The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-03

of a reservoir for the Naugatuck
Water Works, also the laying of a
seven mile water main. He was
timekeeper and foreman and kept
went to Deep River, Conn, where his
| father had a sub contract for getting
out granite paving blocks for the city
of New York. Here he spent 16
| months. Then he was employed in
the city engineers office in Bridge
| then known as city surveyor. He was
| associate with Mr.. Scofield during
1900, 1901, 1902 and 1903. In 1900
he was a rod and chain man. In
1901 he was an instrument man on
a trolley road from Easthampton to
general city work, surveying for sew
ers. street layouts and the like
Then in 1903, 1904 and 1905 he
was in the construction department of
| the Bridgeport Hydraulic Co. He
was on the survey for the trap falls
| worked in the laying of several large
pipe lines, worked in the rubble
| masonry bridge in Huntington. He
worked under the direction of Mr..
Senior, superintendent of the Bridge
port Hydraulic Co.
In 1905 he became connected with
Major w. w. Starr, who was at that
time city surveyor. He was an as
sistant to Mr. Starr and had charge
OF the office work. preparing profiles,
maps, ETC., for the work to be done
in the city each year, and laid out the
work for the men in the field. In
1906 he had charge in the office of the
sewer work, costing s32, 600; laid out
paving work costing $37, 900 and meas
uring about $4,000 yards. In 1905 he
became member of the firm Of Starr
& McKenna. He was also assistant
to Mr.. Starr as city surveyor. The
firm made plans for the State roads
in the immediate vicinity, in Newtown,
Monroe, Fairfield and Stratford, and
that work continued in 1906 and 1907
In 1906 the sewer work reached S39, coo,
and the street paving S34, 900. In 1907
there were Ii, 900 feet of sewers cost
ing $4,000. and street paving amount
ing to 21,000 yards at a cost OF $685.
000.
In 1908 the witness was elected city
engineer by the Common Council of
the city. He prepared plans and spec
iffcations for 10000 feet of sewerS at
cost of $1,000, and prepared plans
for 6,400 yards of street paving at a
cost of $4,000. In 1908 he had charge
of the lines and stalking of grades for
the Congress street bridge which en-
tailed the locating of each of the piers,
also defining the north and south
street lines, also giving all the grades
for abutments, a very large and re-
sponsible work. In 1909 he had charge
of the office of the engineer, preparing
plans, specifications, ETC., for sewers
worth $4,000, and for paving aggre-
eating 1900 yards at a, cost of s51, 900;
the construction of reinforced con-
crete bridge in Arctic street at a cost
of $4,000; siphon sewer in HOLSTER
avenue. and other work. In 1910 he
was reappotnted city engineer and
during that year laid out $40 900 worth
of sewers; 1900 yards of street paving
costing SAT, 1000; two reinforced concrete
bridges in Brooklawn avenue and Bos-
ton avenue; and other work of the Of
flee.
In reply to questions of Attorney
Klein he said that from April /, 1908,
to the present time he has never been
absent from the office, with the excep-
ton Of possibly half a day on a Sat
urday, one week in Chicago at the en-
cheering convention, and one week in
New York city at a similar meeting,
and three days in Boston, beginning
Friday afternoon, when he attended
football game He worked from Z in
the morning often as late as Z, g. 9,
10 and IL o'clock at night
Eyes, SIR
Found it necessary to do SOP"
Yes, sir"
Klein brought out that McKenna had
been placed upon an important COM
mfttee, that of granite block pavement,
at the Chicago convention. The con-
vention is attended by more than 40
engineers, coming from the larger cit
les, those of 100000 or over. With his
committee he prepared a report which
is today recognized as a, standard for
granite block paving. His expert
er1ce In the granite work at Deep
River had stood him in good stead
for this work During the three years