Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-02-27
ENGINEERS HOLD
mon THLY Dinner
Program and Business
Meeting Held in Cham
Der of Commerce
Saturday.
PLAN NEXT MEETING
Problem of Garbage Dispos-
al Referred to Com.
mittee.

mlttee.
Appointment of T.. f. Schenk n
chairman of committee to Investigate
the problems of garbage disposal, re
ferred to the Webster City Engineers
club by the Chamber Of Commerce, wa:
the chief business Of the regular month
ly meeting of the club held Saturday
evening in the Chamber of Commerce
The action followed the reading of q
communication from the Chamber ask
ing the club to make survey and re-
port the matter to the Chamber board
of directors. Mr.. Schenk was enpow.
cred to pick the members Of his com.
mittee.
Discuss Program.
Discussion Of the program for the
March % meeting Of the club occupied
considerable time. The tentative pro-
gram as announced will include talk
Oh Town and Country Planning" by
Ray F. Weirick, civil engineer and
Landscape gardener, Of Des Moines !;
biography, by C. H. Currie, and "What
is New in Engineering" by B. A. Dodge
1t is also probable that another mum.
Der will be added.
Il. s. BOudinOt was elected to active
membership in the club Saturday.
The Program.
Saturday evenings program was
opened by discussion Of the History
and Development of Drainage" by r.
G. Austin. Mr.. Austin traced the
growth of this practice from its earliest
known beginning, declaring that a sys.
tenn of drainage was in use before
there were any written records. I'M
the second century before Christ, Cato
writes Of the need of bitches to carry
off surface water and Virgil and Pin!
later devoted considerable space to dis
cussions Of the need of drainage.
The earliest known type Of drainage
Mr. Austin explained. was the open
ditch. This system, he said, was not
improved for 1000 years or more. He
traced the developments in the system
through various shapes and kinds of
tile and told Of the early arguments as
to the best depth to set the tile.
Reclaims Millions Of Acres.
Mr.. Austin told of drainage projects
in Holland, in the Fens of England, in
France and in Italy which have result |
ed in reclaiming millions Of acres of |
land.
In Hamilton county. he said, sincel
1909. $3O62,OO0 has been spent for
drainage. He estimated that some 49,.
100000 had been spent altogether.
Following up Mr.. Austin's talk. J. A.
Dunkel gave brief description OH i'm
provement of drainage methods in more
modern times.
1.-The Growth of Architecture" was
discussed by Il. w. Youlden in an in.
teresting paper. He showed the i'm.
portance of building communities and
emphasized the need of bea uty as well
as serviceability. The earliest striving
for beauty, he declared, was when the
caveman painted his body. His pri-
mary purpose in this decoration. Mr..
YOulden said. was social. He showed
now, as the desire for beauty grew. the
early peoples scratched zig.zag lines
on their earthen vessels.
Traces Growth.
MIR. Youlden traced the growth of
architecture through many periods and
many countries. The earliest attempts
mt beautiful building, he said. were ac.
tuated by mans desire to please his
gods.
In the early days, the speaker s,id,
every country and every people had
its own type Of architecture, but to.
day, because Of improved communion.
tion, there is a cosmopolitan building
which takes the best from all the -ari.
Gus forms.
J. e. Quackenbush closed the pro.
gram with "Reminiscences. The speak
er was member of the party of en-. I
gineers which made the first real sur.
vey of the state for railroad. Hell
told the club of the experiences which I
the band Of early pioneers had in r:n.
ming the line across the state |:
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