Mr. E. H. Lee gave verbal description as the successive pictures appeared on the screen. Mr. Karner then read report of the Entertainment Committee on the excursion to University of Illinois at Champaign, Ill. On motion the report was accepted and the Chair instructed to appoint a committee to draft suitable resolutions of thanks to the President and Faculty of the University of Illinois and to the Illinois Central Railroad Company for the courtesies extended. Adjourned. REGULAR MEETING-DECEMBER 7th, 1898. A regular meeting (the 396th) of the society was held in its hall on Wednesday evening, 7th of December, 1898. President Alfred Noble in the chair; 38 members and guests present. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. The secretary reported for the Board of Direction, the election on the 6th of December of the following applicants to date, January 1st, 1899: As associates, F. B. Macomber and Gustavus J. Johnson; as juniors, Chas. S. Drake, Morris K.Trumbull, Geo. F. Anderson, Arthur N. Dunaway, Henry H. Lotter, Mark W. Tenny, Theodore J. Klossowski. Applications were received from Chas. S. Knapp, for admission as a junior; Frederic K. Vial and Alfred Ernest Harvey for active membership, and Sam!. T. Rowley for associate. The president called upon F. C. Rossiter to present resolutions relating to a desired appropriation for the Agricultural College at Urbana, Ill. The secretary read letters specifying the needs of the college. Mr. Rossiter then moved that the resolutions accompanying the letters be approved by the society. The secretary was called upon to read the resolutions. After the reading, the motion was seconded by Mr. Randolph. On their adoption the motion was put and carried. The first paper of the evening-The Manchester Ship Canal, prepared by Mr. Elmer L. Corthell-was read by Mr. W. J. Karner in the author's absence. The next paper was by Mr. D. W. Mead, on "Mechanics of Suction and Suction Pipes;" as copies of this paper had been sent to all members, only an outline was given and special points dwelt upon by the author. Messrs. E. E. Johnson, Dabney H. Maury, Jr., and Prof. Chas. V. Kerr discussed the paper. The president then read an extract of a paper on "Stadia Diagram," prepared by Mr. M. K. Trumbull, and also part of a written discussion of the same by Mr. Charles L. Harrison. Adjourned. SPECIAL MEETING-DECEMBER 21st, 1898. A special meeting (the 397th) of the Society was held in its hall on Wednesday evening, 21st of December, 1898. There being no officers present the secretary called the meeting to order, and Mr. Emil Gerber was elected to the chair. The paper of the evening was on "The Kinzie Street Drawbridge"-by Mr. Wm. H. Finley, Mem. W. S. E. The subject was taken up and fully illustrated with stereopticon views. At the conclusion of the reading discussion was invited and participated in quite freely by Messrs. Modjeski, B. B. Carter, Schaub, Finley, Onward Bates, Nichols, Gerber, Liljenerantz, Wescott, Artingstall, Reichmann, Bush. Adjourned. NELSON L. LITTEN, Secretary. At a SPECIAL MEETING, held in the Society Hall, June 11th, 1898, Prof. N. O. Whitney, of University of Wisconsin, entertained most delightfully an enthusiastic audience of ladies and gentlemen with an illustrated lecture on "Three Months Among the Engineering Works of England and France." LIBRARY NOTES. The Library Committee wishes to express thanks for donations to the library. Back numbers of periodicals are desirable for exchanges and aid in completing valuable volumes for our files. Since the last issue of the Journal, we have reeeived the following as gifts from the donors named: Board of Health, Mass.-29th Annual Report for 1897-8. N. E. Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders New Castle-upon-Tyne, England-Transactions-1897-8, Vol. XIV. Wm. R. Hill-9th Annual Report of the Syracuse (N. Y.) Water Board, 1898. Wm. R. Hill-Some things that should be done in constructing a Distributing System of Water Works. E. A. Birge, Director Wis. Geol. & Natl. History Survey-Instincts and Habits of the Solitary Wasps. Institution Civil Engineers, London –Minutes of Proceedings-Vol. CXXXIV, issued October, 1898. Brief Subject Index Vol. CXIX to Charters, By-Laws, List of Members, Street Ry. Review-Inter State Commerce Com'n, 1891-3-4-5-6. Penn. Annual Report of the Sec'y of Internal Affairs, Description of the Cable system Chicago City Ry. Am. Water Works Ass'n-Proceedings 8th Annual Meeting held at Buffalo, N. Y., June 14 to 18, 1898. Dept. Interior, U. S.-Bulletins of U. S. Geological Survey, 150 to 156, in clusive. Railroad and Warehouse Commission of Illinois-28th Annual Report, 1898. NEW EXCHANGES. The Institution of Mechanical Engineers-Proceedings February and April 1898, Vol. 1 and 2. New England Water Works Ass'n.-Jonrnal No. 1, Sept., '98. The library and reading rooms are open from 9 a. m. till 5 p. m. every week day, except Saturday till 3 p. m. NELSON L. LITTEN. Librarian. Finance Committee-A. V. Powell, Chairman; J. F. Lewis, C. L. Strobel. Publication Committee-J. J. Reynolds, Chairman; T. T. Johnston, T. L. Condron, Daniel Royse. Library Committee-G. P. Nichols, Chairman; J. W. Alvord, F. P. Kellogg, B. E. Grant. Membership Committee-Horace E. Horton, Chairman; Ferd Hall, C. W. Melcher. COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL PAPERS. T. L. CONDRON, Chairman. For General Engineering-Thos. Appleton, Ira O. Baker. For Electrical Engineering-H. M. Brinckerhoff, Prof. D. C. For Hydraulic Engineering—W. G. Price, L. M. Mann. For Architectural Engineering-Dankmar Adler. COMMITTEE ON QUARTERS-Alfred Noble, Chairman; Jas. F. Lewis, C. L. Strobel, C. W. Melcher, Geo. P. Nichols. MEETINGS. Annual Meeting: Tuesday after the 1st day of January. A |