The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-11
CITY CIVIL ENGINEERS
WILL ATTEND MEETING OF MUNICH.
PAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY.
National Convention VIII BE Held i'm
indianapolis ON Oct. 20, II and
22-The Programme.

scores OF city CIVIL engineers from all over
the country will assemble in Indianapolis
next week TO attend the annual meeting
of the American Society of Municipal I'm
provements, at the Commercial Club. Oct.
70. Il and 2. George Merritt will represent
the Indianapolis Board of Park Commits
SionerS at the meeting
The programme of the first session in
cludes the address by the mayor. The con-
Nentlon headquarters Will be at the English
Hotel. The evening of the first day of the
convention, Tuesday, a banquet will be given
the delegates at the Commercial Club.
Wednesday afternoon the delegates will be
taken on drive through the city. The
programme for the afternoon includes, also,
a "trip up the soldiers and sailors monu-
ment The programme of the convention
session Tuesday night will be devoted eX-
clusively to papers by Indianapolis men,
Among these papers will be one by Park
Commissioner Merritt on the Park System
of the City" Reception and entertainment
committees from the Council and the Com
mercial Club will look after the comfort OF
the delegates. The following is the COM
plete programme of the meeting:
Tuesday, Oct. 90
10 a. m.-Meeting of the executive COM
mittee at convention headquarters, English
Hotel.
10 a. m. to 12 m.-DeIegates will report
at the headquarters, English Hotel, for
registration, badges, credentials, etc.
Afternoon Session.
2p. MAT the assembly room &C the Com
mercial Club building. Address of welcome
on behalf of the city of Indianapolis by his
Honor. the mayor. Response by the vice
president. G. M. Ballard. of Newark. y. j..
Reports of officers and committees. Report
OF committee on municipal data and sta
tistics, by Charles Carroll Brown, chair
man Municipal American Society of Civil
Engineers. indianapolis. Ind. Report OF the
committee on municipal franchises. by Will
liam 5. Crandall, chairman, editor Munich
nal x1.l
Paper on the same subject by William s.
Crandall. The evening will be occupied by
a banquet at the Commercial Club.
Wednesday, Oct. IL
$50 a. m-Report of committee on taxa
ton and assessment, by George NJ. Ballard,
tion." by George NJ. Ballard. Report of
committee on disposal of garbage aud street
cleaning. by John Jones. chairman. street
commissioner. Toronto, Canada. Toronto
ronto Canada. Report of committee on
sewerage and sanitation, by A. Prescott
Folwel chairman, consulting engineer,
| Easton. Pa. 'PerviousneSs of Sewers" A
| Prescott FolwelI. Easton. Pa. To be fol-
| lowed by a general discussion upon sewer
| age matters. Election Of officers and selec-
| ton of next place of meeting.
Afternoon Session.
The afternoon will be occupied by drive
TO view points OF interest In indianapolis
! to be preceded by trip up the Indiana
soldiers and sailors monument The even
| ing will be devoted to papers descriptive OF
! tenn of the City" by J. b. Nelson, city engi
neer 1.-THE Sewer System" by Charles G
| Brown, former city engineer. 1.-THE Water
System" by T. A. w Davis, general mana.
ger indianapolis Water Company. 1.-THE
/ Central Heating Plants" by w. X. Ed
ridge, c. T.. Park System of the City,, by
/ George Merritt, park commissioner. DE
scription OF the Street Railway System, In
| Guiding the Interurban Terminal System,
! by Thomas Is. McMath. engineer Indian
| apolis Traction and Terminal Company.
Thursday. Oct. o.
$50 a. NAT Commercial Club building
| Report of committee on electric street light.
/ ing, by e. a Fisher. chairman, city engi
neer, Rochester, n. Y. Paper by w. II
Hillman. of the General Electric Company
on Electric Matters" Paper by Austin f
troit. on Electrical Matters" Report OF
committee on water works and water sup
| ply, by Morris X. Sherrard. chairman, chie1
| engineer water works. Newark y. j. Con
struction of Reinforced Sixty-inch Concrete
| COnduits, by Morris X. Sherrard.
Afternoon Session.
| 2:30.-Report of COMMITTEE on review, by
| Prof. A n. Talbot, chairman, Champaign
| Ill. Report of committee on street lighting
| N. Lewis. chairman, chief engineer
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
New York city. Maintenance OF Asphalt
! Pavement in Rochester, n. " w. J. Stew
| art, nrst assistant cnle1 engineer, RocheS
ter. 1.-THE Problem of Cobblestones." Georg,
w. Tillson. chief engineer of the Bureau Of
! Highways, Brooklyn. Problem OF the
| Cedar Block" John Ericsson, chief engineer
| of Chicago. Recent Practice in Rectangu
| lar Wooden Block Pavements in New Yorl
City," +. A. hummer, New York. "Singl,
Course Brick Pavement" Fred Giddings
city engineer, Atchison, Kan.
Evening Session.
Report of committee on city government
| cSIa I'm of tha era mr.
| Rapids (Mich.) Board of Public Works
| CONSTRUCTION of Warren's Bituminou
| Macadam Pavement" @. A. Kenyon, of In
| dianapolis. Reports of committee parl
developement and maintenance. G. A. Par
ker, chairman. superintendent Keney Park
| Hartford, Conn.