R. Croes, M. Am. Soc. C. E., Mr. Howell made an exhaustive report on an investigation of the possible source of water supply for Newark, New Jersey, and this investigation brought him into many of the water suits of recent years. He was also connected with the East Jersey Water Company in investigations for water supply and installing the water-works of Montclair, New Jersey.

In addition to his engineering work, which, in later years, was principally as expert and consulting engineer on water-works, sewage disposal, bridges, etc., Mr. Howell was connected with many organizations not bearing directly upon his profession. He was a member of the State Board of Education, of the New Jersey State Sanitary Association, of the Board of Directors of the Morristown Memorial Hospital, for which he was also Secretary, of the Washington Association of New Jersey, and of the Sons of the American Revolution.

In all this busy life, however, Mr. Howell still found time for his church work, and was President of the Board of Trustees and Deacon for life of the Morristown Baptist Church. He was also Recording Secretary of the Morris County Sabbath School Association and Secretary of the North Jersey Baptist Association. He served also as Treasurer of the Young Men's Christian Association.

From early manhood Mr. Howell had a keen love for reading, and spent much time in his library, where he also wrote many contributions to the press, especially upon historical matters, as he was well versed in State and local genealogical matters of historical interest.

Truly revered and loved as Mr. Howell was by all his many associates on the boards and in the associations of which he was a member, yet it remained for those who knew him in his private life to value him at his true and sterling worth He was married on December 31st, 1862, to Rachel M. Cornish, of Gillette, New Jersey, and had five children, all of whom survive him.

Throughout his entire life Mr. Howell was the model of a Christian gentleman, thorough and conscientious in his work, honorable in business dealings, and singularly courteous and winning in his manners toward all with whom he came in contact.

Mr. Howell was elected a Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers on May 2d, 1888.

ARTHUR TOWNE THOMAS, M. Am. Soc. C. E.*

DIED OCTOBER 10TH, 1900.

Arthur Towne Thomas was born in the Town of Stowe, Vermont, on August 30th, 1862. His parents were Abijah Towne and Clarissa Slayton Thomas, and he was the youngest of five children, of whom three were boys. His education was obtained at the district school, with one year in the high school in his native town. He left school at the age of 17, and went to Minnesota in 1880 to begin work as Chainman on railroad surveys. In March, 1881, he was Transitman on the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway, with which road he remained until January, 1883, being engaged on surveys and as Assistant Engineer in charge of construction.

From February, 1884, until March, 1888, he was connected with the Minnesota and Northwestern Railway (now the Chicago and Great Western). Beginning as Transitman, he was advanced to the position of Division Engineer, having charge of the construction of numerous high trestles and iron bridges. From March, 1888, to March, 1889, he was in charge of railway terminals and dock works at Superior, Wisconsin. He was then appointed first City Engineer of Superior, which office he held until March, 1900, with the exception of four years, during which he was engaged as Chief Engineer of the Superior Water, Light and Power Company and the West Duluth Light and Water Company, in designing and constructing water-works, gas and electric light stations. Part of this time was also devoted to the study of mining engineering and its application to exploration work in the iron and gold fields of Northern Minnesota and Ontario.

In October, 1900, while he was Superintendent of the Chippewa Copper Mine, at Brule, Wisconsin, he went out prospecting, and, not returning when expected, search was made and his body found in the woods. Upon investigation, it was found that he had been shot, the bullet piercing the jugular vein and spinal cord. By means of the peculiar bullet, a deer hunter was discovered who acknowledged that he had shot Mr. Thomas accidentally and then abandoned the body heartlessly.

The conscientious attention which Mr. Thomas gave to his work, and his faithful performance of it, together with his earnest desire to accomplish the best results for those whose interests were intrusted to him, gained the respect and friendship of all who knew him.

Mr. Thomas was elected a Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers on June 6th, 1894.

*Memoir prepared by George L. Wilson, M. Am. Soc. C. E.

KENNETH OAKE PLUMMER REINHOLDT, Assoc. M. Am. Soc. C. E.

DIED FEBRUARY 6TH, 1902.

Kenneth Oake Plummer Reinholdt was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania, on September 27th, 1866, and was the only son of the late Dr. J. B. Reinholdt, of that city. His earlier education was received in the public schools of New Castle. Later, he attended Allegheny College, at Meadville, Pennsylvania, and from there he went to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, at Troy, New York, from which he was graduated in June, 1890.

In the following year he was employed in the laboratory of the steel plant of the Phoenix Iron Company in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. In December, 1891, he accepted the position of Inspector of lumber and piles with the Engineer of Construction of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, and in March, 1892, he was given charge of the construction of the terminal pier of the Navesink Railroad, at Atlantic Highlands, where he located and completed the station buildings for the main dock and, also, all necessary sheds, platforms, trestles, etc.

He continued in the employ of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, as assistant to the Engineer of Construction, until September, 1895. During that time he made surveys and plans, and had charge of the elimination of grade crossings at Elizabeth, Cranford and Bayonne. He also located bridges at Freehold and Lorillard, New Jersey.

In September, 1895, he opened an office in New Castle, Pennsylvania, for private engineering practice, doing general city and country work. He designed a number of large buildings, and was recognized as a young man of talent in more lines than one. He had considerable ability as an artist, and had a fine collection of drawings.

In June, 1896, he accepted a position in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, as draftsman with the Butler and Pittsburg Railroad, and, later, was made Assistant Engineer of the Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad, a position which he held at the time of his death.

During the summer of 1901, while in Greenville, Pennsylvania, superintending the building of a new branch of the railroad, he contracted a severe cold, which developed into tuberculosis. His health failed rapidly, and in the early winter he and his wife left for Phoenix, Arizona, in hope that a change of climate would restore his health. It was too late, however, to overcome the disease which was undermining his constitution, and his strength waned day by day until the end.

Mr. Reinholdt was characterized by great faithfulness to all details of his duties, and was devoted to his profession. There was every indication of a brilliant career for him, and his sudden death caused poignant sorrow to his many friends. He was a young man of upright

character, and possessed a manner so kind that he was always surrounded by a circle of admiring friends. In June, 1900, Mr. Reinholdt was married to Miss Belle Paine, of Youngstown, Ohio, and she and an infant daughter survive to mourn their irreparable loss.

Mr. Reinholdt was elected a Junior of the American Society of Civil Engineers on February 6th, 1894, and an Associate Member on October 7th, 1896.

OF THE

AMERICAN SOCIETY

OF

CIVIL ENGINEERS.

(INSTITUTED 1852.)

VOL. XXVIII. No. 10.
DECEMBER, 1902.

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