New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-21
THIRD FLOOR
NINETEENTH ST. & SIXTH AVE.
THE CIVIL ENGINEERS NEW HONE.
A RECEPTION TO BE GIVEN WHEN THE
SOCIETY TAKES POSSESSION ON
WEDNESDAY

The American Society Of Civil Engineers. the old
est technical engineering association In America,
will take formal possession OF its home. No. 30
East Fifty-seyenth-st., on Wednesday. The eXer-
cises will consist OF afternoon meeting In the
auditorium OF the new house. at which addresses
will be made by Benjamin NJ. Harrod Of New
Orleans, president OF the society: Bishop Potter.
General George s Green Colonel julius w. Adams.
General William T. Craighill. President Schur-
mann and Joseph H. Choate The exercises in the
evening will be more in the nature OF house
warming. There will be music and refreshments
and committee OF the association VIII escort VS.
i,ors through the new building, of which the mem
bers are Justly proud.
The land upon which the new building stands
was purchased several years ago. and work began
in the fall OF 1896. The cost OF the new structure
was about 100000 amount which the society
thought itself justified in spending. as its assets
are about s25OoOo. and 1t has gross income OF
over $40 900 year The building stands opposite
the Fine Arts Building. and covers plot OF 5oxlOO
feet II IS built Indiana limestone. after plans
nv c. L. w Eidlitz. On the first floor are the re-
ception and coat rooms. and the business onices
and a large meeting room. The readng-room ana
auditorium are on the second floor and the modei
room and museum together with the of'ces TOT the
clerks take UP the third floor. stockroom. with
a capacity for over 100000 volumes. takes up the
whole of the fourth floor and the means for trans
porting books from there 10 the readlng'room De-
low are similar 10 those in use IN the new con-
pressional Library at Washington. In the basement
.re the ianitor's quarters and large storage and
publication rooms The latter are necessary as
the various books records and reports issued by the
association are all made up and edited In the build
ing. 49,. -. .,A
T,hs napers presented TO the society. OF which
over eight hundred have been published nave COW
ered every branch Of engineering. general ana spe-
c,ac and they are Of value not only TO the menu
hers but 10 the public and are frequently drawn
upon by the press. .
The officers OF the society are benjamin NJ
uarrod. PRESIDENT William r. Hutton Alex *,
ander Peterson. Colonel George ~ M n.Is
and John F. Wallace vice pres dents; Charies
, Wnrre It's Board OF Direction is composed
~ The following engineers a. Mordecsl asslSL ,,
chief engineer. Erie Railroad Ne ,,s Oaar
III rios Sooysmth NewYork cor sultitls ensineer
Cnorne II Benzenberg. city Engineer MIiwauhse'
wis: George II. Browne mahulacuu.i,e, nrtnae2
penn Robert Cartwright consui,ihE ens ineer
Rochester N Y; Fayette . CuTts: cnei pSiirnad
NNow.York New Haven and Hartford Kailroau'
Haven Conn: George A. Just. consulting en-, !.
Mnm New-York; William Barclay Parsons cIlei
snsineer Rapid Transit Commission; Horace So Ie
unss,ai architect New-York; john H. freeInna1. ~
ddranic engineer Providence: r. L.; Daniei boi ns
a nhief Engineer Kansas city Railroad company.
Taneas CITY Mo; Thomas w. Smons' siaJoI -, 70
~ E,nSinecrs u. S. A.. Buffalo. N T.; Ru1oiPh
UsrnR hydraulic and sanitary ens ineeir., o,e am
Iern mes owen municipal and consulting en-.
innsr Newark ~ j.; Henry G. Morse, presldsnt
~ the Harlan Holingsworth Shpo1ilolhhs I OH
OF une Wilmington Del. Benjamin l.. crosby; resi-
dent eme railroad St Louis. Mo-. Henry s. flames
.sr,ata Railroad Commission, Atlanta ia; 10
ln.sl NJ Johnson, general manager Mexican inter-
re at,on al RAILWAY Company. Eagle Pass. Tex.