that should not be D-4? Mr. Blanchard is the delegate and Mr. Nathan L. Smith alternate. Is Mr. Blanchard present? (After a pause.) Apparently not. Is Mr. Nathan L. Smith present? (After a pause.) It seems that he, too, is absent, therefore, let us pass to Mr. E. S. Rankin's committee C-4 on Clay and Cement Sewer Pipe. This report will be found on page 380. PRESIDENT HATTON: Has any member present anything to say in regard to this matter? (After a pause.) If not, let us pass to the next report, that by Mr. H. Eltinge Breed, of Committee C-9 on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates. This report will be found on page 380. MR. BREED: Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the Committee, Committee C-9 held three meetings during the last year and your representative attended two of them. The work of the year was divided into subcommittees and there are a number of interesting studies under consideration. The two major ones are the method of determining the unit weight of powdered admixtures, and the cement-waterratio method of designing concrete mixtures. The work in both of these studies was not far enough advanced at the time of the annual meeting for a final report, but the work is going on and I have had some very interesting data on both of these subjects. PRESIDENT HATTON: If Mr. Breed has nothing further to say, and no member of the Society desires to be heard, let us pass to the report by Mr. George F. Fisk, of Committee C-3 on Brick. MR. FISK: The following is the Chairman's report: This report will be found on page 380. A MEMBER: I move that the report be received and filed. A MEMBER: I second the motion. PRESIDENT HATTON: You have heard the motion; all in favor of this motion will say aye; opposed, no. The "ayes" have it. PRESIDENT HATTON: The next report is by Mr. H. Eltinge Breed and Mr. E. E. Butterfield, Committee C-1 on Cement. This report will be found on page 381. A MEMBER: I move that the committee report be received and filed. A MEMBER: I second the motion. PRESIDENT HATTON: You have heard the motion; all in favor of this motion will say aye; opposed, no. The "ayes" have it. Mr. E. S. Rankin was our delegate and Mr. C. L. Howell our alternate on the Sectional Committee on Drain Pipe Specifications. That report is next in order. MR. RANKIN: When I received the program of this convention I was not aware of the fact that I was a delegate of this Society on this committee. I have not attended any of their meetings, and do not know anything of the activities of the committee. I am wondering if Dr. Butterfield attended any of the meetings? A MEMBER: No; he did not. PRESIDENT HATTON: The next report is by Mr. H. Eltinge Breed, Delegate, and Mr. C. D. Pollock, Alternate, Committee D-4 on Standard Test for Non-Bituminous Materials. MR. BREED: When I received notice of my appointment to Committee D-4, it said that Mr. Blanchard would represent the Committee on Bituminous Materials and I would represent the Sub-Committee on Non-Bituminous Materials. Mr. Pollock then made a report which will be found on page 382. (It was moved, seconded, and carried, that the report be received and filed.) PRESIDENT HATTON: The next report is that by Colonel R. Keith Compton, Delegate, and Mr. Thomas J. Wasser, Alternate, of the Advisory Board on Highway Research, of the National Research Council. Is Colonel Compton present? A MEMBER: No; he is not. PRESIDENT HATTON: Is Mr. Thomas J. Wasser, the Alternate, pres ent? A MEMBER: No; he is not. This report will be found on page 382. PRESIDENT HATTON: Now let us go to the United States Department of Commerce, Division of Simplified Practice. The first report to be heard under that heading is by Mr. George F. Fisk, Delegate, and Mr. E. A. Fisher, Alternate, of the Paving Brick Committee. I believe Mr. Fisk has a report to make. MR. FISK: This report states in full the procedure of our committee. Inasmuch as all of our other reports on simplified practice in the Brick industry have been reported in detail in the same way, I believe this report should be printed in full to complete the record. The principal item of interest in the 1926 meeting of the simplified practice division was whether or not we would recognize or consider the 21⁄2-inch brick. My report is as follows: This report will be found on page 383. A MEMBER: I move that the report be received and filed. A MEMBER: I second the motion. PRESIDENT HATTON: You have heard the motion; all in favor of this motion will say aye; opposed, no. The "ayes" have it. The next report is by Mr. F. R. Allen, of the Committee on Standard Manholes. MR. ALLEN: I have nothing further to report than is stated in the advance papers. PRESIDENT HATTON: Have you gentlemen read that report? It is published in the advance papers. This report will be found on page 391. MR. ALLEN: When the assignments were made to this committee I wrote to the city engineers of 21 cities, practically all of whom answered. There apparently is a great deal of interest in the standardization of manhole frames and covers. Getting myself more or less interested in that, this Summer I visited several of the large steel foundries where special designs were being made. If the Oklahoma City men are here, I will say that they have a design complying very closely with the standard suggested to this committee. They are built by the Standard Brake Shoe Company. It is a heavy manhole, sixty inches in diameter, well-machined and otherwise taken care of. From all the city engineers the first contention seemed to be the complaints made by people as a result of noise made by vehicles passing over manholes. The suggestion was made that the cover should be machined, standardized and well-fitted. I believe a committee on this subject should be continued this year and a special study made. The man on that committee should be located in the East, so that he may attend the meetings of the committee. There was one meeting held at (the same time as the A. S. M. I. meeting) Des Moines last year. Another meeting was called, but I did not get to attend it. In my opinion, a member of this Society should go to the next meeting because there is a sufficient interest in our Society to get somebody on that board to have these matters looked after. A MEMBER: I move that we receive and file the report submitted. A MEMBER: I second that motion. PRESIDENT HATTON: You have heard the motion; all in favor of this motion will say aye; opposed, no. The "ayes" have it. COLONEL J. W. HOWARD: If I might say a word with reference to manholes. I would call the attention of the Society to the pressing necessity of using manhole covers which are flat on top. This is because the use of the rounded or bulged top not only impedes traffic, but they are the prime cause of great damage to pavements. For example, on Fifth Avenue in New York and Broad Street in Newark, New Jersey, with the highest possible type of sheet asphalt pavement laid in 1924, those pavements are being injured already by the convex The injury is done by heavy omnibusses and trucks striking the cover, causing the wheel to bound upwards and then fall with a blow on the pavement a few inches beyond the cover and its frame. This causes a depression where the blow of the wheel occurs on the pavement. Even on Granite Block Pavements in New York this bounding in the air of heavy truck wheels from off a convex cover and then descending on the top of a granite block, punches the block down through the concrete foundation. The committee on Manhole Construction should certainly insist on the covers being on a plane. with the surface of the pavements. PRESIDENT HATTON: We thank you for your contribution, Colonel Howard. The next report is by Prof. A. W. Dow, of the Committee on Grades of Asphalt. Is Prof. Dow here? A MEMBER: No; he is not here. This report will be found on page 392. PRESIDENT HATTON: Then we shall have to pass over his report. The next report comes under the American Engineering Council, and is by Colonel P. Keith Compton and Mr. G. J. Requardt. The report has no specific name. Is either Colonel Compton or Mr. Requardt present? (After a pause.) Apparently not. SECRETARY SAMMELMAN: This report was sent to the secretary and it will be printed in the proceedings. This report will be found on page 392. PRESIDENT HATTON: Next on our program are the reports coming under the American Engineering Standards Committee. The first report is by Mr. F. P. Smith, Delegate, and Mr. Isaac Van Trump, Alternate, of the committee on Standard Tests for Penetration for Bituminous Materials. Is either gentleman present? (After a pause) Apparently not. Therefore, the report will be passed over. This report will be found on page 395. The next report is by Mr. F. P. Smith, Delegate, and Mr. Isaac Van Trump, Alternate, of the committee on Softening Point of Bituminous Materials and for Softening Point of Tar Products. These gentlemen are not present and therefore the report will have to go over. This report will be found on page 395. The next report is by Mr. Charles E. DeLeuw and Mr. C. L. Hawkins, of the Committee on Specifications for Materials for Use in the Manufacture of Special Track Work and Design of 7-inch Plain Girder T-rails. I believe Mr. Hawkins is here this evening. MR. HAWKINS: This sectional committee of the American Engineer Standards Committee was charged with the duty of preparing specifications for materials used in special track work and the design of a 7-inch plain Girder rail, commonly known as a high T-rail, which is used, generally, only by electric railway companies. Considerable work has been done by the committee in the matter of specifications for the material used in the manufacture of special track work, but the committee is not in a position to make a report on that subject at this time. However, the committee finished last year the design of three high Tee rails or plain Girder rails, and its report is published on page 19 of the "Advance Program.' The designs conform to standard practice in the design of rails. The need for the change in design of present rails was caused by a certain breakage of present types of rails. It seems that joint welding has caused the present rails to break through the web at or near the welds, and that by thickening of the web this breakage may be stopped. At least we hope to greatly reduce it. The report has been published and I respect fully recommend that it be sent out for letter ballot. PRESIDENT HATTON: Is it to be sent out for letter ballot? MR. HAWKINS: Such action is recommended by the committee. I move, therefore, that the report be received, approved and later sent out for ratification by letter ballot. . PRESIDENT HATTON: Gentlemen of the convention, you have read the report in the Advance Program and now Mr. Hawkins moves that it be received, approved, and sent out for letter ballot. A MEMBER: I second that motion. PRESIDENT HATTON: You have heard the motion; all that are in favor of this motion will say aye; opposed, no. The "ayes" have it. These specifications will be found on page 395. The next report is by Mr. Gerald J. Wagner, of the Committee on Specifications for Wood Poles and for Tubular Poles. Is Mr. Wagner here or is he represented? (After a pause.) Apparently neither gentleman is here, and therefore we will pass over that paper. The next paper is by Mr. Henry Maetzel, of the Committee on Specifications for 600-Volt Direct Current, Overhead Trolley Construction. Is Mr. Maetzel present? (After a pause.) Apparently not, and therefore we will pass over that report. The next report is by Mr. Frederic A. Reimer, of the Committee on Specifications for National Standard of Colors for Traffic Signals. Is Mr. Reimer present? (After a pause.) It seems not, therefore, let us pass over that report. The next report is by Mr. Ralf Toensfeldt, of the Committee on Cast Iron Pipe and Special Castings. Is Mr. Toensfeldt present? A MEMBER: No. PRESIDENT HATTON: Therefore, we will pass over that report. We have now reached the International Conference on City Planning, and will listen to a report by Mr. Louis L. Tribus and Mr. H. Eltinge Breed, if they have one. MR. BREED: I am sorry that I have no report to submit. (Mr. L. L. Tribus' report will be found on page 401.) PRESIDENT HATTON: We have now finished the reports that should have been gone over this afternoon; and I want to congratulate the delegates of this Society to the various other Societies for their good work in their respective spheres. The work has been very satisfactory, as we have all observed from the reports submitted tonight. To have our representatives present at these very important committee meetings is something rather new to this Society, and I again desire to express my appreciation, as President of your Society, for this good work they have done. If there be no further business, gentlemen, after this long day of hard work, let us adjourn. I want to advise you that we have another heavy day's work before us tomorrow, and I should like to have you all here at 9:30, as you were here this morning promptly. Before we adjourn, I desire to mention the fact that we have no publicity agent in our midst and the newspapers of the city have called me both nights trying to get information concerning our convention. I have spent 15 or 20 minutes trying to give it to them. Obviously, that is not the president's job. He is too busy to give |