. Engineering and Contracting. located at some distance from thestreet intersections in order that the depthof gutter and the step at the sidewalk cross-ings might be as small as possible. The gut- 3- upon, making the total membership of thesociety about 250. The report of the secre-tary-treasurer showed a prosperous condition. Considerable time was spent in the consid-eration of the proposed bill now pending inthe state legislature, providing for the ap-pointment of a State Board of Registrationand Examination for civil and mining engi-neers and surveyors. It is believed that thisbill, for wh
. Engineering and Contracting. located at some distance from thestreet intersections in order that the depthof gutter and the step at the sidewalk cross-ings might be as small as possible. The gut- 3- upon, making the total membership of thesociety about 250. The report of the secre-tary-treasurer showed a prosperous condition. Considerable time was spent in the consid-eration of the proposed bill now pending inthe state legislature, providing for the ap-pointment of a State Board of Registrationand Examination for civil and mining engi-neers and surveyors. It is believed that thisbill, for which the engineers of the statehave been working for several years, has anexcellent chance of favorable considerationby the legislature. The sessions opened on. Tuesday, Febru-ary 8th, with an address of welcome by S. Marshall, mayor of Columbus,who referred in complimentary terms to thework of engineers employed by that city indesigning and construction of the water andsewage purification plants and the garbage re-. D^c f7t3/{^e. (y£:ff& Fig. 13—Side Elevation of Concrete Bucket. ter grates were of the Duplex type. Therewas a catch-basin located at each inlet andone manhole in each subway. The design and construction of the subwaybridges, retaining walls, concrete work con-nected with the stations, station buildings andplatforms, as well as the street paving anddrainage for the entire track elevation work,were executed by the Bridge and Building De-partment of the Chicago, Milwaukee & Ry. under the direction of Mr. Loweth,engineer and superintendent. The filling andtrack work were done by the engineering de-partment of the company. With the exceptionof a few minor contracts, all of the construc-tion work was done by the Bridge and Build-ing Departments forces. The construction anddesign, respectively, were, in a general way, incharge of L. D. Hadwen and J. H. Prior andwere directly in charge of R. J. Middletonand of E. O. Greifenhagen. Annual Meeting of th
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