Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-02-08
Important Questions to Be
Discussed at This Annual
Meeting
Program viii Be
Commenced Next Thurs
day Morning

Highway construction and mainten,
ance, sewer systems and water purl.
fcation plants, recent experiments in
Ignite coal and its utilization, public
utility corporations, recent expert
ments in concrete-these are some OF
the topics that will occupy the atten.
Engineers when they assemble for
their annual convention ut Bismarck
on Thursday and Friday OF next week.
The Bismarck Commercial club will
DE hosts and the sessions OF the con-.
vention will be held in their rooms.
Included in the membership of the
society are the men most prominent
in the different phases of engineer
ing throughout the state and the engi-
neering men from the university and
the Agricultural college. Mr.. Henry
G. Lykken, city engineer of GRAND
Forks is president, Mr.. I. r. Atkinson
of Bismarck and Mr.. Samuel Cra0be
of Fargo are vice presidents and Pro-
fessor E. F. Chandler OF the univer-
sity is secretary.
Good Program.
The sessions will begin Thursday
morning. Part OF this session will BE
taken up with the usual routine ousl'
ness OF organization, the reports o.
committee and other necessary detail
work. President f.. A. Williams Of
the Bismarck city commission will
welcome the society and the response
will be made by Mr.. Z. j. Thomas,
city engineer OF Minot. President
Henry I.ykken will take as the sub.
ject of his annual address, THE En-
gineer and His Work. The commit
tee on legislation will present their
ideas regarding needed laws and an
interesting report Oh some tests OF
concrete made during the past yarr
will be given. Other reports Will be
given at the afternoon session, togeth-
er with several addresses, Il by Mr..
r. Il. Atkinson. OH The CentraliZa-
ton of the Engineers Work for
Bridges and Highways" one by Thor
6. Plomasen OF Billings county, on
The County Superintendent Of High.
ways" one on Surveys OF the Little
Missouri River" by w. r. Veigel OF
Dickinson, and short talks on the
methods and practices OF county sur
veyors, by H. C. Frahm OF Ward
county, George W. Heinnil!er Of Eos
ter county and II. B. Schmidt o.
Mountraill county. The feature o. the
evening session will be an illustrated
lecture on the Panama canal By Pro
lessor A. j. Becker OF the State uni
versity.
Facts About Ignite Coal.
Ignite coal and its possibilities
wiz come in for a large share OF al
tention during the Friday forenoon
session. Professor Leonard of the
university, who is state g%eologist, will
open the discussion with an address
on The Ignite Deposits of North Da.
kota," which will be in the nature Of
expert testimony. Professor Calvin
H. Crouch, also of the university, will
give the results Of some experiments
that he has been carrying on in a
paper on "The Utilization Of North
Dakota Ignite in a P~roducer.gas
Power Plant" Dean Earl j. Babcock
of the School of Mines, State unlver.
sity, will contribute to the discussion
with an address on "Lignite Briquet.
ting and Other Investigations of the
Hebron Experiment station" Mr.. r.
W. Livingstone, United States Survey.
or. stationed at Mandan. will discuss
"The Direct Method of the Subdivi,
sion Of Public Lands"
The afternoon program consists OF
four addresses: One by Manager W.
H. Brown Of the Red River Power
company, Grand Forks, on problems
| of Public Utility Corporations" one
by City Engineer Frank IL Anders Of
! Fargo, on THE New Water Purifica.