(Abstract of such as may be of general interest to Members.) OF THE SOCIETY. JULY 5TH, 1893.-Pursuant to the resolution of the Board of Direction, the Tellers of the Ballot of June 7th, 1893, met and canvassed the ballot of this date, and Vice-President Brush declared the following candidates elected: As Members, William W. Follett, Denver, Colo.; John Fritz, Bethlehem, Pa.; John Edwards McKay, New York City; Emory Washburn Muenscher, Manistee, Mich.; Eben Erskine Olcott, New York City; John Patrick O'Donnell, London, England. As Associate Member, Francis Henry Bainbridge (elected Junior January 4th, 1888), Wilmington, Del. AUGUST 2D AND 4TH, 1893.-See Proceedings for July, 1893. Vol. XIX, p. 121. OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTION. August 3d, 1893.—The Board met, as required by the Constitution (Art. VIII, Sec. 7), at the Annual Convention in Chicago. Routine business only was transacted. BARNARD, JOHN F. BOGUE, VIRGIL G.. COBB, ROBERT L. .Receiver Omaha and St. Louis Ry., Council 638 Rialto Building, Chicago, Ill. .Chief Engineer Ohio Southern R. R., Springfield, O. HUTCHINSON, GEORGE H.........Southwestern Bridge and Iron Company, BAINBRIDGE, FRANCIS H.........Western Representative Pencoyd Bridge and A Description of the Municipal Sewage Purification Plants in the United States and Canada. By M. N. Baker, Associate Editor Engineering News. 4 x 7 ins., paper, pp. 196. Index, Table of Contents and 79 Illustrations. Engineering News Publishing Company, N. Y., 1893. The articles from which this work has been made up were published during the past year in the issues of Engineering News. They have here been revised and classified according to the system of sewage purification adopted by the different cities. The classification embraces Intermittent Filtration. Broad Irrigation, Subsurface Disposal, Sedimentation, Mechanical Separation by Filtration, and Chemical Precipitation. Many subjects closely related to these are incidentally treated of, and many illustrations are given of the principal sewage plants in the United States. A Table of Contents and a full Index add value to the volume which cannot fail to interest every engineer. From College of Engineers and Architects, Palermo, Sicily: Transactions, January-April, 1893. From L. Franzius, Bremen, Germany: From Institution of Civil Engineers, London, Abstracts of Papers from Foreign Transactions. Breakdown of R. M. S. Umbria. Bubble Blocks in Concrete Structures. Beetaloo Water-Works, South Australia. Plant for Harbor and Sea Works. Radial Valve Gears. River Piers of the Tower Bridge. Smelting Processes. Strength of Cement Concrete. Testing Engine Governors.. Thrust in Bend Pipes. From Société d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie Nationale, Paris: Projets d'Unification des Filetages et des From Arthur N. Talbot, Champaigne, Illinois: Rates of Maximum Rainfall. From Technical High School, Berlin: Programme, 1893-94. From Technical High School, Aix-la-Chapelle: From Techninal High School, Hanover: From U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.: Report of the Chief of the Weather Bureau, for 1892. The Climate of Chicago. From U. S. Department of State, Washington, D. C.: Reports from Consuls, August, 1893. From U. S. Bureau of Education, Washing. ton, D. C.: Benjamin Franklin and the University of Pennsylvania. Circular of Information, No. 2, 1892. From U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, D. C.: Eleventh Annual Report, 1889-90. From U. S. Navy Department, Washington, D. C.: War Series, No. 4-The Chilian Revolu- Pilot Chart of the North Atlantic Ocean, From U. S. Treasury Department, Bureau of Quarterly Report, March 31st, 1893. From U. S. War Department, Chief of Engi American Society of Civil PROCEEDINGS. Vol. XIX.-September, 1893. MINUTES OF MEETINGS. OF THE SOCIETY. SEPTEMBER 6TH, 1893.-The Society met at 20 o'clock, Vice-President Brush in the chair; F. Collingwood, Secretary. The Secretary announced the deaths of Ernest V. Clemens, elected Member March 1st, 1893; died September 3d, 1893; Patrick J. Flynn, elected Member February 4th, 1891; died June 1st, 1893; and William Scherzer, elected Member September 5th, 1888; died July 20th, 1893. 66 The paper by John A. Ockerson, M. Am. Soc. C. E., on Erosion of River Banks of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers," was presented for discussion, and written discussions were read by the Secretary from Messrs. Arthur Hider, William Starling, Samuel H. Yonge, Henry B. Richardson and H. M. Marshall. A large party of French engineers was present. An address of welcome was made by Vice-President Brush, and appropriate responses by M. Louis Rey and M. Chasseloup Loubat. SEPTEMBER 20TH, 1893.-The Society met at 20 o'clock, Director Foster Crowell in the chair; F. Collingwood, Secretary. A paper on "The Water Works of Denver, Colo.," by James D. Schuyler, M. Am. Soc. C. E., was presented in abstract by the Secretary. A written discussion by R. C. Gemmel, Assoc. M. Am. Soc. C. E., was read, and the subject was orally discussed by Messrs. Kenneth Allen, A. Fteley, James Owen, Edward P. North, E. E. Olcott, L. L. Tribus, C. O. Gleim, J. D. Fouquet and R. L. Harris. |
