Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-03
maine SOCIETY CIVIL ENGINEERS
HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING WITH THE
ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR 1916
raul Sargent of Augusta Chosen President; Henry E.
OF Waterville Vice President; l. w. Barbour of
Augusta One of Directors


with a good attendance Of the members.
representing nearly all parts Of the State,
and very interesting program was car
rled out at the sessions
The executive committee of the society
held business meeting at 10 o'clock In
the forenoon, following which the busI-
ness meeting OF the society was held. A
number of very interesting papers were
presented at the afternoon session and In
the evening the members held banquet
| at the Augusta House. The meetings
were presided over by the president of the
| society, Charles A. Mixer of Rumford.
Engineers Present
The following engineers were presen.
at the meeting: Henry w. Hobbs, John
Calvin Stevens, Raymond F. Bennett,
Major F. A. Pope, all of Portland; Harry
E. Green. H. ]. Cook. A. A. Winters and
Edbert c. Wilson, Waterville: Prof. E.
II. Sprague, Dean James S. Stevens and
III. S. Boardman, Orono; Walter H. Saw
Yer, Auburn: Henry Nelson, Charles A.
Mixer. Rumford; Walter H. Sawyer, Ed
ward G. Lee, Frank w. Hulett, Lewis
ton; F. A. Dolloff, Oakland; F. W. Clark,
Old Town: Walter Fl. Sawyer. Auburn;
Moses Burpee, Houlton; E. E. Greenwood,
Skowhegan: Frank E. Pressey, Bangor;
II. c. Poore, Boston. Mass: Cyrus c.
Babb. p. S. Bean. p. S. Hardison. Lucius
D. Barrows, Archie Norcross, f. b. New
of Augusta.
Officers Elected
At the business session held in the
forenoon the following officers were elect
ed for the ensuing year: President, Paul
d. Sargent of Augusta; Vice president,
Harry E. Green of Waterville; secretary
and treasurer. Frank f. Pressey of Ban
gor; board of directors. l. W. Barbour Of
Augusta. T. w. Clark of Orono, John
Jordan. Portland.
Reports were in order from the fol-
lowing committees: Bridges, civic rela-
tons. highways. publicity. Legislature,
municipal improvement. railroads, water
power and water supply.
The report of Treasurer Frank E. Pres
sey of Bangor showed the society to be
in good financial condition.
The executive committee recommended
that the society have committee on
program, to be appointed by the presi-
dent of the society.
A discussion followed upon the pro-
posed change of the name of the society
to THE Maine Society of Engineers"
and it was decided to have the matter
acted upon by letter vote of the whole
society.
a vote of thanks was rendered to
State Superintendent of Buildings Plum
mer for his courtesies in connection with
the societys use Of the Senate Cham
Der.
Paper at Forenoon Session
An excellent paper upon Weather
Predictions was presented at the fore-'|
noon session by Dean James s. Stevens
of the University of Maine He showed
that the United States Weather Bureau
yields much for the money invested as
before the day of the bureau the West
India hurricanes often came and killed
people and destroyed property. The
property destroyed in one year would
support the service two years. And he
described the three classes of stations |
and the work done in these stations.
He stated that in weather predictions |
by the government about one mistake |
was made in every five or seven fore
casts and he compared the man who |
makes the forecast to a physician, who |
is diagnosing his case.
In speaking of the constancy Of our |
temperature he stated that the climate |
here is essentially the same now as 100 |
years ago.
He went over briefly the five classes |
of proverbs concerning the weather and |
he stated that superstitions are easily |
disposed of if we subject them to cold |
facts.
Afternoon Session
At the opening of the afternoon SEES
sion Frank w. Hulett Of Lewiston, en-
gineer for the Lewiston. Augusta &
Waterville Street Railway, gave a pa
trio Railways" In his paper he brought
out the following points:
The Lewiston. Augusta & Waterville
Street Railway operates through one Of
the most fertile sections Of Maine and
what we are pleased to call the I'm
dustrial Heart OF Maine"
The expense for cars is only a start.
The L. A. & w. Railway has physical
with the Maine Central
Railroad at Lewiston and Bath and with
the Eastern Steamship Co.. at Bath
Freight facilities were built up along
the line.
The future Of railway company rum
ming through sparcely settled country
depends upon itself. A road to succeed
must build up the traffic and to do that
it must build up the country through
which it runs.
In the absence Of Clarence ". Marsh
Of Boston his paper on THE Opportun-
ity for Chemical Industry in Maine" was
read by Mr.. Sawyer of Auburn. The
paper brought out the following points:
The scientific manufacture of chem
cals has been forced upon us by the
European war.
Cheap transportation for raw mate
.ials and finished products is basic.
Each neW4electro- chemical industry To-
,ating in Maine will bring consumer
If water power until then unused and
therefore wasted.
At the present time cheap power in
Maine is available to only very linn
ted extent due to the lack Of real en-
leavor on the part of the State and
rested interests to create storage of .
water and regulate the flow Of the riv- j.,