The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-12-13
Kansas Engineering Society
VIII Begin Sessions Thursday.
Mayor COrWine Will Welcome
Delegates to Topeka.
ONE HUNDRED WILL ATTEND
Engineers viii Inspect New
WaterWOrkS Plant Here.
Students of Kansas Colleges
Will Be Guests of Society.

Registration of engineers from all
parts of the state. in Topeka to at
tend the fifteenth annual convention
of the Kansas Engineering society.
will commence at the Chamber OF
Commerce at 9 o'clock Thursday
morning. There will be more than
100 engineers present for the conven-
The first session of the convention
will be held in the parlors of the
Chamber OF Commerce at $3.50 o'clock
with Mavor Herbert J. COrwine pre-
aent-ng an address of welcome to the
engineers, to which the response viii
be made by p. L. Brockway, city en-
gineer of Wichita, and vice president
of the society
AveriI TO Make Report.
4 business session OF the society,
with the reports Of the secretary
treasurer. J. NJ. Aver-n, of Topeka,
and the executive committee, also pre-
scented by the secretary. viii be helG
at 10 O'Clock Following the reports,
the convention committees will be ap-
pointed.
At 1O:45 O'Clock the reports of
standing committees, including tech
nical papers and discussions, VIII De
gin. The reports of committees on
bridges. building construction. central
power stations. and drainage and
flood protection. will be given az the
morning meeting. The reports OF
comm tees on electric power trans
mission. fuels, highways. irrigation,
manufacturing industries. masonry
and concrete. and materials of con-
struction, will be given in the after
noon.
Lloyd B. Smith. of Topeka. presi
dent of the society. will address the
engineers on Present Problems OF the
Engineering Profession" at the after
noon season.
Banquet at C. OF c.
At $50 o'clock Thursday evening,
the visiting engineers Will be the
guests of the Topeka Engineers club |
at a banquet to be held at the Cham |
Der OF Commerce. followed by social
meeting and an address by Judge ". |
l. Higgins. Of the Kansas court of
Industrial relations. on The old Gov
eminent and the New Industry
At o'clock Thursday evening, there 4
will be a moving picture of the duph-
eating process Of blue printing. by E
l. Jester. chief blue printer for the
Santa Fe, under the auspices of the I
Topeka Engineering club.
A second film, showing a new con- I
crete piling system of protection for /
the banks of rivers manufactured by I
the Woods Brothers company, of Lin
coin. Nebr. viii be shown Thursday
evening.
Committees TO Report Friday.
on Friday the reports of COM
mittees viii be continued Com
ulftteeS VII report on pavements.
veys, telephony and signalling. va!ua-
ton. water power, waterworks and
water publication
AT o-c-Ock Friday afternoon there
viii be a second business session of
the society. at which the reports of
the convention committees will be re-
ceived, and officers for the coming
year Will be elected.
Chairmen of Committees.
The chairmen of the committees
who Will make the reports on various
engineering activities are: Bridges.
Ira E Taylor. county engineer, Mitch
ell county; building construction. +.
+ -SCamell. Topeka. central power sta
tions. George G. Schaad, X. u. facuI-
~. Lawrence, with discussions by J.
H. Mullisou. Hutchinson. and J. y.
Wichita; drainage and
flood protection. c.. T.. Jacoby. Kansas
f c. Curtis, Wichita; fuels. J. =. Cal
derwood. h s A. c. faculty Manhat-
tan. highways. L. r. Curfman. city
engineer. Pittsburg: irrigation. Georce
s Knapp, state irrigation commits
sioner- manufacturing industries
Charles 2. Buck. Topeka; masonry
and concrete. Roy a. Seatou. dean of
the engineering division of the Kan {
sas State Agricultural college; ma
-erials of construction. professor of
at X :. 4. C. pavements,
e. \. Forter. Wichita; petroleum
products. : a. Sulentic. FL Dorado;
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; \ C. Manhattan; refrige geration. w.
J. King. OsWego: sewerage and strea m
pollution. Albert II. Jewell. of Law
renee. chief engineer of the state
board of health: telephony and signal
ng. r. r. Dawley. faculty of X $. A.
y. Mania tan. surveys, Herbert A.
Rowland. county engineer of McPher-
son county: valuatiOn. j. r. Hodgson,
,ity engineer of Baxter Springs; water
power. u. G. Ackers. Of Abilene; wa
erworks and water publication. Err
rest Boyce, assistant engineer of the
itate boar o. health
on Friday afternoon. during that
section of the program devoted to
and water publication,
he engineers will make a trip of in ,
,pecJion to the new Topeka city
plant.
Students Invited TO Attend.
Engineering students at the Kan
'as state Agricultural college. WASH
,uru college. and the University OF
icers of the Kansas Engineering So
,iety. to attend the convention.
Letters OF invitation were sent to
Dean Roy A Seaton, at X s A c,
Dean P F. Walker, at the state uni Z
-ersity. and Prof. c. s Loper. of I
Vashburn college. The heads of the {
departments at X. s A. c. j
nd Washburn have announced that {
heir students will be excused from at !
ending classes on the dates of the g
to attend the meetings of t
he society. a
Civil Engineers To Meet. G
CoincidentaIly with the meeting of
sili be held the annual meetiAg of
he Kansas section of the American {
ociety of Civil Engineers. at the [
'hamber Of Commerce in Topeka.