Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-10-10
MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENT
Fifth Annual Convention of American So
oiety to Be Held Here.
Program of Exercises about Complete
ed-IfnPcrs of Local Interest
to Re Read.

The program of the fifth annual conven-
ton of the American Society of Municipal
improvements. to be held, as heretofore
stated in The Star. in this city, October 20,
- and %. has been about completed, and
number Of most important papers will be
read. The convention will be held in the
banquet room of the Arlington Hotel, and
two or three hundred delegates are expect
ed representing about every city in this
country and Canada. and will be welcomed
in an address to be delivered by District
Commissioner Jno. Dwight. Capt. Lansing
II. Beach. the Engineer Commissioner of
the District. is a member of the society.
and vii! read paper upon the utilization
of Sewage of Vienna" The paper is
translation by Capt. Beach of the report
upon the subject by the commission ap-
pointed by the Austrian government to
make thorough study of the question, and
will include comments thereon by Capt.
Beach.
OF Local Interest.
Among other papers of local interest are
the following: Tree Planting in the Streets
of Washington" and "A Street Extension
Plan for the Entire District of Columbia"
both by Mr.. VIM. p Richards, District
surveyor and assistant engineer, and Pro
posed Sewage Disposal for Washington, D.
c." by Mr.. D. f. McComb. District super
intendent of sewers These papers will
probably ne read on the opening day of
the convention. Wednesday. October 26, and
on that day will be named the committee
on officers for the ensuing year and on the
choice of the city for the next annual meet
ing of the convention.
The delegates Will the next morning de-
vote their time to visits to the public build
ings and that afternoon al 2 o'clock the re-
port of the committee on street paving will
be read by Nelson P. Lewis. civil engineer.
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reference to the construction of surface
railroad tracks in public streets. with rail
sections. foundations and other details.
Subjects Treated.
The following papers are also expected to
be read on the second days meeting of the
convention: THE Selection of Paving Ma
terial,' by George w Tillson, civil engi-
neer. of Brooklyn; The Proper Regulating
of CURLING and Streets" by Horace An
drews. city engineer of Albany, N Y;
The Cost of Repairs to Asphalt Pavements
in Buffalo by f. B. Guthrie. late chief en-
gineer of the board of public works of Buff
falO. and at the present time engineer to
the grade crossing commission. The Selec-
ton of officers. the selection of the loca ton
of the next convention and other comnittee
reports will conclude the days proceedings.
The succeeding day Mr.. Harold p Brown.
electrical engineer of New York. will read
a paper upon "Electrolysis Tests at Day
ton. Ohio" and the city electrician of Dav-
export, Iowa. will read paper upon "Elec-
trOlysis in Davenport. Iowa" The commit
tee municipal data. of which Mr.. Charles
c. Brown. civil engineer. is chairman. will
submit report of special interest in which
will be set out special forms of reports for
cities, so that definite information may
more readily be obtained from these re-
ports. These reports it is expected will be
recommended to the proper authorities as
a basis for the statistical tables on munich
pal work of the next census. George H.
Bezenberg. civil engineer of Milwaukee,
will submit the report of this committee.
The adjournment of the convention, 1t is
expected. will be followed by an excursion
down the river to Mount Vernon, to be ten
dered by the District Commissioners
The officers of the society are: President,
Harrison Van Duyne, civil engineer of
Newark. n. j.; vice president. L. w. Rund-
lett of St. Paul: second vice president. E.
ii. Heating of Toronto; third vice president.
a. d. Thompson, civil engineer of Peoria
secretary, D. L. Fulton of Allegheny City;
treasurer, ]. L. Kennedy of Nashville,
Tenn:
Standing Committees.
The standing committees of the society
are as follows:
Finance-F. ]. OBrien of Oswego, H. ].
Stanley of Cincinnati. E. W. Boynton of
Davenport, Iowa.
Executive-M. ]. Murphy of St Louis,
bcOlSt H. benttlDefS OF milwaukee,, ana
August Hermann of Cincinnati.
Street paving-N. P. Lewis, Brooklyn;
Edward b. Guthrie Buffalo; George N.
Amos. Grand Rapids. Mich.
Electric street lighting-F. w. Capped
len. Minneapolis: David Hunter, Allegheny,
and Robert Ballard of Syracuse.
Sewerage and sanitatiOn-Captain Lam
sing H. Beach, Washington; DIR. ]. NJ.
Withrow, Cincinnati; J. H. Pearson Louis
Vile.
Water works and water supply-M L.
Holman, st. Louis: NJ. r. Sherrard. New
ark. n. j.; Willis p Tharp, Cincinnati.
Taxation and Observation-Disclosures Herr
mann, Cincinnati; r. E. Horner, Parkers-
burg, W. Va; George E. Mosher, Chilli
Gothic Ohio.
City government and street cleaning
L. f. Farnham, Camden, n. j.; Charles
o. Brightman, New Bedford, Mass. Thos.
Mcmillan. Rochester. n. Y.
Disposition of garbage and street clean
ing-Dr. J. l.. Hess, Cleveland; DR.. Arthur
r. Reynolds. Chicago; o. +. Davidson,
Dayton Ohio.
Municipal franchises-Andrew Rosewater,
Omaha; Bernard Saunders, Toronto; Philip
c. Justin. st. Paul.
ReVieW-George II. Benzenberg Milwau-
kee: Thomas II. Kennedy, Covington Ky;
NJ. A. Downing, Indianapolis.
Municipal data-Charles Carroll Brown,
Bloomington. ILL.,; Captain Lansing II.
Beach, Washington; a. d. Thompson, Peo-
ria, ILL.,
Coating of cast iron and steel-riveted
pipes-L. w. Rundlett, St. Paul; f. E. Bar
row, Hamilton, Ontario; f. NJ. Lille,
Youngstown, Ohio.
EIectrolysis-Harold P. Brown Brooklyn:
]. A. Cabot. Cincinnati; Z. w. Boynton
Davenport, Iowa.
One Fare to knights Templar Con-
d.,