The chronicle=news., 1914-07-24

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WORLDS FIRST INTERNA
UONAL ENGINEERING CON
GRESS. THOUSANDS OF ENGI
NEERS FROM 20 D3FFERENl
NATIONS WILL GATHER Al
. SAN FRANCISCO IN 1915. CON
STRUCTION OF PANAMA CANAL
WILL BE EXHAUSTIVELY RE
VIEWED. X
San Francisco. July 24.-The Pan
ama-Pacific International exposition
from the twentieth TO the twenty
nth of September, 1915. Will be tn.
meeting place OF the largest bod.
of distinguished engineers that evel
gathered in any one place. The az
semblage to be known as the interna
tional engineering congress will b,
presided over by the hero OF tho
Panama canal, Col. George W. Goc'
thals. who has accepted the office oi
h9qorBH president. n 4 ni
In response to over $1,000 invita-.
tions. thousands OF civil. mining, me.
chantcal. electric, marine and mill.
tary engineers and naval architects
from 40 different nations and repre-.
senting hundreds of affiliated bodies
have declared their intention OF at
tending the congress. The sessions
l will be held in the new million dol
lar auditorium now being Construct
ed in the civic center Of San Fran
cisco. the main hall OF which has a
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meetings will be held in the II mi
nor halls in the great convention
building.
The international engineering con-
gress is to be conducted under the
auspices of five national associations.
viz. the merican Society of Civil En-
gineers. the American Institute oi
Mining Engineers, the American So
ciety of Mechanical Engineers, the
viz, the Amer. Society of Civil En-
gineers and the Society of Naval Ar
chitects aud Marine Engineers. as
sisted by a committee of IS distin-
guished California engineers.
The vast scope OF the congress is
indicated by the fact that it will be
divided into eleven groups of sub
congresses, the reports of which. 1t
Is calculated, will fill IL large vol
umes. Chief among these branches
will be that dealing exhaustively
with the problem worked out In the
construction OF the big Isthmian
ditch. and the influence Of the canal
on world commerce. commercial
trade routes and general transporta-
tion problems. Colonel Goethals
himself will have charge of the pre-
sentation of all canal topics. and his
papers and discussion will carry with
them the authority and value of Off
cial reports. Aside from general en-
cheering topics, the section devoted
to the canal will be treated under 22
heads as follows:
1. Col. Goethals' general report.
2. Dry excavation OF the Panama
canal by Col. Gocthals. 3. Dredging
the canal 4. Terminal works. dry
docks and wharves of the canal. 5
Meteorology and NEUROLOGY of the
zone. 8. Designs OF locks. dams and
regulating works. 3. Methods of
construction of same on the Allan
side. IL. Designs OF locks. walls and
valves. 12. Spillwass. 13. Gates of
the canal IA. Electrical and mechan-
ical installation. Is. Emergency
dams above locks. 16. Municipal en-
gineering and domestic water supply
in the zone. II. Reconstruction 81
the Panama railroad. 1S. Aids to
navigation of the canal. 10. Geology
of the canal zone. 20. The working
force OF the canal. 21. Sanitation
in the zone %. Purchase of sup
plies for the canal.
Following Colonel Goethals' per-
sonal reports. each Nof these topics
partments or other attaches who
were responsible for that part OF the
canal construction.
These addresses and papers will
constitute practically the official
technical record of the most gigan-
tic and fascinating engineering feat
of all time. 1t will be published.
forming the only printed record OF
its kind, and for this compilation.
interesting to the layman no less
than to engineers. credit is due the
exposition congress. Programs for
the other 10 sections of the congress
are in course of preparation.
Subscriptions are being received
daily by the local organizations
which will acts as hosts for this
great body, large proportion of
these being from foreign bodies and
foreign engineers. The most noted
experts of the world in all depart
ments of engineering work have
availed themselves Of this opportun-
'ty not only to visit the exposition.
but to pass through the canal en-
route and sit at the feet of its build