St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-30
AN EVENING OF PLEASURE.
Civil Engineers Visit the College
Of Mechanic Arts of the Univer-

Of Mechanic Arts of the Univer-
sity.
The Minneapolis society of civil en-
gineerS and the st. Paul society met at
the College of Mechanic Arts and Arti-
sans Training school of the state uni
versity last evening, and were taken all
through the building by Profs. Pike,
Bard and Hoag. The visit was pleasant
one and will be long remembered. About
7:30 the joint meeting was called to
order by Prof. Pike, who made short
address, in which he outlined the work
that was being done by the students and
showed what benefit it was to them.
The party then started Oh tour through
the building. The mechanical drawing
room was first visited, and many of the
visitors expressed considerable surprise
at the artistic and merit0riOuS work
shown them. The instrument room,
where all the surveying instruments are
kept was next visited. Here the various
methods used i'll surveying were eX
planned and discussed. In this
room wood carving is carried on,
and many handsome specimens of work
done by pupils were exhibited. From
here the party went to the machine and
force of student wOrkmen was busily
engaged in the manufacture of ma
chinery, engines and the like. The
scene was lively one, and differed ma
terially from that of the ordinary ma
chine shop,in that everything was clean,
the floors being white and free from
stain. The party spent about half
an hour in this room and then
adjourned to the testing room, where
materials are tested and comparative
strength of various kinds of wood and
iron are illustrated. The students at
work in this room were Sam G. Meter,
B. l.. Locre and John Morris. The test
ing machine was called into use first on
a piece of white pine scantling, Aka
inches, and six and half feet between
rests. This stood a strain of 1850
pounds before it broke.
Next piece of common refined iron
rod, one inch in thickness and eight
inches between points, was placed in
the testing machine and the power APP
piled. The limit of elasticity was
reached at HOO part of an inch. AS
the power kept increasing the iron bar
kept gradually stretching out, and when
1920 pounds had been marked it parted
with snap that might have been heard
some distance away. When the rod
cooled down so that the broken edges
might be touched, it was found that the
break was nearly as smooth as it would
have been had it been cut with a cold
chisel. The visitors were shown various
pieces of iron and wood which had been
subjected to similar tests, and the va
rious peculiarities pointed out. The
foundry and the FORCES were next
visited and everything of interest
pointed out. Among the gentlemen
present from the Minneapolis society
were Messrs. Sublette, Barr, Craig, Girls
man, Pike, Hoag, Pardee, Newman,
Turner, Regley, Ranford and Capellan.
st. Paul was represented by A. Johnson,
A. Munster, S. D. Munson, w. A.
Truesdell, A. 0. Powell, G. l.. Annus,
A. A. Swenson, III. Fenstrom, A. H.
Hogeland, r. Hunt, r. j. Johnson, F.
w. Mccoy, j. d. Esterbrook, w. W.
Curtis and George Wilson. Every one
was unanimous in declaring it was the
most pleasant meeting of the kind that
had ever been held.