Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-02-04
Meeting Opens at 10 A. N. at
the Courthouse and Continues
Throughout the Day-Officers
Elected for Year
BANQUET AT AUGUSTA
HOUSE IN EVENING
Proves Fitting Close for Most
Interesting Occasion - State
Treasurer Newbert and Judge
Cleaves Among the Speakers

! NStC us annual meeting w SQueSudy al
| the court house with good attendance
and an interesting program was car
| ried out. Excellent papers were pre-
| sented and each paper was followed
| by a discussion in which the senti-
Inents of the majority Of those pres
| ent were voiced.
The following engineers were pres
ent: z. Z. Greenwood, Skowhegan; W.
| z. Parsons. Portland; George c. Dan
forth, Gardiner: H S. Boardmar. Oro-
no; Paul D. Sargent, Machias; z. II.
| Sprague, Orono: Edbert c. Wilson.
Waterville; Edward G. Lee. Lewiston;
Lucius d. Barrows, Augusta; William
| T. Allen, Augusta; Z. Lishness, Ban
COY: c. c. Bahh. Augusta: Archie
| Norcross, Augusta: T. a. DolloT, Oak
| land; c. A. Corliss. Bath: ". B.
| Getchell Augusta. Irving ". Barbour,
| Portland: Warren c. Lord, Bangor;
T. ". Clark, orono: Henry Nelson.
| Rumford Frank F. Mason. Water
vile; Charles A. Mixer, RUmford; J.
| Il. Stuart, South Paris; 0. E. Libby,
P1t,sfeld; Frank Z. Pressey, Bangor;
| 1ronry T. Green, Waterville: G. p
Pray. Calais; Willard w Baldwin.
Portland.
! Morning Session
! The executive committee met at 10
! O'clock in the forenoon for the trans
| action Of routine business and at the
! close Of this meeting at 1880 O'Clock
! the general business meeting was held
| The president, T. z. Greenwood Of
! Skowhegan presided. Frank E. Pres
! sey of Bangor, the secretary and
| treasurer, read his report which was
| accepted, after which the reports of
the various standing committees were
| presented and accepted.
! The election of officers for the en-
| suing year resulted as follows: Pres
| ident. Charles A. Mixer, Rumforc:
vice president. Paul y. Sargent, Ma
| chias; secretary and treasurer. Frank
| E. Pressey, Bangor: board Of direc-
| tors-E.. 6. Jordan. Portland: John c.
! Stevens, Portland; Seth L. Nouiton
! Portland; Henry Z. Green, Waterville;
| l. W. Barbour. Augusta.
! Papers Presented in Afternoon
| The afternoon session was opened
! with a paper upon Legal Rights OF
! the Surveyor" by Z. a. HofSted Of
Waterville. Mr.. Eofsted stated that q
| surveyor must exercise care in his
| WORK ana ne ClIcN law Gases WHICH
arose from the negligence OF survey
| ors. And he spoke about the work in
railroad surveys. In conclusion he
showed how legal fences are to be
be maintained and the necessity for
! their repair and rebuilding.
| The topic THE Registration of En-
| giners." was brought before the engi-
neers present in paper presented by
| Ernest Lishness Of Bangor. He stated
| that the engineer Of today must fol-
! low the directions laid down nearly 800
/ years ago. The engineer is often
/ thought Of as mere surveyor, artisan
! or mechanic. Engineers must keep
| their ranks high and their body clean.
| Mr Lishness then spoke Of the high
| ideals the engineers association have.
| The advantages and Disadvantages OF
! Fl registration board were then point
| ed out by the speaker, who showed
| that the board was to be made up OF
men of high reputation and Of great
experience in engineering. The eXaIni-
nation Of the candidate was to be
| based upon education and experience
| After registration the engineers could
practice IL all branches of engineering
| but would not try TO Go work that
| they were incapable of doing. He then
read a proposed bill providing for the
registration of engineers and pointed
! out the desirable features Of the diff
| ferent sections. The paper was fol-
| lowed by a long discussion.
| The other papers presented during
! the afternoon were of interest and
were we'll received. P. L. Team Of Au-
gusta read a paper upon Testing Of
| Steel Bridges" and Edward G. Lee Of
! Lewiston presented a paper. entitled,
THE Result of a Test Of a Pair Of
! Turbines by Means OF the Alden Alb
scrption Dynamo-meter.
The Banquet
The engineers met at $50 P. NJ. at the
Augusta House, where a delicious ban
quiet was served in a manner that re-
| fiected much credit upon the hotel and
was thorough appreciated by all. Bal
lard's Orchestra furnished music After
the banquet. speaking was in order, the
speakers OF the evening beng Hon.
Henry T. Cleaves of Biddeford, chairman
of the Public Utilities Commission; May
or E. Z. Newbert Of Augusta. and VIII
| lard B. Baldwin OF Portland.
| Mr.. Newbert stated that the citizens
Of Augusta are more or Tess proud OF
their city and that now they have the
State House nailed down. He said that
| lately from the State treasury s1ol, 00O
| had been paid out TO engineers in the
! State He congratulated the engineers
| for their work Of organization, stating
that he was a great believer in organiza-
| ton of trades. Now when the war is
waging across the ocean, he said, is the
| time for American to become alive and
build new cities and increase her com
merce and win the greatest victory in the
world along the lines Of peace.
! Judge Cieaves took for his subject
Public Utilities and showed that
every public utility goes back to the
old path, trail or way in the wilder
ness And he then explained why the
| State has a right to interfere in the
regulation of rates Of public utili-
| ty. He stated that the two ways the
| state has to regulate a public utility
| is: list, by regulation and control by
| commissions; End, by public owner
ship.
| The last speaker, Mr.. Baldwin spoke
| upon the subject, ways" and stated
that he was a great believer in ways.
lie thought it was better to build 600
miles of good highway than to build 4