Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-29
ENGINEERS BRING
MEETING TO CLOSE
Election of Officers and Many
Addresses Featured Last
Session.
LUNCHEON HELD AT NOON
Resolutions Thanking Cham
Der of Commerce and
Mayor Adopted.
OFFICERS FOR 1917.

First vice e-prcsdcnt. NJ l.. Cum
ningham, state engineer, OKLA
homa city.
Second vice-prcsidcnt, Frank Il.
King, captain corps of engineers,
o. y. c., Lawton.
Third vice president, T. i.
Clonts, county engineer. Musko-
gee.
Secretary and treasurer. H. V.
Hinckley consulting engineer.
oklahoma city.
The final session of the annua
meeting of the oklahoma Society OF
Engineers was brought to a close II
the rooms of the Chamber of Com
merce last night when matters OF
minor Importance were stricken from
the program and the hundred or more
delegates turned from thots Of struc
tural steel and tensile strength Il
stories and cigars. in one of the mos
enjoyable sessions of the tenth an
nual convention
Many Talks.
Three sessions of the convention
were held yesterday. the mornint
meeting being devoted TO addressc'
by So oral OF the more promincn
speakers ~ the entire program. Thcs'
included short talks by c. T.. Wash
burn of Oklahoma city. W. +. Don
athu of Pawnce. a. l.. Mullcrgren q
| oklahoma city, W. :. Hawkins o
| Durant and Leo IL. Gorton of Black
well. Mr.. Hawkins reviewed the worl
of the oklahoma Society of Engineer
since its organization, IL years ago
when IT had "A membership of les
than fifteen.
| Following luncheon at Hote
| Tulsa during the noon hour, the con
vention was in session short tim
| during the afternoon andN then ad
| iuurned for "a meeting which wa
| held at s o'clock 1t was at thi
meeting that the real important mat
ter of the day was brought up fo
discussion. and finally found expires
sion in the following resolution whic
&. was adopted by n unanimous vote o
the delegates. The resolution ha
reference directly to the highwa
questions which are presented to tn
society. and were in part as follows
The Resolution.
While the previous results Of the oper'
| OF aud maintenance Of public highways ar
apparent and much good has been accon
| plished thru the operation of them, 1t ais
! H. evident that the highway deparimer
needs additional power and control over tn
I expenditure OF road and bridge none
thruoui the state. and lacks sufficient fund
with which to properly carry out the pr'
visions of such laws. Therefore be IL
Resolved. that the powers and duties Z
the state department OF highways should b
law be more clearly defined and mad
specific In order that they may better carr
out the end sought and intended by th
tific control Of expenditures Of all road wor
in this state, thereby effecting the speed
and permanent checking OF eXtravagant an
ineffective expenditures of road money.
Highway Pay
Salaries That the nay Of the profession
members Of the state highway departme'
and its engineering staff should be mae
commensurate with the professional natu
OF the work and the responsibilities involve
and with the scale of salaries paid to simll'
officials in other progressive states
| Service commission: That the higlwa
work Of this state should be definitely place
upon nonpoitical and merit basis by Il
creation oi a highway service commissio
insisting of representatives OF the two sta
| engineering schools. the state engineer an
two prscticing engineers Of acknOwledg,
standing to be appointed from a list Of 81
to he nominated by the Oklahoma Socie'
OF Engineers.
SsiJ c.ap,i..ian should prescribe ru
, and administer the same relative to Il
qualifications and conditions of employmei
Of all employees in road work whore speci
skill or knowledge is required
Assistants and state engineers OFFICE
That this society give its active support
any bill prepared by its legislative commit,
acting cor Jointly with the state highwa
department. tending to create such bureal
rs will most effcctually enable the higwa
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