The Saint Paul globe., 1902-01-14
TRANSIT MEN dine
CIVIL ENGINEERS SOCIETY on SC
PAUL HOLDS ANNUAL
MEETING
MUNSTER CHOSEN PRESIDENT
All Other Officers Were Reelected.
and the Reports Show the Or
ganizatiOn to Be in
Good Shape.

The Civil Engineers Society Of St. Paul
last night held it's annual business meet
Ing in the parlors of the Windsor hotel
after which the men of the transit. Iatf-
tudes and departures, adjourned to the
dining hall Of the hotel, where covers
We're laid for a banquet
The business session consisted oP Iister-
ing to and approving reports of the Off
GERS for the past year, all of which show
ed the society to be in fourishing CON
dltlon, both financially and numerically
Ihe election Of officers resulted in only
two new names to the list, A w. Mum
ster was chosen to succeed A. o. Powell
as president, and-A. r. Starkey fills the
vacancy in the office Of vice president,
caused by the election of Mr.. Munster.
The other officers remain the same as
last year, as follows: G. 8. Edmondstone.
secretary; A. H. Hogeland treasurer: q.
A Winslow, librarian; George L. Wilson.
representa- tive at the board of managers
OF the National Association of Engineer
ing Societies.
Mr.. Starkey presided as toastmaster at
the banquet in the absence Of L. w.
Rundlett. When the covers were removed
the toasts were responded to-.
d. d. WOodman, The St. Paul Civil
Engineers Society,"" Mr.. Woodman dweic
upon the advantages the members Of the
this character. He contended that be-
sides the social side Of the question, there
was the transfer of each ones expert
ence along different lines, which could
not help but be beneficial to all. In clos
ing he dwelt upon the integrity Of the
profession as a whole, and said that it
was an honor to be enrolled among It's
members.
The Minneapolis Engineers club was
represented at the banquet by Prof
Hoag, Of the state university and City
Engineer Sublette, both OF whom re-
sponded to the toast THE Engineers
Club Of Minneapolis" Prof. Hoag told
of the present status of the club in Min
neapolis, Of which he is president, and
urged upon all the great necessity Of the
profession keeping in touch with each
other by constant gatherings. Mr.. Sub
lette reviewed the history Of the Min
neapoliS club from its beginning in 1888
until the present time.
The subject assigned to Commissioner
Of Public Works CIaussen was ELECTRO
lysts." Mr.. Claussen said that the sub
ject was one that was occupying the
attention Of all the large cities at the
present time. He spoke of it as a dis
ease which affected water pipes and all
other kinds of metallic conductors, lit
orally eating them up He said in part:
Zone would naturally think that in eat
ms up IIIG pipes CltClIOIySlS WOulQ dC-
cOmplish its own destruction, but the
contrary is the case 1t will eat all the
pipes that are laid in the ground and
eat them just as fast as they are laid
The only remedy is to keep electricity
and water pipes apart, and this can be
accomplished only by a complete metal
lie current Independent of the ground"
G. S. Edm0ndstone told Of the trials
and tribulations that fall to the lot Of
the civil engineer and was followed by
A. w. Munster, who reviewed the his
tory Of bridge building. Mr.. Munster
contended that with all the progress Of
details there are still but four types Of
bridges, and all of them are DID,.
George L. Wilson, assistant city eng1-
neer, closed the evening responding to
Municipal Engineering. Mr.. Wilson
said the greater the city grew the great
er the problems in engineering, and that
each step in the advancement of the
city put the completion of engineering
work that much farther away.