The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-10
INDIANA ENGINEERS WILL
HOLD ANNUAL MEETING
Matters of Great Importance to
municipalities Will Be I'm
der Discussion.
PROGRAMME OUTLINED

The twenty-fourth annual convention OF
the Indiana Engineering Society will be
held at the Commercial Club Jan. ii. 10 and
16. Programmes of the convention were
issued yesterday by Charles c. Brown, sec
rotary of the society. and judging from the
list Of those who will read papers before
the convention il will be of the most
interesting the society has ever held. All
papers will be limited to fifteen minutes
in order that those attending the conven-
ton may have ample time in which to
thoroughly discuss them. The papers will
be printed in full in the proceedings Of the
convention which will be published in book
form and sent to the members of the
ciety. Headquarters will be at the Hotel
English.
On Thursday morning the delegates will
register at the office of the secretary of
the Commercial Club and meeting of the
board Of trustees will be held at II o'clock.
The formal opening of the convention will
be Thursday afternoon, when the reports
Of the officers will be read and the annual
address of the president delivered Several
papers will be read and committees will re-
port. New committees will be appointed.
Assistant City Engineer Walter Buehler
will read a paper on THE Indianapolis
Municipal Testing Laboratory and a paper
on Computing Machines" explaining the
making and uses of the machines, will be
read by Prof. c. B. Veal, of Purdue Uni
versity. At the meeting Thursday night
the subject of Bridge Masonry will be
thoroughly discussed and the report of the
committee on Electrical Engineering will
be made.
With the election of officers and the Sc
lection of the meeting place next year the
convention will open Friday morning.
Steam Heating from Central Station" is
the subject of paper to be read by Fred
b. Hont, OF this city. Many of the smaller
cities Of the State are installing heating
plants and the papers will be a valuable
one 10 engineers from these places. The
smoke nuisance will be thoroughly dis
cussed in a paper to be read by r. p. King
of indianapolis. One of the most inter
esting papers TO be read before the con-
vention is by Prof. w. F. NJ. Goss, of Pur-
due University. plans for Testing Lo-
comotives at the Louisiana Purchase EX-
position" Professor Goss is one of the
highest authorities in the country on loco
motives. Several other interesting papers
! will be read.
In the afternoon the committee on
stream pollution" will make it's report. 1t
is believed the committee will report on
some plan whereby the pollution OF the
rivers and creeks of the State can be stopped.
A paper on this subject will be read by NJ.
survey. Special reference will be made to
| the pollution of streams by refuse from the
| strawboard works and how TO purify the
refuse, which has proved so deadly to the
! finny inhabitants of the rivers. will be dis
cussed. A report of the committee on sew
| erage will be made. and paper on 1.-THE
| Sewerage System Of Connersville" will be
read by Karl l.. Hanson, city engineer of
| Connersville.
At the night meeting w. S. Shields. of
| Chicago, will read a paper on Filters
| Versus Contact Beds in Sewage Purifca-
| ton" The talk will be illustrated with
| stereopticOn views. +. f. Chandler, of this
| city, will read a paper on a New Auto
matte Stationary Engine" Views of the
| engine will be shown by the stereOpticon. A
| description of the new centralized power and
heating plant of Purdue University, illus
| trated by stereopticon views, will be made
| by Prof j. ID. Hoffman, Of the university.
| The building of the plant and the manner
in which IT is conducted will be told in full.
| Prof c.. A. Young, of Purdue, will lecture
| on Steam Turbines" StereopticOn views
will be used in the lecture.
| 'Interurban Railways in Small Cities" is
| the subject of a paper to be read by Charles
! l.. Sellers, of Peru, at the closing meeting
of the convention Saturday morning. Rail-
roads, interurban lines and street railways
will also be thoroughly discussed. The con-
vention will adjourn at noon.