The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-14
CIVIL ENGINEERS BANQUET
THE HEALTH AND SUCCESS OF
 THE ENGINEER TOASTED.

THE ENGINEEK IOASTED.
 HeubIein's Cafe Scene of Brilliant Cath
 erinE of Technical Men--Twenty-sec
 Ond Annual Naturalization of Ofll- | cers for Next Year--SessiOns Resumed
 TO-day.
 The twenty annual banquet of 1 the Connecticut Society of Civil Engin- 1 eers was held in the Heublein cafe last evening. Ninety-nine per cent. of the engineers of the state were represented at the festive gathering. These men as- i sembled surrounded by everything, mu- sic, wit and song, and everything that tended to jollity and good fellowship, presented a striking feature. To these men are entrusted enormous undertake l ings and vast capital, which brings l home the fact that our age is largely a technical and material era, such as the world ilas never before seen
 There were men from every eonceiv- able large enterprise of every section of the state, met under the plan of good fellowship. The local committee on arrangements deserves much credit for the manner of entertaining the vis- iting brethren engineers. The commit l tee comprised John K. Punderford | Henry J. Kellogg, A, William Sperry, Henry H, Gladding, Ernest w. Wiggin, Edward E. Minor, J. Frederick Jack son, Charles H. Ferry, Eli M T. Ryder Cassius w. Kelly, Walter T. Spencer John C. Tracey, Edward H. Everitt, George E. Verrill, Charles H. Nichols, Albert B. Hill.
 | The souvenir programme was work of merit Engineer J, K. Punderford, manager of the Consolidated Trolley company throughout this state, and a member of the reception committee last evening, had drawing on the cover representing the Kimberly avenue lift bridge which at it's adoption, was a novelty in bridge-construction in this part of the state
 There were about 100 engineers pres ent A. B. Hill, the New Haven retir- ing president, presided and the follow ing responded with short witty re- marks. H. J. Kellogg, A. William 1 Sperry, Charles F. Chase of New Brit ain and the newly elected president E. w. Wiggln, and John K, Punderford Everybody was witty and merry The presiding officer MT. Hill, remarked l that The had seen the police chief and had asked that the curfew ordinance be suspended for the evening for the ben eft of out of town guests; also he had l provided for committees to escort the visiting engineers safely to the depart ing trains"
 A. William Sperry scored a ringing success in his song My Irish Molly E, w. Wigin, who failed by a few votes for the presidency, in his response said: My failure of election to-day re- minds me of church incident: The preacher in his revival services, asked all those who wanted to go to heaven to rise; all arose but one in the rear, Then the pastor invited all those bound | otherwise to stand This lonely man | arose. He was hard of hearing and as he arose said: Mr, Preacher; l don't know what you are voting on, but from l all appearances you and are in the | minority"
 | The meeting of the Connecticut So- ciety of Civil Engineers was opened at North Sheffield hall at 1O;3O o'clock yesterday morning with a meeting of l the directors of the society, at which the following were admitted to mem- bership: Willias J. BlacE, New Ha7 ven; Henry l.. Bodfish, Derby; Walter A. Brown, Derby; Wallace W. Burg l hart. Canaan; Howard F.. Bushnell, 1 Hartford; Frank L. Clapp Waterbury; l George F. Hand West Haven; Charles | Hatch, Joseph H. Libby, Judson M. Minor, Edward B. She'll Isaac M. Story, E w, Taylor all of this city; William c. Watson, West Haven; Gull ford D. Young, West Haven
 Following the session of the directors there was meeting of the members at which the election of officers and other business proper to come before the ses- sion was transacted. The reports of President A. B. Hill of this city and other officers of the society were read and accepted, after which a recess was
 taken for luncheon. This was tenrered by the New Haven members of the so
 ciety to their brothers. It took place at
 Heublein's safe,
 At the business meeting these officers were elected: Charles F, Chase of New
 Britain. president; D. s. Brinsmade oi
 Derby, first vice president; Edward w
 Bush of Hartford, second vice presi-
 dent; J. Frederick Jackson of this city
 secretary and treasurer. The board oi
 directors elected includes John K Pun
 derford of this city and George K
 Crandall of New London. 4.
 It is the first time in years that the l s.1 A4-z