The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-12
First Day of Annual Conven tion Here Proves Very
 Pleasant.
BANQUET HELD LAST NIGHT
Report of the Past Year Read by Secretary J. Frederick
 Jackson.

went SnlOOtnlg anu was Sledlly enJOy- ed, even the weather doing it's best to show the visiting members how pleas ant New Haven can be.
 At the business meeting the report of the out going president and the elec- tion of new officers were the most im- portant matters of business transacted. The new officers are:
 President Edward w. Bush. Hart ford, first president. Frederick l. Easterbrook, New Haven; second vice. president Frederick Fl. Oldershaw. New Britain; secretary and treasurer. J. Frederick Jackson. New Haven; board of directors, John K, Punder- ford, New Haven, George K. Crandall, New London.
 The following new members were elected: Jonathan H. Child, Walling- ford, Conn, Matthias w. Denman, Springfield, Mass. Charles A. Sibley, St Louis. Missouri, Charles P. Water man, Bristol, Conn, E. C. Webster, New Haven. Conn.
 At one o'clock lunch was given at the Cafe Heublein by the local members of the society. The Hammond Metallurgi- cal Laboratory was then visited. where Prof. Louis n. Huntoon took them in charge After showing them over the building, he gave. a very clear and in teresting description of the large ore refining plant there, and then to dem- onstrate il more fully the machines were started an the visitors saw it in its actual working.
 North Sheffield Hall was visited next, Hero several surveying instruments of the latest design was examined
 Mir William B. Fuller of New York delivered a lecture which was very m- teresting and instructive. dealing with a technical matter in a very lucid man. ner. Mir. Ford of Hartford who was al so to address the society was proven ted by sickness so MT. Buck of Hart ford gave an entertaining and amusing address on The Boundaries between Connecticut and Massachusetts.
 The crowning event of the day was the banquet at the Cafe Heublein in the evening. Ninety-6ve strong they came filling the room. After the food. White Rock, and so on, had left no room for more. the retiring president, MT Brlnsmade arose and after a we'll worded introduction announced that H. J. Kellogg would start the speaking. This he did, incidentally keeping all as sembled convulsed with laughter. Mir Punderford replied with a brief and witty speech
 Mir Sperry was called ON for a sons and after some demur on his part was not only forced to sing but encored and forced to sing another,
 Prof Frederick w. Dunworth gave an exhibition of sleight of hand which was made very entertaining, both by the skill shown and by the informally 1 and ease in which his tric6s were done
 Tho music furnished must not be for gotten Heublein's orchestra playet during the dinner and each time ha' a rousine chorus by the diners
 This banquet is the end of the fun but by no means the end of the meet ing, for tomorrow several papers vii be read and in the af>-rloon the visit ] iting members will be taken oyer tn city Tho program for the day is a | follows:
 9:S0 P. m.
 Meeting al North Sheffield hall fo the reading and discussion of p1pers.
 A talk on "Renfurced Concret Bridges" by NJ. W. penman, Spring field. Mass
 The Harbour and Rivers of Nev Haven" by j. Frederick Jackson, Ney Haven Conn
 stream Flow Data with referenc to water power in Connecticut and vi cinity, by Charles F Chandler, Mir wich. Conn.
 Snap Shots in American Cities h, Frederick L. Ford, Hartford, Conn.
 "Mill Rock Water Tower, at Ney Haven Conn" by Edward F. Minor New Haven. Conn,
 Water Waste investigations b, William F. Johnson and Ermon r Peck, Hartford, Conn,
 "The State Boundary Survey, b. Henry p. Buck, Hartford, Conn.
 Hydraulic Fill Dams by Walter Morton, Hartford. Conn.
 Local members will he ready, to ac as guides to conduct parties, desirou of inspecting the following work: Tn water tower on Mill rock, the reinforc ed concrete bridges at Mill river an Humphrey street extension, and tn two LOCO K. W. generators, two l,5o H. r. engines. four 500 H. P. boilers two 800 II. P condensers, at the pow CT station of the Connecticut Railwa company
 Report of Secretary.
 The following report for tho pas year was read hy the secretary, Frederick Jackson of this city.
 To the oficers and Members of th
 Connecticut Society of Civil Engir
 eers
 Your secretary respectfully submit the following report for the past yea
 Tn June 1.500 copies of the twenty third annual proceedings were printe and distributed to the members those societies with whom we eN change. and to different libraries an institutions of learning The societ held an additional meeting on Augui II, trip mp the Naugatuck valley Waterbury and back by way of Chesl ire was thoroughly enjoyed by tho; present. The secretary has during il year attended the different meetins of the board of directors. has hd printed and distributed notices of il different meetings. bills for dues ar advertising and the ballots for nomi1 ations and elections of officers TT canvas for nomina tions resulted stated in the report of the board of d rectors During the year twentv-nil new members have been elected. oi honorary, twenty seven active, and oI associate Ten active and one assoc ate member have resigned Five ha' been dropped John W. Bacon. May Charles F Powell and Richard M. Be rtan have died The membership { February 10, 1908. is as follows. Honorary. r, active, 264. lssoclat & total tS4
 The retiring president Mir Brin made. said in his address at the bus , ! aF4acr I,