New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-20
CIVIL ENGINEERS MEET.
ALPHoNsE FTELEY MADE PRESIDENT
AWARD OF PRIZES FOR PAPERs-THE FRO

.v.eD OF PRIZES FOR PAPERs-THE FRO
cRAMMg FOR TO-DAY AND TOMORROW
The forthwith annual meeting OF the American
s.ie,v Of Civil Engineers. which will be continued
,oday was begun at 10 o'clock yesterday morning
- the auditorium Of the house OF the society.
q, No 200 West Fifty-seventh-st. President Ben
min NJ Harrod. Of New-Orleans. called the meet
,-r n order Treasurer John Thompson's report
lowed that the sum OF $4,000 had been borrowed
,,on the Mutual Life Insurance Company, and
ns, apart from this the society owed over so 900.
Tno value Of the societys house is estimated
havond those figures
=, TIE matter OF the award Of prizes the Normal
adal was given 10 Julius Baier for his paper on
wind Pressures in the ST. Louis Tornado. with
cu,,sl Reference TO the Necessity OF Wind Bracing
~ u,gh buildings" The Thomas Fitch Rowland
,,i,e for the paper entitled Astoria City Water
T,rorks" was awarded 10 Arthur l.. Adams. On
..or,mendation Il decided that no award Of
,bs Collngwood prize for juniors be made. The
o,iou o. Joseph NJ. Knapp TO discontinue the
-sc,ice o. designating the hour Of the day on
-. twenty four-hour rotation system caused some
sIs.uss,on John F. O'Rourke characterized that
-.a-r As ridiculous and urged ITS discontinuance
t1s sad the society was using a time rotation
b,ch the community at large looked upon as en-
,.,v foreign 70 the daily time calendar. Foster
r-oueu urged against the adoption Of the motion
-bch was lost On inquiry It was found that the
ocistv had not officially at any time ordered that
~ ,verty-.our- hour rotation system be used In
rs publications.
" " Crchore moved that the society protest
,.,s. the action OF the Department Of Public
pa-ks in employing person outside the engineering
-otesslon FOR the designing OF structural bridge
.-ose tho Harlem River. at Lenox-ave and one
r.-5-edand- forty -ffth-st. The motion was tabled
To following officers elected for the current
year.
r-.so.nt TO serve year. AIPHoNsE FTELbf' OF
THIS city - . >.o,,,r,
>, ~. CITY District No !. and FREDERIC p
sTEARYs. o, Boston. Distrc; No. 8
rr.asurer 20 serve year. JOHN THOMPSON OF TINS
c,tv p.s.ric, No !.
-,,o-, TO se-ve three years S. l. P. DBYo. OF this
civ District No. l; JOHN KENNEDY, OF Montreal
Cs,ssa r.st-ct No. 2 HENRY MANlEY. OF Bos-
tor Dis,rc, No. 3: CHARLES c. SCHNEIDER OF
ps,covd Penn District Nc. :; JOHN J. MVEAN. Of
G7,1 RAPIDS Mich District No 5, and GEORGE
' wISNER % Detroit. District No o.
President F,eley thanked the society for the
honor conferred upon him. and promised 10 do all
&, bis mower during his TO discharge his duties
fs,hfuNy The outgoing president Benjamin M
Banod received vote Of thanks for his able ad-
ninistration OF the affairs Of the society during
his tenure OF Office.
\. % y ~ luncheon was served in the loung
,rr.roor. after which President Fteley. Reginald
raihan Bolton and Professor William II. Burr led
,ba delegates on three excursions 70 the Jerome
Park reservoir. the Bowling Green Building and
other downtown buildings and 10 Columbia Uni
yersty.
To-day will be devoted 10 an excursion by steam
81 70 points Of interest in and around -forK
Harbor AT 1880 q. n. the steamer valley TlrI
Will leave the pier al West Thirty-seventh-st and
vii proceed down the Hudson River. stopping at
various points 10 inspect the work OF the con-
struction Of new piers and bukheads.
of the Battery the engineers will be treated TO
an exhibition OF fire extingushing by the hreoost
New-Yorker. Then the Valley Girl will proceed up
the East River and 20 the Brooklyn Navy 1aro' AT
which a visit will be paid 10 the cruiser BROOKLYN
and the battle-ship Texas. on the invitation o.
Commodore Bunce. After the inspection OF INC
Navy Yard the trip UP the East River VIII De
continued. In the evening the final LANDING WI"
he made al the new recreation pier. at East 4"eh-
ty-fourth-st. where the party will disoand-
At 80 D. II Russell Sturges Will address the
society Oh The New Relations Between Engl-
ueering and Architecture" with lantern sIde II.
iusfraffors A smoker will be given at the close
OF me lecture. ,,s
on Friday a visit will be made to Barren lsianoa
where the plant for the disposal OF garbage anu
Other city refuse will be Inspected o-
The society gave reception pa4. ana suP1o'
last night al rs mouse