The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-03-31
CIVIL ENGINEERS MEETING
WAS HELD IN NORTH SHEFFTETD
 HALL YESTERDAY.
Business Session in tho NIorning. EoI. lowed by an Interesting Lecture on "Water Supply and sforaccn bv MT. Fitzgerald of Boston.

The spring meeting of the Connectt-
 cut CIVIL Engineers and Surveyors as-
 sociation was held at North Sheffield
 hall yesterday morning. and was very
 well attended by engineers from all
 over the state, about forty being pres- ent. The business of the association | was held at 10:30 o'clock when the com | mittee on water supply made its an- l nual report, showing the condition of the supply in nearly all the larger cit ies of the state. The water supply thIy year, notwithstanding the drought of some time ago, compares favorably with the supply of former years and the general conditions of the water, the
 committee reported, are good. The
 work done by the association during
 the last year was reviewed and the
 report showed that large number of
 reservoirs have been either started or
 finished during the last twelve months The general topic of discussion of the meeting was Water Supply and Stor- age" which proved very interesting one, and one that furnished plenty of debate for the engineers.
 Routine reports were heard of inter- est to the engineers only, and other business was transacted that pertained to the work of the association.
 The business session adjourned about o'clock, when the members dined as the guests of the local members of the association, and at 230 o'clock in room 42 North Sheffield hall, Desmond Fitz- gerald of Boston delivered a most in- teresting lecture bearing on the general subject of the day.
 MT. Fitzgerald is one of the most prominent civil engineers in this sec tion of the country, and his remarks were not only interesting but they were very instructive. A large number of students of the Sheffield Scientific less profited by it.
 MT. Fitzgerald is past-president of the American Society of Civil Engineers and of the New England Water Works association He is also engineer of theS Sudbury department, Metropolitan Wa- ter board. The lecture was illustrated
 
 Mr. Fitzgerald showed pictures of the various water works and aqueducts around Boston and explained the sys- tenn of their construction very minute-@ ly, so that great deal of benefit css'l<.cc be got out of the lecture The leclve spoke of the amount of typhoid i.s1ul121esszS that has been reported in the country of certain water supplies during recent t1,o+ was improper constructions of aque- ducts and the. fact that the dam sys- tenn which outclasses ally others had been ignored. H~s.,-~c
 The use of the waterways in the vii cinity of Boston was dwelt on at length and showed that six inches of rainfall were provided for daily and sometimes there have been eight inches in twenty- four hours and eleven inches in the cen- ter of the storm.
 MT. Fitzgerald showed some excellent work of civil engineering in the shape of gigantic dams near Boston. These dams take from four to five years to build and are composed of layers of diff ferent material five or six inches deep. The lecturer said that the gate houses" that are now being built are most interesting. The water III tne reservoir is controlled by these gates, which is the cheapest and best way known to handle water.
 The Nashua reservoir was shown on he sheet This reservoir in the largest n the world The Nashua reservoir S nine miles long and covers an area )f six square miles. The water will be 37 feet deep and the capacity of the 'eservoir will be 5000, O000O0 gallons.
 Mr. Fitzgerald dwelt on the art of making large system and gave sev- ,ral Illustrations