Evening star., 1898-10-21
FIFTH ANNUAL CONVENTION
American Society of Municipal Improve
ments to Meet Here
The Program for Each Day of the
Y"
Session-Lists of Officers
and Committees.


ton of the American Society of Municipal
city in the banquet room of the Arlington
Hotel, tine 26th, 9th and 2sth instants, has
been completed, and is as follows:
First Day.
Nine a,m.-meeting of the executive COM
mittee, the Arlington; meeting of the
finance committee the Arlington. 9 am.
to 10 a.m.-Delegates will report at the
banquet hall, Arlington, for badges, Gre
dentiais, etc. 10:15 a.m.-ODening of con-
vention. banquet hall, the Arlington; ad-
dress of welcome on behalf of city of
Washington, John B. Wight, president
board of Commissioners; response by the
president; roll call. reading of minutes Of
last meeting, consideration Of applications
for membership, presidents annual ad-
dress, report of secretary, report of treas
urer. report of finance committee, report of
executive committee; report of committee
on electric street lighting, F. w. Cappelen,
city engineer, Minneapolis, chairman
Afternoon session, 2 o'clock-Committee
On sewerage and sanitation, Report Upon
Utilization of Sewage of Vienna, Austria"
Cranslation), by the chairman of the COM
mittee, Capt. Lansing H. Beach, Engineer
Commissioner. Washington, D. c.; The
Sewerage Of Baltimore" Kenneth Allen,
principal assistant engineer sewerage COM
mission Baltimore, Md; Proposed Sewage
D. E. McComb, superintendent of sewers,
Washington. D. c.; discussion and miscel-
laneous papers on above subjects.
Evening session, o'olock-Report of COM
mittee on taxation and assessment, August
Hermann, president board Of admfnistra-
ton. Cincinnati, Ofio, chairman: water
works and water supply, M. L. Holman.
St. Louis, No. chairman: selection of COM
suing year; selection of committee on next
place of meeting; volunteer papers
Second Day.
Morning given to visiting public build
ings including the Capitol, new library ard
Smithsonian Institution.
Afternoon session, 2 o eclock-Report Of the
committee on street paving. by the chair
man, N. P. Lewis, engineer of highways,
Brooklyn; subject, The Construction Of
Surface Railroad Tracks in Paved Streets"
THE Cost of Repairs to Asphalt Pave
ments in Buffalo," Edward B. Guthrie,
lately chief engineer beard of public works,
Buffalo; Street Curbing," Horace An
drews, city engineer Albany, N. Y; "A
Street Extension Plan for the Entire Dis
trict of Columbia" William p. Richards,
assistant engi 1eer, Washington, DC; Rel
ative Values Of Paving Material Geo. w.
Tillson, c. E., Bro oklyn Tree Planting in
the Streets of Washington" William P.
Richards. assistant engineer. Washington,
D. c.; disposition of Garbarge and Street
Cleaning" DR.. ]. L. Hess, Cleveland, Ohio,
chairman.
Evening session, 8 p.m.-City government
and legislation L. e. Farnham, city en-
gineer. Camden, Nj, chairman; election
of officers; selection of next place of meet
ing; municipal data, Charles Carroll Brown,
city engineer, Bloomington, Ill, chairman.
Third Day.
Heet at 8 am.-Municipai franchises, An
drew Rosewater city engineer, Omaha,
Neb., chairman: coating of cast iron and
steel-riveted pipes, l.. W. Rundlett city en-
gineer, st. Paul, Mimi, chairman; electroly-
sis, paper on "Electrolysis Tests at
Dayton Ohio Harold P. Brown, electrical
engineer New York, n. Y, chairman; some
data on the subject of electrolysis in the
city of Davenport, Iowa. E. W. Boynton,
commissioner public works. Davenport,
Iowa; review, George H. Benzenberg city
engineer and president board of works,
Milwaukee, Wis.
Afternoon session-The society in charge
of the local committee at Washington will
enjoy an excursion on the Potomac river
rendered by the Commissioners and citi-
Zens of the District of Columbia to Mount
Vernon and Marshall Hall. and will finally
adjourn at the pleasure of this committee.
Arrangements will also be made for the
members in a body to call upon President
Mckinley and be presented to him at such
time as will suit his convenience
The List of Officers.
The officers of the society are: Harrison
Van Duyne, president, Newark N. j.: l..
w. Rundlett, first vice president, St Paul,
Mimi; E. H. Heating, second vice presi-
dent, Toronto, Canada; A. D. Thompson,
third vice president. Peoria, ILL.,; D. L. Full
ton, secretary. Allegheny. Pa; John L.
Kennedy, treasurer, Nashville, Tenn.
Finance committee-F. J. OBrien, Os-
Wego, N: Y: H. ]. Stanley. Cincinnati,
Ohio; E. w. Boynton, Davenport, Iowa
Executive committee-The officers of the
society, together with the past presidents,
constitute the executive committee.
The past presidents are as follows: NJ. ].
Murphy, st. Louis. Mo-; Geo. H Benzen-
berg, Milwaukee, Wis; August Hermann,
Cincinnati. Ohio.
standing Committee.
Street paving-Nelson P. Lewis, Brooklyn.
N. Y; Edward B. Guthrie. Buffalo, N. Y;
Geo. N. Ames, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Electric street lighting-F. w. Cappelen,
Minneapolis. Mimi; David Hunter, jr.. AL
legheny, Pa; Robert Ballard, Syracuse,
Ny.
Sewerage and santaton-Capt Lansing
H. Beach, Washington, D. c.; Dr. ]. M.
withrow, Cincinnati, Ohio; ]. H. Pearson.
Louisville, KY.
Waterworks and water supply-M. L. Hol-
man, St. Louis Mo-; NJ. r. Sherrerd. New
ark, N. j.; Willis P. Tharp, Cincinnati,
Ohio.
Taxation and assessment-August Herr
mann, Cincinnati, Ohio; r. E. Horner Par
kersburg w. Va; George E. Mosher, Chill
hcothe. Ohio.
City government and legislation--I.. E.
Farnham, Camden, N. j.: Chas. o. Bright
man, New Bedford. Mass; Thos. Mcmillan,
Rochester. N. Y.
Disposition of garbage and street clean
ing-Dr. ]. L. Hess, Cleveland, Ohio; DR..
Arthur r. Reynolds. Chicago, ILL.,; o. e.
Davidson, Dayton, Ohio.
Municipal franchises-Andrew Rosewater.
Omaha, Neb; Bernard Saunders, Toronto.
Canada Phillip c. Justus, St. Paul MINI.
Review-Geo. H. Benzenberg, Milwaukee.
Wis; Thos. H. Kennedy. Covington, KY;
NJ A. Downing. Indianapolis Ind.
Special Committees.
Municipal data-Charles Carroll Brown,
Bloomington, ILL.,; Capt. Lansing H. Beach,
Washington, D. C.; 4. D. Thompson. Pc
oria, Ill.
Coating of cast iron and steel riveted
pipes-L. w. Rundlett, St. Paul, Mimi; E.
E. Barrow, Hamilton, Ont; F. M. Lille,
Youngstown, Ohio?