St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-03-18
Relieve There Should Be An En-
gineer On the Public Service
Commission.

David Williams was in Burlington
last Thursday to attend the second
annual meeting of the Vermont So
ciety of Engineers, which was helu
=, the Hotel Vermont.
At the business meeting, held IN
the morning, the following ohcers
were elected: D. Williams Of st.
Johnsbury, president; H. H. Mc-ln-
.osh Of Burlington, vice-pres1dent Tor
two years; G. A. Reed of st. JOINS
bury. secretary; A. e. WinsloW OF
1rthfield. treasurer; G. F. Pur1n-
ton of Burlington, director for three
years.
The secretary's report showed
membership of 81, of which 90 are
active members, seven junior men,
lers and IS associate members.
The committee on pubic pollcy
reported a recommendation thaL II
was the sentiment of the society that
one member of the State public serv-
ce commission be a civil engineer.
The idea of the State having an OIL
,cial known as a State engineer was
discussed and favorably received.
The value of the smaller towns en-
,ploving engineers as a measure OF
economy was also discussed.
There was a paper in the AFTER
moon by State Forester Austin f.
Tawes on the Influence of Forests
on Water Storage and Stream FLOW,
and s'The Rainfall in Vermont was
~eated by John X. Hooper, local
forecaster of the weather bureau.
prof. J. w. Votey spoke of Stream
low and Storage in Vermont" The
annual banquet was held in the even
ing when the address of the retiring
president, Prof. c. S. Carlton, was
Given and a paper on Geology OF
he Green Mountains" by Prof.
George H. Perkins, State geologlst,
was read.
The streams of Vermont and the
-ater and energy in them were I'D
orally discussed at the afternoon SEES
ION. State Forester Austin r.
uawes spoke on "The Influence or
Forests on Water Storage. He en-
nbasized the fact that the forests
keen back the spring floods, and
smoke of the value of EMPLOYING
-eienrific forestry methods in 1um-
-,aring operations with view to ul-
,,ratelv conserving the forests on
he mountain TOPS.
Forecaster John X. Hooper's sub
SCOT was 1.-THE Rainfall in Vermont.
His paper dealt with comparisons or
mounts of rainfall in different parts
If the State and the influence or
he mountains. He also pointed out
he fallacv of the "oldest inhabi-
,tant's" observation on the weather
of to-day as compared with that G.
ears ago, the memory of man re-
calling only extremes and not being
sure index.
Professor Votey supplemented the
remarks of the other two speakers
/ in his talk on 'Stream Flow ana
forage in Vermont" He showed
how artificial storage might assist 1T
he regulation of stream flow and
'~ht be useful in preventing eX-
IRENE of food and drought.
Prof. Edward Robinson of the
University of Vermont, reporting for
he committee on power DEVELOPMENT
| and electrical and mechanical
science, said he believed in the start
ing Of q number of small industries
hat utilize power instead of one
'-~ga one. He smoke of energv-con-
serving devices in use in Europe II
Furning out goods on which we now
nav duties. and which might be used
= advantage right here in Vernon
Special 'sHeaIth Warming for March
March is a trying month for the
very young and for elderly people.
/ Group. bronchial colds, lagripDe and
pneumonia are TO be feared and
avoided. FoIey's Honey and Tar is
a great family medicine that will
quickly stop cough. check the pro
gress of a cold. and relieve inflam-
ed and contested air passages. IT
70 safe nnre. and always reliable.
] c. c. Bingham. adv.