Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-10
The Society Will Meet in Butte
Tomorrow Night.
WILL BE DISCUSSED
F. W. Blackf0rd Will Read a Paper
S~oclety's Headquarters to &c
Removed to Butte.

The Montana Society of Engineers Will
meet in the art room of the public Ii
brary building Saturday evening. This
will be the first meeting of the society
in Butte. Heretofore meetings have been
held monthly in Helena, but the society
has decided to get a little nearer the
center OF D0ulation and in the future
will meet alternately in Butte and Hell
Eugene Carroll of this city. is president
of the society. Mr.. Carroll informed an
ena.
Inter-Mountain reporter this morning
that while the past veal had been a pros
porous one for the society it is proposed
to stimulate interest in it and endeavor, If
possible, to get all the engineers in the
state on it's membership roll. 1t now has
about 120 members, but as there are fully
800 engineers who make their h%eadquar-
tiers in Butte, and fully as many more in
the state outside of Butte, Mr.. Carroll
is of the opinion hat it's growth during
the next year should be healthy. With
reference to membership the by laws pro-
vide:
The membership of the society shall
include all persons who are or have been
engaged in the profession of civil, mill
tary, mining or mechanical engineering,
architects and those who by occupation
are connected with engineering works or
are Interested in the advancement of sci
ence.
The membership Of the society shall
consist of members, honorary members
and associates.
candidates for admission to the So
ciety as members must have been en-
gagged for at least five years in some
branch of engineering or architecture, or
have been graduated as engineers or a.
manager of a railroad, canal or other
public work.; a geologist, chemist or
mathematician: a manager of a mine or
m~etallurglca- " orks; or one who from his
scientific requirements or practical ex-
perience, has obtained eminence in his
special pursuit, qualifying him to Coop
crate with engineers in the advancement
of professional knowledge, but may not
himself be practicing as an engineer"
1t Saturday evenings meeting the pre-
llminary steps will be taken looking to
the transferrence of the society's head
quarters from Helena to Butte, which,
with the first of next veal will be made
permanent. After the business session
eX-City Engineer F. w. Blackford will
read a paper on street paving and roa
construction, a topic that is highly apro-
pos just at this time, inasmuch as the
city authorities contemplate much street
improvement in the near future. This
will be followed by a general discussion
Of the topic by many of the leading engi-
neers of the city. Mr.. Carroll states that
anyone interested in the topic to be dis
cussed Saturday night will be welcome
to attend. Ordinarily the society makes
a practice of inviting those who are in
terested in scientific matters. The meet
ing promises to be very generally at
tended.
The Montana society is a member of the
Association Of Engineer societies, COM
prislng the organizations of Boston, New
York, Philadelphia, state Of Virginia,
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit, st. Louis,
st. Paul, Minneapolis, Denver and San
Francisco. The papers read before these
various societies, on the membership rolls
of which are some of the most eminent
engineers in the United States, are pub-
llshed IN a monthly periodical for the
benefit Of all the members, by which
manner a large number of men in the
profession are enabled to keep in touch
with modern methods Of engineering.
1t is thought the removal of the head
quarters of the society to Suite will have
a good effect and give it an Upward i'm
petus. Mr.. Carroll states that an effort
will be made to make all future meetings
of more than passing interest.