Chas. Warren Hunt, M. Am. Soc. C. E., presented the following resolution: "Resolved, That the hearty thanks of the Society are hereby tendered to the Local Committee for the great care with which the arrangements for the comfort and pleasure of members and guests have been planned, and the masterly manner in which those plans have been carried out." The resolution, being duly seconded, was carried unanimously. A. Mordecai, M. Am. Soc. C. E., moved that the Board of Direction be requested to have a tree planted at Mt. Vernon, or make some suitable commemoration of the visit of the Society. The motion, duly seconded, was carried. Bernard R. Green, M. Am. Soc. C. E., moved as follows: "That the thanks of the Society be extended for the courtesies received from the various organizations and departments here in Washington during this Convention: To the Secretary of War, for the courtesies at Fort Washington and the Washington Barracks; to the Secretary of the Navy, for the courtesies at the Navy Yard; to Dr. Wolcott, of the Geological Survey, for the maps freely given to the Society; to the Capital Traction Company for the free transportation upon its lines during the Convention to all the members and guests of the Convention; to the Washington Railway and Electric Company for the free cars on the occasion of the visit to Cabin John Bridge; and to the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art for the free use of the Gallery and the courtesy of their invitation to the Society to meet the friends of the Society in Washington at the gallery this evening." The motion, duly seconded, was carried unanimously. Adjourned. June 4th, 1902. The meeting was called to order at 8.45 P. M.; Emil Kuichling, Director, Am. Soc. C. E., in the chair; Chas. Warren Hunt, Secretary; and present, also, 80 members and 13 guests. The minutes of the meeting of May 7th were approved as printed in Proceedings for May, 1902. A paper by George L. Dillman, M. Am. Soc. C. E., entitled "A Proposed New Type of Masonry Dam," was presented by the Secretary, who also presented a written discussion by H. de B. Parsons, M. Am. Soc. C. E. The paper was discussed orally by Messrs. Edward Wegmann, Robert Cartwright, George H. Pegram, A. V. Abbott, J. Breuchaud, W. B. Fuller and Emil Kuichling. Ballots for membership were canvassed, and the following candidates were elected. AS MEMBERS. CHARLES HINCKLEY BAKER, Seattle, Wash. JULIUS MERRIAM HOWELLS, Los Angeles, Cal. MICHAEL MAURICE O'SHAUGHNESSY, San Francisco, Cal. OTTO HILGARD TITTMANN, Washington, D. C. EDWARD CHANDLER TOLLINGER, Greenville, Miss. AS ASSOCIATE MEMBERS. JOHN EDWIN BANKS, Pittsburg, Pa, WILLIAM KENDRICK HATT, Lafayette, Ind. WILLIAM HERBERT HYDE, Pittsburg, Pa. CHARLES HAMILTON MITCHELL, Niagara Falls, Ont., Canada. THOMAS DORSEY PITTS, New York City. CHARLES ARNER RUGGLES, New York City. JOHN KIMBALL SCAMMELL, St. John, N. B., Canada. WILLIAM SEATON, Jr., Rosebank, N. Y. CHARLES MILTON SPOFFORD, Boston, Mass. ARTHUR WEBSTER THOMPSON, Cumberland, Md. FREDERICK EUGENE TURNEAURE, Madison, Wis. The Secretary announced the election of the following candidates by the Board of Direction on June 3d, 1902. AS MEMBER. ARNOLD HENRY SUTERMEISTER, Albany, N. Y. AS ASSOCIATES. HENRY JULIUS KALTENBACH, Yonkers, N. Y. ALFRED LIEBMANN, New York City. HOUSTON LOWE, Dayton, Ohio. FRED LINCOLN STEARNS, New York City. AS JUNIORS. BERTRAND FAUGÈRES BELL, Chillicothe, Ohio. The Secretary announced the death of the following members: WILLIAM SHATTUCK LINCOLN, elected Member Dec. 5th, 1883; died May 16th, 1902. EDWARD JOSIAH BLAKE, elected Member April 3d, 1889; died ROBERT HENRY TEMPLE, elected Member May 6th, 1885; died Adjourned. OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTION. (Abstract.) May 21st, 1902.-The Board met, as required by the Constitution, during the Annual Convention, Washington, D. C.; President Moore n the chair; Charles Warren Hunt, Secretary; and present, also, Messrs. Croes, Endicott, Kuichling, O'Rourke, Pegram and Seaman. No quorum being present, the meeting adjourned. June 30, 1902.-Vice-President Schneider in the chair; Charles Warren Hunt, Secretary; and present, also, Messrs. Briggs, Croes, Endicott, Kuichling, Pegram and Seaman. The report of the Nominating Committee was received. The Secretary reported the receipt, through the U. S. Commission to the Paris Exposition of 1900, of a Diploma and of a Bronze Medal awarded to the Society for its exhibit. Action was taken in the matter of having a tree planted at Mount Vernon, Va., commemorative of the visit of this Society to the home of Washington on May 22d, 1902. Reconsideration ballots were canvassed and Arnold Henry Sutermeister was declared elected a member of the Society. Applications were considered and other routine business trans acted. Four candidates for Associate and six for Junior were elected.* Adjourned. *See pages 176 and 177. REPORT IN FULL OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE THIRTY. Tuesday, May 20th, 1902, 10 A. M. MORDECAI T. ENDICOTT, M. Am. Soc. C. E.-Ladies and gentlemen: Meeting Convened. It devolves upon me, as Chairman of the Committee of the Board of Direction in general charge of the Convention, to call this, the 34th Annual Convention of the American Society of Civil Engineers, to order, which I now do. Distinguished gentlemen are here to greet you to the National Capital, and without further words, I take pleasure in introducing to you the Hon. H. B. F. Macfarland, President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia. Welcome. HON. H. B. F. MACFARLAND.-Ladies and gentlemen: We are very Addresses of glad to see you here. We are giving you a warm welcome, even though we have to force the season a little to do it. We wanted you to have a taste of the typical Washington summer, a little warm, but breezy. We always have these delightful breezes-up here-(laughter), and to give you the sense of being at home, as you think of the warmer climates from which so many of you come. Here in this hall, looking out from these windows, you get the inspiration of the Washington surroundings, which, in itself, furnishes a reason for your being here. The Government of the District of Columbia is especially glad to welcome this Society, on its semi-centenary, to the National Capital, for this National Society, with its international membership, representing, as I understand, every continent and all the great isles of the sea, has, through many of its members, rendered important services to the National Capital. We recognize to-day not only the appropriateness of your meeting in the Capital of the country, which in the fifty years since your Society was founded has been distinguished by your achievements, but a feeling of gratitude on the part of the citizens of the District of Columbia for what you have done here. The City of Washington might be said to be, of all the cities in the world, the work of engineers. George Washington, father not only of his country, but of its capital, who, as a boy leaving school forever for the university of life, made his first money and his first reputation as a surveyor and engineer, whose name the Federal City inevitably bears, Pierre Charles L'Enfant, the brilliant Frenchman, and Andrew Elliott, the brilliant American-these are the names that immediately arise in our minds as we think of the beginning of the permanent seat of government of the United States. |