The Helena independent., 1894-12-10
STATE ENGINEERS.
State Association Of Civil Engineers OF Mon.
tana Convene in Regular Monthly
Session,
MATTERS Of INTEREST DISCUSSED.
Association Proposes to Present Several
Matters tor the Consideration Of the
Legislature.
MATTERS OF INTEREST DISCUSSED

The regular monthly meeting OF the
Montana Society Of civil Engineers was
held Dec S. at 1880 p. m. AT the office
OF Sixer q Keerl There were present
Members Haven Keerl, Heron. Il. J.
Smith. WiolScs. Wheeler, Grlnlth, Relf.
Cumming and Hovey. and one visitor.
President Haven In the chair. a, c.
Relt was appointed secretary OF the
meeting.
The minutes OF the last meeting hav-
Ing been printed in The Independent.
and a copy sent TO each member. We're
approved without being again read,
Applications for admission as members
were read from the following named
persons, viz e. Nj. Thorpe. city en-
s.neer. OF Bozeman; f. w. Blackford,
tity engineer. OF Butte; Paul 5. a.
kickel, county surveyOr-elect of Lewis
and Clarke county, Helena; A. A. Nor
ris, county suryeyor-elect OF Yellow
stone county, Billings. c. A. Dewar.
civil engineer, Billings; and James
owen, metallurgist, mining engineer,
Butte.
Ballots were taken and the following
named persons were declared unani-
mously elected as members of the So
clety: Eugene Carroll, chief engineer
ana superintendent OF the Butte city
water works. Butte. James Henry
Henley, director OF the American De-
Veloping and Mining company, Helena;
Malcolm NJ. Macdonald United States
deputy mineral surveyor Butte; Walter
w. Pennington, surveyor, Butte; Rob-
ert a. Macarthur. engineer OF mines.
Butte.
BY consent OF the meeting the order Of
proceedings was changed and the presi-
dent made an explanation OF the cir
cumstances by which. during the last
two months, he has attended TO the
duties of secretary, Mr.. Foss being alb
sent in Arizona, and no acting secretary
having been appointed. The meeting
approved OF the presidents action. A
letter from James McFarlane. member
of the Montana Society or Engineers
was read. suggesting that the society
discuss and take action upon some
practical matters, such as the free and
unlimited coinage of silver; also let
ter from Roy Stone, special agent of the
road engineering" department of agri-
culture. Washington, d. c.. Offering his
aid in any efforts of our society in the
nature OF good roads. and stating that
nearly all the state legislature would
The president stated that Prof. A. NJ.
Ryon, having been in New York for
three weeks, was unable to present to
the meeting his corrected and printed
report on the water movement AS
soon as 1t is received IL will be sent to
the members, and IL will come up for
final action at the annual meeting.
w. A. Haven then read the proposed
amendments to the by laws, and ex-
planned why IL would be desirable To
adopt them. Therefore ii was voted
that they be printed and sent TO the
members for ballot to be counted at
the annual meeting.
The committee on annual meeting re-
ported progress. The committee on
county surveyor and road laws not
being ready TO report, their chairman,
f. II, McNelll, sent a letter and the
draft of the amendments TO the pres
ent statutes Of Montana, which were
partially agreed upon by them. This
communication was read by the secre-
tray. and the subject was discussed i'm
"A lively manner for an hour by all
the members present, and II was then
voted that when the full report of the
committee is received by the president,
he is authorized to have $50 copies OF
IL printed, and a copy sent 10 each
member, with request that they sub
nit. in writing. as early as practicable.
their opinions, and such suggestions
and alterations as may seem to them
advisable, and that the suggestions be
transmitted without delay to the COM
mittee, who are instructed to prepare a
revised bill for presentation TO the leg
islature, after final action thereon by
the society at the annual meeting.
The meeting adjourned at 1915 p. m.