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CONTENTS
Part 1, Chapters I to IX-Papers and Discussions.
Part 2, Chapters X to XVIII-Specification Committee Reports.
Part 3, Chapters XIX to XXI-Business Proceedings, Directory and Membership Roster.
CHAPTER I. STREET PAVING AND DESIGN.
Street Paving and Design, Committee Report.....
By P. L. Brockway, Chairman.
Recent Development of Design in Concrete Pavement...
By H. Eltinge Breed, Consulting Highway Engineer, New York
City.
Recent Development in the Design and Construction of Cement
Concrete Pavement and Pavement Bases...
By A. R. Hirst, Chief Engineer of the American Vibrolithic
Corporation, New York City, N. Y.
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1
A Summary Report of the Thin Brick Pavement Investigation of
the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads...
By J. F. Pauls, Associate Highway Engineer United States
Bureau of Public Roads, Washington, D. C.
The Theory and Practice of Asphalt Paving Mixtures..
By A. W. Dow, of Dow & Smith, Consulting Chemical and
Paving Engineers, New York, N. Y.
Construction Details Essential to Effective Hot Mix Pavements..
Francis P. Smith, Consulting Engineer, New York, N. Y. Dis-
cussion W. W. Horner, Chief Engineer of St. Louis and A. F.
MacAllum, Commissioner of Works, Ottawa, Canada.
The Importance of Care in Mechanical Handling of Bituminous
Materials for Penetration Macadam and Surface Treatments...
By William E. Worcester, Manager, Philadelphia District,
Kinney Manufacturing Co.
Rock Asphalt and Its Place Among Paving Materials of Today...
By W. A. Brownfield, Chief Engineer of the Kentucky Rock
Asphalt Co., Louisville, Ky.
66
72
Black Base and Its Place in Standard Specifications...
Hugh W. Skidmore, President of Chicago Paving Laboratory,
Inc. Discussion-H. F. Harris, Mercer County Engineer, New
Jersey.
CHAPTER II. STREET MAINTENANCE, STREET CLEANING AND
SNOW REMOVAL.
Street Maintenance, Street Cleaning and Snow Removal, Com-
mittee Report
By A. Prescott Folwell, Chairman.
Repair Costs of Rural Pavements....
88
89
By F. A. Thomas, City Engineer, Euclid, Ohio.
Snow Removal in Detroit......
102
By G. R. Thompson, Superintendent, Division of Municipal
Waste, Detroit, Mich.
Snow Loading Experiences...
111
By J. E. Marson, District Manager of Barber-Green Co.,
Aurora, Ill.
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Telford Pavements Salvaged by Resurfacing...
121
By Thomas E. Collins, City Engineer, Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Economics of Salvaging Old Pavements..
125
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Col. R. Keith Compton, Director of Public Works, Richmond, Va. Discussion-R. H. Simpson, City Engineer, Columbus,
Ohio.
CHAPTER III. CITY PLANNING.
City and Regional Planning for Washington, D. C.............
135
By Major C. H. Brown, Engineer National Capital Park and
Planning Commission, Washington, D. C.
Building a City from Its Plan.....
141
By P. L. Brockaway, City Engineer, Wichita, Kansas.
Pavement Designs in Relation to Traffic Movement..
148
By E. A. Fischer, Consulting Engineer to the City, Rochester,
New York.
The Liberty Plan..
154
By Van Ness Bates, Consultant, The Metropolitan Improve-
ment Association, Boston, Mass.
CHAPTER IV. PUBLIC WELFARE.
The Natural Hunger of Human Being for Wholesome Self-Ex-
pression
162
By Eugene T. Lies, Special Representative, Playground and
Recreation Association of America, Chicago, Ill.
Directed Recreation ...
170
By F. O. Eichelberger, City Manager, Dayton, Ohio.
Practical City Engineering.....
174
By E. R. Kinsey, President Board of Public Service, St. Louis,
Mo.
CHAPTER V. STREET AND TRAFFIC LIGHTING.
Street and Traffic Lighting, Committee Report.
By Robert B. Morse, Chief Engineer of Washington Suburban
Sanitary District, Hyattsville, Maryland.
Separate Sludge Digestion...
192
By Jerry Donohue, Consulting Engineer, Sheboygan, Wis.
Results on Separate Sludge Digestion Experiments Made During
Last Year
210
By William Rudolfs, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Sta-
tion, Department of Sewage Disposal, New Brunswick, N. J.
CHAPTER VII. WATERWORKS.
The Problem of Concrete Deterioration. More Especially With
Reference to Its Use for Conduits and in Lining Iron Pipes.... 217
By John R. Baylis, Water Safety Division, Chicago, Ill.
The Need of Metropolitan Utility Districts.....
By V. Bernard Siems, City Water Engineer, Baltimore, Md.
236
Microscopic Life in Texas Waters....
By John B. Hawley, Consulting Engineer, Fort Worth, Texas.
247
CHAPTER VIII. MUNICIPAL LEGISLATION AND FINANCE.
Rates of Charge for Sewerage Service....
By Samuel A. Greeley, Consulting Engineer, Chicago, Ill. Dis-
cussion by George G. Earl, Sewerage and Water Board, New
Orleans, Louisiana.
Financing, Rental and Amortization of Private Sewerage System
at Troy, Pa....
By Henry W. Taylor, Consulting Engineer, New York, N. Y.
CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS.
278
290
The National Capital (A Brief Outline of Its Government)....... 295
By Daniel E. Garges, Secretary, Board of Commissioners,
District of Columbia.
Municipal Engineering in the Tropics....
301
By Henry Welles Durham, General Manager, Rene Keilhauer
& R. W. Hebard & Co., Inc., Managua, Nicaragua.
Suggested Organization of the Engineering Departments in Small
Cities
310
By Harry Tucker, Professor of Highway Engineering, North
Carolina State College, Raleigh, N. C.
The Blueprinted Plan as a Contract Document.
315
By Sturgis H. Thorndike, Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, Con-
sulting Engineers, Boston, Mass.
Brick Pavements, Specification Committee Report.....
By George F. Fisk, Chairman.
CHAPTER XII. CEMENT CONCRETE PAVEMENTS.
325
Cement Concrete Pavements, Specification Committee Report.... 327
By H. Eltinge Breed, Chairman.
CHAPTER XIII. STONE BLOCK PAVEMENTS.
Stone Block Pavements, Specification Committee Report......... 328
By Julius Adler, Chairman.
CHAPTER XVI. MUNICIPAL CONTRACT FORM.
Municipal Contract Form, Committee Report......
By W. W. Horner, Chairman.
Standard Municipal Contract Form..
Report on Letter Ballot......
CHAPTER XVII. SIDEWALKS AND CURBS.
Sidewalks and Curbs, Spceification Committee Report...
Report on Letter Ballot...
Standard Specifications for Concrete Sidewalks.
Standard Specifications for Curbs
342
349
362
363
364
372
CHAPTER XVIII. REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES IN OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS.
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING MATERIALS.
Committee C-4 on Clay and Cement Sewer Pipe....
380
By E. S. Rankin, Delegate.
Committee C-9 on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates..
By H. Eltinge Breed, Delegate.
Committee C-3 on Brick....
By George F. Fisk, Delegate.
Committee C-1 on Cement.....
381
Committee D-4 on Standard Test for Non-Bituminous Materials.... 382
By C. D. Pollock, Delegate.
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL.
Advisory Board on Highway Research.....
By R. Keith Compton, Delegate.
382
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, DIVISION OF SIMPLIFIED
PRACTICE.
Report on the Formation of Plans to Secure a Division of Public
Works in the United States Federal Government.....
392
By R. Keith Compton and G. J. Requardt, Delegates.
AMERICAN ENGINEERING STANDARD COMMITTEE.
Committee on Standard Tests for Penetration for Bituminous
Materials
394
By F. P. Smith, Delegate.
Committee on Softening Point of Bituminous Materials and for
Softening Point of Tar Products......
Committee on Specifications for Materials for Use in the Manufac-
ture of Special Track Work and Design of 7-inch Plain Girder
T-rail
395
By Charles E. DeLeuw and C. L. Hawkins, Delegates.