PAPERS FOR DISTRIBUTION PROGRESS REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO CODIFY PRESENT PRACTICE ON THE BEARING VALUE OF SOILS FOR FOUNDATIONS. CURRENT PAPERS AND DISCUSSIONS "Larger Ships, Deeper Harbors, and Better Dredges." A. W. ROBINSON.. Discussion. (Author's closure.).. .Aug., 1920 .Oct., Nov., 1920, Feb., 1921 "The Probable Variations in Yearly Run-Off as Determined from a Study of California Streams." L. STANDISH HALL..... Discussion. (Author's closure.).. "Gravity and Arch Action in Curved Dams." FRED A. NOETZLI... Discussion. (Author's closure.)...... "Investigation of Stresses in Derricks." M. C. BLAND... Discussion. (Author's closure.).. .Aug., 1920 1921 .Aug., 1920 .Nov., Dec., 1920, Feb., 1921 .Sept., 1920 .Dec., 1920, Feb., 1921 .Oct., 1920 ..Jan., 1921 "Bank Protection and Restoration: A Problem in Sedimentation." W. C. CURD..... Discussion..... "Creeping of Railroad Rails." J. A. L. WADDELL... Discussion... "Some Investigations and Studies in Hydraulic-Fill Dam Construction." J. ALBERT HOLMES. .....Nov., 1920 Nov.. "Notes on Impact." F. W. GARDINER.. "Control of Flood and Tidal Flow in the Sacramento and Joaquin Rivers, California.” C. S. JARVIS... "Parabolic Weirs." F. W. GREVE.. ...Jan., 1921 ..Jan.. OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS (INSTITUTED 1852) VOL. XLVII-No. 3. MARCH, 1921 Edited by the Secretary, under the direction of the Committee on Publications. Reprints from this publication, which is copyrighted, may be made on condition that the full title of Paper, name of Author, page reference, and date of presentation to the Society, are given. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1921, by the AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Civil of Standing Committees (THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY is ex officio MEMBER OF ALL COMMITTEES) TO CODIFY PRESENT PRACTICE ON THE BEARING VALUE OF SOILS FOR FOUNDATIONS, ETC. : Robert A. Cummings, E. G. Haines, Allen Hazen, James C. Meem, Walter J. Douglas. TO REPORT ON STRESSES IN RAILROAD TRACK: A. N. Talbot, A. S. Baldwin, G. H. Bremner, John Brunner, W. J. Burton, Charles S. Churchill, W. C. Cushing, W. M. Dawley, H. E. Hale, Robert W. Hunt, J. B. Jenkins, George W. Kittredge, Paul M. LaBach, C. G. E. Larsson, G. J. Ray, Albert F. Reichmann, H. R. Safford, Earl Stimson, F. E. Turneaure, J. E. Willoughby. ON HIGHWAY ENGINEERING: H. Eltinge Breed, George W. Tillson, A. B. Fletcher, John M. Goodell. ON BRIDGE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION: Henry B. Seaman, Howard C. Baird, J. E. Greiner, C. W. Hudson, M. S. Ketchum, B. R. Leffler, A. F. Robinson, F. E. Turneaure, J. R. Worcester. The Reading Room of the Society is open from 9 A. M. to 6 P. M., and from 7 P. M. to 10 P. M. every day, except Sundays, New York's Day, Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day; during July and August, it is closed at 6 P. M. HEADQUARTERS OF THE SOCIETY-33 WEST THIRTY-NINTH STREET, NEW YORK. |