  Society  of  Western 
Pennsylvania,  Pittsburgh  : 
A   Note   on   Allegheny   River  Water.      Prof 

Francis  C.  Phillips. 
Experiments    on     Steel     and    Iron   Riveted 
Girders,  and  Remarks   on  the  Tests   made 
by  the  Dutch  Government.     C.  L.  Strobel 
C.  E. 
Annual  Reports  of  Officers.     Address   of  the 

President. 
Is  the  Destruction  of   Forests  a  Cause  for 


103 


SEPTEMBER    PROCEEDINGS. 


the  Inoreaee  iu  tlie  Frequency  aud  Height 
of  Floods?    Thomas  P.  Koherts,  C.  E. 
Keport  of  the  Committee  on  Natural  Gas. 
Steam  Boilers  :  their  Construction,   Setting 
and  Management.     L.  C.  Buruell. 

From   W.     W.   Evans,   Kew    Rochelle, 
N.  Y.:  ..  , 

A  Letter  on  Crank-Axles  in  Locomotives  and 
their  Demerits. 

From   .John   C.    Goodridgo,   .Jr.,    New 
York  City  :  ,        ^ . 

Process  of  and  Device   for  the  Cimstructxou 
and  Repair  of  Tunnels  and  Shafts. 

From     J.    B.     Henderson,     Brishaue, 
Queensland,  .\ustralia  : 
Report  on  Brisbane  Water  Supply  for  1880. 
From  Gen.  W.  B.  Hazen,  Chief  Signal 
Officer,  U.  S.  A.,  Washington: 
Temperature  of  the  Atmosphere  and  Earth  s 

From  William   A.   Ingham,   Secretary 

Board     of    Commissioners     Second 

Geological  Survey  of  Pennsylvania: 

Th(^  Geology  of  Centre  County.    E.  V.  d'ln- 

villiers.  ,  ^ 

From  Institution  of  Civil  Engineers, 
James  Forrest,  Secretary,  Loudon: 
Minutes  of  Proceedings,  Vol.  LXXVII,  1883- 

84,  Part  III.  ^ 

Abstracts  of  Papers  in  Foreign  Transac- 
tions aud  Per  odicals. 
On  Galvanic  Action  between  Wrought  Iron, 
Cast  Metals,  and  various  Steels  during 
Long  Exposure  in  Sea  Water.  Thomas 
Andrews. 
Distilling    Apparatus    Iquique.     Charles  >1. 

Johnson.  ,^,  ^         , 

Hydraulic  Propulsion.     Sydney  W.  Barnaby. 
Wire-Gun"  Construction.     James    Atkinson 
Longridge.  -.  o     i 

Experiments   on    the   Composition    ot  Coal- 
William  Foster. 
Emery    Wheels    and     Emery      Wheel     Ma- 
chinery.    Walter  O.  Rooper. 
The  Comparative  Value  of  Labor  iu  Dittereu. 

Countries.     Charles  O.  Burge. 
The  Kew  York,  West  Shore  and  Buflalo  Rail- 
way,  and  the  Methods  used   in   its   Con- 
struction.    Peter  C.  Cowan. 
The     Basic     Open-Hearth     Steel      Process. 
Thomas  Gilliott.  ..  ti     * 

Experiments  on  the  Transinissiou  ot  Heat. 

Gustav  A.  Hagemann. 
On  the  Elevation,  Storage  and  Shipment  ol 
Grain.     Woodford  Pilkington. 

From  Institution   of  Mechanical  tn- 
giueers,  London: 
Proceedings,  January,  1884,  No.  1. 

From  Stevens'    Institute  of    Technol- 
ogy, Hoboken.N.  J.: 
\nnual  Ca'tologue  of  the  Stevens  Institute  ol 
Technology,  1884  1885. 

From    Lieut.    S.   S.   Leach,    Secretary 
Mississippi    River  Commission,  St. 
Louis: 
Annual  Report  Mississippi   River  Commis- 
sion for  1883.* 


*  We  have  for  distribution  a  small  number 
of  copies  of  the  Report  of  the  Mississippi  River 
Commission  for  1883.  A  copy  will  be  for- 
w  arded  to  members  on  receipt  of  a  request 
to  that  effect,  and  a  remittance  of  forty-one 
cents,  the  cost  of  the  expressage  already  paid, 
and  the  postage  for  forwarding.  The  books 
will  be  forwarded  in  the  order  of  the  receipt 
of  requests. 


From     Hon.   Wm.    J.  McAlpine,   Bay 
Ridge,  N.Y.:  . 

The  New  York  Arcade  Railway  as  Projected, 
compared  with  the  Underground  Railways 
of  London.  ,     .     ,    ^, 

From   New    York    Meteorological   Ob- 
servatory, Dr.  Daniel  Draper,  Direc- 
tor Central  Park,  New  York  City. 
Abstract   of    Beeisters  from   Self-Recording 
Instruments,  June.  July,  August,  1884. 
From    Midland    Institute   of  Mining, 
Civil    and     Mechanical     Engineers, 
Joseph  Mitchell,  Secretary,  London: 
Trausactions,    Vol.   IX,   Parts  LXX,    LXXI, 
and  LXXII. 

From  John  Milne,  Foreign  Secretary 
Seismological     Society     of     Japan, 

Tokio:  ,      .     .  c.     •  *       e 

Transactions  of  the  Seismological  Society  ot 
J.ipan.     Vol.  VII,  Part  1,1883-1884. 

From  Mining  Institute  of  Scotland, 
James  Barrowman,  Secretary,  Hamil- 
ton: 100I 

Transactions.  General  Meeting,  July,  1884. 
Vol.  VI,  Part  III.  „.  ■   ,    fp„ 

From  Gen.  John  Newton,  Chief  ot  En- 
gineers XJ.  S.  A.,  Washington: 
Annual    Report    of    the    Mississippi    River 

Commission  for  1883. 
Advertisement,  Specifications,  and  Proposals 
for  Ice  Harbor  Construction  at  Dubuque, 

Furnishing  Rip-Rap  on  Board  Government 

Barges  in  the  Mississippi   River,   between 

Reed's  Landing  and  Winona,  Minn. 
Constructing  a  Dam  and  Shore  Protection  of 

Brush  and  Rock  at  Andalusia,  Illinois. 
Constructing   Dam    aud  Shore  Protection  of 

Brush  and   Rock  in  vicinity  of  Louisiana, 

\Tissoiiri 
Furnishing  Stone  for  use  at  the  Des  Moines 

Rapids  Canal.  f  t^„„ 

Furnishing   Stone  for  Construction  of  Dry 

Dock  at  the  Des  Moioes  Rapids  Canal. 
Dred'^iu"  in  Quincy  Bay,  Illinois. 
Furnishing  Rip-Rap  on  Board  Government 

Barges  iS  the  Mississippi  River,  between 

St.  Paul  and  Hastings,  Minn. 
For    River    and     Harbor     Improvement    in 

Maine  and  New  Hampshire. 
Ice  Harbor  at  Mouth  of  Muskingum  River, 

Pi^dpo°s'als  for  Cement  on  Lock  No.  8,  Monon- 

Fol-'^Drl'dgiM  and  Rock  aud  Ledge  Excava- 
tion in  Cocheco  River,  New  Hampshire. 

For  Dredging  Lubee  Channel,  Maine. 

For  the  Removal  of  Sunken  Ledge  in  fcast- 
port  Harbor,  Maine. 

Repairs    to    Piers    at   Black   River  Harbor. 

ImpTO°vement  of  Mobile  Harbor  Alabama. 
Improvement  of  Pensacola   Harbor,  Florida. 
For  Dredging  Moose-a-bec  Bar,  Maine. 
Dredging  at  Sheepshead  Bay,  New  York. 
Impi-Dvement  of  Potomac  River,  near  Wash- 

Fo\"Viver    aud    Harbor   Improvements    in 

Maine  aud  New  Hampshire. 
Improving  Passaic  River.  New  Jersey. 
For  Dredging  Passaic  River,  New  Jersey. 
Huron  Harbor,  Ohio.  . 

For  Dredging  Portland  Harbor,  Maane^ 
Improvement  of  Canarsie  Bay,  New  Yoik. 
Improving  Harbor  at  Buft'alo.  New  York. 
Improving  Detroit  River,  Michigan. 
Improving  Channel   between  Staten  Island 

and  New  Jersey. 


SEPTEMBER     PROCEEDINGS. 


103 


Dredging  in  Karitan  Bay,  Now  Jersey. 
Dredging  Saginaw  Kiver,  Miobigan.  * 
Improving  Chicago  Harbor,  Illinois 
Improving  Harbor  at  Kenosha,  Wisconsin. 
Furnishing  Iron  Bolts,  Plates  and  Spikes  for 
Crib  Work  at  the  Harbor  of  Kefuge  at  Sand 
Beach.  Michigan. 
For  Harbor  of  Kefuge,  Milwaukee  Bay,  Wis- 
consin. 
Furnishing  one  Dredge,    one  Tug  and   two 
Dump  Scows  for  removing  Shoals  in  and 
around   the   Harbor  of    Refuge,  at    Sand 
Beach,  Michigan. 
Furnishing  a  Tug  for  use  at  the  Harbor  of 

Kefuge,  at  Sand  Beach,  Michigan. 

Furnishing  Timber  and  Plank  for  Crib  Work 

at  the  Harbor  of  Kefuge,  at  Sand  Beach' 

Michigan.  ' 

Improving  Harbor  at  Menomonee  (Michigan 

and  Wisconsin). 
Improving  Harbor  at  Grand  Alarais,  Michi- 
gan. 
Improving  Harbor  at  Kewaunee.  Wisconsin. 
Improving  Harbor  at  Port  Washington,  Wis- 
consin. 
Improving  Harbor  at  Two  Rivers,  Wisconsin. 
Improving  Buffalo  Bayou,  Texas. 
Improving  Hay  Lake  Cbanuol,  Saint  Mary's 
River,    Michigan  ;     Dredging     at    Middle 
Neelish. 
Improving  Harbor  at  Racine,  Wisconsin. 
Improving  Harbor  at  Manitowoc,  Wisconsin. 
Improving  Harbor  at  Cedar  River,  Michigan. 
Improving  Harbor  at  Pensaukee,  Wisconsin. 
Improving  Harbor  at  Brazos,  Santiago,  Texas. 
Improving  Calumet  Harbor,  niinois. 
Improving  Port  Chester  Harbor,  New  York. 
Improving  Harbor  at  Cedar  River.  Michigan. 
Improvement  of  Harbor  at  Savannah,  Geor- 
gia. 
Improving  Harbor  at  Sheboygan,  Michigan. 
Improving  Harbor  at  Ontonagon,  Michigan. 
Improving  Harbor  at  Oconte,  Wisconsin. 
Improving  the  Mouth  of  Brazos  River,  Texas. 
For  Dredging  to   be   done   for  the  Improve- 
ment of  Cape  Fear  River,  below  Wilming- 
ton. N.  C. 
For  Dredging  to  be  done  for  the  Improve- 
ment of  Potomac  River,  near  Washini-ton, 
D.  C.  " 

Improvement  of  Harbor  at  Charleston,  S.  C. 
Dredging  in  the  Harbor  of  Koek  Island,  Illi- 
nois. 
Improving  Aransas  Pass  and  Bay,  Texas. 
For  furnishing  one  Dredge,  one  Tug  and  two 
Dump   Scows   for  Dredging  in  Hay  Lake 
Channel  and  its  dependencies,  Michigan. 
For  the  Foundations  of  a  Movable  Dam  at 
Lock    No.   6  of  the    Great    Kanawha  Im- 
provement, located  four  and  one-half  miles 
below  Charleston,  W.  Va. 
Improvement  of  Channel  over  the  Bar  at  the 

Mouth  of  the  St  John's  River,  Florida. 
Removal  of  Wrecks  in  Harbor  at   New   Or- 
leans, La. 
Improving  Channel    leading    to   Harbor    at 

Baltimore. 
Improvement  of  Potomac  River,   Washing- 
ton Channel,  at  Washington,  D.  C. 
Removal  of  Wreck  of  Schooner  '  '.John  S.  Dct- 

wiler." 
Improvement  of  Potomac  River,  near  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. 
Proposals  for  furnishing  Stone  for  Improv- 
ing Uape  Fear  Kiver,  below  Wilmington, 
N.  C. 
Improving    Pass    Cavallo    Inlet    into  Mata- 
gorda Bay,  Texas. 


Removal  of  Wrecks,  Harbor  at  New  Orleans, 
La. 

Improving  Harbor  at  Little  Sodus  Bay,  New 
York. 

Improving  Harbor  at  Ogdensburg,  New 
York. 

Improving  the  Channel  at  the  Mouth  of  the 
Connecticut  River. 

Extending  the  New  Haven  Breakwater. 

Improving  Trinity  River,  Texas. 

Furnishing  Piles 'at  Government  Works  in 
Mississippi  River  between  St.  Louis,  Mo., 
and  Harrisonville,  111. 

Furnishing  Spikes,  Iron  and  Nails  at  the 
United  States  Engineer  Depot,  foot  of  Ar- 
senal street,  in  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Studies  ou  Coast  Defense  applied  to  the  Gulf 
of  Spezia.  Ca;sar  Guarasei,  Colonel  of  En- 
gineers. 

Professional  Notes.  Captain  Edward  Maguire. 

Report  on  the  International  Exhibition  of 
Electricity  held  at  Paris,  August  to  Novem- 
ber, 18H1. 

Report  of  Examination  of  the  Aqueduct 
Bridge  at  Georgetown,  D.  C.     S.  T.  Abert. 

Report  of  the  Engineers  upon  the  Natabary 
River,  Louisiana,  with  a  view  to  its  Im- 
provement. 

From  Edward  P.  North,  New  York  City: 
Report  of  the  Board  of  Experts  ou  Street  Pav- 
ing to   Hon.  William   B.    Smith,   Mayor  of 
Philadelphia.     July  8,  1884. 

From  H.  V.  and  H.  W.  Poor,  New  York 
City  : 
Manual  of  Railroads,  1881. 

From  Ordnance  Department,  Gen.  S.  V. 
Benet,  Chief,  Washington,  D.  C.  : 
Electricity  applied    to   Explosive    Purposes. 

Prof.  F.  A.  Abel. 
Electrical   Units   of  Measurement.     Sir  Wm. 

Thomson. 
A  Peculiar  Phase  of  Metallic  Behavior.    Capt. 

O.  E.  Michaelis. 
United  States  Life   Saving  Service.     Capt.  D. 

A.  Lyle. 
Field  Artillery  Fire. 
Wild  Fowl  and   Puut  Guns.     Mai.  Wm.  Mc- 

Cliutock,  R.  A. 

From  Charles  C.  Schneider,  New  York 
City  : 
DieNeue  Niagarabrucke.     C.  C.  Schneider. 

From  Joseph  S.  Smith,  Philadelphia, 

Report  of  the  Select  Committee  appointed  by 
the  House  of  Commons  to  obtain  informa- 
tion as  to  Geological  Surveys  of  Ottawa, 
Canada. 

From  Hon.  E.   Sweet,   State  Engineer 
and  Surveyor,  Albany,  N.  Y.  : 
Annual  Report  of  the  State  Engineer  and  Sur- 
veyor on  the  Canals  of  the  State  of  New 
York  for  1883. 

From    Societe    des   Ingenieurs    Civils, 
Paris  : 
Discussion  sur  les  Chemins  de  FerMetropoli- 
tains.     July,  1884. 

From  Society   of  Engineers,  Bartholo- 
mew Reed,  Secretary,  London  : 
Transactions  of  the  Society,  1883. 

From  United  States  Geological  Survey' 
Washington  : 
Jlineral  Resources  of  the  United  States.     Al- 
bert Williams,  Jr. 


104 


SEPTEMBER    PROCEEDINGS. 


From    United    States   Naval  Institute, 
Annapolis,  Md.  : 
Proceedings.    Vol.  X,  No.  i. 

From  University  of  Tokio,  Tokio,  Ja- 
pan : 
Phytoohomische  Notizen  neber   Einige  Ja- 
panische  Pflanzen.     J.  F.  Ejkman. 

From    W.    H.  Vandersmissen,    Corre- 
sponding Secretary  Canadian  Insti- 
tute, Toronto,  Canada : 
Proceedings  of  the  Institute.  Vol.  n,  Nos.  1 
and  2. 

From  Geo.  E.  Waring,  Jr.,  Newport,  R. 
I.: 
Premier  Application   a  Paris  en   1883  a  L'as- 
samissement   suivant  le   systeme    Waring. 
Ernest  Pontzen,  Ingeuieur  Civil. 

From  John  Wiley  &   Sons,  Publishers. 

New  York : 

The  Materials    of  Engineering.      Part    III  : 

Non-Terrous  Metals  and  Alloys.    Robert  H. 

Thurston,  M.  Am  Soc.  C.E.  New  York, 1881. 

Wrought    Iron    and    Steel  in    Construction. 

Convenient  Rules,  Formula},  and  Tables  for 

the  Strength  of  Wrought  Iron  Shapes  used 

as  Beams,  Struts,  Shafts,  etc.,  manufactured 

by  the  Peucoyd  Iron  Works.    New  York, 

1881. 


From  F.  Cope  Whitehouse,  New  York 
City: 
Lake  Moeris.     From  recent  Explorations  in 
the  Moeris  Basin  and  Wadi  t'adhi.    F.  Cope 
Whitehouse. 
The  Science  Myth  of  Fingal's  Cave.    F.  Cope 
Whitehouse,  M.  A. 

From  C.  J.  H.  Woodbury,  Boston  : 
Report   on    Automatic  Sprinklers,   May   15, 

1881. 

From  H.  M.  Wilson,  Washington,  D.  C: 
Mexico  from  the  Material  Standpoint.     Illus- 
trated witli  Maps  and  Diagrams.     Wash- 
ington, 1881. 

From  other  Sources : 

Prospectus  of  the  Lawson  Non-Explosivo 
Boiler  Company.    Thomas  Kays. 

Directions  for  the  Construction  and  Use  of 
the  Lawsou  Non-Explosive  Boiler. 

Proceedings  at  the  Inauguration  of  the  Buf- 
falo Merchants'  Exchange,  Jan.  1,  1881. 

A  Sketch  of  the  Commerce,  Industries  and 
Resources  of  Buffalo.    Wm.  Thurstone. 

Mechanics  and  Engineers'  Pocket  Book  of 
Tables,  Rules  and  Formulas  pertaining  to 
Mechanics,  Mathematics  and  Physics. 
Chas.  H.  Haswell. 


pi^rican   Sorietg  of  |;t!il  l^nflineers, 

J  J  •  • 


T^HOOEEJDlNaS. 


Vol.   X.— October,    1884. 


MINUTES     OF    MEETINaS. 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


October  1st,  1884.  — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President  Wm.  H. 
Paine  in  the  chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.  The  following  candidates  were 
-elected  Members:  Burr  Kellogg  Field,  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  Charles  Alfred 
Marshall,  Johnstown,  Pa. ;  Robert  Imlay  Sloan,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Mr.  H.  Trueman  Wood,  Secretary  of  the  Society  of  Arts,  London,  Eng- 
land, presented  a  short  statement  in  reference  to  the  International  Inventions 
Exhibition,  which  it  is  proposed  to  hold  in  London  during  1885.  He  ex- 
pressed the  desire  of  the  management  of  the  Exhibition  that  the  Engineers  of 
America  should  know  of  this  exhibition  and  aid  in  securing  its  success.  It  is 
one  of  the  series  of  exhibitions  which  are  in  progress,  that  of  last  year  being 
devoted  to  fiij-heries,  and  that  of  the  present  year  to  subjects  connected  with 
health  and  education.  The  Exhibition  of  1885  will  be  devoted  to  apparatus, 
appliances,  processes  and  products  invented  or  brought  into  use  since  1862, 
It  is  intended  to  illustrate  industrial  processes,  and  not  to  exhibit  iinished 
products  vinless  required  for  full  demonstration  of  a  particular  process.  The 
Exhibition  will  be  under  the  presidency  of  the  Prince  of  Wales.  The  Chair- 
man of  the  Executive  Committee  is  Sir  Frederick  J.  Bramwell,  Vice-President 
Inst.  C.  E.  Copies  of  a  detailed  prospectus  were  presented  by  Mr.  Wood. 
The  subject  was  referred  to  the  Board  of  Direction  for  consideration. 

The  death  on  September  25th  of  Isaac  Newton,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  was 
announced. 

Announcement  was  made  that  Messrs.  L.  B.  Ward,  E.  B.  Van  Winkle  and 
Amory  CotHn  had  been  api^ointed  Censors  to  award  the  Norman  Medal,  and 
■that  Messrs.  George  S.  Morison  and  D.  Farrand  Henry  had  been  appointed 
on  the  committee  to  award  the  Rowland  Prize. 


106  OCTOBER   PROCEEDINGS. 

A  paper  by  F.  P.  Stearns,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  "Experiments  on  the  Flow 
of  Water  through  a  48-inch  Pipe,"  was  read. 


OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION. 

September  24th,  1884. — Applications  were  considered.  Action  was  taken 
in  reference  to  the  communications  received  as  to  the  Society  Badge,  and  a 
circular  letter  in  reply  was  directed  to  be  sent.  Under  the  rules,  the  Board 
designated  Messrs.  Lebbeus  B.  Ward,  E.  B.  Van  Winkle  and  Amory  Coffin, 
Members  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  to  act  as  a  Board  of  Censors  to  award  the  Norman 
Medal.  Under  the  rules,  the  Board  appointed  Messrs.  George  S.  Morison  and 
D.  Farrand  Henry  to  be,  with  the  Secretary  of  the  Society,  the  Committee 
to  award  the  Rowland  Prize. 

OcTOBEE  1st,  1884. — Applications  were  considered. 


LIST    OF    MEMBERS. 


ADDITIONS. 


Date  of  Election, 

Beowne,    George  Hamilton  ..  Supt.     and    Chief    Engineer 

Water  Works,  Pittsburgh, 
Pa Sept.  3,  1884, 

Evans,  Louis  Peevost Res.    Engineer,     Works      of 

Cofrode  &  Saylor,  Potts- 
town,  Pa "  " 

FiTZ  Gerald,  Desmond Supt.       Western      Division, 

Boston  Water  Works,  Brook- 
line,  Mass "  " 

Gatler    Carl  Bridge    Engineer,    City   Hall, 

St.  Louis,  Mo "  " 

Jackson,  William Asst.      Engineer,     Improved 

Sewerage,  Boston,  Mass. .. .  "  " 

Malloey,  George  Benjamin 55  Broadway,  New  York  City.  "  " 

Mann,  Geoege  Edward 302Mainst.,  Buffalo,  N.Y....  "  " 

Marshall,  Charles  Alfred.  ...Engineer  of   Tests,    Cambria 

Iron  Co.  (P.  0.  Box  766), 
Johnstown,   Pa Oct.  1,  1884. 

McVean,  John  Jay Chief  Engineer,  Detroit,  Lan- 
sing and  Northern  R.  R., 
Ionia,  Mich Sept.  3,  1884, 

Merriman,  Mansfield (Elected  Junior  May  12,  1875.) 

Lehigh  University,  Bethle- 
hem, Pa "  " 

NouESE,  Edwin  G Chief  Engineer,  Chicago  and 

Evanston    R.    R.,    Ashland 

Block,  Room  8,  Chicago,  111.  "  " 


OCTOBER    PROCEEDINGS.  107 

Roberts,  Evelyn  Piereponte. ..Asst.      Engineer,      Aquednct 

Commission,  Tarrytown, 
N.  Y May  7,  1884. 

Sloan,  Robert  Imlay Chief     Engineer     Manhattan 

Elevated  Ry.,  71  Broadway, 

New  York  City Oct.  1,  1884. 

SoEZANO,  Julio  Fedeeico 35  Broadway,  New  York  City.        Sept.  3,  1884. 

Tayloe,  Edwaed  Ballingeb.  .  ..Supt.  Pittsburgh,  Cincinnati 

and  St.  Louis  By.,  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa "  " 

Van  Sant,  Robert  Laweence.  .  .272   Front  street,    Memphis, 

Tenn 

Weld,  Fkedekick  Floyd City    Engineer,    Waterbury, 

Conn "  " 


associates. 

GuTHEiE,  Edward  Buckingham.. Buffalo,  N.  Y Sept.  3,  1884. 

Howes,  Feank  Heebeet 52  Wall  st.,  New  York  City...  "  " 

Parsons,  George  Wellman.  .  .  .Pennsylvania  Steel  Co.^  Har- 

risburg,  Pa "  " 


Just,  George  Alexander Engineer,   New   Jersey   Steel 

and   Iron   Co.,    17    Burling 

Slip,  New  York  City Sept.  3,  1884. 


changes   and   corrections. 


members. 


Andrews,  John  W Chief  Engineer,  Metropolitan  Construction  Co. 

and  Columbus,  Ft.  Wayne  and  Western  Ry., 
Urbana,  Ohio, 

BixBY,  William  H Capt.  Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  U.  S.  En- 
gineers' Office,  Wilmington,  N.  C. 

Fuller,  Sidney  T 16  Chester  square,  Boston,  Mass. 

GiELOw,  Henry  J U.  S.  Engineers'  Office,  Norfolk,  Va. 

JuDsoN,  John  A 137  West  Third  st.,  Oswego,  N.  Y. 

Le  Baron,  J.  Eras Deputy  U.  S.  and    County  Surveyor,   Bostwick 

Block,  Rooms  8  and  9,  Jacksonville,  Fla. 

Probasco,  Samuel  R 22  Sands  st.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

TiDD,  Maeshall  M 10  Tremont  st.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Whitcomb,  Henry  D Chief    Engineer,    Richmond     and    Alleghany 

B,  R.,  Richmond,  Va, 


108  OCTOBER    PROCEEDINGS. 

WuRTELE,  Arthur  S.  C Bridge   Engineer,  New  York  Central  and  Hud- 
son Eiver  K.  E,.,  7y  Niagara  st.,  Bufifalo,  N.  Y. 

ASSOCIATE. 

Andrews,  Edward  It 225  West  44;tli  st.,  New  York  City. 

JUNIORS. 

Francis,  George  B 8  Stark  st.,  Portland,  Oregon. 

Haskins,  William  J 257  West  126tli  st.,  New  York  City. 

Lederle,  George  a (Care   George   S.    Morison),  35    Wall   st.,  New 

York  City. 
Whistler,   Thos.  D Office  Engineer    of    Construction,    Aqueduct 

Commissioners,  Tarrytown,  N.  Y. 


DEATH. 

Newton,  Isaac Elected   Member,    March  3d,   1880;  died  Sept. 

25th,  1884. 


OCTOBER   TROCEEDINGS.  109 

THE    NORMAN    MEDAL. 


CODE  OF  RULES  FOR  ITS  AWARD. 

I.  —  Competition  for  the  Norman  Medal  of  the  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers  shall  be  resti'icted  to  members  of  the  Society. 

II. — There  shall  be  one  gold  medal,  and  only  one,  struck  for  each 
and  every  fiscal  year  of  the  Society,  and  awarded  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided. The  dies  therefor  shall  be  with  the  Superintendent  of  the 
United  States  Mint  at  Philadelphia,  in  trust  exclusively  for  the  above 
purjiose.  Such  medal  shall  be  of  a  cost  equal  to  the  annual  interest 
received  upon  $1  000  of  the  Consolidated  Stock  of  the  City  of  New 
York,  Certificate  No.  179,  of  the  additional  new  Croton  Aqueduct  Stock 
of  the  City  of  New  York,  authorized  by  an  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  Chap.  230,  passed  April  15th,  1870,  dated  November 
17th,  1873,  now  held  in  trust  by  the  Treasurer  of  this  Society,  and  so 
held  solely  for  this  purpose,  and  shall  be  executed  upon  his  order. 

III. — All  original  papers  presented  to  the  Society  by  members  of  any 
class,  during  the  year  for  which  the  medal  is  awarded,  shall  be  open  to 
the  award,  jsrovided  that  such  papers  shall  not  have  been  previously 
contributed  in  whole  or  in  part  to  any  other  association,  nor  have 
appeared  in  print  prior  to  their  publication  by  the  Society,  nor  have  been 
presented  to  the  Society  in  any  previous  year. 

IV. — The  Board  of  Censors  to  award  the  medal  shall  consist  of  three 
members  of  the  Society,  to  be  designated  by  the  Board  of  Direction. 
The  Secretary  of  the  Society  shall  act  as  Secretary  to  the  Board  of 
Censors. 

V. — The  medal  shall  be  awarded  to  such  paper  as  the  said  Board  shall 
judge  to  be  worthy  of  special  commendation  for  its  merits  as  a  contribu- 
tion to  engineering  science,  not  merely  relatively  as  compared  with 
others  presented  during  the  same  year,  but  as  exhibiting  the  science, 
talent  or  industry  displayed  in  the  consideration  of  the  subject  treated 
of,  and  for  the  good  which  may  be  expected  to  result  from  the  discussion 
and  the  inquiry. 

VI. — In  case  no  paper  presented  during  the  year  shall  be  deemed  of 
sufficient  value  to  receive  an  award,  the  amount  of  the  interest  of  the 
fund  for  that  year  shall  be  expended  by  the  Board  of  Direction  in  the 
purchase  of  books,  to  be  offered  as  a  premium  for  the  second  best  paper 
in  the  next  year  in  which  more  than  one  paj^er  of  sufficient  value  may  be 
presented. 

VII. — The  medal  year  shall  terminate  on  the  first  day  of  August,  and 
the  award  shall  be  announced  at  the  annual  meeting. 

VIII. — The  Treasurer  of  this  Society  shall  cause  the  medal  to  be 
prepared  and  delivered  to,  or  deposited  to  the  order  of,  the  successful 
competitor,  within  two  months  after  the  annual  meeting  at  which  the 
same  shall  have  been  awarded. 


llO  OCTOBER    PROCEEDINGS. 

THE  ROWLAND  PRIZE. 


CODE  OF  RULES  FOR  ITS  AWARD. 

Not  more  than  one  prize  shall  be  awarded  each  year  for  papers  pre- 
sented during  the  year.  The  year  shall  terminate  on  the  first  day  of 
August,  and  the  award  shall  be  announced  at  the  annual  meeting  in 
January. 

The  j)rize  shall  consist  of  fifty  dollars  in  cash. 

The  award  shall  be  made  by  a  committee  consisting  of  the  Secretary 
and  two  members  of  the  Society,  to  be  appointed  by  the  Board  of  Di- 
rection. 

The  prize  shall  be  awarded  to  such  paper  as  the  committee  deem 
most  worthy  of  such  recognition,  the  preference  being  given  to  papers 
describing  in  detail  accomplished  works  of  construction,  their  cost  and 
manner  of  execution,  and  the  errors  in  design  and  execution. 


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^roce:ejdings. 


Vol.    X. — November,    1884. 


MINUTES     OF    MEETINGS. 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


October  15th,  1884. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice  President 
Joseph  P.  Davis  ia  the  chair  ;  John  Bogart,  Secretary. 

A  paper  by  J.  Albert  Monroe,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  "The  Ee-en- 
forcement  of  a  River  Embankment  with  Condemned  Canal  Boats,  on  the 
line  of  the  New  York,  West  Shore  &  Bufl'alo  Railway,"  was  read  by  the 
Secretary  and  discussed  by  Messrs.  Croes,  Cooper,  J.  C.  Campbell,  Chas. 
Paine,  G.  S.  Greene,  Jr.,  Ball  and  R.  L.  Harris. 

A  discussion  on  "  Methods  for  Increasing  the  Efficiency  of  Railways 
for  the  Transportation  of  Freight,"  by  E.  Yardhy,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E., 
was  read  by  the  Secretary. 

A  discussion  on  "  The  Flow  of  Water  in  a  48-inch  Pipe,"  by  R.  Her- 
ing,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  was  read  by  the  Secretary  and  discussed  by 
Messrs.  Hutton  and  Davis. 


113  NOVEMBER    PROCEEDINGS. 

A  paper  by  Desmond  FitzGerald,  M.  Am.  Soc.  0.  E.,  on  "Spongilla 
in  Pipes,"  was  read  by  the  Secretary  and  discussed  by  Messrs,  Croes, 
Dorsey,  Harris  and  Davis. 

NovEMBEK  5th,  1884. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President 
William  H.  Paine  in  the  chair  ;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.  The  following 
candidates  were  elected  as  Members  :  Fred.  Hixon  Baldwin,  Tarrytown, 
New  York  ;  Thomas  Laf on  (elected  Junior,  March  3d,  1875),  Retalhuleu, 
Guatamala  ;  Charles  Armstrong  Scott,  Halifax,  N.  S. ;  as  Junior  :  Julius 
William  Schaub,  Toronto,  Canada. 

The  following  proposed  amendment  to  the  Constitution  was  sub- 
mitted in  writing,  signed  by  Messrs.  William  P.  Shinu,  Chas.  E.  Emery, 
Edward  P.  North,  Wm.  G.  Hamilton  and  H.  D.  Blunden,  Members  of 
the  Society: 

Proposed  Amendment  to  Article  XXII. 
Add  at  end  of  article  as  follows  : 

Any  member  of  the  Society,  not  in  arrears  for  dues,  may  compound 
for  future  annual  dues  by  the  payment  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 

Provided,  however,  that  each  person  duly  elected  a  Member  shall  pay 
the  entrance  fee  and  also  the  annual  dues  for  the  current  year  of  his 
election . 

Provided,  also,  that  any  Member  desiring  to  compound  for  future 
anniial  dues  shall  have  paid  the  annual  dues  for  the  current  year  before 
the  compounding  sum  may  be  available. 

Provided,  also,  that  in  addition  to  the  sum  provided  for  compounding 
dues,  there  shall  be  paid  by  each  compounding  member,  resident  within 
fifty  miles  of  the  post-office  in  the  City  of  New  York,  the  sum  of  ten  dol- 
lars per  year  for  five  years  after  compounding. 

Should  a  resident  member  become  non-resident  at  any  time  during 
the  five  years  after  compounding,  he  shall  be  relieved  from  the  payment 
of  such  annual  sum  during  the  time  of  non-residence. 

Should  a  non-resident  member  become  resident  at  any  time  within 
five  years  after  compounding,  he  shall  be  liable  to  the  annual  payment 
of  ten  dollars  for  each  year  of  residence  up  to  five  years  after  compound- 
ing. 

Members  compounding  shall  sign  an  agreement  that  they  will  be  gov- 
erned by  the  Constitution  and  By-Ijaws  of  the  Society  as  they  are  now 
formed  or  as  they  may  be  hereafter  altered,  amended  or  enlarged  ;  and 
that  in  case  of  their  ceasing  to  be  members  from  any  cause  whatever,  the 
amount  theretofore  paid  by  them  for  compounding,  and  for  entrance 
fees  and  annual  dues,  shall  be  the  property  of  the  Society. 

The  following  proposed  amendment  to  the  By-Laws  was  proposed  in 


NOVEMBEK   PKOCEEDINGS.  113 

Mi-iting  by  Mr.  Theodore  Cooper,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  and  seconded  by 
Mr.  J.  J.  E.  Croes,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.  : 

Amend  Section  19  so  as  to  read  as  follows  : 

(The  Amendment  is  in  italics.) 

Section  19.— A  nomination  or  proposal  shall  be  presented  at  the  next 
regular  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Direction  follovviug  its  receipt;  the  Board 
of  Direction  ahatl  thereupon  send  to  nil  members  of  the  Society  a  notice  that 
such  person  is  a  candidate  for  election.  Not  less  than  thirty  days  thereafter 
the  Board  shall  consider  the  application,  and  if  approved  and  the  ap- 
plicant (if  for  admission  as  IVfember,  Associate  or  Junior)  classed  with 
his  consent,  a  day  shall  be  fixed  for  the  ballot  to  be  canvassed,  which 
shall  be  at  a  regular  meeting  of  the  Society,  not  less  than  twenty-five 
days  thereafter. 

A  paper  by  Alfred  F.  Sears,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  "Commercial 
Cities;  the  Law  of  their  Birth  and  Growth,"  Avas,  in  the  absence  of  the 
writer,  read  by  the  Secretary  and  discussed  by  Messrs.  R.  L.  Harris, 
Bogart,  Griswold,  Cooper  and  G.  S.  Greene,  Jr. 

November  19th,  1884.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President 
Joseph  P.  Davis  in  the  chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.  The  death,  on 
November  10th,  1884,  of  Mr.  G.  Jordan,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  elected 
September  18th,  1872,  was  announced. 

The  following  papers  were  read  and  discussed  :  "Description  of  some 
Experiments  made  on  the  Providence  Water  Works  to  ascertain  the 
Porce  of  Water  Earn  in  Pipes, "  by  E.  B.  Weston,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

"Note  on  Increasing  the  Accuracy  of  a  System  of  Magnetic  Bearings 
of  a  Survey,  applicable  to  a  Closed  Survey  or  Traverse,"  by  O.  H.  Land- 
reth,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

"  Suggestions  as  to  Flattening  Ends  of  Eailway  Curves,"  by  A.  P. 
Man,  Jr.,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 


OF  THE  BOAED  OF  DIEECTION. 

October  29th,  1884.— Applications  were  considered;  financial  busi- 
ness transacted,  A  letter  from  Col.  Julius  W.  Adams,  Past-President 
Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  was  received,  accompanying  the  presentation  of  a  num- 
ber of  valuable  books  on  architecture.  Suitable  acknowledgment  of  this 
addition  to  the  Library  of  the  Society  was  directed,  and  it  was  also  re- 
solved that  the  letter  should,  with  the  permission  of  the  writer,  be  pub- 
lished in  the  Proceedings.     It  will  be  found  below. 

November  12th,  1884. — Applications  were  considered. 

November  19th,  1884. — A  circular  was  prepared  and  ordered  to  be 
i!=sued  in  reference  to  the  amendment  to  the  By-Laws  proposed  at  a  re- 
cent meeting  of  the  Society. 


114  NOVEMBER   PROCEEDINGS. 

Letter  from  Col.  Jiilius  W.  Adams,  Past-President  Am.  Soc.  C.  E., 
accompanying  tlie  presentation  to  the  Society  of  a  number  of  works  on 
architecture.     Printed  at  the  request  of  the  Board  of  Direction : 

New  Yoek,  October  22d,  1884. 
Mr.  John  Bogaet,  Secretary  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.: 

My  Dear  Sir,— As  you  may  remember,  our  Society  was  originally 
incorporated  as  the  American  Society  of  Engineers  and  Architects,  and 
that,  after  much  opposition,  I  was  mainly  instrumental  in  bringing  about 
a  change  of  sentiment  among  the  members,  which  resulted  in  dropping 
the  word  "  architect  "  from  the  title  of  the  Society. 

This  effort  on  my  part  arose  from  no  wish  to  underrate  the  importance 
of,  or,  rather,  I  should  say,  the  needed  qualiflcations  for  the  sister  pro- 
fession of  architecture;  but,  on  the  contrary,  it  arose  from  the  convic- 
tion, in  which  my  studies  had  confirmed  me,  that  the  individual,  mental 
organization  which  was  essential  to  success  in  the  practice  of  architect- 
ure, was  incompatible  with  the  severer  studies  which  were  required  as 
the'basis  for  the  education  of  the  Engineer,  thus  drawing  the  distinction 
between  the  mere  art  of  building  and  architecture,  properly  so  called, 
which  is  a  fine  art,  and  hence  closely  associated  with  the  arts  of  design. 

It  may  be  said,  on  the  other  hand,  that  Michael  Angelo,  DeVinci  and 
others  acquired  world-wide  fame,  both  as  architects  and  engineers. 
The  exceptions  to  be  made  in  their  favor  but  prove  the  rule. 
Michael  Angelo,  as  also  DeVinci  to  a  less  degree,  and  Raphael,  were 
exceptional  men  in  every  sense. 

The  first  was  painter,  poet,  sculptor,  architect  and  engineer,  and 
great  in  each.  Many  of  the  celebrated  painters  of  those  days  were  arch- 
itects because  they  were  painters,  showing  the  intimate  relationship  con- 
sidered as  existing  between  the  two  arts. 

If  some  of  them  exhibited  skill  as  engineers,  it  grew  out  of  the  needs 
of  the  times,  coupled  with  the  all  but  universal  genius  of  the  individuals; 
and  it  is  this  latter  consideration  which  would  seem  to  leave  small  hopes 
for  most  of  us  in  the  endeavor  to  rival  the  success  of  the  old  masters  in 
art. 

While  I  had  these  views  of  the  high  mission  of  the  architect,  I  must 
admit,  of  course,  that  there  are  points  of  agreement  between  the  two 
professions,  so  far  as  the  principles  underlying  the  art  of  building 
merely  (which  alone  is  not  architecture),  is  a  common  factor  in  the  prac- 
tice of  both  professions;  and,  while  an  architect  must  be  something  of 
an  engineer,  the  functions  of  an  engineer  call  for  no  acquaintance  with 
any  branch  of  the  Fine  Arts,  further  than  as  an  accomplishment,  which, 
if  his  individual  tastes  lead  him  in  that  direction,  his  lighter  moments 
may  well  be  passed  in  gathering  some  of  the  principles  of  the  arts  of  de- 
sign, but  entirely  subordinate  to  the  severer  studies  of  his  own  profession. 


NOVEMBER    PROCEEDINGS.  115 

I  px'opose,  by  this  small  contribution  of  architectural  works,  to  fill  a 
shelf  of  your  Library,  as  the  nucleus  for  further  extension  in  this  direc- 
tion, as  the  taste  of  members  may  indicate  as  desirable.  At  a  future  day 
I  may  hope  to  add  something  to  it,  but  for  the  present  content  myself 
with  filling  the  spare  room  in  the  boxes  which  I  send,  by  enclosing 
some  engineering  works  of  no  special  value  now%  beyond  the  interest 
which  attaches  to  records  of  the  early  practice  of  the  proiession,  and 
so,  by  comjjarison,  exhibiting  the  immense  strides  in  the  practice  of  the 
modern  engineer. 

Very  truly  yours, 

JULIUS  W.  ADAMS. 


EMOIRS  OF   DECEASED  MEMBERS 


A.RTHUR  SPIELMANN,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 


Died  November  29th,  1883. 

Arthur  Spielmann  was  born  in  Hoboken,  N.  J.,  in  the  year  1847. 
His  parents,  who  were  natives  of  Germany,  of  distinguished  intelligence 
and  culture,  gave  a  personal  oversight  to  his  early  education.  After 
receiving  careful  tuition  in  the  English  branches  and  the  modern 
languages,  he  acquired  a  theoretical  knowledge  of  his  future  profession 
in  the  School  of  Engineering  of  the  University  of  the  City  of  New 
York,  graduating  in  1867.  While  pursuing  his  studies  at  the  University 
he  also  received  instructions  in  architecture  at  the  Cooper  Union,  and 
acquired  proficiency  in  technical  drawing.  With  a  degree  of  self-depend- 
ence not  always  manifested  he,  immediately  after  graduation,  undertook, 
upon  his  own  account,  the  preparation  of  an  extensive  set  of  maps  of 
his  native  County  of  Hudson  for  the  use  of  insurance  companies.  This 
work  occupied  his  time  for  two  years,  resulted  successfully,  and  brought 
him  into  notice. 

His  professional  labors  fairly  commenced  in  1869,  when  he  associated 
with  himself  a  friend  and  former  classmate  at  the  University,  Mr.  Charles 
B.  Brush,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  and  opened  an  office  at  Hoboken.  This 
connection  only  terminated  with  Mr.  Spielmann's  death  ;  through  it  he 
became  identified  with  all  the  more  important  municipal  and  sanitary 

Note. — Committee  to  prepare  memoir:  Cliarles  B.  Brush,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  and  L.  B. 
Ward,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 


116  NOVEMBER   PROCEEDINGS. 

improvements  that  have  been  undertaken  in  the  northern  part  of 
Hudson  County.  This  territory  is  divided  into  a  number  of  contiguous 
surburban  towns  which  required,  in  addition  to  the  ordinary  local  works 
of  street  and  sewer  construction,  an  arterial  system  of  roads  with 
accessory  works  of  main  drainage,  and  a  general  system  of  water 
supply.  The  successful  execution  of  these  works,  which  depended  not 
only  upon  the  application  of  scientific  knowledge  and  judgment,  but 
also  upon  his  comprehension  of  the  methods  of  administration  adapted 
to  secure  the  highest  practical  results  where,  as  for  the  purposes  of 
drainage,  areas  or  districts  have  to  be  dealt  with  irrespective  of 
municipal  boundaries,  is  sufficient  proof  of  his  capacity. 

As  Mr.  Spielmann's  practice  increased  he  devoted  much  attention  to 
the  execution  of  borings  for  subterranean  water  supply,  and  for 
determining  the  relation  of  eiirth  strata.  He  was  frequently  employed 
in  directing  preliminary  surveys  and  examinations  for  proposed 
works  ;  and  was  indefatigable  in  compiling  maps  of  a  statistical  and 
technical  character,  many  of  which  he  published.  For  a  time  he  was 
connected  with  the  construction  of  the  Hudson  River  Tunnel,  his  firm 
being  the  engineers  in  charge  of  the  work  at  the  commencement  of  the 
excavation  under  the  river  on  the  New  Jersey  side,  and  he  was  engaged, 
at  the  time  of  his  death,  in  conducting  surveys  and  soundings  for  the 
projected  tunnel  under  the  same  river,  opposite  Communipaw. 

Mr.  Spielmann's  life  was  shortened  by  his  devotion  to  his  profession. 
In  the  course  of  his  labors  the  problem  of  the  sewerage  of  Hoboken 
came  up  for  solution.  A  portion  of  that  city  stands  upon  an  embanked 
meadow,  over  a  marsh  of  such  depth  as  to  be  incapable  of  being 
permanently  raised  above  tide  level.  Examples  of  sewerage  works 
under  similar  conditions  are  wanting  in  the  United  States,  but  he 
applied  himself  with  characteristic  energy  to  the  study  of  the  subject, 
and  to  tlie  task  of  procuring  the  adoption  of  his  plans  by  the  local 
authorities.  Before  he  had  succeeded  in  this  he  was  prostrated  by  a 
cerebral  attack  which  for  a  time  incapacitated  him  for  work,  and 
permanently  undermined  his  strength.  During  an  enforced  vacation  he 
spent  a  year  in  Europe,  where  he  continued  his  special  studies  in 
drainage.  Having  a  familiar  knowledge  of  the  principal  modern 
languages,  he  visited  and  conferred  personally  with  the  ablest  engineers 
in  France,  Germany  and  England  ;  he  also  used  the  opportunity  to 
inspect  the  methods  of  low-level  drainage  in  use  in  Holland,  and 
acquired  a  large  fund  of  information  on  this  topic.  Although  his  health 
appeared  much  benefited  by  this  journey,  so  that  he  was  able  to  resume 
his  work,  he  lived  but  a  few  months  after  his  return.  He  died  in  this 
city,  of  pneumonia,  November  29th,  1883. 

Mr.  Spielmann,  while  a  man  of  active  temperament  and  determined 
to  achieve  results,  had  a  courteous  manner,  which,  added  to  many  per- 
sonal accomplishments,  made  him  at  all  times  an  agreeable  companion, 


NOVEMBER   PKOCEEDINGS.  117 

and  procured  bim  many  warm  and  enduring  friendships.  He  was  one 
of  a  numerous  family,  to  the  members  of  which  he  was  warmly  attached, 
and  he  remained  unmarried. 

It  should  be  mentioned  in  connection  with  Mr.  Spielman's  pro- 
fessional career  that  from  1874,  in  addition  to  his  numerous  practical 
duties,  he  filled  the  chair  of  Adjunct-Professor  of  Civil  Engineering  in 
the  University  of  the  City  of  New  Yoi-k. 

Mr.  Spielmann  entered  the  Society  as  an  Associate,  March  5th,  1873, 
and  was  elected  a  Member,  September  5th,  1877. 


LIST     OF    MEMBEKS. 


ADDITIONS. 


Date  of  Election. 

Abbot,  Fkedeeic  Vaughan 1st  Lieut.   Corps  Engineers, 

U.  S.  A.,  Fernandina,  Fla.  Dec.  3,  1884. 

Baldwin,  Fred.  Hixon Ass't     Engineer,      Aqueduct 

Commissioners,     Box     N, 

Tarrytown,  H.  Y Nov.  5,  1884. 

BoYNTON,  George  Herbert Assistant  Engineer,  Chicago, 

Eock    Island    and    Pacific 

Ey.,  Davenport,  Iowa Sept.  ?,  1884. 

Burpee,  Moses Chief  Engineer,  New  Bn;ns- 

wick    Ey.,   Gibson,  N.  B., 

Canada "  " 

Craven,  JIenry  Smith Civil  Engineer,  U.  S.  N.,  En- 
gineer of  Construction, 
Aqueduct  Commissioners, 
Tarrytown,  N.  Y Dec.  3,  1884. 

Hawks,  James  Dudley Chief    Engineer,     Michigan 

Central  Ey.,  Detroit,  Mich. 

HoDGDON,  Frank  Wellington.  .Assistant    Engineer,    Harbor 

and  Land  Commissioners, 
65  Bowdoin  street,  Boston, 
Mass 

KuiCHLiNG,  Emil Principal  Assistant  Engineer, 

Water    Works,    Eochester, 

N.  Y Sept.  3,  1884. 

Landreth,  Olin  Henry Yanderbilt  University,  Nash- 
ville, Tenn "  " 

Merseeeau,  Charles  Yernon.  ..U.  S.  Engineers' Office,  Cus- 
tom House,  St.  Louis,  Mo.         Dec.  3,  1884. 

Scott,  Charles  Armstrong.  ..  .General  Manager,  Nova  Sco- 
tia Government  Eys.,  Que- 
bec, Canada . . . . : Nov.  5,  1884. 


118  NOVEMBER    PROCEEDINGS. 

Smith,   Obeelin Bridgeton,  N.  J Sept.  3,  1884. 

SosA,  Pedko  Jose Chief  of  Hydrographical,  To- 
pographical and  Locating 
Departments,  Panama  Ca- 
nal, Panama,  U.  S.  Colom- 
bia         Dec.  3,  1884. 

Ttjbbs,  Joseph  Nelson Chief  Engineer,  Water  Works, 

Kochester,  N.  Y Sept.  3,  1884. 

WooDBUET,  Chaeles  Jeptha  Hill,  31  Milk  street,  Boston,  Mass.         Dec.  3,  1884. 


Chapin,  Loomis  Eaton First  Assistant  Citj' Engineer, 

Toledo,  Ohio Dec.  3,  1884. 


changes   and   coeeegtions, 


membees. 


Bates,  Onwaed Gilfillan  Block,  Room  46,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Beainaed,  Heney  a (Care    Santa   Clara   Valley),    San  Jose,  Santa 

Clara  Co.,  Cal. 

Buens,  Edwaed  C 34  Congress  street,  West,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Cornell,  Olivee  H.  P 49  Downing  street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.     • 

CoETHELL,  E.  L Chief  Engineer,   Tehuan tepee    Ship   Ry.,   34 

Nassau  street,  New  York  City. 

Cunningham,  David  W 308  Garrard  street,  Covington,  Ky. 

Eads,  James   B 34  Nassau  street.  New  York  Citj'. 

Flint,  Edwaed  A (Care  Edward  P.  Gore),  1926  Indiana  avenue, 

Chicago,  111. 

Feaziee,  James  L Superintendent  Chesapeake,  Ohio  and  South- 
western R.Il.,258  W.Main  st.,  Louisville,  Ky. 

Geiswold,  Feank  L 44  Balcarce,  Buenos  Ayres,  Argentine  Re- 
public. 

Johnson,  Thomas  H Principal  Assistant  Engineer,  Pittsburgh,  Cin- 
cinnati and  St.  Louis  Ry.,  Columbus,  Ohio. 

JuDsoN,  John  A 71  Washington  street,  Room  6,  Chicago,  111. 

Katte,   Waltee Chief  Engineer,  New  York,  West  Shore  and 

Buffalo  Ry.  (Forty-second  Ferry,  North 
River),  New  York  City. 

LowEiH,  Chaeles  F 560  Drake  Block,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Man,  Albon  P.,  Je Purchasing  Agent,  St.  Louis  and  San  Fran- 
cisco R.  R.,  Temple  Building,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 


NOVEMBER    PROCEEDINGS.  IID 

Masten,  C.  S Moberly,  Mo. 

MoEss,  Foster Red  Falls,  Greene  Co.,  N.  Y. 

Neilson,  Charles Assistant    to     President,     Laflin    and    Rand 

Powder  Co.,  29  Murray  St.,  New  York  City. 

O'Rourke,    John  F 162  East  One  Hundred  and  Fifth  street,  New 

York  City. 

Osgood,  Joseph  O Milton,  Mass. 

Paine,   Charles 74  "West  Thirty-fifth  street.  New  York  City, 

Pratt,  William  A Division  Engineer,  West  Virginia  and  Penn- 
sylvania R.  R.,  Clarksburg,  W.  Va. 

Rotch,  William 8  Exchange  Place,  Boston,  Mass. 

Seybiour,  Charles Chief  Engineer,  Indiana  and  Illinois  Southern 

R.  R.,  Palestine,  111. 

Simpson,  George  H ...(Care  W.  D.  Shields,  Car  Accountant,  Alle- 
gheny Valley  R.  R.),  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Smith,  W.  Harrison Assistant  Engineer,  Northern  Central  R.  R., 

Box  280,  Newark,  N.  Y. 

Strong,  Charles  H 1357  Wilson  avenue,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Walker,  William  W President,  St.   Louis,  Hannibal   and   Keokuk 

R.  R.,  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa. 

Watkins,  Frederick  W.  . .  . Assistant  Engineer  of  Construction,  Aqueduct 

Commissioners,  118  East  One  Hundred  and 
Fifteenth  street.  New  York  City. 

Wheeler,  E.  S  Superintendent,  St.  Mary's  Falls  Canal,  De- 
troit, Mich. 


associate. 

Hendrie,  John  S Contractor,  Northern  and  Pacific  Junction  Ry. 

Bracebridge,  Muskoka,  Ontario,  Canada. 


Cornell,  George  B Chief  Engineer,  Brooklyn  Elevated  R.  R.,  31 

Fulton  street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Gay,  Martin 60  West  Thirty-eighth  street,  New  York  City. 

Haviland,  Arthur 594  East  One  Hundred  and  Forty-fourth  street, 

New  York  City. 

NoYES,  Ellis  B 42  Fort  Green  Place,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Parsons,  W.  Barclay Elmira,  N.  Y. 

Whitlock,  Frank  W City   Engineer's   Office,    Post   Office  Box  715, 

Waterbury,  Conn. 


120  NOVEMBEK    PROCEEDINGS. 

DEATHS. 

Allaire,  William  M Elected  Junior,  March  2d,  1881  ;  died  Decem- 
ber 14fch,  1884. 

Jordan,  Gabkiel. Elected  Member,  September  18tb,  1872  ;  died 

November  10th,  1884. 

Sheeve,  Samuel  H Elected  Member,  May  19th,  1869;  died  No- 
vember 27th,  1884. 

Wells,  Daniel  L Elected  Fellow,  June  13th,  1883;  died  No- 
vember 24th,  1884. 


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Vol.  X. — December,    1884. 


MINUTES     OF    MEETINGS. 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


December  3,  1884. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President  Wil- 
liam H.  Paine  in  the  chair;  John  Bogavt,  Secretary.  The  following 
candidates  were  elected  as  Members:  Frederic  Vaughan  Abbot,  Fernan- 
dina,  Fla. ;  Henry  Smith  Craven,  Tarrytown,  N.  Y. ;  James  Dudley 
Hawks,  Detroit,  Mich. ;  John  Thomas  Henthorn,  Providence,  R,  I. ; 
Frank  Wellington  Hodgdon,  Boston,  Mass. ;  Charles  Vernon  Mersereau, 
St.  Louis,  Mo. ;  Albert  Franklin  Noyes,  West  Newton,  Mass. ;  Pedro  J. 
Sosa,  Panama,  U.  S.  of  Colombia;  Charles  Jeptha  Hill  Woodbury,  Bos- 
ton, Mass.  As  Juniors:  Loomis  Eaton  Chapin,  Toledo,  Ohio;  Harold 
Edward  de  Eaasloflf,  New  Tacoma,  Washington  Territory;  Eoger  Tappan, 
Haverhill,  Mass. 

Announcement  was  made  of  the  deaths  of  Daniel  L.  Wells,  F.  Am. 
Soc.  C.  E.,  on  November  24th,  1884,  and  of  Samuel  H.  Shreve,  M.  Am. 
Soc.  C.  E.,  on  November  27th,  1884. 

A  communication  from  the  Civil  Service  Commission  of  the  State  of 
New  York  was  presented,  requesting  a  conference  in  reference  to  stand- 
ards of  qualification  for  the  several  grades  of  engineers  and  their  sub- 
ordinates employed  by  the  State.  The  communication  was  referred  to 
the  Board  of  Direction,  with  power  to  act. 

A  collection  of  samples  of  building  materials  used  in  ancient  Eome, 
presented  to  the  Society  by  Sig.  Felice  Cicconetti,  a  distinguished  archi- 
tect of  Rome,  was  exhibited. 


122  DECEMBER    PROCEEDINGS. 

A  paper  by  A.  M.  Wellington,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  upon  Experiments 
with  New  Apparatus  on  Journal  Friction  at  Low  Velocities,  was  dis- 
cussed by  Messrs.  F.  Collingwood,  Theodore  Cooper,  Charles  E.  Emery, 
William  H.  Paine  and  A.  M.  Wellington,  and  by  letter  by  Messrs.  W.  S. 
Auchincloss,  John  W.  Cloud,  Wilson  Crosby,  Charles  Paine,  E.  H. 
Thurston,  Beauchamp  Tower,  H.  B.  Towne,  D.  J.  Whittemore,  and  F. 
M.  Wilder. 

December  17,  1884. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Mr.  F.  Collingwood 
in  the  chair  ;  John  Bogart,  Secretary. 

Announcement  was  made  of  the  death  on  December  14,  1884,  of  Wil- 
liam M.  Allaire,  Jun.,  Am.  Soc.  (J.  E.,  elected  as  such,  March  2,  1881. 

A  paper  was  read  on  Mexican  Bridge  Construction  by  J.  F.  Flagg, 
M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  and  discussed  by  Messrs.  T.  C.  Clarke,  Theodore 
Cooper,  E.  L.  Harris,  E.  P.  North,  A.  F.  Sears  and  A.  M.  Wellington. 

A  paper  on  Excavation  and  Embankment  by  Water  Power,  by  E.  B. 
Dorsey,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  was  read,  and  discussed  by  Messrs.  F.  Col- 
lingwood, C.  E.  Emery,  E.  L.  Harris,  E.  P.  North  and  D.  McN.  Stauflfer. 

OF  THE  BOAED  OF  DIEECTION. 

December  3,  1884. — Applications  were  considered.  The  Committee 
appointed  in  accordance  with  the  resolution  of  the  Society  of  September 
3d,  to  present  for  discussion  at  the  Annual  Meeting  in  January  next,  reg- 
ulations regarding  the  reading  and  discussion  of  papers  at  the  Annual 
Convention,  presented  through  Mr.  E.  P.  North,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E., 
Chairman  of  the  Committee,  suggestions  for  such  regiilations.  These 
suggestions,  after  discussion  and  amendment,  were  approved  by  the 
Board  of  Direction  and  ordered  to  be  issued  to  the  members  of  the 
Society.     They  are  as  follows  : 

In  view  of  the  fact  that  a  number  of  members  of  the  Society  have 
expressed  the  opinion  that  our  Conventions  have  not  been  giving  satis- 
factory results,  and  particularly  that  the  number  of  days  to  which  they 
are  necessarily  limited  does  not  give  siifficient  time  for  all  that  has  been 
attempted;  and  in  view  also  of  the  fact  that  the  Board  has  been  particu- 
larly requested  to  consider  whether  some  modifications  might  not  be 
properly  made  in  the  conduct  of  the  Conventions,  the  following  consid- 
erations are  presented  by  the  Boai'd  to  our  members. 

These  considerations  are  in  harmony  with  a  report  prepared  by  a 
committee  of  members  of  the  Society  appointed  to  consider  the  subject. 

It  has  been  evident  to  those  who  have  attended  the  Conventions  of 
the  last  few  years  that  some  modification  should  be  made,  if  the  best 
results,  which  are  believed  to  be  jDracticable,  are  to  be  hereafter  secured. 

Some  of  the  undesirable  features  are  : 

(1.)  The  entirely  too  limited  time  given  to  the  presentation  and  dis- 
cussion of  professional  jjapers. 


DECEMBER   PROCEEDINGS.  123 

(2. )  The  entirely  too  large  amount  of  time  taken  up  in  local  excur- 
sions and  visits  by  the  whole  body  of  the  Convention  to  points  and 
objects  which  are  not  really  of  general  interest. 

(3.)  The  feeling  of  obligation  which  arises  from  the  fact  that  mem- 
bers, resident  at  the  place  of  the  Convention,  have  raised  large  sums  of 
money  through  contributions  from  themselves,  and  from  other  persons 
generally  interested  in  engineering,  or  desiring  that  the  Society  should 
enjoy  its  visit;  and,  in  this  connection,  the  feeling  that  the  money  must 
be  spent  in  providing  the  excursions  alluded  to,  and  in  furnishing  enter- 
tainments which  are  of  a  more  elaborate  character  than  is  requisite  for 
the  entire  enjoyment  of  the  members  and  visitors. 

All  of  these  considerations  are  interdejDendent;  they  have  arisen 
from  no  special  fault  on  the  part  of  any  who  have  been  active  in  promot- 
ing past  Conventions;  but  the  feeling  that  a  change  ought  to  be  made 
certainly  exists,  and  certainly  should  be  considered. 

It  is  suggested  that  an  en'irely  new  method  of  holding  our  Conven- 
tions may  be  tried  with  sufficient  promise  of  success  to  warrant  the 
exjDeriment,  and  this  new  method,  in  general  terms,  may  be: 

To  hold  a  Convention  not  at  any  large  city,  nor  upon  the  invitation 
of  local  members;  but  to  secure,  if  possible,  a  place  where  all  can  be 
accommodated  in  a  proper  way,  and  where  the  Convention  can  be 
arranged  and  managed  entirely  with  reference  to  the  best  assurance  of 
carrying  out  the  objects  which  make  it  desirable  that  Conventions 
should  be  held.     It  is  suggested  that  these  objects  are  : 

(a.)  The  presentation,  consideration  and  undisturbed  discussion  of 
professional  subjects. 

(b.)  The  opportunity  for  free  intercourse  between  members  of  the 
Society  gathering  at  our  Conventions  from  all  parts  of  the  United 
States,  and,  in  fact,  of  the  world. 

(c  )  Such  opportunities  for  social  recreation  as  may  not  interfere  with, 
but  rather  aid  the  oiher    wo  obje  ts  mentioned  above. 

It  is  suggested  that  the  Convention  can  be  held  at  some  large  hotel, 
preferably  not  in  a  city.  Those  who  where  present  at  the  St.  Paul  and 
Minneapolis  Convention  of  last  year  will  remember  the  Hotel  Lafayette, 
at  Lake  Minnetonka.  There  are  other  hotels  in  other  parts  of  the  coun- 
try fully  as  large,  and  located,  many  of  them,  in  delightful  situations. 
Doubtless,  a  committee  of  the  Board  of  Direction  can  find  such  a  loca- 
tion and  can  secure  ample  accommodations  on  reasonable  terms,  where 
all  the  requisites  for  comfortable  meetings  can  be  had,  where  the  oppor- 
tunity will  be  afforded  for  pleasant  intercourse,  and  where  no  calls  will 
be  made  upon  the  members  which  will  interfere  either  with  the  profes- 
sional or  social  enjoyment  of  the  occasion. 

Some  of  our  members  who  have  discussed  this  subject  have  already 
made  inquiries  and  have  found  several  such  places.  With  proper  ar- 
rangements, the  meetings  of  the  Society  during  the  Convention,  held  in 


124  DECEMBER   PROCEEDINGS. 

such  a  hotel,  would  give  ample  time  for  entirely  free  and  uninterrupted 
discussion.  The  classification  of  papers  and  subjects,  as  suggested  in  a 
circular  accompanying  this,  could  be  made  to  add  largely  to  the  interest 
of  discussions.  The  hours  not  devoted  to  meetings  would  give  excellent 
opportunities  for  the  more  intimate  acquaintance  of  our  members  with 
each  other.  Every  provision  could  be  made  for  the  comfort  of  the  mem- 
bers and  their  families  without  interfering  with  the  other  objects  of  the 
Convention. 

It  is  suggested  that  the  experiment  be  tried,  and  that  the  Board  of 
Direction  be  authorized  to  secure  such  provisions  for  the  next  Conven- 
tion as  have  been  outlined  above. 

The  Board  asks  for  this  subject  the  earnest  consideration  which  its  great 
importance  to  the  welfare  of  the  Society  demands. 

A  blank  form  for  the  return  of  the  views  of  members  is  sent  herewith, 
and  it  is  particularly  requested  that  these  be  filled  out  and  forwarded  to 
the  Secretary.  The  replies  will  be  reported  to  the  Annual  Meeting, 
when  the  subject  will  be  considered. 


Peoposed  Eegulations  as  to  the  Pkesentation,  Beading  and  Discus- 
sion OF  Papebs  at  Conventions. 

Members  of  the  Society  to  be  informed  that  papers  submitted  for 
reading  at  any  Annual  Convention  should  be  in  the  hands  of  the  Secre- 
tary at  least  40  days  before  the  date  of  such  Convention. 

Members  also  to  be  informed  that  papers  which  are  not  received  in 
time  to  conform  to  this  rule  can  only  take  the  chance  of  being  presented 
to  the  Convention  after  the  reading  and  discussion  of  the  papers  which 
have  been  so  submitted. 

When  pajiers  are  received  in  accordance  with  this  regulation,  and 
have  been  accepted  by  the  Committee  for  presentation,  the  Secretary  to 
have  concise  abstracts  made  of  each  paper,  and  to  mail  these  abstracts 
to  each  member  of  the  Society,  with  a  request  that  discussion  be 
prepared,  and  also  that  each  member  who  is  willing  and  desirous  to 
take  part  in  the  discussion  shall  so  inform  the  Secretary.  More  detailed 
information  as  to  a  particular  jiaper  may  be  furnished  to  members 
desiring  to  discuss  it. 

In  preparing  the  programme  for  the  Convention,  the  papers  to  be 
classified,  so  that  as  far  as  practicable  definite  classes  of  subjects  may 
be  considered  at  the  same  time,  and  notices  of  this  classification,  and  of 
the  times  when  particular  subjects  are  to  be  considered,  to  be  prepared 
and  posted.  The  discussions  upon  particular  subjects  and  jDapers  to  be 
opened  by  members,  in  an  order  to  be  designated  by  the  Chairman  of 
the  Convention,  and  afterwards  the  discussion  to  be  general. 

A  committee,  to  be  appointed  by  the  Board,  of  members  who  are  to 
be  present  at  the  Convention,  which  committee  will  aid  the  Secretary 


DECEMBER   PROCEEDIBrGS.  125 

in  arrangements  for  the  presentation  and  discussion  of  papers,  and  in 
perfecting  other  requisite  details  for  the  Convention. 


The  Presiding  Officer  was  authorized  to  appoint  a  Committee  of 
Arrangements  for  the  approaching  Annual  Meeting.  The  Committee 
appointed  is  as  follows :  F.  Collingwood,  D.  McN.  Stauflfer,  and  John 
Bogart. 

A  communication  from  the  President  of  the  New  York  State  Civil 
Service  Commission  was  read  and  directed  to  be  presented  at  the  next 
meeting  of  the  Society. 

A  circular  letter  was  ordered  to  be  sent  to  members  more  than  one 
year  in  arrears  for  dues,  and  to  whom  the  form  directed  in  the  Constitu- 
tion had  been  sent  July  1,  1884. 

Decembeb  10,  1884:. — Applications  were  considered  ;  financial  busi- 
ness transacted. 


LIST    OF    MEMBERS. 


ADDITIONS 
JUNIORS. 


Date  of  Election. 
ScHAUB,  Julius  William.  .  (Care  ofC.  Shaler  Smith),  Bridge 

Entrance,  St.  Louis,  Mo November  5,  188-4 

Tappan,  Roger Room    28,    Academy    of   Music, 

Haverhill,  Mass December  3,    1884 


RESIGNATIONS. 
MEMBERS. 


Clarke,  Frederick  W December  31,  1884 

Gould,  James  P "  "     '« 

James,  Samuel  L "  "     " 

Spencer,  Thomas  W "  "     " 

Weie,  Charles  G "  "     " 

associate. 
Hardy,  Arthur  S December  31,  1884 


PROCEEDINGS 


American  Society 


Civil  Engineers, 


(INSTITUTED    1852.) 


VOL.  XL 

JANUARY    TO    DECEMBER,    1885. 


NEW    YORK: 

PUBLISHED    BY    THE    SOCIETY. 
1885. 


Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  by  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineees,  in 
the  Ofl&ce  of  the  Librarian  of  Congress  at  Washington. 


Note,— This  Society  is  not  responsible,  as  a  body,  for  the  facts  and  opinions  advanced  in 
any  of  its  publications. 


IN  DEX. 


ABBOTT. 

Abbott,  A.  V. — On  Committee,  142. 

Abt's  System  of  Eailways  for  Steep 
Inclines,  by  Walton  W.  Evans, 
121. 

Additions  to  Library  and  Museum. 
(See  Library.) 

—  to  List  of  Members.     (See  List.) 

Address  of  Members. — Changes  of. 
I  See  List.) 

Aeration  of  Water,  by  Chaeles  B. 
Brush,  86. 

Allen,  Horatio. — Address  by,  29. 

Amendment  to  By-Laws  providing  for 
Issue  of  Preliminary  Notices  of 
Applications  for  Membership, 
adopted,  1,  41 ;  Amendment  sub- 
stituting in  Section  24,  Clause  5, 
the  word  "December"  for  "No- 
vember," proposed,  121. 

Amendment  to  Constitution  as  to 
Compounding  for  Annual  Dues, 
3,  4,  40,  57. 

Andrew,  David  Herbert. — Admitted 
as  Member,  105,  118. 

Annual  Address  by  President  Fred- 
eric Graff,  85. 

Annual  Convention.  (See  Conven- 
tion.) 

Annual  Meeting,  2.     (See  Minutes.) 

Appleton,  Ellery  Cushing. -Admitted 
as  Member,  91. 

Archibald,  Peter  Sather. — Admitted 
as  Member,  1,  52. 

AuLLS,  Herbert  Leander. — Admitted 
as  Member,  99,  118. 

Avery,  John. — Memoir  of,  117. 

Babcock,  Henry  Nash. — Admitted  as 
Member,  52. 

Badge,  41. 

Ballots  for  Members,  1,  65,  81,  91,  99, 
105,  106,  121,  141. 

Barnard,  JohnF. — On  Committee,  65, 
92. 

Barnes,  William  Henry. — Admitted 
as  Associate,  105,  118. 

Becker,  M.  J. — On  Nominating  Com- 
mittee, 86. 

Bensel,  John  Anderson. — Admitted 
as  Junior,  105,  118. 

Bishop,  George  H. — Acts  as  Teller,  2. 


BISHOP. 

Bishop,  Thomas  Sparks. — Admitted  as 
Member,  105,  118. 

Board  of  Direction,  Annual  Report 
of,  2,  33. 

Bogart,  John. — Elected  Secretary  and 
Librarian,  5;  On  Committee  to 
award  Rowland  Prize,  3;  Secre- 
tary of  Convention,  84. 

Booker,  Bernard  Frank. — Admitted 
as  Junior,  106,  139. 

Booth,  William  Ferris. — Admitted  as 
Junior,  1,  52. 

BouscAREN,  G. — Censor  to  award  Nor- 
man Medal,  106,  108. 

Bradley,  William  H.  —  On  Com- 
mittee, 107. 

Brakes.  Power  Brakes  for  Freight 
Engines  and  Cars,  by  William  P. 
Shinn,  87. 

Brereton,  Thomas  John. — Admitted 
as  Junior,  106,  139. 

Bridge,  the  Cantilever,  at  Niagara 
Falls,  by  Charles  C.  Schneider, 
59,  82,  85. 

Bridges.  Specifications  for  Strength  of 
Iron  Bridges,  by  Joseph  M.  Wil- 
son, 85. 

—  Vibration  of,  by  S.  W.  Robinson,  87. 

—  Weights  of  Iron  and  Steel  Railway 

Bridges,  by  George  H.  Pegeam, 
82,  87,  141. 

—  Wind  Strains  in,  141. 

Brush,  Charles  B. — Paper  by,  86. 

Bryson,  Andrew. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 65,  80. 

Building  Fund,  38,  48,  103,  120. 

Bullock,  W.  D.-  Paper  by,  86. 

Butler,  Matthew  Joseph. — Admitted 
as  Member,  65,  80. 

Buxton,  Clifford — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 81,  99. 

By-Laws.  Amendment  adopted  pro- 
viding for  Issue  of  Preliminary 
Notice  of  Applications  for  Mem- 
bership, 1,  41;  Amendment  pro- 
posed to  Section  24,  Clause  5,  121. 

Campbell,  John  C. — Presides  at  Meet- 
ing, 91. 

Camp,  Frederick  Armand. — Admitted 
as  Member,  64. 


IV 


CANALS. 

Canals  and  Railways,  Ship  Canals  and 

Ship  Eailways,  by  E.  L.Cokthell, 

141. 
Cantilever  Bridge  at  Niagara  Falls,  by 

C.  C.  Schneider,  59,  82,  85. 
CAEKiiRE,  Joseph  Maxwell. — Admitted 

as  Junior,  106,  139. 
Casey,   Thomas    L. -On    Committee, 

142. 
Cement-Mortars,  by  F.  Collingwood, 

121. 

—  Record  of  Tests  at  Boston,  by  El- 

iot C.  Clarke,  81,  91. 
-^  Compression  of,  21,  56,  92,  141. 

—  Uniform  System  for  Tests  of,  20, 

40,  55,  59,  82,  91,  98. 

Chanute,  Octave. — Elected  Director, 
5;  On  Finance  Committee,  32; 
On  Committee,  107. 

Christie,  James.  —  IJorman  Medal 
awarded  to,  2. 

Civil  Engineers  on  Government 
Works,  107,  108. 

Clarke,  Eliot  C.— Paper  by,  81,  91. 

Clarke,  Thomas  C. — On  Committee, 
.58. 

Coffin,  Amort. — Censor  to  award  Nor- 
man Medal,  2. 

Cohen,  Mendes. — Chairman  of  Con- 
vention, 83;  Address  by,  83;  On 
Committee  to  award  Rowland 
Prize,  106,  108. 

Collingwood,  F. — Paper  by,  85,  121; 
On  Committee,  141. 

Columns,  Strength  of,  by  Thomas  H. 
Johnson,  87. 

Committee  on  Changes  in  Organiza- 
tion, 94,  106. 

—  on  Compression   of  Cements   and 

Settlement   of  Masonry,    21,    56, 
92,  142. 

—  on  Finance.  2,  32,  49. 

—  on  Librar3%32. 

—  on  Nominations,  86. 

—  on  Preservation  of  Timber,  40,  84, 

91. 

—  on  Proposed  Joint  Library,  21,  58. 

—  on  Relation  to  each  other  of  Sec- 

tions   of    Railway    Wheels    and 
Rails,  93,  106,  108. 

—  on  Uniform  Standard  Time,  13,  39. 

—  on  Uniform  System  for  Tests  of  Ce- 

ment, 20,  40,  55,  59,  82,  91,  98. 

—  To    attend    Time    Convention    of 

Railways,  18,  65,  92. 
Constitution.    Amendment  as  to  Com- 
pounding Annual  Dues,  3,  4,  40, 
57. 


CONVENTION. 

Convention,  Annual,  11,   34,   81,   82, 

83.  (See  Minutes  of.)  General 
Suggestions  in  Reference  to,  9, 
34.  Regulation  of  Papers  at,  11, 
36. 

Conventional  Signs  on  Topographical 
Maps,  bj'  J.  A.  Ockerson,  86. 

Cooley,  George  W. — Admitted  as 
Member,  105,  118. 

Cooper,  Theodore. — Elected  as  Di- 
rector, 5;  On  Committee,  4;  On 
Library  Committee,  32;  Report 
by,  59. 

Copenhagen,  The  Harbor  of,  by  H.  C. 

V.  MOLLER,  2. 

CoRTHELL,  E.  L. — Paper  by,  141. 
Craighill,  William  Price. — Admitted 

as  Member,  105,  118. 
Croes,  J.   James  R. — Annual  Report 

by,  2,  46;   Elected  Treasurer,  5; 

On  Library   Committee,   32;    On 

Committee,  107. 

Davis,  John  Woodbeidge. — Admitted 
as  Associate,  91,  100. 

Davis,  Joseph  P. — Presides  at  Meet- 
ing, 82. 

Dawley,  Edwin  Peleg. — Admitted  as 
Member,  65,  80. 

Dorsey,    Edward  Bates. — Paper  by, 

84,  105,  108. 

Dues,  Compounding  for  Annual,  3,  4, 
40,  57. 

DuRANT,  Thomas  C. — Death  announc- 
ed, 106,  120, 

Earnshaw,  Henry. — Resignation  of, 
102. 

Eayrs,  Norman  Wilder. — Admitted  as 
Member,  91,  99. 

Egleston,  Thomas. — Paper  by,  84. 

English  and  American  Railroads  com- 
pared, by  Edward  B.  Dorsey,  84. 

Enlargement  of  the  Artificial  Water- 
way between  the  Lakes  and  the 
Hudson  River,  by  E.  Sweet,  55, 
86. 

Evans,  Walton  W. — Paper  by,  121. 

Fellowship  Fund,  39,  48. 

Ferrer,  Carlos  Ferrer. — Admitted  as 

Junior,  105,  118. 
Field,  Burr  Kellogg. — Admitted  as 

Member,  64. 
Finance  Committee,  Report  of,  2,  49. 
Fink,      Rudolph.  —  On     Nominating 

Committee,  86. 


FLAD. 


HENNING. 


Flad,  Edward. — Admitted  as  Junior, 

1,  64. 
Fleming,  Sandfokd.  — Report  by,  13. 
Forests,  Preservation  of,  by  F.  Col- 

lingwood,  85. 
Forney,  M.  N. — On  Committee,  58. 
FouQUET,   John   Douglas. — Admitted 

as  Member,  91,  100. 
Francis,   James  B. — Presents   set  of 

Annales  des  Ponts  et  Chaussees,  2. 
Fuller,  William  Barnard. — Admitted 

as  Junior,  91,  100. 
Fund,  Building,  38,  48,  103,  120. 

—  Fellowship,  39,  48. 

—  General,  49. 

—  Norman  Medal,  48. 

—  Rowland  Prize,  48. 

■Gelette,  William  Durfee. — Admitted 
as  Member,  65,  80. 

Gladding,  Henry  Holbrook. — Admit- 
ted as  Junior,  99,  101. 

Goad,  Charles  E.— Acts  as  Teller,  2. 

Goodwin,  H.  Stanley. — On  Commit- 
tee, 65,  92. 

GoREiNGE,  Henry  H. — Death  announc- 
ed, 102,  ]05. 

Gould,  Edward  Sherman. — Admitted 
as  Member,  121,  139. 

Graff,  Frederic. — Elected  President, 
5;  Address  by,  6;  Annual  Address 
by,  85;  Presides  at  Meetings,  55, 
65,  91,  105,  141. 

Green,  Benjamin  Dwight. — Admitted 
as  Member,  121. 

Greene,  Francis  Vinton. — Admitted 
as  Member,  91,  100;  Paper  by, 
142. 

Greene,  George  S.,  Jr. — ^Elected  Vice- 
President,  5;  On  Finance  Com- 
mittee, 32 ;  Presides  at  Meetings, 
55,  57,  59,  65,  81,  83,  105,  121,  141, 
142;  Report  by,  49. 

Guard  Gates  at  Point  Street  Bridge, 
Providence,  R.I.,  by  W.  D.  Bull- 
ock, 86. 

Gulf  of  Mexico,  Model  of  Basin  of,  81, 

Guns,  Can  we  make  Heavy  Guns,  by 
0.  E.  Michaelis,  86. 

Haddock,  Area  Read. — Death  an- 
nounced, 58,  80. 

Haeison,  Richard  Morley. — Admitted 
as  Member,  81,  103. 

Harrison,  Edlow  Wingate. — Admit- 
ted as  Member,  91,  118. 

Heald,  Simpson  Clark. — Admitted  as 
Member,  121,  151. 


Henning,  Charles  Sumner. — Admit- 
ted as  Member,  1,  64. 

Henry,  D.  Farrand. — On  Committee 
to  Award  Rowland  Prize,  3. 

Henthorn,  John  Thomas. — Admitted 
as  Member,  80. 

Herschel,  Clemens. — Paper  by,86,  91. 

HiLBERT,  Heliodoee  John. — Admitted 
as  Member,  65,  80. 

Hinckley,  John  Franklin.  —Admitted 
as  Member,  81,  100. 

HoAG,  Sidney  Willett,  Jr. — Admitted 
as  Member,  105,  118. 

HoFF,  Olaf. — Admitted  as  Member, 
81,  100. 

House  of  the  Society,  38. 

Hunt,  Robert  Woolston. — Admitted 
as  Member,  91,  100. 

Hutton,  William  R. — Elected  Direct- 
or, 5  ;  on  Finance  Committee, 
32;  Report  by,  49,  59;  Paper  by, 
86. 

Inventions  Exhibition  in  London,  32. 

Jarvis,   Charles    Maples. — Admitted 

as  Member,  1,  52. 
Jervis,  John  B. — Death  announced,?. 

54;  Memoir  of,  109. 
Jew ett,  William  Cornell. — Admitted 

as  Member,  91,  100. 
Johnson,  Chaeles  Roberts. — Admitted 

as  Member,  91,  100. 
Johnson,  Sinclair  Joseph. — Admitted 

as  Junior,  1,  101. 
Johnson,  Thomas  H. — Paper  by,  87. 
Junior  Membership,  Circular  as   to, 

121,  142. 

Katte,  Walter. — Elected  Director,  5. 

Killebrew,  Samuel. — Admitted  as 
Member,  105. 

KiMBERLY,  Moses  C. — Resignation  of, 
102. 

Kingman,  Lewis. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 99,  103. 

Kingsley,  William  C. — Death  an- 
nounced, 80. 

Lafon, Thomas. — Transferred  to  Mem- 
ber, 52. 

Latham,  Harry  Hubbard. — Admitted 
as  Member,  141,  151. 

Latimer,  Charles.  —Paper  by,  86. 

Leach,  Smith  S. — Resignation  of,  153. 

Leavitt,  Frank  McDowell. — Ad- 
mitted as  Member,  141,  151. 

Levee  Theory  Tested  by  Facts,  87. 


VI 


LIBBY. 

LiBBY,   Edmund   Dokman. — Admitted 

as  Member,  81,  100. 
Library,  Additions  to,  39,  60,  66,  134; 

Piiblications  and  Papers  received 

for,  49;  State  of,  39. 

—  Committee  on,  32. 

—  Committee  on  proposed  Joint,  21, 

58. 
List   of  Members,  Additions  to,   52, 
64,  80,  99,  103,  118,  139,  151. 

—  Changes   and    Corrections   of  Ad- 

dress, 52,  101,  104,  119.  139,  151. 

—  Deaths,  54,  80,  102,  120,  153. 

—  Resignations,  102,  153. 
London,  Invitation  to,  12,  58,  92. 
Lubricants,    The   Real  Value  of,    by 

Robert  H.  Thueston,  2. 

Maas,  The  Moiith  of,  by  William  R 

HUTTON,  86. 

Macdonald, Charles. — On  Committee, 
107. 

Maclay,  W.  W.— On  Committee,  142. 

Macv,  Aethue. — Transferred  to  Mem- 
ber, 141,  151. 

Malezieux,  Emlle. — Death  announc- 
ed, 102,  105. 

Maevin,  Chaeles  Ezea. — Admitted  as 
Junior,  99,  101. 

Masonry,  Settlement  of,  21.  56,  92, 
141. 

Matlack,  Chaeles  P.— Admitted  as 
Junior,  106,  139. 

Maxim, HiEAM  Stevens. — Admitted  as 
Member,  106,  151. 

McCollom  ,  T  .  C  .—On  Committee .  142 . 

McCoMB,  David  E.— Acts  as  Teller,  2. 

Meetings. — Of  the  Board  of  Direction. 
(See  Minutes.) 

—  Of  the  Society.     (See  Minutes.) 

—  Records  of,  37. 

Members. — Additions  to.  (See  List.) 
—Ballots  for.  (See  Ballots.)— 
Changes  of  Address.  (See  List.) 
— Deaths.  (See  List.)— Resigna- 
tions.    (See  List.) 

Membership,  Statement  of,  33,  43. 

—Life,  3,  4,  40,  57. 

— Resident,  defined,  60. 

Memoirs  of  Deceased  Members. — 
John  Bloomfield  Jervis,  109; 
John  Aveey,  117;  Chaeles  Au- 
gustus Smith,  122;  Edwaed 
Toeke,  124;  Chaeles  Vandee- 
vooet  Smith,  126;  Isaac  Newton, 
128;  Theophilus  E.  Sickels, 
130;     Daniel  L.  Wells,  132. 

Mendell,  Geoege  H. — On  Nominat- 
ing Committee,  86. 


METCALF. 

Metcalf,  William. — On  Committee, 
107. 

Meez,  Feedeeick  W. — Death  an- 
nounced, 58,  80. 

Meyee,  Heney  Coddington. — Ad- 
mitted as  Fellow,  121. 

MicHAELis,  0.  E.— Assistant  Secretary 
of  Convention,  84;  Paper  by,  86. 

Minutes  of  Annual  Convention  at  Deer 
Park,  Md.,  June  24,  25,  26,  1885, 
83.  —First  Session,  June 24;  Called 
to  order  by  President  Feedeeic 
Geaff.  Mendes  Cohen  elected 
Chairman  of  Convention;  Address 
by  Chairman,  83:  John  Bogaet 
chosen  Secretary, 0.  E.  Michaelis, 
Assistant  Secretary:  "English 
and  American  Railroads  Com- 
pared," by  Edwaed  Bates  Doesey, 
read  and  discussed:  "The  Cause 
and  Prevention  of  Decay  in  Build- 
ing Stones,"  by  Thomas  Egleston, 
read  and  discussed,  84. — Second 
Session,  June  24;  Mendes  Cohen 
in  the  Chair.  Report  of  Commit- 
tee on  Preservation  of  Timber, 
O.  Chanute,  Chairman,  presented, 
read  and  discussed,  84. — Third 
Session,  June  24,  Mendes  Cohen 
in  the  Chair.  Annual  Address 
delivered  by  President  Feedeeic 
Graff;  Stereopticon  Views  illus- 
trating discussions,  exhibited, 
85. — Fourth  Session,  June  25, 
Mendes  Cohen  in  the  Chair.  "The 
Preservation  of  Forests,"  by  F. 
Collingwood,  read  and  discussed ; 
"Specifications  for  Strength  of 
Iron  Bridges,"  by  Joseph  M. 
Wilson,  read  and  discussed;  "The 
Cantilever  Bridge  at  Niagara 
Falls,"  by  C.  C.  Schneidee,  dis- 
cussed, 85.— Fifth  Session,  June 
25;  William  P.  Shinn  in  the 
Chair.  Resolution  adopted  limit- 
ing time  of  discussions,  85;  Nom- 
inating Committee  appointed, 
86.— Sixth  Session,  June  26;  Men- 
des Cohen  in  the  Chair.  "New 
Method  of  Making  Conventional 
Signs  on  Topographical  Maps," 
by  J.  A.  Ockerson,  read;  "De- 
scription of  Guard  Gates  at  Point 
Street  Bridge,  Providence,"  by 
W.  D.  Bullock,  read:  "The 
Problem  of  the  Submerged  Weir," 
by  Clemens  Herschel,  read; 
"The  Radical  Enlargement  of  the 


VII 


MINUTES. 

Artifical  Waterway  between  the 
Lakes  and  the  Hudson  River, "  by 
E.  Sweet,  discussed, 86. — Seventh 
Session,  June  26;  Mendes  Cohen 
in  the  Chair.  "  Tlie  Mouth  of  the 
Maas,"  by  William  R.  Hutton, 
read  and  discussed;  "Can  we 
Make  Heavy  Guns?"  by  O.  E. 
MicHAELis,  read  and  discussed; 
"Railroad  Organization,"  by 
Chakles  Latimek,  read  and  dis- 
cussed; "  Aeration  of  Water,"  by 
Chakles  B.  Bbush,  read  and  dis- 
cussed, 86;  "Vibration  of 
Bridges,"  by  S.W.  Robinson,  read, 
87. — Eighth  Session;  William 
Sellers  in  the  Chair.  "Power 
Brakes  for  Freight  Engines  and 
Cars,"  by  William  P.  Shinn,  read 
and  discussed;  "The  Strength 
of  Columns,"  by  Thomas  H.  John- 
son, read;  "Formulas  for  the 
Weight  of  Iron  and  Steel  Railway 
Bridges,"  by  Geokge  H.  Pe- 
GKAM,  discussed;  "Levee  Theory 
Tested  by  Facts,"  by  Robeet 
E.  McMath,  discussed;  Resolu- 
tion adopted  in  reference  to  De- 
partment of  Steam  Transporta- 
tion in  the  National  Museum  ; 
Resolution  of  thanks  for  cour- 
tesies extended  ;  Resolution  of 
thanks  to  Presiding  Officer,  87; 
List  of  Members  in  Attendance; 
Excursion  on  Baltimore  and  Ohio 
Railroad ;  Banquet  at  Deer  Park, 
89;  Trip  in  Harbor  of  Baltimore; 
Visit  to  Baltimore  Water-works; 
Special  Trains  to  and  from  Deer 
Park  on  Baltimore  and  Ohio 
Railroad  and  on  Pennsylvania 
Railroad,  90.  (For  Business  Meet- 
ingjs  during  Convention  see  Min- 
utes of  Meetings  of  the  Society.) 

Minutes  of  Meetings  of  the  Board  of 
Direction,  32,  55,  59,  66,  82,  108, 
121,  142. 

— January  7,  1885,  Application  con- 
sidered, 32. 

— January  14,  1885,  Application  con- 
sidered: Annual  Report  adopted; 
Report  of  Committee  as  to  Inter- 
national Inventions  Exhibition 
in  London  adopted,  32. 

— January  23,  1885,  Standing  Com- 
mittees appointed,  32. 

— FeTjruary  11,  1885,  Applications 
considered;    Action  taken   as   to 


MINUTES. 

Reports  from  Committee  on  Uni- 
form System  for  Tests  of  Cement; 
Financial  business  transacted. 

-February  25,  1885,  Apiilications 
considered;  Action  taken  as  to 
Arrears  of  Dues;  as  to  Committee 
on  Compression  of  Cement 
and  Masonry;  as  to  Committee 
on  Proposed  Reform  in  the  Patent 
Office. 

-March  11,  1885,  Applications  con- 
sidered; Committee  on  Proposed 
Reform  in  the  Patent  Office  re- 
ported, recommending  no  So- 
ciety Action;  Report  adopted; 
Action  taken  as  to  Report  from 
Committee  on  Uniform  System 
for  Tests  of  Cement,  59;  Resident 
Membership  Defined,  60. 

-  March  25,  1885,  Applications  con- 
sidered, 60. 

-April  15,  1885,  Applications  con- 
sidered, 66. 

-April  29,  1885,  Applications  con- 
sidered; Action  taken  as  to  Ar- 
rears of  Dues;  as  to  next  Conven- 
tion, 66. 

-May  6,  1885,  Applications  con- 
sidered; Location  and  date  of 
Convention  determined  at  Deer 
Park,  Md.,  June  24,  1885,  82. 

-May  20,  1885,  Action  taken  as  to 
Report  of  Committee  on  Uniform 
System  for  Tests  of  Cement;  as 
to  Printing  Communication  on 
Permanent  Basis  for  a  National 
Engineering  Society,  82. 

-June  4,  1885,  Apjilications  con- 
sidered; Arrangements  for  Con- 
vention made;  Summer  Meeting 
determined,  108. 
July  30,  1885,  Applications  con- 
sidered; Letter  Ballot  ordered, 
108. 

-September  2,  1885,  Applications 
considered;  Action  taken  as  to 
Report  of  Committee  on  Uniform 
System  for  Tests  of  Cement,  108. 

-September  30,  1885,  Applications 
considered;  .\ppointment  made 
of  Censors  to  award  Norman 
Medal  and  of  Committee  to  award 
Rowland  Prize;  Action  taken  on 
communication  from  Committee 
of  Civil  Engineers'  Club  of  Cleve- 
land, 108. 

-October  7,  1885,  Financial  business 
transacted,  108. 


VIII 


MINUTES. 

— October  28,  1885,  Applications  con- 
sidered ;  Action  taken  as  to  Ar- 
rears of  Dues,  121. 

— November  4,  1885,  Applications 
considered;  Action  taken  as  to 
Arrears  of  Dues,  121. 

— November  12,  1885,  Applications 
considered;  Action  taken  as  to 
Arrears  of  Dues,  142. 

— November  25,  1885,  Applications 
considered  ;  Form  of  Circular 
adopted  as  to  Junior  Member- 
ship, 142. 

— December  2,  1885,  Applications 
considered,  142. 

— December  22,  1885,  Applications 
considered,  142. 

— December  30,  1885,  Applications 
considered;  Action  taken  as  to 
Arrears  of  Dues,  142. 

Minutes  of  Meetings  of  the  Society, 
1,  2,  55,  57,  65,  81,  91,  99,  105, 
121,  141. 

— January  7,  1885,  Ballots  Canvassed; 
Vote  on  Amendment  to  By-Laws, 
providing  for  Issue  of  General 
Preliminary  Notice  of  Applica- 
tions for  Membership,  Canvass- 
ed and  amendment  adopted,  1; 
"  The  Real  Value  of  Lubricants," 
by  R.  H.  Thueston,  read;  "The 
Harbor  Works  of  Copenhagen," 
by  H.  C.  V.  MoLLEE,  read,  2. 

—January  21, 1885,  The  Annual  Meet- 
ing, 2;  Annual  Reports  of  Board 
of  Direction,  of  Treasurer,  of 
Finance  Committee,  read;  Award 
of  Norman  Medal,  2;  Award  of 
Rowland  Prize;  Proposed  Amend- 
ment to  Constitution  as  to  Com- 
pounding for  Annual  Dues,  dis- 
cussed, 3;  Amended  and  recom- 
mended for  adoption;  Officers  of 
Society  elected,  5 ;  Address  of 
President-elect  Febdekic  Geatf, 
6;  Death  annoiinced  of  John  B. 
Jeevis,  Hon.  M.Am.  Soc.C.  E.,  7; 
General  suggestions  in  reference 
to  Conventions  presented,  9; 
Place  for  next  Convention  con- 
sidered, 11;  Invitation  to  hold 
Convention  in  London,  12;  Re- 
port of  Committee  on  Uniform 
Standard  Time,  13;  Committee 
appointed  to  attend  Railway 
Time  Convention,  18;  Rejjorts 
from  Committee  on  Uniform  Sj^s- 
tem    for    Tests    of   Cement,  20; 


MINUTES. 

Committee  to  consider  Com- 
pressive Strength  of  Cement  and 
Compression  of  Cement  and  Set- 
tlement of  Masonry,  authorized ; 
Siibject  of  action  of  Society  as 
to  Proposed  Reform  in  Patent 
Office  referred  to  Board  of  Di- 
rection;  Appointment  of  Commit- 
tee, authorized  to  confer  as  to 
Plan  for  Library  for  Joint  Use  of 
Kindred  Societies,  21;  Visits  on 
January  22d  to  various  points  of 
interests,  27;  Reception;  Com- 
munication from  Squiee  Whip- 
ple, Hon.  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  28; 
Address  by  Hoeatio  Allen,  Hon. 
M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  29;  Members 
in  attendance,  31. 

-February  4,  1885,  Death  of  The- 
oPHiLus  E.  Sickles  announced; 
"Radical  Enlargement  of  the 
Artificial  Waterway  between  the 
Lakes  and  the  Hudson  River " 
discussed,  55. 

-February  18,  1885,  "Radical  En- 
largement of  the  Artificial  Water- 
way between  the  Lakes  and  the 
Hudson  River"  discussed,  55. 

-March  4,  1885,  Vote  on  Amendment 
to  the  Constitution  as  to  Com- 
pounding for  Annual  Dues  can- 
vassed, and  amendment  adopted, 
57;  Death  of  F.  W.  Meez  an- 
nounced; Committee  appointed 
to  confer  as  to  Proposed  Joint 
Library:  Letter  presented  as  to 
visit  to  London,  58;  "The  Cant- 
ilever Bridge  at  Niagara  Falls," 
by  C.  C.  ScHNEiDEE,  read,  59. 

-March  18,  1885,  "Roofing  Slate," 
by  D.  J.  Whittemoee,  read;  Dis- 
cussion on  Railway  Efficiency, 
by  William  P.  Shinn,  read,  59. 

-April  1,  1885,  Ballots  canvassed; 
Committee  appointed  to  present 
subject  of  Time  Reform  to  Rail- 
way Time  Convention;  "The 
South  Pass  Jetties"  discussed, 
65. 

-April  15,  1885,  "The  South  Pass 
Jetties"  discussed;  Death  of 
Heney  M.  Wightman  announced, 
65. 

-May  6,  1885,  Ballots  canvassed; 
Model  of  Basin  of  Gulf  of  Mexi- 
co presented;  "Record  of  Tests 
of  Cement  made  for  Boston  Main 
Drainage  Works,  1878-1884,"  by 


IX 


MINUTES. 

Eliot  C.  Clarke,  presented; 
"  The  South  Pass  Jetties  "  dis- 
cussed, 81. 

-May  20,  1885,  "The  Cantilever 
Bridge  at  Niagara  Falls"  dis- 
ciissed ;  "  Formulas  for  Weights  of 
Iron  and  Steel  Eail way  Bridges  " 

,   discussed,  82. 

-June  3,  1885,  Ballots  canvassed; 
Death  of  M.  T.  Seymour  an- 
nounced; "  Kecord  of  Tests  of 
Cement  made  for  Boston  Main 
Drainage  Works  1878-1884,"  by 
Eliot  C.  Clarke,  read  and  dis- 
cussed, 91. 

-June  17,  1885,  "The  Problem  of 
the  Siibmerged  Weir,"  by  Clem- 
ens Heeschel,  presented.  Prog- 
ress of  Work  on  the  Panama  Ca- 
nal described,  by  S.  B.  Steven- 
son. 

-June  25,1885, Business  Meeting  dur- 
ing the  Convention ;  Keport  of  the 
Committee  on  the  Preservation  of 
Timber,  O.  Chanute,  Chairman, 
presented,  accepted  and  the  Com- 
mittee discharged,  91;  Reports  of 
Majority  and  of  Minority  of  Com- 
mittee on  a  Uniform  System  for 
Tests  of  Cement,  Q.  A.  Gilmore, 
Chairman,  presented  (for  further 
action  on  these  Keports,  see  Min- 
utes of  Meeting  of  June  26);  Re- 
port of  Committee  to  present 
subject  of  Time  Reform  to  Rail- 
way Time  Conventions  presented, 
and  Committee  continued;  Invi- 
tation to  hold  Convention  in 
London  presented,  92;  Resolu- 
tion offered  authorizing  appoint- 
ment of  Committee  to  Consider 
the  Proper  Relation  to  Each 
Other  of  the  Sections  of  Railway 
Wheels  and  Rails,  the  Resohition 
to  go  to  letter-ballot,  93;  Resolu- 
tion offered  authorizing  appoint- 
ment of  Committee  to  Consider 
Changes  in  the  Organization  of 
the  Society,  94;  discussed  and 
adopted,  95,  98. 

-June  26,  1885,  Second  Business  Ses- 
sion during  the  Convention ;  Re- 
ports of  Majority  and  Minority 
of  Committee  on  Uniform  Sys- 
tem for  Tests  of  Cement  referred 
back  to  Committee,  with  request 
from  the  Convention  that  re- 
port   be     modified;    Resolution 


MINUTES. 

adopted  directing  a  Memoi'ial  to 
Congress  as  to  Appropriation  for 
Tests  on  Structural  Steel,  and  as 
to  use  of  a  Small  Machine  for  cer- 
tain Tests,  98. 

-July  1,  1885,  Ballots  canvassed. 

-September  2,  1885,  Ballots  can- 
vassed ;  Death  announced  of 
Emile  Malezteux  and  of  Henry 
H.  Gorringe;  "  European  Sew- 
age and  Garbage  Removal,''  by 
W.  Howard  White,  read  and  dis- 
cussed, 1U5. 

-September  16,  1885,  "English  and 
American  Railroads  Compared," 
by  Edward  Bates  Dorsey,  dis- 
cussed, 105. 

-October  7,  1885,  Ballots  canvassed, 
105;  Vote  canvassed  on  Resolu- 
tion to  appoint  Committee  on  the 
Proper  Relation  to  Each  Other 
of  Railway  Wheels  and  Rails; 
Resolution  adojited;  Death  an- 
nounced of  WiLMON  W.  C.  Sites 
and  of  Thomas  C.  DuR ant;  Ap 
pointment  announced  of  Censors 
to  award  the  Norman  Medal  and 
of  Committee  to  award  the  Row- 
land Prize  ;  Appointment  an- 
nounced of  Committee  to  Con- 
sider Changes  in  Organization, 
106;  Suggestion  from  and  reply 
to  a  Committee  of  Engineers' 
Club  of  Cleveland,  on  subject  of 
Civil  Engineers  on  Government 
Works,  107;  "  English  and  Ameri- 
can Railroads,"  discussed,  108. 

-October  21,  1885,  "  Abt's  System  of 
Railways  for  Steep  Inclines,"  by 
Walton  W.  Evans,  read  and  dis- 
cussed, 121. 

-November  4,  1885,  Ballots  can- 
vassed; Amendment  proposed  to 
By-Laws,  Section  24,  Clause  5, 
substituting  "December"  for 
"November  ;"  The  Board  of  Di- 
rection requested  to  issue  a  Cir- 
cular as  to  Junior  Membership  ; 
"The  Behavior  of  Cement-Mor- 
tars under  various  Contingencies 
of  Use,"  by  F.  Collingwood, 
read  and  discussed,  121. 

-November  18,  1885,  Discussions 
presented  on  "  Wind  Strains  in 
Bridges;"  "Weight  of  Iron  and 
Steel  Railway  Bridges;"  "Ship 
Canals  and  Ship  Railways,"  141. 


MINUTES. 

—  December  2,  1885,  Ballots  can- 
vassed; Appointment  announced 
of  Committee  on  Compression  of 
Cement  and  Settlement  of  Ma- 
sonry; "Wind  Strains  in  Bridges;" 
"The  Weight  of  Bridges;"  "Ca- 
nals and  Kailways,  Ship  Ca- 
nals and  Ship  Railways,"  dis- 
cussed, 14:1. 

—December  16,  1885.— "  Street  Traf- 
fic," by  F.  V.  Gkeene,  read  and 
discussed,  142. 

MoLLER,  H.  C.  v.— Paper  by,  2. 

MooKE,  EoBERT.— Censor  to  award 
Norman  Medal,  106,  108. 

MoEisoN,  Geoege  S.— On  Committee 
to  award  Rowland  Prize,  3;  On 
Committee,  58. 

MossMAN,  Alonzo  Ttler.— Admitted 
as  Member,  99,  100. 

Newton,  Isaac— Memoir  of,  128. 

Norman  Medal  Award,  2,  41;  Fund, 
48;  Rules  for  Award  of,  79;  Cen- 
sors to  Award,  2,  106,  108, 

NoETH,  Edward  P.— On  Committee  to 
Award  Rowland  Prize,  106,  108. 

NoYES,  Albert  Franklin.— Admitted 
as  Member,  100. 

OcKEESoN,  J.  A.— Paper  by,  86;  Dis- 
cussion by,  87. 

Officers  elected,  5. 

Orbison,  Thomas  Watson.— Admitted 
as  Member,  52. 


Paine,  Charles.— On  Committee,  107. 
Paine       William     H.— Presides      at 

Meetings,  1,2;  Report  by,  49. 
Paret,    Milnoe  Peck.— Admitted    as 

Member,  105.  118. 
Patent   Office,  Proposed  Reform   in, 

91     gg    gg 
Pegram,   George    H.— Paper  by,  82, 

87 
Phinney,  Henry   W.  B.- Admitted  as 

Member,  1,  52. 
Pou   Arthue. -Admitted   as  Member. 

141,  151.  ,       ^      . 

Power    Brakes   for    Freight    Engines 

and  Cars,  by  William  P.  Shinn, 

87 
Preservation  of  Forests,  by  F.   Col- 

LINGWOOD,  85.  ,^      01       or 

Preservation  of   Timber,  40,   84,   80, 

91-  •         A     of 

Publications  and  Papers  received  at 
Library,  49. 


EAASLOFF. 

Raasloff,  Haeold  Edward  de.— Ad- 
mitted as  Junior,  101. 
Railroad    Organization,   by    Charles 

Latimer,  86.  •    . 

Railroads,    English     and     American 
Compared,  by  Edward  B.  Dorsey, 
84,  105,  108. 
Railway    Efficiency,    by   William  P. 

Shinn,  59.  ^ 

Railways  for  Steep  Inclines,  Abt  s  Sys- 
tem, by  Walton  W.  Evans,  121. 
Railway  Wheels  and  Rails  ;  Relation 
of  the  Sections  to  each  other,  93, 
106,  108.  .        ^   ^^ 

Report  of  Board  of  Direction,  2,  66. 
—Of  Board  to  award  Norman  Medal, 

2. 
—Of  Committee  to   award    Rowland 

Prize,  3. 
—Of  Finance  Committee,  2,  49. 
—Of  Treasurer,  2,  46. 
Reports    of    Committees    (see    Com- 
mittee). 
Resident  Membership  defined,  60. 
Richardson,    Benjamin     Franklin.— 

Admitted  as  Member,  99,  100. 
Richardson,  Thomas  Feanklin.— Ad- 
mitted as  Member,  121,  151. 
RoBEETS,  PouLTEE  BENJAMIN.— Admit- 
ted as  Member,  100. 
Robinson,  S.  W.— Paper  by,  87. 
Roofing  Slate,  by  D.  J.  Whittemoee, 

59 
RowE, '  Samuei-    McMATH.-Admitted 

as  Member,  105,  118. 
Rowland   Prize    award,    3,    fl;  Com- 
mittee    to    award,    3,    l»lb,    1U», 
Fund,  41,    48;  Rules  for  award 
of,  78. 


Sanford,  David  Coley.  -  Admitted 
as  Junior,  81,  139. 

Schneider,  Charles  C. —Paper  by,  5J, 
82,  85.  ■  ._,        _.    , 

Sellers,  William. -Presides  at  Meet- 
ing, 87.  , 

Sewage. -European  Sewage  and 
Garbage  Removal,  by  W.  How- 
ard White,  105. 

Seymoue.  M.  T.-Death  announced, 
91,  102.  ^^      .     ,. 

Shedd,  J.  Heebeet.— On  Nominating 
Committee,  86. 

Shinn,  William  P.- On  Committee; 
4  58-  Remarks  on  death  of  John 
B.  Jeevis,  7;  Discussion  by,  59; 
Presides  at  Meeting,  85;  Paper 
by,  87. 


XI 


SICKELS. 

SicKELS,  Theophilus  E.— Death  an- 
nounced, 5i;  Memoir  of,  130. 

Sites,  Wilmon  W.  C. — Death  an- 
nounced, 106,  120. 

Smith,  Chakles  Augustus. — Memoir 
of,  122. 

SanTH,  Chaeles  Vandebvooet. — Me- 
moir of,  126. 

Smith,  Hamilton,  Jr.— Rowland  Prize 
awarded  to,  3;  Donation  by,  56. 

Smith,  Maxwell. — Admitted  as  Ju- 
nior, 105,  118. 

Snow,  Jonathan  Parker. — Admitted 
as  Member,  91,  100. 

South  Pass  Jetties,  by  E.  L.  Cor- 
THELL,  65,  81. 

Specitications  for  Strength  of  Iron 
Bridges,  by  Joseph  M.  Wilson, 
85. 

Spencer,  Samuel.— Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 105. 

Staats,  Robert  Parker. — Transferred 
to  Member,  99. 

Steam  Transportation,  Department  of, 
85,  87. 

Stone,  The  Cause  and  Prevention  of 
Decay  in  Building  Stones,  by 
Thomas  Egleston,  84. 

Street  Traffic,  by  Francis  Y.  Greene, 
142. 

Swain,  George  F. — On  Committee, 
142. 

Sweet,  E.— Paper  by,  55,  86. 

Temple,    Robert   Henry. — Admitted 

as  Member,  81,  100. 
Tests  of  Structural  Materials,  98. 
Thayer,  Dennincj  Jaryes. — Admitted 

as  Member,  91. 
Thurston,  Robert  H. — Paper  by,  2. 
Timber,   Preservation  of,  40,  84,  85, 

91. 
Time,   Uniform  Standard,  13,  18,  39, 

65,  92. 
Topographical     Maps,    Conventional 

Signs  on,  by  J.  A.  Ockekson,  86. 
TowNE,   Henry   R. — On    Committee, 

58. 
Treasurer,  Report  of,  2,  46. 

Van  Winkle,  Edgar  B. — Censor  to 
award  Norman  Medal,  2 . 


VAUGHAN. 

Vaughan,  Frederick  W. — Elected  Di- 
rector, 5. 

Vibration  of  Bridges,  by  S.  W.  Robin- 
son, 87. 

Voorhes,  Theodore. — Admitted  as 
Member,  81,  100. 

Waite,  C.  C— On  Committee,  65,  92. 

Walton,  Louis  Roberts. — Admitted 
as  Member,  65,  80  ;  Death  an- 
nounced, 153. 

Ward,  Lebbeus  B. — Censor  to  award 
Norman  Medal,  2. 

Water,  Aeration  of,  by  Charles  B. 
Brush,  86. 

Watkins,  Charles  D. — Resignation 
of,  153. 

Weights  of  Iron  and  Steel  Railway 
Bridges,  by  GEORCiE  H.  Pegkam, 
82. 

Weir.  The  Problem  of  the  Submerged 
Weir,  by  Clemens  Heeschel,  86, 
91. 

Wellington,  A.  M. — On  Committee, 
4,  107;  The  Permanent  Basis  for 
a  National  Engineering  Society, 
by,  82. 

Wells,  Daniel  L.- -Death  announced, 
132. 

Whipple,  Squire. —  Communication 
from,  28. 

White,  W.  Howard. — Paper  by,  105, 
142;  Censor  to  award  Norman 
Medal,  106,  108. 

Whitlock,  Frank  Wallace. — Trans- 
ferred to  Member,  65,  80. 

Whitman,  Thomas  J. — Elected  Vice- 
President,  5  ;  On  Library  Com- 
mittee, 32. 

Whittemore,  D.  J. — Paper  by,  59. — 
On  Nominating  Committee,  86; 
On  Committee,  142. 

Wightman,  Henry  M. — Death  an- 
nounced, 65,  80. 

Wilson,  Joseph  M. — Paper  by,  85. 

Worthen,  William  E. — Presides  at 
Meeting,  105. 

Yaedley,    Edmund. — Resignation    of, 

153. 
YoRKE,  Edward. — Memoir  of,  124. 

Zabriskie,  Aaron  J.  —  Admitted  as 
Junior,  99,  101. 


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Vol.    XI.— January,    1885. 


MINUTES    OF    MEETINGS. 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 

January  7th,  1885. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President 
William  H.  Paine  in  the  chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.  Ballots  for 
membership  |  m  ere  canvassed,  and  the  following  named  candidates 
declared  elected :  As  Members :  Peter  Sather  Archibald,  Moncton,  New 
Brunswick;  Charles  Sumner  Henning,  Peach  Springs,  Arizona;  Charles 
Maples  Jarvis,  East  Berlin,  Conn.;  Henry  W.  B.  Phinney,  New  York. 
As  Juniors:  William  Ferris  Booth,  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. ;  Edward  Flad, 
St.  Louis,  Mo. ;  Sinclair  Joseph  Johnson,  New  York. 

The  vote  on  the  following  proposed  amendment  to  the  By-Laws  was 
canvassed : 

[The  Amendment  is  in  italics.] 

Section  19. — A  nomination  or  proposal  shall  be  presented  at  the  next 
regular  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Direction  following  its  receipt;  the 
Board  of  Direction  shall  thereupon  send  to  all  members  of  the  Society  a 
notice  that  such  person  is  a  candidate  for  election.  Not  less  than  thirty  days 
thereafter  the  Board  shall  consider  the  application,  and  if  approved  and 
the  applicant  (if  for  admission  as  Member,  Associate  or  Junior)  classed 
•with  his  consent,  a  day  shall  be  fixed  for  the  ballot  to  be  canvassed, 
which  shall  be  at  a  regular  meeting  of  the  Society,  not  less  than  twenty- 
five  days  thereafter. 

The  vote  was  yeas,  177;  nays,  7.  This  amendment  to  the  By-Laws, 
having  been  proposed  in  writing  and  seconded  at  a  regular  meeting, 
then  submitted  to  vote  of  the  members  by  letter  ballot,  and  having 
received  two-thirds  of  all  the  votes  cast,  was  declared  adopted. 


2  JANUARY   PROCEEDI^TGS. 

The  Secretary  i-eported  the  presentation  to  the  Society  by  Mr.  James 

B,  Francis,  Past- President  Am.  See.  C.  E.,  of  66  bound  volumes  of 
the  Annales  des  Ponts  et  Chaussees,  being  complete  from  the  year  1831 
to  1862,  inclusive.     A  paper  by  Professor  K.  H.  Thurston,  M.  Am.  See. 

C.  E.  on  "The  Real  Value  of  Lubricants,  and  the  Correct  Method  of 
Comparing  Prices,"  was  read. 

Mr.  M.  EisUer,  C.  E.,  exhibited  specimens  of  rock  from  the  Isthmus 
of  Panama,  and  gave  some  descriptions  of  the  geology  and  topography 
of  the  Isthmus. 

Mr.  H.  C.  V.  MoUer,  C.  E.,  Assistant  City  Engineer  of  Copenhagen, 
Denmark,  exhibited  maps  of  the  harbor  of  Copenhagen,  and  described 
the  Harbor  Works. 

The  Annual.  Meeting,  Januaky  21,  1885. 

The  meeting  was  called  to  order  at  10  o'clock  by  Mr.  John  Bogart, 
Secretary  of  the  Society,  who  read  a  telegram  from  Mr.  D.  J.  Whitte- 
more.  President  of  the  Society,  as  follows:  "Sickness  forces  my  ab- 
sence. Remember  me  in  kindness  to  all  present. "  The  chair  was  then 
taken  by  Vice-President  William  H.  Paine. 

Messrs.  George  H.  Bishop,  Charles  E.  Goad  and  David  E.  McComb, 
members  of  the  Society,  were  appointed  tellers  to  canvass  the  ballot  for 
officers. 

The  annual  report  of  the  Board  of  Direction*  was  then  read  by  the 
Secretary,  and,  on  motion,  accepted. 

The  annual  report  of  the  Treasurer*  was  then  read  by  Mr.  J.  J.  R. 
Croes,  Treasurer  of  the  Society,  and,  on  motion,  accepted. 

The  report  of  the  Finance  Committee*  was  read  and  accepted. 

The  report  of  the  Board  of  Censors  to  award  the  Norman  Medal,  was 
read  and  accepted.     It  is  as  follows  : 

American  Soctety  of  Ci\tx  Engineeks, 
127  East  Twenty-third  Street, 
New  York,  January  20,  1885. 

To  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers : 

Gentlemen  :  The  undersigned  having  carefully  examined  the  original 
parsers  presented  to  the  Society  during  the  year  ending  August,  1884, 
select  paper  No.  CCLXXIX,  by  James  Christie,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E., 
entitled:  "Experiments  on  the  Strength  of  Wrought-Iron  Struts," 
as  worthy  of  special  commendation  for  its  merits  as  a  contribution  to 
engineering  science,  and  hereby  award  to  it  the  Norman  Medal  on  the 
grounds  prescribed  in  the  rules  governing  such  award. 

Lebbeus  B.  Ward, 
Edgar  B.  Van  Winkle, 
Amory  Coffin, 
Censors  to  Award  the  Norman  Medal. 

*Prmted  separately. 


JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  3 

The  report  of  the  committee  appointed  to  award  the  Rowland  Prize, 
was  presented,  and  accepted.     It  is  as  follows  : 

Amekican   Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  ) 

127  East  Twenty-thikd  Street,  v 

New  York,  January  15th,  1885.  ) 

2o  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  : 

Gentlemen  :  The  committee  appointed  to  award  the  Rowland  Prize, 
for  the  year  terminating  on  the  first  day  of  August,  1884,  reports  that, 
in  its  judgment,  the  prize  should  be  awarded  to  Paper  No.  CCLXXIV., 
"  Water  Power  with  High  Pressures,  and  Wrought-Iron  Water  Pipe," 
by  Hamilton  Smith,  Jr.,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

Geo.  S.  Moeison, 
D.  Farrand  Henry, 
John  Bogart, 

Committee. 

The  following  proposed  amendment  to  the  Constitution,  which  had 
been  regularly  submitted  and  sent  by  letter  to  the  Members  of  the 
Society,  was  then  read  and  discussed  : 

Proposed  Amendment  to  Article  XXII. 

Add  at  end  of  Article  as  follows  : 

Any  member  of  the  Society,  not  in  arrears  for  dues,  may  compound 
for  future  annual  dues  by  the  payment  of  Two  Hundred  and  Fifty 
Dollars. 

Provided,  however,  that  each  person  duly  elected  a  member  shall 
pay  the  entrance  fee  and  also  the  annual  dues  for  the  current  year  of 
his  election. 

Provided,  also,  that  any  Member  desiring  to  compound  for  future 
annual  dues  shall  have  paid  the  annual  dues  for  the  current  year 
before  the  compounding  sum  may  be  available. 

Provided,  also,  that  in  addition  to  the  sum  provided  for  compound- 
ing dues,  there  shall  be  paid  by  each  compounding  member,  resident 
within  fifty  miles  of  the  Post  Ofiice  in  the  City  of  New  York,  the  sum 
of  Ten  Dollars  per  year  for  rive  years  after  compounding. 

Should  a  resident  member  become  non-resident  at  any  time  during 
the  five  years  after  compounding,  he  shall  be  relieved  from  the  payment 
of  such  annual  sum  during  the  time  of  non-residence. 

Should  a  non-resident  member  become  resident  at  any  time  within 
five  years  after  compounding,  he  shall  be  liable  to  the  annual  payment 
of  Ten  Dollars  for  each  year  of  residence  up  to  five  years  after  com- 
pounding. 

Members  compounding  shall  sign  an  agreement  that  they  will  be 
governed  by  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  of  the  Society  as  they  are 
now  formed,  or  as  they  may  be  hereafter  altered,  amended  or  enlarged; 
and  that  in  case  of  their  ceasing  to  be  members  from  any  cause  whatever, 
the  amount  theretofore  paid  by  them  for  compounding,  and  for  en- 
trance fees  and  annual  dues,  shall  be  the  property  of  the  Society. 


4  JANUAEY    PEOCEEDINGS. 

The  above  amendment  was  proposed  by  the  following  named  mem- 
bers of  the  Society  :  William  P.  Shinn,  Chas.  E.  Emery,  Edward  P. 
North,  Wm.  G.  Hamilton,  and  H.  D.  Blunden. 

Captain  W.  H.  Bixby,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  by  letter,  objected  to  the 
amendment  as  it  stands,  because  he  considered  (1)  that  the  object  of 
compounding  is  the  avoidance  of  all  future  annual  dues  and  of  all  future 
laws  ;  and  (2),  that  if  compounding  members  are  to  be  governed  by 
future  changes  in  the  Constitution,  the  very  object  of  compounding  is 
defeated. 

To  this  a  member  replied  that  the  compounding  was  expressly  stated 
to  be  for  all  future  annual  dues,  and  that  it  would  be  a  contract  with  the 
Society  which  would  prevent  the  imposition  at  any  time  of  future  dues. 
Letters  were  read  from  several  members  favoring  the  proposed  amend- 
ment. In  reply  to  an  inquiry,  the  Proceedings  of  the  Annual  Meeting, 
January  17,  1883  (Proceedings  for  January,  1883),  in  reference  to  this 
question,  were  read,  from  which  it  appeared  that  this  amendment,  in  the 
same  words  as  now  offered,  was  at  that  time  recommended  by  vote  of 
the  Annual  Meeting  for  adoption  by  the  Society;  but  on  account  of  the 
provisions  then  existing  as  to  the  method  of  voting  upon  the  amendment 
to  the  Constitution,  the  amendment  as  it  had  been  originally  offered, 
and  also  as  amended  by  the  Annual  Meeting  to  this  present  form,  were 
both  voted  upon,  and  the  favorable  vote  was  divided  between  the  two, 
neither  having  suificient  votes  ;  but  the  vote  for  the  two  combined  being 
enough  to  adopt. 

Mr.  A.  M.  Wellington,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  suggested  that  the  amend- 
ment in  its  present  form  was  inequitable  as  between  resident  and  non- 
resident members ;  that  while  the  dues  of  ^15  per  year,  are  common 
to  all  members,  the  resident  member  pays  an  additional  due  of  SIO 
per  year  while  so  resident.  The  proposed  compounding  sum  of  S250 
is  for  the  general  dues  of  $15  per  year,  but  the  proposed  additional 
sum  of  $10  per  year  for  only  5  years,  or  in  other  words  $50  additional, 
is  not  a  sufficient  sum  under  the  circumstances. 

After  discussion,  the  whole  subject  was  referred  to  a  committee,  with 
a  request  that  the  committee  draft  a  suitable  amendment  in  accordance 
with  the  suggestions  in  discussion,  and  report  the  same  to  this  meeting. 
Messrs.  A.  M.  Wellington,  William  P.  Shinn  and  Theodore  Cooper,  vere 
appointed  such  committee. 

The  committee  subsequently  reported  and  recommended  for  adop- 
tion the  following  modified  form  of  amendment : 

Proposed  Amendment  to  Article  XXII. 
Add  at  end  of  Article  as  follows  : 

Any  member  of  the  Society  not  in  arrears  for  dues,  may  compound 
for  the  payment  of  all  future  annual  dues,  except  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided, by  the  payment  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 


JANUARY    PROCEEDIKGS.  5 

Provided  :  That  all  Resident  Members,  or  those  who  may  hereafter 
become  such,  shall  be  and  remain  liable  to  the  annual  payment  of  the 
difference  between  the  annual  dues  of  Resident  and  Non-resident  Mem- 
bers, as  the  same  now  is  or  may  be  established  from  time  to  time  ;  but 
any  member  may  at  any  time  compound  for  the  future  payment  of  all 
Annual  Dues  of  every  nature  and  kind,  by  the  payment  of  seventy-five 
dollars,  in  addition  to  the  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  hereinbefore 
provided  for. 

Provided,  however,  that  each  person  duly  elected  a  Member  shall 
pay  the  entrance  fee  and  also  the  annual  dues  for  the  current  year  of 
his  election. 

Provided,  also,  that  any  Member  desiring  to  compound  for  future 
annual  dues  shall  have  paid  the  annual  dues  for  the  current  year  before 
the  compounding  sum  may  be  available. 

Members  compounding  shall  sign  an  agreement  that  they  will  be 
governed  by  the  Constitution  and  Jiy-Laws  of  the  Society  as  they  are 
now  formed  or  as  they  may  hereafter  be  altered,  amended  or  enlarged  ; 
and  that  in  case  of  their  ceasing  to  be  members  from  any  cause  whatever, 
the  amount  theretofore  paid  by  them  for  compounding,  and  for  entrance 
fees  and  annual  dues,  shall  be  the  property  of  the  Society. 

All  moneys  thus  paid  in  commutation  of  annual  dues  shall  be  invested 
as  a  permanent  fund  ;  the  interest  thereof,  only,  being  subject  to  aj^pro- 
priation  for  current  expenses. 

On  motion,  the  report  of  the  Committee  was  accej^ted,  and  the  re- 
vised amendment,  as  reported,  was  adopted  as  an  amendment  of  the 
original  proposition. 

The  proposed  amendment  as  adopted,  was  then,  by  vote  of  the  An- 
nual Meeting,  recommended  to  the  Society  for  adoption. 

The  tellers  to  canvass  the  ballot  for  Officers,  presented  their  report, 
as  follows  : 


Total  number  of  ballots  received 232 

Deduct  without  endorsement  of  member 3 

Duplicated  ballot 1 

Envelopes  containing  no  ballot 2 

—  6 

Total  vote 226 


For  President :  Mr.  Frederic  Graff,  received  222  votes  ;  scattering,  4. 
For  Vice-President,  Mr.  George  S.  Greene,  Jr. ,  received  224 ;  Mr. 
Thomas  J.  Whitman,  222  ;  scattering,  5.  For  Secretary  and  Librarian  : 
Mr.  John  Bogart  received  224  ;  scattering,  1.  For  Treasurer  :  Mr.  J. 
James  R.  Croes  received  224  ;  scattering,  2.  For  Directors  :  Mr.  Theo- 
dore Cooper  received  225  ;  Mr.  William  R.  Button,  224 ;  Mr.  Walter 
Katte,  222  ;  Mr.  O.  Chanute,  221  ;  Mr.  F.  W.  Vaughan;  221,  scatter- 
ing, 16.      •' 


6  JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

The  following  members  were  thereupon  declared  elected  Officers  of 
the  Society  for  the  ensuing  year  : 

President:  Frederic  Graff. 

Vice-Presidents :  George  S.  Greene,  Jr.  ;  Thomas  J.  Whitman. 
Secretary  and  Librarian:  John  Bogart. 
Treasurer :  J.  James  R.  Ckoes. 

Directors :  Theodore  Cooper,  William  E.  Hutton,  Walter  Katte, 
O.  Chanute,  F.  W.  Vaughan. 

The  Vice-President  introduced  Mr.  Frederic  Graff,  President-elect, 
to  the  Annual  Meeting.     Mr.  Graff  spoke  as  follows  : 

"  I  assure  you,  gentlemen,  I  feel  totally  unable  to  express  in  appro- 
priate terms  my  heartfelt  thanks  to  the  Members  of  the  Society  here 
present,  and  those  who,  although  absent,  have,  by  their  votes,  joined 
in  according  to  me  the  distinguished  honor  of  addressing  you  as  the 
President  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  a  title  which  con- 
veys an  idea  of  the  vast  extent  over  which  its  influence  is  felt,  and 
through  which  the  work  of  its  members  is  known. 

The  position  conferred  upon  me  is  as  unexjiected  as  it  is  in  the  high- 
est degree  gratifying. 

All  who  have  made  themselves  familiar  with  the  great  benefits  be- 
stowed by  the  work  of  the  Society  upon  the  public  and  the  engineer- 
ing fraternity,  recognize  the  importance  and  usefulness  of  such  an  asso- 
ciation as  ours. 

Its  members  individually  fully  apjireciate  the  great  advantages 
afforded  for  acquaintance  with  their  fellows,  and  the  opportunities  given 
them  to  freely  communicate  the  successes  and  failures  by  which  so  much 
is  sometimes  learned. 

It  affords  me  much  pleasure  to  be  able  to  say  that  I  have  enjoyed  the 
jjersonal  friendship  of  all  my  predecessors,  with  the  exception  of  three, 
and  in  recognizing  their  great  ability  as  engineers,  and  peculiar  fitness 
for  the  office  which  I  am  about  to  assume,  I  cannot  but  be  sensible  of 
the  responsibility,  and  can  only  hope  in  an  imperfect  manner  to  worthily 
follow  such  distinguished  and  valued  leaders. 

My  endeavor  shall  be,  as  far  as  in  my  power,  to  perform  the  duties  of 
the  office  for  the  best  advantage  and  advancement  of  the  Society,  and  its 
objects. 

I  feel,  gentlemen,  that  to  do  this  with  any  possibility  of  success,  I 
must  earnestly  ask  your  co-operation,  and  that  of  your  well-tried  and  ex- 
perienced officers,  in  the  work,  which  I  hoi5e  with  such  aid  to  perform 
in  a  manner  worthy  of  its  importance. 

Hoping  that  the  advance  and  success  of  the  Society  in  1885  shall  be 
at  least  as  great,  if  not  greater,  than  that  of  jarevious  years,  I  again  cor- 
dially thank  you  for  the  honor  bestowed  upon  me." 


JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  7 

The  Secretary  then  announced  the  death,  on  January  12,  1885,  of  Mr. 
John  B.  Jervis,  Hon.  M.  and  F.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.  At  the  request  of  the 
Chairman,  remarks  were  made  by  Messrs.  William  P.  Shinn  and  A.  M. 
Wellington. 

Mr.  Wm.  p.  Shinn,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.— Mr.  President  and  Gentlemen: 
As  probably  the  member  of  the  Society  whose  intercourse  with  Mr. 
Jervis  has  been  most  intimate  during  his  later  years,  I  will  state  that 
my  acquaintance  with  Mr.  Jervis  dates  back  some  twenty-four  years, 
to  the  time  when  he  assumed  the  position  of  General  Superintendent  of 
the  Pittsburgh,  Fort  Wayne  and  Chicago  Railway.  Since  that  time  I 
have  enjoyed — and  I  use  that  word  in  its  broadest  sense — I  have  enjoyed 
the  acquaintance  of  Mr.  Jervis  as  that  of  no  other  man. 

Professionally  you  all  know  him  by  his  work,  particularly  the  work 
of  his  middle  life — the  Croton  Aqueduct.  But  he  was  a  man  whom  to 
fully  appreciate  it  was  necessary  to  enjoy  personal  relations  with,  such 
as  fall  to  the  lot  of  but  few;  a  man  who  joined  professional  ability  with 
private  virtues  to  a  greater  extent  than  any  other  whom  it  has  been  my 
fortune  to  know;  a  man  whose  remarkable  experience  it  was  to  emerge 
from  the  swamps  of  Oneida  County  with  an  axe  in  his  hand  to  clear  the 
way  for  the  engineers  who  were  locating  the  Erie  Canal,  and  to  end  his 
professional  labors  in  connection  with  that  canal  as  the  engineer  in 
charge  of  fifty  miles  of  the  work,  and  that  of  the  most  responsible  part 
of  the  work,  the  eastern  end. 

When  he  was  called  to  the  Croton  Aqueduct  the  science  of  hydraulic 
engineering  was  almost  without  an  example  in  this  country.  He  did 
that  work  in  the  midst  of  a  flood  of  hostile  criticism,  such  as  probably 
no  member  of  the  Society  here  present  has  ever  encountered.  The  work, 
like  most  public  works,  was  opposed  by  various  parties;  some  as  political 
partisans;  some  as  taxpayers,  who  objected  to  the  wasteful  expenditure 
(as  they  considered  it)  of  their  money;  and  some,  I  regret  to  say,  as 
representatives  of  our  profession,  one  of  whom  in  a  communication  over 
his  own  signature  within  six  months  of  the  completion  of  the  aqueduct 
boldly  predicted  that  it  would  never  bring  a  drop  of  water  to  the  city  of 
New  York. 

Of  Mr.  Jervis'  later  works,  most  of  us  know  his  connection  with  the 
Hudson  River  Railroad,  which  was  also  very  severely  criticized  as  a  work 
that  could  not  jaossibly  be  accomplished,  and  that  when  accomplished 
could  not  possibly  pay;  with  the  Michigan  Southern  and  Northern 
Indiana  Railroad,  the  Chicago  and  Rock  Island  and  the  Pittsburgh, 
Fort  Wayne  and  Chicago,  with  the  building  of  which  he  had  nothing  to 
do,  but  which  he  rebuilt.  But  perhaps  the  most  extraordinary  event  in 
connection  with  his  remarkable  life  was  his  being  called  in  consialtation 
by  the  engineers  in  charge  of  the  new  Croton  Aqueduct  plans,  at  the 
age  of  86,  to  confer  with  them  in  regai'd  to  their  plans,  over  which  he 
spent  some  weeks  and  made  a  very  elaborate  report,  probably  his  last 


8  JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

professional  work.  I  had  the  pleasure  of  spending  a  day  with  him  in 
the  month  of  November  last.  I  found  his  intellect  apparently  as 
vigorous  as  ever,  although  his  frame  was  feeble.  He  looked  forward  to 
the  winter  with  little  expectation  of  getting  through  it,  although  his 
talk  of  the  future  was  cheerful,  as  his  life  had  always  been.  His  death, 
when  it  came,  was  the  result  of  a  combination  of  circumstances  such  as 
might  very  easily  have  overborne  one  possessed  of  more  strength  than 
he  at  the  age  of  eighty-nine.  The  treasurer  of  the  Rome  Merchant  Iron 
Mill,  with  whom  he  had  a  personal  conference  on  a  day  about  three 
weeks  prior  to  his  death,  walked  over  from  the  mill  to  the  city  in  the 
afternoon  and  dropped  dead  while  in  the  act  of  opening  a  telegram. 
The  intelligence  of  his  death  was  indiscreetly  telephoned  to  Mr.  Jervis' 
house,  which  caused  him  a  sleepless  night.  He  felt  that  he  must  go  to 
the  mill  the  next  day,  for  even  at  his  advanced  age  he  was  in  the  habit 
of  going  to  the  mill  every  day  when  the  weather  and  his  health  would 
permit.  He  was  taken  with  a  nervous  attack  while  at  the  mill.  He 
returned  to  his  house  and  went  to  the  bed,  from  which  he  rose  but  once 
after  that  time.  He  might  have  recovered  from  that  shock;  but  about  a 
week  or  ten  days  later  he  received  the  intelligence  of  the  death  of  his 
only  sister,  a  lady  past  eighty,  and  that  came  without  any  knowledge  of 
her  previous  illness.  I  spoke  of  his  leaving  his  bed  once;  it  was  to 
execute  a  deed  for  an  interest  left  to  him  in  the  estate  of  that  sister  which 
he  desired  to  go  to  a  female  relative;  so  that  it  may  well  be  said  that  he 
died  in  the  discharge  of  what  he  felt  to  be  his  duty.  His  intellect 
remained  unclouded  until  within  about  a  day  of  his  death. 

Mr.  A.  M.  Wellington,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. — I  move  that  a  committee 
be  appointed  to  prepare  a  memoir  of  Mr.  Jervis  for  the  Proceedings  of 
the  Society,  and  in  doing  so  it  may  perhaps  be  appropriate  to  call  the 
attention  of  the  members  to  one  little  fact  in  Mr.  Jervis'  life  which  Mr. 
Shinn  did  not  especially  allude  to,  but  which  has  always  seemed  to  me 
perhaps  the  most  striking  proof  of  engineering  foresight  and  genius 
which  he  ever  gave,  and  that  was  that  a  little  over  two  years  before  the 
trial  of  the  Rocket,  which  we  are  accustomed  to  regard  as  the  first 
appearance  of  the  modern  locomotive  as  a  perfected  and  workable 
device,  Mr.  Jervis,  who  at  that  time  had  only  been  a  very  few  years  an 
engineer,  had  suflScient  foresight  and  courage  to  send  to  England  to 
order  a  locomotive  for  trial.  His  assistant,  Horatio  Allen,  was  sent  to 
England,  and  brought  back  three  locomotives,  one  of  which  was  success- 
fully tried  in  this  country  two  years  before  the  trial  of  the  Rocket, 
having  been  run  by  Horatio  Allen  himself.  When  we  consider  how 
much  farther  England  was  from  this  country  then  than  it  is  to-day,  how 
scant  was  the  supply  of  capital  for  doubtful  experiments,  how  little 
experience  any  one  had  in  the  construction  of  great  public  works,  and 
how  little  a  time  Mr.  Jervis  himself  had  been  an  engineer,  I  think  that 


JAKUAKY    PROCEEDIHrGS.  9 

that    was    about    as  great  evidence   of  courage  and   foresight  as  any 
engineer  has  ever  given. 

The  motion  was  carried  and  the  President  was  authorized  to  appoint 
a  committee  to  prepare  a  memoir  of  Mr.  Jervis  for  publication. 

The  time  and  place  for  the  next  Convention  were  then  considered. 
The  Secretary  read  the  following  circulars,  which  had  been  issued  to  the 
Society  upon  this  subject : 

Geneeaij    Suggestions   in    Refekence    to    Conventions. 
Communication  to  Members  from  the  Board  of  Direction. 

In  view  of  the  fact  that  a  number  of  members  of  the  Society  have 
expressed  the  opinion  that  our  Conventions  have  not  been  giving  satis- 
factory results,  and  particularly  that  the  number  of  days  to  which  they 
are  necessarily  limited  does  not  give  sufficient  time  for  all  that  has  been 
attempted  ;  and  in  view  also  of  the  fact  that  the  Board  has  been  partic- 
ularly requested  to  consider  whether  some  modifications  might  not  be 
properly  made  in  the  conduct  of  the  Conventions,  the  following  consid- 
erations are  presented  by  the  Board  to  our  members. 

These  considerations  are  in  harmony  with  a  report  prepared  by  a 
committee  of  members  of  the  Society  appointed  to  consider  the  subject. 

It  has  been  evident  to  those  who  have  attended  the  Conventions  of 
the  last  few  years  that  some  modification  should  be  made,  if  the 
best  results,  which  are  believed  to  be  practicable,  are  to  be  hereafter 
secured. 

Some' of^the  undesirable  features  are  : 

(1.)  The  entirely  too  limited  time  given  to  the  presentation  and  dis- 
cussion of  professional  papers. 

(2.)  The  entirely  too  large  amount  of  time  taken  up  in  local  excursions 
and  visits  by  the  whole  body  of  the  Convention  to  points  and  objects 
which  are  not  really  of  general  interest. 

(3.)  The  feeling  of  obligation  which  arises  from  the  fact  that  members, 
resident  at  the  place  of  the  Convention,  have  raised  large  sums  of  money 
through  contributions  from  themselves,  and  from  other  persons  generally 
interested  in  engineering  or  desiring  that  the  Society  should  enjoy  its 
visit ;  and,  in  this  connection  the  feeling  that  the  money  must  be  spent 
in  providing  the  excursions  alluded  to,  and  in  furnishing  entertain- 
ments which  are  of  a  more  elaborate  character  than  is  requisite  for  the 
entire  enjoyment  of  the  members  and  visitors. 

All  of  these  considerations  are  interdependent ;  they  have  arisen  from 
no  special  fault  on  the  part  of  any  who  have  been  active  in  promoting  past 
conventions  ;  but  the  feeling  that  a  change  ought  to  be  made  certainly 
exists,  and  certainly  should  be  considered. 

It  is  suggested  that  an  entirely  new  method  of  holding  our  Conven- 


10  JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

tions  may  be  tried  with  sufficient  promise  of  success  to  warrant  the  ex- 
periment, and  this  new  method,  in  general  terms,  may  be  : 

To  hold  a  Convention  not  at  any  large  city,  nor  upon  the  invitation 
of  local  members  ;  but  to  secure,  if  possible,  a  place  where  all  can 
be  accommodated  in  a  proper  way,  and  where  the  Convention  can 
be  arranged  and  managed  entirely  with  reference  to  the  best  assurance 
of  cari'ying  out  the  objects  which  make  it  desirable  that  Conventions 
should  be  held.     It  is  suggested  that  these  objects  are: 

(a.)  The  presentation,  consideration,  and  undisturbed  discussion  of 
professional  subjects. 

(b.)  The  opi3ortunity  for  free  intercourse  between  members  of  the 
Society  gathering  at  our  Conventions  from  all  parts  of  the  United  States, 
and  in  fact  of  the  world. 

(c. )  Such  opportunities  for  social  recreation  as  may  not  interfere,  but 
rather  aid  in  the  other  two  objects  mentioned  above. 

It  is  suggested  that  the  Convention  can  be  held  at  some  large  hotel, 
preferably  not  in  a  city.  Those  who  were  present  at  the  St.  Paul  and 
Minneapolis  Convention  of  last  year  will  remember  the  Hotel  Lafayette, 
at  Lake  Minnetonka.  There  are  other  hotels  in  other  parts  of  the 
country  fully  as  large,  and  located,  many  of  them,  in  delightful  situa- 
tions. Doubtless,  a  committee  of  the  Board  of  Direction  can  find  such  a 
location,  and  can  secure  amj^le  accommodations  on  reasonable  terms, 
where  all  the  requisites  for  comfortable  meetings  can  be  had,  where  the 
opportunity  will  be  afforded  for  pleasant  intercourse,  and  where  no  calls 
will  be  made  upon  the  members  which  will  interfere  either  with  the 
professional  or  social  enjoyment  of  the  occasion. 

Some  of  our  members  who  have  discussed  this  subject  have  already 
made  inquiries  and  have  found  several  such  places.  With  proper 
arrangements,  the  meetings  of  the  Society  during  the  Convention,  held 
in  such  a  hotel,  would  give  ample  time  for  entirely  free  and  uninterrupted 
discussion.  The  classification  of  papers  and  subjects,  as  suggested  in  a 
circular  accompanying  this,  could  be  made  to  add  largely  to  the  interest 
of  discussions.  The  hours  not  devoted  to  meetings  would  give  ex- 
cellent opijortunities  for  the  more  intimate  acquaintance  of  our  members 
with  each  other.  Every  provision  could  be  made  for  the  comfort  of  the 
members  and  their  families  without  interfering  with  the  other  objects  of 
the  Convention . 

It  is  suggested  that  the  experiment  be  tried,  and  that  the  Board  of 
Direction  be  authorized  to  secure  such  provisions  for  the  next  Convention 
as  have  been  outlined  above. 

The  Board  asks  for  this  subject  the  earnest  consideration  which  its  great 
importance  to  the  welfare  of  the  Society  demands. 

A  blaak  form  lor  the  return  of  the  views  of  members  is  sent  herewith, 
and  it  is  particularly  requested  that  these  be  filled  out  and  forwarded  to 
the  Secretary.  The  replies  will  be  reported  to  the  Annual  Meeting, 
when  the  subject  will  be  considered. 


JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  11 

The    Peesentation,    Beading   and    Discussion   op    Papers    at 
Conventions. 

The  following  proposed  Regulations  will  be  submitted  by  the 
Board  of  Direction  at  the  Annual  Meeting,    January    21st,    1885, 

Members  of  the  Society  to  be  informed  that  papers  submitted  for 
reading  at  any  Annual  Convention  should  be  in  the  hands  of  the  Secre- 
tai'y  at  least  40  days  before  the  date  of  such  Convention. 

Members  also  to  be  informed  that  papers  which  are  not  received  in 
time  to  conform  to  this  rule  can  only  take  the  chance  of  being  presented 
to  the  Convention  after  the  reading  and  discussion  of  the  papers  which 
have  been  so  submitted. 

When  papers  are  received  in  accordance  with  this  regulation,  and 
have  been  accepted  by  the  Committee  for  presentation,  the  Secretary  to 
have  concise  abstracts  made  of  each  paper,  and  to  mail  these  abstracts  to 
each  member  of  the  Society,  with  a  request  that  discussion  be  prepared, 
and  also  that  each  member  who  is  willing  and  desirous  to  take  part  in 
the  discussion  shall  so  inform  the  Secretary.  More  detailed  information 
as  to  a  particular  paper  may  be  furnished  to  members,  desiring  to  dis- 
cuss it. 

In  i^reparing  the  programme  for  the  Convention,  the  papers  to  be 
classified,  so  that  as  far  as  practicable  definite  classes  of  subjects  may  be 
considered  at  the  same  time;  and  notices  of  this  classification,  and  of  the 
times  when  particular  subjects  are  to  be  considered,  to  be  prepared  and 
posted.  The  discussions  upon  particular  subjects  and  jaapers  to  be 
opened  by  members,  in  an  order  to  be  designated  by  the  Chairman  of 
the  Convention,  and  afterwards  the  discussion  to  be  general. 

A  Committee,  to  be  appointed  by  the  Board,  of  members  who  are  to 
be  present  at  the  Convention,  which  Committee  will  aid  the  Secretary  in 
arrangements  for  the  presentation  and  discussion  of  papers,  and  in  per- 
fecting other  requisite  details  for  the  Convention. 


An  abstract  of  the  suggestions  made  by  members  upon  this  subject 
was  then  read : 

Total  number  of  replies  received 183 

Suggesting  that  the  Board  of  Direction  be  authorized  to  secure 
the  provisions  for  next  Convention,  as  outlined  in  the  cir- 
cular       136 

Suggesting  that  visiting  and  insj)ection  of  engineering  works 

be  not  omitted 13 

That  the  method  adopted  in  the  past  be  continued 2 

Communications  agreeing  in  general  with  the  views  of  the  cir- 
cular, but  offering  suggestions  as  to  special  points 32 

183 


12  JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

The  following  places  were  also  suggested  iu  these  replies :  Ashland, 
Wis.;  Baltimore,  Md. ;  Catskill,  N.  Y. ;  Hotel  Kaaterskill  and  Grand 
Hotel,  Catskill,  N.  Y. ;  Chatauqua  Lake;  Chicago;  Cincinnati;  Hotel  La- 
fayette, Minnetonka,  Wis.;  Cornell  University,  Ithaca,  N.Y. ;  New  Or- 
leans; Richland  Springs;  San  Francisco;  Saratoga;  White  Mountains; 
White  Sulphur  Springs;  the  line  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad. 

The  White  Sulphur  Springs  was  also  suggested  by  some  members 
present  at  the  meeting. 

Mr.  S.  B.  Opdyke,  Jr. ,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. ,  said  that  as,  in  conversa- 
tion before  the  Annual  Meeting,  Saratoga  had  been  suggested  as  a  pos- 
sible location  for  the  next  Convention,  he  had  taken  pains  to  inquire  as 
to  the  probable  facilities  for  reaching  Saratoga  by  the  various  lines  of 
railway,  and  that  he  had  secured  from  the  officers  of  a  number  of  lines 
the  statement  that  they  would  be  very  glad  to  offer  the  Society  special 
facilities  for  travel  over  their  lines,  should  Saratoga  be  selected  for  the 
place  of  the  Convention.     This  included  a  trip  to  the  Hoosac  Tunnel. 

Mr.  A.  W.  Locke,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  the  manager  of  the  Troy  and 
Greenfield  Railroad  and  Hoosac  Tunnel,  confirmed  this  statement,  and 
said  that  he  had  received  the  assurance  that  the  Society  would  be  wel- 
comed and  taken  care  of  on  the  lines  approaching  Saratoga  and  the 
Tunnel,  from  the  eastward . 

After  discussion  the  subject  of  the  time  and  place  for  the  next  con- 
vention of  the  Society  was  referred,  with  power,  to  the  Board  of  Di- 
rection, with  the  request  that  the  Board  give  full  consideration  to  the 
suggestion  of  holding  the  meeting  at  Saratoga. 


«■[ 


The  following  letter  was  then  presented: 

The  American  Exhibition  in  London,  1886. 
City  OmcEs:  7  PouiiTRY,  London,  E.  C. 
5  January,  1885. 

D.  J.  Whittemore,  Esq.,  President, 

The  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  New  York. 

Dear  Sir, — As  the  representative  of  the  Executive  Council  of  the 
American  Exhibition  to  be  held  in  London  in  1886,  it  affords  me  ex- 
ceeding pleasure  on  their  behalf  to  invite  the  American  Society  of  Civil 
Engineers  to  hold  their  annual  convention  in  London  in  1886. 

We  shall  be  delighted  to  provide  the  members  with  rooms  for  their 
meetings,  and  to  do  all  in  our  power  to  promote  their  pleasure  and  com- 
fort. 

Negotiations  have  already  been  entered  into  with  Atlantic  Steamship 
lines,  by  which  a  material  saving  in  the  usual  passenger  rates  will 
be  effected,  and  such  of  the  members  of  your  Society  as  shall  honor 
us  by  accepting  our  invitation,  will,  of  course,  have  every  communica- 
tion afforded  them,  so  that  they  may  profit  by  the  favorable  terms  we 
are  certain  to  obtain. 


JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  13 

In  the  hope  that  this  invitation  will  be  favorably  received  and  ac- 
cepted. 

I  am,  dear  sir,  yours  respectfully  and  faithfully, 

JOHN  K.  WHITLEY, 

Director  General. 

On  motion,  the  thanks  of  the  Society  were  tendered  to  the  Executive 
Council  of  the  American  Exhibition,  to  be  held  in  London  in  1886,  for 
this  courteous  invitation,  and  the  Secretary  was  requested  to  transmit 
this  action  of  the  Society  to  the  proper  officers  of  that  exhibition. 

A  recess  was  then  taken  for  lunch,  which  was  served  in  the  Society 
House. 

After  lunch  the  session  was  resumed. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Uniform  Standard  Time  was  pre- 
sented. 

Report  of  the  Special  Comiiittee  on  Uniform  Standard  Time. 

Presented  and  accepted  at  the  Annual  Meeting,  January  21,  1885. 


The  Special  Committee  on  Standard  Time  beg  leave  to  report  : 
At  the  Convention  of  the  Society,  held  at  Buffalo,  in  June  last,  the 
Committee  reported  on  the  satisfactory  progress  which  had  been  made  in 
time  reform  up  to  that  date.  One  of  the  reforms  advocated  by  the  So- 
ciety had  been  in  use  throughout  North  America  for  a  period  of  six 
months,  with  results  of  the  most  satisfactory  character. 

The  President  of  the  Society,  in  his  address  at  Buffalo,  gave  promi- 
nence to  the  question,  and  pointed  out  that  it  is  one  of  the  high  aims  and 
duties  of  the  Engineering  profession  "to  consider  and  determine  the 
most  economic  use  of  time,  power  and  matter." 

The  Committee  again  have  the  satisfaction  to  report  marked  progress. 
Since  the  Buffalo  Convention  the  International  Conference,  referred  to 
in  last  report,  has  met  at  Washington,  and  has  come  to  decisions  of  high 
importance. 

On  the  invitation  of  the  President  of  the  United  States,  delegates 
from  the  following  twenty-six  nations  assembled,  viz.  : 

Austria-Hungary.  Brazil. 

Colombia.  Costa  Rica. 

France.  Germany. 

Great  Britain.  Guatemala. 

Hawaii.  Italy. 

Japan.  Mexico. 

Paraguay.  Russia. 

San  Domingo.  Salvador. 

Spain.  Sweden. 


14  JANUAUY    PROCEEDINGS. 

Switzerland.  United  States. 

Venezuela.  Chili. 

Denmark.  Liberia. 

Netherlands.  Turkey. 

The  Conference  held  eight  sessions,  extending  from  the  1st  October 
to  the  1st  November,  and,  after  patient  and  careful  deliberation,  jjassed 
the  following  resolutions,  viz. : 

I. — "  That  it  is  the  opinion  of  this  Conference  that  it  is  desirable  to 
adopt  a  single  prime  meridian  for  all  nations,  in  place  of  the  multipli- 
city of  initial  meridians  which  now  exist. 

II. — "That  the  Conference  jjroposes  to  the  Governments  here  rep- 
resented the  adoption  of  tlie  meridian  passing  through  the  centre  of 
the  transit  instrument  at  the  Observatory  of  Greenwich,  as  the  initial 
meridian  for  longitude. 

III. — "  That  from  this  meridian  longitude  shall  be  counted  in  two  di- 
rections up  to  180  degrees,  east  longitude  being  plus  and  west  longitude 
mmus. 

IV. — "That  the  Conference  proposes  the  adoption  of  a  universal 
day  for  all  purposes  for  which  it  may  be  found  convenient,  and  which 
shall  not  interfere  with  the  use  of  local  or  other  standard  time  when  de- 
sirable. 

V. — "  That  this  univei'sal  day  is  to  be  a  mean  solar  day  ;  is  to  begin 
for  all  the  world  at  the  moment  of  mean  midnight  of  the  initial  meridian, 
coinciding  with  the  beginning  of  the  civil  day  and  date  of  that  meridian; 
and  is  to  be  counted  from  zero  iijo  to  twenty-four  hours. 

VI. — "  That  the  Conference  expresses  the  hojje  that,  as  soon  as  may 
be  practicable,  the  astronomical  and  nautical  days  will  be  arranged  every- 
where to  begin  at  mean  midnight. 

VII. — "That  the  Conference  expresses  the  hope  that  the  technical 
studies  designed  to  regulate  and  extend  the  application  of  the  decimal 
system  to  the  division  of  angular  space  and  of  time  shall  be  resumed,  so 
as  to  permit  the  extension  of  this  aiiplication  to  all  cases  in  which  it  pre- 
sents real  advantage." 

These  resolutions  of  the  International  Conference  are  substantially 
in  accord  with  the  principles  laid  down  in  the  printed  papers  and  re- 
ports of  this  Society.     The  effect  of  the  resolutions  is  threefold : 

1.  They  define  and  establish  "a  universal  standard  time  to  be  com- 
mon to  all  peoj^les  throughout  the  world."  This  standard  time  desig- 
nated cosmic  time*  in  jDrevious  jjublications  of  the  Society,  "maybe 
used  to  promote  exactness  in  chronology;  it  may  be  employed  in  as- 
tronomy, navigation,  meteorology,  and  in  connection  with  synchronous 
observations  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  It  may  be  regarded  as  the  time 
which  will  be  used  in  ocean  telegraphy,"  and  for  other  purposes  of  a 
general  character. 

*  The  etymology  of  the  word  commends  its  use. 


JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  15 

2.  They  give  an  autlioritative  recognition  by  the  civilized  nations  to 
the  twenty-four  o'clock  system,  as  the  hours  of  cosmic  time  are  to  be 
counted  from  zero  up  to  twenty-four  without  interruption. 

3.  They  practically  determine  the  position  of  twenty-four  standard 
hour  meridians  around  the  globe.  Hence  complete  uniformity  will  be 
obtained  when  the  system  of  regulating  time  which  has  been  adopted 
with  such  signal  success  in  North  America  comes  to  be  extended  to  other 
continents. 

The  hour  meridians  are  not  mentioned  in  the  resolutions,  but  that 
they  are  nevertheless  determined  is  obvious.  The  zero  of  the  twenty 
four  hours  of  each  successive  cosmic  day  is  the  moment  of  mean  solar 
passage  on  the  anti-prime  meridian.  The  first  hour  is  at  the  solar 
passage  on  the  meridian  15  degrees  westward;  this,  then,  becomes  the 
first  hour  meridian.  The  second  hour  of  the  cosmic  day  is  at  the  solar 
passage  on  the  meridian  15  degrees  still  further  westward;  this  becomes 
the  second  hour  meridian.  And  so  on,  in  turn,  each  meridian  which  is 
an  exact  multiple  of  15  degrees  from  zero  becomes  an  hour  meridian 
corresponding  in  number  with  the  numbers  of  the  successive  hours  of 
the  cosmic  day.  The  twenty -four  hour  meridians  so  determined  come 
in  the  following  order,  viz. : 

Zero— the  anti-in-ime  meridian 180°  East  and  West. 

1st  hour  meridian 165*^  East . 

2d  "  150°  East. 

3d  "  135°  East. 

4th  "  120°  East. 

5th  "  105°  East. 

6th  "  90°  East. 

7th  "  75°  East. 

8th  "  60°  East. 

9th  "  45°  East. 

10th  "  30°  East. 

11th  "  15°  East. 

12th  "  0°  Prime  Meridian. 

13th  "  15°  West. 

14th  "  30°  West. 

15th  "  45°  West. 

16th  "  60°  West. 

17th  " 75°  West. 

18th  "  90°  West. 

19th  "  105°  West. 

20th  "  120°  West. 

21st  "  135°  West. 

22d  "  150°  West. 

23d  "  165°  West. 

24th  or  zero  of  the  hours 180°  West  and  East. 


16  JANUAKY    PROCEEDINGS. 

It  will  tlius  be  obvious  that  the  conclusions  of  the  International  Con- 
ference are  substantially  in  agreement  witli  tlie  scheme  of  time  reform 
which  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  has  systematically  pro- 
moted for  some  years  back. 

In  the  report  of  the  Committee,  submitted  at  the  Bulffalo  Convention, 
special  attention  was  directed  to  what  is  generally  designated  the  24 
o'clock  system.  The  report  pointed  out  that  with  extreme  ease  and  at 
insignificant  cost  all  time-keepers  could  be  adapted  to  the  new  notation. 
The  Committee  further  reported  that  they  had  received  communications 
directly  bearing  on  this  branch  of  the  question  from  a  large  number  of 
prominent  men  in  every  section  of  the  country,  and  that  92  per  cent,  of 
those  heard  from  were  decidedly  of  oiainion  that  the  hours  should  be 
counted  in  single  series  from  zero  to  24 

As  a  change  from  the  present  custom  of  reckoning  the  hours  to  the 
proposed  new  mode  affects  many  interests,  and  it  could  only  be  effected 
by  general  concurrence,  especially  of  those  controlling  the  various  lines 
of  railway,  the  Committee  deem  it  advisable  to  take  steps  to  obtain  an 
expression  of  opinion  on  this  point.  Since  the  Buffalo  Convention  a 
correspondence  has  taken  place  between  the  Secretary  and  the  Railway 
authorities  throughout  the  United  States  and  Canada.  Replies  have  been 
received  from  171  gentlemen,  generally  presidents,  managers  and  super- 
intendents, 98  per  cent,  of  whom  have  individually  expressed  their  sym- 
pathy with  the  movement,  and  stated  that  they  will  be  prepared  when  it 
is  ascertained  that  the  feeling  is  general  to  abandon  the  old  practice 
of  dividing  the  day  into  halves  of  twelve  hours  each, numbered  separately, 
and  substitute  therefor  a  single  notation  of  24  hours.  The  managers 
and  others  heard  from  who  will  support  and  carry  out  the  change  repre- 
sent 59,100  miles  of  railway.  A  list,  giving  the  names  of  those  gentle- 
men and  the  lines  of  railway  they  are  connected  with,  is  appended. 

The  Committee  feel  warranted  in  stating  that  the  great  telegraph  in- 
terests of  the  country  are  in  full  sympathy.  They  have  the  authority  of 
the  President  of  the  Western  Union  Telegraph  Company  for  saying  that 
the  general  adoption  of  the  24  o'clock  system,  besides  reducing  risk  of 
errors,  would  save  to  that  company  the  transmission  of  fully  one  hundred 
and  fifty  millions  of  letters  annually. 

Since  the  conclusions  of  the  Washington  Conference  were  made 
known  in  Europe  only  a  few  weeks  back,  the  24  o'clock  system  has  at- 
tracted marked  attention.  On  the  first  of  the  present  month  it  was 
adopted  at  the  Greenwich  Observatory,  the  seat  of  control  for  all  the 
public  clocks  of  Great  Britain. 

In  view  of  all  the  circumstances,  it  appears  to  the  Committee  that  the 
day  is  not  far  distant  when  a  change  may  be  successfully  accomplished 
in  this  country.  As  in  the  matter  of  regulating  time  throughout  North 
America  by  hour  standards,  it  is  believed  that  the  proposed  change  can 
best  be  effected  by  the  railway  authorities.      The  Committee  therefore 


JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  17 

recommend  that  steps  be  taken  to  bring  all  the  information  referred  to  in 
this  report,  and  the  whole  question.,  before  the  next  meeting  of  the  Eail- 
way  General  Time  Conventions. 

The  Committee  would  particularly  recommend  to  the  railway  author- 
ities that  they  shall  provide  small  printed  supplementary  dials— the  cost 
of  which  would  be  hardly  worthy  of  consideration— to  be  pasted  upon 
the  dials  of  the  watches  of  all  employees,  and  also  supplementary  dials 
of  proper  dimensions  to  be  pasted  upon  the  station  clocks,  which  would 
familiarize  employees  and  the  public  in  the  shortest  possible  time  with 
the  new  system. 

For  the  Special  Committee, 

SANDFORD  FLEMING, 

January,  1885.  Chairman. 

Mr.  T.  Egleston,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.— In  the  absence  of  Mr.  Flem- 
ing, the  chairman  of  the  committee,  I  have  been  requested  to  read  the 
report.  I  wish  to  say,  in  submitting  it,  that  since  the  last  convention 
I  bave  had  the  opportunity  of  traveling  through  most  of  the  countries 
of  Europe,  and  have  had  occasion  to  talk  with  many  of  the  railway 
officials  and  others  directly  interested  in  this  subject,  and  they  have  not 
only  felt  an  immense  interest  in  what  is  going  on  here,  and  thought  that 
we  had  shown  great  enterprise  in  making  a  change  of  standard  time  in 
this  country,  but  they  are  fully  prepared  for  the  24  o'clock  system. 

Mr.  Fleming  and  the  other  members  of  the  committee  are  very  anx- 
ious that  the  committee  should  have  authority  to  represent  the  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers  in  the  coming  Time  Convention  of  the  railways,  which 
is  to  be  held  shortly.  There  are  two  methods  of  doing  this  :  either  to 
authorize  the  committee  to  appear  by  proxy  or  in  person,  or  else  for  the 
Board  of  Direction  to  appoint  delegates  to  the  convention.  The  com- 
mittee are  not  prepared  to  offer  a  resolution,  but  they  wish  to  have  one 
of  these  methods  considered  and  have  some  authority  by  which  this 
Society  may  be  authoritatively  represented  there.  The  committee  have 
no  authority,  so  far,  from  the  Society  except  to  do  the  work.  I  think 
that,  although  a  member  of  the  committee,  I  may  fairly  say  that  that 
work  has  been  well  done.  I  think  if  matters  move  as  they  are  now 
moving,  within  the  year  1885  the  use  of  24  hours  instead  of  two  divis- 
ions of  12  hours  will  be  in  general  use. 

Mr.  Charles  Macdonald,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.— Referring  to  a  letter 
which  I  have  just  received  from  Mr.  Fleming,  who  is  unavoidably 
detained,  he  says  :  "  I  hope  you  will  be  at  the  meeting  and  be  prepared 
to  move  a  resolution  to  appoint  delegates  of  the  Society  to  the  Time 
Convention." 

I  would  therefore  move  that  a  committee  of  three  be  appointed  by 
the  Board  of  Direction  as  delegates  to  the  approaching  Time  Convention. 


18  JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

The  Chairman. — It  is  moved  and  seconded  that  the  Board  of  Direc- 
tion be  requested  to  appoint  a  committee  of  three  to  attend  tlie  Time 
Convention  of  the  railways. 

The  motion  was  carried. 

Mr.  Feed.  Brooks. — As  the  committee's  report  remains  to  be  dis- 
posed of,  I  move  that  it  be  accepted,  and  that  the  committee  be  continued 
and  requested  to  treat,  in  its  next  report,  the  decimal  division  of  time. 

The  International  Meridian  Conference,  we  have  just  now  heard, 
hoped  that  technical  studies  would  be  resumed  so  as  to  permit  the 
application,  so  far  as  would  be  really  advantageous,  of  the  decimal 
system  to  the  measurement  of  time. 

As  we  have  an  able  committee,  now  organized  which  has  already 
become  familiar  with  the  principal  considerations  affecting  time  measure- 
ment, I  think  we  had  best  ask  it  to  discuss  this  matter  of  decimalization. 
It  is  a  subject  that  has  attracted  the  attention  of  civil  engineers. 

Mr.  Frederick  T.  Newberry,  Assistant  Engineer  Southern  Pacific 
Railroad,  proposed  in  a  letter  published  in  the  Travelers'  Official  Guide 
for  April,  1882,  to  divide  time  decimally,  starting  with  the  day  as  the 
principal  unit.  Mr.  Jacob  M.  Clark,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  Engineer 
Central  Railroad  of  New  Jersey,  appended  to  the  Society's  Transactions 
for  December,  1882,  tables  of  measure  which  contemplate  apparently 
the  decimal  division  of  the  hour,  the  day  being  divided  into  24  hours. 
In  reckoning  the  time  of  the  help  at  mills  it  is  sometimes  the  practice 
now  to  use  decimal  fractions  of  the  hour  for  convenience  in  computation; 
and,  if  ten  hours  is  the  average  day's  work,  an  approach  is  made  to  a 
decimal  system.  A  third  project  was  presented  at  the  Meridian  Con- 
ference, where  it  was  proposed  to  divide  the  day  into  quarters  and  to 
subdivide  those  decimally;  though  the  resolution  finally  adopted  was 
in  the  modified  form  quoted  in  the  report  of  our  committee.  The  ques- 
tion is  thus  open  for  discussion,  which  of  these  forms  of  decimalization 
(each  of  which  has  its  advantages),  or  what  other  form  of  decimalization, 
is  preferable,  besides  the  general  question  of  what  the  value  of  decimal- 
izing time  m  easurement  would  amount  to  in  comparison  with  the  trouble 
it  would  make. 

I  should  have  supposed  that  this  was  a  question  for  the  future,  and 
that  it  belonged  to  astronomers  rather  than  to  civil  engineers;  but  as  our 
business  men  and  the  public  generally  have  adopted  the  hourly  stand- 
ards of  time  with  a  readiness  surprising  even  to  the  leading  promoters 
of  that  reform,  and  as  we  have  just  now  been  told  that  the  English 
astronomical  authorities  have  with  the  j^resent  year  changed  their  prac- 
tice as  recommended  by  civil  engineers,  and  now  begin  and  end  the  day 
at  midnight,  perhaps  civil  engineers  may  usefully  give  further  study  to 
the  subject.  Prudence  suggests  that  we  look  forward,  if  we  can,  to  the 
system  of  the  future,  in  order  that  by  keeping  it  in  view  we  may  decide 


JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  19 

with  better  judgment  about  any  steps  of  change  that  may  from  to  time 
be  urged  upon  us. 

Mi-.  Geokge  S.  Morison,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. — It  seems  to  me  that 
there  is  a  very  simple  question  before  the  Society  at  this  moment. 
That  question  is  simply,  as  stated  in  Mr.  Macdonald's  motion,  shall  a 
committee  be  appointed  to  represent  the  Society  in  the  coming  Rail- 
road Time  Convention  ?  The  only  object  in  appointing  that  committee 
is  to  pass  on  that  single  question  of  adopting  what  is  known  as  the 
twenty-four  o'clock  system.  "What  Mr.  Brooks  says  about  the  decimal 
subdivision  of  time  has  no  doubt  a  great  deal  in  it.  But  it  is  not  the 
question  we  are  now  considering.  What  we  want  is,  to  have  a  jjroper 
representation  of  the  Society  to  exert  the  full  influence  of  the  Society  for 
a  single  and  simple  object. 

The  Chairman. — Mr.  Macdonald's  motion  was  carried. 

Mr.  J.  J.  R.  Cedes,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.— I  would  suggest  that  Mr. 
Brooks'  motion,  with  his  consent,  be  divided.  His  motion  embraces  two 
different  things.  One  is  that  the  report  be  received  and  accepted  and 
the  committee  continued.  The  other  one  was  that  the  committee  be 
requested  to  consider  the  question  of  decimal  time.  If  Mr.  Brooks 
would  separate  his  motion,  so  as  to  make  it  first,  simply  that  the  report 
be  accepted  and  the  committee  continued,  then  his  other  motion  can 
come  up  afterwards. 

Mr.  F.  Brooks. — I  have  no  objection  to  dividing  the  motion. 

The  Chairman. — I  do  not  understand  that  Mr.  Brooks'  motion  is 
seconded. 

Mr.  J.  J.  R.  Croes.— Mr.  Brooks  accepts  that  amendment,  and  I  will 
second  the  motion. 

The  Chairman. — That  question  is  then  now  before  the  meeting,  that 
the  report  be  accepted  and  the  committee  continued. 

The  motion  was  CHrried. 

Mr.  F.  Brooks. — I  move  that  the  committee  be  requested  in  their  next 
rejDort  to  treat  of  the  decimal  division  of  time. 

The  motion  was  seconded. 

Mr.  F.  Brooks. — The  division  of  the  question  ought  to  permit  me  to 
speak  a  second  time.  The  representatives  of  26  nations,  called  together 
at  the  Meridian  Conference,  having  formally  resolved  that  they  hoped 
study  would  be  made  of  the  decimalization  of  time  in  cases  where  it 
would  really  be  advantageous,  it  behooves  the  American  Society  of  Civil 
Engineers,  which  actively  favored  the  holding  of  the  conference,  to  pay 
heed  to  its  recommendation. 

A  viva  voce  vote  was  taken,  but  the  chair  was  unable  to  decide  which 
side  had  the  majority. 

Mr.  J.  ,T.  R.  Croes.— This  is  simply  a  matter  for  the  consideration 
of  the  committee.  I  do  not  suppose  that  all  those  who  voted  understood 
the  question.  It  is  simply  a  request  to  the  committee  to  consider  that 
question. 


20  JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

A  member. — It  is  to  treat  it  in  their  report. 

Mr.  Charles  Macdonald.  — I  think  we  ought  not  to  put  it  upon  that 
committee  to  take  ■  up  an  entirely  new  question.  Let  them  finish  up 
with  what  they  have  got,  and  if  the  gentlemen  have  sufficient  support  to 
bring  forward  the  question  on  its  own  merits  and  have  a  committee 
appointed  to  consider  it,  well  and  good.  But  I  am  opposed  to  having 
it  grafted  on  the  work  of  that  committee. 

Mr.  George  S.  Morison.- — It  seems  to  me  that  any  such  proposition 
as  this  is  about  as  radical  a  thing  as  can  possibly  be  supposed.  It  is  a 
proposition  which  proposes  to  change  our  entire  system  of  keeping  time, 
in  a  manner  which  will  be  entirely  different,  having  no  common  factors, 
as  you  may  say,  with  the  old  system.  It  will  involve  the  destruction  of 
every  clock  and  watch  in  the  universe.  It  is  far  more  radical  than  the 
introduction  of  the  metric  system  or  anything  of  the  kind.  It  is  some- 
thing which  ought  not  to  be  taken  up  by  the  Society  with  the  slightest 
favor  until  it  has  been  considered  for  weeks  and  months.  I  hope  this 
will  be  voted  down  by  a  large  majority. 

Mr.  T.  Egleston.— As  a  member  of  the  committee,  I  should  rather 
object  to  bringing  in  a  report  on  so  important  a  question  by  next  June. 
I,  for  one,  do  not  feel  competent  to  do  such  a  thing  as  that,  and  I  do  not 
think,  as  there  are  a  large  number  of  questions  still  to  come  before  the 
committee  which  will  call  for  active  work,  that  it  is  fair  to  call  on  the 
committee  to  bring  in  a  report  on  them  in  June  next.  I  do  not  think  it 
is  quite  right  to  give  them  not  quite  five  working  months  to  consider 
and  report  on  the  whole  subject. 

Mr.  0.  Herschel,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.— My  objection  lies  deeper 
perhaps  than  what  is  mentioned,  and  that  is  as  to  instrncting  the  com- 
mittee on  their  duties.  There  was  nothing  that  stood  in  the  way  of  the 
committee  reporting  on  the  subject,  had  they  considered  it  expedient  so 
to  report,  and  there  is  nothing  to  hinder  them  from  reporting  in  the 
future  on  that  subject  if  they  consider  it  expedient.  I  really  hope  that 
my  friend  Mr.  Brooks  will  withdraw  the  motion.  It  seems  to  me  an 
unnecessary  one.  The  committee  can  report  if  they  please,  and  they 
have  proved  themselves  a  very  wise  and  hardworking  committee. 

Mr.  F.  Brooks. — If  the  meeting  is  at  all  embarrassed  by  it,  I  have  no 
objection  to  withdrawing  the  motion.     I  withdraw  the  motion. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  "Uniform  System  for  Tests  of  Ce- 
ment" was  then  presented  and  read.*  A  minority  report  of  the  com- 
mittee *  was  also  presented  and  read.  The  subject  was  discussed  by 
Messrs.  A.  P.  Boiler,  J.  J.  E.  Croes,  F.  O.  Norton,  F.  Collingwood, 
H.  E.  Towne,  James  Owen,  L.  F.  Beckwith,  Charles  Macdonald  and 
Charles  B.  Brush. 

On  motion  the  majority  and  minority  reports  were  accepted  with  the 
thanks  of  the  Society,  and  the  committee  discharged. 
*  To  be  published  in  the  Transactions. 


JANUAEY    PROCEEDINGS.  21 

A  recess  was  then  taken  until  evening. 

The  session  was  resumed  at  20  o'clock.  It  was  moved  that  the  com- 
mittee to  which  had  been  referred  the  subject  of  a  Uniform  System  for 
Tests  of  Cement,  be  requested  by  the  Board  of  Direction  to  consider 
the  subject  of  the  compressive  strength  of  cement,  and  also  of  the  actual 
compression  of  cement  and  the  settlement  of  masonry,  and  the  Board  be 
empowered  to  fill  the  place  of  any  members  of  that  committee  who  may 
not  be  desirous  of  serving  upon  this  continued  investigation.  After  dis- 
cussion by  Messrs.  F.  Collingwood,  T.  0.  McCollom  and  William  P. 
Shinn  the  motion  was  adopted. 

Mr.  Oberlin  Smith,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. ,  moved  that  the  subject  of  the 
proposed  reform  in  the  United  States  Patent  Oflflce  be  referred  to  the 
Board  of  Direction,  to  consider  whether  any  action  of  the  Society  may 
be  taken  in  this  matter.  After  discussion  by  Messrs.  Oberlin  Smith,  J. 
P.  Davis  and  Theodore  Cooper,  the  motion  was  carried. 

Mr.  William  P.  Shinn,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  presented  the  following 
resolution: 

Resolved,  That  the  President  be  authorized  to  appoint  a  committee, 
consisting  of  five  members,  to  confer  with  committees  appointed  by 
kindred  societies,  for  the  purpose  of  devising  and  considering  a  plan 
for  creating  a  library  for  the  joint  use  of  the  organizations  represented 
by  the  committees  in  conference;  said  i^lan  to  be  reported  to  the  society 
for  such  action  as  may  be  desirable. 

Mr.  Henry  R.  Towne,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. — As  a  member  of  the 
Library  Committee  of  the  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers,  I  am 
familiar  with  the  subject  covered  by  the  resolution,  and  I  wish  to  sug- 
gest one  amendment  to  it.  In  making  provision,  as  we  have  recently, 
in  the  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers,  for  the  creation  of  a  library 
fund,  our  first  difficulty  is  encountered  in  the  shape  of  where  to  put  it, 
the  need  of  a  room  or  building,  and  I  suggest  this,  whether  it  is  not 
expedient  that  whatever  committee  may  consider  this  question  of  a  joint 
library  should  simultaneously  consider  the  question  of  joint  accommo- 
dation for  the  two  or  three  societies  that  are  likely  to  become  united  in 
this  manner.  It,  of  course,  involves  no  committal  of  this  Society,  or 
any  of  them,  to  joining  in  that  way,  unless  it  should  seem  expedient  to 
all  of  them.  A  library  cannot  exist  without  some  place  to  keep  it  in, 
and  wherever  the  library  is  kept  becomes  naturally  the  headquarters  of 
the  owners  of  the  library.  I  offer  an  amendment  that  the  committee,  if 
appointed,  shall  consider  both  questions — a  joint  library  and  a  joint 
accommodation  for  the  societies  owning  the  library. 

Mr.  Joseph  P.  Davis,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. — I  think  the  resolution  as 
oflfered  is  a  somewhat  mysterious  one.  We  do  not  know  what  societies 
are  included  nor  the  object  of  the  resolution,  and  would  like  to  have 
the  matter  a  little  more  clearly  expressed. 


23  JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

Mr.  Henet  R.  Towne. — I  can  answer  that  question  from  the  fact 
that  I  have  participated  in  the  discussion  concerning  this  matter  with 
the  members  of  two  other  societies— the  Mechanical  Engineers  and  the 
Mining  Engineers — and  I  think  so  far  as  the  matter  has  taken  any  shajse 
at  all  in  formal  discussions,  it  has  been  with  the  hope  that  at  some  time 
in  the  future  the  three  engineering  societies  now  existing,  with  possibly 
at  some  time,  the  addition  of  a  fourth,  the  Electrical,  may  unite  in 
having  a  central  headquarters,  presumably  in  this  city,  where  a  library 
shall  be  located,  common  to  all  of  the  societies,  and  where  also  they 
may  unite  in  a  building  in  which  all  can  have  suitable  places  for  meet- 
ing, and  where  by  reason  of  the  larger  number  that  will  in  that  way  be 
brought  together,  any  of  us  happening  in  at  any  time  will  be  likely  to 
find  friends  and  acquaintances  whom  it  will  be  pleasant  to  meet.  I 
think  the  whole  project  is  one  certainly  worth  careful  consideration  by 
a  committee  and  by  the  Society  in  the  form  that  the  committee  may 
report. 

Mr.  J.  J.  R.  Croes,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. — As  chairman  of  the  Library 
Committee  for  a  number  of  years,  though  I  do  not  know  what  I  may 
be  in  the  future,  I  think  that  this  project  is  worthy  of  very  serious  con- 
sideration. I  think,  also,  that  it  should  be  considered  by  those  who 
have  been  conversant  with  the  management  and  affairs  of  the  Society, 
and  for  that  reason  I  think  that  it  should  be  referred  to  the  Board  of 
Direction,  because  four  or  five  gentlemen  who  have  not  been  familiar 
with  the  affairs  of  the  Society,  could  hardly  consider  it  as  fairly  with 
regard  to  the  interests  of  this  Society  as  those  who  are  officially 
well  informed  as  to  those  affairs.  While  I  do  not  desire  to  have 
anything  to  do  with  it  myself,  still  it  is  a  matter  that  I  would  take  a 
good  deal  of  interest  in,  and  I  should  be  very  glad  to  see  it  take  the 
course  suggested. 

Mr.  M.  N.  FoKNEY,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.— Mr.  Chairman,  Mr.  Davis 
remarked  that  there  was  something  apparently  mysterious  about  this 
resolution.  In  order  to  take  that  impression  from  his  mind,  I  would  say 
that  there  is  nothing  mysterious  at  all  about  it.  There  are  a  number  of 
persons,  some  of  them  connected  with  more  than  one  of  the  societies, 
who  have  had  under  consideration  for  some  time  the  propriety  of 
creating  a  joint  library  to  be  used  by  the  members  of  all  the  associa- 
tions. It  seemed  to  them  the  very  height  of  folly  that  more  than  one  as- 
sociation in  the  City  of  New  York  should  undertake  to  duplicate  a  series 
of  books;  whereas  one  set  of  books  would  answer  equally  well  for  all 
the  societies.  Of  course,  the  money  expended,  if  concentrated  upon 
one  library,  would  go  a  great  deal  further  in  creating  a  perfect  library 
than  if  divided  among  two  or  more  separate  organizations.  The  purpose 
of  it  then  was  simjjly  to  get  together  committees  from  the  different 
engineers'  associations,  and  have  them  say  whether  any  plan  which  would 
be  satisfactory  to  this  Association  could  be  devised,  and  also  satisfactory 


JA:NiUARy    rROCEEDINGS.  23 

to  the  other  associations.  There  is  no  intention  of  springing  any  mys- 
terious plan  upon  any  of  the  organizations. 

With  reference  to  the  remarks  of  Mr.  Croes,  I  think  they  are  very 
pertinent,  and  I  think  that  the  members  of  the  old  liibrary  Committee 
•would  probably  be  the  most  competent  to  advise  and  to  suggest  means 
of  bringing  about  this  result.  I  hope  that  the  matter  will  not  be 
referred  to  the  Board  of  Direction,  but  that  a  committee  will  be  ap- 
pointed now.  There  is  no  danger  incurred.  The  committee  have  no 
authority  except  to  confer  with  other  committees  of  a  similar  character. 
When  they  report  to  the  Society  their  report  can  be  accepted,  laid  on 
the  table,  or  any  other  disposition  can  be  made  of  it.  But  certainly  no 
harm  can  come  of  an  interview  of  this  kind,  and  I  can  see  that  in  the 
future  very  great  good  may  come  from  it. 

There  is  at  the  jsresent  time  no  adequate  engineering  library  in  this 
country.  There  is  no  place  where  a  person  engaged  in  any  investigation 
covering  a  considerable  ground  can  find  a  collection  of  books  which  is 
even  respectable  upon  engineering  subjects.  It  strikes  me  that  this  is  a 
disadvantage  to  the  profession,  and  that  there  should  be  some  union 
among  engineers  throughout  the  length  and  breadth  of  the  land  for 
creating  a  library  which  would  be  adequate  to  the  needs  of  engineers. 

There  is  one  other  question  iu  this  connection  which  I  think  the  com- 
mittee should  consider,  and  that  is,  that  if  a  library  is  collected,  some 
steps  should  be  taken  to  have  an  index.  If  any  one  has  taken  the 
trouble  to  examine  the  admirable  work  that  Mr.  Croes  has  done  in  in- 
dexing the  railroad  books  of  this  country,  he  will  be  convinced  of  the 
value  of  an  index  of  the  whole  library.  Such  an  index  has  this  advan- 
tage— it  is  useful  from  the  moment  it  is  commenced  ;  when  successive 
periodicals  are  indexed,  its  value  grows  as  the  work  goes  on.  I  therefore 
hojDe  that  the  committee  that  takes  this  matter  into  consideration  will 
take  that  branch  of  the  subject  up  at  the  same  time. 

Mr.  M.  M.  TiDD,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.— It  seems  to  me  that  a  very 
direct  way  of  attaining  the  desired  object  would  be  to  consolidate  the 
societies.  It  seems  to  me  the  height  of  folly  to  maintain  separate  organ- 
izations whose  interests  are  the  same.  I  think  if  the  societies  were  con- 
solidated it  would  consolidate  the  library. 

Mr.  M.  N.  Forney.— I  would  say  that  that  matter  has  been  discussed 
among  a  great  many  members  of  the  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers 
and  the  Society  of  Civil  Engineers.  There  are  very  great  objections, 
however,  to  doing  that.  Birds  of  a  feather  naturally  flock  together,  and  the 
civil  engineers  have  one  feather  and  the  mechanical  engineers  have  a  some- 
what difierent  feather.  And,  therefore,  it  seems  to  me  that  it  will  rather 
cumber  the  project  if  that  is  entertained  at  the  present  time.  If  in  the 
future  it  should  become  desirable  to  consolidate  the  societies  in  any  way, 
it  will  come  about  naturally.  I  therefore  hoj^e  that  that  will  not  be 
added  to  the  resolution  at  the  present  time  ;  because  I  think  it  will  be 
an  obstacle  in  the  way  of  accomplishing  the  project  at  present  in  view. 


24  JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

Mr.  O.  E.  MiCHAELis,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.— I  think  that  the  gentle- 
men who  favor  this  project  are  entitled  to  have  the  matter  considered  by 
a  committee  that  probably  would  be  favorable  to  their  views.  At  the 
same  time  I  think  that  the  question  involved  is  a  very  important  one. 
It  involves  the  matter  of  consulting  with  other  societies,  and  I  think  on 
that  subject  it  should  be  submitted  to  a  vote  of  all  the  members  of  the 
Society.  I  think  we  have  some  six  or  seven  hundred  members,  and  it 
seems  to  me  it  is  a  matter  for  letter  ballot.  I  can  see  no  objection  to  a 
committee  being  appointed  at  this  meeting  to  consider  the  subject 
purely  from  the  standpoint  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers . 
That  committee  might  present  their  views  on  the  advisability  of  this 
step,  and  then  I  think  it  should  be  submitted  by  letter  ballot  to  all  the 
members  of  the  Society,  whether  it  be  proper  to  consult  with  other 
societies  with  a  view  of  getting  up  a  united  project .  I  think  the  com- 
mittee to  be  appointed  should  be  confined  to  consider  the  advisability  of 
the  work,  without,  however,  consulting  with  other  societies  until 
authority  has  been  given  by  means  of  a  letter  ballot. 

Mr.  M.  M.  TiDD. — I  do  not  wish  to  be  understood  as  opposing  the 
matter,  but  merely  to  suggest  that  that  might  be  part  of  the  question 
which  the  committee  should  consider.  We  have  among  us  many 
mechanical  engineers  who  take  as  much  interest  in  our  meetings  as  any 
one,  and  I  do  not  see  why  they  could  not  all  come  in  as  well  as  part  of 
them.  I  have  been  brought  up  with  both  of  them.  I  take  an  equal  in- 
terest in  both . 

Mr.  Joseph  P.  Davis.  — I  fully  agree  with  my  friend  Mr.  Forney.  I 
think  the  question  should  be  referred  to  a  committee  who  can  consider 
the  whole  subject,  and  I  think  that  committee  is  our  Board  of  Direction. 
We  have  our  President,  who  is  both  a  mechanical  engineer  and  a  civil 
engineer,  and  I  will  offer  a  resolution  that  the  whole  matter  be  referred 
to  the  Board  of  Direction.     (Seconded.) 

Mr.  H.  E.  TowNE. — Before  a  vote  is  taken  on  this  question  I  wish  to 
appeal  to  the  members  to  consider  seriously  whether  it  is  wise  to  put 
this  additional  burden  on  the  Board  of  Direction .  They  have,  I  do  not 
doubt,  numerous  questions  before  them,  and  it  is  doubtful  whether,  with 
the  other  more  important  duties  that  they  have,  this  can  have  the  time 
and  attention  from  them  that  I  fully  believe  it  deserves.  The  President 
of  the  Society  is  ex-officio  member  of  all  its  committees,  and  the  com- 
mittee that  may  be  appointed  will  have  the  benefit  of  his  counsel,  and  a 
special  committee  can  surely  best  take  up  a  subject  of  this  kind  and  get 
it  in  shape  and  submit  it  to  the  Board  of  Direction  if  necessary.  But  it 
is  asking  too  much  of  the  Board  of  Direction,  it  seems  to  me,  to  require 
them  to  do  this  i^reparatory  work,  and  it  would  be  more  just  to  them 
and  more  just  to  the  movers  that  it  should  be  referred  first  to  a  special 
committee,  and  that  committee,  if  it  sees  fit,  can  report  primarily  to  the 
Board  of  Direction. 


JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  25 

Mr.  Theodore  Cooper,  M.  Am.  See.  C.  E.— I  think  it  ought  to  be 
referred  to  parties  more  independent  than  the  Board  of  Direction.  It  is 
simply  to  report  on  a  project.  We  could  afterwards  consider  the 
feasibility  of  it,  and  I  think,  for  that  reason,  we  had  better  appoint  a 
committee  who  are  independent  of  any  official  position,  and  we  can  then 
take  into  consideration  any  i:)ro3ect. 

My  friend  Mr.  Forney  says  that  we  are  a  society  of  one  feather,  but 
the  other  societies  haven't  any  feather  at  all  so  far  as  a  library  is  con- 
cerned. How  can  we  consolidate  then  with  the  other  societies  ?  That 
would  be  consolidating  one  feather.  Can  we  make  one  feather  do  for 
three  ?  I  am  sure  that  the  Board  cannot  do  so.  But  there  may  be  other 
members  who  are  more  comiDetent  to  do  that. 

Mr.  Edward  P.  North,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.— I  agree  fully  with  Mr. 
Cooper  in  his  idea  that  this  should  not  be  thrown  on  the  Board  of 
Direction.  I  believe,  whenever  it  is  desirable  to  have  a  thing  done,  to 
appoint  the  men  to  do  it  who  proposed  to  do  it.  The  gentlemen  who 
proposed  this  move,  and  who  started  it,  are,  it  seems  to  me,  the  men  to 
go  on  the  committee — not  the  Board  of  Direction.  With  a  good  deal 
of  respect  for  the  Board,  collectively  and  individually,  I  shall  vote 
against  Mr.  Davis's  motion. 

Mr.  Joseph  P.  Davis. — I  have  been  on  the  Board  of  Direction  for 
several  years,  and  I  have  found,  if  anything  is  done,  it  is  done  by  the 
Board  of  Direction.     However,  I  will  withdraw  my  motion. 

Mr.  O.  E.  MiCHAELis. — I  rise  to  contradict  some  of  the  remarks 
which  have  been  made.  I  know  of  some  work  that  has  been  submitted 
to  committees  that  has  not  been  done  by  the  Board  of  Direction,  though 
they  might  have  done  it. 

Mr.  Joseph  P.  Davis. — The  Board  of  Direction  have  had  to  traverse 
the  work  of  Special  Committees  and  smooth  out  a  great  deal  that  has 
been  done  by  Special  Committees. 

Mr.  F.  CoLLiNGWOOD,  M.  Am.  Soc.  0.  E. — It  seems  to  me  that  if  we 
are  to  have  a  fair  presentation  of  all  sides  of  the  question,  we  ought  to 
appoint  a  committee  who  will  represent  the  Society  pure  and  simple, 
and  i)ut  in  some  members  also  who  belong  to  other  societies. 

Mr.  C.  J.  H.  Woodbury,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.  —I  am  one  of  the  members 
of  the  Library  Committee  of  the  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers,  and 
I  learn,  this  afternoon,  that,  in  response  to  a  circular  sent  out  sis  weeks 
ago,  four-tenths  of  the  members  of  that  society  have  subscribed  to  a 
fund,  either  subjecting  themselves  to  an  extra  annual  payment  towards 
a  Library  Fund,  or  else  paying  a  lump-sum  of  a  considerable  amount. 
The  Mechanical  Engineers  do  have  something  of  a  library,  and  it  is 
their  intention  to  increase  it  and  to  make  it  something  of  value.  If 
there  could  be  any  possible  project  by  which  an  engineering  library  in 
New  York  could  be  increased  without  unnecessary  dui^lication  of 
volumes,  it  would  certainly  add  very  much  to  the  usefulness  of  such  a 


26  JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

library  to  any  engineer,  whether  he  calls  himself  a  mechanical  engineer 
or  a  civil  engineer.  You  know  the  late  Mr.  Worthington  was  once  asked 
whether  he  called  himself  a  mechanical  engineer  or  a  civil  engineer,  and 
he  replied  that  he  was  content  to  call  himself  a  j^ump-maker,  and  he 
tried  to  make  good  ones. 

Mr.  Obeklin  Smith,  M.  Am.  Soc.  0.  E. — I  am  a  member  of  the 
Mechanical  Engineers'  Society,  and  I  heard  some  of  their  discussions 
regarding  library  matters.  I  decidedly  favor  this  project  to  appoint  an 
independent  committee  to  confer  with  committees  of  the  other  societies. 
The  committee  ought  to  consist  of  five  members,  I  should  think,  and 
the  suggestion  of  one  gentleman,  that  it  should  be  composed  of  men 
representing  the  general  feeling  of  the  Society,  is,  I  think,  a  good  one. 
As  to  the  question  of  having  a  great  library  in  New  York,  I  do  not 
think  there  can  be  two  sides  to  it ;  as  to  the  expense  of  duplicating 
those  books,  there  is  but  one  side  to  it — it  ought  not  to  be  done. 
Whether  the  societies  want  to  come  together  in  that  way  remains  to  be 
seen.  But  there  can  be  no  harm  in  appointing  that  committee.  It  is 
simply  appointing  a  committee  to  make  a  report,  and  then  the  whole 
thing  can  be  voted  down  if  it  is  not  approved  of. 

As  to  the  matter  of  feathers,  if  the  other  societies  come  in  with  half 
a  feather,  or  one-third,  the  whole  expense  and  value  of  those  feathers 
can  be  divided  up  pro  rata,  and  no  doubt  any  societies  that  come  in 
would  be  perfectly  willing  to  pay  their  share  in  the  new  library,  whether 
in  the  form  of  books  or  in  money. 

Mr.  William  P.  Shinn,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. — Before  the  question  is 
put  I  would  like  to  make  one  or  two  remarks,  as  the  mover  of  this  reso- 
lution, which  has  been  amended  and  re-amended  until  it  has  got  back  to 
its  original  form.  In  drafting  that  resolution,  which  I  did  with  the 
suggestions  of  Mr.  Forney,  all  other  matter  than  what  is  contained  in  it 
was  purposely  omitted,  in  order  to  confine  ourselves  to  the  discussion  of 
this  question  of  creating  a  joint  library.  Mr.  Cooper's  remarks  about 
consolidating  libraries  do  not  at  all  apply  to  this  resolution,  as  it  says 
nothing  at  all  about  consolidating  libraries.  It  speaks  about  devising  a 
plan  for  creating  a  joint  library,  in  w'hich,  as  a  matter  of  course,  the 
parties  jointly  interested-will  contribute  in  some  agreed  proportion,  as 
has  been  stated,  either  in  money  or  books.  It  is  a  general  principle 
recognized  in  parliamentary  law  that  a  committee  appointed  to  consider 
any  subject  should  be  a  committee  friendly  to  that  subject,  and,  as  Mr. 
North  has  suggested,  not  a  committee  for  the  purpose  of  killing  it.  I 
have  no  preference  at  all  as  to  the  membership  of  the  committee,  but  I 
merely  wish  to  explain  the  situation. 

As  to  the  further  suggestion  that  the  best  way  is  to  consolidate  the 
societies  themselves,  gentlemen  will  certainly  see  that  is  entirely,  not 
merely,  beyond  the  range  of  the  subject  under  consideration,  but  it  is 
absolutely  out  of  the  question.     The  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers  is 


JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  27 

not  a  professional  society  at  all.  This  Society  has  a  professional  stand- 
ard for  membership.  The  Institiite  of  Mining  Engineers  has  no  pro- 
fessional standard,  and  consequently  it  would  be  impossible  to  consolidate 
it  with  this  Society.  All  such  suggestions  as  that  are  entirely  foreign  to 
the  question  under  consideration. 

Mr.  Henry  R.  Towne. — My  motion  is  that  the  original  motion  be 
amended  to  include  not  only  the  subject  of  a  library,  but  the  joint  ac- 
commodation of  the  societies  represented  in  the  conference. 

Mr.  Oberlin  Smith. — I  second  that  motion. 

Mr.  M.  N.  Forney. — I  hope  Mr.  Towne  will  withdraw  his  motion, 
not  because  I  feel  any  opposition  to  it,  but  because  I  think  it  will 
jeopardize  the  original  resolution. 

The  proposed  amendment  was  not  carried. 

The  original  resolution  as  stated  above  was  then  carried. 
After  a  request  from  the  Chairman  that  members  should  present  any 
business  that  they  might  desire  to  bring  up,  none  being  jiresented,  the 
Annual  Meeting  adjourned. 

Detailed  descriptions  were  then  given,  illustrated  by  drawings  of  the 
works,  which  it  was  proposed  to  visit  on  the  next  day. 

Thursday,  January  22. — The  members  met  at  the  Society  House  at 
9  o'clock,  and  thence  went  to  the  New  York  station  of  the  Consolidated 
Gas  Company,  at  the  foot  of  East  Twenty-first  street,  where,  by  invita- 
tion of  that  company,  tendered  through  Mr.  T.  F.  Rowland,  M.  Am. 
Soc.  C.  E.,  the  works  were  inspected,  and  the  latest  improvements  in 
the  manufacture  of  Illuminating  Gas  by  the  Decomposition  of  Water, 
were  explained.  An  engraving,  illustrating  the  processes,  with  a  printed 
description,  was  handed  to  each  member  of  the  party. 

A  steamboat,  furnished  by  the  kindness  of  Mr.  T.  F.  Rowland,  was 
then  taken  at  the  foot  of  East  Twenty-first  street,  and  proceeded  through 
the  East  River  to  Dow's  Stores,  at  the  foot  of  Pacific  street,  Brooklyn, 
where,  by  invitation  of  the  owners  and  lessees  of  the  stores,  tendered 
through  Mr.  George  B.  Mallory,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  an  inspection  was 
made  of  the  Grain  Elevators  and  Distributors  and  of  the  Transmission 
of  Power  by  swift-running  Wire  Roi^e. 

Taking  the  stealmer  again,  the  party  proceeded  to  Pier  number  One, 
North  River,  and  to  the  Washington  Building,  No.  1  Broadway.  An 
inspection  was  made  of  that  building  and  of  the  extended  view  from  its 
roof,  and  afterwards,  by  invitation  of  Cyrus  W.  Field,  Esq.,  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Society  took  lunch  with  him  in  the  Washington  Building. 

After  lunch  the  party  proceeded  to  the  Produce  Exchange,  where, 
under  the  escort  of  the  Building  Committee  and  of  George  B.  Post,  Esq., 
the  architect  of  the  building,  it  was  examined.  The  very  complete  ele- 
vator service  of  this  building  was  inspected,  and  was  described  by  Mr. 
Thomas   E.  Brown,  M.  Am.   Soc.  C.  E.,  the  engineer  in  charge   of  its 


28  JANUARY    PROCEEDIKGS. 

construction.  Eacli  member  of  the  party  was  furnished  with  a  printed 
description  of  these  elevators  illustrated  by  drawings. 

Again  taking  the  boat,  the  party  proceeded  to  the  New  York  pier  of 
the  New  York  and  Brooklyn  Bridge,  inspected  the  masonry  of  the  New 
York  approach,  and  then,  crossing  the  bridge,  inspected  the  details  of 
the  cable  machinery.  There  were  furnished  to  the  party  a  printed 
memoranda  of  the  important  details  and  dimensioas  of  the  bridge,  and 
also  drawings,  showing  the  fluctuation  of  travel  at  particular  hours  of 
the  day;  showing  the  horse-power  expended  in  the  transportation  of 
cars,  and  showing  also  the  disposition  of  the  cable  machinery.  Return- 
ing to  the  New  York  side,  the  party  proceeded  by  the  Elevated  Railway 
to  the  Central  Station  of  the  United  States  Electric  Illuminating  Com- 
pany, at  36  Stanton  street,  Avhere,  by  invitation  of  the  officers  of  that 
company,  the  very  large  electric  light  apparatus  was  examined. 

In  the  evening  a  reception,  with  su^jper,  was  held  at  the  Society 
House.  During  the  evening  the  following  communication  was  read 
from  Mr.  Squire  Whipple,  Hon.  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. : 

Albany,  January  21st,  1885. 

To   the    Committee   of  Arrangements  for  the  Annual  meeting  of  the  Am. 
Soc.  G.  E.  : 

Dear  Bogart,  Collingwood  and  Stauffer, 
What's  life,  but  be,  and  do,  and  suffer? 
And  what  avail  the  other  two 
To  one  ayont  the  power  to  do  ? 
I've  doffed  the  armor,  left  the  field, 
With  ail  the  triumphs  it  may  yield, 
To  those  a  half  a  cent'ry  younger, 
Who  still  for  fame  and  fortune  hunger  ; 
With  clearer  brain  and  stronger  muscle 
'Gainst  obstacles  to  tug  and  tussle. 
I've  had  my  day,  nor  wish  another, 
With  meager  fun,  and  mickle  pother. 

Still,  doubt  you  not  a  single  minute, 
There's  glory  yet  for  those  who  win  it. 
Grade  up  your  valleys,  pierce  your  mountains, 
Sink  your  mines  and  dam  your  fountains  ; 
Cut  down  your  hills  and  bridge  your  rivers 
With  cables,  trusses,  cantilevers. 
Let  nothing  daunt,  let  nothing  stagger  ye. 
From  Tehuantepec  to  old  Niagara. 
Let  every  town  have  wholesome  water, 
And  chloroform  the  beasts  they  slaughter. 

If  ocean  bars  arise  to  fret  ye. 
Bold  Eads  can  move  them  with  a  jetty  ; 
Or  wed  Atlantic  to  Pacific 
With  iron  bands  quite  scientific. 
And,  when  you  need  electric  medicine, 
Just  call  on  Bell,  or  Brush,  or  Edison. 
Each  knows  full  well  which  end  his  head  is  on. 


JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  29 

But,  if  you've  news  'cross  seas  to  wire  us, 
You'd  better  leave  the  Field  to  Cyrus. 
And,  when  we  think  of  deeds  ennobling, 
Who'd  e'er  forget  the  name  of  lioebling  ? 

But  rhyming's  not  my  avocation, 
And  but  for  this  unique  occasion 
I  never  should  have  once  attempted 
To  pump  a  brain  so  quickly  emptied ; 
And,  if  the  folly  jou'll  excuse, 
Of  this  attempt  to  court  the  Muse, 
You  may  depend  that  old  S.  W. 
No  more  will  thus  presume  to  trouble  you. 

Upon  the  invitation  of  the  President  of  the  Society,  Mr.  Horatid 
Allen,  past  President  and  Hon.  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  addressed  the 
Society  as  follows  : 

Mr.  Horatio  Allen,  Hon.  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. — Mr.  President — 
At  a  meeting  of  this  Society,  very  much  of  the  character  of  that  of  this 
evening,  but  so  long  back  that  it  may  be  that  there  is  no  one  who  hears 
me  now  heard  me  then,  I  was  led,  by  remarks  addressed  to  me,  to  refer 
to  some  of  the  early  incidents  of  railroad  history.  What  I  said  was 
followed  by  a  resolution,  carried  by  acclamation,  that  I  should  commit 
to  paper  my  reminiscences  of  that  early  period.  At  the  meeting  of  the 
following  year  inquiry  was  made  as  to  the  resolution,  to  which  I  made 
answer  that  "No  resolution  had  been  transmitted  to  me  by  the  Sec- 
retary." An  answer,  I  have  to  admit,  neither  resi^ectful  to  the  Society 
nor  just  to  the  Secretary. 

Perhaps  a  better  answer  would  have  been,  that  there  was  so  much  in 
the  reminiscences  that  was  of  personal  character  that  it  was  quite  as 
Avell  to  leave  them  for  the  after-dinner  hour.  Be  that  as  it  may,  now  at 
this  late  day,  when  the  interest  toothers  maybe  less,  as  it  certainly  is  to 
me.  I  come  in  mid-winter  from  foreign  parts  to  say,  at  nearly  midnight, 
that  the  matters  of  railroad  history  then  referred  to  are  now  in 
print,  and,  that  if  acceptable  to  the  Society,  some  three  or  four  hun- 
dred cojoies  of  the  pamphlet  bearing  title,  "The  Railroad  Era  ;  First 
Five  Years  of  Its  Development  "  (Horatio  Allen,  New  York),  will  be 
sent  to  tlie  House  of  the  Society,  for  issue  as  fou.nd  advisable. 

In  explanation  of  the  printing  of  this  pamphlet,  I  refer  to  the  sen- 
tences that  precede  the  first  j^age  of  the  pamjahlet,  which  read  as 
follows: 

"  Tlie  article  that  follows  had  its  origin  in  my  having  accepted  the 
special  invitation  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  'National  Exposition  of 
Railway  Appliances,'  to  be  held  in  Chicago  in  June,  1883,  to  visit  the 
exhibition,  and  at  the  appropriate  time  present  such'  reference  to  early 
railroad  development  as  circumstances  jiermitted.  My  friends  of  the 
'  Railroad  Gazette  '  informed  me  that  in  such  event  they  would  have 
steuograi^hic  notes  taken  for  a  report  that  would  aj^pear  in  their  paper. 


30  JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

•'  When  the  time  came,  circumstances  did  not  permit  so  full  a  presen- 
tation as  the  subject  called  for,  and  on  the  receipt  of  the  report  pre- 
pared for  the  '  Gazette  '  I  decided  to  make  it  more  complete,  and  that 
what  was  thus  summarily  jaresented  might  meet  the  eyes  of  many  to 
whom  it  would  be  of  interest  in  this  land,  where  the  railroad  era  has 
perhaps  its  greatest  development,  to  have  it  also  before  the  public  iu 
pamphlet  form. 

*'  Horatio  Allen. 
"HoMEWooD,  South  Orange,  N.  J." 

After  the  pamphlet  was  in  print  and  only  a  few  copies  had  been  sent 
to  iJersonal  friends,  I  was  led,  for  reason  not  necessary  to  state,  not  to 
send  out  any  more. 

A  few  months  back,  when  that  reason  no  longer  had  weight  with 
me,  a  friend  in  London  sent  me  a  "Blue  Book,"  published  by  the 
British  Government,  containing  a  re^jort  on  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad, 
and  preceded  by  a  reference  to  the  early  action  as  to  railroads  in  the 
United  States,  so  incomplete  and  inaccurate  that  more  information  as 
to  that  early  period  was  felt  to  be  necessary,  and  that  it  was  certainly  of 
interest  to  us  of  the  United  States,  that  some  account  more  complete 
and  more  accurate  should  be  within  knowledge  of  the  public. 

To  that  end,  I  addressed  a  note  to  the  Secretary  of  this  Society  say- 
ing that  I  intended  to  have  the  pleasure  of  attending  the  next  Annual 
Meeting  of  the  Society,  and  of  making  that  presentation  and  adding 
some  remarks. 

If  the  opportunity  of  making  the  remarks  had  occurred  earlier  in 
the  evening  they  would  have  had  reference  to  some  of  the  Civil  Engineer 
workers  of  that  day— such  men  as  George  Stephenson,  Jesse  Hartley,  of 
the  Liverpool  Docks,  James  Walker,  of  London,  with  whom  I  had  the 
pleasure  and  benetit  of  an  intimate  personal  knowledge. 

It  has  been  my  good  fortune  in  a  life  in  the  sister  avocations  of  Civil 
and  Mechanical  Engineering  to  have  been  early  in  the  field  in  the  two 
great  eras  of  this  century — the  transportation  by  steam  across  continents 
from  ocean  to  ocean,  and  the  transportation  by  steam  across  oceans 
from  continent  to  continent,  and  have  taken  some  part  in  each  ;  and  I 
greatly  regret  that  I  have  not  been  a  note- taker.  The  record  of  in- 
cidents and  occurrences  and  of  anticipations  would  have  been  of  more 
interest,  and,  as  matter  of  testimony,  of  more  weight,  than  a  reference 
after  the  facts  named,  as  anticipated,  have  occui-red. 

Gentlemen,  many  of  you  are  or  are  to  be  workers  in  another  era,  the 
era  of  electricity,  with  which  I  have  had  little  to  do,  though  I  was 
one  of  the  earliest  to  whom  Henry,  then  of  Albany,  showed  his  first 
experiments,  the  germ  of  so  much  that  has  taken  place  since,  and  the 
end  is  not  yet. 


JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  31 

The  members  of  the  Society,  138  in  number,  present  at  the  Annual 
Meeting,  excursions,  etc.,  were:  Julius  W.  Adams,  Horatio  Allen, 
Edward  E.  Andrews,  John  W.  Bacon,  Fred.  H.  Baldwin,  Arthur  Beards- 
ley,  L.  F.  Beckwith,  George  H.  Bishop,  H.  Bissell,  H.  D.  Blunden, 
John  Bogart,  Alfred  P.  Boiler,  William  F.  Booth,  Fred.  Brooks,  Charles 
O.  Brown,  Thomas  E.  Brown,  Jr.,  George  H.  Browne,  Charles  B.  Brush, 
L.  L.  Buck,  Frank  A.  Calkins,  Eobert  Cartright,  N.  Cheney,  Thomas  C. 
Clarke,  Francis  Coliingwood,  Alfred  G.  Compton,  Casimir  Constable, 
Theodore  Cooper,  O.  H.  P.  Cornell,  J.  James  R.  Croes,  J.  Foster  Crow- 
ell,  Charles  G.  Darrach,  Joseph  P.  Davis,  P.  P.  Dickinson,  James  B. 
Eads,  Thomas  Egleston,  Charles  E.  Emery,  M.  T.  Eudicott,  L.  P.  Evans, 
John  W.  Ferguson,  Samuel  J.  Fields,  Albert  Fink,  Clark  Fisher,  M.  N. 
Forney,  George  H.  Frost,  Frank  L.  Fuller,  E.  L.  B.  Gardiner,  Martin 
Gay,  Charles  E.  Goad,  Bryant  Godwin,  Frederic  Graflf,  William  H. 
Grant,  Samuel  M.  Gray.  George  S.  Greene,  Jr.,  A.  R.  Haddock,  Stephen 
S.  Haight,  William  G.  Hamilton,  S.  A.  Harrison,  William  J.  Haskins, 
Sullivan  Haslett,  Charles  H.  Haswell,  Clemens  Herschel,  Albert  B.  Hill, 
W.  E.  Hill,  John  Houston,  Frank  H.  Howes,  Charles  W.  Hunt,  William 
R.  Button,  S.  J.  Johnson,  George  A.  Just,  Walter  Katte,  William  E. 
Kelly,  Joseph  M.  Knap,  Gustav  Lehlbich,  G.  Leverich,  A.  W.  Locke, 
Thomas  J,  Long,  Gorham  P.  Low,  Charles  Macdonald,  William  W. 
Maclay,  John  MacLeod,  Edward  E.  Magovern,  C.  C.  Martin,  George  B. 
Mallory,  William  J.  McAlpine,  Thomas  C.  McCollom,  D.  E.  McComb, 
George  W.  McNulty,  William  Metcalf,  Thomas  C.  Meyer,  O.  E.  Mi- 
chaelis,  George  S.  Morison,  Charles  Neilson,  W.  A.  Nichols,  George  H. 
Norman,  Edward  P.  North,  F.  O.  Norton,  E.  B.  Noyes,  F.  S.  Odell,  L. 
F.  Olney,  S.  B.  Opdyke,  John  F.  O'Rourke,  James  Oweu,  A.  B.  Paine, 
William  H.  Paine,  Henry  W.  Parkhurst,  John  A.  Partridge,  P.  A.  Peter- 
son, H.  W.  B.  Phinney,  Joseph  R.  Richards,  Thomas  F.  Rowland, 
George M.Rusling,  C.  C.  Schneider,  Alfred  F.  Sears,  William  H.  Searles, 
William  P.  Shinn,  R.  I.  Sloan,  Hamilton  Smith,  Jr.,  T.  Guilford 
Smith,  Lucius  A.  Smith,  Oberlin  Smith,  J.  F.  Sorzano,  D.  McN. 
Stauffer,  Frank  S.  Stevens,  Cook  Talcott,  M.  M.  Tidd,  Stevenson  Towle, 
Henry  R.  Towne,  Alfred  W.  Trotter,  John  G.  Van  Home,  E.  B.  Van 
Winkle,  Charles  D.  Ward,  F.  W.  Watkins,  A.  M.Wellington,  Edmund 
B.  Weston,  William  H.  Wiley,  William  W.  Wilson,  C.  J.  H.  Woodbury 
and  William  E.  Worthen. 


32  JANUARY   PROCEEDINGS. 

OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION. 

January  7th,  1885.— Applications  were  considered.  The  Annual 
Report  was  discussed. 

January  14th,  1885.  -Applications  were  presented.  Action  was  taken 
as  to  preparation  of  form  of  notice  of  applications  under  the  provisions 
of  the  recently  amended  By  laws.  The  Secretary  presented  final  draft 
of  Annual  Report,  which  was  considered ,  revised  and  adopted.  Arrange- 
ments were  considered  as  to  the  Annual  Meeting.  Financial  business 
was  transacted.  Letters  inviting  the  Society  to  hold  its  Convention  in 
London,  in  1886,  were  presented  and  directed  to  be  read  at  the  Annual 
Meeting.     The  following  report  was  presented: 

Report  of  Committee   to   inquire  into   the  practicability   of    the 
American  Socikty  of  Civii.  Engineers,  taking  part  in  the  Inter- 
national Inventions  Exhibition  to  be  held  in  London,  England, 
IN  1885. 
The  committee  has  the  honor  to  report  that,  having  discussed  the 

question  of  the  Society  taking  part  in  this  Exhibition,  it  is  of  the  opinion 

that  such  participation  would  not  be  desirable. 

January  7th,  1885. 

Thomas  C.  Clarke, 
M.  N.  Forney, 
C.  C.  Schneider, 
Edward  P.  North, 
L.  L.  Buck, 


The  report  was  accepted  and  adopted. 


Committee. 


January  23d,  1885.— In  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  Consti- 
tution, the  following  Standing  Committees  were  appointed  : 

On  Finance:  Messrs.  G.  S.  Greene,  Jr.,  William  R.  Button,  O. 
Chanute. 

On  Library:  Messrs.  J.  J.  R.  Croes,  T.  J.  Whitman,  Theodore 
Cooper. 


JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  33 


ANNUAL  REPOKT. 


REPORT  OF  THE  BOARD   OF   DIRECTION   FOR   THE   YEAR 
ENDING  DECEMBER  31,  1884. 


Pkesented  A^^D  Accepted  at  the  Annual  Meeting,  Januaky  21st,  1885. 


The  Board  of  Direction,  in  compliance  witli  the  provisions  of  the 
Society  law,  presents  its  report  for  the  year  ending  December  31st, 

1884. 

Membekship. 

As  shown  by  the  tabular  statements  hereafter  given,  there  has  been 
during  the  year  an  addition  of  111  to  the  various  classes  of  Society 
membership,  inchiding  two  subscribers  to  the  Building  Fund  not  other- 
wise connected  with  the  Society.  In  this  nominal  addition  of  111  there 
are  1  former  Associate,  transferred  to  Member,  9  former  Juniors, 
transferred  to  Members,  and  1  former  subscriber  to  the  Building 
Fund,  who  has  during  the  year  become  a  Member  of  the  Society. 
Therefore  the  actual  new  additions  to  the  Society  membership  during  the 
year  have  numbered  exactly  100. 

The  losses  from  Society  membership  have  been  17,  being  11  by  death 

and  6  by  resignation.      The   number  of  persons   now    connected  with 

the  Society  is  878,  being  83  greater  than  at  the  end  of  the  previous  year. 

The  actual  net  increase  during  the  year  and  the  present  total  in  each 

class  of  membership  are: 

Honorary  Members,  increase  during  year    1     Total 10 

Corresponding  Members,       "  "         ..         "    3 

Members,  *'  "         68         "    657 

Associates,  "  "  3         "    34 

Juniors,  "  "         10         "    77 

82  781 

Fellows,  not  included  above,  "  "         . .         "    57 

82  838 

Subscribers  to  Building  Fund,  not  included 

above,  increase  during  year 1         "    40 

Increase  during  year 83         "    878 


34  JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

This  addition  of  100  new  names  to  the  Society  membership  during 
the  year,  and  also  the  net  increase  of  83  in  membership,  is  greater  than 
has  occurred  in  any  previous  year  in  the  history  of  the  Society. 

Tables  showing  the  classification  of  membership  at  the  beginning  of 
the  year  and  the  changes  during  the  year  are  given  in  a  subsequent  part 
of  this  report. 

The  Annual  Convention, 

The  Annual  Convention  was  held  at  the  City  of  Buffalo,  June  10th 
to  13th  of  the  past  year.  The  attendance  of  those  belonging  to  the  So- 
ciety numbered  209,  and  a  large  number  of  the  ladies  of  the  families  of 
members  accompanied  them  on  the  occasion.  A  detailed  report  of  the 
Convention  has  been  published  in  the  Proceedings  of  the  Society  for 
June.  The  Local  Committee  at  Buffalo  was  active  in  perfecting  the  ar- 
rangements, and  the  Convention  was  interesting  and  memorable  in  many 
respects.  A  peculiar  featui'e  was  the  jareparation  of  a  handsome  sou- 
venir, made  under  the  direction  of  the  Local  Committee,  a  copy  of 
which  was  presented  to  each  member  in  attendance.  The  volume  was 
entitled  "Some  Things  In  and  About  Buffalo;  a  Souvenir  of  the  Annual 
Convention  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers."  It  was 
printed  in  colors,  on  heavy  paper,  and  illustrated  by  photographic  views 
of  points  of  particular  interest  in  and  about  Buffalo.  The  cover  was 
illuminated  and  the  volume,  in  all  respects,  artistic  and  beautiful. 

The  hospitality  of  the  citizens  of  Buffalo,  on  this  occasion,  is  par- 
ticularly acknowledged.  Excursions  for  the  purpose  of  enabling  visitors 
to  examine  matters  of  engineering  interest  in  that  vicinity,  and  also  for 
the  j)uri30se  of  making  them  acquainted  with  the  citizens  of  Buffalo, 
were  provided  and  excellently  managed.  Visits  were  made  to  Niagara 
Falls  and  to  Chautauqua  Lake. 

By  the  invitation  of  the  officers  of  the  New  York,  West  Shore  and 
Buffalo  Railway  Company,  and  the  New  York,  Ontario  and  Western 
Railway  Company,  tendei'ed  through  Mr.  E.  L.  Corthell,  M.Am.  Soc. 
C.  E.,  Chief  Engineer  of  the  New  Yoik,  West  Shore  and  Buffalo  Rail- 
way Company,  all  members  with  theii*  families,  who  were  able  to  do  so, 
took  part  in  an  excursion  over  those  roads  from  New  York  to  Buffalo 
on  the  day  previous  to  the  Convention,  and  returned  from  Buffalo  to 
New  York  on  the  day  succeeding  the  Convention.  This  excui'sion  was 
very  interesting  and  comfortable,  and  greatly  enjoyed  and  appreciated 
by  all  who  took  part  in  it. 

FuTUEE  Conventions. 

The  increased  attendance  at  the  Annual  Conventions  and  the  great 
influence  upon  the  welfare  of  the  Society,  which  it  is  believed  these 
Conventions  have  exercised  in  the  past,  and  will,  if  properly  managed, 
exercise  in  the  future,  has  led  the  Board,  in  common  with  many  other 
members  of  the  Society,  to  consider  with  much  care  whether  it  would 


JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  35 

not  be  well  to  make  diflferent  arrangements  in  some  respects,  under  the 
circumstances  which  exist.  The  subject  has  been  disctissed  at  meetings 
of  the  Society;  has  been  considered  by  a  committee  and  by  the  Board, 
and  the  views  of  the  committee  and  the  Board  have  been,  both  as  to  the 
management  of  the  Conventions  and  as  to  the  jiresentation,  reading  and 
discussion  of  papers,  embodied  in  circulars,  which  have  been  mailed 
some  time  since  to  our  members,  and  which  are  as  follows: 

In  view  of  the  fact  that  a  number  of  members  of  the  Society  have 
expressed  the  opinion  that  our  Conventions  have  not  been  giving  satis- 
factory results,  and  particularly  that  the  number  of  days  to  which  they 
are  necessarily  limited  does  not  give  sufficient  time  for  all  that  has  been 
attemjated;  and  in  view  also  of  the  fact  that  the  Board  has  been  partic- 
ularly requested  to  consider  whether  some  modifications  might  not  be 
properly  made  in  the  conduct  of  the  Conventions,  the  following  consid- 
erations are  presented  by  the  Board  to  our  members : 

These  considerations  are  in  harmony  with  a  report  prepared  by  a 
committee  of  members  of  the  Society  appointed  to  consider  the  subject. 

It  has  been  evident  to  those  who  have  attended  the  Conventions  of 
the  last  few  years  that  some  modification  should  be  made,  if  the  best  re- 
sults, which  are  believed  to  be  practicable,  are  to  be  hereafter  secured. 

Some  of  the  undesirable  features  are: 

(1.)  The  entirely  too  limited  time  given  to  the  presentation  and  dis- 
cussion of  professional  papers. 

(2.)  The  entirely  too  large  amount  of  time  taken  up  in  local  excur- 
sions and  visits  by  the  whole  body  of  the  Convention  to  points  and  ob- 
jects which  are  not  really  of  general  interest. 

(3.)  The  feeling  of  obligation  which  arises  from  the  fact  that  mem- 
bers, resident  at  the  place  of  the  Convention,  have  raised  large  sums  of 
money  through  contributions  from  themselves,  and  from  other  persons 
generally  interested  in  engineering,  or  desiring  that  the  Society  should 
enjoy  its  visit;  and,  in  this  connection,  the  feeling  that  the  money  must 
be  spent  in  providing  the  excursions  alluded  to,  and  in  furnishing  enter- 
tainments which  are  of  a  more  elaborate  character  than  is  requisite  for 
the  entire  enjoyment  of  the  members  and  visitors. 

All  of  these  considerations  are  interdependent ;  they  have  arisen 
from  no  special  fault  on  the  part  of  any  who  have  been  active  in  pro- 
moting past  Conventions;  but  the  feeling  that  a  change  ought  to  be 
made  certainly  exists,  and  certainly  should  be  considered. 

It  is  suggested  that  an  entirely  new  method  of  holding  our  Conven- 
tions may  be  tried  with  sufficient  promise  of  success  to  warrant  the  ex- 
periment, and  this  new  method,  in  general  terms,  may  be: 

To  hold  a  Convention  not  at  any  large  city,  nor  vipon  the  invitation 
of  local  members;  but  to  secure,  if  possible,  a  place  where  all  can  be 
accommodated  in  a  proper  way,  and  where  the  Convention  can  be 
arranged  and  managed  entirely  with  reference  to  the  best  assurance  of 


36  JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

carrying  out  the  objects  which  make  it  desirable  that  Conventions 
should  be  held.     It  is  suggested  that  these  objects  are  : 

(a.)  The  i^resentation,  consideration  and  undisturbed  discussion  of 
professional  subjects. 

(b.)  The  opportunity  for  free  intercourse  between  membei's  of  the 
Society  gathering  at  our  Conventions  from  all  j^arts  of  the  United 
States,  and,  in  fact,  of  the  world. 

(c  )  Such  opportunities  for  social  recreation  as  may  not  interfere  with, 
but  rather  aid  the  other  two  objects  mentioned  above. 

It  is  suggested  that  the  Convention  can  be  held  at  some  large  hotel, 
preferably  not  in  a  city.  Those  who  were  present  at  the  St.  Paul  and 
Minneapolis  Convention  of  last  year  will  remember  the  Hotel  Lafayette, 
at  Lake  Minnetonka.  There  are  other  hotels  in  other  jjarts  of  the  coun- 
try fully  as  large,  and  located,  many  of  them,  in  delightful  situations. 
Doubtless,  a  committee  of  the  Board  of  Direction  can  find  such  a  loca- 
tion and  can  secure  ample  accommodations  on  reasonable  terms,  where 
all  the  requisites  for  comfortable  meetings  can  be  had,  where  the  oppor- 
tunity will  be  afforded  for  pleasant  intercourse,  and  where  no  calls  will 
be  made  upon  the  members  which  will  interfere  either  with  the  profes- 
sional or  social  enjoyment  of  the  occasion. 

Some  of  our  members  who  have  discussed  this  subject  have  already 
made  inquiries  and  have  found  several  such  places.  With  projDer  ar- 
rangements, the  meetings  of  the  Society  during  the  Convention,  held  in 
such  a  hotel,  would  give  ample  time  for  entirely  free  and  uninterrupted 
discussion.  The  classification  of  papers  and  subjects,  as  suggested  in  a 
circular  accompanying  this,  could  be  made  to  add  largely  to  the  interest 
of  discussions.  The  hours  not  devoted  to  meetings  would  give  excellent 
opportunities  for  the  more  intimate  acquaintance  of  our  members  with 
each  othei".  Every  provision  could  be  made  for  the  comfort  of  the  mem- 
bers and  their  families  without  interfering  with  the  other  objects  of  the 
Convention, 

It  is  suggested  that  the  experiment  be  tried,  and  that  the  Board  of 
Direction  be  authorized  to  secure  such  provisions  for  the  next  Conven- 
tion as  have  been  outlined  above. 

Tlie  Board  asJcs  for  this  subject  the  earnest  consideration  which  its  great 
importance  to  the  welfare  of  the  Society  demands. 

A  blank  form  for  the  return  of  the  views  of  members  is  sent  herewith, 
and  it  is  particularly  requested  that  these  be  filled  out  and  forwarded  to 
the  Secretary.  The  replies  will  be  reported  to  the  Annual  Meeting, 
when  the  subject  will  be  considered. 

Pkoposed  Kegulations  as  to  the  Presentation,  Reading  and  Discus- 
sion OF  Papeks  at  Conventions. 
Members  of  the  Society  to   be  informed   that  papers   submitted  for 
reading  at  any  Annual  Convention  should  be  in  the  hands  of  the  Secre- 
tary at  least  40  days  before  the  date  of  such  Convention. 


JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  37 

Members  also  to  be  informed  that  papers  which  are  not  received  in 
time  to  conform  to  this  rule  can  only  take  the  chance  of  being  presented 
to  the  Convention  after  the  reading  and  discussion  of  the  papers  which 
have  been  so  submitted. 

When  papers  are  received  in  accordance  with  this  regulation,  and 
have  been  accepted  by  the  committee  for  presentation,  the  Secretary  to 
have  concise  abstracts  made  of  each  paper,  and  to  mail  these  abstracts 
to  each  member  of  the  Society,  with  a  request  that  discussion  be 
prepared,  and  also  that  each  member  who  is  willing  and  desirous  to 
take  part  in  the  discussion  shall  so  inform  the  Secretary.  More  detailed 
information  as  to  a  particular  paper  may  be  furnished  to  members 
desiring  to  discuss  it. 

In  jDreparing  the  programme  for  the  Convention,  the  papers  to  be 
classified,  so  that  as  far  as  practicable  definite  classes  of  subjects  may 
be  considered  at  the  same  time,  and  notices  of  this  classification,  and  of 
the  times  when  particular  subjects  are  to  be  considered,  to  be  prepared 
and  posted.  The  discussions  upon  particular  subjects  and  papei's  to  be 
opened  by  members,  in  an  order  to  be  designated  by  the  Chairman  of 
the  Convention,  and  afterwards  the  discussion  to  be  general. 

A  committee,  to  be  appointed  by  the  Board,  of  members  who  are  to 
"be  present  at  the  Convention,  which  committee  will  aid  the  Secretary 
in  arrangements  for  the  presentation  and  discussion  of  papers,  and  in 
perfecting  other  requisite  details  for  the  Convention. 

A  large  number  of  replies  to  these  circulars,  received  from  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Society,  will  be  j^resented  at  the  Annual  Meeting,  and  the 
whole  subject  may  be  considered. 

Meetings  of  the  Societx. 

The  regular  meetings  of  tlits  Society  during  the  past  year  have  been 
well  attended.  The  Board  is  glad  to  say  that  the  number  of  members 
of  the  Society  not  resident  in  New  York  who  have  found  it  jDossible  to 
be  present  at  these  meetings  has  been  large.  An  experiment  has  been 
tried,  at  the  suggestion  of  some  of  the  members,  of  providing,  on  the 
occasion  of  the  meetings  on  the  first  of  each  month,  a  collation  aftt^r  the 
meetings,  in  order  that  pleasant  opportunity  for  conversation  should  be 
given.  The  result  of  the  experiment  seems  to  be  satisfactory.  These 
collations  are,  of  course,  not  paid  for  from  funds  of  the  Society,  but  are 
provided  by  the  voluntary  subscription  of  resident  members. 

Eecord  of  Meetings. 

Since  the  Convention,  the  Secretary  has  prepared  a  record  of  each 
meeting,  stating  the  business  done,  and  also  giving  an  abstract  of  the 
papers  read.  These  records  have  been  printed  and  issued  to  all  the 
members  of  the   Society.     This  has  been  done  to  supply  a  want  which 


38  JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

has  been  much  felt  of  a  means  for  giving  to  the  members  generally,  in- 
formation as  to  what  is  done  at  the  meetings,  and  also  for  giving  abstracts 
of  the  papers  read,  that  our  members  might  be  made  acquainted  with 
the  subjects  considered,  and  that  they  might  have  the  ojjportunity  of 
discussing  these  subjects.  It  has  been  found  impossible  to  issue  the 
ordinary  transactions  of  the  Society  with  the  regularity  of  a  monthly 
magazine.  The  Society  is  dependent  upon  its  members  for  the  papers 
published  in  the  Transactions.  The  management  is  unable  always  to 
secure  the  i.«sue  of  these  papers  with  absolute  regularity,  and  while  the 
twelve  numbers  can  be  issued  in  a  year,  and  the  proper  number  of  images 
can  be  prepared,  it  is  believed  that  the  issue  of  the  records  of  meetings 
referred  to  will  enable  the  direction  to  increase  the  value  of  the  Trans- 
actions, and  at  the  same  time  give  to  the  members  the  information  which 
heretofore  has  been  only  obtainable  from  the  monthly  number.  The 
experiment  has  already  been  successful  in  securing  the  presentation, 
through  these  abstracts,  of  considerable  discussion.  More  detailed  in- 
formation, as  to  the  contents  of  any  paper  than  can  be  propei'ly  con- 
densed in  an  abstract,  can  always  be  given  to  persons  desiring  to 
discuss  it. 

Tkansactions. 
The  issue  of  Transactions  has  been  alluded  to  above.     All  the  earlier 
numbers  are  now  in  stock,  and  can  be  supplied  to  any  persons  desiring  to 
complete  their  volumes.     The  demand  for  early  numbers  has  warranted 
the  Direction  in  Laving  those  reprinted  which  were  out  of  print. 

House  of  the  Society. 

The  value  to  the  Society  of  the  ownership  of  its  House  becomes  more 
evident  every  year.  Situated  where  it  is  convenient  as  regards  ease  of 
access,  both  from  the  business  parts  of  the  city  and  from  the  residence 
portion;  easily  approached  by  the  various  lines  of  street  ways  in  its  imme- 
diate vicinity,  and  particularly  convenient  to  non-resident  members,  on 
account  of  its  proximity  to  many  hotels,  it  has  been,  during  the  past 
year,  used  very  much  more  than  have  the  rooms  of  the  Society  at  any 
previous  time.  The  Library  is  increasing  constantly,  and  the  accommo- 
dation always  prepared  for  the  use  of  the  House  by  members,  either  for 
reading,  correspondence  or  consultation,  seems  to  be  highly  valued. 
Members  often  meet  here  other  engineers  from  all  parts  of  the  world. 

The  Board  of  Direction  reminds  the  members  that  this  House  has 
been  bought,  and  that  all  the  money  which  has  been  so  far  paid  for  it 
has  been  provided,  entirely  apart  from  the  funds  of  the  Society.  No 
money  has  been  expended  upon  the  property,  excejit  that  which  has 
been  voluntarily  subscribed  for  the  building  fund.  The  state  of  this 
fund  and  the  total  amount  of  subsci'iptions  are  shown  by  the  Treasurer's 
report.      The  property  is  substantially  half  paid  for;  every  payment, 


JANUARY    PKOCEEDINGS.  39 

reducing  the  mortgage  ujaon  the  House,  reduces  the  rental  which  the 
Society  has  to  pay,  and  the  value  to  the  Society  of  subscriptions  to  this 
fund,  and  the  desirability  of  additional  subscriptions,  is  particularly 
commended  by  the  Board  to  the  attention  of  members.  A  number  of 
the  subscriptions  made  so  far  have  been  by  persons  not  members  of  the 
Society,  but  interested  more  or  Ipss  generally  in  engineering.  It  is 
believed  that  if  our  members  would  commend  this  subject  to  the 
attention  of  such  persons,  the  fund  might  be  greatly  increased. 

The  Fellowship  Fund. 

But  one  subscription  has  been  received  during  the  past  year  to  the 
Fellowship  Fund.  The  income  of  this  fnnd,  is  devoted  to  the  publica- 
tions of  the  Society.  The  election  as  a  Fellow  gives  to  gentlemen,  not 
otherwise  connected  with  the  Society,  the  advantage  of  receiving  its 
jiublications  and  of  particiijating  in  all  the  privileges  of  the  Society 
excei>t  the  right  to  vote.  An  increase  in  the  number  of  Fellows  is 
desirable,  and  this  form  of  association  with  the  Society  may  be  found 
particularly  agreeable  to  many  gentlemen  who  might  not  desire  or  be 
eligible  for  other  classes  of  membership. 

The    Library. 

There  have  been  1  410  additions  to  the  Library  of  the  Society  during 
the  past  year,  and  there  are  at  present  over  15  000  separate  numbers  in 
the  Library.  Its  value  as  a  library  of  reference  is  increasing  constantly, 
and  the  attention  of  our  members  is  again  j^articularly  called  to  the 
great  aid  which  may  be  given  to  engineers  by  additions  to  this  Library. 
Early  and  current  reports  upon  all  engineering  works,  municipal,  rail- 
way and  others,  are  earnestly  desired.  Some  of  the  recent  valuable 
additions  to  the  Library,  presented  by  members,  have  been,  a  complete 
set  of  the  reports  of  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad  ;  the  first  66 
volumes  of  the  "Annales  des  Fonts  et  Chaussees,"  substantially  making 
the  volumes  of  the  Society  complete  in  regard  to  these  important  papers; 
a  large  collection  of  reports  and  documents  upon  Avater  works,  and  a 
collection  of  valuable  books  upon  architecture.  These  are  referred  to 
as  showing  the  interest  exhibited  by  some  of  our  members  in  this 
direction.  All  of  these  contributions  except  one  have  been  kindly  for- 
warded from  a  distance. 

The  Committee  on  Uniform  Standard  Time. 

During  the  past  year  the  Chairman  of  the  Committee  of  this  Society 
on  Uniform  Standard  Time  jaarticipated  as  one  of  the  delegates  at  the 
International  Conference  held  in  Washington,  by  invitation  of  the 
Government  of  the  United  States,  at  which  the  representatives  of  26 
nations  were  present.     This  conference  recommended  the  establishment 


40  JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

of  a  definite  single  prime  meridian  for  use  by  all  nations,  and  also 
recommended  the  adoption  of  the  24-liour  system  for  the  notation  of 
time.  Circulars  issued  by  this  Committee  to  the  ofiicials  of  the  railways 
throughout  the  country  have  resulted  in  a  very  decided  expression  of 
opinion  favorable  to  the  general  adoption  of  this  system  of  time  nota- 
tion.    The  Committee  will  make  a  further  report  at  the  Annual  Meeting. 

The  Committee  on  the  Pkeseevation  op  Timbek. 

The  Committee  on  the  Preservation  of  Timber  has  secured  a  large 
amount  of  valuable  information  which,  it  is  iinderstood,  will  be  presented 
at  this  meeting,  and  the  results  of  which  will  probably  be  printed  in  our 
Transactions. 

The  Committee  ox  a  Unifokm  System  for  Tests  op  Cement. 

The  Committee  on  a  Uniform  System  for  Tests  of  Cement  has  been 
actively  engaged  during  the  year  in  consideration  of  the  subject  com- 
mitted to  it,  and  a  report  has  been  prepared  which  will  be  submitted  at 
this  meeting  for  consideration  and  discussion. 


Amendment  to  the  Constitution. 

The  following  proposed  amendment  to  the  Constitution  has  been 
regularly  submitted  and  sent  to  the  members.  It  will  be  in  order  for 
discussion  at  this  meeting,  and  with  any  amendments  approved  by  a 
majority  vote  of  this  meeting  will  afterwards  be  voted  upon  by  letter 
ballot : 

Proposed  Amendment  to  Article  XXII. 

Add  at  end  of  Article  as  follows  : 

Any  member  of  the  Society,  not  in  arrears  for  dues,  may  compound 
for  future  annual  dues  by  the  pavment  of  Two  Hundred  and  Fifty 
Dollars. 

Provided,  however,  that  each  person  duly  elected  a  Member  shall 
pay  the  entrance  fee  and  also  the  annual  dues  for  the  current  year  of  his 
election. 

Provided,  also,  that  any  Member  desiring  to  compound  for  future 
annual  dues  shall  have  paid  the  annual  dues  for  the  current  year  before 
the  compounding  sum  may  be  available. 

Provided,  also,  that  in  addition  to  the  sum  provided  for  compound- 
ing dues,  there  shall  be  paid  by  each  compounding  member,  resident 
within  fifty  miles  of  the  Post  OflBce  in  the  City  of  New  York,  the  sum 
of  Ten  Dollars  per  year  for  five  years  after  compounding. 

Should  a  resident  member  become  non  resident  at  any  time  during 
the  five  years  alter  compounding,  he  shall  be  relieved  from  the  payment 
of  such  annual  sum  during  the  time  of  non  residence. 

Should  a  non  resident  member  become  resident  at  any  time  within 
five  years  after  compounding,  he  shall  be  liable  to  the  annual  payment 


JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  41 

of  Ten  Dollars  for  each  year  of  residence  up  to  five  years  after  com- 
pounding. 

Members  compounding  shall  sign  an  agreement  that  they  will  be 
governed  by  the  Constitution  and  By  Laws  of  the  Society  as  they  are 
now  formed  or  as  they  may  be  hereafter  altered,  amended  or  euLirged; 
and  that  in  case  of  their  ceasing  to  be  members  from  any  cause  what- 
ever, the  amount  theretofore  paid  by  them  for  compounding,  and  for 
entrance  fees  and  annual  dues,  shall  be  the  property  of  the  Society. 

Amendment  to  the  By-Laws. 

The  nineteenth  section  of  the  By-Laws  has  been  amended  during  the 
past  year,  and  now  reads  as  follows  ; 

Section  19. — A  nomination  or  proposal  shall  be  presented  at  the  next 
regular  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Direction  following  its  receipt ;  the 
Board  of  Direction  shall  thereupon  send  to  all  members  of  the  Society 
a  notice  that  such  person  is  a  candidate  for  election.  Not  less  than  thirty 
days  thereafter  the  Board  shall  consider  the  application,  and  if  approved 
and  the  applicant  (if  for  admission  as  Member,  Associate  or  Junior) 
classed  with  his  consent,  a  day  shall  be  fixed  for  the  ballot  to  be  can- 
vassed, which  shall  be  at  a  regular  meeting  of  the  Society,  not  less  than 
twenty-five  days  thereafter. 

The  Nokman  Medal. 

The  Norman  Medal  for  1883  was  awarded  to  the  Papers  Nos. 
CCXLVIII  and  CCLVIII,  "  On  the  Increased  Efficiency  of  Hailways  for 
the  Transi^ortation  of  Freight,"  and  "  How  can  Kailways  be  made  more 
Efficient  in  the  Transportation  of  Freight  ?  "  by  William  P.  Shinn,  M. 
Am.  Soc.  C.  E.  The  Board  of  Censors  to  award  this  medal  for  the  past 
year  will  present  the  reiaort  of  award  at  this  meeting. 

The  Eo^mliAnd  Peize. 

The  Kowland  Prize,  instituted  by  the  Society,  was  awarded  for  the 
year  1883  to  Paper  No.  CCLXIII,  "Rebuilding  the  Monongahela 
Bridge,"  by  G.  Lindenthal,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.  The  Committee  ap- 
pointed to  make  the  award  of  this  prize  for  the  past  year  has  its  rei^ort 
ready  for  presentation  at  this  meeting. 

The  sum  of  $1  000  to  constitute  a  permanent  fund,  the  income  from 
which  will  pay  this  prize,  has  been  contributed  to  the  Society  by  Mr. 
T.  F.  Rowland,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

Badge. 

At  the  last  annual  meeting  a  resolution  was  passed  requesting  the 
Board  of  Direction  to  take  action  in  reference  to  a  Society  badge.     The 


43  JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

following  circular  letter  issued  by  the  Board  on   September  30,  1884, 
gives  a  statement  of  what  has  been  done  in  reference  to  this  subject: 

Sir: 

I  am  instructed  by  the  Board  of  Direction  of  the  American  Society 
of  Civil  Engineers  to  say  to  you  that: 

At  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Society  in  January,  1884,  at  which  104 
members  were  present  (in  addition  to  Associates,  Juniors  and  Fellows), 
the  following  resolution  was  passed: 

"  That  the  Board  of  Direction  have  a  badge  prepared,  which  mem- 
bers of  the  Society  shall  wear  at  meetings,  and  which  may  be  worn  at 
other  times." 

The  Board  took  action  in  accordance  with  this  resolution,  adopting  a 
design  for  a  badge  presented  by  a  Special  Committee  of  Members  of  the 
Society  (none  of  the  committee  being  members  of  the  Board). 

Three  hundred  and  twenty-two  (322)  badges  of  the  adopted  design 
have  been  bought  and  are  in  use. 

The  design,  however,  does  not  meet  the  approval  of  a  number  of  our 
members,  and  communications  addressed  to  the  Board  of  Direction  have 
been  received  from  ninety-three  (93)  members,  requesting  that  the 
"  question  of  the  adoption  of  a  badge,  and  that  of  a  design  for  the  same, 
be  opened  before  the  Society  at  large,  that  each  and  every  member  may 
vote  on  the  questions: 

•'  1.  A  badge— Yes;  or  a  badge— No. 

"  2.  The  design — Yes;  or  the  design — No. 

"  That  if  the  first  question  is  decided  in  the  affirmative,  and  the 
second  in  the  negative,  other  designs  be  obtained;  but  before  any  be 
adopted,  such  adoption  of  the  device  be  sanctioned  by  general  vote  of 
the  members,  as  may  be  provided  by  the  Constitution  or  By-Laws  for 
such  cases." 

A  question  that  would  be  raised,  should  the  Board  act  in  accordance 
with  these  reqixests,  has  been  carefully  considered.  It  is  whether  the 
Board  of  Direction  shall  order  a  general  vote  by  letter  ballot  upon  a 
resolution  already  regularly  j^assed  at  an  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Society. 
This  is  a  delicate  question  of  legislative  order.  To  direct  such  a  vote 
would  establish  an  important  precedent. 

The  ordicary  legislative  method  would  seem  to  be  that,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  securing  a  reconsideration  of  a  resolution  i^assed  at  the  last 
Annual  Meeting,  a  motion  to  that  effect  should  be  made  at  the  ajDproach- 
ing  Annual  Meeting  by  one  of  the  majority  voting  on  the  original 
motion. 

The  Board  of  Direction  does  not  consider  it  proper  or  wise,  there- 
fore, to  order  a  general  vote  by  letter  ballot  under  these  circumstances. 


JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  43 

Membership  Tables. 

Tlie  following  tables  show  tlie  changes  and  additions  during  the  year 
in  the  various  classes  of  membership: 

On  January  1st,  1884,  the  date  of  the  last  report,  the  membershii^  in 
the  Society  was: 

Honorary  Members,  resident .. .     2     Non-resident 7  Total...     9 

Corresponding  Members "              3  "...     3 

Members,  resident 122            "              467  "    589 

Associates,      "       11  "              ....  20  "      31 

Juniors,           "       14  "              ....  53  "      67 

687 

Making  resident 149  Non-resident. ..  .550                    

Total 699 

Fellows,  66,  of  whom  8  Members  and  1  Honorary  Member  are  in- 
cluded above,  leaving 57 

Total  Members  and  Fellows 756 

Subscribers  to  the  Building  Fund,  131,  of  whom  88  are  entered  in 
one  or  other  of  the  above  classifications  and  4  deceased,  leaving.  39 

Total  connected  with  the  Society  January  1st,  1884 795 

At  the  present  date,  January  1st,  1885,  the  membership  is: 
Honorary  Members,  resident ...     2    Nou-resident ....     8    Total ...  10 

Corresiionding  Members *'  ....     3         "     ,..     3 

Members,  resident 130  "  527         "    657 

Associates,       "       12  "  22         "      34 

Juniors,  "       16  "  61         "      77 

768 

Making  resident 160    Non-resident 621  — 

Total 781 

Fellows,  66,  of  whom  8  Members  and  1  Honorary  Member  are  in- 
cluded above,  leaving 57 

Total  Members  and  Fellows 838 

Subscribers  to  the  Building  Fund,  137,  of  whom  93  are  entered  in 
one  or  other  of  the  above  classifications  and  4  deceased,  leaving .  40 

Total  connected  with  the  Society  January  1st,  1885 878 


44  JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

The  additions  during  the  jmst  year  to  the  several  classes  of  Society 
membershii?  have  been : 

Honorary  Member  qualified 1 

Members  qualified 82 

Associates  qualified 5 

Juniors  qualified 20 

Fellow  qualified 1 

Total  additions  to  the  several  classes  of  membership 109 

Subscribers  to  the  Building  Fund,  7,  5  of  whom  are  otherwise  con- 
nected with  the  Society;  leaving  not  otherwise  connected  with  the 
Society 2 

Total  additions Ill 

The  decrease  during  the  year  in  the  several  classes  of  membership 
has  been : 

Members Died  9 . .  Resigned  5 14 

Associates "  1 . .  Transferred  to  Member  1 2 

Juniors Died  1 "  "         "         9 10 

Fellows  ....     "     1 1 

Totals Deaths  11,  Resignations  6,  Transferred  10 27 

Also  1  former  subscriber  to  the  Building  Fund  became  a  member .     1 

28 

There  has  thus  been  an  addition  of  111  to  the  various  classes  of  mem- 
bership and  subscribers  to  the  Building  Fund,  and  a  decrease  of  28, 
making  the  actual  net  additions  during  the  year  83  in  number. 

On  January  1st,  1884,  there  were,  as  stated  in  the  last  Annual  Eeport, 
9  proposals  pending;  127  proposals  have  been  received  during  the  year; 
1  candidate  has  been  elected  Honorary  Member;  69  candidates  have 
been  elected  Members,  of  whom  1  was  transi'eried  from  Associate,  and 
9  fi'om  Junior;  5  candidates  have  been  elected  Associates;  20  candidates 
have  been  elected  Juniors. 

1  i^erson  has  qualified  during  the  year  as  Honorary  Member;  82  per- 
sons have  during  the  year  qualified  as  Members;  5  have  qualified  as  As- 
sociates; 20  have  qualified  as  Juniors;  1  has  qualified  as  Fellow;  7  can- 
didates elected  during  the  year  as  Members,  and  1  Associate,  and  1 
Junior  have  not  yet  qualified;  there  are  18  proposals  now  pending. 

Twenty  meetings  of  the  Society  were  held  during  the  year,  one  of 
which  was  the  Annual  Meeting,  held  in  ise-w  York,  January  16th  and 
17th,  and  another  the  Annual  Convention,  held  in  Buflalo,  New  York, 
June  10th   to    13th;  all  the  sessions  of  the   Convention,  including  the 


JANUARY   PROCEEDINGS.  45 

business  meeting,  being  counted  as  one  meeting  of  the  Society.  Meet- 
ings have  been  held  on  the  first  and  third  Wednesday  of  each  month, 
exceiDt  July  and  August. 

Twenty-seven  meetings  of  the  Board  of  Direction  have  been  held 
during  the  year. 

Reports  made  diiring  the  year  have  been  as  follows: 

By  the  Board  of  Direction:  The  Annual  Eeport. 

By  the  Finance  Committee:  Annual  Repoi't  on  the  Finances  of  the 
Society;  Quarterly  ReiJorts  to  the  Board  of  Direction. 

By  the  Library  Committee :  Regular  Monthly  Reports  on  the  Library 
and  on  Publications. 

By  the  Secretary:  Monthly  Reports  to  the  Board  of  Direction;  Oc- 
casional Reports  on  Current  Business. 

By  the  Treasurer:  The  Annual  Report  of  the  Treasurer;  Monthly 
Reports  to  the  Board  of  Direction. 

By  the  Committee  on  Uniform  System  for  Tests  of  Cement:  2 
Reports. 

By  the  Committee  on  Preservation  of  Timber:  2  Reports. 

By  the  Committee  on  Uniform  System  for  Standard  Time:  2  Reports. 

By  the  Nominating  Committee:  1  Report. 

By  the  Committee  in  Reference  to  the  International  Inventions 
Exhibition  in  London,  1885:  1  Report. 

The  Society  has  lost  by  death,  during  the  term  covered  by  this 
report,  nine  Members,  Messrs.  C.  Vandervoort  Smith,  Past  Director  of 
the  Society;  John  Avery,  Charles  L.  McAlpine,  John  Griffen,  Samuel 
H.  Shreve,  Gabriel  Jordan,  Charles  A.  Smith,  Isaac  Newton  and  Edward 
Yorke;  one  Junior,  William  M.  Allaire;  and  one  Fellow,  Daniel  L. 
Wells. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

JOHN  BOGART, 

Secretary. 


46  JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

EEPOKT  OF  THE  TREASURER 

For    the    Year    Ending    December    31st,    1884. 
receipts. 

Balance  on  hand  December  31, 1883  : 

Building  Fund. $925.46 

Fellowship  Fund 1217.38 

General  Fund 4859.15 


$7  001.9» 


Receipts  during  year : 

Entrance  Fees $2  730.00 

Current  Dues  : 

From   91  Resident  Members $2  208.50 

"     396  Non-resident  Members 5  647.96 

"         8  Resident  Associates 112.50 

"       20  Non-resident  Associates 190.00 

"       17  Resident  Juniors 247.50 

"       45  Non-resident  Juniors 435.00 


$8  841.46 


Past  Dues  : 

From  10  Resident  Members $429.16 

"     35  Non-resident  Members 561.00 

"       1  Resident  Associate 15.00 

"       1  Non-resident  Associate 10.00 

"        1  Resident  Junior 15.00 

"        2  Non-resident  Juniors 20.00 


Dues  for  year  beginning  January  1st,  1885  : 

From   23  Resident  Members $575.00 

"     113  Non-resident  Members 1700.00 

"         2  Resident  Associates 30.00 

"         2  Non-resident  Associates 20.00 

"         1  Reside  nt  Junior  15.00 

"         8  Non-resident  Juniors 80.00 


12  311.62 

Sales  of  Publications 663.79 

Certificates  of  Membership 124.25 

Advertisements 103.00 

Interest  on  Fellowship  Fund  Bonds 420.00 

"  Savings  Bank  Deposit 32.04 

"  Noruian  Medal  Fund  Bond 7U.U0 

Railroad  Stock 77.62 

"  Bonds  purchased  during  year 375.00 


974.66 


Subscriptions  to  Building  Fund 620.00 

Fellowship  Fees 150 .  00 

Other  sources -^  • 


17  679.10 


From  Savings  Bank 285.53 

From  T.  F.  Rowland,  M  Am.   Soc.  C.  E.,  creating  Rowland  Prize  Fund 1000.00 

$25  966.62 


JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 


47 


DI8BUBSEMENT8. 

Interest  on  Mortgage $800.00 

Taxes 492.50 

Publications 4  521.24 

Stationery  and  Printing 754.71 

Postage 797.24 

Library 595.46 

Salaries 3  000. 00 

Convention  and  Annual  Meeting 844.41 

Janitor.  House  Supplies,  Fuel,  Water  and  Gas 1  500.01 

Certificates  of  Membership 55.80 

Insurance 62.50 

Korman  Medal  and  Kowland  Prize 131.25 

Other  expenditures   332.13 

Finance — Treasurer's  Books 340 .  00 

Work  of  Committees 412.50 

Payments  from  Building  Fund 

Transferred  to  Savings  Bank 

Purchased  (luring  year  9  bonds,  costing  $10  598.75 

Sold  during  year  5  bonds  for 5  400.25 

Cash  expended  for  4  bonds  now  on  band $5  198.50 

Note. — One  of  these  bonds  belongs  to  the  Fellowship  Fund  ;  one  to 
Bowland  Prize  Fund,  and  two  to  the  General  Society  Fund. 

Balance  on  hand— Building  Fund $426.03 

General        "     4  550.87 

4  976.90 


$14  639.75 

1119.43 

32.04 


10  175.40 


$25  966.62 


48  JANUARY    PROCEEDIKGS. 

The  funds  of  the  Society  are  as  follows  : 

Fellowship  Fund  : 

Eighty-six  subscriptions  to  December  31,  1883 $9  050 .  00 

Premium  and  accumulated  interest  December  31, 1883.         1  903 .  69 

Fund  on  hand  December  31,  1883 SIO  953.69 

One  subscription  during  1884 150.00 

Interest  received  during  1884 4:20 .  00 

^11523.69 
Expended  for  publications  during  1884 818 .37 

$10  705.32 


The  present  investment  of  the  Fund  is  : 

Eight  Pennsylvania  Railroad  six  per  cent.  Bonds,  cost.       $9  889.32 
Deposit  in  Seamen's  Bank  for  Savings 81 6 .  00 

$10  705.32 


Norman  Medal  Fund  : 

One  Certificate   Croton   Aqueduct   Stock,    New  York 

City $1  000.00 

Building  Fund  : 

Receipts  previous  to  January  1,  1884 $16  897.00 

during  1884 620.00 

$17  517.00 

Expended  : 

For  Legal  Services,  Circulars,  &c $355 .  03 

For  Improvements  on  Property 2  735 .  94 

Payments  on  Purchase 14:  000.00 

On  hand  December  31,  1884 426.03 

$17  517.00 


Rowland  Prize  Fund  : 

One  Pennsylvania  Railroad  General  Mortgage  6  per 
cent.  Bond,  cost *1  222 .  50 


JANUARY   PROCEEDINGS.  49 

General  Investment : 

10  Shares  New  York  Central  and  Hudson  Kiver  Rail- 
road Stock $1  000 .  00 

1  Consolidated  Certificate  New  York  Central  and  Hud- 
son River  Railroad  Stock 35 .  00 

2  Pennsylvania  Railroad  General  Mortgage  6  per  cent. 

Bonds,  cost 2  445 .  00 


$3  480.00 


Respectfully  submitted, 

J.  James  R.  Cedes, 

Treasurer. 

REPORT  OF  THE  COMMITTEE  ON  FINANCE, 

Pkesented  and  Accepted  at  the  Annual  Meeting,  January  21,  1885. 

The  Finance  Committee  has  the  honor  to  report  that,  having  audited 
all  the  bills  that  have  been  paid  by  the  Treasurer  during  the  past  year, 
they  have  found  that  each  bill  has  been  charged  to  its  proper  fund,  and 
that  the  several  sums  have  not  exceeded  the  amounts  appropriated  by 
the  Board  of  Direction  for  the  purposes  specifically  mentioned.  Also 
that  the  Committee  has,  at  the  end  of  the  year,  carefully  examined  all  of 
the  assets  and  liabilities  of  the  Society,  and  has  found  that  the  reports  of 
the  Secretary  and  Treasurer  give  a  correct  account  of  the  same. 
Respectfully  submitted, 

W.  H.  Paine, 

G.  S.  Greene,  Jr., 

Wm.  R.  Hutton, 

Finance  Committee, 


LIST    OF    PUBLICATIONS    AND    PAPERS    RECEIVED    FOR 

LIBRARY. 

Appendix  to  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  op  Direction, 
January  21st,  1885. 

The  following  papers  are  contributed  to  the  Society,  or  are  received 
in  exchange  for  Transactions  : 

American  Architect  and  Building  News Weekly Boston. 

American  Engineer. "       Chicago. 


50  JANUARY    PROCEEDIKGS. 

American  Gas  Light  Journal Semi-Monthly..New  York. 

Annales  des  Travaux  Publics Monthly Paris. 

Army  and  Navy  Journal Weekly New  York. 

Builder "      London. 

Building  and  Engineering  News "      " 

Bulletin  American  Iron  and  Steel  Association Semi-Monthly.. Philadelphia. 

Bulletin  du  Canal  Interoceanique "  "      ..Paris. 

City  Record Dally New  York. 

Commissioner  of  Patents'  Journal Semi-Weekly  ...London. 

Der  Civilingenieur Monthly Leipsig. 

Deutsche  Bauzeitung Weekly Berlin. 

Engineer ■•      London. 

Engineering "      " 

Engineering  and  Mining  Journal "      New  York. 

Enginei  ring  News  and  American  Contract  Journal "      " 

Genie  Civil "      Paris. 

Industrie  Zeitung Bi-Monthly  . ..  .Riga. 

Industrial  America Weekly New  York 

Iron , "      London. 

Iron  Age "      New  York. 

Journal  of  the  Association  of  Engineering  Societies Monthly " 

"      of  Artillery  and  Military  Engineering " Vienna. 

"      of  Society  of  Arts Weekly London. 

"      of  Gas  Lighting "      " 

Manufacturer  and  Builder Monthly New  York. 

Manufacturer  and  Iron  World Weekly Piitsburgh. 

Magazine  of  American  History Monthly New  York. 

Mechanical  News Semi-Monthly..         " 

Norsk  Teknisk  Tidsskrift Monthly Christiania. 

Nouvelles  Anniiles  de  la  Construction "         Paris. 

Portefeuille  Economique  des  Machines "         ■' 

Record  of  Scientific  Literature "        New  York. 

Railroad  Gazette Weekly " 

Railway  Age "      Chicago. 

Railway  Review "      " 

Railway  World  "      Philadelphia. 

Reportorium  der  Techniscben  Literatur Leipsig. 

Revue  Generale  des  Chemins  de  fer Monthly P.iris. 

Sanitary  Engineer .' Weekly New  York. 

Science "      Cambridge. 

Scientific  American "      New  York. 

Scientific  American  Supplement ,.       "      " 

Teknisk  Tidsskrift Monthly Stockholm. 

Techniker Semi-Monthly.  .New  York. 

Telegr  iph  Journal  and  Electric  Review "  "       ..London 

The  Locomotive Monthly Hartford. 

Van  Nostrand's  Magazine "         New  York. 

ZeltFcbrift  fur  Baukunde Quarterly Munich. 

Zeitschrift  fur  Bauwesens "  Berlin. 

The  following  are  subscribed  for  : 

American  Bookseller Semi-Monthly.  .New  York. 

American  Library  Journal Montlily " 

Bookseller "         London. 

Publishers'  Weekly Wr ekly New  York. 

XJ.  S.  Official  Postal  Guide Mmlbly Boston. 


JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  51 

The  Society  has  received  during  the  year,  in  exchange  for  the 
"Transactions,"  oflBcial  publications  of  the  following  associations,  in 
many  instances  for  preceding  years  : 

Aeronautical  Society  of  Great  Britain London. 

Academy  of  Sciences Washington. 

Akademie  des  Bauwesens Berlin. 

American  Institute  of  Architects New  York. 

American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers " 

American  Iron  and  Steel  Association Philadelphia. 

American  Society  of  Mechan ical  Engineers New  York. 

Annales  de  Construcciones  t'iviles  y  de  Minas Lima. 

Annates  des  Fonts  et  Ohausees Paris. 

Argentine  Scientific  Society Buenos  Ay  res. 

Association  of  Civil  Engineers Lisbon. 

Astor  Library .New  York. 

Austrian  Society  of  Engineers  and  Architects  (Two  Publications) Vienna. 

Boston  Public  Library  Boston. 

Boston  Society  of  Civil  Engineers " 

Canadian  Institute Toronto. 

Civil  Engineers'  Society  of  St.  Paul St.  Paul. 

Civil  Engineers'  Club  of  Cleveland Cleveland. 

Die  Administration  der  "  Mittheilungen  " Vienna 

Engineers'  Club  of  Philadelpbia Philadelphia. 

Engineers'  Club  of  St.  Louis St.  Louis. 

Engineer  Departme/it.  U.  S.  A Washington. 

Engineers'  Society,  Western  Pennsylvania Pittsburgh. 

Franklin  Institute  Journal Philadelphia. 

Imperial  School Moscow. 

Imperial  Technic  Society  of  Russia St   Petersburg. 

Imperiiil  University Tokio. 

Institution  of  Civil  Engineers London. 

"  "  of  Ireland Dublin. 

"         of  Engineers  and  Shipbuilders  of  Scotland Glasgow. 

"         of  Mechaniial  Engineers London. 

Iron  and  Steel  Institute 

Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology Boston. 

McGill  University.  Department  of  Science Montreal. 

Mechanics'  Institute ^an  Francisco. 

Midland  Institute,  Mining,  Civil  and  Mechanical  Engineers Barnsley.  Eng. 

Military  Service  Institution  of  the  United  States Guvernor'sIsld.,N.y. 

Mining  Institute  of  Scotland , Hamilton. 

New  York  Meteorological  Observatory '. New  York. 

North  of  Eugland  lustitute  of  Mining  and  Mechanical  Engineers Newcastle-on-Tyne. 

Kenssel:ier  Society  of  Engineers Troy. 

Riga  Technical  Society. Kiga. 

Royal  United  Service  Institution London. 

School  of  Mines,  Columbia  College - Ne'w  York. 

Seismological  Society  of  Japan Tokio. 

Smithsonian  Institution Washington. 

Society  of  Arts London. 

Society  of  Civil  Engineers Paris. 

Society  of  Kngineers London. 

Society  of  Engineers  and  Architects Cologne. 

Society  of  Engineers  and  Architects  of  Hungary Budapest. 

"  •'  "  of  Saxoiiy Dresden. 

"  "  .  .. Hanover. 

Stevens  Institute  of  Techuol'^gy Hoboken. 


52  JANUARY   PROCEEDINGS. 

Swedish  Society  of  Engineers Stocljholin. 

Thayer  Scientific  School,  Dartmouth  College Hanover. 

Thomason  Civil  Engineering  College,  Indian  Engineering Koorkee. 

United  States  Coast  and  Geodetic  Survey Washington. 

"  Geologiial  Survey " 

"  Light  House  Board " 

"  Miliiary  Academy West  Point. 

"  Naval  Institute Annapolis. 

"  Naval  Observatory Washington, 

"  Ordnance  Department " 

"  Patent  Office " 

■University  of  Michigan Ann  Arbor. 

Western  Society  of  Engineers Chicago. 


LIST    OF    MEMBERS. 


ADDITIONS. 
MEMBEES. 


Date  of  Election. 

Aechibald,  Peteb  Sathek  ....  Chief   Engineer    Intercolonial 

Ey.,  Moncton,  N.  B.,  Canada.         Jan.  7,  1885. 

Babcock,  HeneyNash U.   S.    Engineers'  Office,    New 

Haven,  Conn Sept.  3,  1884. 

Jaetis,  Charles  Maples Chief   Engineer,     Berlin    Iron 

Bridge    Co.,     East      Berlin, 

Conn Jan.  7,  1885. 

Lapon,  Thomas (Elected  Junior  March  3,  1875.) 

(Care  of  Mrs.  Charles  Young), 
1058  Broad  street,  Newark, 
N.J Nov.  5,  1884. 

Oebison,  Thomas  Watson.  ..  .Superintendent  Hydraulic 

Power  Co.,  Iron  Mountain, 
Mich Sept  3,  1884. 

Phinney,  Heney  Ward  Beechee.170  East    111th   street,   New 

York  City Jan.  7,  1885. 

JTJNIOE. 

Booth,  William Feeeis Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y Jan.  7,  1885. 


CHANGES     AND     COEEECTIONS. 


Abbot,  Feedeeic  V 1st  Lieut.  Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  Charles- 
ton, S.  C. 

Appleton,  Thomas P.  O.  Box  2008,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Bailey,  Thomas  N Capt.  Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  Whitestone, 

N.  Y. 


JANUAKY    PKOCEEDINGS.  53 

Baldwin,  Thomas  W Hotel  del  Monte,  Monterey  Co.,  Cal. 

Baenaed,  Augustus  P (Care  of  D.   Van  Nostrand),   23  Murray  street. 

New  York  City. 
Baxtee,  Geokge  S Assistant  Treasurer,  Northern  Pacific  E.  R.,  St. 

Paul,  Minn. 

Brunee,  Daniel  P Ledger  Building,  Room  2,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Claeke,  Thomas  C Union  Bridge  Co.,  Welles  Building,  Room  713, 

New  York  City. 

Cunningham,  David  W Wellesley  Hills,  Norfolk  Co.,  Mass. 

CuETis,  Wendell  R U.  S.  Engineers'  Office,  Fernandina,  Fla. 

DoANE,  Walter  A (Care   of  James  Ross),    Canadian    Pacific  Ry., 

West  End   of  Track,    Winnepeg,   Manitoba, 

Canada. 

DoEAN,  Feank  C Pico  House,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

DoESEY,  Edwaed  B Consulting    Engineer    to     the     American    Ex- 
hibition,  London,   1886,  7  Poultry,   London, 

E.  C,  England. 

Ellis,  Nathaniel  W 593  Union  st.,  Manchester,  N.  H. 

FoESYTH,  RoBEET Spang  Steel  and  Iron  Co.,  Sharpsburg,  Pa. 

Gates,  Hoeace  D Lewis,  Lander  Co.,  Nevada. 

GoLAY,  Philip Vevay,  Indiana. 

Gottlieb,  Abeaham Major  Block,  Room  75,  Chicago,  111. 

Geeene,  Benjamin  H Chief  Engineer,   Gulf  and  Ship  Island  R.  R., 

McComb  City,  Miss. 
Haeeis,  William  P Superintendent,    Baltimore   and    Ohio   R.    R., 

West  of  Cumberland,  Cumberland,  Md. 

Hegeman,  William  W (Care  of  O'Brien  &  Clark),  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

Heuee,  William  H Capt.  Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  63  Caron- 

delet  St.,  New  Orleans,  La. 

Leveeich,  Gabeiel 22  Sands  st.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

LiNviLLE,  Jacob  H 3314  Arch  st.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Low,  GoBHAM  P Gloucester,  Mass. 

Macdonald,  Charles Union  Bridge  Co.,  Welles  Building,  18  Broad- 
way, Rooms  713-719,  New  York  City. 
McClintock,  William  H Engineer,    Southern    Division    Louisville    and 

Na.shville  R.  R.,  Montgomery,  Ala. 

McDonald,  Haeey  P N.  E.  Cor.  Fifth  and  Market  sts.,  Louisville,  Ky. 

Michaelis,  Otho  E Capt.   Ordnance    Corps,   U.    S.   A.,  Watervliet 

Arsenal,  West  Troy,  N.  Y. 
MooRE,  Charles  E Bridge  Inspectoi-,  Wabash,  St.  Louis  and  Pacific 

Ry.,  Moberly,  Mo. 
Paine,  Charles Gen.  Supt.  New  York,  Pennsylvania  and  Ohio 

Ry.,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
Partridge,  John  A La  Pierre  House,  cor.  Tenth  and  E  sts.,  N.  W., 

Washington,  D.  C. 
Eaetee,  Geoege  W Civil  and  Sanitary  Engineer,  Water  Engineers' 

Office,  32  City  Hall,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Saefoed,  Edward  S 312  Madison  avenue,  Baltimore,  Md. 


54  JANUARY   PROCEEDINGS. 

Seaeles,  Willum  H Merchants'  Bank  Building,  Room  35,  Cleveland, 

Ohio. 
Sites,  WiLMON  W.  C Engineer,    State    Board    of    Assessors,    Fuller 

Building,  Rooms  74  and  75,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

Smith,  Chaeles  C 530  Olive  st.,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Smith,  W.  Hakeison Assistant  Engineer,  Northern   Central   E.    R., 

414  W.  Church  st.,  Elmira,  N.  Y. 

Vaughan,  Feedeeick  W (Care  of  E.  O.  Saltmarsh,  Supt.),  Pensacola,  Fla. 

Walling,  Heney  F 9  Pemberton  Square,  Boston,  Mass. 

Wuetele,  Aethuk  S.  C 25  Niagara  Square,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

YoNGE,  Samitel  H 1415  Washington  ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

JIJNIOES. 

Beeithaxjpt,  Wllliam  H 1424  Washington  ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

CoNNETT,  Albeet  N Delight,  Ellsworth  Co.,  Kansas. 

Yates,  Peeston  K Tarry  town,  N.  Y. 

Young,  Heebebt  A Chief   Engineer,    Toledo,    Cincinnati    and   St. 

Louis  R.  R.,  Toledo,  Ohio. 


deaths. 

Jeevis,  John  B Elected  Honorary  Member,  December  2d,  1868; 

Elected  Fellow,  March  19th,  1870;  died  Janu- 
ary 12th,  1885. 

SicKELS,  Theophilus  E Elected    Member,    February    2lst,    1872;  died 

February  4th,  1885. 


PROCEEDINGS. 


Vol.   XL— February,   1885 
M 


INUTES    OF     MEETINGS 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 

Febkuaky  4,  1885.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  President  Frederic 
Graflf  in  the  Chair  ;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.  The  death  on  February 
3d  of  Theophilus  E.  Sickels,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  was  announced.  The 
Paper  by  E.  Sweet,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  the  Eadical  Enlargement  of 
the  Artificial  Waterway  between  the  Lakes  and  the  Hudson  Eiver,  was 
discussed  by  Messrs.  E.  L.  Corthell,  Edward  P.  North,  Willard  S.  Pope, 
0.  M.  Poe,  T.  C.  Keefer,  Simon  Stevens,  A.  P.  Boiler  and  M.  M. 
Drake. 

February  18, 1885.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President  G.  S. 
Greene,  Jr.,  in  the  Chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.  The  discussion  on  the 
Paper  on  the  Eadical  Enlargement  of  the  Artificial  Waterway  between 
the  Lakes  and  the  Hudson  Eiver  was  continued  by  Messrs.  E.  S.  Ches- 
brough,  Walton  W.  Evans,  T.  C.  Clarke,  N.  M.  Edwards,  William  E. 
Merrill,  John  D.  Van  Buren,  Jr.,  D.  Farrand  Henry,  O.  Chanute,  C. 
Herschel,  J.  Nelson  Tubbs,  Eobert  L.  Harris,  Theodore  Cooper,  F. 
Collingwood  and  E.  Sweet. 

OF  THE  BOAED  OF  DIEECTION. 

February  11,  1885. — Applications  were  considered.  A  communica- 
tion was  directed  to  be  sent  to  the  members  of  the  Committee  on  a 
Uniform  System  for  Tests  of  Cement  in  relation  to  the  Majority  and 
the  Minority  Eeports  of    that   Committee.      Financial   business   was 


56  FEBRUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

transacted.  The  presentation  of  $50,  for  purchase  of  books  for  the 
library,  by  Hamilton  Smith,  Jr.,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  the  recipient  of  the 
Kowland  Prize  for  the  past  year,  was  acknowledged.  Letters  from  mem- 
bers in  arrears  for  dues  were  presented  and  action  taken. 

Febkuaky  25,  1885. — Applications  were  considered.  Letters  from 
members  in  arrears  were  presented  and  action  taken.  A  committee 
was  appointed  to  consider  the  subject  of  the  proposed  reform  in  the 
Patent  Office,  and  to  report  a  recommendation  whether  it  is  best  that 
the  Society  should  take  any  action  in  the  matter.  Action  was  taken  in 
accordance  with  the  resolution  of  the  Annual  Meeting  in  reference  to  a 
committee  to  investigate  the  compressive  strength  of  cement  and  the 
compression  of  cements  and  mortars,  and  the  settlement  of  masonry. 


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Vol.   XI.— March,   1885. 
MINUTES    OF     MEETINGS 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


Mabch  4th,  1885. — The  Society  met  at  8  r.  m.  ,  President  Graff  in 
the  Chair  ;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.  The  vote  on  the  proposed  amend- 
ment to  the  Constitution  was  canvassed  as  follows  : 

For  the  amendment 181 

Against  the   amendment 28 

Blank  votes 3 

Ballot  not  endorsed 1 

Total  votes  received 213 

This  proposed  amendment,  having  received  an  affirmative  vote  of 
two-thirds  of  all  ballots  cast,  was  declared  duly  adopted  as  an  amendment 
to  the  Constitution  of  the  Society.     It  reads  as  follows  : 

Add  at  end  of  Article  XXII : 

Any  member  of  the  Society,  not  in  arrears  for  dues,  may  compound 
for  the  payment  of  all  future  annual  dues,  except  as  hereinafter  provided, 
by  the  payment  of  Two  Hundred  and  Fifty  Dollars. 

Provided,  That  all  Resident  members,  or  those  who  may  hereafter 
become  such,  shall  be  and  remain  liable  to  the  annual  payment  of  the 
difference  between  the  annual  dues  of  Resident  and  Non-Resident 
Members,  as  the  same  now  is,  or  may  be  established  from  time  to  time  ; 
but  any  member  may  at  any  time  compound  for  the  future  payment  of 
all  annual  dues  of  every  natiire  and  kind,  by  the  payment  of  Seventy -Five 
Dollars  in  addition  to  the  Two  Hundred  and  Fifty  Dollars  hereinbefore 
provided  for. 

Provided,  however,  that  each  person  duly  elected  a  Member  shall 
pay  the  entrance  fee  and  also  the  annual  dues  for  the  current  year  of  his 
election. 


58  MARCH    PROCEEDINGS. 

Provided,  also,  that  any  Member  desiring  to  compound  for  future 
annual  dues  shall  have  paid  the  annual  dues  for  the  current  year  before 
the  compounding  sum  may  be  available. 

Members  compounding  shall  sign  an  agreement  that  they  will  be 
governed  by  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  of  the  Society  as  they  are 
now  formed,  or  as  they  may  be  hereafter  altered,  amended  or  enlarged; 
and  that  in  case  of  their  ceasing  to  be  members  from  any  cause  what- 
ever, the  amount  theretofore  paid  by  them  for  compounding,  and  tor 
entrance  fees  and  annual  dues,  shall  be  the  property  of  the  Society. 

All  moneys  thus  paid  in  commutation  of  annual  dues  shall  be  mvested 
as  a  permanent  fund,  the  interest  thereof  only  being  subject  to  appro- 
priation for  current  expenses. 


The  death  of  Mr.  F.  W.  Merz,  F.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  and  of  Mr.  Arba 
Read  Haddock,  Assoc.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  were  announced. 

At  the  Annual  Meeting,  the  following  resolution  was  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  the  President  be  authorized  to  appoint  a  committee, 
consisting  of  five  members,  to  confer  with  committees  appointed  by 
kindred  societies,  for  the  purpose  of  devising  and  considering  a  plan  for 
creating  a  library  for  the  general  use  of  the  organizations  represented  by 
the  committees  in  conference  ;  said  plan  to  be  reported  to  the  Society 
for  such  action  as  may  be  desirable. 

Under  the  provisions  of  this  resolution,  the  President  announced  the 
appointment  of  the  following  committee  :  Messrs.  William  P.  Shinn, 
Henry  E.  Towne,  Thomas  C.  Clarke,  M.  N.  Forney  and  George  S. 
Morison. 

The  following  letter,  received  since  the  last  business  meeting  of  the 
Society,  was  presented: 

The  American  Exhibition  in 

London,  1886, 

London,  Jan.  24th,  1885. 

John  Bogaet,  Esq., 

Sec'y  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.: 
Deak  Sik,— Since  my  last  letters  to  you,  I  have  informally  heard  from 
and  seen  the  representatives  of  many  societies,  corporations,  etc.  who 
ofier  to  co-operate  most  cordially  with  the  Executive  Council  of  this 
Exhibition,  in  making  agreeable  the  visit  of  those  members  ot  our 
Society  who  may  accept  the  invitation  contained  in  my  last  letter  viz. : 
to  hold  our  annual  summer  convention  next  year  in  London.  At  this 
distant  period  nothing  would  be  gained  by  making  a  definite  programme, 
as  time  would  necessarily  make  many  changes  in  it,  but  enough  has  been 
sketched  out  to  warrant  me  in  saying,  that  those  who  may  accept  the 
invitation  will  not  regret  it. 

Yours  most  truly, 
Edwakd  Bates  Doksey,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E., 

Consulting  Engineer  to  the  Exhibition. 


MARCH   PROCEEDINGS.  59 

The  presentation  to  the  Society  by  Simon  Stevens,  Esq. ,  of  the  Par- 
liamentary Reports  on  the  Caledonian  Canal  from  1803  to  1871 ;  the 
Maps,  Profiles  and  Drawings  of  the  same  canal ;  the  Working  Specifica- 
tions of  the  Amsterdam  Canal  from  1865  to  1870,  and  the  description  of 
the  North  Sea  Canal  of  Holland  (subject  to  -withdrawal  by  Mr.  Stevens), 
was  announced. 

A  paper  on  the  Cantilever  Bridge  at  Niagara  Falls,  by  C.  C.  Schnei- 
der, M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  was  read. 

March  18,  1885.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President  G.  S. 
Greene,  Jr.,  in  the  chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.  A  paper  by  D.  J. 
Whittemore,  Past  President  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  Roofing  Slate,  was  read. 

A  paper  by  William  P.  Shinn,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  in  reply  to  a  paper 
by  E.  Yardley,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. ,  in  discussion  of  Mr.  Shinn's  previous 
papers  on  Railway  Efficiency,  was  read. 

OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION. 

March  11,  1885 — Applications  were  considered.  The  following 
rejiort  was  presented  : 

The  Committee  of  the  Board  of  Direction  to  which  was  referred  the 
subject  of  the  proposed  Reform  in  the  U .  S.  Patent  Office,  respectfully 
report  : 

From  the  papers  submitted  it  appears  that  the  proposed  reform  is  to 
consist  in  the  increased  talent  and  ability  of  the  Commissioner  and  the 
increase  in  number  and  efficiency  of  the  examiners,  these  superior 
qualifications  to  be  secured  by  larger  compensation. 

We  believe  that  the  promotion  of  reforms  in  the  Government,  so 
general  in  their  character,  are  not  included  in  the  objects  of  our  Associa- 
tion as  given  in  Article  II.  of  our  Constitution,  and  if  we  are  sometimes 
permitted  to  go  beyond  the  strict  letter  of  the  law  to  promote  some 
object  of  vital  or  very  great  importance  to  our  whole  profession,  we  are 
of  opinion  that  the  matter  before  us,  however  desirable  its  object  may 
be,  is  not  of  the  class  referred  to.  We  therefore  recommend  that  the 
Society  take  no  action  in  the  matter. 

The  results  sought  are  desirable  in  every  respect,  and  members  inter- 
ested may  well  exert  their  personal  influence  to  secure  them. 

Theo.  Cooper,      )  ^ 

Wm.  R.  Hutton,  f  <^07nrmttee. 

The  report  was  accepted  and  adopted  by  the  Board.  Communica- 
tions from  the  members  of  the  Committee  on  a  Uniform  System  for 
Tests  of  Cement  were  presented,  and  the  following  resolution  was 
adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Board  request  the  Committee,  as  suggested  by  its 


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MARCH   PROCEEDINGS. 


chairman,  to  consider  tlie  questions  raised  in  the  communications  pre- 
sented on  this  subject  and  report  at  as  early  a  day  as  possible. 

Financial  business  was  transacted. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That,  in  the  opinion  of  this  Board,  members  whose  prin- 
cipal business  office  and  engineering  residence  is  within  fifty  miles  of 
the  Post  Office  in  the  City  of  New  York  are  Kesident  Members. 

Makch  25th,  1885.— Applications  were  considered  ;  general  business 
transacted. 


ADDITIONS  TO 

LIBRARY    AND    MUSEUM. 


From  Col.  Julius  W.  Adams,  Past  Pres- 
ident Am.  Soc.  G.   E  ,  Brooklyn,  N. 
Y.: 
The  following  works  on  architecture: 

Studio  d'Architectura  Civile.  Florence,  1727. 

Texier  and  Pullans  Byzantine  Architecture. 
London. 

W.  E.  Nesfield's  Sketches  in  France  and  Italy. 
London. 

Gruner's  Terra  Cotta  Architecture  of  North- 
ern Italy.    London. 

Construction  en  Brique.     Louis  Degar. 

Wick's  Church  Towers  and  Spires  of  Eng- 
land. Vols.  I,  II  and  III,  with  supplement 
to  Vols.  I  and  II. 

Architectura  Domestica. 

The  Ornamentist. 

Romanesque  and  Painted  Architecture  of 
France. 

Architectural  Magazine.  London.  Complete 
in  five  volumes. 

Brongniart  Traite  Arts  Ceramiques.  Poteries. 

3  volumes. 

Buckler's  Abbey  Church  of  St.  Albans. 

Paley's  Gothic  Ornaments. 

Storer's  Cathedral  Churches  of  Great  Britain 

4  volumes. 

Freeman's  History  of  Architecture. 

Salisbury  Cathedral.     Britton. 

Stuart's  Architectural  Dictionary.     3  vols. 

Nicholson's  Architectural  Dictionary.  4 
vols. 

Careless  Gothic  .Architecture. 

Britton's  Ecclesiastical  History  of  English 
Architecture. 

Egyptian  Sarcophagi! . 

Scott'.s  Ornamentist. 

The  following  works  on  engineering  sub- 
jects: 

Rodman's  Experiments  on  Metals  for  Can- 
non, etc. 

Erweiterungsbauten  der  Rheinischen  Eisen- 
bahn.     Coblens. 

Long  and  Short  Span  Railway  Bridges  J.  A. 
Roebling. 

Buchanan  on  Machinery.     2  volumes. 


Reports  and  Surveys  Isthmus  Canal.  Darien. 

Reports  and  Surveys  Isthmus  Canal.     Tehu- 
an  tepee. 

Engineers'  and  Machinists'  Assistant.    Glas- 
gow.    2  volumes. 

Hatchet  te  Elementary  Treatise  on  Machines. 
2  volumes. 

Transactions  Institution  of  Civil  Engineers. 
London.     Vols.  I  and  II. 

Brees'  Railway  Practice.     2  vols. 

Encyclopedia  Technologique.     2  vols. 

Tredgold's  Carpentry. 

Farey  on  the  Steam  Engine. 

Theory,  Practice  and  Architecture  of  Bridges. 
5  volumes  and  supplement. 

Hydraulic  Motors.     Paris.     (Armengaud.) 

Boileau's  Treatise  on  Running  Water. 

Text  of  d'Arcy  on  Flow  of  Water. 

King's  Memoir  of  Cost,  &c.,   Croton  Aque- 
duct. 

Schramke— Croton  Aqueduct. 

Stuart's    Naval    Dry   Docks   of   the   United 
States. 

Submarine  Propulsion.     Labrousse. 

North  Sea  Canal  of  Holland. 

Practical  Mechanics'  and  Engineers'  Maga- 
zine.    8  vols. 

Screw   Propeller,  History  and  Treatise.     J. 
Bourne. 

Early  German  Railway  Construction. 

From  American  Institute  of  Mining 
Engineers.  Dr.  R.  W.  Raymond,  Sec- 
retary, New  York: 

The  Law  of  the  Apex.     R.  W.  Raymond 

The  Pocahontas  Mine  Explosion.  J.  H.  Bram- 
well,  S  M.  Buck,  E.  H.  Williams. 

Proceedings  of  the  Fortieth  Meeting,  Phila- 
delphia,  Sept.,  1884. 

The  Separation  of  Strata  in  Folding.     Fred. 
G.  Bulkley. 

The      Spence    Automatic      Desulphurizing 
Furnace      W.  H  Adams. 

Notes  on  the  Rhode  Island  and  Massachu- 
setts Coals.    A.  B.  Emmons. 

The  Desilverization  of  Lead  by  Electrolysis. 
N.  S.  Keith. 


MARCH    PROCEEDINGS. 


61 


An  Experiment  in  Coal  Washing.     Thomas 

M.  Drown. 
A  New  Pressure  Filter.     R.  P.  Rothwell. 
The  Determination  of  Phosphorus.    Josef 

Westesson. 
Notes  on  the  Patio  Process.    C.  A.  Stetefeldt. 
The  Blake  System  of  Fine  Crushing.      T.  A. 

Blake. 
Fire  Clays  and  Fire  Bricks  in  Sweden.     N. 

Lilienberg. 
Coal  Mining  in  the  Connellsville  Coke  Region 

of  Pennsylvania.     John  Fulton. 
The  Vallecillo   Mines.  Mexico.     Richard   E. 

Chism. 
Note  on  Tantalite  and   Other  Minerals  Ac- 
companying   the   Tin    Ore   in   the    Black 
Hills.     C.  A.  Schaeffer. 
Transactions,  Vol.  XII,  June,  1883,  to  Febru- 
ary, 1884. 

From  Canadian  Institute      W.  H.  Van 
der  Smissen,   Corresponding  Secre- 
tary : 
Proceedings,  October,  1884. 

From  W.  W.  Card,  Pittsburgh,  Penn.: 
Fifty  copies  of  the  Instruction  Book  of  the 
Westinghouse  Air  Brake  Company. 
From  Edwiu  Chadwick: 
Address  on  House  Drainage. 

From  Hod.  WiUiam  E.  Chandler,  Sec- 
retary of  the  Navy,  Washington,  D. 
C: 
Examples,  Conclusions  and  Maxims  of  Mod- 
ern Naval  Tactics.     By  Commander  Wm. 
Bainbridge-Hoff,  V.  S.  N. 
The    Maritime  Canal  of  Suez  from   its  In- 
auguration,   November    17,    1869,   to    the 
Year  1884.      By  Prof.  J.  E.  Nourse,  U.  8.  N. 
Report  of  the  Exhibits  at  the  Crystal  Palace 
Electrical    Exhibition.    1882.     By    Ensign 
Frank  Sprague,  U.  S.  N. 
Papers  and  Discussions  on  Engines,  Boilers 

and  Torx^edo  Boats. 
Observations  upon  the  Korean  Coast,  -Japan- 
ese Korean  Ports  and  Siberia  made  during 
a  journey  from  the  Asiatic  Station  to  the 
United  States  through  Siberia  and  Europe, 
June  3  to  December  8,  1882.  By  Lieuten- 
ant B.  H.  Buckingham. 
Papers  and  Discussions  on  Experiments 
with  Steel. 

From  H.  W.  Clarke,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. : 
Report  of  the  Commissioners  on  the  Bound- 
ary Line  between  the  States  of  New  York 
and  New  Jersey 
A  Manual   of  the   Board   of  Supervisors   of 
Onondaga  County,  N.  Y.,  for  1884-5. 

From  Charles  Colne,  Secretary  of  the 
American   Committee   of    the    Uni- 
versal Interoceanic  Panama    Canal 
Company. 
The  Panama  Interoceanic  Canal. 

From  E.  L.  Corthell,  New  York  City  : 
Tehuantepec   Ship   Railway,     The  proposed 
Atlantic  and  Pacific  Ship  Raiiway.     From 
the  London   Times,   Aug,   21,   1884   (several 
copies). 

From  T.  R.  Crampton,  London,  Eng.: 

On  the  Advantages  of  Constructing,  Ven- 
tilating and  Working  Long  Railway  Tun- 
nels with  Three  Separate  Openings. 

Creusement  du  Tunnel  Sous-Marin  Entre 
Calais  et  Douvres. 

Crampton's  Hydraulic  System  for  Excavat- 
ing the  Channel  Tunnel  Automatically. 

Observations  Relating  to  the  Laying  of  the 
First  Submarine  Cable  Between  Dover  and 

Calais. 


From  J.  James  R.  Croes,  New  York 
City  : 

Fourteenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Trustees 
of  the  Water  Works  of  Columbus,  Ohio. 

Thirteenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of 
Water  Commissioners  to  the  City  of  New 
London,  Conn,,  submitted  to  the  Annual 
City  Meeting,  September,  1884. 

Contract  and  Specifications  of  Column 
Foundations  North  of  the  Harlem  River. 

Contract  and  Specifications  for  Iron  Draw 
Bridge  Across  the  Harlem  River. 

Drawings  for  Column  Foundations  on  Nat- 
ural Ground,  and  ou  Made  Ground. 

From  Joseph  P.  Davis,  New  York  City  : 

The  American  Bell  Telephone  Company  et. 
al.  against  The  People's  Telephone  Com- 
pany et.al,  in  Equity.  Opinion, Wallace.J. 

The  American  Bell  Telephone  Company  et. 
al.  vs.  The  People's  Telephone  Company 
et.  al  Arguments  of  Hon  Lysander  Hill 
and  Hon.  George  F.  Edmunds  for  the 
Defendants. 

The  American  Bell  Telephone  Company  et. 
al.  vs.  The  People's  Telephone  Company 
et.  al.,  with  Arguments  of  J.  J.  Storrow 
and  E.  N.  Dickerson.     For  Complainants. 

The  Speaking  Telephone  Interferences.  De- 
cisions of  the  Examiners-in-Chief.  Case.s 
A,  B.  C,  D,  E,  F,  G,  H,  I,  J  and  No.  1. 

From  Patrick  Doyle,  Madras,  India  : 
Tin  Mining  in  Larut. 

From    Engineers'   Club    of    Philadel- 
phia; Howard  Murphy,  Secretary  : 
Proceedings,  Vol.  IV.,  No.  3. 
List  of  Members,  June  1884. 

From   Engineers'   Society   of  We.stern 
Pennsylvania;  Jas.  H.  Harlow,  Secre- 
tary : 
Natural  Gas.  By  William  Metcalf. 
Will   a  Drowned   Person  Be   Raised    by  the 
Discharge    of    a  Cannon.      By  Jose     De 
Cuento. 
A  Specimen  of  Cast  Iron  Pipe.     By  James 

H.  Harlow. 
Continuation  of  the  Discussion   of  the   Re- 
port of  the  Committee  on  Natural  Gas. 
From  J.  T.  Fanning,  C.E.,  Manchester, 
N.  H.: 
Homestead  and  Suburban  Sewerage. 

From  Robert  Fletcher,  Hanover,  N.H.: 
Catalogue   of     Dartmouth  College   and   the 
Associated  Institutions  for   the  Year  1884- 
1885. 

From  John    C.    Goodridge,  Jr.,   New 
York  City  : 
Beton   Coignet    and   Goodridge    System    of 
Constructing  and  Repairing   Railway  and 
other  Structures  {copies  for  distribution). 

From  Samuel    M.    Gray,   Providence, 
R.  I.: 

Proposed  Plan  for  a  Sewerage  System  and 
for  the  Disposal  of  the  Sewage  of  the  City 
of  Providence. 

From  F.  L.  Griswold,  Buenos  Aires  : 

Our  Merchant  Marine.  Address  of  John 
Roach,  Esq,,  of  New  York,  before  the  Com- 
mittee on  Post-Offices  and  Post-Roads. 

Address  of  John  Roach,  of  New  York,  be- 
fore the  Committee  on  Post-Oiiices  and 
Post-Roads. 

England's  Maritime  Policy  ;  the  Cause  of 
the  Decline  of  American  Shipping.  John 
Roach. 


62 


MARCH    PROCEEDINGS. 


Speech  of  Mr  John   Roach   before   Conven- 
tion of   Shipowning   and  other   Commer- 
cial Bodies  at  Boston,  October  7,  1880. 
The  American  Carrying  Trade,    John  Roach. 
A  Plea  for  American   Sbips.     An  Address  by 

John  Roac'j. 
Benefits  of  the  TarifT  System,  from  the  North 

American  Review. 
Shall  Americans  Build  Ships  ?    John   Roach. 
The  International  Review,  containing  papier 
on  "  What  the  Tariff  Laws  Have  Done  for 
Us."     John  Roach. 

From  Messrs.  Havestadt  and   Contag, 

Kegierungs      Baumeister,      Berlin, 

Prussia  : 

Project  einer  Neuen  OderWeichsel-Verbind- 

ung    Mittelst    eines   Oder-Warthe    Netze- 

Canals. 

Projekt  einer  Neuen  Schlesisch-Markischen 

Kanal-Verbindung  Furstenberg,  Berlin. 
Die  Sundhiifen  Diinemarks  xmd  Schwedens 
von  Christian  Havestadt.  Regiernngs 
Baumeister,  Privat  docent  un  der  Konigl. 
Teohnischen  Hochschule  zu  Berlin.  Aus 
Dem  Berichte  der  Schiukel  rein,  1878. 
Sud-Wost  Kanal  Berlin-Wannsee.  Projekt 
einer  Lihie  uber  Wilmersdorf. 

From    Dr.    Elisha     Harris,    Secretary 
State  Board  of  Health,  Albany,  N.  Y.: 
Fourth  Annual  Report  of  the  State  Board  of 
Health  of  New  York. 

From  Gen.   W.  B.  Hazen,  Chief  Signal 
Officer  U.  S.  A.  : 
The  Effect  of  Wind-currents  on  Rainfall. 

From  Wilhelm  Hildenbrand,C.  £.,  New 
York  City  : 
The  underground   haulage  of   coal  by  wire 
ropes.    Including  the  system  of  wire  rope 
tramways  as  a  means  of  transportation  for 
mining  products.     W.  Hildenbrand,  0.  E. 
From  Prof.  Julius   R.  Hilgard,   Super- 
intendent  U.  S.  Coast  and  Geodetic 
Survey.  Washington,  D.  C: 
The  Late  Attacks  tipon  the  Coast  and  Geodetic 

Survey . 
Report  of  the  U.S.  Coast  and  Geodetic  Survey 
for  1 883 . 

From  J.  C.  Hoadley,  Boston,  Mass.: 
Steam  Engine  Practice  in  the  United  States, 
1884,  by  J.  C.   Hoadley. 

From  William   A.   Ingham.   Secretary 

Board     of     Commissioners     Second 

Geological  Survey  of  Pennsylvania  : 

Maps  and  Charts  of  Cameron,  Elk  and  Forest 

Counties 

From   the  Institution   of  Civil   Engi- 
neers,    James      Forrest,     Secretary, 
London : 
Proceedings,  Vol.  LXXVIII. 
Brief  subject  Index.     Vols.  LIX  to  LXXVIII  : 

Sessions  1879-'80  to  1883-'84. 
On  the  Electric  Light.      Alfred  Richard  Seu- 

nett. 
The    Comparative     Merits    of    Engines    for 

Pumping .     William  Edmtmd  Rich . 
Abstracts  of  Papers  in  Foreign  Transactions. 

and  Periodicals. 
On  the  Antiseptic  treatment  of  Timber.     S. 

B.  Boulton. 
The  size  and  inclination  of  Sewers.     Alfred 

E.  White. 
Coaling  at  the  Nine  Elms  Gas  Works.  Robert 

Morton. 
Lighthouse  apparatus    for  dipping   Lights. 
Alan  Brebner. 


The    New    Harbor    of   Trieste.       Frederick 

Bomches. 
Light  Draught  Launch.     Edward  Woodrowe 

Cowan  and  James  Fawcus. 
Old  Water  Supply  of  Seville.       George  Hig- 

gin. 
A  Dioptric  System  of  Uniform  Distribution 
of  Light.     Alexander  Pelham  Trotter,  B.A. 
On  the  Passage  of  Upland  Water  through  a 

Tidal  Estuary.     R.  W.  Peregrine  Birch. 
Wood  Pavement  in   the  Metropolis.     George 

Henry  Stayton. 
On  the  Area  of  Sluice  Opening  necessary  for 
the  Supply  Sluice  of  a  Tidal  Canal.     James 
Henry  Apjohu. 

From  Institution  of  Civil  Engineers  of 
Ireland: 
Transactions.     Vol.  XIV. 

From  the  Institute  of   Engineers  and 
Shipbuilders,  Glasgow,  Scotland  : 
Transactions.     Vol.  XXVII. 

From  the  Iron  and  Steel  Institute,  J. 
S.  .Jeans,  Secretary,  London,  S.  W.: 
The  .Journal  of  the  Institute.     No.  1.     1884. 
From  Institution   of  Mechanical   En- 
gineers, Walter  R.  Browne,  Secretary, 
London  : 
Proceedings,  Augtist,  1884. 
Proceedings,  November,  1884. 

From  Lieutenant  William  H.  Jacques, 
U.  S.  Navy  : 
Proceedings   of    the  U.  S.   Naval  Institute. 
Vol.  X,  No.  4. 

From  E.  Kuichling,  Rochester,  N.  Y. : 
Water  and  Health.  Repiinted  by  the  Spongy 
Iron  Filter  Company,  2'2  New  Oxford  street, 
London. 
Pamphlet  in  reference  to  the  Spongy  Iron 
Water  and  Sewage  Purifying  Company, 
Limited. 

From  E.  D.   Leavitt,  Jr.,   Cambridge- 
port,  Mass. : 
Pumping  Machinery — A  paper  for  the  Mon- 
treal Meeting  of  the  British   Association, 
1884. 

From  H .  C.  Mais,  Adelaide,  South  Aus- 
tralia : 
Report  on  Observations   on  Railways  during 
a  tour  in  1883,  by  H.  C.  Mais,  Eng. -in-Chief . 
Illustrations  accompanying  the  Report  of  the 
Engineer-in-Chiel,  H.  C.  Mais,  on  observa- 
tions on  Raihvays  made  during  his  tour  in 
1883. 

From  George  A.  Marr,  St.  Paul,  Minn.: 
Report  on  Current  Meter  Observations  in 
the  Mississippi  River,  near  Burlington, 
Iowa,  during  the  mouth  of  October,  1879, 
illustrated  by  one  sketch  and  forty-one 
plates,  by  Major  Alexander  Mackenzie, 
U.S.A. 

From  Master  Car  Builders'  Association, 

M.N.  Forney,  Secretary,  New  York 

City  : 

Report  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  Eighteenth 

Annual    Convention    of    the    Master    Car 

Builders'  Association,  held  in  Saratoga,  N. 

Y.,  June  10,  11  and  12,  1884. 

From  Isaac  H.  McEwen,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.: 
Proceedings  of  the  First  Annual  Meeting  of 
the  American  Train  Despatchers'  Associa- 
tion, held  at  Louisville,  Ky .,  August  20-22, 
1884. 

From  C.  A.  McNeale,Secretary  Chamber 
of  Commerce,  St.  Paul,  Minn.: 
Annual  Report  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce 
of  St.  Paul,  Minnesota. 


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63 


From    Midland    Institute  of  Blining, 

Civil    and     Mechanical     Engineers, 

Joseph  Mitchell,  Secretary,  Barnsley, 

Eugland  : 

Transactions.     Vol.    TX,   Parts   LXXIII  and 

LXSIV. 

From  the  Military  Service  Institution 

of    the    United     States,    Governor's 

Island,  New  York  Harbor  : 

Journal  of  the  Institution.      Vol.  II,  Nos,  5, 

6,  7  and  8.     Vol.  in,  Nos.  9, 10  and  12.   Vol. 

IV,  Nos.  13,  14  and  15.     Vol.  V.  Nos.  17,  18. 

19,  and  20. 

From    Mining   Institute  of   Scotland, 
James  Barrowmau,  Secretary,  Hamil- 
ton : 
Transactions.     Vol.  "VT,  Parts  IV  and  V. 

From  George  S.    Morison,  New  York 

City: 

Letter  of  Gen.  Adna  Anderson,  Engineer-in- 

Chief  N.  P.  R.  R.  Company  to  Henry  Villard. 

From  Naval  Institute,  Annapolis,  Md.: 

Proceedings.     Vol.  IX,  No.  4. 

From  Prof.  Simon  Newcomb,  U.  S.  N., 
Washington,  D.  C: 
Astronomical  Papers,  prepared  for  the  use  of 
the  American  Ephemeris  and  Nautical  Al- 
manac.    Vol.  Ill,  Parts  n  and  III. 

From  Gen.  John  Newton,  Chief  of  Engi- 
neers, U.  S.  A.,  Washington  : 
Advertisement,  Specifications  and  Proposals 

as  follows  : 
Dredging  in  the  Bay  of  Superior  and  in  the 
St    Louis  River  Channel  within  Superior 
Bay,  Wisconsin. 
United  States  Harbor  Improvement,  Luding- 

ton,  Mich. 
Improvement  of  Currituck  Sound,  N.  C. 
Dredging  in  Newport,  Harbor,  R.  I. 
United   States  Harbor  Improvement,  Grand 

Haven,  Mich. 
Improving  Gowanus  Bay,  New  York. 
Improving  Wilmington  Harbor,  Delaware. 
United  States  Harbor  Improvement,  Manis- 
tee, Mich. 
United  States  Harbor  Improvement,  Charle- 
voix, Mich. 
United  States  Harbor  Improvement,  Muske- 
gon, Mich. 
Improvement  Harbor  at  Dunkirk,  N.  Y. 
Improving  Newtown  Creek,  New  York. 
Improvement  of  York  River,  Virginia. 
Dredging  in  Providence  River,  Rhode  Island. 
Improvement    of   Upper  St.    John's    River, 

Florida. 
For  Removal  of  Wrecks  in  Harbor  at  New 

Orleans,  La. 
Improving  Caloosahatchie  River,  Florida. 
Improving  Harbor  at  Cedar  Keys,  Florida. 
Improving  Suwannee  River,  Florida. 
For    Rock     Excavation     and    Dredging     in 

Taunton  River,  Massachusetts. 
Improvement  of  Harbors  at  Washington  and 

Georgetown,  D.  C. 
For  Dredging  Lubec  Channel,  Maine. 
Stone  for  Delaware  Breakwater  Harbor. 
For    Furnishing    Rip-Rap    Granite   for    the 

Breakwater  at  Block  Island,  R.  I. 
For  Dredging  Mooseabec  Bar,  Maine. 
For  Supplies  and  Material . 
Improving  Corsica  Creek,  Maryland. 
Improving  Choptank  River,  Maryland. 
Schedules   of   Supplies   and   Material,    Gro- 
ceries and  Provisions. 
Improvement  of  Volusia  Bar,  Florida. 
Improving  Harbor  at  Cedar  River,  Michigan. 


Improving  Bayou  Bartholomew,  Louisiana. 

Improving  Flushing  Bay,  New  York. 

Dredging  in  the  Harbor  of  Grand  Marais, 
Cook  County,  Minn. 

For  Building  Thirteen  Model  Barges. 

For  Repairs  to  Fort  Wayne,  Mich. 

Proposals  lor  Groceries,  Supplies. 

Improving  the  Snake  River,  Oregon  and 
Wyoming  Territory. 

Improving  Harbor  at  Sabine  Pass,  Texas. 

Improving  Appomattox  River,  Virginia. 

Dredging  in  the  Inside  Harbor  of  Duluth, 
Minnesota. 

Imjaroving  Cape  Fear  River. 

Proposals  for  Stationery  Supplies. 

For  Extending  the  Eastern  Breakwater  in 
Stonington  Harbor,  Connecticut. 

Dredging  Saginaw  River,  Michigan. 

Dredging  Bar  at  Mouth  of  Saginaw  River, 
Michigan. 

Improving  Hai'bor  at  Norfolk,  Virginia. 

Dredging  in  Pautucket  River,  Rhode  Island. 

Improvement  of  Romerly  Marsh,  Georgia. 

Improvement  of  Savannah  Harbor  and 
River,  Georgia. 

Improving  Cape  Fear  River,  North  Carolina. 

Improving  the  Snake  River,  Oregon  and 
Wyoming  Territory 

Removal  of  Wreck  of  Ship  "  Park  field." 

Improvement  of  Breton  Bay,  Maryland. 

Improving  Harbor  at  Georgetown,  South 
Carolina. 

Dredging  in  Wareham  Hai'bor,  Massachu- 
setts. 

Dredging  in  the  Harbor  of  Refuge,  at  Wood's 
Hole,  Massachusetts. 

Improvement  of  the  Altahama  River, 
Georgia. 

Levee  Work — General  Instructions  for  Bid- 
ders, and  Specifications  for  Levee  Work. 

Kentucky  River  Improvement. 

Improvement  of  Wabash  River,  Indiana  and 
Illinois. 

Improvement  of  St.  Jerome's  Creek,  Mary- 
land. 

Improving  Wicomico  River,  Maryland. 

Removal  of  Hull  and  Machinery  of  Dredge 
Boat,  Wrecked  at  Oakland  Landing,  San 
Joaquin  River. 

Improving  Susquehanna  River,  Maryland. 

Improvement  of  Schuylkill  River,  Pennsyl- 
vania. 

Improving  Harbor  at  Ashtabula,  Ohio. 

Improving  Chicago  Harbor,  Illinois. 

Imjirovement  of  Savannah  River,  below 
Augusta,  Ga. 

Statement  showing  Rank,  Duties  and  Ad- 
dresses of  the  Oilicers  of  the  Corps  of 
Engineers. 

From  New  York  Meteorological 
Observatory,  Department  of  Public 
Parks,  Dr.  Daniel  Draper,  Director, 
New  York  City  : 

Abstract  of  Registers  from  Self-recording 
Instruments.  September,  October  and 
November,  1884. 

From  Hon.  Joseph  Nimmo,  Jr.,  Chief 
of  Bureau  of  Statistics,  Washington, 
D.  C.  : 

The  Annual  Report  on  the  Foreign  Com- 
merce of  the  Uuited  States  for  the  year  end- 
ing June  30.  1884. 

From  North  of  England  Institute  of 
Mining  and  Mechanical  Engineers, 
Theodore  Wood  Bunning,  Sceretary, 
Newcastle-on-Tyne  : 

Transactions,  Vol.  XXXUI.    Part  VI. 


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MARCH    PROCEEDINGS. 


From  Albert  F.  Noyes,  Newton,  Mass.  : 
Annual  Report  of  the  Citv  Engineer  for  the 
year  1885. 

From  Ferderico  Olaechea,  Secretary 
Escuela    Especial    de     Construcciones 
Civiles  y  de  Minas,  Lima,  Peru  : 
Annales    Publicades    por    la     Escuela   Con- 
strucciones Civiles  y  de  Minas,  Tomo  IV. 

From   Ordnance   Department,   U.  S, 
A.,  Gen.  S.  V.  Benet,  Chief,  Washington, 
D.  C.  : 
The  Manufacture  of  Steel  and  its  Applica- 
tion   to   Military    Purposes.     Captain     (x. 
Mackmlay. 
Metrological    Investigations.     Capt.    O.     E. 

Micbaelis. 
Index  to  Ordnance  Notes,  Vol.  XI. 

From  Luis  G.  Orozco,  Colegio  Rosales. 
Culiacan,  Mexico  : 
Reglameuto   Interior    del   Colegio    Nacional 

Rosales  Culiacan,  1882. 
Leyes  y  Reglamentos  de  Instruccion  Publica 
del  Estado  de  Siualoa,  Culiacan,  1882. 

From   Second   Geological   Survey  of 
Pennsylvania  : 
Coal,  Flora,  Text  and  Plates,  Vol.  III. 
Beecher  and  Hall,  part  3. 


Grand  Atlas  Division,  II. 
Anthracite  Coal  Fields,  Part  I. 

From  State  Board  of  Health,  Lunacy 
and    Charity    Department    of   Health, 
Boston.  Mass  : 
Fifth  Annual  Report  of  the  State  Board  of 
Health,    Lunacy  and    Charity    of   Massa- 
chusetts. 

From  Isaac  W.  Smith,   C.    E.,  New 

Tacoma,  W.  T.: 

The  Theory  of  Deflections  and  of  Latitudes 

and  Departures,  with  special  application 

to  Curvilinear  Surveys  for  alignments  of 

Railway  Tracks. 

From  United  States  Naval  Observa- 
tory, Washington  : 
"  Astronomical  and  Meteorological  Observa- 
tions made  during  the  year  1880." 

From  E.  B.Weston,  Providence,  R.I.: 
A    General  Description   of   the    Providence 
Water  Works. 

From   H.    F.   Walling,    Copake  Iron 
Works,  N.  Y.: 
Co-operation   between    National    and    State 
Governments  in  Topographical  Surveys. 
From  other  Sources  : 
The  American  Exhibition,  London,  1886. 
Artificial  Stone  from  Lime  and  Sand. 


LIST  OF  MEMBERS. 


AUDITIONS . 


MEMBEKS. 


Date  of  Election. 


Camp,  Fbedekick  Aemand Steam  Heating  Engineer,  304  First 

ave.,  South,  Minneapolis,  Minn  .Sept.  3,  1884. 

Field,    Bdrk    Kellogg Bridge    Superintendent,    City     of 

Philadelphia,  City  Hall,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa Oct.  1,  1884. 

Henning,  Charles  Sumnek.  . .  .Piano,  Kendall  Co.,  Ill Jan.  7,  1885. 


Flad,  Edward Water    Commissioner's    Otlfice,    St. 

Louis,  Mo Jan.  7,  1885. 


j^m^rican   mtki^  of  :(j  mil  |itgineers. 


I^ROOEEDINOS. 


Vol.  XL— April,   1885. 
MINUTES    OF     MEETINGS 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


Apkil  1st,  1885.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  President  Frederic 
Graflf  in  the  chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.  Ballots  were  canvassed, 
and  the  following  candidates  elected  as  Members:  Andrew  Bryson, 
Washington,  D.  C. ;  Matthew  Joseph  Butler,  Napanee,  Ontario,  Canada; 
Edwin  Peleg  Dawley,  Providence,  R.  I. ;  William  Durfee  Gelette,  San 
Francisco,  Cal. ;  Heliodore  John  Hilbert,  Milwaukee,  Wis. ;  Louis  Rob- 
erts Walton,  Earlington,  Ky. ;  Frank  Wallace  Whitlock  (elected  Junior 
October  4th,  1876),  Waterbury,  Conn. 

The  President  announced  that  he  had,  under  the  provisions  of  a  reso- 
lution of  the  Society,  appointed  Messrs.  H.  Stanley  Goodwin,  C.  C. 
Waite  and  J.  F.  Barnard  a  committee  to  present  the  subject  of  time 
reform  to  the  railway  time  conventions. 

The  paper  by  E.  L.  Corthell,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  The  South  Pass 
Jetties;  Ten  Years'  Practical  Teachings  in  River  and  Harbor  Hydraulics, 
was  discussed  by  Messrs.  William  E.  Merrill,  Whittemore,  Comstock, 
Boiler,  J.  C.  Post,  North,  Wiley,  Cooper,  Worthen  and  Adams. 

April  15th,  1885. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President  G.  S. 
Greene,  Jr.,  in  the  chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.  The  discussion  on 
the  paper  on  the  South  Pass  Jetties;  Ten  Years'  Practical  Teachings  in 
River  and  Harbor  Hydraulics,  was  continued  by  Messrs.  McMath,  Sav- 
age, Chanute,  Bixby,  Le  Baron,  Gillmore  and  Corthell. 

The  death  was  announced  of  Henry  M.  Wightman,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C. 
E.,  elected  Member  April  2d,  1873;  died  April  3d,  1885. 


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OF  THE  BOAED  OF  DIRECTION. 


Apkil  15th,  1885. — Applications  were  considered.  Financial  busi- 
ness was  transacted. 

Apkil  29th,  1885. — Apiilications  were  considered.  Action  was  taken 
as  to  Members  in  arrears  for  dues.  The  time  and  place  for  the  next 
Convention  were  considered,  and  a  committee  appointed  to  perfect 
arrangements. 


ADDITIONS  TO 

LIBRARY    AND    MUSEUM. 


From  E.  Prince,  Quincy,  m. 

Report  ior  year  ending  June  30.  1879,  of 
the  Officers  of  the  Water  Works  of  Norfolk, 
Va. 

Message  of  John  S.  Tucker,  Mayor  of  the  City 
of  Norfolk,  Va.,  to  the  Select  Common 
Council,  together  with  Municipal  Rejiorts 
for  the  six  months  ending  June  30,  la75, 
and  year  1876. 

Report  of  the  Board  of  Water  Commissioners 
of  Norfolk,  Va  ,  January  1, 1877  (2  copies), 
August  i,  1877-1878. 

Report  and  Plans  of  the  Hon.  W.  J.  McAlpine 
lor  a  Supply  of  Water  for  the  City  of  Nor- 
folk.   February,  1871. 

Report  of  the  Board  of  Water  Commissioners 
of  the  City  of  Norfolk,  with  Rules,  Regula- 
tions and  Oidinances,  for  the  fiscal  year 
ending  June  30,  1878. 

Report  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Dayton  Water 
Works  to  the  City  Council  of  Dayton,  Ohio, 
together  with  the  Reports  of  the  Otlicers  of 
the  Board  tor  the  year  ending  December 
31,  1873;  also  Annual  Report  for  the  year 
1877. 

Fourth,  Fifth  and  Seventh  Annual  Reports 
of  the  Trustees  uf  the  Water  Works,  Dayton, 
Ohio,  for  the  years  1874,  1875-1877  (2  copies 
of  1877). 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Bangor  Water  Board 
for  the  municipal  years  1877  to  1882,  inclu- 
sive. 

Semi-Annual  Report  of  the  Chief  Engineer 
and  Superintendent  of  the  St.  Louis  Water 
Works.  November  1,  1876,  1872-1873  (3 
copies).    May  1,  1877  (5  copies). 

Mes.^age  of  William  Lamb,  Mayor  of  the  City 
of  Norfolk,  Va.,  to  the  Select  and  Com- 
mon Councils,  together  with  Municipal 
Reports  tor  the  twelve  months  ending 
June  30,  1882. 

Second,  Fourth  and  Sixth  Annual  Reports  of 
the  Water  Works  Department  of  the  City  of 
Marshaltown,  Iowa.     1879,  1881  and  1883. 

Thirty-first  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of 
Water  Commis.«ioners  to  the  Common 
Council  of  the  City  of  Detroit,  Mich.,  for 
the  year  1882. 

Fourth  and  Fifth  Annual  Meetings.  Reports 
of  the  Directors  to  the  Stockholders,  Lam- 
bertville  Water  Works,  Lamberlville,  N. 
J.     March  9,  1881,  and  March  10,  1882. 

The  Eyster  Improved  Water  Motor. 


Annual  Reports  of  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the 
Water  Department  of  the  City  of  Philadel- 
phia for  the  years  187(i  to  1881,  inclusive. 

Report  of  the  Board  of  Water  Commissioners, 
submitted  to  the  Comptroller  of  the  City  of 
St.  Louis.  1871  (2  copies),  1872  and  1873 
(2  copies). 

Statement  of  the  Finances  of  the  City  of 
Peoria,  for  the  fiscal  years  ending  Decem- 
ber 31,  1871  and  1876. 

Reports  of  the  Water  Commissioners,  Water 
Registrar  and  Superintendent  of  Maiden, 
Mass.,  for  the  year  ending  December  31, 
1876,  to  1879  and  1881. 

Water  Commissioners'  Report  of  the  City  of 
Springfield,  111.,  lor  the  vears  1877  and 
1880. 

Report  of  the  Board  of  Water  Commissioners, 
submitted  to  the  City  Council  of  the  City 
of  St.  Louis,  May  1,  1868,  1870;  May  1,  1871; 
November  1,  1872;  May  1,  1874,  and  Novem- 
ber 1,  1874  (2  copies). 

Reports  of  the  Water  Commissioners,  Pru- 
dential Committee  and  Commissioners  of 
Main  Drains,  <fcc.,  of  the  Pittsfield  Fire  Dis- 
trict, for  1868  and  1869. 

Report  of  the  Board  of  Water  Commissioners 
of  Springfield,  111.  1869,  1871,  1873  and 
1874. 

Rules  and  Regulations  for  the  Government 
and  Protection  of  the  La  Fayette,  Ind., 
Water  Works,  together  with  the  Tariff  of 
Water  Rates. 

Reports  of  the  City  Engineer,  Supt.  Water 
Works  and  Chief  of  Fire  Department  of  the 
City  of  La  Fayette,  Ind.,  for  the  year  end- 
ing April  30,  1877  (2  copies). 

History  of  the  Bangor  Water  Works,  from 
the  commencement,  while  under  the 
charge  of  the  first  Board  of  Commissioners. 
1877. 

Fifth,  Sixth  and  Seventh  Annual  Reports  of 
the  Lawrence  Water  Board  to  the  City 
Council,  with  the  Superintendent's  An- 
nual Reports,  for  the  years  1880,  1881.  1882. 

Second  Annual  Report  of  the  Water  Commis- 
sioners and  Superintendent  of  Water 
Works  of  the  Town  of  Pawtucket,  R.  L 
February  1,  1882. 

By-Laws,  Rules  and  Regulations  of  the 
Covington  City  Water  Works,  as  adopted  by 
the  Board  of  Commissioners,  March  10, 
1876. 


APRIL    PROCEEDINGS. 


67 


Keport  of  the  Chief  Engineer,  Providence 
Water  Works.     January,  1871. 

Statement  of  the  Finances  of  the  City  of 
Peoria  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  December 
ai,  1875,  together  with  the  Treasurer's  and 
Collector's  Accounts. 

The  Mayor's  Message,  with  Accompanying 
Documents,  to  the  Municipal  Assembly  of 
the  City  of  St.  Louis.     1879. 

Eleventh  and  Twelfth  Annual  Reports  of  the 
Salem  Water  Board  to  the  City  Council. 
December,  1879,  1880. 

Charter  and  Rules  and  Regulations  made  by 
the  Board  of  Water  CommisBioners  of  the 
City  of  South  Nonvalk. 

Report  of  tlie  Department  of  Public  Works 
of  the  City  of  New  York  for  the  quarter 
ending  September  oO,  1877,  and  March 
SI,  1879. 

The  Mayor's  Message,  together  with  the  Re- 
ports of  City  Officers  of  the  City  of  Quiucy, 
lU.,  for  the  years  ending  March  31,  1874, 
1876  and  1877. 

Report  on  the  Sewerage  of  the  City  of 
Quincy,  lU.     1877  (2  copies). 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Trustees  of  the  City 
Water  Works  of  Cincinnati  for  the  years 
ending  December  31,  18(i7,  1871,  1873. 

Mississippi  Biver  Improvement.  Conven- 
tion held  at  Quincy,  111.,  October  15  and 
16,  1879. 

Annual  Report  of  the  City  Officers  of  the  City 
of  Rockford,  111.,  for  the  municipal  year 
ending  May  3,  1880. 

Annual  Keport  of  the  Board  of  Water  Com- 
missioners of  the  City  of  Chelsea,  for  the 
year  ending  November  30,  1877. 

Report  of  the  Superintendent  of  the  City  of 
Norwich  Water  Works  to  the  Board  of 
Water  Commissioners,  from  April  1,  1878, 
to  March  31,  1879. 

Capacity  and  cost  of  proposed  Water  Works 
extension  in  Cincinnati. 

Articles  of  Incorporation  of  the  Dubuque 
Water  Co.,  together  with  Ordinances  and 
By-Laws  relating  to  the  same. 

Laws,  Ordinances  and  By-Laws  for  the 
Management  and  Protection  of  the  Dayton 
Water  Works,  as  amended  and  adopted  by 
the  Board  of  Trustees,  April  '22,  1875. 

Reports  of  the  Newark  Aqueduct  Board  of  the 
City  of  Newark,  preseuted  December  1, 
1870;  also  Annual  Rojiorts  for  year.s  ending 
November  30, 1878, 1880 and  1881,  and  Rules 
and  Regulations  of  the  Newark  Aqueduct 
Board  governing  the  supply  of  water  for 
the  City  of  Newark,  N.  J. 

Report  of  the  Acushnet  Water  Board  to  the 
City  Council,  December  1,  1874  ;  also 
Seventh  Annual  Report,  December  27, 1876. 

Regulations  of  the  Board  of  Water  Commis- 
sioners of  the  City  of  Detroit,  January  1, 
1873  ;  also  Twenty-second  Annual  Rexjort, 
for  the  year  1873. 

Report  of  the  Water  Commissioners  to  the 
Common  Council  of  the  City  of  Albany, 
transmitting  the  Report  of  the  Superin- 
tendent of  the  Water  Works  for  the  years 
1861,  1863.  1864,  lb66,  18G8,  1869,  1878,  1879. 

The  Apena  City  Water  Company.  Laws  under 
which  the  Company  is  Organized. 

First  Annual  Report  of  the  Trustees  of  the 
Sandusky  Water  Works,  from  date  of  or- 
ganization to  Decenber  31,1876  (2  copies); 
also  Third  Annual  Report,  January  1,  1879! 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Board  of  Water  Works 


of  the  City  of  Toledo,  Ohio,  for  the  years 
1878,  1879,  1881. 

A  Table  of  General  Information  Concerning 
the  Water  Works  of  the  United  States  and 
Canada  in  1878  (3  copies). 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Board  of  Water  Com- 
missioners of  Atlanta,  Ga.,  for  the  years 
1876  and  1877. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the 
Water  Department  to  the  City  Council  of 
Wilmington  for  the  years  1878  and  1881 
(2  copies). 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Board  of  Water  Com- 
missioners for  1873  and  1874,  of  East  Sagi- 
naw, Michigan:  also  Rules  and  Regulations 
of  the  same  governing  the  use  of  water. 

The  City  Clerk's  Financial  Statement,  Report 
of  the  Committee  on  Holly  Water  Works, 
and  the  City  Engineer's  Report,  giving 
length  of  pipe  laid  and  location  of  pipe, 
hydrants,  etc.  (2  copies). 

Sixth,  Eighth,  Ninth  and  Tenth  Annual 
Reports  of  the  Superintendent  of  Water 
Works  to  the  Board  of  Water  Commis- 
sioners of  Bay  City,  Michigan. 

Third  and  Fourth  Annual  Reports  of  the 
Water  Commissioners  of  the  City  of  Fitch- 
burg,  Mass. 

First,  Second  and  Third  Anntial  Reports  of 
the  Water  Commissioners  of  the  City  of 
New  Brunswick,  N.  J. 

Seventh  Annual  Report  of  the  Water  Com- 
missioners of  the  village  of  Saratoga 
Springs,  for  the  year  ending  March  31, 
1879. 

Twenty-second  Annual  Report  of  the  Water 
Commissioners  of  the  Ciiy  of  New  Britain, 
Conn.,  for  the  year  ending  April  1, 1879. 

City  of  Springfield.  Seventh  Annual  Report 
of  the  board  of  Water  Commissioners  to  the 
City  Council,  together  with  the  Reports  of 
the  Registrar  and  superintendent,  for  the 
year  1880. 

City  of  Poughkeepsie.  Third,  Eighth  and 
Ninth,  and  Fourteenth  Annual  Reports  of 
the  Water  Commissiioners. 

Ann  ual  Reports  of  the  Dayton  Water  Works 
for  the  years  1880  and  1881. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Water  Com- 
missioners of  the  City  of  Manchester  for 
the  year  ending  December  31,  1881. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Board  of  Water  Com- 
missioners to  the  City  of  New  London  for 
1877,  1879,  1881  and  1882. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  City  Officers  of  the 
City  of  Bloomington,  111.,  1876  to  1880,  in- 
clusive. 

Tenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Water  Board  of 
the  City  of  Lynn,  Mass.,  for  the  year  end- 
ing December  31,  1881  (2  copies). 

Third,  Fourth,  Sixth  and  Ninth  Annual 
Reports  of  the  Board  of  Water  Commis- 
sioners to  the  Common  Council  of  the 
City  of  East  Saginaw,  Mich. 

Reports  of  the  Water  Department  of  the  City 
of  Camden,  N.  J.,  for  1878  and  1880. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Board  of  Water  Com- 
missioners of  the  City  of  Holyoke,  Mass.,* 
1878  to  1880. 

Anuual  Report  of  the  New  Orleans  Water 
Works  Company  to  the  Board  of  Directors, 
April  10,  1881  and  1882. 

Tenth  and  Eleventh  Annual  Reports  of  the 
Board  of  Water  Comminsioners  ot  Concord, 
N.  H.,  to  the  City  Council. 

Thirteenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Water  Com- 
missioner of  the  City  of  Newburgh,  N.  Y., 


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to  the  Common  Council,  for  the  year  end- 
ing March  10,  1879 
Annual     Report  of    the    Rock    Island    City 
Water  Works  for  the  year  ending  February 
28.  1877. 
Eighth,   Tenth,  Thirteenth  and  Fourteenth 
Annual  Reports  of  the  Buffalo  City  Water 
Works  (2  copies). 
The      Twenty-sixth     and      Twenty-seventh 
Annual  Reports  of  the  Board  of  Water  Com- 
missioners of  the  City  of  Hartford,  Conn., 
to  the  Court  of  Common  Council,  for  the 
years  ending  March  1,  1880  and  1881. 
Report  of  the  Water  Commissioners  of  the 
town  of  Westfield,  Mass.,  on  the  Construc- 
tion of  the  Water  Works,  December,  1875. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Mayor,  and  Reports  of 
the  several  Departments  of  the  City  of 
Middletown,  Conn.,  for  the  year  ending 
January  1.  1881. 

Report  of  Professor  Nichols  to  the  Water 
Commissioners,  Springfield,  Mass. 

Cast-iron  Water  and  Gas  Pipe  Manufactured 
by  the  Cincinnati  and  Newport  Iron  and 
Pipe  Company,  Newport,  Ky. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Superintendent,  Secre- 
tary and  Engineer  of  the  City  Water  Works 
to  the  Board  of  Public  Works  of  Cincinnati 
for  the  fi  cal  years  1877  and  1878.  Annual 
Report  of  the  Trustees  for  the  year  1867. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the 
City  Fire  Department  of  Covington,  Ky., 
for  the  years  1x77,  1878  and  1879. 

The  Revised  Ordinances  of  the  City  of  Belle- 
ville, 111.,  1879. 

Third,  Sixth.  Tenth  and  Eleventh  Annual 
Reports  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Water  Works 
of  Columbus,  Ohio,  tor  the  years  1873, 1876, 
1880  and  1881. 

First  Reijort  of  the  Superintendent  and 
Secretary  of  the  Burlington  Water  Works 
to  the  Burlington  Water  Company  from 
acceptance  of  Works,  June  1,  1878,  to 
January  1,  1880  (2  copies). 

Rules  and  Regulations  adopted  by  the  Water 
Commissioneis  of  the  City  of  Poughkeepsie 
in  relation  to  Water  and  Sewers. 

Eighth,  Tenth  and  Eleventh  Annual  Reports 
of  the  Prudential  Committee  of  the  North 
Adams  Fire  District,  for  the  years  1877, 
187'J  and  1880. 

Reports  of  the  Board  of  Water  Commissioners 
of  the  town  of  Melrose  for  the  years  1873 
to  1878  and  1880. 

Fifth  and  Sixth  Annual  Reports  of  the  San- 
dusky Water  Works  to  the  City  Council, 
Sandusky,  Ohio,  Jantiary  1,  1881,  and 
December  31,  1881  (2  copies). 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Water 
Works  of  the  City  of  ZanesviUe,  Ohio,  for 
the  years  1877  and  1879. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Newport  Water  Works 
to  the  Board  of  Councilmen  for  the  years 
1876,  1879  and  1881. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Board  of  Public 
Works  and  City  Surveyor  of  the  City  of 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  for  the  years  18dl 
and  1882. 

Eleventh  and  Twelfth  Reports  of  the  Board 
of  Water  Commissioners  of  the  City  of 
Waterbury  to  the  Court  of  Common  Coun- 
cil. 

Report  of  Duly  Test  of  Pumping  Engines  at 
Memphis,  Tenn  ,  January,  1882. 

Fourth  and  Fifth  Annual  Reports  of  the 
Water  Works  of  the  City  ot  Bridgeton,  N. 
J.,  for  the  vears  1881  and  1882. 


First  and  Third  Annual  Reports  of  the  Water 
Commissioners  of  the  City  of  London, 
Ontario,  Canada,  1879  and  1882  (3  copies  of 
1879). 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Superintendent  of 
the  Montreal  Water  Works  for  1873,  1876, 
1880,  1881. 

Eighth  and  Ninth  Annual  Reports  of  the 
Water  Commissioners,  Waltham,  Mass. 

Eighth  and  Ninth  Annual  Reports  of  the 
Lowell  Water  Board  of  the  City  of  LoweU, 
Mass. 

Seventh  and  Eighth  Annual  Reports  of  the 
Board  of  Water  Commissioners,  Spring- 
field, Mass.,  together  with  the  Reports  of 
the  Registrar  and  Superintendent. 

Report  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works 
of  the  City  of  New  York  for  the  quarters 
ending  Sept.  30,  1877;  March  31,  1879,  and 
June  30,  1880. 

Report  of  the  Commission  of  Engineers 
upon  the  Reclamation  of  the  Alluvial 
Basin  of  the  Mississippi  River,  being  Ap- 
pendix O  of  the  Annual  Report  of  the 
Chief  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  for  1875. 

Third  Annual  Report  of  the  Water  Commis- 
sioners of  the  City  of  Hudson.     1875 

B.  Holly's  System  of  Fire  Protection  and 
Water  Supply  for  Cities  and  Villages. 
Lockport,  N.  Y. 

Proceedings  of  the  Mayor's  Convention 
which  convened  at  Springfield,  111 ,  Oct.  8, 
9  and  10,  1878,  and  January  15,  1879. 

Tariff  of  Rates  and  Regulations  for  the  use 
of  the  Passaic  Water;  also  Rules  Regulat- 
ing the  Plumbing  of  Houses. 

Tenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Leominster 
Water  Board. 

Eleventh  and  Twelfth  Annual  Reports  of  the 
Acushnet  Water  Board. 

Fifth  Annual  Report  of  the  Water  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Town  of  Woburn. 

Reports  of  the  Board  of  Water  Commission- 
ers of  the  Town  of  Melrose  for  the  financial 
years  ending  Dec.  31,  1879  and  1881. 

Sixteenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Water  Com- 
missioners 01  the  City  of  Springfield,   111. 

Ninth  Annual  Report  of  the  Leominster 
Water  Board.     March  1,  1881. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Cochituate  Water 
Board  to  the  City  Council  of  Boston  for 
the  years  1855,  1857  and  1858,  1860-1875, 
1876. 

Boston.  Report  of  the  Medical  Commission 
upon  the  Sanitary  Qualities  of  the  Sud- 
bury, Mystic,  Shawshine  and  t^harles 
River  Waters. 

Boston.  Report  of  th^  Joint  Standing  Com- 
mittee on  Water  in  Reply  to  various  Orders 
of  the  City  Council  pertaining  to  Addi- 
tional Supply  of  Water,  with  Report  of 
City  Engiueer. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Boston  Water  Board 
for  1870  to  1880,  inclusive. 

Reports  of  Professor  Nichols  and  Dr.  Farlow 
on  matters  connected  with  the  Boston 
Water  Supply      1877. 

Report  on  a  Peculiar  Condition  of  the  Water 
Supplied  to  the  City  of  Boston.  1875-76. 
By  Prof.  Nichols,  Dr.  Farlow  and  jlr.  Bur- 
gess. 
Ninth,  Tenth  and  Eleventh  Annual  Reports 
of  the  Mystic  Water  Boaid.  1873,  1875  and 
1876. 
Report  of  the  Board  of  Public  Works  to  the 
Common  Council  of  tue  City  of  Grand 
Rapids,  transmitting   the   Reiiorts  of  the 


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Superintendent,  Collector  and  Engineer  of 
the  Water  Works,  for  the  fiscal  year  ending 
April  30,  1878;  also  the  Annual  Report  of 
the  City  Surveyor  (2  coisies). 

Reports  of  the  City  Engineer,  Grand  Rapids, 
Mich.,  for  1875  and  1876. 

A  Report  made  to  the  Board  of  Water  Com- 
missioners of  the  Village  of  Richfield 
Springs,  by  P.  H.  Baermann,  C.  E.,  upon 
the  Water  Supply.  Jaunnr.v,  1879  (2  copies). 

A  Water  Supply  for  the  Village  of  Richfield 
Springs.     1879. 

Reports  of  the  City  Engineer.  Superintend- 
ent Water  Works  and  Chief  of  Fire  Depart- 
ment of  the  City  of  La  Fayette,  Ind.,  for 
the  year  ending  April  30,  1877  (2  copies). 

Regulation  of  Water  Rates.  Proceedings  be- 
fore the  Board  of  Supervisors,  San  Fran- 
cisco.    1880. 

Report  of  the  Water  Registrar  of  the  District 
of  Columbia.     1878. 

Reports  of  the  Trustees,  Chief  Engineer  of 
the  Fire  Department,  Sui^erintendent  of 
Water  Works  and  Treasurer,  Covington, 
Ky.,  for  the  year  ending  Dec  31,  1878. 

Report  of  the  Prudential  Committee  and 
lYeasiirer  of  the  South  Adams  Fire  District 
for  one  year  and  eleven  mouths  to  March 
1,  1878. 

Annual  Rpport  of  the  Water  Commissioners 
of  the  Town  of  Medford,  Mass.     1878. 

Report  of  the  Water  Commissioners  of  the 
City  of  JaoksonviUe,  111.,  April  1,  1875. 

Water  Works  Ordinance,  Augusta,  Va.  (2 
copies). 

Report  made  to  the  Special  Committee  of 
the  Common  Council  of  the  City  of  Grand 
Rapids.  By  Peter  Hogan,  Engineer.  April 
5,  1873  (2  copies). 

First  Annual  Keport  of  the  Water  Works 
Trustees  to  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
Plqua,  Ohio,  for  the  year  ending  March  31, 
187ii. 

The  Boston  Water  Supply.  Prof.  W.  Ripley 
Nichols. 

Remarks  on  some  Algas  found  in  the  Water 
Supplies  of  the  City  of  Boston.  W.  G. 
Farlow. 

The  Water  Supply  of  the  City  of  New  York. 
E.  Waller,  Ph.  D.  i3  copies]. 

•Catalogue  of  Water  Works.  Reports  and  In- 
formation in  the  United  States  and  Can- 
adas. 

A  Table  of  General  Information  concerning 
the  Water  Works  of  the  United  States  and 
Canadas.  Published  by  the  Holly  Manu- 
facturing Comi)any,  Lockport,  N.  Y.,  man- 
ufacturers of  HoUy's  system  of  water 
works      1878. 

By-Law  No  169,  to  regulate  the  working  and 
management  of  the  water  works  of  the 
Town  of  Sarnia,  and  for  other  purposes, 
as  amended  April  9,  1877. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Phcenixville  Water 
Department  for  the  year  ending  Mirch  31, 
1881. 

Reports  of  the  Superintendent  of  the  Bridge- 
port Hydraulic  Company  to  the  Directors 
and  Stockholders.     1876,  1877  and  1878. 

Rules  and  Regulations  of  the  Bridgeport 
Hvdraulic  Company,  Bridgeport,  Conn. 
1874. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Committee  on  Water, 
the  Wafer  Commissioner,  the  Water  Regis- 
trar and  the  City  Engineer  of  the  City  of 
Worcester  for  the  year  ending  November 
30,  1»81. 


Second  Annual  Meeting,  American  Water 
Works  Association,  Columbus,  Ohio,  1882. 

Forty-second  Annual  Report  of  the  Water 
Department  of  the  City  of  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  for  the  year  ending  December  31, 
1881. 

Portland  Water  Company  Water  Supply, 
Rates,  Riiles  and  Regulations,  with  a 
sketch  of  its  history,  charter,  etc. 

Water  Works  for  the  People.  William  M. 
Henderson,  Hydraulic  Engineer. 

Report  of  the  Water  Commissioners  on  the 
Material  best  adapted  for  Distribution  of 
Water  Pipes,  and  on  the  most  economical 
mode  of  introducing  water  into  private 
houses. 

Report  on  Croton  Water.  Elwyn  Waller,  Ph. 
I).,  Chemist  to  the  Health  Depiirtment. 

Tenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Auditors  and 
other  Town  OfBcers  of  Everett,  for  the  year 
ending  February  29,  1880. 

Second  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of 
Health  of  the  City  of  Utica,  N.  Y.,  for  the 
year  ending  Dec.  31,  1877. 

Report  of  the  Selectmen  on  the  Financial 
Affairs  of  the  Town  of  Hingham  for  the 
year  ending  Feb.  1,  1876. 

Report  of  the  Water  Department  to  the 
Mayor  and  City  Council  of  Baltimore,  Md., 
for  the  year  ending  Oct.  31,  1876. 

Ninth  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Water 
Commissioners  of  the  City  of  Port  Huron, 
Mich.     April  1,  1882. 

Sixth  Annual  Report  of  the  Water  Commis- 
sioners of  the  City  of  Taunton,  Mass. 
Nov.  30,  1881. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Board  of  Water  Com- 
missioners of  the  City  of  Manchester.  N. 
H.,  for  the  fiscal  years  ending  Dec  31, 1880 
and  1881. 

First  Annual  Report  of  the  Water  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Town  of  Westborough, 
Mass.     Feb.  1,  1880. 

The  First,  Third,  Fourth,  Fifth  and  Sixth 
Annual  Reports  of  the  Department  of  Pub- 
lic Works  to  the  City  Council  of  the  City 
of  Chicago,  for  the  years  1876  to  1881,  in- 
clusive (2  copies  of  1876  and  2  of  1879). 

Fourteenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of 
Public  Works  to  the  Common  Council  of 
the  City  of  Chicago,  111.,  for  the  municipal 
fiscal  year  ending  Mirch  31,  1875. 

Seventeenth,  Twentieth.  Twenty-first,  Twen- 
ty-second and  Tweuty-third  Annual  Re- 
ports of  the  Water  Commissioners  to  the 
Common  Council  of  the  City  of  Troy,  N.  Y., 
for  the  fiscal  years  1871  and  1874  to  1877, 
inclusive  (2  copies  for  1871). 

Third,  Fourth  and  Fifth  Annual  Reports  of 
the  Watuppa  Water  Board  to  the  City 
Council  of  the  City  of  Fall  River.  1877  to 
1879,  inclusive  (2  copies  of  1877). 

Rules  and  Regulaiions  made  by  the  Board  of 
Public  Works  of  the  City  of  Grand  Rapids, 
Mich.,  under  authority  of  Board  of  Public 
Works  Act,  approved  March  22,  1873 

Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Water  Com- 
missioners to  the  Councils  of  the  City  of 
Erie,  Pa.,  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  April 
30,  1879  (2  copies). 

Second,  Third.  Fourth,  Fifth  and  Sixth  An- 
nual Reports  of  the  City  of  Keene,  con- 
taining Inaugural  Ceremonies,  Ordinances 
and  Joint  Resolutions  passed  by  the  City 
Councils,  with  Reports  of  the  Several  De- 
partments, for  1875  to  1879,  inclusive. 

First,   Second,  Third,    Fourth,   Fifth,  Sixth, 


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Seventh,  Eighth  and  Twelfth  and  Final 
Quarterly  Reports  of  the  Water  Oommis- 
sioners,  Pawtucket,  R.  I.,  for  the  years 
1877  to  1880,  inclusive. 

First  Annual  Report  of  the  Water  Commis- 
sioners and  Superintendent  of  Water  Works 
of  the  Town  of  Pawtucket,  R.  I.  Feb.  1, 
1881. 

Three  copies  of  Reports  submitted  to  the 
Town  Council  of  Pawtucket,  R.  I.,  for  Dec. 
31,  1879;  June  30,  1879,  and  .July  8,  1880. 

Final  Report  ot  the  Board  of  Water  Commis- 
sioners of  the  City  of  Providence,  R.  I. 
Nov.  5.  1880. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the 
Water  Department  to  the  City  Council  uf 
Wilmington,  Del.,  for  the  year  1880. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Water  Com- 
missioners of  the  City  of  Trenton,  N.  J., 
for  the  year  ending  Jau.  31,  1881. 

City  Clerk's  Report,  Statement  of  the  Fi- 
nances of  the  City  of  .Jacksonville.  lU.,  for 
the  fiscal  year  ending  March  31,  1880;  also 
for  the  fiscal  years  ending  March  31.  1878 
and  1879,  together  with  the  Reports  of  the 
Treasurer  and  superintendent  of  Water 
Works  for  the  year  ending  March  31,  1880. 

Third  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Water 
Commissioners  of  the  Village  of  Glovers- 
ville,  N.  Y.,  for  the  year  ending  April  30, 
188U. 

A  Water  Supply  for  the  Village  of  West  Trov, 
N.  Y.     1876. 

Fifth  Annual  Report  of  the  Water  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Town  of  Danvers,  for  the 
year  ending  Dec.  31,  1880. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Water  Department  of 
the  City  of  Meriden  for  the  fiscal  year  end- 
ing Nov.  30,  1880,  to  which  is  appended 
the  Reports  of  the  Sinking  Fund  Commis- 
sion and  the  Treasurer  of  the  Water  De- 
partment. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Water  Com- 
missioners, City  of  Norfolk,  Va.,  for  the 
year  ending  June  30,  1880. 

Report  of  the  Board  of  Water  Works,  includ- 
ing the  Secretary's  and  Engineer's  Re- 
ports, Pa  is.  111. 

Sixth  Annual  Report  of  the  Water  Commis- 
sioners of  the  City  of  AUentown,  Pa.,  for 
the  year  ending  Dec.  31,  1880. 

Board  of  Public  Works  of  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Chief  Engineer  for 
the  year  ending  Dec.  31, 1881. 

Data  in  relation  to  Lyons,  Iowa;  Virginia 
City  and  Gold  Hill,  Nevada;  Columbia,  S. 
C;  West  Troy,  N.  Y.;  Danville,  Va.;  Gar- 
den City,  L.  I.,  N.  Y.;  Lewiston,  Me.; 
Rome,  Ga  ;  Mahoney  City,  Pa.;  Sidney, 
O.;  Syracuse,  N.  Y.;  Milford,  Pa.;  Paw- 
tucket, R  I.;  Covington,  Ky;  Auburn,  N. 
Y.:  Youngstown,  Ohio;  Greenwich,  Conn.; 
Bloomington,  Dl  ;  Akron,  Ohio;  Norfolk, 
Va. ;  Archibald,  Pa  ;  .\ugusta,  Ble.;  Niles, 
Mich.;  Johnstown,  Pa.;  Birmingham, 
Conn.;  Middletown,  Ohio;  Norristown, 
Pa. ;  Germantown.  Pa  ;  South  Norwalk, 
Conn.;  Schenectady,  N.  Y.;  La  Fayette, 
Ind.;  New  Albany,  Ind. 

T.  T.  Taylor's  Inspection  Reports  of  Iron 
Pipe,  'Treasurers  Report  of  the  Cedar 
Rapids  Water   Company,    March   31,    1880. 

Data  in  relation  to  Bethel,  Fairfield  Co., 
Conn.:  Omaha,  Neb.;  Boston,  Mass.; 
Bristol,  R,  I.;  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.;  North 
Adams,  Mass.;  Palestine,  I  exas,  contract 
for  Waco  Water  Works  Company ;  Hannibal 


Water  Works,  Eureka,  Nevada;  Coatesville, 
Pa.;  Lansford,  Pa.;  Richfield  Springs,  N.  Y  ; 
Plymouth,  N.  H.;  Portsmouth,  N.  H.; 
Bangor,  Me.;  Mt.  Joy,  Pa.;  Passaic, N.  J.; 
Melrose,  Mass. :  Jeffersnnville,  Ind.;  Mead- 
ville.  Pa.;  Chicopee,  Mass.;  Sarnia,  Mass. : 
Natick,  Mass.;  Lake,  111.;  Truro,  N.  S.; 
Media,  Pa.;  Summit  Hill,  Pa.;  Utica,  N. 
Y.;  Huntsville,  Ala.;  Renovo,  Pa  ;  Hing- 
ham,  Mass.;  Leroy,  N.  Y.;  Scranton,  Pa.; 
Norwich,  N.  Y. ;  Jamestown,  N.  Y. ; 
Frederioton,  New  Brunswick,  Canada. 

Ninth  Annual  Report  of  the  Receipts  and 
Expenditures  of  the  City  of  Oil  City.  Pa. 

Charter  and  By-laws  of  the  Borough  of 
Winsted,  together  with  the  Charter,  Rules 
and  Regulations  of  the  Winsted  Water 
Works. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Board  of  Water  Works 
of  the  City  of  Toledo,  Ohio  for  1875,  to 
1879,  inclusive. 

By-laws  aud  Rules  and  Regulations  for  the 
Management  and  Protection  of  the  Toledo 
Water  Works,   adoiJted  February  10.  1874. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Toledo  Water  Works. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Sewerage  and  Water 
Commissioners  for  the  City  of  St.  John 
(east  side)  and  Parish  of  Portland  for  the 
years  1858,  1SC5.  1867,  1870,  1871  and  1878. 

Reports  of  the  Superintendent  of  Water 
Works  for  the  years  1860,  1861  and  1862, 
St  John,  N.  B. 

Reports  of  the  Commissioners  of  Sewerage 
and  Water  Supply,  and  of  the  Superinteud- 
ent  and  Engineer  of  the  Water  Works, 
1869. 

Provisional  Report  on  the  Sewerage  and 
Water  Extensions  of  St.  John,  N.  B.,  for 
the  year  1876. 

First.  Third,  Fourth,  Fifth,  Sixth  and 
Seventh  Annual  Reports  of  the  Water  Com- 
missioners of  the  town  of  Waltham,  Mass., 
lor  1874,  1876,  1877,  1878  and  1879. 

Data  in  i-elation  to  Waltham,  Mass. 

Second  and  Third  Reports  of  the  Water  Board 
of  the  Town  of  Brookline,  Mass.,  for  the 
years  1876,  1h78  and  1879. 

Report  of  the  Committee  on  Water  Supply, 
with  letters  bearing  upon  the  subject  from 
Engineers  and  Contractors  of  Brookline, 
Mass.,  1879. 

Final  Report  of  the  Water  Commissioners  of 
the  Town  of  Brookline,  1875. 

Supplementary  Report  of  the  Committee  on 
Water  Supply,  Brookline,  Mass.,  with  letter 
of  Gen.  George  S.  Greene,  Civil  Engineer. 

Supplementary  Report  of  the  Brookline 
Water  Board,  April,  1878 

Data  in  relation  to  Brookline,  Mass. 

Third  to  Seventh  Annual  Reports  of  the 
Board  of  Water  Commissioners  of  the 
City  of  i'onkers  to  the  Common  Council, 
for  the  years  1875  to  1880,  inclusive. 

Report  of  the  City  Auditor  on  Expense  of 
Machinery,  Pipe,  etc.,  on  introduction  of 
Holly  W'ater  Works;  also  Report  of  Super- 
intendent of  Water  Works  on  the  Amount 
and  Condition  of  Water  Pipe  in  the  City 
ot  Sacramento,  Cal. 

Data  in  relation  to  Sacramento,  Cal. 

First,  Third,  Fourth  and  Fifth  Reports  of 
the  Public  Water  Board  of  the  City  of 
Lynn,  for  the  vears  1872,  1874,  1875  and 
1876. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Public  Water  Board  of 
the  Citv  of  Lynn  for  the  year  ending  Dec. 
31,  1873  (2  copies). 


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Data  in  relation  to  Ephrata,  Pa.;  Elyria, 
O.;  Doylestown,  Pa.;  Oskaloosa,  Iowa, 
West  Brookflelri,  Mass.;  West  Springfield, 
Mass.;  Wheeling,  Va. :  New  Carlisle,  Pa.; 
Nantucket,  Mass.;  Lyons,  N.Y.:  Andes,  N. 
Y. ;  Blonticello,  Iowa;  Amsterdam,  N.  Y. ; 
Alpjna.  Mich.:  Delhi,  N.  Y.;  Central  Falls, 
R.  I.;  Klyria,  O. 

First  Annual  Report  of  the  Water  Commis- 
sioners of  the  Town  of  Westborough. 
Feb.  1,  1880. 

Seventh  Annual  Report  of  the  Water  Com- 
mis.sioners  of  the  Town  of  Winchester, 
Mass.     1879  and  1880. 

Annual  Repoits  of  the  Chief  Engineer  of 
the  Board  of  Public  Woi'ks  of  Jersey  City, 
N.  J.,  lor  years  1875  and  1878 

Fifth  Annual  Report  of  the  Lowell  Water 
Board  of  the  City  of  LoweU  to  the  City 
Council,  accompanied  by  the  Reports  of 
the  City  Engineer  and  of  the  Superintend- 
ent of  Water  Works  to  the  Board.  Jan.  1, 
1878. 

Eighth,  Eleventh,  Twelfth,  Thirteenth  and 
Fourteenth  Annual  Reports  of  the  Water 
Commissioners  of  the  City  of  Newburgh 
to  the  Common  Council. 

Data  in  relation  to  Newburgh,  N.  Y. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Board  of  Water  Com- 
missioners to  the  City  of  New  London  for 
the  years  1874  to  1880,  inclusive. 

Data  in  relation  to  New  London,  Conn. 

Scale  of  Assessment  for  Annual  Water  Rent 
established  by  the  Board  of  Wal  or  Com- 
missioners for  the  Jacksonville  Water 
Works  (3  copies). 

Statement  of  the  Finances  of  the  City  of 
Jacksonville  for  the  fiscal  year  ending 
March  31,  1877;  also  for  the  fiscal  year  end- 
ing March  31.  1876,  together  witli  the  Re- 
ports of  the  Treasurer  and  Superintendent 
of  Water  Works  for  said  years. 

Statement  of  the  Finances  of  the  City  of 
Jacksonville  tor  thu  fiscal  year  ending 
March  31,  1875. 

Second  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Water 
Commissioners  of  the  City  of  Yonkers  to 
the  Common  Covincil.    Dec,  1874. 

Data  in  relation  to  Yonkers.  N.  Y. 

Annual  Report  of  the  School  Committee,  and 
the  Aiiditor's  Report  of  the  Receipts  and 
Expenditures  of  the  Town  of  ."^augus  for 
the  year  ending  Feb.  28,  1879,  together 
with  the  Report  of  the  Committee  on 
Water  Supply  and  the  Town  By-Laws. 

Water  Rates  adopted  by  the  New  Brighton 
Water  Comi^any  of  New  Brighton,  Pa. 

The  Alpena  City  Water  Company.  Laws 
under  which  the  company  is  organized. 
Articles  of  incorporation.  Contract  with 
the  city.     Bond  and  mortgage,  etc 

Second  Annual  Report  of  the  Water  Com- 
missioners of  Waltham  Water  Works. 
Feb.,  1875 

A  Table  of  General  Information  concerning 
the  Water  Works  of  the  United  States  and 
Canada.  Published  by  the  HoUy  Manu- 
facturing Company,  Lockjiort,  N.  Y.,  man- 
ufacturers of  Holly's  System  of  Water 
Works.     1878. 

Data  in  relation  to  Lockport,  N.  Y. 

First,  Second,  Third,  Fourth,  Fifth,  Sixth, 
Seventh  and  Eighth  Annual  Reports  of  the 
Water  Commissioners  of  the  Town  of  Wo- 
burn,  Mass.,  for  the  years  1873  to  1880, 
inclusive. 

Aiinual  Reports  of  the  City  Officers  of  the 


Citv  of  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  for  the  years 
ending  April  1,  1879,  1880. 

An  Ordinance  concerning  the  Water  Work.s 
of  the  City  of  Minneapolis  and  the  Duties 
of  the  Superintendent  of  the  same.  Ap- 
proved May  1,  1878. 

Data  in  relation  to  Warsaw.  N.  Y.;  Winsted, 
Conn.;  Pittstown.  Pa.;  Phrenixville,  Pa.; 
Woburn,  Mass.;  Waverly,  N.  Y. ;  Lenox, 
Mass.;  Middletown,  N.  V.;  Minneapolis, 
Minn.;  Haverhill.  Mass  ;  Holyoke,  Mass.; 
Allegheny  City,  Pa.;  Quincy,  111.;  Titus- 
ville,  Pd.:  Brockton.  Mass  ;  Chattanooga, 
Tenn.;  Urbana,  O.;  Saginaw,  Mich.;  Keo- 
kuk, Iowa;  Berwick,  Pa.;  Williamsport, 
Pa.;  Chicopee  Falls,  Mass.:  Bellevue,  O. ; 
Ithaca,  N.  Y.:  St.  John,  N.  B.;  Great  Bar- 
rington.  Maps  ;  Ashland,  Pa.;  Corning,  N. 
Y.;  Elmira,  N.  Y.;  Petaluma,  Cal.;  Terre 
Haute,  Ind.;  Biddeford,  Me.;  University 
of  Virginia:  Tioga,  Pa  ;  Quincy,  Mass.; 
Tamaqua,  Pa.;  South  Bend,  Ind.;  Rome, 
N.  Y.;  Rock  Island,  111.;  Wilmington,  Del.; 
Salem,  N.  C:  Los  Angeles,  Cal.;  Logans- 
port,  lud.;  State  Center.  Iowa;  Ironton, 
Ohio;  Halifax,  N.  S.;  Port  Huron,  Mich  : 
Rockville,  Conn.;  Peekskill,  N.  Y. :  Pueblo, 
Col.;  Sharon,  Pa.;  Oil  City,  Pa.;  Niagara 
Falls,  N.  Y.;  Nashville,  Tenn. 

Second,  Third,  Fourth  and  Fifth  Annual  Re- 
ports of  the  Board  of  Water  Commission- 
ers of  the  Town  of  Natick,  Mass.  1876  to 
1879,  inclusive. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the 
Water  Works  of  the  City  of  Wilmington, 
Del.,  for  the  years  1872  to  1879,  inclusive. 

Annual  Reports  ot  the  Several  Departments 
of  the  City  Government  of  Halifax,  Nova 
Scotia,  for  the  municipal  years  1877  to 
1879,  inclusive 

Rates,  Rules  and  Regulations  in  relation  to 
the  Introduction.  Supply  and  Use  of  Water 
from  the  Peekskill  Water  Works  for  1876. 

Seventh,  Eighth,  Ninth,  Twelfth,  Thirteenth 
and  Fourteenth  Annual  Reports  of  the 
Superintendent  of  Water  Works  of  the 
City  of  Burlington  to  the  City  Council  of 
Burlington,  Vt. 

Data  in  relation  to  Burlington,  Vt. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Board  of  Commission- 
ers of  the  City  Works  made  to  the  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn  for 
the  years  1873  to  1875  and  1877  to  1879,  in- 
clusive. 

Communications  from  the  Water  Commis- 
sioners to  the  Mayor  and  Common  Coun- 
cil, Brooklyn,  including  communication 
from  the  Engineer. 

Report  of  the  Engineer  to  the  Commission- 
ers of  Sewerage  of  the  City  of  Brooklyn  on 
the  General  Drainage  of  the  City.     18.i9. 

Majority  and  Minority  Reports  of  the  Water 
Committee  on  the  Communication  of  the 
Water  Commissioners  Brooklyn,  proposing 
to  substitute  a  conduit  in  lieu  of  a  canal, 
with  the  action  of  the  Common  Council 
thereon. 

Reports  of  Committees  and  Trustees,  Canton 
City  Water  Works,  for  the  years  1809  and 
1870. 

Report  of  Trustees  of  Canton,  O.,  City  Water 
Works,  and  report  of  J.  L.  Pillsbury,  engi- 
neer, together  with  report  of  Messrs.  C. 
Aultman,  E.  Bull  and  John  Laird.  Rules 
and  Regulations. 

Data  in  relation  to  Canton,  O. 

The  Twelfth,    Thirteenth,    Fourteenth  and 


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Fifteenth  Annual  Reports  of  the  Cambridge, 
Mass  ,  Water  Boarrl  to  the  City  Council ; 
also  rejjort  of  the  Special  Committee  on 
the  Water  Supply  of  the  City,  December, 
1879,  and  data  in  relation  to  Cambridge, 
Mas*. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Water  Com- 
missioners of  the  City  of  Trenton,  N.  J., 
for  the  year  ending  February  1.  1880. 

Rules  and  Regulations  of  the  Water  Com- 
missioners of  the  City  of  Trenton,  adopted 
February  27,  1879. 

Eeport  of  the  Trial  of  the  Pumping  Engine 
built  for  Trenton  Water  Works  by  William 
Wright  &  Co.,  Newburgh,  N.  Y. 

Data  in  relation  to  Trenton,  N.  J.,  Water 
\Vorks. 

Reports  of  the  Water  Commissioners  of  the 
village  of  Peekskill  from  1872  to  1877,  in- 
clusive. 

First,  Second,  Third,  Fifth,  Sixth,  Seventh 
and  Eighth  Annual  Reports  of  the  Board  of 
Water  Commissioners  of  Concord,  N.  H., 
to  the  City  Council. 

The  Twenty-third  Annual  Report  of  the  Re- 
ceipts and  Expenditures  of  the  City  of 
Concord,  N.  H.,  for  the  fiscal  year  ending 
February  1,1876. 

Data  in  relation  to  Water  Works  of  Concord, 
N.  H. 

First,  Second,  Third,  Fourth,  Fifth,  Sixth, 
Seventh,  Eighth  and  Tenth  Annual  Reports 
of  the  Trustees  of  the  Water  Works  of 
Columbus.  O. 

By-Laws  and  Regulations  of  Columbus  Water 
Works  in  force  May  1,  1877. 

Data  in  relation  to  Columbus  Water  Works. 

First,  Second,  Third,  Fourth,  Fifth,  Eighth, 
Ninth,  Twelfth.  Thirteenth,  Fourteenth 
and  Fifteenth  Annual  Reports  of  the  Board 
of  Public  Works  to  the  Common  Council 
of  the  City  of  Chicago,  and  Thirteenth 
Semi-Annual  ReiDort. 

Third  Annual  Report  of  the  Department  of 
Public  Works  of  the  City  of  New  York,  for 
the  year  ending  April  10,  1873. 

Data  in  i-elation  to  the  Water  Works  of  Pater- 
son.  N.  J.;  London,  Ontario,  Canada; 
Cumberland,  Md. 

Blank  forms  of  the  Water  Works  of  London, 
Ontario;  also  blank  forms  of  Inspector's 
Report. 

First  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Water 
Commissioners  of  the  village  of  Johns- 
town, N.  Y.,  for  the  fiscal  year  ending 
April  30,  1879 

A  Report  made  to  the  President  and  Board 
of  Trustees  of  the  village  of  Johnstown, 
P.  H.  Baerman,  C.  E.,  upon  the  Water 
Works  Question,  September,  1877. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  Johns- 
town, N.  Y. 

A  Water  Supply  for  the  village  of  Oxford,  N. 
Y.,  1879. 

Data  in  relation  to  Stock  bridge,  Mass.;  Ty- 
rone, Pa.:  Tanckawannock,  Pa.;  Towanda, 
Pa.;  Salem,  Oregon;  Sycamore,  El.;  Trini- 
dad. Col.;  Walton,  N.  Y. ;  South  Lee.  Mass. ; 
South  Hadley,  Mass.;  Sin  Rafael,  Cal.; 
Santa  Barbara,  Cal.;  Brantford.  Canada; 
St.  Thomas,  Ont.,  Canada;  Rockland, 
Maine;  Rah  way,  N.  J.;  Providence,  Pa.; 
Plainwell,  Mich.  ;  Port  Byron,  N.  Y.  ; 
Pioche,  Nev.;  Owen  Sound,  Ont.,  Canada; 
Salt  Lake  City,  Utah  Ter. ;  Ottumwa,  Iowa; 
Northridge,  Mass. ;  New  Milford,  Conn.;  Mt. 
Holly,  N.J. ;  Methuen,  Mass. ;  Meriden,  Ct.; 


Middleboro,  Mass.:  Medina,  N.  Y.;  Massil- 
lon,  Ohio;  Marengo,  Iowa;  Houston,  Texas; 
Hannibal,  Mo.;  Hanover,  Pa.;  Great  Falls, 
N.  H.  ;  Franklin,  Pa.  ;  Liverpool,  Ohio  ; 
Dover,  N.  H.:  Dowingtown,  Pa  ;  Dallas, 
Texas;  Dansville,  N.  Y.;  Claremont,  N.  H. ; 
ClarksviUe,  Tenn.;  Cheshire,  Mass.;  Car- 
lisle, Pa. ;  Carbondale,  Pa. :  Lansing  Mich.; 
Lambertsville,  N.  J.  ;  Kingston,  Mass.; 
Kennet  Scxuare.  Pa.;  Joliet,  111.;  Stillwater, 
Minn.;  Hyde  Park,  111.;  Canon  City,  Col.; 
Burlington,  N.  J.;  Blue  Rapids,  Kansas; 
Boyerstown.  Pa  :  Brighton,  Mass.;  Belle- 
fonte,  Pa.;  Auburn,  Me.;  Middletown,  N. 
Y.;  Attica,  Ind  ;  Waco,  Texas;  Charleston, 
111.;  Danvers,  Mass.;  Leadville,  Col.;  San 
Antonio,  Texas.;  Council  Bluflfs,  Iowa;  At- 
tica, N.  Y.;  Knoxville,  Tenn.;  St.  Albans, 
Vt.  ;  Sedalia,  Mo.  ;  Walcottville,  Conn.  ; 
East  Hampton,  Mass.;  Muskegan,  Mich.; 
Chambersburg,  Pa  ;  Bellows  Falls,  Vt. 

First  Annual  Report  of  the  Water  Commit- 
tee and  Second  of  the  Water  Department 
of  Bridgeton,  N.  J. 

The  First  Report  of  the  Water  Works  Com- 
mission of  the  City  of  St.  Catharines  to  the 
City  Council,  for  the  year  ending  Decem- 
ber 31,  1879. 

Report  on  a  Water  Supply  for  the  Town  of 
St.  Catharines,  by  Thomas  Monro,  C.  E. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  St. 
Catharines,  Canada. 

First,  Third  and  Fourth  Annual  Reports  of 
the  Water  Commissioners  of  the  Town  of 
Danvers,  Mass. 

Statement  of  the  Accounts  of  the  Town  of 
Danvers  for  the  year  ending  February  16, 
1878. 

Eeport  of  the  Board  of  Water  Works,  includ" 
ing  the  Secretary's  and  Engineer's  Re- 
ports, together  with  the  Tariff  of  Water 
Rates  and  Rules  and  Regulations.  Paris, 
111. 

Eeport  of  the  Water  Department  of  the  City 
of  Camden,  N.  J.,  for  the  year  1878. 

Notice  for  Proposals  for  furnishing  the  City 
of  Omaha,  Nebraska,  with  Water  for  Fire 
Protection  for  a  term  of  twenty- five  years. 

Reports  of  the  Board  of  Water  Commissioners 
of  the  City  of  Rochester  to  the  Mayor  of 
the  City  of  Rochester,  for  the  years  1872 
and  1875. 

Annual  Eeijorts  of  the  Executive  Board  of 
Rochester,  N.  Y.,  for  the  years  1877,  1878 
and  1879. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  the 
City  of  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

A  Revised  Edition  of  Acts  of  Assembly  and 
Borough  Ordinances  relating  to  the 
Borough  of  Chambersburg,  Pa.,  together 
with  a  brief  history  of  the  town  from  its 
foundation  to  the  present  time. 

Ordinances  and  Rules  Governing  the  Man- 
kato,  Minn  ,  Water  Works,  adopted  by  the 
City  Council,  May  10,  1880. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  Man- 
kato,  Minn. 

First  Annual  Report  of  Board  of  Water  Com- 
missioners, and  Report  of  Engineer  on 
Construction  of  Works,  London,  Ontario, 
Canada. 

London  Water  Works  Acts.  Schedule  of 
Rates  and  By-Law.  London,  Ontario, 
Canada. 

Second  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Water 
Commissioners  of   the   village   of   Johns- 


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town,  N.  Y.,  for  the  year  ending  April  30, 
1880. 

Department  Repnrts.City  of  Harrisburg.Pa., 
for  the  year  1876. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  the 
City  of  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Trustees  of  the  City 
Water  Works  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  for  the 
years  1864,  1868,  1870,  1871,  1872  and  1874 
to  1880,  inclusive. 

Report  of  the  Board  of  Experts  on  the  War- 
den Compound  Pumping  Engine.  March, 
1879. 

Special  Report  on  the  Extension  and  En- 
largement of  the  Cincinnati  Water  Works. 
T.  E.  Scowden,  C.  E. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio. 

Report  of  the  Water  Registrar  of  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia.    1878. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  Wash- 
ington and  Georgetown,  D.  C. 

The  Seventh  and  Eleventh  Annual  Reports  of 
the  Mystic  Water  Board  of  the  City  of 
Charlestowu,  Mass.,  for  the  years  1871  and 
1875. 

Water  Rates  of  the  City  of  Charlestown, 
Mass.    1872. 

Reports  of  the  Commissioners  and  Chief  En- 
gineer of  the  Charlestown  Water  Works. 
February  28,  1868. 

Reports  of  the  Water  Commissioners  of  the 
City  of  Chelsea  for  the  years  18G8  to  1871 
and  1876. 

Report  of  the  Joint  Special  Committee  on 
Introduction  of  Water  into  the  City  of 
Chelsea.     Jan.  2,  1868. 

Fifteenth,  Sixteenth,  Seventeenth,  Eigh- 
teenth, Nineteenth,  Twentieth,  Twenty, 
first  and  Twenty-second  Annual  Reports 
of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Water  Work  ^ 
to  the  City  Council  of  Cleveland,  Ohio, 
together  with  the  Reports  of  the  Ofificers 
of  the  Board. 

Concise  Statement  giving  the  Dimensions, 
Capacity  and  Extent  of  the  Important 
Details  of  Cleveland  Water  Works 

Ordinances,  Rules  and  Regulations  for  the 
Management  and  Protection  of  the  City 
Water  Works  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  as 
amended  and  adopted  by  the  Board  of 
Trustees  November  10,  1862,  and  approved 
by  the  City  Council  Novemlser  11,  1862, 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  Cleve- 
land, Ohio. 

Second,  Fourth,  Fifth,Sixth,  Seventh,Eighth, 
Ninth  and  Tenth  Annual  Rejjorts  of  the 
Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  Water  Works. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  the 
City  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Board  of  Water  Com- 
missioners of  the  City  of  Binghamton.  N. 
Y.,  to  the  Common  Council  for  the  years 
1876  to  1879,  inclusive 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  Bing- 
hamton, N.  Y. 

Rej^orts  of  the  Water  Commissioners  to  the 
Common  Council  of  the  City  of  Albany,  N. 
Y.,  transmitting  the  Report  of  the  Super- 
intendent of  the  v\  ater  Works  for  the 
years  1853,  18.55,  1856,  1858,  1860,  1861,  1863, 
1864,  1866  to  1870,  1876  to  1879,  inclusive. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of 
All)any.  N.  Y. 

Proceedings  of  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the 
Stockholders  of  the  Alexandria  Water  Com- 


pany, held  in  Alexandria,  Va.,  for  the  years 
1871  to  1879,  inclusive. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  President  and  Direct- 
ors of  the  Alexandria  Water  Company  to 
the  Stockholders  at  their  Annual  Meetings 
for  the  years  1851  to  1853  and  1855. 

Report  of  the  President  and  Directors  of  the 
Alexandria  Water  Company  to  the  Stock- 
holders at  their  Annual  Meeting,  Nov.  4, 
1867. 

Rules  and  Regulations  governing  the  Intro- 
duction, Supply  and  Consumption  of 
Water  from  the  Alexandria  Water  Com- 
pany. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  Alex- 
andria, Va. 

First  Report  of  the  Superintendent  and 
Secretary  of  the  Burlington  Water  Works 
to  the  Water  Company  from  Acceptance  of 
Works,     June  1,  1878,  to  January  1,  1880. 

Reports  of  the  Officers  and  Committee  on 
Finance  of  the  City  of  Burlington,  Iowa, 
for  the  year  ending  March  3,  1875. 

Rules  and  Rates  of  the  Burlington  Water 
Company.     1878. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  Bur- 
lington, Iowa. 

Reports  of  the  Trustees,  Chief  Engineer  of 
the  Fire  Department,  Superintendent  of 
Burlington  Water  Works,  and  Treasurer 
for  the  year  ending  Dec.  31,  1878. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  St 
Johnsbury,  Vt. 

Water  Rates  Adopted  by  the  Water  Com 
missioners.  and  Rules  and  Regulations  of 
the  Valleio  City,  Cal.,  Water  Company 
Dec.  11,  1879. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  Val 
lejo,  Cal. 

Report  of  the  Officers  of  the  Town  of  Lin 
coin  from  Feb.  1,  1877,  to  Feb.  1,  1878;  also 
the  Report  of  the  School  Committee  for 
the  school  year  1877  and  1878. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  Lin- 
coln, Mass. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Water  Com- 
missioners of  the  City  of  Holyoke,  Mass., 
for  the  years  1874  to  1879,  inclusive. 

Third  and  Fourth  Annual  Reports  of  the 
Water  Commissioners  of  the  Town  of  Med- 
ford.  Mass 

Reports  of  the  Water  Commissioners  of  the 
Town  of  Medford,  Mass.,  for  the  years 
1874  to  1879,  inclusive. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  Med- 
ford, Mass  ;  Avon,  N.  Y.;  Ansonia,  Conn.; 
Beaver  Falls,  Pa. ;  Boulder,  Col  :  Consho- 
hocken,  Penn.:  Concord,  Mass.;  College 
Point,  N.  Y.;  Alton,  111.;  Belaire,  O.;  Sus- 
pension  Bridge,  N.  Y.;  Henderson,  Ky.; 
Marysville,  Ky.;  Santa  Cruz,  Cal.;  South 
Adams,  Mass. 

Annual  Report  of  the  various  officers  and 
standing  committees  of  the  City  of  Alle- 
gheny for  the  year  ending  Dec.  31,  1879. 

Sixth,  Seventh  and  Eighth  Annual  Reports 
of  the  Leominster  Water  Board 

An  Account  of  the  Owensboro  Water  Com- 
pany of  Owensboro,  Ky.,  and  of  its  First 
Mortgage  Bonds.     May  10,  1879. 

By-Laws,  Rules  and  Regulations  of  the 
Water  Works  Company  of  Owensboro,  Ky. 

Report  of  Construction  of  Peru  Water  Works, 
and  Maintenance  of  same  up  to  May  1, 
1880. 

Report  of  a  Committee  chosen  by  the  Town 
of  Westborough,  Mass.,  May  15,  1872,  to 


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make  investigations  with  reference  to  the 
feasibility  and  cost  of  obtaining  a  supply 
of  pure  water  for  said  town. 

Annual  Keport  of  the  Rock  Island  City 
Water  Works  for  the  year  ending  Feb.  28 
1877. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Treasurer  and  Re- 
corder, Chief  of  Fire  Department,  and 
other  officers  of  the  Nashville  City  Govern- 
ment for  the  year  ending  Oct.  1,  1877. 

Second  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Water 
Commissioners  of  the  City  of  Port  Huron, 
Mich.     April  1,  1879. 

Keport  of  the  Trial  Test  of  Water  Works  at 
Holly,  Mich.,  Dec.  16,  1879;  also  Report  of 
Construction  Committee,  and  press  no- 
tices. 

Charter,  By-Laws,  Regulations,  etc.,  of  the 
Crystal  Lake  Water  Company  of  the  City 
of  Carbondale,  Pa. 

Annual  Keport  of  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the 
Salt  Lake  City  Fire  Department  for  the 
year  1879. 

Mayor's  Message  and  .\nnnal  Reports  of  the 
several  departments  of  the  City  of  Meri- 
den,  Conn.,  for  the  year  ending  Nov.  30, 
1879. 

Semi-Annual  Report  for  the  year  1877  of 
the  Logansport,  lud..  Water  Works,  to- 
gether with  rules  and  regulations  for  the 
government  thereof. 

First,  Second,  Fourth,  Fifth  and  Sixth  An- 
nual Reports  of  the  Water  Commissioners 
of  the  City  of  New  Brunswick,  N.  J. 

Data  in  regard  to  Hyde  Park,  Vt.;  Coopers- 
town,  N.  Y. 

JoTirnal  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  of  Ni- 
agara County,  and  Report  of  Water  Com- 
missioners of  Suspension  Bridge,  N.  Y., 
for  the  year  1877. 

Report  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  Board  of 
Water  Commissioners,  Fire  District  No.  1, 
of  the  Town  of  South  Hadley  Falls  from 
May,  1872,  to  March.  187.5. 

By  Laws  and  Rules  and  Regulations  for  the 
Management  and  Protection  of  the  Bel- 
laire,  O.,  Water  Works.  Adopted  April  19, 
1878. 

Second  Anniial  Report  of  the  Trustees  of  the 
Water  Works  of  Mansfield,  O.,  together 
with  the  Reports  of  the  Superintendent, 
Chief  Engineer  and  Secretary   May  1, 1874. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of 
Mansfield,  Ohio. 

First  Annual  Report  of  the  Water  Works 
Trustees  to  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
Piqua,  Ohio,  for  the  year  ending  March  31, 
1876. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  Piqua, 
Ohio. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Mayor  and  the  Several 
Departments  of  the  City  of  Middletown, 
Conn.,  for  the  year  ending  January  1, 
1877. 

Eighth  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Water 
Commissioners  of  the  City  of  Middletown 
to  the  Common  Council,  tor  the  year  end- 
ing December  31,  1874. 

Third  Semi-Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of 
Water  Commissioners  of  the  City  of 
Middletown,  Conn.    January,  1867. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of 
Middletown,  Conn. 

First,  Second,  Third,  Fourth  and  Final 
Reports  of  the  Water  Commissioners  of  the 
City  of  Lawrence,  Mass.,  to  the  City 
Council. 


Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  the 
City  of  Lawrence,  Mass. 

By-Law  to  Provide  for  the  Working  and 
Management  of  the  Water  Works  of  the 
Town  of  Windsor,  Canada. 

Report  of  the  Pi-iidential  Committee  and 
Treasurer  of  the  South  Adams,  Mass  ,  Fire 
District,  for  one  year  and  eleven  months, 
to  March  1,  1878. 

First,  Second,  '1  bird  and  Fourth  Annual 
Reports  of  the  Sandusky  Water  Works  to 
the  City  Council,  Sandusky,  Ohio.  January 
1,  1880. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  San- 
dusky, Ohio. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Engineer  and  Manager 
Sandusky  Water  Works  for  1878  and  1879, 
with  appendix. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Board  of  Water  Com- 
missioners, Sandusky,  Ohio,  together  with 
a  statement  of  Receipts  and  Expenditures 
for  years  1875  to  1877,  inclusive. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of 
Toronto,  Canada;  Danville,  Penu.;  Rut- 
land, Vt.;  Grand  Haven,  Mich.;  Clinton, 
Iowa;  Columbia,  Tenn.;  Joplin,  Mo.; 
Marion,  lud.;  Wilkesbarre,  Pa.;  Union 
City,  Ind.;  Ionia,  Mich. 

The  First  and  Fourth  Annual  Reports  of  the 
Commissioners  to  the  Borough  Council  of 
the  Town  of  Sewickley,  Pa.,  and  data  in 
relation  thereto 

First,  Second,  Third,  Fourth,  Fifth,  Sixth 
and  Seventh  Annual  Reports  of  the  Water 
Commissioners  ot  the  City  of  Fitchburg, 
Mass. 

Report  of  the  Committee  appointed  to  make 
Survey  and  Estimate  of  Cost  for  the 
purpose  of  introducing  Pure  Water  into 
Fitchburg.  Mass.,  1866. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  Fitch- 
burg, Mass. 

First,  Second,  Third,  Fourth  and  Fifth  An- 
nual Reports  of  the  Water  Commissioners 
of  the  City  of  Allentown,  Pa. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  Allen- 
town,  Pa 

Report  of  the  Board  of  Water  Commissioners 
of  the  City  of  Springfield,  Mass.  to  the 
City  Council  for  the  years  1875  to  1880,  in- 
clusive . 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of 
Spriugfieid,  Mass.;  Chicago,  111.;  and  Du- 
buque, Iowa. 

Low  Service  System  for  the  Supply  of  Water 
applied  to  Chicago,  111. 

Articles  of  Incorporation  of  the  Dubuque 
Water  Co.,  together  with  Ordinances  and 
By-Laws  relating  to  the  same. 

First,  Second,  Third,  Fifth,  Sixth,  Seventh, 
Eighth,  Ninth  and  Tenth  Annual  Reports 
of  the  Dayton  Waterworks. 

Laws,  Ordinances  and  By-Laws  for  the 
management  and  protection  of  the  Dayton 
Water  Works  as  amended  and  adopted  by 
the  Board  of  Trustees  April  22,  1875. 

Rules,  Regulations  and  Penalties  of  the  Day- 
ton Water  Works  and  Tariff  of  Water  Rates 
as  amended  and  adopted  by  the  Board  of 
Trustees  April  23,  1875. 

Report  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Dayton  Water 
Works  to  the  City  Council  of  Dayton,  Ohio, 
together  with  the  Reports  of  the  Officers  of 
the  Board  for  the  year  ending  December 
31,  1873. 

By-Laws,  Rules  and  Regulations  for  the 
management  of  the  Dayton  Water  Works 


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as  adopted  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  April 
18,  1870. 

Data  in  relation  to  Water  Works  of  Dayton, 
Ohio. 

Twentieth,  Twenty-first,  Twenty-second, 
Twenty-third,  Twenty-fourth,  Twenty- 
fifth,  Twenty-six  h.  Twenty-seventh  and 
Twenty-eighth  Annual  Reports  of  the  Board 
of  Water  Commissioners  to  the  Common 
Council  of  the  City  of  Detroit,  together 
with  the  Reports  of  the  Officers  of  the 
Board. 

Regulations  of  the  Board  of  Water  Com- 
missioners of  the  City  of  Detroit,  Mich. 
.January  1,  1873. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  De- 
troit, Mich. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Board  of  Water  Com- 
missioners to  the  Councils  of  the  City  of 
Erie,  Pa.,  for  the  years  1871  to  1879,  in- 
clusive. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  the 
City  of  Erie,  Pa. 

First.  Second,  Third,  Fourth,  Fifth,  Sixth 
Annual  Reports  of  the  Watuppa  Water 
Board  to  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
Fall  River,  Mas^ . 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  Fall 
River,  Mass. 

Inaugural  Address  of  Hon.  Jas.  F.  Daven- 
port, Mayor  of  the  City  of  Fall  River,  and 
City  Officers'  Reports. 

Report  of  the  City  Engineer,  Grand.  Rapids, 
Mich.,  for  the  years  1875  and  1876. 

Report  of  the  Board  of  Public  Works  of  the 
City  of  Grand  KajJids,  Mich.,  for  the  years 
1878  to  1880,  inclusive . 

Report  made  to  the  Special  Committee  of  the 
Common  Council  of  the  City  of  Grand 
Rapids,  Mich.,  Peter  Hogan,  C.  E.,  April 
5,  1873. 

Report  of  J.  L.  Pillsbury,  Hydraulic  En- 
gineer, concerning  the  supplying  of  Grand 
Rapids,  Michigan,  with  water. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  Grand 
Rapids,  Mich. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Superintendent  of 
Water  Works  of  the  City  of  Pittsburg,  Pa., 
for  the  years  1874  and  1877  to  1880,  in- 
clusive. 

Ordinances,  Rules  and  Regulations  for  the 
control  and  management  of  the  Marion 
Water  Works. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of 
Elizabetbtown,  N.  J. ;  Easton,  Pa.;  Pvans- 
ville,  Ind.;  Savannah,  Ga. ;  Cohoes,  N.  Y.: 
Lebanon,  Pa.;  Pottsdam,  N.  Y.;  Central 
City,  Col.;  Lockhaven,  Pa.;  Hackensack, 
N.  J. ;  and  Davenport,  Iowa. 

Report  of  the  Water  Commissioners  of  the 
Town  of  Westfield  on  the  Construction  of 
the  Water  Works. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Treasurer,  Selectmen, 
Overseers  of  Poor,  Water  Commissioners, 
and  Assessors  of  the  Town  of  Westfield, 
from  February  1,  1877,  to  February  1,  1878. 
Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  West- 
field,  Mass. 
Reports  of  the  Standing  Committees  of  the 
Council  of  the   City   of  Lynchbxirg,  Va., 
from  July  1, 1875,  to  July  1,  1876. 
Ordinances    of     the     City    of    Lynchburg, 
adopted  .June  29,  1872,  and  amended  City 
Charter,  approved   March   6,  1872,  revised 
and    arranged    by    James    Wm.    Morgan. 
Published  by  order  of  the  City  Council. 


Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of 
Lynchburg,  Va. 

Seventeenth  to  Twenty -third  Annual  Reports 
of  the  Water  Commissioners  of  the  City  of 
New  Britain,  Conn. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  New 
Britain,  Conn. 

Financial  Statement  of  the  Municipal  Cor- 
poration of  the  City  of  Hamilton,  Ontario, 
Canada. 

Schedule  of  Water  Rates  of  Hamilton, 
Ontario,  Canada. 

Water  Rates,  Rules  and  Regulations  adopted 
by  theCorporatiou  of  the  City  of  Hamilton, 
Out.,  in  relation  to  the  Introduction  and 
Use  of  the  Water  from  the  City  Water 
Works. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of 
Hamilton,  Ont. 

The  enlarged  Augusta  Canal.  Augusta,  Ga. 
Its  capacity  and  advantages  for  the  Manu- 
facture of  Cotton  Goods,  with  map  of  loca- 
tion prepared  for  ijublication  under  the 
direction  of  the  Board  of  Managers.  Byron 
Holly,  C.  E.,  1875. 

An  Ordinance  to  provide  for  the  care  and 
management  of  the  Augusta  Water  Works. 
Passed  March  8,  1866. 

Data  in  regard  to  the  Water  Works  of  Augusta, 
Ga. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Town  Officers  of  the 
Town  of  Plymouth,  Mass.,  for  the  years 
1877  to  1879,  inclusive. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Water  Commissioners 
of  the  Town  of  Plymouth,  Mass. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  the 
Town  of  Plymouth,  Mass. 

First,  Second  and  Third  Annual  Reports  of 
the  Water  Works  Committee  of  the  City  of 
Marshalltown,  Iowa. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  the 
City  of  Marshalltown,  Iowa. 

First,  Second,  Third  and  Fourth  Annual  Re- 
ports of  the  Water  Commissioners  of  the 
City  of  Taunton,  Mass. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  Taun- 
ton, Mass. 

The  City  Clerk's  Financial  Statement  of  the 
City  of  Rockford,  111 

.Annual  Report  of  the  City  Officers  of  the 
City  of  Rockford,  111.,  for  the  year  ending 
May  3,  1880. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  Rock- 
ford, 111. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Mayor  of  the  City  of 
Ogdeusburg,  N.  Y  ,  for  1871.  1872,  1874:  to 
1876,  and  1879. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of 
Ogdensburg,  N.  Y. 

Sixth,  Seventh  and  Eighth  Annual  Reports 
of  the  Superintendent  of  Water  Works  to 
the  Board  of  Water  Commi.jsioners  of  Bay 
City,  Mich  ,  for  the  years  1875  to  1879,  in- 
clusive. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  Bay 
City,  Mich. 

Seventh  Annual  Report  of  the  Water  Com- 
missioners of  the  Village  of  Saratoga 
Springs,  for  the  year  ending  March  31, 
1879. 

Charter  and  By-Laws  of  the  Village  of  Sara- 
toga Springs,  together  with  the  Water  Law 
and  By  Laws  pursuant  thereto. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  Sara- 
toga, N.  Y. 

Reports  of  the  Superintendent  of  the  City  of 
Norwich  Water   Works    to    the    Board    of 


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Water  Commissioners,  from  April  1,  1870 
to  March   31,  1875   to   1877,  and  1879  and 
1880. 
Eeijort  on  the  Physical  and  Chemical  Condi- 
tion of  the  w  ater  Supplied  to  the  City  of 
Norwich,  Conn.,   from   Fair  View   Reser- 
voir. 
Eeport  of  the  Board  of  Water  Commissioners 
to  the  Common  Council  on  the  Inaugura- 
tion, Construction  and  Completion  of  the 
Water  Works  of  Norwich,  Conn.,  with  the 
First  Annual  Statement  of  their  Doings. 
Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  Nor- 
wich, Conn. 
Annual  Reports  of  the  Water  Committee,  the 
Water  Commissioner,  the  Water  Registrar 
and    the    City    Engineer    of   the    City    of 
Worcester,  for  the  years  1874  to  1879,  inclu- 
sive. 
Data    in    relation    to    the  Water  Works  of 

Worcester,  Mass. 
Annual  Reports  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Water 
Works  of  the  City  of  Zanesville,  Ohio,  for 
the  years  1873  to  1880   inclusive. 
Data  ia  relation  of  the  Waterworks  of  Zanes- 
ville, Ohio. 
Annual  Reports  of  the  Superintendent  of  the 
Montreal   Water  Works  for  the  years  1874 
to  1879,  inclusive. 
Report  on  the  Proposed  Enlargement  of  the 
Montreal    Water    Works,     Louis     Lesage, 
Superiutendenl. 
Employees'    Regulations,     Montreal    Water 

Works. 
Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  Mon- 
treal, Canada. 
Third,  Fourth,  Fifth,  Sixth  and  Seventh  An- 
nual Reports   of  the  Board  of  Water  Com- 
missioners to  the  Common  Council  of  the 
City  of  East  Saginaw,  Mich  ,  together  with 
the   Reports   of  the   Superintendent    and 
Secretary. 
Aunual  Keports  of  the  Board  of  Water  Com- 
missioners for  1873  and  1874  of  East  Sagi- 
naw, Mich. 
An   Ordinance   establishing   the   Rules   and 
Regulations  of  the  City  of  East  Saginaw, 
Mich.,  together  with  the  Acts  of  Incorpo- 
ration of  said  Board. 
Rules  and  Regulations  of  the  Board  of  Water 
Commissioners    of   East    Saginaw,  Mich., 
Governing  the  use  of  Water. 
Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  East 

Saginaw,  Mich. 
Third,  Fourth,  Fifth  and  Sixth  Annual  Re- 
ports of  the  Water  Commissioners  of  the 
City  of  Hudson,  N.  Y. 
Dnta    in    relation    to    the   Water  Works    of 

Hudson,  N.  Y. 
Second  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Water 
Commissioners  of  the  City  of  Waterbury, 
Conn.,  together  with  the  Reports  of  City 
Clerk,  City  Treasurer  and  Treasurer  of 
Bronson  Library  Fund. 
Data    in    relation    to    the  Water  Works   of 

Waterbury,  Conn. 
Statement  of  the   Finances   of  the   City   of 
Peoria  for  the  years  1871,  1872,  1874  to  1879, 
inclusive. 
Report  of  the  Board  of  Water  Commission- 
ers, submitted  to  the  City  Council  of  the 
City  of  St.  Louis.  Nov.  1,  1867;  May  1, 1868; 
Nov.    1,    1868;    May  1,  1870;    Nov.  1,  1870- 
May  1,    1871;    Nov.   1,   1871;    May  1,   1872; 
Nov.    1,   1872;    Nov.  1,   1874;   May  1,  1875: 
May  1,  1876. 
The   Mayor's   Message,  with  Accompanying 


Documents,  to  the  Municipal  Assembly  of 
the  City  of  St  Louis,  for  1867,  1878  to  1880, 
inclusive. 
Reports  of  the  Board  of  Water  Commissioners, 
submitted  to  the  Comptroller  of  the  City  of 
St.  Louis,   for  May  and  Nov.  1,  1873,  and 
May  1,  1874. 
Report  of  the  Board  of  Water  Commissioners, 
submitted  to  the  City  Council  of  the  City 
of  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Nov.  1,  1875. 
Proposals   to  Contractors.    St.  Louis  Water 

Works. 
Report  of  the  Water  Commissioners  of  the 

City  of  St.  Louis.     October,  1866. 
Semi-Annual  Reports  of  the  Chief  Engineer 
and  Superintendent  of  the  St.  Louis  Water 
Works.     Nov.  1,  1876;  May  1,  1877. 
Data  in   relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  St. 

Louis,  Mo. 
Second  to  Twenty-fifth  Annual  Reports,  in- 
clusive, of  the  Water  Commissioners  to  the 
Common  Council  of  the  City  of  Troy,  N.  Y. 
Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  Troy, 

N.  Y. 
Third  and  Fourth    Annual  Reports   of  the 
Board  of  Water  Commissioners  for  the  years 
1876  and  1877. 
Charter,    By-Laws,   Rules,   Regulations    and 
Water  Kates  Governing  the  Atlanta  Water 
Works.     Atlanta.  Ga  ,  1875. 
Data   in   relation   to    the    Water    Works    of 

Atlanta,  Ga. 
Water  Commissioner's  Report  of  the  City  of 
Springfield,  111.,  for  the   years   1869,  1871, 
1873  to  1880,  inclusive. 
Data    in    relation    to    the   Water  Works    of 

Springfield  and  Peoria,  111.:  Salem,  Mass. 
Ordinances    for    the   Government    of  Water 

Takers,  Plumbers,  etc. 
Salem  Water  Works  Reports  in  1869. 
Account  of  the  Proceedings  tipon  the  Trans- 
fer of  the  Salem  Water  Works  to  the  City 
Authorities,  Nov.  16,  1869,  and  the  address 
of  W.  P.   Phillips,  Chairman  of  the  Water 
Commissioners,    and     WiUiam     Cogswell, 
Mayor  of  the  City. 
Second  to  Tenth,  inclusive.  Annual  Reports 
of  the  Water  Board  of  the  City  of   Salem, 
Mass.,  to  the  City  Council. 
Report  of  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Provi- 
dence Water  Works.     January,  1871. 
History  of  the  Water  Works  of  the  City  of 

Providence.     William  Aspinwall. 
Second,  Third  and  Fourth  Annual  Reports 
of  the   Board  of  Water  Commissioners  of 
the  City  of  Providence,  and  Report  of  the 
Engineer  and  Superintendent. 
First  to  Tenth  and  final  Quarterly  Reports 
of  the  Board  of  Water  Commissioners  of 
the  City  of  Providence. 
First  to  Seventeenth  Quarterly  Rei^orts  of  the 
Water  Commissioners  of  the  City  of  Provi- 
dence. 
Loss  of  Head,  Affecting  Fire  Streams.   Provi- 
dence Water  Works. 
Data  in  relation  to  Providence  Water  Works. 
Report  on  the  Proposed  Enlargement  of  the 

Montreal  Water  Works,  with  maps. 
First  to  Eighth,  inclusive.  Annual  Reports 
of  the  Public  Water  Board  of  the  City  of 
Lynn,    Mass.     Duplicates    of   Third    and 
Eighth. 
First  to  Seventh,  inclusive.  Annual  Reports 
of  the  Water  Board  of  the  City  of  Lowell  to 
the  City  Council. 
Data    in    relation    to    the  Water  Works     of 
Lowell,  Mass. 


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Second  to  Tenth  Annual  Reports  of  the 
Acushnet  Water  Board  to  the  City  Council 
of  New  Bedford,  Mass. 

Reports  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works, 
Milwaukee,  Wis.,  for  the  years  1872, 1876  to 
1879,  inclusive. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Public  Works, 
City  of  Milwaukee,  1875,  1876,  1877,  1878 

Second  to  Eighth,  inclusive,  Annual  Reports 
of  the  Board  of  Water  Commissioners  and 
Engineers  of  the  City  of  Manchester,  N.  H. 
Duplicate  of  second  and  fifth. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  Man- 
chester, N.  H. 

Milwaukee  Water  Works.  Report  of  Board 
of  Water  Commissioners,  December  1, 
1873,  to  December  31,  1874. 

Report  on  Milwaukee  Water  Works,  submit- 
ted by  E.  S.  Chesbrough,  C.  E.,  to  his 
Honor  the  Mayor  and  the  Committee  on 
Water  Works  of  the  City  of  Milwaukee, 
Oct   28,  1868. 

Reports  on  the  Trial  of  Duty  and  Capacity 
of  the  Pumping  Engines  of  Milwaukee 
Water  Works,  May,  1875. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  Mil- 
waiikee. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  village  of  Kalamazoo, 
Mich.,  for  the  years  1875  to  1877  and  1880. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  Kala- 
mazoo, Mich. 

Reports  of  the  Newark  Aqueduct  Board  of  the 
City  of  Newark,  N.  J.,  for  the  years  1870  to 
1879,  inclusive. 

Report  on  additional  Water  Supply  of  New- 
ark, N.  J.,  March  6,  1879.  J.  J.  R.  Croes, 
C.  E. 

Rules  and  Regulations  of  the  Newark  Aque- 
duct Board  governing  the  sujiply  of  Water 
for  the  City  of  Newark,  N.  J. 

Act  of  Incorporating  the  Newark  Aqueduct 
Board. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  New- 
ark, N.  J. 

First  to  Eleventh,  inclusive.  Reports  of  the 
Board  of  Water  Commissioners  of  the  City 
of  Providence  on  Sewers. 

Reports  of  the  Water  Commissioners  of  the 
City  of  Providence  on  Sewers  for  the  years 
1873  and  1874. 

Reports  of  Committees  appointed  by  the 
Board  of  Aldermen  to  coiistruct  sewers  for 
the  City  of  Providence,  R.  I. 

Report  on  Sewerage  in  the  City  of  Provi- 
dence, R  I. 

Official  Reports  of  the  Duty  Trials  of  the 
Providence  High-Service  Pumping  Engines 
and  the  contracts  under  which  the  engines 
were  constructed. 

The  Nagle  Pumping  Engine,  built  by  the 
Pi'ovideuce  Steam  Engine  Compauy. 

Thirteenth,  Eoutteenth  and  Fifteenth  An- 
nual Repons  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the 
New  Haven,  Conn.,  Water  Co.  to  the  Stock- 
holders. 

Reports  of  the  Water  Commissioners,  Chief 
Engineer,  Commissioners  of  Main  Drains, 
etc.,  and  Prudential  Committee  of  the  Pitts- 
field  Fire  District  for  the  years  1868  to 
1875,  inclusive. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  Pitts- 
field,  Mass. 

Annual  Ketjorts  to  the  Fire  District  of  Pitts- 
field,  Mass.,  lor  the  years  1876  to  1879,  in- 
clusive. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  City  Officers  of  the 


City  of  Decatur,  111.,  for  the  years  1878  to 
1880,  inclusive, 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  Deca- 
tur, 111. 

Sixth  to  Thirteenth  (inclusive)  Annual  Re- 
ports of  the  Board  of  Water  Commissioners 
of  the  City  of  Waterbury  to  the  Court  of 
Common  Council. 

Reports  of  the  Board  of  Water  Commission- 
ers, the  City  Clerk,  City  Treasurer  and 
Treasurer  of  Bronsou  Library  Fund  of  the 
City  of  Waterbury,  Conn. 

Municipal  Reports,  City  of  Reading,  Penn., 
for  the  year  1877. 

Auditor's  Seventeenth  Annual  Report  of  the 
Receipts  and  Expenditures  of  the  City  of 
Portland  for  the  financial  year  1875-76. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Auditors,  Common 
Council  and  other  officers  of  the  City  of 
Vergennes  Vt.,  for  the  year  ending  March 
8, 1879. 

Annual  Report  of  the  City  Comptroller  of 
the  City  of  Milwaukee  for  the  year  ending 
December  31,  1879. 

Fourteenth,  Fifteenth,  Seventeenth  to  Twen- 
ty-sixth Annual  Reports  of  the  Board  of 
Water  Commissioners  of  the  City  of  Hart- 
ford, Conn. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of 
Hartford,  Conn. 

First  and  Second  Annual  Reports  of  the 
Water  Works  Company  of  Indianapolis, 
Ind. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  Indi- 
anapolis, Ind. 

Statement  of  the  Finances  of  the  City  of 
Jacksonville,  lU.,  for  the  years  1875  to  1877, 
inclusive. 

Data  in  relation  to  the  Water  Works  of 
Jacksonville,  lU. 

Reports  of  Chief  lingineer.  Board  of  Public 
Works  of  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  for  the  years 
1871  to  1878,  inclusive. 

Tariff  of  Rates  and  Regulations  for  the  Use 
of  the  Passaic  Water;  also  Rules  Regulat- 
ing the  Plumbing  of  Houses  and  the  Tap- 
ping of  Sewers  for  the  years  1871  to  1879, 
inclusive. 

A  Report  on  Supplying  the  City  of  Oswego 
with  Water,  made  to  the  Mayor  and  Com- 
mon Council.  Wm.  J.  McAlpiue,  C.  E. 
September,  1860. 

Annual  Reports  Submitted  to  the  Board  of 
Councilmen  of  the  City  of  Newport,  Ky., 
for  the  years  1875  to  1879,  inclusive. 

First  Report  of  the  Superintendent  of  Water 
Works  of  the  City  of  Newport,  Ky.,  to  the 
Committee  on  Water  Works  of  the  City 
Council,  made  January  1,  1874. 

Annual  Report  Submitted  to  the  City  Coun- 
cil of  the  City  of  Newport,  Ky.,  for  the 
years  1871  to  1873,  inclu.sive. 

Rules  and  Regulations  for  the  Management 
and  Protection  of  the  Newport  Water 
Works,  as  Adopted  by  the  Board  of  Water 
Works  Trustees.  April  9.  1874,  and  con- 
firmed by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
Newport.  April  15,  1874. 

Newport  Water  Works'  Reports  to  the  Board 
of  Councilmen  from  March  17  to  December 
31,  1874. 

Report  of  Water  Works  to  the  Common  Coun- 
cil of  the  City  of  Newport.  T.  R.  Scow- 
down,  C.  E. 

Data  in  Relation  to  the  Water  Works  of 
Newport,  Ky. 

Reports,  First  to   Ninth,   inclusive,  of  the 


78 


APKIL    PROCEEDINGS. 


Board  of  Water  Comissioners  to  the  Town 
of  Northampton  on  the  Inauguration  and 
Construction  of  the  Water  Works. 

Data  in  Kelation  to  the  Water  Works  of 
Northampton,   Mass. 

Annual  Kepoita  of  the  Water  Commissioners 
for  the  City  of  Ottawa,  Can.,  for  the  years 
1876  to  1879,  inclusive. 

Corporation  of  the  City  of  Ottawa,  Canada, 
Auditor's  Report  for  the  year  1875. 

Assessment  Roll  of  By  Ward,  City  of  Otta- 
wa, Canada,  for  the  \ear  1876 

Assessment  Roll  of  Wellington  Ward,  City  of 
Ottawa,  Canada,  for  the  year  1876. 

Annual  Kei^ort  of  the  New  Orleans  Water 
Woi  ks  Company  to  the  Board  of  Directors, 
April  10, 1879  and  1880. 

Report  of  Administrator  of  Waterworks  and 
Public  Building  in  Relation  to  Operations 
of  the  City  Water  Works  for  the  financial 
year  ending  September  30,  1871.  New  Or- 
leans, La. 

Report  of  the  Department  of  Water  Works 
and  Public  Buildings  from  December  19, 
1876,  to  December  31,  1877.  New  Orleans, 
La.,  January  15,  1878. 

Data  in  Relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  New 
Orleans,  La. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Superintendent  of 
the  Water  Works,  City  of  Allegheny,  for  the 
year  1878. 

Denver  City  Water  Company.  Articles  of  As- 

^  sociation.  Contracts  with  the  City  of  Den- 
ver, etc. 

Water  Commissioners'  Report,  with  Water 
Rates,  Contro  Costa  Water  Company,  Oak- 
land, Cal.,  adopted  July  26,  1877. 

Eighth  Annual  Report  of  the  Town  Oificers 
of  Everett,  Mass.,  for  the  year  ending  Feb. 
28,  1878. 


Long  Branch,  N.  J.,  Water  Works.  1877. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Somerville  Mystic 
Water  Board,  1877. 

Report  of  Commissioners  and  Engineer  of 
the  Plymouth,  Mass.,  Water  Works,  1875. 

Report  of  the  Superintendent  of  the  Water 
Works  of  Decatur,  111. 

Holly  Water  Works  in  Maine,  New  York,  In- 
diana and  Georgia. 

Data  in  Relation  to  the  Water  Works  of  the 
following: 

Port  Jervis,  N.  Y. ;  Denison,  Texas  ;  Fred- 
erick, Md..:  Altoona,  Pa.;  Bethlehem,  Pa.; 
Newport,  R  I.;  Plattsburg,  N.  Y.;  Des 
Moines,  Iowa ;  Bristol,  Pa.  ;  Plymouth, 
Pa.;  York,  Pa.;  Danbury,  Conn.;  San  Jose, 
Cal.;  Glens  Falls,  N.  Y.;  Petersburg,  Va.; 
Dunkirk,  N.  Y.;  Winona,  Minn.;  Athol, 
Mass.;  Oakland,  Cal.;  Muscatine,  Iowa; 
Wooster,  Ohio;  Montgomery,  Ala;  Potts- 
viUe,  Pa  ;  Anamosa  and  Cedar  Rapids, 
Iowa  ;  Batavia,  N.  Y.;  Greenfield,  Mass.; 
Kittanning,  Pa.;  Birmingham,  Ala.  ;  Shel- 
burn  Falls,  Mass  ;  Denver,  Col.;  St.  Paul, 
Minn.;  Stamford,  Conn.;  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Blank  Forms  for  Reservoir  and  Engine  Re- 
ports, Water  Rates,  etc..  Sterling,  111.; 
Corry,  Pa.;  Reading,  Pa.;  Geneva,  N.  Y.; 
St.  Joseph,  Mo.;  Charlottesville,  Va.;  Mar- 
quette, Mich.;  Nashua,  N.  H.;  Canajo- 
harie,  N.  Y.;  Louisville,  Ky.;  New  Bedford, 
Mass;  Vergennes,  Vt.  ;  Waukegan,  111.; 
Kansas  City,  Mo  ;  Jersey  City,  N.  J.; 
Mauch  Chunk,  Pa.;  New  York  City  ;  Pots- 
town,  Pa.;  Portland,  Me.;  Jackson,  Mich.; 
Oswego.  N.  Y.  ;  Martinsburg,  W.  Va.  ; 
Lynn,  Mass.;  Ottawa,  Canada;  Norwalk, 
Ohio,  and  New  Haven,  Conn. 


THE  ROWLAND  PRIZE. 


CODE  OF  RULES  FOR  ITS  AWARD. 


Not  more  tlian  one  prize  shall  be  awarded  each  year  for  papers  pre- 
sented during  the  year.  The  year  shall  terminate  on  the  first  day  of 
August,  and  the  award  shall  be  announced  at  the  annual  meeting  in 
January. 

The  prize  shall  consist  of  fifty  dollars  in  cash. 

The  award  shall  be  made  by  a  committee  consisting  of  the  Secretary 
and  two  members  of  the  Society,  to  be  appointed  by  the  Board  of  Di- 
rection. 

The  prize  shall  be  awarded  to  such  paper  as  the  committee  deem 
most  worthy  of  such  recognition,  the  preference  being  given  to  papers 
describing  in  detail  accomplished  works  of  construction,  their  cost  and 
manner  of  execution,  and  the  errors  in  design  and  execution. 


APRIL   PEOCEEDINGS.  79 

THE   NORMAN   MEDAL. 


CODE  OF  RULES  FOR  ITS  AWARD. 

I.— Competition  for  the  Norman  Medal  of  the  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers  shall  be  restricted  to  members  of  the  Society. 

n.— There  shall  be  one  gold  medal,  and  only  one,  struck  for  each 
and  every  fiscal  year  of  the  Society,  and  awarded  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided. The  dies  therefor  shall  be  with  the  Superintendent  of  the 
United  States  Mint  at  Philadelphia,  in  trust  exclusively  for  the  above 
purpose.  Such  medal  shall  be  of  a  cost  equal  to  the  annual  interest 
received  upon  $1  000  of  the  Consolidated  Stock  of  the  City  of  New 
York,  Certificate  No.  179,  of  the  additional  new  Croton  Aqueduct  Stock 
of  the  City  of  New  York,  authorized  by  an  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  Chap.  230,  passed  April  15th,  1870,  dated  November 
17th,  1873,  now  held  in  trust  by  the  Treasurer  of  this  Society,  and  so 
held  solely  for  this  purpose,  and  shall  be  executed  upon  his  order. 

IIL— All  original  papers  presented  to  the  Society  by  members  of  any 
class,  during  the  year  for  which  the  medal  is  awarded,  shall  be  open  to 
the  award,  provided  that  such  papers  shall  not  have  been  previously 
contributed  in  whole  or  in  part  to  any  other  association,  nor  have 
appeared  in  print  prior  to  their  publication  by  the  Society,  nor  have  been 
presented  to  the  Society  in  any  previous  year. 

IV.— The  Board  of  Censors  to  award  the  medal  shall  consist  of  three 
members  of  the  Society,  to  be  designated  by  the  Board  of  Direction. 
The  Secretary  of  the  Society  shall  act  as  Secretary  to  the  Board  of 
Censors. 

v.— The  medal  shall  be  awarded  to  such  paper  as  the  said  Board  shall 
judge  to  be  worthy  of  special  commendation  for  its  merits  as  a  contribu- 
tion to  engineering  science,  not  merely  relatively  as  compared  with 
others  presented  during  the  same  year,  but  as  exhibiting  the  science, 
talent  or  industry  displayed  in  the  consideration  of  the  subject  treated 
of,  and  for  the  good  which  may  be  expected  to  result  from  the  discussion 
and  the  inquiry, 

VI.— In  case  no  paper  presented  during  the  year  shall  be  deemed  of 
sufficient  value  to  receive  an  award,  the  amount  of  the  interest  of  the 
fund  for  that  year  shall  be  expended  by  the  Board  of  Direction  in  the 
purchase  of  books,  to  be  offered  as  a  premium  for  the  second  best  paper 
in  the  next  year  in  which  more  than  one  paper  of  sufficient  value  may  be 
presented. 

V-fl-— Tlie  medal  year  shall  terminate  on  the  first  day  of  August,  and 
the  award  shaU  be  announced  at  the  annual  meeting. 

VIII- —Tiie  Treasurer  of  this  Society  shall  cause  the  medal  to  be 
prepared  and  delivered  to,  or  deposited  to  the  order  of,  the  successful 
competitor,  within  two  months  after  the  annual  meeting  at  which  the 
same  shaU  have  been  awarded. 


80  APEIL   PROCEEDIXGS. 

LIST  OF  MEMBERS. 


ADDITIONS 


MEMBEES.  Date  of  Election. 


Bktson,  Andrew Ch.  Engineer  Harlem  and  Hartford 

E.  E.  and  East  Eiver  and  Con- 
necticut E.  E.,  Korwalk,  Conn. .  .  April  1,  1885. 

BuTLEE,  Matthew  Joseph.  ..Cb.  Engineer  Naimnee,  Tarn  worth 
and  Quebec  E.  E.,  Napanee,  Can- 
ada    "        " 

Dawley,  Edwxn  Peleg Engineer  New  York,  Providence  and 

Boston  E.  E.,  Providence,  E.  I. . .  "         " 

Gelette,  William  Dukfee .  .Ch.  Assistant  Engineer  Central  Pa- 
cific E.  E.,  corner  Fourth  and 
Townsend  streets,  San  Francisco, 
Cal " 

Henthoen,  John  Thomas..  Corliss  Steam  Engine  Co.,  Provi- 
dence, E.  I Dec.   3,  1884. 

Hilbeet,  Heliodoee  .John.  .335  Hanover  street,  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  April  1,  1885. 

Walton,  Louis  Eobeets  ....  Engineer  for  the  St.  Bernard  Coal 

Co.,  Earlington,  Ky "         " 

Whitlock,  Fbank  Wallace. (Elected  Junior,  October  4,  1876.) 
Assistant  Engineer,  City  En- 
gineer's office  (P.  O.  Bos  715), 
Waterbury,  Conn "         " 

deaths. 

Haddock,  Abba  E Elected    Associate,  May   4,  1881;  died    February 

28,  1885. 
I^ngsley,  William  C Elected    Fellow,   June    6,    1870  :  died     February 

21,  1885. 
Meez,  Feedeeick  W Elected    Fellow,    May  6,  1870;    died    December, 

1883. 
Wightman,  Heney  M Elected    Member,    April  2,    1873;     died    April  3, 

1885. 


mrmx  locWg  of  muil  iujgineers. 


PROCEEDINGS. 


Vol.  XL— May,  1885. 


MINUTES    OF     MEETINGS, 

(Abstract  of  sucli  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


May  6th,  1885. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  President  Frederic 
Graff  in  the  chair  ;  John  Bogart,  Secx*etary.  Ballots  were  canvassed 
and  the  following  candidates  elected  :  as  Members— Clifford  Bnxton, 
Toledo,  Ohio  ;  Richard  Morley  Harison,  Liveriaool,  England ;  John 
Franklin  Hinckley,  North  Springfield,  Mo.;  Olaf  Hoff,  Pittsburgh, 
Pa. ;  Edmund  Dorman  Libby,  St.  Louis,  Mo. ;  Robert  Henry  Temple, 
Richmond,  Va, ;  Theodore  Voorhis,  Balston  Spa,  N.  Y. ;  as  Junior — 
David  Coley  Sanford,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Announcement  was  made  that  the  Convention  of  the  Society  would 
be  held  at  Deer  Park,  Md.,  on  the  line  of  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Rail- 
road, June  24th  to  27th,  1885. 

The  presentation  to  the  Society  by  Dr.  J.  E.  Hilgard,  M.  Am.  Soc. 
C.  E.,  Superintendent  United  States  Coast  and  Geodetic  Survey,  of  a 
model  of  the  basin  of  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  from  soundings  made  by  the 
United  States  Coast  Survey,  was  announced. 

A  paper  by  Eliot  C.  Clarke,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  "Record  of  Tests 
of  Cement  made  for  the  Boston  Main  Drainage  Works,  1878-1884," 
was  presented. 

The  discussion  of  the  paper  on  the  South  Pass  Jetties  was  continued 
by  Messrs.  James  B.  Eads  and  E.  L.  Corthell. 


82  MAY    PROCEEDINGS. 

May  20th,  1885.— The  Society  met  at  8  r.  m.,  Mr.  Joseph  P.  Davis, 
M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. ,  in  the  chair  ;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.  The  paper  by 
C.  C.  Schneider,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  The  Cantilever  Bridge  at 
Niagara  Falls,  was  discussed  by  Messrs.  Christie,  T.  C.  Clarke,  Cooper, 
Gayler,  Goodridge,  Hawks,  Macdonald,  Marshall,  Morison,  Frederick 
H.  Smith,  Henry  W.  Wilson,  Joseph  M.  Wilson  and  Schneider. 

The  paper  by  George  H.  Pegram,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  "Formulas 
for  the  Weights  of  Iron  and  Steel  Kailway  Bridges  under  Standard 
Specifications,"  was  discussed  by  Messrs.  Becker,  Hughes,  Hutton, 
Cooper,  Macdonald,  Whittemore,  Joseph  M.  Wilson  and  Pegram. 

OF  THE  BOAKD  OF  DIRECTION. 

May  6th,  188.5.— Applications  were  considered.  The  Committee  of 
the  Board  reported  the  result  of  a  visit  to  points  which  had  been  con- 
sidered with  reference  to  the  next  Convention.  The  determination  of 
the  time  and  place  for  the  Convention  having  been  at  the  Annual  Meet- 
ing of  the  Society  referred,  with  power,  to  the  Board,  it  was  determined 
that  the  place  should  be  Deer  Park,  Md.,  and  the  time,  June  24th,  1885. 
Action  was  taken  as  to  Convention  details. 

May  20th,  1885. — A  communication  received  on  the  subject  of  the 
Report  of  the  Committee  on  a  Uniform  System  for  Tests  of  Cement  was 
directed  to  be  sent  to  that  committee.  A  communication,  entitled  "  The 
Permanent  Basis  for  a  National  Engineering  Society,"  was  presented 
with  a  letter  from  A.  M.  Wellington,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  and  it  was 
directed  that  the  communication  be  printed  for  the  information  of  mem- 
bers who  may  wish  to  discuss  the  subject  in  the  regular  meeting  of  the 
Society,  to  be  held  during  the  Convention,  for  the  transaction  of 
business. 


wrican  lamlg  of  i^wil  fnjin^ijrs. 


I^ROOEEDINQS. 


Vol.   XI.— June,  1885. 


MINUTES    OF     MEETINGS 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


ANNUAL  CONVENTION  OF  THE  SOCIETY. 

Held  at  Deer  Paek,  Maetland,  on  the  24th,  25th  and  26th  of  June, 

1885. 


FiEST  Session. 


Wednesday,  June  24th,  9:30  a.  m. — The  Convention  was  called  to 
order  by  Mr.  Fkederic  Graff,  President  of  the  Society.  The  Secretary, 
Mr.  John  Bogart,  read  the  provisions  of  the  Society  law  relating  to 
Conventions.  The  President  stated  that  tinder  the  provisions  of  that 
law  referring  to  the  chairmanship  of  the  Convention,  he  had  been  re- 
quested by  the  Committee  of  Arrangements  to  nominate  Mr.  Mendes 
Cohen,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  of  Baltimore,  Md.  Mr.  Cohen  was,  by  the 
Convention,  elected  Chairman  and  was  introduced  by  President  Graff. 
Mr.  Cohen  said: — 

Mr.  President  and  Members  of  the  Society,  I  am  deeply  sensible  of 
the  distinguished  honor  conferred  upon  me  in  thus  selecting  me  to  pre- 
side over  your  Convention,  and  am  equally  sensible  of  my  own  want  of 
experience  in  previous  Conventions  of  the  Society,  so  that  I  must  trust 
somewhat  to  your  indulgence.  We  meet  here,  for  the  first  time,  I  think, 
in  the  history  of  the  Society,  in  the  State  of  Maryland,  and  as  one  of  the 
few  members  of  the  Society  from  this  State  I  bid  you  a  hearty  welcome. 
You  are  on  the  line  of  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad,  a  work  with 
which  the  State  has  been  very  largely  indentified  from  the  very  outset, 


84  JUNE   PROCEEDINGS. 

and  a  work  which  has  grown  from  a  very  bold  undertaking  and  very 
small  beginnings  to  its  present  proportions.  The  road,  in  its  develop- 
ment, has  extended  now  to  the  far  west,  and,  as  you  all  know,  is  striving 
to  reach  the  north  as  well.  The  success  of  the  road  has  been  very  largely 
due  to  the  honesty  with  which  it  was  originally  built.  What  is  claimed 
for  it  especially  is  that  very  little  of  the  money  laid  out  on  it  has  ever 
stuck  to  anybody's  fingers,  it  has  all  gone  into  the  work;  and  that,  per- 
haps, is  one  of  the  reasons  why  to-day  it  is  successful  when  a  great  many 
other  roads  are  in  trouble— there  has  been  but  little  money  wasted  upon 
it  in  the  past. 

The  Past  Presidents  of  the  Society  present  at  the  Convention,  Messrs. 
Julius  W.  Adams,  James  B.  Francis  and  Don  J.  Whittemoke,  and  the 
President,  Mr.  Feedekic  Geaff,  were  requested  to  occupy  seats  with  the 
Chairman. 

Mr.  John  Bogaet,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  was  chosen  Secretary,  and  Capt. 
O.  E.  MiCHAELis,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  was  chosen  Assistant  Secretary  of 
the  Convention. 

The  order  of  proceedings  as  prepared  by  a  Committee  of  Arrangements 
was  then  announced. 

A  paper  by  Mr.  Edwaed  Bates  Doesey,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on 
"  English  and  American  Eailroads  Compared,"  was,  in  the  absence  of 
the  writer,  read  by  Secretary  Bogart,  and  discussed  by  Messrs.  M.  J. 
Becker,  W.  H.  Bixby,  John  Bogart,  O.  Chanute,  Mendes  Cohen,  F.  Col- 
lingwood,  E.  L.  Corthell,  J.  J.  R.  Croes,  Thomas  Egleston,  Frederic 
Graff,  Charles  E.  Goad,  J.  J.  De  Kinder,  Edward  P.  North,  O.  E. 
Michaelis,  James  Owen,  William  Sellers,  William  P.  Shinn,  Oberlin 
Smith,  and  A.  M.  WeUington. 

A  paper  by  Professor  Thomas  Egleston,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  "  The 
Cause  and  Prevention  of  Decay  in  Building  Stones,"  was  read  by  the 
writer,  and  discussed  by  Messrs.  M.  J.  Becker,  W.  H.  Bixby,  Fred. 
Brooks,  Charles  B.  Brush,  Mendes  Cohen,  F.  Collingwood,  Theodore 
Cooper,  J.  J.  R.  Croes,  F.  G.  Darlington,  J.  F.  Flagg,  Thomas  H.  John- 
son, W.  Katte,  P.  Roberts,  Jr.,  William  P.  Shinn,  Oberlin  Smith,  D.  J. 
Whittemore,  C.  J.  H.  Woodbury,  and  Thomas  Egleston. 

Second  Session. 

June  24th. — The  session  of  the  Convention  was  resumed  at  3  o'clock, 
Mr.  Mendes  Cohen,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  in  the  chair. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  Preservation  of  Timber  was  pre- 
sented by  Mr.  O.  Chanute,  Chairman  of  the  Committee,  and  was  read 
by  Assistant  Secretary  O.  E.  Michaelis.  The  subject  was  discussed  by 
Messrs.  F.  Collingwood,  J.  Foster  Crowell,  J.  J.  R.  Croes,  Thomas 
Egleston,  J.  F.  Flagg,  James  B.  Francis,  E.  A.  Fuertes,  C.  Latimer,  A. 
W,  Locke,  Edward  P.  North,  and  D.  J.  Whittemore. 


i 


JUNE   PKOCEEDINGS.  85 

Third  Session. 

June  24th. — The  session  of  tlie  Conventiou  was  resumed  Wednesday 
evening,  at  8  o'clock,  Mr.  Mendes  Cohen,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  in  the 
chair. 

The  Annual  Address  was  delivered  by  Mr.  Fredekic  Geaff,  Presi- 
dent Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

After  the  close  of  the  address  stereopticon  views  of  bridges  and  other 
structures  illustrating  discussions  were  exhibited  by  Mr.  John  Bogart, 
Secretary. 

Fourth  Session. 

Thursday,  June  25th. — The  session  of  the  Convention  was  resumed 
Thursday  morning,  at  9.30  o'clock,  Mr.  Mendes  Cohen,  M.  Am.  Soc. 
C.  E.,  in  the  chair. 

A  paper  by  Mr.  F.  Collingwood,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.  on  "  The  Pres- 
ervation of  Forests,"  was  read  by  the  writer,  and  the  subject  was  dis- 
cussed in  connection  with  the  subject  of  the  Preservation  of  Timber  by 
Messrs.  O.Chaniite,  Mendes  Cohen,  F.  Collingwood,  J.  J.  E.  Croes,  J. 
P.  Plagg,  James  B.  Francis,  T.  Egleston,  Charles  Latimer,  G.  Liuden- 
thal,  Edward  P.  North,  J.  Nelson  Tubbs,  A.  M.  Wellington,  and  C.  J.  H. 
Woodbury. 

A  paper  by  Mr.  Joseph  M.  Wilson,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  "  Speci- 
fications for  Strength  of  Iron  Bridges,"  was,  in  the  absence  of  the 
writer,  read  by  Assistant  Secretary  O.  E.  Michaelis.  This  paper,  and 
the  paper  by  Mr.  C.  C.  Schneider,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  "The  Canti- 
lever Bridge  at  Niagara  Falls,"  were  discussed  by  Messrs.  Benjamin 
Baker,  M.  J.  Becker,  O.  Chanute,  F.  Collingwood,  Theodore  Cooper,  J. 
G.  Dagron,  F.  G.  Darlington,  E.  B.  Dorsey,  Charles  Douglas  Fox,  G. 
Lindenthal,  Charles  A.  Marshall,  P.  Roberts,  Jr.,  William  Sellers,  and 
C.  L.  Strobel . 

The  desire  of  the  Department  of  Steam  Transportation  of  the  United 
States  National  Museum,  at  Washington,  to  secure  all  practicable  aid 
from  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  in  perfecting  its  collection 
was  presented  by  Mr.  J.  Elfreth  Watkins,  C.  E. 

Fifth  Session. 

June  25th. — The  session  of  the  Convention  was  resumed  Thursday 
evening  after  the  business  meeting,  Mr.  William  P.  Shinn,  M.  Am. 
Soc.  C.  E. ,  in  the  chair,  pro  tempore. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  E.  L.  Corthell,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  it  was  re- 
solved :  That  during  the  remaining  sessions  of  the  Convention,  the  read- 
ing of  joapers  or  discussions  be  limited  to  fifteen  minutes  each,  and  that 
oral  discussions  be  limited  to  five  minutes  ;  that  these  limits  be  extended 


86  JUNE   PROCEEDINGS. 

in  no  case  except  by  vote  of  the  Convention,  and  that  no  person  should 
speak  more  than  twice  on  the  same  subject. 

The  provisions  of  the  Society  Law  were  read  in  reference  to  the  ap- 
pointment of  a  committee  to  present  nominations  for  officers  of  the 
Society  for  the  next  year,  and  the  following  members  of  the  Society  were 
duly  elected  as  such  committee  : — J.  Herbert  Shedd,  of  Providence,  E.  I. ; 
M.  J.  Becker,  of  Columbus,  Ohio  ;  Rudolph  Fink,  of  Little  Eock,  Ark. ; 
D.  J.  Whittemore,  of  Milwaukee,  Wis.  ;  George  H.  Mendell,  of  San 
Francisco,  Cal. 

Sixth   Session. 

Friday,  June  26th. — The  session  of  the  Convention  was  resumed 
Friday  morning,  at  9  ;30  o'clock,  Mr.  Mendes  Cohen,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C .  E. , 
in  the  chair. 

A  paper  by  Mr.  J.  A.  Ockekson,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  "New 
Method  of  Making  Conventional  Signs  on  Topographical  Maps,"  was, 
in  the  absence  of  the  writer,  read  by  Secretary  John  Bogart. 

A  i^aper  by  Mr.  W.  D.  Bullock,  Jun.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  "Description 
of  Guard  Gates  at  the  Point  Street  Bridge  at  Providence,  R.  L,"  was, 
in  the  absence  of  the  writer,  read  by  Secretary  John  Bogart. 

A  paper  by  Mr.  Clemens  Heeschel,  M.  Am,  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  "The 
Problem  of  the  Submerged  Weir,"  was,  in  the  absence  of  the  writer,  read 
by  Secretary  John  Bogart. 

The  paper  by  Mr.  E.  Sweet,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  "TheEadical  En- 
largement of  the  Artificial  Water-way  between  the  Lakes  and  the  Hudson 
River,"  was  discussed  by  Messrs.  A.  Bryson,  F.  Collingwood.  E.  L.  Cor- 
thell,  William  E.  Hutton,  and  Edward  P.  North. 

On  motion,  a  recess  was  taken  to  permit  the  continuation  of  the  busi- 
ness meeting  of  the  Society. 

Seventh  Session. 

Friday,  June  26th. — The  Session  of  the  Convention  was  resumed 
after  the  adjournment  of  the  business  meeting,  Mr.  Mendes  Cohen,  M. 
Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  in  the  chair. 

An  abstract  of  a  laaijer  by  Mr.  William  E.  Hutton,  Director  Am. 
Soc.  C.  E.,  on  "The  Mouth  of  the  Maas,"  was  read  by  the  author,  and 
discussed  by  Mr.  E.  L.  Corthell. 

An  abstract  of  a  paper  by  Capt.  O.  E.  Michaelis,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E., 
subject,  "  Can  we  make  Heavy  Guns  ?"  was  presented  by  the  author,  and 
discussed  by  Professor  T.  Egleston. 

A  paper  by  Mr.  Charles  Latimer,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  "  Eailroad 
Organization,"  was  read  by  the  writer,  and  discussed  by  Messrs.  O.  Cha- 
nute,  E.  L.  Corthell,  and  Charles  Latimer. 

A  paper  by  Mr.  Charles  B.  Brush,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  "  The 
Aeration  of  Water,"  was  read  by  the  author,  and  discussed  by  Messrs.  J. 


JUNE   PROCEEDINGS,  87 

J.  K.  Croes,  J.  F.  Flagg,  James  B,  Francis,  E.  Kuicbling,  William  E. 
Merrill,  J,  Nelson  Tubbs,  and  Charles  B.  Brush. 

An  abstract  of  a  paper  by  Professor  S.  W.  Robinson,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C. 
E.,  on  "  Vibration  of  Bridges,"  was  presented  by  the  author. 

Eighth  Session. 

Fkiday,  June  26th. — The  Session  of  the  Convention  was  resumed 
Friday  afternoon,  at  3  o'clock,  Mr.  William  Selleks,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.E., 
in  the  chair,  pro  tempore. 

A  paper  by  Mr.  William  P,  Shinn,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  "Power 
Brakes  for  Freight  Engines  and  Cars,"  was  read  by  the  writer,  and  dis- 
cussed by  Messrs.  F.  Collingwood,  E.  L.  Corthell,  J.  F.  Flagg,  Thomas 
H.  Johnson,  Charles  Latimer,  G.  Lindeuthal,  and  William  P.  Shinn. 

A  paper  by  Mr.  Thomas  H.  Johnson,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  the 
"  Strength  of  Columns,"  was  read  by  the  writer. 

A  discussion  by  Professor  A.  J.  Du  Bois,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. ,  on  the 
paper  on  "  Formulas  for  the  Weight  of  Iron  and  Steel  Railway  Bridges," 
was  read  by  Mr.  D.  McN.  Staufeer,  M.  Am.  Soc.C.  E.,  and  the  subject 
was  discussed  by  Mr.  George  H.  Pegram,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. ,  the  writer 
of  the  paper. 

A  discussion  by  Mr.  J.  A .  Ockerson,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. ,  on  the  paper 
by  Mr.  Robert  E.  McMath,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  "Levee  Theory  Tested 
by  Facts,"  was  presented  by  the  Secretary. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Charles  Latimer,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. ,  it  was  re- 
solved :  That  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  in  convention 
assembled,  views  with  satisfaction  the  effort  being  made  by  the  National 
Government,  through  the  Smithsonian  Institution,  to  perpetuate  the  his- 
tory of  the  birth  and  development  of  the  American  Railway  System,  by 
the  establishment  of  the  new  department  of  Steam  Transportation  in  the 
National  Museum. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Edward  P.  North,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  it  was  re- 
resolved  :  That  the  thanks  of  the  Convention  of  the  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers  be  tendered  to  the  officers  of  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio 
Railroad  for  the  courtesies  and  kindness  extended  to  the  members  of  the 
Society  in  the  arrangements  made  for  their  comfort  by  that  railroad  ; 
also  to  Mr.  R.  K.  Martin,  C.  E.,  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Baltimore  Water 
Works,  for  the  instructive  and  enjoyable  trip  to  the  works  under  his 
charge  ;  also  to  the  members  of  the  Society  resident  at  Baltimore,  for 
their  attention  to  those  visiting  that  city  en  route  to  the  Convention. 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Convention  be  tendered  to  Mendes 
Cohen,  Esq.,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  Chairman  of  the  Convention,  for  the 
able  and  courteous  manner  in  which  he  has  conducted  the  deliberations 
of  this  Convention. 

The  Convention  then  adjourned. 


88  JUNE    PEOCEEDIKGS. 

The  following  93  members  were  in  attendance  at  the  Convention  : 
'  Julius  W.  Adams,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  ;  W.  H.  Atwood,  Fannettsburg,  Pa.  ; 
Fred.  Brooks,  Boston,  Mass.  ;  John  W.  Bacon,  Danbury,  Conn.  ;  John 
Bogart,  Henry  B.  Bradbury,  New  York  City  ;  Wm.  F.  Booth,  Pough- 
keepsie,  N.  Y.  ;  Charles  B .  Brush,  Hoboken,  N.  J.  ;  A.  Bryson,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.  ;  C.  P.  E.  Burgwyn,  Kichmond,  Va.  ;  Wm.  H,  Bixby, 
Wilmington,  N.  C.  ;  M.  J.  Becker,  Columbus,  Ohio  ;  G.  Bouscaren, 
Cincinnati,  Ohio  ;  Theodore  Cooj^er,  E.  L.  Corthell,  J.  James  E.  Croes, 
New  York  City  ;  W.  B.  Cogswell,  Syracuse ;  C.  L.  Crandall,  Ithaca, 
N.  Y.  ;  Francis  Collingwood,  Elizabeth  ;  Martin  Coryell,  Lambertville, 
N.  J.  ;  Mendes  Cohen,  Baltimore,  Md.  ;  S.  H.  Chittenden,  Washington, 
D.  C.  ;  J.  Foster  Crowell,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  ;  O.  Chanute,  Kansas  City, 
Mo.  ;  E.  P.  Dawley,  Providence,  R.  I.  ;  Joseph  P.  Davis,  New  York 
City  ;  Frank  G.  Darlington,  Pittsburgh  ;  Charles  Davis,  Allegheny,  Pa.  ; 
Thomas  Egleston,  New  York  City  ;  James  B.  Francis,  Lowell,  Mass.  ; 
Arthur  J.  Frith,  J.  Foster  Flagg,  New  York  City  ;  E.  A.  Fuertes,  Ithaca, 
N.  Y.  ;  Rudolph  Fink,  Little  Rock,  Ark.  ;  Fred.  Graff,  Philadelphia, 
Pa. ;  David  M.  Greene,  Troy,  N.  Y. ;  Charles  E.  Goad,  Montreal,  Canada  ; 
Charles  E.  Greene,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.  ,  Stephen  S.  Haight,  West 
Farms  ;  Wm.  J.  Haskins,  Frank  H.  Howes,  William  R.  Hutton,  New 
York  City  ;  William  A.  Haven,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  ;  James  H.  Harlow,  Will- 
iam P.  Harris,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. ;  James  D.  Hawks,  Detroit,  Mich. ;  W.  H. 
Jennings,  Thomas  H.  Johnson,  Columbus,  Ohio;  Walter  Katte,  New 
York  City;  Emil  Kuichling,  Rochester;  Louis  H.  Knapp,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. ; 
A.  W.  Locke,  North  Adams,  Mass. ;  C.  H.  Latrobe,  Baltimore,  Md. ; 
Gustav  Lindenthal,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.;  Charles  Latimer,  Cleveland,  Ohio; 
Sidney  F.  Lewis,  New  Orleans,  La. ;  O.  E.  Michaelis,  West  Troy,  N.  Y. ; 
Henry  G.  Morris,  Philadelphia,  Pa. ;  David  E.  McComb,  A.  G.  Menocal, 
Washington,  D.  C;  C.  A.  Marshall,  Johnstown,  Pa.;  William  E.  Merrill, 
Cincinnati,  Ohio;  Edward  P.  North,  F.  O.  Norton,  New  York  City; 
James  Owen,  Newark  ;  F.  S.  Odell,  Lawrenceville,  N.  J.  ;  Franklin  C. 
Prindle,  Bloomfield,  N.  J.  ;  George  H.  Pegram,  Wilmington,  Del.  ; 
John  A.  Partridge,  Washington,  D.  C.  ;  William  A.  Pratt,  Clarksburg, 
W.  Va.  ;  James  C.  Post,  Cincinnati,  Ohio  ;  Joseph  R.  Richards,  Boston, 
Mass.  ;  B.  Frank  Richardson,  Percival  Roberts,  Jr.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  ; 
James  L.  Randolph,  Baltimore,  Md.  ;  S.  W.  Robinson,  Columbus, 
Ohio;  George  F.  Swain,  Boston,  Mass.  ;  William  P.  Shinn,  D.  McN. 
Stauffer,  New  York  City  ;  Oberlin  Smith,  Bridgeton,  N.  J.  ;  William 
Sellers,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  ;  Frederick  H.  Smith,  Baltimore,  Md.  ; 
Charles  L.  Strobel,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  ;  Arthur  H,  Scott,  Milwaukee, 
Wis.  ;  J.  Nelson  Tubbs,  Rochester,  N.  Y.  ;  William  Watson,  C.  J.  H. 
Woodbury,  Boston,  Mass.  ;  Edmund  B.  Weston,  Providence,  R.  I.  ; 
Nelson  J.  Welton,  Waterbury,  Conn.  ;  A.  M.  Wellington,  William  H. 
Wiley,  New  York  City;  John  A.  Wilson,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  and  D.J. 
Whittemore,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 


JUNE    PROCEEDINGS.  89 

Forty-six  ladies  of  the  families  of  members  accompanied  them  on 
the  occasion  of  this  Convention. 

On  Thursday  afternoon,  by  invitation  of  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio 
Eailroad,  an  excursion  was  made  to  the  Cheat  River  Grade,  the  King- 
wood  Tunnel,  the  Tray  Run  Viaduct,  and  other  points  on  the  mountain 
division  of  the  road.  The  Tray  Run  Viaduct  was  designed  thirty-three 
years  ago  by  Mr.  Albert  Fink,  Past  President  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. ,  and  is 
l^articularly  interesting  as  one  of  the  earliest  iron  viaducts.  Under  the 
guidance  of  the  engineers  who  had  been  engaged  in  the  construction  of 
the  railway,  the  line,  with  10  per  cent,  grade,  which  was  operated  during 
the  construction  of  the  Kiugwood  Tunnel,  was  examined.  The  beauti- 
ful scenery  of  the  Cheat  River  was  greatly  enjoyed. 

On  Friday  evening  occurred  the  banquet,  at  the  Deer  Park  Hotel. 
Towards  the  close  of  the  banquet  toasts  were  given  and  responded  to 
as  follows  : 

"  The  Pioneer  Railroad  Engineers  of  Our  Country  :  Their  daring 
and  successful  efforts  have  furnished  a  sure  foundation  for  the  present 
magnificent  superstructure."  Responded  to  by  Mr.  Mendes  Cohen, 
Chairman  of  the  Convention. 

"  The  Engineer  :  A  man  of  broad  scientific  education,  ready  to 
undertake  the  utilization  of  every  phenomenon  and  jDower  of  nature  to 
the  needs  of  man."  Responded  to  by  Mr.  Don  J.  Whittemore,  Past 
President  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

"  The  Engineer  Abroad  :  The  modern  apostle  preaching  and  practic- 
ing true  scientific  methods  m  partibus  remotis."  Responded  to  by  Mr. 
Charles  H.  Latrobe,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

"  Our  Past  Presidents  :  The  laurels  they  have  won  are  imperishable 
garlands  that  will  keep  their  memories  green  in  our  annals."  Responded 
to  by  Col.  Julius  W.  Adams,  Past  President  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

"  The  Future  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  as  a  Factor 
in  Engineering  Progress. "  Responded  to  by  Mr.  Frederic  GraJBf,  Presi- 
dent Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

"  The  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad  :  Pioneer  and  Picturesque." 
Responded  to  by  Mr.  Samuel  Spencer,  First  Vice-President  of  the  B. 
and  O.  R.  R. 

"The  Ladies."  Responded  to  by  Mr.  Theodore  Cooper,  Director 
Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 


A  large  number  of  members  of  the  Society  met  in  Baltimore  on  the 
Monday  previous  to  the  Convention.  Arrangements  had  been  made  by 
the  members  resident  in  Baltimore,  in  concert  with  other  residents  of 
the  city,  and  with  the  officers  of  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad,  for 
two  excursions  on  Monday  afternoon. 

One  party  left  the  Camden  station  early  in  the  afternoon  and  went 


90  JUNE    PROCEEDINGS. 

by  rail  to  Locust  Point,  and  inspected  the  freight  and  marine  terminal 
arrangements  of  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad,  the  elevators  and 
docks.     The  fire  service  was  also  exhibited. 

A  sail  about  the  harbor  of  Baltimore  was  then  enjoyed  through  the 
courtesy  and  under  the  guidance  of  Mr.  N.  H.  Hutton,  C.  E.,  engineer 
in  charge  of  the  Harbor  Works. 

The  steamer  then  proceeded  to  Fort  McHenry  and  then  to  Fort 
Carroll,  the  works  of  which  were  examined  under  the  escort  of  Lt.- 
Colonel  William  P.  Craighill,  Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.  The  return 
to  Baltimore  was  by  boat  to  Curtis  Bay,  and  by  special  train  on  the 
Baltimore  and  Ohio  Eailroad  to  the  city. 

The  other  party,  by  invitation  and  under  the  escort  of  Mr.  R.  K. 
Martin,  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Baltimore  Water  Department,  visited  the 
Water  Works.  Carriages  were  taken  to  the  station  of  the  Western 
Maryland  Railroad,  and  by  special  train,  the  impounding  reservoir, 
Loch  Raven,  on  the  Gunpowder  River,  was  reached.  The  Masonry 
Dam  and  the  Gate  House  were  examined,  a  model  built  to  scale  aiding 
greatly  in  this  examination.  After  a  hospitable  entertainment,  the 
party  next  visited  Lake  Montebello,  the  settling  reservoir  at  the  terminus 
of  the  seven-mile  tunnel  conduit  from  Loch  Raven.  The  works  of  con- 
struction of  Lake  Clifton  were  then  examined,  and  the  return  made  to 
the  city  through  Druid  Hill  Park,  where  the  Pumping  Station  and  the 
reservoir  for  high  service  were  inspected. 

On  Monday  evening  the  members  and  their  families  visited  the  Bal- 
timore Academy  of  Music,  by  invitation  of  the  officers  of  the  Baltimore 
and  Ohio  Railroad. 

On  Tuesday  morning,  June  23d,  a  special  train  on  the  Baltimore  and 
Ohio  Railroad  was  taken.  The  first  stop  was  at  the  Mt.  Clare  shops 
of  the  road,  where  an  hour  was  spent  in  a  general  inspection.  The  train 
thence  proceeded  by  the  old  main  line,  stops  being  made  at  points  of 
engineering  or  picturesque  interest.  Deer  Park  was  reached  early  in  the 
evening. 

On  Saturday  morning,  after  the  close  of  the  Convention,  those  who 
desired  to  go  east  took  the  special  train  on  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Rail- 
road. This  train  was  run  to  Baltimore  and  Washington  at  remarkably 
high  speed.  At  Baltimore  a  transfer  was  made  to  a  special  train  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Railroad  in  waiting,  which  was  run  directly  through  to 
Philadelphia  and  New  York.  Special  resolutions  of  thanks  for  this 
courtesy  were  passed  to  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company  and  to  Mr. 
Charles  E.  Pugh,  General  Manager. 

The  special  trains  on  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad  were  very 
handsomely  arranged,  and  the  officers  of  the  road  were  constant  in  their 
attention  to  the  members  of  the  Society,  whose  acknowledgment  is  par- 
ticularly due  to  Mr.  C.  K.  Lord,  the  General  Passenger  Agent;  Mr.  J. 
G.    Pangborn,    the   Assistant   General   Passenger  Agent;    Mr.    W.    N, 


JUKE    PKOCEEDINGS.  91 

Boiling,  Engineer  of  Real  Estate;  Mr.  Charles  Ackenlieil,  Engineer  Mt. 
Clare  shops;  Mr.  W.  P.  Harris,  Superintendent  Pittsburgh  Division,  and 
other  officers  of  the  road. 

The  result  of  this  Convention  at  the  Deer  Park  Hotel  has  been,  in 
the  opinion  of  the  members  attending,  a  successful  accomplishment  of 
the  suggestions  advanced  in  the  circular  on  the  subject,  issued  by  the 
Board  of  Direction  at  the  beginning  of  the  year,  namely: 

"  The  iDresentation,  consideration  and  undisturbed  discussion  of  pro- 
fessional subjects. 

"  The  o^jportunity  for  free  intercourse  between  members  of  the  So- 
ciety gathering  at  our  Conventions  from  all  parts  of  the  United  States, 
and,  in  fact,  of  the  world. 

"  Such  opportunities  for  social  recreation  as  may  not  interfere  with, 
but  rather  aid,  the  other  objects  mentioned  above." 


Meetings  of  the  Society. 

June  3d,  1885. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m..  President  Frederic 
Graff  in  the  chair  ;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.  Ballots  were  canvassed  and 
the  following  candidates  declared  elected  :  as  Members  :  EUery  Cushing 
Appletou,  Canajoharie,  N.  Y. ;  Norman  Wilder  Eayrs,  Newport,  R.  I. ; 
John  Douglas  Fouquet,  Fishkill,  N.  Y. ;  Francis  Vinton  Greene,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. ;  Edlow  Wingate  Harrison,  Jersey  City,  N.  J.;  Robert 
Woolston  Hunt,  Troy,  N.  Y. ;  William  Cornell  Jewett,  Cincinnati,  Ohio; 
Charles  Roberts  Johnson,  New  York  City;  Jonathan  Pai-ker  Snow,  Woon- 
socket,  R.  I. ;  Denning  Jarves  Thayer,  New  York  City.  As  Associate  : 
John  Woodbridge  Davis,  New  York  City.  As  Junior  :  William  Barnard 
Fuller,  Glendive,  Montana. 

The  death,  on  May  30th,  1885,  of  Mr.  M.  T.  Seymour,  F.  Am.  Soc. 
C.  E.,  was  announced. 

The  paper  by  Eliot  C.  Clarke,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  "  Record  of  Tests 
of  Cement  made  for  the  Boston  Main  Drainage  Works,  1878-188J:,"  was 
read  and  discussed. 

June  17th,  1885. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Mr.  John  C.  Campbell, 
M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  in  the  chair ;  John  Bogart,  Secretary. 

A  paper  by  Clemens  Herschel,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  "  The  Problem 
of  the  Submerged  Weir,"  was  presented. 

Mr.  S.  B.  Stevenson,  C.  E.,  gave  an  account  of  the  progress  of  work 
on  the  Panama  Ship  Canal,  upon  which  he  had  been  for  some  time  en- 
gaged. 

June  25th,  1885.— (Business  Meeting  during  the  Annual  Convention 
at  Deer  Park,  Md. )  The  Society  met  at  8  o'clock,  Thursday  evening, 
Mr.  Frederic  Graff,  President,  in  the  chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary. 

The  Report  of  the  Committee  on  the  Preservation  of  Timber  was 
presented  by  the  Chairman,  Mr.  O.  Chanute,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  and 
on  motion  was  accepted.    The  thanks  of  the  Society  were  tendered  to  the 


92  JUNE   PROCEEDIKGS. 

Committee  for  the  very  faithful  manner  in  which  they  have  discharged 
their  duties  and  the  excellent  report  they  have  made,  and  the  Committee 
was  discharged. 

The  report  of  a  majority  of  the  Committee  on  a  Uniform  System  for 
Tests  of  Cements  was  jiresented,  with  a  letter  from  Gen.  Q.  A.  Gill- 
moke,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. ,  Chairman  of  the  Committee. 

A  minority  report  was  presented  by  Messrs.  D.  J.  Whittemoke  and 
F.  O.  NoETON,  members  of  the  Committee. 

After  discussion  by  Messrs.  J.  J.  E.  Croes,  Joseph  P.  Davis,  T.  H. 
Johnson,  William  P.  Shinn,  D.  J.  Whittemore,  Theodore  Cooper, 
Thomas  Egieston,  and  Charles  Latimer,  it  was,  on  motion,  resolved  that 
both  the  majority  and  minority  reports  be  received  and  printed  in  the 
Transactions  of  the  Society,  and  that  the  thanks  of  the  Society  be  ten- 
dered to  the  members  of  the  Committee,  and  the  Committee  be  dis- 
charged. 

(For  further  action  see  page  98.) 

The  Committee,  Messrs.  H.  Stanley  Goodwin,  C.  C.  Waite,  and 
John  F.  Baenakd,  appointed  to  present  the  subject  of  Standard  and  Im- 
jjroved  Time  to  the  Kailway  Time  Conventions,  reported  progress,  and 
was  continued.  This  Committee  was  appointed  under  a  resolution 
adopted  at  the  Annual  Meeting  in  January  last,  and  in  accordance  with 
the  recommendations  of  the  Standing  Committee  on  Uniform  Standard 
Time. 

The  President  of  the  Society  stated  that  at  the  Annual  Meeting  in 
January  last  it  was  resolved  that  the  Committee  to  which  had  been  re- 
ferred the  subject  of  a  Uniform  System  for  Tests  of  Cements  be  requested 
by  the  Board  of  Direction  to  consider  the  subject  of  the  compressive 
strength  of  cement,  and  also  of  the  actual  compression  of  cement  and  the 
settlement  of  masonry,  and  the  Board  be  empowered  to  fill  the  place  of 
any  members  of  that  Committee  who  may  not  be  desirous  of  serving 
u^Don  this  continued  investigation. 

Steps  had  been  taken  by  the  Board  to  complete  the  organization  of 
such  a  Committee  and  it  would  be  announced  after  the  publication  of 
the  report  of  the  present  Committee. 

The  subject  of  a  place  for  the  next  Convention  was  presented. 

The  following  letter  was  read : 

The  Ameeican  Exhibition  in  London,  1886,  ) 
City  Offices:  7  Poultey,  London,  E.  C,      >- 
5th  Januaey,  1885.  ) 

D.  J.  Whittemoee,  Esq.,  President, 

The  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  New  York. 
Deak  Sie,— As  the  representative  of  the  Executive  Council  of   the 
American  Exhibition  to  be  held  in  London  in  1886,  it  affords  me  ex- 
ceeding pleasure  on  their  behalf  to  invite  the  American  Society  of  Civil 
Engineers  to  hold  their  Annual  Convention  in  London  in  1886 


JUNE   PROCEEDINGS.  93 

We  shall  be  delighted  to  provide  the  members  with  rooms  for  their 
meetings,  and  to  do  all  in  our  i^ower  to  promote  their  pleasure  and  com- 
fort. 

Negotiations  have  already  been  entered  into  with  Atlantic  steamship 
lines  by  which  a  material  saving  in  the  usual  passenger  rates  will  be 
effected,  and  such  of  the  members  of  your  Society  as  shall  honor  us  by 
accepting  our  invitation  will,  of  course,  have  every  communication 
afforded  them,  so  that  they  may  profit  by  the  favorable  terms  we  are 
certain  to  obtain. 

In  the  hope  that  this  invitation  will  be  favorably  received  and  ac- 
cepted, 

I  am,  dear  sir,  yours  respectfully  and  faithfully, 

John  R.  Whitlet,  Director-General. 

Accompanying  this  were  letters  to  Mr,  Whitley  expressing  a  desire  to 
co-operate  in  giving  welcome  to  American  Engineers,  should  they  decide 
to  meet  in  London,  as  invited.  These  letters  were  from  the  Society  of 
Engineers,  London;  the  Institution  of  Engineers  and  Shipbuilders  in 
Scotland;  the  Institution  of  Civil  Engineers  of  Ireland,  and  the  North  of 
England  Institute  of  Mining  and  Mechanical  Engineers. 

Further  consideration  of  the  subject  was  postponed  by  unanimous 
consent. 

Mr.  A.  M.  Wellington,  M.   Am.  Soc.   C.  E.,   offered  the  following 
resolution,  which  was  seconded  by  Mr.  Chakles  Latimek,  M.  Am.  Soc 
C.  E.: 

Whereas,  The  relation  which  the  form  of  the  head  of  a  rail  should 
bear  to  the  section  of  a  car-wheel  tread  and  flange  has  recently  been  in 
dispute,  it  being  asserted,  on  the  one  hand,  that  they  should  have  as  long 
a  line  of  contact  as  possible,  and.  on  the  other  hand,  that  such  long  con- 
tact would  be  dangerous  and  injurious;  and, 

WJiereas,  The  question  raised  by  this  diversity  of  view  is  of  direct 
importance  to  many  members  of  this  Society,  as  well  as  to  the  public  in- 
terest, and  hence  is  one  which  this  Society  may  appropriately  consider 
through  committee;  therefore,  be  it 

Resolved,  That  a  committee  of  five  members  of  this  Society  be 
appointed  by  the  President  to  consider  and  report  to  the  Society  on  the 
proper  relation  to  each  other  of  the  sections  of  rails  and  wheels  ;  to 
what  extent  and  at  what  points  it  is  expedient  that  their  sections  should 
be  such  as  to  bring  them  normally  in  contact,  and  to  what  extent  and  at 
what  points  it  is  not  expedient  that  they  should  be  so  in  contact ;  and 
that  the  Committee  be  instructed  to  seek  information  from  all  those  who 
are  known  to  have  given  the  subject  attention. 

Under  the  provisions  of  section  23  of  the  By-Laws  this  resolution 
was  referred  to  the  Board  of  Direction  to  report  to  the  Society,  and  to 
be  issued  for  vote  by  letter  ballot. 


94  JUNE    PROCEEDINGS. 

Mr.  A.  M.  WEiiiiiNGTON,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  offered  the  following 
resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  President  be  authorized  to  appoint  a  committee, 
to  consist  of  seven  members  of  the  Society,  which  committee  shall  be 
instructed  to  consider  the  matter  of  making  such  changes  in  the  organi- 
zation of  the  Society  as  may  be  desirable  in  connection  with  the  subject 
of  local  engineering  societies  or  clubs,  and  of  sections  or  chapters  of  the 
Society  ;  also  to  take  into  consideration  the  future  policy  of  the  Society 
in  relation  to  the  admission  of  branches  of  engineering  not  now 
generally  represented  in  the  Society  ;  and  that  the  committee  be 
authorized  to  confer  directly  with  the  members  of  the  Society  and  with 
local  organizations  ;  the  committee  to  report  the  information  obtained 
and  conclusions,  if  any,  reached  by  the  committee. 

Mr.  Wellington. — I  presume  that  almost  every  member  here  has 
received  a  memorandum  in  the  form  of  a  paper  which  I  have  presented 
before  the  Board  of  Direction,  and  I  will  not  occupy  time  in  reading  it, 
but  I  wish  to  add  a  few  words  which  have  occurred  to  me  since  that 
time  in  answer  to  certain  objections  which  I  have  heard.  I  think  a  very 
large  majority  of  the  Society  are  in  favor  of  the  general  idea  covered  by 
that  resolution.  I  think  that  I  have  submitted  in  that  paper  all  that  is 
incumbent  on  me  to  do,  and  I  will  simply  add  that  in  taking  this  action 
at  all  I  have  acted  from  a  sense  of  duty  and  from  a  strong  interest  in  the 
Society,  and  desire  for  its  welfare.  I  have  conferred  with  only  a  few 
members  in  regard  to  it ;  I  have  not  attempted  to  work  up  any  sentiment 
in  its  favor.  If  the  sentiment  of  the  Society  in  general  is  in  favor  of 
the  plan  which  I  have  outlined,  I  think  it  will  be  greatly  to  its  interest ; 
if  it  is  not,  the  responsibility  will  rest  with  some  one  besides  me.  I 
will,  however,  read  a  few  communications  which  have  reached  me, 
mostly  since  I  came  here.  I  sent  a  few  coi3ies  of  the  paper  I  have 
referred  to  through  the  Secretary  to  various  officers  of  the  local 
engineering  societies,  and  I  have  received,  mostly  at  this  Convention, 
a  number  of  responses,  showing  in  a  general  way  the  sentiment  with 
which  they  viewed  it.  Perhaps  the  most  interesting  one  is  the  last 
report  of  the  Western  Society  of  Engineers  of  their  meeting  held  on 
the  16th  of  June.  The  meeting  was  devoted  to  the  general  question 
raised  by  my  paper,  and  the  result  is  stated  as  follows  :  "  The  expression 
of  views  of  members  present  was  unanimously  favorable  to  the  general 
suggestions  made  by  Mr.  Wellington."  I  simply  refer  to  this  as  one  of 
the  indications  that  in  an  association  that  already  exists  there  is  a  strong 
movement  to  develop  that  association  into  something  which  shall 
mount  into  a  national  organization  on  a  little  different  plan  from  this, 
but  under  conditions  which  I  think  would  be  seriously  disadvantageous 
to  this  Society  to  allow  to  go  on. 

Mr.  Wellington  also  read  communications  received  by  him  on  the 
same  subject  from  Benezette  Williams,  Esq.,  President  of  the  Western 
Society  of  Engineers,  and  others. 


J 


JUNE   PEOCEEDINGS.  95 

Mr.  E.  L.  CoRTHELL. — I  second  the  resolution. 

Capt.  O.  E.  MiCHAEiiis. — Having  heard  the  resolution  read,  it  ap- 
pears to  me  that  it  is  not  in  strict  concord  with  the  discussion  of  the 
proposer.  There  is  nothing  in  the  resolution  relating  to  the  formation 
of  a  national  society,  and  from  the  tenor  of  Mr.  Wellington's  remarks 
I  was  led  to  believe  that  his  resolution  covered  that. 

Mr.  A.  M.  Wellington. — I  made  no  remarks  on  the  subject  of  a 
national  association  ;  I  simply  read  letters  in  regard  to  it. 

Capt.  O.  E.  MiCHAELis. — In  regard  to  that  matter  I  desire  to  say 
that  so  far  as  national  laws  can  carry  out  a  purpose,  this  Society  is 
already  a  national  society.  It  may  be  chartered  under  the  laws  of  the 
State  of  New  York  for  the  purpose  of  holding  real  estate  there,  but  the 
Congress  of  the  United  States,  three  years  ago,  in  accordance  with  the 
action  of  a  committee  of  this  Society,  of  which  I  was  at  that  time  a 
member,  did  formally  recognize  this  Society,  and  the  law  recognizes 
to-day  this  Society  as  a  national  organization,  and  the  law  has  been 
re-enacted  three  times  since  that  date. 

Mr.  Charles  Latimer. — I  am  a  member  of  the  Western  Society  of 
Engineers  and  also  of  the  Cleveland  Society.  I  want  to  state  that 
there  is  no  antagonism  in  either  of  those  societies  to  the  American 
Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  but,  on  the  contrary,  an  excellent  feeling. 
The  Presidents  of  those  societies  have  been  selected  in  many  instances 
from  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  and  I  want  to  see  the 
resolution  start  right,  with  a  proper  feeling  in  the  Society.  I  wish  to 
say  that  a  joining  of  the  societies  in  some  manner  is  very  advisable. 
The  national  society  is  already  here,  and  it  is  the  national  society  of  the 
country.  There  is  no  necessity  for  two,  but  joining  these  societies 
together  is  certainly  an  admirable  arrangement,  and  will  produce  great 
good.  With  any  possiliility  of  jealousy,  or  any  feeling  engendered  here 
or  there,  it  should  not  be  done  ;  but  certainly  there  would  not  be  any- 
thing contrary  to  the  best  interests  of  the  engineering  societies  of  the 
whole  country  in  joining  them  together  in  some  way.  In  regard  to  the 
question  of  equality  it  is  only  a  question  of  acquirements — no  question 
of  social  tests — simply  a  question  of  education. 

Mr.  E.  L.  CoRTHELL. — In  seconding  this  resolution  I  intended  to 
say  a  word.  I  have  given  this  matter  considerable  thought  since  it  was 
first  brought  to  my  attention  some  time  ago  by  Mr.  Wellington,  and  it 
has  been  in  the  line  of  my  thought  for  some  years  past,  the  uniting,  as 
far  as  possible,  the  whole  engineering  profession  in  every  possible  way. 
I  think  the  remarkable  development  and  growth  of  other  engineering 
societies  in  this  country  shows  how  strong  the  sentiment  is  in  other 
societies  of  uniting  together  for  mutual  imi^rovement,  for  mutual  help, 
and  for  assistance  to  the  profession.  There  are  a  large  number  of 
societies,  and  this  paper  that  Mr.  Wellington  has  written  shows  that 
there  is  a  large  fellowship  of  engineers  who  ha,Ye  imited  themselves  in 


96  JUKE   PROCEEDINGS. 

this  and  other  societies.  AVhat  I  have  in  my  mind  is  nothing  in  the  way 
of  a  suggestion,  but  simiily  the  utterance  of  my  sentiment,  and  that  is, 
if  there  can  be  a  confederation  by  which  all  members  of  the  profession 
can  be  drawn  together  more  closely  for  mutual  improvement  and  benefit 
it  will  assist  us  very  materially  in  many  ways  that  we  do  not  now  aj^pre- 
ciate.  We  know  how  valuable  the  assistance  is  that  we  get  by  meeting 
here  once  a  year,  the  assistance  we  get  in  New  York  by  meeting  once  or 
twice  a  mouth.  Now,  if  the  whole  profession  in  the  United  States  shall 
be  united  in  a  society  that  shall  be  a  confederation  of  societies,  and 
shall  have  a  strong  central  government,  just  like  our  own  central 
government  of  the  whole  country,  I  think  it  will  not  only  assist  us  in 
many  ways,  but  it  will  have  a  tendency  to  elevate  the  profession  in  the 
country  and  before  the  country  in  every  way.  I  think  it  is  generally 
conceded  that  the  standing  of  the  profession  in  this  country  is  not  where 
it  ought  to  be,  and  where  its  education  and  experience  and  talent  should 
place  it,  and  this  is  one  step  upward  in  elevating  the  profession,  and 
that  is  the  reason  I  am  for  it,  if  the  details  can  be  worked  out  practically 
without  injury  to  the  interests  of  others. 

Prof.  E.  A.  FuEETES. — I  came  here  without  having  given  this  matter 
any  thought  at  all,  and  without  having  talked  to  anybody  about  the  sub- 
ject except  in  a  very  casual  way.  My  business  compels  me  to  be  posted 
with  what  is  going  on  outside  in  the  world,  and  I  see  a  great  many 
papers  of  engineering  bodies  in  this  country  and  others.  Two  facts 
strike  me  as  very  significant :  first,  that  I  do  not  think  the  Society  has 
grown  as  fast  as  it  ought  to  have  grown  as  compared  with  other  societies 
far  younger  than  ours  ;  also,  that  a  large  amount  of  engineering  work  is 
going  on  in  other  countries,  as  well  as  in  our  own,  of  which  this  Society 
knows  nothing.  We  should  be  able  to  make  the  Society  an  American 
society,  not  only  in  name,  but  also  in  fact.  It  seems  to  me  that  this 
Society  should  be  the  center  from  which  all  engineering  information 
should  be  spread  throughout  the  country.  Again,  I  do  not  think  that 
there  is  a  very  great  deal  of  good  feeling  among  the  members ;  at  all 
events,  I  have  to  think  that  there  is  some  dissatisfaction  among  engineers 
throughout  the  country  in  reference  to  the  way  in  which  the  American 
Society  of  Civil  Engineers  is  at  work.  The  younger  members  of  the 
profession  seem  to  think  that  they  are  not  cared  for,  that  the  Society 
seems  to  think  that  only  the  professional  man  of  large  experience  is  fit 
to  take  an  interest  in  shaping  the  progi'ess  of  the  country  in  engineering 
matters,  and  the  young  men  are  left  out  entirely.  The  resolution,  as  I 
have  read  it,  seems  to  remedy  the  worst  of  these  evils.  It  is  the  exclu- 
siveness  of  the  Society  that  is  complained  of,  and  I  shall  be  very  glad 
indeed  if  any  method  can  be  adopted  by  means  of  which  all  these  en- 
gineering clubs  and  societies  throughout  the  country  could  be  made  to 
assimilate. 

Mr.  Edward  P.  North. — I  would  like,  before  this  motion  is  put,  to 


JUNE    PROCEEDINGS.  97 

move  an  amendment  additional  to  it.  I  believe  in  the  desirability  of  the 
passage  of  the  resolution,  but  I  would  like  to  have  it  include  also  a  view 
of  the  organization  and  methods  of  this  Society.  It  is  within  the  knowl- 
edge of  every  one  here  present,  I  suppose,  that  some  two  or  three  years 
since  the  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers  was  formed.  I  understood, 
before  that  was  formed,  that  it  was  to  be  formed.  The  question  was 
canvassed  in  this  Society,  and  no  effort  at  all  was  made  to  prevent  its 
formation  by  giving  inducements  to  them  to  join  our  Society.  Within 
a  year  or  so  the  Society  of  Electrical  Engineers  requested,  not  officially, 
but  by  some  of  its  members,  permission  to  join  this  Society.  That 
society  also  has  been  organized.  Now,  I  think  this  Society  should 
cover  all  the  points  covered  by  Telford  in  his  definition  of  an  engineer. 
We  do  not  want  to  confine  ourselves  strictly  to  builders  and  layers  of 
brick  work,  but  we  ought  to  combine  all  branches  of  the  engineering 
profession  in  this  Society.  I  would  like  to  have  the  resolution  so 
amended  that  the  committee  shall  report  on  the  principles  of  the  Society 
in  regard  to  the  admission  of  branches  of  the  profession,  and  members 
or  bodies  that  are  not  now  connected  with  it. 

Mr.  D.  J.  Whittemore  seconded  the  amendment. 

Mr.  Wellington  accepted  the  amendment. 

Mr.  James  H.  Haelow.  —Does  not  that  come  under  By-Law  23,  that 
such  a  resolution  must  be  submitted  to  a  ballot  of  the  Society? 

The  President.— The  By-Law  applies  to  engineering  subjects.  I  do 
not  think  that  this  resolution  comes  under  that  By-Law.  This  is  not  an 
engineering  subject. 

Mr.  Charles  Latimer.— It  seems  to  me  far  more  important  than  any 
question  of  engineering.  I  think  it  should  be  referred.  It  would  not 
be  the  thing  to  decide  it  here,  except  as  an  expression  of  opinion. 

The  Secretary  read  the  By-Law . 

Mr.  James  H.  Harlow.— It  seems  to  me  that  Mr.  Latimer  is  correct 
in  saying  that  this  is  a  matter  of  more  importance  than  any  engineering 
subject  is  likely  to  be,  and  if  it  is  in  order,  I  would  like  to  amend  that 
resolution  by  moving  that  the  resolution  be  submitted  to  the  members 
of  the  Society  by  letter  ballot.  I  think  these  members  should  have  a 
chance  to  say  yes  or  no  on  that  proposition,  and  although  we  have  quite 
a  number  here,  I  suppose  it  is  not  more  than  25  per  cent,  of  the  whole 
membership. 

Mr.  F.  CoLLiNGwooD.— It  seems  to  me  that  we  have  certainly  a  repre- 
sentative body  of  our  Society  here,  and  we  have  always  been  accustomed, 
so  far  as  appointing  a  committee  of  this  Society  was  concerned,  to  act 
upon  such  questions  here.  Of  course,  the  conclusions  of  the  committee 
must  go  to  the  Society  for  action,  but  I  do  not  see  why  it  is  necessary, 
so  far  as  appointing  the  committee  is  concerned,  to  refer  it  to  the 
Society. 


98  JUNE    PROCEEDINOS. 

Mr.  James  H.  Haklow  moved  that  the  resolution,  as  amended,  be  re- 
ferred to  tlie  Society  for  letter  ballot. 

Mr.  J.  F.  FiiAGG.— I  agree  with  Mr.  Colling  wood  that  we  should 
appoint  this  committee  here.  It  commits  us  to  nothing  whatever,  and 
it  seems  to  me  entirely  unnecessary  to  delay  the  appointment  of  the 
committee  in  this  way. 

Mr,  Harlow's  motion  was  submitted  to  the  Convention  and  lost. 
The  resolution  was  adopted,  and  the  committee  was  ordered  to  consist  of 
seven  members. 

The  resolution  is  printed  above  as  adopted. 

June  26th,  1885.— (Second  business  session  during  the  Convention.) 
The  Society  met.  President  Fkedekic  Gkaff  in  the  chair;  John  Bogart, 
Secretary, 

Mr.  Edwakd  p.  Nokth  moved  that  the  resolution  adopted  (see  above, 
page  92),  in  reference  to  printing  both  the  Majority  and  Minority  Ee- 
ports  of  the  Committee  on  a  Uniform  System  for  Tests  of  Cements,  be 
reconsidered. 

The  motion  was  seconded  and  carried. 

Mr.  William  P.  Shinn  moved  that  the  Keports  be  referred  back  to 
the  Committee,  with  the  request  from  this  Convention  that  the  para- 
graph relating  to  the  strength  of  cements  be  taken  out  of  the  body  of  the 
Eeport  and  added  as  a  foot  note. 

The  resolution  was  seconded  and  discussed  by  Messrs.  William  P. 
Shinn,  E.  L.  Corthell,  T.  Egleston,  J.  J.  R.  Croes  and  Oberlin  Smith. 
The  resolution,  as  printed  above,  was  carried. 

Mr.  William  Sellers,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.— I  wish  to  ofifer  a  resolu- 
tion, which,  I  hope,  this  society  will  fully  indorse.  We  have  been,  as 
you  know,  for  several  years  endeavoring  to  get  an  appropriation  from 
Congress  to  carry  out  certain  tests,  and  the  discussion  yesterday  only 
emphasizes,  I  think,  the  importance  of  carrying  out  these  tests  upon 
steel  for  structural  purposes.  We  have  absolutely  no  information  that  is 
reliable  for  such  metal,  under  compression  particularly,  and  with  a  view 
to  urge  that  matter  efficiently  in  the  next  Congress,  I  would  offer  this 
resolution : 

Resolved,  That  the  Board  of  Direction  be,  and  they  are  hereby,  au- 
thorized and  directed  to  memorialize  Congress  to  appropriate  $10  000  for 
the  j)urpose  of  making  tests  on  structural  steel  ujion  the  large  testing 
machine  at  Watertown  Arsenal,  in  accordance  with  a  programme  to  be 
furnished  by  this  Society,  as  j)rovided  for  by  existing  law;  and  as  it  is 
understood  that  this  large  machine  is  now  chiefly  used  in  making  tests 
which  would  be  better  made  upon  a  small  machine,  which  tests  exclude 
the  more  important  ones,  it  is  the  sense  of  this  Society  that  a  great  sav- 
ing to  the  country  would  result  from  the  use  of  such  small  machine  for 
such  purposes. 

The  resolution  was  seconded  and  adopted. 


Im^rican   nmti^  of  H^iml  jw^mm. 


I^ROOEEDIISraS. 


Vol.   XL— July,  1885. 
MINUTES    OF     MEETINQS 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


July  1st,  1885. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Director  William  E. 
Hutton  in  the  chair;  Charles  E.  Emery,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  Secretary 
2Jro  tern.  Ballots  for  membership  were  canvassed,  and  the  following 
named  candidates  declared  elected  :  As  Members  :  Herbert  Leander 
Aulls,  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa;  Lewis  Kingman,  Topeka,  Kansas;  Alonzo 
Tyler  Mosman,  Beverley,  Mass.;  Benjamin  Franklin  Richardson,  Wil- 
mington, Delaware;  Robert  Parker  Staats  (elected  Junior,  November  3d, 
1875),  Jersey  City,  N.  J.  As  Juniors:  Henry  Holbrook  Gladding,  New 
Haven,  Conn. ;  Charles  Ezra  Marvin,  Henderson,  Ky. ;  Aaron  J.  Zabris- 
kie,  Newark,  N.  J. 


LIST    OF    MEMBERS 


ADDITIONS. 


Buxton,  Clifford 

Eayes,  Norman  Wilder. 


MEMBERS.  Date  of  Election. 

.  Ch.  Eng.   Ohio  Central  R.  R., 

Toledo,  Ohio May  6,  1885. 

.U.  S.  Engineers'  OflSce,  New- 
port, R.  I - June  3, 1885. 


100  JULY   PROCEEDINGS. 

FoUQUET,  John  Douglas Assistant    Eng.     and     Sup't 

Bridges,  New  York,  West 
Shore  and  Buffalo  Ky., 
Fishkill,  N.  Y June  3,  1885. 

Geeene,  Feancis  Vinton Capt.    Corps    of  Engineers, 

U.  S.  A.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Hinckley,  John  Feanklin Ees.  Eng.  St.  Louis  and  San 

Francisco  Ry.,  Van  Buren, 

Ark May  6,  1885. 

HoFF,  Olaf 29      Mackey  -  Legg      Block, 

Minneapolis,  Minn "  " 

Hunt,  Roeeet  WooLSTON Gen.      Supt.     Albany     and 

Rensselaer  Iron  and  Steel 

Co.,  Troy,  N.  Y June  3, 1885. 

Jewett,  William  Coenell 35  West  Fourth  st.,  Cincin- 
nati, Ohio "  " 

Johnson,  Chaeles  Robekts Union  Switch  and  Signal  Co., 

Pittslmrgh,  Pa " 

LiBBY,  Edmund  DoEMAN U.    S.    Custom     House,     St. 

Louis,  Mo May  6,  1885. 

MosMAN,  Alonzo  Tylee U.   S.   Coast    and    Geodetic 

Survey,  Franklin  Furnace, 

Ohio July  1,  1885. 

Noyes,  Albeet  Feanklin City  Engineer,  West  Newton, 

Mass .     Dec.  3,  1884. 

Richaedson,  Benjamin   Feanklin. Div.  Eng.  Delaware  Division 

Baltimore  and  Philadel- 
phia R.  R.,  1604  South  11th 
St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa July  1,  1885. 

RoBEETs,  Poultek" Benjamin Executive  Engineer,  Nuddea 

Rivers  Division,    Berham- 

pore,  Bengal,  India Dec.  5,  1883. 

Snow,  Jonathan  Paekee Woonsocket,  R.I June  3,  1885. 

Temple,  Eobeet  Heney 205  West  Grace  st.,  Rich- 
mond, Va May  6,  1885. 

Vooehees,  Theodoee Supt.  Northern  R.  R.  Dept., 

Saratoga  and  Champlain 
Div.  Delaware  and  Hudson 
Canal  Co.,  Ballston  Spa, 
N.  Y 

associate. 

DA\^s,  John  Woodbeidge 25  West  119th  st.,  New  York 

City June  3,  1885. 


FuLLEE,  William  Baenaed Northern     Pacific     R.     E., 

Bismarck,  Dakota June  3,  1885. 


JULY    PROCEEDINGS.  101 

Gladding,  Henby  HoLBEOOK 18   City    Hall,   New   Haven, 

Conn July  1,  1885. 

Johnson,  Sinclair  Joseph 213    Alexander    ave.,     New 

York  City Jan.  7,  1885. 

Makvin,  Charles  Ezra Henderson    Diy.     Louisville 

and  Nashville  R.  R.,  Hen- 
derson, Ky July  1,  1885. 

Eaasloff,  Harold  Edward  de  . . . .  Tacoma,  Washington  Terri- 
tory       Dec.  3,  1884. 

Zabriskie.  Aakon  J Asst.  Eng.  Improved  Sewer- 
age, Heath  Building,  New- 
ark, N.  J July  1,  1885. 


changes  and  corrections. 


MEMBERS. 


Babcock,  Henry  N U.   S.  Engineers'  Office   (P.  0.    Drawer  7), 

Milwaukee,  Wis. 
Ballard,  Egbert Ch.  Eng.  Queensland  Central  and  Northern 

Railway  Division,  Rockhampton,  Queens- 
land, Australia. 

Barnard,  Augustus  P Sheffield,  Berkshire  Co.,  Mass. 

BiLLiN,  Charles  E 186  Dearborn  st.,  Chicago,  111. 

Bruner,  Daniel  P Harrisburgh ,  Pa. 

Crowell,  J.  Foster Eng.  of  Construction  P.  R.  R.,  Pittsburgh, 

Pa. 

Fuller,  Sidney  T Kennebunk,  Maine. 

Gordon,  Robert Howley  Lodge,  Maida  Hill,  West,  London, 

England. 

Gray,  George  E 1115  Bush  st.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Griswold,  Frank  L 98   Calle  Piedad,  Buenos  Ayres,  Argentine 

Republic. 

JuDsoN,  John  A 86  Ashland  Block.  Chicago,  111. 

Long,  Thomas  J Morse  Bridge  Co.,  Youngstown,  Ohio. 

NouBSE,  Edwin  G Ch.   Eng.    Chicago   and    Evanston   R.    R., 

Room  33,  Ashland  Block,  Chicago,  111. 

O'RouEKE,  John  F 407  Market  st.,  Harrisburgh,  Pa. 

Smith,  Hamilton,  Jr (Care  American  Exchange)  London,  England. 

Steabns,  Irving  A Wilkesbarre,  Pa. 

Stevens,  Frank  S , Athens,  Pa. 

Thurston,  Robert  H Sibley  College,   Cornell  University,  Ithaca, 

N.  Y. 

Walker,  John  S Box  57,  Hot  Springs,  Ark. 

White,  W.  Howard 74  Wall  st.,  New  York  City. 


102  JULY    PROCEEDINGS. 


JUNIOKS. 


BissELL,  Frank  E 410  Washington  st.,  South  Bend,  Ind. 

Feancis,  Geoege  B 40  West  126th  street,  New  York  City. 

Lucas,  D.  Jones 56  Pierce  St.,  Lewiston,  Maine. 


DEATHS. 

GoEEiNGE,  Heney  H Elected  Associate  April  6,  1881;  died  July 

6,  1885. 
Malezieux,  Emile Elected    Honorary    Member  November    3, 

1880;  died  May  20,  1885. 
Seymoue,  M.  T Elected  Fellow  July  21,  1870;  died  May  30, 

1885. 


eesignations. 

MEMBEES. 

Earnshaw,  Heney May    1,  1885. 

KiaiBEELT,  Moses  C May  15,  1885. 


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PROOEEDIISrGS. 


Vol.   XI. — August — September,  1885. 


Note.— No  meetings  of  tbe  Society  were  held  in  August. 


CONTEIBUTIONS  TO  THE   BUILDING  FUND. 

By  a  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Direction,  all  contributions  to  the 
Building  Fund  are  to  be  acknowledged,  from  time  to  time,  by  printing 
lists  of  the  same  in  the  monthly  Proceeding  of  the  Society,  and  in 
addition  to  this  the  names  of  all  those  who  may  subscribe  .f  100  or  more 
are  to  be  regularly  enrolled  and  published  in  future  lists  of  the  Society 
under  the  head  of  Subscribers  to  the  Building  Fund,  and  they  will  bo 
entitled  to  receive  one  copy  of  the  monthly  publications,  comprising  all 
papers  and  transactions  of  the  Society,  regularly  for  life,  for  each  $100 
subscribed  by  them  ;  such  copies  to  be  in  addition  to  those  which  they 
may  be  already  entitled  to  if  they  are  Members  or  Fellows. 

The  following  contribution  is  acknowledged  in  addition  to  those  here- 
tofore noted : 

John  E.  Earley $25.00 


LIST    OF    MEMBERS 


ADDITIONS. 

MEMBEES.  Date  of  Election. 

Haeison,  EicH.iED  MoELEY 12  Lancelots  Hey,  Liverpool, 

England May  G,  1885. 

Kingman,  Lews Asst.  Eng.  Atchison,  Topeka 

and  Santa  Fe  R.R.,  Topeka, 

Kansas Jtily  i,  i885. 


104  AUGUST-SEPTEMBER    PROCEEDINGS. 


CHANGES   AND   COEKECTIONS. 


MEMBEES. 


Gates,  Horace  D 301  Lombard  st.,  San  Francisco.  Cal. 

Hood,  William Ch.   Eng.    Sonthern  Pacific   R.   R.,   Pacific 

System,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Hunt,  Randell A30  Summit  ave.,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Le  Baron,  J.  Francis Asst.  Eng.  Gulf  Coast  Canal  Co.,  Inspector 

of  Lands,  Jacksonville,  Tampa  &  Key 
West  R.  R. ,  Rooms  8  and  9,  Bostwick's 
Building,  Jacksonville,  Fla. 

Nichols,  Othniel  F Contractor,  Paducah,  Ky. 

Saffokd,  Edward  S  . Sharon,  Mass. 

Smith,  Hamilton,  Jr 10  Bolton  st.,  Piccadilly,  London.  England. 

Staats,  John  H 113  Hudson  st.,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

JUNIORS. 

Emonts,  Wiluam  a.  G (Care  C.  H.  Kellogg),  378  Main  st.,  15uffalo, 

N.  Y. 
RAY.MOND,  Chas  Ward (Care  Sooysmith  &  Co.),  2  Nassau  st..  New 

York  City. 


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I^ROOEEDIIS^aS. 


Vol.   XL— October,  1885. 


MINUTES    OF     MEETINQS 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


September  2d,  1885.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Mr.  William  E. 
Worthen,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  in  the  chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary. 
Ballots  were  canvassed  and  the  following  candidates  declared  elected 
as  members:  David  Herbert  Andrews,  of  Boston,  Mass.  ;  Thomas 
Sparks  Bishop,  New  Britain,  Conn. ;  George  Washington  Cooley,  Min- 
neapolis, Minn.;  Sidney  Willett  Hoag,  Jr.,  New  York  City;  Samuel 
Killebrew,  Brownsville,  Tenn. ;  Milnor  Peck  Paret,  Leesport,  Pa.; 
Samuel  McMath  Eowe,  Las  Vegas,  N.  M. ;  Samuel  Spencer,  Baltimore,' 
Md.;  as  Associate,  William  Henry  Barnes,  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  as 
Juniors,  John  Anderson  Bensel,  New  York  City;  Carlos  Ferrer  Ferrer, 
New  York  City;  Maxwell  Smith,  New  York  City. 

The  deaths  of  Mr.  Emile  Malezieux,  Hon.  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  of  Paris, 
France,  on  May  20th,  1885,  and  of  Mr.  Henry  H.  Gorringe,  Assoc.  Am.' 
Soc.  C.  E. ,  of  New  York,  were  announced. 

A  paper  by  W.  Howard  White,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  European 
Sewage  and  Garbage  Removal,  was  read  by  the  writer  and  discussed. 

September  16th,  1885.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President 
G.  S.  Greene,  Jr.,  in  the  chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.  The  paper 
by  Edward  Bates  Dorsey,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  English  and  American 
Kailways  Compared,  read  at  the  last  Convention,  was  discussed. 

October  Tth,  1885.— The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m..  President  Frederic 
Graff  in  the  chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.     Ballots  for  membership 


106  OCTOBER    PROCEEDINGS. 

were  canvassed  and  tlie  following  candidates  declared  elected:  As  Mem- 
bers, William  Price  Craigliill,  Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  Baltimore, 
Md. ;  Hiram  Stevens  Maxim,  London,  England;  as  Juniors,  Bernard 
Frank  Booker,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. ;  Thomas  John  Brereton,  of  Altoona, 
Pa.;  Joseph  Maxwell  Carrere,  of  New  York;  Charles  P.  Matlock,  of 
San  Antonio,  Texas. 

The  ballot  upon  the  following  resolution,  i)resented  at  the  last  Con- 
vention, w^as  canvassed: 

Whereas,  The  relation  which  the  form  of  the  head  of  a  rail  should 
bear  to  the  section  of  a  car-wheel  tread  and  Hange  has  recently  been  in 
dispute,  it  being  asserted  on  the  one  hand,  that  they  should  have  as 
long  a  line  of  contact  as  possible,  and  on  the  other  hand,  that  such 
long  contact  Avould  be  dangerous  and  injurious;  and 

Whereas,  The  question  raised  by  this  diversity  of  view  is  of  direct 
imj^ortance  to  many  members  of  this  Society,  as  well  as  to  the  public 
interest,  and  hence  is  one  Avhich  this  Society  may  appropriately  con- 
sider through  committee;  therefore  be  it 

Resolved,  That  a  committee  of  live  members  of  this  Society  be  ap- 
pointed by  the  President  to  consider  and  report  to  the  Society  on  the 
proper  relation  to  each  other  of  the  sections  of  rails  and  w^heels;  to 
what  extent  and  at  what  points  it  is  expedient  that  their  sections  should 
be  siTch  as  to  bring  them  normally  in  contact;  and  to  what  extent  and 
at  Avhat  points  it  is  not  expedient  that  they  should  be  so  in  contact; 
and  that  the  committee  be  instructed  to  seek  information  from  all  those 
who  are  known  to  have  given  the  suliject  attention. 

On  this  resolution  there  were  189  affirmative  votes  and  9  negative 
votes.  This  resolution  having  been  submitted  to  the  Society  by  letter- 
ballot,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  by-laws,  and  having 
received  a  majority  of  all  votes  east,  was  declared  duly  carried. 

The  deaths  of  Mr.  Wilmon  W.  C.  Sites,  'M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  Oc- 
tober 1st,  1885,  and  of  Mr.  Thomas  C.  Duraut,  F.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on 
October  5th,  1885,  were  announced. 

The  Board  of  Direction  annoimced  that,  in  accordance  with  the  rules 
for  the  award  of  the  Norman  Medal,  the  following  named  members  had 
been  designated  as  the  Board  of  Censors  to  make  the  award  for  the 
year  terminating  August  1st,  1885:  Messrs.  G.  Bouscaren,  Eobert 
Moore  and  W.  Howard  White. 

Also,  that  in  accordance  with  the  rules  for  the  award  of  the  Kowland 
Prize,  the  following  named  members  had  been  appointed  as  the  commit- 
tee to  make  the  award  for  the  year  terminating  August  1st,  1885: 
Messrs.  Mendes  Cohen,  Edward  P.  North  and  the  Secretary  of  the 
Society. 

The  President  announced  that,  under  the  jn-ovisions  of  the  follow- 
ing resolution,  adopted  at  the  last  Convention  (Proceedings,  Vol.  XI, 
p.  94): 

Resolved,  That  the  President  be  authorized  to  appoint  a  committee, 
to  consist  of  seven  members  of  the  Society,  whicli  committee  shall  be 
instructed  to  consider  the  matter  of  making  such  changes  in  the  organi- 


OCTOBER    PROCEEDINGS.  107 

zatioii  of  tho  Society  as  may  be  desiralde,  in  counection  with  the  siiL- 
jeet  of  local  engineering  societies  or  clnbs,  and  of  sections  or  chai)ters 
of  the  Society;  also  to  take  into  consideration  the  future  policy  of  the 
Society  in  relation  to  the  admission  of  branches  of  engineering  not  now 
generally  re2)resented  in  the  Society;  and  that  the  committee  he  author- 
ized to  confer  directly  witli  the  members  of  the  Society  and  with  local 
organizations;  the  committee  to  report  the  information  obtained  and 
conclusions,  if  any,  reached  by  the  committee. 

The  following  named  members  had  been  appointed  siich  committee: 
Messrs.  A.  M.  Wellington,  J.  James  E.  Oroes,  Charles  Paine,  O.  Chan- 
ute,  Charles  Macdonald,  William  Metcalf  and  William  H.  Bradley. 

The  Board  of  Direction  presented  circulars  from  a  committee  of  the 
Civil  Engineers'  Club,  of  Cleveland,  appointed  "to  consider  and  report 
what  action,  if  any,  is  advisable  in  the  matter  of  obtaining  the  passage 
of  new  laws  which  shall  provide  for  the  better  condition  of  Civil  Engi- 
neers employed  on  Government  works  other  than  military,"  together 
with  a  siTggestion  that  this  Society  should  send  an  accredited  delegate 
or  representative  as  a  member  of  a  central  committee  to  consider  this 
subject. 

The  Board  of  Direction  also  presented  the  following  letter,  which 
had  been  sent  in  rei)ly  by  the  Board : 

October  6th,  1885. 
Wm.  T.  Blunt,  Esq., 

Secretary  of  Committee  Civil  Engineers'  Club  of  Cleveland. 

Dear  Sir, — The  Board  of  Direction  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil 
Engineers,  having  at  its  last  meeting  considered  the  circular-letter  issued 
by  your  committee,  appointed  '"to  consider  and  report  what  action,  if 
any,  is  advisable  in  the  matter  of  obtaining  the  passage  of  new  laws 
which  shall  provide  for  the  better  condition  of  Civil  Engineers  em- 
ployed on  Government  works  other  than  military,"  together  with  the 
suggestions  made  l>y  your  committee,  that  this  Society  should  send  an 
accredited  delegate  or  representative  as  a  member  of  a  central  commit- 
tee to  consider  this  subject;  I' am  instructed  to  reply,  that,  at  a  conven- 
tion of  this  Society  in  ISSl,  a  si)ecially  ap])ointed  committee  presented 
a  report,  to  the  effect  that  it  might  be  inexpedient  for  the  Society  to 
place  itself  in  the  iwsition  of  advocating,  l)efore  Congress,  the  claims  of 
a  certain  class  of  its  membership  in  seeming  conflict  with  any  other 
class  Avhose  interests  may  be  in  a  different  direction;  that  it  might  be 
well  questioned  whether  the  Society,  as  a  body,  should  commit  itself  to 
a  line  of  action  which  might  be  construed  as  in  the  least  inimical  to  the 
professional  interests  of  any  of  its  members;  that  the  ol)jects  for  which 
the  Society  was  instituted,  show  that  there  should  never  be  the  least 
attempt  at  discrimination  in  favor  of  a  i)articular  class  of  members  to 
the  detriment  of  others.  And  the  committee  was  of  the  opinion  that 
the  Society  might  with  propriety  decline  to  consider  the  subject 
further. 

This  report  of  the  committee  was  accepted  by  the  Society,  and  the 
committee  discharged. 

In  view  of  this  precedent,  and  of  the  clear  opinion  held  by  so  many 
of  our  members,  that  action  upon  such  a  subject,  if  taken  at  all,  should 
betaken  l)y  individuals,  as   such,  and   not  liy  the  Society;  and   also  in 


108  OCTOBER    PROCEKDI^s^S. 

view  of  the  fact  that  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  is  national 
in  its  scope  and  organization;  its  membership  distributed, over  the  whole 
country;  and  including  iudividiials  with  widely  varying  interests  and 
associations,  and  of  many  different  classes  of  professional  jiractice, 
some  of  whom  might  well  desire  that  the  Society  shoiild  take  action 
with  reference  to  their  own  special  interests  or  wrongs,  if  a  precedent 
of  that  nature  should  be  established;  the  Board  of  Direction  is  of  the 
ojiinion  that  it  would  not  now  be  ijroper  to  appoint  a  delegate  under 
the  suggestions  of  your  circular. 

Very  truly  yours, 

John  Bogart, 

Sec.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

A  jjaper  by  Edward  Bates  Dorsey,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. ,  comparing 
the  Operating  Exj^enses  of  English  and  American  Railroads,  being  a 
supplement  to  the  paper  presented  at  the  Convention,  was  read  by  the 
writer  and  discussed. 


OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION.      . 

Jttne  4th,  1885. — Applications  were  considered.  Arrangements  for 
the  Convention  were  made.  Under  the  j^rovisions  of  the  By-Laws,  it 
was  determined  that  a  meeting  of  the  Society  be  held,  for  the  canvass  of 
ballots  for  membership,  on  the  first  Wednesday  of  July,  1885,  and  that 
thereafter  the  meetings  be  suspended  till  the  first  Wednesday  in  Seja- 
tember.     Appropriations  were  made. 

July  30th,  1885. — Applications  were  considered.  The  issue  of  a 
letter-ballot  was  directed,  on  the  appointment  of  a  Committee,  under  the 
provisions  of  a  resolution  passed  at  the  Convention,  in  relation  to  Rail- 
way Wheels  and  Rails,  and  referred  to  the  Board  under  the  By-Laws. 
Appropriations  were  made. 

September  2d,  1885. — Applications  were  considered.  Action  was 
taken,  in  accordance  with  the  jjroceedings  of  the  Convention,  in  reply- 
ing to  a  communication  from  the  Secretary  of  the  Committee  on  a  Uni- 
form System  for  Tests  of  Cements.     Appropriations  were  made. 

September  30th,  1885. — Applications  were  considered.  The  iirejj- 
aratiou  of  a  memorial  was  directed,  in  accordance  with  the  resohition 
passed  at  the  Convention  (Proceedings,  Vol.  XI,  p.  98).  Under  the 
rules,  the  following  named  members  were  designated  as  the  Board  of 
Censors  to  award  the  Norman  Medal  for  the  year  terminating  August 
1st,  1885:  Messrs.  G.  Bouscaren,  Robert  Moore  and  W.  Howard  White. 
Also  the  following  named  members  were  appointed,  with  the  Secretary, 
the  Committee  to  award  the  Rowland  Prize  for  the  same  year:  Messrs. 
Mendes  Cohen  and  Edward  P.  North. 

Circulars  from  a  Committee  of  the  Civil  Engineers'  Club,  of  Cleve- 
land, were  considered,  and  a  reply  adopted  (see  page  107  above).  Ap- 
propriations were  made,  and  financial  business  transacted. 

October  7th,  1885. —  Financial  business  was  transacted. 


OCTOBER    PROCEEDINGS.  10& 

MEMOIRS  OF  DECEASED  MEMBERS. 


JOHN  BLOOMFIELD  JERVIS,  Hon.  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 


Died  Janxjaky  12th,  1885. 


In  tlie  death  of  John  Bhionifiekl  Jervis,  at  Eome,  N.  Y.,  on  the 
night  of  January  12th,  the  country  lost  another  of  those  remarkable 
men  bequeathed  to  this  generation  by  the  latter  part  of  the  eighteenth 
(^entury,  whose  talents  and  energies  have  for  seventy  years  been 
directed  toward  building  up  the  wonderful  system  of  internal  improve- 
ments which  marked  the  history  of  the  nation  diaring  the  present  cen- 
tury. 

Mr.  Jervis  was  born  at  Huntington,  Long  Island,  December  14th, 
1795,  and  was  consequently  in  his  90th  year  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
His  father  was  Timothy  Jervis,  a  carpenter  by  trade,  and  a  resident  of 
Huntington.  His  mother  was  Phiebe  Bloomfield,  of  Woodliridge,  N.  J. 
The  brother  of  Mrs.  Jervis,  John  W.  Bloomfield,  went  to  Fort  Stanwix, 
now  Rome,  N.  Y.,  from  New  Jersey,  to  act  as  agent  for  and  to  look  after 
a  large  tract  of  land  in  that  vicinity,  which  i-esultedin  the  purchase  for 
himself  and  two  or  three  others  of  the  "  six  thousand-acre  tract."  He 
soon  after  settled  in  what  is  now  the  town  of  Annsville,  which  was 
named  after  his  wife.  About  1812  he  removed  to  Rome,  purchased  a 
farm,  which  included  the  homestead  of  Mr.  Jervis,  and  lived  and  died 
in  a  house  which  then  occupied  the  site  of  Mr.  Jervis'  late  residence. 
His  death  occurred  in  1849,  at  the  age  of  eighty-four.  He  was  widely 
known,  and  universally  honored  and  esteemed. 

In  1798,  Timothy  Jervis  moved  to  Fort  Stanwix,  which  was  chiefly 
prominent  as  having  a  navigable  canal  of  about  two  miles  in  length, 
connecting  the  Mohawk  River  with  Wood  Greek.  By  connecting  im- 
provements in  the  form  of  locks  and  dams  on  the  Mohawk  River  and 
Wood  Creek,  it  formed  jjart  of  a  system  of  improvements  connecting 
the  natural  navigation  through  a  large  portion  of  the  State  of  New 
York.  By  these  means  barges  or  bateaux  passed  from  Schenectady,  on 
the  Mohawk,  to  Ithaca,  at  the  head  of  Cayuga  Lake.  The  counti-y  was 
at  this  time  mostly  a  wilderness  of  heavy  timber,  and  Timothy  Jervis 
soon  became  interested  in  a  saw-mill,  which  was  attended  by  himself 
and  his  sons.     John  B.  Jervis  was  the  oldest  of  seven  children  and  had 

Committee  to  prepare  Memoir:  Messrs.  William  P.  Sbinn,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  and  John 
Bogart,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 


110  OCTOBER    PROCEEDINGS. 

the  experience  of  the  trials  of  a  settlement  in  a  new  country.  What 
education  he  had  was  obtained  at  the  common  schools  of  that  day, 
which  he  attended  until  he  was  fifteen  years  of  age.  There  were  then 
no  public  schools  sustained  in  whole  or  in  part  by  the  State.  Between 
the  ages  of  fifteen  and  twenty-two  he  spent  his  summers  in  managing 
a  team  and  attending  the  saw-mill,  with  occasional  farm  work,  and 
during  the  winters  he  was  engaged  in  hauling  saw -logs  and  wood. 

In  1817,  the  construction  of  the  Erie  Canal  was  commenced,  and  the 
work  afforded  employment  and  furnished  facilities  to  a  large  class  who 
had  theretofore  followed  other  pursuits.  Benjamin  Wright,  more  gen- 
erally known  as  "  Judge  "  Wright,  was  Chief  Engineer  in  the  construc- 
tion. Judge  Wright  resided  in  Rome,  and  therefore  knew  Mr.  Timothy 
Jervis  and  his  sons.  Needing  an  axman,  he  applied  to  Mr.  Jervis,  who 
suggested  that  he  should  take  John,  which  was  the  beginning  of  what 
afterward  became  the  remarkable  engineering  career  of  John  B.  Jervis, 
who  then  turned  his  attention  to  the  study  and  practice  of  surveying 
and  engineering.  Dexterous  with  an  ax,  apt  and  ambitious  to  learn, 
ready  to  do  all  and  more  than  was  required,  he  was  soon  promoted  to 
the  position  of  rodman  in  the  survey,  at  $12  per  month,  in  which  he 
reached  such  proficiency,  that  in  two  years  he  was  made  Resident  En- 
gineer on  seventeen  miles  of  the  canal,  extending  from  Canastota,  Mad- 
ison County,  to  Limestone  Creek,  in  Onondaga  County,  at  .a  compen- 
sation of  SI.  25  per  day.  Mr.  Jervis  was  then  about  twenty -five  years  of 
age,  and  although  the  young  engineers  of  to-day  might  smile  at  an  offer 
of  ^1.25  per  day,  that  position  and  salary,  sixty-five  years  ago,  were  con- 
sidered very  ilesirable  and  lucrative. 

Mr.  Jervis  records,  in  some  notes  which  he  has  left  for  the  purpose 
of  memoir,  that  after  filling  a  Avinter  engagement  for  Aveighing  stone  for 
locks,  he  started  for  Rome,  a  distance  of  forty  miles,  on  foot,  traveling 
four  miles  on  the  evening  of  the  first  day,  to  a  village  where  he  and  his 
associates  spent  the  first  night,  and  thence  started  at  daylight  to  walk 
thirty-six  miles  to  Rome,  over  melting  snow,  Avhich  made  the  traveling 
very  heavy  and  disagreeable,  reaching  Rome  about  9  o'clock  in  the  even- 
ing, pretty  Avell  fatigued,  but  hardly  the  Avorse  for  it  the  next  day. 
During  this  period  Mr.  Jervis  was  under  the  direction  of  Judge  Bates  as 
chief  of  the  party,  and  Canvass  White,  Avell  known  among  New  York 
engineers,  as  the  principal  assistant. 

In  the  spring  of  1820,  he  became  well  acquainted  with  Henry  Sey- 
mour (father  of  Hon.  Horatio  Seymour),  avIio  was  one  of  the  Canal  Com- 
missioners, and  Avith  whom  Mr.  Jervis  had  had  frequent  intercourse  in 
relation  to  his  duties.  In  the  spring  of  1821,  Mr.  Jervis  was  assigned 
the  position  of  Resident  Engineer  to  the  division  extending  from  "The 
Nose"  to  opposite  the  village  of  Amsterdam,  about  seventeen  miles; 
Mr.  Seymour  being  the  Commissioner  of  that  division.  He  retained 
the  charge  of  this  division  until  the  close  of  1822,  when  it  Avas  mostly 


OCTOBER   PROCEEDINGS.  Ill 

completed,  and  the  party  was  disl)aniled,  except  himself.  He  was  re- 
tained to  aid  in  the  settlement  of  the  accounts  ot"  the  contractors,  which 
occupied  his  time  for  the  lialance  of  the  year.  This  work  was  dis- 
charged with  .such  acceptability  that  he  was  retained  by  Commissioner 
Seymour,  in  the  opening  of  the  season  of  1823,  to  take  charge  of  such 
work  as  still  remained  to  be  done  on  the  canal  between  the  Minden  dam 
and  the  Upper  Mohawk  aqueduct,  a  section  of  fifty  miles.  It  was  then 
made  his  duty  to  organize  parties  of  men  to  superintend  the  work  of  re- 
pairs and  such  incidental  improvements  as  were  found  necessary  to 
bring  the  section  into  use  for  navigation. 

The  custom  was,  at  that  day,  to  stop  small  leaks  in  the  canal  by 
dumj^ing  in  clay,  but  Mr.  Jervis  records  that,  "finding  the  clay  not 
satisfactory  in  the  leaks  that  occurred,  I  made  trial  of  fine  gravel  inter- 
mixed with  sharp  sand,  which,  while  it  did  not  fully  stop  the  leak  at 
the  first  a|)plication,  was  not  sensilily  carried  aAvay,  and  the  interstices 
l>eing  small  they  were  gradually  filled  up,  and  the  work  became  tight," 
which  marked  a  decided  advance  in  the  mode  of  repairing  leaks,  and 
was  illustrative  of  the  care  Avith  which  Mr.  Jervis  always  investigated 
details.  In  the  spring  of  1825  the  canal  was  opened  to  Albany,  and  Mr. 
Jervis  was  continued  as  the  Superintendent  Engineer  on  the  same 
division.  During  that  year  and  until  March,  1825,  he  had  full  charge  of 
the'  entire  section  from  Amsterdam  to  Albany,  and  all  accounts  for  labor 
and  material  passed  through  his  hands.  He  records  the  fact  that  the 
actual  cost  of  operating  the  section  of  fifty  miles  for  one  year,  including 
lock  tenders  and  all  expenses,  except  those  for  the  collection  of  tolls, 
Avas  at  the  rate  of  §5600  per  mile. 

Mr.  Canvass  White,  the  princiiml  Assistant  Engineer,  left  the  State 
service  for  other  Avork  in  1823,  and  as  Judge  Wright,  the  Chief  Engi- 
neer, had  many  calls  for  his  service  on  canal  enterprises  in  other  States, 
the  entire  responsibility  for  the  section  referred  to  was  throAvn  uj)on 
Mr,  Jervis  and  Mr.  Seymour,  the  Canal  Commissioner. 

After  seven  years'  employment  on  the  Erie  Canal,  Mr.  Jervis  closed 
his  services  by  resignation  early  in  the  month  of  March,  1825,  very 
miich  to  the  regret  of  Mr.  Henry  Seymoiir,  who  gave  him  Avarm  testi- 
monials, Mr.  Jervis  Avent  to  Ncaa^  York  and  had  an  intervieAv  Avith 
Judge  Wright,  Avho  had  entered  into  an  engagement  Avith  the  DelaAvare 
and  Hudson  Canal  Company,  Avhich  resulted  in  the  engagement  of  Mr. 
Jervis  as  Chief  Engineer  of  that  company,  Avith  Judge  Wright  as  Con- 
sulting Engineer.  Preliminary  surveys  and  estimates  had  been  made 
for  the  construction  of  a  Avater  route,  jiartly  canal  and  jjartly  slack- 
water;  but  Mr.  Jervis,  after  a  careful  investigation,  decided  against 
most  of  the  slack-Avater  plan,  his  decision  being  approA^ed  by  Judge 
Wright,  Near  the  close  of  1827  Judge  Wright  resigned,  and  Mr,  Jervis 
Avas  appointed  to  succeed  him,  and  remained  in  charge  of  the  Avork  im- 
til  1830,     During  this  time  he  constructed  the  inclines  of  the  Carbon- 


112  OCTOBER   PKOCEEDINGS. 

dale  Kailroael  and  ordered  from  England  the  ♦'  Stourbridge  Lion,"  the 
first  locomotive  imported  into  this  country,  which,  with  two  others, 
were  ordered  about  a  year  before  the  famous  trial  on  the  Liverpool  and 
Manchester  Eailway,  indicating  Mr.  Jervis'  extraordinary  foresight  and 
courage.  This  locomotive,  Mr.  Jervis  states,  was  bought  under  an 
order  from  him  for  a  locomotive  which  should  not  exceed  5^  tons  in 
weight.  The  "  Stourbridge  Lion  "  actually  weighed  7  tons,  exclusive  of 
coal  and  water,  with  the  proper  complement  of  which  its  weight  was  8 
tons,  and  consequently  in  excess  of  the  weight  which  the  trestles  of  the 
Carbondale  road  were  built  to  sustain,  and  hence  the  locomotive  could 
not  be  used.  But  the  criticism  that  the  trestles  were  too  weak  for  their 
intended  purpose  is  negatived  by  the  fact  that  they  bore  in  the  first 
20  years  the  transit  of  al)out  5  000  000  tons  of  coal.  Mr.  Jervis  is  cer- 
tainly entitled  to  the  credit  of  having  introduced  the  first  locomotive  on 
the  American  continent,  and  its  failure  to  be  serviceable  was  not  due  to 
any  error  of  bis. 

The  works  of  the  Delaware  and  Hudson  Canal  and  Railroad 
were  completed  in  the  fall  of  1829.  and  a  few  boats  loaded  with 
coal  were  transported  to  tide-water  on  the  Hudson.  Mr.  Jervis  records 
that  at  this  time  he  employed  Mr.  John  H.  McAlpine  to  superintend 
the  construction  of  machinery,  who  introduced  his  son,  William  J. 
McAlpine,  then  about  16  years  of  age,  and  requested  a  place  for  him. 
Mr.  McAlpine's  widely-known  engineering  reputation  started  with  that 
introduction. 

In  1830  Mr  Jervis  was  appointed  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Albany  and 
Schenectady  Railroad,  the  first  railroad  constructed  in  the  State  of 
New  York. 

Mr.  Jervis  subsequently  became  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Schenectady 
and  Saratoga  Railroad,  and  while  occupying  this  position,  in  1830,  his 
attention  was  drawn  to  the  inadequacy  of  the  locomotives  of  the  then 
existing  plan  for  high  speed.  This  Avas  especially  noticeable  in  the 
action  of  the  second  engine  imported  for  the  Albany  and  Schenectady 
Railroad,  called  the  "John  Bull,"  the  first  having  been  named  the 
"De  Witt  Clinton."  Mr.  Jervis  says  of  the  "John  Bull  :  "  "It  being 
placed  on  four  wheels,  the  overhanging  caused  a  sharp  and  disagreeable 
motion  of  the  engine.  This  circumstance,  with  others,  induced  me  to 
continue  my  researches  for  a  remedy  for  the  weight,  and  to  secure  a 
more  steady  motion  for  the  engine,  and  I  was  finally  led  to  the  plan  of 
a  four-wheeled  truck  under  the  forward  portion  of  the  engine  as  a  sup- 
port for  that  end."  Mr.  Jervis  records  that  his  mind  was  made  up  in 
regard  to  the  form  of  this  truck  in  the  summer  of  1830,  although  he 
had  no  opportunity  to  construct  an  engine  of  that  plan  until  1882,  when 
the  first  engine  haA-ing  one  pair  of  drivers  and  a  four-wheeled  truck, 
manufactured  by  the  West  Point  Foundry  Association,  was  run  on  the 
Mohawk  and  Hudson  Railroad,  by  David  Mathews,  till  a  speed  of  50 


OCTOBER    PROCEEDIjSTGS.  113 

miles  per  hour  was  attained.  An  engraving  in  the  Railroad  Gazette  for 
February  3d,  1872,  shows  the  engine  so  designed  in  1831.  It  is  scarcely 
necessary  to  add  that  this  precise  form  of  truck  is  now  in  use  on  over 
125  000  miles  of  railway  in  this  country,  as  well  as  on  many  thousand 
miles  in  other  countries.  After  the  completion  of  the  two  railroads 
above  mentioned,  in  1833  Mr.  Jervis  was  engaged  by  the  Canal  Com- 
missioners as  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Chenango  Canal,  98  miles  long, 
with  100  locks.  On  this  canal,  for  the  first  time  in  this  country,  resort 
was  had  to  artificial  reservoirs  for  the  supply  of  its  summit  level  with 
water,  and  Mr.  Jervis  was  the  originator  of  the  method.  In  1835  the 
work  of  the  enlargement  of  the  Erie  Canal  was  attempted,  and  Mr.  Jervis 
was  called  wpon  to  make  surveys  and  estimates  on  the  eastern  section. 
He  proposed  corrections  for  many  errors  in  its  original  construction, 
and  at  Little  Falls  he  wholly  rearranged  the  locks. 

In  October,  1836,  he  accepted  the  unsolicited  oft'er  of  the  position  of 
Chief  Engineer  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct,  considered  at  the  time  of  its 
completion  as  the  greatest  examjile  in  the  world  of  hydraulic  engineer- 
ing skill.  The  difiiculties  with  which  Mr.  Jervis  had  to  contend,  caused 
by  the  ignorance  and  sometimes  by  the  malicious  criticism  of  the  op- 
ponents of  the  aqueduct,  greatly  tried  his  patience  and  skill,  but  he 
succeeded  in  holding  the  jjositiou  until  the  work  was  completed;  and  it 
deserves  to  be  here  recorded,  as  an  example  for  engineers,  and  for  the 
constructors  of  public  w-orks  of  this  day,  that  the  aqueduct  constructed 
to  supply  the  then  population  of  250  000,  with  a  view  to  ultimately  sup- 
plying a  popiilation  of  500  000,  starting  with  the  delivery  of  12  000  000 
gallons  i^er  24  hours,  is  now  supplying  95  000  000  gallons  daily  to  a 
population  of  1  400  000,  and  that  the  cost  of  the  whole  work,  exclusive 
of  the  High  Bridge,  estimated  by  Mr.  Jervis  on  January  2d,  1838,  at 
$8  464  033,  was  completed  by  a  total  expenditure  to  January  31st,  1848, 
of  $8  766  626,  an  excess  of  cost  over  the  original  estimate  of  but  $302  593, 
or  about  3.7  per  cent.,  which  excess  is  almost  entii'ely  accounted  for  by 
the  loss  of  the  partially  completed  Croton  dam  on  January  8th,  1841, 
and  by  the  increased  cost  of  land  damages,  outside  of  which  items  we 
have  the  personal  authority  of  Mr.  Jervis  for  stating  that  the  excess  in 
cost  over  the  original  estimate  was  less  than  one  per  cent. 

Mr.  Jervis  was  appointed  in  1846  Consiilting  Engineer  on  the  Boston 
water  supply,  which  position  he  held  until  1848,  diiring  which  time  the 
Cochituate  Water-works  were  located  and  partially  constructed.  The 
water-works  at  Port  Jervis,  which  place  was  named  after  Mr.  Jervis  by 
the  directors  of  the  Delaware  and  Hiidson  Canal  Company,  were  con- 
structed under  his  supervision,  as  were  also  the  Rome  Water-works,  in 
1868.  In  1847  Mr.  Jervis  was  made  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Hudson 
River  Railroad,  w'liich  position  he  held  until  1849,  and  was  Consulting 
Engineer  until  1850.  During  his  incumbency  the  Hiidson  River  Rail- 
road was  completed  from  New  York  to  Poughkeepsie,  which  included 


Hi  OCTOllER    PliOCEEHINGS. 

all  the  difficult  portions  of  the  work.  The  ol)taiuing  of  capital  for  its 
construction  was  greatly  facilitated  by  Mr.  Jervis'  well  known  caution 
in  recommending  any  scheme. 

In  1850  Mr.  Jervis  went  to  Europe,  where  he  spent  four  months,  and 
was  received  with  great  honor  on  account  of  his  engineering  achieve- 
ments. While  there  he  was  invited  by  Eobert  Stej^henson  to  witness 
the  launching  of  one  of  the  large  tubes  for  the  bridge  over  the  Menai 
Straits,  of  which  he  says:  "The  spectacle  was  highly  interesting  in 
itself,  and  was  followed  by  an  invitation  to  dine  with  a  party  of  English 
engineers,  an  occasion  I  enjoyed  very  much."  On  his  return  he  en- 
gaged as  Chief  Engineer  in  the  construction  of  the  Michigan  Soiithern 
and  Northern  Indiana  Eailroad,  now  the  western  liortion  of  the  Lake 
Shore  and  Michigan  Southern,  and  then  one  of  the  most  prominent 
public  works  of  the  country,  about  66  miles  of  which,  originally  known 
as  the  Erie  and  Kalamazoo  Eailroad,  had  been  constructed  by  the 
State  of  Michigan  with  a  Avooden  rail  and  iron  plates.  Mr.  Jervis  con- 
tiniied  his  connection  with  this  company  until  the  spring  of  1858. 
During  the  summer  of  1851  he  was  made  President  of  the  Chicago  and 
Eock  Island  Eailway,  which  was  constructed  from  Chicago  to  Daven- 
port, 180  miles,  and  brought  into  use  about  1854.  From  the  spring  of 
1858  until  the  spring  of  1861,  Mr.  Jervis  was  without  professional  en- 
gagement. In  the  fall  of  1861  he  was  appointed  General  Sui^eriutend- 
ent  of  the  Pittsburgh,  Fort  Wayne  and  Chicago  Eailway,  then  just 
emerging  from  a  condition  of  practical  bankruptcy.  The  bondholders 
had  foreclosed  and  sold  the  road  and  the  company  had  been  reorgan- 
ized,  acknoAvledging,  however,  all  classes  of  stockholders  and  creditors , 
to  the  full  amount  of  their  original  interest.  The  road  had  been  cheaply 
constriicted  and  inadequately  maintained,  and  was  in  poor  condition. 
The  stock  was  then  selling  at  8  per  cent.,  and  not  long  after  Mr.  Jervis 
entered  on  the  management  a  stockholder  inqiiired  of  him  if  it  would 
be  advisable  to  sell  at  20  per  cent.  He  held  the  position  of  General 
Superintendent  until  March,  1864,  when  he  resigned  to  take  that  of 
Chief  Engineer,  which  position  he  occupied  until  1866,  and  was  Con- 
sulting Engineer  of  the  company  until  1872.  During  the  period  of  his 
superintendence  the  track  and  machinery  were  greatly  imi^roved,  the 
latter  being  very  much  increased  in  quantity,  as  well  as  improved  in 
quality.  During  his  administration  all  the  fixed  liabilities  of  the  com- 
l^any  were  promptly  met,  and  soon  after  his  resignation  as  General 
Superintendent  the  company  paid  a  semi-annual  dividend  of  5  per  cent. 
The  foundation  was  laid  l)y  Mr.  Jervis  for  the  extraordinary  success 
with  which  the  company's  affairs  have  been  so  ably  managed  by  his 
successors. 

About  1872,  Mr.  Jervis  was  consulted  by  the  parties  who  were  con- 
templating the  building  of  the  Cazenovia  and  Canastota  Eailroad,  who 
submitted  to  him  an  estimate  which  they  had  lu'ocured  of  the  cost  of 


OCTOBER    PROCEEDINGS.  115 

building  the  prox)osecT.  line,  asking  his  opinion  thereof.  With  his  usual 
caution  and  foresight,  he  recommended  that  they  double  the  amount  of 
the  estimate  and  not  undertake  the  coustr'uction  until  they  were  pre- 
pared to  expend  the  increased  amount.  This  somewhat  delayed  the 
construction  of  the  road,  the  cost  of  which,  when  completed,  fully  sus- 
tained Mr.  Jervis'  views.  In  1868  he  was  made  one  of  the  first  trustees 
in  the  organization  of  the  Rcnne  Merchant  Iron  Mill  Company,  which 
position  he  occupied  until  the  time  of  his  death.  The  operations  of 
the  company  for  the  first  two  years  resulted  in  serious  loss,  and  threat- 
ened its  bankruptcy;  but  in  1872  Mr.  Jervis  came  to  its  rescue  with  a 
large  loan  of  his  personal  funds,  and  assumed  the  position  of  secretary, 
which  he  held  at  the  time  of  his  death.  Under  his  wise  and  prudent 
administration — for  his  was  the  keynote  in  the  management — the  com- 
pany retrieved  its  former  errors,  and  is  now  on  a  prosjjerous  footing. 

It  will  be  seen,  therefore,  that  for  more  than  seventy  years  Mr.  Jer- 
vis has  been  an  active  worker,  and  all  his  work  has  been  of  a  character 
to  leave  an  enduring  impression  on  the  .country.  Since  his  practical 
retirement  from  active  railroad  management,  in  1866,  he  found  time  to 
write  a  book  on  "  Railway  Property,"  and  another  on  "The  Question 
of  Labor  and  Capital."  In  1877  he  wrote  a  paper,  published  in  the 
International  Review,  advocating  the  use  of  locomotives  for  towing  boats 
on  the  Erie  Canal— an  unexampled  evidence  of  progress  at  the  age  of 
eighty-two.  In  1879,  at  the  request  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Asso- 
ciation of  Eome,  Mr.  Jervis  wrote  a  lecture  on  "Industrial  Economy," 
which  was  delivered  before  that  Association.  He  was  then  past  eighty- 
three  years  of  age,  yet  that  lecture  showed  his  mind  to  be  as  clear,  strong 
and  vigorous  as  in  the  days  of  his  prime.  In  1878,  Hamilton  College 
conferred  on  him  the  degree  of  LL.D. 

His  last  professional  work,  and  that  which  most  fully  illustrates  the 
extraordinary  character  of  his  professional  ability,  and  the  esteem  in 
which  he  was  held  by  his  engineering  contemporaries,  was  his  emjjloy- 
ment  as  a  Consulting  Engineer  on  the  proposed  new  Croton  Aqueduct, 
by  the  late  Isaac  Newton,  Chief  Engineer,  and  by  Mr.  E.  S.  Chesbrough, 
then  Consulting  Engineer  for  that  work.  Upon  this  Imsiness  Mr. 
Jervis  came  to  this  city  in  December,  1881,  and  remained  here  some 
two  weeks,  consulting  daily  with  Messrs.  Newton  and  Chesbrough,  and 
on  his  return  to  Rome  he  took  with  him  various  plans,  and  made  a 
report  substantially  indorsing  the  i)lans  proi)osed  by  Messrs.  Newton 
and  Chesbrough.  That  he  should  be  equal  to  this  work  at  the  age  of  86 
was  sufficiently  remarkable,  but  that  he  should  be  considered  as  worthy 
of  being  consulted  by  men  themselves  veterans  in  the  profession,  is  a 
still  more  extraordinary  evidence  of  the  exceptional  character  of  the 
man. 

Mr.  Jervis'  strongest  trait  was  his  absolute  conscientiousness,  ex- 
emplified in  every  walk  of  life.     His  career  was  an  example  of  the  most 


116  OCTOBER    PROCEEDINGS. 

sterling  integrity,  and  while  he  had  many  critics  and  opponents  during 
his  professional  career,  the  tongue  of  slander  never  wagged  against 
him.  His  life  was  a  grand  example  to  the  young  in  all  professions,  and 
particularly  to  those  of  his  own  profession,  who  meet  with  so  many 
temptations  and  discouragements  ;  and  a  study  of  his  memoirs,  which 
will  he  published  at  length  at  an  early  day,  will  enable  many  a  man  to 
avoid  the  rock  upon  which  so  many  harks  have  foundered. 

His  devotion  to  the  good  of  his  fellows  is  evidenced  by  his  Avill,  in 
which  he  bequeathed  his  valuable  library  and  about  one-third  of  his 
estate  to  erect  a  building  for  a  library  and  lecture-room,  for  the  use  of 
the  people  of  Eome,  so  long  his  place  of  residence. 

Mr.  Jervis  was  twice  married.  In  1834  he  married  the  daughter  of 
the  late  George  Brayton,  of  Weston,  who  died  in  1839.  Two  years  later 
he  was  married  to  Eliza  E.  Coates,  who  survives  him.  His  health  for  the 
greater  part  of  his  life  was  remarkably  good.  During  the  past  year  his 
strength  had  been  gradually  failing,  and  he  told  one  of  the  members  of 
the  committee  at  his  last  interview  in  November  that  his  work  was  done. 
He  had  no  special  disease;  the  machine  had  simply  worn  out  from  old 
age.  \Yhen  one  of  the  members  of  the  committee  talked  with  him,  only 
two  months  before  his  death,  his  mind  was  as  clear  and  his  faculties  as 
undimmed  as  at  the  beginning  of  their  accpiaintanc-e,  24  years  since,  and 
it  was  only  for  a  day  or  so  bef(n-e  his  death  that  mind  and  memory 
failed  him. 

In  the  death  of  John  Bloomtield  Jervis  the  whole  L-ommuuity  may 
truly  mourn;  for  a  great  engineer,  a  good  man,  and  a  valualile  citizen 
has  departed.  The  important  and  enduring  works  on  Avhich  he  had 
spent  a  lifetime  will  elevate  and  lienetit  the  human  race  long  after  his 
remains  shall  have  crumbled  to  dust,  and  his  fame  as  one  of  the  greatest 
of  American  engineers  will  survive  the  age  in  which  he  lived.  But, 
above  all,  the  remembrance  of  the  industry,  energy  and  perseverance  by, 
which  he  overcame  all  obstacles,  and  raised  himself  from  the  lowest  to 
the  highest  rank  in  his  profession,  his  purity  of  life  and  his  honorable 
and  high-minded  character,  will  survive  as  an  example  and  an  incentive 
to  the  young  men  of  America  and  encourage  them  to  emulate  his  virtues. 
Mr.  Jervis  became  a  Member  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil 
Engineers,  December  4th,  1867.  He  was  made  an  Honorary  Member  of 
the  Society,  December  2d,  1868. 


OCTOBER    PROOEEDIN^GS.  117 


JOHN  AVERV,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 


Died   January  30th,  1884. 


John  Avery  was  born  at  Lowell,  Mass.,  July  15tli,  1830,  and  was 
graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1850,  he  being  the  sixth  John  Avery,  in 
regular  descent  from  father  to  son,  who  had  there  received  the  degree 
of  A.  B.,  viz.,  in  1706,  1731.  1759,  1793,  1819  and  1850. 

After  graduation  he  traveled  with  his  father  in  Europe,  and,  return- 
ing, commenced  the  profession  of  civil  engineering  in  the  office  of 
Mr.  James  B.  Francis,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.  He  was  afterwards  with  Mr. 
William  E.  Worthen,  M.  Am.  Hoc.  C.  E.,  in  the  surveys  for  the  New 
Kochelle  and  Mott  Haven  Railroad  ;  in  the  construction  of  the  Cos 
Cob  l)ridge  on  the  New  York  and  New  Haven  Railroad,  and  afterwards 
in  charge  as  engineer  on  this  road.  He  was  an  assistant  to  Mr.  James 
Laurie,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  in  the  surveys  of  a  railroad  in  Nova 
Scotia,  and  in  his  examination  and  I'eiJort  on  the  Troy  and  Greenfield 
Railroad,  and  the  Hoosac  Tunnel.  He  had  charge  of  the  surveys  and 
examination  of  the  obstructions,  natural  and  artificial,  of  the  Sudbury 
River,  in  the  employ  of  the  State  of  Massachusetts.  He  was  an  assist- 
ant engineer  on  the  Brooklyn  Water-works. 

Taking  uii  his  residence  in  New  York  City,  he  became  a  member  of 
the  7th  Regiment,  and  went  with  it  to  the  defense  of  Washington  and 
Baltimore,  and  always  continued  his  military  connection  in  "The 
Veterans." 

In  1865  he  entered  the  service  of  the  Croton  Acj^uednct  Dejjartment, 
and  had  charge  of  the  construction  of  the  reservoir  at  Ward's  Island. 
He  was  transferred  to  the  Bureau  of  Sewers  of  this  department,  and 
continued  in  the  same  work  under  the  Department  of  Public  Works 
till  his  decease.  He  met  his  death  January  30th,  1884,  by  being  struck 
l)y  a  locomotive  on  the  New  York  Central  and  Hudson  River  Railroad 
while  on  his  way  to  the  station  to  take  the  cars. 

Mr.  Avery  was  singularly  quiet  and  retiring  in  manner,  but  educated 
and  refined  in  his  tastes,  with  an  enthusiastic  love  of  field  sports.  He 
made  many  friends,  not  only  among  those  of  his  profession,  but  also 
among  those  with  whom  he  was  brought  in  contact,  and  once  made  they 
were  retained. 

Mr.  Avery  was  elected  a  Member  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil 
Engineers,  December  4th,  1867. 

Committee  to  prepare  Memoir:  Mr.  WiUiam  E.  Worthpn,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. ;  Mr.  G.  S. 
Greene,  Jr.,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. ;  and  Mr.  Charles  H.  Myers,  M.  Am   Soc.  C.  E. 


lis  OCTOBER    PROCEEDINGS. 


LIST    OF    MEMBERS, 


ADDITIONS 


MEMBEES. 

Dato  of  Election. 


Andrews,  David  Herbeet Proprietor  Boston  Bridge  Works, 

13  Pemberton  square,    Boston. 

Mass Sept.  2,1885- 

AuLLS,  Herbert  Leander.    . .   (Care  Union  Pacific  E'y),  Omaha, 

Nebraska July    1,  1885. 

Bishop,  Thomas  Sparks Engineer  Russell  and  Erwin  Man- 
ufacturing Co..  New  Britain, 
Conn Sept.  2,  1885. 

CooLEY,  George  Washington.  .42  South  Third  st.,  Minneapolis, 

Minn 

Crvighill,  William  Price.  ..  .Lieut. -Col.    Corps   of  Engineers, 

U.  S.  A.,  378  St.  Paul  st.,  Balti- 
more, Md Oct.    7,    1885. 

Harrison,  Edlow  Wingate.  . .  .Rooms  74  and  75,  Fuller  Build- 
ing, Jersey  City,  N.  J June  .3,   188.J. 

HoAG  Sidney  Willett,  Jr 128  East  One  Hundred  and  Fif- 
teenth St.,  New  York  City Sept.  2,  1885. 

P.RET,  Milnoe  Peck Assistant  Engineer  Reading  and 

Pottsville  R.  R.,  Harrisburgh, 

Pa "      " 

RowE,  Samuel  McMath Resident    Engineer     Las    Vegas 

Division  Atchison,  Topekaand 
Santa  Fe  R.  R.,  Las  Vegas,  N. 
M "      " 


associate. 


Barnes,  William  Henry 2121    Walnut    st.,    Philadelphia 

■p^       Sept.  2.  lo8o. 


Bensel,  John  ANDERSON 207    West    Fifty-sixth    st.,    New 

York  City Sept.  2,  1885. 

Ferrer,  Carlos  Ferrer Morris  Dock,  New  York  City    . . 

Smith,  Maxwell 44  East  Sixty-fifth  st.,  New  lork  ^^       ^ 

City 


OCTOBER    PROCEEDINGS.  119 


CHANGES      AND      CORRECTIONS, 


MEMBERS. 


Allen,  C.  Frank Socorro,  New  Mexico. 

Allen,  James  P. 5  Bull  st.,  Charleston,  S.  C. 

Bland,  John  C 257  South  Fovirth  st.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Burpee,  Moses Chief  Engineer  New  Brunswick  R'y,  Wood- 
stock, N.  B.,  Canada. 

Curtis,  Wendell  R Rockland,  Plymouth  Co.,  Mass. 

De  Funiak,  Frederick 204   East  Chestnut  St.,  Louisville,  Ky. 

Fisher,  Charles  H Lansingburgh,  N.  Y. 

Flagg,  J.  Foster (Care  Charles  it  Lindsay),   145  Broadway,  New 

York  City. 

Frith,  Arthur  J (Care  Reeves  Bros. ),  Niles,  Ohio. 

Fuller,  Sidney  T 16  Chester  Square,  Boston,  Mass. 

Greene,  Francis  V Capt.  Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  West  Point, 

N.  Y. 

Hood,  William Chief  Engineer  Southern  Pacific  Co.,  Pacific 

System,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Jewett,  William  C Resident    Engineer  Cincinnati,  New   Orleans 

and  Texas  Pacific  R'y,  and  Alabama  Great 
Southern  R.  R.,  Chattanooga,  Tenn. 

McCooL,  Daniel General  Manager  St.  Joseph  and  Grand  Island 

R.  R.,  St.  Joseph,  Mo. 

MosMAN,  Alonzo  T Beverly,  Mass. 

O'RouRKE,  John  F Engineer  in  charge  Wisconsin   River  Bridge, 

Chicago,  Burlington  and  Northern  R'y  (P. 
0.  Box  62),  Prairie  du  Chien,  Wis. 

Parkhurst,  Henry  W Omaha,  Nebraska. 

Phinney,  Henry  W.  B 170  East  One  Hundred  and  Eleventh  st..  New 

York  City. 

Strobel,  Charles  L Consulting   Engineer    Keystone    Bridge    Co., 

Home  Insurance  Building,  Chicago,  111. 

Watkins,  Frederick  W Division  Engineer   Aqueduct  Commissioners, 

118  East  One  Hundred  and  Fifteenth  st. 
New  York  City. 

Whitford,  Oscar  F Superintendent  of  Mines  for  the  Santa  Barbara 

Silver  Mining  Co.,  Santa  Barbara,  Chihua- 
hua, Mexico. 

juniors. 

BissELL,  Frank  E Road  Master  Fort  Worth  and  Denver  City  R'y, 

Fort  Worth,  Texas. 

Blanc,  Frederic  N 14  West  Twenty-third  st.,  New  York  City. 

Francis,  George  B (Care  W.   H.  Atwood,  Div.  Eng.   S.  P.  R.  R.l, 

Fannettsburg,  Pa. 


120  OCTOBER    PROCEEDINPtS. 


DuRANT,  Thomas  C Elected  Fellow  November  13th,  1870;  died  Oc- 
tober 5th,  1885. 

Sites,  WiLMON  \V.  C Elected    Member    November   6th,    1878:    died 

October  1st,  1885. 


Subscription  to  Building  Fund  not  previouslj'  acknowledged. 

Newell,  John $100.00 


^mericHU  lodelg  of  |  iuil  Irngineers. 


PROOEEDIIN'aS. 


Vol.   XI.— November,  1885. 


MINUTES    OF     MEETINGS 

(Abstract  of  sucli  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


OcTOBEK  21sT,  1885. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President 
<jr.  S.  Greene,  Jr.,  in  tlie  chair.  A  paper  by  Mr.  Walton  W.  Evans, 
M.  Am.  Soc.  C.«E. ,  on  Abt's  System  of  Railways  for  Steep  Inclines,  was 
read  and  discnssed. 

November  4th,  1885. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President 
G.  S.  Greene,  Jr.,  in  the  chair.  The  following  candidates  were 
elected  as  Members  :  Edward  Sherman  Gould,  Yonkers,  N.  Y.  ;  Ben- 
jamin Dwight  Green,  Oswego,  N.  Y. ;  Simpson  Clark  Heald,  Worces- 
ter, Mass. ;  Thomas  Franklin  Richardson,  El  Paso,  Texas ;  and  as 
Fellow  of  the  Society,  Henry  Coddington  Meyer,  New  York  City, 

The  following  amendment  to  the  By-Laws  Avas  regnlarly  proposed: 
To  amend  Section  24,  5th  Clause,  by  snbstitnting  the  word  "Decem- 
ber" for  the  Avord  "November."  This  will  be  issned  for  letter- 
ballot. 

The  Board  of  Direction  Avas  requested  to  issne  a  circular,  calling  the 
attention  of  Members  to  the  desirability  of  adding  to  the  Junior  Mem- 
bership, and  of  exercising  their  ijersonal  influence  with  young  men  to- 
wards inducing  them  to  make  ajjplication  in  the  ordinary  Avay  for 
Junior  Meml)ership. 

A  paper  by  Mr.  F.  Collingwood,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  the  Be- 
havior of  Cement-Mortars  Under  Various  Contingencies  of  Use,  Avitli  a 
Brief  Discussion  of  SeAeral  Tests,  Avas  read  and  discussed. 

OF  THE  BOAKD  OF  DIRECTION. 

October  28th,  1885. — Applications  Avere  considered.  Action  Avas 
taken  as  to  Members  in  arrears  for  dues, 

November  4th,  1885. — Applications  were  considered.  Action  Avas 
taken  as  to  Memliers  in  arrears  for  dues. 


122  NOVEMBER    PROCEEDINGS. 

MEMOIRS  OF  DECEASED  MEMBEES. 


CHARLES  AUGUSTUS  SMITH,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 


Died  Febktjary  2d,  1884. 


diaries  Augustus  Smith  was  born  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  on  the  first  dar 
of  October,  1846.  His  mother  dying  soon  afterwards — probably  in  the 
epidemic  of  cholera  in  1849 — he  was  placed  in  the  care  of  his  mother's, 
sister,  in  Newburvport,  Mass. ,  the  native  State  of  both  his  parents,  and 
there  remained  during  his  youth. 

After  graduating  in  the  English  course  in  the  Boys'  High  School  in 
Newburyport,  in  1862,  he  began  his  j^rofessional  work  in  March,  1863, 
in  the  office  of  Mr.  J.  B.  Heuck,  civil  engineer,  in  Boston.  In  the 
following  year  he  was  a  leveler  on  the  Boston,  Hartford  and  Erie 
Railway.  In  1865  he  was  an  assistant  engineer  on  the  Boston  and 
Providence  Railway,  and  then  chief  assistant  in  the  City  Engineer's 
■office  at  Springfield,  Mass.  By  this  time  he  l>egan  to  feel  the  need  of 
more  thorough  technical  training,  and,  in  October,  1865,  entered  the 
Soj)homore  Class  in  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology,  then 
first  opened,  and  was  a  member  of  the  first  graduating  class  in  1868. 
During  his  course  in  the  Institute  he  kept  his  residence  in  Newliury- 
port,  going  daily  to  and  from  Boston,  forty  miles  distant. 

His  vacations  were  all  sjient  in  professional  work.  Thus,  in  1866,  he 
was  transit-man  on  a  railroad  survey,  and  in  1867  was  employed  in  the 
office  of  Mr.  J.  B.  Francis,  Past  President  Amy  Soc.  C.  E.,  engineer  of 
the  locks  and  canals  at  Lowell,  Mass.,  where,  also,  he  spent  a  short 
time  in  1868.  In  the  latter  part  of  this  year  he  became  an  assistant 
engineer  on  the  location  of  the  Union  Pacific  Railway  in  Utah,  where 
he  was  associated  with  Mr.  E.  P.  North,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. ,  and  the 
late  Mr.  John  R.  Gillis,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

In  1869  he  formed  a  business  jiartnership  with  Prof.  J.  B.  Henck, 
of  Boston,  and  during  this  connection  was  division  engineer  on  the 
Blue  Ridge  Railway  in  North  Carolina.  Thence,  in  1870,  he  was  called 
back  to  St.  Louis,  the  place  of  his  birth,  to  become  instructor  in  civil 
engineering  in  Washington  University.  Shortly  afterwards  he  was 
elected  to  the  full  i^rofessorship  of  civil  and  mechanical  engineering,  a 
position  which  he  held  until  June,  1883,  when  compelled  by  failing" 
health  to  resign. 

Committee  to  prepare  Memoir:  Mr.  Robert  Moore,  'M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  and  the  Secretary. 


]SrOVEMBER    PROCEEDINGS.  123 

Wliilst  connected  with  tlie  University,  lie  found  time  for  mncli'pro- 
fessioual  work.  He  was  for  several  years  consulting  engineer  for  the 
Iron  Mountain  Railway  Company,  and  designed  for  them  the  shops  at 
De  Soto.  He  was  also  consulting  engineer  for  Shic-kle,  Harrison  & 
Co.,  iron  manufacturers,  for  Avhom  he  designed  the  roof  trusses  of  the 
St.  Louis  Merchants'  Exchange,  and  several  iron  bridges.  In  1879  he 
spent  his  summer  vacation  at  Minneapolis,  as  resident  engineer  of  the 
Baltimore  Bridge  Company,  at  that  time  Iniilding  the  Minnehaha 
bridge  over  the  Mississippi  River,  for  the  Chicago,  Milwaiikee  and 
St.  Paul  Railway. 

In  1880  he  made  a  t-ompetitive  design  for  pumping  machinery  for 
the  water-works  at  Richmond,  Virginia,  which  gained  the  first  ijrize  of 
$500,  and  has  since  been  used  in  construction  of  the  works.  He  was 
also  consulting  engineer  during  the  construction  of  the  water-works  at 
Hannibal,  Mo.,  and  at  St.  Charles,  Mo. 

His  last  professional  work  was  the  preparation  of  the  two  books  on 
steam  engineering,  which  have  been  published  since  his  death,  under 
the  titles  of  "  Steam  Making  "  and  "  Steam  Using."  These  were  both 
written  during  the  last  two  years  of  his  life  and  after  the  appearance  of 
the  disease,  a  cancerous  tumor,  which  finally  caused  his  death,  and  are 
sad  memorials  of  a  most  gallant  struggle  against  depressing  influences 
by  wliich  most  men  would  have  been  unnerved.  When  his  strength 
had  waned  until  it  was  no  longer  e([ual  to  the  work  of  teaching,  he  went 
l)ack  to  Newburyport,  his  old  home.  He  did  not,  however,  cease  working, 
but,  lying  on  his  bed  or  propped  up  in  a  chair,  pressed  on  to  a  conclu- 
sion his  record  book,  and  did  not  lay  down  his  pen  until  his  self-ap- 
Ijointed  task  was  done.  He  died  about  a  week  afterwards,  on  the  2d  of 
February,  1884,  leaving  his  wife  and  three  children  surviving. 

Professor  Smith  was  Secretary  of  the  Engineers'  Club  of  St.  Louis 
for  more  than  eleven  years,  from  September,  1871,  to  February,  1883; 
and  a  Memljer  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  from  April  7th, 
1880,  until  his  death.  He  was  also  a  Member  of  the  American  Water- 
works Association,  and  (if  the  American  Railway  Master  Mechanics' 
Association . 

Personally  he  was  muc-h  beloved  hj  his  jjupils  and  associates,  who 
will  long  cherish  his  memory  as  that  of  a  bright,  cheerful  and  large- 
hearted  man,  earnestly  devoted  to  nol)le  ends. 


124  NOVEMBER    PROCEEDINGS. 

EDWARD  iOEKE,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

Died  May  28th,  1884. 


Edward  Yorke  was  boi'u  at  Florenc-e,  Alal)ama,  October  8tli,  1835. 
At  the  early  age  of  eleven  he  was  sent  to  France  h\  his  father,  who  was 
a  prominent  and  wealthy  sugar-planter,  to  be  educated,  remaining  there 
for  eleven  years,  until  1856.  He  entered  the  Sarbonne  (University  of 
Paris),  graduating  as  Bachelor  of  Letters  in  May,  1852,  and  as  Bachelor 
of  Sciences  in  July,  1853.  He  then  entered  the  Ecole  Central  des  Arts 
et  Manufactures,  graduating  August  15th,  1856.  Toward  the  close  of 
1857  he  returned  to  the  United  States,  and  was  engaged  as  assistant 
engineer  l)y  the  Louisiana  Tehuantepec  Railroad  Company,  the  first 
corporation  which  attempted  the  construction  of  a  railroad  across  the 
Isthmus  of  Tehuantepec,  in  which  his  father  held  a  large  financial  in- 
terest. He  was  sj^eedily  placed  in  charge  of  a  party  on  the  surveys, 
but  little  or  nothing  was  done  towards  construction,  and  he  ultimately 
remained  on  the  Isthmus  for  some  time,  looking  after  the  business 
interests  of  his  father  and  others  in  the  stage  line,  Avliich  had  been 
established  j^ro  to?z.  across  the  Isthmus,  and  which  at  one  time  had  a 
heavy  traffic. 

Professional  and  social  interests  then  took  him  to  Mexico,  where  he 
remained  some  years,  several  of  his  class-mates  being  connected  with 
the  service  of  the  unfortunate  Maximilian.  His  chief  professional 
duties  during  this  jieriod  were  as  engineer  in  charge  of  construction 
of  a  division  of  the  Mexican  Railway  from  Vera  Cruz  to  the  City  of 
Mexico,  a  service  of  no  little  danger  at  that  time  as  well  as  of  i:)rofes- 
sional  responsibility.  The  country  was  in  a  condition  of  chronic  tu- 
mult, and  attacks  uijon  the  constructing  force  were  frequent.  Upon 
the  completion  of  his  division  in  1865,  Mr.  Yorke  _  abandoned  his  pro- 
fession for  a  time,  purchasing  and  engaging  in  the  management  of  a 
coftee  plantation,  with  a  result  which  not  unfrecpiently  attends  enter- 
prises undertaken  by  engineers  oiitside  of  the  limits  of  their  own  pro- 
fession, to  wit,  more  money  went  into  it  than  came  out  of  it — although 
in  this  case  the  lack  of  success  was  largely  due  to  a  combination  of  un- 
fortunate circumstances,  and  especially  to  the  unsettled  condition  of 
the  country. 

In  1868  Mr.  Y'^orke  went  to  California,  which  may  be  said  to  have 
been  thereafter  his  home  imtil  the  time  of  his  death.  In  1868-69  he 
was   engaged   on   the   construction  of  the   Western   Pacific   Railroad; 

Committee  to  prepare  Memoir:  Mr.  A.  M.  Wellington,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 


KOVEMBER    PROCEEDINGS.  125 

spendiug  the  uext  three  years  in  various  to})ographical  surveys  at  San 
Francisco,  and  as  civil  assistant  on  the  harbor  works  of  that  city. 

In  1872-73,  Mr,  Yorke  was  engaged  as  one  of  the  party  of  recou- 
noitering  engineers  who  visited  Mexico  in  company  with  and  in  the 
interests  of  Generals  Palmer  and  Rosecrans,  who  were  at  that  time 
seeking  railway  concessions  in  Mexico,  and  who  planted  the  seeds  of 
the  movement  which,  some  eight  years  later,  bore  fruit  in  so  many  con- 
cessions, and  in  so  large  a  mileage  of  actual  construction,  only  a  por. 
tion  in  the  interests  of  those  who  had  borne  the  chief  part  in  creating 
the  public  sentiment  which  led  to  them.  This  service  was  at  that  time 
one  of  no  little  danger  and  difficulty,  notwithstanding  which  it  was 
performed  with  a  thoroughness  wliicli  commanded  the  respect  of  and 
rendered  great  assistance  to  those  who  succeeded  later  in  charge  of 
actual  construction.  The  entire  area  of  the  Mexican  plateau  was  ex- 
jilored  with  great  thoroughness,  and  the  conclusions  drawn  subse- 
quently ijroved  in  the  main  correct. 

Nothing  immediately  resulting  from  this  work,  Mr.  Yorke  in  1873 
returned  to  California,  and  became  connected,  in  succession,  during  the 
next  four  years,  with  the  North  Pacific  Coast  Kaih'oad  as  division  en- 
gineer, Dumbarton  Railroad  (afterwards  consolidated  with  the  South 
Pacific  Coast  Line)  as  chief  engineer,  and  as  resident  engineer  of  the 
latter  line  after  the  consolidation.  In  1877-78  he  was  professionally 
engaged  in  some  of  the  large  irrigation  works  of  the  State,  and  from 
March,  1878,  to  November,  1880.  was  chief  officer  of  the  State  Engi- 
neer's Department  of  California,  a  dei)artment  which,  owing  to  the  large 
irrigation  works  and  analogous  interests  of  the  State,  was  one  of  much 
importance. 

In  December,  1880,  Mr.  Yorke  again  went  to  Mexico  in  the  service 
of  the  Mexican  Central  Railroad  Company,  acting  for  a  few  months  as 
one  of  the  locating  engineers  for  the  main  line,  whence,  in  April,  1881, 
he  was  detailed  to  take  charge  of  the  Pacific  Line  surveys,  and  in 
August  of  the  same  year  was  appointed  chief  engineer  of  that  branch. 

In  September,  1883,  Mr.  Yorke  resigned  his  j)osition,  work  on  the 
line  being  practically  suspended,  and  returned  to  California,  again 
entering  the  service  of  the  public  works  of  the  State.  In  May,  1884» 
while  fording  the  Santa  Anna  River,  in  San  Bernardino  County,  in 
Southern  California,  the  team  became  unmanageal)le,  and  the  wagon 
was  swept  away  by  the  torrent,  resulting  in  his  death,  by  drowning,  at 
the  age  of  forty-eight  years  and  seven  inonths. 

In  1880,  Mr.  Yorke  married  Miss  Jenny  Heard,  daughter  of  Judge 
Heard,  of  Sacramento,  Cal.  His  only  daughter,  Irma  Yorke,  died,  aged 
about  two  years,  with  distressing  suddenness  at  the  City  of  Guada- 
lajara, Mexico,  of  scarlet  fever,  being  taken  sick  on  the  very  day  when  it 
had  been  expected  to  leave  with  her  for  the  United  States.  He  left, 
however,  a  posthumoiis  child. 


12G  NOVEMBER   PROCEEDIKGS. 

Few  men  are  blessed  witli  such  charming  and  attractive  personal 
([ualities  as  "was  Mr.  Yorke — qualities  ■which  insured  for  him  the  strong- 
friendship  of  those  with  whom  he  was  thrown  in  contact  i)ersonally  or 
l^rofessionally.  Born  under  circumstances  which  gave  him  extraor- 
dinary social  and  educational  advantages,  he  was,  perhaps,  for  that  very 
reason  little  imbued  with  the  restless  American  craving  for  advance- 
ment and  professional  success  as  the  chief  of  all  earthly  good;  biit  he 
had  a  strong  professional  ])ride  and  interest  in  his  work,  which  served 
him  perhaps  in  lietter  stead,  and  the  great  responsibilities  with  which 
he  was  at  various  times  entrusted,  is  alone  proof  that  he  possessed  abili- 
ties of  no  common  order.  Outside  of  the  direct  line  of  professional 
duty,  perhaps  his  most  marked  characteristic  was  his  skill  and  tact  in 
dealiug  with  men — a  quality  which  is  largely  born  in  a  man,  and  not 
ac(|uired;  but  to  which  his  many  personal  characteristics,  large  experi- 
ence of  men  and  affairs  in  many  lands,  and  natural  dignity  of  manner, 
largely  contributed.  Those  who  knew  him  would  lind  it  hard  to  believe 
that  he  was  ever  discourteous  or  rude  to  any  human  being— a  quality 
which  speaks  volumes  for  his  character.  And  we  can  only  regret  that 
untoward  circumstances  should  have  prevented  his  attaining  that 
rounded  and  long-continiied  professional  career  for  which  his  training- 
and  experience  had  in  so  many  ways  qualified  him. 

Mr.  Yorke  became  a  Member  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engi- 
neers, November  1st,  1882. 


CHARLES  VANDERVOORT  SMITH,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 


Died  June  30th,  1884. 


Charles  Vandervoort  Smith  was  born  in  the  City  of  New  York 
October  5th,  1837.  He  received  a  common  school  education  at  Clark 
it  Fanniug's  Institute  in  that  city.  In  1852  he  began  his  professional 
career  with  The  Manhattan  Gas  Light  Company,  of  New  York,  and  was 
associated  with  that  company  until  his  death.  From  1852  to  1857  he 
was  employed  in  the  laboratory  and  as  assistant  to  the  late  Dr.  W.  H. 
Ellet;  from  1857  to  1866  in  the  laboratory  and  engineer's  office  ;  from 
1866  to  1871  as  assistant  engineer  and  snijerintendent  in  charge  of 
the  Eighteenth  street  station,  and  from  1871  to  the  time  of  his  death  he 
was  the  chief  engineer  of  the  company. 


Committee  to  prepare  Memoir:    Mr.  John   Bosart,   M.   Am.    Soc.   C.   E.,   and   Mr.  Max- 
well Smith,  Jun.  .\in.  Soc.  C.  E. 


NOVEMBER    PROCEEDlISrGS.  12T 

lu  eonuec^tiou  with  Mr.  William  Farmer,  he  invented  and  ijatented  a 
number  of  important  a})ijlianc*es  and  machines  for  the  improvement  of 
the  various  jjrocesses  of  gas  manufacture,  notably  the  ziz-zag  scrub- 
bers, the  duplex  center  seal  tower  scrubbers,  and  water  distributers  for 
tower  scrubbers,  all  of  which  were  of  valuable  service  in  the  produc- 
tion of  illuminating  gas. 

In  the  summer  of  1883,  very  much  run  down  from  close  attention 
to  business,  he  passed  a  few  weeks  at  the  Rangeley  Lakes,  in  Maine,  and 
in  the  fall  sailed  for  Europe.  After  spending  some  months  there,  he 
returned  in  the  spring  of  1884  apparently  very  much  improved  in 
health,  and  again  entered  upon  the  active  discharge  of  his  i)rofessional 
duties. 

He  became  suddenly  and  seriously  ill  on  the  morning  of  June  28th, 
and  passed  away  in  his  sleej)  early  on  June  30th,  an  affection  of  the 
heart  being  the  immediate  cause  of  death.  He  leaves  a  widow  and  two 
sous.  He  was  devoted  to  his  family  and  loved  by  many  friends,  to 
whom  his  genial  disposition  especially  endeared  him.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  7th  Regiment,  N.  Y.  S.  M.,  and  afterwards  of  its  veteran 
association.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Society  of  Gas 
Lighting,  and  its  Vice-President  from  1881  till  his  decease. 

During  Mr.  Smith's  connection  of  thirty- two  years  with  the  Manhat- 
tan Gas  Light  Company,  of  the  City  of  New  Y(n-k,  the  business  of  the 
manufacture  and  distribution  of  illuminating  gas  in  this  country  grew 
from  small  proportions  to  an  enormous  industry,  and  in  this  growth  the 
company  with  which  he  was  connected  had  a  lai-ge  and  representative 
part.  The  changes  were  not  only  in  the  amount  t)f  manufacture  and 
extent  of  distribution,  but  also  in  important  improvements  in  the 
scientific  and  mechanical  apparatus  and  processes  for  the  proper  treat- 
ment of  the  products  from  the  destructive  distillation  of  coal.  In  all 
these  advances  Mr.  Smith  was  the  trusted  adviser  of  this  great  company, 
as  well  as  the  engineer  in  immediate  charge  of  its  extensive  works. 
Quiet,  clear,  studious  and  thoughtful,  he  l)ecame  an  eminent  authority 
in  all  questions  connected  with  this  branch  of  engineering. 

As  a  Director  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  for  four 
successive  years,  his  clear  judgment  and  excellent  l)usiness  knowledge 
were  of  especial  value,  and  were  thoroughly  appreciated  by  the  members 
of  the  Board  of  Direction  in  their  management  of  the  trusts  confided  to 
them. 

Mr.  Smith  was  elected  a  Member  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil 
Engineers,  July  5th,  1876,  and  was  a  member  of  its  Board  of  Direction 
from  November,  1877,  to  January,  1882. 


15^8       ,  NOVEMItKU    I'KOCEEDINGS. 

ISAAC  NEWTON,  M.  Am.  S(.c.  (.  F. 


Died  September  25th.   1884. 


Isaac  Newton,  Ph.D.,  was  horn  in  New  York  City,  August  4tli,  1837. 
He  was  the  eldest  sou  of  the  late  Isaac  Newton,  for  many  years  promi- 
nently known  in  connection  with  steam  navigation,  and  the  originator 
of  the  People's  Line  of  North  River  steamboats. 

Mr.  Newton's  early  education  was  at  the  Columbia  College  Gram- 
mar School,  at  Hamilton  College,  and  finally  at  the  New  York  Univer- 
sity, where  he  graduated  in  1856.  His  practical  education  in  the  j^ro- 
fession  which  he  had  adopted  was  of  a  most  thorough  character.  Under 
his  father's  direction  he  was  apprenticed  in  the  Delamater  Machine 
Shop  (Phoenix  Foundry)  and  at  the  Novelty  Works,  and  subsequently 
on  a  North  River  steamboat  he  worked  his  w'ay  from  the  lowest  grade 
to  that  of  assistant  engineer.  He  then  acted  as  engineer  (1857-58)  on 
one  of  the  Collins'  Line  of  Steamers  between  New  York  and  Liverpool, 
terminating  with  an  engineering  tour  in  Europe  during  the  year  1859. 

On  the  breaking  out  of  the  war  he  sought  employment  under  the 
Govei'ument,  and,  after  jjassing  his  examination,  was  commissioned  as 
"first  assistant  engineer  U.  S.  Navy  in  June,  1861,  and  was  ordered  for 
<luty  on  the  U.  S.  steam  frigate  Roanoke  in  the  blockade  of  Charles- 
ton Harlior.  On  November  '29th,  1861,  on  the  application  of  Mr.  Erics- 
son he  was  assigned  to  duty  in  connection  with  the  construction  of  the 
projjosed  ironclad  to  be  built  for  the  Government  by  Mr.  Ericsson, 
subserpiently  named  the  Monitor,  but  upon  which  no  work  had  as  yet 
lieen  done.  The  Monitor  was  launched  January  30th,  1862,  just  one 
hundred  days  after  her  keel-plate  was  laid.  Upon  her  completion,  Mr. 
Newton  volunteered  for  duty  on  board;  was  ai^pointed  her  first  assist- 
ant engineer;  and  was  in  charge  of  the  engines  during  the  historic 
combat  which  followed  with  the  rebel  ram  Merrimac,  March  9th,  1862, 
which  marked  a  recognized  era  in  the  history  of  the  steam  na\des  of  the 
world.  In  August  of  the  same  year  he  was  assigned  to  duty  in  New 
York  as  superintendent  of  the  construction  of  ironclads,  and  for  three 
years  thereafter,  was  engaged  in  the  office  of  the  General  Inspector  of 
Ironclads,  in  preparing  plans  and  specifications  for  and  the  construc- 
lion  of  an  ironclad  fleet  for  the  Atlantic  seaboard. 

He  resigned  from  the  navy  at  the  close  of  the  war,  and  took  charge  of 
the  Broad  Top  Coal  Co. 's  Works  (Kemble  Coal  and  Iron  Comj^any),  as 
engineer.  In  1868  he  was  engaged  under  General  McClellan  in  the  re- 
<'onstruction  of  the  Stevens'  Steam  Battery  at  Hoboken.    In  June,  1869, 

Committee  to  prepare  Memoir:  Colonel  Julius  W.  Adams,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. ;  Mr.  G.  S. 
<3reene,  Jr.,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. ;  and  Mr.  John  Bogart.  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 


NOV'EMBEU    PKOCEF.DIXfiS.  12f> 

lie  was  appointed  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy  a  member  of  the  l)()ar(T 
to  examine  and  report  the  conditions  and  needs  of  the  steam  navy  of 
the  United  States. 

In  1871-72  he  was  assistant  to  General  McCIellan  in  the  Department 
of  Docks,  New  York,  and  designed  and  construc;ted  the  one  hnndred 
ton  floating  derrick,  still  in  nse  on  these  works. 

In  1872  he  was  employed  by  the  government  of  the  British  Colony 
of  Prince  Edward  Island,  as  consnlting  engineer,  to  examine  and  rei)ort 
npon  needed  changes  in  the  plans  and  constrnction  of  the  railways  of 
that  colony,  some  160  miles  of  which  were  then  in  ijrogress.  In  this 
same  year  he  was  tendered  the  positi(m  of  chief  engineer  of  one  of  the 
departments  of  public  works  nnder  the  Khedive  of  Egypt,  which  he 
<leclined.  He  was  engaged  for  several  years  subsequently  in  various, 
private  enterprises:  U.  S.  Rolling  Stock  Co.,  in  the  preparation  of  plans 
and  sijecifications  for  locomotive  engine  constrnction;  consulting  engi- 
neer Burlington  and  Southwestern  Railway,  Iowa;  drainage  works  in 
connection  with  the  International  Railways  of  Nova  Scotia;  consulting 
engineer  to  New  York  Rapid  Transit  Commission;  Member  of  the  United 
States  Court  of  Claims  in  the  Monitor  cases;  Trustee  of  the  New  York 
and  Brooklyn  Bridge;  and  finally,  March  1881,  Avas  appointed  Chief 
Engineer  of  the  Department  of  Public  Works,  City  of  New  York,  bv 
Commissioner  Thomi^son. 

When  Mr.  Newton  became  the  chief  engineer  of  the  department, 
there  existed  a  i»ressing  necessity  for  a  speedy  solution  of  the 
problems  connected  with  the  increase  of  the  Avater  supply  of  the 
City  of  New  York.  In  the  study  of  these  problems,  he  quickly 
determined  that  true  economy  and  good  engineering  demanded 
that  the  provisions  to  be  adopted  for  this  i)urpose  should  be  of  no  teni- 
p(n-ary  or  inadequate  character,  but  should  be  such  as  would  give  an 
abundant  supply  of  water  to  the  city,  with  due  regard  to  the  certain 
^growth  of  its  population.  In  a  very  short  time  after  taking  up  the  sub- 
ject, he  presented  in  definite  form  the  outlines  of  the  project  for  this 
great  engineering  Avork.  His  suggestions  received  the  approval  of  the 
eminent  engineers  called  to  consult  with  him.  He  gave  to  the  suliject, 
both  during  the  elaboration  of  the  plans  and  after  their  completi(m,  the 
earnest  study  and  devotion  characteristic  of  the  man,  and  the  plans 
presented  are  in  their  general  Outline  those  upon  which  the  new  Croton 
Aqiieduct  is  noAv  in  progress  of  construction. 

His  services  to  the  city  of  his  birth  in  the  professional  ability 
brought  to  this  Avork,  and  the  deep  personal  devotion  giAen  to  it  1)y  him, 
will  alAvays  be  a  part  of  the  history  of  this  metropolis.  His  close  atten- 
tion to  and  thorough  absor])tion  in  these  studies  doubtless  undermined 
his  health  and  shortened  a  useful  life. 

Mr.  Newton  was  elected  a  Member  of  the  Anun-ican  Society  of  Civil 
Engineers,  March  3,  1880. 


130  NOVEMBER    PROCEEDINGS. 


THEOPHILUS  E.  SICKELS,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 


Died  February  4th,  1885. 


Theophilus  E.  Sickels  was  a  sou  of  Dr.  Johu  Sickels,  an  old  New 
York  citizen,  member  of  the  Cholera  Commission  of  that  city  during 
1828  and  1832,  and  afterwards  Medical  Inspector  of  the  city  ;  an  ardent 
politician,  an  original  thinker,  and  a  man  of  large  reading  and  marked 
ahilitv.  Mr.  Sickels  received  an  academical  education,  and,  like  his 
father,  Avas  a  classical  scholar,  although  particularly  excelling  in  mathe- 
matics and  physical  science. 

He  entered  his  profession  in  1839,  at  the  age  of  seventeen,  as  an 
assistant  in  the  construction  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct,  under  Mr.  John 
B.  Jervis,  Hon.  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.  Subsequently  he  was  engaged  upon 
the  Erie  Railway ;  upon  the  enlargement  of  the  Erie  Canal;  and  upon 
the  Bear  Mountain  Railway.  From  1818  to  1850  he  was  a  resident  en- 
gineer upon  the  Boston  Water-works.  He  was  also  engaged  uj^on  the 
construction  of  the  United  States  Dry  Dock  at  Brooklyn,  and  in  1852 
was  the  chief  engineer  of  the  Philadelphia  and  West  Chester  Railroad. 
From  1855  to  1857,  he  was  the  chief  engineer  of  the  Philadelphia  and 
Baltimore  Central  Railroad  ;  1857  to  1860,  chief  engineer  and  general 
.superintendent  of  the  Hannibal  and  St.  Joseph  Railroad.  Subsequently 
he  was  engaged  upon  the  construction  of  the  bridge  over  the  Harlem 
River  at  Third  avenue,  New  York.  In  1868  he  became  the  chief  en- 
gineer and  general  superintendent  of  the  Union  Pacific  Railway,  re- 
signing that  oflBce  in  1874,  but  retaining  so  greatly  the  confidence  of  the 
management,  that  he  held  the  position  of  its  consulting  engineer  at  the 
time  of  his  death. 

In  1874  he  was  designated  by  the  President,  General  Grant,  as  his 
personal  choice,  as  one  of  the  commission  of  seven  engineers  to  con- 
sider and  recommend  to  Congress  the  proper  method  for  securing  an 
open  mouth  to  the  Mississippi  River.  In  the  performance  of  this  duty 
Mr.  Sickels  visited  Europe,  and  joined  in  the  report  ujion  which  the 
action  of  Congress  was  based,  resulting  in  the  notable  improvement  of 
the  South  Pass.    Mr.  Sickels  was  an  earnest  advocate  of  the  jetty  system. 

In  1876,  Mr.  Sickels  was  one  of  the  judges  of  the  Centennial  Exposi- 
tion in  Philadelphia,  and  in  1878  was  the  representative  of  the  American 
Society  of  Civil  Engineers  at  the  Paris  Exposition.  He  was  afterwards 
connected  as  chief  or  consulting  engineer  with  varioiis  enterprises  in 
different  parts  of  the  United  States,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was 
the  consulting  engineer  of  the  South  Pennsylvania  Railroad.     In  an  in- 


XOVEMBEll    PROCEEDINGS.  131 

spection  of  one  of  the  tunnels  iu  conrse  of  t-onstrin-tion  on  that  road,  he 
inhaled  the  fumes  from  an  explosion,  from  the  effects  of  which  he  never 
recovered. 

Mr.  Sickels  built  the  Omaha  hrido-e  of  the  Union  Pacific  Railway, 
one  of  the  earliest  constructions  with  iron  tubular  piers.  He  was  at 
the  time  of  his  death  constructing  a  bridge  over  the  Arkansas  at  Little 
liock. 

Mi-.  Sickels'  large  experience  in  the  United  States  was  supplemented 
by  frequent  visits  abroad.  His  wide  and  accurate  professional  knowl- 
edge, his  cultivated  judgment,  and  the  great  personal  purity  of  his 
character,  made  him  the  adviser  and  trusted  counselor  of  many  of  the 
men  who  have  had  to  do  with  the  great  undertakings  in  public  works  in 
the  United  States  for  many  years  past.  Although  constantly  connected 
with  active  and  important  engineering  works,  Mr.  Sickels'  manners 
were  very  modest  and  unpretending,  and  only  when  he  became  ardent 
m  the  discussion  of  professional  topics,  would  one  appreciate  the  range 
of  his  knowledge  and  his  power  of  concise  and  luminous  expression. 
Mr.  Sickels'  home  was  at  Kennett  Square,  Chester  County,  Pennsyl- 
vania, where  he  had  a  delightful  residence.  He  retained,  however,  his 
professional  office  in  New  York  up  to  his  decease.  He  was  a  widower, 
and  leaves  but  one  daughter. 

Mr.  Sickels  was  elected  a  member  of  the  American  Societv  of  Civil 
Engineers,  February  21st,  1872. 


132  XOVEMBER    PROCEEDINGS. 


DANIEL  L.  WELLS,  F.  AM.  SOC.  C.  E. 


Died  November  24th,  1884. 


Daniel  L.  Wells  was  born  in  Middlebnrv,  ^'t.,  Jnlv  21st.  1821.  He 
spent  bis  boyhood  days  at  Middlebnrv.  About  1849  he  was  engaged  in 
office  work  and  as  accountant  bv  T.  F.  Strong,  of  Fond  du  Lac.  Mr. 
Strong  was  the  contractor  for  liuilding  the  eastern  division  of  the  Rut- 
land and  Burlington  Kailroad  of  Yerniont,  when  Mr.  Wells  went  to- 
work  for  him,  and  it  was  in  his  office  that  the  latter  commenced  his  life 
work  in  connection  with  railroad  construction.  In  1851-52  Mr.  Wells 
managed  the  books  and  accounts  and  disbursed  the  funds  of  Eastman, 
Page  &  Co.,  who  built  the  Rutland  and  Washington  Railroad  in  Ver- 
mont and  New  York.  He  next  went  to  Canada,  where  he  became 
interested  as  junior  partner  in  liuilding  quite  an  important  secti(m  of  a 
new  railroad.  Thence  he  went  to  CJincinnati,  O. ,  Avhere  he  did  work  on 
the  Ohio  and  Mississippi  Railroad.  In  1856  he  became  associated  as 
junior  partner  with  Selah  Chamberlain  in  constructing  the  line  of  the 
old  La  Crosse  and  Milwaukee  Railroad  from  Minnesota  Junction  to  La 
Crosse.  This  job  was  piished  to  completion  with  great  energy.  In 
1859  the  firm  of  Wells  &  French  constructed  the  ('hieago  and  North- 
western Railway  from  Janesville  to  Fort  Howard.  The  spii'it  and 
energy  displayed  by  the  tirm  in  this  undertaking  ijlaced  it  so  promi- 
nently before  the  railroad  interests  in  the  Northwest,  at  a  time  when  the 
work  of  building  the  numerous  lines  of  railroad  which  now  intersect 
the  coiTutry  was  being  fairly  commenced,  that  it  was  steadily  engaged 
in  railroad  construction  in  the  States  of  Illinois,  Wisconsin,  Minnesota, 
Iowa,  Missouri,  Kansas  and  Michigan  ixntil  the  death  of  Mr.  French  in 
1880.  Since  then  Messrs.  Wells,  Harrison  &  Shute,  and — succeeding  the 
death  of  Mr.  Shute— Messrs.  Wells,  Hai'rison  &  Greene  have  continued 
an  active  and  honorable  career  as  railroad  contractors  and  builders. 
Al)out  the  year  1862,  Mr.  Wells  became  the  junior  partner  of  the  tirm  of 
Cha]iin  it  Wells,  bridge  and  car-builders,  Chicago.  Within  two  years 
thereafter,  Mr.  Chai)in  dis2)osed  of  his  interest  to  Wells  &  French,  who 
in  turn  were  succeeded  by  the  Wells  and  French  Manufacturing  Com- 
})any,  which  became,  and  still  is,  one  of  the  most  prominent  and  largest 
bridge  and  car-building  concerns  in  the  West. 

Mr.  Wells  was  a  resident  of  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  and  for  many  years 
was  one  of  its  most  active  citizens,  interested  in  and  connected  with  the 
great  development  of  that  prosperous  city. 


N^OVEMBER    PROCEEDINGS.  133 

Years  of  attention  to  heavv  business  demands  tinallv  told  npon  an 
exceptionally  strong  constitution,  which  was  constantly  inured  to  work 
by  a  life  of  simple  and  unostentatious  habits,  and  for  five  years  last 
past,  organic  disease  of  the  heart  Avas  fully  developed.  Thenceforward 
Mr.  Wells  dismissed  all  details  of  business,  and  maintained  an  equa- 
nimity of  mind  remarkable  when  linked  with  such  a  keen  relish  for  bus- 
iness as  Mr.  Wells  possessed.  He  continued,  however,  to  cheertully 
give  advice  and  render  judgment  in  regard  to  his  varied  and  weighty 
interests,  his  counsel  being  continually  sought  by  his  associates.  He 
would  not  allow  such  demands  upon  him,  however  i)erplexing  they 
might  l)e,  to  annoy  him.  Under  the  intluence  of  a  strong  will,  bent  in 
this  direction,  his  character  broadened  and  revealed  the  true  man. 
Favored  with  a  generous  competence  of  wordly  goods,  he  learned  the 
blessedness  of  giving,  and  in  later  years  his  charities,  though  unosten- 
tatious, were  numerous  and  bountiful.  His  business  life  has  Ijeen  un- 
impeachable. No  ijromise  he  made  was  ever  allowed  to  go  unfulfilled. 
His  social  life  was  equally  liright,  as  the  many  friends  of  himself  and 
family  fully  attest.  He  was  a  man  of  deep  religious  convictions,  and 
was  very  constant,  honest  and  unobtrusive  in  the  discharge  of  those 
duties  which  fall  upon  a  God-fearing  man. 

In  1852,  at  Granville,  Washington  County,  N.  Y.,  he  married  Miss 
Helena  M.  Lee.  His  widow  and  two  daughters,  Alice  M.  and  Katharine 
Lee  Wells,  survive  him. 

Mr.  Wells  became  a  Fellow  of  the  American  Society'  of  Civil  Engi- 
neers, June  13th,  1883. 


i;)4 


NOVEMBER    PI10CEEDIN(JS. 


ADDITIONS  TO 

LIBRARY    AND     MUSEUM. 


From    Argentine    Scientific     Society, 
Pouciano  Lopez,  Secretary,   BuenoB 
Avres : 
Annales.   Vol.  XVIII,  No.  5. 
Memoria  sobre  Ferro-Carriles  Nacionales  y 
e-stado  de  valous  al  30  de  Junio  de  1883. 
Tomo  1  and  2. 
Annuaire    Statistiqiic    dv    la     Province    de 

Buenos  Ayres. 
Memoria  del  Ferro-Carril  Andino  per  el  ano 

de  1883. 
Nueva  Expedicion  a  las  Tierras  y  Mares 
Australes  ba.io  el  Maudo  de  Capitan  Bove 
El  Territorio  de  las  Misioues  por  Kamon 
Lista. 
Informes  Preliminares  presentados  A.  S.  S. 
E.  E.  los  Ministros  del  interior  y  de  guerra 
y  Marina  de  la  Republica  Argentina  por 
Giacomo  Bove  .jefe  de  la  Comision  Cienti- 
fica  de  la  expedicion  y  publicados  bajo 
la  direccion  del  Instittito  Geografieo  Ai'- 
gentino  precedidos  de  una  introduccion  y 
de  otros  documentos  relatives  a  la  expedi- 
cion Austral  .Argentina. 

From  American  Institute  of  Mining 

Engineers,    Dr.    R.     W.     Raymond, 

Secretary,  New  York  : 

The  Siemens  Patents  for  Improvements  in 

Furnaces,  with  Suggestions  for  their  use 

with  Natural  Gas.    B.  Silliman. 

Note  on  an  Occurrence  of  Niclsel  and  Cobalt 

in  Nevada.    A.  D.  Hodges,  Jr. 
Tin  Ore  Veins  in  the  Black  Hills  of  Dakota. 

William  P.  Blake. 
The  Cost  of  Mining  and   Milling  Gold  Ores 

in  Nova  Scotia.    Willard  Ide  Pierce. 
A  New   System   of  Ore    Sampling.      D.  W. 

Brunton. 
The  Patience   of  Copper  and  Silver  as  Af- 
fected by  Annealing.     Henry  M.  Howe. 
A    Combined    Vacuum    Pump    and    Table- 
Blowpipe.     W.  F.  Durfee. 
The  Estimation  of  Phosphorus  in  Iron  and 
Steel    (Supplementary   Note).     Byron  W. 
Cheever. 
Experiments   with   a    Straight  or    No  Bosh 

Blast  Furnace.     W.  J.  Taylor. 
The  Iron   Mines  of  Putnam   County,  N.   Y. 

Arthur  F.  Wendt. 
Notes   on   Coal  Dust  in  Colliery  Explosions. 

E.  S.  Hutchinson. 
Quicksilver    Reduction    at   New    Almaden. 

Samuel  B.  Christy. 
Geology  and  Mineral  Resources  of  the  Rio 
Grande  Region  in  Texas  and  Coahuila.     E. 
J.  Schmitz. 
The  Electrical  Activity  of  Ore  Bodies.     Carl 

Barns,  Ph.  D. 
The    Improved    Langen    Charger.        Frank 

Firmstone. 
The  Iron  Ore  Range  of  the  Santiago  District 

of  Cuba.    James  P.  Kimball. 
Note  on  a  Fire  Bulkhead.     Chas.  M.  Rolker. 
Notes  on   the    Treatment   of  Nickel-Cobalt 
Mattes  at  Mine  La  Motte.   James  W.  Neill, 
E.  M. 
The  Deep  River  Coal  Field  of  North  Carolina. 
Dr.  H.  M.  CbHUce, 


Hadfield's  Patent  Manganese  Steel.      Joseph 

D.  Weeks. 
A  New  Rock  Drill  without  Cushions.     A.  C. 

Rand. 
American  Mining  Machinery  in  Mexico  and 

Central  America. 
Progress  of  the  Manufacture  of  Soda  by  the 
Ammonia-Soda  Process.      Oswald  J.  Hein- 
rich. 

From  Horatio  Allen,  South  Orange,  N. 
J.: 
The  Railroad  Era.    First  five  years  of  its  de- 
velopment.     Horatio   Allen.      (Copies  for 
distribution.) 

From  The  American  Engineer,  Chicago, 
111.  : 
Steam    Making    or    Boiler    Practice,     Prof. 
Charles  A.  Smitli. 

From  Hon.  W.  H.  Armstrong,  Commis- 
sioner of  Railroads,  Washington,  D. 
C: 
.\nuual  Report  of  the  Commissioner  of  Rail- 
roads made  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior 
for  the  year  ending  June  30,  1884. 

From   Chas.   A.   Ashburner,    Philadel- 
phia, Pa. : 
Brief  Description  of   the  Anthracite  Coal- 
fields of  Pennsylvania.    Charles  A.  Ash- 
burner. 
•Sketch   of  the  Geology  of  Carbon   County, 
Pennsylvania.     Charles  A.  Ashburner. 
From  Association  of  Engineering  So- 
cieties, H.  Q.  Proiit,  Secretary,  New 
York: 
Transactions,  Vol.  IV,  No.  3,  January,  1885. 

From  John  W,  Bacon,  Danbury,  Conn.: 
Thirty-second  Annual  Report  of  the  Railroad 
Commissioners  of  the  State  of  Connecti- 
cut for  the  year  1884. 

From  Lieut.  T.  N.  Bailey,  Charleston. 
S.  C. : 
Letter  of  Gen.  Q.  A.  Gillmore,  U.  S.  Engineer, 
U.  S.  A.,  on  the  Jetties  in  Charleston  Har- 
bor. 

From  Gen.  S.  V.  Benet,  Chief  of  Ord- 
nance, IT.  S.  A.,  Washington,  D.  C. : 
Annual  Report  of  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  for 
1884. 

From  Board  of  Commissioners  Second 
Geological  Survey  of  Pennsylvania, 
Harrisburg,  Penu. : 
Annual  Report  of  the  Board,  January  1,  1885. 
From  the   Board  of  Harbor  and  Land 
Commissioners,  Boston,  Mass. : 
Annual  Report  of  the  Harbor  and  Land  Com- 
missioners for  the  year  1884. 

From  Board  of  Railroad  Commission- 
ers,  Wm.    A.  Craft,   Clerk,    Boston, 
Mass . : 
Sixteenth   Annual   Report   of   the  Board  of 
Railroad  Commissioners,  January,  1885. 
From  James   P.   Bogart,  New   Haven 
Conn. : 
Fourth  Report  of    the   Shell-fish   Commis- 


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sioners  of  the  State  of  Connecticut  to  the 
General  Assembly,  January,  1885. 

From    John    Bogart,    Secy.   Am.    Sor. 
C.  E.,  New  York: 
Annual  Report  of  the  Ottawa  Water-works 
Committee   for  the  year  ending  31st  Octo- 
ber, 1884,  with  Official  Reports. 

From  A.  J.  Bowie,  San  Francisco,  Cal.: 
The  Destruction  of  the  English  Dam. 
Transactions  of  the  Technical  Society  of  the 
Pacific  Coast  for  June,  1884. 

From  Fred.  W.  Brearey,  London,  Eng- 
land : 
Pamphlet  on  the  i-elation  of  the  Aeronautical 
Society  of  Great  Britain  with    respect  to 
Aeronautics. 

From  Fred.  Brooks,  Boston,  Mass  : 
Two    Photographs  of   the   Mexican   Central 
Railway  Viaduct  near  town  of  Encarnaclon, 
Jalisco,  erected  1884. 
Mexican  Central  Railway,  passing  obliquely 
under  aqueduct. 

From  Bureau  of  Education,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C: 
Circulars  of  Information  of  the  Bureau  of 

Education,  Nos.  6  and  7,  1884. 
Biiildings  for  the  Children  in  the  South. 

From  James  A.  Burden,  Ti-oy,  New 
York  : 
Copies  answering  Affidavits,  Supreme  Court, 
Rensselaer  County.  Isaiah  Townsend  Bur- 
den against  James  N.  Burden,  John  L.  Arts, 
William  Irvin,  Richard  Irving  and  the 
Burden  Iron  Company. 

From  Chief  Signal  Office,  U.  S.  Army, 
Washington,  D.  C  : 
.\nnual  Report  of  the  Chief  Signal  Officer  to 
the  Secretary  of  War  for  the  year  1883. 
From  Major  H.    W.  Clarke,    Syracuse, 
N.  Y.: 
Proceedings  of  the  Board  of    City  Auditors 
of  the  City  of  Syracuse  for  the  Fiscal  Year 
1884. 

From  Gen.  C.  B.  Comstock,  Corps  of 
Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  New  York  ; 
Map  of  Survey  and  Report  upon  the  Work  of 
Deepening  Gedney's  Channel  through 
Sandy  Hook  Bar,  New  York;  also  indorsing 
a  Report  from  the  Board  of  Fortifications 
upon  a  plan  for  the  permanent  improve- 
ment of  the  entrance  to  New  York 
Harbor. 

From  E.  L.  Corthell,  New  York  : 
The  Tehuantepec  Ship  Railway:  its  Practica- 
bility and   Commercial  Features.      (From 
The  Mexican  Financier,  December,  1884.) 
From  J.  .James  R.  Croes.  New  York  : 
Pamphlet  of  the  Suburban  Rapid    Transit 
Company,  containing   Contract    for  Con- 
struction of  Elevated  Iron  Structure  north 
of  the    Harlem  River,  designed  by  Theo- 
dore Cooper,  Consulting  Engineer. 

From  E.  B.  Dorsey,  London,  England: 
Catalogues  of  the  American  Exhibition,  Lon- 
don, 1886. 
Laxton's  Price  Book  for  Architects,  Builders, 
Engineers  and  Contractors,  1885. 

From  Capt.  James  B.  Eads,  New  York: 
Steel  Engravings  of  the  Interoceanic  Ship 
Railway,  as  follows: 

(1.)  Sectional  elevation  of  Pontoon   and 
Railway  Ci'adle. 


(2.)  The  Lifting  Pontoon    and   Railway 

Cradle. 
(3.)  Illustrations  of  the  Turn-table. 
(4.)  The  Floating  Turn-table. 
(5.)  A  Steamer  in  Transit. 
From  M.  Eissler,  New  York  : 
Ton  Photographs  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama. 
From   Messrs.   Eppinger  and  Russell , 
New  York  : 
New  York:  its  Leading  Merchants  and  Manu- 
facturers. 

From  Walton  W.  Evans,  New  York  : 
A  Letter  to  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Statis- 
tics of  the  United  States. 
Chapters  on  Locomotives  and  Iron  Bridges, 
from  a  Letter  to  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of 
Statistics  of  the  United  States. 

From  John  T.  Fanning,   Manchester, 
N.  H.: 
Report  No  2  on  a  Water  Supply  for  New  York 
and  other  Cities  of  the  Hudson  Valley. 
From     Sandford      Fleming,      Ottawa, 
Canada: 
Descriptive    Sketch   of   the    Physical   Geog- 
raphy and  Geology   of  the   Dominion    of 
Canada;  also  Two  Maps  of  the   Dominion 
of    Canada,    Geologically    Colored,     from 
Surveys  made   by   the   Geological    Corps, 
1842  to  1882. 

From  Franklin  Institute,  Philadelphia, 
Pa.: 
Report  of  Examiners   of  Section  XVIII.  Un- 
derground   Conduits.    Internatioual  Elec- 
trical Exhibition,  1884. 
Subject  Catalogue  of  the  Memorial  Library 
of  the  International  Electrical  Exhibition 
held  under  the   auspic<!S   of  the  Franklin 
Institute,  September  and  October,  1884. 
From    Capt.   F.   V.   Greene.   Corps    of 
Engineers,    U.  .  S     A.,    Washington, 
D.  C: 
Annual  Report  of  the  Operations  of  the  En- 
gineers' Department  of  the  District  of  Co- 
lumbia for  the  year  ending  June  30,  1884 
From  Henry  G.  Hawks,  State  Mineral- 
ogist of  California: 
Fourth  Annual  Report  of  the  State  Mineral- 
ogist of  California  for  the  year  ending  May 
5,  1884. 

From      Prof.      Dr.      Hauck,      Berlin, 

Prussia: 

Festschrift    der    Kbniglichen    Technischen 

Hochschule   zu  Berlin  Zur  Feier  der  Ein- 

weihung  ihres  Neuen  Gebaudes,  Nov.    2, 

1884. 

From  Ma,i.  D.  P.  Heap,  Corps  of  Engi- 
neers, U.  S.  A.,  Washington,  D.  C: 
Annual  Report  of  the  Light-honse  Board  to 
the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  for  the  fiscal 
year  ended  June  30,  1884. 

From    Clemens     Herschel,     Holyoke, 
Mass. : 
On  the  River  and  Harbor  Bills  of  the  United 
States  Congress. 

From  N.  H.  Hutton,  Engineer  Harbor 

Board,  Baltimore,  Md  : 

The  Annual  Report   of  the  Harbor  Board   to 

the  Mayor  and  City  Council   of  Baltimore 

for  the  fiscal  year  ending  December  31st, 

1884. 

From  F.  R.  Hutton,  Secretary  of  the 
American  Society  of  Mechanical  En- 
gineers, New  York  : 


136 


NOVEMBER    PROCEEDINGS. 


List  of  Officers,  Members,  and  Rules  of 
the  American  Society  of  Mechanical  En- 
gineers, January  1st,  1885. 

From  Wm.  A.  Ingham,  Secretary  Board 
of  Commissioners  Second  Geological 
Survey  of  Pennsylvania  : 
Grand  Atlas.    Div.  I,  Pt.  1. 
Report  on  the  Coal  Mines  of  the  Monongahela 
River  Region. 

From  Institution  of  Civil  Engineers, 
James  Forrest,  Secretary,  London  : 
Abstracts  of  Papers  in  Foreign  Transactions 

and  Periodicals. 
The   Results  of    some  Independent  Engine 

Tests.    John  George  Mair. 
The  Steam  Engine.     Edward  Alfred  Cowper. 
Minutes  of  Proceedings.   Name  Index,  Vols. 
I  to  LVIII,  Sessions  1837  to  1878-79. 

From  Iron   and  Steel  Institute,   J.  S. 
Jeans,  Secretary,  London  : 
The  Journal  of  the  Iron  and  Steel  Institute, 
No.  2,  1884. 

From  William  P.  Judson,  C.  E.,  Oswe- 
go, N.  Y.: 
The  Water  Supply  of  Burlington,  Vermont, 
for  the  year  1884. 

From  Messrs.  Ranters  Sons,  Buffalo. 

N.  Y.: 

Hydraulic   Engineering    after    the    Holland 

Method,  for  the  Construction  of  Harbors, 

Breakwaters,    Jetties,     Shore    Protection, 

Dams,  Cribs,  Levees,  etc.,  etc. 

From  J.   Francis   Le  Baron,  Jackson- 
ville, Fla.: 
Webb's  Historical,  Industrial  and  Biograph- 
ical Florida.    Part  I.    Illustrated. 

From  Louis  Lesage,  Montreal,  Canada: 
Annual  Reports  of  Montreal,  Canada,  for  the 
civic  year  1883. 

From  Liverpool  Engineering   Society, 
Thos.  L.  Miller,  Secretary,  England: 
Transactions.      Volumes   I  to  V  inclusive, 
1881  to  1885. 

From  Messrs.  Luckhardt  &  Alten,  Cas- 
sel,  Germany: 
An  Account  of  Hohmann  Coradi's  Precision 
Planimeters,  with  Directions  for  Use.     G. 
Coradi.    Zurich. 

From  H.  0.  Mais,  Adelaide,  South  Aus- 
tralia: 
A  Photograph  of  Isometrical  Projection   of 
Great  Western  Railway  Locomotive  "Iron 
Duke." 

From  T.  C.  Martin,  Acting  Secretary 
American  Institute  of  Electrical  En- 
gineers, New  York: 
Transactions.    Vol.  I.     May  to  October,  1884. 
From    Niles     Meriwether,    Memphis, 
Tenn.: 
Biennial  Report  of  the  President  of  Fire  and 
Police  Commissioners  of  the  Taxing  Dis- 
trict of  Shelby  County,  Tenn.      December 
1,  1884 

From  Mining  Institute   of   Scotland. 
James  Barrowman,  Secretary,  Ham- 
ilton: 
Transactions.    Vol.  VI,  Part  8. 

From  Military  Service  Institution  of 
the  United  States,  Governor's  Island, 
N-Y.: 
Proceedings.    Vols.  V  and  VI,  Nos.  20  and  21. 

From  Robert  Moore,  St.  Louis,  Mo.: 
The   Sanitary   Condition  of  St.  Louis,  with 


Special  Reference  to  Asiatic  Cholera.  Rob- 
ert Moore,  C.  E. 

From  Gen.  John  Newton,  Chief  of  En- 
gineers, U.  S.  A.,  Washington,  D.  C. ; 
Papers  with  reference  to  the  Channel  at  the 

South  Pass  of  the  Mississippi  River. 
Reports,   maps  and  papers  relating   to   the 
construction    of  a   Harbor   of    Refuge  at 
Sandy  Bay,  Massachusetts. 
Report  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers  in  Relation 
to   the   Results  of  a  Survey  of  Agate   and 
Burlington  Bays,  Minnesota. 
Reports  from  the   Chief  of   Engineers   of  a 
Survey  and   Preliminary   Examination  of 
Lawrencebury  Harbor,  Indiana. 
Reports  from   the   Chief  of  Engineers   of  a 
Survey  and   Preliminary   Examination   of 
Gloucester  Harbor,  Massachusetts. 
Report   from  the   Chief  of    Engineers   of   a 
Preliminary  Examination  of  Louis  River, 
Washington  Territory. 
Report   from   the  Chief  of   Engineers   of  a 
Preliminary     Examination    of     Willapah 
River,  Washington  Territory. 
Report  from   the  Chief  of   Engineers   of  a 
Preliminary     Examination     of     Puyallup 
River,  Washington  Territory. 
Report  from   the  Chief  of  Engineers  of  an 
Examination   of   Cceur  d'Alene  Lake  and 
River,  and  of  St.  Joseph's  River,  Idaho. 
Report   Irom   the   Chief  of    Engineers   of  a 

Survey  of  Powow  River,  Massachusetts. 

Report  from   the  Chief  of   Engineers   of  a 

Survey  of  the  Mississippi  River  near  Gut- 

tenberg,  Iowa. 

Report  from   the  Chief  of   Engineers   of  a 

Survey  of  Pawcatuck  River,  Rhode  Island. 

Report   from   the  Chief  of   Engineers   of  a 

Survey  of  Pocomoke  River,  Maryland. 
Report   from   the  Chief  of  Engineers  of  an 
Examination   of   Skimpton    Creek,   Mary- 
land. ^      .  „ 
Report  from  the   Chief  of   Engineers   of  a 
-Survey  of  Huntington  Harbor,  Long  Island 
Sound,  New  York. 
Reports  from   the   Chief  of  Engineers  of  a 
Survey  and  Examination  of  St.  Louis  River 
and  Bay,  Wisconsin  and  Minnesota. 
Reports  from  the  Chief  of  Engineers  of  Sur- 
vey and  Examination  of  Fort  Point  Chan- 
nel  Boston  Harbor.  Massachusetts. 
Advertisements,  instructions  for  bidders 
and  specifications,  as  follows: 
Proposals  for  the  Iron-work  in  the  Founda- 
tion of  Dam  No.  6  of  the  Great  Kanawha 
River  Improvement             „       „     i  t 
Constructing    Wharves    in    the    Harbor    ot 

Refuge  at  Wood's  HoU,  Massachusetts. 
Improving  Harbor  at  Dunkirk,  N.  Y. 
Improving  Harbor  at  Sabine  Pass,  Texas. 
Ice  Piers  at  Point  Pleasant,  W.  Va. 
For  Finishing  Lock  No.  'i.  Great  Kanawha 

River,  W.  Va.  ,  .      „. 

Improving  Mouth  of  the  Columbia   River, 

Oregon  and  W.  T. 
For  Deepening  Gedney's  Channel  across  the 

Bar  at  the  entrance  to  New  York  Harbor. 
For  Furnishing  Material  and  Building  Five 

Square  Decked  Barges. 
Improvement  of  Tampa  Bay,  Florida. 
Improvement  of  ApalachicolaBay,  Florida. 
Improving  Edenton  Bay,  N.  C. 
For  Repairs  needed   to  United  States  Tow 

Boat  No.  5,  Steamer  Coal  Bluff. 
Improvement  of  Harbor  at  Charleston,  b.  <>. 
Improving  St.  Jones'  River,  Delaware. 
Improvement  of  Rappahannock   River,  \a. 


NOVEMBER   PROCEEDINGS. 


137 


Letter  of  Chief  of  Engineers,  inclosing  copy 
of  Report  of  Col.  A.  F.  Rockwell,  U.  S.  A., 
in  Relation  to  a  System  of  Telegraph  and 
Telephone  Service  in  Wcshington. 

Report  of  the  "  Armament  Board  "  upon  the 
various  kinds  of  Oixlnauce  for  the  Service. 

Report  from  the  Chief  of  Engineers  of  a 
Preliminary  Survey  and  Examinations  of 
Red  River  above  Fulton,  of  Little  Red 
River,  and  of  Petit  Jean  River,  Arkansas. 

Report  of  Major  Benyaurd,  Corps  of  Engi- 
neers, Relative  to  Changes  in  the  Shore 
Line  of  the  Harbor  of  Calumet,  111. 

Letter  from  Hon.  William  W.  Corcoran,  trans- 
mitting the  Annual  Report  of  the  Wash- 
ington Monument  Commission. 

Report  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers  Relative  to 
the  Use  of  the  Appropriation  for  the  Im- 
provement of  Hell  Gate,  New  York  Harbor. 

Report  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers  in  Regard 
to  the  Condition  of  the  Falls  of  St.  An- 
thony. 

Report  of  the  Engineers  Concerning  the 
Portage  Lake  and  Lake  Superior  Ship 
Canal. 

Report  on  "A  Bill  to  Provide  for  the  Im- 
provement of  the  Channel  between  Galves- 
ton Harbor  and  the  Gulf  of  Mexico." 

Annual  Rejiort  upon  Building  Monument  at 
Yorktown,  Va.,  for  the  year  1884,  by  Wm. 
P.  Craighill,  Lieutenant-Colonel  of  Engi- 
neers, V .  S.  A. 

Report  regarding  the  damageidone  the  United 
States  Breakwater  in  Oswego  Harbor  by 
the  recent  gale. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Mississippi  River  Com- 
mission. 

Report  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers,  with  accom- 
panying papers  and  reports  from  officers 
in  charge  of  River  and  Harbor  Districts. 

Report  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers  regarding  the 
work  done  upon  the  Buckhanuou  River, 
West  Virginia. 

The  Annual  Report  of  tlie  Missouri  River 
Commission. 

Report  of  Board  of  Engineers  in  regard  to 
examinations  at  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  of  models, 
plans,  etc.,  for  Movable  Dams  and  other 
River  Improvements  at  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Report  of  Engineers,  showing  the  necessity 
for  the  Enlargement  of  the  Basin  at  Block 
Island,  Rhode  Islaud. 

Report  from  Liet.-Col.  H.  M.  Roberts,  Corps 
of  Engineers,  of  results  of  survey  of  the 
Mouth  of  the  Saranac  River,  Plattsburgh, 
N.  Y. 

Report  of  Board  of  Engineers  of  a  prelim- 
inary survey  for  a  Harbor  of  Refuge  at 
Ludington,  Mich. 

Report  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers  on  prelim- 
inary examination  of  Little  Harbor  at 
Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

Report  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers  of  prelim- 
inary examination  of' Whipple  Creek  in 
Quincy  Bay,  Illinois. 

Report  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers  on  Surveys 
of  Lac  la  Belle  Harbor,  Michigan,  and  Ash- 
land Harbor,  Wisconsin. 

Report  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers  in  relation 
to  the  results  of  a  survey  of  the  Harbor  at 
Hyannis,  Mass. 

Report  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers  in  relation 
to  the  results  of  a  preliminary  examination 
of  Pasquotank  River,  North  Carolina. 

Report  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers  in  relation 
to  a  preliminary  examination  of  the  out- 
lets of  Bceuf  Ulver,  Louisiana. 


Report  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers  concerning 
the  inefficiency  of  the  lockage  of  the  Sault 
Saint  Mary  Canal. 

Report  from  the  Chief  of  Engineers  in  rela- 
tion to  the  results  of  a  survey  from  Chinco- 
teague  Bay,  in  Virginia,  to  Delaware  Bay, 
at  or  near  Lewes,  Del. 

Official  Army  Register  for  January,  1885. 

Report  of  the  Gun  Foundry  Board,  with  sup- 
plement, for  ISS"!. 

Report  of  preliminary  examination  of  Natal- 
bany  River,  Louisiana,  with  estimate  of 
cost  of  the  improvement. 

Report  from  Capt.  Erie  Bergland,  Corps  of 
Engineers,  of  a  preliminary  examination 
of  Deer  Creek,  Mississippi. 

Report  from  the  Chief  of  Engineers  of  a  sur- 
vey of  Warren  River,  Rhode  Island,  made 
with  a  view  to  removal  of  obstructions 
from  its  Channel. 

A  report  from  the  Chief  of  Engineers  of  a  sur- 
vey and  preliminary  examination  of  Sal- 
mon River  at  and  below  Fort  Covington, 
N.  Y. 

Reports  from  the  Chief  of  Engineers  of  a 
survey  and  preliminary  examination  of 
Hinghane  Harbor,  Massachusetts. 

-V  report  from  the  Chief  of  Engineers,  with 
accompanying  papers,  relative  to  the  im- 
provement of  Harbor  at  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Reports  from  the  Chief  of  Engineers  of  a 
survey  and  preliminary  examination  of 
Whitehall  Harbor,  New  York. 

Reports  from  the  Chief  of  Engineers  of  a  sur- 
vey and  preliminary  examination  of  Mobile 
River  and  Harbor. 

From  Hon.  Joseph  Nimmo,  Jr.,  Chief 
of  Bureau  of  Siatistics,  Washington, 
D.  C: 
Railroad  Federations  and  the  relation  of  the 

Railroads  to  Commerce. 
Report  of  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Statis- 
tics in  regard  to  the  Foreign  Commerce  of 
the  United  States  for  the  j'ear  1884. 

From  Charles  Paine,  Cleveland,  Ohio: 
Annual  Report  of  the  Commissioner  of  Rail- 
roads and  Telegraphs  of  Ohio   for  the  year 
ending  June  30th,  1880-81. 

From  E.  Pontzen,  Paris,  France: 
Die  Grosse  Sieben burger  Drahtseilbahn. 
Etude  pour  les  nouvelles  Installations  Mari- 
times  et  I'.Achevemeut   des  Digues  de  la 
Seine.     H.  Hercent 
Colone  Soleil  project  de  Phanelectrique  pour 
la  Ville  de  Paris. 

From  Charles  Ward  Raymond,  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y.: 
y'he  Electrician  and  Electrical  Engineer,  con- 
taining article  on   the  "Ball  Unipolar  In- 
ductor Dynamo."     CLas.  Ward  Raymond, 
Jun.  Am.  hoc.  C.  E. 

From  the  Riga  Technical  Society,  Riga, 
Rus.sia  : 
Rigasche  Industrie  Zeitung   for  1876  to  1883, 
inclusive. 

From  Frederic  H.  Robinson,  Wilming- 
ton, Del.: 
Fourteenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Chief  Engi- 
neer of  the  City  of  Wilmington,  Delaware, 
for  the  year  1884. 

From  John  A.  Russell,  Clerk  Board  of 
Supervisors,  San  Francisco,  Cal.: 
San   Francisco   Municipal   Reports    for  the 
liscalyear  1883-84. 


138 


NOVEMBER    PROCEEDINGS. 


From  Hon.  H.  Sabiue,  Commissioner  of 
Railroads,  Columbus,  Ohio: 
Annual  Report  of  the  Commissioner  of  Rail- 
roads and  Telegraphs  of  Ohio   for  the  year 
ending  June  30,  l»82-83. 

From  CoUingwood   Schreiber,  Ottawa, 
Cauada: 

Diagram  illustrating  progress  made  with  the 
Works  of  Construction  of  the  Canadian 
Pacific  Railway  up  to  31st  of  January, 
1885. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Minister  of  Railways 
and  Canals  of  the  Dominion  of  Canada  for 
the  past  fiscal  year,  from  1st  July,  1883,  to 
30th  of  June,  1884. 

From  Capt.  Clinton  B.  Sears,  Corps  of 
Engineers,  U.  S.  A  ,  Memphis,  Tenn: 

23  Photographs  Illustrating  the  Impi-ove- 
ment  of  the  Mississippi  River  at  Lake 
Providence  Reach,  as  follows  : 

Headquarter  Boat,  containing  officers'  mess, 
bed  and  store-rooms,  etc.  Repair-shops 
on  right. 

Intersection  of  Inner  Main  Dike  with  Cross 
Dike  No.  6.     Duncansby  system. 

Repair  Shops.  (Second  View.)  The  Mattress- 
boat  is  in  the  center,  and  end  dock  in  left 
center  of  foreground. 

Main  Dike  and  Cross  Dike  No.  3.  Cotton- 
wood system  'Low- water  state).  Foot-mat 
with  stone  ballast  and  wattling.  Foot-mat 
was  sunk  during  high  water. 

Intersection  of  Main  and  Cross  Dike,  No.  2. 
Cottonwood  system.  Cross  dike  has  wat- 
tling and  fool-mat. 

Barges  loaded  with  brush  for  mattress  work. 

Engineer's  office  at  Pilcher's  Point,  La. 

Break  in  Cross  Dike,  No.  1.  Cottonwood 
system.  On  right  center  is  the  foot-mat 
ready  to  sink. 

Headquarters  of  the  Survey  Party. 

Cross  Dike,  No.  1.     Baleshead  system. 

Upper  Bank  Revetment.  Head  of  Mayers- 
ville  Island. 

Hydraulic  Grader  at  work. 

Hydraulic  Grader.     Mattress  boat. 

Cross  Dikes,  No.  2.     Cottonwood  system. 

Upper  Bank  Revetment.     Mayersville  Island. 

U.  S.  Survey  Steamer  Meter. 

Repair  Shops.     (First  View.) 

Weaving  a  brush  mattress  for  lower  bank. 

Revetment.  Mattress  boat  at  head  with 
brush  barges  in  rear.  Head  of  Mattress  iu 
down  stream. 

U.  S.  Steamer  Emma  Etheridge  on  the  U. 
S.  Floating  Dry  Dock.  Quarters  boat  on 
the  left. 

Constructing  Foot-mat  at  Low  Water  for  a 
High  Water  Dike.  Cottonwood  system. 
Screen  boat  in  near  center;  brush  barge  in 
left  rear. 

Repairing  Break  in  Dike  Across  Mayersville 
Chute.  (Looking  S.  W.)  Drift  accumula- 
tion shown  iu  center  and  left.  Quarters 
boat  in  left  rear. 

Repairing  Break  in  Dike  Across  Mayersville 
Chute.  (Looking  E.)  Drift  accumulation 
'shown  beyond  pile-driver  in  left  center. 


Brush  Mattress  for  Lower  Bank  Revetment 
Ready  to  be  Ballasted  and  Sunk.  Mooring 
barge  in  center.  Quarters  boat  and  low- 
boat  in  right  center. 

From  Seismological  Society  of  Japan, 
Prof.  John  Milne,  Foreign  Secretary, 
Tokio,  .Japan: 
Transactions.     Vol  VII,  Part  IL     1884. 

From    T.     Guilford    Smith,     Bufl"alo, 
N.  Y.: 
Report  of  the  President  and  Managers  of  the 
Philadelphia  and   Reading  Railroad  Com- 
pany to  the  Stockholders  for  the  Year  end- 
ing November  30th,  1884. 

From   Prof  Cady  Stalev,  Schenectady, 
N.  Y.: 
Union   College  Circular  and  Catalogue  for 
1884-8.5. 

From  George  F.  Swain,  Boston,  Mass.: 
Twentieth  Annual  Catalogue  of  the  Officers 
and  Students  of  the  Massachusetts  Insti- 
tute of  Technology,  with  a  Statement  of 
the  Courses  of  Instruction  for  the  Year 
1884-85. 

From  George  L.  Vose,  Boston,  Mass.: 
Notes    Relating     to     the    Early   History  of 
Transportation  in  Massachusetts. 

From  LTnited  States  Naval  Observatory, 
Washington,  D.  C: 
Report  of  the  Superintendent  of  the  United 
States  Naval  Observatory  for  the  Y'ear  end- 
ing October  30th,  1884. 

From   United    States    Signal    Service, 
Washington,  D.  C: 
Researches  on  Solar  Heat  and  its  Absorption 
by  the  Earth's  Atmosphere. 

From  Prof.  John  A.Waddell,  University 
of  Tokio,  Tokio,  Japan: 
Appendix   to  the    Memoir  No.    5   of   Tokio 

Daigaku  Tokio  University. 
Measurement  of    the   Force   of   Gravity  at 
Noha  (Okinawa)   and   Kagoshina.     By  R. 
Sakoi  and  E.  Yamaguchi. 

From    George    E.    Waring,    Newport, 
R    I.: 
Sewage  and  Sewage  Disposal  at  Providence, 
R.  I. 

From  Edmund  B.  Weston,  C.E.,  Prov- 
idence, B  I.: 
Bulletin  of  the  New  England  Meteorological 
Society. 

From    Messrs.    Welton    and    Bonnett, 

Waterbury,  Conn.: 

Eighteenth  Report  of  the   Board   of  Water 

Commissioners  of  the  City  of  Waterbury, 

Conn.,  for  the  Year  ending  December  31st, 

1884. 

From  other  sources: 
Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Managers  of 
the  New  York  State  Reformatory  at  Elmira 
for  the  Year  ending  September  30tb,  1884. 
A  Description  of  the  Means  by  which  Freight 
of  certain  kinds  and  sutBcient  quantity 
may  be  carried  overland  for  sixty  cents  per 
ton  per  thousand  miles. 


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LIST    OF    MEMBEliS. 


ADDITIONS  . 


MEMBER. 

Date  of  Election 
Gould,  Edward  Sherman Division  Engineer  New    Croton 

Aqueduct,  Yonkers,  N.  Y Nov.   4,   1885. 

.JUNIORS. 

Booker,  Bernard  Frank Resident     Engineer,      Northern 

Division  Chicago,  Burlington 
and  Northern  E.  E.  (Box  155), 
Prescott,  Wis Oct.    7,    1885. 

Brereton,  Thomas  John Maintenance  of  Way  Department 

Pennsylvania  E.  R.,  Altoona, 

Pa.. "      '< 

Carrere,  Joseph  Maxweli 121  East   Thirty-fifth   st.,  New 

York    City "      " 

Matlack,  Charles  P City     Engineer,     San     Antonio, 

Texas "      "       ■< 

Sanford,  David  CoLEY First  Assistant  Engineer  Con- 
necticut Shell  Fishery  Com- 
mission (Box  716),  New  Haven, 
Conn May  0,    1885. 

changes    and    corrections. 


Bruner,  Daniel  P German  town,  Pa. 

Burns,  Edward  C Cor.  East  4th  and  Spring  sts.,  Jamestown,  N.  Y. 

Cunningham,  James  H 1   Victoria    Mansions,    Victoria  st.,    London, 

S.  W.,  England. 

Gelette,  William  D Manager  Pomona  Land  and  Water  Co.,  Po- 
mona, Los  Angeles  Co.,  Cal. 

Hilgard,  Julius  E 1739  F  st.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Hunt,  Charles  W New  Eochelle,  N.  Y. 

Marindin,  Henry  L Assistant  U.  S.   Coast  and   Geodetic   Survey, 

Washington,  D.  C. 

Moulton,  Mace Chief  Assistant  Engineer  Kentucky  and  In- 
diana Bridge,  Louisville,  Ky. 


140  NOVEMBER    rUOCEEDIXUS. 

Paine,  Chaklks Vice-President    New    York,     Lake    Erie    and 

W^estern  R.  E.,  21  Cortlandt  st.,  New  York 

City. 
Smith,  Hamilton.  Jr (Care    Salisbury    Club),    St.    James'    square, 

S.  W.,  London,  England. 
Smith,  W.  Harrison Treasurer  and  General  Manager  Centre  Mining 

Co.,    Pennsylvania  Furnace,    Huntingdon, 

Co.,  Pa. 

JUNIORS. 

Francis,  George  B 204  West  128th  st.,  New  York  City. 

Fuller,  William  B Assistant    Engineer    Northern  Pacific    R.  R, 

417  East  loth  st.,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 
Parsons,   W.  Barclay,  Jr 35  Broadway,  Room  73,  New  York  City. 


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Vol.  XL— December,  1885. 


MINUTES    OF     MEETINGS. 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


November  18th,  1885. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President 
G.  S.  Greene,  Jr.,  in  the  Chair.  Discussions  were  presented  on  Wind 
Strains  in  Bridges  ;  on  Formulas  for  the  Weight  of  Iron  and  Steel 
llailway  Bridges;  and  on  Canals  and  Railways,  Ship  Canals  and  Ship 
Railways. 

December  2r>,  1885. — The  Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  President  Fred. 
Graft'  in  the  Chair. 

The  following  candidates  were  elected  as  Members  :  Harry  Hubbard 
Latham,  of  Chicago,  Illinois  ;  Frank  McDowell  Leavitt,  of  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y. ;  Arthur  Macy,  elected  Junior,  January  12th,  1877,  of  Silver  King, 
Arizona  ;  Arthur  Pou,  of  Talbotton,  Ga. 

A  communication  from  the  Trustees  of  the  Elizabeth  Thompson 
Science  Fund  was  presented,  giving  information  of  the  establishment  of 
this  fund,  and  of  the  desire  of  the  Trustees  to  receive  applications  for 
appropriations  in  aid  of  scientific  work. 

Presentation  to  the  Society  was  announced  of  a  handsome  24-hour 
clock,  the  figures  upon  the  dial  of  which  automatically  exhibit  the 
proper  hour  numbers  in  succession  without  interfering  with  the  regu- 
larity of  the  time-piece. 

The  presentation  to  the  Society  by  Gen.  G.  S.  Greene,  Past-President 
Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  of  a  rare  lithograph-portrait  of  the  late  George  W. 
Whistler,  C.  E.,  was  announced.  The  thanks  of  the  Society  were 
tendered  for  this,  and,  on  motion,  the  subject  of  procuring  for  the 
Society  suitable  portraits   of    eminent   engineers  was   referred   to   the 


142  DECEMBER    PROCEEDINGS. 

Board  of  Direction,  with  a  recommendation  for  its  favorable  considera- 
tion. 

It  was  announced  tliat  the  Annual  Meeting  would  occur  on  January 
20th;  that  the  Board  of  Direction  would  appoint  a  Committee  of 
Arrangements;  and  that  Members  of  the  Society  were  requested  to  make 
suggestions  on  the  subject  to  the  Board  through  the  Secretary. 

The  President  announced  the  appointment  of  the  following  Commit- 
tee to  consider  the  Compressive  Strength  of  Cements,  and  the  Compres- 
sion of  Cement  and  Settlement  of  Masonry,  stating  that  additional  Mem- 
bers of  the  Committee  would  be  announced  at  a  future  time:  Messrs. 

F.  Collingwood,  D.  J.  Whittemore,  W.  W.  Maclay,  T.  C.  McCollom, 
T.  L.  Casey,  George  F.  Swain  and  A.  V.  Abbott. 

A  discussion  upon  the  subject  of  Wind  Strains  in  Bridges  was  read 
by  W.  Howard  White,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

Discussions  upon  Formulas  for  the  Weight  of  Bridges  were  pre- 
sented from  A.  J.  DuBois,  Jun.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  Wm.  H.  Burr,  Assoc. 
Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  J.  S.  Elliot,  C.  E.,  and  Geo.  H.  Pegram,  M.  Am. 
Soc.  C.  E. 

Discussions  by  A.  G.  Menocal,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  and  E.  L. 
Corthell,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  were  read  upon  a  paper  j^reviously  read 
by  Mr.  Corthell  on  Canals  and  Railways,  Ship  Canals  and  Ship  Rail- 
Avays. 

Decembek  16th,  1885.— The   Society  met  at  8  p.  m.,  Vice-President 

G.  S.  Greene,  Jr.,  in  the  Chair.  A  paper  by  Capt.  F.  V.  Greene,  M. 
Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  Street  Traffic  was  read,  and  discussed  by  Messrs. 
Wellington,  North,  T.  C.  Clarke,  J.  D.  Estabrook,  Cooper,  Robert  L. 
Harris  and  F.  V.  Greene. 

OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIEECTION. 

November  12th,  1885. — Applications  were  considered.  Action  was 
taken  as  to  arrears  of  dues.     AiDprojiriations  were  made. 

NovEMBEK  25th,  1885. — Applications  were  considered.  A  form  of 
circular  was  adopted  for  issue  to  Members  in  relation  to  increasing  the 
Junior  Membership  of  the  Society,  in  accordance  with  the  action  of  the 
meeting  of  November  4th. 

December  2d,  1885. — Apiilications  were  considered. 

1)ecember  22d,  1885. — Applications  were  considered.  A  final  com- 
munication from  the  Nominating  Committee  was  presented,  and  it  was 
directed  that  the  list  submitted  by  the  Nominating  Committee  be 
posted,  and  the  ballot  issued.  Arrangements  were  made  for  the  Annual 
Meeting. 

December  30th,  1885. — Applications  were  considered.  The  prepa- 
ration of  the  Annual  Reports  was  directed.  Action  was  taken  as  to 
Members  in  arrears  for  dues.  ' 


DECEMBER    PROCEEDINGS. 


143 


ADDITIONS  TO 

LIBRARY    AND     MUSEUM. 


From    Aeronautical    Society    of    Great 
Britain.  London  : 
Annual  Reports  of  the  Society  for  the  years 
1883-84. 

From     Charles    A.     Allen,    Worcester, 
Mass.: 
City   Documents,    No.  38  and  No.  39,  City  of 
Worcester,  Mass.: 

From    American     Academy    Arts    and 
Sciences,  Boston  : 
Proceeding's,  May,  1884,  to  May,  1885.     New 
Series.     Vol.  XII. 

From  American  Institute  of  Architects, 
Geo.  C.  Mason,  Secretary,   Newport, 
R.  I.: 
Proceediugs   of  the   Eighteenth  Annual  Con- 
vention, held  in  Albany,  N.  Y.,  October  22d 
and  23d,  1884. 

From  American  Wood  Preserving  Com- 
pany, Boston: 
The  American  Wood  Preserving  Company's 
Process.  Copper  and  Barium,  as  practiced  at 
the  Works  erected  by  the  Company  for  the 
United  States,  at  the  United  States  Navy 
Yard,  Boston,  Mass.     2  copies. 

From  American  Institute  of  Mining  En- 
gineers.    Dr.  R.  W.  Raymond,  Secre- 
tary, New  York  City: 
Proceedings    of    the    Forty-second    Meeting, 

Cliattanooga.     May,  1885. 
The  Iron  Ores  of  Picton  County,  Nova  Scotia. 

E.  Gilpin,  Jr. 
The  Influence  of  Temperature  in  Steel-making 
on   the  Behavior  of  the  Ingots  in  Rolling. 
John  W.  Cabot. 
Biographical      Notice     of     Sidney    Gilchrist 

Tliomas.     George  W.  Maynard. 
The  Utilization  of  the  Iron   and  Copper  Sul- 
phides of  Virginia,  North  Carolina  and  Ten- 
nessee.    C.  R.  Boyd. 
A  Simple  Apparatus  for  Determining  the  Rela- 
tive Strength  of  Explosives.     S.  Whinery. 
Proceedings  of  the  Fortieth  (Annual)  Meeting. 

New  York,  February,  1885. 
The  Relative  Value  of  Coals  to  the  Consumer. 

Dr.  H.  M.  Chance. 
Discussion  of  Dr.  Chance's  Paper  on  the  Rela- 
tive Value  of  Coals  to  the  Consumer.    Dr.  J. 
P.  Kimball. 
The  Use  of  High  Explosives  in  the  Blast  Fur- 
nace,   and  of  a  Water- spray  for  Cooling  in 
Blowing-Down.    W.  J.  Taylor. 
The  Clapp  and  Griffiths  Process      J.  P.  With- 

erow. 
Removing   Obstructions  from  Blast-Furnace, 

Hearths  and  Boshes.     T.  F.  Witherbee. 
The  La  Plata  Mountains,  Colorado.    Henry  C. 

Freeman. 
Combined  Amalgamation   and  Concentration 

of  Silver  Ores.     W.  McDermott. 
Hematite  of  Franklin  County,  Vt.    Alfred  F. 
Brainerd. 


The  Clapp  and  Griffiths  Process.     Robert  W. 

Hunt. 
Further    Notes  on    the    Clapp  and  Griffiths 
Process.     Robert  W,  Hunt. 

Discussion  of  the  Paper  of  R.  W.  Hunt,  on 
the  Clapp  and  Griffiths  Process. 

A  Water-Gas  Open  Hearth  Furnace.  N.  Lil- 
lenbey. 

A  Bessemer  Converting  House  without  a 
Casting  Pit.     L.  G.  Laureau. 

A  New  Regenerative  Hot-Blast  Oven.  John  C. 
Long. 

Fuel  Economy  in  Engines  and  Boilers.  P. 
Barnes. 

Certaiu  Interesting  Crystalline  Alloys.  Rich- 
ard Pearce. 

The  Fabnehielm  Water-Gas  Incandescent 
Light.    R.  W.  Raymond. 

The  Source  and  Behavior  of  Fire-Gas  in  the 
Johnstown  Mines.     John  Fulton. 

The  New  Mining  Code  of  Mexico.  Richard  E. 
Chism. 

The  Straight  or  No-Bosh  Blast  Furnace.  W. 
J.  Taylor. 

Biographical  Notice  of  Benjamin  Silliman. 
Dr.  T.  Sterry  Hunt. 

Colored  Mining  Labor.     Alfred  T.  Brainerd. 

The  Microscopic  Structure  of  Iron  and  Steel. 
F.  Lynwood  Garrison. 

Treatment  of  Roasted  Pyrites  by  the  Long 
Maid  and  Claudet  Processes  for  the  Extrac- 
tion of  Gold  and  Silver.     T.  Egleston. 

Quicksilver  Condensation  at  New  Almadero. 
Samuel  B.  Christy. 

The  Durham  Blast  Furnace.  B.  F.  Faekenthal. 

Lixivation  and  Amalgamation  Tests.  T.  H. 
Clark. 

Experiments  with  Bolts  and  Screw-Threads. 
Maj.  King.  U.  S.  Engineers. 

The  Amalgamation  of  Gold  Ores,  and  the  Loss 
of  Gold  in  Chloridizing-Roasting.  C.  A. 
Stetefeldt. 

The  Homogeneity  of  Open-Hearth  Steel. 
H.  H.  Campbell. 

Note  on  a  Self-Dumping  Water  Tank.  Will- 
ard  Ide  Pierce. 

Mr.  E.  D  Campbell's  Calorimetric  Process  for 
Estimating  Phosphorus  in  Iron  and  Steel. 
Byron  W.  Cheever. 

Estimation  of  Manganese,  Carbon  and  Phos- 
phorus in  Iron  and  Steel.  Byron  W.  Chee- 
ver. 

Improvements  in  Ore-Crushing  Machinery. 
S.  R.  Krom. 

The  Sulphide  Deposit  of  South  Iron  Hill, 
Leadville,  Colorado.    Francis  T.  Freeland. 

The  "Centennial"  and  "Lotta"  Gold  Prop- 
erties,    Couhuila,     Mexico.     Dr.     Persifor 
Frazier. 
The   Manufacture  of  Steel  Castings.     P.   G. 

Salom. 
The  Geology  and  Mineral  Resources  of'  Se- 
quachee  Valley,  Tennessee.     W.  M.  Bovs' 


144 


DECEMBER   TROCEEDINGS. 


The  Manufacture  of  Iron  in  Canada.    James 
Herbert  Bartlett. 

From  American  Train-Dispatchers'  As- 
sociation.  Isaac   H.   McEwen,  Secre- 
tary, Buffalo.  N.  Y.: 
Proceedings  of  Second  Annual   Convention, 
held   at  Denver,  Colorado,  June  16,  17,  and 
18,  1885.     Also  Constitution  and   By-Laws, 
list  of  Officers  and  Members,  and  Executive 
Committee  Session. 

From   the  Association   of  Engineering 
Societies,    H.    G.    Prout,    Secretary, 
New  York  City : 
Transactions,  Vol.  IV,  No.  9. 

From  Lewis  S.  Atler,  Rensselaer,  In- 
diana: 
Proceedings  of  the  Association  of  County 
Surveyors  and  Civil  Engineers  of  the  State 
of  Indiana,  at  its  Fifth  Annual  Meeting, 
held  in  Indianapolis,  January  20-21,  1885. 
together  with  Constitution,  By-Laws,  and 
other  valuable  matter. 

From    Benjamin   Baker,   Westminster, 

S.  W.,  London,  England: 

Address  of  the  President  of  the   Mechanical 

Science   Section  of  the   British  Association 

for  the  Advancement  of  Science,  Aberdeen, 

1885. 

From     Spencer     F.    Baird,     Secretary 
Smithsonian     Institution,    Washing- 
ton, D.  C: 
Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Regents  of  the 
Smithsonian      Institution,     showing      the 
operations,  expenditures,  and   condition  of 
the  Institution  for  the  year  1883. 
A  Catalogue  of  Scientific  and  Technical  Peri- 
odicals, 1865-82,  together  with  Chronologi- 
cal   Tables    and    a    Library    Check    List. 
Henry  Carrington,  Bolton. 

From  R.  M.  Bancroft,  Upper  Holloway, 
London.  England  : 
A  Practical  Treatise  on  the  Construction  of 
Tall  Chimney  Shafts,  containing  Details  of 
upwards  of  Eighty  Existing  Mill,  Engine- 
House,  Brick-Work,  Cement-Work,  and 
other  Chimneys,  in  Brick,  Stone,  Iron  and 
Concrete.  Robert  M.  Bancroft  and  Francis 
J.  Bancroft 

From  W.  S.  Barbour,  Cambridgeport, 
Maes. : 
The  Mayor's  Address  at  the  Organization   of 
the  City  Government,  January  5,  188.5.  and 
the  Annual  Reports  made  to  the  City  Coun- 
cil for  the  year  1884. 
Annual   Report  of  the   City  Engineer  to  the 
City  Council  for  the  year  ending  November 
30,  1884. 
The  Twentieth  Annual  Report  of  the  Cam- 
bridge Water  Board  to  the  City  Council, 
together  with  the  Reports  of  the  Registrar 
and  Superintendent,  and  other  Documents 
for  the  year  1884. 

From  Max  J   Becker,  Columbus,  Ohio: 

Paper  on  Why  do  Rail  Joints  and  Splice  Bars 

Break  ?    Read  before  the  Engineers'  Society 

of  Western  Pennsylvania,  January  20,  1885. 

From  Henry  A.  Bentley,  Newport,  R.  I.: 

Report  and   Estimates  for  the   Completion  of 

the  Sewage  System  of  the  City  of  Newport, 

R.  I. 

From   G.  H.  Benzenberg,   Milwaukee, 
Wisconsin : 
Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Public  Works 
of  the  City  of  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  for  the  year 
1884. 


From  the  Board  of  Water  Commission. 
ers  of  Minneapolis,  Minn.: 
Annual  Report  of   the  Board  of  Water  Com- 
missioners   of    the    City    of   Minneapolis, 
for  the  year  ending  March  1,  1885. 

From  John  Bogart,  New  York  City: 
Beton     Coignet    and    Goodridge    System    of 

Constructing  and  Repairing  Railway  and 

other  Structures. 
Will     the    Washington     Monument     Stand? 

Article  taken  from  the   Engineering  Newf, 

March  14  and  15,  1885. 

From  Boston  Society  of  Civil  Engineers, 
Boston,  Mass.: 
Constitution  and  By-Laws  and  List  of  Mem- 
bers.    February,  1885. 

From  Aug.  J.  Bowie,  Jr.,  San  Francisco, 
Cal.: 
Transactions  of  the  Technical  Society  of  the 
Pacific  Coast.     Vol.  I.     June,  1884. 

From  Bureau  of  Education,  Washing- 
ton. D.  C: 
Circular  of  Information  of  the  Bureau  of  Edu- 
cation, No.  7,  1884;  and  Nos.  1  and  2,  1885; 
also  pamphlet  on  Planting  Trees  in  School 
Grounds,  and  the  Celebration  of  Arbor 
Day. 

From  Bureau  of  Navigation,  Navy  De- 
Xiartment,  Washington,  D.  C. : 
Telegraphic  Determination  of  Longitude  in 
Mexico  and  Central  America,  and  on  the 
West  Coast  of  South  America.  Lieutenant- 
Commander  Charles  Henry  Davis,  an'd 
Lieutenants  John  Alexander  Norris  and 
Charles  Laird,  U.  S.  N. 

From  F.  J.  R.  Carnella,  Glau   Mer  Ter- 
race, Swansea: 
A  Lecture  on  the  Steel  Age,  delivered  at  the 
Royal  Institution  of  South  Wales,  Swansea, 
February  11. 1884. 

From   Col.  Thomas  L.  Casey,  Corps  of 
Engineers,    U.    S.    A.,    Washington, 
D.  C: 
Reports  upon  the  Washington  Monument. 

From    Messrs.   B.    S    Church    and  A. 
Fteley,  New  York  City: 
The    following    documents    relating  to   the 

New  Croton  Aqueduct: 
(1.)  Contracts  and  Specifications  Nos.  2,  3,  4, 

5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10  Band  11  A. 
(2.)  Contract  Drawings  No.  1  Croton  Gate- 
House,  etc. 
(3  )  Albiim  of  Maps,  Drawings,  Profiles  and 
Details  of  Construction. 

From  George  H.  Cook,  State  Geologist, 
New  Brunswick,  N.  J.: 
Six  Maps  of  the  Geological  Survey  of  New 
Jersey. 

From    Theodore    Cooper,    New    York 
City: 
General    Specifications     for     Wrought-Iron 
Highways,  Bridges  and  Viaducts.     Theo- 
dore Cooper. 

From  E.  L.  Corthell,  New  York  City: 
The  Tehuantepec  Ship  Railway.  An  Address 
delivered  before  the  American  Association 
for  the  Advancement  of  Science  at  its 
Thirty-fourth  Meeting,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich., 
August  2t5th,  1883. 

From    Martin    Coryell,   Lambertville, 
N.  J.: 
Eighth  Annual  Report  of  the  Lambertville 


DECEMBER   PROCEEDINGS. 


145 


Water  Company,  Lambertville,  March  13th, 
1885. 

From  J.  J.  R.  Croes,  New  York  City: 
Statistical  Tables  of  Americau   Water-works 
tor  1885.     J.  James  R.  Croes. 

From  J    H.  Decker,  Secretary  Ameri- 
can Water- works   Association,  Han- 
nibal,  Mo.: 
Report  of  Proceedings  of  the  Fifth  Annual 
Meeting   of   the    Americau    Water -works 
Association,  held   at   Boston,  Mass.,  April 
21st,  22d  and  2.3d,  1885. 

From  Pat.  Doyle,  Black  Town,  Madras, 
India: 
The  "  Chin  Chic  "  or  Chinese  Chain  Pump 
in  the  Lamb  Tin  Mines.     Pat.  Doyle,  C.  E. 
(2  copies). 
Paper-Making  in  India,  being  notes  of  a  visit 
to  the  Lucknow  Paper  Mills.     Pat.  Doyle, 
C.  E. 

From  A.  Ebert,  New  York  City: 
Transactions  of  the  American  Yacht  Club, 
1885,  containing  article  on  Improvements 
in  Naval  Architecture.     Capt.  C.  G.  Luud- 
borg. 

From  C.  H.  Edwards,  Quincy,  Mass. : 
Four  Photographs  of  a  New  Stone  Dumping 
Scow  used  at  Newburyport  Jetties,  Mass. 
FromN.H.Egleston,  Forestry  Division, 
Agricultural  Department,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C: 
Report  upon  Forestry,  Vols.  1  and  2,   1877, 
1878,  1879,  F.  B.  Hough.  Vol.  4,  1884    N.  H. 
Egleston. 
Trees  and  Tree  Planting,  with  Exercises  and 
Directions   for   the  Celebration   of   Arbor 
Day.     Prepared  by  John  B.  Peaslee,  Super- 
intendent Cincinnati  Public  Schools,  with 
preface  bj'  Warren  Higley. 
Proceedings   of   a  Convention   of  Delegates 
from  Agricultural  Colleges  and  Experiment 
Stations,  held  at  the  Department  of  Agri- 
culture, July  8th  and  9th,  1885. 

From    Hon.   S.   B.  Elkins,  New  York 

City: 

An  Address  on   the  Industrial   Question  in 

the    United    States,   delivered    before   the 

Alumni   Association  of  the  University  of 

the  State  of  Missouri. 

From  Walton  W.  Evans,  New  Rochelle, 
N.  Y.: 
A  Chapter  in   the  History   of  the   Queen's 
Cup,  won  by  the  yacht  America  in  1851. 
From  Albert  Fink,  New  York  City: 
Testimony  of  Albert  Fink  before  the  Select 
Committee  on  Inter-State  Commerce  of  the 
United  States  Senate,  New  York,  May  2l8t, 
1885 

From  S.  B.  Fisher,  Pittsburgh,  Penn.: 

Table  of  cubic  yards  in  lengths  of  100  leet. 

From  P.  J.  Flynn,  East  Oakland,  Cal.: 

Hydraulic  Tables   based  on  the  Formulre  of 

D'Arcy  and  Kutter      P.  J.  Flynn,  0.  E. 

Shrinkage  of  Earthwork.    P.  J.  Flynn,  C.  E. 

From  Franklin  Institute.   Dr.  William 

H.   Wahl,    Secretary,     Philadelphia, 

Penn.: 

Report  of  Examiners   of   Section  X,  Steam 

Boilers. 
General  Report  of  the  Chairman  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  Exhibition. 
Report  of  Examiners  of  Sections   XIV-XVI, 
Batteries;    also   Section   XXX,   Machinery 
and  Mechanical  Appliances. 


Report  of  Examiners  of  Section  XXIV,  Elec- 
tro-Dental Apparatus. 

Rei)ort  of  a  Special  Committee  to  determine 
the  Efficiency  and  Duration  of  Incandes- 
cent Electric  Lamps. 

From  Alphonse  Fteley,  New  York  City: 
Article  on  the  New  Crotou  Aqueduct,  pub- 
lished    in    the    June,    1885,    number    of 
(Science. 

From  C.  C.  Gilman,  New  York  City: 
Plans  and  Estimates  of  Oilman's  Electrical 
Subway,  submitted  to  the   New  York  State 
Electrical  Commission.  August  26th,  1885. 

From   Robert  Gordon,   London,   Eng- 
land: 
Proceedings  of  the  Royal  Geographical  So- 
ciety,  May,    1885.   containing    article    on 
The  Irawaddy  River. 

From  Geo.  S.  Greene,  Jr.,  Engineer  in 
Chief   Department   of   Docks,    New 
York  City: 
Fourteenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Docks,  for  the  year  ending  April 
30th,  1884. 
Report  on  the  Forests  of  North  America,  ex- 
clusive of  Mexico,  Charles  S.  Sargent,  with 
Sixteen   Maps,    accompanying    Report  on 
Forest  Trees  of  North  America. 

From  Guido  Hauck,  Rektor  Konigliche 

Technische      Hochschule,      Berlin, 

Prussia: 

Die  Grenzen  Zuischen   Malerei  und  Plastike 

und    die    Gesetze    des   Reliefs.    Rede    am 

Geburtstage   Seines    Ma,ie8tat  des   Kaisers 

und  Kouigs,  Berlin  am  20  Marz,  1885.    Ge- 

halten   von   dern    Zeitigen    Rector  Guido 

Hauck. 

From  Gen.  W.  B.   Hazen,  Chief  Signal 
Officer,  U   S.  A.,  Washington: 
Professional  Papers  of  the  Signal  Service,  No. 

XVI. 
Tornado  Studies  for  1884. 

From  John  T.  Henthorn,  Providence, 
R.  I.: 
On   the  Power   Required  to   Overcome  the 
Frictional    Resistances    of    Engine    and 
Shafting  in  Mills,  and  its  Cost. 

From    Clemens     Herschel,    Holyoke, 

Mass.: 

The    July    number    of    the    Manufacturer, 

containing  Report  of  Wheel  Tests  made  at 

Holyoke,   Mass.,   by    the    Holyoke    Water 

Power  Company. 

From     Albert    B.    Hill,    New    Haven, 
Conn.: 
Annual   Reports  of  the  Department  of  the 
Board  of  Public  Works,  City  of  New  Haven, 
Conn.,  for  the  year  1884. 

From    William   A.   Ingham,  Secretary 
Board    of     Commissioners     Second 
Geological  Survey  of  Pennsylvania  : 
Grand  Atlas.     Div.  IH,  Part  I. 

From  Institution  of  Civil  Engineers, 
James  Forest,  Secretary,  London  ; 
Notes  on  Electric  Blasting  in  China.  Claude 

William  Kinder. 
Heat  Action  of  Explosives.    Capt.    Andrew 

Noble. 
Further  Data  on  Aerial  Navigation.    William 

Pole. 
Water  Supply.     William  Pole. 
On  Compressed  Air  and  other  Refrigerating 
Machinery.     A.  C.  Kirk. 


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DECEMBER   PROCEEDINGS. 


Comparative  Study  of  Various   Methods    of 
Traction  Applicable  to   Railways.     Marcel 
Deprez  and  Muarice  Leblanc. 
On  the  Blasting  and  Removal  of  Rock  under 
Water,  and  the   Construction  of  a  Deep- 
Water  Quay,   at  Blyth  Harbor.      William 
Kidd. 
Description    of   Steel    Permanent  Way,    as 
used  on  the   London  and  North  Western 
Railway.     Francis  William  Webb. 
The  Metropolitan  and  Jletropolitan  District 

Railways.  Benjamin  Baker. 
The  City  Lines  and  Extensions  (Inner  Circle 
completion)  of  the  Metropolitan  and  Dis- 
trict Railways.  John  Wolfe  Barry.  With 
an  abstract  of  the  discussion  upon  the 
paper. 
Abstract  of  Papers  in  Foreign  Transactions 

and  Periodicals. 
The  Art  of  Making  Paper  by  the  Machine,  as 
exemplified  in   the  Manufacture  of  High- 
class  Writings  and  Printings.     James  Will- 
iam Wyatt. 
The  Barmouth  Water-works.     Thos.  Roberts. 
The  General  Theory  of  Thermo-Dynamics. 

Prof.  Osborne  Reynolds. 
Notes  on  Compressed  Air  and  Machinery  for 

Utilizing  it.     John  Kraft. 
Electric  Lighting  for  Steamships.    Andrew 
Jamieson.     With  an   abstract  of  the   dis- 
cussion upon  the  pai^er. 
On    Hauling    Out    and    Launching    Vessels 

Sideways.     Murray  Jackson. 
Pumping  Machinery  for  Draining  a  Portion 
of    the    Marshes    near    Fondi,    Southern 
Italy.     Thomas  Richard  Guppy. 
Removal   of  Buddonness  Light-house  near 

Dundee  Harbor.     David  Cunningham. 
The  Burnham  Sewage  Outfall  Works.    Alfred 

Barton  Brady. 
A  Comparison  of  British  and  Metric  Meas- 
ures  for  Engineering  Purposes.      Arthur 
Hamilton  Smythe. 
Secondary  Batteries.    Frank  Geere  Howard. 
Trigonometrical  Surveying.     Harley  H.  Dai- 
ry mple  Hay. 
Discharge    from   Catchment  Ai-eas.     James 

Craig. 
Method   of   Removing   Rock   under  Water. 

Charles  James. 
Guns   Considered   as  Thermo-dynamic  Ma- 
chines    James  Atkinson  Longridge. 
The  Gauging  of  Flowing  Water.     Henry  T. 

Turner. 
Cost  of  Dredging  at  Calais  and  at  Boulogne. 

F.  Guillain. 
Experiments  on  the  Friction  of  Disks  Rotated 

in  Fluid.     Prof.  William  C   Unwin. 
Brauer's  Dynamo-metric  Brake.   H.  Walther 

Meunier. 
Standard   Engine   Shed  of  the   London  and 
North  Western  Railway  Company.  Francis 
W.  Webb. 
The  Modern  Practice  in  the  Construction  of 

Steam  Boilers.  David  S.  Smart. 
The  Electrical  Regulation  of  the  Speed  of 
Steam  Engines  and  other  Motors  for  Driv- 
ing Dynamos.  Peter  William  Williams.  With 
an  abstract  of  the  discussion  upon  the 
paper. 
The    River    Buffalo.      William    Bloomfield 

Tripp.    . 
The  Public  Works  of  the  Orange  Free  State, 

South  Africa.     Gustave  Halle. 
The  Cape  Government  Railways.     William 

George  Brounger 
The  Pollution  of   the    River    Thames    near 


London.   Effect  of  the   Drought   of  1884. 

Robert  William  Pereguin  Birch, 
The  Purification  of  Water  by  Moans  of  Iron 

on  the  Large  Scale.     William  Anderson. 
The  Purification  of  Water  by  Metallic  Iron  in 

Mr.  Ander.son'8  Revolving  Purifiers.  George 

Henry  Ogston. 
Gas   and    Caloric    Engines.      Prof.   Fleming 

Jenkins,  LL.D. 
Mechanical  Integrators.     Prof.  Henry  Selby 

Hele  Shaw.  With  an  abstract  of  the  discus- 
sion upon  the  paper. 
Water  Motors.     Prof  W.  C.  Unwin. 
Physiography.  John  Evans. 
Address  of  Sir  Fred'k  J.  Bramwell,  President, 

13th  January,  1885. 
The  Tekapo  Bridge,  Mackenzie  County,  New 

Zealand.     Frederic  WiUiam  Marchant. 
The  Working  of  Tramways  by  Steam.    Hon. 

Richard  Clere  Parsons. 
The  Sydney  Steam  Tramways.    Walter  Shell- 
shear.     With  an  abstract  of  the  discussion 

upon  the  paper. 
Minutes  of  Proceedings.    Vol.  LXXIX.    1884- 

85.     Part  I. 
Minutes  of  Proceedings.    Vol.  LXXX.    1884- 

85.     Part  II. 
Charter,  By-Laws  and  List  of  Members  for 

June  3d,  1885. 

From  Institution   of  Mechanical  En- 
gineers,  Alfred  Bache,  London  : 
Proceedings.     March,  1885. 

From   Iron   and  Steel  Institute,   J.  S» 
Jeans,  Secretary,  Loudon  : 
The  Journal  of  the   Institute,  No.  1,  1885. 

From  William  Jackson,  City  Engineer, 
Boston: 
Main  Drainage  Works  of  the  City  of  Boston, 

Mass.    Eliot  C.  Clarke.     Boston,  1885. 
Eighteenth  Annual  Report  of  the  City  Engi- 
neer of  Boston  for  the  year  1884. 

From    Wm.   H.   Jennings,   Columbus. 
Ohio: 
The  Ohio  Mining  Journal.    Vol.  III.    May  15, 
1885.     Containing   Article  on    Exhaustive 
Mining. 

From   H.   Kato,  President  of  the  Tokio 
Daigaha,  Tokio,  Japan  : 
A  System  of  Iron  Railroad  Bridges  for  Japan. 
Text,  Tables  and  Plates.     J.  A.  L  Waddell. 
2  copies  of  each. 

From  Edward  H.  Keating,  Halifax, 
N.  S.: 
Map  showing  Proposed  Short  Line  Railway 
between  Montreal  and  Halifax;  also  Re- 
port on  the  Proposed  Short  Line  Railway 
connecting  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway 
at  Montreal  with  principal  Atlantic  Ports 
of  the  Dominion  of  Canada,  and  Letter  on 
the  Short  Line  Railway  Question.  By  E.  H. 
Keating. 

From  John  Kennedy,  Montreal,  Cana- 
da : 
Annual  Report  of  the  Harbor  Commissioners 
of  Montreal  for  the  year  1884. 

From  W.  B.  Knight,  Kansas  City,  Mo.: 
Report  of  the  City  Engineer  of  City  of  Kan- 
sas, Mo.,  for  calendar  year  of  1884. 

From  Capt.  Smith  S.  Leach,  Memphis, 
Tenn.: 
Report  of  the  Mississiijpi  River  Commission 
for  1884. 

From  J.   Francis    Le  Baron,  Jackson- 
ville, Floria. 


DECEMBER    PROCEEDINGS. 


147 


Article  on  the  St.  .John's  Jetties.  Capt.  Leo 
Vogel. 

Pamphlet  showing  the  Statistics,  Resources, 
Lands,  Products,  Climate  and  Population 
of  Duval  County,  Florida,  with  a  correct 
map. 

Map  of  Brevard  County,  Florida. 

The  Atlantic  and  Gulf  Coast  Canal  and  Okee- 
chobee Land  Company.     2  copies. 

Palma  Sola,  the  youngest  and  largest  town  in 
Florida. 

From  C.  P.  Leland,  Auditor  Lake  Shore 
Ry..  Cleveland,  Ohio  : 

Eleventh,  Twelfth.  Thirteenth  and  Four- 
teenth Annual  Reports  of  the  Board  of  Di- 
rectors of  the  Lake  Shore  and  Michigan 
Southern  Railway  Company. 

From  Louis  Lesage,  Montreal,  Canada  : 

Annual  Report  of  the  Superintendent  of  the 

Montreal  Water-works  for  the  year  ending 

3lBt  of  January,  1873,  1874,  and  December, 

1882  and  1884. 

From  Light-house  Board,  Washington, 
D.C.: 
List  of  Beacons,  Buoys,  Stakes  and  other  Day- 
marks  in  the  Fifth  Light-house  District. 

From  Liverpool  Engineering  Society, 
Thos.  L.  Miller,  Secretary,  Liverpool, 
England  : 
Transactions.    Volumes  I  to  V  inclusive. 

From  A.  Luders  Light,  Chief  Engineer 
Government  Railways,  Province  Que- 
bec, Canada : 
Reports  upon  the  Survey  of  the  Northern  or 
Quebec  Route   for  the  shortest  and  most 
advantageous    Railway    Line   from    Mon- 
treal to  Halifax  and  St.  John,  N.  B.,  rec- 
ommending a  Conibinatiou  Line. 
Proposed   Bridge  over  the  St.   Lawrence  at 
Quebec,  Canada. 

From  Arthur  Macy,  Silver  King,  Ari- 
zona : 
The  Resources   of  Arizona.     Third  Edition. 
Patrick  Hamilton. 

From    Charles   C.    Martin,    Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.: 
Acts   of  the   State   of  New  York  and  of  the 
United  States  in  relation  to  the  New  York 
and  Brooklyn  Bridge. 

From  the  Mining  Institute  of  Scotland. 
James  Barrowman,  Secretary,  Ham- 
ilton: 
Transactions.    Vol.  VII,  1885.     Partslandll. 
Rules;  List  of  Members,  1884-85;  and  Cata- 
logue of  Library. 

From  Mississippi  River  Commission, 
Lieut.   S.  S.  Leach,    Corps   of  Engi- 
neers, U.  S.  A.,  Secretary,  St.  Louis: 
A   set  of  Charts    of  the   Mississippi  River, 
from  the  Mouth  of  the  Ohio  River  to   the 
Head  of  the  Passes. 

From  New  England  Meteorological  So 
ciety: 
Bulletin  for  April,  May,  June,  July,  August 
and  September,  1885 . 

From    Prof.    Simon    Newcoml),    Supt. 
The   American  Ephemeris  and  Nau- 
tical Almanac,  Washington,  D.  C; 
Reports  of  Observations  of  the  Total  Eclipse 
of  the  Sun,  August  7, 1869,  made  by  parties 
under  the  General  Direction  of  Prof.  J.  H. 
C.  Coffin,  U.  S.  N. 


The  American  Ephemeris  and  Nautical  Al- 
manac for  the  year  1888.     First  Edition. 

From  Gen.  John  Newton,  Chief  of  En- 
gineers, U.  S.  A.,  Washington,  D.  C: 

Annual  Report  of  the  Chief  of  Eugineers,  U. 
S.  A.,  for  1884.     Parts  I,  II,  III  and  IV. 

A  Communication  from  the  Secretary  of 
War,  and  papers  relative  to  the  completion 
of  the  Monument  at  Yorktown.  Lieut.- 
Col.  Wm.  P.  Craighill. 

A  Letter  from  the  Chief  of  Engineers,  inclos- 
ing Map  of  Survey  and  Report  upon  the 
work  of  deepening  Gedney's  Channel 
through  Sandy  Hook  Bar,  New  York;  also 
inclosing  a  Report  from  the  Board  for  For- 
tifications upon  a  plan  for  the  permanent 
improvement  of  the  entrance  to  New  York 
Harbor.    Major  G.  L.  Gillespie. 

Report  relating  to  Newport  Harbor,  Rhode 
Island,  and  Fort  Greene.  Lieut.-Col. 
George  H.  Elliot. 

Report,  with  an  estimate  of  the  cost  for  an 
improvement  of  Cypress  Bayou  and  the 
Lakes  between  Jefferson  and  Shreveport 
Capt.  Eric  Bergland. 

Report  as  to  the  cost  of  the  proposed  improve- 
ment of  the  Harbor  of  Providence,  R.  I. 
Lieut.-Col.  George  H.  Elliot. 

Report  of  a  Survey  and  Preliminary  Exami- 
nation of  Wood  Island  Harbor,  Maine. 
Col.  C.  E.  Blunt. 

Report  of  a  Preliminary  Examination  of 
Bayou  Bartholomew,  Arkansas.  Capt.  Eric 
Bergland. 

Report  of  Survey  and  Preliminary  Examina- 
tion of  Scajacuada  Creek,  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Capt.  Edward  Maguire. 

An  Estimate  from  the  Secretary  of  War  for 
the  Construction  of  a  Sea-wall  around 
David's  Island,  New  York  Harbor. 

Report  of  a  Survey  of  Lake  Champlain,  at 
Four  Channels,  New  York.  Lieut.-Col.  H. 
M.  Robert. 

Report  of  a  Survey  of  Clinton  River,  Michi- 
gan.    Lieut.-Col.  O.  M.  Poe. 

Report  upon  the  condition  of  Green  and 
Barren  Rivers,  Kentucky.  Capt.  James  C. 
Post. 

Report  of  Survey  and  Examination  of  Outer 
and  Inner  Bars,  Pensacola  Harbor.  Capt. 
R.  L.  Hoxie. 

Report  of  Survey  and  Examination  of 
Sny  Island  Levee,  Mississippi  River. 
Major  A.  Mackenzie. 

Report  of  the  resTilts  of  a  survey  of  the  Mouth 
of  Scioto  River,  Ohio.  Lieut.-Col  WiUiam 
E,  Merrill. 

Report  of  a  survey  and  examination  of  York 
Harbor,  Maine.     Col.  C,  E.  Blunt. 

Report  on  the  subject  of  a  New  Lock  at  Saint 
Mary's  Falls  Canal,  in  Michigan. 

Report  of  survey  and  examination  of  the 
Bar  in  the  Ohio  River  opposite  the  Mouth 
of  Licking  Kiver.  Lieut.-Col.  William  E. 
MerriU. 

Report  of  the  results  of  the  survey  of  the 
Congaree  River.     Capt.  W.  H.  Bixby. 

Report  of  a  survey  of  Bogue  Sound,  between 
New  Kiver  and  Beaufort,  N.  C.  Capt.  W. 
H.  Bixby. 

Report  of  a  survey  at  Darien  Harbor,  Geor- 
gia.    Gen.  Q.  A.  Qillmore. 

Report  of  a  survey  of  Napa  River,  California. 
Lieut.-Col.  G.  H.  Meudell. 

Report  of  survey  of  Cashie  River,  from  its 
mouth  to  Windsor,  N.  C.  Capt.  F.  A.  Hin- 
man. 


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DECEMBER   PROCEEDINGS. 


Advertisement,  Specifications  and  Proposals 
for  Fnruialiing  Brush  and  Poles  on  Board 
Government  Barges  in  the  Mississippi 
River,  between  St.  Paul  and  Hastings, 
Minn. 

Constructing  Six  Flat-Boats  for  Use  in  the 
Improvement  of  the  Upper  Mississipi)i 
River. 

Furnishing  Rip-Rap  on  Bank  of  the  Missis- 
sippi River,  between  Rock  Island,  Illinois, 
ancl  Montrose,  Iowa. 

Furnishing  Rip-Rap  ou  Board  Government 
Barges,  in  the  Mississippi  River,  between 
Reed's  Landing  and  Winona,  Minn. 

Furnishing  Rip-Rap  on  Bank  of  the  Missis- 
sippi River,  between  Lansing  and  Du- 
buque, Iowa. 

For  Constructing  the  Hull  of  a  Steel  and  Iron 
Snag-boat. 

Constructing  Six  Dump- Boats  for  Use  in  the 
Improvement  of  the  Upper  Mississijipi 
River. 

For  Improving  Ice  Harbor  at  Belle  River, 
Michigan. 

For  Dredging  in  Mississippi  River  at  St. 
Paul,  Minn. 

Improving  Hay  Lake  Channel,  Saint  Mary's 
River,  Mich. 

Improving  the  Harbor  at  Norwalk,  Connect- 
icut. 

Improving  the  Harbor  at  New  London,  Con- 
necticut. 

Improving  the  Harbor  at  Bridgeport,  Con- 
necticut. 

For  Dredging  and  Embankment  for  the  Im- 
provement of  Potomac  River. 

For  Building  Quarter-Boat  and  Scows  for 
the  Improvement  of  the  Missouri  River. 

For  Building  Dredge-Boat  Hull  and  Cabin 
for  the  Improvement  of  the  Missouri 
River. 

Imjjroving  Pamlico  and  Tar  Rivers,  N.  C, 
and  North  Landing  River,  Virginia  and 
North  Carolina. 

Improvement  of  Rappahannock  River,  Va. 

For  Iron -work  of  Navigation  Pass  of  Dam 
No.  6,  Great  Kanawha  River,  W.  Va. 

Constructing  a  Breakwater  at  Black  Rock 
Harbor,  Connecticut. 

Improvement  of  Wilmington  Harbor,  Cali- 
fornia, 

For  Rip-Rap  Stone  for  the  Improvement  of 
Potomac  River,  near  Washington,  D.  C. 

Improvement  of  Harbor  of  Refuge  at  Portage 
Lake,  Mich. 

Improvement  of  Grand  River,  Mich. 

For  Dredging  of  Tidal  Reservoir  and  Virginia 
Channel,  Potomac  River  near  Washington, 
D.  C. 

General  Instructions  and  Specifications  for 
Bidders  for  Supplies  and  Blaterials. 

Schedule  of  Supplies  and  Materials. 

Removal  of  Wreck  at  Entrance  to  New  Haven 
Harbor,  Connecticut. 

Improving  Harbor  at  Ashtabula,  Ohio. 

Construction  of  Fishways  at  the  Great  Falls 
of  the  Potomac. 

Kentucky  River  Improvement,  Dam  No.  4. 

Little  Kanawha  River  Improvement,  Lock 
No.  5. 

Improving  Harbor  at  Green  Bay,  Wisconsin, 

Improving  Maurice  River,  N.  J. 

Improving  Hay  Lake  Channel,  Saint  Mary's 
River,  Michigan. 

Improvement  of  Big  Sandy  River,  West  Vir- 
ginia and  Kentucky. 

Improvement  of  Little  Kanawha  River,  W. 
Va. 


Dredging  at  St.  Clair  Flats  Canal,  Michigan. 
Constructing  Crib-Pier  or  Breakwater  in  the 

Harbor  of  Stockholm,  Upper  Mississippi 

River. 
For  Extension  of  Engineer  Wharf  at  Willett'a 

Point,  New  York  Harbor. 
Lock  No.  1,  Kentucky  River  Improvement. 
Iron-work    for    15-inch    Gun    Platforms    at 

Forts  Foote  and  Washington,  Md. 
For  Supplies  and  Materials. 
Irons  for  Lock  No.  2,  Great  Kanawha  River 

Improvement. 
Iron-work  for  Barbette  Gun   Platforms  for 

Heavy  Guns  at  Fort  Adams  and  Fort  at 

Dutch  Island,  B.  I. 
Laying     the    Iron-work    for    Platforms    for 

Heavy  Guns  at  Fort  Adams  and  Fort  at 

Dutch  Island,  R.  I. 
Proposals  for  Harbor  Improvement. 
Proposals  for  Dredging. 
Construction    of     Breakwater    at    Rouse's 

Point,  Lake  Champlain,  N.  Y. 
Improvement  of  Delaware  River.    Dredging 

at  Mifflin  Bar. 
Dredging  west  of  Petty's  Island. 
Construction  Dike  near  Mifflin  Bar. 
Construction  Dike  between   Fisher's  Point 

and  Petty's  Island. 
Repairs  of  Gun  Platforms  at  Fort  Montgom- 
ery, N.  Y. 
Furnishing  Rip-Rap   on  board  Government 

Barges  in  the  Missouri  River. 
For  the  Engines  and  Machinery  of  a  Steel 

and  Iron  Snag-boat. 
Rip-Rap  on  board  Government  Barges  in  the 

Missouri  River. 
Rock  Excavation,  Falls  of  the  Ohio  River,  at 

Louisville,  Kentucky. 
For  Repair  of  Buffalo  Breakwater,  opened  at 

United  States   Engineer's   office,  Oswego, 

N.  Y.,  July  30th,  1885. 
Improving  Approach  to  Norfolk  Harbor  and 

the  United  States  Norfolk  Navy  Yard,  Vir- 
ginia. 
Improving  Broadkiln  River,  Delaware. 
Maneuvering  Boat  for  Davis'  Island  Dam. 
Dredging  Moose-a-bec  Bar,  Maine. 
Dredging  in  Bangor  Harbor,  Maine. 
Preliminary   Report   of   the   Committee  on 

Transportation  Routes  to  the  Seaboard. 
Report  relative  to  the  Expenditures  for  Riv- 
ers and  Harbors. 
A  set  of  detail  drawings  and  twelve  views 

of  the  St.  Mary's  Falls  Canal  and  Locks, 

Michigan. 

From  New   York   Meteorological    Ob- 
servatory. Dr.  Daniel  Draper,  Direct- 
or, Central  Park,  New  York  City: 
Abstracts  of  Registers  from   Self-Recording 
Instruments,  December,  1884;  also  for  the 
year  ending  December  31st,  1884;  also  Jan- 
uary, February,  March,  April,  May,  June, 
July  and  August,  1885. 

From  New  York  State  Board  of  Health, 
Albany,  N.  Y.: 
Monthly  Bulletin,  February  to  August,  in- 
clusive. 

From   Wm.  Ripley    Nichols,    Boston, 
Mass.: 
Contributions  to  our  Knowledge  of  Sewage. 
Wm.  Ripley  Nichols. 

From  Hon.  Joseph  Nimmo,  Jr.,  Chief  of 
Baireau    of   Statistics,   Washington, 
D.  C: 
Report   on   the   Internal  Commerce  of   the 
United  States  for  1884. 


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149 


From  Edward  P.  North,  New  York  City : 
Testimony  of  Egbert  L.  Viele  in  the  Matter 
of  the  Petition  of  the  New  York  Cable 
Kailway  Company.  Also  Testimony  of  K. 
Ogden  Doremus  in  the  same  case. 
The  Proceedings  of  the  Meeting  of  the  Ex- 
ecutive Committee  of  the  Western  Water- 
ways, held  at  Willard's  Hotel,  Washington, 
D.  C,  January  13th,  14th,  1885. 

From  the  North  of  England  Institute 
of   Mining    and    Mechanical    Engi- 
neers.   Theo.  Wood  Bunning,  Secre- 
tary, Newcastle-on-Tyne: 
Transactions,  Vol.  LXXXIV,  1885.  Part  II. 
An  account  of  the  Strata  of  Northumberland 
and  Durham,  as  proved  by  Borings  and 
Sinkings. 

From   Richard  B.   Osborne,   Philadel- 
phia: 
Select  Plans  of  Engineering  Structures  for 
Railroads  and  Highways. 

From  Charles  Paine,  Cleveland,  Ohio: 

Fifteenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Lake  Shore 

and  Michigan  Southern  Railway  Company 

for  the  fiscal  year  ending  December  31st, 

1884. 

From  M.  S.  Perisse,  Paris,  France : 
Le  Bronze  Conference  faite  le  22  Mars,  1885, 
au    Conservation    Natural    des    Arts    et 
Meteers. 

From    Peter   A.    Peterson,    Montreal, 
Canada: 
Five  Photographs  of  Bridges  on  the  Canadian 
Pacific  Railroad. 

From  H.  V.  and  H.  W.  Poor,  New  York 
City: 
Manual  of  the  Railroads  for  1885.  Eighteenth 
Annual  Number. 

From  M.  E.  Pontzen,  Paris,  France: 
Pile-Driving  Improvement. 
La  Seine  Maritime,   et  son  TIstnain   E.  La- 
voinne    Ingenieur  en  Chief  des  Ponts  et 
Chaussees. 

From  Richard  Potts,  Chicago,  HI.: 
Ninth  Annual  Report  of  the  Department  of 
Public  Works  of  the  City  of  Chicago,  111., 
lor  the  fiscal  year  ending  December,  1884. 
From    Hon.    J.    W.    Powell,    Director 
United    States    Geological    Survey, 
Washington.  D.  C; 
Bulletin  of  the  United  States  Geological  Sur- 
vey, Nos.  2,  3,  4.  5  and  6. 

From  Franklin  C.  Prindle,  Bloomfield, 
N.  J.: 
Geological  Survey  of  Newfoundland. 

From  Rensselaer  Society  of  Engineers. 
Montgomeiy      Waddell,     Secretary, 
Troy,  N.  Y.: 
Transactions.     Vol.  I,  No.  2, 

From    William    E.    Rogers,    Railroad 
Commissioner,  Albany,    N.    Y. : 
Second  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Rail- 
road Commissioners  of  the  State  of  New 
York  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  September 
30th,  1884,  Vol.  II,  January  12th,  1885. 

From  Andrew  Rosewater,  Omaha.Neb.: 
Annual  Report  of  the  City  Engineer  of  the 
City  of  Omaha,  Neb.,  April  1st,  1884,  to 
April  1st,  1885. 
Proceedings  of  the  Nebraska  Association  of 
Engineers  and  Surveyors,  held  at  Lincoln, 
March  26th  and  27th,  1884,  and  January 
13th  and  14th,  1885. 


From  the  Royal  Technical  High  School 
of  Hanover,  Germany: 
Catalogue  of  Studies  for  the  year  1885-86. 

From  James  Ryan,  Secretary  Board  of 
Water  Commissioners,  Buffalo.  N.Y. : 
Sixteenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Buffalo  City 
Water-works,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  for  year  1884. 
From    D.    C.    Sanford,    New    Haven, 
Conn.: 
Proceedings  of  the  First  Annual  Meeting  of 
the  Connecticut  Association  of  Civil  En- 
gineers and  Surveyors,  held  at  New  Haven, 
Conn.,  January  13,  1885. 

From  CoUingwood  Schreiber,  Ottawa, 
Canada; 
Railway  Statistics  of  Canada;  and  Capital, 
Traffic  and  Working  Expenditure  of  the 
Railways  of  the  Dominion  for  1883-84;  also 
Map  showing  the  Railways  of  Canada,  to 
accompany  Annual  Report  on  Railway 
Statistics,  1884. 

From    Second    Geological   Survey    of 
Pennsylvania: 
Geological  Atlas  of  Counties.      Atlas  of  the 

Northern  Anthracite  Field.  Part  I. 
Perry  County.  Part  I  Geology. 
Printed  Map  of  the  Oil  Region  of  Western 
Pennsylvania  and  Southwestern  New  York, 
showing  the  general  outlines  of  all  produc- 
ing areas  discovered  prior  to  July,  1884. 
Charles  A.  Ashburner,  Asst.  Geologist. 

From    Societe  des   Ingenieurs  Civils, 
Paris: 
Memoires,  May,  1885. 

From  C.  Sproutt,  City  Engineer,  To- 
ronto, Canada: 
Report  of  the  City  Engineer  of  Works — per- 
formed and  expenditure  for  the  same — for 
the  year  ending  December  31st,  1884 

From  Robert  B.  Stanton.  Denver,  Col- 
orado: 
Report  of  the  Committee  on  Building  Stone 
of  the   State   of    Colorado,  July   3d,  1884, 
embracing  the  Rejiort  and  Tables   of  the 
Denver  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  and  of 
Prof.  Regis  Chauvenet. 
A   Report  by   a   Special   Committee   of    the 
Colorado  Scientific  Society  on  the  Artesian 
Wells  of  Denver. 
Four  Photographs  taken  at  different  points 
on  the  U.  P.  Ry.,  Denver,  Col.,  as  follows: 
The  Loop  between  Georgetown  and  Silver 

Plain,  Col. 
Two   different  views  of   the   Loop   near 

Georgetown,  Col. 
The   High    Bridge    in    the    Loop    near 
Georgetown,  Col. 

From  Simon  Stevens.  New  York  City  : 
Letter  to  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  relative 
to  the  Water  Front  of  the  City  of  New 
York. 

From  Charles  L.  Stevenson,  Salt  Lake 
City,  Utah: 
Application  for  a  Water  Supply  made  to  the 
City  Council  of  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

From  Julius  H.  Striedinger,  New  York 
City: 
Table  of  Tides  at  Port  of  Panama  for  the 
year  1885. 

From  Hon.  E.  Sweet,  State  Engineer, 
Albany,  N.  Y.: 
Report  of  the  State  Engineer  on  the  Canals 
of  New  York  for  1884;  also  Map  of  Erie  and 
Champlain  Canals,  State  cf  New  York. 


150 


DECEMBER    PROCEEmXGS. 


From  Liician  A.  Taylor,  Water  Com- 
missioner, Worcester,  Mass.: 
Annual  Report  of  the  Committee  on  Water, 
tbe  Water  Commissioner  and  Water  Regis- 
trar of  tbe  City  of  Worcester  for  the  year 
ending  Kovember  30th,  1884. 

From  Robert  H.  Thurston,  Hoboken, 

N.  J.: 

An  Address  of  R.  H.  Thurston,  delivered  at 

the  Philadelphia  Meeting  of  the  American 

Association  of  Science  on  September  5th, 

1884. 

From  John  C.  Trautwine,  Jr.,  Philadel- 
phia, Pa.: 
The  Civil  Engineers"  Poctet  Book  for  1885. 
From  J.  Nelson  Tubbs,  Rochester,  N. 
Y.: 
Fifth  and  Sixth  Annual  Report  of  the  Execu- 
tive Board  of  the  City  of  Rochester,  N.  Y., 
for  the  year  ending  April  4th,  1881-82. 
Eighth    Annual    Report    of    the    Executive 
Board   of  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  for  the   year 
ending  April  7th,  1884. 

From  United    States  Geological    Sur- 
vey, Washington,  D.  C: 
Silver    Lead    Deposits    of   Eureka,    Nevada. 

Joseph  S.  Curtis. 
Monographs  of  the  U.  S.  Geological  Survey. 

Vols.  Ill  and  IV. 
The  Copper-Bearing  Rocks  of  Lake  Superior. 

Rowland  Duer  Irving. 
Atlas    to    accompany    the    Geology    of    the 

Comstock  Lode  and  the  Washoe  District. 
Third  Annual  Report  of  the  United  States 
Geological  Siirvey  to  the  Secretary  of  the 
Interior.     1881-82.     J.  W.  Powell. 
Contributions  to  the  Knowledge  of  the  Older 
Mesozoic  Flora  of  Virginia. 

From  Robert  Van    Buren,    Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.: 
Annual  Report  of  the  Department   of  City 
Works  made   to  the   Common   Council  of 
the  City  of  Brooklyn  for  the  year  1884. 
From  U.  S.  Naval  Institute,  Annapolis, 
Md.: 
Proceedings.    Vol.  XI. 

From  B.  Verohn,  New  York  City: 
Resultate  aus  den  Theorie  des  Briickenbaus 
und  Deren  Anwendung.     Durch  Beispiele 
erliiutert  von    R.   Krohn.     II  Abtheilung 
Bogenbrlicken.     Vols.  I  and  II. 

From  Leveson  Francis  Vernon-Har- 
court,  London; 
Harbors  and  Docks,  their  Physical  Features, 
History,  Construction,  Equipment  and 
Maintenance,  with  statistics  as  to  their 
commercial  development.  L.  F.  Vernon- 
Harcourt.  Oxford,  1885.  Vol.  I,  Text. 
Vol.  II,  Plans. 

From  Jos.  Waltz,  Dayton,  Ohio: 
Fifteenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Trustees  of 
the  Dayton  Water-works  for  the  year  end- 
ing December  31st,  1884. 

From  Arthur  M.  Wellington,  New  York 
City  : 
The  Car  Builders'  Dictionary  for  1884. 

From  Edmund  B.  Weston,  Providence, 
R.  I.: 
Bulletin  of  the  New  England  Meteorological 
Society,  February,  1885. 

From  Samuel  Whiuery,  Somerset,  Ky. : 

Report  of  the  Engineer  and  the  Committees 

in  regard  to  the  Proposed  Bridge  over  the 

Tennessee  River  at   Chattanooga,  also  the 

Law  Affecting  the  Building  of  Bridges. 


From  F.  Cope  Whitehouse,  New  York 
City: 
The  Pyramid  Hill  of  Gizeh.     F.  Cope  White- 
house. 

From    John    Whitelaw,     Cleveland, 
Ohio: 
Twenty-third   to  the  Twenty-eighth   Annual 
Reports,  inclusive,  of  the  Trustees  of  the 
Water-works  of  the  City  of  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
From  Thomas  J.  Whitman,  St.  Louis, 
Mo. : 
Report  of  the  Board  of  Public  Improvements 
on   Proposed  Extension   of  the  St.   Louis 
Water-works,    St.    Louis.    July,    1885    (2 
copies). 

From  John  Wiley  &  Sons,  New  York 

City: 

A  Manual  of    the  Theory  and   Practice  of 

Topographical  Surveying  by  means  of  the 

Transit  and  Stadia,  etc.  J.  B.  Johnson,  C.E. 

From  Wilson  Brothers    &   Co.,  Phila- 
delphia: 
Catalogues  of  Works  Executed,  Accompanied 
by  Illustrations. 

From  C.  J.  H.  Woodbury,  Boston: 
A  Paper  on  the  Automatic  Sprinklers  for  Pro- 
tection against  Fires.     C.  J.  H.  Woodbury. 

From  Herrn  Prof.  Dr.  Wiillner,  Rector 
dertechnischen  Hoc hschule,  Aachen, 
Prussia: 
Der  Reibungswinkel.    Gustav  Herrmann. 
Ueber  Benzarsinsiiuren  und  deren  Derivati. 

Dr.  W.  La  Coste. 
Die    Specifische     Warme    Fliissiger    Organ- 

ischer  Verbindnngen  und  ihre  beziehung 

zu   Deren  Moleculargewicht.      M.  A.  Von 

Reis. 
Die  Einfiihrung  des  ersten    Rektors  am  15 

November,  1880,    und  die    Ubergabe    des 

Rektorates  am  2  Juli,  1883. 
Programme   der   KiiDiglichen    Technischen 

Hochschule  zu  Aachen  fiir  das    Studien- 

jahr,  1881-85. 

From  other  Sources: 

Report  to  the  Stockholders  ot  the  Missouri 
Pacific  Railway  Company  Leased  and  Oper- 
ated Lines,  and  the  Texas  and  Pacific 
Railway  Company  for  the  year  1884. 

First  Annual  Report  of  the  Commissioner  of 
Navigation  for  the  year  1884. 

Report  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Vol.  Ill,  1883- 
84. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Ameri- 
can Iron  and  Steel  Association,  giving 
Statistics  of  the  American  and  Foreign 
Iron  Trades  for  1884. 

N.  Y.  Supreme  Court.  In  the  Matter  of  the 
Petition  of  the  New  York  Cable  Railway 
Comijany  in  regard  to  Points  for  the 
Petition  First  Powers  of  the  Mayor's  Com- 
mission. 

Description  of  the  Automatic  and  Water 
Regulating  Floodgate  Patented  in  all 
Countries. 

Report  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  State 
Reservation  at  Niagara. 

The  Fallacy  ot  the  Present  Theory  of  Sound. 
Henry  A.  Mott,  Jr. 

Fourth  Annual  Report  of  the  Chicago,  St. 
Paul,  Minneapolis  and  Omaha  Railway 
Company  for  the  year  ending  December  31, 
1884. 

Pamphlet  on  Architecture  Simplified;  or. 
How  to  Build  a  House. 


DECEMBER   PROCEEDINGS.  151 

Transportation  Lines  owned,  leased  and  con-  Flat,  Blue,  Grand  and  Spring  Valley  Mining 

trolled  by  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Com-  and  Irrigating  Company's  Property. 

pany  on  the  Ist  day  of  January,  1885.  Programm    der    Koniglichen     Technischen 

The  Manual  of  Statistics,  Vol.   VI,  July  5,  Hochschule  zu  Aachen  fur  das  Studienjahr, 

1885.  1885-86. 

Abstracts  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  Society  Nouveau  Precede  pour  L'impregnation  du 

of  Arts  for  the  Twenty-third  year  1884-85.  Bois.  M.  E.  Pontzen. 

Reports  on  the  Spring  Valley  Hydraulic  Gold  Neues  Verfahren  um  Holz  zu  Impriigniren. 

Mining  Company,comprising  the  Cherokee,  M.  E.  Pontzen. 


LIST    OF    MEMBEES. 


ADDITIONS 


Date  of  Election. 

Heald,  Simpson  Claek 492  Main  st.,  Worcester,  Mass.  .Nov.  4,  1 885. 

Latham,  Haeky  Hubbard 180  Dearborn  st.,  Chicago,  111. .  .Dec.  2,    1885. 

Leatitt,  Feank  McDowell.  ..  .17  Adams   st.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. .     "      "      " 

Macy,  Aethuk (Elected  Junior  July  12,    1877), 

Superintendent  Silver  King 
Mining  ComiJany,  Silver  King, 
Arizona "      "      " 

Maxim,  Hieam  Stevens 57"^    Hatton     Garden,     London 

England Oct.    7,   1885. 

Pou,  Aethue Chief  Engineer  Savannah,  Dub- 
lin and  Western  Short  Line 
R.  B.,  Dublin,  Ga Dec.   2,   1885. 

Richardson,  Thomas  Feanklin,  Division      Engineer,      Chicago, 

Burlington  &  Northern  R.  R., 
Clayton,  Iowa Nov.  4,   1885. 

CHANGES     AND     COEEECTIONS. 
MEMBEES. 

Baenaed,  Augustus  P 37  West  Ninth  st. ,  New  York  City. 

BiLLiN,  Chahles  E 115  Dearborn  st.,  room  63,  Chicago,  111. 

Blaisdell,  Anthony  H^ U.  S.  Assistant  Engineer  Missouri  River  Com- 
mission, St.  Loiiis,  Mo. 

Beiggs,  Roswell  E Fairhaven,  Mass. 

Beodhead,  Calvin  E Flemington,  N.  J. 

Beyson,  Andeew  . . , Principal  Assistant  Engineer  Kings  Co.  Ele- 
vated R'y,  26  Court  st.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Cartweight,  Robeet Stamford,  Conn. 

Colton,  Oeen  B 2009  Wallace  st.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Constable,  Casimie 44  Exchange  place.  New  York  City. 

Elliott,  Geoege  H P.  0.  Box  217,  Norfolk,  Va. 


152  DECEMBER   PROCEEDIN^GS. 

Engle,  Robert  L Assistant  Chief  Engineer  Chicago,  Burlington 

and  Northern  K.  R.,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Gordon,  Robert Rangoon,  Burmah. 

HoYT,  William  E Chief  Engineer  Buffalo,  Rochester  and  Pitts- 
burgh R.  R.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Hunt,  Randell Engineer  in  charge  Chippewa  Bridge,  Chicago, 

Burlington  and  Northern  R.  R.,  Wabasha, 
Minn. 

Marr,  George  A U.  S.  Engineer's  Office,  Rock  Island,  111. 

McCoLLOM,  Thomas  C Civil  Engineer  U.    S.   N.,  U.  S.  Navy   Yard, 

New  York. 

McKee,  Charles  H (^Care  Rogers,  Shanley  &  Farrell),  High  Bridge, 

N.  Y. 

Metcalf,  William 136  First  ave.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Miller,  Reuben 136  First  ave.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Paine,  William  H Tenth  Ave.  Cable  R.  R.,  Tenth  ave.  and  One 

Hundred  and  Twenty-eighth  st..  New  Y'ork 
City. 

Phinnet,  Henry  W.  B 622   East   One   Hundred   and  Forty-first  st., 

New  York  City. 

Polk,  George  W Assistant  Land  Commissioner  Southern  Pa- 
cific Co.,  Atlantic  System,  Houston,  Texas. 

Ross,  James Chief  Engineer  and  Manager  of  Construction 

Mountain  Division  Canadian  Pacific  R'y. 
(General  offices  C.  P.  R.  R.),  Montreal,  Can- 
ada. 

Sanderson,  J.  Gardner Sanderson  ave.,  Scran  ton,  Pa. 

Savage,  Albert  C (Care  J.  W.  Shipman),  59  Tribune  Building, 

New  York  City. 

Shaxler,  Robert  A W,   G.   Coolidge   &  Co.,  36   Montauk    block, 

Chicago,  111. 

Smith,  Hamilton,  Jr 1  Pembridge  Crescent,  Notting  Hill,  W.,  Lon- 
don, England. 

Temple,  Robert  H Chief  Engineer  Memphis,  Birmingham   and 

Atlantic  R'y,  Memphis,  Tenn. 

Teuesdell,  Charles Superintendent    Homer    and    Cortland    Gas 

Light  Co.,  Cortland,  N.  Y. 

VooKHEES,  Theodore Assistant  General  Superintendent  New  York 

Central  and  Hudson  River  R.  R.,  Grand 
Central  Depot,  New  York  City. 

Wilder,  Francis  M Superintendent    Corliss    Steam   Engine   Co., 

Providence,  R.  I. 


Abbott,  Arthur  V 35  Broadway,  Room  100,  New  York  City. 

Blanc,  Frederick  N (Care   W.   H.  Gebhard),    21  Nassau   st.,   New 

York  City. 


DECEMBER   PROCEEDINGS.  153 

Daeungton,  Fbank  G Superintendent  Cincinnati   and  Muskingum 

Valley  Division,  Pittsburgh,  Cincinnati 
and  St.  Louis  R'y,   Zanesville,   Ohio. 

Gay,  Martin 107  West  Forty-first  st.,  New  York  City. 

Haines,  Caspar  W Second  Assistant  National  Argentine  Observa- 
tory, Cordoba,  Argentine  Republic. 

Stake,  Chandler  D 134  Second  ave.,  New  York  City. 

resignations. 

MEMBERS. 

Leach,  Smith  S December  31,  1885. 

Yakdley,  Edmund "        "        " 

associates. 

Watkins,  Charles  D December  31,  1885. 

death . 

Walton,  Louis  E Elected  Member  April  1,  1885.  Died  Novem- 
ber 9,  1885. 


PROCEEDINGS 


American  Society 


Civil  Engineers. 


(INSTITUTED  1852.) 


VOL.    XII. 

JANUARY    TO     DECEMBER,     1886. 


NEW  YORK: 

PUBLISHED      BY      THE       SOCIETY. 


Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  by  the  Ameeican  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  in 
the  office  of  the  Librarian  of  Congress  at  Washington. 


Note — This  Scciety  is  not  responsible,  as  a  body,  for  the  lacti  an  I  opinio js  advanced 
iu  any  of  its  publications. 


IN  DEX 


ABBOTT. 

Abbott,  Edwabd  L. — Admitted  as 
Junior,  109,  112. 

Advance  Notices  of  Candidates  foi* 
Membership,  14. 

AiNswoKTH,  Danforth  H. — ^Admitted 
as  Member,  37,  41. 

Albright,  John  Joseph. — Elected  as 
Fellow,  71,  72. 

American  Line  from  Vera  Cruz  to  the 
City  of  Mexico,  with  Notes  on 
the  Best  Methods  for  Surmount- 
ing High  Elevations  by  Rail,  by 
A.  M.  Wellington,  81.  " 

Annual  Convention,  3,  11. 

—  Resolutions  in  reference  to,  93. 

Appleton,  Ellery  Cushing. — Admit- 
ted as  Member,  25. 

Artingstall,  Samuel  George. — Ad- 
mitted as  Member,  113,  118. 

Atwater,  Almon  Byron. — Admitted 
as  Member,  65,  96. 

AxTELL,  Decatur. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 37,  41. 

Bailey,  Thomas  Norton. — Death  an- 
nounced, 64,  65. 

Barber,  Amzi  L.  —Admitted  as  Fellow, 
65,  68. 

Barlow,  John  Quincy. — Admitted  as 
Junior,  57,  63. 

Barney,  Samuel  Eben,  Jr. --Admitted 
as  Junior,  71,  97. 

Bishop,  Judson  W. — Resignation  of, 
135. 

Blickensderfer,  Jacob  M. — Presides 
at  Convention,  81. 

BoGART,  John. — Elected  Secretary  and 
Librarian,  8;  member  of  Com- 
mittee to  award  Rowland  Prize, 
110. 

BoGART,  Samuel  Stockton. — Admit- 
ted as  Associate,  57,  68. 

BoGGs,  Edward  Marshall. — Admitted 
as  Junior,  113,  119. 

Bonnett,  Charles  P. --Admitted  as 
Junior,  71,  97. 

BoNZANo,  Maximilian  Ferdinand.  — 
Admitted  as  Member,  1,  25. 

Brackenridge,  William  A.  — Admitted 
as  Member,  71,  96. 


BRIDGES. 

Bridges,  Specifications  for  Strength 
of  Iron,  by  Joseph  M.  Wilson,  2. 

Bridge  over  the  St.  Lawrence,  de- 
scribed by  Robert  L.  Harris, 
117. 

Briggs,  Josiah  Ackerman. — Admitted 
as  Member,  109,  112. 

Brinckebhoff,  Alexander  Gordon. — 
Admitted  as  Member,  117,  132. 

Brooks,  Frederick. — Paper  by,  37. 

Brough,  Redmond  John. — Memoir  of, 
40. 

Brown,  Arthur. —Data  as  to  Ferry 
Steamer  Solano,  58. 

Brown,  William  Clinton. — Admitted 
as  Junior,  109,  112. 

Brown,  Christopher  Newton. — Ad- 
mitted as  Junior,  117,  119. 

Bucholz,  Carl  Waldemar.— Admitted 
as  Member,  109,  112. 

Building  Fund,  13,  (id,  100. 

Building  Stone,  by  Alexis  A.  Julien, 
81. 

Burr,  James  Dewey. — Death  an- 
nounced, 66,  69;  Memoir  of,  107. 

Burr,  William  Herbert. — Transferred 
to  Member,  37,  41. 

Burrows,  George  Lord. — Admitted 
as  Associate,  27,  35. 

Butterfield,  Francis  Eave. — Admit- 
ted as  Member,  109,  132. 

Butts,  Elijah  Polhill. — Admitted  as 
Junior,  117,  119. 

By-Laws,  Amendment  adopted  sub- 
stituting "December"  for  "No- 
vember" in  Section  24,  Clause  5, 
1 ;  amendment  adopted  as  to  votes 
and  election  of  officers,  57. 

Casey,    Thomas    L. — Resignation    of, 

135. 
Cement,   Apparatus   for   Testing,    by 

Henry  Falja,  58. 

—  Compressive  Strength  of,  6,  14. 

—  Uniform  System  for  Tests  of,  14. 
Chesbbough,E.  S. — Death  announced, 

109,  112. 
Church,  B.  S.— Describes  Works  for 
Securing  Additional  AVater  Sup- 
ply for  the  City  of  New  York,  8 . 


IV 


CLAMP. 

Clamp  for  Pulling  Sheet  Piling,  by 
Chaelks  E.  Emery,  114. 

CoLLiNGWooD,  F.— Presides  at  meet- 
ing, 58. 

Committee  on  Changes  in  Organiza- 
tion, 7,  14,  87. 

—  on  Compression  of  Cements   and 

Settlement  ot  Masonry,  6,  14,  88, 
109. 

—  on  Finance,  28. 

—  on  Library,  28. 

—  on  Nominations,  81. 

—  on  Preservation  of  Timber,   14. 

—  on  Proposed  Joint  Library,  3,  15, 

87. 

—  on  Relation  to  each  other  of  Sec- 

tions   of    Railway    Wheels    and 
Rails,  8,  15,  88. 

—  on  Time  Nomenclature,  6,  65,  95. 

—  on  Uniform  Standard  Time,  4,  14, 

86. 

—  on  Uniform  System  for  Tests  of 

Cement,   14. 

Concrete,  Note  on  Cost  of,  by  O.  E. 
MiCHAELIS,    8,    66. 

Constitution,  Amendment  as  to  Com- 
pounding Annual  Dues,  15. 

Convention,  Annual,  3,  11. 

CooPEE,  Edwaed.— Admitted  as  Fel- 
low, 35,  37. 

Cornell,  George  Birdsall.  — Trans- 
ferred to  Member,  113,  118. 

CoEYELL,  Martin.— Death  announced, 
123. 

Craig,  Chambers  McKibben. — Ad- 
mitted as  Member,  117,  118. 

Ceoes,  J.  JA3IES  R.— Elected  Treas- 
urer, 81;  presides  at  meeting,  27, 
57;  on  Library  Committee,  28. 

Ceosby,  Benjamin  L. — Transferred  to 
Member,  113,  118. 

Curves,  Flattening  Ends  of  Railroad, 
58. 

Dabney,  Frederick  Y.— Resignation 
of,  36. 

Dageon,  James  G.— Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 113,  118. 

Dam  at  Holyoke,  Mass.,  Preservation 
of,  by  Clemens  Heeschel,  27. 

—  A  Masonry,  by  John  W.  Hill,  110. 
Dana,  James   Jackson. — Admitted   as 

Associate,  57,  63. 

De  Funiak,  Frederick.— On  Commit- 
tee to  award  Rowland  Prize,  110. 

DiEKs.  Justus. — Death  announced, 
135. 

Donovan,  John  Joseph. — Admitted  as 
Junior,  57,  68. 


DORSEY. 

Doesey,  Edwaed  B. — Paper  by,  82.. 
117. 

DowNE,  Geoege. — Discussion  by,  37. 

DowNEs,  Stancliff  E. — Admitted  as 
Junior,  57,  63. 

Duane,  James  C  — Elected  Honorary 
Member,  118. 

Due,  H.  C,  Jr. — Data  as  to  Earth- 
quakes, 110,  114. 

Durant,  Thomas  C. — Death  an- 
nounced, 18. 

Edes,  William  Gushing. — Admitted 
as  Junior,  109,  119. 

Earthquakes,  110. 

Eaton,  Feedekick. -Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 65,  96. 

Eaton,  Goveenoe. — Address  by,  75. 

Eckeet,  Edwaed  W. — Admitted  as 
Member,  27,  35. 

Egleston,  Thomas, — Paper  bj',  8. 

Elliott,  Geoege  H.  —  Death  an- 
nounced,  114. 

Elmee,  Howaed  Nixon. — Admitted  as 
Member,  57,  63. 

Emeey,  Chaeles  E. — Paper  by,  84, 
114. 

Evans,  Walton  White. — Death  an- 
nounced, 122,  123. 

Evaporation,  Paper  by  Desmond  Fitz- 

GEEALD,  37. 

Faija,    Henry. — Presents    Apparatus 

for  Testing  Cement,  58. 
Fellowship  Fund,  13. 
Ferry  Steamer  Solano,  by  Robert  L. 

Haeeis,  58. 
Fitzgeeald,  Desmond. — Paper  by,  37. 
Flad,  Henry.  — Elected   President,    8; 

Address   bj',  75,  80;     Presides  at 

Meeting,  117. 
Flagg,  J.  Foster. — Paper  by,  81. 
Flint,  Edward  A. — Death  of,  26,  27. 

Memoir  of,  114. 
FooTE,  Arthur  D. — Paper  by,  114. 
Fox,  Stephenson  W. — Transferred  to 

Member,  113,  118. 
Frictional  Resistance  of  Steel  Hoops 

Shrunk  on  Steel  Tubes,  45. 
Fuller,  Eugene  Frederick. -Admitted 

as  Member.  95,  96. 
Fuller,  Franklin  Ide. — Admitted  as 

Member,  1,  25. 
Fund,  Building,  13,  69,  100. 
—  Fellowship,  13. 


Gillham,  Robert. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 71,  96. 


GOLDSMITH. 

Goldsmith,  Nathaniel  Olivek. — Ad- 
mitted as  Junior,  71,  97. 

Gordon,  Kobert.  —  Paper  by,  82. 

GoREiNGE  Henry  H. — Death  an- 
nounced, 18. 

Graff,  FREDiiRic. — Censor  to  Award 
Norman  Medal,  110;  Presides  at 
Annual  Meeting,  2. 

Greene,  George  S.— Presides  at  Meet- 
ing, 71. 

Greene,  George  S.,  Jr. — Elected  Di- 
rector, 8;  Presides  at  Meeting, 
1;  On  Finance  Committee,  28;  Ad- 
dress by,  79. 

Greene,  Benjamin  Dwight. — Admit- 
ted as  Member,  118. 

Greene,  Charles  E.  —  Censor  to 
Award  the  Norman  Medal,  110. 

Greffen,  John. — Memoir  of,  38. 

Gruson  Type  of  Land  Battery  Armor, 
117. 

Haddock,  Area  R. — Death  of,  18. 

Handy,  Frank  W. — Admitted  as  Asso- 
ciate, 113,  119. 

Hall,  Clayton  Colman. — Admitted 
as  Associate,  37,  41. 

Hardee,  Thomas  Sydenham. — Memoir 
of,  66. 

Harris,  Egbert  L.— Paper  by,  58, 
117. 

Haskins,  William  Jewett. — Trans- 
ferred to  Member,  123,  133. 

Herschel,  Clemens. — Paper  by,  27. 

Hill,  John  W.  — Paper  by,  110. 

Hinckley,  H.  V. — Paper  by,  37. 

Hoe,  E.  M. — Death  announced,  109, 
112. 

HoLBROOK,  Frederick  William  Doane. 
—  Admitted  as  Member.  113,  118. 

Hooper,  George  E. — Elected  Junior, 
109. 

Hopper,  John  Jacob. — Admitted  as 
Junior,  65,  119. 

HowLAND,  Arthur  Henshaw. — Ad- 
mitted as  Member,  71,  96. 

HoxiE,  EiCHARD  L. — Admitted  as 
Member,  71,  96;  Paper  by,  74. 

Hunt,  Alfred  Epher. — Admitted  as 
Member,  109,  118. 

HusoN,  Herbert  Sherman. — Admit- 
ted as  Member,  71,  96. 

Hutton,  William  E. — Elected  Direc- 
tor, 8;  On  Library  Committee,  28. 


JACKSON. 

Jackson,  Charles  Edward. — Admitted 

as  Member,  71,  96. 
Jackson,  Jones  Mumfoed. — Admitted 

as  Member,  109,  112. 
Jervis,  John   B. — Death   announced, 

18. 
Johnson,  John  Butler. — Admitted  as 

Member,  57,  67. 
JuLiEN,  Alexis  A.— Paper  by,  81. 


Keefer,  Thomas  C. — Elected  Vice- 
President,  8;  On  Library  Com- 
mittee, 28;  Presides  at  Meeting, 
37;  Address  by,  76. 

Killebrew,  Samuel.  — Admitted  as 
Member,  35. 

Kingsley,  William  C. — Death  an- 
nounced, 18. 

Kittredge,      George     Watson. — Ad- 
mitted as  Member,  1,  25. 
• 

Laurie,  James. — Portrait  of,  109. 

Lawlor,  Francis  Denis  Hubert. — Ad- 
mitted as  Junior,  113,  119. 

Lawton,  William  Henry,  Jr. — Ad- 
mitted as  Member,  71,  96. 

Lawrenceville  Water  Sujiply  and 
Sewerage,  by  F.  S.  Odell,  85. 

Lederlb,  George  Anthony. — Trans- 
ferred to  Member,  113,  118. 

Levee,  The  Davis  Crevasse,  by  S.  F. 
Lewis,  83. 

Levels,  Errors  in  Eailroad,  by  H.  V. 
Hinckley,  37,  66. 

Lewis,  S.  F.— Paper  by,  83. 

Library,  Additions  to,  28,  59,  101, 126. 

—  Publications  and  Pamphlets  re- 

ceived for,  23. 

—  Committee    on    Proposed   Joint 

Library,  3,  15. 
List  of  Members,  Additions  to,  25,  35, 
41,  67,  72,  96,  112,  118,  132. 

—  Changes  and  Corrections  of  Ad- 

dress, 26,  41,  68,    72,  97,    120, 
133. 

—  Deaths,  26,  64,  69,  112,  122,  135. 

—  Resignations,  36,  135. 
London,  Invitation  to,  86. 

LoREE,  Leonor  Fresnel. — Admitted 
as  Member,  113,  118. 

Lucius,  Albert. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 37,  41. 


Irrigation,  by  Edward  Bates  Dorsey, 

117.  . 
Iron  and  Steel,  Compressive  Strength 

of,  by  Charles  A.  Marshall,  82. 


Malezieux,  Emile. — Death  announc- 
ed, 18. 

Mason,  Sampson  Douglas. — Admitted 
as  Member,  113,  118. 


VI 


MASONRY. 


MINUTES. 


Masonrj%  Settlement  of,  6,  14. 

—  Laying    in     Cold     Weather    by 
Alfred  Noble,  82. 

McCltjee,  Egbert  John.— Admitted 
as  Member,  113,  118. 

McCluke,  Wilbur  Fisk. — Admitted 
as  Member,  117,  118. 

McKee,  Samuel  Bingham. — Admitted 
as  Member,  71,  96. 

McKenzie,  T.  H.— Paper  by  27. 

McKiNNKY,  Egbert  Cochran. — Ad- 
mitted as  Associate,  113,  119. 

Membership  of  Society,  11. 

Memoirs  of  Deceased  Members. — 
John  Griffen,  38;  Redmond  John 
Brough,  40;  Thomas  Sydenham 
Hardee,  66;  James  Dewey  Burr, 
107;  Edward  Austin  Flint,  114; 
Henry  M.  Wightman,  124. 

Merz,  Frederick  W. — Death  an- 
nounced, 18. 

Mexico,  Drainage  of  the  Valley,  by 
Senor  Gayol,  117. 

Meyer,  Thomas  C.  —  Censor  to  award 
Norman. Medal,  110. 

Michaelis,  O.  E— Paper  by,  8,  66. 

Mills,  Charles  Malon. — Admitted 
as  Junior,  71,  97. 

Mills,  James  Ellison. — Admitted  as 
Member,  27,  35. 

Minutes  of  Annual  Convention  at 
Denver,  Colo.,  July  2,  3,  5,  7, 
1886,  73.— First  Session,  July 
2.  Called  to  order  by  John 
Bogart,  Secretary  ;  Chair  taken 
temporarily  by  Henry  Flad, 
President  ;  Robert  B.  Stanton 
elected  Chairman  of  Convention; 
"Excessive  Rainfalls,"  by  R.  L. 
Hoxie,  read;  Illustrated  Book  of 
information  as  to  City  of  Denver 
and  State  of  Colorado  presented 
by  Local  Committee, 73. — Second 
Session,  July  2.  Public  meeting 
at  Tabor  Grand  Opera  House  ; 
Address  by  Governor  Eaton;  Ad- 
dress by  Henry  Flad,  President 
of  the  Society,  75;  Address  by 
Acting  Mayor  of  Denver,  Mr. 
Thomas  Nicoll;  Address  by  Vice- 
President  Thos.  C.  Keefer,  76; 
Address  by  R.  W.  Woodbury, 
President  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
77;  Address  by  Geo.  S.  Greene, 
Jr.,  Director  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  79; 
Annual  Address  by  President 
Henry  Flad,  read  by  Mr.  Robert 
Moore. — Third  Session,  July  3. 
"  The  American  Line  from  Vera 


Cruz  to  the  City  of  Mexico,  with 
Notes  on  the  Best  Methods  of 
Surmounting  High  Elevations  by 
Rail,"  by  A.  M.Wellington,  read. 
Jacob  Blickensderfer,  Chairman 
pro  tern.,  80.  —  Fourth  Session, 
July  3.  Examination  of  City  En- 
gineering Works  and  Plans  by 
invitation  of  H.  C.  Lowrie,  City 
Engineer  of  Denver;  Discussion 
on  "American  Line  from  Vera 
Cruz  to  City  of  Mexico;"  "A  Re- 
markable Rainfall  in  the  West 
Indies,"  by  J.  Foster  Flagg, 
read,  81. — Fifth  Session,  July  5. 
"  Building  Stone,"  by  Alexis  A. 
Julien,  read;  Business  Meeting 
held;  Nominating  Committee  ap- 
pointed, 81.— Sixth  Session,  July 
5.  Robert  Mooke  in  the  Chair; 
"Laying  Masonrj'  in  Cold 
Weather, "  by  Alfred  Noble,  read ; 
Supplementary  paper  by  E.  B. 
Dorsey  on  "  English  and  Ameri- 
can Railroads  Compared,"  read; 
"Compressive  Strength  of  Steel 
andiron,"  by  Chas.  A.  Marshall, 
read;  "Novel  'Application  of 
Polar  Planimeter,"  by  Chas.  E. 
Emery,  read;  "The  Steamship 
■America,"  by  Robert  Gordon, 
Discussed;  resolutions  of  thanks 
adopted,  82. — Seventh  Session, 
July  7.  "  The  Davis  Crevasse 
Levee," by  S.  F.  Lewis,  read;  List 
of  Members  in  attendance,  83; 
Excursions  made,  84. 
Minutes  of  Meetings  of  the  Board  of 
Direction,  28,  37,  58,  110,  114, 
117,  124. 

—  January  13,  1886,   Financial   busi- 

ness transacted  ;  Annual  Report 
adopted,  28. 

—  January  27,  1886,  Standing  Com- 

mittees aj^pointed;  Applications 
considered  ;  Appropriations 

made,  28. 

—  February     3,     1886,     Twenty-four 

o'clock  system  adopted  for  So- 
ciety calendars,  28. 

—  March  10,  1886,  Applications    con- 

sidered; Arrangements  made  for 
Convention ;  "  Tests  of  Material " 
received  from  Watertown  Arsenal; 
Ordered  published,  37. 

—  March  31,  1886,  Applications   con- 

sidered ;  Financial  business 
transacted,  58. 

—  April  28,  1886,   Applications   con- 


VII 


MESrUTES. 

sidered  ;  Financial  business 
transacted,  58. 

—  ■  June  9.  1886,  Applications  consid- 

ered; Arrangements  for  Conven- 
tion made;  Meetings  of  Society- 
ordered  suspended  during  July 
and  August ;  Appropriations 
made,  110. 

—  August  11,  1886,  Applications  con- 

sidered ;  Censors  appointed  to 
award  the  Norman  Medal;  Com- 
mittee appointed  to  award  the 
Rowland  Prize;  Action  taken  in 
regard  to  resolutions  adopted  at 
Convention,  110. 

—  September   1,    1886,    Applications 

considered  ;  Appropriations 

made,  110. 

—  October  6,  1886,  Applications  con- 

sidered ;  Appropriations  made, 
114. 

—  November  10,    1886,   Applications 

considered ;  Appropriations 

made,  117. 

—  December    8,    1886,     Applications 

considered  ;  Arrangements  for 
Annual  Meeting  made;  Appro- 
priations made,  124. 
Minutes  of  Meetings  of  the  Society,  1, 
27,  37,  57,  65,  71,  85,  109,  113, 117, 
123. 

—  January  6,  1886,  Ballots  canvassed; 

Amendment  to  By-Laws  adopted, 
substituting  word  "  Decem- 
ber"  for  word  "November"  in 
Section  24,  Clause  5;  "Specifica- 
tions for  the  Strength  of  Iron 
Bridges,"  by  Joskph  M.  Wilson, 
discussed,  1. 

—  January  20,  1886,  Annual  Meeting, 

'2;  Annual  Rejjorts  of  Board  of 
Direction,  of  Treasurer,  of  Fi- 
nance Committee,  read,  2;  Award 
of  Norman  Medal,  2;  Award  of 
Rowland  Prize,  2;  Action  as  to 
Annual  Convention,  3;  Report  of 
Committee  to  confer  as  to  Plan  for 
Library  for  Joint  Use,  3;  Report 
of  Committee  on  Uniform  Stand- 
ard Time,  4;  Report  of  Commit- 
tee to  present  subject  of  Time 
Nomenclature  to  Time  Conven- 
tions, 6;  Report  of  Committee  on 
Compressive  Strength  of  Cements 
and  Compression  of  Mortars  and 
Settlement  of  Masonry,  6;  Action 
as  to  Committee  to  Consider 
Changes  in  Organization  of  So- 
ciety,   7  ;     Officers    of     Society 


MINUTES. 

elected,  7;  Discussion  on  Stand- 
ard Time,  8;  Paper  by  O.  E. 
MicHAELis  on  Cost  of  Concrete,  8 ; 
ApjDointment  of  Committee  to 
consider  the  Relation  to  Each 
Other  of  the  Sections  of  Railway 
Wheels  and  Rails,  8;  Paper  by 
Thos.  Egleston,  "Disintegration 
of  the  Egyptian  Obelisk  in  Cen- 
tral Park,  New  York,"  8;  Descrip- 
tion of  New  Device  for  Laying 
Submarine  Tunnels  by  Richard 
P.  RoTHWELL,  8;  Description  of 
Works  for  Securing  Additional 
Water  Supply  for  the  City  of  New 
York,  by  B.  S.  Chuech,  8;  Visits 
on  January  21st  to  Croton  River, 
New  Croton  Aqueduct,  Cable 
Railroad  in  Tenth  Avenue,  8; 
Reception  at  Society  House  9; 
Members  in  attendance,  9. 
-February  3,  1886,  Ballots  can- 
vassed; "Water- works  of  South- 
ington,  Connecticut,"  by  T.  H. 
McKenzie,  read,  27. 

-  February  17,  1886,  Deaths  of  Ed- 

WAED  A.  Flint  and  of  Louis  R. 
Walton  announced;  Work  done 
for  the  Preservation  of  the  Dam 
at  Holyoke,  Mass.,  by  Clemens 
Herschel,  read,  27. 

-  March  3,  1886,  Ballots  canvassed; 

Paper  on  Thermometer  Scales  by 
Feed.  Brooks,  read;  Papers  on 
Errors  in  Railroad  Levels,  by  H. 
V.  Hinckley,  read,  37. 

-  March  17,  1876,  Paper  on  Evapor- 

ation, by  Desmond  Fitzgerald, 
read ;  Discussion  by  George 
Downe  on  English  and  American 
Railroads  Compared,  presented, 
36. 
-April  7,  1886,  Ballots  canvassed; 
Amendment  to  By-Laws  adopted 
in  reference  to  votes  for  election 
of  officers;  Paper  on  Specifica- 
tions for  Strength  of  Iron  Bridges 
discussed;  Apparatus  j^resented 
by  Henry  Faija  for  testing 
cement  exhibited,  57. 

■  April   21,    1886,    Paper  on    Ferry 

Steamer  Solano,  read;  Flattening 
Ends  of  Railroad  Curves  dis- 
cussed, 58. 

■  May   5,   1886,    Ballots    canvassed; 

Death  of  Thomas  Norton  Bailey 
announced;  Rejiort  of  Commit- 
tee to  present  to  General  Railway 
Time   Convention  the  subject  of 


VIII 


MINUTES. 

Time  Nomenclature;  English  and 
American  Railroads  Compared, 
discussed;  Description  of  Heavy 
Locomotives,  by  A.  J.  Stevens,65. 

May  19,  1886,  Death  of  James  D. 
BuEE  announced;  Errors  in  Rail- 
road Levels  discussed;  Note  on 
the  Cost  of  Concrete,  by  O.  E. 
MicHAELis,  read,  66. 

June  2,  1886,  Ballots  canvassed; 
Paper  by  Palmee  C.  Eicketts, 
Some  Constants  of  Structural 
Steel,  read,  71. 

June  16,  1886,  Paper  on  "Water 
Supply  and  Sewerage  of  the  Law- 
renceville  School,  by  F.  S.  Odell, 
read  and  discussed,  85. 

July  5,  1886,  Business  meeting 
during  the  Annual  Convention, 
85 ;  Invitation  to  visit  the  American 
Exhibition  in  London ;  Kejiort  of 
the  Committee  on  Standard  Time, 
86;  Motion  adopted  to  discharge 
Committee  to  consider  Changes 
in  Organization  of  the  Society; 
Committee  to  consider  Plan  for 
Creating  Library  for  Joint  Use 
continued,  87;  Committee  to  Con- 
sider Relation  to  each  other  of Sec- 
tions of  Railway  Wheels  and  Rails 
continued;  Report  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  Compressive  Strength 
of  Cements  and  Settlement  of 
Masonry,  Committee  continued, 
92;  Resolutions  adopted  in  refer- 
ence to  Chairman  of  Nominating 
Committee,  95. 

September  1,  1886,  Ballots  can- 
vassed; Deaths  of  E.  S.  Ches- 
BEOTJGH  and  Richaed  M.  Hoe  an- 
nounced: Portrait  of  James  Lau- 
rie, first  President  of  the  Society 
presented;  Report  of  Committee 
on  Compression  of  Cements  and 
Settlement  of  Masonry  discussed; 
Earthqiiakes  discussed,  109. 

-  September  15,  1886,  paper  by  John 

W.  Hill,  A  Masonry  Dam,  read; 
Earthquakes  discussed,  110. 

-  October  6,  1886,  Ballots  canvassed; 

Paper  by  Aethue  D.  Foote,  A 
Water  Meter  for  Irrigation,  read; 
Discussion  on  Excessive  Rainfall, 
by  S.  Whineey,  read,  113. 

-  October  20,  1886,  Death  of  Geoege 

H.  Elliott  announced;  Clamp 
for  Pulling  Sheet  Piling,  by 
Charles  E.  Emery,  read;  Novel 
Application  of  the  Polar  Planim- 


MINUTES. 

eter,  by  Chables  E.  Emery,  dis- 
cussed; Earthquakes  discussed, 
114. 

—  November    3,    1886,    Ballots    can- 

vassed ;  Paper  by  Robeet  L.  Har- 
Eis,  on  the  St.  Lawrence  Bridge 
at  Lachine,  read;  drainage  of  the 
Valley  of  Mexico,  by  SenorGAYOL; 
Gruson  type  for  Land  Battery 
Armor,  by  A.  E.  Piorekowski. 

—  November  17,  1886,  Paper  by  Ed- 

WAED  Bates  Doesey,  on  Irriga- 
tion, read,  117. 

—  December    1,    1886,    Ballots    can- 

vassed; Death  of  Walton  W.  Ev- 
ans and  Martin  Coeyell  an- 
nounced; Paj^ers  on  Cement  Test- 
ing and  Freezing  of  Cement- 
Mortars  discussed;  Report  of 
the  Committee  on  Compressive 
Strength  and  Settlement  of  Ma- 
sonry discussed;  Tubes  for  Elec- 
trical Subways  described  by  Ed- 

WAED  P.  NOETH,    123. 

—  December  15,  1886,  Paper  by  R.  E. 

McMath  on  Determination  of  the 
Size  of  Sewers,  read;  Paper  by 
James  B.  Feancis  on  Stoppage  of 
Flow  in  Water  Mains  by  Anchor 
Ice,  124. 

MoDJiisKi,  Ralph. — Admitted  as  Ju- 
nior, 123,  133. 

MoBLEY,  James  Henry. — Admitted  as 
Member,  113,  119. 

Morris,  Henry  G. — Elected  Director, 
8;  On  Finance  Committee,  27. 

MoREis,  Thomas  O'Neill. — Admitted 
as  Member,  113,  133. 

Mortars,  Compression  of,  6,  14. 

NicoLL,  Thomas. — Address  by,  76. 
Nichols,    Auein    B. — Resignation  of, 

135. 
Noble,  Alfeed. — Paper  by,  82. 
Norman  Medal,  award  of,  2,  15. 
Norman  Medal,  Code  of  Rules  for  its 

award,  43,  70,  111. 

Obelisk,  Disintegration  of  Egyptian 
Obelisk  in  Central  Park,  New 
York,  by  Thomas  Egleston,  8. 

Odell,  F.  S. — Paper  by,  85. 

Officers  elected,  7. 

Paine,  William  H. — Presides  at  meet- 
ing, 85. 

Parsons,  Heney  Cuylee. — Admitted 
as  Member,  113,  119. 

Peary,  Robert  Edwin. — Admitted  as 
Member,  47,  41. 


IX 


PETEY. 


SAWYER. 


Petey,  Alfred. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 113,  119. 

Phillips,  Henky  Ayling. — Admitted 
as  Associate,  57,  63. 

Planimeter,  Novel  Application  of  Po- 
lar, by  Chakles  E.  Emery,  82, 114. 

PuRDON,  Charles  de  la  Cherois. — 
Admitted  as  Member,  37,  41. 

Rainfall,   Excessive,  by  E.  L.  Hoxie, 

74. 
Rainfall   in  tbe  West  Indies,   by  J. 

Foster  Flagg,  81. 
Railroads,    English     and     American 

Compared,     by    Edward     Bates 

Doesey,  37,  65,  82. 
Rails,  Relations  of  Sections  of  Wheels 

and  Rails,  8,  15. 
Reed,  Henry  Wadswoeth. — Admitted 

as  Member,  1,  26. 
Relations  of  Various  Engineering  So- 
cieties, 88. 
Report  of  Board  of  Direction,  2,  19. 

—  of  Finance  Committee,  2,  22. 

—  of  Treasurer,  2,  19. 

Richards,  Hugh  Tudor. — Admitted 
as  Member,  113,  133. 

Ricketts,  Palmee  C. — Admitted  as 
Associate,  27,  35;  Paper  by,  71. 

RicKER,  George  Alfeed.— Admitted 
as  Junior,  57,  63. 

RoEBLiNG,  Washington  A. — Resigna- 
tion of,  36. 

RoTHWELL,  Richard  P. — Description 
of  Device  for  Laying  Submarine 
Tunnels,  8. 

Rowland  Prize,  Award  of,  2,  15. 

—  Code  of  Rules  for  its  award,  44,  69, 

110. 

Rowland,  Thomas  F. — Elected  Vice- 
President,  8;  presides  at  meet- 
ing, 27,  65,  66,  109,  113,  114,  117. 

Rowland,  Charles  Leonard,—  Admit- 
ted as  Member,  109,  112. 

Rowland,  Thomas  Fitch,  Jr. — Admit- 
ted as  Member,  109,  112. 

RuDLOFF,  Henry  Frederick. — Admit- 
ted as  Member,  1,  26. 

RuGGLES,  William  Burroughs. — Ad- 
mitted as  Member,  57,  67. 

Rumble,  William. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 113,  119. 

Rutherford,  Francis  Morris. — Ad- 
mitted as  Member,  113,  119. 

Sample,  John  Henderson. — Admitted 
as  Member,  113,  119, 

Saunders,  William  Lawrence. — Ad- 
mitted as  Member,  117,  119. 


Sawyer,  Charles  Henry. — Admitted 
as  Member,  71,  96. 

Schaeffer,  John  Stewart. — Admitted 
as  Member,  71,  96. 

ScHAUB,  Julius  William.  —Transferred 
to  Member,  113. 

Scherzer,  Albert  John. — Admitted 
as  Member,  1,  35. 

Scott,  Addison  Moffat. — Admitted  as 
Member,  71,  96. 

Seaman,  Henry  Bowman. — Admitted 
as  Junior,  71,  96. 

Seymour,  M.  T. — Death  announced, 
18. 

Shepard,  William  Tuttle. — Admitted 
as  Junior,  57,  63. 

Sherman,  Richard  Willette. — Ad- 
mitted as  Member,  113,  119. 

SicKELS,  Theophilus  E. — Death  an- 
nounced, 18. 

Sites,  Wilmon  W.  C. — Death  an- 
nounced, 18. 

Skinnee,  Frank  Woodward. — Admit- 
ted as  Member,  109,  112. 

Smith,  Albert  Mather. —  Admitted 
as  Member,  65,  67. 

Smith,  C.  Shaler. — Death  announced. 
135. 

Smith,  Frederick  H. — Member  of 
Committee  to  award  Rowland 
Prize,  110. 

Smith,  Miller  Armstrong. — Admit- 
ted as  Member,  113,  119. 

Sooysmith,  Charles. — Admitted  as 
Member,   65,  67. 

Specifications  for  Strength  of  Iron 
Bridges,  by  Joseph  M.  Wilson, 
2,  58. 

Spencer,  Samuel. — Admitted  as  Mem- 
ber, 35. 

Sproule,  William  Johnson. — Admit- 
ted as  Member,  109,  112. 

Stanton,  Robert  B. — Presides  at  Con- 
vention, 73, 

Steamship  America,  Paper  by  Robeet 

GOEDON,  82. 

Steel  and  Iron,  Compressive  Strength 
of,  by  Chaeles  A.  Marshall,  82. 

Steel,  Some  Constants  for  Structural, 
by  Palmer  C.  Ricketts,  71. 

Stevens,  A.  J. — Presents  data  as  to 
Heavy  Locomotives,  65. 

Stone,  Waterman. — Admitted  as  As- 
sociate, 119,  123. 

Strobel,  Charles  L. — Elected  Direc- 
tor, 8. 

Talcott,  Thomas  Mann  Randolph. — 
Admitted  as  Member,  109,  112. 


TESTS. 


WAKD. 


Tests,  Report  of  Mechanical  Tests  at 
Watertown  Arsenal,  45. 

Thackeay,  Geoege  Edwaed.— Trans- 
ferred to  Member,  57,  63. 

Thermometer  Scales,  Paper,  by  Feed. 
Brooks,  36. 

Timber,  Preservation  of,  14. 

Time,  Uniform  Standard,  4,  65. 

Time  Nomenclature,  6. 

Titus ,  Walton  O. — Admitted  as  Jun- 
ior, 57,  68. 

ToMKiNS,  Calvin. — Admitted  as  Asso- 
ciate, 1,  35. 

Transactions,  13. 

Teatton,  Oilman. —  Resignation  of, 
135. 

Tratman,  Edward  Ernest  Russell. — 
Admitted  as  Junior,  57,  63. 

Tunnels,  Device  for  Laying  Sub- 
marine, by  RiCHAED  P.  ROTH- 
WELL,  8. 

Van  Zile,  Haeet  Lee. — Admitted  as 

Junior,  1,  97. 
Vaughan,  George    W. — Admitted    as 

Associate,  37,  41. 
Vaeona,  Ignacio  Maeia  de.  — Admitted 

as  Member,  57,  63. 

Waddell,  Montgomeey. — Admitted  as 

Junior,  109,  112. 
Wallace,   John   Findley. — Admitted 

as  Member,  7,  96. 
Walton,  Louis  R. — Death  announced, 

18,  27. 


Wabd,  John  Frothingham. — Admitted 
as  Member,  112,  133. 

Wardlaw,  James  Robert. — Admitted 
as  Member,  37,  41. 

Water-works  of  Southington,  Conn., 
by  T.  H.  McKenzie,  27. 

Water  Supply  of  City  of  New  York,  8. 

—  Of  Lawrenceville  School,  by  F.  S. 
Odell,  85. 

Water  Meter  for  Irrigation,  by  A.  D. 
Foote,  114. 

Wellington,  A.  M. — Pajier  by,  81. 

Wetheeill,  AVilliam  Chatlin. — Ad- 
mitted as  Member,  123,  133. 

Wheels,  Relation  of  Sections  of  Wheels 
and  Rails,  8,  15. 

White,  W.  Howard. —  Elected  Di- 
rector, 8;  On  Finance  Commit- 
tee, 28;  Presides  at  meeting,  37. 

WiGHTMAN,  Heney  M. — Death  an- 
nounced, 18. 

Wilson,  Joseph  M. — Paper  by,  2. 

Wood,  De  Volson. — Resignation  of, 
135. 

Woodbury,  R.  W. — Address  by,  77. 

Woodward,  Calvin  Milton.— Admitted 
as  Associate,  71,  97. 

Wright,  Augustine  Washington. — 
Admitted  as  Member,  65,  68. 

Weight,  Edward  Thomas. — Admitted 
as  Member,  27,  35. 

Young,  Feedeeick  Staefoed.  —  Ad- 
mitted as  Associate,  57,  68. 


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FROCEKDIIS^aS. 


Vol.  XII.— January,   1886. 


MINUTES    OF     MEETINGS 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


January  6th,  1886. — The  Society  met  at  20  o'clock,  Vice-President 
George  S.  Greene,  Jr. ,  in  the  Chair.  The  ballot  was  canvassed  upon  the 
proposed  amendment  to  the  By-Laws,  substituting  in  Section  24,  Clause 
5,  the  word  "Deceml)er"  for  the  word  "November."  The  clause  will 
then  read: 

5th.  "Any  five  Members,  not  officers  of  the  Society,  may  present 
to  the  Board  of  Direction,  on  or  before  December  1st,  a  list  of  names 
proposed  by  them  for  officers,  which  list  or  lists  shall  also  be  issued  for 
ballot." 

There  were  in  the  affirmative  142  votes,  and  in  the  negative  4  votes. 
This  amendment  was  declared  adopted. 

The  following  candidates  were  elected.  As  Members:  Maximilian 
Ferdinand  Bonzano,  of  Philadelphia,  Pa. ;  Franklin  Ide  Fuller,  of  Port- 
land, Oregon;  George  Watson  Kittredge,  of  Zanesville,  Ohio;  Henry 
Wadsworth  Keed,  of  Waycross,  Ga. ;  Henry  Frederic  Kudloflf,  of  Cara- 
cas, Venezuela,  South  America;  Albert  John  Scherzer,  Sonsouate,  Sal- 
vador, Central  America.  As  Associate:  Calvin  Tomkins,  of  New  York 
City.     As  Junior:  Harry  Lee  Van  Zile,  of  Troy,  N.  Y^ 


3  JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

The  paper  previously  presented  by  Mr.  Joseph  M.  Wilson,  M.  Aui. 
Soe.  C.  E. ,  on  Specifications  for  Strength  of  Iron  Bridges,  was  then  dis- 
cussed. Written  discussions  were  presented  from  Messrs.  William  H. 
Burr,  Mansfield  Merriman,  S.  W.  Robinson,  Geo.  P.  SAvain,  G.  Bous- 
(Jaren,  Mace  Moultou,  A.  P.  Boiler,  Geo.  H.  Pegram,  William  Sellers, 
James  G.  Dagron,  George  L.Vose,  J.  B.  Davis  and  E.  Thacher.  The 
paper  was  also  discussed  by  Mr.  C.  C.  Schneider. 

The  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Society. 

Jantjaey  20th,  1886. — The  meeting  was  called  to  order  by  President 
Graflf  at  10  o'clock.  Messrs.  Chas.  H.  S^van,  J.  F.  Flagg,  Robert  Cart- 
wright  and  F.  C.  Prindle  were  appointed  tellers  to  canvass  the  ballot  for- 
officers. 

The  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Direction*  was  read  by  the  Sec- 
retary, and,  on  motion,  accepted. 

The  Annual  Report  of  the  Treasurer*  was  read  by  the  Treasurer,, 
and,  on  motion,  accepted. 

The  Report  of  the  Finance  Committee*  was  read  by  the  Secretary,, 
and,  on  motion,  accepted. 

The  Report  of  the  Board  of  Censors  to  Award  the  Norman  Medal  was 
read  and  accepted.     It  is  as  follows: 
To  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers: 

The  Board  of  Censors  to  award  the  Norman  Medal  for  the  year  ter 
minating  August  1st,  1885,  report  that,  in  their  judgment,  the  award  be 
made  to  Paper  No.  300,  "  Record  of  Tests  of  Cement  Made  for  the  Bos- 
ton Main  Drainage  Works,  1878-1884,"  by  Eliot  C.  Clarke,  M.  Am.  Soc. 
C.  E. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

g.  bouscaken, 
Robert  Mooke, 
W.  Howard  White, 

Board  of  Censors  to  award 
the  Norman  Medal 

The  Report  of  the  Committee  to  award  the  Rowland  Prize  was  read 
and  accepted.     It  is  as  follows: 
To  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers: 

The  Committee  appointed  to  award  the  Rowland  Prize  for  the  year- 
terminating  on  the  first  day  of  August,  1885,  reports  that,  in  its  judg- 
ment, the  prize  should  be  awarded  to  Paper  No.  295,  "Experiments, 
witli  New  Apparatus  on  Journal  Friction  at  Low  Velocities,"  by  A.  M. 
Wellington,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

Respectfully  submitted, 
Mendes  Cohen, 
Edward  P.  North, 
John  Bogart, 

Coinmittee. 


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JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  3 

The  following  summary  of  replies  received  in  reference  to  the  place 
for  holding  the  next  Convention  was  presented: 

Denver  was  suggested  l)j 84 

Burlington  "  39 

San  Francisco       "  4 

Saratoga  "  4 

New  York  "  3 

Cincinnati  "  2 

The  following  places  were  also  suggested  in  the  rei^lies  received: 
Newport,  Fortress  Monroe,  White  Sulphur  Springs,  Montreal,  Long 
Branch,  Louisville,  Washington,  Chattanooga,  Cleveland,  Lake  George, 
Catskill,  Albany  and  Philadelphia. 

After  discussion,  it  was  resolved  to  hold  the  Convention  at  Denver,  or 
in  the  neighborhood  of  that  city,  and  the  date,  and  other  details  in  ref- 
erence to  the  Convention,  were  referred  to  the  Board  of  Direction,  with 
power. 

The  replies  to  the  circular  in  reference  to  a  suggested  trip  to  Eng- 
land during  the  summer  were  presented,  showing  that  78  persons  ex- 
pressed a  desire  to  make  such  a  trip,  should  it  be  arranged.  A  com- 
munication was  presented  from  the  Director-General  of  the  projjosed 
American  Exhibition  in  London,  stating  that  such  exhibition  would  be 
postponed  until  1887,  and  extending  the  invitation  to  visit  England  ta 
1887. 

On  motion,  the  subject  was  laid  on  the  table. 

The  Committee  to  confer  in  reference  to  a  Plan  for  a  Library  for 
Joint  Use  presented  the  following  report, which  was,  on  motion,  accepted, 
and  the  Committee  continued. 

New  York,  January  19th,  1886. 
To  the  American  Societt/  of  Ciril  Erigineers: 

Gentlemen.— At  the  last  annual  meeting  you  adopted  the  following: 

''Resulved,  That  the  President  be  authorized  to  appoint  a  committee, 
consisting  of  five  members,  to  confer  with  committees  appointed  by 
kindred  societies  for  the  purpose  of  devising  and  considering  a  plan  for 
creating  a  library  for  the  joint  use  of  the  organizations  represented  by 
the  committees  in  conference  ;  said  plan  to  be  reported  to  the  Society  ' 
for  such  action  as  may  be  desirable." 

Your  Committee,  appointed  by  the  President  under  that  resolution, 
begs  leave  to  report  as  follows : 

The  Committee  met  twice,  and  at  its  second  meeting  it  was  joined  by 
Committees  from  the  following  societies: 

The  American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers;  The  American  Society 
of  Mechanical  Engineers;  The  American  Institute  of  Electrical  Engi- 
neers. 

The  Committees  of  the  four  societies  organized  on  May  13th,  1885, 
as  a  Joint  Committee,  by  electing  Wm.  P.  Shinn,  of  your  Committee, 
as  Chairman,  and  M.  N.  Forney,  of  your  Committee,  as  Secretary;  the 
Joint  Committee  also  appointed  a  Sub- Committee  consisting  of  one 
Member  from  each  Society,  and  the  Chairman,  to  procure  information.- 


4  JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

The  Joint  Committee  has  had  several  meetings. 

We  find  entire  unanimity  among  the  members  of  the  Joint  Com- 
mittee, and,  so  far  as  their  views  have  been  expressed,^  among  the  Mem- 
bers of  the  several  societies,  as  to  the  desirability  of  a  joint  library;  and 
the  members  of  the  Joint  Committee  are  practically  in  accord  as  to  the 
general  plan  to  be  adopted. 

Your  Committee  is  encouraged  with  the  prospect  of  success  in  secur- 
ing a  plan  which  will  be  at  once  practical  and  capable  of  execution, 
but  is  not  yet  prepared  to  report  any  details. 

With  this  report  of  what  we  believe  to  be  substantial  progress,  we 
respectfully  request  that  the  Committee  be  continued. 

Wm.  p.  Shinn,  1 

Henry  R.  Towne,     | 
T.  C.  Clakke,  f  Commitlee. 

G.   S.  MOKISON,  I 

M.  N.  Forney,  J 

The  Report  of  the  Committee  on  Uniform  Standard  Time  was  pre- 
sented, and,  on  motion,  accepted,  and  the  Committee  continued. 

The  report  is  as  follows: 

Rooms  of  the  Society,  American  Society  CrvrL  Engineers, 
New  York,  January  20th,  1886. 

The  Special  Committee  on  Standard  Time  beg  leave  respectfully  to 
report. 

It  may  be  remembered  by  Members  of  the  Society,  that  a  few  weeks 
previous  to  the  date  of  the  last  annual  report,  the  International  Meridian 
Conference  completed  its  deliberations,  and  that  the  President  of  the 
United  States,  in  his  message  at  the  opening  of  Congress,  drew  attention 
to  their  proceedings,  dwelling  upon  the  unanimity  displayed  in  the 
votes  of  the  Conference.  The  delegates  composing  it,  gathered  from 
the  entire  civilized  world,  were  practically  unanimous  in  the  determina- 
tion of  a  zero  for  time  and  longitude,  and  with  equal  unanimity,  adopted 
for  all  nations  a  universal  day,  the  hours  of  which  are  to  be  counted 
from  zero  to  twenty-four. 

This  authoritative  announcement  by  the  President  may  be  accepted 
as  a  marked  recognition  of  the  admitted  importance  of  a  reform  in  time- 
reckoning.  It  is  but  a  few  years  since  any  systematic  attempts  have  been 
made  to  remodel  the  old  usages,  and  reach  a  rational  system  more  in 
accord  with  the  requirements  of  the  present  age,  and  it  is  in  no  small  de- 
gree due  to  the  persistent  efforts  which  have  been  made  by  the  American 
Society  of  Civil  Engineers  since  the  subject  was  first  discussed  in  1881, 
that  its  present  prominence  has  been  obtained ;  efforts  which  had  only 
in  view  the  common  benefits,  in  which  every  locality  and  every  country 
would  equally  participate. 

The  Committee  do  not  now  propose  to  discuss  the  advantages  attain- 
able by  the  establishment  of  universal  or  cosmic  time.  However  much  its 
general  application  would  simplify  all  problems  in  which  any  question 
of  time  connected  with  railway,  telegraph  and  ocean  steam  service,  is 


JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  5 

involved,  it  may  be  assumed  that  the  busy  populations  of  the  Avorld 
are  as  yet  scarcely  prepared  to  receive  it  for  use  in  the  events  of  every- 
day life.  A  change  of  this  character  can  be  introduced  only  slowly  and 
gradually.  It  can  only  make  its  way  by  the  force  of  its  necessity  and  a 
proper  appreciation  of  the  advantages  it  would  confer.  There  is  in  the 
minds  of  men  a  strong  natural  disinclination  to  depart  from  old  practices, 
and  it  is  the  more  remarkable  that,  notwithstanding  this  aversion  to 
change,  so  much  progress  has  been  made  in  time  reform  within  so  short 
a  period. 

On  this  continent  the  standard  hour  system  has  been  successfully 
applied.  It  has  been  in  common  use  for  more  than  two  years,  and  it  has 
been  generally  accepted  in  the  United  States  and  Canada  as  in  every  re- 
spect beneficial  and  advantageous.  If  there  be  localities  where  this  com- 
mon satisfaction  is  not  experienced,  it  is  at  those  centers  of  population 
which,  by  their  geographical  position,  come  midway  between  the  hour 
meridians.  At  such  points  the  notation  of  time  is  not  confined  to  one 
series  of  numbers.  Railway  trains  arrive  and  depart  by  more  than  one 
hour  standard.  There  is,  under  such  circumstances,  a  non-accord  of 
time  in  the  same  city,  and  the  old  time  difficulty,  so  happily  removed 
from  so  many  other  localities  on  every  part  of  the  continent,  continues  to 
be  experienced. 

There  is  but  one  remedy  for  every  difficulty  of  this  kind,  viz.,  the 
adoption  of  one  uniform  reckoning  in  all  longitudes,  and  such  would  be 
the  effect  of  universal  time  alluded  to  by  the  President  in  his  annual 
message.  And  until  we  reach  the  common  acceptance  of  this  principle 
of  notation,  the  inconveniences  still  remaining  in  certain  centers  are  ob- 
viously unavoidable,  and  in  such  localities  the  evils  must  continue  until 
cosmic  time  comes  into  common  use. 

We  are  now  but  fourteen  or  fifteen  years  from  the  close  of  the  nine- 
teenth century.  Scientific  men  may  recollect  that  the  Russian  astrono- 
mer, Struve,  recommended  that  the  change  in  the  Nautical  Almanac,  by 
which  the  ephemerides  are  to  be  made  to  accord  with  the  date-notations, 
according  to  universal  time,  should  commence  on  the  change  of  the 
century.  Possibly  that  epoch  would  be  equally  a  suitable  occasion  to 
mark  the  realization  of  the  highest  aspirations  of  the  most  ardent  time- 
reformers.  If  so  much  has  been  acccomplished  since  this  Society  first 
considered  the  question,  less  than  five  years  back,  is  it  too  much  to  ex- 
pect that  in  fifteen  years  all  the  prejudices  which  use  and  habit  have 
engendered,  will  be  conquered,  and  the  public  mind  prepared  for  the 
acceptance  in  every-day  life  of  a  rational  scientific  time-system,  free 
from  all  anomalies,  and  securing  complete  uniformity  in  all  longitudes 
on  the  earth's  surface  ?  Possibly,  if  the  circumstances  will  admit  the 
adoption  at  that  date  of  cosmic  time  for  all  purposes,  the  change 
would  be  considered  a  fit  inauguration  of  the  commencement  of  the 
twentieth  century. 


6  JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

In  science,  universal  or  cosmic  time  is  accepted,  but  the  immediate 
introduction  of  it  in  ordinary  life  is  obviously  premature.  It  will  only 
be  step  by  step  tliat  the  public  will  be  led  to  adapt  themselves  to  the 
change.  One  step,  it  is  not  too  soon  to  consider,  that  feature  in  the 
system  alluded  to  by  the  President,  the  numeration  of  the  hours  in  a 
single  series  from  midnight  to  midnight. 

This  feature  has  the  authority  of  the  International  Conference  for  its 
introduction.  In  intelligent  circles  in  Europe,  particularly  in  England 
and  in  Eussia,  also  at  the  antipodes  in  Australia,  the  proposal  is  reported 
to  have  been  greeted  with  enthusiasm.  The  Astronomer-Royal  of 
England,  Mr.  Christie,  has  established  at  Greenwich  Observatory  a 
division  of  the  great  dial  into  2'4  hours.  In  London  and  in  other  cities, 
public  clocks  have  been  also  changed  to  accustom  the  English  public  to 
this  division  of  the  day.  Some  newspapers  in  all  their  announcements 
adojjt  the  change,  and  Scientific  Societies  give  notice  of  their  meetings 
in  the  same  manner  as  tliis  Society,  according  to  the  24-hour  system. 

On  this  Continent  there  has  been  no  uncertain  sound.  In  the  last 
annual  report  of  the  Committee',  it  was  stated  that  171  managers  of  rail- 
ways in  the  United  States  and  Canada  had  declared  their  readiness  to 
abandon  the  division  of  the  day  into  half-days,  known  as  ante  and  ^iost 
meridian,  and  to  accept  the  numeration  of  the  hours  in  one  series,  from 
midnight  to  midnight  ;  these  managers  having  under  their  control 
some  60,000  miles  of  railway. 

During  the  past  year  the  seed  sown  has  been  fructifying,  and  many 
who  held  back  have  been  won  over  and  have  given  their  adhesion  to  the 
movement.  Among  the  many  imj)ortant  railways  ready  to  co-operate, 
some  appear  to  see  no  necessity  for  further  delay,  and  desire  to  secure 
at  once  the  advantages  which  will  result  from  the  change.  At  this  date 
it  is  publicly  announced  that  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  Company  have 
determined  to  adopt  the  24-hour  system,  and  are  actually  jDreparing  to 
make  the  change  at  an  early  day.  Such  proceedings  can  be  accepted  as 
indicating  a  proper  appreciation  of  the  reform  which  the  American 
Society  of  Civil  Engineers  has  advocated,  and  equally  shows  the  discern- 
ment of  those  who  direct  the  management  of  the  youngest  of  the  trans- 
continental railways.  This  practical  commencement  will,  without  a 
doubt,  be  speedily  followed  by  other  railway  companies,  and  before 
long  we  may  hope  to  see  the  24-hour  system  coming  into  general  use. 

On  behalf  of  the  Committee, 

Sandfoed  Fleming, 

Cliairman. 

The  Committee  to  present  the  subject  of  Time  Nomenclature  to  the 
General  Railway  Time  Conventions  reported  progress,  and,  on  motion, 
the  report  was  accepted  and  the  Committee  continued. 

The  Committee  to  consider  the  subject  of  the  Compressive  Strength 
of  Cement  and  the  Compression  of  Mortars  and  Settlement  of  Masonry, 


JANUARY    PROOEEDINOS.  7 

reported  that  the  Committee  had  begun  its  labors,  but  had  not  at 
present  a  special  report  to  make.  On  motion,  the  report  was  accepted 
and  the  Committee  continued. 

The  C'hairman  of  the  Committee  to  consider  changes  in  the  Society's 
organization,  reported  that  the  Committee  wei'e  unable  to  agree,  and 
submitted  a  minority  report.  After  discussion,  the  subject  was  referred 
back  to  the  Committee. 

At  13  o'clock  recess  was  taken  until  14:30  o'clock. 

The  session  of  the  Annual  Meeting  was  resumed,  President  Graflf  in 
the  Chair.  The  tellers  appointed  to  canvass  the  ballot  for  officers  of 
the  Society,  reported  as  follows: 

Report  of  the  Tellers  ajopointed  to  Canvass  the  Ballot  for  Officers  of 
the  Society  for  the  ensuing  year. 

Annual  Meeting,  January  20th,  1886. 
The  Tellers  respectfully  report  as  follows : 

Total  number  of  ballots  received 513 

Deduct   ballots   received    from  Members  not  entitled  to  vote, 

being  in  arrears 16 

Deduct  duyjlicate  and  triplicate  ballots  and  ballots  not  indorsed    23 

—     39 

Total  number  found  correct  and  counted 474: 

For  President :  Henry  Flad  has  received  321  votes:  Washington  A. 
Boebling  has  received  148;  William  H.  Paine  has  received  1;  Fred. 
Graff  has  received  1 .  For  Vice-Presidents :  T.  F.  Rowland  has  received 
467;  T.  C.  Keefer  has  received  329;  Charles  H.  Latrobe  has  received 
147;  J.  B.  Eads  has  received  1;  0.  Shaler  Smith  has  received  1;  C.  B. 
Comstock  has  received  1;  A.  M.  Wellington  has  received  1.  For  Secre- 
■tani  and  Librarian  :  John  Bogart  has  received  472;  J.  J.  R.  Croes  has 
received  1.  For  Treasurer :  J.  J.  R.  Croes  has  received  472;  John  Bo- 
gart has  received  1.  For  Directors:  O.  W.  Barnes  has  received  144; 
George  S.  Greene,  Jr.,  has  received  469;  William  R.  Hutton  has  re- 
ceived 467;  W.  Howard  White  has  received  328;  Wm.  G.  Hamilton  has 
received  145;  O.  E.  Michaelis  has  received  142;  Henry  G.  Morris  has 
received  332;  Charles  L.  Strobel  has  received  324;  Geo.  S.  Morison  has 
received  1;  Wm.  E.  Worthen  has  received  1:  De  Volson  Wood  has 
received  1;  D.  J.  Whittemore  has  received  1;  A.  M.  Wellington  has 
received  1;  Q.  A.  Gillmore  has  received  1;  E.  P.  North  has  received  1; 
M.  N.  Forney  has  received  1;  J.  H.  Shedd  has  received  1;  A.  P.  Boiler 
has  received  1;  Charles  Macdonald  has  received  1;  W.  S.  Rosecrans  has 
received  1;  W.  Sooy  Smith  has  received  1:  Theodore  Cooper  has  re- 
ceived 1. 

The  following  persons  have  received  a  majority  of  votes,  there  being 
an  excess  over  237 : 


8  JAXUAKY    PROCEEDINGS. 

For  President;  Henry  Flad,  321  For  Vice-Presidents:  Thomas  C. 
Keefer,  329;  Thomas  F.  Rowland,  467.  For  Secretary  and  Librarian: 
John  Bogart,  472.  For  Treasurer:  J.  James  R.  Croes,  472.  For  Direct- 
ors: Geo.  S.  Greene,  Jr.,  469;  Wm.  R.  Button,  467;  W.  Howard 
White,  328;  Henry  G.  Morris,  332;  Chas.  L.  Strobel,  324. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

Charles  H.  Swan, 
Rob't  Cartwkight, 
J.  F.  Flagg, 
F.  C.  Prindle. 

The  following  Members  were  thereupon  declared  elected  OflBcers  of 
the  Society  for  the  ensuing  year: 

President :  Henry  Flad. 

Vice-Presidents :  Thomas  C.  Keefer,  Thomas  F.  Rowland. 

Secretari/  and  Llhrarian  :  John  Bogart. 

Treasurer:  J.  James  R.  Croes. 

Directors  :  George  S.  Greene,  Jr.,  William  R.  Hutton,  W.  Howard 
White,  Henry  G.  Morris,  Charles  L.  Strobel. 

Dr.  Thomas  Egleston,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  Member  of  the  Commit- 
tee on  Standard  Time,  made  some  remarks  uijon  the  general  subject  of 
the  twenty-four  hour  system,  and  upon  the  adaptation  of  clocks  and 
watches  to  that  notation. 

Cajitain  O.  E.  Michaelis,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  presented  a  note  in 
reference  to  the  cost  of  concrete  upon  a  recently  executed  work. 

The  President  announced  the  appointment  of  the  following  Members 
upon  the  Committee  to  consider  the  Relation  to  Each  Other  of  the  Sec- 
tions of  Railway  Wheels  and  Rails:  Messrs.  H.  Stanley  Goodwin,  A. 
M.  Wellington,  Geo.  S.  Morison,  Samuel  Rea  and  Thomas  Rodd. 

On  motion  it  was  resolved  that  the  President  be  authorized  to  add 
two  names  to  this  Committee  at  a  future  time. 

Dr.  Thomas  Egleston,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  read  a  short  paper  on  the 
Disintegration  of  the  Egyptian  Obelisk  in  the  Central  Park  in  New 
York. 

Mr.  Richard  P.  Rothwell,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  described  a  new  de- 
vice for  laying  submarine  tunnels. 

Recess  was  taken  until  20  o'clock. 

The  session  of  the  meeting  was  resumed  at  20  o'clock.  Mr.  B.  S. 
Church,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct  Com- 
mission, described  the  works  in  progress  and  contemjjlated,  for  secur- 
ing additional  water  supply  for  the  City  of  New  York. 

January  21st,  1886. — An  excursion  was  made  over  the  Hudson  River 
Railroad  to  the  Croton  River,  the  site  for  the  proj^osed  great  Dam  at 
Quaker  Bridge  being  first  visited.     The  party  then  proceeded  up  the 


JANUAKY    PROCEEDINGS.  9 

valley  of  the  Croton  to  the  present  Croton  Dam.  The  tunnel  for  the 
Aqueduct  and  the  works  in  progress  for  the  Gate-house  at  the  beginning 
of  the  Aqueduct,  were  examined.  By  invitation  of  Mr.  Church,  lunch 
was  eaten  at  that  point.  A  special  train  was  then  taken  on  the  New  York 
City  and  Northern  Railroad,  the  route  of  which  is,  for  a  considerable 
distance,  within  sight  of  the  line  of  the  Aqueduct,  and  stops  were  made 
at  several  points.  The  jjarty  descended  Shaft  No.  17,  and  saw  the  prog- 
ress of  work  both  of  the  heading  in  rock  tunnel  and  of  the  brick  con- 
duit in  construction  and  completed.  Eeturning  to  the  city,  a  trip  was 
made  over  the  Tenth  Avenue  Cable  Road,  under  the  auspices  of  Colonel 
Wm.  H.  Paine,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. ,  the  Chief  Engineer  of  that  road,  and 
the  machineiy  for  the  propulsion  of  the  cables  was  examined  at  the 
station.  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-eighth  street  and  Tenth  avenue. 
The  return  to  the  Society  House  was  made  over  the  lines  of  the  Elevated 
Railroad. 

In  the  evening,  a  reception,  tendered  by  the  Resident  Members  to  the 
Visiting  Members  and  other  guests,  was  held  at  the  Society  House. 

The  Members  of  the  Society,  147  in  number,  present  at  the  Annual 
Meeting,  excursions,  etc.,  were:  Julius  W.  Adams,  Edward  R.  Andrews, 

E.  C.  Appleton,  John  W.  Bacon,  Thomas  N.  Bailey,  A.  P.  Barnard,  O. 
W.  Barnes,  L.  F.  BeckAvith,  John  A.  Bensel,  Henry  A.  Bentley,  George 
H.  Bishop,  H.  D.  Blunden,  John  Bogart,  Alfred  P.  Boiler,  William  F. 
Booth,  Robert  E.  Briggs,  Fred.  Brooks,  Charles  O.  Brown,  Charles  B. 
Brush,  Andrew  Bryson,  L.  L.  Buck,  Frank  A.  Calkins,  Robert  Cart- 
wright,  S.  H.  Chittenden,  B.  S.  Church,  F.  H.  Clement,  Mendes  Cohen, 
Francis  Collingwood,  Theodore  Cooper,  J.  James  R.  Croes,  John  Y.  Ciil- 
yer,  Wendell  R.  Curtis,  Charles  G.  Darrach,  Joseph  P.  Davis,  E.  P. 
Dawley,  P.  P.  Dickinson,  Thomas  Egleston,  Charles  E.  Emery,  S.  M. 
Felton,  Jr.,  John  W.  Ferguson,  C.  F.  Ferrer,  Clark  Fisher,  J.  Foster 
Flagg,  C.  E.  Fogg,  John  D.  Fouquet,  George  B.  Francis,  John  R.  Free- 
man, George  H.  Frost,  E.  L.  B.  Gardiner,  Henry  Goldmark,  H.  Stanley 
Goodwin,  E.  Sherman  Gould,  Frederic  Graff,  Samuel  M.  Gray,  George 
S.  Greene,  George  S.  Greene,  Jr.,  Malcolm  S.  Greenough,  Stephen  S. 
Haight,  William  G.  Hamilton,  Charles  M.  Harris,  Robert  L.  Harris, 
William  P.  Harris,  William  J.  Haskins,  Arthur  Haviland,  Albert  B.  Hill, 
Warren  E.  Hill,  S.  Willett  Hoag,  Jr.,  Frank  W.  Hodgdon,  Frank  H. 
Howes,  Charles  W.  Hunt,  William  R.  Hutton,  George  A.  Just,  Charles 
Kellogg,  Joseph  M.  Knap,  C.  H.  Latrobe,  E.  D.  Leavitt,  Jr.,  Louis 
Lesage,  G.  Leverich,  Horace  Loomis,  Thomas  D.  Lovett,  William  W. 
Maclay,  Charles  Macdonald,  William  B.  Mackenzie,  George  B.  Mallory, 
C.  C.  Martin,  C.  S.  Maurice,  Thomas  C.  McCollom,  D.  E.  McComb, 
T.  H.  McKenzie,  George  W.  McNulty,  Henry  C.  Meyer,  Thomas  C. 
Meyer,  O.  E.  Michaelis,  C.  H.  Myers,  O.  F.  Nichols,  Edward  P.  North, 

F.  b.  Norton,  Ellis  B.  Noyes,  F.  S.  Odell,  L.  F.  Olney.  S.  B.  Opdyke, 
Joseph  O.    Osgood,  James    Owen,   A.    B.    Paine,   William    H.   Paine, 


10  JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

"W.  Barclay  Parsons,  Jr.,  John  A.  Partridge,  H.  W.  B.  Phinney,  F.  C. 
Prindle,  Clias.  Ward  Raymond,  Samuel  Rea,  Percival  Roberts,  Jr., 
Thomas  F.  Rowland,  G.  M.  Rnsling,  J.  Gardner  Sanderson,  D.  0.  San- 
ford,  C.  C.  Schneider,  William  P.  Shinn,  R.  I.  Sloan,  Maxwell  Smith,  W. 
Harrison  Smith,  Chandler  D.  Starr,  D.  McN.  Stauflfer,  Frank  S.  Stevens, 
Charles  H.  Swan,  E.  Sweet,  Henry  R.  Towne,  A.  W.  Trotter,  John  G. 
Van  Home,  Edgar  B.  Yan  Winkle,  Charles  D.  Ward,  LebLens  B.  Ward, 
F.  W.  Watkins,  William  Watson,  Albert  L.  Webster,  A.  M.  Wellington, 
Nelson  J.  Welton,  E.  B.  Weston,  W.  Howard  White,  Frank  O.  Whit- 
ney, William  H.  Wiley,  F.  N.  Willson,  Sebastian  Wimmer,  C.  J.  H. 
Woodbury,  William  E.  Worthen,  Preston  K.  Yates  and  A.  J.  Zabriskie. 


JANUARY    PROCEEDING?.  11 

EEPOKT   OF    THE   BOAKD    OF   DIRECTION   FOR   THE   YEAR 
ENDING  DECEMBER  31st,  1885. 


Presented  and  Accepted  at  the  Annual  Meeting,  January  20th,  1886. 


The  Board  of  Direction,  in  compliance  with  the  jjrovisions  of  the 
Society  law,  presents  its  report  for  the  year  ending  December  31st, 
1885. 

Membership. 

As  shown  by  the  tabular  statement  hereinafter  given,  there  has  been, 
during  the  year,  an  addition  of  74  to  the  various  grades  of  Society 
membershiii.  In  this  nominal  addition  of  74  there  are  3  former  Juniors 
transferred  to  Memliers,  therefore  the  actual  new  additions  to  the 
Society  membership  during  the  year  number  71. 

The  losses  from  the  Society  membership  have  been  21,  being  12  by 
death,  5  by  resignation  and  4  dropped.  The  number  of  persons  now  con- 
nected with  the  Society  is  928,  being  greater  by  50  than  at  the  end  of  the 
l^revious  year. 

The  actual  net  increase  during  the  year,  and  present  total  in  each 
class  of  membership,  are: 

Honorary  Members,             decrease  during  year   2   Total 8 

Corresponding  Members,                                           . .        *'     3 

Members,                                increase         "               44       "     701 

Associates,                              decrease         "                 1       "     33 

Juniors,                                   increase    ■      "               12       "     89 

834 

Fellows  not  included  above,  decrease     "  3       "     54 

Subscribers   to   Building   Fund,  not  included  above 40 

Increase  during  year 50  Total 928 

Tables  showing  the  classification  of  membership  at  the  beginning  of 
the  year,  and  the  changes  during  the  year,  are  given  at  a  subsequent  i^art 
of  this  report. 

The  Annual  Convention. 

The  Annual  Convention  was  held  at  Deer  Park,  Md.,  on  the  line  of  the 
Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad,  on  June  24th,  25th  and  26th  of  the  past 
year.  A  detailed  report  of  the  Convention  has  been  published  in  the 
Proceedings  for  June  last.     Previous  to  the  Convention  a  large  number 


12  JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

of  Members  of  the  Society  met  in  Baltimore,  and,  under  the  escort  of 
Members  resident  in  that  city,  and  of  officers  of  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio 
Railroad,  visited  the  freight  and  marine  terminals,  the  elevators  and 
docks  of  that  railroad,  and  also  enjoyed  an  excursion  upon  the  harbor  of 
Baltimore  ai^d  to  the  United  States  forts  in  the  vicinity.  A  visit  was 
also  made,  under  the  escoi't  of  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Baltimore 
Water  Department,  to  the  water-works  and  the  source  of  water  supply  of 
that  city.  A  special  train  conveyed  the  party  from  Baltimore  to  Deer 
Park,  stojjs  being  made  to  inspect  the  Mt.  Clare  shops  of  the  road,  and 
also  at  a  number  of  points  of  interest  on  the  line.  On  one  of  the  days 
of  the  Convention,  a  part  of  the  day  was  sjaent  in  a  trip  over  the  Mount- 
ain Division  of  the  railroad. 

In  the  last  Annual  Report  of  the  Board,  particular  attention  was  called 
to  the  subject  of  the  methods  for  holding  future  Conventions.  It  was 
suggested  that  some,  if  not  all,  of  our  Conventions  should  be  held  at 
such  places  and  in  such  a  manner  as  to  secure  the  results  outlined  in  that 
reiDort,  which  are: 

(a.)  The  j^resentation,  consideration  and  undisturbed  discussion  of 
professional  subjects. 

(h.)  The  opportunity  for  free  intercourse  between  Members  of  the 
Society  gathering  at  our  Conventions  from  all  parts  of  the  United  States, 
and  in  fact  of  the  world. 

(c.)  Such  opportunities  for  social  recreation  as  may  not  interfere 
with,  but  rather  aid  in,  the  other  two  objects  mentioned  above. 

Of  course,  visits  to  points  of  engineering  interest  should  not  be  neg- 
lected. 

The  Convention  at  Deer  Park  was  very  successful,  giving  an  oppor- 
tunity for  carrying  out  the  suggestions  referred  to,  and  in  many  respects 
it  was  particularly  satisfactory,  more  especially  in  the  remarkable  value 
of  the  discussions,  and  the  importance  of  the  i^apers  and  subjects  pre- 
sented during  its  meetings. 

Invitations  have  been  presented  to  the  Society  from  the  citizens  of 
Denver,  Colorado,  and  of  Burlington,  Vermont,  to  hold  the  next  Annual 
Convention  at  each  of  these  places.  These  invitations  have  been  an- 
nounced in  a  general  circular,  the  reply  to  which,  with  the  suggestions  of 
the  various  Members  of  the  Society,  will  be  presented  for  your  consid- 
eration at  this  meeting. 

Meetings  of  the  Society, 

The  regular  meetings  have  been  well  attended,  the  attendance  hav- 
ing been  twenty  per  cent,  greater  than  during  any  previous  year,  and, 
as  in  past  years,  the  number  of  Members  not  resident  in  New  York  who 
have  taken  part  in  these  meetings  has  been  large,  and  the  number  of 
contributions  of  discussions  from  Non-Resident  Members  has  been  very 
gratifying. 


JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  13 

The  collations  following  tlie  meetings  on  the  first  of  the  month  have 
been  continued  through  the  subscriptions  of  Resident  Members, and  have 
offered  opportunities  for  conversation  which  probably  would  not  other- 
wise have  been  secured.  As  stated  in  a  former  report  of  the  Board,  no 
funds  of  the  Society  are  used  for  these  collations. 

Transactions. 

The  Transactions  have  been  issued  during  the  year  with  regu- 
larity, and  the  very  valuable  contributions  by  our  Members  and  bj 
other  engineers  to  the  Transactions  are  particularly  acknowledged  by 
the  Board.  The  number  of  images  printed  yearly  is  increased  a» 
rapidly  as  the  income  of  the  Society  will  warrant.  During  the  past  year 
162  pages  of  the  Transactions  and  Proceedings  have  been  issued  beyond 
the  highest  number  ever  jorinted  in  any  jn-evious  year.  The  Board  has 
adopted  the  course  of  devoting  by  far  the  larger  part  of  the  income  of 
the  Society  to  the  publication  of  its  Transactions,  as  will  be  seen  by 
the  Report  of  the  Treasurer,  in  which  it  may  also  be  noted  that  the 
amounts  charged  to  postage,  to  salaries,  and  to  the  work  of  committees^ 
are  largely  expended  in  the  preparation  and  issue  of  the  Transactions. 
The  Board  believes  that  it  is  jDroper  so  to  devote  as  much  as  possible  of 
our  income  to  the  publications  of  the  Society. 

The  Society  House  and  the  Building  Fund. 

There  have  been  but  two  contributions  to  the  Building  Fund  during 
the  year.  Every  contribution  to  this  fund  reduces  materially  the  rental 
paid  by  the  Society  for  its  house,  which  rental  is  now  paid  in  the  form 
of  interest  ui^on  the  mortgage  and  of  the  taxes  ui)on  the  property.  The 
house  itself  is  an  excellent  investment,  gradually  increasing  in  value 
each  year,  and  the  Board  again  desires  to  call  attention  to  the  great 
desirability  of  reducing  the  mortgage  upon  the  property  by  contribu- 
tions to  the  Building  Fund  of  the  Society,  from  persons  interested  in  its 
welfare. 

Fellowship  Fund. 

During  the  past  year  but  one  Fellow  of  the  Society  has  been  elected, 
and  the  Fellowship  Fund  has  therefore  been  increased  by  only  one 
subscription. 

The  Board  desires  to  impress  upon  the  Members  of  the  Society  that 
it  is  probable  that  the  presentation  of  the  subject  of  association  with 
the  Society  as  a  Fellow,  to  many  gentlemen  not  otherwise  connected 
with  it,  would  result  in  a  large  increase  of  this  important  Fund,  the 
income  from  which  is  devoted  to  our  publications.  Connection  with 
the  Society  as  a  Fellow  secures  all  the  publications  of  the  Society  and  a 
participation  in  all  the  privileges,  except  the  right  to  vote. 


14  JANUARY    PROCEEDIlSrGS. 

Advance  Notices  of  Candidates  for  Membership. 

The  issue  of  notices  to  all  Members  of  the  Society,  giving  the  names 
and  addresses  of  Candidates  for  Membership  thirty  days  previous  to  the 
consideration  by  the  Board  of  Direction  of  the  applications,  has  proved 
of  great  value  in  securing  desirable  information  as  to  those  desiring  to 
join  the  Society. 

The  Committee  on  Uniform  Standard  Time. 

This  Committee  will  present  a  report  of  progress  at  this  meeting. 

The  Committee  on  Preservation  of  Timber. 

This  Committee  jDresented  at  the  Convention  in  June  of  the  past 
year,  a  valuable  report,  which  was  published  in  full  in  the  Transactions 
of  the  Society  for  July,  and  the  appendices  to  which,  written  by  a  num- 
ber of  Members  of  the  Society,  and  by  others,  Avere  printed  in  the 
Transactions  for  August. 

The  Committee  having  completed  its  labors  in  the  presentation  of 
this  report,  was  discharged  from  further  duty  by  the  Convention,  with 
the  thanks  of  the  Society. 

The  Committee  on  a  Uniform  System  for  Tests  of  Cement. 

The  Committee  on  a  Uniform  System  for  Tests  of  Cement  presented 
tX  report  at  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  past  year,  and  also  at  the  Conven- 
tion in  June  last,  and  the  Committee  was  theu  discharged,  with  the 
thanks  of  the  Society. 

The  report  was  printed  in  the  Transactions  of  the  Society  for  No- 
vember of  the  past  year. 

The  Committee  on  the  Compressive  Strength  of   Cements  and  the 
Compression  of  Cements  and  Settlement  of  Masonry. 


This  Committee,  ajipointed  under  the  action  of  the  Society  at  the 
last  Convention,  has  inaugiirated  its  labors  hj  the  issue  of  a  circular  of 
information. 

It  will  make  a  report  of  progress  at  this  meeting. 


The  Committee  to  Consider  Changes  in  ORGA^^zATION. 


I 


This  Committee  was  a^jpointed  under  a  resolution  adopted  at  the 
business  meeting  of  the  Society  during  the  last  Annual  Convention. 

It  is  understood  that  a  report  will  be  presented  at  the  present  Annual 
Meeting . 


JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  35 

The  Committee  to  Confer  with  Kindred  Societies  for  the  Consid- 
eration OF  A  Plan  for  Creating  a  Library  for  Joint  Use. 

Tliis  Committee  was  appointed  under  a  resolution  adopted  at  the  last 
Annual  Meeting  of  the  Society,  and  has  the  subject  entrusted  to  it  still 
under  consideration  and  progress. 

Amendments  to  the  Constitution. 

At  the  last  Annual  Meeting,  an  amendment  to  the  Constitution,  i^to- 
viding  for  the  compounding  of  annual  dues  by  single  payments,  was  dis- 
cussed, amended  and  recommended  to  the  Society  for  adoption.  The 
vote  on  the  amendment  was  canvassed  at  the  meeting  of  the  Society  of 
March  4th,  1885,  and  was  adopted  by  a  large  majority  of  the  votes  cast. 

This  amendment  i^rovides  for  the  compounding  for  future  annual  dues 
by  the  payment  of  $250,  Avith  the  provision  that  Members  who,  at  any 
time,  become  resident,  shall  be,  during  such  residence,  liable  to  the  pay- 
ment of  the  difference  between  the  annual  dues  of  Resident  and  Non- 
Resident  Members.  All  dues  of  every  nature  and  kind  may  be  com- 
pounded for  by  a  total  payment  of  .^325. 

The  Norman  Medal. 

The  Norman  Medal  for  the  year  1884  was  awarded  to  paper  No.  279, 
entitled  Experiments  on  the  Strength  of  Wrought-Iron  Struts,  the  author 
being  James  Christie,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

The  Board  of  Censors  to  award  this  medal  for  the  past  year  will  pre- 
sent its  report  at  this  meeting. 

The  Rowland  Prize. 

The  Rowland  Prize  for  1884  was  awarded  to  paper  No.  274,  entitled 
Water  Power  with  High-Pressures  and  Wrought-Iron  Water-Pijie,  the 
author  being  Hamilton  Smith,  Jr.,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

The  Committee  to  award  this  prize  for  the  past  year  will  present  its 
report  at  this  meeting. 

The  Committee  on  the  Proper  Relation  to  Each  Other  of  the 
Sections  of  Railway  Wheels  and  Rails. 

At  the  last  Convention  a  resolution  was  presented  authorizing  the  ap- 
pointment of  a  Committee  on  this  subject.  This  resolution  was  sub- 
mitted to  a  vote  by  letter  ballot,  the  vote  being  canvassed  on  October 
7th,  1885,  and  the  resolution  was  carried. 

The  organization  of  this  Committee  has  not  yet  been  perfected. 


Non-resident.. 

..     8 

Total...   10 

" 

..     3 

"     ..       3 

a 

..527 

"    657 

" 

..  22 

"      34 

" 

..  61 

"      77 

768 

16  JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

Junior  Membership. 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Society  of  November  4th,  1885,  a  resolution  was 
adopted  requesting  the  Board  of  Direction  to  issue  a  circular  calling  the 
attention  of  the  Members  to  the  desirability  of  adding  to  the  Junior 
membership,  and  of  using  their  personal  influence  with  young  men 
towards  inducing  them  to  make  application  in  the  usual  way  for  Junior 
membership. 

This  circular  has  been  issued  and  sent  to  all  the  Members  of  the 
Society. 

Membership  Tables. 

The  following  tables  show  the  changes  and  additions  during  the 
year  in  the  various  classes  of  membership : 

On  January  1st,  1885,  the  date  of  the  last  report,  the  membership  in 
the  Society  was: 

Honorary  Members,  resident ...     2 

Corresponding  Members 

Members,  resident 130 

Associates       "        12 

Juniors,  "         16 

Making  resident 160     Non-resident 621  

Total 781 

Fellows,   66,  of  whom  8  Members  and  1  Honorary  Member  are  in- 
cluded above,  leaving 57 

Subscribers  to  the  Building  Fund,  137,  of  whom  93  are  entered  in 
one  or  other  of  the  above  classifications,  and  4  deceased,  leaving  40 

Total  connected  with  the  Society,  January  1st,  1885, 878 

I 

At  the  present  date,  January  1st,  1886,  the  membership  is: 

Honorary  Members,  resident.  ..     2     Non-resident 6  Total...     8 

Corresponding  Members *'               ....     3  "...     3 

Members,  resident 131            "               570  "    701 

Associates,       "       10            "               23  "      33 

Juniors,            "       23            "               Q6  "      89 

823 

Making  resident 166     Non-resident 668  

Total 834 

Fellows,  62,  of  whom  8  Members  are  included  above,  leaving.  ......  54 

Subscribers  to  the  Building  Fund,  139,  of  whom  92  are  entered  in 
one  or  other  of  the  above  classes,  and  7  deceased,  leaving 40 

Total  connected  with  the  Society,  January  1st,  1886 928 


JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  17 

The  additions  during  the  past  year  to  the  several  classes  of  Society 
membershii)  have  been: 

Members  qnalified 56 

Associates  qualified 2 

Juniors  qualified 15 

Fellow  qualified 1 

Total  additions  to  the  several  classes  of  membership 74 

Subscribers  to  the  Building  Fund,  2,  who  are  otherwise  connected 
with  the  Society 00 

Total  additions 74 

The  decrease  during  the  year  in  the  several  classes  of  membership 
has  been: 

Honorary  Members   ...  Died  2 2 

Members "     4     Kesigned  4     Dropped  4 12 

Associates "     2            "        1 3 

Juniors Transferred  to  Members  3 3 

Fellows Died  4 4 

Totals:  Deaths  12,  Resignations  5,  Dropped  4,  Transferred,  3. .   24 

There  has  thus  been  an  addition  of  74  to  the  various  classes  of  mem- 
iDership,  and  a  decrease  of  24,  making  the  actual  net  additions  during 
the  year  50  in  number. 

On  January  1st,  1885,  there  were,  as  stated  in  the  last  Annual  Re- 
port, 18  proposals  jjending.  Ninety-eight  proposals  have  been  received 
•during  the  year;  51  candidates  have  been  elected  Members,  of  whom  3 
were  transferred  from  Juniors;  2  candidates  have  been  elected  Associ- 
ates; 15  candidates  have  been  elected  Juniors. 

Fifty-six  persons  have  during  the  year  (qualified  as  Members;  2  have 
qualified  as  Associates;  15  have  qualified  as  Juniors;  1  has  qualified  as 
Fellow;  4  candidates  elected  during  the  year  as  Members  have  not  yet 
qualified.     There  are  21  proposals  now  pending. 

Twenty- two  meetings  of  the  Society  were  held  during  the  year,  one 
of  which  was  the  Annual  Meeting,  held  in  New  York,  January  21st  and 
22d,  and  another  the  Annual  Convention,  held  at  Deer  Park,  Maryland, 
June  24tli,  25th  and  26th;  all  the  sessions  of  the  Convention,  including 
the  business  meeting,  being  counted  as  one  meeting  of  the  Society. 
Meetings  have  been  held  on  the  first  and  third  Wednesday  of  each 
month,  except  July  and  August. 

Twenty-three  meetings  of  the  Board  of  Direction  have  been  held 
during  the  year. 

The  Library  has  been  increased  during  the  year  by  the  following 
additions : 


18  JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  ' 

•Books  aud  Pamphlets , 709 

Maps,    Plans,    Drawings,    Charts,    Photographs   and 
Engravings 531 

Reports  made  during  the  year  have  been  as  follows : 

By  the  Board  of  Direction :  The  Annual  Report. 

By  the  Finance  Committee:  Annual  Report  on  the  Finances  of  the- 
Society;  Quarterly  Reports  to  the  Board  of  Direction. 

By  the  Library  Committee:  Regular  Monthly  Reports  on  the  Li- 
brary aud  on  Publications. 

By  the  Secretary:  Monthly  Reports  to  the  Board  of  Direction;  Oc- 
casional Reports  on  Current  Business. 

By  the  Treasurer:  The  Annual  Report  of  the  Treasiirer:  Monthly  Re- 
ports to  the  Board  of  Direction. 

By  the  Committee  on  Uniform  System  for  Tests  of  Cement :  Final 
Report  aud  the  Committee  discharged. 

By  the  Committee  on  Preservation  of  Timber:  Final  Report  and  the 
Committee  discharged. 

By  the  Committee  on  Uniform  System  for  Standard  Time :  One  Re- 
port. 

By  the  Nominating  Committee:  Two  Reports. 

The  Society  has  lost  by  death  during  the  term  covered  by  this  report 
two  Honorary  Members,  Messrs.  John  B.  Jervis  and  Emile  Malezieux; 
four  Members,  Messrs.  Theophilus  E.  Sickels,  Henry  M.  Wightman. 
Wilmon  W.  C.  Sites  and  Louis  R.  Walton;  two  Associates,  Messrs. 
Henry  H.  Gorringe  and  Arba  R.  Haddock;  and  four  Fellows,  Messrs. 
William  C.  Kingsley,  M.  T.  Seymour,  Thomas  C.  Durant  and  Frederick 

W.  Merz. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

JOHN  BOGART, 

Secretary. 


JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  19 

REPOET  OF  THE  TREASURER  FOR  THE  YEAR   ENDING 
DECEMBER  31st,  1885. 

RECEIPTS. 

Balance  on  hand  December  31st,  1884  : 

Building  Fund...... $-126.03 

General  Fund 4  550.87 

$4  976.90 

Receipts  during  year  : 

Entrance  Fees $1  920. 00 

Current  Dues  : 

From    93  Resident  Members $2  272.50 

•'      384  Non-resident  Members 5  605.87 

"         9  Resident  Associates 135.00 

"        10  Non-resident  Associates 100.00 

18  Resident  Juniors 215.00 

"        56  Non-resident  Juniors 535.00 


$8  803.37 


Past  Dues  : 


From  12  Resident  Members $385.00 

"     40  Non-resident  Members 569. .50 

"       4  Resident  Associates 75.00 

"       3  Resident  Juniors 25.00 

"       1  Non-resident  Junior 10.00 


Dues  for  year  beginning  January  1st,  1886  : 

From  21  Resident  Members $512.50 

"      27  Non-resident  Members 420.00 

2  Non-resident  Associates 20.00 

1  Resident  Junior 15.00 

"       4  Non-resident  Juniors 40.00 


10  935.37 

Sales  of  Publications 1  023.66 

Certificates  of  Membership 96.75 

Advertisements 178 .  00 

Interest  on  Fellowship  Fund  Bonds $480.00 

Savings  Bank  Deposit 32.96 

"  Norman  Medal  Fund  Bond 70.00 

Railroad  Stock 36.23 

Rowland  Prize  Fund  Bond 60.00 

"  General  Society  Fund  Bonds 120.00 

799.19 


Subscriiitions  to  Building  Fund 225.00 

Fellowship  Fees 150.00 

Other  sources 6.15 


15  334.12 
$20  311.02 


20 


JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 


DISBURSEMENTS. 

Interest  on  Mortgage $800.00 

Taxes 523.06 

Publications 5  627.86 

Stationery  and  Printing 822.96 

Postage 1  090.01 

Library 1316.77 

Salaries 3  000. 00 

Convention  and  Annual  Meeting 1  066 .  74 

Janitor,  House  Supplies,  Fuel,  Water  and  Gas. 1  616.91 

Certificates  of  Membership 106.40 

Insurance 200.83 

Norman  Medal  and  Rowland  Prize 133 .  60 

Other  expenditures 336 .  79 

Finance— Treasurer's  Books 525 .  00 

Work  of  Committees 514.35 

$17  681.28 

Payments  from  Building  Fimd 651 .03 

Transferred  to  Savings  Bank 32 .96 

$18  365.27 
Balance  on  hand »         1  945 .  75 


$20  311.02 


JAISrUAEY    PROCEEDINGS.  21 

The  funds  of  the  Society  are  as  follows  : 
Fellowship  Fund  : 

Eighty-seven  subscriptions  to  December  31,  1884 ^9  200.00 

Premium  and  accumulated  interest  December  31,  1884.  1  903 .  69 

Fund  on  hand  December  31,  1884 $11  103 .  69 

One  subscription  during  1885 150  00 

Interest  received  during  1885 482.96 

$11  736.65 

Expended  for  publications  during  1885 998.37 

$10  738.28 

The  present  investment  of  the  Fund  is  : 

Eight  Pennsylvania  Eailroad  Six  per  cent.  Bonds,  cost  9  889.32 

Deposit  in  Seamen's  Bank  for  Savings • 848  96 


$10  738.28 


Norman  Medal  Fund  : 


One   Certificate   Croton   Aqueduct  Stock,  New   York 

^^*^ 1  000.00 


Building  Fund  : 

Eeceipts  previous  to  January  1,  1885 $17  517.00 

during  1885 225.00 


$17  742.00 


Expended 


For  Legal  Services,  Circulars,  etc ^355  03 

For  Imi^rovements  on  Property 3  ^qq  97 

Payments  on  Purchase I4  ooo  00 


$17  742.00 


Rowland  Prize  Fund  : 


One  Pennsylvania  Railroad  General  Mortgage  Six  per 

cent.  Bond,  cost $1  222 .50 


22  JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 


General  Investment  : 


10  Shares  New  York  Central  ami  Hudson  Kiver  Kail- 
road  Stock $1000.00 

1  Consolidated  Certificate  New  York  Central  and  Hud- 

son Eiver  Eailroad  Stock 35.00 

2  Pennsylvania  Eailroad  General  Mortgage  Six  per 

cent.  Bonds,  cost 2  445.00 


$3  480.00 


Eespectfully  sul)mitted, 

J.  .Tames  E.  Croes, 

TredSiirer, 


KEPOKT  OF  THE  COMMITTEE  ON  FINANCE. 
Presented  and  Accepted  at  the  Annual  Meeting,  .January  20th,  1886. 

The  Finance  Committee  has  the  honor  to  rejiort  that  they  have  per- 
formed the  usual  duty  of  auditing  all  the  l)ills  that  have  been  paid  by 
the  Treasurer  during  the  past  year,  and  have  found  that  each  bill  has 
been  charged  to  its  proper  fund,  and  that  the  several  sums  have  not 
exceeded  the  amounts  appropriated  by  the  Board  of  Direction  for  the 
purposes  specifically  mentioned.  Also  that  the  Committee  has,  at  the 
end  of  the  year,  carefully  examined  all  the  assets  of  the  Society,  and 
has  found  that  the  reports  of  the  Secretary  and  Treasurer  give  a  correct 
account  of  the  same. 

A  change  has  been  made  in  the  investment  of  the  Society  by  selling 
lO-iy^  shares  of  the  New  York  Central  and  Hudson  Eiver  Eailroad  Stock, 
and  buying  10  shares  Consolidated  Gas  Company  of  New  York  City, 
and  a  balance  of  $62.50,  which  remained  from  proceeds  of  sale  of  the 
New  York  Central  after  purchasing  the  Gas  Stock,  has  been  deposited 
in  the  Seamen's  Bank  for  Savings.  This  change  of  investment  Avas  not 
completed  in  time  to  appear  on  the  Treasurer's  books  when  written  up 
to  December  31st,  1885. 

Eespectfully  submitted, 

G.  S.  Greene,  Jr., 
Wm.  E.  Hutton, 

Finance  Committee. 


JANUAEY    PROCEEDINGS.  23 


LIST    OF    PUBLICATIONS    AND    PAPERS    EECEIVED    FOR 

LIBRARY. 

Appendix  to  Annual  Repokt  of  the  Board  of  Direction, 
January  20th,  1886. 

The  folloAving  papers  are  contributed  to  the  Society,  or  are  received 
in  exchange  for  Transactions  : 

American  Architect  and  Builcling  News Weekly Boston. 

American  Engineer "      Chicago. 

American  Gas  Light  Journal Semi-Monthly.. New  York. 

Annales  des  Travaux  Publics Monthly Paris. 

Army  and  Navy  Journal Weekly New  York. 

Builder "      London. 

Building  and  Engineering  News "      " 

Bulletin  American  Iron  and  Steel  Association Semi-Monthly  ..Philadelphia. 

Bulletin  du  Canal  Interoceanique "  "      ..Paris. 

Commissioner  of  Patents'  Journal Semi- Weekly  . . .  London. 

Der  Civilingenieur Monthly Leipslg. 

Deutsche  Bauzeitung Weekly Berlin. 

Eizen  Zeitung "      Vienna. 

Electrical  Review "      New  York 

Engineer "      London. 

Engineering "      " 

Engineering  Era Semi-Monthly .  .Cleveland. 

Engineering  and  Mining  Journal Weekly New  York. 

Engineering  News  and  American  Contract  Journal Semi-Monthly. .        " 

Genie  Civil "  "         Paris. 

International  Standard .Quarterly Cleveland. 

Iron Weekly London. 

Iron  Age "      New  York. 

Journal  of  the  Association  of  Engineering  Societies Monthly " 

Journal  of  Society  of  Arts Weekly London. 

Journal  of  Gas  Lighting "      " 

Locomotive Monthly Hartford. 

Manufacturer  and  Builder "         New  York. 

Manufacturer  and  Iron  World Weekly Pittsburgh. 

Magazine  of  American  History Monthly New  York. 

Mechanical  News Semi-Monthly . . 

Norsk  Teknisk  Tidsskrift Monthly Christiania. 

Nouvelles  Annales  de  la  Construction "         Paris. 

PortefeuiUe  Economique  des  Machines "        " 

Record  of  Scientific  Literature "         New  York. 

Railroad  Gazette Weekly  

Railway  Age "      Chicago. 

Railway  Herald Monthly Buffalo. 

Railway  Review Weekly Chicago. 

Railway  World "      Philadelfhia. 

Reportorium  der  Technischen  Literatur Leipsig. 

Revue  Generale  des  Chemins  de  far Monthly Paris. 

Sanitary  Engineer Weekly New  York. 

Scientific  American , "      " 

Scientific  American  Supplement "      


24  JANUARY   PROCEEDINGS. 

Teknisk  Tidsskrift Monthly Stockholm. 

Techniker Semi-Monthly..New  York. 

Telegraph  Journal  and  Electric Keview "  "       ..London. 

Van  Nostrand's  Magazine Monthly New  York. 

Zelts(:hrift  fur  Bauwesen.s Quarterly Berlin. 

The  following  are  subscribed  for  : 

American  Bookseller Semi-Monthly.  .New  York. 

American  Library  Journal Monthly " 

Publishers'  Weekly Weekly " 

Science "      Cambridge. 

U.  S.  Official  Postal  Guide Monthly Boston. 

The  Society  has  received  during  the  year,  in  exchange  for  the 
Transactions,  olficial  publications  of  the  following  associations,  in 
many  instances  for  preceding  years  : 

Aeronautical  Society  of  Great  Britain London. 

Academy  of  Sciences Washington. 

Akademie  des  Bauwesens Berlin. 

American  Institute  of  Architects New  York. 

American  Institute  of  Electrical  Engineers " 

American  Institute  of  Mining  Engineers " 

American  Iron  and  Steel  Association Philadelphia. 

American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers New  York. 

Annales  de  Construcciones  Civiles  y  de  Minas Lima. 

Annales  des  Fonts  et  Chausees Paris. 

Argentine  Scientific  Society Buenos  Ayres. 

Association  of  Civil  Engineers Lisbon. 

Astor  Library New  York. 

Austrian  Society  of  Engineers  and  Architects  (Two  Publications) Vienna. 

Boston  Public  Library Boston. 

Boston  Society  of  Civil  Engineers " 

Canadian  Institute Toronto. 

Civil  Engineers'  Society  of  St.  Paul St.  Paul. 

Civil  Engineers'  Club  of  Cleveland Cleveland. 

Colegio  N.  Resales Culiacan,  Mexico. 

Die  Administration  der  "  Mittheilungen  " Vienna. 

Engineer  Department,  U.  S.  A Washington. 

Engineers'  Club  of  Philadelphia Philadelphia. 

Engineers'  Club  of  St.  Louis St.  Louis. 

Engineers'  Society,  Western  Pennsylvania Pittsburgh. 

Franklin  Institute  Journal Philadelphia. 

Imperial  Hochschule Berlin. 

Imperial  School Moscow. 

Imperial  Technic  Society  of  Russia St.  Petersburg. 

Imperial  University Tokio. 

Institution  of  Civil  Engineers London. 

Institution  of  Civil  Engineers  of  Ireland Dublin. 

Institution  of  Engineers  and  Shipbuilders  of  Scotland Glasgow. 

Institution  of  Mechanical  Engineers London. 

Iron  and  Steel  Institute " 

Liverpool  Engineering  Society Liverpool. 

Massachiisetts  Institute  of  Technology Boston. 

McGill  University,  Department  of  Science Montreal. 

Mechanics'  Institute '..San  Francisco. 

Midland  Institute  Mining,  Civil  and  Mechanical  Engineers Barnsley,  Eng. 


JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  25 

Military  Service  Institution  of  the  United  States Governor'sIsld.,N.y. 

Mining  Institute  of  Scotland Hamilton. 

New  York  Meteorological  Observatory New  York. 

North  of  England  Institute  of  Mining  and  Mechanical  Engineers Newcastle-on-Tyne. 

Kensselaer  Society  of  Engineers Troy. 

Riga  Technical  Society Riga. 

Royal  United  Service  Insti  tution London. 

School  of  Mines,  Columbia  College New  York. 

Seismological  Society  of  Japan Tokio. 

Smithsonian  Institution Washington. 

Society  of  Arts London. 

Society  of  Civil  Engineers Paris. 

Society  of  Engineers London. 

Society  of  Engineers  and  Architects Cologne. 

Society  of  Engineers  and  Arehitecs. Hannover. 

Society  of  Engineers  and  Architects  of  Hungary Budapest. 

Society  of  Engineers  and  Architects  of  Saxony Dresden. 

Stevens  Institute  of  Technology Hoboken. 

Swedish  Society  of  Engineers Stockholm. 

Technical  Society  of  the  Pacific  Coast San  Francisco. 

Technischen  Hochschule Aachen. 

Technischen  Hochschule Hannover. 

Thayer  Scientific  School,  Dartmouth  College Hanover. 

United  States  Agricultural  Department  (Division  of  Forestry) Washington. 

United  States  Coast  and  Geodetic  Survey " 

United  States  Geological  Survey " 

United  States  Light-house  Board " 

United  States  Naval  Institute Annapolis. 

United  States  Naval  Observatory Washington. 

United  States  Ordnance  Department " 

United  States  Patent  Office " 

University  of  Michigan Ann  Arbor. 

Verein  Deutscher  Ingenieure Berlin. 

Western  Society  of  Engineers Chicago. 


LIST    OF    MEMBEES. 


ADDITIONS. 


MEMBEES.  Date  of  Election. 

Appleton,  Eij.eky  Gushing Canajoharie,  N.  Y June  3,  1885. 

BoNZANO,  Maximilian  Ferdinand,  Division  Engineer  Philadel- 
phia and  Reading  E.  E., 
Philadelphia,  Pa Jan.  6,    1886. 

Fuller,  Franklin  Ide 8  Stark  st.,  Portland,    Oregon,     "     "      " 

KiTTEEDGE,  George  Watson Engineer  Maintenance  of  Way, 

Muskingum  Valley  Division, 
Pittsburgh,  Cincinnati  and 
St.  Louis  Ey.,  Zanesville, 
Ohio "     "      " 


2G  JANUARY    PROCEEDINGS. 

Date  of  Election. 

Reed,  Henry  Wadsworth  Master  of  Roadway,  Savannah, 

Florida    and    Western   Ey., 

Waycross,  Ga Jan.  6,  1886. 

RuDLOFF,  Henkt  Frederic Chief   Engineer    Caracas    and 

AntimanoRy.,  Caracas,  Ven- 
ezuela      "     "      " 


CHANGES       AND      CORRECTIONS. 
MEMBERS. 

Atwood,  William  H Tampa,  Florida. 

Blackwell,  Charles Union  Pacific  Ry.,  Omaha,  Nebraska. 

Childs,  James  E General    Manager  New   York,  Ontario   and 

Western  Ry.,  15  Broad  st..  New  York  City. 

Cunningham,  Da\id  W.  . . .    45  South  Ninth  st.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Da^is,  Joseph  P 1  East  Ninth  st.,  New  York  City. 

DoRAN,  Frank  C P.  O.  Box  179,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Frith,  Arthur  J (Care  Western  Steel  Co.),  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Goad,  Charles  E 4  Finsbury  Circus,  London,  E.  C,  England. 

Greene,  Francis  V 280  Broadway,  New  York  City. 

HoLMAN,  M.  L 77  East  May  st.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Jennings,  William  T 38  Stanley  Crescent,  Toronto,  Canada. 

Latham,  H.  H 180  and  182  Monroe  st.,  Chicago,  111. 

Mansfield,  M.  W Superintendent  Indianapolis  and  Vincennes 

R.  R.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Marsland,  Edward Room   156,  Post  Office  Building,  New  York 

City. 
Mitchell,  Henry U.  S.  Coast  and  Geodetic  Survey,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C. 
Odell,  Frederick  S 45   West    One   Hundred    and   Twenty-sixth 

St.,  New  York  City. 

Paine,  Charles 128  West  Fifty-ninth  st.,  New  York  City. 

Van  Sant,  R.  L (Care  Superintendent  Maintenance  of  Way 

Texas    and    St.    Louis  Ry.),    Texarkana, 

Texas. 
Vaughan,  F.  W De  Funiak  Springs,  Florida. 

JUNIORS. 

Breithaupt,  W.  H Berlin,  Ontario,  Canada. 

MAK\^N,  Charles  E Road  Department  Louisville  and  Nashville 

R.  R.,  Earlington,  Ky. 

death. 

Flint,  Edward  A Elected  Member  May  18,  1870;  died  January 

23,  1886. 


J^mcrican    mckk  of  ^  itiil  fttjinms. 


PROOEEDIIS^aS. 


Vol.  XII.— February,  i 


MINUTES    OF     MEETINaS. 

(Abstract  of  sucli  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 

Febkuaky  3d,  1886. — The  Society  met  at  20  o'clock,  Vice-President 
Thomas  F.  Eowland  in  the  Chair. 

The  following  candidates  were  elected  as  Members :  Edward  William 
Eckert,  Massillon,  Ohio;  James  Ellison  Mills,  Quincy,  Cal. ;  Edward 
Thomas  Wright,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.  As  Associates:  George  Lord  Bur- 
rows, Saginaw,  Mich. ;  Palmer  Chamberlaine  Ricketts,  Troy,  N.  Y. 

A  paper  by  T.  H.  McKenzie,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  the  Water- 
works of  Soiithington,  Connecticut,  was  read  and  discussed. 

February  17th,  1886. — The  Society  met  at  20  o'clock,  J.  James  R. 
Croes,  Treasurer  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. ,  in  the  Chair. 

The  deaths  of  Mr.  Edward  A.  Flint,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  of  Brook- 
line,  Mass.,  on  January  23d,  1886,  and  of  Mr.  Loiiis  R.  Walton,  M.  Am. 
Soc.  C.  E.,  of  Earlington,  Ky.,  on  November  9th,  1885,  were  an- 
nounced. 

A  paper  l)y  Clemens  Herschel,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. ,  On  the  Work  Done 
for  the  Preservation  of  the  Dam  at  Holyoke,  Mass.,  in  1885,  and  on 


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some  studies  for  a  new  stone  dam  for  the  same  place  was  read  by  the 
author  and  discussed. 

OF   THE   BOAKD   OF   DIRECTION. 

Januaey  13th,  1886. — Financial  business  Avas  transacted.  The  draft 
of  the  Annual  Report  prepared  by  the  Secretary  was  considered,  and 
the  Report  adopted. 

Januaey  27th,  1886. — In  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  Con- 
stitution, the  following  Standing  Committees  were  appointed: 

On  Finance. — Messrs.  George  S.  Greene,  Jr.,  W.  Howard  White, 
Henry  G.  Morris. 

On  Library. — J.  James  R.  Croes,  Thomas  C.  Keefer,  William  R« 
Hutton. 

Applications  were  considered.     Appropriations  were  made. 

Febkuaky  3d,  1886. — General  biisiness  was  transacted.  It  was  or- 
dered that  the  card  calendar  to  be  issued  for  the  current  year  should 
have  all  time  annoiineements  on  the  24-o'clock  system. 


ADDITIONS  TO 

LIBRARY    AND     MUSEUM. 


From   American    Institute    of    Mining 
Engineers,  Dr.  K.  W.  Raymond,  Sec- 
retary, New  York  City : 
The  Flow  of  Air  and  other  Gases.     Fred.  W. 

Gordon. 
The    Product    and    Exhaustion    of   the    Oil 

Regions  of  Pennsylvania  and  New  York. 

Charles  A.  Ashburuer. 
The  Engineer  and  the  Wage-Earner.     J.  C. 

Baylis. 
Note  on   the  Contraction  of  Iron  on  Sudden 

Cooling.     Henry  M.  Howe. 
Note  on  an  Exhibition  of  Banded  Structure 

in  a  Gold  Veiu.     Charles  M.  Rolher. 
The  Amalgamation   of    Gold   Ores,   and   the 

Loss   of  Gold  and  Silver  in  Chloridizing- 

Roasting  in  the  Stetefeldt  Furnace.     C.  A. 

Stetefeldt. 
Biographical  Notice  of  Charles  O.  Thompson. 

Philip  M.  Moew. 
The  Picton  Coal  Field.     Henry  S  Poole. 
The  Present  Value  of  Steel  Castings.     Arthur 

V.  Abbott. 
The  Distribution  and  Proportions  of  American 

Blast  Furnaces.    John  Birkinbiue. 
The   Works   of   the    Blast    Furnaces   of    the 

North  Chicago  Rolling  Mill  Co.     Fred.  W. 

Gordon. 
A   New   Method   for    the    Determination    of 

Phosphorus  in  Iron  and  Steel.     J.  B.  Mack- 
intosh. 
The    Geology   of    Natural    Gas.     Charles   A. 

Ashburner. 


Gordon's     Improved   Whitwell-Coper    Fire 

brick  Hot-Blast  Stove.     Victor  O.  Strobel. 
Basic  Refractory  Materials.     T.  Egleston. 
Proceedings  of  the  Forty-third  Meeting,  Hali 

fax,  Nova  Scotia,  September,  188.5. 
List  of   Officers,  Members,   Rules,  etc..  No 

vember,  1885. 
The   Improved   Briicker    Cylinders.      R.  W 

Raymond. 
Quicksilver  Condensation  at  New   Almaden 

Samuel  B.  Christie. 
An  Electrical  Furnace  for  Reducing  Refrac 

tory  Ores.     Dr.  T.  Sterry  Hunt. 
Discussion  of  Professor  Byron  W.  Cheever's 

Paper   upon  the  Estimation  of  Manganese 

Carbon   and  Phosphorus  in  Iron  and  Steel, 

A.  E.  Hunt  and  George  H.  Clapp. 
Notes  on  Certain  Iron  Ore  Deposits  in  Colora- 
do.    Charles  M.  Rolker. 
The  Wolf  Benzine-Burning  Safety  Lamp.  E.  J. 

Schnitz . 
Notes  on  the  Leadville  Ore  Deposits.    Charles 

M.  Rolker. 
Topographical    Models:    their    Construction 

and  Uses.     A.  E.  Lehman . 
The   Sydney   Coal  Field,  Cape   Breton,  N.  S. 

W.  Roulledge. 
The  Upper  Measure  Coal  Field  of  Tennessee. 

Henry  E.  Colton. 

From   American   Iron   and  Steel  Abso- 
elation,  Philadelphia: 
A  Letter  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  on 

the  Question    of   Tariff  Revision,   with  an 

Appendix. 


FEBRUARY    PROCEE[)IN(;S. 


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From   Americau  Society  of  Mechanical 
Engineers.  Prof.  F.  R.  Hutton,  Secre- 
tary, New  York  City: 
Transactions.     Vol.  VI.     1885. 

From  T.  Appleton,  East  Saginaw,  Mich. : 

First  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Public 

Works  of  the  City  of  East  Saginaw,  Mich., 

for  the    fiscal    year    ending    January  5th, 

1886. 

From  John  W.  Bacfn,  Danbiiry,  Conn.: 
Thirty-third  Annual  Report  of  the  Railroad 
Commissioners  of  the  State  of  Connecticut 
tor  1885. 

From  Edward  A.  Barber,  Philadelphia: 
The  J  merican  Antiquarian  for  October,  1883; 
January.July,  1884;  May-September,  1885. 
From  H.  A.  Bentley,  Newport,  R.  I.: 
Report  of  the  Consulting  Engineers  on  Ex- 
amination of  the   Sewerage   System  of  the 
City  of  Newport,  R.  I.,  under  the  direction 
of  the  City  Council,  November  27th,  1885. 
From  William  Bliss,  President  Boston 
and  Albany  Railroad,  Boston: 
Annual  Reports  of  the   Boston   and  Albany 
Railroad  Company— 1st  to  4th,  18G8  to  1871 ; 
6th  to  12th,  1873  to  1879;  14th  to  18th,  1881 
to  1885. 

From  James  P.    Bogart,  New  Haven, 
Conn. : 
Fifth  Repoi't  of  the  Shell-Fish  Commi?siouers 
to  the  State  of  Connecticut  to  the   General 
Assembly,  January  Session,  1880. 

From  Boston  Public  Library,  Boston: 
Thirty-third  Annual  Report  of  the  Trustees 
of  the  Public  Library.     1885. 

From  Bureau  of  Education,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C  : 
Historical   Sketches  of  the  Universities  and 

Colleges  of  the  United  States. 
Circulars   of   Informatioi;    of  the   Bureau   of 
Education,  Nos.  3  and  4.     1885. 

From  Bureau  of  Navigation,  Navy  De- 
partment, Washington,  D.  C. : 
Naval  Professional  Papers,  as  follows: 

No.  13— Magnetism:    its    Principles    and 

Application  to  Ships  and  Compasses. 
No.  14 — Experiments  with  Steel. 
No.  15 — Ships,  Guns  and  Armor. 
No.  16— Engines,    Boilers    and   Torpedo 

Boats. 
No.  17^Magnetism    of    Iron    and    Steel 

Ships. 
No.  18— Training  of  Enlisted  Men. 
Report    of    the    Gun-Foundry   Board,   with 

Supplement.     1884. 
Report   of    the   British    Naval  and    Military 
Operations  in  Egypt.     1882.     Part  1,  Text: 
Part  2,  Plates. 
Examples,     Conclusions,     and     Maxims     of 
Modern   Naval   Tactics.      1884.     Text    and 
Plates. 
Papers  on  Naval  Operations  during  the  year 

ending  July,  1885. 
Report  on  the  Exhibits  at  the  Crystal  Palace 

Electrical  Exhibition,  1882. 
Report  upon  the  Comparative  Merits  of  An- 
thracite and  Bituminous  Coal  for  Naval 
use. 
Report  of  Lieutenant  Giles  B.  Harber,  U.  S. 
N  ,  of  his  Search  for  the  Missing  Peoi^le  of 
the  Jeannette  Expedition,  etc. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy 

for  the  year  1885. 
Ships  of  War.     Francis  T.  Bowles. 


Report  of  the  Surgeon-General  of  the  Navy 
for  the  year  1884. 

Register  of  the  Commissioned  and  Warrant 
Officers  of  the  Navy  of  the  United  States, 
including  Officers  of  the  Marine  Corps. 
January  1,  1886. 

From   F.  W.  Bussing,   Editor   of    the 
Deulddie  Bauzeitung,  Berlin,  Prussia  : 

Hulfswisseuschaften  zur  Baukunde.    Part  1. 
From  Eliot  G.  Clarke,  Boston  : 

Report  of  a  Commission  to  Consider  a  Gen- 
eral System  of  Drainage  for  the  Valleys  of 
the  Mystic,  Blackstone  and  Charles  Rivers, 
Mass.,  1886. 

From  L.  E.  Cooley,  Evanston,  111.: 

A  Rational  Policy  of  Public  Works.  L.  E. 
Cooley. 

From   Elmer  L.    Corthell,    New   York 
City  : 

The  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Ship  Railway  across 
the  Isthmus  of  Tehuantepec,  in  Mexico, 
considered  Commercially,  Politically  and 
Constructively.  Elmer  L.  Corthell,  Chief 
Engineer. 

Discusion  del  Opuscule  de  E.  Sweet.  La 
Arapliacion  Radical  del  Canal  Erie.  E.  L. 
Corthell. 

From  William  A.  Crafts,  Clerk  Board  of 
Railroad  Commissioners,  Boston  : 

Sixth  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Rail- 
road Commissioners  for  1874. 

Returns  of  the  Railroad  and  Street  Railway 
Corporations  as  reported  to  the  Board  of 
Railroad  Commissioners  for  the  year  end- 
ing September  30,  1877. 

Thirteenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of 
Railroad  Commissioners  for  the  year  1881. 
From    Lieut-Col     Wm.    P.     Craighil, 
Baltimore  : 

Strategy  and  Tactics.  Gen.  G.  H.  Dufour. 

From  Joseph  P.  Davis,  New  York  City: 

Argument  of  Mr.  James  J.  Storrow  and  Mr. 
Edward  N.  Dickerson  for  Mr.  Bell  and  the 
Bell  Company.  In  the  Matter  of  Aiiplica- 
tions  for  Leave  to  Bring  Suits  in  the  Name 
of  the  United  States  to  Cancel  the  Bell 
Patent,  174,405,  of  March  7,  1876. 

Manufacturer  and  Builder.  Vols.  I  to  VII, 
1869  to  1875,  inclusive. 

Trial  of  Lynn,  Mass.,  Pumping  Engine,  1873. 

Specifications  for  Paving  to  be  Executed  for 
the  Health  Committee  of  the  Borough  of 
Liverpool. 

Of  Sewerage  Work  to  be  Executed  for  the 
Health  Committee  of  the  Borough  of 
Liverpool. 

Sheets  of  Apportionment  of  Cost  of  Paving, 
Channeling,  Curbing  and  Flagging. 

Boston,  Mass.,  Municipal  Register  for  the 
years  1873-74-75-77-79. 

Auditor's  Report  of  the  City  of  Boston  for  the 
years  1872  to  1878,  iuclusive. 

Thirty-third,  Thirty-fourth  and  Thirty-fifth 
Annual  Reports  oi'  the  Board  of  Education 
of  Boston,  Mass.,  1869  to  1871,  inclusive. 

The  Census  of  Massachusetts  for  the  year 
1875.     Vols.  I,  Hand  III. 

Report  of  the  School  Committee  of  Boston, 
Mass.,  1871-72-73-75. 

Manuscript  Record  of  Tests  of  Turbines. 

Report  of  Boston  Water  Board  on  supply  of 
Cochituate  Water  for  East  Boston,  Mass., 
1879. 


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FEBKUAllY    PROCEEDINGS. 


First  Annual  Eoport  of  the   Boston    Water 

Board  for  the  j'ear  ending  April  30,  1877 
Thirty-fourth   and   Thirty-fifth  Annual  Ke- 
ports    of    the    Boston     Fire    Department, 
1871-72. 
Report  of  the  Commissioners  appointed  to 
Investigate  the  Cause  and   Management  of 
the  Great  Fire  in  Boston. 
Eeport  of  a  Commission  appointed  to  Con- 
sider a  General  System  of  Drainage  for  the 
Valleys  of  Mystic,  Blackstone  and  Charles 
Eivers,  Mass. 
A  Digest  of  Decisions  of  Municipal  Interest 
of  the   Supreme  Judicial  Court  of  Massa- 
chusetts, ISO't-e.'). 
Catalogue  of  the  City  Library,  Lowell,  Mass. 
St.   Louis,  Mo.,  Mayor's  Message,  with  ac- 
companying   documents.      May    Session, 
1870. 
A  Pure  Water  Supply  and  its  Preservation. 
Thirteenth  Annual  Rej^ort  of  the  Columbia 

Oil  Company  for  the  year  1874. 
Report  of  the   Metropolitan   Drainage  Com- 
missioners for  1885. 
Union    Hydraulic    Works.      Catalogue    and 

Price  List. 
Provisions  of  the  Ship  Railway  Concession 
from  the   Mexican   Republic   to  James  K. 
Eads,  May  9,  1885. 
Assainissement   de  la   Seine.    Epnration  et 
Utilisation  des  Eaux  d'egout.      Vo  s.  I  and 
II,  et  Documents  Administratifs. 
Die  Anlage   Von  Kliirbecken   und  Rieselfel- 
dern  zur  Reiniguug  der  Abfltisse  aus  den 
Stiidtischen  Schwemmsielen. 
The   Works   of   the   Edgar  ThomiJson   Steel 
Company. 

From  E.  B.  Dorsey,  London: 
Annual  Reports  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of 
the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company,  from 
1883  to  1885. 
Lookwood's  Builder's  and  Contractor's  Price 

Book  for  1884. 
Philips'  special  large  scale  War  Map  of  the 
Soudan,  extending  to  Suakim,  on  the  Bed 
Sea,  with  enlarged  plan  of  Khartoum,  1885. 
The  Financial  Reform  Almanac  for  1885. 
Whitaker's  Almanack  for  1885. 
International  Inventions  Exhibition  Official 
Catalogues. 

From  George  Downe,  Eandwick,  Syd- 
ney, New  South  Wales,  Australia  : 
Report  by   the  Commissioner  for  Railways 
and  Tramways  of  New  South  Wales  for  the 
year  1884. 

From  Dyckerhoff  &    Sohne,    Amoene- 
burg,  Germany  : 
Uber     die     Entwickelung    der    Deutschen 
Cement  Industrie  und  iiber  die  Methoden 
der  Untersuchung     des     Cements     unter 
Vorftthrung    der   dazu   Erforderlische  Ap- 
parate.    Dr.  Delbrilck.    Stettin.    1885. 
Fi'om  N.  H.  Egleston,   Forestry   Divi- 
sion, Agricultural  Department,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C: 
Value  and  Management  of  Government  Tim- 
ber   Lauds,    and     Distribution    of    North 
American  Forest  Trees. 

From  G.  Howard  Filers,  Chicago: 

Report  of  Proceedings  of  the  Illinois  State 

Board  of  Health.     October  29  and 30,  1885. 

A  Proposed  system  of  Water  Supply  for  the 

Town  of  Jefferson,  111.,  adjoining  the  City 

of  Chicago. 


From  Engineers'  Society  of  Western 
Pennsylvania,  S.  M.Wickersham,  Sec- 
retary. Pittsl)urgh: 
Standard  Rail  Sections  and  Fish-Bar  Joints. 
The  Conveyance  of  Gas. 
The  Torsion  Balance. 

From  George  E.  Evans,  City  Engineer 
Lowell,  Mass.: 
Five  Photographs  of  Beacon  Street  Reservoir, 
Lowell,  Mass.: 

From  M.  N.  Forney,  New  York  City: 
Report  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  Nineteenth 
Annual  Convention  of  the  Master  Car- 
Builders'  Association,  held  in  the  Hygeia 
Hotel,  at  Old  Point  Comfort,  Va.,  June  9, 
10,  11  and  12,  1885. 

From  Franklin  Institute, Philadelphia: 
Report  of  Examiners  of  Section  XXII,  Electric 
Signalizing  and  Registering  Apparatus,  etc. 
Report  of  a  Special  Committee  on  Competi- 
tive Tests  of   Dynamo-Electric  Machines, 
and  on  Mechanical  and  Electrical  Tests  of 
Conducting  Wires. 
Report  of  Examiners  of  Section  XII,  Gas  En- 
gines. 

From  E.  A.  Gieseler,  Superintendent  of 
Construction,    Fourth     Light-house 
District,  Philadelphia  : 
Paper  on    Tidal    Theory    and  Tidal    Predic- 
tions    (reprinted  from  Franklin  Institute 
Journal,  March,  1885.) 

From  Charles   Glackmeyer,  City  Clerk, 
Montreal,  Canada  : 
Reports  on  the  Accounts  of  the  Corjjoration 
of  the  City  of  Montreal,  and  Reports  of  the 
City  Officials  for  the  year  1884. 

From  John  C.  Goodrich,  Jr.,  New  York 
City: 
Can  the  Temperature  of  the  Atlantic  States  be 
Changed?  (reprinted  from  Scientific  Ameri- 
can of  October  31,  1885.) 

From  George  S.  Greene,  Jr.,  Engineer- 

in-Chief  Dexmrtment  of  Docks,  New 

York  City: 

Annual  Report  of  the  Department  of  Docks 

for  the  year  ending  April  30, 1885,  together 

with   the   Minutes  of  the  Department  for 

the  same  year. 

From  William  Hamilton,  Superintend- 
ent  Toronto   Water- works,  Toronto, 
Canada : 
Annual    Report   of    the   City   Engineer  and 
Manager  of  the  Water-works,  for  the  year 
ending  December  31,  1883. 

From  E.  W.  Harrison.  Jersey  City,  N  J.: 
Comparative  Schedules  showing  the  Loca- 
tion, Cost  of  Eciuipment,  Annual  Earnings, 
Operating  Cost,  Expenses,  Taxes,  etc.,  of 
Railroads  in  New  York,  Pennsylvania, 
Massachusetts,  Connecticut  and  Ohio. 

From  Gen.  W.  B.  Hazen,  Chief  Signal 
Officer  U.  S.  A.,  Washington,  D.  C: 
Professional   Papers   of  the   Signal   Service, 

No.  XVIII. 
Thermometer  Exposure. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Chief  Signal  Officer  of 
the  Army  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  for  the 
year  1884. 

From  Major  David  Porter  Heap,  En- 
gineer-Secretary  U.    S.  Light-house 
Board,  Washington,  D.C.: 
Annual  Report  of  the  Light-house  Board  to 
the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  for  the  fiscal 
year  ended  June  30,  1885. 


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31 


From  Frank  W.  Hodgdon,  Boston  : 

Annual  Report  of  the  Harbor  and  Land  Com- 
missioners for  the  year  1885. 

From  Louis  M.  Haiipt,  Philadelphia: 

The  American  Eu^jineering  Register,  1885. 
From  N.  H.  Hutton,  Baltimore: 

Annual  Keport  of  the  Harbor  Board  for  the 
fiscal  year  ending  December  31,  1885. 

From  William  A.  Ingham,  Secretary 
Board  of  Commissioners  Second  Geo- 
logical Survey  of  Pennsylvania,  Har- 
risburgh  : 

Second  Report  of  Progress  in  the  Anthracite 
Coal  Region.     Part  I. 

The  Geology  of  Natural  Gas  in  Pennsylvania 
and  New  York. 

The  Product  and  Exhaustion  of  the  Oil  Re- 
gions of  Pennsylvania  and  New  York. 

Report  of  Cameron,  Elk  and  Forest  Counties. 
Part  II. 

Report  of  Huntingdon  County,  T,  3,  and  of 
Delaware  C,  5,  and  Atlas  Eastern  Middle 
Anthracite  Field. 

Oraud  Atlas,  Div.  II,  Part  II;  Div.  IV,  Part  I; 
and  Div.  V,  Part  I. 

From  Institute  of  Engineers  and  Ship- 
builders. W.  .J.  Millar,  Secretary, 
Glasgow.  Scotland: 

Transactions.     Vol.  XXVIII,  1884-83. 

From  Institution  of  Civil  Engineers, 
James  Forrest,  Secretary,  London: 

Proceedings.     Vol.  LXXXI,  1884-85,  Pt.  III. 

Proceedings.      Vol.  LXXXII,  1884-85,  Pt.  IV. 

Brief  Subioct  Index.  Vols.  LIX  to  LXXXII, 
Sessions  1879-80  to  1884-85. 

The  Signaling  of  the  London  and  North 
Western  Railway.  Arthur  Moore  Thompson 
(with  an  abstract  of  the  discussion  upon 
the  paper). 

The  Semicircular  Timber  Roof-Truss  de- 
signed by  the  late  Captain  F.  Fowke,  R.  E. 
Gilbert  Richard  Redgrave. 

Spanish  Tidal  Flour  Mills.  Alexander  Fairlie 
Bruce. 

The  Copper  Mines  of  Butte  City.  Montana, 
with  an  Estimate  of  the  Amount  and  Cost 
of  Production.     David  William  Bi'unlon. 

On  Rivers  Flowing  intoTideless  Seas:  illus- 
trated by  the  River  Tiber.  William  Shel- 
ford  (with  an  abstract  of  the  discussion 
upon  the  paper). 

Erection  of  a  Howe  Truss  Bridge  over  the  first 
crossing  of  the  Columbia  River.  British 
Columbia,  on  the  Canadian  Pacific  Rail- 
way.    Charles  Anthony  Stoess. 

Machinery  for  the  Manufacture  of  Nitrate  of 
Soda  at  the  Ramirez  Factory,  Northern 
Chili.     Robert  Harvey. 

The  Iron  r.ridges  on  the  Hull.  Barnsley  and 
West  Riding  Junction  Railway.  Frederick 
Milfrid  Scott  Stokes. 

Abstract  of  Papers  in  Foreign  Transactions 
and  Periodicals. 

A  Series  of  Lectures  on  the  Theory  and  Prac- 
tice of  Hydro-Mechanics 

Corrosion  of  Metals  during  Long  Exposure 
in  Sea  Water.     Thomas  Andrews. 

Mouth  of  the  River  Rhone    Adolphe  Guerard. 

Electric  Lighting  for  Railway  Trains,  Will- 
iam Stroudley. 

Removal  of  Shoals  by  Propeller-Sluicing  on 
the  Columbia  River,  Oregon,  U.  S.  Harry 
Hawgood. 

Inland  Navigation  in  Europe.  Sir  Charles 
A.  Hartley. 


Forms  of  Ships.     Sir  Edward  J.  Reed. 

Tides  and  Coast  Works.     Thomas  Stevenson. 

The  Design  and  Construction  of  Railway 
Rolling  Stock  in  Italy.     S.  Fadda. 

The  Construction  of  Locomotive  Engines. 
William  Stroudley. 

Experiments  on  the  Measurement  of  Water 
over  Weirs.  Bryan  Donkin  and  Frank 
Salter. 

The  Oil  Wells  of  Baku.     F.  Vasilieff. 

Heat  in  its  Mechanical  Api^lications:  A  Series 
of  Lectures  delivered  at  the  Institution  of 
Civil  Engineers.     Session  1883-84. 

On  the  Energy  of  Fuel  in  Locomotive  En- 
gines.    Granville  Calyle  Cuningham. 

The  Salt  Industry  of  Stassfurt.  Hilary  Bauer- 
man. 

The  Karachi  Water-works.      James  Strachan. 

Concrete  Building  at  Simla,  India.  Walter 
Smith. 

On  an  Improved  Method  of  Lighting  Vessels 
Under  Way  at  Night.     Bradford  Leslie. 
From  M.  R.  Jetferds,  London : 

The  Panama  Canal:  Its  History,  its  Political 
Aspects,  and  Financial  Difficulties.  J.  C. 
Rodrigues. 

Chemin  de  fer  a  Rail  unique  sureleve:  sys- 
tem Lartigiie. 

Distances,  Topographies,  and  Curved  Lines 
in  any  way  and  direction. 

From  William  W.  Jefiferis,  West   Ches- 
ter, Penn : 

A  New  General  Atlas  exhibiting  the  five  great 
divisions  of  the  globe.  By  M.  Walter  Brun. 

Historical  Collections  of  the  State  of  Penn- 
sylvania for  the  year  1843. 

History  of  the  97th  Regiment  Pennsylvania 
Volunteer  Infantry  during  the  War  of  the 
Rebellion,  1861-G5. 

From   William  A.   Jefferis,  New  York 
Citv: 

Railroad  Gazelle  from  April  1  to  December 
30,  1871. 

Tan  Noslrand's  Eclectic  Engineering  Magazine, 
.\pril  to  December.  1870. 

American  Edition  of  the  British  Encyclo- 
pedia.    1817. 

Annual  Register  of  the  Rensselaer  Polytech- 
nic institute,  1866. 

Official  Army  Register  for  1867. 

Riverside,  Chicago,  111.,  in  1871,  with  a  de- 
scription of  its  improvements,  together 
with  some  engravings  of  views  and  build- 
ings. 

Sixteenth  Annual  Report  of  the  President 
and  Directors  of  the  Northern  Central 
Railway  Company  for  the  year  1870. 

Railroad  Communication  Across  the  Conti- 
nent, with  an  account  of  the  Central  Pacific 
Railroad  of  California  for  May,  1867,  and 
February,  1868. 

The  Union  Pacific  Railroad  from  Omaha, 
Nebraska,  across  the  Continent:  its  Con- 
struction, Resources,  Earnings  and  Pros- 
pects for  January  and  May,  1867. 

Opinion  on  the  Validity  and  Sufficiency  in 
Law  of  the  First  Mortgage  Bonds  of  the 
Union  Pacific  Railroad  Company. 

An  Act  to  Aid  in  the  Construction  of  a  Rail- 
road and  Telegraph  Line  from  the  Missouri 
River  to  the  Pacific  Ocean;  approved  July 
1,  1862. 

By-Laws  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  together 
with  the  Charter  of  the  Wilmington  and 


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Reading  Railroad  Company,  and  the  sup- 
plement for  the  year  1866. 
Report  of  the   Directors  of  the  Wilmington 
and   Reading   Railroad    Company   for  the 
year  1869. 
Sixth  Annual   Report  of  the  Board  of  Com- 
missioners of  Prospect  Park,  Brooklyn,  for 
the  year  1866. 
Circular   Pamphlet  of  the  Philadelphia   Hy- 
draulic Water-works  for  1871. 
Contract     for    Cross-Ties     Painesville    and 

Youngstown  Railroad  Company. 
Contract  of  Painesville  and  Hudson  Railroad. 
Fairmount  Park:    Sketches  of  its   Scenery, 
Waters  and  History,  lor  the  year  1871. 
From  E.  H.  Keating,  Halifax,  N.  S. : 
Report  on  the  Wooden  Graving  Dock  at  St. 
John's,  Newfoundland.    E.  H.  Keating. 
From     Charles     Latimer,    Cleveland, 
Ohio: 
Atlantic  and  Great  Western  Railroad  Chart. 
Financial  and   Operating  Statistics  of  the 
Road  for  a  Period  of  Fourteen  years. 

From  J.  Fras.  Le  Baron,  Jacksonville, 
Fla.: 
Constitution  and  By-Laws  of  the  Southern 
Society  of   Civil  Engineers,   Jacksonville, 
Fla. 

From  L.  J.  Le  Conte,  Oakland,  Cal  : 
Are  Not  Dynamite  Catastrophes  Intimately 
Associated  with  Electric  Phenomena?  L  J. 
Le  Conte.  From  Transactions  of  the  Techni- 
cal Society  of  the  Pacific  Coast,  August, 
1885. 

From  Capt.  D.  A.  Lyle,  Ordnance  De- 
partment U.  S.  A.,  Boston: 
Annual  Report  of  the  Operation  of  the  United 
States  Life  Saving  Service  for  the  fiscal  year 
ending  June  30,  1884. 

From    Manchester    Ship   Canal    Com- 
pany, Manchester,  England: 
Manchester  Ship  Canal.    Description  of  the 
Project  now  before   Parliament,  January, 
1884. 
Reply  of  Mr.  Pember,  Q.  C,  on  behalf  of  the 

Promoters  of  the  Bill. 
A  Reply  to  Mr.  A.  Provand's  Address.     Criti- 
cism by  a  Supporter  of  the  Canal. 
How  the  Railway  Companies  are  Crippling 
British     Industry     and     Destroying    the 
Canals. 
Some  Local  Considerations  in  relation  to  the 

projiosed  Manchester  Ship  Canal. 
Engineers'  Reports  and  Reports  of  the  Pro- 
visional Committee. 
The  London  Daily  and  Periodical  Press   on 

the  Question. 
Map  of  the  Manchester  Ship  Canal,  with  a 
Description  of  the  Plans  prepared  for  the 
Session  1885. 

From  Charles  C.  Martin,  Brooklyn: 
Report  of  the  Trustees  of  the  New  York  and 
Brooklyn  Bridge  for  the  year  ending  De- 
cember 1st,  1885. 

From   Robert  K.  Martin,  Chief  Engi- 
neer Water    Department,  Baltimore, 
Md.: 
Report  of  the  Water  Department  of  the  City 
of  Baltimore,  for  the  years  1864, 1865,  1867, 
1868.  1870,  1872  to  1874,   1877,  1879,    1880, 
1884. 

From  C.  A.  McNeale,  Secretary  St.  Paul 
Chamber  of  Commerce  St.  Paul, 
Minn.: 


Annual  Report  of  the  St  Paul  Chamber  of 
Commerce  for  the  year  ending  December 
31st,  1884. 

From  A.  Marichal,  Philadelphia: 
Manual  of  the  Curvograph.  A.  Marichal,  C.  E. 
From    Mining    Institute   of  Scotland 
James  Barrowmau,  Secretary,  Ham- 
ilton: 
Official  Catalogue  of  Exhibits  of  the  Mining 
Exhibition  held  at    Burubank  Drill  Hall, 
Great  Western   Road,   Glasgow,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Mining  Institute   of  Scot- 
land, 1st  till  24th  September,  1885. 

From  Gratz  Mordecai,  New  York  City. 
A  Report  on  the  Terminal  Facilities  for 
Handling  Freight  for  the  Railroads  enter- 
ing the  Port  of  New  York. 
Map  of  New  York  City  and  surroundings. 
Illustrating  and  accompanying  a  report  on 
the  Terminal  Facilities  for  Handling 
Freight  of  the  Railroads  entering  the  Port 
of  New  York  for  1885. 

From   George   S.   Morison,   New  York 
City: 
Lithographed  Drawing  of  Deck  Span  of  New 

Omaha  Bridge,  Central  Pacific  Railroad. 
Specifications    for  Superstructure    of    New 
Bridge  across  the  Missouri  River  at  Omaha, 
Neb. 
Report  of  the  President  and  Directors  of  the 
Ohio  and  Mississippi  Railway  Company  to 
the  Stockholders  for  the  year  ending  June 
30,  1885. 
The  Eighth,  Eighteenth,  Twentieth,  Twenty- 
first,    Twenty- second    and    Twenty-third 
.\.nnual  Reports  of  the  Maine  Central  Rail- 
road Company  for    the    years  1878-80   to 
1884. 

From  New  York  State  Board  of  Health, 
Albany: 
Monthly   Bulletin   for    August,   September, 
October,  November  and  December,  1885. 
From  Prof.  Simon  Newcomb,  U.  S.  N., 
Supt.       American     Ephemeris     and 
Nautical  Almanac,Washington,D.C.: 
The  American  Ephemeris   and   Nautical  Al- 
manac, Washington,  D.  C. 
Astronomical  Papers  prepared  for  the  use  of 
the  American  Ephemeris  and  Nautical  Al- 
manac, Vol.  II,  Parts  III  and  IV;  and  Vol. 
Ill,  Part  IV,  1885. 

From  Gen  John  Newton,  Chief  of  En- 
gineers  U.  S.  A.,  Washington,  D.  C: 
Official  Army  Register  for  January,  1886. 
Report  from  the  ilississippi  River  Commis- 
sion recommending  an  immediate    appro- 
priation of  $50,000  for  the  general  work  of 
surveys.  .     . 

Report  of  the   Misso\iri  River  Commission 
recommending  an   immediate  appropria- 
tion. . 
Report    of    the   Joint    Commission  for   the 
Completion  of  the  Washington  Monument. 
Report  relating  to  Causeways,  Bridges,  etc., 
in  process  of  erection,  that  may  interfere 
with  navigation. 
Advertisements.Specifications  and  Proposals, 

as  follows; 
Ice  Pier  at  Point  Pleasant,  W.  Va. 
Improving  Harbor  at  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
Toledo  Harbor,  Ohio. 

Dredging  at  Ogdensburg  Harbor,  New   lorK 
Removal  of  Wrecks  in  the  Delaware  River. 
Proposals  for  Rubble  Stone . 


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Furnislaing  Rip-rap  Granite  for  the  Eastern 
Jetty  at  Nantucket,  Mass,  and  placing  the 
same  in  the  Jetty. 
Proijosals  for  the  Weighing  and  for  the  Pur- 
chase of  Iron  removed  from  the  Wreck  of 
the  Steamer  Nankin,  New  York  Harbor. 
Removal    of  the  Wreck    of    the  Steamship 

Perkwinen. 
Replacing   the   Concrete   and  Wooden   Plat- 
forms   for  Heavy  Guns  by  Concrete  Plat- 
forms for  the  same  Guns,  at  Forts  Jackson 
and  St.  Philip,  La. 
For  Supplies  and  Material. 
Removal  of  the  Wreck  of  the  Steamer  Dic- 
tator, now   laying   in   Harbor  at  Tampa, 
Florida. 
Removing  Obstructions   in  East  Eiver  and 

Hell  Gate,  New  York. 
Timber  for  Gates  and  Wickets  of  Lock  and 

Dam  No.  6. 
Removal  of  the  Wreck   of  the  Sunken  Scow 

now  lying  in  Harbor  atTamjia,  Florida. 
Fairport  Harbor,  Ohio. 

Repairs   of  Bridge   over    the   Moat  at  Fort 
Montgomery,  N.  Y. 

From    New   York    Meteorological  Ob- 
servatory,    Department    of     Public 
Parks,  Dr.  Daniel  Draper,  Director, 
New  York  City: 
Abstract  of  Registers  from  Self-recording  In- 
struments, October  and  November,  1885. 
From  William  Ripley  Nichols,  Boston  : 
A  Study  of  the  Relative  Poisonous  Effects  of 

Coal  and  Water  Gas. 
An  Address  before  the  Section  of  Chemistry 
of  the   American  Association  for  the  Ad- 
vancement of   Science  at  Ann  Arbor,  Au- 
gust, 1885. 

From    Richard   B.   Osborne,  Philadel- 
phia: 
Select  Plans   of  Engineering  Structures  for 
Railroads  and  Highways. 

From  W.    B.  Parsons,  Jr.,   New   Y'ork 
City: 
The  New  York  District  Railway  Company, 
with  the  Opinions   of  the  Press,   Letters, 
etc. 

From  E.  Pontzen,  Paris,  France: 
Etude  practique  sur  la  Cement   de  Portland 
Fabrication,     Proprietes,       Emploi.      E. 
Candlot. 
Les  Chemins  de  Fer  Russes,  1857-62. 

From   J.  W.   PoweU,  Director   United 
States   Geological  Survey,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C: 
Oe  the  Organization  of  Scientific  Work  of  the 
General  Government. 

From   George  W.    Rafter,    Rochester, 
N.Y  : 
Final   Report  on   Construction   of  the  Fre- 
donia    Water-vvorks    at    Fredonia,    Chau- 
tauqua County,  N.  Y.     G.  W.  Rafter. 

From  Rektor  Technischen  Hochschule, 
Hanover,  Germany: 
Catalogue  of  the  Library   of  the   Technical 
High  School,  Berlin,  Germany. 

From     Henry    H.    Remfoy,    Calcutta, 
India  : 
Pamphlet     on    Patents.    Information    and 
Forms   for    India,    Ceylon,  Straits   Settle- 
ments and  Hong  Kong. 

From  John  A.  Russell,  San  Francisco. 
Cal.: 
San  Francisco  Municipal  Reports  for  the 


Fiscal    Y'ear    1881-85,   ending  June   cOth, 
1885. 

From     D.    C.   Sanford,    New    Haven, 
Conn.: 
Proceedings  of  the  Connecticut  Association 
of  Civil  Engineers  and  Surveyors,  held  at 
Middletown,  Conn.,  September  25lh,  1885. 
From  Major  Altred  F.  Sears,  Brockton, 
Mass. : 
Paper  on    the   Glover  System.     Disposal  of 
the  Sewage  of  Brockton,  1885. 

From  Hon.  J.  B.  Shaw,  New  York  City: 
New  York  Supreme  Court.    In  the  Matter  of 
the  Petition  of  the  New  York  Cable  Railway 
Company,   Vol.   I.,    containing  Record  of 
Proceedings  before  Supreme  Court  Com- 
missioners, including  Articles  of  Associa- 
tions  and   Map   of  Petitioner's  Routes  of 
Railway. 
Objectors'  case  before  Guy  R.  Pelton,  Will- 
iam  C.    Traphagen    and  Leroy  B.  Crane, 
Vols.  I  and  II. 
Proceedings   of     Commissioners    of     Rapid 

Transit  of  New  York  for  1884. 
Report  of  Commissioners. 
Vols.  I  and  II.     General   Term,  First  Depart- 
ment.    In  the  Matter  of  the  Petition  of  the 
New  York  Cable  Railway  Company.  Vol.  I. 
Record  of  Proceedings,  Vol.  11,  Petition- 
ers' Proofs. 
Concluding  Argument  by  Charles  P.  Shaw. 
From    Massachusetts    State   Board   of 
Health,  Lunacy  and  Charity,  Boston: 
Sixth  Annual   Report  of  the  State  Board  of 
Health,  Lunacy  and  Charity  of  Massachu- 
setts for  1884-85. 

From  Prof.  George  F.  Swain,  Boston: 
Twenty-first      Annual      Catalogue     of     the 
Officers  and  Students  of  the  Massachusetts 
Institute  of  Technology,  with  a  statement 
of  the. Courses  of  Instruction  for  1885-86. 
From  Hon.  E.  Sweet,  State  Engineer 
and  Surveyor,  Albany,  N.  Y.: 
Report   of  Canal    Cominitsioners,    State    of 

New  York,  for  1876. 
Annual    Financial  Report  of    Auditor    for 

1880. 
Annual  Report  of  Auditor  on  Tolls,   Trade 
and  Tonnage  of  the  Canals  for  1854,  1873, 
1881. 
Annual  Report  of  State  Engineer  and  Sur- 
veyor on  the  Canals  for  1882. 

From  Robert  Surtees,  Ottawa,  Canada: 
Annual  Eeport  of  the  Water-works  Commit- 
tee for  the  year  ending  October   31,   1885, 
with  Official  Report. 

From    William    F.    Switzler,   Chitf  of 

Bureau    of    Statistics,    Washington, 

D.  C: 

Annual  Report  and  Statements  of  the  Chief  of 

the  Bureau  of    Statistics   on  the  Foreign 

Commerce  and   Navigation,  Immigration 

and  Tonnage  of  the  United  States,  for  the 

fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1885. 

From     Union  Bridge    Company,   New 
York  City: 
Photograph     of    Kentucky      and      Indiana 

Bridge. 
Photograph  of  the  Double  Cantilever  Bridge 
over  the   Ohio   River,  between   Louisville 
and  New  Albany,  now  being  erected  by  the 
Union  Bridge  Comisany. 


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From  U.  S.  Coast  and  Geodetic  Survey, 

Washington,  D.  C. 

Report  of   the   Superiateudent  of  the  U.  S. 

Coast  and   Geodetic  Survey,  showing  the 

progress  of  the  work  during  the  fiscal  year 

ending  with  June,  1881. 

From  United  States  Geological  Survey, 
Washington,  D.  C: 
Mineral  Resources  of  the  United  States,  1883 

and  1884. 
Bulletins  of  the  United  States  Geological  Sur- 
vey, Nos.  7-23. 

From   United  States   Naval   Institute, 
Annapolis,  Md. 
Proceedings,  Vol.  XI,  No.  4. 

From  Irving  S.  Upson,  Librarian  Rut- 
gers College,  New  Brunswick,  N.  J.: 
Catalogue   of  the  Officers   and   Students   of 
Rutgers  College  1885-86. 

From  D.  Van  Nostrand,  New  York  City: 
A  Practical  Treatise  on  Hydraulic  Mining  in 
California.  Aug.  J.  Bowie,  Jr. 

From  George  W.  Van  Siclen,  New  York 
City: 
Guide  to  Buyers  and  Sellers  of  Real  Estate; 
how  to  Draw  a  Contract,  etc. 

From  Prof.  George  L.  Vose,  Boston: 
A  Sketch  of  the  Life  and  Works  of  Loammi 
Baldwin,  Civil  Engineer. 

From   Welton  &   Bonnett,  Waterbury, 

Conn.: 

Nineteenth   Report  of  the   Board   of  Water 

Commissioners  of  the  City  of  Waterbury, 

Conn.,  for  the  year  ending  December  31st, 

1885. 

From  A.  M.  Wellington,    New    York 
City: 
Profile  and  Tracing  of  Georgetown,  Brecken- 
ridge    and  Leadville  Railway  ;  also  state- 
ment   published    in   Railroad   Gazette    of 
November  27th,  1885. 

From  Edmund  B.  Weston,  Providence, 
R.I. 
Bulletin  of  the  New  England  Meteorological 
Society  for   July,  August,  September,  Oc- 
tober, November  and  December,  1885. 

From    W.   Howard   White,   New  York 
City: 
Railroad  (iazetle  for  July,   August,   Septem- 
ber and  October,  1879. 
Report  upon  the  Contemplated  Metropolitan 
Railroad  of  the  City  of  New   York.     A.  P. 
Robinson. 

From  Albert  Williams,   Jr..    Chief  of 

Division    of  Mining   Statistics    and 

Te^'hnologv  United  States  Geological 

Survey,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Statistics  of  the  Production  of  the  Precious 

Metals.      By  Clarence  King.    1881. 
Placer  Mines  and  Mining  Ditches. 
The  Mming  of  Gold  and  Silver. 
Popular  Fallacies  regarding  Precious  Metals. 
Mining    Geology    of    the   Eureka    District, 

Nevada.    J.S.  Curtis. 
Geological  Sketches   of  the   Precious   Metal 
Deposits  of  the  Western  United  States.     S. 
F.  Emmous. 
Abstract  of  a   Report  upon  the  Geology  and 
Mining  Industry  of  Leadville,  District   of 
Colorado.     S.  F.  Emmons. 
Blineral  Products  of  the   United  States,  1882 
and  1884. 


Chart  showing  the  Mineral  Products  of  the 
United  States  in  the  calendar  years  1882, 
1883  and  1884. 

From  Prof.  De  Volson  Wood,  Hoboken, 
N.  J.: 
The  Luminiferous  jEther. 

From  William  E.  Worthen,  New  York 
City: 
Recoi'd  of  Meeting  of  Common  Council  of 
the  City  of  Albany,  November,  30th,  1885, 
containing  report  of  William  E.  Worthen 
on  Sources  of  Additional  Water  Supply  for 
Albany. 

From  Col.  Carroll  D.  Wright,  Chief  of 
Bureau  of  Statistics  of  Labor,  Boston: 
Fifth,  Seventh,  Tenth  and  Sixteenth  Annual 
Reports  of  the  Bureau  of  Statistics  of  Labor. 
Massachusetts. 
Statistics  of  Drunkenness  and  Liquor  Selling 
under  Prohibitory  and  License  Legislation, 
1874  and  1877. 
Intemperance  and  Crime. 
Fall  River,  Lowell  and  Lawrence. 
The  Canadian-French  in  New  England. 
The  Working  Girls  of  Boston. 
Employers'  Liability  for  Personal  Injuries  to 

their  Employees. 
Industrial     Conciliation     and    Arbitration. 
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1881. 
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from  Public  Statutes.  1884. 
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of  the  National  Convention  of  Chiefs  and 
Commissioners  of  Bureaus  of  Statistics  of 
Labor  in  the  United  States .  1883, 1884  and 
1885. 

From  Charles  G.  Yale,  Secretary  Tech- 
nical  Society  of    the    Pacific  Coast, 
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Transactions,  Vol.   I,    March    to  December, 
1884;    and  Vol.  II,    January  to   Seiitember, 
1885;   and  Record  of  Meetings  for  Septem- 
ber 5th  and  October  3d,  1884. 
From  other  sources  : 
Safety  Electric  Power  Company.     Daft  Sys- 
tem. 
Forty-fifth   Annual  Announcement   of   Lec- 
tures   and    Catalog\ie    University   of    the 
City  of  New  York,  Session  1885-8R. 
Report   of    the   Proposed  Extension  of   the 

Water-works  East  of  Rockville  Centre. 
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Vols.  VII    and  VIII.    January  26th,  1859,  to 

December  5th,  1860. 
Vols.  IX  and  X.      January  1st,  1861,  to  De- 
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Vols.   XI,  XII    and  XIII.     January,  1863,  to 
December,  1865. 

The  Diplomatic  Review,  London,  Eng- 
land: 
Book   IV,  Vols  XIV  to  XVIII.    January,  1866, 
to  October,  1870. 


FEBRUARY    PROCEEDINGS.  35 

LIST    OF    ]M  EMBERS. 


ADDITIONS, 


Date  of  Election 
EcKEET,  Edwaed  William Engineer  Massillon  Bridge  Co., 

Massillon,  Ohio Feb.    3,  1886. 

KiLLEBEEW,  Samuel Saltillo,  Coahuila,  Mexico Sept.  2,  1885. 

Mills,  James  Ellison Quincy,  Plumas  Co.,  Cal Feb.    3,   1886. 

ScHEEZEE,  Albeet  John (Care  W.  H.  Harned),  20G  South 

4th  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa Jan.    6,  1886. 

Spencee,  Samuel Vice-President    Baltimore    and 

Ohio  R.  Pi.,  Baltimore,  Md...Sept.  2,  1885. 
Weight,  Edwaed  Thomas County  Surveyor,  Los  Angeles, 

Cal Feb.    3,  1886. 


associates. 

BuEEOws,  Geoege  Loed Saginaw,  Mich Feb.    3,   1886. 

Eicketts,  Palmes Chambeelaine,  17  First  st.,  Troy,  N.  Y Feb.    3,  1886. 

Tomkins,  Calvin 387  South  st..  New  York  City.  .  .Jan.    6,  1886. 

fellow. 
CooPEE,  Edwaed 17  Burling  slip,  New  York  City,  Dec.  10,  1885. 


CHANGES     and      COEEECTIONS. 


membees. 


Andeews,  David  H 70  Kilby  st.,  Boston,  Mass. 

BtiRNET,  Geoege,  Jr .  Box  535,  St  Louis,  Mo. 

Comstock,  Cyrus  B Lt.-Col.  Corps  of  Engineers,  Bvt.  Brig. -Gen., 

U.  S.  A.,  Willets'  Point,  Whitestone  P.  0., 

N.  Y. 
Drake,  William  A (Care  Engineer  Department),  Atchison, Topeka 

and  Sante  Fe  R.  R.,  New  Kiowa,  Kansas. 

GoLAT,  Philip Vevay,  Indiana. 

Hinckley,  John  F Chief  Engineer  Paris  and  Great  Northern  Ry., 

Paris,  Texas. 
Kitteedge,  Geoege  W Engineer    Maintenance    of  Way,    Cincinnati 

and    Muskingum   Valley    Ry..    Zanesville, 

Ohio. 


36  fj:bruary  procp^edings, 

Nichols,  O.  F Contractor,  Westerly,  E.  I.,  and  Chief  Engi- 
neer Water-works,  Westerly,  R.  I. 

NicoLLS,  William  J 313  Walnut  st.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Noble,  Alfeed (Care   D.  Wallace),  24  Alexandrine  ave.  West, 

Detroit,  Mich. 

O.sGOOD,  Joseph  O (Care   Toledo,    Cincinnati   and   St.    Louis  R. 

R.),  Toledo,  Ohio. 

Paine,  Charles Vice-President   Philadelphia   Co.,   933    Penn 

ave.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Rogers,  Albert  B Faribault,  Rice  Co.,  Minn. 

Smith,  Isaac  W Engineer  Portland  Water  Committee  (Box  42), 

Portland,  Oregon. 

Smith,  -Tared  A   Major  Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  Portland, 

Maine. 

Staats,  Robert  P   361  West  20th  st.,  New  York  City. 

Wurtele,  Arthur  S.  C 165  Niagara  st.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

JUNIORS. 

Francis,  George  B 235  West  128th  st.,  New  York  City. 

Schaub,  Julius  W (Care  Dominion  Bridge  Co. ), Montreal,  Canada. 


resignations. 


Dabney,  Frederick  Y Jan.   31,  1886. 

Roebling,  Washington   A Feb.    5,  1886. 


terican  ^odelg  of  mtiil  l^ngtneers. 


PROOEEDINOS. 


Vol.  XII.— .March,  1886. 


MINUTES    OF     MEETINGS. 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


Makch  3d,  1886.— The  Society  met  at  20  o'clock,  W.  Howard  White, 
Director  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  in  the  Chair.  The  following  candidates  were 
elected  as  Members:  Danforth  Hurlbert  Ainsworth,  Newton,  Iowa; 
Decatur  Axtell,  Richmond,  Va. ;  William  Herbert  Burr  (elected  Junior, 
Junes,  1874;  elected  Associate,  May  5,  1880),  Phoenixville,  Pa.;  Albert 
Lucius,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. ;  Robert  Edwin  Peary,  Washington,  D.  C. ; 
Charles  de  la  Cherois  Burdon,  Van  Buren,  Arkansas;  James  Robert 
Wardlaw,  New  York  City.  As  Associate:  Clayton  Colman  Hall,  Balti- 
more, Md.  As  Junior:  George  Washington  Vaughan,  Steuben ville, 
Ohio. 

The  election  as  Fellow  of  the  Society  of  Edward  Cooper,  New  York 
City,  was  announced. 

A  paper  by  Fred  Brooks,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  Thermometer 
Scales,  was  read  and  discussed. 

A  paper,  by  H.  V.  Hinckley,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  Errors  in  Rail- 
road Levels,  was  read  and  discussed. 

March  17th,  1886. — The  Society  met  at  20  o'clock,  Vice-President 
Thomas  C.  Keefer  in  the  Chair, 

A  synopsis  of  a  paper  by  Desmond  FitzGerald,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E., 
on  Evaporation  was  given  by  the  author,  and  the  subject  was  discussed. 

A  discussion  by  George  Downe,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  English  and 
American  Railroads  Compared,  was  read. 

OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION. 

March  10th,  1886. — Applications  were  considered.  The  time  and 
other  details  of  the  Convention  to  be  held  at  Denver  were  discussed. 


38  MARCH    PROCEEDINGS. 

The  receipt  was  announced  from  Major  F.  H.  Parker,  Corps  of  Ord- 
nance, U.  S.  A.,  commanding  Watertown  Arsenal,  of  the  results  of  tests 
to  determine  frictional  resistance  of  steel  between  shrinkage  surfaces. 

The  tests  were  ordereil  published  in  the  Proceedings. 


MEMOIRS  OF  DECEASED  MEMBERS. 


JOHN  (iRlFFEN,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 


Died  January  14th,  1884. 


John  Griffen  was  born  in  Westchester  County,  New  York,  in  the  year 
1812.  Before  he  had  completed  his  first  year,  death  deprived  him  of  his 
father.  Thus  his  education  devolved  uj^ou  his  mother  until  his  four- 
teenth year,  when  he  commenced  attending  a  Friends'  Boarding  School 
in  Dutchess  County,  New  York.  Upon  completing  his  education  he 
entered  the  mercantile  establishment  of  an  uncle  in  the  City  of  New 
York,  and  continued  there  until  his  majority.  His  talents  for  engineer- 
ing and  mechanical  pursuits  were  developed  in  the  iron-works  and  nail 
factory  of  R.  C.  Nichols,  at  Norristown,  where  he  was  employed  as  book- 
keeper in  1843.  Under  his  direction  the  iron-works  of  Moore  &  Hooven, 
of  the  same  place,  were  erected,  and  while  thus  engaged,  he  conceived 
and  successfully  apj)lied  a  novel  method  of  using  the  waste  heat  from 
the  heating  and  puddling  furnaces  for  generating  the  steam  necessary  to 
run  the  engines.  The  works  of  Reeves,  Abbott  &  Co.  were  also  con- 
structed by  him,  and  afforded  additional  opportunity  for  the  dis- 
play of  his  remarkable  executive  abilities.  Until  1856  he  remained  in 
the  employ  of  this  Company  in  the  capacity  of  Superintendent,  during 
which  time  he  introduced  the  governor  for  controlling  the  speed  of  steam 
engines  used  in  rolling  iron,  which  was  regarded  as  a  desideratum  of  the 
highest  importance.  Although  numerous  contrivances  connected  with  the 
manufacture  of  iron  proceeded  from  his  fruitful  brain,  his  invention  for 
making  wrought-iron  cannon  was  sufficient  to  place  his  name  high  upon 
the  roll  of  American  inventors.  After  repeated  experiments  by  the 
Government  to  test  the  strength  of  this  ordnance,  it  was  accepted  as  one 
of  great  vahie,  and  many  hundreds  of  these  guns  were  made  by  the 
Phoenix  Iron  Company,  and,  known  as  the  "  Griften  Gun,"  were  used 
during  the  War  of  the  Rebellion. 


.MARCH    PROCEEDINGS.  39 

From  Safe  Harbor,  lie  went  to  Pho3nixville  to  take  charge  of  the  cele- 
brated iron-works  of  that  j^lace,  where  he  remained  until  1862.  Other 
inventions  of  his  followed  which  are  regarded  of  great  imi)ortance  in 
facilitating  the  operations  connected  with  the  iron  industry,  notable 
among  which  may  be  mentioned  a  machine  for  rolling  the  large  wronght- 
iron  beams  used  in  building,  for  which  he  obtained  a  patent  in  1857. 
This  continues  in  successful  operation.  For  many  years  he  rolled  the 
largest  beams  in  the  world. 

In  1862,  he  engaged  to  erect  the  Buffalo  Union  Iron-works,  which, 
although  built  at  so  early  a  period,  are  classed  among  the  best  in  this 
country. 

The  position  of  civil  and  mechanical  engineer  having  been  tendered 
him  by  the  Phoenix  Iron  Company  in  1867,  it  was  accepted,  and  eighteen 
months  later  he  was  again  placed  in  charge.  During  his  incumbency  he 
erected  the  new  and  large  works  for  that  company. 

In  1837  he  was  married  to  Esther,  daughter  of  Reuben  Leggett,  of 
New  York,  by  whom  he  had  five  children,  of  whom  only  one  survives. 
Two  years  after  the  death  of  his  first  wife  he  married  her  sister,  by 
whom  he  had  five  children,  four  of  whom  are  living.  Robert,  the  eldest 
son,  was  in  the  United  States  Navy,  having  graduated  at  the  Naval 
School.  He  lost  his  life  by  yellow  fever  while  in  the  service  of  his 
country. 

Mr.  Griffen  was  one  of  the  directors  of  the  Phoenixville  Iron  Com- 
pany, and  also  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Clarke,  Reeves  &  Co. ,  the  cele- 
brated bridge-builders .  Although  devotetl  to  business  jjursuits  he  found 
time  to  perform  the  duties  ai^pertaining  to  positions  of  public  usefiil- 
ness.  In  1857  he  was  elected  Burgess  of  Phoenixville,  and  he  afterwards 
became  a  member  of  the  School  Board.  While  occupying  that  imi)or- 
tant  position  he  was  largely  instrumental  in  advancing  common  school 
education,  and  in  improving  the  school  buildings. 

Mr.  Griffen  was  a  man  whose  character  impressed  itself  on  all  whom 
he  met.  He  was  honest,  straightforward,  and  upright  in  all  his  ways. 
He  was  a  good  citizen,  a  good  husband,  a  good  father,  and  a  good 
friend. 

His  memory  was  wonderful  for  its  extent  and  its  accuracy;  what  he 
knew  he  knew  thoroughly,  and  he  never  pretended  to  know  more  than 
he  did  know. 

After  his  visit  to  Europe  in  1878,  where  he  saw  all  the  great  iron  and 
steel  manufactories,  he  delighted  to  tell  of  his  experience,  and  draw 
just  comjiarisons  between  their  methods  and  our  own,  with  that  absolute 
fairness  which  so  much  distinguished  him.  During  his  long  and  painful 
illness  his  intellectual  vigor  never  forsook  him,  and  he  died  as  he  had 
lived,  a  good  Christian  and  an  honest  man. 

Mr.  Griifen  became  a  Member  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engi- 
neers April  15th,  1868. 


40  MAKCH    PROCEEDINGS. 


REDMOND  JOHN  BROUGH,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 


Died  July  21st,  1883. 


Redmond  John  Broiigh,  late  City  Engineer  of  Toronto,  Ontario, 
was  the  eldest  son  of  the  late  Seeker  Brough,  Esq.,  Judge  of  the  County- 
Court  of  the  County  of  Huron.  After  a  short  preparation  in  the  Univer- 
sity of  Toronto,  he  began  active  practice  in  1870,  under  Mr.  Thomas 
Weatherall,  C.  E.,  on  the  Ontario  Government  Survey  for  the  drainage 
of  a  portion  of  the  County  of  Huron.  In  June  of  the  same  year  he  re- 
ceived an  appointment  on  the  engineering  staff  of  the  Great  Western  Rail- 
way of  Canada,  and  was  engaged  in  the  preliminary  and  location  surveys  of 
the  Canada  Air  Line  Railroad .  In  November  he  was  appointed  assistant 
eno'ineer  on  the  western  division  of  that  road,  which  position  he  held  up 
to  the  date  of  the  completion  of  construction  in  July,  1873.  He  Avas 
then  put  in  charge  of  the  work  of  double-tracking  a  section  of  the  main 
line  of  the  Great  Western  Railway.  On  the  completion  of  this  work  in 
November,  1873,  he  received,  on  the  recommendation  of  Mr.  John  Ken- 
nedy, then  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Great  Western  Railroad,  an  appoint- 
ment as  assistant  engineer  on  the  Toronto  Water-works,  under  Mr.  P. 
A.  Peterson,  Chief  Engineer,  which  position  he  held  up  to  1876.  At  that 
date  Mr.  Peterson  resigned  and  Mr.  Brough  was  appointed  resident 
engineer  in  charge  of  the  construction  of  the  works  under  the  late  City 
Water  Commission.  He  was  soon  after  appointed  Chief  Engineer  and 
Manager  of  the  W^ater-works.  On  the  resignation  of  Mr.  Frank  Shanly, 
in  1878,  he  was  appointed  to  succeed  that  gentleman  as  City  Engineer 
of  Toronto,  and  held  this  position  up  to  the  time  of  his  death.  On  the 
12th  of  July,  1883,  while  inspecting  a  portion  of  the  city  works,  he  was 
thrown  from  his  carriage,  breaking  his  thigh  and  receiving  serious  in- 
ternal injuries,  which  resulted  in  his  death,  after  a  painful  illness,  on  the 
21st  of  the  same  month.  He  was  in  his  thirty -seventh  year  at  the  time 
of  his  death,  which  closed  a  career  which  had  promised  to  be  more  than 
usually  successful.  His  abilities  as  an  engineer  were  of  a  high  order, 
and  were  united  with  good  judgment  and  strict  integrity.  He  enjoyed 
the  respect  and  good-will  of  all  who  came  in  contact  with  him,  and  died 
sincerely  mourned  by  many  friends. 

He  was  an  Associate  Member  of  the  Institution  of  Civil  Engineers, 
London,  and  a  Member  of  the  American  Society  of  Mechanical  Engi- 
neers. 

He  was  admitted  as  a  Member  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engi- 
neers September  1st,  1880. 


MARCH    PROCEEDINGS.  41 

LIST    OF    MEMBERS. 


ADDITIONS. 

MEMBEKS.  Date  of  Election. 

AiNswoETH,  Daxfokth  Huklbeet .  .Newton,  Iowa March  3,  1886. 

AxTELL,  Decatuk Receiver  Richmond  and  Alle- 
ghany R.R.,  Richmond, Va.  March  3,  1886. 

BuEE,  WiixiAM  Heebeet (Elected  Junior,  June  3, 1874, 

elected  Associate,  May  5, 
1880)  Assistant  to  Chief  En- 
gineer Pha-nix  Bridge  Co., 
Phoenixville,    Pa March  3,  1886. 

Lucius,  Albeet Chief    Engineer    Brooklyn, 

Bath  and  West  End  R.  R., 
211  Eleventh  st.,  South 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y March  3,  1886. 

Peary,  RoBEET  Edwin Civil    Engineer,     U.    S.    N., 

Washington,  D.  C March  3,  1886. 

PuEDON,  Chaeles  de  LA  Cheeois  .   Engineer  in  charge  Arkansas 

River  Bridge,  St.  Louis  and 
San  Francisco  Ry.,  Van 
Buren,  Ark March  3,  1886.. 

Waedlaw,  James  Robert Assistant  Engineer,  Depart- 
ment Public  Works,  31 
Chambers  st.,  New  York 
City 3Iarch  3,  188ff. 

associate. 

Hall,  Clayton  Colman Actuary    to    the    Insurance 

Dei^artment,  State  of  Mary- 
land, Baltimore,  Md March  3,  1886. 


Vaughan,  George  Washington Sujiervisor    Sub-Division    3, 

Pittsburgh,  Cincinnati  and 


St.Louis  Ry.,  Steubenville, 

Ohio March  3,  1886. 


c^hanges     and     coreections. 
coeeesponding  member. 


Fox,  Sir  Douglas 2  Victoria  Mansions,  Victoria  st.,  Westmin  - 

ster,  S.  W.,  London,  England. 


42  MARCH    PROCEEDIXGS. 

MEMBERS. 

Appleton,  Ellekt  C Resident  Engineer  Burlington  and  Mis- 
souri Eiver  R.  R.  in  Nebraska,  Ashland, 
Neb. 

Ceowell,  J.  Foster Engineer  of  Construction  Pennsylvania  E. 

R.,  131  Maplewood  ave.,  Germantown, 
Philadelj^hia,  Pa. 

DoEAN,  Frank  C Richmond,  Indiana. 

Greene,  George  S.,  Jr Engineer-in-Chief  Department    of    Docks, 

Pier  A,  foot  of  Battery  Place,  North  River, 
New  York  City. 

Harris,  William  P 581  Washington  ave.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

HeCtEMAn,  William  W Engineer  and  Superintendent  Heman  Clark 

&  Co.,  Contractors,  Kansas  City  Extension, 
Chicago,  Mihvaukee  and  St.  Paul  Ry., 
Ottumwa,  Iowa. 

Moore,  Charles  E San  Jose,  Cal. 

Nichols,  Willard  A First  Assistant    Engineer    Department    of 

Docks,  Pier  A,  foot  of  Battery  Place, 
North  River,  New  York  City. 

TowLE,  Stevenson Consulting  Engineer,  25  Chambers  st..  New 

York  City. 

Vaughan,  F.  W President  Louisville  Bridge  and  Iron  Co., 

Consulting  Engineer  Louisville  and  Nash- 
ville R.  R.,  Louisville,  Ky. 

.juniors. 

Ha\tland,  Arthur City  Engineer's  Office,   San  Antonio,  Texas. 

Rayimond,  Chas.  Ward (Care  Sooysmith  &  Co.)    52  Montauk  Block, 

Chicago,  111. 


MARCH    PROCEEDINGS.  43 

THE   NOEMAN    MEDAL. 


CODE  OF  EULES  FOR  ITS  AWARD. 

I.  — Competition  for  the  Norman  Medal  of  the  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers  shall  be  restricted  to  members  of  the  Society. 

II-— There  shall  be  one  gold  medal,  and  only  one,  struck  for  each 
and  every  fiscal  year  of  the  Society,  and  awarded  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided. The  dies  therefor  shall  be  with  the  Superintendent  of  the 
United  States  Mint  at  Philadelphia,  in  trust  exclusively  for  the  above 
purpose.  Such  medal  shall  be  of  a  cost  equal  to  the  annual  interest 
received  upon  $1  000  of  the  Consolidated  Stock  of  the  City  of  New 
York,  Certificate  No.  179,  of  the  additional  new  Croton  Aqueduct  Stock 
of  the  City  of  New  York,  authorized  by  an  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  Chap.  230,  passed  April  15th,  1870,  dated  November 
17th,  1873,  now  held  in  trust  by  the  Treasurer  of  this  Society,  and  so 
held  solely  for  this  purpose,  and  shall  be  executed  upon  his  order. 

III.— All  original  papers  presented  to  the  Society  by  members  of  any 
class,  during  the  year  for  which  the  medal  is  awarded,  shall  be  open  to 
the  award,  provided  that  such  papers  shall  not  have  been  previously 
contributed  in  whole  or  in  part  to  any  other  association,  nor  have 
appeared  in  print  prior  to  their  publication  by  the  Society,  nor  have  been 
presented  to  the  Society  in  any  previous  year. 

IV.— The  Board  of  Censors  to  award  the  medal  shall  consist  of  three 
members  of  the  Society,  to  be  designated  by  the  Board  of  Direction. 
The  Secretary  of  the  Society  shall  act  as  Secretary  to  the  Board  of 
Censors . 

v.— The  medal  shall  be  awarded  to  such  jjaper  as  the  said  Board  shall 
judge  to  be  worthy  of  special  commendation  for  its  merits  as  a  contribu- 
tion to  engineering  science,  not  merely  relatively  as  compared  with 
others  presented  during  the  same  year,  but  as  exhibiting  the  science, 
talent  or  industry  displayed  in  the  consideration  of  the  subject  treated 
of,  and  for  the  good  which  may  be  expected  to  result  from  the  discussion 
and  the  inquiry. 

VI.  — In  case  no  paper  presented  during  the  year  shall  be  deemed  of 
sufficient  value  to  receive  an  award,  the  amount  of  the  interest  of  the 
fund  for  that  year  shall  be  expended  by  the  Board  of  Direction  in  the 
purchase  of  books,  to  be  offered  as  a  premium  for  the  second  best  paper 
in  the  next  year  in  which  more  than  one  paper  of  sufficient  value  may  be 
presented. 

VII. — The  medal  year  shall  terminate  on  the  first  day  of  August,  and 
the  award  shall  be  announced  at  the  annual  meeting. 

VIII.— The  Treasurer  of  this  Society  shall  cause  the  medal  to  be 
prepared  and  delivered  to,  or  deposited  to  the  order  of,  the  successful 
competitor,  within  two  months  after  the  annual  meeting  at  which  the 
same  shall  have  been  awarded. 


44  MARCH    PROCEEDINGS. 

THE  ROWLAND  PRIZE. 


CODE  OF  EULES  FOE  ITS  AWAED. 

Not  more  than  one  prize  shall  be  awarded  each  year  for  papers  pre- 
sented during  the  year.  The  year  shall  terminate  on  the  first  day  of 
August,  and  the  award  shall  be  announced  at  the  annual  meeting  in 
January. 

The  prize  shall  consist  of  fifty  dollars  in  cash. 

The  aw^rd  shall  be  made  by  a  committee  consisting  of  the  Secretary 
and  two  members  of  the  Society,  to  be  apjDointed  by  the  Board  of  Di- 
rection. 

The  prize  shall  be  awarded  to  such  paper  as  the  committee  deem 
most  worthy  of  such  recognition,  the  preference  being  given  to  papers 
describing  in  detail  accomplished  works  of  construction,  their  cost  and 
manner  of  execution,  and  the  errors  in  design  and  execution. 


American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers. 

PROCEEDINGS    MARCH,    1886. 


REPORT    OF    MECHAlSriOAL    TESTS 

MADE  ^^^TH  the 

U.  S.  TESTING  MACHINE, 

CAPACITf  800,000  POUNDS, 

AT    WATEETOWN    AESENAL,    MASS., 
Maech  2d,  1886, 

—  FOR  — 

THE  OKDNANCE  DEPARTMENT,  U.  S.  A.,  WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


These  Reports  are  furnisJied  by  direciion  of  General  S.  V.  Benet,  Chief  of  Ord- 
nance, U.  S.  A.,  for  pubUcailon  in  the  Proceedings  of  the 
American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers. 


TESTS  BY  COMPRESSION. 


FEICTIONAL  RESISTANCE  OF  STEEL  HOOPS  SHRUNK  ON  STEEL 

TUBES. 


Tlie  lioops  and  tubes  were  received  at  Watertown  Arsenal  in  their 
assembled  state,  having  been  prepared  and  shrunk  together  at  West 
Point  Foundry  under  the  supervision  of  Lieut.  E.  Birnie,  Ordnance 
Department,  U.  S.  A. 

The  estimated  temperature  of  the  3-inch  hoop  when  taken  from  the 
furnace  to  assemble  was  -470  degrees  Fah.,  that  of  the  4-inch  hoop  515 
degrees  Fall. 

At  "Watertown  Arsenal  the  accessible  diameters  were  measured  before 
unhooping,  and  again  after  imhoopiug  ;  the  several  diameters  making 
equal  angles  with  each  other.  The  unhooping  was  done  by  forcing  the 
hoops  from  the  tubes  in  the  direction  of  their  axes. 

One  end  of  a  tube  rested  against  the  flat  platform  of  the  testing 
machine,  a  cast-iron  ring  lieing  used  Ijetween  the  opposite  platform  and 
the  hoop. 

In  the  details  of  the  tests  are  shown  the  apparent  movement  of  the 
hoops  on  the  tubes  during  the  progress  of  the  loading,  up  to  the  maxi- 
mum resistance,  and  afterwards  the  diminishing  loads  on  the  hoops  at 
intervals  until  they  were  wholly  removed  from  the  tubes. 

Intervals  of  rest  of  longer  or  shorter  duration  were  allowed,  and  the 
effect  on  the  frictional  resistance  observed. 


46 


MAKCH    PROCEEDINGS. 


The  lioops  did  uot  slip  over  tlie  tubes  Avith  a  smooth,  continuous 
movement,  biit  with  a  series  of  sudden  slijis  or  throbs,  during  which 
there  were  fluctuations  of  the  loads. 

Water  Avas  sj^rinkled  upon  the  assembled  jjarts  while  they  were  hot, 
which  is  thought  to  account  for  its  presence  on  the  frietional  surfaces 
after  unhooping. 


Dimensions  of  Hoops. 

Z-iiich  Hoop.  ii-incl/  Hoop. 


MARCH    PROCEEDINGS. 


47 


Difference  in  shrinkage  diameters  after  iiiihoopiug — 

3-inch  hoop  and  tube 0 .  016434  inch. 

4-inch  hoop  and  tube 0.016350  inch. 

Maximum  frictional  resistance  found — 

3-iuch  hoop  and  tube 265  800  pounds. 

4-inch  hoop  and  tube 404  100  pounds. 


Exterior  Diameters  of  3-inch  Hoop. 
Before    Unhooping. 


Distance 

DiAMETEKS. 

Means. 

FEOM  Top. 

1 

2 

3 

4 

Inches. 

0.5 
1.5 
2.5 

Inches. 

20.0165 
20 . 0164 
20.0159 

Inches. 

20.0164 
20.0162 
20.0158 

Inches. 

20.0156 
20.0153 
20.0146 

Inches. 

20.0158 
20.0152 
20.0147 

Inches. 

20.016075 
20.015775 
20.015250 

Mean 20.0157 

After   Unhoopiiifi. 

0.5 
1.5 
2.5 

20.0042 
20.0041 
20.0036 

20.0043 
20.0038 
20.0034 

20.0041 
20.0038 
20.0033 

20.0042 
20.0038 
20.0033 

20.004200 
20.003875 
20.00340 

Mean 

Restoration 

20.003 

0.011 

825 

875  inch. 

Measurements  of  Bore  of  Tube  with  3-inch   Hoop. 
Before    Unliooping. 


0.50 
2.75 
5.00 


7.9946 
7.9960 
7.9968 


7.9953 
7.9961 
7.9969 


7.9952 
7.9957 
7.9970 


7.9954 
7.9957 
7.9968 


7.995125 
7.995875 
7.996875 


Mean  7.995958 

After   TJiihoopiny. 


0.50 
2.75 
5.00 


7.9970 
7.9980 
7.9988 


7.9971 
7.9984 
7.9988 


7.9971 
7.9980 
7.9988 


7.9975 
7.9985 
7.9988 


7.997175 

7.998225 
7.998800 


Mean 7.998066  + 

Mean  restoration     0.002108  +  inch. 


48 


MARCH    PKOCEEDIXGS. 


Exterior  Diameters  of  4-inch  Hoop. 
Before    Unlioophtij. 


Distance 

DiAlMETEES. 

Means. 

FROM  Top. 

1 

2 

3 

4 

Inches. 

0.5 
2.0 
3.5 

Inches. 

20.0246 
20.0238 
20.0226 

Inches. 

20.0246 
20.0238 
20.0226 

Inches. 

20.0246 
20.0238 
20.0226 

* 
Inches. 

20.0246 
20.0237 
20.0222 

Inches. 

20.024600 
20.023775 
20.022500 

Mean 

.   20.023625 

After   TJnlioopuKj. 


0.5 
2.0 
3.5 

20.0137 
20.0124 
20.0109 

20.0138 
20.0123 
20.0112 

20.0142 
20.0128 
20.0112 

20.0142 
20.0128 
20.0110 

20.013975 
20.012575 
20.011075 

Mean 20.012541  + 

Restoration 0 .  011084  +  inch. 

Measurements  of  Bore  of  Tube  wteth  4-inch  Hoop. 
Before    Unhoojrinf/. 


0.50 
3.25 
6.00 


7.9919 

7.9903-f 

7.9923 


7.99J9 
7.9903 
7.99214- 


7.9919-f- 

7.9902 

7.9922 


7.9918 
7.9903 
7.9921+ 


Mean 7.991441 -f 


After  Unliooping. 


7.991875 
7.990275 
7.992175 


0.50 
3.25 
6.00 


7.9945 
7.9931 
7.9947 


7.994.5+ 

7.9933 

7.9947 


7.9941 
7.9930 
7.9946 


7.9944 
7.9930 
7.9944 


7.994375 
7.993100 
7.994600 


Mean 7.994025  inches. 

Mean  restoration    0.002584  inch. 


MARCH    PROCEEDINGS.  49 

Interior  Diameters  of  Hoops  after  Unhooping. 
Z-lnch    Hoop. 


DiAMETEES. 

Distance 

Means. 

FEOM  Top. 

1 

2 

3 

4 

Inches. 

Inches. 

Inches. 

Inches. 

Inches. 

Inches. 

0.5 

15.7463 

15.7462 

15.7463 

15 . 7463 

15.746275 

1.5 

15.7451 

15 . 7450 

15.74.52 

15.7452 

15.745125 

2.5 

15 . 7459 

15.7460 

15.7459 

15.7461 

15.745975 

Mean 15.745791  inches. 


A- inch  Hoop, 


0.5 

15.7456 

15 

7459 

15 

7462+ 

15 

7460 

15.745925 

2.0 

15.7458 

15 

7462 

15 

7468 

15 

7462 

15 . 746250 

3  5 

15.7459 

15 

7461 

15 

7462 

15 

7462 

15 . 746100 

Mean 15.746092  inches. 

Exterior  Diameters  of  Tubes  after  Unhooping. 
Tube  iritli  3-inch  Hoo}>. 


0.5 
1.5 
2.5 


15.7625 
15.7620 
15.7621- 


15.7626 
15.7620 
15.7620 


15.7627 
15.7621 
15.7621+ 


15.7625 
15 . 7620 
15.7621 


15.762575 
15.762025 
15.762075 


Mean 15 .  762225  inches. 

Tube  with  4:-i>ich  Hooj). 


0.5 
2.0 
3.5 


15.7617 
15.7623 
15.7628 


15.7620 
15.7624 
15.7623 


15.7620 
15.7625 
15.7631 


15.7620 
15  7624 
15.7628 


15.761925 
15.762400 
15 . 763000 


Mean 15.762442  inches. 


50 


MARCH    PROCEEDINGS. 


Fbictionaxi  Resistance  between  Tube  and  3-inch  Hoop. 

Details. 


Applied 
Loads. 

Movement 

Time. 

Kemarks. 

Pounds. 

Inches. 

50  000 

0 

Initial  load. 

89  000 

0 

100  000 

.0006 

Micrometer  measurements  were  taken  between 

150  000 

.0014 

the  hoop  and  face  of  holder  of  testing  ma- 

200 000 

.0024 

chine.     Hence  the  apjiarent  movement  of  the 

220  000 

.0025 

hoop  on  the  tube  includes  the   compression 

240  000 

.0035 

of  the  cast-iron  fixture. 

245  000 

.0038 

250  000 

.0030 

260  000 

.0030 

(  Maximum  frictional  resistance. 

265  800 

"1  Sudden  slip  of  hoop  on  tube. 

.6564 

After  the  slip. 

132  666 

Continues  the  movement. 

130  400 

.ii38 

Micrometer  measurements  now  taken  from  holder  to  holder. 
Rested  10  minutes. 


128  000 

.1138 

137  000 

.1140 

140  000 

.1140 

143  900 

116  000 

"^1226 

127  000 

.1257 

125  000 

1260 

136  500 

.1275 

140  000 

122  000 

.1338 

128  000 

.2650 

Maximiim  resistance  after  the  rest. 
Sudden  slip,  load  and  reading  now. 

Rested  about  3  minutes. 

Sudden  slip. 
After  slip. 

Movement  continues. 
The  hoop  kept  in  motion,  the  resistance  varying  from  128  000  to 
138  000  pounds,  with  unsteady  movement  as  before.  A  final  sudden 
slijj  of  the  lioop  reduced  the  load  to  113  000  pounds,  the  total  move- 
ment being  .4970  inch  when  the  test  was  discontinued.  Time,  12:50p.m. 
Contact  surfaces  in  sight  were  slightly  rusty,  which  it  is  thought 
took  i^lace  after  the  surfaces  were  exposed  to  the  air. 

After  a  rest  under  zero  load  of  25  hours  45  minutes,  the  loading  was 
renewed. 


113  000 

.4970 

145  400 

104  200 

.5074 

142  800 

.52 

133  000 

.53 

136  000 

.54 

129  000 

.55 

141  000 

.56 

136  000 

.575 

137  000 

(    .588) 
1     -59    S 

137  000 

.60 

Sec. 
38 
34 
19 
19 
28 

24 

22 


Maximum  resistance  after  above  rest. 
After  sudden  slip. 


MARCH    PROCEKUINGS. 


51 


Frictional  Eesistanoe  between  Tube  and  3-inch  Hoop. 

Di'tail^. — C(ni  tin  >!>'(}, 


Movement 


Inches. 

.612 

.625 

.6375 

.64) 

.65  \ 

.662 

.675 

.684 

.698 

.7045 

.7165 

.725 

.7375 

.746 

.7545 

.764 

.775 

.786 

.794 

.804 

.814 

.8225 

.832 

.842 

.856 

.866 

.875 

.886 

.896 

.905 

.916 

.931 

.941 

.951 

.961 

.972 

.983 

.994 

1.00 

1.00 

i!i6" 

1.20 
1.30 
1.40 
1.50 
1.60 
1.70 
1.80 
1.90 


Time. 


Sec. 

22 
19 
23 

24 

18 
20 
15 
19 
10 
18 
13 
15 
12 
12 
13 
11 
18 
11 
14 
11 
13 
13 
11 
18 
13 
13 
14 
13 
13 
14 
19 
15 
13 
13 
14 
15 
13 
19 


48 
52 
51 
52 
54 
47 
48 
50 


Remaeks. 


Rested  15  minutes. 

Maximum  resistance  after  above  rest. 


Number  of  Throbs 
between  Readings. 


11 
12 
13 


52 


MARCH    PROCEEDINGS. 


Frictional  Besistance  between  Tube  and  3-inch  Hoop. 

Details. — Continued. 


Applied 
Loads. 


Pounds. 

75  000 
68  000 
63  800 
57  000 
52  500 
47  500 
42  000 
39  900 
37  400 
31000 


Movement 

Time. 

Inches. 

Sec. 

2.00 

47 

2 .  10 

48 

2.20 

44 

2.30 

44 

2.40 

42 

2.50 

42 

2.60 

41 

2.70 

34 

2.80 

73 

2.90 

73 

Number  of  Throbs 
between  Readings. 


14 
14 
16 
16 
17 
22 


Kemaeks. 


Frictional  surface  of  tlie  tube  well  polished,  bixt  retains  marks  of  the 
tiirniug  tool. 

Corresponding  surface  of  the  hoop  shows  no  material  change  in  its 
apiJearance  resulting  from  the  test. 


Fkictional  Resistance  between  Tube  and  4-inch  Hoop. 
Details. 


Applied 
Loads. 

Movement 

Time. 

Remabks. 

Pounds. 

Inches. 

50  000 

0 

Initial  load. 

100  000 

.0024 

Micrometer  readings  taken  from  holder  to  holder. 

150  000 

.0048 

200  000 

.0068 

220  000 

.0079 

240  000 

.0089 

260  000 

.0096 

280  000 

.0102 

300  000 

.0109 

320  00(  1 

.0118 

340  000 

.0127 

350  000 

.0132 

360  000 

.0138 

370  000 

.0143 

380  000 

.0146 

390  000 

.0149 

400  000 

.0154 

MARCH    PROCEEDINGS. 


53 


Fbictional  Resistance  between  Tube  and  4:-inch  Hoop. 
Details.  —  Contiii  ned. 


Applied 


Movement 


Inches. 


.0848 
.0930 
.2581 


.39 
.40 
.41 
.42 
.43 
.44 
.45 
.46 
.47 
.48 
.49 
.50 
.51 
.52 
.53 
.54 
.55 
.56 
.57 
.58 
.59 
.60 
.61 
.62 
.63 
.64 
.65 
.66 
.67 
.68 
.69 
.70 
.71 
.72 
.73 
.74 
.75 
.76 
.77 
.78 
.79 
.80 
.81 
.82 


Remakes. 


Sudden  slip.     Maximum  frictional  resistance. 
Load  and  reading  after  slip. 
Continues  the  motion. 
Rested  10  minutes. 

Maximum    resistance  after  above  rest.     Motion 
caused  without  sudden  slip. 


Sec. 
65 
27 
32 
31 
24 
23 
25 


7 
9 
9 
9 
9 
9 
8 

10 
9 

10 


9 
10 
10 
10 

8 

9 
10 

9 

9 

9 

8      Sudden  slip. 
10 


9 
8 

10 

11 

8 

11 


54 


MARCH    PROCEEDINGS. 


Frictional  Resistance  Between  Tube  and  4-inch  Hoop. 

De(((  ils.  —  Contiii  lied. 


Applied 
Loads. 

Movement 

Time. 

Kemaeks. 

Pounds. 

Inches. 

Sec. 

188  000 

.83 

9 

188  500 

.84 

11 

188  000 

.85 

6 

188  900 

.86 

13 

188  000 

.87 

6 

189  000 

.88 

12 

180  000 

.89 

9 

Sudden  slip. 

178  000 

.90 

5 

<<         ». 

179  000 

.91 

15 

<i                 w 

.92 

6 

183  000 

.93 

11 

.94 

11 

i<         i< 

176  666 

.95 

5 

189  800 

.96 

14 

182  900 

.98 

19 

173  900 

1.00 

Test  discontinued.     Time,  12:11  p.m. 

Friction  surfaces  slightly  rusty,  occuriug  after  exposure  to  the  air. 
A  few  drops  of  water  observed  at  the  joint  of  the  hoop  and  tube  after 
the  discontinuance  of  the  test. 

Test  resumed  after  a  rest  of  26  hours  35  minutes  under  zero  load. 


100  000 

1.00 

l,S-2  900 

1.0060 

I'.tO  OOO 

1.0085 

198  .SOO 

Sudden  slip. 

145  000 

l"6234 

Load  and  reading  after  slip. 

221  000 

Sudden  slip.    Maximum  resistance  after 

resting. 

171  000 

i!68i7 

182  000 

Continues  the  movement. 

186  000 

i.'io" 

•  202  000 

1.1375 

Sec. 

178  000 

1.145 

49 

208  000 

1.17 

34 

188  000 

1.1865 

34 

183  000 

1.19 

25 

189  000 

1.205 

13 

182  OOO 

1.218 

26 

179  000 

1  220 

18 

193  000 

1.238 

19 

175  000 

1.24 

18 

185  000 

1.255 

14 

176  000 

1.267 

24 

179  000 

1.27 

13 

182  000 

1.2816 

11 

174  800 

1.293 

21 

178  000 

1.307 

20 

172  000 

1  31 

12 

172  800 

1.319 

7 

MARCH    PROCEEDINGS. 


55 


Feictional  Resistance  Between  Tube  and  4-rNOH  Hoop. 

Details. — Continued. 


Movement 


Inches. 

1.332 
1.344 
1.357 
1.36 
1.369 
1 .  382 
1 .  398 
1.407 


41 
425 
433 
444 

4605 
47 
461 
477 
493 
503 
5135 
,525 
,5375 
,54 
,549 
561 
.572 
.585 
.5955 
.6080 


Time. 


1.619 


6315 
649 
6645 
672 
689 
7045 
7115 
7190 
728 
736 
747 
753 
762 
77 
1.785 
1.79 
1.799 
1.808 
1.8145 
1.823 
1.832 


Sec. 

18 
19 
18 
11 

7 
20 
17 
19 
11 
13 
18 
12 
24 
18 
11 
23 
23 
15 
14 
13 
20 

9 

7 
14 
16 
16 
15 
16 
17 
13 
22 
20 
10 
21 
19 
11 

7 
10 

9 
23 
18 
22 
23 
34 
17 
23 
20 
18 
23 
21 


Kemaeks. 


56 


MARCH    PROCEEDINGS. 


Fkictional  Resistance  Between  Tube  and  I-inch  Hoop. 

Detriiln.  —  Con  tin  ued. 


Applied 
Loads. 

Movement 

Time. 

Remarks. 

Pounds. 

Inches. 

Sec. 

154  000 

1.846 

33 

13',)  OOO 

8515 

17 

145  GOO 

86 

20 

144  000 

.868 

20 

142  000 

875 

19 

143  000 

883 

20 

152  000 

8975 

30 

134  000 

9020 

17 

143  500 

91 

20 

153  000 

925 

29 

123  000 

998 

116  000 

Eested  15  minutes. 
Sudden  slip. 
Maximum  resistanc 

Number  of  Throbs 

139  500 

145  000 

e  after  15  minutes  rest. 

128  000 

2.12 

between  Readings. 

1 23  000 

2.22 

54 

X£nj   \t\J\J 

114  000 

2  30 

46 

12 

110  000 

2.42 

39 

14 

105  000 

2.50 

44 

15 

99  400 

2.62 

50 

15 

93  8(»0 

2.72 

49 

16 

88  000 

2.82 

45 

17 

83  500 

2.92 

45 

18 

78  500 

3.02 

44 

18 

74  300 

3.12 

48 

19 

69  200 

3.22 

46 

18 

64  600 

3.42 

87 

34 

59  900 

3.52 

46 

14 

54  500 

3.62 

44 

13 

51  500 

3.72 

43 

15 

51  800 

3.82 

42 

11 

46  000 

3 

92 

58 

12 

After  a  movement  of  the  hoop  of  1. 10  inches  there  was  a  succession 
of  sudden  slips,  continuing  through  the  remainder  of  the  test. 

Frictional  surface  of  the  tube  well  polished  in  a  higher  degree  than 
the  surface  of  the  tube  with  the  3-inch  hoop.  The  remaining  tool  marks 
also  were  deeper. 

No  material  change  produced  on  the  corresponding  surface  of  the 
hoop. 

F.  H.  Pakkek, 

Major  Ordnance  Department,  U.  S.  A., 

Commanding. 


^mmcan    mtkk  of  |  iuil  |^ngineers 


PHOOEKDIIS'GS. 


Vol.  XII.— April,   I 


MINUTES    OF     MEETINGS. 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


ApKHi  7th,  1886. — The  Society  met  at  20  o'clock,  J.  James  R.  Croes, 
Treasurer  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  in  the  chair.  The  following  candidates  were 
declared  elected  as  Members:  Howard  Nixon  Elmer,  St.  Panl,  Minn.; 
John  Butler  Johnson,  St.  Louis,  Mo. ;  Charles  Ward  Raymond  (elected 
Junior  November  7,  1877),  Chicago,  HI.;  William  Burroughs  Ruggles, 
Cincinnati,  O. ;  George  Edward  Thackray  (elected  Junior  September  6, 
1882),  Pittsburgh,  Pa.;  Ignacio  Maria  de  Varona,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  As 
Associates :  Samuel  Stockton  Bogart,  New  York,  N.  Y. ;  James  Jackson 
Dana,  New  Y'ork,  N.  Y. ;  Henry  Ay  ling  Phillips,  Worcester,  Mass. ; 
Frederick  Stafford  Y'oung,  Troy,  N.  Y.  As  Juniors:  John  Quincy  Bar- 
low, Tacoma,  Wash.  Ter. ;  John  Joseph  Donovan,  North  Yakima,  Wash. 
Ter, ;  Stanclift'  Bazen  Downes,  New  York,  N.  Y. ;  George  Alfred  Ricker, 
Buffalo,  N.  Y.;  William  Tuttle  Shepard,  New  Haven,  Ct. ;  Walter 
Obadiah  Titus,  Eagle  Pass,  Texas;  Edward  Ernest  Russell  Tratman, 
New  York,  N.  Y. 

The  ballot  on  the  following  j^roposed  amendment  to  the  By-Laws  was 
canvassed  with  this  result:  In  tlie  affirmative,  115  votes;  in  the  negative, 
none. 

The  amendment  is  as  follows: 

By-Laws,  Section  24,  Clause  2d,  final  paragraph.  Amend  by  substi- 
tuting the  following: 

"  When  two  or  more  persons  have  the  highest  and  an  equal  number 
of  votes  at  any  election  for  officers,  the  Society  shall  elect  the  officei- 
from  among  those  having  the  highest  and  equal  number  of  votes." 


58  APRIL    PROCEEDINGS. 

The  amende  J  clause  will  then  read  as  follows : 

2d.  If  it  should  appear  that  for  any  office  a  majority  of  the  votes  cast 
was  not  for  one  person,  the  meeting  shall  proceed  to  vote  by  ballot  in  the 
usual  way  for  such  officer,  the  choice  of  candidates  being  limited  to 
the  two  ijersons  not  elected  for  whom  the  greatest  number  of  votes  had 
been  previously  cast  for  such  office.  When  two  or  more  persons  have 
the  highest  and  an  equal  number  of  votes  at  any  election  for  officers,  the 
Society  shall  elect  the  officer  from  among  those  having  the  highest  and 
eqiial  number  of  votes. 

This  amendment  having  been  proposed  in  writing  and  seconded  at 
the  regular  meeting  of  February  3d,  1886,  submitted  to  vote  of  the  Mem- 
bers by  letter-ballot,  and  two-thirds  of  all  the  votes  cast  being  in  favor 
thereof,  was  declared  duly  adopted. 

The  paper  by  Joseph  M.  Wilson,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  "On  Specifica- 
tions for  Strength  of  Iron  Bridges,"  was  discussed  by  Messrs.  Joseph 
M.  Wilson  and  Theodore  Cooper. 

Mr.  T.  C.  McCollom,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  explained  an  apparatus 
made  for  the  purpose  of  determining  in  24  hours  whether  a  cement  is 
sound  and  safe  to  use,  in  connection  with  other  tests.  This  apparatus 
has  been  presented  to  the  Society  by  Mr.  Henry  Faija,  of  London. 

April  21st,  1886.— -The  Society  met  at  20  o'clock,  Mr.  F.  Colling- 
wood,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  in  the  chair. 

A  sketch  by  B.  L.  Harris,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. .  with  drawings  and 
memoranda  of  the  ferry  steamer  Solaua,  by  Arthur  Brown,  Superintend- 
ent Bridges  and  Buildings  Central  Pacific  Railway,  was  read  and  dis- 
cussed by  Messrs.  Emery,  Dorsey,  Striedinger,  Macdonald,  Collingwood 
and  R.  L.  Harris. 

The  paper  previously  presented  by  Albon  P.  Man,  Jr.,  M.  Am.  Soc. 
C.  E.,  "Suggestions  as  to  Flattening  Ends  of  Railroad  Curves,"  was 
discussed  by  Mr.  A.  M.  Wellington. 

OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION. 

March  31st,  1886. —Applications  were  considered,  appropriations 
were  made,  financial  business  was  transacted. 

April  28th,  1886.— Applications  were  considered,  financial  business 
transacted. 


APRIL    PEOCEEDINGS. 


59 


ADDITIONS    TO 

LIBRART    AND    MUSEUM. 


From   S.   Thayer  Abert,  Washington, 
D.  C: 
Annual  Report  iipon  the   Improvement  of 
certain  Kivers  and  Harbors  in  Maryland, 
Virginia  and  North  Carolina. 

From    American   Academy   Arts    and 
Sciences,  Boston: 
Proceedings  May,    1885,    to    October,   1885. 
New  series.     Vol.  XIII,  Part  I. 

From  Admiral  Daniel  Amman,  U.  S.  N., 
Washington,  D.  C: 
The  Certainty  of  the  Nicaragua  Canal  con- 
trasted with  the  Uncertainties  of  the  Eads' 
Ship  Railway. 

From  American  Institute  of  Mining 
Engineers.  Dr.  R.  W.  Raymond, 
Secretary,  New  York  City: 

The  Classification  and  Composition  of  Penn- 
sylvania Anthracites.   Chas.  A.  Ashburner. 

Note  on  a  Deposit  of  Fire  Sand  in  Clinton 
County,  N.   Y.     Alfred  F.  Brainerd. 

The  Sampling  of  Cast-iron  Borings.  Porter 
W.  Shimer. 

Note  on  the  Apatite  Region  of  Canada.  T. 
Sterry  Hunt. 

The  Specific  Gravity  of  Low  Carbon  Steel. 
George  S.  Miller. 

The  Nova  Scotia  Gold  Mines.     E.  Gilpin. 

The  Process  used  at  the  Comstock  for  Refin- 
ing Coppery  Bullion  produced  by  Amalga- 
mating Tailings.     A.  D.  Hodges,  Jr. 

Proceedings  of  the  Forty-fourth  Annual 
Meeting,  Pittsburgh.  February,  1885. 

The  Mineral  Resources  of  the  Hudson's  Bay 
Territories.     Robert  Bell. 

Professional  Ethics.    J.  C.  Bayles. 

Recent  Failures  of  Steel  Boiler  Plates.  Wm. 
Kent. 

A  Chilled  Blast  Furnace  Hearth.  James 
Gayley. 

Peculiar  Phenomena  in  the  Heating  of  Open 
Hearth  and  Bessemer  Steel.  William  Gar- 
rett. 

Mitis-Castings  from  Wrought-Iron  or  Steel. 
Peter  Ostberg. 

Notes  on  the  Construction  of  Cast-Iron.  C. 
B.  Dudley  and  F.  N.  Pease. 

Proposed  Apjjaratus  for  Determining  the 
Heating  Powers  of  Difl'erent  Fuels.  Wm. 
Kent. 

Note  on  the  Determination  of  Small  Quanti- 
ties of  Titanium  in  Irons  and  Steels. 
Horace  L.  Well-;. 

A  New  Method  of  Laying  Submarine  Tun- 
nels and  Tubes.     Richard  P.  Rothwell. 

The  Specific  Gravity  of  Low  Carbon  Steel. 
George  S.  Miller. 

Note  on  a  Cupel  Machine.  Prof.  Charles  E. 
Wait. 

The  Geology  of  the  Pittsburgh  Coal  Region. 
J.  P.  Lesley. 

Note  on  the  Use  of  Gasoline-Gas  in  a  Chem- 
ical Laboratory.    Prof.  Charles  E.  Wait. 

Note  on  the  Reduction  of  Ferric  Solutions 


by  the  Use  of  Amalgamated  Zinc  and  Plat- 
inum Foil.     Alfred  L.  Beebe. 
The    Mining    Compass    and   Trigonometer. 

Erich  G.  Gaertner. 
Iron  Ore  Deposits  of  Southern  Utah.    W.  P 

Blake. 
The  Heine  Safety  Boiler.     E.  D.  Meier. 
The    Manufacture   of  Fire-Brick  at   Mount 

Savage,  Maryland.  Robert  Anderson  Cook. 
Biogr.aphical  Notice  of  Oswald  J.  Heinrich. 

R.  W.  Raymond. 
Geology  of  the  Low  Moor,Virginia,  Iron  Ores. 

Benj.  Smith  Lyman. 
Pittsburgh  and  Vicinity— A  Brief  Record  of 

Seven  Years'  Progress      William  P.  Shinn. 

From   William  S.   Auchincloss,  Phila- 
delphia, Penn.: 
Die  practische  Anwendung  der  Schieber-und 
Coulissensteurungen . 

From  James   Barrowman,    Secretary, 
Mining  Institute  of  Scotland,  Ham- 
ilton: 
Transactions  of  the  Mining  Institute  of  Scot- 
land.    Vol.  VII.    Part  8. 

From  Gen.  S.  V.  Benet,  Chief  of  Ord- 
nance, Washington,  D.  C: 
Anniial  Report  of  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  to 
the  Secretary  of  War  for  the  fiscal   year 
ended  June  30,  1885. 

From  H.  BisseU,  Salem,  Mass.: 
Merchandise  Tarifl"  of  the  Boston  and  Maine 
Railroad     Leased     Lines    and     Branches, 
adopted    by   the    Directors     January  21, 
1885.    To  take  effect  February  1,  1885. 

From  Wm.  H.  Brown,    Philadelphia, 

Penn.: 

Record  of  Transportation  Lines  owned  and 

operated  by  and  associated  in  interest  with 

the   Pennsylvania  Railroad,   for  the  year 

ending  December  31,  1885. 

From  C.  H.  Bunco,  Hartford,  Conn.: 
Fourteenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of 
Street  Commissioners  of  the  City  of  Hart- 
ford, for  the  year  ending  December  31, 
1885. 

From  Bureau  of  Education,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C: 
Report  of  the  Commissioner  of  Education 

for  the  year  1883-84. 
Circulars  of  information   of  the  Bureau  of 
Education,  Nos.  3  and  4,  1885. 

From  Bureau  of  Navigation,  Navy  De- 
partment, Washington,  D.  C. : 
Pilot  Chart  of  the  North  Atlantic  Ocean  for 
the  month  of  March  and  April,  1886. 

From  Bureau  of  Statistics,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C: 
Statistical  Abstract  of  the  United  States  for 
1885.     Seventh  and  Eighth  numbers. 

From  California  Academy  of  Science, 
San  Francisco,  Cal.: 
Bulletin  of  the  California  Academy  of  Sci- 
ence.    No.  4.     January,  1886. 


60 


APKIL   PROCEEDINGS. 


From  Thomas  C.  Chamberlain,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C: 
The  Requisite  and  Qualifying  Condition  of 
Artesian  Wells. 

From   George   H.    Cook,    New   Bruns- 
wick, N.  J.: 
Annual  Report  of  the  State  Geologist  for  the 

year  1885. 
Atlas  sheets  Nos.  1,  9,  13  and  17  of  the  Geo- 
logical Survey  of  New  Jersey. 

From  Elmer  L.  Corthell,    New  York 
City: 
An  Exposition  of  the  Errors  and  Fallacies  in 
Rear-Admiral  Ammen's    Pajnphlet,  April, 
1886. 
Statement  of  Mr.  Elmer  L.  Corthell  before 
the   Sub-Committee  of  the  Committee  on 
Commerce   of  the   House   of   Representa- 
tives, in  reference  to  the  Commercial  and 
other  Advantages  of  the  Ship  Railway  at 
the   Isthmus   of  Tehuantepec   in  Mexico, 
February  5,  1886. 

From    Martin    Coryell,   Lambertville, 
N.  J.: 
Ninth  Annual  Report  of  the  Directors  of  the 
Lambertville  Water    Company,    March  11, 
1886. 

From  William  Cowles,  New  York  City: 
Improvement  in  Ferry  Boats. 

From  Dawson  Brothers,    Publishers, 
Montreal,  Canada: 
The   Manufacture,   Consumption    and  Pro- 
duction of  Iron,  Steel  and  Coal  in  the  Do- 
minion of  Canada. 

From  Frank  C.  Doran,  Richmond,  lud.: 
Five     Photographs      of     the    Three-hinged 
Wrought-Iron  Arch  Bridge,  at  Richmond, 
Indiana. 

From  Edward  Bates  Dorsey,  London, 
England: 
Three  sample  maps.    Ordnance    Survey   of 

portions  of  England 
Annual  Statistical  Report  of  the  Secretary  to 
the  Members  of  the  British  Iron  Trade  As- 
sociation on  the  Home  and  Foreign  Iron 
and  Steel  Industries  in  188i. 
Whitaker's  Almanack  for  1886. 
Fifty-sixth  to  Fifty-ninth  Annual  Reports  of 
the  President   and  Directors  of  the  Balti- 
more and  Ohio  Railroad  Co.,  for  the  year 
ended  30th  September,  1882  to  1885. 
A  paper  read  before   the  Chesterfield    and 
Derbyshire    Institute    of    Engineers     on 
Brunton's     Heading     Machine.      William 
Johnson. 
Report  of  Mr.  Joseph  Parry,  C.  E.,   on  the 
Present  Drought  and  on  Possible  Savings 
in  the  Consumption  of  Water,  stated  13th 
July,  1885,  City  of  Liverpool,  Eng. 
Report  of  Mr.  George  F.  Deacon,  C.  E.,  as  to 
the  Vyrnwy  Masonry  Dam,  City  of  Liver- 
pool, England. 
Various  Time-tables  of  Railroads  throughout 
England. 

From  Henry  Drisler,   Secretary  Astor 
Library,  New  York  City: 
Thirty-seventh   Annual  Report  of  the  Trus- 
tees of  the  Astor  Library,  for  the  year  1885. 
From  Pat  Doyle,  Black  Town,  Madras, 
India: 
The  Indian  Coal  Mines. 

The    first  number   of  the   Indian   Engineer, 
Calcutta. 


Coal  Mining  by  Blasting  in  the  Bengal  Coal 
Field. 

From  James  B.  Eads,  New  York  City: 
Discussion  on  the  paper   of  E.   L.  Corthell 
on  the  South  Pass  Jetties. 

From  Engineers'   Society  of  Western 
Pennsylvania.     S.   M.   Wickersham, 
Secretary,  Pittsburgh: 
Long   Distance    Transportation   of    Natural 
Gas. 

From  George  E.  Evans,  Lowell,  Mass.  : 
Thirteenth   Annual    Report    of    the    Lowell 
Water  Board.     January  12, 1886. 

From  Aw.  Cav.  Maggiorino  Ferraris, 

Segretario   della  Commissione  d'in- 

chiesta  per  la  Revisione  della  Tarifla 

Doganale,  Rome,  Italy: 

Atti  della    Commissione    d'inchiesta  per  la 

Revisione  della  Tariffa  Doganale.    I  Parte, 

Agraria. 

From  P.  J.  Flynn,  East  Oakland,  Cal. 
Kutter's  Formula. 

From  Franklin  Institute,  Philadelphia, 
Penn.: 
Reports   of   the   Examiners    of   Section    XI. 

Steam  Engines. 
Report  of  the  Examiners  of  Section  XXII. 
Supplementary  Report  on  Meteorological 
and  other  Registers. 
Report  of  Examiners  of  Section  XXIX:  "Ed- 
ucational Apparatus,"  with  which  is  in- 
corporated Section  XIII:  "Apparatus  for 
High  Electro-Motive  Force." 

From  George  H.  Frost,  New  York  City: 
New  Ordnance  Material.     William  H.  Bixby. 

From  E.  A.  Fuertes,  Ithaca,  N.  Y.: 
Catalogue     of    Engineers     Graduated    from 
Cornell   University,    Ithaca,  N.   Y.,  1869- 
85. 

From  G.  K.  Gilbert : 
Studien  tiber  die  Gestaltung  der  Sandktisten 
und  der  Anlage  von  Seehiifen  im  Sandge- 
biet,  von  H.  Keller. 

From  B.  M.  Harrod,  New  Orleans,  La.: 
Caving  Banks  on  the  Mississippi  River.     B. 
M.  Harrod,  C.  E. 

From  Albert  B.  Hill,  New  Haven,  Conn.: 
Annual   Report  of  the    Department   of   the 
Board  of  Public  Works,  City  of  New  Haven, 
Conn.,  for  the  year  1885. 

From  IngersoU  Rock  Drill    Co.,  New 
York  City: 
Views,   Descrijition   and  Progress    of   Work 
on  the  New  Croton  Aqueduct  Tunnel,  New 
York  City,  March,  1886. 

From   Institution   of  Civil  Engineers, 
James  Forrest,  Secretary,  London: 
Proceedings,  Vol.  LXXXIII.,  1885-86.  Pt   I. 
On  Construction  in   Earthquake  Countries. 
John  Milne.  With  an  abstract  of  the  discus- 
sion upon  the  paper. 
On  the  Theory  of  the  Steam  Ebgiue  Indicator 
and    the   Errors     in     Indicator  Diagrams. 
Osborne  Reynolds. 
Experiments  on  the  Steam  Engine  Indicator. 
Arthur  William   Brightmore.  With  an  ab- 
stract of  the  discussion  upon  the  papers. 
High-Speed  Motors.    John  Imray. 
Continuous  Current    Dynamo-Electric    Ma- 
chines and  their  Engines.     Gisbert  Kapp. 
With  an  abstract  of  the  discussion  upon 
the  papers. 


APRIL   PROCEEDINGS. 


61 


From  Institution  of  Mechanical  Engi- 
neers, Walter   R.    Brown,  Secretary, 
London: 
■General  Index  to  Proceedings,  1874-84. 

From  Improvement    Association,  Pas- 
saic, N.  J.: 
Passaic  City,  New  Jersey,  and  its  Advantages 
as  a  Place  of  Residence  and  as  a  Manufac- 
turing Center. 

From  Iron  and  Steel  Institute,  J.  S. 
Jeans,  Secretary,  London  : 
The  Journal  of  the  Iron  and  Steel  Institute, 
No.  2,  1885. 

From  William  Jackson,  Boston  : 
NineteefetU  Annual  Report  of  the  City  Engi- 
neers of  Boston,  Mass.,  for  the  year  1885. 
From  Wm   A.  Jefiferis,  New  York  City: 
Atlantic  City  as  a  Winter  Resort. 

From  J.   Francis  Le  Baron,  Jackson- 
ville, Fla.: 
A    Description    of    the   History,   Industries, 
Churches,   Schools,   Hotels,  Hospitals  and 
other   Institutions,   etc.,    of   Jacksonville, 
Florida.     By  James  Esgate. 
Peninsular  and  Sub-Peninsular  Air  and  Cli- 
mate.    W.  C.  Van  Bibler.  M.  D. 
A  Hand-book  of  Important  and  Reliable  In- 
formation for  the  use  of  the  Tourist.  Settler 
and  Inventor  in  Florida.   John  P.  Varnum. 
From   Liverpool   Engineering  Society, 
Thomas  L.   Miller,  Secretary,  Liver- 
pool  England  : 
Annual  Report  of  the  Liverpool  Engineering 
Society  for  1885. 

From  Major  G.  J.  Lydecker,  Engineer- 
Commibsioner,  Washington,  D.  C: 
Annual  Report  of  the  Operations  of  the  Engi- 
neer Department  of  the  District  of  Colum- 
bia, for  the  year  ending  June  30,  1885. 
From  R.  K.  Martin,  Bfiltiraore,  Md.: 
Annual  Report  of  the  Water  Department  of 
the  City  of  Baltimore,  Md.,  for   the  fiscal 
year  ending  December  31,  1885. 

From  Theodore   H.  McKenzie,  South- 
ington,  Conn.: 
Report  of  the  Secretary  and  Engineer  of  the 
Southington  Water  Company  on  the   Con- 
struction of  the  Water-works,  Southington, 
■Conn.,  December,  1885. 

From  the  Mining  Institute  of  Scotland, 
James  Barrowman,  Secretary,  Hamil- 
ton : 
Report  relative    to    the  Mining   Exhibition 
held  in  Glasgow  under  the  auspices   of  the 
Mining  Institute  of  Scotland,  September, 
1885. 

From  Gen  John  Newton,  Chief  of  En- 
gineers U.  S.  A.,  Washington,  D.  C: 
Report  of  a  Survey  and  Examination  of  Pas- 

cagoula  River,  Mississippi. 
Report  of  an  examination  of  Wacissa  River, 

Florida. 
Report  from  the  Chief  of  Engineers  in  rela- 
tion to  Senate  Bill  753,  for  the  Sale  of  Fort 
Brady,  Michigan. 
Reports  of  Examination  and  Survey   with  a 
view  of  connecting  Saugatuck  River  with 
Long  Island  Sound. 
Report  of  a  Survey  of  Saco  River,  Maine. 
Report  asking  an  Appropriation  for  Increas- 
ing the  Water  Sujaply  of  Washington,  D.C. 
Report  of  a  Survey  and  of  a  Preliminary  Ex- 
amination of  Muskingum  River,  Ohio. 


Report  of  an  Examination  and  Survey  by 
Capt.  H.  S.  Taber,  Corps  of  Engineers,  of 
Arkansas  River,  from  Fort  Gibson  to  Wi- 
chita, Kansas. 

Report  Recommending  Legislation  to  En- 
force Regulations  concerning  the  Passage 
of  Vessels  through  the  South  Pass,  Missis- 
sippi River. 

Tables  of  Geographic  Positions,  Azimuths, 
and  Distances,  etc. 

In  regard  to  the  Improvement  of  Santee 
River,  South  Carolina. 

In  regard  to  Damage  by  Storms  to  Sea  Wall 
in  Boston  Harbor. 

Adraft  of  abillto  Regulate  the  Use  of  Public 
Parks  in  the  District  of  Columbia,  and 
recommending  its  passage. 

Report  of  additional  surveys  by  Maj.  Thomas 
H.  Haudbury,  of  routes  for  Hennepin 
Canal. 

Report  relative  to  the  Government  Pier  on 
Delaware  Bay. 

Reports  and  maps  showing  encroachments 
of  the  Missouri  River  upon  the  Military 
Reservation  at  Fort  Leavenworth,  Kan. 

Report  in  response  to  a  resolution  relative  to 
the  proposed  purchase  of  the  Franchise  of 
the  Green  and  Barren  River  Navigation 
Company  by  the  United  States. 

Statement  showing  rank,  duties,  and  address- 
es of  the  Officers  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers, 
April  1,  1886. 

Report  upon  the  Improvement  of  the  En- 
trance to  Galveston  Harbor. 

Report  recommending  that  Improvements 
be  made  in  the  Lockage  of  Saint  Mary's 
Falls  Canal. 

From  New  York  State  Board  of  Health, 
Albany: 
Bulletin  of  the  State  Board  of  Health  for  Jan- 
uary and  February,  1886. 

From  E.  P.  North,  New  York  City: 
One  photograph  of  the  Grand  Central  Depot, 
New  York,  Incoming  Trains  Depot. 

From  W.  Osborne,  Pillintzer  Strasse, 
Dresden ; 
An   Address  to  the  Public  in  regard  to  the 
new  24-hour  Clock. 

From  Park  Commissioners,  Boston : 
Notes  on  the  plan  of  Franklin  Park,  Boston, 
Mass.,  and  relative  matters. 

From   Ralph   W.  Pope,  Secretary  Am. 
Inst.  Electrical  Engineers,  New  York 
City: 
Rules  of  the  American  Institute  of  Electrical 
Engineers,  amended  December  8th,  1885. 
From  Thomas  Russell,  Chairman  Board 
of  Railroad  Commissioners,  Boston  : 
Seventeenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of 
Railroad  Commissioners  of  Massachusetts 
for  the  year  1885. 

From  CoUingwood  Schreiber,  Ottawa, 

Canada: 

Annual  Report  of  the  Minister  of  Railways 

and   Canals    for    the  fiscal  j'ear,  from  1st 

July,  1884,  to  30th  June,  1885,  on  the  works 

under  his  control. 

From  Charles  P.  Shaw,  New  York  City: 

Argument  of  Robert  Sewell,  Engr.,  on  behalf 

of  the  New  York  Cable  Railway  Co.,  before 

the  Mayor  of  New  York,  9th  March,  1886. 

From  T.  Guilford  Smith,  Buffalo,  N.Y.: 

Annual  Report  of  the  City  Engineer,  Buffalo, 

N.  Y.,  for  the  year  1885. 


62 


APRIL    PROCEEDINGS. 


Report  of  the  Receivers  of  the  P.  and  R.  R. 
Co.,  and  the  P.  and  R.  Coal  and  Iron  Co., 
of  the  operations  for  the  year  ending  No- 
vember 30th,  1885. 

From  D.  McN.  Stauffer,  New  York  City: 

Proceedings  of  the  Michigan  Engineering 
Society  at  its  Sixth  Annual  Convention, 
held  at  Lansing,  February  17th,  18th,  19th 
and  tiOth,  1885. 

On  Tidal  Theory  and  Tidal  Predictions.  E.  A. 
Gieseler. 

Report  of  the  Governor  of  Washington  Terri- 
tory for  the  year  1884. 

Report  of  the  Ti'ustees  of  the  Sanitary  Im- 
provement Bonds  of  the  Citv  of  Jaclison- 
ville,  Fla.,  July  Ist,  1884,  to  July  1st,  1885. 

Speech  of  William  L.  Scott  on  tlie  subject  of 
the  Coinage  of  the  Standard   Silver  Dollar. 

Topographical  Models:  their  Construction  and 
Uses.     A.  E.  Lehman. 

First  Annual  Report  of  the  City  Engineer  of 
the  City  of  Des  Moines,  for  the  year  1885. 

River  Transportation  and  the  Muscle  Shoals 
Canal.    Major  W.  R.  King. 

Report  of  the  Railroad  Commissioners  of  the 
State  of  Maine  for  the  year  1885. 

The  Cowles  Electric  Furnace  and  the  Pro- 
ductions of  Aluminium  and  its  Alloys. 
Alfred  H.  Cowles. 

Annual  Report  uijon  the  Improvement  of 
Harbors  and  Rivers  on  the  Southern  Coast 
of  Massachusetts,  and  in  Rhode  Island  and 
Connecticut. 

Obituary  Number  of  the  South  Pennsylvania 
Transit,  Vol.  II.  No.  1.     November,  1885. 

Statistics  of  Coal  in  Illinois  for  the  year  1885. 

Report,  with  Plans  and  Estimates,  for  the 
Sewerage  and  Drainage  of  Orange,  N.  J. 

A  Summary  of  the  Third  Annual  Report  of 
the  Bureau  of  Statistics  of  Labor  of  the 
State  of  New  York  for  the  year  ending  Jan- 
uary -jlst,  1886. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Managers  of 
the  New  York  State  Reformatory  at  Elmira 
for  the  year  ending  September  30th,  1885. 

Report  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  upon  the 
Drainage  and  Sewerage  for  the  Town  of 
Lake,  III.     October,  1885. 

Second  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Water 
Commissioners  to  the  City  of  Northampton, 
Mass.,  for  the  year  ending  November  30th, 
1885. 

Report  of  the  Board  of  Public  Works  of  the 
City  of  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  for  the  fiscal 
year  ending  April  30th,  1885. 

First  Report  of  the  Water  Department  of  the 
Town  of  Wellesley  from  the  beginning  of 
the  works,  April,  1884,  to  July  1st,  1885. 

The  Twentieth  and  Twenty-first  Annual  Re- 
ports of  the  Cambridge  Water  Board  for  the 
years  1884  and  1885. 

Tenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Water  Commis- 
sioners of  the  City  of  Taunton,  Mass.  No- 
vember 3Uth,  1885. 

Fourteenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Superin- 
tendent of  Water- works.  Bay  City,  Michigan, 
for  the  year  1885. 

Tenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Lawrence,  Mass., 
Water  Board  for  the  year  1885. 

Report  of  the  Board  of  Water  Commissioners 
of  the  City  of  Middletowu,  Conn.,  for  the 
years  1884  and  1885. 

Twelfth  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Water 
Commissioners  of  the  City  of  Springfield, 
Mass.,  for  the  year  1885. 

Annual   Report  of  the  City  Engineer  of  the 


City  of  Cambridge,  Mass.,  for  the  year  end- 
ing November  30th,  1885. 

Third  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Water 
Commissioners  of  the  City  of  Madison, 
Wis.,  for  the  year  ending  October  1st.  1885. 

Report  of  the  Consulting  Engineers  on  Ex- 
amination of  the  Sewerage  System  of  the 
City  of  Newport,  R.  I.  November  STth,  1885. 

First  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Public 
Works  of  the  City  of  East  Saginaw,  Mich., 
for  the  fiscal  year  ending  January  5th,  1886. 

Eleventh  Annual  Report  of  (he  Water  Com- 
missioners of  the  City  of  AUentown,  Penn., 
for  year  ending  December  31st,  1885. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Water  Com- 
missioners of  the  City  of  Binghamton,  State 
of  New  Y'ork,  for  the  year  ending  Decem- 
ber 31st,  1885. 

Fourteenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Public 
Water  Board  of  the  City  of  Lynn,  Mass., 
for  the  year  ending  December  31st,  1885. 

Fourth  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Water 
Commissioners  of  the  City  of  St.  Paul, 
Minn.,  December  1st,  1885. 

Sixteenth  Annual  Report  of  the  New  Bedford 
Water  Board  of  the  City  of  New  Bedford, 
Mass.,  December  31st,  1885. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Committee  on  Water, 
the  Water  Commissioners,  the  Water  Regis- 
trar and  the  City  Engineer  of  the  City  of 
Worcester,  Mass.,  for  the  year  endinj^  No- 
vember 30th,  1885. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Department  of  the 
Board  of  Public  Work,  City  of  New  Haven, 
Conn.,  for  the  year  1885. 

General  Buell's  Map  of  the  Battle-field  of 
Shiloh. 

An  Analysis  of  the  Lawsof  Motion:  their  re- 
lation to  bodies  moving  in  resisting  me- 
dia, and  to  various  modes  of  steamship 
proimlsion.     John  Giles. 

Annual  Accounts  and  Statements,  with 
Superintendent's  and  Auditor's  Reports,  of 
the  Sewerage  and  Water  Supply  for  the  City 
of  Saint  John  (East  Side)  and  Town  of  Port- 
land, N.  B.,  for  the  year  ending  December 
31st,  1884. 

Bound  Pamphlers  on  Canals  and  Railroads, 
etc. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Chief  Engineer  of  the 
Water  Department  of  the  City  of  Philadel- 
phia for  the  year  1872. 

The  Practice  ot  the  Improvement  of  the  Non- 
Tidal  Rivers  of  the  United  States,  with  an 
Examination  of  the  Results  thereof,  by 
Captain  E.  H.  Ruffner,  Corps  of  Engineers, 
U.  S.  A. 

From    Lucian    A.   Taylor,    Worcester, 
Mass. : 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Committee  on  Water, 
the  Water  Commissioner,  the  Water  Reg. 
istrar  and  the  City  Engineer  of  the  City 
of  Worcester,  for  the  year  endiDg  Novem- 
ber 30th,  1885. 

Prom    J.     Nelson    Tubbs,    Rochester, 
N.  Y.: 
Proceedings  to  acquire  Water  Rights  by  the 
City  of  Rochester,  N.  Y.    Vos.  I  and  II. 

From  United   States   Naval    Institute, 
.\nnapolis,  Md: 
Proceedings,  Vol.  XII,  No.  1. 

From  United  States  Geological  Survey, 
Washington,  D.  C: 
Fifth  Annual  Report  of  the  United  States  Ge- 
ological Survey,  1883-84. 
27  maps  U.  S.  Geological  Survey. 


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63 


From  Edinuml  B.  Weston,  Providence, 
R.  I.: 

Annual  Report  of  tlie  Commissioner  of  Dams 
and  Reservoirs  made  to  his  Excelleucy, 
Augustus  O.  Jirown,  Governor,  January  1, 
1885. 

Ihe  Distribution  of  Rainfall  in  New  England 
February  lOtb  14th,  1880,  from  Observa- 
tions reported  to  the  New  England  Meteor- 
ological Society.     Wilson  Tipton. 

Bulletin  of  the  >ew  England  Meteorological 
Society  for  February,  1886. 

From  C.  J.  H.  Woodbury,  Boston  Mass. : 
An  Address  before  the  National  Electric  Light 
Association,  Baltimore,  Md.,  on  the  Rela- 
tion of  Electric  Lighting  to  Insurance. 
Second  Report  on  Automatic  Siirinklers. 

From  Stephen  M.   Wright,   Secretary 

General   Society   of    Mechanics   and 

Tradesmen,  New  York  City: 

One  Hundredth  Annual  Re))nrt  of  the  General 

Society  of  Mechanics  and  Tradesmen  of  the 

City  of  New  York,  1886. 

From  Charles  G.  Yale,  Secretary  Tech- 


nical Society  of  the  Pacitic  Coast,  San 
Francisco,  Cal.: 
Transactions  tor  October,  November  and  De- 
cember, 1885,  and  .January  and  February, 
1886. 

From  other  sources: 

Ransome's  Concrete  Construction. 

Opinions  of  th(^  Press  on  the  Effect  on  City 
and  State  Credit. 

Hand-book  and  Illustrated  Catalogue  of  the 
Engineers'  and  Surveyors'  Instruments 
made  by  Butl'  &  Berger. 

An  Address  delivered  before  the  New  York 
Academy  of  Sciences  November  23d, 
1885,  by  R.  M.  Caffall.  on  his  Process  for 
Water-proofing  and  Preserving  Buildings, 
as  recently  applied  to  the  Obelisk  iu  Cen- 
tral Park. 

Proposals,  Contracts  and  Specifications  for 
Furnishing  Vitrified  S:ilt  -  Glazed  Clay 
Water-pipe  for  Little  Falls,  N.  Y.,  Water- 
works. 

Pamphlet  of  the  Carolina  Oil  and  Creosote 
Companyou  the  Manufacture  of  Carbonized 
and  Wood-Creosoted  Timber  and  Cross- 
Ties,  and  Wood-Creosote  Oil. 


LIST    OF    MEMBEKS, 


ADDITIONS. 


Date  of  Election. 


Elmee,  Howard  Nixon St.  Paul,  Minn April   7,  1886. 


Raymond,  Charles  Ward.  . 

Thackray,  Georoe  Edward. 
Vaeona,  Ignacio  Maria  de  . 


.(Elected  Junior  November  7, 1877) 
Care      Sooysmitli     &    Co.,    52 
Montauk  Block,  Chicago,  111 

.  .  (Elected     Junior     vSeptember      fi, 
1882),    Box  117,  Sharpsburg,  Pa. 

.223    East   IHst    street,    New   York 
City 

associates. 

Dana,  James  Jackson 140  Pearl  street,  New  York  City. .  . 

Phillips,  Henry  Ayling Division     Superintendent    Fitch- 
burg  R.  R.,  Worcester,  Mass. .  . . 

juniors. 

Barlow,  John  Quincy Northern  Pacific  R.  R.,  Ellensburg, 

Wash.  Territory 

DowNEs,  Stanclief  Bazen.  .  .1071  Madison   Avenue,  New  York 

City 

Richer,  George  Alfred 53  Twelfth  street,  Buifalo,  N.  Y. . . 

Shepard,  William  Tutile.  ...18  City  Hall,  New  Haven,  Conn..  . 
Teatman,      Edward      Ernest 

Russell 170  Clinton  street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


^*  AFKIL    PROCEEDINGS. 

CHANGES     AND      CORBECTIONS. 
MEMBEES. 

ArnrooD,  William  H Astoria,  Queens  Co.,  N.  Y. 

Bell,  Henry  P Esquimault  and  Nanaimo  R'y,  Cowichan,  Brit- 
ish Columbia. 

Beooks,  Feed 31  Milk  street,  Boston,  Mass. 

Clement,    Feank  H Civil  Engineer  and  Contractor,  Ardsley,  N.  Y. 

Clarke,  Eliot  C 15  Brimmer  st.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Cunningham,  Da\id  W Grandin,  Cass  Co.,  Dakota. 

Endicott,  Moedecai  T Civil  Engineer  U.  S.  N.,  U.  S.  Navy  Yard,  Nor- 
folk, Va. 

Falconet,  Eugene  F Engineer  ^tna  Iron  Co.,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

Fillet,  HielH Chief  Engineer  Southern  General  Division  Mex- 
ican National  E'y,  Mexico,  Mexico. 

Hembeele,  Edwaed .14  Douglas  st.,  Karlsruhe,  Baden,  Germany. 

LiNviLLE,  Jacob  H 3924  Walnut  st..  West  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

McCoLLOM,  Thomas  C Civil  Engineer  U.  S.  N.,  League  Island,  Pa. 

Oebison,  Thomas  W Appleton,  Wis. 

Paekhuest,  Heney  W Bristol,  R.  I. 

Pegeam,  George  H 9  South  st.,  New  York  City. 

Pou,  Aethur Chief  Engineer  Savannah,  Dublin  and  Western 

Short  Line  R'y,  Savannah,  Ga. 

Peatt,  William  A Weston,  Lewis  Co.,  West  Va. 

Peindle,  Feanklin  C Civil  Engineer  U.  S.  N.,  East  Orange,  N.  J 

Purdon,  Charles  D Paris  and  Great  Northern  R'y,  Paris,  Texas. 

Safford,  Edward  S Arlington,  Mass. 

Sears,  Alfred  F Helenn,  Montana. 

Staats,  Robert  P 171  Broadway,  New  York  City. 

Walker,  John  S Box  45,  Texarkana,  Texas. 

Wilder,  Francis  M Binghamton,  N.  Y. 

JUNIORS. 

Blanc,  Frederick  N 14  West  23d  st..  New  York  City. 

Booker,  Bernard  F Lock-Box  6,  Keokuk,  Iowa. 

Breithaupt,  William  H  4  Lockridge  Hall,  S.E.   Corner  Main   and  Fifth 

sts.,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Caerere,  J.  Maxwell 466  Henry  st.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

FiTLLER,  William  B 4  Bunnell  Block,  Duluth,  Minn. 

Gay,  Martin West  New  Brighton,  Richmond  Co.,  N.  Y. 

GoLDMARK,  Henry 32  Liberty  st..  Room  11,  New  York  City. 

Smith,  Maxwell 109  East  72d  st.,  New  York  City, 

death. 

Bailey,  Thomas  Norton Elected    Member    November   7th,    1883;    died 

April  20th,  1886. 


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FROCEEDINOS. 


Vol  XII.— May.    1886. 


MINUTES    OF     MEETINGS 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


May  5th,  1886.— The  Society  met  at  20  o'clock,  Vice-President 
Thomas  F.  Rowland,  in  the  chair  ;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.  The  follow- 
ing candidates  were  elected  as  Members:  Almon  Byron  Atwater,  Detroit, 
Mich. ;  Frederick  Eaton,  Los  Angeles,  Oal. ;  Eugene  Frederick  Fuller, 
Paducah,  Ky. ;  Albert  Mather  Smith,  New  York  City;  Charles  Sooy- 
smith,  New  York  City;  Augustine  Washington  Wright,  Chicago,  111. 
As  Junior;   John  Jacob  Hopper,  New  York  City. 

The  election  as  Fellow  of  the  Society  of  Amzi  Lorenzo  Barber,  of 
Washington,  D.  C,  was  announced. 

The  death  of  Capt.  Thomas  Norton  Bailey,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  Corps 
of  Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  on  April  20th,  1886,  was  announced. 

The  rej)ort  of  the  committee  appointed  to  place  before  the  General 
Railway  Time  Convention  the  information  gathered  by  the  Society  in 
regard  to  Standard  Time,  was  read,  stating  that  the  Time  Convention 
had  appointed  a  special  committee  on  the  subject.  The  report  was 
accepted  and  the  committee  discharged. 

The  paper  previously  presented  on  "English  and  American  Railroads 
Compared,"  by  Edward  Bates  Dorsey,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.E.,  was  discussed 
by  Messrs.  G.  Bouscaren,  J.  Henney,  Jr.,  Edward  Pritchard,  M.  Inst. 
C.  E.,  R.  L.  Harris,  and  Dorsey. 

Blue  prints  of  two  heavy  locomotives  now  in  use  by  the  Southern 
Pacific  Co. ,  Pacific  System  were  presented  by  Mr.  A.  J.  Stevens,  Master 
Mechanic,  through  R.  L.  Harris,  M.  Am  Soc.  C.  E.,  and  the  thanks  of 
the  Society  Avere  tendered  to  Mr.  Stevens  for  these  drawings  and  the 
accompanying  information. 


CO  MAY    PROCEEDINGS. 

May  IOth,  1886.— The  Society  met  at  20  o'clock,  Vice-President 
Thomas  F.  Rowland,  in  the  chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary. 

The  death  of  James  D.  Burr,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  May  7th,  1886, 
was  announced. 

The  paper  previously  presented  on  "Errors  in  Railroad  Levels,"  by 
H.  V.  Hinckley,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  Avas  discussed  by  L.  L.  Wheeler, 
M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

A  paper  by  Capt.  O.  E.  Michaelis,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  Corps  of 
Ordnance,  U.  S.  A.,  "A  Note  on  the  Cost  of  Concrete"  was  read. 


MEMOIRS  OF  DECEASED  MEMBERS. 


THOMAS  SYDENHAM  HARDEE,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 


Died  May  20th,  1880. 


Thomas  Sydenham  Hardee  was  born  in  Liberty  County,  Ga.,  in  the 
year  1832.  His  father  was  a  physician  of  that  place.  He  was  named  after 
Thomas  Sydenham,  a  celebrated  English  physician.  He  graduated  from 
the  University  of  Georgia  at  the  age  of  eighteen  and  was  then  offered 
the  choice  of  an  education  as  a  civil  engineer  or  of  a  thorough  training 
in  Italy  in  mnsic,  as  he  had  at  a  very  early  period  developed  remarkable 
musical  tastes.  He  however  preferred  the  technical  education  and 
became  a  student  at  West  Point,  taking  a  special  course  under  the  in- 
struction of  Prof.  Mahan.  After  the  completion  of  his  studies  he  became 
engaged  upon  the  location  of  the  New  Orleans  and  Great  Northern 
Railroad,  and  was  in  active  service  upon  that  and  other  railroads  for 
about  ten  years. 

At  the  commencement  of  the  war  he  entered  the  Confederate  service 
as  Captain  of  Engineers,  and  was  upon  the  staff  of  his  uncle,  General  W. 
J.  Hardee,  becoming  afterwards  Lieutenant-Colonel  of  Engineers  in  that 
service.  He  was  actively  engaged  in  engineering  duties  during  the 
war,  being  for  a  part  of  the  time  also  upon  the  staff"  of  General  Jos- 
eph E.  Johnston,  and  won  many  commendations  for  gallantry,  skill  and 
coolness. 

Afterwards  he  was  special  engineer  and  member  of  the  Railroad 
Board  of  Inspection  of  the  State  of  Mississippi.  In  1870  he  went  to 
New  Orleans  and  prepared  for  the  State  a  very  valuable  map  of  Louisiana. 
In  1874  he  became  the  City  Surveyor  of  New  Orleans,  and  gave  careful 
attention  to  the  problem  of  the  drainage  of  that  city,  which  was  at  that 


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time  in  a  deplorable  condition,  the  various  districts  of  the  city  haviup; 
separate  systems  for  the  disjDOsal  of  their  drainage.  He  recommended 
that,  before  any  additional  work  should  be  undertaken,  a  thorough 
topographical  survey  of  the  city  should  be  made  and  a  general  plan  of 
drainage  determined  upon  to  be  carried  out  through  a  series  of  years. 
He  prepared  and  recommended  a  plan  for  this  purpose  which  involved 
an  expenditure  of  a  very  much  less  amount  of  money  than  would  have 
been  expended  had  the  plans  previously  considered  for  this  purpose 
been  carried  out.  The  financial  condition  of  the  city,  however,  Avas  such, 
that  it  was  deemed  impossible  at  that  time  to  carry  out  any  proper  plan 
of  drainage.  A  plan  of  his  for  securing  a  better  and  more  wholesome 
supply  of  water  to  the  city  was  also  given  up  on  account  of  financial 
difficulties. 

In  1876  he  was  elected  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Louisiana  Levee  Com- 
pany, and  afterwards  was  made  Assistant-Engineer  of  the  State,  and,  on 
the  resignation  of  Major  B.  M.  Harrod,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  he  became 
Chief  Engineer  of  the  State  of  Louisiana.  In  this  position  he  had  charge 
of  the  construction  of  the  levees  of  the  State.  He  constructed  the  works 
of  repair  at  the  great  break  at  Bonnet  Carre,  and  also  the  break  in  the 
Sharp  Levee  opposite  the  City  of  New  Orleans,  where  he  exposed  him- 
self while  suffering  from  illness  and  never  recovered  from  the  effects  of 
that  exposure. 

Colonel  Hardee  was  one  of  the  most  trusted  engineers  in  the  South. 
He  added  to  a  thorough  technical  education,  very  great  industry  and 
zeal  in  the  practical  works  of  his  profession. 

In  1861  Colonel  Hardee  married  Miss  Harriot  Zacharie,  and  his 
widow  and  six  sons  survive  him.  He  was  elected  a  Member  of  the 
American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  April  4th,  1877. 


LIST    OF    MEMBEKS. 


ADDITIONS. 
MEMBERS. 


Date  of  Election 

Johnson,  John  Butlek Washington    University,   St. 

Louis,  Mo April  7,  1886. 

EuGGLES,  William  BuKEOUGHs ...  Chief    Engineer    Ohio    and 

Mississippi  Ey.,  Cincin- 
nati, Ohio April  7,  1886. 

Smith,  Albert  Mather Consolidated  Gas  Co.,  Tenth 

ave.  and  18th  st.,  New  York 

City May   5,    1886. 

SooYSMiTH,  Charles 2  Nassau  st.,  New  York  City,  May   5,    1886. 


68  MAY    PROCEEDINGS. 

Wright,  Augustine  Washington..  185   Dearborn   st.  (Room   7), 

Chicago,  111 May   5,   1886. 

ASSOCIATES. 

BoGAET,  Samuel  Stockton Superintendent    Telegraphs 

and  Signals,  West  Shore 
R.  R.,  foot  West  42d  st, 
New  York  City April  7,  1886. 

Young,  Feedekick  Stafford 350  Broadway,  Troy,  N.  Y. .  April  7,  1886. 


Donovan,  John  Joseph Northern   Pacific  R.  R.,  El- 

lensburgh,  Wash April  7,  1886. 

Titus.  Walton  Obadiah P.  0.   Box  109,   Eagle  Pass, 

Texas April  7,  1886. 


Barber,  Amzi  Lorenzo 280    Broadway,    New    York 

City ". March  19,1886. 

changes     and     corrections. 

MEMBERS. 

Atwood,  William  H Chatham,  Mass. 

Baker,  William  H Fitchburg,  Mass. 

Drake,  William  A Resident  Engineer,  Atchison,  Topeka  and 

Santa  Fe  R.  R.,  Topeka,  Kansas. 
Fanning,  John  T Chief  Engineer  St.  Anthony's  Falls  Water 

Power  Co.,   Union   Depot,    Minneapolis, 

Minn. 

Gates,  Horace  D 2800  Pine  st.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Goad,  Charles  E 102  St.  Francis  Xavier  st.,  Montreal,  Canada. 

Henning,  Charles  S Cherokee,  Kansas. 

HoFF,  Olaf 25  and  26  Tribune  Building,   Minneapolis, 

Minn. 
McGeath,  Wallace Care  Chief  Engineer  Atchison,  Topeka  and 

Santa  Fe  R.  R.,  Topeka,  Kansas. 
Neilson,  Charles General  Superintendent  Cincinnati,  Hamil- 
ton and  Dayton  R.  R.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
Sears,  Clinton  B Captain    Corps    of   Engineers,    U.    S.    A., 

University  Club,  New  York  City. 

Thackeay,  George  E Box  789,  New  York  City. 

Van  Brocklin,  Martin Care    Messrs.    R.   Towns    &  Co.,    Sydney, 

Australia. 


Emonts,  William  A.  G (Care  C.   H.  Kellogg),   24  Erie  st.,  Buffalo, 

N.  Y. 


MAY    PROCEEDINGS.  69 

Feancis,  Geoege  B Assistant    Engineer  New  Jersey    Junction 

K.  R.,  173  Bergen  ave.,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

Haskins,  William  J 537  West  105th  st.,  New  York  City. 

Shepaed,  William  T (Care  N,  C.  Ray,  Assistant  Engineer  Union 

Pacific  By.).  Anaconda,  Montana. 

DEATH. 

Burr,  James  D Elected   Member  April  5,  1876;    died  May 

7tb.  1886. 


CONTRIBUTIONS  TO  THE  BUILDING  FUND. 

By  a  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Direction,  all  contributions  to  the 
Building  Fund  are  to  be  acknowledged,  from  time  to  time,  by  printing 
lists  of  the  same  in  the  monthly  Proceedings  of  the  Society,  and  in 
addition  to  this,  the  names  of  all  those  who  may  subscribe  $100  or  more 
are  to  be  regularly  enrolled  and  published  in  future  lists  of  the  Society 
under  the  head  of  Subscribers  to  the  Building  Fund,  and  they  will  be 
entitled  to  receive  one  copy  of  the  monthly  publications,  comprising  all 
papers  and  Transactions  of  the  Society,  regularly  for  life,  for  each  $100 
subscribed  by  them;  such  copies  to  be  in  addition  to  those  which  they 
may  be  already  entitled  to  if  they  are  Members  or  Fellows. 

The  following  contribution  is  acknowledged  in  addition  to  those 
.  heretofore  noted : 

Frederic  Graflf. $200.00 


THE  ROWLAND  PRIZE. 


CODE  OF  RULES  FOR  ITS  AWARD. 

Not  more  than  one  prize  shall  be  awarded  each  year  for  papers  pre- 
sented during  the  year.  The  year  shall  terminate  on  the  first  day  of 
August,  and  the  award  shall  be  announced  at  the  annual  meeting  in 
January. 

The  prize  shall  consist  of  fifty  dollars  in  cash. 

The  award  shall  be  made  by  a  committee  consisting  of  the  Secretary 
and  two  Members  of  the  Society,  to  be  appointed  by  the  Board  of  Di- 
rection. 

The  prize  shall  be  awarded  to  such  paper  as  the  committee  deem 
most  worthy  of  such  recognition,  the  preference  being  given  to  papers 
describing  in  detail  accomplished  works  of  construction,  their  cost  and 
manner  of  execution,  and  the  errors  in  design  and  execution. 


70  MAY    PROCEEDINGS. 

THE    NOfiMAN    MEDAL. 


CODE  OF  KULES  FOR  ITS  AWARD. 

I.  — Competition  for  the  Norman  Medal  of  the  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers  shall  be  restricted  to  Members  of  the  Society. 

II-— There  shaU  be  one  gold  medal,  and  only  one,  struck  for  each 
and  every  fiscal  year  of  the  Society,  and  awarded  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided. The  dies  therefor  shall  be  with  the  Superintendent  of  the 
United  States  Mint  at  Philadelphia,  in  trust  exclusively  for  the  above 
purpose.  Such  medal  shall  be  of  a  cost  equal  to  the  annual  interest 
received  upon  $1  000  of  the  Consolidated  Stock  of  the  City  of  New 
York,  Certificate  No.  179,  of  the  additional  new  Croton  Aqueduct  Stock 
of  the  City  of  New  York,  authorized  by  an  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  Chap.  230,  passed  AprH  15th,  1870,  dated  November 
17th,  1873,  now  held  in  trust  by  the  Treasurer  of  this  Society,  and  so 
held  solely  for  this  purpose,  and  shall  be  executed  upon  his  order. 

III.— All  original  papers  presented  to  the  Society  by  Members  of  any 
class,  during  the  year  for  which  the  medal  is  awarded,  shall  be  open  to 
the  award,  provided  that  such  papers  shall  not  have  been  previously 
contributed  in  whole  or  in  part  to  any  other  association,  nor  have 
appeared  in  print  prior  to  their  publication  by  the  Society,  nor  have  been 
presented  to  the  Society  in  any  previous  year. 

IV.— The  Board  of  Censors  to  award  the  medal  shall  consist  of  three 
Members  of  the  Society,  to  be  designated  by  the  Board  of  Direction. 
The  Secretary  of  the  Society  shall  act  as  Secretary  to  the  Board  of 
Censors . 

v.— The  medal  shall  be  awarded  to  such  paper  as  the  said  Board  shall 
judge  to  be  worthy  of  special  commendation  for  its  merits  as  a  contribu- 
tion to  engineering  science,  not  merely  relatively  as  compared  with 
others  presented  during  the  same  year,  but  as  exhibiting  the  science, 
talent  or  industry  displayed  in  the  consideration  of  the  subject  treated 
of,  and  for  the  good  which  may  be  expected  to  result  from  the  discussion 
and  the  inquiry, 

VI.— In  case  no  paper  presented  during  the  year  shall  be  deemed  of 
sufficient  value  to  receive  an  award,  the  amount  of  the  interest  of  the 
fund  for  that  year  shall  be  expended  by  the  Board  of  Direction  in  the 
purchase  of  books,  to  be  offered  as  a  premium  for  the  second  best  paper 
in  the  next  year  in  which  more  than  one  paper  of  sufficient  value  may  be 
presented. 

^11-— The  medal  year  shall  terminate  on  the  first  day  of  August,  and 
the  award  shaU  be  announced  at  the  annual  meeting. 

VIII.— The  Treasurer  of  this  Society  shall  cause  the  medal  to  be 
prepared  and  delivered  to,  or  deposited  to  the  order  of,  the  successful 
competitor,  within  two  months  after  the  annual  meeting  at  which  the 
same  shall  have  been  awarded. 


Im^rican    mtkk^  off  |j  iuil  l^^ngineers. 


PROCEEDINGS. 


Vol.  XII.— June,  1886. 


MINUTES    OF     MEETINGS. 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


June  2d,  1886.— The  Society  met  at  20  o'clock,  Past  President  George 
8.  Greene  in  the  chair;  JohnBogart,  Secretary.  The  following  candidates 
were  declared  elected.  As  Members:  William  Algernon  Brackenridge, 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y. ;  Robert  Gillham,  Kansas  City,  Mo. ;  Arthur  Henshaw 
Howland,  Boston,  Mass. ;  Richard  Leveridge  Hoxie,  Montgomery,  Ala. ; 
Herbert  Sherman  Huson,  North  Yakima,  Wash.  Ter. ;  Charles  Edward 
Jackson,  New  York  City;  William  Henry  Lawton,  Jr.,  Newport, 
R.  I. ;  Samuel  Bingham  McKee,  Montreal,  Canada;  Charles  Henry  Saw- 
yer, Stanberry,  Mo. ;  John  Stewart  Schaeflfer,  Newark,  N.  J. ;  Addison 
Moffat  Scott,  Charleston,  West  Va. ;  John  Findley  Wallace,  Keithsburg, 
111.  As  Associate:  Calvin  Milton  Woodward,  St.  Loiiis,  Mo.  As  Juniors: 
Samuel  Eben  Barney,  Jr.,  New  Haven,  Conn;  Charles  Pierre  Bonnett, 
Elizabeth,  N.  J.;  Nathaniel  Oliver  Goldsmith,  Glendale,  Ohio;  Charles 
Malon  Mills,  New  I'^ork  City;  Henry  Bowman  Seaman,  Brooklyn,  N.  1'. 

The  election  as  Fellow  of  the  Society  of  John  Joseph  Albright,  of 
Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  was  announced. 

A  paper  by  Palmer  C.  Ricketts,  Assoc.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  "  Some  Con- 
stants of  Structural  Steel,"  was  read  and  discussed. 

A  model  of  an  apparatus  for  climbing  chimneys,  for  purposes  of  con- 
struction and  repair,  was  exhibited  by  Mr.  Arthur  Westcott,  of  Liver- 
pool, England. 


JUNE    PR0CEEDINC4S. 


LIST    OF    MEMBERS, 


ADDITION. 

FELLOW.  Date  of  Election. 

Albright,  John  Joseph Buffalo,  N.  Y April  20,  1886. 


CHANGES     AND     CORRECTIONS. 
MEMBERS. 

Brinckerhoff,  Henry  W 41  Jefferson  avenue,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Childs,  James  E General  Manager  New  York,  Ontario  and  West- 
ern R.  R.,  10  Exchange  Place,  New  York  City. 

Craven,  Henry  S - .  .Civil  Engineer,  U.  S.  N. ,  Kittery  Point,  Me. 

Davis,  Charles  E.  L.  B Captain    Corps   of  Engineers,    U.    S.    A.,  P.  O. 

Drawer  7,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

DoANE,  Walter  A (Care  Lewis  Kingman,  Asst.  Chief  Engineer  At- 
chison, Topeka  and  Santa  Fe  R.  R.),  Topeka, 
Kan. 

Drake,  William  A Resident  Engineer  Atchison,  Topeka  and  Santa 

Fe  R.  R.,  Topeka,  Kansas. 

Flagg,  J.  Foster Division  Engineer  New  York  Steam  Co.,  21  Cort- 

landt  St.,  New  York  City. 

Gates,  Christopher  L Engineer  Smith  Bridge  Co.,  Toledo,  Ohio. 

Grant,  Wllliam  H 209  West  55th  st..  New  York  City. 

Partridge,  John  A 627  F  st.,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Wheeler,  Levi  L P.  0.  Box  1073,  Jackson,  Mich. 

JUNIORS. 

Bensel,  John  A 64  E.  79th  st.,  New  York  City. 

Lucas,  D,  Jones Port  Jervis,  N.  Y. 


,mmcan 


i^iiooEEr)i:N^as. 


Vol.  XII.— July,  1886. 


MINUTES    OF     MEETINQS 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


ANNUAL  CONVENTION  OF  THE  SOCIETY, 
Held  at  Denvee,  Colo.,  July  2d,  3d,  5th  and  7th,   1886. 


FiKST  Session. 


Fkiday,  July  2d,  Afteknoon. — The  Convention  assembled  in  the 
hall  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  was  called  to  order  at  15:15 
o'clock  by  Mr.  John  Bogakt,  the  Secretary  of  the  Society,  who  said: 

I  have  the  honor  of  calling  the  polorado  Convention  of  1886,  of  the 
American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  to  order,  and  I  have  the  pleasure  of 
introducing  to  the  Society  its  President,  Colonel  Henry  Flad. 

President  Flad. — Gentlemen:  Under  the  By-Laws  of  the  Society, 
a  Chairman  selected  from  Members,  not  officers,  is  to  preside  over  all 
but  business  meetings  of  the  Convention.  If  the  Local  Committee  is 
ready  to  make  a  nomination,  we  will  be  glad  to  hear  from  them. 

Mr.  Geoege   S.  Eice,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. — I  nominate  for  Chairman, 
Mr.  Robert  B.  Stanton,  of  Denver. 

The  nomination  of  Mr.  Stanton  was  carried,  and  that  gentleman 
took  the  chair. 

Mr.  Robert  B.  Stanton,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. — Gentlemen:  It  is  hardly 
necessary  for  me  to  say  that  I  appreciate  the  honor  you  have  conferred 
on  me  in  appointing  me  to  this  position,  being  so  young  a  Member  of 
our  Society,  and  I  have  only  to  say,  that  as  we,  Members  of  this  Society  in 


74  JULY    PROCEEDINGS. 

Denver,  are  so  few — only  two — we  doubly  welcome  you  to  our  State.  In 
accordance  with  the  usual  custom  at  conventions,  Past  Presidents  of  the 
Society  are  invited  to  occuj^y  seats  upon  the  platform. 

The  Secretary  then  made  announcements  in  regard  to  the  meetings. 
He  also  presented  the  following  letter: 

To  the  President  and  Members  of  tlie  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers 
now  in  Session  at  the  Chamber  of  Commerce. 

The  Executive  Committee  in  charge  of  the  celebration  of  the  Fourth 
of  July,  1886,  will  be  honored  by  your  presence  at  this  double  anni- 
versary—the One  Hundred  and  Tenth  Anniversary  of  the  Independence 
of  the  United  States,  and  the  Tenth  Anniversary  of  the  founding  of  the 
State  as  a  State.  The  parade  will  move  at  4  o'clock  p.  m.  sharp,  Mon- 
day, July  5th.  If  the  invitation  is  accepted,  please  advise  the  under- 
signed. J.  Brook, 

Secretary  of  the  Executive  Committee. 

Prof.  C.  M.  Woodward,  Assoc.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. — I  move  that  the 
invitation  be  accepted. 

The  motion  was  carried. 

The  Chairman. — Are  there  any  suggestions  or  motions  to  be  made  by 
any  person  present  before  we  proceed  to  the  reading  of  a  paper.  If  not, 
perhaps  you  gentlemen  who  are  visiting  Colorado  will  appreciate  what 
an  interesting  subject  you  have  brought  to  Colorado  people  as  an  intro- 
ductory to  your  Convention,  when  I  announce  a  paper  by  Captain  E.  L. 
HoxiE,  M.  Am,  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  the  subject  of  "  Excessive  Rainfalls."  It 
hardly  seems  intended  for  Colorado.  However,  we  shall  be  interested 
in  the  Secretary's  reading  of  it. 

The  Secretary  read  the  paper.  It  was  discussed  by  Messrs.  J.  J.  R. 
Croes,  David  E.  McComb,  Robert  E.  McMath,  Robert  B.  Stanton, 
George  S.  Rice,  Thomas  C.  Keefer,  John  F.  Barnard,  Eliot  C.  Clarke, 
F.  Collingwood,  Jacob  Blickensderfer  and  Charles  Latimer. 

The  Chairman  then,  in  behalf  of  the  Local  Committee,  presented  to 
the  Members  a  book  prepared  for  their  use  and  giving  very  full  informa- 
tion as  to  the  City  of  Denver  and  the  State  of  Colorado.  The  book  is 
handsomely  ilhistrated. 

Attention  was  called  to  the  exhibition  in  the  meeting  room  of  a  num- 
ber of  specimens  of  the  native  building  stones  of  Colorado.  Also  of 
Portland  cement  manufactured  at  Denver. 

Second  Session. 

July  2d,  Evening. — The  Members  of  the  Society  and  its  guests 
assembled  at  the  Tabor  Grand  Opera  House  at  20:30  o'clock. 

The  Chairman,  Mr.  Robert  B.  Stanton,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  in 
opening  the  meeting,  said: 

Ladies  and  Gentlemen :  We  are  assembled  here  this  evening  to  wel- 
<Jome  to  our  State  and  City  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  and 


JULY    PROCEEDINGS.  75 

as  a  citizen  of  Colorado  I  take  great  pleasure  in  introducing  to  you  His 
Excellency  Governor  Eaton. 

Gov,  Eaton.— Mr.  Chairman,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen:  Never  before  in 
the  history  of  Colorado  have  we  been  honored  as  we  are  to-night.  Our 
distinguished  visitors  are  the  forerunners  of  progress,  the  corner-stone 
of  modern  civilization.  To  the  American  engineers,  their  skill,  their 
energy  and  their  science,  are  more  due  the  grand  strides  that  civilization 
is  making  in  the  last  half  century  than  to  any  other  cause.  You  have 
annihilated  space  and  bid  defiance  to  time.  With  iron  bands  you  have 
connected  ocean  to  ocean.  You  cause  palaces  to  fly  on  wheels  for  our 
comfort  and  our  pleasure,  and  to-day  the  world  is  electrified  by  your 
thought.  Over  thirty  years  ago  I  was  holding  the  rod  and  carrying  the 
chain  for  one  of  your  distinguished  members,  Mr.  Jacob  Blickensderfer. 
Owing  to  a  lull  in  railroad  building,  I  took  Horace  Greeley's  advice,  and 
started  West  to  grow  up  with  the  country,  never  expecting  to  see  Ohio's 
State  Engineer  again.  A  few  years  passed,  and  I  found  him  leading  the 
iron  horse  across  the  great  American  Desert,  and  over  our  pathless 
mountains. 

Judging  of  the  future  by  the  past,  we  have  a  grand  and  glorious 
prospect  before  us.  Our  hope  of  the  future  is  in  you.  Stand  by  your 
noble  calling.  In  behalf  of  the  people  of  the  State  I  would  welcome 
you.  I  trust  your  visit  with  us  may  be  an  oasis,  the  shadow  of  a  great 
rock  in  a  weary  land,  a  green  spot  on  memory's  brightest  page. 

Mr.  Heney  Flad,  President  of  the  Society,  responded  as  follows.— 

Your  Excellency:  I  thank  you  most  heartily  on  behalf  of  the  American 

Society  of  Civil  Engineers  for  the  kind  words  of  welcome  you  have 

spoken  to  us.    We  came  to  your  city  to  hold  our  Annual  Convention, 

because  we  wanted  to  see  the  great  works  of  engineering  art  in  which 

•  your  State  excels— your  mountain  railroads  and  your  irrigation  works. 

But  this  was  not  the  only  cause  for  our  coming.     We  had  a  common, 

human  interest  in  investigating  the  causes  of  a  progress  which  may  be 

called  unprecedented  in  the  history  of  the  world,  when  it  is  considered 

that  where  a  few  decades  ago  there  was  nothing  but  a  desert,  to-day 

there  is  a  flourishing  city  of  seventy  thousand  inhabitants,  enjoying  all 

the  material  and  intellectual  benefits  of  civilization.      And  last,  but  not 

least,  we  wanted  to  make  the  personal  acquaintance  of  the  hardy  race  of 

men  who  wrought  these  changes,  and  were  convinced  that  they  would 

extend  to  us  the  hand  of  brotherhood  as  members  of  a  profession  whose 

object  it  is,  if  I  may  be  allowed  to  make  a  new  definition,  to  overcome 

and  remove  all  obstacles  in  the  way  of  the  material   progress  of  the 

human  race  with  the  least  exertion  of  power.     In  this  expectation  we 

were  not  deceived.     Your  greeting  assures  us  that  we  will  be  welcome 

here,  and  I  can  assure  you  that  we  will  use  the  opportunity  off"ered  us  so 


76  JULY    PROCEEDIN"GS. 

kindly  to  make  ourselves  familiar  with  all  your  works  of  engineering, 
and  to  become  acquainted  with  your  people.  I  again  thank  you  for  this 
kind  reception. 

The  Chairman,  Mr.  E.  B.  Stanton.— On  behalf  of  the  City  of 
Denver,  I  have  the  pleasure  of  introducing  to  you  Mr.  Thomas  Nicoll, 
the  acting  Mayor. 

Mr.  Nicoll. — Ladies  and  Gentlemen,  Mr.  President  and  Members  of 
the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers:  It  is  with  pleasure  that  I 
welcome  you  to  our  city,  welcome  you  as  individuals  and  as  an  associa- 
tion. We  are  glad  to  have  representative  men  come  among  us,  and 
honor  the  City  of  the  Plains  with  their  deliberations,  and  especially  is 
this  true  when  the  association  is  of  such  importance  as  your  organiza- 
tion, whose  Members  have,  in  the  drainage  of  our  cities  and  in  the 
construction  of  other  great  works,  left  monuments  to  their  skill  that 
will  remain  long  after  the  designer's  hand  is  still  in  death  and  his  eyes 
closed  to  worldly  responsibilities  and  cares.  The  advance  of  a  people 
is  probably  most  strikingly  indicated  by  the  character  of  their  public 
works.  Perhaps  nowhere  on  the  continent  is  this  fact  more  decidedly 
evident  than  in  Colorado.  What  miracles  have  been  wrought  here  in 
scarcely  a  score  of  years  through  the  science  which  you  represent.  We 
have  no  wonders  in  great  buildings  or  massive  granite  works.  We  have 
no  St.  Louis  Bridge,  no  Erie  Canal;  but  our  mountains  have  been  sur- 
mounted by  marvels  of  engineering  that  are  famous  the  world  over. 
Oiir  plains  have  been  transformed  into  gardens  by  the  handiwork  of 
the  canal  builder.  The  precious  contents  of  our  mines  have  been 
brought  to  the  use  of  civilization  through  the  best  thoughts  of  the 
mining  engineer,  and  the  healthfulness  of  this  region  has  been  largely 
enhanced  by  sanitary  science,  and  a  very  large  share  of  the  prosj^erity 
we  enjoy  to-day  is  the  result  of  the  study,  care  and  skill  of  the  members 
of  your  profession.  The  citizens  of  Denver  feel  honored  by  your  choice 
of  this  city  as  a  meeting  place.  In  your  brief  respite  from  business 
responsibilities,  and  after  your  adjournment,  remember  that  you  are  in 
the  midst  of  a  hospitable  people,  the  proud  owners  of  a  delightful  and 
wonderful  city,  and  that  I  have,  in  obedience  to  a  general  call,  extended, 
and  do  now  extend,  to  the  Members  here  assembled  of  the  American 
Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  the  hospitality,  freedom  and  good-will  of 
the  City  of  Denver. 

The  Chairman,  Mr.  K.  B.  Stanton. — As  you  are  aware,  this  is  the 
American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  and  embraces  all  America.  I 
have  the  honor  to  introduce  to  you  our  Vice-President,  Mr.  Thojias  C. 
Keefek,  of  Ottawa,  Canada. 

Mr.  Thomas  C.  Keefer,  Vice-President  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. — Ladies 
and  Gentlemen :    I  have  great   pleasure  on   behalf  of   our   Society  in 


JULY   PROCEEDINGS.  77 

recognizing  the  very  kind  reception  which  you  have  prepared  for  us, 
and  the  very  kind  sentiments  expressed  by  your  Mayor.  I  am  sure  that 
on  this,  our  visit  to  Colorado,  we  are  as  much  surprised  by  the  City  of 
Denver  as  by  your  mountains.  The  solidity  of  the  buildings  in  this 
city,  the  complete  municipal  equipment  which  it  possesses,  show  that  your 
citizens  are  as  much  in  advance  of  our  older  corporations  in  the  East 
as  your  mountains  are  higher  than  our  hills.  There  is  a  great  deal  to 
attract  us  Eastern  people  in  Colorado  especially.  It  is  the  nearest  point 
where  we  can  get  elevation  and  civilization  combined.  There  are  many 
higher  mountains  and  many  places  of  great  interest,  but  they  are  very 
difficult  to  get  at,  and  when  you  get  there  you  cannot  stay  there.  But 
Colorado  is,  by  the  wonderful  energy  of  her  people,  made  accessible  in 
its  mountains  and  in  its  most  beautiful  scenery,  and  her  people  have  so 
developed  their  health  resorts  and  natural  springs,  that  undoubtedly  it 
will  become  the  Switzerland  of  America,  and  when  you  have  further 
advanced  in  this  mountain  development,  and  have  more  railroads  from 
the  East,  you  will  have,  I  think,  as  much  tourist  travel  in  this  State  in 
proportion  to  the  whole  Union  as  Switzerland  has  in  Europe,  and 
that  is  the  most  profitable  business  that  Switzerland  has. 

We  are  also  pleased  in  coming  to  Colorado,  because  not  only  have  we 
mountains  covered  with  snow  and  these  high  elevations,  but  we  see 
your  prairie  dogs  and  your  jack-rabbits,  which  we  have  not  in  the  East, 
and  we  see  the  wonderful  eiJects  of  irrigation.  That  is  a  new  thing 
to  Eastern  people.  We  pass  over  what  is  called  the  American  Desert 
and  we  find  a  city  here,  a  sort  of  Palmyra  in  the  wilderness,  which 
astonishes  every  one  who  sees  it,  and  at  which  every  person  in  crossing 
the  continent— in  passing  from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific— wishes  to 
make  a  stop  for  the  reasons  which  I  have  stated,  the  natural  beauties  of 
this  wonderful  State  and  City. 

I  have  been  warned  that  new  comers  should  not  indulge  in  much 
speaking,  as  it  is  apt  to  produce  hoarseness,  and  therefore  I  will  content 
myself  with  renewing  my  thanks  to  you,  Mr.  Mayor,  and  to  the  citizens 
of  Denver  for  this  very  flattering  reception.  This  is  my  first  appear- 
ance on  this  or  any  other  stage. 

The  Chairman,  Mr.  E.  B.  Stanton.— To  a  Denver  audience  our  next 
speaker  needs  no  introduction,  but  to  the  Members  of  the  American 
Society  of  Civil  Engineers  I  wish  to  say  that  to  his  kind  suggestion 
you  will  owe  a  great  deal  of  your  enjoyment  while  in  this  city.  I  have 
the  honor  to  introduce  to  you  Mr.  R.  W.  Woodbury,  the  President  of 
the  Chamber  of  Commerce. 

Mr.  E.  W.  Woodbury.— Mr.  President,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen  :  The 
ingenuity  and  experience  of  fifty  centuries  have  built  a  pinnacle  of 
knowledge  that  excites  the  admiration  and  wonder  of  the  average  man 


78  JULY    PROCEEDINGS. 

wlio  looks  toward  its  summit  and  along  tlie  rugged  steps  that  lead 
thereto,  and  it  causes  him  to  speculate  in  the  realm  of  wildest  imagina- 
tion at  the  ijossible  height  that  may  be  attained  in  the  far  distant 
future.  Very  few  men  reach  the  summit  of  that  pinnacle  and  look 
down ;  but  if  there  be  any  particular  profession  which  is  there  rej^re- 
sented  by  a  greater  percentage  of  its  members  than  another,  I  believe  it 
to  be  that  of  the  civil  engineer.  The  very  name  of  engineer  is 
associated  in  our  minds  with  ideas  of  more  than  average  ability  and 
patient  application.  Most  of  us  who  pursue  the  ordinary  walks  of  life 
upon  the  level  plain  must  be  content  with  looking  upward  at  this 
pinnacle,  and  many  of  us  must  even  employ  a  good  glass  to  catch  a 
glimpse  of  the  engineer  who  has  reached  and  is  still  at  labor  upon  the 
summit.  But  if  the  average  business  men  cannot  find  it  convenient  to 
climb  the  heights,  they  can  at  least  take  jjleasure  in  welcoming  those 
who  have  done  so  when  they  come  down  to  the  level  at  the  base;  and 
so,  gentlemen,  it  gives  me  pleasure  to  speak  in  the  name  of  the  business 
men  generally,  and  particularly  in  the  name  of  the  four  hundred  and 
fifty  business  and  professional  men  who  constitute  the  Denver  Chamber 
of  Commerce  and  Board  of  Trade.  Your  profession  and  the  interests  of 
the  City  of  Denver  are  closely  allied.  The  fixing  of  our  grades,  the 
establishment  of  our  sewers,  the  supplying  of  pure  water,  the  laying 
of  our  irrigating  canals,  the  building  of  our  bridges,  without  which  the 
City  of  Denver  would  not  have  reached  the  place  of  some  im^Dortance 
that  it  now  occupies — these  are  the  works  of  the  engineer.  "Wherever 
the  miner  delves  far  beneath  the  surface  of  the  earth  to  procure  the 
ores  for  our  great  smelting  establishments,  there  the  engineer  must  be. 
Wherever  the  steel  arteries  of  commercial  traffic  climb  into  the  clouds 
to  bring  those  ores  of  gold  and  silver  to  our  doors  and  take  back  the 
products  of  our  markets  and  our  farms,  there  the  engineer  has  first 
been.  Since  the  inception  in  Denver  of  the  first  narrow-gauge  railroad 
in  the  world  for  general  trafiic,  our  Colorado  engineers  have  overturned 
many  former  conceptions,  perhajjs  not  of  the  engineers  as  a  profession, 
but  certainly  of  the  financiers,  and  have  demonstrated  their  ability  to 
construct  practicable  lines  of  railroad  wherever  there  was  the  money  to 
pay  for  them.  It  is  entirely  practicable,  and  some  of  you  gentlemen 
will  live  to  see  the  day  when  the  tourist  may  leave  Denver  after  break- 
fast in  the  morning  and  dine  on  the  summit  of  Long's  or  Pike's  Peak 
after  having  covered  the  entire  distance  and  elevation  by  rail.  Colorado 
is,  and  will  long  continue  to  be,  the  scene  of  some  of  the  most  novel  and 
grand  features  of  engineering  skill  upon  this  continent,  and  so  it  seems 
to  us  that  your  meeting  in  its  metropolis,  from  which  you  may  be 
escorted  to  some  of  the  more  easily  reached  places  showing  the  work  of 
our  Colorado  engineers,  is  particularly  appropriate.  We  take  much 
pride  in  the  Avork  of  our  local  profession.  We  rejoice  with  them  in  the 
opportunity  that  you  have  given  them  to  present  their  works  for  the 


JULY    PROCEEDINGS.  79 

inspection  of  the  masters  of  the  profession,  and  we  join  with  them  with 
pleasure  in  endeavoring  to  make  your  visit  to  this  city  entertaining. 
We  do  this  with  all  the  more  pleasure,  because  all  hut  the  younger  ijor- 
tion  of  our  j^eople  here  were  once  emigrants  from  the  principal  States 
from  which  you  hail.  Your  cities  and  your  farms  have  all  contributed 
to  our  own  cosmopolitan  population,  and  so  we  feel,  gentlemen,  that 
you  are  not  strangers  to  us,  but  old  friends  who  have  known  us  in  our 
former  home  and  have  kindly  come  out  here  to  visit  us  in  our  new. 
We  feel,  gentlemen,  that  whatever  benefits  may  result  to  you  as  a  body 
from  the  deliberations  of  this  annual  gathering,  will  in  due  time  be 
applied  to  the  advancement  of  our  own  City  and  State,  and  we  feel  also 
that  if  you  obtain  any  benefit  whatever  from  an  examination  of  our  own 
works  and  the  works  of  our  local  engineers,  it  will  be  of  a  greater  benefit 
to  ourselves;  for  we  think  that  we  are  inhabiting  a  little  the  best  part  of 
this  grand  old  Union  of  States,  and  if  the  entire  population  of  the 
country  cannot  come  and  enjoy  it  with  us,  we  would  at  least  like  to  pay 
for  our  special  privilege  by  contribiTting  something  to  the  scientific 
knowledge  and  advancement  of  those  who  live  elsewhere. 

We  welcome  you  gentlemen,  as  men  whose  names  are  associated 
with  some  of  the  grandest  works  of  science  of  the  modern  world.  We 
welcome  you  to  a  city  at  the  apex  of  our  continent,  and  but  a  few  days 
ride  beyond  the  line  which  divides  its  orient  from  its  Occident.  We 
welcome  you  to  its  beauties,  to  its  healthfulness,  to  its  resources,  to  its 
youthful  vigor,  to  its  past  works,  and  to  our  unfaltering  faith  and  trust 
in  its  future. 

The  Chairman,  Mr.  R.B.  Stanton. — On  behalf  of  the  Society  I  would 
introduce  Mr.  George  S.  Gkeene,  Jr.,  Director  of  the  Society,  who  will 
now  address  you. 

Mr.  Geoege  S.  Gkeene,  Jr.,  Director  Am.  Soc,  C.  E.— On  behalf  of 
the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  I  beg  leave  to  accept  the  kind 
and  generous  welcome  which  the  business  men  of  this  thriving,  hand- 
some city  have  tendered  us.  We,  whose  part  it  is  in  life  to  assist  and 
to  guide  business  men  in  developing  nature  for  the  benefit  of  mankind, 
come  here  in  order  that  we  may  better  know  and  understand  the 
wonderful  gifts  of  nature  which  you  possess,  and  the  scarcely  less 
wonderful  uses  and  purposes  to  which  you  and  our  brethren  here  have 
adapted  them.  We  are  met  on  all  sides  with  cordial,  generous  welcome, 
and  I  would,  sir,  exj^ress  to  you  our  thanks  for  such  a  welcome.  But 
words  fail  me  to  express  adequately  and  properly  our  pleasure  and 
gratification  in  being  here,  and  our  high  appreciation  of  such  a  welcome 
as  we  have  received;  but  I  can  and  do  assure  you,  sir,  that  we  shall 
long  and  agreeably  remember  our  reception,  here  at  the  very  base  of  the 
grand  old  Rockies,  in  this   city,   great   already  and    surely   destined 


80  JULY    PKOCEEDINGS. 

through  your  faith  in  yourselves  and  in  your  work,  before  long  to  rank 
among  the  greatest — Denver. 

The  Chairman,  Mr.  R.  B.  Stanton. — We  shall  now  have  the  honor 
of  listening  to  the  annual  address  of  our  President,  Col.  Henry  Flad, 
of  St.  Louis. 

The  President,  Mr.  Henry  Flad. — Ladies  and  Gentlemen:  It  is  the 
duty  of  the  President  of  this  Society  to  deliver  annually  at  the  Conven- 
tion an  address,  and  I  have  prepared  such  an  address,  but,  owing  to  a 
sore  throat,  I  have  to  ask  a  Member  of  the  Society,  my  friend,  Mr.  Robert 
Moore,  of  St.  Louis,  to  read  that  address  for  me,  and  he  has  kindly 
consented  to  do  so. 

Mr.  Robert  Moore,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. — I  know  it  is  impossible  for 
any  of  you  to  more  deeply  regret  the  announcement  that  has  just  been 
made  than  I  do,  and  I  very  much  fear  it  will  be  difficult  for  you  to  keep 
from  holding  me  responsible  for  the  sore  disappointment  you  must  feel 
at  the  substitution  of  any  other  voice  for  that  of  our  revered  President. 
I  can  only  hope  that  you  will  bear  as  jaatiently  as  you  can  with  this, 
which  is  our  common  misfortune. 

[Mr.  Moore  then  read  the  President's  address,  which  is  published  in. 
the  Transactions  for  this  month.] 

Third  Session. 

Saturday,  July  3d,  Afternoon. — The  meeting  was  called  to  order  at 
14:50  o'clock,  Mr.  Robert  B.  Stanton  in  the  chair. 

The  Chairman. — I  have  an  invitation  here  that  I  will  read. 

To  the  President  and  Members  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engirieers, 
Denver,  Colorado. 

Gentlemen, — At  a  time  that  will  best  suit  your  convenience,  we  de- 
sire to  show  you  the  operation  of  our  Electric  Railway,  believing  that  it 
will  greatly  interest  you  from  both  engineering  and  scientific  jsoints  of 
view.  It  involves  principles  claimed  by  no  other  system,  and  we  have 
it  in  practical  oijeration. 

If  we  may  suggest  a  time  for  your  visit  it  will  be  at  the  close  of  your 
afternoon  session  to-day.    The  place  is  15th  street,  crossing  of  Glenarm. 
We  are,  very  resi^ectfully, 

Your  obedient  servants, 

The  U.  S.  Electric  Co. 
By  Wm.  N.  Byers, 

President. 

Mr.  Geo.  B.  Nicholson,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. — I  move  that  the  invi- 
tation be  accepted,  with  thanks. 

The  motion  Avas  carried. 

Invitations  to  visit  the  Argo  Smelting  Works  and  the  Grant  Smelting 
Works  were  j)resented  and  accepted. 


JULY    PROCEEDINGS.  81 

A  paper  by  A.  M.  Wellington,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  "  The  American 
Line  from  Vera  Cruz  to  the  City  of  Mexico,  with  Notes  on  the  Best 
Methods  for  Surmounting  High  Elevations  by  Bail,"  was  read  by  the 
author. 

The  chair  was  taken  temj^orarily  by  Mr.  Jacob  Blickensderfer,  M. 
Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  during  the  reading  of  the  above-named  paper. 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  paper  a  recess  was  taken  till  evening. 

Fourth  Session. 

July  3d,  Evening. — Mr.  Robert  B.  Stanton  in  the  chair. 

An  invitation  was  presented  from  the  City  Engineer  of  Denver,  Mr. 
H.  C.  Lowrie,  C.  E.,  to  visit  the  City  Hall  and  inspect  plans  and  speci- 
mens of  city  engineering  work  and  appliances.  The  invitation  was 
accepted  for  the  morning  of  July  5th,  when  a  large  number  of  Members 
met  the  City  Engineer,  and  under  his  escort  examined  the  sewerage  and 
other  city  public  works. 

The  paper  on  "The  American  Line  from  Vera  Cruz  to  the  City  of 
Mexico,  with  Notes  on  the  Best  Methods  for  Surmounting  High  Eleva- 
tions by  Rail,"  by  A.  M.  Wellington,  was  discussed  by  Messrs.  Robert 
Moore,  William  Watson,  J.  B.  Johnson,  H.  H.  Filley,  Robert  B.  Stanton, 
H.  P.  Taussig,  M.  Cohen,  C.  M.  Woodward,  Francis  D.  H.  Lawler,  and 
A.  M.  Wellington. 

A  note  by  J.  Foster  Flagg,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  describing  "A 
Remarkable  Rainfall  in  the  West  Indies,"  was  read. 

Fifth  Session. 

Monday,  July  5th,  Morning. — Mr.  Robert  B.  Stanton,  Chairman, 
presiding. 

A  paper  by  Professor  Alexis  A.  Julien,  on  "Building  Stones,"  was 
read. 

On  motion,  the  business  meeting  was  then  held.  [For  the  record  of 
the  business  meeting  see  page  85  of  the  current  Proceedings.] 

At  the  close  of  the  business  meeting  of  the  Society,  the  session  of 
the  Convention  was  resumed,  Mr.  Robert  B.  Stanton,  Chairman,  pre- 
fiiding. 

Mr.  Robert  Moore. — Mr.  President:  I  move  that  we  proceed  to  the 
appointment  of  the  Nominating  Committee. 

The  motion  was  seconded. 

At  the  request  of  the  Chair,  the  Secretary  read  the  provisions  of  the 
By-Laws  referring  to  the  apiiointment  of  a  Nominating  Committee. 

The  motion  of  Mr.  Moore  was  carried. 

The  Chairman. — How  shall  this  committee  be  appointed? 

Mr.  George  S.  Morison. — I  move  that  it  be  appointed  by  nomination. 

The  motion  was  carried. 


82  JULY    PROCEEDINGS. 

After  nomination,  Mr.  Charles  Macdonald,  of  New  York,  Past  Direc- 
tor of  the  Society,  was  elected  as  Chairman  of  the  Committee. 

After  discussion  it  was  determined  that  nominations  should  be  con- 
tinued as  long  as  any  Members  desired  to  make  nominations,  and  then 
that  the  additional  members  of  the  committee  should  be  chosen  by  a 
vote  by  ballot.  Seven  nominations  were  made,  and  a  vote  was  taken  by 
ballot.     The  Nominating  Committee  elected  is  as  folloAvs: 

Charles  Macdonald,  of  New  York,  N.  Y. ;  B.  M.  Harrod,  of  New 
Orleans,  La. ;  Robert  B.  Stanton,  of  Denver,  Colo. ;  Desmond  FitzGerald, 
of  Brookline,  Mass. ;  H.  Stanley  Goodwin,  of  Bethlehem,  Pa. 

Sixth  Session. 

July  5th,  Afteknoon.^ — Mr.  Robert  Moore,  M.  Am.  See.  C.  E.,  in 
the  chair. 

A  i^aper  on  "  Laying  Masonry  in  Cold  Weather,"  by  Alfred  Noble, 
M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  presented  through  the  Committee  on  Compressive 
Strength  of  Cements,  was  read  and  discussed  by  Messrs.  CoUingwood, 
Morison,  Stanton,  Eliot  C.  Clarke  and  Bogart. 

A  paper  by  Edward  B.  Dorset,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  supplementary 
to  the  paper  published  in  Transactions  for  January,  1886,  on  "English 
and  American  Railroads  Compared,"  was  read  and  discussed  by  Messrs. 
CoUingwood,  Stanton,  Woodward,  Wellington,  Chanute,  Morison,  Vose 
(by  letter),  and  Cohen. 

A  paper  on  the  "  ComjDressive  Strength  of  Steel  and  Iron"  by 
Charles  A.  Marshall,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  was  read  and  discussed  by 
Mr.  CoUingwood. 

A  paper  by  Charles  E.  Emery,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  a  "Novel 
Application  of  the  Polar  Planimeter  "  Avas  read. 

The  paper  on  "The  Steamshij)  America,"  by  Robert  Gordon,  M. 
Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  published  in  Transactions  for  May,  1886,  was  discussed 
by  Messrs.  Morison  and  Woodward. 

The  President,  Mr.  Henry  Flad,  offered  the  following  resolutions; 
these  were  seconded  by  Vice-President  Thomas  C.  Keefer,  and  were 
carried: 

Resolved,  That  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  in  Conven- 
tion assembled,  desires  to  express  its  appreciation  of  the  courtesies 
extended  to  it  during  the  visit  of  the  Society  to  Colorado,  and  particu- 
larly to  the  Denver  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  and  its  local  Committee; 
to  the  Chamber  of  Commerce;  and  the  Committee  of  Citizens  of  Denver, 

The  pamphlet  prepared  by  the  Denver  Society  has  been  a  great  aid 
in  understanding  the  wonderful  development  of  this  beautiful  City  and 
this  remarkable  State. 

Resolved,  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Society  be  requested  to  properly 
acknowledge  the  courtesies  extended  by  the  railroads  in  Colorado,  the 
Union  Pacific  and  the  Denver  and  Rio  Grande. 


JULY    PllOCEEDlNGS.  83 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Convention  be  and  arc  hereby 
extended  to  the  Chairman  of  the  Convention,  Mr.  Eobert  B.  Stanton, 
M.  Am.  Soc  C.  E.,  who,  both  as  such  Chairman,  and  as  the  Chairman 
of  the  Local  Committee,  has  done  so  much  to  make  this  a  memorable 
Convention  in  the  annals  of  the  Society. 

Seventh  Session. 

Wednesday,  July  7th,  Evening. — Mr.  Egbert  B.  Stanton  in  the 
chair. 

A  paper  on  "The  Davis  Crevasse  Levee,"  by  S.  F.  Lewis,  M.  Am. 
Soc.  C.  E.,  was  read. 

The  following  103  Members  were  in  attendance  at  the  Convention: 
E.  C.  Appleton,  Ashland,  Neb.  ;   John  W.  Bacon,  Danbury,  Thomas  S. 
Bishop,  New   Britain,   Conn.;   John  Bogart,   New  York  City;  Wm.  F. 
Booth,    Poughkeepsie,    A.    Bryson,    Brooklyn,   N.    Y.  ;    A.     Bonzano, 
Phoenixville,  Pa.;   Clifford  Buxton,  Toledo,  Ohio;   Edward  Baumann, 
Chicago,  111. ;   William  K.  Belknajj,  Louisville,  Ky. ;   George   Burnet, 
Jr.,  St.  Louis,  John  F.   Barnard,  St.  Joseph,  Mo.;    Henry  L  Bliss,  La 
Crosse,    Wis.  ;    Charles    Blackwell,   J.    Blickensderfer,    Omaha,    Neb. 
Eliot   C.  Clarke,  Boston,  Mass. ;    J.  James  R.  Croes,  New  York   City 
William  B.  Cogswell,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. ;  Francis  CoUingwood,  Elizabeth 
N.  J. ;    Mendes  Cohen,  Baltimore,  Md. ;    William  AV.  Card,  Pittsburgh 
Pa. ;    O.  Chanute,  Kansas  City,  Mo. ;   David  W.  Cunningham,  Grandin 
Dak.  ;   B.    L.    Crosby,  Rulo,   Neb. ;   Joseph  P.   Davis,   S.  B.  Downes 
New  York  City;  F.  de  Funiak,  Louisville,  Ky. ;  Thomas  Doane,  Crete 
Neb.;  E.  W.  Eckert,  Massillon,  Ohio;   George  D.  Emerson,  EoUa,  Mo. 
Howard  N.  Elmer,   St,  Paul,  Minn.;  Eobert  Fletcher,  Hanover,  N.  H. 
Charles   A.  Ferry,  New  Haven,  Conn. ;    Clark   Fisher,  Trenton,  N.  J. 
Henry  Flad,  St.  Lonis,    S.  Waters  Fox,  St.  Joseph,  Mo. ;  H.  H.  Filley 
Mexico,  Mexico;    Bryant  Godwin,  G.  S.   Greene,  Jr.,  New  York  City 
Edward  B.  Guthrie,  Buffalo,  N.  Y^ ;  Charles  E.  Goad,  Montreal,  Canada 
Charles  E.  Greene,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. ;  Carl  Gayler,  St.  Louis,  Mo. ;  B 
H.    Greene,    Helena,   Mont.  ;    Arthur    H.    Howland,    Boston,     Mass. 
William   G.  Hamilton,  William  J.  Haskins,  William  E.  Huttou,  New 
York  City;   James  D.  Hawks,  F.  B.  Howard,  Detroit,  Mich.;    Eudolph 
Hering,  Chicago,  HI. ;  M.  L.  Holman,  St.  Louis,  Mo. ;  H.  V.  Hinckley, 
Topeka,    Kan.  ;    John    B.    Johnson,    St.  Louis,    H.  F.  Juengst,    St. 
Joseph,  Mo. ;  George  A.  Kimball,  Somerville,  Mass. ;  Thomas  C.  Keefer, 
Ottawa,    Canada;    Geo.    W.  Kittredge,    Columbus,    Ind. ;    Edward  C. 
Kinney,  Omaha,  Neb.;  Charles  Latimer,  Cleveland,  Ohio;  William  H. 
Lotz,    Chicago,   111.  ;   W.   S.  Lincoln,    St.  Louis,  Mo.  ;    Charles  Mac- 
donald,  Thomas  C.  Meyer,  George  S.  Morison,  New  Y^ork  City;  James 
R.Maxwell,   Newark,  Del.  ;    David  E.   McComb,   Washington,   D.  C; 
John   J.  McVean,  Ionia,  Mich.;    Henry  G.  Morse,  Youngstown,  Ohio; 
M.    W.    Mansfield,    Indianapolis,   Ind.  ;    Eobert    E.    McMath,    Eobert 


84  JULY    PROCEEDINGS. 

Moore,  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  Albert  F.  Noyes,  West  Newton,  Mass.;  George 
B  Nicholson,  Cincinnati,  Ohio;  John  Nichol,  Chicago,  111.;  F.  S.  Odell, 
New  York  City;  John  F.  O'Rourke,  Prairie  du  Chien,  Wis.;  Franklin  C. 
Prindle,  East  Orange,  N.  J.;  Joseph  R.  Eichards,  Boston,  William 
Roberts,  Waltham,  Thomas  F.  Richardson,  Wilmington,  Mass.;  David 
Reeves,  Philadelphia,  Pa. ;  L.  W.  Rundlett,  St.  Paul,  Minn. ;  Andrew 
Rose  water,  Omaha,  Neb. ;  George  S.  Rice,  Georgetown,  Colo. ;  George 
F.  Swain,  Boston,  Mass. ;  Robert  B.  Stanton,  Denver,  Colo. ;  Stevenson 
Towle,  New  York  City;  Alfred  W.  Trotter,  Bristol,  Tenn.;  John  G.  Van 
Home,  New  York  City;  William  Watson,  Boston,  Mass.;  James  R. 
Wardlaw,  F.  W.  Watkins,  A.  M.  Wellington,  WiUiam  H.  Wiley,  New 
York  City;  Charles  D.  Ward,  Jersey  City,  N.  J.;  J.  W.  Walker,  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa.;  Fred.  C.  Weir,  Cincinnati,  Ohio;  Thomas  J.  Whitman, 
C.  M.  Woodward,  St.  Louis,  Mo. ;  John  F.  Wallace,  Keithsburg,  111. ; 
J.  A.  L.  Waddell,  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa;  and  Samuel  H.  Yonge,  Kansas 
City,  Mo. 

Sixty-seven  ladies  of  the  families  of  members  accomiDanied  them  on 
the  occasion  of  this  Convention. 

On  Tuesday  morning,  July  6th,  by  invitation  of  the  Union  Pacific 
Railroad,  Mr.  J.  K.  Choate,  Superintendent,  an  excursion  was  made  to 
the  town  of  Greeley,  north  of  Denver,  where  the  improvement  of  desert 
lands  by  extensive  irrigation  was  witnessed. 

On  Wednesday,  in  accordance  with  the  same  invitation,  an  excursion 
Avas  made  through  the  Clear  Creek  Cafion  to  Georgetown,  Colo.,  and  to 
the  high  loop  line  beyond  that  city.  After  dinner  at  Georgetown  the 
party  returned  to  Denver  the  same  evening. 

On  Thursday,  by  the  same  kind  invitation,  a  trip  was  made  over  the 
Denver  and  South  Park  Railroad  to  Leadville.  The  three  summits 
jjassed  on  this  line  are  resisectively  10,000,  11,498  and  11,325  feet  above 
the  level  of  the  sea. 

The  evening  and  night  of  Thursday  were  spent  at  Leadville. 

On  Friday  morning,  by  invitation  of  the  Denver  and  Rio  Grande  Rail- 
way, Mr.  W.  S.  Jackson,  Receiver,  Mr.  R.  E,  Ricker,  General  Superin- 
tendent, the  party  left  Leadville  and  proceeded  to  Salida,  thence  West 
through  Marshall  Pass,  and  returned  through  the  Grand  Canon  of  the 
Arkansas  and  the  Royal  Gorge  to  Pueblo  and  Colorado  Springs,  and 
arrived  at  Manitou  on  Friday  evening,  spending  Saturday  and  Sunday 
at  that  place.  The  ascent  of  Pike's  Peak  was  made  by  a  number  of 
Members. 

On  one  of  the  evenings  during  the  stay  at  Denver,  a  reception  at  the 
hotel  gave  an  opportunity  for  meeting  many  citizens. 

On  one  of  the  mornings,  by  invitation  of  a  number  of  gentlemen, 
the  Members  and  visiting  guests  were  driven  about  Denver  and  its 
suburbs  in  the  private  carriages  of  their  hosts. 


JULY    PROCEEDINGS.  85 

The  party  from  the  East  left  the  Grand  Central  Depot,  New  York,  at 
10  o'clock  of  the  morning  of  June  29th,  in  a  special  train  of  two  sleep- 
ing cars  of  the  New  York  Central  Sleej)ing  Car  Company,  and  two  hotel 
cars  of  Pullman's  Palace  Car  Company,  At  Chicago  an  additional  Pull- 
man hotel  car  was  added,  and  at  Burlington  a  Pullman  sleeper,  with 
the  St.  Louis  Members,  joined  the  train.  The  route  westerly  was  by  the 
Hudson  River  to  Albany,  the  New  York  Central  to  Bufialo,  the  Lake 
Shore  and  Michigan  Southern  to  Chicago,  and  the  Chicago,  Burlington 
and  Quincy  to  Denver.  Chicago  was  reached  at  10  o'clock  on  the  morn- 
ing of  June  30tb.  Four  hours  and  a  half  were  spent  at  Chicago,  and  the 
train  reached  Denver  at  eight  on  the  morning  of  Friday,  July  2d. 

Returning,  the  party  left  Colorado  Springs  on  the  evening  of  July 
11th,  and  proceeded  by  the  Denver  and  Rio  Grande  Railway  to  Denver, 
thence  by  the  Kansas  Pacific  Division  of  the  Union  Pacific  to  Kansas 
City,  thence  the  St.  Loiiis  car  retiirned  to  that  city  by  the  Missouri 
Pacific.  The  main  train  proceeded  by  the  Hannibal  and  St.  Joseph 
Railroad  to  Qnincy,  by  the  Chicago,  Bu.rlington  and  Quincy  to  Chicago, 
by  the  Michigan  Central  and  Canada  Southern  to  Bufi'alo,  and  by  the 
New  York  Central  and  Hudson  River  to  New  York,  arriving  Wednesday 
evening,  July  14th. 

Throughout  the  whole  trip,  and  also  during  the  excursions  in  Colo- 
rado, every  suitable  courtesy  and  attention  was  given  to  the  Society  by 
the  officers  of  and  all  connected  with  the  railway  lines.  While  at  Den- 
ver, the  Local  Committee,  the  Members  of  the  Denver  Society  of  Civil 
Engineers,  the  Committee  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  the  citi- 
zens of  Denver  were  constant  in  efforts  to  aid  the  Society  in  the  pur- 
poses of  the  Convention. 


MEETINGS  OF  THE  SOCIETY. 

June  16th,  1886. — The  Society  met  at  20  o'clock.  Past  Vice-President 
William  H.  Paine,  in  the  chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary. 

A  paper  by  F.  S.  Odell,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. ,  on  "  The  Water  Supply 
and  Sewerage  of  the  Lawrenceville  (N.  J.),  School,"  was  read  by  the 
author  and  discussed. 

July  5th,  1886. — (Business  meeting  during  the  Annual  Convention 
at  Denver,  Colo.)  The  President,  Henry  Flad,  in  the  chair;  John 
Bogart,  Secretary. 

The  President. — Are  there  any  communications  received  since  the 
last  regular  meeting  ? 

The  Secretary  read  the  following  letter: 


86  JULY    PROCEEDINGS. 

Jime  26tli,  1886. 
Henry  Flad,  Esq., 

President  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers. 
SiK, — Referring  to  the  communication  addressed  to  you  by  Mr.  John 
R.  Whitley  in  January  last,  I  desire,  as  President  of  the  American  Ex- 
hibition to  be  held  next  year  in  London,  to  confirm  the  cordial  invita- 
tion extended  to  you  and  the  Members  of  the  Society  of  Civil  Engineers 
by  Mr.  Whitley,  on  behalf  of  the  Board  of  Direction  of  our  Exhibition 
in  London,  and  I  shall  be  jileased  to  learn  that  the  same  will  be  accepted 
by  yourself  and  a  large  number  of  your  colleagues. 
Yours  very  respectfully, 

E.  B.  Washbuene, 

Of  Illinois. 

The  Peesidenp. — What  is  your  pleasure  with  reference  to  this  com- 
munication ? 

Mr.  J.  J.  R.  Croes. — I  move  that  it  be  laid  on  the  table,  and  that  the 
Secretary  be  instructed  to  express  to  the  chairman  of  that  exhibition 
the  thanks  of  the  Society  for  their  kind  invitation. 

The  motion  was  seconded  by  Mr.  R.  B.  Stanton  and  carried. 

The  President. — Are  there  any  communications  to  be  read  from  Mem- 
bers present?  If  not,  the  next  thing  in  order  will  be  communications 
from  the  Board  of  Direction. 

The  Secretary.— I  have  none,  sir. 

The  President. — Are  there  any  committees  ready  to  report? 

The  Secretary. — I  have,  Mr.  President,  one  or  two  written  reports, 
and  then  there  are  other  committees  whose  chairmen  are  present.  The 
first  is  the  report  of  the  Committee  upon  Uniform  Standard  Time, 
which  I  have  here. 

The  President. — Read  it,  please. 

The  Secretary  read  the  report  of  the  Committee  as  follows : 

Report  op  the  Special  Committee  on   Standard  Time. 

July  5th,  1886. 

The  Committee  on  Standard  Time  desire  to  report  progress. 

In  the  rejiort  presented  at  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Society  in 
January  last,  among  other  things  it  was  stated  that  the  Canadian  Pacific 
Railway  Company  had  publicly  announced  its  intention  to  adojit  the 
twenty-four  hour  system  at  an  early  day.  Since  then  the  watches  of 
employees  of  the  Company,  and  all  stationary  clocks,  have  been  adapted 
to  the  new  notation,  and  the  public  along  the  line  of  railway  have 
gratuitously  been  furnished  with  new  dials  by  the  Company.  On  or 
about  the  1st  of  July,  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  will  be  opened  from 
ocean  to  ocean  for  jaublic  traffic,  and  trains  will  then  be  run  on  the 
twenty-four  hour  system.  The  time  tables  for  operating  the  line  on  the 
changed  plan  are  prepared.  For  some  months  back  the  Canadian  Pacific 
telegraph  has  been  worked  on  the  twenty-four  hour  system.     On  the 


JULY    PROCEEDINGS.  87 

other  side  of  the  globe  the  entire  net-work  of  telegraphs  of  the  Eastern 
Telegraph  Company  has  been  operated  with  advantage  on  the  tweuty-foiir 
hour  plan.  This  Company's  lines  extend  from  England  to  Egypt,  South 
Africa,  India,  China,  Japan,  Australia  and  New  Zealand. 

The  Smithsonian  Institution  desiring  to  co-operate  in  the  important 
movement  of  Time  Reform,  is  about  to  publish,  for  diffusion  in  all  qiiar- 
ters  of  the  globe,  A  Memoir  on  Time  Reckoning  for  the  Twentieth  Cen- 
tury. The  Committee  has  been  furnished  with  a  copj  of  this  paper, 
which,  with  the  permission  of  the  Smithsonian  Institution,  may  be  read 
to  the  Convention, 

Sandfokd  Fleming,  Chnirman. 

Mr.  Cedes. — I  move  that  the  report  be  accepted  and  the  Committee- 
continued. 

The  motion  was  carried. 

The  Pkesident. — Is  there  any  rej^ort  from  the  Committee  to  consider 
Changes  in  Organization  of  the  Society? 

Mr.  A.  M.  Wellington. — I  believe  that  there  is  no  report  of  that 
Committee  ready. 

Mr.  Robekt  Mooke. — I  would  like  to  ask  if  there  is  any  probability 
of  a  report,  if  not,  I  would  like  to  follow  it  by  a  motion  that  the  Com- 
mittee be  discharged. 

The  motion  was  seconded  and  carried. 

The  President. — Is  the  Committee  to  consider  a  Plan  for  Creating  a 
Library  for  Joint  Use,  ready  to  rejjort? 

Mr.  George  S.  Mokison. — I  believe  I  am  a  member  of  that  Commit- 
tee, but  I  have  not  met  with  it  for  several  months.  The  Committee 
has  held  two  or  three  meetings.  It  is  not,  I  believe,  ijrepared  ta 
make  a  report  of  any  kind.  That  is  all  that  I  can  say.  The  Committee 
is  a  very  eomijlicated  one.  There  is  a  Committee  appointed  by  this 
Society;  there  are  Committees  appointed  by  several  other  Societies; 
these  Committees  met  together  and  appointed  for  some  special  purposes 
a  Joint  Committee,  composed  of  one  member  of  the  Committee  of  each 
Society.  So  far  there  have  been  two  or  three  meetings,  at  which  very 
little  has  been  done.  It  is  a  matter,  that  if  done  at  all,  will  take  a  great 
deal  of  time.  As  matters  now  stand,  there  is  absolutely  nothing  to  say 
in  the  way  of  a  report. 

A  motion  was  offered  that  the  Committee  be  discharged. 

Mr.  Ckoes.— Does  the  gentleman  ask  that  the  Committee  be  continued, 
or  has  he  any  suggestion  to  make? 

Mr.  MoKisoN. — I  should  prefer  to  make  no  request  of  any  kind.  It 
should  be  remembered  that  there  are  these  other  Committees  appointed 
by  other  Societies,  which  Committees,  so  far  as  any  action  has  been, 
taken,  have  been  acting  together,  and  it  might  be  unpolite  to  the  other 
Societies  to  discharge  this  Committee. 


0»  JULY    PROCEEDINGS. 

Mr.  John  Bogart. — I  would  suggest  that  the  Committee  be  contin- 
ued.    I  don't  think  any  harm  will  be  done. 

Mr.  Croes. — I  move  that  the  Committee  be  continued,  and  the  verbal 
report  of  the  member  jjresent  accepted. 

The  motion  was  carried. 

The  President.— There  is  a  Committee  to  consider  the  Proper  Rela- 
tion to  Each  Other  of  the  Sections  of  Railway  Wheels  and  Rails.  Is 
that  Committee  ready  to  report? 

Mr.  A.  M.  Wellington.— On  behalf  of  the  Chairman  of  that  Commit- 
tee, Mr.  H.  Stanley  Goodwin,  who  is  not  present,  I  have  to  report  progress, 
and  state  that  the  subject  is  under  consideration  by  the  individual  mem- 
bers of  the  Committee.  It  has  been  arranged,  owing  to  the  widely 
separated  residences  of  the  Committee,  that  the  simplest  way  will  be 
that  each  one  of  the  members  of  the  Committee  shall  prepare  a  paper  for 
submission  to  the  Society,  individually,  which  can  then  be  discussed  by 
the  members  of  the  Committee,  and  after  that  a  report  of  the  Committee 
be  i^reijared.     Therefore  the  Committee  ask  to  be  continued. 

Mr.  Robert  E.  McMath. — I  move  that  the  Committee  be  continued. 

The  motion  was  carried. 

The  President. — There  is  a  Committee  which  is  to  report  on  the 
Compressive  Strength  of  Cements,  and  the  Compression  of  Cements  and 
the  Settlement  of  Masonry. 

The  Secretary. — The  Chairman  of  the  Committee,  Mr,  CoUingwood, 
will  be  here  directly.     I  suggest  that  that  be  passed  over  temporarily. 

The  President. — We  can  pass  it  over  temjjorarily,  and  take  it  up 
when  Mr.  CoUingwood  returns. 

Mr.  Robert  Moore. — I  would  like  to  say  that  in  making  the  motion 
to  discharge  the  Committee  on  the  Relations  of  the  Various  Engineer- 
ing Societies,  it  was  not  to  dismiss  the  subject  from  the  consideration  of 
the  Society  or  the  Convention,  but  because,  as  I  understood,  somewhat 
indirectly,  the  Committee  had  no  chairman,  and  was  in  a  condition  from 
which  we  could  not  expect  any  report.  I  think  the  question  is  a  very 
imiDortant  one,  and  should  be  thoroughly  discussed.  I  think  a  discus- 
sion by  this  Convention,  which  would  elicit  all  the  views  on  the  subject 
is  a  very  important  matter  for  this  Convention  to  take  up. 

The  President. — That  matter  can  be  taken  up  when  we  come  to  new 
business.     Unfinished  business  is  next. 

The  Secretary. — No  unfinished  business  is  presented. 

The  President. — Then  comes  new  business. 

Mr.  Robert  Moore. — I  have  no  suggestions  myself  to  oifer.  I  should 
like  very  much  to  hear  from  the  members  of  the  Committee  who  have 
given  the  matter  consideration,  and  to  know  their  individual  views, 
which,  I  have  no  doubt,  they  have  formed  quite  definitely.  I  have  im- 
pressions upon  the  subject,  but  they  are  not  crystallized  into  positive 
convictions,  and  I  would  like  to  have  more  light  on  it,  and  desire  very 
much  to  hear  from  the  members  of  the  Committee. 


JULY    PKOCEEDINGS.  89 

Mr.  A.  M.  Wellington. — So  far  as  I  am  individually  coucerned,  as  one 
of  the  members  of  the  old  Committee,  I  think  I  have  given  my  views  in  a 
l^aper  distributed  to  the  Members  of  the  Society.  I  may  say,  I  think 
for  all  the  members  of  the  Committee,  that  a  large  part  of  the  difficulty 
which  came  in  was  in  regard  to  questions  of  detail,  and  the  difficulty  in 
coming  to  any  definite  understanding  on  questions  of  detail  was,  in  a 
large  part,  on  account  of  their  scattered  residences.  When  they  did 
have  meetings,  which  was  only  on  two  occasions,  the  members  were  gen- 
erally so  busy  that  they  could  not  devote  any  great  amount  of  time  to  a 
consideration  of  the  question.  For  myself,  individually,  I  still  retain 
exactly  the  views  that  I  exjiressed  before,  and  I  shall  be  very  sorry  in- 
deed if  something  is  not  done  to  enlarge  the  scope  of  the  Society  in  the 
general  direction  which  has  been  suggested  and  Avhich  was  contemplated 
by  the  resolution  appointing  the  Committee.  Nevertheless,  so  far  as  I 
am  individually  concerned,  it  is  nothing  to  me.  The  Society  suits  me 
very  well  as  it  is.  I  am  perfectly  willing  that  the  Society  should  try  the 
experiment  of  letting  matters  go  on  as  they  are. 

Mr.  Chakles  Macdonald. — As  one  of  the  members  of  that  Commit- 
tee, I  may  say  that  every  member  of  it  had  the  same  feeling  in  re- 
gard to  the  importance  of  some  action  being  taken  by  this  Society 
whereby  a  unity  of  interest  and  feeling  might  be  engendered  with  all  the 
societies  outlying  from  New  York.  We  had  two  meetings  in  New  York, 
and  the  majority  of  us  came  to  a  conclusion  in  regard  to  what  was  best 
to  be  done.  By  reason  of  certain  lajises  and  misunderstandings,  Avhich 
it  is  not  necessary  here  to  detail,  those  conclusions  were  not  acted  upon. 
I  think  myself  that,  perhaps,  if  another  Committee  were  appointed,  and 
the  whole  subject  taken  up  again,  it  would  be  well.  The  view  that  I 
had  personally,  was  that  it  would  be  injudicious  to  attempt  any  organic 
change  in  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  whereby  a  connec- 
tion between  the  diflerent  societies  or  clubs  existing  in  diflferents  parts 
of  the  Union  with  the  parent  society  might  be  brought  about.  I  say 
that  I  thought  it  was  injudicious  to  attempt  any  such  legislation.  In 
the  first  place  it  would  take  a  long  time  to  make  a  change  in  our  Con- 
stitution which  would  bring  that  about.  Then  it  was  not  altogether 
certain  that  if  we  decided  ujion  any  particular  form  of  legislation  it 
would  be  acceptable  to  the  members  of  the  different  clubs.  It  was  a 
very  delicate  thing  I  found  to  take  action  of  that  kind,  but  it  seemed  to 
me  that  a  practical  union  or  community  of  action  and  interest  might  be 
brought  about  by  adopting  some  method  for  the  publication  of  Transac- 
tions and  disseminating  them  broadcast,  not  only  among  the  Members 
of  the  Society  itself,  but  the  members  of  all  the  clubs.  That  would  not 
require  any  organic  change  in  our  own  body.  It  would  not  be  asking  the 
members  of  the  clubs  to  become  members  of  the  Society  in  any  sense. 
That  might  not  be  agreeable  to  them.  It  would  not  make  it  necessary  for 
us  to  change  our  standardof  admission,  nor  our  methods  of  electing  mem- 


•90  JULY    PROCEEDINGS. 

bers.  But  it  would  be  doing  all  that  we  are  organized  for,  and  that  is, 
the  dissemination  of  professional  information.  It  would  be  opening  the 
doors  of  the  Society  for  the  receipt  of  all  papers  that  were  presented  by 
members  of  local  clubs,  the  publication  by  the  Society  of  such  papers, 
and  their  discussion  and  practical  incorporation  into  the  Transactions  of 
the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers.  That  would  have  the  indirect 
effect  of  making  all  the  members  of  the  local  clubs  and  societies  per- 
fectly aware  of  what  was  being  done,  and  of  the  benefits  arising  from 
being  members  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers.  Without 
offering  them  any  special  official  inducements,  it  would,  I  believe,  have 
the  effect  of  so  impressing  them  with  the  importance  of  belonging  to  the 
parent  society  that  it  would  increase  our  membership  very  largely.  At 
the  same  time  it  would  have  the  immediate  effect  of  securing  for  the 
Society  the  very  best  technical  jaapers  that  were  presented,  not  only  by 
our  own  Members,  but  throughout  all  the  different  clubs  in  the  country. 
That  was  my  view  and  that  of  some  other  members  of  the  Committee, 
and  I  feel  very  certain  that  some  action  ought  to  be  taken  by  the  Society 
towards  bringing  about  some  such  end  as  that,  and  that  a  new  Commit- 
tee ought  to  be  appointed.  If  a  judicious  selection  is  made,  I  believe 
that  a  report  may  be  expected  from  such  a  Committee  which  might  be 
acted  upon  at  the  next  regular  meeting. 

Mr.  MoKisoN. — Might  it  not  be  worth  while  to  carry  out  a  portion 
of  Mr.  Macdonald's  suggestion  without  carrying  out  the  whole  '?  Why 
would  it  not  be  well  to  encourage  the  expression  of  individual  opin- 
ion, as  far  as  is  possible,  between  now  and  the  next  annual  meeting, 
with  the  understanding  that  a  committee  is  to  be  appointed  at  that 
meeting  to  consider  this  subject  ?  The  Board  of  Direction  could  very 
well  invite  the  different  Members  of  the  Society  to  contribute  their 
opinions  in  writing  on  this  subject,  with  the  express  understanding  that 
such  of  those  opinions  as  were  thought  best  should  be  published  in  the 
Transactions  of  the  Society;  or,  better,  in  some  special  form.  In  that 
way  the  subject  could  be  pretty  well  canvassed  without  the  immediate 
appointment  of  a  committee.  Time  would  be  given  to  consider  what 
could  be  best  done  at  the  next  general  meeting  of  the  Society.  I  would 
therefore  move  that  this  subject  be  referred  to  the  Board  of  Direction, 
with  the  request  that  they  invite  written  communications  from  the 
Members  of  the  Society,  and  that  the  Board  of  Direction  shall  rej^ort 
on  this  subject  at  the  next  annual  meeting,  with  the  expectation  that 
a  sjiecial  committee  be  appointed  at  that  time. 

The  motion  was  seconded. 

Mr.  MoKisoN. — Before  the  matter  goes  any  further,  I  should  like  to 
add  to  the  motion  a  provision  that  the  Board  of  Direction  may  invite 
communications  from  the  different  engineering  clubs  throughout  the 
country. 

Mr.  Wellington.  —In  seconding  Mr.  Morison's  motion,  which  seems 


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to  me  one  of  the  wisest  moves  in  a  general  way  that  can  be  taken  for 
reaching  some  definite  conclusion,  I  would  suggest  an  addendum  to 
it,  and  that  is  whether  it  would  not  be  exi^edient  that  one  or  more 
(two  or  three  possibly)  special  meetings  of  the  Society  should  be  held 
after  these  reports  have  been  submitted,  for  their  discussion.  If  our 
Committee  could  have  met  conveniently  and  it  could  be  certain  that  all 
the  members  of  the  Committee  felt  a  real  interest  in  the  matter,  which 
l^erhaps  one  or  two  did  not,  although  I  think  they  did,  it  might  not  have 
been  imjjossible  for  us  to  have  reached  a  conclusion.  But  it  is  a  frequent 
difficulty  of  committees  that  their  members  are  scattered,  and  very 
often  one  or  two  or  three  or  four  take  little  interest  and  all  the  real  work 
falls  on  one  or  two.  By  calling  special  meetings  of  the  Society,  those 
interested  would  attend,  those  who  were  not  would  stay  away,  and  I 
think  it  would  result  in  enabling  a  conclusion  to  be  arrived  at  which 
would  be  more  definite. 

The  President. — Are  you  ready  to  vote  on  Mr.  Morison's  propo- 
sition ?  If  I  understand  right,  the  motion  is  that  the  Board  of  Direction 
should  be  instructed  to  request  the  Members  to  state  their  views  in 
Avriting  in  regard  to  the  subject  matter,  and  also  members  of  the  other 
societies  interested. 

Mr.  MoRisoN. — That  the  views  so  expressed  be  printed  and  dis- 
tributed among  the  Members  of  the  Society,  and  the  matter  reported  on 
at  the  next  annual  meeting. 

Mr.  Okoes. — I  would  like  to  know  whether  Mr.  Morison  intends  that 
all  the  individual  communications  should  be  published  and  spread 
before  the  Society,  or  that  they  should  be  edited  ? 

Mr.  MoKisoN. — In  such  a  case  as  this  there  is  always  some  proba- 
bility of  communications  being  sent  in  which  neither  the  writer  nor 
any  one  else  exj^ects  to  be  printed.  I  think  the  understanding  should 
be  that  the  Direction  should  give  to  the  Society  what  is  virtually  the 
whole,  but  should  exercise  the  privilege,  which  they  always  ought  to, 
of  editing. 

Mr.  Macdonald. — The  Direction,  as  I  understand,  are  to  take  this 
matter  in  hand  now  and  get  up  the  information  which  is  in  question 
and  then  let  it  be  laid  before  the  annual  meeting. 

Mr.  MoRisoN.  —I  think  it  is  desirable  that  it  should  be  in  the  hands  of 
members  a  sufficient  time  to  read  it  before  the  annual  meeting.  I  do 
not  think  it  would  be  practicable  with  the  annual  meeting  only  six 
months  off  to  have  any  action  before  the  annual  meeting,  but  I  think  a 
subject  of  this  kind  ought  to  be  in  print  and  in  the  hands  of  the 
Members. 

Mr.  McMath. — If  the  Board  of  Direction  have  no  authority  to 
submit  to  the  Society  for  consideration  their  recommendations  in  the 
matter,  I  would  move  that  they  be  instructed  to  do  that. 

The  President, — Mr.  McMath  proposes  that  the  Board  of  Direction 
should  be  instructed  to  state  their  own  views  in  regard  to  the  matter. 


92  JULY    PROCEEDINGS. 

Mr.  MoRisoN. — It  seems  to  me  tliat  the  Board  of  Direction  ■would 
have  the  power  to  do  that  at  any  rate,  and  that  we  shoiild  exjiect  them 
to  do  it.  I  think  we  might  fairly  leave  that  to  the  judgment  of  the 
Direction, 

Mr.  McMath. — I  just  threw  that  out  as  a  suggestion.  It  is  desirable 
at  least,  after  the  Board  of  Direction  has  all  this  matter  in  hand — 
they  are  supposed  to  read  it,  which  all  the  Members  will  not  do — it  is 
desirable  that  they  should  crystallize  the  whole  matter  into  the  shape 
of  some  definite  recommendation,  and  then  let  the  Society  adopt  or 
reject  the  specific  measure  or  an  alternative  measure  proposed  by  them. 

Mr.  MoRisoN. — I  am  willing  to  accept  the  amendment  if  it  be  put  in 
this  form:  "With  such  conclusions  as  they  desire  to  lay  before  the 
Society." 

Mr.  MgMath.  — That  meets  my  views  exactly. 

The  Seceetary. — I  suggest,  Mr.  President,  if  it  be  agreeable,  that 
Mr.  Morison  be  requested  to  dictate  a  concise  resolution  covering  these 
points. 

Mr.  Morison  then  dictated  to  the  stenographer  the  following  resohi- 
tion : 

"That  this  subject  be  referred  to  the  Board  of  Direction,  with  the 
request  that  they  invite  written  communications  from  the  Members  of 
the  Society,  and  from  the  different  engineering  clubs  throughout  the 
country,  and  that  these  communications  be  edited  under  the  direction  of 
the  Board,  and  their  substance  printed  and  distributed  among  the  Mem- 
bers of  the  Society.  And  that  the  Board  shall  make  a  report  at  the  next 
annual  meeting,  with  such  conclusions  as  they  desire  to  lay  before  the 
Society,  and  with  the  expectation  that  a  special  committee  will  be  ap- 
pointed at  that  time." 

The  resolution  was  adopted. 

The  Secretary. — The  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  the  Compres- 
sion of  Cements  is  here  now,  sir. 

The  President. — If  Mr,  Collingwood  is  ready  to  report  we  shall  be 
glad  to  hear  from  him, 

Mr.  F.  Collingwood,  Chairman,  presented  the  report.* 

Mr.  Collingwood. — I  have  another  paper  furnished  by  Mr.  Alfred 
Noble,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  showing  results  in  setting  masonry  in  very 
cold  weather,  which  the  Secretary  thinks  should  be  presented. 

The  Secretary. — That  is  a  technical  paper,  and  we  are  now  dealing 
with  the  reports  of  Committees.  I  suggest  that  Mr.  Noble's  paper  be 
read  in  one  of  the  Convention  Sessions. 

Mr.  McMath. — I  move  that  the  rejiort  be  accepted,  and  that  the 
Committee  be  continued. 

The  motion  was  carried. 

Mr.  C,  M,  Woodward. — Under  the  head  of  new  business,  I  desire  to 

*This  report  will  be  publislied  iu  a  future  number  of  Proceedings. 


JULY    PROCEEDINGS.  93 

submit  to  this  Society  the  following  resolution.     It  will  be  seen  that  it 
is  in  the  interest  of  economy  and  perfected  work. 

"  Resolved,  That  this  Convention  submits  to  the  Committee  in  charge 
of  arrangements  for  the  next  Annual  Convention  of  the  Society,  the  fol- 
lowing suggestions: 

"  First. — To  print  beforehand  all  papers  to  be  presented  at  the  Con- 
vention, including  such  papers  already  presented,  but  not  yet  ijrinted 
in  the  Transactions,  as  the  Committee  may  select,  and  to  furnish  each 
Member  with  advance  sheets  of  the  same  at  least  three  weeks  before  the 
meeting. 

"Second. — To  arrange  a  programme  for  the  Sessions  of  the  Con- 
vention, allowing  authors  of  papers  ten  minutes  each  in  which  to 
present  the  abstracts,  or  to  call  attention  to  salient  points  in  their 
papers. 

"  Third. — To  invite  Members  to  prepare  discussions,  and  to  assign  a 
definite  amount  of  time  to  the  discussion  of  each  paper,  proportioned 
to  the  probable  interest  and  demand. 

"Fourth. — To  instruct  the  jjresiding  officer  at  the  meetings  to  strictly 
observe  the  following  rules: 

"  (a)  To  allow  the  author  of  a  paper  to  close  the  discussion  upon  the 
same,  either  at  the  meeting  or  in  print,  as  may  be  most  convenient. 

"  {b)  To  allow  no  one  more  than  five  minutes,  nor  the  floor  a  second 
time,  in  the  discussion  of  a  paper,  except  by  imanimous  consent. 

"  (c)  To  give  the  preference  in  a  discussion  to  those  who  have  signi- 
fied their  desire  to  participate. 

"  ((7)  And  to  rigidly  carry  out  the  pre-arranged  programme,  taking 
up  each  paper  at  the  hour  assigned,  and  leaving  additional  or  miscella- 
neous discussions  for  an  hour  reserved  for  that  purpose." 

Mr.  BoGART. — I  desire  to  second  the  resolution.  One  of  the  great 
troubles  in  managing  the  business  of  the  Convention,  to  the  Secretary 
and  to  the  Committee  in  charge  of  it,  is  the  work  that  is  covered  by  this 
resolution.  We  have  tried  something  like  this  before,  but  there  are 
several  provisions  in  this  resolution  which  cover  points  that  made  our 
previous  trials  not  thoroughly  efifective.  In  particular  I  refer  to  one, 
which  is  that  papers  which  have  been  presented  to  the  Society  before  a 
Convention,  but  which  have  not  yet  come  to  be  printed  in  the  Trans- 
actions on  account  of  other  papers  being  in  advance  of  them,  may  be 
considered  as  Convention  papers.  Our  trouble  has  been  in  regard  to 
this  matter,  that  the  gentlemen  who  promise  papers  for  Conventions, 
and  promise  them  indubitably  with  good  faith,  and  with  the  intention 
to  get  them  in  the  proper  length  of  time  before  the  Convention,  gener- 
ally do  not  do  it.  The  result  is  that  the  papers  come  in  at  the  very  last 
moment,  and  that  there  is  not  time  to  get  them  printed  and  circulated 
projjerly  for  discussion.  Therefore  I  take  pleasure  in  seconding  the 
resolution. 


94  JULY    PKOCEEDINGS. 

Mr.  Ckoes. — This  is  a  business  meeting  of  the  Society.  This  is  not 
the  Convention.  Now,  if  the  resolution  is  to  be  offered  as  a  resolution 
of  the  Convention,  it  wants  to  be  offered  after  the  business  meeting  has 
adjourned.  If  it  is  a  resolution  passed  by  the  Society  at  this  time  it 
•wants  to  be  so  expressed. 

The  Secketary. — Will  Mr.  Croes  suggest  the  desired  modification? 

Mr.  Croes. — The  resolution  begins:  ^'Resolved,  That  this  Conven- 
tion submits." 

Mr.  Woodward. — I  think  the  criticism  is  a  good  one.  It  seems  to 
me  the  point  is  well  taken,  and  if  the  Society  will  allow  me,  I  will  change 
the  word  "Convention  "  to  "  Meeting." 

Mr.  CoLLiNGwooD. — It  occurs  to  me  that  there  might  be  an  amend- 
ment to  these  suggestions.  In  the  ijractice  of  the  Institution  of  Engi- 
neers they  are  in  the  habit  always  of  requiring  an  abstract  for  reading  at 
a  meeting.  Very  many  of  the  papers  that  are  jd resented  here,  if  properly 
abstracted,  the  salient  points  being  given,  omitting  figures  except  as 
illustrations,  would  be  heard  with  interest,  whereas  we  get  tired  out 
before  they  are  finished.  A  properly  arranged  abstract,  which  could  be 
quickly  printed  and  circulated,  would  not  necessitate  the  printing  of 
the  original  jjaper  before  the  meeting,  and  then  with  properly  arranged 
ilhistrations,  it  would  add  greatly  to  the  interest.  I  would  like  to  make 
that  as  an  amendment  to  these  suggestions. 

Mr.  Woodward. — I  will  accept  that  amendment  if  my  seconder  will 
allow,  and  suggest  that  it  be  added  properly  to  the  wording  of  the  reso- 
lution. 

The  resolution  was  then  amended  so  that  the  first  line  should  read: 

"Resolved,  That  this  meeting  submits,"  etc.,  etc. 

Also  that  the  first  section  of  the  resolution  should  read: 

"First. — To  print  beforehand  abstracts  of  all  papers  to  be  presented 
at  the  Convention,  including  abstracts  of  such  papers  already  jDresented, 
but  not  yet  printed  in  the  Transactions,  as  the  Committee  may  select, 
and  to  furnish  each  Member  with  advance  sheets  of  such  abstracts  at 
least  three  weeks  before  the  meeting." 

The  resolution  thus  amended  was  adopted. 

Mr.  Egbert  Moore. — As  one  part  of  the  business  of  this  Convention 
is  the  appointment  of  a  Nominating  Committee,  I  have  a  resolution  to 
offer  on  that  subject.  As  you  are  all  aware,  probably,  the  By-Laws  re- 
quire that  at  the  Annual  Convention  a  Nominating  Committee  of  five 
shall  be  api^ointed,  and  as,  prefatory  to  explaining  the  purpose  of  this 
resolution,  it  may  be  well  to  call  attention  to  the  fact  that  this  Society 
is  a  corporation  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  New  York,  and  that, 
according  to  the  Constitution  of  the  Society,  a  majority  of  the  Board  of 
Direction  must  be  residents  of  the  State  of  New  York,  where  the  Society 
has  its  legal  domicile.  Of  course  the  Resident  Directors,  Avho  are  charged 
by  law  and  custom  with  the  conduct  of  the  business  of  the  Society, 


JULY    PEOCEEDINGS.  95 

should  be  chosen  with  great  care;  not  only  those  who  are  familiar  with 
the  business  of  the  Society,  but  those  whose  engagements  would  permit 
them  to  give  j^roper  attention  to  that  business,  so  that  it  is  extremely 
important  that  those  who  are  charged  with  the  business  of  the  Society 
shall  be  chosen  with  the  utmost  care,  and  it  is  for  that  purj^ose  that  at 
the  suggestion  of  a  number  of  the  older  Members  of  the  Society,  and 
notably  at  the  suggestion  of  our  Past  President,  Mr.  Don.  J.  "Whitte- 
more,  this  resolution  is  brought  forward : 

''Resolved,  That  the  Chairman  of  the  Nominating  Committee  shall  be 
a  Resident  Member,  who  is  a  past  Officer  or  Director  of  the  Society." 

The  last  qualiiication  is  put  in  from  the  fact  that  the  service  of 
any  one  as  an  officer  or  director  of  the  Society  will  no  doubt  have 
acquainted  him  with  the  necessities  of  the  position  in  such  a  manner 
that  he  will  be  more  likely  to  suggest  a  good  nomination  than  one  who 
has  not  had  that  exjjerience.  I  think  it  will  conduce  very  greatly  to 
wise  action  in  this  matter,  and  perhaps  avoid  some  errors  that  have  been 
made  through  ignorance,  growing  out  of  the  fact  that  the  members  of 
the  Nominating  Committee  were  persons  who  did  not  know  the  require- 
ments of  the  case,  who  did  not  know  the  persons  from  whom  the  Resi- 
dent Directors  should  be  chosen,  rather  than  from  any  other  reason, 
I  therefore  make  this  motion. 

The  motion  was  seconded  and  carried. 

Mr.  M.  Cohen.  —I  move  that  this  meeting  of  the  Society  do  now  ad- 
journ. 

The  motion  was  carried. 


96  JULY    PROCEEDINGS. 


LIST    OF    MEMBERS. 


ADDITIONS.  * 

MEMBEES.  Date  of  Election 

Atwatee,  Almon  Byeon SuperintendentChicagoand  Grand 

Trunk  and  Detroit,  Grand  Ha- 
ven and  Milwaukee  R'ys,  De- 
troit, Mich May    5,  1886. 

Beackeneidge,    William    Al- 

GEBNON Principal       Assistant       Engineer 

Brooklyn  and  Long  Island  Ca- 
ble R'y,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y June  2,  1886. 

Eaton,  Feedeeick Consulting  Engineer  Los  Angeles 

City  Water  Co., Los  Angeles, Cal. May    5,  1886. 

FuLLEE,  Eugene  Feedeeick.  .  .18  Wall  street.  New  York   City..  May    5,    1886. 

GiLLHAM,  EoBEET Chief  Engineer  Inter-State  Rapid 

Transit  R'y,  Shiedley  Building, 

Kansas  City,  Mo June  2,   1886. 

Howland,  Aethue  Henshaw.  .United  States  Hotel,  Boston,  Mass. June  2,   1886. 

HoxiE,  Richaed  Leveeidge.  .  .Captain  Corps  of  Engineers,  U.  S. 

A.,  Montgomery,  Ala June  2,   1886. 

HusoN,  Heebeet  Sherman.  ..  .Assistant  Engineer   Yakima   Div. 

Northern  Pacific  R.  E.,  Ellens- 
burg,  Wash June  2,   1886. 

Jackson,  Chaeles  Edwaed.  .  .Principal       Assistant       Engineer 

Brooklyn  Elevated  R'y,  122  East 
Nineteenth  Street,  New  York 
City June  2,  1886. 

Lawton,  William  Heney,  Je. 20 Belle vue avenue,  Newport,R.I. .  June  2,   1886. 

McKee,  Samuel  Bingham.  . .  .Canadian  Pacilic  R'y  Offices,  Mon- 
treal, Canada June  2,   1886. 

Sawyee,  Chaeles  Heney Assistant  Engineer  Union  Pacific 

R'y,  Pilot,  Nebraska June  2,  1886. 

Schaeffee,  John  Stewaet Engineer      and      Superintendent 

'  Newark's    Improved    Sewerage, 

Heath  Building,  Newark,  N.  J.  .June  2,  1886, 

Scott,  Addison  Moffat U.  S.  Assistant  Engineer,  Charles- 
ton, West  Va June  2,  1886. 

Wallace,  John  Findley Master  of  Transportation  and  En- 
gineer of  Construction  Eastern 
and  Illinois  Divisions  Central 
Iowa  R'y,  Keithsburg,  111 June  2,   1886. 


JULY   PROCEEDINGS.  97 

ASSOCIATE.  Date  of  Election. 
Woodward,  CAL\^N  Milton.  .  .Thayer  Professor  of  Applied  Me- 
chanics and  Higher  Mathemat- 
ics, Dean  of  Polytechnic  School, 
Washington  University,  St. 
Louis,  Mo June  2,  188G. 

JTJNIOKS. 

Baeney,  Samuel  Eben,  Jr.  . .  .P.  O.  Box  602,  New  Haven,  Conn.  June  2,  1886. 

BoNNETT,  Charles  Pierre.  ..  .421  Westminster  avenue,  Eliza- 
beth, N.  J June  2,  1886. 

Goldsmith,Nathaniel Oliver. Engineer    The    Weir    Frog    Co., 

Glendale,  Ohio June  2,  1886. 

Mills,  Charles  Malon (Care     Union     Bridge     Co.),     18 

Broadway,  New  York  City June  2,  188G. 

Seaman,  Henry  Bowman Assistant  Engineer  Kings  County 

Elevated  R'y,  26  Court  Street, 

Brooklyn,  N.  Y June  2,   1886. 

Van  ZiLE,  Harry  Lee Troy  and  Albany  Bridge  and  Iron- 
works, Troy,  N.  Y Jan.    6,  1886. 

CHANGES     AND     CORRECTIONS. 

MEMBERS. 

Abert,  S.Thayer U.    S.   Agent,    810    Nineteenth   street,    N.    W., 

Washington,  D.  C. 

Allen,  James  P 9  Bull  street,  Charleston,  S.  C. 

Atwood,  William  H Division  Engineer  Colorado  Midland  R'y,  Col- 
orado Springs,  Colo. 

Appleton,    Thomas (Care   Chief   Engineer   Chicago,    St.   Paul  and 

Milwaukee  R'y),  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

Babcock,  Henry  N Room  57,  Army  Building,  New  York  City. 

Baker,  William  H Lock  Box  6,  Keokuk,  Iowa. 

Barnard,  Augustus  P Sheffield,  Berkshire  Co.,  Mass. 

Beckwith,  Leonard  F 261   Broadway,    Rooms   24  and   25,   New  York 

City. 

Bell,  Andrew Almonte,  Ont.,  Canada. 

BoGUE,  Virgil  G Principal  Assistant  Engineer  Northern  Pacific 

R.  R.,  Tacoma,  Wash. 

Brooks,   Fred 31  Milk  street,  Boston,  Mass. 

Chesbrough,  E.  S 17  Bellevue  place,  Chicago,  111. 

Ceowell,  J.  Foster Engineer  of  Construction  Cincinnati  and  Rich- 
mond R.  R.,  Little  Miami  Depot,  Cincinnati, 
Ohio. 

DA'vas,  Chester  B Rooms  75  and  76,  Calumet  Building,  Chicago, 

111. 

Dempster,    Alexander 43  Sixth  avenue,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

Doane,  Walter  A Division  Engineer  Atchison,  Topeka  and  Santa 

Fe  R.  R.,  Cedarvale,  Kansas. 


98  JULY    PROCEEDINGS. 

FtTLLEE,  Sidney  T P.  0.  Box  37,  Kennebimk,  Me. 

Gellette,  Williaji  D (Care  Chief  Engineer  Southern  Pacific  Co.),  cor. 

ner  Fourth  and  Townsend  streets,  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal. 

Gillespie,  Joshua  L Box  2396,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Harris,  AViLLiAM  P General    Superintendent    St.   Joseph   and    St. 

Louis  R.  E.,  St.  Joseph,  Mo. 

Harrod,  Benjamin  M Cotton  Exchange  Building,  New  Orleans,  La. 

Haven,  William  A P.  O.  box  770,  Helena,  Montana. 

Hates,  E.  S (Care  John  S.  Barnes),  18  Wall  street.  New  York 

City. 

Henthoen,  John  T 173  Westminster  street,  Providence,  E.  L 

Hering,  Eudolph Chief   Engineer    Drainage  and   Water   Supply 

Commission,  City  Hall,  Chicago,  111. 
Howe,  Milton  G Eeceiver  Houston,  East  and  West  Texas  E.  E., 

Houston,  Texas. 
Katte,  Walter Chief  Engineer  New  York  Central  and  Hudson 

River  E.  E.,  Grand  Central  Depot,  New  York 

City. 
KiLLEBREW,  Samuel Assistant  Engineer  Mexican  International  E.R., 

Eagle  Pass,  Texas. 
KisNEY,  Edward  C Assistant  to  Chief  Engineer  Union  Pacific  E'y, 

Omaha,  Neb. 
KiTTEEDGE,  George  W Engineer  Maintenance  of  Way    Jeff'ersonville, 

Madison  and  Indianapolis  R.  E.,  Columbus, 

Ind. 
Lafon,  Thomas Engineer's  Ofiice  Burlington  and  Missouri  Eiver 

R.R,  Lincoln,  Neb. 
Latham,  Harry  H Chief  Engineer  Utah  and  Wyoming  R.R.,  Mon- 

tauk  Block,  Chicago,  111. 
Ludlow,  William Bvt.  Lt.-Col.  U.  S.  A.,  Engineer  Commissioner 

District  Columbia,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Lucius,  Albert  . . . ; Chief  Engineer  Brooklyn,  Bath  and  West  End 

R.R.,  297  Tenth  st.,  South  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Maclay,  William  W Superintendent  Department  of  Docks  office,  foot 

Duane  st..  North  River,  New  York  City. 

Man,  Albon  P.,  Jr Ocala,  Florida. 

Maxwell,  James  R Division   Engineer  Union   Pacific   R'y,   Butte, 

Montana. 
McAlpine,  William  J Cor.  Franklin  and  Pendleton  aves,  New  Bright- 
on, Richmond  Co.,  N.  Y. 
McClintock,  William  H Resident  Engineer  Atlanta  and  West  Point  R.R., 

Western    R'y   of  Alabama,    and    Cincinnati, 

Selma  and  Mobile  R'y,  Montgomery,  Ala. 

McKeown,  Thomas 37  City  road,  London,  E.  C,  England. 

Morris,  Robert  C .Chief  Engineer  Nashville,  Chatanooga  and  St. 

Louis  R.  R.,  Nashville,  Tenn. 
Nichols,  Auein  B Rathmell,  Pa. 


JULY    PROCEEDINGS.  99 

Paret,  MiLNOR  P Division   Engineer  Cincinnati   and   Richmond 

R.R.,  Oakley,  Ohio. 

Peteeson,  Peter  A Engineer  Eastern  Ontario  and  Quebec  Division 

Canadian  Pacific  R'y,  Chief  Engineer  St.  Law- 
rence Bridge,  Montreal,  Canada. 

EiCHARDs,  Charles  B Professor    Mechanical    Engineering     Sheffield 

Scientific  School,  Yale  College,  New  Haven, 
Conn. 

RowE,  Samuel  M Resident  Engineer  Atchison,  Topeka  and  Santa 

Fe  R'y,  Topeka,  Kansas. 

ScoTT,  Arthur  H First  Assistant  City  Engineer,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

SoRZANO,  Julio  F 33  Broadway,  New  York  City. 

Thackrat,  George  E l''oungstown  Steel  Co.,  Youngstown,  Ohio. 

Thomas,  Joseph  R 138  East  79th  St.,  New  York  City. 

TowLE,  Stevenson 115  Broadway,  New  York  City. 

Van  Sant,  Robert  L Chief  Engineer  St.  Louis,  Arkansas  and  Texas 

R'y,  Texarkana,  Texas. 

Waddell,  John  A.  L Phoenix  Bridge  Co.,  Phcenixville,  Pa. 

associates. 

Card,  Joseph  P President  Chicago  Tie  Preserving  Co.,  Chicago, 

III. 

Hendeie,  John  S Railway  Contractor,  Hamilton,  Ontario,  Canada. 

Putnam,  Joseph  W Drawer  253,  New  Orleans,  La. 

JUNIORS. 

Barlow,  John  Q Assistant  Engineer  Northern  Pacific  R.  R.,  El- 

lensburg,  Wash. 

Francis,  George  B Assistant  Engineer  New  York  Central  and  Hud- 
son River  R.  R.,  Depot  Building,  Rochester, 
N.  Y. 

Freeman,  John  R 31  Milk  st.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Kellogg,  Norman  B Division  Roadmaster  Southern  Pacific  Co.,  West 

Oakland,  Cal. 

Marvin,  Charles  E Assistant    Engineer    Louisville    and   Nashville 

Division  L.  and  N.  R.  R.,  Evansville,  Ind. 

Rosenweig,  Alfred Calle  Cadena  3,  Mexico,  Mexico,  via  El   Paso, 

Texas. 

Sanford,  David  C Field  Engineer  Conn.  Shell  Fishery  Commis- 
sion, Box  1512,  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Smith,  Maxwell Assistant   Engineer    Chicago,    Milwaukee    and 

St.  Paul  R'y,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

FELLOWS. 

GiLMAN,  Charles  C President  The  International  Terra-Cotta  Lumber 

Co.,  115  Dearborn  st.,  Chicago,  111. 
GuRNEE,  Walter  S 7  Nassau  st.,  New  York  City. 


100  JULY    PROCEEDINGS. 

CONTRIBUTIONS  TO  THE  BUILDING  FUND. 

By  a  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Direction,  all  contributions  to  the 
Building  Fund  are  to  be  acknowledged,  from  time  to  time  by  printing 
lists  of  the  same  in  the  monthly  Proceedings  of  the  Society,  and  in 
addition  to  this  the  names  of  all  those  who  may  subscribe  SlOO  or  more 
are  to  be  regularly  enrolled  and  published  in  future  lists  of  the  Society 
under  the  head  of  Subscribers  to  the  Building  Fund,  and  they  will  be 
entitled  to  receive  one  copy  of  the  monthly  publications,  comprising  all 
papers  and  transactions  of  the  Society,  regularly  for  life,  for  each  $100 
subscribed  by  them;  such  copies  to  be  in  addition  to  those  which  they 
may  be  already  entitled  to  if  they  are  Members  or  Fellows. 

The  following  contribution  up  to  this  time  is  acknowledged : 

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PROOEEDIN^aS. 


Vol.   XII.— August,    1886. 


[No  meetings  of  the  Society  have  been  held  during""July  auti  August  except  the  meeting 
during  the  Convention,  the  report  of  which  has  been  published  in_Proceedings'for_July.]**^ 


ADDITIONS    TO 

LIBRARY   AND    MUSEUM. 


From   American   Institute   of  Mining 
Engineers,  Dr.  R.  W.  Raymond,  Sec- 
retary, New  York  City  ; 
The  Estimation  of  Manganese  in  Iron  and 

Steel  by  the  (^olor  Method.    Alfred  E.  Hunt. 
Mexican  Weights  and  Measures.     E.  Richard 

Chism. 
A  Sectional  Slag  and  Matte-Pot.    Richard  H. 

Terhune. 
Specific    Gravity  of  Low-Callow    Steel.    F. 

Lynwood  Garrison. 
The  Action  of  Dilute  Acids  on  Certain  Vari- 
eties of  Fused  Sulphide  of  Iron.     Edward 

Hart. 
Notes  on  some  Chinese  Coals.    John  C.  F. 

Randolph. 
Sectional     Hanging-Pipe     Hot-Blast    Oven. 

Arthur  F.  Weudt. 
The  Economic  Geology  of  the  Bristol  and 

Bigstone   Gap   Section  of  Tennessee   and 

Virginia.     C.  R.  Boyd. 
The  Copper  Ores  of  the  South-West.    Arthur 

F.  Wendt. 
A  Rapid  Method  for  the  Determination  of 

Phosphorus.     F.  A.  Emmertou. 
Note  on  the  New  Chemical  Laboratory  of  the 

Missouri  School  of  Mines.     Prof.   Charles 

E.  Wait. 
The  Iron  Ores  and  Coals  of  Alabama,  Georgia 

and  Tennessee.    John  B.  Porter. 
Notes  of  Mining  in  Oaxaca.     W.  A,  Hooker. 
Notes  on  the  Geology  of  the  Tilly  Foster  Ore 

Body,  Putnam  County,  N.  Y. 
Proceedings  of  the  Forty-fifth  Meeting,  Beth- 
lehem, Pa.,  May,  1886. 


Calorimetric  Estimation  of  Manganese  in 
Steel.     Byron  W.  Cheever. 

List  of  Officers,  Members,  Rules,  etc.,  June, 
1886. 

The  Antiolinal  Theory  of  National  Gas.  H. 
M.  Chance. 

The  Clapp-Griffiths  Converter — Later  Prac- 
tice and  Commercial  Results.  J.  P.  With- 
erow. 

The  Microscopic  Structure  of  Car- Wheel  Iron. 
F.  Lynwood  Garrison. 

Discussion  of  Kent  on  Failures  of  Steel 
Boiler-Plates.     Prof.  T.  Egleston. 

The  Effect  of  Caiistic  Lime  in  the  Lixiviatiou 
of  Silver  Ores.     C.  A.  Stetefeldt. 

Soft  Steel  for  Boiler-Plates.     Alfred  E.  Hunt. 

The  Product  of  the  Hibernia  Ii'ou  Mine,  N.  J. 
J.  Wesley  Pullman. 

The  Cornwall  Iron-Ore  Mines,  Lebanon  Co., 
Pa.     E.  V.  d'luvilliers. 

Operation  of  Warwick  Furnace,  Pennsyl- 
vania, from  August  27th,  1880,  to  Septem- 
ber 1st,  1885.     John  Birkeubine. 

Discussion  of  Blake  on  Utah  Iron-Ore  De- 
posits.    G.  W.  Mayuard. 

Notes  on  the  Stamp  Mills  and  Chlorination 
Works  of  the  Plymouth  Consolidated  Gold 
Mining  Company,  Amador  County,  Cal. 
George  W.  Small. 

From  American  Iron  and  Steel  Associa- 
tion, James  M.  Swank,  Secretary, 
Philadelphia,  Pa.: 

Annual  Statistical  Report  for  1885. 

From  Lewis  S.  Alter,  Cor.  Secy,  .\sso- 


102 


AUGUST    PROCEEDINGS. 


ciation   of    County    Surveyors    and 
Civil  Engineers  of  Indiana,  Reming- 
ton : 
Proceedings  of  the  Association  for  January 
19th  and  20th,  1886. 

From  James  Angline  &  Co.,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C. : 
Catalogue  of  the  More  Valuable  Publications 
of  the  U,  S.  Government,  1885. 

From  Rear-Admiral  Daniel  Ammen,  U. 
S.  N.,  Washington.  D.  C.  : 
The  Errors  and  Fallacies  of  the  Inter-Oceanic 
Transit  Question. 

From  George  H.  Benzenberg,  Milwau- 
kee, Wis.: 
Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Public  Works 
and  City  Engineer  of  the  City  of  Milwau- 
kee   for  the  year  ending   December  31st, 
1885. 

From  Board  of  Railroad  Commissioners 
of  the  State  of  New  York : 
Third  Annual  Report,  Vols.  I  and  II,  for  1885. 

From  Henry  R.  Bradbury,  New  York 
City: 
Report  of  Works  Executed  by  the  Commis- 
sioners of  Sewers  of  the  City  of  London, 
during  the   year   1881-85.     By  Wm.   Hay- 
wood. 

From  W.  H.  Breithaupt,  Kansas  City, 
Mo.: 
Photograph    of   Hannibal    and     St.   Joseph 
Bridge,  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  May  12th,  1886. 
From  Fred.  Brooks,  Boston,  Mass.: 
Report  of  Committee  of  Boston   Society   of 
Civil  Engineers  on  Weights  and  Measures. 
(Several  Copies.) 

From  Bureau  of  Navigation,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C: 
Pilot  Chart  for  the  North  Atlantic  Ocean  for 
the  Months  of  May,  June,  July  and  August, 
1886. 
The  Naval  Brigade  and  Operations  Ashore. 
From  M.  J.  Butler,  Napanee,  Canada  : 
Proceedings  of  the  Associations   of  Provin- 
cial Land  Surveyors  of  Ontario,  February 
23d,  24th  and  25th,  1886. 

From  B.  A.  Colonna,  Washington,  D.  C: 
Testimony  before  the  Joint  Commission  to 
Consider  the  Present  Organization  of  the 
Surveys. 

From   J.   James   R.   Croes,   New  York 
City: 
Framed  Photograph   of   the    Harlem    River 
Bridge  of  the  Suburban  Rapid  Transit  Co. 
Contract  for  the  Construction   of  the  Iron 
Structures,  Piers  and  Foundations  of  the 
Third  Avenue  Line  of  the  Suburban  Rapid 
Transit  Co. 
Specifications  for  Cast-Iron  Bases  and  Wheel- 
Guards  for  the  same. 

From  A.  S.  Crouninshield,  Naval  Ad- 
visory Board,  Washington,  D.  C: 
Description  of    Route,   Estimated   Cost  and 
Business  of    the   Nicaragua  Canal.    (Copies 
for  dislribution.) 

From  Denver  Chamber  of   Commerce 

and  Board  of  Trade,  Denver,  Colo.: 

Reports  on   the  Feasibility  of    Establishing 

Slaughter     Canning  and   Packing-Houses, 

•with  Manufactures  incident  thereto,  in  the 

City  of  Denver  for  the  year  1885. 


Annual  Report  of  the  Commissioner  of  In- 
dian Affairs  for  the  year  1884. 

Report  on  the  Leather  and  Shoe  Industries, 
December,  1885. 

Report  of  the  Superintendent  of  Indian 
Schools  for  the  year  1884. 

Eleventh  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Edu- 
cation of  District  No.  1,  Arapahoe  County, 
Colo.,  September  1,  1885. 

Twenty-eighth  Annual  Report  of  the  Trade 
and  Commerce  of  Milwaukee  for  the  year 
ending  December  Slst,  J885. 

The  Chamber  of  Commerce  Journal,  Volume 
V,  No.  47,  January  5th.  1886. 

The  American  Brewers'  Gazette,  May,  1886. 

The  Reporter,  April,  1886. 

Colorado  Horticultural  Report  for  the  year 
1885. 

Second  and  Third  Annual  Reports  of  the  Den- 
ver Chamber  of  Commerce  and  Board  of 
Trade,  Denver,  Colo.,  for  the  years  ended 
December  Slst,  1884  and  1885. 

Reports  on  the  Commerce,  Manufactures  of 
their  Consular  Districts,  etc.,  April,  1886. 

Address  by  Hon.  N.  P.  Hill  on  Silver  Coin- 
age. 

Speech  of  Hon.  G.  G.  Symes,  of  Colorado, 
April  7,  1886,  on  Silver  Coinage. 

From  Denver  Society  of  Civil  Engi- 
neers, Edmund  S.  Davis,  Secretary, 
Denver,  Colo.: 

Some  Answers  to  Questions  likely  to  be  asked 
by  the  Members  of  the  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers  during  their  visit  to  Denver 
on  the  occasion  of  their  Annual  Convent  ion , 
July  2d,  1886. 

From  Edward  B.  Dorsey,  New  York 
City: 

Seventeenth  to  Twenty-second  Annual  Re- 
port of  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St. 
Paul  Railway  Company. 

Report  of  Mr,  Russell  Aitken  on  Vyrnwy  Ma- 
sonry Dam. 

Report  of  Mr.  Arthur  Hill  Holme,  on  the 
Vyrnwy  Water-works. 

Report  of  Ma.ior-Gener:il  Sir  Andrew  Clark 
on  the  Vyrnwy  Masonry  Dam. 

Report  of  the  Directors  of  the  Chicago,  Bur- 
lington and  Qiiincy  Railroad  Company  for 
the  years  1860  to  1885,  lacking  1861,  1868. 
1875  and  1880. 

The  Tenth  to  Fourteenth  Annual  Reports  of 
the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  New  York, 
New  Haven  and  Hartford  Railroad  Co. 

The  South  Mountain  Water  Co. 's  Proposition 
to  the  Councils  of  the  City  of  Philadelphia 
to  leave  the  Water-works  and  Construct  a 
new  system  of  Water  Supply  for  the  City 
of  Philadelphia. 

Thirty-ninth  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of 
Directors  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad 
Company  to  the  Stockholders.  Presented 
at  the  meeting  held  March  9th,  1886. 

Register  of  the  Commissioned  and  Warrant 
Officers  of  the  Navy  of  the  United  States,  in  - 
eluding  osiers  of  the  Marine  Corps,  to  Jan- 
uary 1st,  188(5. 

Report  of  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Works 
of  New  Y'ork  City  to  the  Aqueduct  Com- 
missioners, Supplementary  to  his  Report  of 
August  8th,  1883. 

Report  of  Isaac  Newton  Chief  Engineer  of 
Croton  Aqueduct,  on  Plans  proposed  for 
Storing  and  Conveying  an  Additional  Water 
Supply  to  the  City.    Opinions  of  the  Con- 


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103 


suiting  Engineers,  Tables  of  Rainfall, 
Maps  showing  Drainage  Area  and  Aqueduct 
Lines. 

From  W,  F.  Durfee.  New  York  City: 
The   Mitis   Process  of   Producing  Wrought- 
Iron  and  Steel  Castings. 

From   Dyckerhoff    &   Sohne,  Amoenc- 
berg,  Germany: 
Minutes  of  the  Ninth  General  Meeting  of  the 
German  Cement  Manufacturers,  February, 
1886. 

From  N.  -W.  Ellis,  Manchester,  N.  H. 
La  Lumiere  Electrique  son  histoire,  sa  pro- 
duction et  son  eniploi.  Par  Em-Alglave  et 
J.  Boulard. 

From  Engineers'  Society  of  Western 
Pennsylvania.  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Eads'  Proposed  Ship  Railway  across  the  Isth- 
mus of  Tehuantepec. 

Long  Distance  Transportation  of  Natural 
Gas. 

Pitisburgh  Testing  Laboratory, 

Specifications  for  Material  and  Workmanship 
of  Structures  of  Iron  and  Steel.  Alfred  E. 
Hunt. 

From  John  M.  Goodwin,  Sharpsville, 
Pa.: 
Profiles    Boston    to     Hudson     River,    three 
routes: 

1.  Via    Troy  and  Greenfield,    "  Hoosac 
Tunnel"  Route. 

2.  Via  Springfield  and  Pittsfieid,  Boston 
and  Albany  Route. 

3.  Via  WiUimantic  and  Hartford. 

From  George  S.  Greene,  Jr.,  New  York 
City: 

Address  to  the  Public  on  the  advisability  of 
purchasing  Belle  Isle  for  a  Park,  Water- 
works, and  Basis  for  a  Tunnel. 

Report  of  the  Medical  Commission  of  the 
City  of  Boston  upon  the  Sanitary  Qualities 
of  the  Sudbury,  Mystic,  Shaushine  and 
Charles  River  Waters. 

Fourth  and  Fifth  Report  upon  the  Improve- 
ment of  the  South  Pass  of  the  Mississijipi 
River,  showing  condition  of  the  works  on 
August  17,  1876,  and  November  18,  1876. 

Report  on  the  Jetty  System  as  applied  to 
the  Channel  of  Entrance  to  Cumberland 
Sound.     Gen.  Q.  A.  GiUmore. 

Eighth  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Har- 
bor Commissioners.    January,  1874 

Report  on  the  projiosed  Chesapeake  Bay  and 
Potomac  River  Tide  Water  Canal  from 
Washington  to  Annapolis.     S.  H.  Sweet. 

Prospectus  of  the  New  York.  Housatonic 
and  Northern  Railroad  Company.     1864 

Certificate  of  Incorporation,  By-Laws  and 
Prospectus  of  the  Earth-Uoring  Machine 
Co.     1868. 

Report  of  the  Water  Commissioners  of  the 
City  of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  for  the  years  1864  to 
1867;  also  Review  of  the  Water  Commis- 
sioners' Reiiort  for  185G. 

Statements  of  H.  Haupt  on  the  Troy  and 
Greenfield  Railroad,  Cambi  idge,  Mass.,  Jan- 
uary 31,  1862. 

Physics  and  Hydraulics  of  the  Mississippi 
River.     St.  Louis,  February  19,  1876. 

Annual  Report  upon  the  Improvement  of 
Rivers  and  Harbors  in  the  States  of  New 
York  (including  the  Removal  of  Obstruc- 
tions at  Hell  Gate)  and  New  Jersey. 


Report  on  the  Improvement  of  the  South 
Pass  of  the  Mississippi  River. 

R.  A.  Hill's  Stop  and  Branch  for  Street  Mains 
and  Multiple  Fire  Plugs. 

Design  for  a  Bridge  across  the  East  River, 
New  York,  at  Blackwell's  Island. 

Majority  Report  of  the  Committee  on  Water 
and  Union  of  Mystic  and  Cochituate  Water 
Boards. 

Abstract  of  the  Discussion  upon  a  paper  on 
American  iron  Bridges,  submitted  by 
Zerah  Colburn. 

Proceedings  of  the  Seventh  Annual  Conven- 
tion of  the  American  Institute  of  Archi- 
tects, held  in  Chicago  October  15th,  16th 
and  17th,  1873. 

Report  from  the  Engineers  to  the  Metropo- 
litan Commissoners  of  Sewers. 

Reports,  etc.,  of  District  Engineers  of  the 
working  of  Pipe  Sewers. 

Reports  on  the  State  of  the  Works  of  Drain- 
age and  Sewerage  of  Croydon. 

Reports  of  Survey  as  relating  to  House 
Drainage  and  Water  Supply. 

Van  Kostrand  s  Eclectic  Engineering  Magazine, 
Vols.  I,  II  and  III  bound  :  volumes  IV  to 
XV  unbound ;  January  to  April,  1877,  of 
Vol.  XVI. 

From  S.  S.  Guthrie,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  : 
Address  before  the  Merchants'  Exchange  of 
Buffalo,  N.Y.,  on  the  Great  Northern  Trans- 
portation Route  between  the  Atlantic  and 
Pacific.     S.  S.  Guthrie. 

From  William  Hamilton,  Toronto,  Can- 
ada : 
Annual  Report  of  the  Toronto  Water-works 
for  the  year  ending  Slst  December,  1885. 

From  Charles   k.  Hinckeldeyn,  Tech- 

nichal    Attache,    Imperial     German 

Legation,  New  York  City: 

Die   Bestimmung  von  Normal  Profilen  fur 

die  Elbe  von  der  Sarhsisch-preussischen 

Grenze  bis  Geesthacht.     Mit  Atlas. 

From  John  R.  Hudson: 
Tables  for  Calculating  the  Cubic  Contents  of 
Excavations  and  Embankments  by  an  Im- 
proved Method  of  Diagonal  and  Side  Tri- 
angles. 

From  Institution  of  Civil  Engineers, 
James  Forrest,  Secretary,  London : 

On  the  Antiseptic  Treatment  of  Timber. 
Samuel  Bagster  Boulton.  (With  an  abstract 
of  the  discussion  upon  the  paper.) 

List  of  Members  of  the  Institution  of  Civil 
Engineers,  3d  June.  1886. 

On  the  Explosion  of  Gaseous  Mixtures.  Du- 
gald  Clark.  With  an  abstract  of  the  discus- 
sion upon  the  paper. 

On  the  Wear  of  bteel  Rails.    Harry  Footner. 

Sewer  Ventilation.     George  R.  Strachan. 

Recent  Iteseaiches  in  Friction.  John  Good- 
man. 

The  Economical  Construction  of  Railways. 
Robert  Gordon,  James  Robert  Morse,  Gran- 
ville Carlyle  Cunningham.  With  an  ab- 
stract of  the  discussion  upon  the  paper. 

English  and  American  Railroads  Compared. 
Edward  Bates  Dorsey. 

Experiments  on  the  Discharge  of  Water  of 
Dift'erent  Temperatures.  John  George 
Mair. 

On  Rail  Joints  and  Steel  Rails.  Chrlster 
Peter  Sandberg. 


104 


AUGUST   PROCEEDINGS. 


On  the  Rate  of  Hardening  of  Cement  and 
Cement-Mortars.  Prof.  Wm.  Cawthorne 
Uniom. 

The  Strength  of  Steel  and  Wrought-Iron 
Girders.  Abstract  from  a  Report  to  the 
Dutch  Minister  of  Public  Works. 

The  Granada  Earthquake  of  25th  December, 
1884.     Edward  J.  T.  Manly. 

Water  Purification:  its  Bi-Logical  and  Chem- 
ical Basis.  Percy  F.  Frankland.  With  an 
abstract  of  the  discussion  upon  the  paper. 

The  River  Seine.  Leveson  Francis  Vernon 
Harcourt.  With  an  abstract  of  the  discus- 
sion upon  the  paper. 

On  Gas  Producers.  Frederick  John  Rowan. 
With  an  abstract  of  the  discussion  upon 
the  paper. 

The  Injurious  Effect  of  a  Blue  Heat  on  Steel 
and  Iron.  C.  E.  Stromyer.  With  an  ab- 
stract of  the  discussion  upon  the  paper. 

Abstracts  of  Papers  in  Foreign  Transactions 
and  Periodicals. 

Proceedings.  Vols.  LXXXIV  and  LXXXV, 
1885-86,  Parts  II  and  III. 

From  Hon.  John  J.  Ingalls,  Washing- 
ing.  D.  C: 
Speech  of  Hon.  John  J.  Ingalls,  of  Kansas,  on 
Relations  between  the  Senate  and  Execu- 
tive Departments. 

From  Wm.  A.  Jefferis,  New  York  City: 
The   Naturalist's    Leisure  Hour  and  Monthly 
Bulletin  for  January,  February,  March  and 
April,  188U. 

From       John      Kennedy,      Montreal, 
Canada: 
Annual  Report  of  the  Harbor  Commissioners 
of  Montreal  for  the  year  1885. 

From  Louis  H.   Knapp,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.: 
Seventeenth    Annual    Report,    Buffalo   City 
Water-works.     1885. 

From   J.   F.    Le   Baron,   Jacksonville, 
Fla.: 
Map  of  the  City  of  Jacksonville  and  Suburbs, 

Duval  County,  Florida. 
An  Article  on  the  Hydraulics  of  the  Okee- 
chobee Region,  Florida. 

From  Louis  Lesage,  Montreal,  Canada. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Superintendent  of  the 
Montreal  Water-works  for  the  year  ending 
3l8t  December,  1885. 

From   Wm.   J.   McAlpine,  Bay  Ridge, 
N.  Y.: 
Ten  Sheets,  showing  Plans  of  Harlem  Bridge. 
Form  of  Proposals . 

Specifications  for  its  Construction.     1886. 
Memorandum   of  Verbal  Information  given 
to  various  Persons  who  have  asked  gues- 
tions  in  regard  to  the  Plans,  Specifications, 
etc. 

From  John  MacLeod,  Louisville,  Ky. : 
Two  Photographs    of     the    Kentucky    and 
Indiana  Bridge. 

From  Capt.  O.  E.  Michaelis,  U.  S.  A., 
West  Troy.  N.  Y.: 
The  Application   of  Electricity   to   the   De- 
velopment of  Markmanship. 

From   H.   C.   V.   Moller,   Copenhagen. 
I'enmark: 
Beskrivelse  af  det   i  Nordamerika  anvendte 
Materiel  til  Uddylrlng.  I.  Flode  rog  Havne. 

From   George   S.    Morison,  New  York 
City: 


Specifications  for  Superstructure  for  Bridge- 
across  the  Missouri  River  at  Riilo,  Ne- 
braska. 

Tenth  Census  of  the  United  States.  Volumes 
I  to  XIV,  lacking  Volume  XIL 

Compendium  of  the  Tenth  Census.  Parts  I 
and  II. 

From    Robert    C.    Morris,    Nashville, 
Tenn.t 
Annual  Report  of  the  Nashville,  Chattanooga 
and  St.  Louis  Railway.     July  1,  1885. 

From  Gen.  John  Newtop,  Chief  of  En- 
gineers U.  8.  A.,  Washington,  D.  C: 

Statement  Showing  Rank.  Duties  and  Ad- 
dress of  the  Officers  of  the  Corps  of  Engi- 
neers. 

Report  Relative  to  the  Condition  of  the 
Aqueduct  Bridge. 

Report  on  the  River  and  Harbor  Bill  for  the 
Improvement  of  the  Navigation  of  the  Mis- 
sissippi River. 

Report  Calling  for  Information  Relative  to 
the  Erection  of  Fish-Ways  at  the  Great 
Falls  of  the  Potomac. 

Report  for  the  Construction  of  a  Bridge 
Across  the  Potomac  River. 

Advertisements,  Specifications  and  Proposals 
for  Improvement  of  Uivers  Emptying  into 
San  Pablo  and  Slosun  Bays. 

For  Improvement  of  Harbor  Grand  Haven, 
Mich. 

For  Building  One  Steam  Launch  for  the- 
Harbor  of  Refuge,  Lake  Huron. 

For  Office  Supplies  U.  S.  Engineer's  Office, 
Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

For  a  New  Tin  Roof  for  the  Executive  Man- 
sion. 

For  Dredging  at  Five  Mile  Bar,  above  Peltry's 
Island. 

For  Dredging  Portland  Harbor,  Maine. 

For  Constructing  Dike  between  Hog  and 
Maiden  Islauds. 

For  a  Concrete  Block  for  Sandy  Bay,  Mass. 

For  Repairing  Snag-boat. 

For  Iron  and  Steel  Dam  at  Beattyville,  Ky. 

For  Timber  and  Piles  for  Dam  at  Beattyville, 
Ky. 

For  Removal  and  Landing  of  Wreck  of 
Schooner  "Waldemar,"  now  lying  in  Belfast 
Harbor,  Me. 

For  Irons  for  Gates  of  Lock  No.  6,  Great  Kan- 
nawha  River,  W.  Va. 

For  Furnishing  and  Placing  Stone  in  the 
Gap  at  the  Delaware  Breakwater. 

For  the  Removal  of  the  Wrecks  of  the  Brig 
"  Clio,"  and  Steamer  "  North  Heath." 

For  Dredging  Racine  Harbor,  Wis. 

For  Hire  of  Dredge  for  Improving  Port  Ches- 
ter Harbor,  N.  Y. 

For  Wrought-Iron  Spikes  Dam  at  Beatty- 
ville, Ky. 

For  the  Upper  Works,  Cabin,  etc.,  of  a  Steel 
and  Iron  Snag-boat. 

Report  rel-ritive  to  Appropriation  for  Break- 
water at  Port  Orford,  Oregon. 

Report  submitting  an  Additional  Estimate 
for  Repairs  of  Works  at  Olcott  Harbor,  N. 
Y., rendered  necessary  by  damage  caused  by 
recent  storms. 

Report  relative  to  the  condition  of  the  Gov- 
ernment Works  near  Battery  Island  Light. 

Report  relative  to  the  Construction  of  a  Har- 
bor of  Refuge  at  Sandy    Bay,    Mass. 

Report  asking  an  Appropriation  for  Contin- 
uing Examinations  and  Surveys  at  South 
Pass,  Mississippi  River. 


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105 


Report  showing  the  Maintenance  of  the 
Channel  of  the  Mississippi  River. 

Report  of  Major  W.  A.  Jones  on  River  Im- 
provements in  Oregon  and  Washington 
Territory. 

An  Estimate  from  the  Secretary  of  War  for 
the  purchase  of  additional  ground  at  Fort 
Hamilton,  New  York  Harbor. 
Specifications  and  Propo.salsas  follows: 

Harbor  Improvement  Muskegon,  Mich. 

Machinery  for  Tow-boat,  for  Louisville  and 
Portland  Canal. 

Improvement  of  San  Francisco  Harbor,  Cali- 
fornia. 

Tow-boat  for  Louisville  and  Portland  Canal. 

Relating  to  Dredging  in  Annapolis  Harbor, 
Maryland. 

Removal  of  the  Wreck  of  the  Steamer  "  Dic- 
tator," now  lying  in  the  harbor  at  Tampa, 
Fla. 

Stationery  Supplies. 

Rip-rap  Stone,  Ohio  River. 

Repairing  Sand-Catch  at  Plum  Island,  New- 
buryport  Harbor,  Mass. 

Building  two  Scows  with  Holsters. 

Coal  for  Louisville  and  Portland  Canal,  and 
Offices  In  Louisville,  Ky. 

Harbor  Improvement,  White  River,  Mich. 
"  "  Manistee,  " 

"  "  Frankfort,  " 

Supplies  and  Material  for  Bridges. 

Removal  of  Wreck  off  Cape  Henlopen,  Del. 

Chains  for  Dam  No  6,  Great  Kanawha  River, 
W.  Va. 

Irons  for  Weir,  etc.,  of  Dam  No.  6,  Great 
Kanawha  River,  W.  Va. 

For  Rip-rap  Stone  Dam  at  Beattyville.  Ky. 

For  Improvement  Harbor  Saint  Joseph, 
Mich. 

From  New  York  State  Board  of  Health, 
Albany,  N.  Y.: 
Monthly    Bulletin,  April.  May,    June    and 

.July.  1886. 
Fifth  Annual  Report  for  1885. 

From  New  York  Meteorological  Obser- 

vat(>ry,   Dr.  Daniel  Draper,  Director, 

Central  Park,  New  York  City: 

Abstracts  of  Registers   from  Self-Recording 

Instruments,  .January,  February,   March, 

April,  May  and  June,  188G. 

From  Edward  P.  North,  New  York 
City: 

Report  upon  Paving,  etc..  Certain  Streets 
and  Roads  in  the  Borough  of  Birmingham, 
England,  February  17,  1874. 

Report  ou  the  Application  of  Science  and 
Art  to  Street  Paving  and  Street  Cleansing 
of  the  Metropolis. 

Communication  from  Board  of  Health  rela- 
tive to  the  Condition  of  the  New  Aqueduct, 
New  York. 

Fifth  Annual  Report  of  the  State  Board  of 
Health  of  New  York  for  1885. 

Record  of  Correspondence  and  Interviews 
between  .Jay  Gould  and  the  Officers  of  the 
Knights  of  Labor  in  reference  to  the  late 
strike  on  the  Missouri  Pacific  Railway 
Company. 

From  Albert  F.  Noyes,  West  Newton , 


Transactions   of  the    New   England    Water- 
Works  Association  during  the  year  1885. 

From  Frank    C.    Osborn,  Pittsburgh, 
Pa.: 


Osborn's  Tables  of  Moments  of  Inertia  and 
Squares  of  Radii  of  Gyration. 

From  Charles  Paine,  Pittsburgh,. 
Pa.: 

Philadelphia   Company's   Yellow    Book    on^ 

Natural  Gas. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Philadelphia  Company 

for  1885-86. 

From  Hon.  Charles  F.  Peck,  Commis- 
sioner, .\lbany,  N.  Y.: 
Third  Annual  Report  of  the  Bureau  of  Sta- 
tistics of  Labor  of  the  State  of  New  York  foi- 
the  year  1885.     . 

From     Franklin     C.    Priudle,     East 
Orange,  N.  J.: 
A  Descriptive  Catalogue  of  the  Government 
Publications  of  the  United  States,  Septem- 
ber 5.  1774-March  4,  1881. 

From  Rand  Drill  Company,  New  York 
City; 
One  Instantaneous  Photograph  of  Hell  Gate,, 
taken  during  Explosion  of  October  10, 1885. 

From  Railway  Purchasing  Agent  Com- 
pany, Chicago,  111.: 
The  Official  Railway  List,  1886. 

From  Henry  B.  Richardson,  New  Or- 
leans, La. : 
Report  of  the  Board  of  State  Engineers  of  the 
State  of  Louisiana  from  April  20,  1884,  to- 
April  20,  1886. 

From  Frederic  H.  Robinson,  Wilming- 
ton, Del.: 
Fifteenth  Annual  Report  ef  the  Chief  Engi- 
neer of  the  City  to  the  Council  for  the  yeai- 
1885. 

From  Andrew  Rose  water,  Omaha,  Ne- 
braska; 
Annual  Report  of  the  City  Engineer  of  the 
City   of  Omaha,  April   1,  1885,  to   April  1, 

1886. 

From  Collingwood  Schreiber,  Ottawa, 
Canada; 
Profile  of  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  west 
of  Lake  Superior,  in  comparison  with  the 
Northern,  Llnion  and  Central  Pacific  Rail- 
ways. 
Railway  Statistics  of  Canada,  1884-85. 

From  T.  Guilford  Smith,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. : 
Statistics  of  the  Trade  and  Commerce  of  Buf- 
falo, 1885. 

From  Hamilton  Smith,  Jr.,  London, 
England: 
Hydraulics:  The  Flow  of  Water  through 
Orifices,  over  Wfeirs,  and  through  Open 
Conduits  and  Pipes.  Hamilton  Smith,  Jr. 
Vol.  I,  Text.  Vol.  II,  Plates.  London  and 
New  York,  1886. 

From  Smithsonian  Institution,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C: 
Annual   Report  of  the   Board  of  Regents  of 
the  Smithsonian  Institution  for  the  year 
1884. 

From    Society    of  Engineers,   Charles 
Julian     Light,    Secretary,     London, 
England: 
Transactions  for  1885. 

From  A.  J.  Stevens,  Gen.  Master  Me- 
chanic Southern  Pacific  Co.,  Laer, 
Cal.: 


106 


AUGUST    PROCEEDINGS. 


Blue  Prints  of  two  heavy  Locomotives  now 
in  use  on  Southern  Pacific  Company.  Pa- 
cific System. 

From  Prof.  George  F.  Swain,  Boston, 
Mass. : 
Tenth  Census    Report   for   1886.    Vol.  XVI, 
Water  Power,  Part  I. 

From  Prof.  A.   N.  Talbot,  Champaign, 
111.: 
Report  of  the  First  Annual  Meeting  of  the 
Illinois  Society  of  Engineers  and  Survey- 
ors, held  at  Champaign,  111.,  Feb.  10th,  11th 
and  12th,  1886. 

From   Benjamin   Thompson,   Urbana, 
Ohio: 
Seventh  Annual  Report  of  the  Ohio  Society 
of  Surveyors  and  Civil  Engineers,  1886. 

From  John  C.  Trautwine,  Philadelphia, 
Pa.: 
The  Civil  Engineer's  PoeVet  Book  for  1886. 
The  Field  Practice   of  Laying  out   Circular 
Curves  for  Railroads. 

From  Union    Bridge    Company,   New 
York  City : 
Four  Photographs  of  the  Kentucky  and  Indi- 
ana Bridge. 

From  United  States  Geological  Survey, 
Washington.  D.  C. : 
Monographs  of  the  United  States  Geological 

Survey.    Vol.  IX. 
Bulletin    of    the    U.    S.   Geological   Survey. 
Nos.  24,  25  and  26. 

From  United  States  Naval  Observatory, 
Wifshington,  D.  C: 
Astronomical    and    Meteorological   Observa- 
tions made   during   the   year   1882  at   the 
United  States  Naval  Observatory. 
Papers  on  Squadrons  of  Evolutions  and  the 
Recent    Development    of  Naval    Material, 
.June,  1886. 

From  Frederick  W.  Vaughan,  Louis- 
ville. Ky. : 

Louisville  and  Nashville  Railroad  Company. 
Sheets  showing  Performance  of  Engines 
and  Cost  per  Mile  Bun  for  the  Mouths  of 
April  to  December,  1885,  and  from  January 
to  March,  1886. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Louisville  and  Nash- 
ville Railroad  Company  for  1875,  1878-79, 
and  1881  to  1885. 

From  Lieut.  Anthony  W.  Vogdes,  U.  S. 
A..  Governor's  Island,  N.  Y.: 
Notes  on  the  Distribution  of  Iron  Ores  in  the 

United  States. 

Ordnance  Notes,  as  follows: 
Oeometrical  Solution  of  the  Problem  of  the 

Trajectory  of  a  Projectile  in  Vacuo.     Prof. 

A.  G.  Greenhill. 
Mars-la-Tour  and   Gravelotte.     Lieut.  John 

Bigelow. 
Fabrication    of    8-inch    Eureka   Projectiles. 

Henry  D.  Borup. 
Puddled    vs.   Cast-Steel    as    Metal    for    Gun 

Hoops.     Lieut.  Rogers  Birnie. 
The  Eishty-Ton  Steam  Hammers  of  Creusot 

and  St.  Chamond.     S.  Crispin. 
Krupxi  Experiments.    Reports  III  and  XLVII. 
Field  Artillery.     Capt.  D.  T.  A.  De  Sotomayor. 
Paints  and  Lacquers  for  Artillery  Material, 


Practical  Instructions  in  Gunnery. 
Improved  Capstan.     Henry  Metcalfe. 
Target  Practice— Information    for  Soldiers. 

Col.  Guy  V.  Henry. 
Machines   for  the  Physical  Tests  of  Metals. 

Lieut.  W.  M.  Metcalfe. 
Synopsis  of  the  Principal  Points  in  the  The- 
ory of  the  Probability  of  Fire.     E.  Jouffret. 
The  Hawaiian  Islands  and  People.     Capt.  C. 

E.  Dutton. 
Stencil  Outfit.     D.  W.  Flagler. 
Report   on   Transcontinental  Railways  1883. 

Gen.  O.  M.  Poe. 
Strategical  Value  of  the  Inland  Canal  Navi- 
gation of  the  United  States.     First  Lieut. 
Tasker  H.  Bliss. 
Wild-Fowl  and  Punt  Guns.  Major  W.  McClin- 

tock. 
The  Trajectories,  Time  of  Flight,  Remaining 
Velocities  and  Striking  Energies  of  Bullets 
Fired  from  Large  Bow  and  Express  Rifles. 
Major  W.  McClintock. 
Comparative    Table    of    Austrian,    English, 
French.    German,    Italian,    and     Russian 
Field  Guns.     Major  S.  C.  Pratt. 
The   Manufacture  of  Steel  and  Its  Applica- 
tion to    Military  Purposes.      Captain    G. 
Mackinley. 
Field  Artillery  Fire. 
United   States   Life-Saving    Service.      D.  A. 

Lyle. 
Meteorological  Investigations.     Capt.  O.  E. 

Michaelis. 
A  Peculiar  Phase  of  Metallic  Behavior.   Capt. 

O   E.  Michaelis. 
Electrical  Units  of  Measurement.     Sir  Will- 
iam Thomson 
Electricity  Applied   to   Explosive  Purposes. 

Prof.  F.  A.  Abel 
Statistics  of  Mines  and  Mining  in  the  States 
and  Territories  West  of  the  Rocky  Mount- 
ains. 

From  Prof.  J.  A.  L.  Waddell.  Phoenix- 
ville.  Pa.: 
An  Address  delivered  by  Prof.  Waddell  before 
the    Members    of    Kogakukyokai,    Tokio, 
Japan. 
American  versus  English  Methods  of  Bridge 
Designing.    (Reprinted    from    the   Japan 
Mail.) 

From  Edmund  B.  Weston,  Providence, 
R.  I.: 
Bain-Gauge  Investigations. 
Bulletin  of  the  New  England  Meteorological 
Society  for  March,  1886. 

From  George  M.  Wheeler,  Capt  of  En- 
gineers' U.   S.    Army,    Washington, 
D.  C: 
Report  upon  the  Third  International  Geo- 
graphical Congress  and  Exhibition  at  Ven- 
ice, Italy,  1881. 

From  William  H.  Wiley,  New  York  City: 
The  Pennsylvania  Railroad:  Its  Organiza- 
tion, Construction  and  Management. 
James  Dredge. 
R(  sources  of  Southwest  Virginia,  showing 
the  Mineral  Deposits  of  Iron,  Coal,  Zinc, 
Copper  and  Lead.     C.  R.  Boyd. 

From  other  sources  : 
Report  of  the  Hon.  John  Bigelow  on  the  In- 
spection of  the  Panama  Canal  in  February, 
1886. 


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MEMOIRS  OF  DECEASED  MEMBERS. 


JAMES  DEWEY  BURR,  M.  Am.  Soc,  C.  E. 


Died  May  5th,  1886. 


James  Dewey  Burr  was  born  at  Allen,  Allegany  County,  New  York, 
August  31st,  1843.  He  lost  his  mother  in  early  youth,  and  at  the  age 
of  twelve  he  went  to  the  home  of  a  relative  in  Michigan.  His  father  is 
still  living. 

Although  not  yet  eighteen  years  of  age,  Mr.  Burr  enlisted  in  April, 
1861 ,  in  the  4th  Michigan  Infantry,  and  was  in  the  army  three  years. 
His  health  never  recovered  from  the  results  of  the  exposure  to  which  he 
was  subjected  during  that  period. 

Entering  the  University  of  Michigan,  he  graduated  as  a  Civil  En- 
gineer in  1871,  and  directly  afterward  entei'ed  the  engineer  service  of 
the  Flint  and  Pere  Marquette  Railway.  He  was  next  engaged  upon  the 
Cincinnati  Southern  Railway  until  March,  1877,  when  he  was  appointed 
Superintendent  of  Bridges  and  Buildings  of  the  Atchison,  Toiseka  and 
Santa  Fe  Railway.  In  June,  1878,  he  went  to  Colorado  as  Assistant 
Chief  Engineer  and  Superintendent  of  Construction  of  the  lines  of 
the  same  road  from  La  Junta,  Colorado,  to  Las  Vegas,  New  Mexico. 
This  line  passes  over  the  Raton  Mountains.  After  the  construction 
of  these  lines,  Mr.  Burr  did  some  work  in  New  Mexico  and  Arizona, 
and  then,  resigning  his  connection  with  the  railway,  he  formed  a 
partnershij)  with  Mr.  B.  Lantry,  at  Topeka,  Kansas,  and  engaged 
actively  in  railway  construction  and  bridge-building.  He  has  resided 
at  Topeka  continuously  since  that  time.  He  was  President  of  the  First 
National  Bank  of  that  city. 

Mr.  Burr  was  a  careful  and  thorough  engineer,  and  an  authority  in 
bridge  construction.  He  was  deeply  devoted  to  his  i^rofession,  and  took 
great  interest  in  engineering  works  even  after  failing  health  prevented 
an  active  participation  in  them. 

In  October,  1877,  Mr.  Burr  was  married  to  Miss  Jennie  Van  Fleet, 
of  White  Pigeon,  Michigan,  who,  with  a  young  son,  survives  him.  Mr. 
Burr  was  greatly  resjDected  in  the  city  where  he  resided.  His  life 
was  characterized  by  integrity  and  energy.  He  had  much  equanimity 
of  character,  and  his  associations  in  business  and  social  life  were  re- 
markably strong. 


108  AUGUST    PROCEEDINGS. 

A  paper  written  by  Mr.  Burr  was  presented  at  the  Annual  Conven- 
tion of  the  American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers  in  June,  1879,  and 
published  in  the  Transactions  for  October  of  that  year.  The  subject  was 
the  Construction  of  the  Atchison,  Topeka  and  Santa  Fe  Railroad  over 
the  Raton  Mountains,  and  the  performance  of  locomotives  over  its  steep 
-grades.  The  paper  Avas  ably  written,  excellently  illustrated,  and  excited 
much  interest. 

Mr.  Burr  became  a  member  of  the  American  Society  of  CivU  En- 
.-gineers  April  5th,  1876. 


j\,imTii[au  locidg  of  |;r)il  f  ngine^rs. 


PROCEEDIN^aS. 


Vol.  XII.— September,    1886. 


MINUTES    OF     MEETINGS. 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 

September  1st,  1886. — The  Society  met  at  20  o'clock,  Vice-Presideut 
Thomas  F.  Rowland  in  the  chair ;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.  Ballots 
were  canvassed,  and  the  following  candidates  declared  elected.  As 
Members:  Josiah  Ackermau  Briggs,  New  York;  Carl  Waldemar  Buch- 
holz,  New  York;  Francis  Eave  Butterfield,  San  Antonio,  Texas;  Alfred 
Epher  Hunt,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. ;  Jones  Miimford  Jackson,  Wynne,  Ark. ; 
Charles  Leonard  Rowland,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. ;  Thomas  Fitch  Rowland,  Jr., 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y. ;  William  Rumble,  Bayonne,  N.  J.;  Frank  Woodward 
Skinner,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. ;  William  Johnston  Sproule,  Montreal,  Canada; 
Thomas  Mann  Randolph  Talcott,  Mobile,  Ala.  As  Juniors:  Edward 
Lorenzo  Abbott,  New  York;  William  Clinton  Brown,  New  York;  William 
Cushing  Edes,  Boston,  Mass. ;  George  Robertson  Hooper,  Montreal, 
Canada;  Montgomery  Waddell,  New  York. 

The  death  on  August  18th,  1886,  of  Mr.  E.  S.  Chesbrough,  Past 
President  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  was  announced;  also  the  death  on  June  8th, 
of  Richard  M.  Hoe,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 

A  crayon  portrait  of  Mr.  James  Laurie,  First  President  of  the 
American  Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  presented  by  Mr.  William  E. 
Worthen,  M.  Am.  Soc   C.  E.,  was  exhibited. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  Comijressive  Strength  of  Cements 
and  the  Compression  of  Cements  and  Settlement  of  Masonry  was  read 
by  the  Chairman,  Mr.  F.  Collingwood,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  and  discussed 
by  Messrs.  Dorsey,  Emery,  Flagg,  Prindle  and  Collingwood. 


110  SEPTEMBER    PROCEEDINGS. 

Some  remarks  on  Earthquakes  were  made  by  Messrs.  R.  L.  Harris, 
Collingwood,  Dorsey,  and  Emery. 

September  15th,  1886. — The  Society  met  at  20  o'clock,  Vice-Presi- 
dent Rowland  in  the  chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.  A  paper  by  Mr. 
John  W.  Hill,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  "A  Masonry  Dam,"  was  read. 

Some  experiences  of  the  recent  earthquake  at  Charleston,  S.  C,  were 
given  by  Mr.  H.  A.  Due,  Jr.,  who  was  iu  that  city  at  the  time. 

OF   THE   BOARD   OF   DIRECTION. 

June  9th,  1886. — Applications  were  considered.  The  arrangements 
for  the  Convention  were  discussed.  It  was  ordered,  under  the  provisions 
of  the  By-Laws,  that  the  meetings  of  the  Society  be  suspended  during 
July  and  August,  except  the  business  meeting  to  be  held  during  the 
Convention.  The  resignation  of  Mr.  William  Metcalf  as  Chairman  of 
Committee  to  Consider  Changes  in  Organization  was  presented.  Appro- 
priations were  made. 

August  11th,  1886. — Applications  were  considered.  The  following 
members  were  appointed  a  Board  of  Censors  to  award  the  Norman 
Medal  :  Messrs.  Thomas  C.  Meyer,  Frederic  Graff  and  Charles  E. 
Greene.  The  following  members  were  appointed  to  be,  with  the  Secre- 
tary, the  Committee  to  award  the  Rowland  Prize:  Messrs.  F.  De  Funiak 
and  Frederick  H.  Smith. 

The  resolution  adopted  at  the  recent  Convention  in  reference  to 
changes  in  organization  was  considered,  and  the  Secretary  was  directed 
to  issue  the  resolution  in  circular  form.     Appropriations  were  made. 

September  1st,  1886. — Applications  were  considered  and  appropria- 
tions made. 


THE  ROWLAND  PRIZE. 


CODE  OF  RULES  FOR  ITS  AWARD.  . 

Not  more  than  one  prize  shall  be  awarded  each  year  for  papers  pre- 
sented during  the  year.  The  year  shall  terminate  on  the  first  day  of 
August,  and  the  award  shall  be  announced  at  the  annual  meeting  in 
January. 

The  prize  shall  consist  of  fifty  dollars  in  cash. 

The  award  shall  be  made  by  a  committee  consisting  of  the  Secretary 
and  two  Members  of  the  Society,  to  be  appointed  by  the  Board  of  Di- 
rection. 

The  prize  shall  be  awarded  to  such  paper  as  the  committee  deem 
most  worthy  of  such  recognition,  the  preference  being  given  to  papers 
desciubing  in  detail  accomplished  works  of  construction,  their  cost  and 
manner  of  execution,  and  the  errors  in  design  and  execution. 


September  pRocEEDiifGs.  Ill 

THE    NORMAN   MEDAL. 

CODE  OF  RULES  FOR  ITS  AWARD. 

I.— Competition  for  the  Norman  Medal  of  the  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers  shall  be  restricted  to  Members  of  the  Society. 

II.— There  shall  be  one  gold  medal,  and  only  one,  struck  for  each 
and  every  fiscal  year  of  the  Society,  and  awarded  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided. The  dies  therefor  shall  be  with  the  Superintendent  of  the 
United  States  Mint  at  Philadelphia,  in  trust  exclusively  for  the  above 
purpose.  Such  medal  shall  be  of  a  cost  equal  to  the  annual  interest 
received  upon  $1  000  of  the  Consolidated  Stock  of  the  City  of  New 
York,  Certificate  No.  179,  of  the  additional  new  Croton  Aqueduct  Stock 
of  the  City  of  New  York,  authorized  by  an  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  Chap.  230,  passed  April  15th,  1870,  dated  November 
17th,  1873,  now  held  in  trust  by  the  Treasurer  of  this  Society,  and  so 
held  solely  for  this  purpose,  and  shall  be  executed  upon  his  order. 

III. — All  original  papers  presented  to  the  Society  by  Members  of  any 
class,  during  the  year  for  which  the  medal  is  awarded,  shall  be  open  to 
the  award,  provided  that  such  papers  shall  not  have  been  previously 
contributed  in  whole  or  in  part  to  any  other  association,  nor  have 
appeared  in  print  prior  to  their  jjublication  by  the  Society,  nor  have  been 
presented  to  the  Society  in  any  previous  year. 

IV. — The  Board  of  Censors  to  award  the  medal  shall  consist  of  three 
Members  of  the  Society,  to  be  designated  by  the  Board  of  Direction. 
The  Secretary  of  the  Society  shall  act  as  Secretary  to  the  Board  of 
Censors . 

V. — The  medal  shall  be  awarded  to  such  paper  as  the  said  Board  shall 
judge  to  be  worthy  of  special  commendation  for  its  merits  as  a  contribu- 
tion to  engineering  science,  not  merely  relatively  as  compared  with 
others  presented  during  the  same  year,  but  as  exhibiting  the  science, 
talent  or  industry  displayed  in  the  consideration  of  the  subject  treated 
of,  and  for  the  good  which  may  be  expected  to  result  from  the  discussion 
and  the  inquiry. 

VI. — In  case  no  paj^er  presented  dui'ing  the  year  shall  be  deemed  of 
suflBcient  value  to  receive  an  award,  the  amount  of  the  interest  of  the 
fund  for  that  year  shall  be  expended  by  the  Board  of  Direction  in  the 
purchase  of  books,  to  be  offered  as  a  premium  for  the  second  best  paper 
in  the  next  year  in  which  more  than  one  paper  of  sufficient  value  may  be 
presented. 

VII. — The  medal  year  shall  terminate  on  the  first  day  of  August,  and 
the  award  shall  be  announced  at  the  annual  meeting. 

VIII. — The  Treasurer  of  this  Society  shall  cause  the  medal  to  be 
prepared  and  delivered  to,  or  deposited  to  the  order  of,  the  successful 
competitor,  within  two  months  after  the  annual  meeting  at  which  the 
same  shall  have  been  awarded. 


11^  SEPTEMBER    PROCEEDINGS. 


LIST    OF    MEMBERS 


ADDITIONS. 

MEMBERS.  Date  of  Election. 

Bkiggs,  Josiah  Ackeuman.  .  .Fordham,  New  York  City Sept.  1,  1886. 

BucHHOLz,  Carl  Waldemar. Engineer    Bridges    and    Buildings 

New  York,  Lake  Erie  and  Western 
R.  E.,  187  West  street.  New  York 
City Sept.  1,  1886. 

Jackson,  .Jones  Mumford  .  .  .  Assistant  Engineer  Missouri  Pacific 

R.  E.,  Wynne,  Ark Sept.  1,  1886. 

Rowland,  Charles  Leonard.  61  Morton  street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y..Sept.  1,  1886. 

EowLAND,  Thomas  Fitch,  Jr.  Station  G,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y Sept.  1,  1886. 

Edmble,  William Civil    and     Mechanical    Engineer, 

Bayonne,  N.  J Sept.  1,  1886. 

Skinner,  Frank  Woodward  .  1057  West  avenue,  Buffalo,  N.  Y Sept.  1,  1886. 

Sprodle,  William  Johnston,  Assistant  Engineer  Montreal  Harbor 

and  Ship  Channel  Improvements, 
Montreal,  Canada Sept.  1,  1886. 

Talcott,  Thomas  Mann  Ran- 
dolph  Superintendent    Mobile    and    Ohio 

R.  R..  St.  Louis,  Mo Sept.  1.  1886. 


Abbott,  Edward  Lorenzo.  .  .(Care   Sooysmith  &  Co.)   2   Nassau 

street.  New  York  City Sept.  1,  1886. 

Brown,  William  Cunton.  .  .86  Liberty  street.  New  York  City. .  .Sept.  1,  1886. 

Waddell,  Montgomery (Care  J.    A.    L.  Waddel),    Phoenix- 

ville,  Pa Sept.  1,  1886. 

deaths. 

Chesbrodgh,  E.  S Past  President;  elected  Member  June  17,  1868; 

died  August  18,  1886. 

Hoe,  Richard  M Elected  Member  October  1,   1873: 

died  June  8,  18$6. 


Imeri^ait   nmi^  of  |;uil  |rnginf^r3. 


mocEEDiisras. 


Vol.  XII.— October,    I 


MINUTES    OF     MEETINGS 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF   THE   SOCIETY. 


OoTOBEK  6th,  1886. — The  Society  met  at  20  o'clock,  Vice-President 
Rowland  in  the  chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.  Ballots  were  canvassed, 
and  the  following  candidates  declared  elected  as  Members:  Samuel 
George  Artingstall,  Chicago,  111. ;  George  Birdsall  Cornell  (elected 
Junior  August  6,  1879),  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. ;  Benjamin  Lincoln  Crosby, 
(elected  Junior  June  2,  1880),  Rulo,  Neb.;  James  Gustavus  Dagron, 
Pittsburgh,  Pa. ;  Stephenson  Waters  Fox  (elected  Junior  July  7,  1880), 
St.  Joseph,  Mo. ;  Frederick  William  Doane  Holbrook,  Glendive,  Mont. ; 
George  Anthony  Lederle  (elected  Jiinior  May  2,  1883),  Omaha,  Neb.; 
Leonor  Fresnel  Loree,  Logansport,  Ind. ;  Sampson  Douglas  Mason,  St. 
Paul,  Minn. ;  Robert  John  McClure,  Denver,  Colo. ;  James  Henry  Mor- 
ley,  St.  Louis,  Mo. ;  Thomas  O'Neill  Morris,  Indianapolis,  Ind. ;  Henry 
Cuyler  Parsons,  Albany,  N.  Y. ;  Alfred  Petry,  Covington,  Ky. ;  Hugh 
Tudor  Richards,  Guaymas,  Sonora,  Mex. ;  Francis  Morris  Rutherford, 
Bordeutown,  N.  J. ;  John  Henderson  Sample,  Salina,  Kas. ;  Julius  Will- 
iam Schaub  (elected  Junior  November  5, 1884),  Montreal,  Can. ;  Richard 
Willette  Sherman,  Utica,  N.  Y. ;  Miller  Armstrong  Smith,  Brooklyn,  N. 
Y. ;  John  Frothingham  Ward,  New  York  City.  As  Associates:  Frank 
W.  Handy,  Cincinnati,  O. ;  Robert  Cochran  McKinney,  Hamilton,  O. 
As  Juniors:  Edward  Marshall  Boggs,  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.;  Francis 
Denis  Hubert  Lawlor,  Burlington,  Iowa. 

It  was  announced  that,  under  the  rules,  Messrs.  T.  C.  Meyer,  Frederic 
Graff  and  Charles  E.  Greene  had  been  appointed  the  Board  of  Censors 
to  award  the  Norman  Medal;  also  that  Messrs.  Frederick  De  Funiak, 
Frederick  H.  Smith,  and  Secretary  John  Bogart,  had  been  appointed 
the  Committee  to  award  the  Rowland  Prize. 


114  OCTOBEU  PROCEEDINGS. 

A  paper  by  Arthur  D.  Foote,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. ,  on  A  Water  Meter 
for  Irrigation  was  read  and  discussed. 

A  discussion  by  S.  Whinery,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. ,  on  Excessive  Rain- 
fall was  read,  and  the  subject  was  discussed. 

OcTOBEB  20th,  1886. — The  Society  met  at  20  o'clock,  Vice-President 
Rowland  in  the  chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.  The  death  on  October 
4th,  1886,  of  George  H.  Elliott,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  was  announced. 

A  pai^er  by  Charles  E.  Emery,  M,  Am.  Soc.  C  E. ,  on  a  Clamp  for 
Pulling  Sheet  Piling  was  read  and  discussed. 

A  paper  by  the  same  writer,  on  a  Novel  Application  of  the  Polar 
Planimeter,  presented  at  the  last  Convention,  was  discussed. 

An  interesting  collection  of  exhibits  illustrating  phases  of  the  recent 
earthquake  at  Charleston,  S.  C,  sent  by  H.  C.  Due,  Jr.,  was  presented, 
with  an  explanatory  letter  from  that  gentleman. 


OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION. 

OoTOBEE  6th,  1886. — Applications  were  considered.  Letters  from  a 
number  of  foreign  engineers  desiring  to  join  the  Society  were  presented, 
and  the  subject  referred  for  consideration.  Three  replies  to  the  circular 
in  reference  to  proposed  changes  in  the  organization  of  the  Society  were 
considered.     Appropriations  were  made. 


MEMOIES  OF  DECEASED  MEMBEES. 


EDWARD  AUSTIN  FLINT,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. 


Died  Januaby   23d,  1886. 


Edward  Austin  Flint  was  born  in  Boston,  January  30th,  1832,  and 
died  of  pneumonia  in  Brookline,  January  23d,  1886,  He  was  the  only 
son  of  Dr.  John  Flint,  an  eminent  physician  of  Boston,  and  of  a 
family  that  has  given  many  notable  men  to  the  medical  profession. 
After  the  usual  five  years'  course  in  the  Boston  Public  Latin  School,  he 
entered  Harvard  College  in  1847,  and  graduated  in  1851  with  the  degree 
of  Bachelor  of  Arts,  being  the  youngest  member  of  his  class.    He  then 


OCTOBER  PROCEEDIlSraS.  115- 

entered  "The  Lawrence  Scientific  School,"  and  left  it  in  August,  1852, 
to  enter  upon  the  practical  work  of  his  chosen  profession  of  civil  engi- 
neering, beginning  work  as  rodman  of  a  construction  party  on  the  Ohio 
Central  Railroad. 

In  August,  1853,  he  Avas  called  to  the  London  and  Port  Stanly  Rail 
way  in  Canada,  as  Assistant  Engineer,  at  first  employed  on  surveys,  and 
later  as  assistant  on  construction,  and  he  remained  on  the  road  until  its 
completion  in  January,  1857. 

In  the  following  Ajsril  he  was  appointed  Assistant  Engineer  on  the 
Lansing  and  Francis  Bay  Railroad  in  Michigan. 

Being  appointed  Resident  Engineer  of  the  Copiapo  Railroad  Com- 
pany in  August  of  the  same  year,  he  left  for  Chili  to  take  charge  of  the 
extension  of  the  road  from  Pabellon  to  Chafiarcillo. 

After  completing  this  work,  he  made,  in  March,  1859,  a  barometrical 
and  instrumental  survey  of  the  San  Francisco  pass  of  the  Cordillera, 
starting  from  the  Copiapo  Valley  and  passing  up  the  Paipote  Valley. 
This  was  a  distinguished  service,  and  was  ably  performed,  his  report 
of  this  work  being  read  before  the  Royal  Geographical  Society  of  Eng- 
land, where  it  excited  much  interest. 

He  made  a  visit  to  the  United  States  in  1859,  returning  later  in  the 
same  year  to  Chili,  and  was  for  some  time  interested  in  contracting  on 
the  Copiapo  Road. 

In  1861  he  was  associated  with  Mr.  Henry  Meiggs  on  the  Santiago 
and  Valparaiso  road  in  Chili,  and  left  there  in  the  spring  of  1862  for 
the  United  States,  wdth  the  intention  of  entering  the  army.  In  the  fol- 
lowing autumn  he  was  commissioned  as  Second  Lieutenant  in  the  First 
Massachusetts  Cavalry.  He  was  j^resent  at  the  battle  of  Fredericks- 
burg, and  also  at  Gettysburg,  and,  with  his  command,  was  engaged  in 
a  number  of  actions  of  minor  importance,  his  company  losing  heavily,, 
although  he  himself  was  so  fortunate  as  only  to  be  wounded  once,  and 
that  slightly.  From  March,  1864,  to  the  end  of  the  war,  he  was  attached 
to  Gen.  Meade's  escort,  and  Avas  in  command  of  it  towards  the  last,  taking 
part  in  many  memorable  events,  and  being  present  at  the  famous  review 
in  Washington,  the  closing  scene  of  the  war.  His  rank  when  mustered 
out  was  Major,  and  he  afterwards  was  breveted  Colonel  for  brave  and 
meritorious  services  during  the  war. 

Colonel  Flint's  services  throughout  the  war  were  notable  for  able 
administration  of  the  delicate  duties  connected  with  his  ijosition  upon 
the  staff  of  the  General  in  command,  and  for  untiring  solicitude  for  the 
welfare  of  his  men,  and  for  personal  courage  in  service.  His  General 
and  his  companions  in  arms  speak  of  him  in  enthusiastic  and  laudatory 
terms.  After  the  close  of  the  war  he  went  to  California,  early  in  1866, 
and  was  there  engaged  in  making  surveys  of  i^rojected  roads,  and  late 
in  the  year  he  accej^ted  the  position  of  one  of  the  trustees  of  the  Union 
Copper  Mine  at  Copperopolis,  and  afterwards  became  its  President. 


116  OCTOBER  PROCEEDINGS. 

Early  iu  1868  he  was  engaged  on  the  Floating  Dock  at  Hunter's 
Point,  and  later  in  the  year  made  the  surveys  for  the  Los  Angeles  and 
Wilmington  Eailroad,  and  after  its  construction  he  remained  for  some 
time  in  charge  as  Superintendent. 

In  1870  he  was  appointed  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Western  Division 
of  the  Northern  Pacific  Eailroad,  with  headquarters  at  Portland, 
Oregon,  and  as  such  he  had  charge  of  the  surveys  in  the  State  of 
Oregon,  and  in  Washington,  Idaho,  and  Montana  Territories. 

In  1871  he  undertook  exploration  and  preliminary  surveys  in  the 
Indian  Territory  for  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Railroad. 

In  April,  1872,  he  returned  to  South  America  as  Chief  Engineer  of 
the  Juliaca  and  Cuzco  Railroad  in  Peru,  having  charge  of  the  location 
of  the  road  and  of  its  construction  so  far  as  it  was  built. 

In  1874  he  became  Suj)erintendent  of  the  Mollendo  and  Arequipa 
and  of  the  Arequipa  and  Puno  Railroads,  and  held  those  positions  until 
1877,  when  he  returned  to  the  United  States. 

In  1878  and  1879  he  was  Division  Engineer  in  charge  of  construction 
in  Nebraska  on  the  Burlington  and  Missouri  River  Railroad,  and  was 
Chief  Engineer  of  the  Toledo,  Cincinnati  and  St.  Louis  Railroad  in 
1883  and  1884. 

In  December,  1867,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Lucy  Whitwell  Parker, 
a  daughter  of  the  late  William  Parker,  C.  E.,  who  with  two  sons  and 
two  daughters  survive  him. 

Such  is  the  mere  skeleton,  as  a  record  of  dates,  and  official  appoint- 
ments always  is,  of  a  career  which  needs  in  addition  the  flesh  and  blood 
of  social  and  i^rofessional  life,  and  of  distinctive  traits  of  character  to 
constitute  the  man  as  he  was  known  to  his  friends. 

In  his  profession  he  leaves  a  long  record  of  varied  and  responsible 
work  ably  performed.  In  the  memory  of  those  who  knew  him,  and  in 
the  future  lives  of  those  whose  youth  was  passed  within  the  range  of 
his  personal  influence,  he  leaves  a  monument  scarcely  less  enduring. 

Of  the  most  sterling  and  spotless  character,  he  himself  knew  no 
guile,  and  could  hardly  suspect  it  in  another.  His  generosity  and  mag- 
nanimity left  no  room  for  malice  or  enmities,  and  his  chivalry  of  senti- 
ment and  grace  of  manner  were  so  thoroughly  a  part  of  the  man  that 
it  was  beyond  the  power  either  of  prosperity  or  misfortune  to  aflfect 
them. 

Colonel  Flint  was  elected  a  Member  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil 
Engineers  May  18th,  1870. 

Note.— Committee  preparing  Memoir:  James  R.  Maxwell,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  and  the  Sec- 
retary. 


^m^ricHit   mckk  of  :(j  toil  ffngitt^m. 


PROOEEDIlSrGS, 


Vol.    XII.— November.    1886. 


MINUTES    OF    MEETINGS 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


November  3d,  1886. — The  Society  met  at  20  o'clock,  Vice-President 
Rowland  in  the  chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.  Ballots  were  canvassed 
and  the  following  candidates  declared  elected.  As  Members:  Alexander 
Gordon  Brinckerhoft",  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. ;  Chambers  McKibbin  Craig, 
Jefiersonville,  Ga.;  Wilbur  Fisk  McClure,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. ;  William 
Lawrence  Saunders,  New  York,  N.  Y.  As  Jtiniors:  Christopher  Newton 
Brown,  Columbns,  O. ;  Elijah  Polhill  Bntts,  Omaha,  Neb. 

A  paper  by  Eobert  L.  Harris,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  Some  Notes  of  a 
Recent  Visit  to  the  St.  Lawrence  Bridge  Now  Being  Constructed  at 
Lachine,  Canada,  was  read  and  discussed.  Remarks  on  the  proposed 
•drainage  of  the  Valley  of  Mexico  were  made  by  Sefior  Gayol,  City 
Engineer  of  the  City  of  Mexico.  Captain  A.  E.  Piorekowski,  of  Ger- 
many, explained  the  principles,  tests  and  efficiency  of  the  Gruson  type 
of  chilled  cast-iron  armor  for  land  batteries. 

November  17th,  1886. — The  Society  met  at  20  o'clock,  President 
Henry  Flad,  in  the  chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary. 

A  paper  by  Edward  Bates  Dorsey,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  Irriga- 
tion, was  read  and  discussed. 

OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION. 

NovEMRER  10th,  1886. — Applications  were  considered.  The  pre- 
paration of  the  Annual  Report  was  directed.  Appropriations  were 
made.  The  subject  referred  to  the  Board  by  the  last  Convention,  with 
communication  in  regard  to  reorganization,  was  considered. 


118  KOVEMBEE  PKOCEEDINGS. 


LIST    OF    MEMBERS. 


ADDITIONS. 


HONOEAEY  MEMBER.  Date  of  Electioo. 


DuANE,  James  C Chief  of  Engineers,  B vt.   Brig.  - 

Gen.,  U.  S.   A.,  "Washington, 

B.G Nov.20,  1886. 

MEMBERS. 

Aetingstall,  Samuel  George.  .City  Engineer,  Chicago,  111 Oct.    6,  1886. 

Cornell,  George  BiRDSALii  ...  .(Elected   Junior  Aug.   6,    1879), 

Chief  Engineer  Brooklyn  Ele- 
vated R.  E.,  49  Fulton  st., 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y Oct.    6,  1886. 

Ceaig,  Chl^mbers  McKibben.  . .   Dublin,  Ga Nov.  3,  1886. 

Crosby,  Benjamin  Lincoln (Elected   Junior  June   2,   1880), 

Resident       Engineer        Rulo 

Bridge,  Rulo,    Neb Oct.   6,  1886. 

Dagron,  James  Gustavus Chief  Inspector  of  Bridges,  Balti- 
more and  Ohio  R.  R.,  Balti- 
more,  Md..    Oct.    6,  1886. 

Fox,  Stephenson  Waters (Elected  Junior  July  7,  1870),  U. 

S.  Engineer's  Office,  St.  Joseph, 

Mo Oct.    6,  1886. 

Green,  Benjamin  Dwight P.  0.  Box  95,  Savannah,  Ga Nov.  4,  1885. 

HoLBROOK,  Frederick  William 

Doane Division  Superintendent  North- 
ern Pacific  R.  R.,  Glendive, 
Montana Oct.    6,  1886. 

Hunt,  Alfred  Epher 98  Fourth  Ave.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa . .  Sept.  1,  1886. 

Lederle,  George  Anthony (Elected    Junior    May   2,  1883), 

Resident      Engineer      Omaha 

Bridge,  Omaha,    Neb Oct.    6,  1886. 

LoREE,  Leonoe  Fresnel. Engineer    Maintenance   of  Way 

2d  and  4th  Division,  Chicago, 
St.  Louis  and  Pittsburgh  Ry., 
Logansport,  Ind  Oct.   6,  1886. 

Mason,  Sampson  Douglas  Principal    Assistant      Engineer 

Northern    Pacific    R.   R.,    St. 

Paul,  Minn Oct.    6,  1886. 

McClube,  Robert  John Consulting    Engineer,    Chicago, 

Burlington  and  Quincy  R.  R., 

Denver,  Colo Oct.    6,  1886. 

McClure,  Wilbur  Fisk 134  N.  Mainst.,  Los  Angeles,  CaL.Nov.  3,  1886- 


NOVEMBER    PROCEEDINGS.  119 

Date  of  Election 

MoRLEY,  James  Heney Eoom   7,    Temple    Building,  St. 

Louis,  Mo Oct.    6,  1886. 

Parsons,  Henry  Cuyleb State  Engineer's  Office,    Albany, 

N.  Y Oct.   6,  1886. 

Petry,  Alfred Assistant     Engineer      Kentucky 

Central  Ky.,  Covington,   Ky..Oct.    6,  1886. 

Rutherford,  Francis  Morris.  .Assistant  Supervisor  Pennsylva- 
nia K  R.,Borclentown,  N.  J..Oct.    6,  1886. 

Sample,  John  Henderson Chief  Engineer  Kansas  and  Colo- 
rado Ey.,  Salina,  Kan Oct.   6,  1886. 

Saunders,  William  Lawrence.  .Engineer    IngersoU    Kock   Drill 

Co.,  10  Park  place,  New  York 
City Nov.  3,  1886. 

Sherman,  Richard  Willette.  ..  City     Surveyor,     36    Broad   st., 

Utica,  N.  Y Oct.    6,  1886. 

Smith,  Miller  Armstrong 224  Keap  st.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  ..Oct.    6,  1886. 

associates. 

Handy,  Frank  W Minneapolis,  Minn Oct.    6,  1886. 

McKiNNEY,  Egbert  Cochran  .  .  .Secretary  and  Assistant  Manager 

Niles  Tool  Works,  Hamilton, 
Ohio Oct.    6,  1886. 

Stone,  Waterman Superintendent    Providence, 

Warren    and    Bristol    E.    E., 

Providence,  E.  I Dec.    1,  1886. 


BoGGS,  Edward  Marshall.    ..  .Colorado  Midland  Ey.,  Colorado 

Springs,  Colo Oct.    6,  1886. 

Brown,  Christopher  Newton  ..  Assistant  Professor  Civil  Engi- 
neering, Ohio  State  University, 
Columbus,  Ohio Nov.  3,  1886. 

Butts,  Elijah  Polhlll St.  Cloud,  Minn Nov.  3,  1883. 

Edes,  William  Cushing Assistant  Engineer  Southern  Pa- 
cific Co.,  Berryvale,  Cal Sept,  1,  1886. 

Hopper,  John  Jacob 161    West   122d    st.,   New    York 

City May  5,  1886. 

Lawler,  Francis  Denis  Hubert.. Engineer  Iowa  Lines,  Chicago, 

Burlington  and  Quincy  R.  E., 
Burlington,  Iowa Oct.    6,  1886. 


120 


NOVEMBER    PEOCEEDINGS. 


CHANGES     AND     COERECTIONS. 


MEMBEES. 


Bakee,  William  H Eesident  Engineer  Atchison,  Topeka  and  San- 

ta  Fe  K.  E.,  New  Kiowa,  Kansas. 

B.4XLAED,  KoBEET Kockliampton,  Queensland,  Australia. 

Baenaed,  John  F President    and   General    Manager    Ohio  and 

Mississippi  Ky.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

Bell,  Henry  P Esquimault  and  Nanaimo  Ey.,  Victoria,  British 

Columbia. 
Benyaxjed,  Willlvm  H.  H Major  Corps  of  Engineers  U.  S.  A.,  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal. 

Caetweight,   Eobeet 237  Alexander  st.,  Eochester,  N.  Y. 

Chittenden,  Samuel  H East  Eiver,  Conn. 

Clement,  Feank  H General  Superintendent  Juragua    Iron    Co., 

(Ltd.)  Santiago  de  Cuba  (208  South  4th  st., 
Philadelphia,  Pa.) 

Crowell,  J.  FosTEE Engineer  of  Construction  Cincinnati  and  Eich- 

mond  E.  E.,   (Pennsylvania  Co.)  Eoom  6, 
Little  Miami  Depot,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

DoANE,  Walter  A Canadian   Pacific  E.  E.    Office,    Sherbrooke, 

Quebec,  Canada. 

DoEAN,  Feank  C Indianapolis  Union  Ey.  Co.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Eayes,  Noeman  W (Care  St.  Louis  Bridge  and  Tunnel  E.  E.)  St. 

Louis,  Mo. 

FoENEY,  Matthias  N 23  Murray  st.,  New  York  City. 

Fouquet,  John  D Assistant  Engineer  and  Superintendent  Build- 
ings New  York,  Wgst  Shore  and  Buffalo 
Ey.,  444  AVest  57th  st..  New  York  City. 

Goad,  Ch-uiles  E 53  New  Broad  st.,  London,  E.  C,  England. 

Gould,  E.  SHEEaMN Consulting    Engineer     Scranton     Gas     and 

Water  Co.,  Scranton,  Pa. 

Geiswold,  Feank  L Ferro-Carril    de    Buenos    Aires    a    Marcedes 

(Clark  &  Co.),   31  Calle  Eivadavia,  Buenos 
Ayres,  Argentine  Eepublic. 

Hasell,  Bentley  D (B.  D.  Hasell  &  Co.)  66  Pine  st.,   New  York 

City. 

Hunt,  Eandell Waterloo,  Iowa. 

Jennings,  William  T Engineer  and  Manager  Construction  Western 

Ontario     Pacific     Ey.,     London,    Ontario, 
Canada. 

Mare,  Geoege  A U.  S.  Engineer's  Office  (P.  0.  Box  H),  St.  Paul,    . 

Minn. 

McKee,  Samuel  B Division    Engineer   Canadian   Pacific  E.  E., 

LenoxviJle,  Quebec,  Canada. 

MouLTON,  Mace Engineer  of  Bridges  Colorado  Midland  E.  E., 

Colorado  Springs,  Colo. 


'  NOVEMBER   PROCEEDINGS.  121 

Nichols,  Othniel  F Principal  Assistant  Engineer  Suburban  Rapid 

Transit  Co.,  845  East  164th  St.,  New  York 
City. 

Noble,  Alfeed Resident    Engineer    Harlem     River    Bridge, 

High   Bridge,  N.  Y. 

O'RouKKE,  John  F Chief  Engineer  Union  Bridge  Co.,  in  charge 

Poughkeepsie  Bridge,  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 

Osgood,  Joseph  O Chief  Engineer  Toledo,  St.  Louis  and  Kansas 

City  R.  R.,  Toledo,  Ohio. 

Paine,  Aethue  B Chief  Engineer  Manhattan   Bridge   Building 

Co.,  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 

Pakkhuest,  Heney  W (Care   Geo.   S.   Morison),    35    Wall    st.,   New 

.      York  City. 

RiCHAEpsoN,  Thomas  F 2217  Champa  st.,  Denver,  Colo. 

Rowe,  Samuel  M Resident    Engineer    Atchison,    Topeka    and 

Santa  Fe  R.  R.,  261  Topeka  ave.,  Topeka, 
Kansas. 

Sawyeb,  Charles  H Assistant  Engineer  Union  Pacific  Ry.,  Stan- 
berry,  Mo, 

Seaes,  Clinton  B Capt.  Corps  of  Engineers  U.  S.  A.,  Bismarck, 

Dakota. 

Simpson,  Geoege  H Terre  Haute,  Ind. 

Skinnee,  Feank  W (Care  Pottsville  Iron  and  Steel  Co.)  Pottsville, 

Pa. 

Smith,  W.  Haeeison Engineer    American    Manganese    Co.    (Ltd. ) 

Mushet  P.  O.,  Augusta  Co.,  Va. 

Stalet,  Cady President  Case  School  Applied  Science,  Cleve- 
land, Ohio. 

Steaens,  Feedeeic  P Chief  Engineer   State  Board   of    Health,    13 

Beacon  st.,   Boston,  Mass. 

Stanton,  Robeet  B Flint,  via  Silver  City,  Idaho. 

Steiedingee,  Julius  H (Care  Paul  Lorent,  German  Consul),  Bucara- 

manga,  Santander,  U.  S.  Colombia. 

Thaceray,  Geoege  E .Superintendent  Columbus  Steel  Co.,  Colum- 
bus, Ohio. 

"Waee,  R.  Willaed Plainfield,  N.  J. 

"Wallace,  John  F Assistant  Engineer  Union  Pacific  Ry. ,  Fort 

Steel,  Wyoming. 

"Walker,  J.  S Bos  16,  Birmingham,  Ala. 

Wardlaw,  James  R 25  Chambers  st..  Room  25,  New  York  City. 

Watkins,  Feedeeick  W .Superintendent  Construction  Ohio  Valley  Ry., 

Henderson,  Ky. 

Wheeler,  Levi  L 2828  Washington  ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 


122  NOVEMBER   PROCEEDINGS. 

ASSOCIATES. 

Andrews,  Edwaed  K Equitable  Life  Assurance  Co.,  Boston,  Mass, 

Dana,  James  J Lt. -Col.,  Bvt.  Brig. -Gen.  U.  S.  A.,  President- 
Hastings  Pavement  Co.,  1913  J  st.,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. 

Phillips,  Henry  A Division    Superintendent    Fitchburg    R.    E., 

Worcester,  Mass. 

JUNIORS. 

Brereton,  Thomas  J Assistant    Supervisor    Pennsylvania    R.    K., 

Monongabela,  Pa. 

Day,  G.  Frederick  P Los  Angeles,  Gal. 

H.UNES,  Casper  W (Care  K.  B.  Haines),  Cheltenham,  Pa. 

Haytland,  Arthur Assistant  City  Engineer,  San  Antonio,  Texas. 

Seaman  Henry  B 3205  Baring  st.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Starr,  William  H Superintendent's    Office    Eastern  Div.    New 

York,  Lake  Erie  and  Western  E.  E.,  Jersey 

City,  N.  J. 

Weiskopf,  Samuel  C (Care  Keystone  Bridge  Co.),  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Young,  Herbert  A Division    Engineer   Toledo,    St.    Louis    and 

Kansas  City  E.  E.,  Frankfort,  Ind. 


deaths. 

Coryell,  Maetin Elected  Member  December  4,  1867;  died  No- 
vember 30,  1886. 

Elliott,  George  H Elected  Member  April  4,  1883;  died  October 

7,  1886. 

Evans,  Walton  W Elected  Member  December  4,  1867;    elected 

Fellow  March  15,  1870;  died  November  28» 
1886. 


jmricHiT  lomlg  of  ttm  fngineers. 


PROCEEDirSTGS. 


Vol.    XII.— December,    1886. 


MINUTES    OF     MEK  TINGS 

(Abstract  of  such  as  may  be  of  general  interest  to  members.) 


OF  THE  SOCIETY. 


December  1st,  1886. — The  Society  met  at  20  o'clock,  Vice-President 
Rowland  in  the  chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary.  Ballots  were  canvassed 
and  the  following  candidates  declared  elected.  As  Members:  William 
Jewett  Haskins  (elected  Junior  March  7th,  1883),  New  York  City;  Will- 
iam Chatlin  Wetherill,  Liberty,  Mo.  As  Associate:  Waterman  Stone, 
Providence,  R.  I.     As  Junior:  Ralph  Modjeski,  Omaha,  Neb. 

The  death  on  November  28th,  1886,  of  Walton  White  Evans,  M.  Am. 
Soe.  C.  E.,  and  F.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  and  the  death  on  November  30tli, 
1886,  of  Martin  Coryell,  M.  Am.  Soc.  0.  E. ,  were  announced. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  Compressive  Strength  of  Cement 
and  Settlement  of  Masonry,  which  was  presented  at  the  Annual  Conven- 
tion, was  discussed. 

A  paper  by  Henry  Faija,  C.  E.,  on  Portland  Cement  Testing,  was 
read  and  discussed.  A  paper  on  the  Effect  of  Freezing  on  Cement- 
Mortar,  by  Alfred  Noble,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  was  read  and  discussed. 

Mr.  Edward  P.  North,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  exhibited  and  described 
some  of  the  tubes  iised  and  j^roposed  to  be  used  in  electrical  subways. 

December  15th,  1886.  -  The  Society  met  at  20  o'clock,  Mr.  E.  B. 
Van  Winkle  in  the  Chair;  John  Bogart,  Secretary. 

A  paper  by  R.  E.  McMath,  M.  Am.  Soc.  C.  E. ,  on  the  Determination 
of  the  Size  of  Sewers,  was  read.  A  paper  by  James  B.  Francis,  Past 
President  Am.  Soc.  C.  E.,  on  the  Stoppage  of  Flow  in  Water  Mains  by 
Anchor  Ice,  was  read  and  discussed. 


134  DECEMBER    PROCEEDINGS. 

OF  THE  BOARD  OF  DIRECTION. 

Decembek  8th,  1886. — Applications  were  considered.  Action  was 
taken  as  to  the  issue  of  a  circular  in  accordance  with  resolution  adopted 
at  the  Denver  Convention  in  reference  to  Changes  in  the  Organization 
of  the  Society.  Action  was  taken  in  reference  to  methods  of  ventilating 
the  building  and  in  reference  to  securing  the  professional  records  of 
Members  whose  records  are  not  upon  the  files  of  the  Society. 

Arrangements  for  the  Annual  Meeting  were  made  and  a  committee 
apl^ointed  on  the  subject.     Api:)ropriations  were  made. 


MEMOIES  OF  DECEASED  MEMBEES. 


HEXRY  MORSE  WIGHTMAN,  M.  Am.  Sue.  C.  E. 


Djed  Apeil  3d,  1885. 


Henry  Morse  Wightman,  liorn  in  Boston,  Mass.,  January  5th,  1840, 
was  the  son  of  Joseph  Milaor  and  Bethiah  (Morse)  Wightman.  His 
father  was  a  well  known  maker  of  philosophical  instruments,  was  Mayor 
of  Boston  in  1861  and  1862,  and  subseqiiently  became  a  member  of  the 
Bar. 

Henry  M.  Wightman  was  educated  in  the  Boston  Public  Schools, 
graduating  at  the  English  High  School  in  1857.  Shortly  afterward  he 
entered  the  City  Engineer's  Office  as  rodman,  James  Slade  then  being 
City  Engineer.  He  served  for  several  years  in  a  subordinate  capacity 
upon  the  various  engineering  works  of  the  city,  such  as  the  improve- 
ments of  the  bridges,  water  supply  and  public  grounds.  In  1861  and 
1863  he  made  surveys  in  connection  with  the  extension  and  protection 
of  the  water  supply  at  Lake  Cochitnate,  and  in  1864  acted  as  engineer 
for  the  Back  Bay  Commissioners;  but  he  was  principally  employed 
from  1860  to  1864  upon  the  Public  Garden  improvement,  where  he  was 
in  charge  of  the  work  as  Assistant  Engineer.  From  1864  to  1870  he 
was  chiefly  occupied  with  the  surveys  and  construction  of  the  Chestnut 
Hill  Reservoir,  the  largest  and  finest  in  the  suburbs  of  Boston.  He  was 
Resident  Engineer  on  this  Avork  from  February  14th,  1866,  till  its  com- 
pletion in  1870.     On  his  return  to  the  city  oflice  in  May,  1870,  he  was 

Committee  to  prepare  Memoir:  William  Jackson,  Eliot  C.  Clarke  and  Fred.  Brooks, 
Members  Am.  Sec.  C.  E. 


DECEMBER    PROCEEDINGS.  125 

appointed  Assistant  City  Engineer,  and  remained  in  that  position  ten 
years.  Upon  the  resignation,  in  1880,  by  Joseph  P.  Davis,  M.  Am.  Soc. 
C.  E.,  of  the  office  of  City  Engineer,  Mr.  Wightman  was  chosen  to  suc- 
ceed him,  and  hehl  the  office  till  death.  In  this  capacity  he  had  charge 
of  the  construction  and  maintenance  of  most  of  the  public  works  of  the 
city,  and  attended  to  the  multifarious  and  engrossing  matters  of  busi- 
ness connected  therewith.  Among  the  more  important  works  of  which 
he  had  charge  were  included  the  completion  of  the  Main  Drainage 
Works  begnn  under  his  predecessor;  the  completion  of  the  works  for 
bringing  an  additional  supply  of  water  from  Sudbury  River  to  the  city; 
the  construction  of  a  new  storage  reservoir  at  Ashland;  and  grading, 
road-making,  and  bridging  for  the  new  public  parks. 

Mr.  AVightman  made  an  excursion  to  North  Carolina  in  the  spring  of 
1885,  and  came  home  suffering  from  jDueumonia.  The  disease  suddenly 
took  an  unfavorable  turn  a  Aveek  later,  when  he  died,  April  3d,  1885,  at 
his  home  in  Boston. 

Mr.  Wightmau's  career  was  one  of  steady  progress  from  the  lowest 
to  the  highest  place  in  the  Boston  City  Engineer's  Office.  All  his  work 
was  done  thoroughly,  though  often  under  embarrassing  circumstances 
occasioned  by  city  ijolitics.  In  such  cases  his  business  tact  and  knowl- 
edge of  men,  and  of  the  best  way  of  managing  them,  were  very  useful 
to  the  city.  He  accomplished  the  essential  result  of  getting  work  well 
done,  yet  avoided  wrangling  and  litigation.  The  reliance  which  was 
placed  upon  his  judgment  was  shown  by  his  being  frequently  employed 
as  a  referee  in  cases  of  controversy,  and  often  consulted  upon  engineer- 
ing questions  outside  the  duties  of  his  office.  He  had  a  natural  con- 
structive faculty  by  Avhich  he  appeared  to  see  instinctively  whether  a 
structure  was  well  proi^ortioned,  and  whether  work  was  being  well  han- 
dled. Perhaps  the  leading  and  most  instructive  trait  of  his  professional 
character  was  his  executive  ability.  His  decisions  were  definite,  final  and 
generally  pi'ompt;  and  when  he  entrusted  authority  to  his  subordinates 
he  ujDheld  them  in  its  exercise.  Where  a  man  less  fortunately  consti- 
tuted might  have  succumbed  to  overwork,  he  was  saved  by  a  happy 
faculty  which  kept  him  from  worrying,  and  enabled  him  to  stop  think- 
ing about  his  work  when  thinking  about  it  could  do  no  good.  He  was 
also  favored  by  the  possession  of  social  qualities  which  made  him  an 
agreeable  companion.  He  was  of  the  greatest  service  to  his  jjarents  and 
to  his  sisters. 

Mr.  Wightman  was  elected  a  member  of  the  American  Society  of 
Civil  Engineers  April  2d,  1873;  and  he  served  as  Chairman  of  the 
Local  Committee  when  the  Society  held  its  Convention  at  Boston  in 
1878. 


126  DECEMBER    PROCEEDINGS. 

ADDITIONS    TO 

LIBRARY    AND    MUSEUM. 


From   W.   F.  Allen,   Secretary  General 
Time  Convention,  New  York  City: 
Proceedings  of  the  General  Time  Convention 
held  at   the  Hotel   Brunswick,  New   York 
City,  October  13th  and  14th,  1886. 

From  Allen  Paper  Car  Wheel  Company, 
New  York  City: 
Description   of  the  Allen  Paper  Car  Wheel, 
with  Plates. 

From  American  Institute  of  Electrical 
Engineers,  Kalph  W.  Pope,  Secretary, 
New  York  City: 
Transactions,  Vol.  III. 

From   American   Institute   of  Mining 
Engineers,    Dr.     R.     W.    Raymond, 
Secretary,  New  York  City : 
The  Geology  and  Vein   Structure  of  South- 
western Colorado.     Theo.  B.  Comstock. 
Lode  Locations.     R.  W.  Raymond. 
The  Irregularities  of  the  Blast-furnace  Pro- 
cess, and  a  Practical  Way  to  Avoid  Them. 
The  Diamond  Mints  of  South  Africa.     Gard- 
ner F.  Williams. 
The  Attainment  of  Uniformity  in   tho  Bes- 
semer Process.     H.  M.  Howe. 
The  Ives  Process   of  Photo-Mechanical   En- 
graving, and  its  Usefulness  to  Engineers. 
R.  W.  Kaymond. 
Note  on  the  Opening  of  a  Chilled  Hearth  with 

Coal  Oil  Blow  isipe. 
The  Iron  Ores  and  Coals  of  Alabama,  Geor- 
gia and  Tennessee. 
Large  Charges  vs.  Small  Charges  at  Warwick 

Furnace. 
Proceedings  St.  Louis  Meeting. 
The   Dunnachie    Continuous    Regenerative 
Gas  Kiln  for   Burning  Fire  brick,  Potteiy, 
etc.     'Ihomas  Egleston. 
American     Mining    Schools.       Prof.   R.   H. 

Richards. 
An    Improvement    in    .\pparatus    for    the 
Manufacture  of  Sulphuric  Acid.      W.  H. 
Adams. 
Discussion  of  Mr.  Walch's  Paper  on   the  Ir- 
regularities of  the  Blast  Furnace.    James 
E.  Mills. 
Titanium  Carbide  in  Pig  Iron.     Porter  W. 

Shinier 
Tests  of  Manganese  Steel.     Joseph  D.  Weeks. 
The   Condition  of  Silver  in  a  Sample  of  Li- 
tharge.    Prof.  Charles  E.  Wait. 
Two   Conditions    of    Phosphorus    iu    Iron. 

Byron  W.  Cheever. 
Sierra  Mizada,  Mexico.     Richard  E.  Chism. 
The  Geological  Map   of  the  United   States. 

C.  H.  Hitchcock. 
The  Genesis  of  Certain   Ore  Deposits.      S. 

T.  Emmons. 
Comparisons     of    Blast    Furnace     Records. 

John  Birkinbine. 
Russell's  Improved  Process  for  the  Lixivia- 
tion  of  Silver  Ores  in  its  Practical  Applica- 
tion. 
Geological   Map   of   the   United    States  and 
part  of  Canada 

From  American  Iron  and  Steel  Associa- 
tion, Philadeliihia,  Pa.: 


Directory  to  the  Iron  and  Steel  Works  of  the- 
United  States  for  1886. 

Twenty-one  Years  of  Progress  in  the  Manu- 
facture of  Iron  and  Steel  in  the  United 
States.     James  M.  Swank. 

From  M.  D.  Banderali, Paris,  France: 

Les  Chemins  de  fer  Me'ropolitains  a  New 
York  and  Dans  ks  Grandes  Cities  .\nieri- 
cains. 

From     Carrol    Ph.     Bassett,   Newark, 
N.  J.: 
Conti'act   for   Sewers    and    Appurtenances, 
East  Orange,  N.  J. 

From  Edwin  F.  Bedell,  New  York  City: 
Framed  Photographs  of    Draw-bridge    over 
the  Harlem  River  at  Second  Avenue,  New 
York. 

From  E.  S.  Bellasis,  London,  England: 
\  Paper  on  the  Roorkee  Hydraulic  Experi. 
ments.  with  an  Abstract  of  the  Same.  E.  S. 
Bellasis,  Assoc.  M.  Inst.  C.  E. 

From  H.  Bissell,  Sa'em,  Mass.: 
Fifty-third  Annual  Report  of  the  Boston  and 
Maine  Railroad  for   the  Year  ending  Sep- 
tember 30th,  1886. 

From  D.  E.  Bishop,  New  York  City: 
Field  Notes,  etc.,  ot  the  third   railroad  built 
in  the  United  States  in  1829.     Ithaca  and 
Oswego  Raih'oad. 

From  C.  R.  Boyd,  Wytheville,  Va.: 
Map  of  Southwest  Virginia  and  Contiguous 

Territory. 
Mineral  Resources  and  Railway  Facilities. 

From  Bureau  of  Education,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C: 
Special  Report  by  the  Bureau  of  Education 
and  Educiitional  Exhibits  and  Conventions 
at  the  World's  Industrial  and  Cotton  Cen- 
tennial Exposition,  New  Orleans,  1884-8.5, 
Part  I. 

From  Buieau  of  Navigation,  Navy  De- 
partment, Washington,  D.  C: 
Pilot  Chart  of  the   North  Atlantic  Ocean  for 
September,   October,    November    and    De- 
ce;uber,  1886. 

From   H.  W.  Brinekherholf,  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.: 
Plans  and  Sections  of  the  Obelisk  on  Bunker 
Hill,   with    the    Details    of    Experiments 
made  in  Quarrying  the  Granite. 

From  B.  S.  Church,  New  York  City : 
Reports    of    Examining  Engineers   on     the 
charges  preferred    against  the  Chief  En- 
gineer    of     the     Aqueduct     Commission 
(Collies  for  distiibution.) 

From  Eliot  C.  Clarke,  Bost(m,  Mass  : 
Prevention  of  Floods  in   the  Valley  of  Stone 
Brook. 

From   Chief  of    Engineers   U.    S.   A  , 
Washington.  D.  C: 
Advertisements,  Instructions,  Specifications 

and  Proposals  as  follows: 
For  Furnishing  Timber,  Plank  or  Edgings  at 
Carrolton  Bar,  Saginaw  River,  Mich. 


DECEMBER    PL0CEEDIN(i3. 


1-^7 


For  Improvement  cf  Chickahomiuy  River, 
Va. 

For  Improvement  of  York  River,  Va. 

For  Imjirovement  of  Potomac  River  near 
Washington,  D.  C. 

For  Improvement  of  Potomac  River  near 
Wasliington,  D.  C,  Tidal  Reservoir. 

For  Improvement  of  Inland  Navigation  from 
New  Berne  to  Beaufoi  t  Harbor  utaClubfort, 

•   Harlovfe  and  Newport  Rivers,  N.  C. 

For  Improving  Calcasien  River  and  Pass, 
La. 

For  Improving  Tehefuncte  River,  La. 

For  Removing  Ledge  from  the  Cochew  River, 
-     N.  H. 

Improving  Susquehanna  River,  Md.,  above 
the  Baltimore  and  Philadelphia  Railroad 
Bridge. 

Extending  the  Pile  Dike  at  the  Mouth  of  the 
Passaic  River,  N.  .J. 

Improvement  of  Sanfee  River,  S.  C  ,  and  its 
outlet  through  Mosquito  Greek. 

Improvement  of  New  River,  N.  C. 

For  Constructing   Dike   between   Hog    and 

Maiden  Islands,  Delaware  River. 

Improvement  of  Potomac  Kiver  near  Wash- 
ton,  D.  C,  Washington  Channel. 

Dredging  Saginaw  River,  Mich. 

Dredging  West  of  Petty's  Island,  Delaware 
River. 

Furnishing  and  Placing  Stone  in  revetment 
across  Smith's  Island  Bar. 

Improvement  of  Schuylkill  River,  Pa. 

Dredging  at  Smith's  Island  Bar  between 
Philadelphia  and  Camden.  Delaware  River. 

Dredging  in  James  River,  Va. 

For  Furnishing  Piles  and  Pile-Driving:  Fur- 
nishing Timber,  Plank  and  Edging,  and 
Iron  Bolts,  Spikes  and  Nails  for  Repairs  of 
Beam  Wall  and  Revetment  at  Carrollton 
Bar.  Saginaw  River,  Mich. 

For  Dredging  Norfolk  Harbor,  \a,.,  and  ap- 
proach to  same. 

Improvement  of  San  Joaquin  River,  Stock- 
ton and  Mormon  Sloughs,  Cal. 

For  Dredging  and  Rock  Excavation ;  Con- 
struction of  MatlressDikee;  and  Con- 
struction and  Extension  of  Jetties. 

For  Furnishing  Lumber  for  Bulkhead  Piers 
and  Coffer -Dams  at  Saint  Mai-y's  Falls 
Canal,  Mich. 

For  Furnishing  and  Placing  Puddling  Clay 
for  a  Coil"er-Dam  at  Saiut  Mary's  Falls 
Caual,  Mich. 

For  Furnishing  Iron  Draft  Bolts  and  Spikes 
at  Saint  Mary's  Falls  Canal,  Mich. 

For  Furnishing  One  Dredge,  One  Tug  and 
Two  Dump  Scows  for  use  at  Saint  Mary's 
River  and  Saiut  Mary's  Falls  Canal,  Mich. 

For  Framing,  Placing.  Filling  and  Complet- 
ing Crib-piers  for  Bulkheads  and  Coffer- 
Dam  at  Saint  Mary's  Falls  Canal,  Mich. 

For  South  Pier  Extension,  Calumet  Harbor, 
111. 

For  Removing  Rock  in  Portsmouth  Harbor, 
N.  H. 

Improving  Harbor  at  Ge'  rgetown,  S.  C. 

Improvement  of  Wilmingtou  Harbor,  Cal. 

Dredging  at  Ogdensburg  Harbor,  N.  J. 

For  Stone  for  Breakwater,  Saco  River,  Me. 

Improving  Harbor  at  Wilmington,  Del. 

Improvement  of  Inland  Waterway  between 
Beaufort  Harbor  and  New  River,  N.  C, 
through  Bergen  Sound. 

Improving  Cape  Fear  River,  N.  C,  below 
Wilmington. 


Construction  of  Breakwater  at  Rouse's  Point, 
Lake  Champlaiu,  N.  Y. 

Dredging  at  Keuvon's  Bav  and  Rock  Excava- 
tion at  tlbow,  near  Whitehall,  N.  Y. 

Ohio  River  Improvement.  Davis  Island  Dam. 

For  Furnishing  Material  and  Doing  the 
Work  of  Repairs  to  Gilbert's  Island  Dam, 
Denmark  Island  Dam,  Cincinnati  Landing 
Chute,  Wing  Dams  and  other  Shore  Pro- 
tections. 

For  Furnishing  and  Delivering  Brush  Har- 
V)or  at  New  Orleans,  La. 

Improvement  of  Breton  Bay,  Md. 

Improvement  of  I'otomac  Rivi  r  near  Wash,- 
ingtou.  D.  C.  Rip-rap  Stone. 

Improvement  of  Volusia  Bar,  Fla. 

Improving  Channel  Over  the  Bar  at  the- 
Mouth  of  St  John's  River.  Fla. 

Harbor  Improvement  Saint  Josejah,  Mich. 

For  Constructing  Wharves  in  the  Harbor  of 
Refuge  at  Woods  Hole,  Mass. 

Improvement  of  Harbor  at  Savannah,  Ga. 

Improving  Harbor  at  Norfolk,  Va.,  Approach 
to  Norfolk  Harbor  and  the  U.  S.  (Norfolk) 
Navy  Y^ard,  Va.,  Currituck  Sound,  N.  C  , 
and  North  River  Bar,  N.  C. 

For  Suiierstructure  and  Repairs  of  Pier 
Kenosha  Harbor,  Wis. 

For  Improvement  of  Brunswick  Harbor,  Ga. 

For  Imi  rovement  of  Savannah  Harbor  and 
River,  Ga. 

For  Improvement  of  Harbor  at  Charleston, 
S.  C. 

For  Improvement  of  Brunswick  Harbor,  Ga. 

For  Coustructiou  of  Breakwater,  Harbor  of 
Refuge,  Milwaukee  Bay,  Wis. 

For  Superstructure  and  Repairs  of  Pier,  Ra- 
cine Harbor,  Wis. 

For  Superstructure  and  Repairs  of  Pier,  Mil- 
waukee Harbor,  Wis. 

For  Improvement  of  Mobile  Harbor,  Ala. 

For  Improvement  of  Michigan  City,  Indiana, 
Outer  Harbor. 

For  Improving  Channel  Leading  to  Harbor 
at  Baltimore. 

For  Dredging  in  Wareham  Harbor,  Mass. 

For  Dredging  in  Newport  Harbor,  R.  I. 

For  Improvement  of  Cumberland  Sound, 
Ga.  and  Fla. 

For  Improving  Appomattox  River.  Va. 

For  Removing  Ledge  of  Solid  Rock  and 
Boulders  from  Detroit  River. 

For  Furnishing  Rope,  Boat,  Supplies,  etc., 
for  Great  Katawha  River  Improvement. 

For  Removal  of  the  Wreck  of  the  Schooner 
"  B."  Oliphant,  in  Chesapeake  Bay. 

For  Completing  No.  6  Lock  House,  Great 
Kanawha  River  Improvement. 

For  Building  the  Dam  and  .\butment  at  Lock 
No.  '2,  Great  Kanawha  Kiver,  W.  Va. 

For  Furnishing  Timber  and  Plank  and  Iron 
Plates.   Bolts  and    Spikes,    for   Repairing 
Crib-Work  at  tbe   Harbor  of    Refuge     at 
Sand  Beach,  Mich. 
For  Furnishing  Piles  at  Government  Works 
in  the  Mississippi  River,  betwteuSt  Louis 
and  Harrison  viile. 
For  Furnishing  Screw-Bolts   at  the   United 
States   Engineer    Depot,   foot  of    Arsenali 
Street,  in  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
For  Furnishing  Spikes,  Iron  and  Nails  at  tlie- 
United  States  Engineer  Depot,  foot  of  Ar- 
tenal  Street,  in  bt.  Louis,  Mo. 
For  Furnishing  Manila  Rope  at  the  UnitecV 
States  Engineer    Depot,    foot   of    Arsenal 
Street,  in  St.  Louis    Mo. 


128 


DECEMBEK    FROCEEDIXGS. 


For  Excavating  at  Middle  Neebish,  Hay  Lake 
Channel,  Mich. 

For  Dredgiug  in  Flushing  Bay,  N.  Y. 

For  Dredging  in  New  London  Harbor,  Conn. 

For  Increasing  Height  of  East  Jetty  at  Say- 
brook,  Conn. 

For  Extending  the  New  Haven  Breakwater. 
-For  Dredging  in  Bridgeport  Harbor,  Conn. 

For  Extending  the  Dike  in  New  Haven  Har- 
bor, Conn. 

For  Dredging  in  Black  Rock  Harbor,  Conn. 

For  Dredging  in  Norwals  Kiver,  Conn. 

For  Dredgiug  in  Hyannia  Harbor,  Mass.; 
Pawtucket  River,  R.  I.;  Providence  River, 
R  I. ;  Pawcatuck  River.  11.  I.  and  Conn.; 
and  the  Removal  of  Green  Jacket  Shoal, 
Providence  Harbor,  R.  I. 

For  Dredging  in  Lynn  Harbor,  Mass, 

For  Dredging  and  Blasting  in  Cituate  Har- 
bor, Mass. 

For  Dredging  in  Plymouth  Harbor.  Mass. 

For  Dredging  in  Ipswich  River,  Mass. 

For  Improving  Harbor  at  Sabine  Pass,  Texas. 

For  Improving  Hiiigbam  Harbor,  Mass. 

For  Improving  Oakland  Haibor,  Cal. 

For  Improving  Harbor  at  Kewaunee,  Wis. 

For  Improving  Harbor  at  Port  Washington, 

Wis. 
>For  Improving  Harbor  at  Manitowoc,  Wis. 

For  Improving   Harbor  at  Sheboygan,  Wis. 

For  Improving  Harbor  at  Grand  Marais, 
Mich. 

For  Improving  Harbor  at  Ontonagon,  Mich. 

For  Rubble  Stone  lor  the  Exteni*ionof  North 
Jetty  at  Entrance  to  Newburvport  Harbor, 
Mass 

For  Rubble  Stone  for  Harbor  of  Refuge, 
Sandy  Bay,  Cape  Ann,  Mass. 

For  Increasing  Height  of  Dike  in  the  Con- 
necticut River  at  Hartford,  Conn. 

■For  Constructing  a  Dike  in  the  Thames 
River,  Conn. 

For  Improving  Potomac  River  near  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  Dredging  and  Embankment. 

For  iiip-rap  Stone  for  Potomac  River  near 
Washington.  D.  C. 

For  Dredging  North  River  Bar,  N.  C. 

For  Proposed  Wharf  at  Cascade  Locks,  Ore. 

For  Improving  Cboptank  River,  Md. 

For  Improving  Corsica  Creek,  Md. 

For  Furnishing  Rip-rap  Granite  for  the 
Eastern  Jetty  at  Nantucket,  Mass.,  and  the 
Eastern  Breakwater  at  Stonington,  Conn. 

For  Furnishing  Stone  for  Use  at  the  Des 
Moines  Rapid  Canal  and  Dry  Dock. 

Ff  r  Extending  the  Breakwater  at  Greenport, 
N.  Y. 

For  Removing  Broken  Rock  from  Middle 
Reef,  or  Flood  Rock.  Hell  Gate,  N.  Y. 

For  Building  Cribs  and  Rip-rapping  Sus- 
quehanna River,  Md. 

For  Removing  Theiss  Rock  and  Jetty  Housa- 
tonic  River.  Conn. 

For  Engineer  Supplies  and  Repair  of  Boat  at 
Nantucket,  Mass. 

'  or  Decked  Flat-boat. 

For  Fuel. 

Removal  of  Wreck  at  Cape  Henlopen,  Del. 

Furnishing   and   Placing  Stone  in   the  Gap, 

Delaware  Breakwater. 
^Instructions  to  Bidders. 

Bridge  over  the  Ohio  River  at  or  near  Cairo, 
111. 

.\   Statement   Relative  to  the   Kentucky  and 
Indiana  Bridge  Comjiany. 
'To  the  Utility  of  a   Breakwater  at  Gordon's 
Lauding,  Lake  Champlain. 


Reports  Relative  to  Filters  for  the  Water 
Supply  for  the  Capitol. 

From  William  A.  Crafts,  Boston,  Mass.: 
Seventeenth  Annual   Report  of  the  Board  of 
Railroad  Commissioners  of  Massachusetts, 
January,  1886. 

From  Joseph  P.  Davis,  New  York  City: 

Journal  of  the  Franklin  Institute.  Vol.  XLI, 
1861,  to  Vol.  XC,  1885,  bound.  January  to 
August,  188.5,  unbound. 

Plates  to  Illustrate  Macaulay's  Treatise  on 
Field  Fortification,  and  other  subjects  con- 
nected with  Field  Engineering. 

A  Hand-book  for  Plain  and  Ornamental  Map- 
ping and  Eugineering  Drawing. 

Long  and  Short  Span  Railway  Bridges,  John 
A  Roebling. 

Designs  for  Tall  Chimney  Shafts.  R.  Raw- 
linson. 

American  Bell  Telephone  Company  vs.  Over- 
land Telephone  Company  of  New  York. 
Defendant's  Answer  and  Proof  on  Motion 
for  Injunction, 

The  American  Bell  Telephone  Company  and 
Others  vs.  The  People's  Telephone  Com- 
pany and  Others.  Defendant's  Sur-Re- 
butting  Testimony. 

Brief  for  Complainants  on    Final   Hearing. 

Ai'tjuments  of  Hon.  Lysander  Hill  and  Hon. 
George  F.  Edmunds,  for  the  Defendants. 

Opinion  of  Hon.  Don  A.  Pardee  and  Hon. 
Edward  C.  Billings,  granting  ComiJlain- 
ant's  Motion. 

Abstract  of  Testimony. 

A  Sketch  of  a  Physical  Description  of  the 
Universe.  Volumes  I,  II,  III,  IV  and  V. 
Alexander  Von  Humboldt. 

Report  on  the  Explosions  of  Steam  Boilers. 
Part  II. 

Annual  of  Scientific  Discoveries  for  1869  and 
1870. 

Protection  against  Fire  and  the  Best  Means 
of  Putting  out  Fires  in  Cities,  Towns  and 
Villages. 

The  Alt  of  Brewing  Ale,  Beer  and  Porter. 

A  Treatise  on  the  Construction  and  Manage- 
ment of  Railways. 

Rifle  and  Light  Infantry  Tactics.  Volumes 
I  and  II. 

The  Contractors'  Manual  and  Builders'  Price 
Book. 

A  Treatise  on  Field  Fortifications. 

The  Slide  Valve  Practically  Considered. 

Steel  Engraving  of  Gate-house  at  Farm  Pond, 
Boston  Water-works.  Sudbury  River  Con- 
duits. 

Plans  of  Hydrants  and  Stop-cocks. 

Plans,  Profiles,  for  Crossing  of  New  Croton 
Aqueduct  under  the  Harlem  River. 

Sixteen  Maps  of  the  Peruvian  Guano  Islands. 
Surveyed  by  Joseph  P.  Davis,  M.  Am.  Soc. 
C.  E. 

General  Specifications  for  Pumping  Engines 
to  Govern  Designs  Accompanying  Pro- 
posals. 

From   G,   F.  Deacon,  Liverpool,   Eng- 
land; 

Annual  Report  of  the  Engineer  as  to  the 
Progress  of  the  Works  of  the  City  of  Liver- 
pool Corporation  Water-works. 

Second  Report  of  the  Special  Sub-Committee 
of  the  Water  Committee  on  the  Proposed 
Supply  of  Water  frem  the  River  Vyrnwy. 

Report  of  the  Special  Committee  en  the  New 
Water  Supply. 


DECEMBER    PROCEEDIKGS. 


139 


From  J.  H.  Decker,  Secretary  Ameri- 
can Water-works  Association,  Hauui- 
bal,  Mo.: 
Keport  of  Proceediugs   of  the  Sixtli  Annual 
Meeting  of  the  American  Water-works  As- 
sociation, held  at  Denver,  Colo.,  June  23, 
24  and  25,  1886. 

From      Dr.  Daniel    Draper,     Director 
New   York   Meteorological    Observa- 
tory, Central  ParV,  New  York  City: 
Memoir  of  John  William  Draper,  1811-188'2. 
From  Edward  Bate^  Dorsev,  New  York 
City: 
Colora-lo:  its  Gold   and  Silver  Blines,  Farm 
and  Stock  Ranges,  and  Health  and  Pleasure 
Resorts. 
Annual  Report  upon  the  Creographical  Sur- 
veys of  the  Territory  of  the  United  States, 
West  of  the  100th  Meridiun. 
Report  on  Bridging   the   Misssisippi  River 
between  St.  Paul,   Minn.,  and  St.  Louis, 
Mo. 
The  Bartho'.di  Statue:  History  and  Descrip- 
tion. 
Annual   Reports  of  the    Philadelphii,   Wil- 
mington aud  Raltlmore  Railroad  Companj' 
for  the  Years  1883  to  1885,  inclusive. 
Twenty-third  Annual  Report  of  the  Directors 
of  the  old  Colony  Railroad  Company,  No- 
vember 23,  1886. 
Fourteeth  Annual  Report  of  the  Atchinson, 
Topeka  and  Santa  Fe   Railroad  Company 
for' the  year  ending  December  31,  1885. 
From  H.  A.  Due,  Jr.,  Charleston,  S.  C: 
Ten  Phoiogiaphs  taken  after  the  Earthquake, 

and  Samples  of  Sand  as  follows: 
Earthquake   Ruins   of    Mr.    August  Melin's 

Room,  21  Kiug  >itreet,  Charleston,  S.  C. 
Fissure  at  the  Ton  Mile  Hill. 
Cumberland  and  East  Bay  Street. 
Hibernian  Hall 

Hole  on  St.  Phillip  and  Green  Street. 
Track  out  of  Line. 
Hayne  Street 
Old  Hospital. 

Two  Photographs  of  Fissures. 
Precipitated  Matter  from   the   Water   which 
flowed  from  Fissures  at  the  Ten  Mile  Hill. 
Sample  of  Rice  fmm  the  vicinity  of  the  Fis- 
sures near  Ten  Mile  Hill. 
Shell  Lime   from    the  Chimney  of  an   Old 
House  over  lOJ  years  old  on  the  lot  of  H.  A. 
Due.  Jr., 
Samples  of  Sand  from   the  Earthquake  Fis- 
sure at  Ten   Mde   Hill    near    Charleston, 
S.  C.  (12  different  samples). 
Sample  of  Shell  Lime  from  the  old  Chimney 

Due's  House. 
Kuins  of  Hibernian  Hall 
From  St.  Michael's  Church. 
Sample  of  Micaieous  Sand  Extra"ted  from  a 
Fissure  on  the  top  of  Ten  Mile  Hill,   near 
Charleston  (No.  1). 
Sample  of  Sand  lying  on   the  top  of  No.   1 

from  same  Fissure  (No.  2). 
Sample  of  Sand  covering  Nos.  1  and  2  from 

same  Fissure  (No.  3). 
Samples  of  Undisturbed  Soil  adjacent  to  the 
Fissures  from  which  samples  Nos  1,2  and 
were  obtained. 
Samples  of  Strata  at  the  bottom  of  New 
Artesian  Well,  020  feet  deep.  Well  was  not 
disturbed  by  the  Earthquake. 

From  Dyckerhoft",  Sohne,  Amoenburg, 
Ge'  many: 
ProtokoU  der   Verhandlungen  des    Vereins 


Deutscher  Cement  Fabrikanter  uud  der  Sec- 
tion fiir  Cement  des  Deutschen  Vereins 
Fabri'Kateon  von  Zigeln. 
Thomvaaren  Kalk  und  Cement  1880  and  1885, 
and  Journal  filr  Gaslebenchtuug  und  Was- 
serversorgung  1886. 

From  Thomas  Evershed,  Rochester,  N. 
Y.: 
Wafer  Power  at  Niagara  Falls  to  be  Success- 
fully Utilized. 

From  M.  N.  Forney,  New  York  City; 
Photograph  of  Steam  Tug  New  Jersey,  with 
Description. 

From  E.  B.  Freeman,  Norfolk,  Va. : 
The  Preservation  of  Timber;  or  How  to  Pre- 
vent Decay  and  Preserve  Timber  against 
the  Attack  of  the   Toredo  Navalis  or   Ship 
worm. 

From  E.  A.  Fuertes,  Ithaca,  N.  Y.: 
Cayuga  Lake,  N.  Y,  Surveyed   by    the  Engi- 
neer Department,  Cornell  University. 

From  S.  M.  Gray,  Providence,  R.  I  : 
Report  Showing  Lr  cation   and   Size  of  the 
Main   and  Intercepting   Sewers  of  Provi- 
dence, R.  I. 

From  G,  S  Greene,  Jr.,  New  York  City : 

Sixteenth  Annual  Report  and  Minutes  of  the 

Department  of  Docks  for  the  Year   ending 

April  30th,    1886;   also    Annual  Report  of 

Docks  for  1886  and  Mimites  of  the  Board. 

From  J   M.  Goodwin,  Sharpsville,  Pa.: 

Reports  of  the  Engineers  of  the  Western  Rail- 
road Corporation  made  to  the  Directors  in 
1836-37. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Michigan  Southern 
and  Northern  Indiana  Railroad  Company, 
March  1st.  18S6. 

A  Letter  to  the  Honorable  Brockholst  Living- 
ton  on  the  Lake  Canal  Policy  of  the  State 
of  New  York,  with  a  Stipplemeut  and  Ad- 
ditional Documents. 

Report  of  Board  Convened  to  Determine  on 
a  Standard  for  Construction  of  Pacific 
Railroad,  made  to  Hoa.  James  Harlan,  Sec- 
retary of  the  Interior,  February  24th,  1866, 
with  Accompanying  Documents. 

Address  of  John  W,  Garrett,  President,  made 
on  the  12th  of  February,  1868,  at  the 
Monthly  Meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors 
of  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad  Com- 
pany. 

From  William  Ham  Hall,  Sacramento, 
Cal.; 
Irrigation  Report  of  the  State  Engineer  of 

California. 
Irrigation  Laws  and  Regulations  in  France, 

Italy  and  Spain. 
Memorandum  of  the  Irrigation  Question. 

From  Wm.  Hamilton,  Toronto,  Canada: 
Annual   Report  of    the   City    Engineer  aud 
Manager  of  the   Toronto   Water-works   for 
the  year  ending  31st  December,  1884. 

From    Institution  of  Civil  Eogineers, 
.Jamos  Forrest,  Secretary,  London: 
The  Separation  of  Galena  and  Blende.  Ernest 

Du  Bois  Lukis. 
Footpaths.    Henry  Percy  Boulnois. 
On   the  Ett'ects  of  Liquids  on   Iron.     David 
Phillips. 


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DECEMBER    PROCEEDINGS. 


The  Maintenance  of  the  Belah  and  Deepdale 
Viaducts  on  the  North  Eastern  Railway. 
■William  John  Ciidworth. 

Coefficients  of  Discharge  Applicable  to  Cer- 
tain Submerged  Weirs  of  Large  Dimen- 
sions.     Robert  Hunter  Rhind. 

The  Stability  of  Voussoir  Arches,  Henry 
Albert  Cutler. 

Description  of  a  Circular  Chimney  Shaft  at 
Mercheruich,  near  Cologne.  John  Mack- 
worth  Wood. 

The  Design  and  Stability  of  Masonry  Dams. 
Walter  Bulkeley  Coventry. 

The  Mersey  Railway.     Francis  Fox. 

The  Hydraulic  Passenger  Lifts  at  the  Under- 
ground Station  of  the  Mersey  Railway. 
William  Edmund  Rich.  (With  an  abstract 
of  the  discussion  Tipon  the  paper.) 

Brick-making.  Henry  Ward.  (With  an  ab- 
stract of  the  discus^ion  upon  the  jmper.) 

Modern  Machine  Tools  and  W^orkshop  Ap- 
pliances for  the  Treatment  of  Heavy  Forg- 
ings  and  Castings.  William  Wilson  Hiilse. 
(With  an  abstract  of  the  discussion  upon 
the  paper.) 

Experiments  on  the  Relative  Strength  of 
Cast-Iron  Beams.  Edward  Carstenseu  De 
Segnudo  and  Leslie  Stephen  Robinson. 

On  the  Horizontal  Range  of  Tidal  Rivers, 
suih  as  the  river  or  well  with  reference  to 
Sewage  Discharge.     Charles  Foote  Gower. 

Exiseriments  on  a  Direct  Acting  Steam- 
Pump.     John  George  Mair. 

Viaduct  over  the  River  Esk  at  Whitby,  and 
the  Embankments  and  Culverts  in  the 
liaimes.     Francis  Fox 

On  the  Practical  Strength  of  Columns  and  of 
Braced  Struts.    Thomas  Claxton  Fidler. 

Heliography;  or.the  Actinic  Copying  of  Engi- 
neering Drawings.  Benjamin  Howanh 
Thwaite. 

The  Bilbao  Iron- works.     Neil  Kennedy. 

The  Gold  Fields  of  South  Africa.  Sidney 
Howard  Farrar. 

Minutes  of  Proceedings.  Vol.  LXXXVI,  1885- 
86,  Part  i. 

Brief  Subject  Index  Vols.  LIX  to  LXXXVI. 

From  Institute  of  Engineers  and  Ship- 
builders in  Scotland.     W.  J.  Millar, 
Secretary,  Glasgow,  Scotland: 
Transactions,  Vol.  XXIX,  Is85-8(J. 

From  Iron  and  Steel  Institution,  J  S. 
Jeans,  Secretary,  London,  England: 
The  Journal  of  the  Iron  and  Steel  Institu- 
tion, No.  1,1886. 

From  Dr.  J.  P.  Janse,  Schereningen, 
HiHaud: 

Proces-Verbaux  des  Seances  du  Congres  In- 
ternational de  Navigation  Interieure  tenue 
a  Bruxeiles,  du  ^i  Mai  au  2  Juin,  1885. 

Men.oires  publies  a  I'occasion  du  Congres 
Internatii  nal  de  Navigation  Interieure 
tei-ne  a,  Bruxeiles,  du  24  Mai  an  2  Juin, 
1885. 

Examen  des  Travaux  de  la  Curumission  des 
Canaiix  Brabancous  por  Jaues  de  Blois. 

Map  of  the  Manchester  Ship  Canal,  with  a 
Description  ol  the  Plans  Prepared  for  the 
Session  1885. 

Bulletin  du  Canal  lutiroceaniriue,  August  1, 
1886. 

From  J.    C.     Kelton.   Asst.   Adjutant- 
General,  U.  S.  A.,  Washington,  D.  C: 
Official  Army  Register  for  1886. 


From  Marvin  W.   Kingsley,  Cleveland, 
Ohio: 
Thirteenth   Annual    Report   of    the  Water- 
works  Trustees  of  the   City  of  Cleveland, 
Ohio,  for  the   year  ending   December  31, 
1885. 

From   Chares   Kilner     Sheard,     Tas- 
mania: 
DescriiJtive  Paper  of  Railway  Practice  and 
Mountain  Railways  of  a  Similar  Descrip- 
tion   to    the     Tasmaniau   Railways    now 
under  Construction . 

From  Konigliche  Kommission,  Berlin, 

Germany: 

Mittheiungenaus  den  Konigliehen  technls- 

chen  der  fuchsauftalten  zu  Berlin.  Vols.  I, 

II,  III,  IV,  1885,  and   Vols.  I,  II  and  III  of 

1886. 

From  J.   Francis  Le  Baron,  Jackson- 
ville, Ha.: 
The  Desirability  of  the  Establishment  by  the 
States  of  a  True  Polar  Meridian  and  Stand- 
ard of  Length  in  each  County. 

From    .James    MacNaughton,   Albany, 
N.  Y.: 
The    Expedition   of    the    Alert   to  Hudson's 
Strait  and  Bay  in  1885. 

From  Capt.  O.  E.  Michaelis,  West  Troy, 
N.  Y.: 
Report  of  the  Electrical  Conference  at  Phila- 
deli)hia  in  September,  1884. 

From  Robert  Moore,  St.  Louis,  Mo.: 
Kutter's   Formula    and    its    Application    to 
Circular  Sewers. 

From   George  S.    Morison,  New  York 
City: 
Vol.  XX  of  the  Tenth  Census  of  the  United 
States,  1880. 

From  Gilbert  Murdoch,  St.  John,  N. 
B.,  Canada: 
Annual  Accounts  and  Statements  with  Super- 
intendent's and  Auditor's  Reports,  of  the 
Sewerage  and  Water  Supply  for  the  City  of 
St.  John  (East  bide),  and  Town  of  Portland 
for  the  year  ending  December  31, 1885. 

From    Robert    Murray,    Surgeon-Gen- 
eral U.  S.  A.,  Washington,  D.  C  : 
Index  Catalogue  of  the  Library  of  the  Sur- 
geon-General's Office,  United  States  Army. 
Vol.  VII. 

From  Navy  Department,  Washington, 
D.  C: 
Report    on     Euroiseau    Dock-yards.     Philip 
Hickborn. 

From  New  York  Meteorological  Obser- 
vatory, Dr.   Daniel  Drajjer,   Director, 
Central  Park,  New  York  City: 
Abstract  of  Registers  for  Self-Recording  In- 
struments   for    July,   August,   September, 
October,  1886. 

From   Professor  Simon  Newcomb,  U.  S. 
N.,  Superintendent  American  Ephem- 
eris  and  Nautical  Almanac,  Washing- 
ton: 
The   American   Ephemeris  and    Nautical  Al- 
manac for  the  Year  1889. 

From  New  York  State  Board  of  Health, 

Albany,  N.  Y.; 

Bulletin   of  the   State   Board  of    Health    for 

July,  August,  September  and  October,  1886. 

From  Joseph  Nimmo,  Jr..  Huntington>- 

N.  Y  : 


DECEMBEK    PROCEEDINGS. 


131 


Sea-coast  Defeuses  of  New  York  City,  Loug 
Island,  Stateu  Islaud  and  Connecticut. 

From  Edward  P.  North,  New  York  City: 
Fifth  Annual  Report  of  the  Chicago,  St,  Paul, 
Minneapolis  and  Omaha  Railway  Company 
for  the  Year  ending  December  31st,  1885. 
Anniial   Report  of  the   Chicago  and   North- 
western Railway  Company  for  the  Twenty- 
sevenlh  Fiscal  Year,  ending  May  31st,  1886. 
Second  Annual  Report   of    the    Supervisory 
Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  New  York 
Munioiial  Civil  Service. 

From  John  L.  Ogdeu,  Philadelphia,  Pa. : 
Eighty- fourth   Annual  Report   of    the  Chief 
Engineer  of    the   Philadt-lphia   Water   De- 
partment for  the  Year  1885. 

From    Ordnance    Department,  General 
S.  V.Benot.  Chief,  Washington,  D.  C: 
Ordnance  Notes,  Vol,  XII. 
Index  to  Ordnance  Notes,  Nos.  341  to  357  in- 
clusive. 

From  Charles  Paine,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.: 
Something  about  Natural  Gas:    Its   Origin, 
Extent  and  Development. 

From   H.  V.  &   H.  W.  Poor,   New  York 
City: 
Poor's    Directory  of    Railway  Officials    and 
Railway  Directors  for  1886. 

From  Ernest  Pontzen,  Paris,  France: 
Studie     liber  Die   Wiener     Stadtlahnen    mit 
beziehuDg  auf  dei  Entrichlung  der  Staat 
Wier. 

From  J.  W.  Powell,  Director  U.  S.  Geo- 
logical Survey,  Washington,  D.  C: 
Mineral  Products  of  the  United  States  Calen- 
dar. Year  18^2-83-84  and  85. 

From    George    W.   Rafter,  Rochester, 

N.  Y.: 

On  the  Use  of  the  Microscope  in  Determining 

the  Sanitary  Value  of  Potable  Water,  with 

Special   Reference   to    the  Biology  of   the 

Water  of  Hemlock  Lake. 

From  J.  H.  Setchel,  Secretary  American 
Railway   Master  Mechanics'  Associa- 
tion, Dunkirk,  N.  Y.: 
Report    of    Procedings   of   Seventeenth    and 
Eighteenth     Annual  Conventions    of    the 
American  Railway  Master  Mechanics'  Asso- 
ciation, 1884-85. 
The   First,  Second,  Third,  Seventh,  Eighth, 
Tenth,     Eleventh,     Twelfth,     Thirteenth, 
Fourteenth, Fifteenth  and  Sixteenth  Reports 
of  Proceedings  of  the  American  Railway 
Master  Mechanics'  Association. 

From     Hamilton    Smith,   Jr.,  London, 
England: 
Costs  of  Blining  and    Milling   "Tin"   Gold 
Ores. 

From  Obeilin  Smith,  Bridgetnn,  N.  J.: 
Flow  of  Metals  in  the  Drawing  Process. 

From  Smithsonian  Institution,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C: 
Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Regents  of  the 
Smithsonian  lustitution  for  the  Year  1884. 
From   Societepour  la  Defense  des  In- 
terests de  la  Valee  de  la  Seine,  Rouen, 
France : 
_Memoire  sur  les  Ameeliorations  et  Apporter 
ad  Port  du  Havre  it  dans  L'estuaire  de  la 
Seine. 

From  A.  W.  Stedman,  Chief  Engineer 
Lehigh  Valley  Railroad,  Mauch 
Chunk,  Pa. : 


A  framed  picture  showing  sections  of  the 
Vosburg  Tunnel,  as  constructed  on  the 
line  of  the  Lehigh  Valley  Railroad. 

From  F.  P.  Stearns,  Boston,  Mass.: 
Seventh  Annual  Report  of  the  State  Board  of 
Health,  Lunacy  and  Charity  of  Massachu- 
setts.    1886 

From  Simon  Stevens,  New  York  City: 
How  Steam  May  be  Used  on  Canals.      Letter 
of  Simon  Stevens,  President  Tehuantepec 
Railwav    Company,    to     the   Canal    Board 
of  the  State  of  New  York,  August  31st,  1872. 
From     Waterman    Stone,    Providence, 
R  I.: 
Annual  Report  of  the  Commissioner  of  Dams 
and  Reservoirs  for  the  Years  from  1883  to 
1886,  inclusive. 

From   Superintendent  of  the  Library 
and  War  Records,  Navy  Department, 
Washington,  D.  C: 
Regulations  Governing  the  Uniform  of  Com- 
missioned Officers,   Warrant    Officers    and 
Enlisted   Men  of  the  Navy  of  the  United 
States,  with  Plates  for  1886. 

From  Russell  Thayer,  Philadelphia,Pa.: 
A  Scientific   Investigation  of  the  Method  of 
Action   of  Earthquakes  and  a    Theory   of 
their  Primary  Cause. 

From    J.  Nelson    Tiibbs,    Rochester. 
N.  Y.: 
Tenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Executive  Board 
of  the  City  of  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

From  the  Under  Secretary  of  State  for 

India,  India  Office,  London,  England. 

Notes  on  the  Jumna  Canal.     E.  T.  Atkinson. 

Notes  on  the  Ganges  Canal.     E.  T.  Atkinson. 

Notes   on  the  Lower   Ganges   Canal.      E.  T. 

Atkinson. 
Report  on   Remodeling  the  Ganges    Canal, 
with  Plans    and    Report     of    Committee. 
Captain  Crofton. 
Report  0.1  the  Sardah  Canal  Project. 
Report  on  the  Irrigation,  etc.,  of  the  Rajah- 

mundry  District.     Major  Cotton.     1850. 
Western  Jumna  and  Doub  Canals  Irrigation 

Works.     1851. 
Copies  or  Extracts  of  Documents  Referring 
to  the  Works  of  Irrigation  of  the  Godavery 
River  and   Kistnah  Annicuts  in  the   Presi- 
dency of  IMadi-as,     1852. 
Eft'ects  of  Godavery  and   Kistnah  Annicuts, 

etc.     Session  1859. 
Reuort  by  Colonel  Colton   on  Canal  Works, 

etc. 
Godavery   River.    Letters  by  Captain   Haig, 

1850. 

Correspondence    with    India,    Madras    and 

Bombay, with  Reports  on  Irrigation  Works, 

Financial  Results  and  Management.     1870. 

Report  of  Select  Committee  on  East  India 

Public  Works.    1878. 
Index  to  the  Report  from  the  Select  Commit- 
tee on  East  India  Public  Works.     1878, 
Report  of  Select  Committee  on   East  India 

Public  Works.    1878-79. 
Index  to  the  Report  from  the  Select  Commit- 
tee on  East  India  Public  Works.      1878-79. 
Report  of  Famine  Commission,  Appendix  V. 
Irrigation  as  a  protection  against  Famine. 
1881. 
Resolution  by  the  Honorable  The  Lieutenant- 
Governor  of  the  Northwestern   Provinces 
on  the  Report  of  the  Ganges  Canal  Com- 
mittee. 


132 


DECEMBEU    PROCEEDINGS. 


Keport  of  the  GaDges  Canal  Committee. 

From  TjDited  States  Geological  Survey, 
Washington,  D.  C: 
Bulletins  of  the  United  Stales  Geological  Sur- 
vey, Nos.  27,  28  and  29. 
Twenty  Atlas  Sheets  United  States  Geological 
Survey. 

From    Eobert  Van    Buren,   Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.: 
Annual   Report  of  the   Department  of  City 
Works   of  the  City   of  Brooklvn,    for   the 
year  1885. 

From    D,   Van    Nostrand,    New    York 
City: 
^he  Separate  System  of  Sewerage:  its  Theory 
and  Construction. 

From  United  States  Navy  Department, 
Washington,  D.  C: 
Annual  Report  uf  the  Secietary  of  the  Navy 
for  the  year  1S86. 

From  Lieutenant  A.W.  Vogdes,  U.  S.  A., 
New  York  City: 
Description  of  a  New  Crustacean   from  the 
Clinton   Group   of  Georgia,   with   remarks 
upon  others. 

From  Leo  Von  Rosenberg,   New  York 
City: 
Map  showing  the  Mackay-Bennett  Cables  in 
the    Vicinity    of    the    Pjincipal    Fishing 
Grounds. 

From    A.  M.    Wellington,    New    York 
City: 
Map  of  the  preliminary  located  line  of  the 

Mountain   Grade    from  Rinconada  to  Las 

Vigas  in  Mexico. 
Map   of   the  same   showing    contour    lines, 

profile  of  first  mile  and  of  the  preliminary 

located  liLe  on  the  upper  Mountain  Grade 

trom  .Jalapa  to  Las  Vigas. 
Profile  of  the  whole  line. 
Map  of  the  Mexican  National  Railway. 

From  John  Whitelaw,  Cleveland,  Ohio: 

Thirteenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Water-works 

Trustees  of  the   City   of  Cleveland,   Ohio, 


for  the  year  ending   December  31st,  1885 
Parts  I  and  II. 

From  other  sources: 
Advertisements,  specifications  and  proposals, 

as  follow  s: 
For  Laying  Submerged  Iron  Sewer  Pipe. 
For  Building  Retaining  Walls  for  Main  Sewer 
Outlet  at  foot  of  Marsh  street,   Newport, 
R.  I. 

For  Furnishing  Iron  Sewer  Pipes. 

Report  of  Hon.  V\'.  J.  McAlpme  and  Kivaa 
Tully,  Civil  Engineer,  on  a  System  of  In- 
tercepting and  Outfall  Sewers  for  the  City 
of  Toronto. 

Goulard-Gibbs  System  of  Electrical  Distri- 
bution. 

Resolutions  of  the  American  Shipping  Con- 
vention held  at  Pensacola,  Fla.,  November 
1st,  1886. 

On  a  Proposal  for  an  American  Academy  of 
Engineering.     William  E.  Kent. 

Irrigation.  Development,  History,  Customs, 
Laws  and  Administrative  Systems  relating 
to  Irrigation,  Water-courses  and  Waters  in 
Frame,  Italy  and  Spain.     Wm.  Ham  Hall. 

An  Appeal  in  behalf  of  the  Navy  and  Ua  per- 
sonnel,  with  notes  of  some  incidents  in  its 
histoiy. 

.\rgumeut  of  Nathaniel  C.  Moak  on  the  reso- 
lution to  inquire  as  to  article  written  by 
George  F.  Spinney  for  Aew  York  'limesoi 
April  5th,  lb8(i,  on  Senator  Raines,  charging 
an  effort  to  steal  the  Staten  Island  water 
front  for  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad. 

Oflicial  Guide  to  the  International  Health 
Exhibition. 

Argument  of  Nathaniel  C.  Moak  before  the 
Senate  Committee  on  Privileges  and  Elec- 
tions, May  10th,  1883. 

Plans  and  Proposals  for  the  Metropolitan 
Water  Ccmpany  of  the  City  of  New  York. 

Report  of  the  Sewer  Committee  of  the  City 
of  Schenectady,  including  the  Ordinance 
and  Specifications  regulating  their  use. 

Memoir  sur  les  Ameliorations  et  Apporter  un 
Port  du  Havre  et  dans  lestuaire  de  la 
Seine. 

Official  Guide  to  the  Internationa]  Invention 
Exhibition,  London,  England. 


LIST    OF    MEMBERS, 


ADDITIONS. 


MEMBEKS.  Date  of  Election. 

Bkln'ckekhoff,  Alexander  Gok- 

DON (,Care     Bates    &.    Johnson)     Hi 

Leonard  st.,  Xew  York  City. .  .Nov.   3,  1883. 

Bijtteefield,  Feancis  Eave.  . .  .Chief  Engineer  Mexican  Guada- 
lupe R.  R.,  Villadama,  Nuevo 
Leon,  Mexico Sept.  1,  1886. 


DECEMBER    PROCEEDINGS.  133^ 

ASSOCIATE.  Date  of  Election. 

Haskins,  William  Jewett (Elected  Junior  March  7tli,  1883. ) 

Assistant  Engineer  Departm't 
Public  Works,  537  West  105th 
St.,  New  York  City Dec.   1,  1886. 

MoKKis,  Thomas  O'Neil Engineer    Maintenance   Way 

Cincinnati,    Indianapolis,   St. 
Louis    and    Chicago   Ky.,   In- 
dianapolis, Ind Oct.    6,   1886. 

EicHAEDS,  Hugh  Tudor Resident  Engineer  Sonora  E.  E., 

Guaymas,  Mexico Oct.    6,  1886. 

Ward,  John  Frothingham Consulting  Engineer,  18  Broad- 
way, New  York  City Oct.    6,  1886. 

Weth'erill,  Wllliam   Chatlin  .  Liberty,  Mo Dec.    1,  1886. 

JUNIOR. 

MoDJESKi,  Ealph Assistant     Engineer      Omaha 

Bridge,  Omaha,  Neb Dec.   1,   1886. 


changes      and      CORRECTIONS. 
MEMBERS. 

Allen,  C.  Frank Las  Vegas,  N.  M. 

Anderson,  Adna Second  Vice-President  and  Engineer-in-Chief 

Northern  Pacific  E.  E.,  Tacoma,  Wash. 
Appleton,  Elleey  C Eesidemt  Engineer  Chicago,  Kansas  and  Ne- 
braska Ey..  Marion,  Kan. 

Barnard,  Augustus  P 28  West  20th  st..  New  York  City. 

Blickensderfee,  Jacob Consulting    Engineer    Union     Pacific     Ey... 

Omaha,  Neb. 
Bogue,  Virgil  G Chief  Engineer   Union   Pacific    Ey.,   Omaha, 

Neb. 
BoNZANO,  Maximilian  F. Superintendent    North    Penn.     and    Bound 

Brook  Division  Philadelphia  and  Eeading 

E.  E.,   9th    and    Green  sts.,  Philadelphia, 

Pa. 

Calkins,  Frank  A 55  Eoss  st.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Ceaig,  Chambers  M Alabama  Midland  E.  E.,  Sneads,  Fla. 

Craighill,  William  P Col.  Corps  of  Engineers   U.   S.   A.,  173-4   St. 

Paul  St.,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Cunningham,  David  W 308  Garrard  st.,  Covington,  Ky. 

Curtis,  Wendell  E Assistant    Engineer    Toledo,    St.    Louis    and 

Kansas    City   R.    E.,    56   Elm   st.,    Toledo,. 

Ohio. 

Fiemstone,  Frank Easton,  Pa. 

Fuller,  Franklin  I Eoom  33,   Portland  Savings  Bank  Building,. 

Portland,  Oregon. 


134  DECEMBER    PROCEEDINGS. 

Hinckley,  John  F Chief    Engineer    St.    Louis,    Arkansas    and 

Texas  R.  E.,  Texarkana,  Texas. 

HoLMAN,  MiNAED  L 3744  Finney  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

K1N.SLEY,  Thomas  P Amherst,  Mass. 

Latcha,  Jacob  A. .    Chief    Engineer    Duluth,    South    Shore    and 

Atlantic  Ey.,  Marquette,  Mich. 

Ledeele,  Geokge  a 915  South  5th  st.,  Omaha,  Neb. 

Masten,  Cornelius  S Engineer     Mariopa    and     Phoenix    E.     E., 

Phoenix,  Arizona. 

McKee,  Samuel  B Division    Engineer    Canadian     Pacific    Ey., 

Greenville,  Maine. 

Mooee,  Chaeles  E Assistant    Engineer    Southern    Pacific    Ey., 

Santa  Clara,  Cal. 

NouESE,  Edwin  G Boom  721,  Eialto  Building,  Chicago,  111.' 

Paekhuest,  Heney  W Boom   311,   Home   Insurance   Building,  Chi- 
cago, 111. 

Petey,  Alfeed 911  Scott  st,  Covington,  Ky. 

Phinney,  Heney  "NY.  B San  Diego,  Cal. 

Post,  James  C Major  Corps  of  Engineers  U.  S.  A.,  Cincin- 
nati, Ohio. 
PuEDON,  Chakles  D St.    Louis,    Arkansas    and    Texas    Ey.,    Tex- 
arkana, Texas. 

Sanderson,  J.  Gardner 125  East  86th  st.,  New  York  City. 

Savage,  Albert  C (Care   Superintendent   New   York  and   Hon- 
duras Eosavio  Mining  Comiiany.)     San  Ju- 
ancinto,  Honduras,  Central  America. 
Scott,  Arthur  H Wayne  County  S-avings  Bank  Building,  De- 
troit, Mich. 

Seymoue,  Chaeles Division   Engineer  Louisville  and   Nashville 

E.  E.,  Florence,  Ala. 

Shinn,  WiLLLAM  P Yice-President  New  York  and  New  England 

E.  E.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Skllton,  Geoege  S 52  Columbia  Heights,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Smith,  Isaac  W Engineer  Water  Commission,  Portland,  Ore- 
gon. 

Snow,  J.  Parker Orlando,  Fla. 

Van  Brocklin,  Martin Capes    Chambers,    Bond    st.,    Sidney,    New 

South  AVales,  Australia. 

Waddell,  John  A.  L Consulting  Engineer,  Eepresentative  Phcenix 

Bridge  Company   and    Phcenix  Iron  Com- 
pany, 118  West  6th  St.,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

AValker,  Willlui  W Chief  Engineer  and  General  Manager  Arizona 

Narrow  Gauge  E.  E.,  Cedar  Eapids,  Iowa. 

W.tLLAcE,  John  F Keithsburg,  HI. 

Weeks,  Harvey  E Eesident  Engineer  Chicago,    Santa   Fe    and 

California  Ey.,  Kahoma,  Mo. 

Wellington,  Arthur  M Editor   Engineering  News,  Tribune  Building, 

New  Y'ork  City. 


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ASSOCIATE. 

Habkis,  Charles  M White  Plains,  N.  Y. 

JUNIORS. 

\bbott,  Arthur  V Closter,  N.  J. 

Booker,  Bernard  F ..Assistant  Engineer   Chicago,    Santa   Fe   and 

California  R.  R.,    1214    Main    st.,    Kansas 

City,   Mo. 
Donovan,  John  J Assistant  Engineer  in  Charge  Cascade  Division 

Northern   Pacific   R.   R.,  Eagle   Gorge   via 

Melrose  P.  O.,  Wash. 

Edes,  William  C Yreka,  Cal. 

Ferker,  Carlos  F 39  Broad  st.,  New  York  City. 

Gladding,  Henry  H 30  Stanley  st..  New  Haven.,  Conn. 

GoLDMARK,  Henry Union  Bridge  Company,  Athens,  Pa. 

Johnson,  Sinclair  J 102  East  Rayen  Ave.,  Youngstown,  Ohio. 

Mills,  Charles  M Phcenixville,  Pa. 

Noyes,  Ellis  B Division   Engineer's   Office  New  York   State 

Canals,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
Parsons,  W.  Baecl.ay,  Jr Chief  Engineer  Fort  Worth  and  Rio  Grande 

Ry. ,  Fort  Worth,  Texas. 

RicKER,  George  A Room  82,  White  Building,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Sanford,  David  C South  Norwalk,  Conn. 

Shepard,  William  T Bristol,  Conn. 

Teatman,  E.  E.  Russell 144  Remsen  st.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Waddell,  Montgomery (Care     Edison     Electric    Light    Company.) 

Schenectady,  N.  Y. 
Whistler,  Thomas  D 7  East  41st  st..  New  York  City. 


resignations. 


Bishop,  JuDsoN  W Dec.  31,  1886. 

Casey,  THOM.AS  L Dec.  31,  1886. 

Nichols,  AuRiN  B Dec.  31,  1886. 

Traeton,  Oilman Dec.  31,  1886. 

Wood,DeVolson Dec.  31,  1886. 


Dirks,  Justus Elected  Honorary  Member  June  2,  1880;  died 

December  26,  1886. 

Smith  C.  Sh.^ler Elected  Member  March  5,  1873,  died  Decem- 
ber 19,  1886. 


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