Historical Report Of The Chief Engineer

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Excerpt from First Annual Report of the State Chief Engineer: For the State of Wisconsin The law creating the department of engineering for the state of Wisconsin, Sec. 1636 - 250 Wisconsin statutes, 1915 (See Appendix), was passed August 7, 1915. The writer was appointed state chief engineer September 6, 1915, and immediately began the organization of the department. At this time the only engineering departments of the state were: The joint engineering staff of the tax and railroad commissions. The engineering staff of the highway commission, each of which had been in existence for some years. The engineering staff of the Wisconsin tax commission was organized in 1903, under Professor W. D. Taylor who resigned in July, 1905, to become chief engineer of the Chicago and Alton railroad. The railroad commission was formed in 1905. The engineering staff then became the joint staff of the tax and railroad commissions. Professor W. D. Pence was appointed engineer of both commissions in July, 1906, and in May, 1913, resigned to become member of the engineering board, division of valuation, interstate commerce commission, being succeeded by Mr. C. M. Larson, formerly assistant engineer. The state highway work was commenced in July, 1907, under the direction of Mr. W, O. Hotchkiss, chief of the highway division of the Wisconsin geological and natural history survey. Until the creation of the Wisconsin state highway commission in 1911, under the general highway law, which permitted state aid in road construction, the highway work continued under direction of this department. The highway engineering staff dates from the appointment of Mr, A. R. Hirst as highway engineer in September, 1907. In 1908, Mr. M. W. Torkelson was appointed bridge engineer. With the greatly increased amount of highway construction under the commission, the highway engineering staff was enlarged to meet the demands made for the design and supervision of the construction of roads and bridges. Assistance was given the state board of health in sanitary surveys and bacteriological investigations by Professor H.L. Russell from the date of his taking charge of the department in bacteriology at the university in 1893. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Report of the Chief Engineer of Canals The same line through the Deep Cut was continued, but a new channel was formed across a prominent point at Port Robinson and from what is now the Town of Welland, to the junction of the feeder with the main canal, a line was formed more to the eastward. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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