Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-03-17


chief inspector and chief engineer.
Won Wide Note 49,. IL. a
His experiments on the hydraulics
OF fire Streams are among the stanu-
ard Investigations of engineering and
are well kncwn They are character
istic CT Mr.. Freeman's engineering
work in that he not only made
complete investigation of the hydraul-
scS Of fire streams, but he demon
strated by his experiments that
llozZ'e could be made an extremely
accurate water meter, and determines
laws relating to the flow OF water
around curves in pipes which we're OF
greater value. than any experiments
ever before made upon the subject.
/ His most important achievement is
the investigation and report upon the
New York water supply, after his ap.
pointment as wholly disinterested
engineer" BY Comptroller Coler, who
was st that time making strong
fight against the. proposed contract
with the Ramapo Water Company
The instructions were ITO get together
as much reliable information on New
York's need for more water as is
: possible in the time available and
present 1t without reserve" On March
%. 1900, seven months after his APP
pointment, Mr.. Freeman presented a
report which is one Of the wonders OF
the engineering world As printed, it
is a volume of about GOO large pages,
profusely Illustrated with maps, dia-
grams and designs, and the work in
volved In preparing 1t can only be ap-
preciated by one who has read it.
Active in Engineering Field
Mr.. Freeman was yice-president of
the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers in 1903 and 1904 He was
a director of the American Society of
Civil Engineers from 1896 to 1898, and
vice-president in 1902 and 1903, and
was also president of the Boston So
ciety of Civil Engineers in 1893.
At tie present time MIR Freeman
IS director of the National Pank OF
Commerce the Rhode Island Hospital
Trust Comnany. and of the PEOPLES
Saving Park CT Providence. and a
trustee Of But'er hospital He is also
men'fer of the corporation of the
nassachusetts institute of Technology
and 2 strpstee of the Rhode Island
School Of Design.
4 Mr.. Freoman las an attractive home
in prcvidenee r. /. which he enjoys
with his wife and six sons. He has
very wide circle Of acquaintanees,
/ particularly in engineering. and mann
faciuring lines. and many steadfast
fr'anas including, especially. his pros
ent and former associates and sub.
ordinRtes He has keen sense of
huror and enjoys a joke even when
at his own expense.
Ambrose Swasey's Career ,
Ambrose Swasey. who was elected
president of the American Society Of
Mechanical Engineers at the annual
Meeting in December. 1903, was born
i'm Exeter. y. H.. December 10. 1915.
His ancestors were among the early
settlers OF New England. successive
generations having lived in his native
town for nearly two centuries. His
early education was in the tred brick
school house" of the district, but as
his natural bent was in the line Of
rechanics, he tEcse the machinist's
trade. which he learned in a shop in
bis native town. where steam engines
we're manufactured II was here that
he first met Mr.. Worcester r Warner,
his present partner IN 1870, in COM
rany with Mr. Warner he went to
Hartford, Conn. and entered the EN-.
u'cv rlf the Pratt & Whitney Comnany
While there Mr.. Swasey developed
such a. capacity of accurate workman
ship and the solution of, complex
mechanical problems that he was
given the entire charge of the gear
work, and devised machinery for gen.
Grating the epieycleidai curves of cut
tcrs used for cutting the teeth of spur
whee's, and later he invented and per
fected a machine fer automatically
generating and cutting the teeth Of in
terchangeable gear wheels. in 1880,
again in company with Dir. Warner,
be went westward and located in
/ Cleveland. o., where under the firm
name of Warner & Swasey they erect
ed shops and engaged in the manu-
facture OF machine tools IL.
In addition to their regular line OF i
work, this firm has given special at
tention to the construction of astron-
omical instruments. many of which UP
to this had been imported from Eu-
rore. In this field Mr. Warmers
Taste for and knowledge of astronomy
eoI3biucII with Mr. SMaSpF'S fCadnc9S