Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-06-08
BUILDERS HAVE
A PUBLICATION
TREASURY CONSTRUCTION So
GETTY PRINTS Bl.MoNTHLY
BULLETIN IN OTTUMWA.
APPLEYARD IS EDITOR
Superintendent Of Construction at New
Post Office and Federal Court
in Charge Of Organizations
Printed Booklet.

"Treasur Construction Society, May
1911, bulletin number FOUR Is the
title of sixteen page booklet some
six by eight inches that is full of In
teresting matter to the craft for whose
benefit it is compiled, and it has also
some interest for the ordinary layman,
who can evince an interest In building
matters and organizations in which the
exchange Of ideas Is cultivated. A
further interest attaches to the book
let because of the fact that It Is
edited and printed in Ottumwa. The
editor is Benson A. Appleyard, super
intendent of construction for the treas
ury department having in charge the
work that is being done In the erection
of the new federal court and post
office for Ottumwa. The publisher is
the Treasury Construction society,
composed of the field stan and
construction forces Of the treasury
department of the government OF
the United States of :. America
he society numbers over 100 IN
and embraces super
vising architects, superintendent OF
construction and employees Of the
treasury department having to do with
the construction work carried on by
the treasury department.
The booklet is the result of the last
of the society which was
held in st. Louis during the month OF
January this year at which Mr.. Apple
yard was present and 1t was at this
meeting that he was elected to the
office Of corresponding secretary and
editor of the bulletin. The convention
in st. Louis adopted the bulletin as
it's organ and the matter 1t contains
is the work of the various members
who are urged to submit matters that
come up in their experiences In the
field. and treat of building matters and
other things Of interest in their work
that may be an aid to fellow en-
ploye. A question box Is also one of it's
and here one finds hard
nuts to crack that occur to the mem
bers on certain jobs where something
new demands their Judgment to solve.
For Good Of Craft.
While the bulletin is primarily for
the benefit of the society and has no
other purpose than the carrying out
Of the society's object for the good OF
the service, it may be found to in
terest many others. Uniformity : OF
methods is one of the objects sought
10 be obtained among the members OF
the society through the means of the
bulletin, and diversity Of the things
are treated in the matter submitted for
The bi-monthly publication. Notes |
about the members. including trans
'ers and addition among the forces
also finds place In the publication.
Organized Two Years.
The society had its organization |
some two years ago when meeting Of
as many as could be gathered together
If the treasury employees was held in |
Chicago. The originator, of the asso- |
citation idea was Thomas Appleton, |
of construction at |
Chelsea, Mass. L. r. Whitfield, 8. c.,
vas the first president. The present |
officers are:
A. A. Packard, supervising superin-
:endent of construction at Chicago Il
president.
Richard Fourchy, S. S. c., of Kansas
president.
Nelson s. Thompson, assistant chief
If mechanical equipment in the Office
If supervising architect at Washington |
Vice president.
T. R, Maid, S: c., of Philadelphia =
5ecretary-treasurer.
Benson A. Appleyard, s. c., of OF
umwa-Corresponding secretary and
editor Of the Bulletin.
The real object Of the society may
De said to be the desire Of the treas
Try department construction forces to
see that the government work is not
sighted, but that there shall be value |
on all money paid out for
of the many works that |
are continually under way by the
government.