New-York tribune., 1890-06-28
ATLANTIC ASSOCIAT
ENGINEERS AT JOHNSTOWN.
VISITING THD SCENE OF THE GREAT
DISASTER.
SOCIAL ENTERTAINMENTS At CRESs)N-PREsf
DIDN'T sHrXN's ANNUAL ADDRESS
THE BANQUET.
,3r TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.

Cresson Penn. June 27.-The delegates to the
Convention OF American Civil Engineers were prih
cipally occupied to-day in recreation An entertain
ment with the inevitable stcrcopcon views kept many
OF the old and stad members and their wives up
until late hour last night and the delightful mazes OF
the waltz with occasional sannternes around the
piazza and through the wooded grounds kept Their
daughter, and their hosts Of admirers interested nnt
A still later hour II much past o'clock before
the hotel was quiet and even then there came 10"
wlsperings from many OF the shadowy angles OF inc
vcranda AT breakfast this morning everybody was
down punctually at O'Clock but. oh! 50 tired ana
The reason OF this general acceptance
Of the latter part Of the adage Early to bed early
TO RISE" etc. was that train was waiting at the
station tO take the party to JohnstOwn and as the
block system employed on the Pennsylvania road VIII
admit Of no delays everybody was on hand early
Johnstown was done in the usual fashion. The
men Inspected the mills and the women under tlc
guidance u the Oldest living inhablnt, did the town.
The party returned 10 Crcsson AT noon for luncheon
at which there noticeable increase In the number
Of guests Many members Of the society arrived To-
day as some one sarca,tcaly observed az lunch, In
time for the banqnct" which held this evening and
was an unqualified success The usual toast and Dnc
may say the usual speeches were made There Is ono
amusing circumstance about this convention when
dcs,>vcs commcmoratIon. The members Of the society
have in two days managed to make themselves objects
Of picOn soon they enter the dlulng Hali
The number Of silver spoons and forks has not dmin
shcd and the management Of the hotel has not been
compelled 10 chain down the railway guides In the
reading room. The trouble is that the colorcd
walters complain that the members Of the Amer
can Society Of Civil Engineers eat too much
Doubtless this increase in appetite Is directly duo
10 the nvigoatng atmosphere Of this mountain region,
but the fact remains that the walters have their opinion
Of gentlemen who are blessed with such abnormal
Of liE EAtsarn
ing venurcd 10 ask the autocrli standing behind his
chair for q second plate Of dry toast.
saw said the waiter, care You delegate
You blooming delegates are going right through the
bill Of fare
Among tho ncw arrivals to-day was Charles i.
Brush the biz broad- -Shodcrcd ioyal engineer whose
face Is known 10 almost every professional man
moving much In club LIE in Ncw-lork City Mr..
Ir1lsh is man ot many occupations, and s. perhaps.
one ~ The busiest men in the busiest metropolis
Of the world. He is nevertheless. aid to be fond Of
the good thing, Of the table and l. rcpuicd 10 be
~ nfblc judge of Ea>tmnoml'N as "'orgc
Augustus hala himself H. 4, chief usinecr OF The
llaekcnslck Water Company. which supple liobohcn
and Northern New Jersey and also occupies II" sane
position for lthc iIobokcn Land and improve
mandcd Of him in this capacity: he ~,
the Office Of consulting engineer To. the karsai tity M
watcrworls and the West Point watcIworkS. besides
being profess of engineering - the lniterl'y 81 the
city Of Ncw lori Mr. rru,h hi, al'0 been ap-
associate
.upcrintcnd the construction Of the great bridge
to be built the liud.on River between Newton"
aud New Jersey. - ,,.,,,,
A. the afternoon session to day. President william
T. ~hun delivered his annual address, Thch con
famed many interesting facts relative to the progress
# engineering sccnc, IN the lat year Anon;
the new bridges now luilllrc or projected
ne mentioned the jefferson bridge. the bridge
to connect Pt;sburs and urno', Island the Mem.
phl, bridge across the Mississippi, thr tower bridge
which + 10 cross the r'am"> I'm London. below the
flmou, London bridge. the Norh River bridge. when
nromi-rS 10 rcstor Ia America the honor ot having
hn longest bridge I'm the world the DcawaIr bridge.
uniting Philadelphia and Hamilton aud the chmenc1l
bridge across the English Channel. some statistics
we're given In to the number of railroad ac,i
dents and the Increase In the rolling stock OF the
Charles B. Brush read paper on obtaining brine
IN thn vicinity Ot syracuse. ~ l. Inc r.
mains Of the oldest and largest salt works IN ths
country are at syracuse. ana recent lnNe>t tlEdtlo'
hav" dcvrlopcd the fact thar rock salt beds exist
oInnt eighty miles east Of Warsaw ana twenty nrcs
south Of syrac,-c fhis promises {" revive TIE SAT-
bu slncS- IL that region. .,., a,.,
NJ tbo problem what position train Of concentrated
l,ds nnst have I'm order 10 cause the STcatf@ Stress
i'm any given part OF bridge. tril>e or glru'r 49,,
Robert I. ThurstOn read paper on p pl'"trhI
,pcthnd ~ reducing the internal wastes oi The steam
engine and j. Leland Fitzgerald compared the rlt
far,nt watcrsupply systems of the world from "a
nnnhcial point Of view. ,,, ,,i, and sn,,ch
motiur Al the banquet an Interesting departure
vas made I'm the arrangement II the programme lhc
tn,sts Instead of coming with the dessert wcrc III
tor rSners.d between the courses. The char was nc
cupisd by President William T.. shlnn ana the toast
li.t wac a comic cycltpacdia of engineering.