The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-23
CONVENTION WILL
Be INTERESTING
American Society of Municipal
Improvements Meets Soon
PARTIAL PROGRA M M {
City Engineers From All Parts of This
Country and Some Foreign cOun-
tries VIII Receive Cordial
Welcome.

Julian Kendrick, city engineer and
prominent in the American Society Of
Municipal Improvements, yesterday sent
John L. Parker, chairman of the Com
merctal club committee on the entertain
ment of the convention October 9-12 the
following letter giving as much of the pro-
gramme for the convention as has been
arranged:
Birmingham, September p. 1906.
Mr.. John L. Parker, City.
Dear Sir-Replying to your request,
beg to say that up to the present time
the programme has not been fully made
out for the thirteenth annual convention
Of the American Society of Municipal I'M
provements to be held in this city October
to Il, inclusive, 1906. The incompleted
list is as follows: The reports Of the vari-
Gus standing committees will be made as
follows:
Street paving, James owen, chairman.
Newark, N. J.
Electric street lighting. Henry S. Ba-
ker. chairman. WATERFOWL. N Y.
Sewerage and sanitation. j. N. Halle
hurst, chairman. Mobile, Ala
Water works and water supplies, Julian
Griggs, Columbia, o.
Taxation and assessment, w. S. Cren-
dali, chairman, New York city.
City government and legislation, Thomas
Neville, Rochester N. Y.
Deposing of garbage and street cleaning.
]. c. Hatton chairman, Wilmington,
Del.
Municipal franchises, L. II. Weisleder,
chair man, Cincinnati o.
Review. A. Prescott Tolwell, chairman,
Easton, Pa.
Municipal data and statistics. H. 8.
eraser, chairman, Chicago, Ill.
Park development and maintenance, G.
A. Parker, chairman, Hartford Conn.
Fire protection. Alcde Chausse, chair
man, Detroit, Mich.
The following papers have been reported
to date;
The Municipal Control Of Planting and
Care of Shade Trees" by William Sala-
troff secretary and superintendent of
Shade Tree commission. East Orange,
N. j.
THE Improvement of Elizabeth River
by Illuminating Sewerage Pollution by
w. H. Luster. Jr., city engineer, Eliza
Sewerage" by Alexander Potter, con-
sulting engineer, New York city.
yellow Fever and Sanitation" by J
H. Hazlehurst consulting engineer, Mo
bile. Ala.
1.-The Improvement of the Sanitary Con-
dition of the Gowanus Canal Brooklyn"
by Henry Assertion, chief engineer, bu-
reau of sewers, Brooklyn, N. Y
Electric Street Lights" by e. A. Fish
err, city engineer, Rochester N. Y.
Cost of Clearing and Grubbing Reser-
voir Site" by Julian Griggs, consulting
engineer. Columbus, 0.
1.-THE Recent Advances in the Purifica-
ton and Softening of Public Water Sup
plies" by George w. Fuller, consulting
anOinaar Nau York citV
"The New Orleans Water Works by
George G. Earle, general superintendent
of sewerage and water board, New Or
leans.
"The Water Works of Archangel Rus
sia," by Ulrich E. Tanbenheim manager
of water works. Archangel, Russia.
Street Cleaning and Disposal of Sweep
lngs," by T. C. Hatton, consulting en-
gineer, Wilmington. Del.
"a Proposed System of Final Waste
Disposition for the City OF New York,
by Howard Bayles, met. engineer New
York city, N. 7.
Municipal Asphalt Plant at Hamilton,
Ont.." by e. G. Borrow, city engineer
Hamilton. Ont
Earth Settlement in City Streets" by
Harris Andrews, consulting engineer AL
bany. N Y.
',Chert Roads," by Prof Edgar B. Cay.
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Paving and Paving Materials of the
Southwest" by Walter F. Reiehardt Lit
tie Rock. Ark.
TESTS of Other Woods than Yellow
Pine for Block pavements," by F. A.
Hummer civil engineer, New York city,
N. Y.
number of other papers have been
promised but as yet the titles have not
been presented. An attractive programme
is being prepared for the entertainment
of the members and guests embracing
visits to the various Industries in the dis
trict, inspection of water works. reservoirs
and filter plants. the county sewers and
septic tanks. Yours very truly.
JULIAN KENDRICK,
City Engineer.