Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-12
RTE CIVIL ENGINEERS
 IN ANNUAL MEETING.
Make Inspection Trip Around Fort
 Wright and New London.


 Seventy live members of the Con- in New London for their annual meet ing Tuesday, made a trip on steam CT Munnatawket visiting the plant of New London Ship & Engine Co, the state pier in East New London and Fort H. c. Wright. Luncheon was served on board the boat at o'clock and the business meeting was held on the return trip from the fort for the election Of officers.
 The builders of the state pier. T. A. Scott Co., chartered steamer Nun unatawket for the transportation of the engineers and Capt. David ]. Hunt. senior captain of the Scott fleet, was detailed to take out the Munnatawket for the trip. The steam CT docked about 10 o'clock at Fishers the engineers went aboard. The visi- tors were made welcome by Pres ident Thomas A. Scott, who bacame a member of the association Tues the Engineers society and the com mittee of New London engineers ap- pointed for the purpose.
 At the wharf of New London Ship & Engine Co. In Groton, where the first stop of the steamer was made itors and escorted them through the shops. They saw the different stages Of construction of the Diesel type of heavy oil engines and inspected en- zines in operation on the test stands. After visiting the engine company's shops the Munnatawket returned to New London where engineers arrlv- ing late were taken aboard. The steamer then proceeded to East New London where tho engineers in rain coats and under. umbrellas walked over the ground involved in the con- version into an ocean steamship termi- ! nal. Resident Engineer Waldo F. Clarke and several members of
 his staff were In the party and other engineers assisted in ushering the wis | itors over the work, answering ques- tions and explaining the original lay out of the shore before the work was | undertaken.
 Trip S, Fort Wright. The Munnatawket waited two hours | at the state pier, then proceeded down the harbor past Eastern Point and | across Fishers Island sound. To the | government wharf at Fishers IslSad the party was met by officers from about the fortification. For the en- | lightenment of the visitors there was | gun drill by the regular troops. Col | John D. Barrette looked after the en- tertainment of the visitors.
 On the trip music was furnished by I dIi ulTcCleu Dy FTeOeTlCh | Colt Wight. Through the generosity 1 of Second Vice President Clarence Blakeslee of the. society the engineers i had luncheon aboard the Munnataw-
 ket on the trip out. The luncheon was | served from daintily packed boxes. The start of the trip was given g | humorous turn it was fornd that | a box of flowers, the gift of the Scots to the engineers. had been left on the | wharf. One of the men on the whari risked falling overheard to climb g | pile and hastily volplane the huge | flower box to the deck of the Munna. 1 tawket in the stream. Deckhand. | caught the box at the EanRway raj
 and saved 1t going overheard on the ! rebound.
 Assisting President CrandaIl in ar. | ranging the trop were the followinf | New London members of the associa- | ton: Waldo E. Clark. Charles D | Carroll F. Lawrence Chandler Ed
 ward T. Collins. Loren F. Daboll. Er. nest c. Daboll. Courtland R. Darrow ] Hugh L. Prentis. Morris B. Payne | Walter H. Richards, !. H. Soehrens | Raymond E. Thayer. Kenneth Wa. trous and George F. Waters.