New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-03
PROF. SWEET GETS
JOHN FRITZ MEDAL
Noted gh-Speed Engine
Expert Honored by
Engineers.
MAYOR mitchell AT
CONVENTION TO-DAY
Public Service To Be Discussed
and Bruere Will Talk on
Future of Police.

The feature Of the second DAYS ses-
sion of the thirty-ffth annual meeting
OF the American Society of Engineers
was the presentation last night of the
John Fritz medal to Professor John f.
sweet, OF Syracuse, one of the founders
and past president of the society.
The presentation was made by James
HARNESS, president of the Society of
Mechanical Engineers. and was followed
by addresses by DR.. James Douglas,
a former president of the American In
stitute of Mining Engineers, and DR.. S.
w. Stratton, director of the Bureau of
Standards. The speakers discussed the
development Of engineering in this
country, DR.. Stratton speaking espe-
cially of the Bureau of Standards. Pro-
lessor Sweet modestly accepted the
honor awarded him.
1t was announced that the medal went
to Professor Sweet "in recognition OF
his achievements in machine design
and his pioneer work in applying sound
engineering principles to the construc-
tion and development of the high speed
steam engine" He is president Of the
Straight Line Engine Company, of
Syracuse. His prominence as a ma
tional figure in the engineering world
dates from his connection with the
Sibley College Of Mechanic Arts of
Cornell University in 1873.
1t was his suggestion which led to
the organization of the American So
ciety of Mechanical Engineers, of
which he was the third president, hav-
ing declined the nomination for pre-
vious years.
At the morning session Sanford T..
Thompson, of Boston, discussed Floor
Surfaces in Fireproof Buildings" and
F. w. Dean, of Boston, Reinforced
Concrete Factory Buildings"
The papers at the afternoon session
were Measuring Efficiency" by II. L.
CAN'T, of this city; Standardization
in the Factory" by Carl Bennett Auel,
of East Pittsburgh; Operation of
Grinding Wheels in Machine Grind
ing" by George /. Alden, of Worcester,
Mass, and Friction Losses in the Uni
versal Joint" by p. F. Walker and W.
J. Malcolmson, of Lawrence, Kan.
The boiler code committee of the
society submitted a report of its work
during the last year toward obtaining
uniform legislation in the states for
the construction and operation Of boil
ers, as well as for examining and
licensing engineers. The committee
prepared a first preliminary draft of
the rules of construction and sent it to
all engineers in this country known
to be interested in steam boilers, invit-
ing their criticism. In conclusion, the
report said:
with the completion of the pro
posed code and its adoption in all
states of the Union we will have uni
form regulations for this important in
dustry, and a condition will be estab-
lished tending toward safety and the
protection Of life and property which
the present advanced stage Of civiliza-
ton gives us the right TO expect and
demand"
The meeting to-day will be the feat
ure of the convention, the entire day
being occupied by public service" ses-
sions. Mayor Mitchell will open the
sessions in the Engineering Societies
Building. Andrew Carnegie is expect
ed to attend, and City Chamberlain
Bruere will deliver an address on "The
Future of the Police Arm from an En-
gineering Standpoint" Other impor-
tant addresses relative to the engineer
in public service will be made.