The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-18
CONVEN ton OF NOTABLES
The American Society of Civil
Engineers in Their An
nual Session.
Interesting Subjects of Discussion.
Visitors Will Be Royalty
Enter tanned.

The twenty-eighth annual convention OF
the American Society of Civil Engineers
will be held in this City at the Academy
of Sciences, the sessions to begin June %
and continue until July 3. The time will
be occupied in reading and discussion OF
papers by eminent members of the en-
cheering profession on subjects that are
especially interesting to Pacific Coast en-
gineers.
The American Society of Civil Engineers
is the most powerful body of the PROBES
sion in the world, and numbers above 1000
members from every State in the Union.
Only the most eminent of the profession
are admitted to mbership, and to be a
member of the society is an honor eagerly
coveted by every engineer.
For the first time in the history of the
society the annual convention is to be
held west of the Rockies, and the promise
of a large attendance upon this occasion is
very encouraging.
The California Association of Civil En-
gineers has appointed committee, con-
s1sting of G. f. Allardt, Lyman Bridges.
Howard G.. Holmes, E. ]. Molera, Her
mann Kower and Luther Waggoner, to
receive the distinguished visitors and to
arrange series OF receptions and iaunts
during the convention, and the Technical
Society of the Pacific Coast has appointed
a committee consisting OF its president,
George w. Dickey, and Past Presidents
John Roberts and G. E. Grunsky, to CO.
operate in furnishing hospitality and en-
tertainment for the guests.
A committee of the local members of
the society, consisting of George e. Gray,
Colonel George H.; Mendell, w. G. Curtis.
n Ok, u u
Jr., has charge of the general arrange
ments.
Plans for the entertainment of the dele
gates consist of a grand public reception
at the Palace on Monday evening, June
%; and on successive days a trip to the
Notifications around the bay and other
points of interest will be made, and one
day will be spent in an inspection of the
big Spring Valley dam at Crystal Springs
Lake. Stanford University and Lick OBJ
servatory will also be visited, and Mon
terey, Santa Cruz and the Big Trees in
spected.
The papers to be discussed at the con-
vention are all upon subjects peculiarly
interesting to engineers of the coast.
Wrought or Cast Iron from Twenty-eight
to Forty-two Inches in Diameter" will be
read by Isaac w. Smith.
A. d. Foote has prepared paper on GA
Water Power and Compressed Air Trans
mission Plant for the North Star Mining
Company, Grass Valley" which is pro-
fusely illustrated, and other papers on
The Condition of Steel in Bridge Pins"
by A. C. Cunningham" "Improving the
Entrance to a Bar Harbor by a Single
Jetty," by Thomas w. Symons; and 'sThe
Construction of Light Mountain Rail-
road in the Republic of Colon ia," by E.
J. Chibas, will be read and discussed.
Other subjects will also be treated and
generally considered.
The gentlemen comprising the local
committees have determined to leave
nothing undone to render the convention
memorable in the annals of the society.
and are exerting themselves assiduousiy
to that end. The achievements of Califor-
mia engineers in original fields have been
great, and the visitors are to be afforded
ocular demonstrations of some of those
which have worldwide celebrity.